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US08747385B2	Methods and compositions to treat myocardial conditions Methods, devices, kits and compositions to treat a myocardial infarction. In one embodiment, the method includes the prevention of remodeling of the infarct zone of the ventricle. In other embodiments, the method includes the introduction of structurally reinforcing agents. In other embodiments, agents are introduced into a ventricle to increase compliance of the ventricle. In an alternative embodiment, the prevention of remodeling includes the prevention of thinning of the ventricular infarct zone. In another embodiment, the prevention of remodeling and thinning of the infarct zone involves the cross-linking of collagen and prevention of collagen slipping. In other embodiments, the structurally reinforcing agent may be accompanied by other therapeutic agents. These agents may include but are not limited to pro-fibroblastic and angiogenic agents.
US08747383B2	Process and system for iontophoretic wrinkle reduction A method and system for wrinkle reduction. The method includes the steps of positioning and applying a patch to skin of a consumer and adhesively securing the patch to the skin. A chemical composition on the patch includes both active ingredients and adhesive. A pair of electrodes are connected to a battery-driven, microprocessor-based controller. A current is applied through the electrodes in the patch for a selected time. The chemical composition in the patch is propelled into the consumer through use of the current in order to relax the skin of the consumer. The patch is removed and any residue of the chemical composition is massaged into the skin.
US08747378B2	Tampon A tampon suitable for feminine hygiene and/or medical purposes is disclosed having a longitudinal body provided with a dome-shaped insertion end and a withdrawal end, from which withdrawal end a withdrawal cord extends. The tampon has compressed absorbent fibrous material and has an outer circumferential surface which is at least partially provided with longitudinal grooves that are separated from each other by longitudinal ribs. The path of the grooves and ribs of the tampon in the longitudinal direction are inclined and correspond to a continuous curved line that has only one point of inflection defining one convex part and one concave part that preferably does not show a maximum or a minimum.
US08747369B2	Dispensing fluid from an infusion pump system Some embodiments of a medical infusion pump system include a pump device having a flexible pushrod that can adjust from a curved configuration to a generally straight configuration. The flexible pushrod is part of a drive system of the pump device so that the flexible pushrod can be controllably and incrementally advanced toward a medicine reservoir to incrementally dispense the medicine therein. In particular embodiments, the flexible pushrod may comprise an anti-rotation mechanism, an anti-torsion mechanism, or a combination thereof.
US08747366B2	Medical needle To develop a medical needle having a small protecting member that is not separate from a needle and a hub, is not obstructive to the performer during use, and is easy to switch from being in a usable state to being in a protective state.A pair of wings are pivotally connected to a hub provided at the tail end of a needle, the wings being provided on both sides of the axis of the needle; one or two or more link members are connected to the tip of each of the wings with joints interposed therebetween; the tips of the link members are pivotally connected to a cylindrical protecting member slidably fitted onto the needle; and, when the protecting member is moved toward the tip of the needle, the wings and the link members move in such directions as to become parallel to the needle while the protecting member comes to cover the tip of the needle, whereby the above object is solved.
US08747358B2	Injector system with a manual control device An injector system includes a powered injector, a pressurizing chamber in operative connection with the powered injection, a fluid path in fluid communication with the pressurizing chamber, and a manual control in fluid connection with the fluid path. The manual control includes at least one actuator for controlling the injector through application of force by an operator. The actuator provides tactile feedback of pressure in the fluid path to the operator via a fluid connection therewith. An injection system for use in angiography includes a source of saline, a pump in fluid connection with the source of saline to pressurized the saline, a source of contrast, a contrast valve in fluid connection with the source of contrast, a powered injector in fluid connection with the contrast valve, and a pressure isolation mechanism.
US08747353B2	Catheter balloon having improved flexibility and methods for making same A method for manufacturing a balloon catheter assembly includes forming a balloon from a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyamide, polyether block amide, and polyethylene terephthalate, forming a plurality of pores in the polymer, and mounting the balloon onto a catheter shaft. The shaft is configured to supply a fluid to the balloon to inflate the balloon, and the pores are configured to prevent the fluid from passing through the balloon.
US08747349B2	Soft breastshield A breastshield is constructed of a low Durometer material. The breastshield includes a nipple tunnel that generally accommodates the shape of a nipple and an aperture that conveys fluids through the breastshield.
US08747343B2	Hemodialysis catheter with improved side opening design A hemodialysis catheter is provided which includes a catheter body having a proximal and a distal end and defining at least one lumen. The at least one lumen includes a distal opening and a side opening formed through a sidewall of the catheter body. The side opening communicates with the at least one lumen, and includes guiding structure positioned adjacent a distal side of the side opening configured to smoothly redirect blood flow into the at least one lumen. The guiding structure may be defined by a raised wall, or in the alternative, an angled distal wall of the side opening.
US08747342B2	Air separator for extracorporeal fluid treatment sets An air separator (1) comprises a first chamber (2) where blood or other fluid can be received, an inlet and an outlet port associated to the bottom wall (4) and in fluid communication with the first chamber. A first channel (14) extending along the lateral wall of the separator and has a first and a second portion (16 and 18). The channel second portion (18) terminally forms an orifice (15) facing the chamber and extending in an area closer to a top wall (5) of the chamber (2) than to the bottom wall of the same chamber. The orifice faces the top of the separator and has a flow passage cross section greater than that of a first portion (16) of the channel.
US08747340B2	Ankle and foot support system Methods and systems relating to an ankle and foot support system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a covering having a cable tightening mechanism may be associated with a cable that is slidably engaged with the cover. In some embodiments, the cable may be slidably engaged with a tube guide that is attached to the cover. In some embodiments, the cable may form an exposed loop that associates with a loop receiving member. In some embodiments, the loop receiving member may be attached to the cover.
US08747339B2	Corrective joint The invention relates to a joint comprising a first joint arm (1) and a second joint arm (2), which is supported pivotally about a pivot axis (A) on the first joint arm (1) and with the first joint arm (1) encloses a spread angle (Φ), which is between a maximum spread angle (Φmax) and a minimum spread angle (Φmin), which is determined by the design of the joint. According to the invention, a locking device (15), which by moving a bar (8) can selectively be brought into a locking position, in which the first joint arm (1) and the second joint arm (2) are locked relative to each other, a release position, in which the first joint arm (1) and the second joint arm (2) can be pivoted freely relative to each other, and an angle limiting position, in which (i) the first joint arm (1) and the second joint arm (2) can be pivoted relative to each other up to a preset stop spread angle (ΦA) and (ii) a pivoting motion at larger spread angles (Φ) is blocked.
US08747332B2	Guidewire for crossing occlusions or stenoses Systems and methods for crossing stenosis, partial occlusions, or complete occlusions within a body lumen. The systems generally include an elongate member such as a hollow guidewire that houses a rotatable and translatable drive shaft. The drive shaft typically has a distal portion that is advanced to create a path in the occlusive material that is large enough to allow the hollow guidewire to cross the occlusive material.
US08747330B2	Body-worn monitor for measuring respiratory rate The invention provides a system for measuring respiratory rate (RR) from a patient. The system includes an impedance pneumography (IP) sensor, connected to at least two electrodes, and a processing system that receives and processes signals from the electrodes to measure an IP signal. A motion sensor (e.g. an accelerometer) measures at least one motion signal (e.g. an ACC waveform) describing movement of a portion of the patient's body to which it is attached. The processing system receives the IP and motion signals, and processes them to determine, respectfully, frequency-domain IP and motion spectra. Both spectra are then collectively processed to remove motion components from the IP spectrum and determine RR. For example, during the processing, an algorithm determines motion frequency components from the frequency-domain motion spectrum, and then using a digital filter removes these, or parameters calculated therefrom, from the IP spectrum.
US08747329B2	System and method for managing respiratory insufficiency through remote patient care A system and method for managing respiratory insufficiency through remote patient care is described. A patient enrolled in remote patient care is identified with information including at least one of treatment profile and medical history. Collected device measures are received to record raw physiometry for a patient, wherein the patient is regularly monitored by a medical device. Derived device measures are generated to provide derivative physiometry based on the collected device measures. A patient status indicator is determined by analyzing the collected and derived device measures to diagnose a pathophysiology indicative of respiratory insufficiency.
US08747326B2	Electronic sphygmomanometer A manual pressurization electronic sphygmomanometer includes a specific component detection unit for detecting a synthetic wave of a manual fluctuation wave and a pressure pulse wave as a specific component from a cuff pressure signal obtained during pressurization; a derivation processing unit for deriving a pressurization target value based on the detection result of the specific component detection unit; and a display unit for notifying to urge pressurization up to the pressurization target value. The derivation processing unit calculates a pulse wave component based on the waveform before and after the specific component and the waveform of the specific component, and determines a value obtained by adding a predetermined value to the systolic blood pressure value estimated based on the amplitude of the pulse wave component as the pressurization target value.
US08747325B2	Non-invasive method for diagnosing the severity of heart failure by extracting and analyzing acetone concentrations in captured exhaled breath The invention application presents a fast, efficient, reproductive alternative of a non-invasive method for diagnosing the severity of heart failure based on a specific biomarker. An additional object of the present invention is a collector device for the biomarker from exhaled breath that is portable, simple, low cost and does not need to run on electric power. This invention advantageously permits the replacement of invasive diagnosis methods, favoring the patient's comfort in addition to the agility and speed of medical attention at hospitals, and may become a standard method for all suspected cases of circulatory disease and heart failure and, more specifically, decompensated heart failure.
US08747320B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus The present invention is made to accurately detect an absolute pressure even when a contact property between an elastic coupler and a body surface of an object is poor. An elastic coupler 20 is formed by an elastic material with flexibility to have two layers at least with different ultrasonic wave reflectance properties and attached to an ultrasonic wave transmitter/receiver surface, and a pressure calculating unit 30 detects the position of a boundary surface 22 between those two layers based on RF signal frame data output from an RF signal frame data selection unit 10, obtains positional change of the boundary surface based on the detected position of the boundary surface and the initial position of the boundary surface, which was obtained in advance, and obtains the absolute pressure applied to the object based on the positional change and a pre-set elasticity property of the elastic coupler. At this time, for example, an ID code is given to the elastic coupler by making the initial position or the like of the boundary surface of the elastic coupler be different in accordance with the type of the elastic coupler, the pressure calculating unit 30 identifies the ID code, identifies the type of the elastic coupler with reference to a coupler database, and reads the elasticity property corresponding to the ID code.
US08747319B2	Image displaying method and medical image diagnostic system The image display method comprises a three-dimensional image creating step that creates a three-dimensional image based on volume data; a cutting plane setting step that sets a cutting plane that cuts the three-dimensional image at an arbitrary position; and a positional relationship display image creating step that creates a positional relationship display image representing the mutual positional relationship between the three-dimensional image and the cutting plane, in which the opacity of the cutting plane in the positional relationship display image is adjusted so that a portion of the three-dimensional image that is hidden by the cutting plane is visually recognizable through the cutting plane in the positional relationship display image.
US08747314B2	Cardiovascular pressure annotations and logbook A system comprises an external medical device configured to communicate with a first implantable medical device (IMD). The external medical device includes a communication circuit and a display. The communication circuit is configured to receive information associated with cardiovascular pressure from the IMD. The external medical device is configured to annotate a waveform on the display to indicate one or more events associated with cardiovascular pressure.
US08747313B2	Health monitoring appliance A heart monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes; and a wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance monitoring vital signs.
US08747311B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating the effects of internal and external stress influences A measuring device and method is for enabling a user to measure and record changes in emotion during the day and translate it into a relative stress value per day. It may be used to accumulate the positive and negative emotional reactions that a user experiences during a predetermined time period. This method and device will provide a record of the associated distress and eustress and the cumulative effect therefrom on the individual. The user has a visual display of whether or not the emotions felt during a given day are positive or negative. The recognition of the stress level may remind or enable the user to take some action that will counterbalance excessive negative emotions known to contribute to major diseases and engage in activities that reduce or relieve the stress influences on the user before the end of each day.
US08747308B2	Lateral vaginal retractor An attachment which can be used with a vaginal speculum. The attachment can be used with a vaginal speculum. The attachment has a pair of arms on one end which will engage the fornix lateral to the cervix of a women's vagina, and a U-shaped curved portion on the other end which will allow a doctor to engage the attachment with a vaginal speculum in order to spread a patient's lateral, as well as vertical, walls at the same time.
US08747305B2	Endoscope system and endoscopic observation method To provide an endoscope system that includes a light source, an insertion part to be inserted into a living organism for guiding a illumination light emitted from the light source and a light returned from the living organism, a deflection optical system for outwardly directing the illumination light in a radius direction of the insertion part and for introducing a light inwardly returned from the living organism in the radius direction into the insertion part, a part for capturing the returned light, a part for detecting an insertion speed of the insertion part, a part for adjusting a frame rate for the image capturing of the image capturing part based on the detected insertion speed, an image forming part for arranging acquired images at a pitch based on the insertion speed to form an image of the inside of the living organism, and a part for displaying the formed image.
US08747303B2	Method for affixing endoscope curved section protective sheath The protective sheath front end of the disclosed curved section protective sheath for covering the curved section of an endoscope covers the outer periphery of the front end of the endoscope. A filamentous member is wound around the outer periphery of the protective sheath front end, affixing the protective sheath front end to the front end of the endoscope. An adhesive agent is layered on the outer periphery of the protective sheath front end so as to cover the filamentous member. A ring member is fitted to the protective sheath front end so as to cover the adhesive agent. The inner surface of the ring member is bonded to the filamentous member with the adhesive agent therebetween.
US08747302B2	Laparoscopic instrument and trocar system and related surgical method Laparoscopic instruments and cannulas are provided for performing laparoscopic procedures entirely through the umbilicus. Generally S-shaped laparoscopic instruments placed through the C-shaped trocar sleeves or through the cannula and instrument holder unit provide markedly improved degrees of instruments' freedom during trans-umbilical laparoscopic procedures.
US08747301B2	Catheter introducer system for exploration of body cavities A self propelling catheter introducer system for exploring a body cavity is disclosed which includes a flexible tubular catheter, an everting tube and a steering section located near the distal end of the catheter that is introduced in a body cavity. The steering section is adapted for pointing the distal end in a desired direction using a plurality of rods adapted to be extended and retracted.
US08747298B2	Probe manipulator A probe manipulator which has a grip device that can be held by a user in order to facilitate manipulation of a probe when the latter has been inserted into a channel of an endoscope. Connection devices are provided for releasably connecting the grip device to the probe in such a way that the probe may be rotated or displaced by rotation or displacement of the grip device. The connection device is connectable such that the probe need not be fed through the grip device, but that the grip device may be placed at any point along the length of the probe.
US08747296B2	Partially erodable systems for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea The invention relates to devices and methods for reforming tissue surrounding the airway of a subject suffering from obstructive sleep apnea so as to open the airway and alleviate the occurrence of apneic events. Devices comprise a combination of resiliently deformable material and bioerodible material. The deformable portion of the device has a preferred shape that corresponds to the desired final shape of the device once placed in an airway. In making a transplant-ready device, however, the deformable portion is placed into a deformed shape and constrained in that shape by the bioerodible material. After implantation, the device gradually assumes the preferred shape as the constraining bioerodible material erodes. As the device gradually reforms toward the preferred shape, it reforms the tissue into the therapeutically desirable configuration. The gradual nature of the shape change generally stabilizes the device in the tissue, and supports tissue reforming into a stable configuration.
US08747291B2	Methods for separating constituents of biologic liquid mixtures Centrifuges are useful to, among other things, remove red blood cells from whole blood and retain platelets and other factors in a reduced volume of plasma. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) can be obtained rapidly and is ready for immediate injection into the host. Embodiments may include valves, operated manually or automatically, to open ports that discharge the excess red blood cells and the excess plasma while retaining the platelets and other facts. Highs speeds used allow simple and small embodiments to be used at the patient's side during surgical procedures. The embodiments can also be used for the separation of liquids or slurries in other fields such as, for example, the separation of pigments or lubricants.
US08747290B2	Centrifuge for separating a sample into at least two components The invention relates to a centrifuge for separating a sample into at least two components, comprising a chamber for receiving a sample to be centrifuged. According to the invention, the centrifuge further comprises a means for controlling the progress of the sample separation is located at the chamber.
US08747287B2	Back-extension chair for the prevention of low back pain symptoms A chair-like exercising apparatus comprises a back, a seat, front legs, rear legs, and resistance element(s) which provide a broad range of resistance force adjustable by the user for the back extension exercise. The chair back pivotally connects to the rear legs directly, and pivotally connects to the front legs or rear legs through the resistance element(s). The resistance element comprises a compress-coil-spring cylinders (or constant-force-spring devices) and the cylinder holders (or the device holders). The resistance level of the back extension exercise is adjusted by switching the interchangeable compress-coil-spring cylinders (or constant-force-spring devices) of appropriate loads inside the cylinder holders (or device holders). A user sits on the chair and sway backward to perform back extension exercise after selecting an appropriate resistance level based on his/her physical condition. The apparatus is simple, affordable and can be used as a regular chair in its locked position. A regular back extension exercise with proper resistance force strengthens the low back muscles (erector spinae), improves and prevents the low back pain symptoms.
US08747278B2	Planet carrier of the cage type Planet carrier of an epicyclic gear system with planetary shafts which are connected fixedly to the planet carrier, onto which planet wheels are mounted rotatably using planetary bearings, the teeth of the planetary wheels being helical or chevron teeth, the planet carrier being of the cage type, and where at least two separate planetary wheels are mounted on each planetary shaft, each wheel of which being supported by at least one double-row tapered roller bearing, the outermost bearing ring of each double-row tapered roller bearing being integrated into the planetary wheel concerned.
US08747271B2	Wheel rim assembly and method A wheel assembly, for use on an off-highway vehicle, includes a generally cylindrical wheel hub extending axially from a first end to a second end around an inner volume. A hub adapter is secured to the second end of the wheel hub, the hub adapter including a peripheral shoulder, which has a first shoulder surface axially facing in a direction extending from the second end towards the first end. A first wheel rim is mounted to the peripheral shoulder of the hub adapter at the first shoulder surface.
US08747263B2	Transmission guide A transmission guide comprises a synthetic resin shoe and a more rigid synthetic resin base, integrally molded by two-member molding. The base is formed with a pair of spaced, opposed, side walls extending in the direction of elongation of the base along opposite edges of a shoe-supporting surface of the base. These side walls engage respective side edges of the shoe, and extend past the front surface of the shoe so that they can restrict lateral movement of a transmission chain sliding along the front surface of the shoe. Indentations in the side walls receive protrusions formed on the edges of the shoe. Edges of the openings of the indentations are chamfered or convexly curved to avoid interference with the movement of the chain along the guide.
US08747262B1	Jointed bat A jointed bat includes a barrel, a handle, and a glue. The barrel is tubular and has one end fixedly connected to a top cap and the other end having a tapered first joint portion. An opening is formed at the end of the first joint portion. The handle is tubular and has one end fixedly connected to a knob and the other end having a tapered resilient second joint portion. At least a relief slit is formed at an end of the second joint portion. A dam protrudes from the second joint portion and abuts against an inner wall of the first joint portion. The second joint portion penetrates the opening to fit inside the first joint portion. The glue is filled between and fixedly connected between the first and second joint portions. Therefore, requirements for precision in production of the barrel and the handle are reduced.
US08747260B1	Baseball training apparatus and method A baseball training apparatus occludes peripheral vision of each eye across the nose region of a baseball player by creating a visual divide that extends from and immediately adjacent to the nose along the central sagittal plane. In various embodiments, the visual divide is extendible, removable and replaceable, pivotal, and may incorporate scribes to vary shape or geometry. The visual divide may further be mounted from a pair of glasses without lenses, though other embodiments with and without lenses are contemplated. The eye divider is used to align or confirm alignment of a baseball player properly with the pitcher, to ensure that the batter has both eyes facing the pitcher.
US08747258B2	Batting tee The batting tee has a durable base having a bushing installed therein and telescoping metal ball support pipes extending upwardly therefrom. A protective boot may be installed over the base of the support pipe assembly and bushing to provide a more pleasing appearance and to preclude entry of debris into the threaded connections. The height of the telescoping pipe segments may be locked by a threaded collar at the top of each pipe section. A flexible rod serves as the penultimate component. A replaceable plastic ball holder extends from the upper end of the rod. The ball holder receives the greatest number of inadvertent strikes during play, and accordingly it may be easily replaced if damaged. The flexible rod can flex and bend when the replaceable ball holder is struck, thereby greatly reducing impact force upon the ball holder to provide greater longevity for the holder.
US08747257B2	Golf club fitting method, device thereof, and analysis method The analysis method includes steps of acquiring measurement data obtained from swings and values of hitting results (flight distance or the like) (STEP 3); calculating a characteristic value (face angle or the like) from the measurement data (STEP 4); and determining an indicator for selecting a shaft of a golf club from the characteristic value and the values of hitting results (STEP 5). In the step of determining an indicator, when a hitting result of a golf club is an objective variable, and the characteristic value is an explanatory variable together with a predetermined shaft physical property (flex point or the like), and has a statistically significant relation with the hitting result, the characteristic value is determined as the indicator. A relational expression of the indicator and the hitting result is calculated for each value of the physical properties.
US08747251B2	Golf club head A golf club head is provided with a crown, a sole, and a continuously extending rib (X). The rib (X) is provided on an inner surface of the head. Preferably, the rib (X) is substantially parallel to a toe-heel direction. When a maximum amplitude of vibration in a first-order mode in a state where the rib (X) is removed is defined as Ma1 and an amplitude ratio with respect to the maximum amplitude Ma1 is defined as Rh (%), disposal of the rib (X) satisfies the following items (a), (b), and (c): (a) the rib (X) crosses at least one of high Rh regions having the amplitude ratio Rh of equal to or greater than 80%; (b) no region having the amplitude ratio Rh of equal to or greater than 60% exists on a toe side than the rib (X); and (c) no region having the amplitude ratio Rh of equal to or greater than 60% exists on a heel side than the rib (X).
US08747238B2	Rotary drive shaft assemblies for surgical instruments with articulatable end effectors Drive shaft assemblies for a surgical instrument. Various forms include a plurality of movably interlocking joint segments that are interconnected to form a flexible hollow tube. A flexible secondary constraining member is configured in flexible constraining engagement with the plurality of movably interlocking joint segments to retain the interlocking joint segments in movable interlocking engagement while facilitating flexing of the drive shaft assembly.
US08747235B2	Damper device A damper device including an input element to which power from a motor is transmitted; a first elastic body to which power is transmitted from the input element; a first intermediate element to which power is transmitted from the first elastic body; a second elastic body to which power is transmitted from the first intermediate element; a second intermediate element to which power is transmitted from the second elastic body; a third elastic body to which power is transmitted from the second intermediate element; and an output element to which power is transmitted from the third elastic body. A stiffness of the third elastic body is higher than a stiffness of the second elastic body.
US08747230B2	Play chat during casino gaming Methods for handling communication between players of an online casino game are provided. One method includes initiating a group session for the online casino game and assigning a first user and a second user to the group session. The method further includes hosting a group session of the online casino game, the group session defined by linked gameplay of the casino game by each of the first user and the second user. Then, during the group session, activating an instant messaging protocol to define a chat session between the first user and the second user. The method facilitates game play in a social environment and enables coordination of social game activity during game play.
US08747224B2	Operating device Provided is an operation device which allows various kinds of operation information to be input to a main body thereof as needed without unnecessarily increasing the weight of the operation device. The operation device includes: the main body having a shape elongated from one end to another end; a light emitting member provided to the one end of the main body; and a connection portion provided to the other end of the main body, to which an arbitrary one of a plurality of other operation devices is to be connected.
US08747219B2	Community game with player-configurable parameters A method includes receiving wagers from a player to play respective plays of a plurality of plays of a wagering game having event eligibility that includes a time value and a multiplier value. The method includes increasing at least one of the time value and the multiplier value as a function of the plurality of plays of the wagering game and decrementing the time value as time elapses. In response to a triggering event while the event eligibility is above an eligibility threshold, the method includes allowing the player to participate in one or more special events. The method includes allowing the player to configure at least one of a desired value of the multiplier value and a maximum value of the time value.
US08747217B2	Residual credits in a gaming system A system for enabling a player to use residual credits on a gaming machine to provide the player with a chance to win a prize. The system includes means for determining a range of values as a function of a jackpot pool to generate randomly an outcome in the range of values, random number generation means for generating the random outcome, means for determining a range of outcome values of the player that provides a chance of the player winning the jackpot pool, and means for determining whether the generated random outcome matches any outcome value of the player.
US08747208B2	Multi-media system for lottery draws A system for conducting a lottery draw, the system including: (a) a database of pre-recorded video files of one or more humans, (b) a lottery number drawing means for randomly selecting one or more lottery numbers to determine one or more winning numbers for a game draw, and (c) display means for displaying one or more of the video files from the database based upon either (1) a predetermined characteristic of the game draw or (2) a number which is selected by the drawing means.
US08747206B2	Cooperative group play formats Methods for facilitating cooperative group play of an online casino game are provided. One method includes initiating a group session of the online casino game over the Internet, the group session defined to include a plurality of players, and defining at least one group objective for the group session. The method then combines outcomes from gameplay of the online casino game of each of the plurality of players during the group session and compares the combined outcomes against the group objective. If the combined outcomes meet the group objective, then the method administers a prize associated with the group objective. The methods further facilitate game play in a social online environment, where the social interactions assist in advancing game play.
US08747205B2	Gaming machine with block wagering A gaming machine and a method of conducting a game of chance on the gaming machine are disclosed. The machine receives a wager from a player to purchase a series of plays of the game. In response to the wager, the machine provides the player with the series of plays and randomly generating at least one outcome for each play. The machine provides an accumulation feature that accumulates an element of the game over a plurality of the plays in the series and redeems the accumulated element for a bonus in response to a predetermined event in the game. The predetermined event may, for example, correspond to collection of a predetermined number of the element or a certain position of the element on a trail, feature ladder, or meter.
US08747191B2	Endless belt type grinding tool In an endless belt type grinding tool, a tension bar includes a front portion and a rear portion which are divided from each other in a tubular holding portion. The front portion and the rear portion forcibly abut against each other when the endless grinding belt wound around the drive pulley and the idle pulley is applied with a tension by the spring. The endless belt type grinding tool includes a locking member which, when the tension bar is pushed into the tubular holding portion against the spring, engages with the rear portion of the tension bar to retain the rear portion at the pushed position against the urging force of the spring. Thus, in a state in which the grinding belt is removed, it is possible to reduce damage even if the tension bar, which is being pushed in, accidentally jumps out.
US08747187B2	Method for shaping an ophthalmic lens for eyeglasses A method of shaping an ophthalmic lens to have a desired outline with a machining device including a blocking support for the ophthalmic lens and at least one first machining tool, the method includes: obtaining an inner cutting limit for the first machining tool; defining an initial blocking position for the ophthalmic lens and its desired outline; calculating whether at least a portion of the desired outline presents a non-zero intersection with the inner cutting limit; defining as the final blocking position either the unchanged initial blocking position if the calculated intersection is zero, or else a blocking position that is modified relative to the initial blocking position so that the desired outline as repositioned using the modified blocking position does not present an intersection with the inner cutting limit associated with the first tool; and blocking and shaping the ophthalmic lens with the desired outline.
US08747185B1	Brassiere jewelry item A jewelry item includes an elongated, arcuate strand received within a passageway formed in the lower periphery of a brassiere cup. Any one of a plurality of interchangeable ornaments is attachable to the upper end of the strand. For example, the upper end may be inserted into a receptacle depending from a select ornament, such as a gemstone or another decorative design element. When the brassiere is worn, the ornament is suspended near one or both breasts. An alternate embodiment includes a pair of arcuate strands joined at or near their upper ends, each of which fits within a designated passageway formed around each of the brassiere cups to further anchor the ornament in a desired position.
US08747178B2	Manufacturing method of light emitting device It is a problem to provide an electric apparatus less in consumption power and long in life by the manufacture using the display device. An insulating bank is provided in a form surrounding the pixel portions on first electrodes over a substrate. The entire surface is applied, by a wet scheme (method), with an organic conductive film which has a thickness form of T2>T1>T3 under the influence of the insulating bank. Accordingly, the portion T3 has an increased resistance in a lateral direction, making possible to prevent against crosstalk. Due to a conductive polymer as a buffer layer, a display device can be provided which is low in drive voltage. Furthermore, because the portion T2 is increased in thickness, the electric-field concentration is relaxed at and around the pixel portion. This makes it possible to prevent the organic light-emitting element from deteriorating at around the pixel.
US08747177B2	Light-emitting display and method of manufacturing the same A light-emitting display capable of maintaining low power consumption and improving display quality irrespective of the configuration of an auxiliary wiring. A second electrode and an auxiliary wiring are electrically connected to each other through a conductive contact section. Moreover, only a part of the auxiliary wiring is connected to the contact section. Even if the surface of the auxiliary wiring is oxidized, an increase in connection resistance is prevented. Moreover, a restriction on layout is not imposed at the time of forming the contact section.
US08747170B2	Connector assemblies and systems and methods for forming disconnectable joint assemblies A disconnectable joint system includes first and second connectors and a coupling fastener. The first connector defines a first conductor bore to receive a first cable conductor, and a first coupling portion including a first coupling bore and a first integral interlock feature. The second connector defines a second conductor bore to receive a second cable conductor, and a second coupling portion including a second coupling bore and a second integral interlock feature. The first and second coupling portions are mateable in an interlocked position wherein the first and second interlock features are interlocked with one another, the first and second coupling bores are substantially aligned, and the coupling fastener can be inserted through the first and second coupling bores and tightened to securely couple the first and second connectors to one another. The first and second connectors can be separated upon removal of the coupling fastener.
US08747166B2	Connector and connector set A connector etc. that prevents wrong insertion and does not require large rotation of plug etc., when inserting a plug to a socket, is provided. Plug-in connector 1 comprises pin plug 10 and receptacle 20, and pin plug 10 and receptacle 20 are connected. On pin cover body 14 of pin plug 10, plural pin plug key protrusions 15 are constructed separately along the circumferential direction, and on socket cover 27 of receptacle 20, plural sets 28a-28e of plural key grooves 28 separated along the circumferential direction, that plural pin plug key protrusions 15 fit into each set, are arranged with shifting along the circumferential direction. Receptacle 20 can be substituted by a socket plug 30.
US08747165B2	Connection module for portable device A connection module for a portable device having a reduced thickness and a slimmer shape. The connection module includes a case, an upper plug connection terminal unit, and a lower plug connection terminal unit. The case includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper plug connection terminal unit includes a plurality of upper connection terminals disposed along the upper portion. The lower plug connection terminal unit includes a plurality of lower connection terminals disposed along the lower portion. The plurality of lower connection terminals are spaced apart from the plurality of upper connection terminals and alternately arranged at staggered positions such that the plurality of upper and lower connection terminals engage each other when positioned on a same plane.
US08747164B2	Card edge connector A card edge connector is provided for mating with a printed circuit board (PCB) having a card edge. The connector includes a housing having a card slot. The card slot is configured to receive the card edge of the PCB therein. The card slot includes opposing first and second sides. Signal contacts are held by the housing. The signal contacts include signal mating segments arranged in opposing first and second rows that extend along the opposing first and second sides, respectively, of the card slot. The signal mating segments are arranged in differential signal pairs, wherein the signal mating segments within a differential pair are arranged within the same row of the first and second rows. A ground contact is held by the housing. The ground contact includes a base and first and second ground mating segments that extend outwardly from the base. The first and second ground mating segments are arranged along the first and second sides, respectively, of the card slot such that the first and second ground mating segments are configured to engage the card edge therebetween. The first and second ground mating segments include springs that resiliently deflect when engaged by the card edge.
US08747159B2	Connector module A connector module includes a single port connector and a circuit board capable of assembling with a multi-ports connector. The single port connector includes a receiving room and a number of first fixing pins formed at opposite sides of the receiving room along a longitudinal direction of the receiving room. The first fixing pins at each side of the receiving are arranged in a same way. The multi-ports connector includes at least two of the receiving room and the first fixing pins formed at opposite sides of each receiving room. The circuit board defines a group of first fixing holes corresponding to the first fixing pins formed at each side of the receiving rooms of the multi-ports connector. The single port connector is mounted on the circuit board by selectively inserting the first fixing pins into every two adjacent groups of the first fixing holes.
US08747158B2	Electrical connector having grounding material An electrical connector is provided having a housing. Contact modules are positioned within the housing. The contact modules each have a dielectric body holding at least one conductive lead. The at least one conductive lead extends between a mating end and a mounting end. The mating end is configured to be electrically connected to an electrical component. The mounting end is configured to be electrically connected to a circuit board. Ground plates are positioned within the housing between corresponding contact modules. The contact modules and the ground plates form a contact assembly held by the housing. A conductive elastomeric material extends through the contact modules and engages the ground plates to electrically interconnect the ground plates.
US08747155B2	Underfill applicator device and methods for assembling electrical contacts Devices and methods for assembling a connector are provided herein. In one aspect, an example method of assembly includes positioning an insert frame having an applicator portion supporting electrode contacts within an enclosure; attaching the electrode contacts to a circuit board substrate within the enclosure; forming an underfill layer by injecting a hardenable fluid medium through the applicator portion to fill a semi-confined space between the insert frame and the circuit board substrate; and detaching the applicator portion and applying an overmold. The applicator portion includes one or more lumens extending from an inlet opening to one or more exit openings to facilitate flow of fluid medium to desired locations. The inlet opening may be disposed on a portion of the applicator extending above the insert frame and have a diameter substantially larger than the exit opening to allow for fluid injection using an oversized injection nozzle.
US08747149B2	Four in one electrical connector plug An electrical connector plug includes a casing an output/input port mounted having multiple upper terminals and multiple lower terminals, a trough defined between the upper terminals and the lower terminals, a circuit board inserted in the trough of the casing and having, a metal plate electrically connected to the ground terminal and a metal housing to entirely enclose the casing and to electrically connect to the metal plate such that the metal plate is able to transmit electromagnetic interference out via the metal housing.
US08747133B2	Card edge connector with improved lock mechanism A card edge connector 100 includes a longitudinal insulating housing 1, a set of terminals 2 set in the insulating housing 1 and a lock mechanism 5 for locking a daughter card 9. The insulating housing 1 has an elongated slot 112 and a pair of towers 12 positioned at two opposite ends thereof. The lock mechanism 5 includes a locking portion 51 locking the daughter card 9 and an operating portion 52 moving the locking mechanism 5. A depression 55 is formed at one end of the lock mechanism 5 close to the locking portion 51. The card edge connector 100 further includes a handle column 6 received in the depression 55 and extending out of the depression 55. Hence, we can operate the lock mechanism 5 easily, and at the same time, the room the card edge connector occupies can be reduced.
US08747128B2	Locking device for electrical socket A locking device is provided for an electrical socket. The locking device includes a device body having a projecting member projecting from the device body, wherein the projecting member is adapted for engagement with an aperture provided in an electrical socket. The projecting member has first and second positions. In a first position the projecting member is adapted for engagement with the aperture and the locking device can be connected and disconnected from the socket. In a second position, the projecting member cannot disengage from the aperture and the projecting member is lockable in the second position. The electrical socket may be a power cable receiver on an electrical appliance, or a power supply socket.
US08747124B2	Eye-of-the needle pin contact An eye-of-the needle (EON) pin contact is provided for being received within an electrical via that includes conductive material. The EON pin contact includes a compliant segment having two opposing spring arms and an opening defined between the spring arms. The compliant segment is configured to be received within the electrical via such that the spring arms engage the conductive material of the electrical via. A tip segment extends from the compliant segment. The tip segment is configured to be received into the electrical via before the compliant segment is received into the electrical via. The tip segment includes a broach that is configured to displace the conductive material as the tip segment is received into the electrical via to plow a path through the conductive material for reception of a corresponding one of the spring arms.
US08747117B2	Rapid visual cuing apparatus for cardiac EKG rhythms The present invention is a visual cuing device which allows users to rapidly and easily identify ECG/EKG cardiac arrhythmias and twelve lead ECG/EKG arrhythmias. A visual cuing device contains a plurality of panels with a plurality of graphically displayed ECG/EKG abnormalities alternated with visually high-contrast, solid colored text sections. A visual cuing device may also contain additional tools, such as a heart rate reference line, time reference line or baseline window to aid in analysis and interpreting ECG/EKG strips. A visual cuing device may also be adapted to display using a touch screen or other user interface.
US08747105B2	Insert tube and a system of insert tubes An insert tube is used for the repair or improvement of a pre-heating tube for air arranged in an exhaust gas pathway of a fuel burner. A pre-determined radial gap exists between the outer surface of the insert tube and the inner surface of the pre-heating tube for air such that the insert tube can be slid into the pre-heating tube for air. The insert tube is provided in the vicinity of each end with at least one groove that runs around its circumference. In the groove there is arranged at least one sealing ring of an elastic material. The sealing ring mounted in the groove has an external diameter that exceeds the internal diameter of the preheating tube for air. The sealing ring forms a seal against the inner surface of the pre-heating tube for air and prevents leakage through the sealing ring.
US08747104B2	Liquated gas lighter with non-adjustable flame height Liquated gas lighter with non-adjustable flame height, comprising a gas reservoir, a burner and a gas flow limiting device consisting of a microporous membrane gripped between a first seating body and a second seating body. First seating body has a through hole that comes out on one side directly into microporous membrane and on the other side into reservoir. Second seating body has a seating surface in contact with membrane, a groove formed in seating surface, an outlet duct and a linking passage between groove and outlet duct. Through hole is facing, at least partially and through microporous membrane, groove.
US08747101B2	High velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) liquid fuel gun and burner design The present invention provides a burner design and method for a high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) liquid fuel gun that generates turbulent atomization and uses one or more jets as an injection method for liquid fuel and oxygen to improve the combustion inside the combustion chamber. The burner uses preheated oxygen and preheated fuel to improve vaporization prior to combustion of the fuel.
US08747099B2	Tooling for injection-molding a part A tooling for injection-molding a part, the tooling including two cavity blocks each including a cavity formed therein of a shape corresponding to a shape of a part that is to be molded once the cavity blocks have been superposed, at least one of the cavity blocks including an ejection mechanism ejecting the molded part and including at least one ejector movable between a molding position and an ejection position. The ejector is guided to move between its two positions along a curved path, or a circular arc, of shape that corresponds to a shape of a portion of the mold part to be extracted from the cavity.
US08747097B2	Networked three-dimensional printer with three-dimensional scanner Three-dimensional fabrication resources are improved by adding networking capabilities to three-dimensional printers and providing a variety of tools for networked use of three-dimensional printers. Web-based servers or the like can provide a single point of access for remote users to manage access to distributed content on one hand, and to manage use of distributed fabrication resources on the other.
US08747094B2	Multilayer molding apparatus and injection molding method A multilayer molding apparatus, comprising: a fixed platen; a movable platen; an intermediate platen positioned between the fixed platen and the movable platen to be movable in the direction to come close or be opened, and having a surface facing the fixed platen, a surface facing the movable platen, and a housing space that goes therethrough from the surface facing the fixed platen to the surface facing the movable platen; and a rotary platen rotatably supported by the intermediate platen inside the housing space of the intermediate platen, and having at least one pair of parallel surfaces facing the fixed platen and the movable platen, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the intermediate platen facing the fixed platen and the movable platen is a mold mounting surface on which a mold can be mounted directly or indirectly.
US08747092B2	Fast nanoimprinting apparatus using deformale mold The invention disclosed apparatuses and methods to do nanoimprint lithography using a deformable mold. Generally, the apparatus has a chamber with a transparent section on its top wall, which is capable of vacuuming and pressurizing. The deformable mold fixed firmly onto a hollow mold holder around its full periphery is attached to top inner surface of the chamber and positioned underneath the transparent section. The central area of the mold is freely accessible from underneath through the opening of the mold holder. An enclosed volume referring to mold mini-chamber is formed between the mold/holder and top wall of the chamber. Inside chamber, a stage assembly is installed. A chuck to vacuumly hold a substrate is mounted on top of the stage assembly. At beginning of the imprinting, the substrate with a layer of resist is positioned underneath the mold at a predetermined gap between them. Then, the substrate is moved up to contact with the mold either under vacuum or under atmosphere. The substrate and mold may be pressed further by introducing higher pressure inside the chamber. After consolidating the resist, the substrate is separated from the mold by either direct pull-down enabled by stage movement or deforming the mold enabled by differential pressure between the mold mini-chamber and the bulk volume of the chamber, or mixing of both.
US08747080B2	Fluid pump A small-sized, low-profile fluid pump having high pumping capabilities includes an actuator and a planar section including a metal plate. The actuator includes a disk-shaped piezoelectric element attached to a disk-shaped diaphragm. As a result of application of a square-wave or sine-wave drive voltage, the actuator performs a bending vibration from the central portion to the peripheral portion. The peripheral portion of the actuator is not restrained. The actuator performs a bending vibration in the state in which it is in proximity to the planar section while facing the planar section. A center vent is provided at or in an area adjacent to the center of an actuator facing area of the planar section that faces the actuator.
US08747073B2	Arrangement for cable guiding and a wind turbine using such arrangement The present invention relates to an arrangement (1) for cable guiding, comprising a first guide member (40) adapted to enclose a first cable (10) along at least a part of the length of said first cable. The first guide member (40) has an outside surface adapted to form at least one first guide surface (41) supporting at least one second cable (20) along at least a part of the length of said first cable. The present invention further relates to a wind turbine comprising such an arrangement and to the use of such an arrangement.
US08747071B2	Drain pump A drain pump that maintains pump performance and reduces noise and vibration accompanying water scooping of a rotary impeller includes a large-diameter blade divided into an inner blade and an outer blade. A radius of an impeller scooping up water is the sum of the lengths of the inner and outer blades in a radial direction. The large-diameter blade is divided at a position where the amount of generated air bubbles is large, and the inner and outer blades are alternately disposed. Accordingly, air bubbles are escaped to a downstream side in a rotational direction, so that the intensity of the collision between the blades and air bubbles is decreased reducing noise caused by the burst of air bubbles and vibration caused by a collision load of the flow of a gas-liquid mixture.
US08747068B2	Controlled angular acceleration for air moving devices Various methods related to air moving devices in electronic systems are disclosed. Various electronic systems including controlled air moving devices are also disclosed. Thus, in one method of controlling an air moving device in an electronic system, the air moving device is operable to accelerate between rotational speeds at a maximum angular acceleration. The method includes limiting an angular acceleration of the air moving device to a first acceleration limit less than the maximum angular acceleration when changing the air moving device from a first rotational speed to a second rotational speed.
US08747062B2	Pump casing A pump casing for a centrifugal pump, which comprises an inlet opening, a discharge outlet, and a transition surface extending between an inner peripheral surface of the main pumping chamber and an inner peripheral surface of the discharge outlet, the transition surface arranged for separating an in use exit flow of material in the discharge outlet from an in use recirculation flow of material in the main pumping chamber. The transition surface has a cutwater having a profiled section which comprises a protrusion which extends irregularly from an otherwise generally rounded arched or U-shaped transition surface and is configured such that, in use, the velocity and/or turbulence resulting from the in use flow of the material being pumped in the main pumping chamber is reduced.
US08747055B2	Geared architecture for high speed and small volume fan drive turbine A gas turbine engine includes a flex mount for a fan drive gear system. A very high speed fan drive turbine drives the fan drive gear system.
US08747052B2	Automation for high throughput semiconductor batch-wafer processing equipment An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to automate transfer of parts for high throughput. A boat transfer unit (BTU) arm carrying a boat containing a plurality of parts is rotated from an initial position to a first position that is below a process chamber. The BTU arm engages a boat support that supports the boat. The BTU arm is moved upward to a second position such that the boat partially enters the process chamber at a distance D with respect to an entrance opening of the process chamber. An elevator arm carrying a pedestal is engaged to lower side of the boat support. The BTU arm is moved away from the second position. The elevator arm is moved upward to fully insert the boat inside the process chamber.
US08747050B2	Substrate transport apparatus A substrate transport apparatus including a first shaftless rotary motor including a first stator and a first rotor, the first stator being linearly distributed and the first rotor being coupled to a first arm, a second shaftless rotary motor including a second stator and second rotor, the second stator being linearly distributed and the second rotor being coupled to a second arm, the second arm being connected to the first arm and a first substrate support being coupled to at least one of the first and second arms, wherein the first stator and second stator are configured so that the first and second arms and the first substrate support are inside the stators and a motor output at a connection between the first and second shaftless rotary motors and a respective one of the first and second arms is a resultant force disposed peripheral to the first and second arms.
US08747047B2	Device for unloading compartment trays, used in tobacco industry, filled with rod shaped elements A device for unloading compartment trays holding rod shaped elements, for use in the tobacco industry, is disclosed. The device includes an inlet conveyor for full trays, an unloading conveyor for unloading rod shaped elements into a throat, a conveyor for out-feeding stacks of rod shaped elements that have been unloaded into the throat, and an outlet conveyor for empty trays. A linear transporter for the trays has a gripping unit that grips the full trays and moves the full trays for unloading into the throat, and a second gripping unit that grips the empty trays and moves the empty trays for cleaning in a cleaning mechanism.
US08747017B2	Resilient inflatable delineators A resilient inflatable delineator pole. The delineator pole can include an elongated body enclosing an interior chamber, a flap disposed at a bottom end of the body and having an aperture defined therein, a retention structure for retaining a lower portion of the body within a granular medium, at least one valve disposed on the elongated body and in communication with the interior chamber, and a protective sleeve enclosing a portion of the elongated body.
US08747015B1	Hemispherical joint for composite material joining An assembly includes a fiber-reinforced composite structure, a bushing, and a fastener. The composite structure includes a composite panel on a first side, where the composite panel defines a hemispherical well. The structure further includes a plurality of stiffening ribs on a second side, which are affixed to the composite panel. The composite panel defines a first bore at the center of the hemispherical well, which extends through the structure. The bushing has a hemispherical end and a flat end, and defines a second bore from the center of the hemispherical end to the center of the flat end. The hemispherical end of the bushing is configured to nest within the hemispherical well defined by the composite structure such that the flat end of the bushing is flush with the surrounding composite panel. The fastener is configured to extend within both of the first bore and the second bore.
US08747014B2	Tapered retaining ring to reduce bearing race movement An assembly comprises a shaft defining a longitudinal axis, a first component supported on the shaft, a second component supported on the shaft, and an isolator positioned between the first component and the second component. The second component configured such that the second component induces a force having a component parallel to the axis of the shaft. The force component parallel to the axis of the shaft induced by the second component is transferred directly to the shaft by the isolator and is isolated from the first component.
US08747004B1	Dual diameter cap with integral and adjustable swab An improved device for use as a lid with integral handle for attachment to a can, the lid portion having two concentric sets of threads to engage a container having one of two spout diameters, an applicator or swab being adapted to extend from the handle in which it is situated, the extension distance of the swab being adjustable within the handle, the swab being useful as an applicator for applying liquid coatings, solvents, adhesives, or other materials. The invention also includes a variety of attachments for use with the lid and handle.
US08746998B2	Dot impact printer A dot impact printer including a printhead unit having a wire dot head that strikes an ink ribbon against a recording medium to print, and a head support frame that supports the wire dot head; a path forming member that forms the recording medium conveyance path at the printing position of the wire dot head; and a first contact group having at least three contact points disposed to the head support frame that contact the path forming member proximally to the wire dot head for positioning to the path forming member in the head pin projection direction.
US08746992B2	Camera lens accessory holder A camera lens accessory holder includes an attachment ring configured to couple to a camera lens accessory such as a lens cap or filter, a base coupled to the attachment ring and a holder mount coupled to the base opposite the attachment ring for removably attaching the holder to an external support structure. The base optionally includes a logo surface facing the attachment ring and optionally includes one or more visual elements such as a logo, text, photograph, or symbol. Some embodiments of a camera lens accessory holder include more than one attachment ring. Other embodiments are provided with means for attaching two holders to each other, one each on opposite sides of a flexible strap or belt. Some embodiments include a clip for attachment of a camera lens accessory holder to a belt, strap, or thin sheet of material.
US08746991B2	Repairing method, repairing structure and connecting structure of embedded optical fiber of composite material structure A method of repairing an embedded optical fiber of a composite material structure including an embedded optical fiber embedded in a composite material, includes removing a portion of the composite material including a damaged portion of the embedded optical fiber to form an opening portion; polishing an end surface of the embedded optical fiber exposed in the opening portion and an end surface of the composite material exposed in the opening portion; and performing position adjustment such that a core of the polished embedded optical fiber and a core of a replacement optical fiber are aligned with each other, butting the end surface of the embedded optical fiber and an end surface of the replacement optical fiber with each other, and connecting the end surface of the embedded optical fiber and the end surface of the replacement optical fiber together.
US08746985B2	Rolling bearing device for wheel A rolling bearing device for a wheel includes a fixed bearing ring in a tubular shape which is fixed to a vehicle side, and a rotary bearing ring which is rotatably passed through the fixed bearing ring, and includes a plurality of flange portions for mounting the wheel formed on an outer periphery at one end side thereof in an axial direction, and a spigot joint portion in an annular shape protruding in the axial direction formed in a one end part thereof in the axial direction. A circular recess is formed in the one end part of the rotary bearing ring in the axial direction. Thick wall parts for reinforcement are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the spigot joint portion at positions corresponding to regions between a part between the respective flange portions.
US08746981B2	System, method and apparatus for bearings and tolerance rings with fuctional layers The present invention pertains to a bearing or tolerance ring having multiple functional layers including an annular metallic band and an elastomeric layer. The tolerance ring also includes a low friction layer that is bonded to the other layers. The elastomeric layer of the present invention provides soft performance to reduce noise and vibration without diminishing performance.
US08746980B2	Sliding bearing The present invention provides a sliding bearing which is inexpensive, has a simple construction, and is capable of keeping a frictional torque low. A sliding bearing (1) supports a heat roller such as a fixing roller, a pressure roller, and the like of an image-forming apparatus is constructed of an outer ring (3) and an inner ring (2). The outer ring (3) is made of synthetic resin and the inner ring (2) is made of a sintered metal, or the outer ring (3) is made of a sintered metal and the inner ring is made of synthetic resin. The outer circumferential surface of the inner ring (2) is formed as a convexly curved surface, and the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring (3) is formed as a concavely curved surface corresponding to the convexly curved surface. The outer ring (3) is composed of two radially halved parts. The inner ring (2) is fitted on the outer ring (3) by sandwiching the inner ring (2) between the radially halved parts of the outer ring (3) in such a way that the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring (3) and the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring (2) slide relative to each other.
US08746975B2	Thermal management systems, assemblies and methods for grazing incidence collectors for EUV lithography Systems, assemblies and methods for thermally managing a grazing incidence collector (GIC) for EUV lithography applications are disclosed. The GIC thermal management assembly includes a GIC mirror shell interfaced with a jacket to form a sealed chamber. An open cell, heat transfer (OCHT) material is disposed within the metal chamber and is thermally and mechanically bonded with the GIC mirror shell and jacket. A coolant is flowed in an azimuthally symmetric fashion through the OCHT material between input and output plenums to effectuate cooling when the GIC thermal management assembly is used in a GIC mirror system configured to receive and form collected EUV radiation from an EUV radiation source.
US08746973B2	Systems and methods for quasi-simultaneous multi-planar x-ray imaging Systems and methods for obtaining two-dimensional images of an object, such as a patient, in multiple projection planes. In one aspect, the invention advantageously permits quasi-simultaneous image acquisition from multiple projection planes using a single radiation source.An imaging apparatus comprises a gantry having a central opening for positioning an object to be imaged, a source of radiation that is rotatable around the interior of the gantry ring and which is adapted to project radiation onto said object from a plurality of different projection angles; and a detector system adapted to detect the radiation at each projection angle to acquire object images from multiple projection planes in a quasi-simultaneous manner. The gantry can be a substantially “O-shaped” ring, with the source rotatable 360 degrees around the interior of the ring. The source can be an x-ray source, and the imaging apparatus can be used for medical x-ray imaging. The detector array can be a two-dimensional detector, preferably a digital detector.
US08746969B2	Determining thermal history of components A system for and method of determining thermal history of components which are subjected to high-temperature environments, such as in boilers, fuel cells, furnaces, engines and gas turbines, and temperature-monitoring materials and coatings for use in such a system and method.
US08746958B2	Beverage container A beverage container for mixing a beverage is disclosed. The beverage container includes a cup having a stirring flap integral to an internal side wall of the cup. The stifling flap has a sine wave shape and comprises a top fin protruding near the top of the internal wall and a bottom fin protruding near the bottom of the internal wall of the cup. The top fin and the bottom fin are separated by a central portion. The cup is swirled in a circular motion by a person's hand to mix the liquid contained within. The central portion allows liquid to pass freely through the middle of the cup to gain momentum when the cup is swirled. The bottom fin has the shape of a lower case letter ‘h’, to allow solid material gathered in the bottom of the cup to pass underneath the bottom fin and mix with liquid.
US08746956B2	Vibrator arrangement and method of producing material columns in the ground A vibrator arrangement for producing material columns in the ground comprises an elongate vibrating body with an outer surface having a girth and at least one projection extending at least partially around the girth of the vibrating body. A method of producing a material column in the ground may use such a vibrator arrangement.
US08746938B2	Light combined with a cable A light combined with a cable illuminates a cable-stayed bridge in which a deck slab is fixed by a cable, or a structure in which wires or cables are combined, so as to achieve improved visual landscaping effects. The light of the present invention comprises a frame (110), a lamp (120), a housing (130), and a switch (150). The frame (110) comprises: a through-hole (111) for the a cable (13) to pass therethrough; a plurality of lamp mounting grooves (112) formed along the circumference of the through-hole (111); and fastening holes (114) which are formed along the circumferential surface of the frame and communicate with the through-hole (111) in the horizontal direction, and each of which has an inner surface provided with a female screw thread. The lamp mounting grooves (112) are formed into steps such that lamp mounting grooves closer to the through-hole (111) are deeper than those farther away from the through-hole. The frame (110) further comprises a bar-shaped first fastening bolt (116) which passes through one of the fastening holes (114), and which has a circumferential surface with a male screw thread so as to engage with the female screw thread. The lamp (120) has light sources (121) fixed in the respective lamp mounting grooves (112) to emit light. The housing (130) accommodates the frame (110). The switch (150) controls the flickering operation of the lamp (120), and is installed within the housing (130).
US08746930B2	Methods of forming direct and decorative illumination In various embodiments, direct illumination is provided from a primary light emitter and decorative illumination is provided from a secondary light emitter illuminating a shade.
US08746929B2	Device with combined features of lighting and air purification A lighting device combined with an air purification feature is disclosed. At least one function of the device is to provide high quality directional light for general lighting purposes. An additional function is to decompose VOCs and/or destroy microbes in the ambient air. The heat generated by white LEDs is utilized to generate air flow through the device. The geometry is designed to utilize the chimney effect and maximize volumetric flow. The circulated air is purified by a photocatalytic layer applied to the interior surface of the device. The lighting device can be built into pendant luminaires or lamps, thus ensuring vertical orientation of the light module. The exemplary embodiments may be applied in public places, hospitals, ward rooms, and other locations where a cost effective disinfection method is needed.
US08746921B1	Adjustable multi-distributive lighting mount A multi-distributive lighting mount includes a first mounting surface rotatably coupled to a second mounting surface. Longitudinally extending LED light modules are coupled to each of the first and second mounting surfaces. The direction of light for each of the first LED light module and the second LED light module is affected by the rotational positioning of the first mounting surface with respect to the second mounting surface. The first mounting surface can also include a first barrel portion and a second barrel portion. The second mounting surface can also include a first barrel portion and a second barrel portion. A pin extends through the second barrel portion of the first mounting surface and the second barrel portion of the second mounting surface to rotatably couple the first mounting surface to the second mounting surface and to act as the axis of rotation of the first mounting surface with respect to the second mounting surface.
US08746917B2	Fan base with illuminated mirror and fan A fan base and illuminated mirror apparatus for use in cooling a user's neck and torso while the user is positioned adjacent the apparatus includes a base member having upper and lower portions. A fan member is pivotally coupled to the base member and selectively movable between upward and downward directed configurations. A length adjustable rod is coupled to the upper portion of the base member and extending upwardly therefrom, the rod being selectively movable between expanded and retracted configurations. A mirror is operatively coupled to an upper end of the rod such that the mirror is vertically displaced from the fan member, the mirror being movable between straight and tilted configurations. The apparatus includes a light coupled to the mirror and electrically connected to a power source, the light configured to illuminate the mirror when energized.
US08746915B2	Light emitting die (LED) lamps, heat sinks and related methods Light-emitting die (LED) Lamps, heat sinks, and related methods are provided. An LED lamp can include a mounting substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface and side edges. An LED package can be disposed on the top surface of the mounting substrate with the LED package comprising an LED chip. The LED lamp can include a heat sink that can include a heat sink base and a spacer extending upward from the base. The spacer can have a mounting area or pad distal from the heat sink base on which the bottom surface of the mounting substrate is disposed. The spacer can also have a width that is less than a width between the side edges of the mounting substrate. The LED lamp can further include a lens disposed over the LED package and the mounting substrate.
US08746906B2	Light source module for macro photography A light source module for macro photography is disclosed. The light source module is for connecting to a lens of an image capturing apparatus and bearing against a plane surface to capture the image of the plane surface. The light source module includes a barrel, a contact unit and a lighting unit. The barrel has a rear portion for connecting to the lens and a front portion opposite to the rear portion. The contact unit is arranged on an end face of the front portion. The contact unit has a plurality of contact pads arranged at intervals on the end face for contacting with the plane surface. The lighting unit is arranged on the inner surface of the barrel.
US08746896B2	Light source unit and projector A light source unit includes an excitation light source and a luminescent wheel on which luminescent light emitting areas including, on a reflecting surface, red and green luminescent materials which respectively emit light of red and green wavelength band, when receiving excitation light, and a diffuse transmission area which diffuses and transmits excitation light, are aligned end to end in a circumferential direction. An excitation light incident surface of a luminescent material layer of the luminescent wheel has a surface with a plurality of projecting bodies. Regular quadrangular pyramids are arranged thereon in a matrix with outer boundaries of bottom portions of adjacent regular quadrangular pyramids contacting each other. The pyramids rise at a rising angle of at least 30°, and a length of one side of an outer boundary of the bottom portion of the pyramid is between 10 and 100 μm.
US08746893B2	Image projection system and a method of controlling a projected pointer An image projection system whereby a position of a pointer on a projected image can be easily controlled from a location separated from the main control means. The system comprises a projector, a computer for controlling the projector to display a pointer on a projected image in accordance with an operational signal from a terminal, and a remote controller for the projector. The remote controller comprises a pointing device and a transmitter for transmitting an operation signal as an infrared ray operational signal. The projector comprises a receiver which is an infrared (IR) optical receiver having directivity, and receives the infrared ray operational signal.
US08746890B2	Polarization beam splitting element and image projection apparatus The polarization beam splitting element includes a one-dimensional grating structure having a grating period smaller than a wavelength of an entering beam and including a metal grating portion, and two light-transmissive members each having a refractive index higher than that of air. The one-dimensional grating structure is disposed between the two light-transmissive members. The grating period of the one-dimensional grating structure is 120 nm or less, a thickness of the one-dimensional grating structure is 100 nm or less and an inter-grating portion of the one-dimensional grating structure is formed as a vacuum space or formed of air or a dielectric material. The grating period Λ [nm], a filling factor FF that is a ratio w/Λ of a width w [nm] of the grating portion to the grating period, a refractive index na of the inter-grating portion and a wavelength λg of 550 [nm] satisfy (1.4na−2.9)Λ/λg−0.57na+1.32≦FF≦(1.4na−2.9)Λ/λg−0.57na+1.39 and 0.152np−1.375(Λ/λg)+0.5≦FF≦0.152np−1.375(Λ/λg)+0.6.
US08746887B2	Stereoscopic image projection system A stereoscopic image projection system including: a beam projector for projecting a left eye image and a right eye image in a side by side format; a stereoscopic image adaptor for alternately projecting the left eye image and the right eye image onto a screen in a time sequence; and a shutter controller for synchronizing a time sequential operation of the stereoscopic image adaptor and opening and closing of right and left shutters of a user shutter glasses.
US08746886B2	Wavefront propagation from one plane to another The present invention provides methods, systems and software for scaling optical aberration measurements of optical systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye. The method comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. Aberration data from the transmitted image is measured across the optical tissues of the eye at a first plane. A conversion algorithm is applied to the data, converting it to corrective optical power data that can be used as a basis for constructing a treatment for the eye at a second plane.
US08746876B2	Stereoscopic eyewear with stray light management Disclosed embodiments relate to eyewear configured to reduce stray light. An exemplary embodiment of the eyewear accounts for various design factors, including the cross sectional profile of the rim, the micro topography of the rim surface, the reflectivity, the theatre or room geometry, proximity of the eye to the lens, lens size, and the screen gain. An exemplary eyewear includes lenses connected to the rim sections of a frame, and a path may be defined through a maximum height of the outer flange portion of a rim section and a maximum height of the inner flange portion of the rim section. The path may be inclined at an angle relative to an angle α relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the lenses.
US08746870B2	Matting agent coating device and inkjet recording device In a matting agent coating device, a matting agent within a supplying section is supplied to a metering section. A supplied amount of matting agent at a surface of a metering roller is metered by a metering blade, and an excess amount is filtered at a slit portion. Matting agent is supplied to an application roller that is provided directly beneath. For example, a closed-cell sponge rubber is used as a material of the metering roller, and a size of closed cells is around 5 to 100 times an average particle diameter of the matting agent. The matting agent that has been supplied to a surface of the application roller is transferred and applied onto a recording medium. The matting agent is transferred from the application roller onto image portions of the recording medium due to tackiness of an ink film forming an image.
US08746867B2	Ink jet recording method, ink jet recording apparatus, and recorded material Provided is an ink jet recording method including primarily applying a resin ink containing resin components to a recording medium to form a first resin ink layer, and secondarily applying the resin ink to the first resin ink layer to form a second resin ink layer, to thereby form a resin ink layer, wherein each of the primary applying process and the secondary applying process includes drying the applied resin ink.
US08746845B2	Liquid ejection head, and recording method and suction method using the liquid ejection head A liquid ejection head includes a substrate, a pressure chamber, first and second common liquid chambers, a filter for inhibiting inflow of foreign matter in liquid supplied to the pressure chamber, first and second supply openings respectively communicating with the first and second common liquid chambers, and a liquid receiving portion formed on an opposite surface of the substrate. The second common liquid chamber, the pressure chamber, and the first common liquid chamber are arranged in the listed order in a direction from an end of the substrate to a center of the substrate. The first common liquid chamber communicates with the pressure chamber via the filter, and the second common liquid chamber communicates with the pressure chamber through no filter.
US08746830B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image forming member that jets liquid droplets onto a recording medium and forms an image on a front face of the recording medium, a tension imparting member that induces tension of 100 N/m to 1000 N/m in the recording medium image-formed on the recording medium front face by the image forming member, and a drying member that dries the image formed on the front face of the recording medium when tension induced in the recording medium by the tension imparting member to a residual moisture level of 3 g/m2 or less in the recording medium.
US08746826B2	Device and method for managing piezo inkjet head A device and a method for managing a piezo inkjet head. The device includes: a piezo actuator connected to an inkjet head to generate pressure; a driver that controls driving of the piezo actuator; a sensing resistor connected between the driver and the piezo actuator, a signal amplifier connected across the sensing resistor to amplify the signal applied to the sensing resistor; a signal processor that removes noise of the signal output from the signal amplifier; a controller that determines a signal passing through the signal processor as a reference signal in a state in which bubbles are not introduced into the inkjet head; and a storage unit that stores the signal determined as the reference signal in the controller. The controller calculates a difference between the signal passing through the signal processor and the reference signal to generate a detection signal and determine a state of the inkjet head.
US08746817B2	Electronic device and case structure thereof A case structure of an electronic device includes a main case, a cover, and an elastic driving element. The main case includes a hollow portion, and a spring leaf structure protruding inwardly from a side of the hollow portion. The cover for covering the hollow portion includes a fastening portion, at least one fixing element, and a column portion. The elastic driving element is movably combined with the main case and includes a corresponding fastening portion and an operating portion. When the cover is combined with the main case, the spring leaf structure is pressed by the column portion to generate an elastic deformation; when the operating portion is moved to let the corresponding fastening portion detach from the fastening portion, the cover may detach from the main case with an elastic restoring force exerted by the spring leaf structure on the column portion.
US08746813B2	Vehicle braking device In a vehicle capable of performing regenerative braking and fluid pressure braking, in changing from the regenerative braking to the fluid pressure braking in response to a decrease of a vehicle speed due to braking, a fluid pressure braking force is increased from 0 at a first increasing rate when the vehicle speed falls to or below a first threshold value (V1), and the fluid pressure braking force is increased at a second increasing rate, which is higher than the first increasing rate, when the vehicle speed falls to or below a second threshold value (V2), which is smaller than the first threshold value (V1). With this configuration, while occurrence of a squeal noise of a wheel cylinder can be prevented by setting the first increasing rate of the fluid pressure braking force at a small value, a required braking force can be generated without any problem by setting the second increasing rate, to be used subsequently thereto, of the fluid pressure braking force at a large value.
US08746805B1	Apparatus and method for remotely locking a container An apparatus for remotely locking a container includes a vehicle having a main frame and a tipper frame hingedly connected to the main frame, at least one of the main frame and tipper frame being configured to receive and support a container thereon; an actuator assembly for pivoting the tipper frame relative the main frame between a reclined, container loading and transport position and an inclined, dumping position; a container configured for receipt, transport and dumping of material, including a box defining a rear opening, and having a door hingedly connected with the container box to swing between an open, material dumping position and a closed position covering and sealing shut the rear opening; at least one lock mechanism connected to at least one of the box and the door; a locking assembly connected to the container; and, an actuator assembly connected to the tipper frame and physically separate from the locking assembly, and when the container is juxtaposed atop the tipper frame said tipper frame is in the transport position, the actuator assembly is operable upon actuation to engage with and cause the locking assembly to engage with the at least one lock mechanism to pull the door tightly against the box and seal closed the opening.
US08746802B1	Chair base with retractable foot platform A chair base having a retractable foot platform is preferably formed from steel and includes a movable carriage. The foot platform is affixed to linkages attached to a rotatable rod. By moving a handle attached to the rod, the retractable foot platform can be pivoted and extended or withdrawn as desired.
US08746800B2	Vehicle head restraint assembly A vehicle head restraint assembly includes a head restraint body for providing support to a vehicle occupant's head and a lower frame assembly for mounting the head restraint body to an associated vehicle structure. The head restraint body is longitudinally adjustable relative to the lower frame assembly. An upper frame assembly can be secured to the head restraint body and movably secured to the lower frame assembly for longitudinally adjusting the head restraint body relative to the lower frame assembly.
US08746799B2	Headrest support rod A headrest support rod includes a shaft portion and a support portion. The shaft portion has a first end, a second end, and an annular wall. The annular wall defines a cavity that extends from the first end to the second end. The support portion is formed adjacent to the second end of the shaft portion. At least part of the support portion is a continuous extension of the annular wall of the shaft portion. The shaft portion and the support portion are unitarily formed.
US08746798B2	Retractable headrest A vehicle seat assembly includes a support structure and a headrest supported by the support structure. The headrest includes a headrest body that is movable with respect to the support structure between a stowed position and a use position, and a locking mechanism for locking the headrest body in the use position. When the headrest body is in the use position, the locking mechanism is releasable to allow the headrest body to rotate rearwardly and slide downwardly to the stowed position.
US08746797B2	Automatic rotation system for tilting seats of chairs or armchairs The invention relates to improvements in the object of patent P200603269 for “Automatic rotation system for tilting seats of chairs or armchairs”, comprising rotation supports formed by two parts (1 and 2) which are rotating in relation to one another, between which there is incorporated a rotating draw-spring (4), one of the parts (2) of each rotating support determining an annular channel (5), in which there is housed a ring (6) together with a high-viscosity silicone filler, such that said ring (6) is linked by pulling with the other part (1) of the rotating support, a braking action occurring on the rotation movement between the two parts (1 and 2) due to the friction of that ring (6) with the silicone in the channel (5).
US08746786B2	Sill arrangement of a motor vehicle body A sill arrangement of a motor vehicle body is provided that has a sill outer plate, a sill inner plate, and a side wall outer plate, the sill inner plate and the sill outer plate being connected to one another with at least one flange extending essentially in the sill longitudinal direction, and the side wall outer plate fastened at least regionally on a lower side of the sill outer plate at a distance from the connecting flange.
US08746781B2	Reinforcing unit for vehicle body A reinforcing unit for the vehicle body may include an insert member coupled to a front side member while being inserted in the front side member, and a fender apron lower reinforce member mounted in a fender apron to be coupled to the insert member, so that crash energy transmitted to the fender apron in a front offset crash of the vehicle may be transmitted to the front side member through the reinforcing unit of the vehicle body to be effectively distributed.
US08746778B2	Travel trailer with reconfigurable bed platform A travel trailer is provided. The travel trailer may include a camping pod that contains tent fabric. The travel trailer may also have a telescoping member that is configured for raising and lowering the camping pod.
US08746771B1	Removable litter support assembly A removable litter support assembly for installation on a interior wall of a transport vehicle. The removable litter support assembly includes a plurality of wall supports and a plurality of straps. Each of the plurality of wall supports are generally oriented vertical and parallel to each other and in a linear orientation and each of the plurality of straps are generally oriented vertical and parallel to each other and in a linear orientation. The linear orientation of the plurality of wall supports being parallel to the linear orientation of the plurality of straps.
US08746770B2	Concrete lifting anchors A tension bar for an edge lift anchor for a concrete panel, the tension bar being shaped to provide a central portion to lie adjacent a head portion of the anchor and legs extending from each end of the central portion, an inner side of each leg being profiled to lock into the surrounding concrete, the profiling being formed by a series of longitudinally spaced formations each of generally saw-toothed shape with a leading edge of each formation facing towards the head portion such that on application of tensile load to the tension bar, the leg will lock into the concrete with a generally compressive loading being applied to the concrete in the zone between the two legs.
US08746754B2	Locking device for tote bin A locking device is provided for locking a container having sidewalls and at least one lid defining an open position and a closed position. The locking device may include an elongate lock member configured to engage the lid(s) and a lock housing that is associated with at least one of the sidewalls. The lock housing may be configured to at least partially receive the elongate lock member. The locking device may be designed to be installed on the container in the field, or the locking device may be integrally formed with the container. The lock housing may include a security element that is detectable by a security system to guard against theft of the container. In some cases, a security module is provided that releasably attaches to the lock housing to provide further alarm functionality.
US08746752B2	Joint and spacer used therein An inner tubular portion (15) and an outer tubular portion (16) form an insertion space (14) of a plastic pipe (11) and are integrally formed on a joint main body (13). A cap (29) is connected to the outer tubular portion (16) by projection-recess engagement. A retainer mechanism (27) of the plastic pipe (11) is provided between the outer tubular portion (16) and the cap (29). A cutout portion (20) is formed in the outer tubular portion (16), and a bulging engagement portion (24) is arranged on the cutout portion (20). The outer periphery of the bulging engagement portion (24) is connected to the cap (29) by the projection-recess engagement. A restricting portion is provided between the cutout portion (20) and the bulging engagement portion (24). The restricting portion is composed of a first tapered surface (21) and a second tapered surface (25). The first tapered surface (21) is provided on the cutout portion (20) and decreases in width toward the outer end. The second tapered surface (25) is provided on the bulging engagement portion (24) and engaged with the first tapered surface (21).
US08746748B2	Coupling system, distributor, pipe system, and pipe offset system A coupling system includes two base bodies, each having an aperture for a fluid, an interior predefined circumferential depression and a locking surface. An adapter piece including an aperture for the fluid has two ends and at least two predefined circumferential depressions, which run at least partially along a circumference of the respective ends, wherein the first base body is associated with the first end of the adapter piece and the second base body is associated with the second end of the adapter piece, wherein in a state in which they are pushed inside each other the circumferential depression associated with the respective end of the adapter piece and the interior circumferential depression of the respective base body are located opposite of each other and form a receiving space. In addition, latching elements are provided to prevent the respective latching element from accidentally sliding out of the associated receiving space.
US08746746B1	Nestable connector Example embodiments are directed to a fitting configured to transition from an open configuration to a closed configuration. In example embodiments, the fitting may include a first member, a second member, a first gusset base extending from the first member, a second gusset base extending from the second member, and a hinge connecting the first member to the second member. In example embodiments, the first gusset base may include at least one first gusset and the second gusset base may include at least one second gusset. In example embodiments a distance between outermost portions of the at least one first and second gussets may be substantially the same as a distance separating the first member from the second member.
US08746739B2	Aircrew restraint system with integrated communications and controls Disclosed is a restraint system for a vehicle, such as a wheeled vehicle, boat, or fixed or rotary winged aircraft. The system includes a control system integrated into the harness and strap of the restraint. This permits crewmembers to lock and unlock the restraint from a body worn control panel. Other auxiliary equipment also be operated from the control panel. In another embodiment, wiring for a communication system is integrated into the harness and strap.
US08746733B2	Pillar garnish The pillar garnish has a main body, an extension part that is formed integrally with the main body, including a guide surface at an upper end of the extension part, the guide surface controlling a direction in which the air bag apparatus is unfolded so that the air bag apparatus is unfolded into the interior of the vehicle when the air bag apparatus is inflated, and a box portion that is formed integrally with the main body and the extension part, the box portion being positioned between the main body and the pillar. The box portion has a back wall portion and a pair of side wall portions that are adjacent to the back wall portion and the main body. The side wall portion has a thick portion and a thin portion, the thin portion being disposed closer to the main body than to the back wall portion.
US08746732B1	Airbag assembly load distributing structure An airbag assembly can include an inflator that may exert forces on an airbag housing during deployment of an airbag from the housing. The airbag assembly can include a load distributing plate to distribute or delocalize the forces. In some arrangements, the load distributing plate can be attached to the inflator.
US08746729B2	Toe piece for gliding apparatus and gliding apparatus equipped with such binding A toe piece for a gliding apparatus, such as a touring ski, including two tightening elements relatively movable between a boot-tightened position, in which they engage respective lateral housings of the boot, and an open position to release the boot, the tightening elements forming a pivot axis for the boot and a stop movable between an active position in which the stop comes into contact with the front end of the boot so as to longitudinally position the lateral housings of the boot, and a retracted position in which the stop does not interfere with normal pivoting of the boot during an ascent phase, the stop being in an active position when the two tightening elements are in the open position and the movable stop is directly connected to the tightening elements, so that a relative displacement of the tightening elements causes the stop to switch between its active and retracted positions.
US08746722B2	Method of travel using a folding vehicle having a chassis that functions as a protective, carry-on casing A method of using a folding vehicle having a chassis that functions as a protective, carry-on casing is provided. The vehicle has a chassis with a center member, a rotatably-lockable front strut, a rotatably-lockable rear strut, and two pivot points for converting the vehicle from an operational state to a collapsed state; and, a drive member with a crankshaft. The crankshaft and the rotatably-lockable front strut pivot share a central axis of rotation; and, the releasably-lockable front strut and the releasably-lockable rear strut are configured to fold into a complementary relationship in the interior of the channel in the collapsed state. The channel functions as a protective, carry-on case for the folding vehicle in the collapsed state.
US08746712B2	Mattress moving device In one aspect, a device for moving objects is provided that includes a carriage having a first planer bearing member coupled to a second planer bearing member therewith forming a recess, each of the bearing members having a plurality of holes therein opposite an intersection of the bearing members; at least one wheel coupled to the carriage member, the wheel having an axis parallel with the intersection of the bearing members; and a first and a second strap having ends removably attachable to each other, each of the straps passing through one of the bearing members.
US08746708B2	Creeper for car repairing A creeper for car repair which belongs to the technical field of basic hand tools, includes a creeper body and an object scraper mechanism which is pivotally connected with one end of the creeper body. The technical solution provided by the present invention is equipped to an object scraper mechanism which is pivotally connected with one end of the creeper body for unfolding from the creeper body and being perpendicular to the service creeper body when the operator is standing upright and heavy objects are carried, as well as laying against the back of the service creeper body when the scraper mechanism is not being used and is folded, thus facilitating the object transportation and reducing the work intensity for the operators.
US08746707B2	Skate Skate, either an in-line roller skate or an ice skate, comprising a frame carrying on or more sliding elements, and a skate boot provided with a sole, said boot being fastened to said frame through a fastening portion, wherein said fastening portion is located between said sole and said frame in a substantially central region in the longitudinal direction of said frame.
US08746705B1	Active roll control system An active roll control system that actively controls roll by changing roll strength of a stabilizer bar by varying a connection position of a stabilizer link, which connects both ends of the stabilizer bar on a subframe with a suspension arm, on the suspension arm. The suspension arm includes a rail unit that has a top opening and includes slide rails arranged in a vehicle width direction within the rail unit, and guides a connector connected with the lower end of the stabilizer link along the slide rails. In addition, an actuator unit of the suspension arm has a driving shaft connected with the connector and provides a forward and rearward driving force to the connector.
US08746697B2	Sheet transport mechanism and image forming apparatus having the same A sheet transport mechanism includes a pair of transport rollers and a roller pressing mechanism. The roller pressing mechanism includes one pair of first levers, one pair of second levers, and an elastic member. The one pair of first levers are supported to swing around a first swing shaft. A rotary shaft of a second roller of the pair of transport rollers is rotatably supported by a bearing aperture formed at substantially a center of the first lever. In addition, the one pair of second levers are supported to swing around the second swing shaft. Both ends of the elastic member are connected to tip ends of the second levers. The end of each second lever rotates around the second swing shaft, and presses the first lever toward the first roller of the pair of transport rollers.
US08746695B2	Paper money processing apparatus having structure for easily preventing paper money jams The present invention relates to a paper money processing apparatus. In the paper money processing apparatus for sorting and counting paper money, the apparatus is divided into three parts in order for sections of a transfer path to open the whole transfer path. When jammed paper money is removed, portions separated from a fixed main body are linked with each other through links to remove the jammed paper money through only one operation.
US08746693B2	Image forming apparatus A reference member which regulates a position of one side end of a sheet along the sheet conveying direction is provided at one side of a sheet conveying path in the width direction so as to follow the sheet conveying direction and to be rotatable about its downstream end portion in the sheet conveying direction. Then, one side end of the sheet is skew-conveyed toward the reference member by a plurality of pair of skew-conveying rollers which is arranged in the sheet conveying path along the sheet conveying direction. Then, when forming an image on both faces of the sheet, a control portion rotates the reference member so that the sheet is displaced to the center side in the sheet conveying path compared to the case of forming an image on one face of the sheet.
US08746687B2	Image forming apparatus capable of duplex printing An image forming apparatus has a rockable member which is configured to rotate about an axis defined at a first end portion among: a first position at which a second end portion at a downstream side in the forward feed direction with respect to the first end portion is supported by the guide member having the first orientation; a second position at which the second end portion is located at a higher position that the second end portion when located at the first position; and a third position at which the second end portion is located at a lower position that the second end portion when located at the first position; and a signal generating unit configured to output a signal corresponding to the position of the rockable member. A photo sensor is provided to generate a signal in accordance with an orientation of the rockable member.
US08746675B2	Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus incorporating same A sheet feeder attracts an uppermost sheet of a sheet stack of a plurality of stacked sheets, and feeds the sheet in a sheet feeding direction. The sheet feeder includes an endless belt, a charging device, and a control device. The endless belt is made of a dielectric material, passes over upstream and downstream rollers, and is disposed above the sheet stack to face the sheet stack. The charging device applies an alternating voltage to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt to form thereon alternating charge patterns. The control device separately controls the respective rotation states of the upstream and downstream rollers to make a sheet contact surface of the endless belt go slack in sheet attraction and make the sheet contact surface of the endless belt taut with tension into a substantially flat surface in sheet conveyance.
US08746674B2	Non-integer overlap feeder for machines processing printing materials A sheet transport apparatus in a sheet processing machine has at least one driven transport belt for the transport of sheet printing materials from a first location to a second location. It being possible for the transport belt to be driven at different transport speeds. The acceptance of the sheet printing materials at the first location is carried out at a relatively low transport speed, and the transfer of the sheet printing materials at the second location is carried out at a relatively high transport speed.
US08746673B1	Adjustment of media pick parameter A system includes a media path along which physical media travels. A media pick device picks and transports the media in the media path according to one or more pick parameters. A device monitor can monitor a media pick or jam event and provide a media pick event output. The media pick event output identifies a media fault relating to at least one of the pick or the transport of the media. A controller processes the media pick event output to control the media pick device.
US08746671B2	Sheet conveying system, computer program product, and sheet conveying method with sheet inserting apparatus A sheet conveying system includes a sheet inserting apparatus that inserts a second recording medium between first recording media conveyed by a sheet conveying apparatus, and transmits a first time at which second recording media can be successively received hypothetically, and a second time indicating a difference between a conveying time from an accumulating unit of a second recording medium to a merging point at which a second recording medium is inserted and a conveying time from a sheet receiving surface of the sheet inserting apparatus to the merging point. The sheet conveying apparatus sets longer one of the received first time and second time as an insertion interval; and conveys first recording media such that an interval extended by an added value obtained by adding a conveying time corresponding to a length of second recording medium to the insertion interval is provided between the first recording media.
US08746670B2	Bundle composed of printed products and method for producing the bundle A bundle of identical book blocks composed of a plurality of folded print sheets or signatures standing upright on lower edges of the printed sheets or book blocks. The book blocks are formed with first and last book block sections having different dimensions. A quadrangular bundle is formed from the book blocks by aligning first limit surfaces of the book block sections flush with each other along one of the two side surfaces or along the upper or lower surfaces of the bundle so that a second limit surface of the first book block section opposite the first limit surface of the first book block section projects with an offset with respect to a limit surface of the last book block section opposite the first limit surface of the last book block section. The bundle is compressed and then secured.
US08746669B2	Chip supply pallet and chip supply apparatus To provide a chip supply pallet preventing destruction of a chip and preventing a reduction in a productivity from being brought about in exchanging a wafer sheet, the chip supply pallet includes a first member 33 having a tension ring 51 brought into contact with a wafer sheet from a lower side, and a fixing member 54 of fixing a ring frame holding the wafer sheet on an inner side on a lower side of the wafer sheet brought into contact with the tension ring 51, and a second member 34 having a fixed portion for fixing to a predetermined position of a chip supply apparatus and a held portion 36 of being held when the chip interchanging pallet 3 is transferred, and the first member 33 is configured to be able to rotationally displace relative to the second member 34 fixed to the predetermined position of the chip supply apparatus.
US08746667B2	Machine tool having a workpiece table A machine tool having a machine frame and a workpiece table. It is provided that the workpiece table (5), on one of its sides (14), is held on the machine frame (2) by a holding device (4), the holding device (4) having at least two holding elements (6, 7), which are spaced apart from one another on the said side (14) of the workpiece table (5) and which are disposed at differing height positions (9, 10), such that an upper and a lower holding element (6, 7) is realized, and at least one of the holding elements (6, 7) being equipped with at least one piezo actuator (24) for altering its length and, associated therewith, influencing the position of the workpiece table.
US08746666B2	Media carrier A media carrier, adapted to hold a plurality of pieces of magnetic media, is disclosed. This media carrier can be placed on the workpiece support, or platen, allowing the magnetic media to be processed. In some embodiments, the media carrier is designed such that only one side of the magnetic media is exposed, requiring a robot or other equipment to invert each piece of media in the carrier to process the second side. In other embodiments, the media carrier is designed such that both sides of the magnetic media are exposed. In this scenario, the media carrier is inverted on the platen to allow processing of the second side.
US08746657B2	Multi-piece valve disk A multi-piece valve disk of a sliding and/or seat valve, a ring seal with an elastic sealing ring with an external sealing zone is placed in a ring groove of the valve disk onto a dimensionally stable backup ring, and where an elastic restoring region effectively positioned between the backup ring and the external sealing zone is arranged in the backup ring, the restoring region being embodied in one piece with the sealing ring of its material adjacent to the external sealing zone of the sealing ring.
US08746655B1	Actuator for butterfly valves An actuator for a butterfly valve, having a gearbox, an actuator stem and a handle. The actuator stem is formed as a single piece, comprising a position indicator, seal disc, worm gear, and stem shaft with splines for fitting into the valve. The handle is also formed as a single piece, comprising the wheel or knob, shaft, and worm for operating the worm gear. By forming the gearbox as a single piece as well, the entire actuator can be made as three major pieces. Optionally, the gearbox can be formed with cylindrical fittings which press-fit over pins on the valve, replacing the conventional mounting bracket.
US08746645B2	Laptop riser A portable riser for supporting a laptop computer or other article at an angle to a supporting surface. The riser includes a base and lid attached to each other by a double hinge. Arc shaped legs deploy form the riser when the lid is moved from a closed position to an deployed position a position where the lid rests against the opposite side of the base. The legs are formed by deforming a sheet of flexible material that lies between the base and a cover plate. The lid and the sheet of flexible material are coupled to each other so that when the lid is moved from the closed to the deployed position, the sheet of material is deployed.
US08746644B2	Over-the-door hanging apparatus An apparatus for hanging an article from a door. In one aspect, the inventive apparatus can comprise a mounting system that can be used to hang a mirror, piece of art, or other flat article that is positioned within a frame to a door without the need for a screw driver or any other tools.
US08746643B2	Grate device and method for storing a barbecue grill The inventive concept disclosed comprises a storage grate for grills of the type typically used in outdoor barbecue grills and particularly, kamado-style grills. The device is essentially a one-piece rod having been bent and formed into specific angles and segments, thereby allowing the device to be attached onto an outdoor cooking grill or kamado-style charcoal cooking grill as is marketed by many commercial brands. The device serves the purpose of short-term or long-term retention and storage of the grill used in the cooking process prior to, or after use of the grill for cooking.
US08746642B2	Mounting system for use with audio/visual devices or the like A mounting system for attaching an audio/visual device to a surface via a surface mounting member. The mounting system includes a support attachment bracket configured to operatively connect to the surface mounting member, a display mounting bracket configured to operatively connect to the audio/visual device, an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the display mounting bracket relative to the support attachment bracket between a collapsed position and a tilted position, and a locking feature configured to selectively engage a post for retaining the mounting system in the collapsed position. The locking feature is disposed on one of the support attachment bracket, the display mounting bracket, and the adjustment mechanism. The post is disposed on another of the support attachment bracket, the display mounting bracket, and the adjustment mechanism.
US08746639B2	Flat panel wall mount A flat panel wall mount for mounting a flat panel to a wall has a wall bracket connecting with a mounting bracket. The wall bracket has a wall bracket left section and a wall bracket right section. The wall bracket left section connects to the wall bracket right section by connectors such as bolts and nuts. A wall bracket left section bottom joining tab is formed on the wall bracket and a wall bracket right section bottom joining tab is formed on the wall bracket. The wall bracket left section bottom joining tab connects to the wall bracket right section bottom joining tab. The wall bracket left section bottom joining tab is parallel to the wall bracket right section bottom joining tab.
US08746633B1	Cable positioning bracket A cable positioning bracket is provided for mounting to a building component, e.g. a wall stud. The bracket has an anchor plate for being connected to the broad surface of the building component and a pair of side plates for being connected to the narrow surface of the building component. A pair of platforms are positioned adjacent to a slot for supporting one or more cables. A series of opposed tabs are provided in several embodiments, the tabs oriented to engage and support one or more cables. One side plate pivots away from the building component by means of a hinge plate to insert the cable or cables. The tabs may be formed with side strips surrounding a window, the strips allowing arcuate bending of the tabs to control tab flexure. A score line may be provided to enable bending to fit a building component of a different width.
US08746624B2	Boundary layer control system and methods thereof An airfoil boundary layer control system may be provided. The airfoil boundary layer control system may include at least one airfoil that may include a first surface and a second surface coupled together at a leading edge and a trailing edge; at least one hollow chamber defined within the at least one airfoil; and an aperture defined in the airfoil and positioned substantially near the trailing edge, the aperture coupled in flow communication with the at least one hollow chamber; a pressure source coupled in flow communication with the at least one hollow chamber.
US08746620B1	Adaptive solar airframe Methods and apparatus for an adaptable solar airframe are provided herein. In some embodiments, an adaptable solar airframe includes a solar PV system having at least one solar tracking system and being able to follow the sun position in order to increase sunlight collection and power output; and an expandable body having an aerodynamic cross-section that minimizes parasitic air drag at any given thickness of the body, further being at least partially transparent to sunlight, further enclosing the solar PV system, and further being able to change its shape in response to changes in the positions of the solar PV system.
US08746619B2	Tail capable of improving anti-bird strike performance of aircraft The present invention relates to a tail for improving anti-bird strike performance of an aircraft. A leading edge reinforcement having a shape of an isosceles triangle is located inside a tail leading edge. The leading edge reinforcement is spanwisely fixed in sections between respective spans formed by the wing rib inside the tail leading edge along the tail of the aircraft. An apex angle of the leading edge reinforcement is the same as an apex angle or arc transition of the tail leading edge skin. The leading edge reinforcement is fixedly connected with the small front beam by a leading edge reinforcement fixed surface. The present invention additionally installs a leading edge reinforcement in the original tail of the aircraft.
US08746605B2	Systems and methods for spooling and unspooling linear material Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to spooling and unspooling linear material. Such apparatus and methods can assist the user in deploying and/or retracting linear material.
US08746599B2	Systems and methods for processing a heterogeneous waste stream Systems and methods for processing and sorting a municipal solid waste stream are described herein. A system can include a processing sub-system configured to receive a municipal solid waste stream and to remove the non-processable waste, a processing apparatus configured and disposed to receive constituents of the municipal solid waste stream from the processing sub-system and reduce the size of the constituents of the waste stream to an average particle size of less than about ¾ inch, and separators configured to sort the waste stream into constituents based on density.
US08746592B2	Sprinkler An improved sprinkler has a flow altering device to change water direction and control the direction of a blade wheel. A gear set causes a sprinkler head's repetitive rotation. The sprinkler head includes a set of corresponding upper plate and lower plate to divide an interior chamber of the sprinkler head to two chambers: a control chamber and a gear chamber. A water inlet pipe connects only with the control chamber to provide water to enter the control chamber. The upper plate and the lower plate form a filtering channel interconnecting between the control chamber and the gear chamber. The water from the control chamber can flow into the gear chamber through the filtering channel. The filtering channel filters the large/coarser particle debris in the water and the water flowing into the gear chamber can lubricate and cool the gear set in the gear chamber.
US08746589B2	Boom assembly joints A boom structure for a mobile agricultural implement. The boom structure includes a first transversely extending beam member having a first protrusion. The boom structure includes a second transversely extending beam member having a second protrusion. The second transversely extending beam member is spatially offset from the first transversely extending beam member. A plurality of first coupling members are coupled to the first protrusion and a plurality of second coupling members coupled to the second protrusion. A plurality of connecting members are coupled to the first and second coupling members to connect the first and second transversely extending beam members.
US08746579B1	Systems and methods for detection mechanisms for magnetic cards and devices A card exhibiting enhanced detection is provided. A plurality of detector shapes that may be associated with a detection system increases detection effectiveness, while reducing adverse effects of detection systems that may be operating within a electromagnetic field environment.
US08746578B2	System and method for updating read-only memory in smart card memory modules A storage device contains a smart-card device and a memory device, both connected to a controller. The storage device may be used in the same manner as a conventional smart-card device, or it may be used to store a relatively large amount of data in various partitions. One of these partitions may be a read-only partition that is normally accessible only for read accesses. However, it may sometimes be necessary to update or supplement the data stored in the read-only partition. This is accomplished by a host issuing an appropriate command to the storage device, which may be accompanied by an identifier for an appropriate level of authorization. The controller then changes the attribute of the read-only partition from “read-only” to “read/write” to allow data to be written to the partition. Upon completion, the controller changes the attribute of the partition back to read-only.
US08746576B2	Systems, devices, admixtures, and methods including transponders for indication of food attributes Systems, devices, admixtures, and methods are described including transponder devices (e.g., a palatable transponder, an edible transponder, a palatable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, an edible RFID tag, etc.) for admixing with a food product.
US08746575B2	Semi-rigid radio frequency identification (RFID) card, manufacturing method and machine for its production The invention comprises an RFID card consisting of at least one upper layer, one lower layer, one functional layer comprising at least one electronic component, an antenna connected to the electronic component, wherein the card also comprises a compensator between the functional layer and the lower layer, the compensator being recessed at the location of the electronic component and of thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the electronic component on the functional layer and in that the layers are assembled together by adhesion. The invention also comprises the continuous manufacturing method of the RFID card and the machine according to the manufacturing method of the RFID card.
US08746571B2	Method and apparatus for representing state of charge on battery An apparatus includes a battery in the housing, a first light indicator operative to emit light in a first color with the duration of a first time period after a predetermined triggering event, and a second light indicator operative to emit light in a second color with the duration of a second time period after the predetermined triggering event. The ratio between the first time period and the second time period monotonically depends upon a state of charge on the battery.
US08746568B2	Data transfer using barcodes Data transfer using barcodes is described. In one example data can be transferred between a first device and a second device in close proximity to each other using repeating barcode sequences. For example at the first device a data item can be encoded as a sequence of barcodes, each barcode includes an indicator of the number of barcodes in the sequence and the position of the barcode in the sequence. To receive the data at a second device the barcode sequence can be captured and stored, for example using a digital camera associated with the device, and the barcodes subsequently decoded using the captured sequence. The data contained in each of the barcodes in the sequence can be reassembled by the receiving device to obtain the transmitted data.
US08746565B2	Barcode device Bar codes used for various applications. A bar code can be used for biometrics, or for computer data entry. A special bar code is described that has additional information, but can be read by other readers.
US08746564B2	Tunnel or portal scanner and method of scanning for automated checkout Systems and methods for data reading, which in one example configuration is directed to an automated optical code data reader in the form of a tunnel or portal scanner having an open architecture configured with front and rear inverted U-shaped arches, a plurality of cameras (some or most of which have multiple fields of view) in each of the arches for reading the top five sides of an item being passed by a conveyor through a read region formed by the arches, and a bottom reader including one or more cameras under the conveyor for reading a bottom side of the item through a gap in the conveyors as the item is passed over the gap. Also disclosed are specific imaging schemes for providing effective views of the items with a minimum number of cameras.
US08746560B2	Systems and methods for indicating the existence of accessible information pertaining to articles of commerce A system and method are provided for indicating an existence of a link to information pertaining to an article of commerce. The present disclosure provides for downloading a look-up table from a server database to a mobile device via a communication network. The look-up table is configured to store a plurality of UPC numbers associated with a plurality of articles of commerce and a plurality of information link indicators. Each information link indicator is associated with a respective UPC number and article of commerce and indicates the existence of a link via the communication network to information pertaining to the respective article of commerce. The mobile device allows a consumer to immediately determine if product information is available for a particular article of commerce, via a visual or audible indication on the mobile device, without access to the communication network.
US08746557B2	Secure self-checkout Under the present invention, item verification is automated and expedited. Specifically, items to be purchased can be scanned by the shopper using a barcode reader (e.g., a scanner) attached to or positioned near the shopping receptacle. As items are scanned, they are identified based on their barcode and added to an item list. Item verification can then performed at checkout using imaging technology. For example, the shopping cart or shopping basket can be brought into the field of view of a computer-connected camera. The camera and computer can, working from the customer's item list developed when the items are scanned, observe each product in the receptacle and “ring it up”. If all products can be accounted for, the customer is free to leave; otherwise the customer is denied egress, informed of the problem, etc. A store employee can also be signaled to investigate. The total time required to make the decision is the time to take a picture and process it, which by human standards is very fast; faster than existing verification methods.
US08746544B2	Collapsible box and lid assembly A collapsible cardboard box and lid. The box sides each comprise an outer face and an inner face flap connected by a fold-over region. Mitered edges of adjacent fold-over regions align to define mitered corners of the box opening periphery. Intermediate side flaps connected to the outer shell bottom are sandwiched between the side outer faces and inner face flaps, and a locking flap connected to one of the sides defines an interior bottom. The lid top face is connected to a first set of outer side faces connected by a fold-over region to inner side faces. One inner side face is connected to a top locking liner flap that extends to an abutment with the inner side face to define the lid interior. A second set of outer side faces connects to intermediate flaps sandwiched between the first set of outer side faces and inner side faces.
US08746542B2	Cartons, to methods of constructing the same and to carton blanks therefor A carton comprising an inner layer (100) and an outer layer (2), the inner layer comprises at least one side wall, which inner side wall comprises at least two layers (116, 118) of carton material in a face to face relationship with one another and the outer layer comprises a base portion (4) and at least one side wall (14, 22) about the inner layer side wall.
US08746538B2	Joining method and semiconductor device manufacturing method A joining method that allows joining processing to be carried out simultaneously at a plurality of portions without being influenced by a supply time restriction on a joining material, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the joining method are provided. A chip and a lead frame are tentatively assembled having a solid solder block interposed therebetween. The solder block is provided with protruding parts that protrude in one direction. The protruding parts are inserted into solder supply ports of the lead frame, whereby the chip and the lead frame are tentatively assembled. Subsequently, the chip and the lead frame are fed into a reflow oven, and the solder block is melted and thereafter solidified. Thus, the chip and the lead frame are joined to each other.
US08746526B2	Fastener driver with blank fire lockout A fastener driver comprises a housing and a magazine configured to retain a plurality of fasteners. A driver assembly is positioned within the housing and is configured to provide an expulsion force that expels one of the plurality of fasteners from the magazine. The device further includes a lockout member configured to pivot about a pivot axis between an unlocked position and a lockout position. The pivot axis is configured to move relative to the housing when a work contact element is depressed. The driver assembly is prevented from providing the expulsion force when the lockout arm is in the lockout position. The pivot arm moves from the unlocked position to the lockout position when a low level of fasteners remains in the magazine.
US08746514B2	Dispensing device with valve assembly having continuously smooth transition between tip and stem A dispensing device includes a housing having a material chamber in fluid communication with a material inlet port and a nozzle. The dispensing device also includes a valve in fluid communication with the material chamber and the nozzle. The valve includes a tip, a stem, and a seat. The stem is configured to move relative to the seat to control the flow of material exiting the housing through the nozzle. The tip is fixedly attached to the stem at a second distal. The tip includes a rounded head and a neck, the tip being fixedly attached to the stem by inserting the neck into a bore disposed within the stem.
US08746513B2	Shaker can A shaker dispenser for containing and dispensing product includes a body, a handle, and a dispensing mechanism. The handle includes a base portion and a handle gripping portion that a user may grip to transport and use the dispenser. The handle is inserted within the body such that the entire handle, including the handle gripping portion, is within the body, thereby allowing the shaker dispenser to sit, if desired, on the end having the handle. The body includes indentations, or cut-aways, that allow the handle to be visible from at least one of: a front view, a side view, and a back view. A method of manufacture and use of a shaker dispenser is also described.
US08746512B2	Sealing structure for aerosol container, aerosol container and aerosol container manufacturing method A sealing structure which seals a container body and an aerosol valve without providing a seal member between them. An aerosol container employing the seal structure comprises a bottomed cylinder like container body and an aerosol valve firmly fixed to the opening of the container body. The seal structure between the container body of the aerosol container and the aerosol valve is formed of a valve support portion of the container body and a step portion of the aerosol valve. The aerosol container is manufactured by deforming a corner of the step portion into a curved surface shape from a square shape by applying an annular force to the step portion from a convex surface by plastically deforming a lower part of a cover cap and a part of the container body while pushing the cover cap downward.
US08746510B2	Pumping dispenser A device for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed. The device includes a container holding the flowable material therein and a pumping assembly attached to the container. The pumping assembly includes a pump and a placard portion configured for displaying viewable information thereon associated with the flowable material.
US08746506B2	Multi-tower modular dispensing system A multi-tower modular dispensing system including at least a first dispensing head and a second dispensing head at a counter, a transfer unit located remotely from the counter, piping extending from the transfer unit to the counter, the transfer unit including a centralized ingredient system having a plurality of beverage ingredient sources, the centralized ingredient system configured to supply beverage ingredients to the piping for the dispensing of a first beverage at the counter, the piping including a main micro bundle, the main micro bundle including at least two separate beverage ingredient lines.
US08746505B2	Multi-sensory product combining reeds, volatile actives diffusion, form-within-a-form construction, and light show capabilities A multi-sensory product able to disperse chemical actives using reeds or other wicks, as well as providing a light show is disclosed. The product includes a form-within-a-form design wherein the inner form or vase is able to store the chemical actives, as well as mount the reeds or other wicks. The outer vase complements the aesthetics of the inner vase while at the same time concealing the electronics of the device. The electronics of the device can include a power source, as well as a circuit board for driving LEDs mounted thereon. The LEDs can generate a light show which can be refracted and diffused through the glass or polymer material forming the inner and outer vases thereby creating an aesthetically pleasing and multi-sensory experience through the use of the product.
US08746499B2	Container In a container for solid, paste-like or flowable products, particularly food products, comprising a lower container part for containing the products and a container top part for closing the container, wherein the container bottom part has a rim which extends around the container bottom part opening, the container top part has a collar element which extends around the rim of the container bottom part and an essentially flat areal cover element connected to the collar element and releasably connected to the rim of the container bottom part when, after filling of the container bottom part with a product, the container is closed by the container top part.
US08746489B2	Easy-open container and container coating The present application provides a container, such as a metal or plastic can, that has a rim with an integral heat seal zone (26) and a heat sealable powder or hot melt coating (42) applied to the heat seal zone (26) of the upper rim. In another embodiment, the container includes: a sidewall having an upper rim, wherein the upper rim includes an upwardly inclined and integrally formed heat seal zone (26); a heat sealable coating (42) applied to the heat seal zone (26) of the upper rim; and a peelable foil lid (30) removably attached to the heat seal zone (26) of the upper rim.
US08746488B2	Packaging can and method and apparatus for its manufacture A can for packaging food, comprising a metal can body and a diaphragm lid (16) formed of lidding material which comprises a multilayer structure with at least an aluminum layer of from 6 to 90 microns thickness and a bond layer for fixing the lid (16) directly to the can body. One method for forming the can forms the lidding material by using an outwardly extending curl (20) at one end of the metal can body as the draw die. Lidding material which is carried by the body maker punch is drawn around the curl of the can body draw die so as to form the lidding material into a cup shape.
US08746487B1	Food container A food container includes a glass container, a lid and a protective sleeve. The sleeve covers at least a portion of the side walls and bottom surface of the glass container. The lid has a perimeter that is absent of securing features for the container. The lid has a receiving feature which is engaged by a latch on the protective sleeve when the latch is moved from an open position to a locked position.
US08746481B2	Flexible cover for produce container A flexible plastic sheet cover for a produce container which is collapsible and has a plurality of ventilators wherein the improvement is having a seamed cover center and having seamless end bands that grip the end walls of the container and a method for making the cover from a tubular sheet.
US08746473B2	Railway coupler body improvements to improve knuckle rotation An improved coupler body having an area of increased material in the upper lock chamber.
US08746472B2	Wall mounting devices Wall mounting assemblies and methods are disclosed. The assembly includes a bracket that has two frame members coupled at a hinge. Each frame member has a hook for engaging a recess or slot on a panel. The assembly further includes a panel that has edges that are configured to engage the edges of adjacent panels, without the need for tilting the panel to engage. Each panel has two slots for receiving the bracket. Bending the two frame members on the bracket causes the bracket's hooks to lock into the slots on the panel.
US08746469B1	Fishing rod caddy for pickup trucks An improved fishing rod caddy that is removably mountable to the bed of a pickup truck is presented. The improved rod caddy securely holds fishing rods in a horizontal position in a pickup truck bed such that the rods are free from bending loads created by wind resistance and are protected from undue jostling, abrasion or marring during transport.
US08746466B2	Frame with cable management A cable management frame assembly comprising a collapsible frame chassis and a plurality of positionally configurable cable management fixtures that can be affixed to the frame chassis without the use of tools or additional hardware such screws, nuts or bolts. A panel mount allows patch panels and equipment to be mounted to the frame chassis without the use of tools or additional hardware.
US08746460B2	Apparatus for sieving and fluid separation and a method of using same The present invention describes an apparatus (1) for the sieving and fluid separation of a material containing fractions of a solid and fluid, the material being placed on an upper side of at least one sieving element (13), and the apparatus (1) being provided with at least one fluid-flow-generating device (5) for the production of a fluid flow through a portion of the material-carrying sieving element (13). The invention also describes a method of using the apparatus (1).
US08746458B2	Axial sorting method and device with permanent-magnet drum eccentric inner surface The present invention discloses a method for axial separation by an eccentric inner surface of a permanent magnetic drum, comprising: adsorbing materials to be selected that flow through the inner surface field strength and the gradient area of a rotating eccentric drum (2) by using the energy on the inner surface of a rotating permanent magnetic drum (1), wherein materials with lower specific susceptibility pass through a selected material channel (14) consisted of the eccentric drum (2) and the outer surface of the arched drum of a field strength gradient regulating mechanism (5), and flow out of a low magnetic material outlet (9); materials with higher specific susceptibility are absorbed on the rotating eccentric drum (2), and in an area with higher eccentricity, materials with higher specific susceptibility are stripped off, fall into a high magnetic material groove (7), flow to a high magnetic material outlet (8), and then are collected. There also provides a device for axial separation by an eccentric inner surface of a permanent magnetic drum.
US08746457B2	Method and device for axial separation by the inner surface of a permanent magnetic arched groove The present invention discloses a method and a device for axial separation by the inner surface of a permanent magnetic arched groove, comprising: adsorbing materials to be selected that axially flow through the inner surface field strength and the gradient area of a rotating separation drum (2) by using the energy on the inner surface of a permanent magnetic arched groove (1); wherein materials with lower specific susceptibility pass through a selected material channel (13) and flow out of a low magnetic material outlet (9); materials with higher specific susceptibility are adsorbed on the rotating separation drum (2) and fall into a high magnetic material groove (7) under the action of its gravity; and materials with higher specific susceptibility flow through a high magnetic material outlet (8) and then are collected; thereby various materials with different specific susceptibilities can be separated.
US08746456B1	Food and/or beverage tray and a method of using the same A food and/or beverage tray includes a tray body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first portion of the lower surface of the tray body portion configured to rest on the forearm of the user, a second portion of the lower surface of the tray body portion configured to rest on the hand of the user; a notch provided in a first end of the tray body portion, the notch configured to receive a cross-sectional portion of an arm of the user near the elbow; and at least one finger aperture disposed through the tray body portion, the at least one finger aperture configured to accommodate a finger of the hand of the user, the at least one finger aperture being located proximate to a second end of the tray body portion that is disposed generally opposite to the first end of the tray body portion.
US08746455B2	Pill container and pill storing assembly A pill container includes: a container body defining a pill-storing space for storing pills therein and having a plurality of sides, top and bottom walls and a plurality of first side walls interconnecting the top and bottom walls, and disposed respectively at corresponding ones of the sides, each of the first side walls being formed with an access opening for access into the pill-storing space; a plurality of first doors connected to the first side walls for closing and opening the access openings in the first side walls, respectively; and a plurality of different first marks, each of which is provided on a respective one of the first side walls or a respective one of the first doors. The first marks respectively represent different times of a day for taking the pills.
US08746454B2	Secure tablet package A secure package (1) for drugs, blocks access to the drugs such that, to gain access to the drugs, the user must execute two simultaneous actions. When one of the actions is interrupted, access is rendered impossible. The secure package includes a case (2), a blister (3), and an elastic biasing system (4). The blister (3) is a cellular card pack for dispensing pills. The blister (3) is mobile and can be moved in translation in the case (2) by being slid on its base wall (16). Thus, the blister can take up two positions, namely an initial rest position, wherein the position of the cells (10) does not correspond to holes (19) formed in the base wall (16) and a so-called active position, wherein the cells (10) are in a position corresponding to the holes (19) in the base wall (16).
US08746440B2	Continuous recovery system for electrorefiner system A continuous recovery system for an electrorefiner system may include a trough having a ridge portion and a furrow portion. The furrow portion may include a first section and a second section. An inlet and exit pipe may be connected to the trough. The inlet pipe may include an outlet opening that opens up to the first section of the furrow portion of the trough. The exit pipe may include an entrance opening that opens up to the second section of the furrow portion of the trough. A chain may extend through the inlet and exit pipes and along the furrow portion of the trough. The chain may be in a continuous loop form. A plurality of flights may be secured to the chain. Accordingly, the desired product may be continuously harvested from the electrorefiner system without having to halt the electrical power and/or remove the cathode and anode assemblies.
US08746429B1	Pneumatic lock-up clutch The present device is an improved clutch system that conveys rotational energy from a power source to the gearbox input shaft of a motorcycle. A clutch basket is mechanically coupled to the power source and slidably engaged to pronged clutch drive plates, which are frictionally engaged to splined steel driven plates. A clutch hub engages the splined steel driven plates when pressurized air moves a piston against a pressure plate, causing the clutch hub and splined steel driven plates to engage. The rotating splined steel driven plates will then rotate the clutch hub to convey rotational energy to the gearbox input shaft of the motorcycle.
US08746428B2	Clutch device A clutch device including at least one torque transmission device engageable and/or disengageable in an axial direction by a lever element and forming a friction-locking connection when engaged, at least one wear readjustment device that includes at least one rotatable ramp ring at least temporarily clampable by the lever element and at least one spindle drive rotatably supported to act on the ramp ring and including a spindle shaft, where the wear readjustment device includes at least one infinitely variable freewheel unit to rotate the spindle shaft in the case of a sensed wear condition of the torque transmission device, the infinitely variable freewheel unit including at least one wrap spring or at least one freewheel sleeve.
US08746424B2	Coil spring tilger damper fixed to turbine A torque converter, including: a turbine with a turbine shell; and a damper assembly including: an output flange; a first cover plate; a first drive plate fixedly secured to the turbine shell; a first plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate; a second plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate and the output flange; a third plurality of springs engaged with the first cover plate and the first drive plate; and a single torque path from the turbine shell to the damper assembly, the single torque path formed by the first drive plate.
US08746409B2	Linear transmission assembly having lubricant recovery module A linear transmission assembly having a lubricant recovery module is composed of a movable member having a chamber; a first oil wick inserted into the movable member and the chamber and having a first oil-absorbable portion and a first oil-dischargeable portion; an oil tank mounted to the movable member and having an oil room for storage of lubricating oil; a second oil wick mounted to the oil tank and having a second oil-absorbable portion and a second oil-dischargeable portion, the former of which extends into the oil room for contact with the lubricating oil and the latter of which reaches the chamber; and a third oil wick having a third oil-absorbable portion and a third oil-dischargeable portion, the former of which reaches the chamber and the latter of which does not contact the lubricating oil. Thus, the lubricating can be prevented from overspill and staining the linear transmission device.
US08746398B2	Methods and devices for electromagnetically tuning acoustic media An acoustic material can be electromagnetically tuned to produce alterations in its acoustical properties without physical contact. The acoustic material should contain a periodic structure and a medium that has acousto-elastical properties that can be altered through the application of electromagnetic radiation. Changes in volumetric properties such as density result in changes to the velocity at which sound passes through the material. The acoustic material can be a phononic crystal that undergoes a change in its acoustic bandgap after being subjected to electromagnetic radiation. This electromagnetic tuning ability results in the ability to change the acoustic properties of various phononic devices without physical contact.
US08746391B2	Electric vehicle An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a seat, a driving wheel, a motor, a battery, an accessory, and an accessory box. The vehicle body frame includes a head pipe, a main frame connected to the head pipe, and a first seat frame attached to the main frame. The seat is fixed to an upper portion of the first seat frame. The driving wheel is rotatable relative to the vehicle body frame. The motor is connected to the driving wheel to rotate the driving wheel. The battery is configured to supply power to the motor. The accessory is configured to assist at least one of the motor and the battery. The accessory box stores the battery and the accessory. The accessory box is provided above a rear end of the main frame and under the seat.
US08746390B2	Body frame of straddle-type vehicle A body frame of a straddle-type vehicle is provided with a first cross tube 21 for interconnecting left and right main frames 13 in a right-left direction, and a second cross tube 22 disposed rearwards of the first cross tube 21 and for interconnecting the of left and right main frames 13. A shock absorber mounting portion 23 is mounted so as to interconnect the first cross tube 21 and the second cross tube 22. An extension/contraction axis L1 of a shock absorber 41 and a line L2 passing through an axis of the first cross tube 21 and an axis of the second cross tubes 22 are offset in a side view of a vehicle in a right-left direction.
US08746384B2	Electric vehicle An electric vehicle capable of protecting a coupling portion between a wheel and an axle from disturbance. An electric vehicle includes an axle that is a hollow cylindrical shaft passing substantially coaxially through a wheel in a manner extending from both sides of the wheel. A motor shaft is inserted into a hollow portion of the axle substantially coaxially with the axle in a manner extending from both ends of the axle. In this case, a motor is connected to a base end of the motor shaft extending from one end of the axle. Between the wheel and the motor, there are provided a coupling portion for coupling between the one end of the axle and the wheel, and a labyrinth structure for sealing between the wheel and the motor in a manner surrounding the coupling portion.
US08746376B2	Rotary drill bit including polycrystalline diamond cutting elements Embodiments relate to methods of fabricating PCD materials by subjecting a mixture that exhibits a broad diamond particle size distribution to an HPHT process, PCD materials so-formed, and PDCs including a polycrystalline diamond table comprising such PCD materials. In an embodiment, a PCD material includes a plurality of bonded diamond grains that exhibit a substantially unimodal diamond grain size distribution characterized, at least in part, by a parameter θ that is less than about 1.0. θ = x 6 · σ , where x is the average grain size of the substantially unimodal diamond grain size distribution, and σ is the standard deviation of the substantially unimodal diamond grain size distribution.
US08746368B2	Compliantly coupled gauge pad system A drill bit system for a drilling assembly is disclosed. The drill bit system may include a chassis, a head, and one or more compliantly coupled gauge pads. The head may include a first plurality of cutters coupled with an end of the head, and the head may be coupled with chassis. The one or more gauge pads may include a second plurality of cutters, and the one or more gauge pads may be movably coupled with the chassis.
US08746367B2	Apparatus and methods for detecting performance data in an earth-boring drilling tool Methods and associated tools and components related to generating and obtaining performance data during drilling operations of a subterranean formation is disclosed. Performance data may include thermal and mechanical information related to earth-boring drilling tool during a drilling operation are disclosed. For example, a cutting element of an earth-boring drilling tool may include a substrate with a cutting surface thereon. The cutting element may further include at least one thermistor sensor coupled with the cutting surface, and a conductive pathway operably coupled with the at least one thermistor sensor. The at least one thermistor sensor may be configured to vary a resistance in response to a change in temperature. The conductive pathway may be configured to provide a current path through the at least one thermistor sensor in response to a voltage. Other methods, tools and components are provided.
US08746365B2	Electro-hydraulic drilling with shock wave reflection Shock waves produced during electro-hydraulic drilling can be reflected into a rock body where the reflected shock waves are converted from compression waves to tension waves, which are more efficient at breaking down the rock body. A system configured for electro-hydraulic drilling where shock waves produced during drilling are reflected into the rock body includes two electrodes and a shock wave reflector disposed at an electro-hydraulic drill head. The two electrodes are configured to (1) facilitate formation of a spark along a spark path spanning the two electrodes and (2) facilitate a pulse of electricity being passed through the spark to form a primary shock wave emanating from the spark path. The shock wave reflector is configured to reflect a portion of the primary shock wave such that the reflected shock wave is concentrated to a focal region within the rock body.
US08746364B2	Electric power tool An electric power tool includes a motor; a speed reducer for transferring a rotational power of the motor at a reduced speed; and a reduction ratio changing unit for changing a reduction ratio of the speed reducer. The speed reduction mechanism includes an axially slidable changeover member and a gear member, the changeover member being engaged with or disengaged from the gear member depending on an axial slide position thereof. The reduction ratio changing unit includes a shift actuator for axially sliding the changeover member, a driving state detector for detecting a driving state of the motor, a slide position detector for detecting a slide position of the changeover member and a controller for driving the shift actuator and for changing a drive control of the shift actuator depending on detection results of the slide position detector unit and the driving state detector unit, respectively.
US08746360B2	Plastic mulch retrievers A plastic mulch retriever comprises a body and at least one set of cutting or digging elements mounted to the body to loosen plastic mulch embedded in the ground. At least one conveyor is mounted to the body rearward of the at least one set of cutting or digging elements. The conveyor engages the loosened plastic mulch and removes at least some of the ground material attached to the extracted plastic mulch. At least one storage device can be mounted to the body rearward of the conveyor to store the retrieved plastic mulch. Embodiments of the plastic mulch retriever comprise multiple sets of cutting or digging elements and multiple respective conveyors.
US08746355B2	Fire extinguishing bomb A fire-extinguishing bomb that can be pre-programmed to explode 2-200 feet above the ground or tree line. The bomb employs a laser or barometric altitude sensor in combination with a GPS-altitude sensor for failsafe detonation with extreme accuracy at the proper altitude. The redundant failsafe altitude-dependent detonation system ruptures a container carrying a payload of wet or dry fire retardant/suppressant, preferably dry environmentally-friendly fire-retardant powder having no toxicity and having fertilizer properties. Upon detonation the device coats the ground below with a uniform fire extinguishing coating. The core components of the bomb can be biodegradable, or alternatively can be readily retrieved and reused after each activation, thereby increasing both economy and reducing environmental concerns.
US08746349B2	Drilling riser adapter connection with subsea functionality A drilling riser adapter variably connects and releases a riser from a subsea wellhead assembly. The drilling riser adapter has a hydraulically actuated engagement assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging a lower end of the marine riser. The drilling riser adapter also includes a control panel communicatively coupled to the engagement assembly for actuating the engagement assembly to engage and disengage the lower end of the marine riser. The drilling riser adapter also includes a hydraulic fluid pressure receptacle on the control panel for engagement by a remotely operated vehicle to supply hydraulic fluid pressure to the engagement assembly. The drilling riser adapter may be actuated subsea to release a first riser from the wellhead assembly, and connect to a second riser.
US08746343B2	Method and apparatus for wellbore fluid treatment A tubing string assembly is disclosed for fluid treatment of a wellbore. The tubing string can be used for staged wellbore fluid treatment where a selected segment of the wellbore is treated, while other segments are sealed off. The tubing string can also be used where a ported tubing string is required to be run in a pressure tight condition and later is needed to be in an open-port condition.
US08746335B2	Method for removing contaminants from wastewater in hydraulic fracturing process A borehole is drilled from the surface to an underground shale matrix. A pipe is inserted into the borehole. Openings are created in the pipe in fluid communication with fractures in the shale matrix. The interior surface of at least one section of pipe is coated with a contaminant-capturing substance. Fracturing fluid including water, proppants and chemicals is pumped through the pipe and into the fractures in the shale matrix. The fluid re-enters the pipe from the shale matrix and moves toward the surface through the coated pipe section where contaminants are sequestered by the coating. Natural gas or oil from the fractured shale then enters the pipe and moves to the surface to be collected. The coated pipe section remains in the ground permanently such that the necessity of disposing of the captured contaminants is eliminated.
US08746324B2	Use of aluminum-zirconium-carbon intermediate alloy in wrought processing of magnesium and magnesium alloys The present invention relates to the field of magnesium and magnesium alloy processing, and discloses a use of aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy in wrought processing of magnesium and magnesium alloys, wherein the aluminum-zirconium-carbon intermediate alloy has a chemical composition of: 0.01% to 10% Zr, 0.01% to 0.3% C, and Al in balance, based on weight percentage; the wrought processing is plastic molding; and the use is to refine the grains of magnesium or magnesium alloys. The present invention further discloses the method for using the aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy in casting and rolling magnesium and magnesium alloys. The present invention provides an aluminum-zirconium-carbon (Al—Zr—C) intermediate alloy and the use thereof in the plastic wrought processing of magnesium or magnesium alloys as a grain refiner. The aluminum-zirconium-carbon intermediate alloy has the advantages of great ability in nucleation and good grain refining effect, and achieves the continuous and large-scale production of wrought magnesium and magnesium alloy materials.
US08746323B1	Method of making long ingots (cutting in furnace) A continuous casting furnace is configured for efficiently continuously casting ingots, including titanium alloy ingots. The furnace is configured with an internal cutter for cutting an ingot within the furnace interior chamber. The furnace typically includes a first interior chamber in which a continuous casting mold is disposed and a withdrawal chamber which is separable from the first interior chamber to facilitate withdrawal of finished ingots therefrom while casting continues within the first chamber.
US08746321B2	Base slat retention and motor triggering for rolling protective shutters The present invention is directed to a rolling protective shutter having an improved stopping mechanism that prevents the shutter from completely rolling up onto the shutter support member, and that is hidden within the shutter housing or the side tracks. The stopping mechanism may include a limit switch operatively connected to a drive motor to detect a disposition of the base slat of the shutter curtain proximate the shutter housing. The limit switch may actuate to turn off the drive motor at an appropriate position to retain the base slat within the side tracks and to prevent damage to the shutter housing due to engagement by the base slat.
US08746311B1	System and method for completing lamination of rigid-to-rigid substrate by the controlled application of pressure The present invention is a process for performing rigid-to-rigid substrate lamination implementing pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). The process may include pressurizing a first sealed cavity to a first pressure. The process may further include creating a vacuum within a second sealed cavity, the second sealed cavity being sealed from the first sealed cavity by a flexible membrane. The process may further include applying the first pressure to a laminate assembly stack via the flexible membrane, the laminate assembly stack including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a PSA layer, the PSA layer being positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The process may further include applying the vacuum created within the second sealed cavity to the laminate assembly stack. The applied first pressure and the applied vacuum promote intimate contact between the first substrate and the second substrate of the laminate assembly stack via the PSA layer.
US08746307B2	Pneumatic tire having an improved belt structure A pneumatic tire having a belt structure includes: a first belt layer; a second belt layer in a radially inner position with respect to the first belt layer, a third belt layer in a radially inner position with respect to the first and second belt layers, each belt layer including a plurality of elongated reinforcing elements disposed at a first, second and third belt angle respectively. The first and second belt angles have an absolute value of 15 to 40 degrees; the second angle is of opposite sign with respect to the first belt angle; and the third belt angle has an absolute value of 40 to 90 degrees and is of opposite sign with respect to the second belt angle. The belt structure also includes a zero degree belt layer placed in a radially outer position with repeat to the first belt layer including elongated reinforcing elements arranged such as to form a belt angle which is substantially zero.
US08746301B2	Protective cover retention assembly A disclosed protective cover assembly includes features that maintain a suction cup in a desired orientation such that a release tab remains accessible and includes features that aid in positioning and that prevent errant premature release. The disclosed protective panel assembly includes an improved suction cup that provides for limited contact during positioning of the panel. Further, the assembly includes the clip that holds the suction cup in place while also protecting the release tab. The protective cover includes pad and cushion that pulls on the button of the suction cup to generate a vacuum within a desired range that does not affect the surface finish while generating a sufficient holding force.
US08746294B2	Metering device for powdery substances A metering device for powdery substances, particularly for preparing dental and dental laboratory powder compounds. The powder compounds can be filled into a storage container (1) and fed from the storage container (1) to a vessel (9) using a discharge device. The lower region (3) of the storage container (1) is tapered, and in the storage container (1) an insert (4) is arranged, which has at least one upwardly tapering section (5), wherein the insert (4) is arranged in the tapered lower region (3) of the storage container (1). A through-passage (7) remains clear between the lower edge (6) of the tapering section (5) of the insert (4) and the tapered lower region (3) of the storage container (1). The insert (4) and/or the storage container (1) is associated with a vibration unit (8). The vessel (9) receiving the metered powder can be placed on a weighing unit (10), wherein the weighing unit (10) and the vibration unit (8) are operatively connected to each other.
US08746291B2	In-store tintable non-infrared-absorptive paint and stain system A custom color paint or stain tinting system employs a dark-colored non-infrared-absorptive liquid base paint or stain and a point-of-sale array of concentrated liquid colorants which when dispensed into the base paint or stain provide custom-tinted non-infrared-absorptive paints or stains in lightened shades and a variety of tints. Dark custom-tinted paints or stains are tinted lighter from a dark-colored base, not darker from a white or light colored base as is done in conventional point-of-sale systems.
US08746286B2	Hydraulic accumulator A hydraulic accumulator has a first housing shell (2) and a second housing shell (3). The opening edges (5, 6) of the shells overlap in relation to the longitudinal axis (4) of the hydraulic accumulator (1) such that they define a partial volume of the hydraulic accumulator (1). The accumulator also has a separating element (7) separating inner working chambers (9, 10) from each other within the accumulator housing (8) in a medium-tight manner. The housing is formed by the housing shells (2, 3). The opening edge (5) of the radially outer-lying housing shell (2) is positively coupled to the circumference of the radially inner-lying housing shell (3) by reshaping.
US08746279B2	Pressure control valve A valve assembly includes a housing with a housing control bore, a supply port in selective fluid communication with the housing control bore for receiving working fluid from a working fluid source, a control port in fluid communication with the housing control bore for communicating the working fluid to and from a working device switchable from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation at a predetermined pressure, and a vent port in fluid communication with the housing control bore for selectively returning the working fluid to the working fluid source. A supply valve member is selectively seated and unseat with a supply valve seat. A bleed orifice is provided for communicating the working fluid from the supply port to the control port at a second pressure that is less than the predetermined pressure when the supply valve member is seated with the supply valve seat.
US08746275B2	Gas valve and method of control A stepper-motor gas valve control is disclosed that includes a main diaphragm in a chamber that controllably displaces a valve relative to an opening in response to changes in pressure, to adjust fuel flow through the valve. A servo-regulator diaphragm is provided to regulate flow to the main diaphragm, to thereby control the rate of fuel flow. A stepper motor is configured to move in a stepwise manner to displace the servo-regulator diaphragm, to control fluid flow to the main diaphragm. A controller mounted on the stepper-motor regulated gas valve control receives and converts an input control signal from a heating system to a reference value between 0 and 5 volts, and selects a corresponding motor step value. The control responsively moves the stepper-motor in a step wise manner to displace the servo-regulator diaphragm and thereby regulates the rate of fuel flow through the valve.
US08746269B2	Method for controlling a gas flow between a plurality of gas streams The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a gas flow through a conjunction between one or more incoming streams and one or more outgoing streams through a conjunction. The method uses a biased mass flow imbalance value obtained by comparing the aggregate of incoming mass flow measurement value(s) with the aggregate of outgoing mass flow measurement value(s) and adding a bias component to provide the biased mass flow imbalance value. The flow of at least one of the incoming and outgoing streams (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) is adjusted to move the biased mass flow imbalance value towards zero. In addition, a conjunction pressure measurement (PC) is provided, which is used to adjust the bias component in response to a change in the conjunction pressure measurement (PC) relative to a pressure set point (PSP), to mitigate the change in the conjunction pressure measurement (PC) relative to the pressure set point (PSP).
US08746267B2	Height-adjustable canopy leg In some embodiments, a canopy structure includes a plurality of support members, each including a first leg and a second leg telescopically slideable within the first leg to infinitely adjust a height of the canopy structure. The canopy structure can include a plurality of eaves including scissor-jack members moveable between an extended position and a collapsed position. The canopy structure can include a plurality of locking members. The locking members can be coupled to the first legs. The locking members can be adjustable between a locked and an unlocked position. The locking members can be configured to apply a radial inward force received by an area of the second legs when the locking members are in the locked position.
US08746266B2	Apparatus for establishing dynamic ground contact An apparatus for establishing dynamic ground contact is disclosed. A ground contact tip is attached to one end of an elongate member. The ground contact tip contains a connecting portion and a base portion that is opposite the connecting portion. A flexible core connects between the base portion and the connecting portion. At least one limiting ring is positioned on the flexible core. The elongate member is permitted to rotate through a range of angles while the flexible core allows the base portion to remain flat against the ground. At the maximum allowable angle, the limiting rings allow the ground contact tip to cease flexing and become rigid, so that the user can push against the ground at an angle, while the base portion remains flat against the ground.
US08746259B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and computer-readable medium storing program Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus, a substrate processing method and a computer-readable medium capable of recovering an extended amount of discharged solution from a processing unit thereby reducing the amount of deionized water for the processing and the cost. The substrate processing apparatus includes, inter alia, a first and second discharge solution lines each connected to a downstream side of a discharge unit, and the discharged solution from each of the first and second discharge solution lines is independently delivered to the processing solution supply unit as a recovered solution. Also, the substrate processing apparatus includes a converting unit that converts flow of the discharged solution from the discharge unit either to the first discharge solution line or to the second discharge solution line. The processing solution supply unit selectively delivers the recovered solution from the first and second discharge solution lines to the processing unit.
US08746254B2	Composite materials and their use in smoking articles Smoking articles, filters, and methods for selectively removing selected components from tobacco smoke are disclosed. The smoking articles and filters include composites composed of a porous alumina and/or aluminosilicate matrix containing particles of activated carbon and zeolite molecular sieve adsorbents distributed throughout the matrix which can selectively remove selected components of tobacco smoke. The composites may be made by admixing the adsorbent mixture and a binder such as aluminum hydroxide or montmorillonite clay, adding an aqueous mineral acid to gel the mixture and drying and firing the gel paste. The proportions and adsorption capacities of the components can be selected to tailor the adsorption characteristics of the composites to selectively remove targeted constituents such as acrolein and 1,3-butadiene in tobacco smoke. Methods for making filters and smoking articles using the composites, as well as methods for smoking products comprising the composites, are also provided.
US08746251B2	Protective storage for a nasal cannula assembly A protective storage capsule is disclosed for a nasal cannula. The protective storage capsule may be used in conjunction with a nasal cannula assembly. The protective storage capsule includes a housing adapted to receive the nasal cannula and a cap to cover and protect the nasal cannula from dirt and debris when not being worn by a patient. The protective storage capsule slides along one or more of the support tubes of the nasal cannula assembly. The surfaces of the protective storage capsule may be treated with an antimicrobial film or be infused with antimicrobial nanoparticles.
US08746248B2	Determination of patient circuit disconnect in leak-compensated ventilatory support This disclosure describes systems and methods for detecting disconnect conditions in a ventilator. The disclosure describes a model-based enhancement to conventional disconnect detection. The methods and systems described herein compensate for the additional leakage that occurs due to inelastic and elastic leaks in the ventilation system. One method described includes calculating the actual leakage from the ventilation system including leaks from elastic leakage and inelastic leakage based on measurements of pressure and flow in the ventilation system for a breath and then comparing this leakage to a calculated hypothetical maximum allowable leakage determined based on an operator-selected maximum allowable leakage and the measurements of pressure for the same breath. Disconnection is assumed if the actual leakage is greater than the maximum allowable leakage.
US08746228B2	Underwater diamond wire saw assembly A wire saw assembly having a slide frame, support frames, and a tensioning carriage. The slide frame has a mounting plate movably attached thereto. Rotation of a lead screw moves the mounting plate towards a work piece. Two support frames are attached to the mounting plate. Each support frame has a plurality of drive wheels and a hydraulic motor for each drive wheel. The tensioning carriage has a slide plate with an idler pulley attached rotatably thereto. Rotation of a threaded rod moves the slide plate and idler pulley to increase or decrease tension in the wire saw. A diamond wire saw is looped around the drive wheels and idler pulley. The slide frame is attached to the work piece and as the mounting plate is advanced towards the work piece, the diamond wire saw engages and cuts the work piece.
US08746218B2	Igniting combustible mixtures The disclosure relates methods and related systems for controlling corona discharge in a combustion chamber without causing an arc strike. The methods can include measuring a baseline impedance of a circuit in electrical communication with an electrode, measuring an actual impedance of the circuit, determining an impedance setpoint based at least in part on the baseline impedance, comparing the actual impedance to the impedance setpoint, and adjusting the actual impedance based at least in part on the comparison between the actual impedance and the impedance setpoint. The electrode is arranged to deliver a corona discharge to the combustion chamber.
US08746212B2	Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having a mass flow line A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having a mass-flow line are provided, which allow the actual charge to be adapted to the setpoint charge of the internal combustion engine at a desired dynamic. A mass flow is supplied to the internal combustion engine via the mass-flow line. A setpoint value is specified for a characteristic quantity of the mass flow to the internal combustion engine. The setpoint value of the characteristic quantity of the mass flow is formed starting from a balance of the mass flow flowing into the mass flow line and the mass flow discharged from the mass flow line according to a predefined time characteristic.
US08746209B2	Throttle apparatus for internal combustion engine A full close position limiting member is adapted to be engaged with a valve gear when a valve is driven in a valve closing direction and reaches a full close position of the valve. An intermediate position limiting member is adapted to be engaged with a return spring when the valve is placed on a side of a predetermined intermediate position where a full close position of the valve is located. The intermediate position limiting member receives an intermediate reaction force from the return spring through engagement with the return spring, and the full close position limiting member receives a full close side engaging force from the valve gear. The full close side engaging force and the intermediate reaction force are generally directed in a predetermined direction.
US08746203B2	Lubrication apparatus for four-stroke engine A lubrication apparatus for a four-stroke engine includes a piston, a cylinder, a crank chamber and a valve operating chamber. The lubrication apparatus configured to lubricate driving parts while circulating oil mist through an oil circulation pathway, using pressure fluctuation in the crank chamber, the pressure fluctuation being caused by reciprocating motion of the piston. The lubrication apparatus further includes a direct passageway configured to allow communication between the valve operating chamber and the crank chamber when a negative pressure is created in the crank chamber. The direct passageway includes a flexible tube part that is formed out of the cylinder.
US08746194B2	Valve train for internal combustion engines for actuating gas exchange valves A valve train for actuating a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft configured to be driven by a crankshaft of an engine and including a camshaft tube. At least one cam support including a plurality of cam profiles is disposed on the camshaft so as to be rotationally engaged and axially displaceable with respect to the camshaft. A switching shaft is disposed in the camshaft tube and is configured to rotate together with the camshaft tube. A dog operatively connects the at least one cam support to the switching shaft. A displacement piece is connected to the switching shaft and is configured to be rotationally engaged with and axially displaceable on the camshaft tube. The displacement piece is actuatable so as to rotate the switching shaft relative to the camshaft tube and displace the cam support relative to the camshaft tube using the dog.
US08746184B2	Steam boiler with radiants Apparatuses and methods for producing steam are provided. A steam boiler system may include a steam boiler. The steam boiler may comprise an enclosure with a burner, first and second fluid conveyance members, and one or more radiants therein. The burner produces hot combustion gases which warm the fluid conveyance members and thereby the fluid therein. The radiants are also heated by the combustion gases, and they thereby emit radiation which is absorbed by the fluid conveyance members and/or the fluid therein. The boiler system may additionally comprise a steam separator which separates out a steam component. The steam component can be directed back through the enclosure in a third fluid conveyance member to expand the steam before being fed to a steam engine to produce power.
US08746183B2	Poultry harness diaper A diaper assembly for use on a bird includes an upper-body portion that has at least one first part of at least one couple assembly attached thereto. The diaper assembly also includes at least one shoulder strap with a first end coupled to the upper-body portion and a second end opposite the first end and a waste receiver that has a waste-catching pouch at least partially defined by a front-facing portion coupled to the second end of the at least one shoulder strap and a rear-facing portion having at least one second part of the at least one couple assembly. Each second part of the at least one couple assembly is operable to releasably secure at least the rear-facing portion of the waste receiver to the upper-body portion.
US08746177B2	Milking implement A milking implement comprising a frame with, disposed thereon, at least one teat cup holder with a teat cup movable relative thereto, and a replacing element connected with the teat cup, wherein the frame further includes an intermediate arm connected with the frame and with the teat cup holder and having a first joint and a second joint about which the teat cup holder and the intermediate arm, respectively, are tiltable with the aid of the replacing element, and a spring coupled with the teat cup holder and the frame and, if desired, with the intermediate arm.
US08746173B2	Plasma deposition device A plasma deposition device for coating a substrate includes: a vacuum chamber; a waveguide disposed in the vacuum chamber for transmitting a microwave; an antenna unit disposed in the vacuum chamber above the substrate for receiving the microwave from the waveguide, and connected to the waveguide, the antenna unit including an outer conductor and an inner conductor wire that is disposed inside the outer conductor; a gas supplying conduit disposed inside the outer conductor and surrounding the inner conductor wire, and including a plurality of exhaust holes for blowing a plasma-inducing gas downward and toward the substrate to interact with the microwave and to produce plasma; and a blocking unit disposed in the vacuum chamber to prevent the plasma-inducing gas blown to the substrate from flowing back to the gas supplying conduit.
US08746168B2	System and method for coating medical devices A system and method for photo-grafting a coating polymer onto the surface of a medical device are provided. The system comprises a plurality of stations including a novel grafting station. The system and method of the invention are both time- and resource-efficient. The system includes several stations, each station including a dipping tank. The system allows for the automated, semi-automated, or manual dipping of medical devices into the dipping tanks in a specified order, as desired, wherein at least one of the stations is a grafting station for photo-grafting the coating polymer onto the surface of the medical device. The system is modular, which allows for modification of the process as required, depending on the needs of the user. The system may comprise stations for incorporating an antimicrobial agent into the coating, and/or for rendering the coating lubricious.
US08746164B2	Protective coatings and methods of forming same Coatings on a substrate and application methods result in coatings that can withstand different types or groups of bulk cargo and operations. This novel approach includes use of a combination of layers of coating materials at certain thicknesses and applied with certain techniques. In certain embodiments, the coating system includes coatings applied to a pretreated substrate, e.g., blasted steel cargo hold plates of an oceangoing vessel. The coatings include a bond layer and a resistance layer, e.g., an anti-corrosive layer tailored to resist at least one of corrosion, erosion, impact and wear of the substrate.
US08746151B2	Rail road car truck and fitting therefor A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of the sideframes in the manner of a swing motion truck. The lateral swinging motion is combined with a longitudinal self steering capability. The self steering capability may be obtained by use of a longitudinally oriented rocker that may tend to permit resistance to deflection that is proportional to the weight carried across the interface. The truck may have auxiliary centering elements mounted in the pedestal seats, and those auxiliary centering elements may be made of resilient elastomeric material. The truck may also have friction dampers that have a disinclination to stick-slip behavior. The friction dampers may be provided with brake linings, or similar features, on the face engaging the sideframe columns, on the slope face, or both. The friction dampers may operate to yield upward and downward friction forces that are not overly unequal. The friction dampers may be mounted in a four-cornered arrangement at each end of the truck bolster. The spring groups may include sub-groups of springs of different heights.
US08746149B2	Turn wheel and method for supporting a curved portion of a load-transporting cable A turn wheel for supporting a tensioned stationary cable through a curved path in a horizontal plane, and for allowing a load advancing along the cable to engage the turn wheel for driving the wheel in rotation relative to the cable, while at the same time the turn wheel continues to support both the cable and the load.
US08746141B2	Printing machine and printing group for variable format offset The printing machine for variable format offset includes a printing roller or drum, and at least one printing group including a guide system fixed in relation with the printing roller or drum, a first carriage displaceable along the guide system and configured for supporting a rubber-wrapped blanket roller or sleeve of variable size, a second carriage displaceable along the guide system and configured for supporting a plate roller or sleeve of variable size, and a third carriage displaceable along the guide system carrying an offset inking head. The head has devices for approximating the third carriage to the plate roller, identifying and fixing its working position in relation with the plate sleeve and fitting ink-supplying roller or rollers to the plate roller.
US08746138B2	Solid/fluid separation device and method for treating biomass including solid/fluid separation A solid/fluid separation module and pretreatment apparatus and method enables pretreatment of biomass at high temperature and pressure with the ability to vary residence and processing times.
US08746132B2	Heated discharge platen for dough processing system A dough forming apparatus for flatbread products, the apparatus having: a loading station; a pressing station; a discharge station; and a conveyor belt passing through the loading station, the pressing station and the discharge station; wherein the discharge station further comprises a heated discharge platen.
US08746130B2	Diaphragm pump A diaphragm pump includes a pump chamber having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A passive silicon check valve is provided at the inlet opening, and a passive silicon check valve is provided at the outlet opening. The diaphragm pump further includes a metallic pump diaphragm that adjoins the pump chamber.
US08746129B2	Rodless cylinder In a rodless cylinder 1, a band accommodating depression 60 having a transverse inner surface 62 extending along the width of a slit 12 of an inner hole 10 of a tube 2 and a wall surface 64 inclined with respect to the transverse inner surface 62 is formed on each side of the inner opening of the slit 12. In the case where one of the edges of the inner seal band 42 comes into contact with one of the wall surfaces 64, the other edge of the inner seal band 42 comes into contact with the other one of the transverse inner surfaces 62, while at the same time securing a distance I between the inner seal band 42 and an inner opening 58 of the slit 12. Once a fluid is introduced into the tube 2, the inner seal band 42 can be bent toward the slit 12 due to the distance I even in the case where one of the edges of the inner seal band 42 comes into contact with the transverse inner surface 62 and the other edge comes into contact with the wall surface 64. As a result, a rodless cylinder is provided in which by forming transverse walls and preventing the seal band from being displaced by more than a predetermined amount, the slit is accurately sealed and the moving unit can be positively moved.
US08746125B2	Automatic rifle bolt carrier with fluted boss An automatic rifle bolt carrier with a fluted boss for the AR15/M16 family of firearms has been provided. The rear of the bolt carrier has been provided with a boss having bearing surfaces which are in operational contact with the interior of the host firearm's upper receiver to prevent the carrier from tilting while it is reciprocating during normal operation. The boss and rearward end of the bolt carrier are provided with flutes which allow water to flow between the buffer tube and upper receiver while the bolt carrier is reciprocating during normal operation, enabling a properly equipped firearm to be used during over the beach operations. The bolt carrier also includes a scallop cut located about the top of its backmost end which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bolt carrier.
US08746122B1	Multi-ply heterogeneous armor with viscoelastic layers and a corrugated front surface An armor system with a composite laminate having at least four alternating layers (two bi-layers) of a first material and a second material, the first material having a lower acoustic impedance than the second material. The first material is a viscoelastic polymer with a glass transition temperature less than the expected operational temperature range, and the second material can be a hard material such as steel, aluminum, or ceramic. The laminate can include many alternating layers of elastomer and hard material, and can be adhered or affixed to a thicker armor substrate. Additional protective elements such as corrugated metal-ceramic panels and armored glass cylinders can be added to improve resistance to armor piercing rounds, explosively formed penetrators, or other threats.
US08746121B2	Ballistic protection grid having an access hatch The subject-matter of the invention is a ballistic protection grid for a vehicle comprising an access hatch received in an opening of the grid, wherein the grid and the hatch comprise bars separated from each other by an inter-bar distance, the protection grid being characterized in that the access hatch partially conceals the opening of the grid, each edge of the opening of the grid being separated from the sides of the hatch by a distance substantially equal to the inter-bar distance.
US08746118B2	Chain link sharpening method and apparatus Embodiments provide various components of a chain saw, including saw chain elements, sprockets, and other fixtures, that may facilitate sharpening of cutter links during operation. In various embodiments, the components may increase stability during sharpening, provide nose mounted sharpening fixtures, and/or facilitate the resizing and/or reshaping of a sharpening element.
US08746117B2	Printer Provided is a printer in which a cut-off paper is pushed into a paper stacking portion without an additional power source while reducing the maximum load applied to driving means for driving a movable blade. A printer includes a movable blade for cutting a paper disposed between a fixed blade and a movable blade as it moves in a forward direction and separating a printed part as a cut-off paper; driving means for moving the movable blade in a reciprocating manner; a pushing member which is driven to push a cut-off paper in a thickness direction of the cut-off paper; a paper stacking portion for stacking the cut-off paper pushed by the pushing member; and a driving force transferring mechanism for transferring a driving force of the driving means to the pushing member to drive the pushing member.
US08746108B2	Damping system for shift cable A damping system for a shift cable is disclosed, in which vibrations and noises that are generated by a transmission and transmitted into the interior of a vehicle through a shift cable are considerably reduced across a damper, that is positioned in a bottleneck section of a socket housing and contacts with bottleneck section, such that it is possible to effectively exclude vibrations and noises transmitted into the interior of a vehicle. Further, the present invention is advantageous in terms of the cost and weight, because a rubber damper is used instead of a mass damper, and it is possible to reduce vibrations and noises without increasing force for operating a shift lever and maximally prevent the function of reducing vibrations and noises from being deteriorated by frictional wear.
US08746099B2	Control system of transmission A transmission control system to enable smooth engagement of meshing engagement device when establishing a forward gear position by engaging the meshing engagement device and a forward clutch while a vehicle is stationary. For example, when a synchro device is operated so as to establish a predetermined forward gear position, it becomes difficult to smoothly couple a first speed drive gear to the input shaft by the synchro device. However, temporarily engaging a reverse clutch during the process of operation of the synchro device allows a reverse torque to act on the first speed drive gear to apply torsion to a power transmission path between the first speed drive gear and a driven wheel. Furthermore, a repulsive force is applied and generates backlash between the synchro device and the first speed drive gear, thus enabling smooth operation of the synchro device.
US08746091B2	Sanitary clean in place microwave probe and sealing gasket assembly A process seal (24) for separating the flowing material in a test chamber (5) from an antenna element (19) used to emit or receive a signal propagating through the test chamber. The process seal (24) includes a circumferential groove (47) which retains a sealing gasket (26) that permits the process seal to be mounted within an opening (11) in the chamber (5). The gasket (26) is formed with a t-shaped cross section (56) in which the narrow portion (62) of the cross section is formed with an inclined sidewall 63 which abuts a similarly inclined sidewall (65) on the process seal lip (46). An inner lobe of the cross section (56) fits within a groove (47) that is formed adjacent to the bottom surface (45) of the process seal (24). Captive clamping knobs (72, 73, 74, and 54) or captive bolts (14, 15, 16, and 55) fasten a probe assembly (1) including the antenna element (19) and the process seal (24) to the test chamber (5). An alternative process seal (77) permits the use of an O-ring (78).
US08746083B2	Torque sensor having a ring-shaped stator The present disclosure relates to a torque sensor configured to axially magnetize a magnet and simplify a stator structure facing the magnet, whereby dimensions and shapes of members capable of collecting magnetism can be easily controlled to provide a torque sensor excellent in operational reliability, the torque sensor including a ring-shaped and axially-magnetized magnet connected to one of an input shaft of a steering wheel and an output shaft; and a stator including a ring-shaped body axially discrete from the magnet and a plurality of holes vertically penetrating the body, whereby structure of the torque sensor is simplified to enhance a concentrated efficiency of magnetic change.
US08746078B2	Field device with internal battery for measuring a physical quantity of a fluid A wave ring spring is provided between a top face of a battery case and an inner wall of an equipment case. A plurality of silicone rubber pieces is provided between a bottom face of the battery case and an inner wall of the equipment case. A plurality of elastic tabs is provided between the outer peripheral surfaces that connect between the top face and the bottom face of the battery case and inner walls of the equipment case. The elastic tabs are formed integrally with the outer peripheral surfaces of the battery case.
US08746066B2	Acceleration sensor having a damping device A micromechanical acceleration sensor is described which includes a substrate and a seismic mass which is movably situated with respect to the substrate in a detection direction. The micromechanical sensor includes at least one damping device for damping motions of the seismic mass perpendicular to the detection direction.
US08746065B2	Rotational rate sensor having intermeshing Coriolis elements A rotational rate sensor includes: a substrate having a main plane of extension; a first Coriolis element; and a second Coriolis element. The first Coriolis element and the second Coriolis element have a first and a second center of gravity, respectively, and the elements are drivable along a drive direction. In the idle state of the rotational rate sensor, (i) the distance between the first center of gravity and the second center of gravity along the detection direction is less than a first value, and (ii) the distance between the first center of gravity and the second center of gravity along the third direction is less than a second value.
US08746063B1	Apparatus and method for utilizing food residue Apparatus for utilizing food residue includes a base which has a connective member. A food residue-receiving container having a first end and an opposite second end is selectively connectable to the connective member, so that the food residue-receiving container is perpendicular to the base. Food residue is deposited into the food residue-receiving container, and the height of the food residue is measured.
US08746057B2	Flow rate measuring device and flow rate controller A flow rate measuring device includes a fluid resistance member through which measurement target fluid flows; an upstream side pressure sensor configured to measure pressure on an upstream side of the fluid resistance member from a change of electrical resistance of a resistive element attached to a pressure sensitive surface onto which the target fluid is introduced, and also to measure a temperature of the pressure sensitive surface from a temperature-dependent change of the electrical resistance of the resistive element; a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the target fluid flowing through the fluid resistance member; and a flow rate calculation part that calculates a flow rate of the target fluid based on the pressure measured by the upstream side pressure sensor, pressure-flow rate characteristics of the fluid resistance member, the upstream side pressure sensor temperature, and the target fluid temperature in the fluid resistance member.
US08746052B2	Valve keeper verification tool A valve keeper verification tool is provided. The tool may include: an elongated body having two ends; an axial hole in one end of the body dimensioned to fit over a valve stem; and structure surrounding the hole dimensioned to contact at least one keeper of a retainer for an engine valve, wherein the tool is angled near the hole between about 10 and about 25 degrees. A method of checking to ensure a valve retaining keeper is in place may also be provided. The method may include: inserting a valve stem into a hole in a valve keeper verification tool; moving the valve keeper verification tool against a keeper; and applying a force against the keeper.
US08746050B2	Fuel injection feedback system and method A fuel injection feedback system comprises a light source disposed inside a fuel injector, an optical sensor disposed inside the fuel injector, and a computing device electronically connected to the optical sensor. The light source is a device configured to emit light capable of being reflected by cavitation. The light source could be disposed on or within the needle or nozzle of the fuel injector, or at a variety of other locations inside the fuel injector. The optical sensor is configured to detect an intensity of light caused by receiving light reflected from cavitation occurring inside the fuel injector.
US08746048B2	Device for the gravimetric detection of particles in a fluid medium, comprising an oscillator between two fluid channels The invention provides a device for the gravimetric detection of particles in a fluid medium, comprising a flat electromechanical oscillator (1), means for supporting the oscillator, means (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) for actuating said oscillator and, on either side of the plane of the oscillator (1), two cavities (3, 5) enabling the oscillator (1) to vibrate when it is activated by the actuation means (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d), characterized in that at least one of the two cavities (3, 5) forms an integral part of a channel (2, 4) for the passage of a fluid over at least one of the faces (1a, 1b) of the oscillator and in that said actuation means (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) take the form of at least one electrode (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) lying in the same plane as that of the electromechanical oscillator and at a defined distance (g) from the oscillator, so as to ensure that the oscillator vibrates in its plane.
US08746045B2	System and method for identifying fluids and monitoring fluid quality in a vessel Methods and systems are disclosed for using time domain reflectometry to determine the identity of a fluid in a vessel, and to determine whether the quality of a fluid in a vessel is within acceptable parameters. Methods include identifying a fluid by comparing a derived characteristic of a fluid to a reference characteristic, determining the quality of a fluid by determining if a derived characteristic is within an acceptable quality range, monitoring a fluid for a dynamic change in quality or state, and identifying a fluid by comparing a transition reflection waveform to a reference signature transition. The methods are implemented in systems for identifying a fluid layer in a vessel, such as fuel, free liquid water or ice, detecting misfueling or fuel contamination, and detecting fluid state changes, such as the formation of ice.
US08746042B2	Methods and apparatus for subsea pipeline integrity testing Apparatus and methods are described for subsea pipeline servicing, including line-pack testing, physical integrity testing, recovery of damaged sections of pipelines, and product removal from subsea structures. In one embodiment of the invention, a subsea pipeline service skid is provided including at least one sample collection bladder affixed to the skid and in fluid communication with a skid mounted pump dimensioned to pull a sample from the subsea pipeline. In another embodiment, a product removal bladder is provided for removal of the hydrocarbons from a subsea structure.
US08746041B2	Systems and methods for detecting and communicating moisture leaks in fluid conduits A system for detecting and communicating moisture leaking from a fluid conduit of the type comprising a fitting configured to mate with the fluid conduit, the fitting including an outer surface including an outer edge portion that is enclosed within the fluid conduit when positioning the fluid conduit over at least a portion of the outer surface, wherein the system includes a sensor for detecting moisture, the sensor being positioned proximate to the outer edge portion of the fitting and configured to generate a signal representing a result of moisture detection, and a receiver configured to receive the signal generated by the sensor. The system may include a communication circuit to provide wired or wireless communication between the sensor and the receiver. Other systems and method for detecting and communicating moisture leakage are further disclosed herein.
US08746028B2	Tubing expansion There is disclosed a tubing expansion device and a method of expanding tubing.In one embodiment, an expansion device (10) is disclosed which comprises at least one expansion member (14) adapted to expand a tubing (12) by inducing a hoop stress in the tubing (12), and at least one further expansion member (16) adapted to expand the tubing (12) by inducing a compressive yield of the tubing (12); and a method of expanding tubing (12) comprising the steps of expanding the tubing (12) at least in part by inducing a hoop stress in the tubing (12), and expanding the tubing (12) at least in part by inducing a compressive yield of the tubing (12).
US08746020B2	Portable equipment security device A locking cable device, which generally inhibits the theft of portable and more specifically inhibits the theft of expensive, electronic devices such as computers, laptops, and projectors. The security device works by use of a hook that hooks through an opening in an outside wall of the equipment to be secured. The hole can be an existing hole in the outside wall of the equipment, either round, square, or rectangular, such as a vent slot or security slot. A user may also add the opening by merely drilling an aperture or slot, sized appropriately for the corresponding hook on the security device. The hooked position is maintained by use of a housing locked on to the cable, close enough to the equipment being secured that the hook cannot be moved to an angle necessary for removal.
US08746007B2	Heat converter for condensation and refrigeration system using the same To provide a heat converter for condensation that can be miniaturized and reduced in weight and can promote miniaturization, cost reduction and energy saving of a refrigeration system using the heat converter to thereby contribute to global environment conservation, and a refrigeration system using the heat converter.A heat converter 30 for condensation which changes high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas discharged from a compressor 1 of a refrigeration system to low-temperature refrigerant liquid is constructed by a isobaric cooling unit 3 for cooling the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas under isobaric change, a pressure-reducing liquefying unit 6 for liquefying gas refrigerant partially-liquefied in the isobaric cooling unit by a refrigerant acceleration phenomenon while the pressure and enthalpy are reduced, and a pressure-reducing and cooling unit 8 for cooling the refrigerant passed through the pressure-reducing and liquefying unit by the refrigerant acceleration phenomenon while the pressure and enthalpy are reduced.
US08746004B2	Machine for producing ice-cream A machine including: a housing; a cylindrical-shaped processing tub that extends into the housing; cooling means adapted to cool the processing tub; a mixing member rotatably mounted within the processing tub, with the mixing member being structured so as to mix ingredients in the processing tub and so as to scrape at least the inner side surface of the processing tub to prevent the ingredients from adhering to the side wall of the tub; and a containing collar which is dimensioned so as to be fitted in a releasable manner in the processing tub above the mixing member.
US08746002B2	Refrigerator and apparatus for ice discharging therein A refrigerator and a device for ice discharging are disclosed. The device for ice discharging includes a case having an ice introduction opening and an ice discharge opening (312); a rotation member (320) rotatable in the case to transfer ice that is held in a predetermined amount to be discharged; and a discharge adjustment part (340) spaced apart a predetermined space from the rotation member (320) to adjust the number of the ices transferred by the rotation member, such that a fixed amount of the ice is substantially discharged. The refrigerator includes the device for ice discharging therein.
US08745997B2	Optimized cooling for vehicle with start-stop technology An air conditioning system for a start-stop vehicle employs a compressor with a variable displacement. A controller determines a normal Climate Thermal Load (CTL) value for controlling a variable stroke of the variable displacement compressor. A stop event is detected in response to a speed of the vehicle and the occurrence of a predetermined deceleration. During the stop event, the variable stroke is increased by an amount determined in response to the normal CTL value, the speed of the vehicle, and a measure of the deceleration of the vehicle so that an evaporator temperature within the air conditioning system is allowed to decrease while the vehicle is stopping so that climate comfort can be maintained even while the engine is shut off during the subsequent time that the vehicle is stopped.
US08745988B2	Pin fin arrangement for heat shield of gas turbine engine A heat shield unit for a gas turbine engine combustor comprises a panel body secured to a combustor liner. A first surface of the body is oriented toward a combustion zone of a combustor. A second surface is oriented toward the liner. The body is separated into upstream and downstream portions. Pin fins project from the second surface of the body. The pin fins are arranged in arrays of at least two different densities of volume of pin fins per unit volume. One density, lower than the second density, is in the upstream portion and another in the downstream portion of the body. Connectors connect the body to the liner with a line between the upstream and downstream portions of the body aligned with fluid-coolant injection apertures in the liner. A gas turbine engine combustor and a method for cooling a heat shield unit in a combustor liner of a gas turbine engine are also provided.
US08745985B2	Steam power plant with a cooling system In a steam power plant, a first cooling circuit includes a condenser for condensing steam and a first pump for pumping a first cooling fluid through the condenser in order to cool the condenser. A third cooling circuit is a closed cycle cooling circuit that utilizes a second cooling fluid for cooling down at least one component that is different from the condenser. A second cooling circuit includes a heat exchanger that thermally couples the first cooling fluid and the second cooling fluid and utilizes the first cooling fluid in the heat exchanger for cooling down the second fluid and further includes a second pump for pumping the first cooling fluid through the second cooling circuit independently from an operation of the first pump.
US08745969B2	Methods for engine exhaust NOx control using no oxidation in the engine A powertrain includes an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber and an aftertreatment system. A method for reducing NOx emissions in the powertrain includes monitoring an actual exhaust gas feedstream ratio of NO2 to NO, monitoring a desired exhaust gas feedstream ratio of NO2 to NO, comparing the actual and the desired exhaust gas feedstream ratios of NO2 to NO, and selectively initiating a NO2 generation cycle based upon the comparison of the actual and the desired exhaust gas feedstream ratios of NO2 to NO comprising injecting fuel mass into the combustion chamber after a primary combustion event.
US08745966B2	Mobile thrust reverser cowl and thrust reverser provided with such a cowl A mobile cowl for a cascade-type thrust reverser includes an interior wall having an anterior zone, a movably mounted shutter and a link rod of which one end is connected to the shutter to actuate the shutter from one position to other. One of the positions may be a direct-jet position in which the shutter is situated facing the anterior zone, and other position may be a reverse-jet position in which the shutter is situated away from the anterior zone. The interior wall has, in the anterior zone, a part able to allow the link rod end to move beyond a normal position in the event of abnormal movements of the link rod end, without wrecking the interior wall.
US08745956B2	Asymmetric integral lifting construction method A method for lifting an asymmetric integral construction is provided, including the steps of determining proper lifting points on a construction to be lifted according to the position relationship between the construction and a base supporter, setting a dragging point on the bottom of the construction, the dragging point being located on the extension line of the connection between the gravity center of construction and the centroid of the lifting points, determining a projection point of the dragging point on the ground, arranging a dragging device between the dragging point and the projection point, installing a lifting system at a proper position, conducting lifting operation by means of the lifting system cooperated with the dragging device, and rectifying and fixing the construction after it is in place.
US08745950B2	Construction structure of wall surface A construction structure of wall surface includes: a hat joiner; and a building board. The hat joiner has a fixing plate portion and a design portion, and the building board has a design portion extending linearly on a surface. A joint at which the design portion of the hat joiner constitutes a design surface, and a design pattern at which the design portion of the building board constitutes a design surface, are formed in a same direction, by arranging the building board in plurality to left and right, or above and below, of the design portion of the hat joiner. A width of the joint at the design portion of the hat joiner is the same as a width of each of the design portions on the surface of each of the building boards.
US08745937B1	Refaced staircase A refaced staircase having original treads and original risers with replacement treads and replacement risers is disclosed. A replacement riser extends down from each original tread, and a replacement tread is placed over the original tread and overhangs the replacement riser. The replacement tread preferably includes a scotia facing the original tread that hides the seam between the original tread and the replacement riser.
US08745935B2	Photovoltaic panel fastening system A fastening system is provided. In another aspect, a hook fastens a photovoltaic panel assembly to a building roof. Another aspect employs catches that removeably attach an auxiliary component, such as a solar panel frame, to a building in hinge and slide motions for engagement of the catches. A method of installing a fastening system is additionally provided.
US08745932B2	Interment system An interment system (110) comprises a container arrangement (109) configured to hold the posthumous remains of a plurality of individuals arranged one above the other. The container arrangement defines a posthumous remains receiving chamber (156) in which the remains of the plurality of individuals can be held. The container arrangement (109) may comprise an outer interment container (112) and an inner interment container (150) which can be received within the outer interment container. The inner interment container (150) defines the aforesaid chamber (156).
US08745929B2	Pivoting shelters A pivoting shelter comprises a support member, such as a support post, and a pivot affixed to the support member. The pivoting shelter has a shelter member attached to the pivot such that the shelter member is capable of rotating relative to the support member about a rotational axis. The pivot is attached to the shelter member so that the rotational axis is substantially perpendicular to a primary plane of the shelter member and at a position along the side of the shelter member other than the center of a side. For example, the rotational axis may be located substantially at a corner of the shelter member.
US08745927B2	Weatherstrip attachable to edge of opening portion in vehicle body A weatherstrip includes: a trim portion and a seal portion. The trim portion includes: a main body portion including a first and second side wall portions provided on a vehicle outer side and a vehicle inner side, respectively; a first and second holding lips extending from the first and second side wall portions, respectively; and a first extended wall portion extending from a distal end portion of the first side wall portion. In a trim portion attaching direction, a distal end portion of the first side wall portion is positioned at, or on the weatherstrip inner circumferential side of, a boundary portion between the trim portion and an inner circumferential surface of the seal portion, and a distal end portion of the second side wall portion is positioned on the weatherstrip inner circumferential side of a distal end portion of the first extended wall portion.
US08745926B2	Frameless access panel with latch member A frameless access panel comprising a panel member having an inner surface and an outer surface, a mounting member mounted to the inner surface and comprising at least one fixed tab extending outwardly therefrom, the fixed tab being spaced from a first edge of the panel member, and at least one cam latch member comprising a cam latch rotatable around an axis spaced from a second edge of the panel member, which is opposite the first edge. The cam latch is rotatable between a first position and a second position, where the second position is spaced further from the second edge than the first position. The frameless access panel is generally non-combustible.
US08745925B2	Coupling mechanism for sliding doors An automated coupling mechanism for sliding doors that are movably mounted upon a storage unit. The coupling mechanism may comprise a rotating mechanism comprising a rotating member, and connecting unit. The storage unit may comprise at least one outer sliding door and at least one inner sliding door comprising an upper track, where the connecting unit connect the rotating mechanism to the outer sliding door. The rotating member and the track may be made from material of substantially high friction coefficient to enable the rotating member to move the inner sliding door along the track when rotated. The connecting unit, which are connect the rotating mechanism to the outer sliding door, may enable the outer sliding door to move in the opposite direction of the inner sliding door, whereby the inner sliding door is moved by the rotating mechanism as a physical counteraction.
US08745912B2	Firearm magazine A magazine for a firearm may include a cavity that is shaped to prevent the tip of the bullets in the cartridges from contacting the magazine when the firearm recoils. The magazine may also be configured so that the cartridges in the magazine exit the cavity at least approximately in the center of the magazine. The magazine may be configured to include a biasing mechanism that pushes the cartridges upward in the cavity. The biasing mechanism may be configured to allow the magazine to be compact, simple, and reliable.
US08745910B2	Rotating and translating extractor mechanism An extractor mechanism for a firearm includes a firearm slide having a pocket, the pocket extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to a firing axis of a firearm and having an opening proximate to a breech face of the slide, and an extractor arm having a body portion and a hook portion, the body portion being disposed at least partially within the pocket and the hook portion extending at least partially out of the opening and having a distal edge sized to engage a cartridge rim, wherein the extractor arm is pivotally and slidably mounted to the slide such that the hook portion is capable of being pivoted toward and away from the firing axis and the extractor arm is capable of translational movement with respect to the slide in a direction substantially parallel to the firing axis.
US08745897B2	Traction enhancing devices for footwear assemblies Traction enhancing devices for footwear assemblies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a footwear assembly includes a footwear product with an outsole that has one or more embedded traction enhancing devices. Each traction enhancing device can be a stud that is at least partially embedded in the carrier portion of the outsole and that partially projects from the carrier portion. Each stud can be configured to reduce or eliminate relative movement between the stud and the carrier portion to prevent the stud from loosening or falling out. For example, each stud can include a shaft having an engaging surface, such as a threaded, ribbed, or textured surface, that engages the carrier portion. Each stud can also include a portion having an enlarged surface area, such as an anchor or head, embedded in the carrier portion to improve retention of the stud in the carrier portion.
US08745887B2	Method of measuring a component This invention relates to a method of measuring a collapsed component, comprising: laying the component to be measured on a bed; detecting the location of a plurality of points on the component; storing the location of each of the points relative to at least one other point; mapping the plurality of points on to a reference shape which corresponds to the component in a non-collapsed state to provide mapped data points; and, using the mapped data points to determine the dimensions of the component.
US08745882B2	Flexible and separable portion of a razor handle A handle for a shaving razor, the handle has a frame and a flexible pod coupled to the frame. The flexible pod has a base with a first mounting member. The first mounting member corresponds in shape and mates with a second mounting member of the frame. The flexible pod is compressible and uncompressible to engage the first mounting member of the flexible pod with the second mounting member of the frame.
US08745877B2	Manually actuable liquid dispensing razor The invention features a razor for dispensing a fluid during shaving. The razor includes a handle, a razor cartridge, and a fluid dispensing member joined to the cartridge. The handle includes a cavity for housing a fluid and a manually-actuated pump to displace the fluid from the cavity through a supply channel to an opening at the proximal end of the handle. The razor cartridge includes a cartridge connecting structure attached to the housing, at least one blade positioned in the housing, and an aperture that extends from the rear surface to the front surface of the housing. The fluid dispensing member has a dispensing channel with an opening at a supply end and an opening at a dispensing end. The supply end is configured to engage the opening in the supply channel. The dispensing end projects outwardly and extends to or adjacent to the aperture in the housing.
US08745863B2	Method of manufacturing multi-layer printed circuit board A method of manufacturing a multi-layer printed circuit board includes the following steps (A) and (B). (A) Providing penetrating openings which are formed into through holes and each of which has a small diameter for a core substrate, and (B) providing penetrating openings which are formed into through holes each having a large diameter for the core substrate.
US08745860B2	Method for manufacturing printed wiring board A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming on a support board a first resin insulation layer, forming a second resin insulation layer on the first resin insulation layer, forming in the second resin insulation layer an opening portion in which an electronic component having an electrode is mounted, accommodating the electronic component in the opening portion of the second resin insulation layer such that the electrode of the electronic component faces an opposite side of the first resin insulation layer, forming on the first surface of the second resin insulation layer and the electronic component an interlayer resin insulation layer, and forming in the interlayer resin insulation layer a via conductor reaching to the electrode of the electronic component.
US08745851B2	Process for fabricating an ultra-low-resistance superconducting joint having high shielding characteristics A process for fabricating an ultra-low-resistance superconducting joint that has high shielding characteristics. The process includes: corroding copper on the outer surface at the end of a NbTi/Cu superconducting wire to form terminal NbTi superconducting filaments; inserting same number of NbTi superconducting filaments into each through hole of the niobium layer of a Nb/NbTi/Cu multilayer composite rod; pressing at the outside of the Nb/NbTi/Cu multilayer composite rod to combine the Nb/NbTi/Cu multilayer composite rod and NbTi superconducting filaments together to form a joint; and inserting the joint into a YBCO tube, and then filling the YBCO tube with molten bismuth-lead-tin-cadmium (BiPbSnCd) alloy solder to form a superconducting joint with high shielding and low resistance characteristics.
US08745847B2	Method of P-forming a continuous conductor having a rectangular cross section and a stator including a stator winding formed from a P-formed conductor having a rectangular cross-section A method of P-forming a conductor having a rectangular cross-section to create a continuous stator winding. The method includes forming a conductor having a rectangular cross-section into a series of first and second substantially parallel segments that meet at a vertex, deforming the conductor such that each of the first and second segments are non-parallel to form a cross-over feature at the vertex, and deforming a section of each of the first and second segments to include corresponding first and second portions that are generally parallel to create the continuous stator winding.
US08745846B2	Method of manufacturing handheld medical devices including microwave amplifier unit A method of manufacturing a medical device includes the initial steps of providing a handle assembly and providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module. The handle assembly includes a handle body defining a chamber therein. The handle body is configured to support an energy applicator at the distal end thereof. The microwave-signal-amplifying module includes a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal. The microwave-signal-amplifying module includes one or more connector portions including one or more electrical connectors adapted to be removeably coupleable to one or more electrical conductors associated with the handle body. The method also includes the step of positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the chamber to bring the one or more electrical connectors of the one or more connector portions into electrical engagement with one or more electrical connectors associated with the handle body.
US08745844B2	Head assembly attaching method, cylindrical jig, and caulking ball A method of attaching a head assembly having an annular hollow boss to an arm having a through hole of a carriage is provided. The head assembly includes a load beam of a head suspension and a base plate fixed to a base part of the load beam. The boss is formed on the base plate. The method includes steps of, inserting the boss into the through hole, thereby setting the head assembly to the arm of the carriage, supplying lubricant along the cylindrical jig to the caulking ball and pushing the caulking ball with the cylindrical jig to pass the caulking ball through an inside of the boss and diametrally expand and plastically deform the boss, thereby fixedly fitting the boss of the head assembly to the through hole of the arm of the carriage. The method causes no deformation of a flange formed on the base plate during caulking and is achievable at low cost.
US08745843B2	Force-transmitting element, sliding sleeve, arrangement and method for producing a non-detachable workpiece connection A force-transmitting element for non-detachable workpiece connections includes a flange portion and a transmitting portion, wherein the transmitting portion has a substantially cylindrical inner peripheral surface and wherein the wall thickness of the transmitting portion tapers at least in sections from the end close to the flange portion to the end remote from the flange portion. An operationally reliable non-detachable workpiece connection can be obtained despite relatively small dimensions of the force-transmitting element. The end of the transmitting portion which is close to the flange portion has at least one latching depression on the outer peripheral surface.
US08745841B2	Aluminum bonding member and method for producing same There is provided an aluminum bonding member capable of being simply and inexpensively produced and capable of being used as a cooling member having a high cooling power. The aluminum bonding member 10 has an aluminum member 12 of aluminum or an aluminum alloy exposed to the outside, and a tubular member 14 of a material which does not melt at a temperature close to the melting point of aluminum or the aluminum alloy. Both of the opening end portions of the tubular member 14 are open to the outside of the aluminum member 12. A portion of the tubular member 14 between the opening end portions extends in the aluminum member 12, and the outer peripheral surface of the portion of the tubular member 14 extending in the aluminum member 12 is bonded directly to the aluminum member 12.
US08745835B2	Lock striker alignment check fixture A door lock striker alignment check fixture includes a check fixture body having a tapered region engageable with a striker receiving slot of a door latch mechanism. The check fixture body defines an elongated slot for receiving a door striker. The door lock striker alignment check fixture further includes a flange fixedly attached to the check fixture body, and which is engageable with an exterior surface of a vehicle door coupled to the door latch mechanism. The flange includes a contact surface that contacts the exterior surface of the vehicle door and which faces an insertion direction of the tapered region with respect to the striker receiving slot.
US08745821B2	Auto-closing device for a sliding door An auto-closing device has a base, a cylinder, a slider, a spring and an adjusting device. The adjusting device is connected to an end of the spring opposite to the slider and has an adjusting frame and an adjusting bolt. The adjusting frame has a first end connected securely to the spring and a second end provided with a threaded hole. The adjusting bolt is mounted rotatably on the base and is screwed into the threaded hole in the adjusting frame. Accordingly, when the adjusting bolt is rotated, the adjusting frame is moved relative to the body so that the pulling force provided by the spring is adjusted to fit with different door panels with different weights.
US08745819B2	Load sustaining bushing Apparatus and methods provide for a bushing that compensates for thermal expansion and contraction to maintain a preload on a corresponding structure at various operating temperatures. According to embodiments described herein, a bushing may include two bushing components coupled to a load compensation sleeve between the two bushing components. The load compensation sleeve may have a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) greater than the two bushing components and the corresponding abutting structure. The configuration of the bushing components and load compensation sleeve, along with the corresponding CTE characteristics, maintains the preload imposed by the two bushing components on the structure throughout operations at various temperatures.
US08745813B2	Wiper blade with a supporting element The invention is based on a wiper blade (10) with a supporting element (12) which has two interconnected spring rails (30), and with a wiper strip (14) which is received by the spring rails (30) in a manner allowing it to be exchanged. It is proposed that one end of the wiper strip (14) is connected fixedly to a thickened portion (74, 98, 100, 108, 110, 112, 114) by means of which the wiper strip (14) can be fixed relative to the supporting element (12).
US08745810B2	Pivot body for windshield wiper system A polymeric pivot body for a windshield wiper system includes a bracket portion adapted to attach a pivot shaft assembly of a windshield wiper system to a portion of a vehicle and a sleeve portion connected to the bracket portion for receiving and orientating a pivot shaft of the pivot shaft assembly. The pivot body also includes a tube receiving portion connected to and extending outwardly from the sleeve portion for receiving one end of a unitizing tube of a linkage assembly to interconnect the unitizing tube to the pivot shaft assembly. The pivot body further includes at least one I-beam portion interconnecting the sleeve portion and the tube receiving portion in a cost-effective manner while having a lighter weight and reduced stresses, and uses no tools for assembly of the windshield wiper system.
US08745809B2	Glass surface cleaning device A cleaning device includes a first expansion unit in which a first expansion member is received and the first expansion unit is connected to a cylinder which has a piston received therein and the piston defines a first room and a second room in the cylinder. The piston has a first magnetic member which magnetically drives a movable member with a second magnetic member connected thereto. The movable member moves along the cylinder. A cleaning unit is co-movably connected with the movable member. By expansion of the first expansion unit by the sun, the movable member is moved and the cleaning unit is moved along the glass surface. The action consumes no electric power.
US08745803B2	Model train car and engine wheel cleaning device and method A model train car or engine wheel cleaning device includes a cradle having a base plate and side walls. Cleaning strips are mounted on the side walls and a spring loaded core is located there between. The core is moveable between a neutral position and a compressed position. Conductive strips are positioned on top of the core. Electrical contacts are electrically connected to the conductive strips. During use, the core is in the compressed position and the rail contact surfaces of the wheels contact the cleaning strips. When cleaning a model train engine with motorized wheels, the wheel rims are in contact with the conductive strips and an electric current is supplied to the electrical contacts, causing the wheels to turn and be cleaned. When cleaning a model train car with free-spinning wheels, the car is manually moved back and forth, causing the wheels to turn and be cleaned.
US08745801B2	Gangway construction having a guiding assembly with pulley wheels and guiding cables A gangway construction 1 for providing access between a vessel 3 and an offshore object 33 comprises a support frame 2 and a movably guided gangway 10. A guiding assembly comprises an upper and lower rotatable pulley wheel 5, 6. A first cable 8 is connected to the frame or the gangway at a forward and backward connecting position 16, 17 and extends in a longitudinal direction between this forward and backward connecting position. With this the first cable 8 extends from its forward connecting position 16 towards the lower pulley wheel 6, is guided in for example a counter clockwise direction along at least part of the circumference of the lower pulley wheel 6 and in for example a clockwise direction over at least part of the circumference of the upper pulley wheel 5, and from the upper pulley wheel 5 extends towards its backward connecting position 17.
US08745800B1	Fold out ramp A ramp assembly includes a ramp portion coupled for rotational movement between a stowed position and a deployed position. A first panel is rotatably coupled to the ramp portion about a first axis so that movement of the ramp portion between the stowed position and the deployed position moves the axis along an arcuate path. The ramp assembly further includes a guide that maintains a fixed position relative to the stowed position of the ramp portion. A second panel is slidably associated with the guide and is rotatably coupled to the first panel about a second axis.
US08745783B2	Supporting spring system and furniture for sleeping, sitting and reclining comprising a supporting spring system A supporting spring system for furniture for sleeping, sitting or reclining, having a plurality of elongated, resilient carrier profiles that have a longitudinal axis and that run parallel to each other, form a common plane, and preferably are mounted on a frame or on longitudinal members. The carrier profiles have at least one reinforcement that is spaced apart from the longitudinal axis, and the profiles can be rotated about the longitudinal axis or an axis parallel thereto in order to change their flexural stiffness against a force in the direction perpendicular to the common plane.
US08745775B2	Automatic head care apparatus and automatic head washing apparatus An automatic head care apparatus comprises a bowl having a head support for supporting a person's head; a washing unit configured by fourth arms comprising a plurality of contacts at an end thereof and a rotation gear having a central axis thereof for rotating the contacts, third arms for rotatably supporting the fourth arms, a support shaft for rotatably supporting the third arms, a pushing mechanism for moving the support shaft, and a motor for oscillating the contacts by rotating the rotation gear of the fourth arms; and a control device for controlling movement of at least the pushing mechanism.
US08745773B2	Toilet stool using cyclone type sewage purifier The present invention provides a toilet using a cyclone-type sewage purifier, which can discharge excrement using a small amount of water and can sanitarily treat the discharged excrement using waste water, thus increasing the efficiency with which the waste water is recycled. The toilet includes a toilet bowl having a depression; a refuse pipe passing through the toilet bowl and connected to the depression, thus guiding the discharge of excrement from the depression; a refuse bowl seated in the depression and temporarily holding the excrement, and discharging the excrement into the refuse pipe when it is rotated; a rotating device for rotating the refuse bowl; and a cyclone-type sewage purifier for executing purification treatment using a vortex generated by descent of the excrement and waste water discharged from the refuse pipe and a waste water pipe.
US08745771B2	Drain clog remover An apparatus for removing a clog from a drain pipe, the apparatus having: (a) a container comprising a product chamber; (b) a pressurization assembly in fluid communication with the inlet; (c) a shaft coupled to the container, the shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end; and (d) projections extending outwardly from the shaft. The product chamber is adapted to receive a drain cleaning composition and the product chamber has an inlet and an outlet. The pressurization sub-assembly has a canister of pressurized fluid and an adapter coupled to the container and including a socket defining a receptacle configured to receive at least a portion of the canister. The shaft has an exterior surface sized for insertion into the drain pipe. The shaft also has a channel that provides fluid communication between the proximal end and the distal end.
US08745770B2	Head suspension having transition arms and rear support A head suspension includes a headband portion having a length and two transition arms. Each transition arm is coupled to the headband portion and extends away from the headband portion length at an angle greater than zero degrees. Each transition arm has a distal end and a pivot at the distal end. The pivot characterized by a pivot point and a rear support portion is pivotally connected to each pivot.
US08752208B2	Detecting web browser based attacks using browser digest compute tests launched from a remote source The detection of web browser-based attacks using browser tests launched from a remote source is described. In one example, a digest is computed based on the content of an HTTP response message. The message is modified and sent to a client device that also computes a digest. The digests are compared to determine whether content has been modified by malware on the HTTP client. The results of the test are analyzed and defensive measures are taken.
US08752200B2	Devices, systems and methods for security using magnetic field based identification Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for determining an electromagnetic signature for authenticating a device, a user, and/or a location. In exemplary embodiments, a magnetometer captures an electromagnetic signature which is then compared with one or more authorized electromagnetic signatures. If the electromagnetic signature matches an authorized electromagnetic signature, then access is granted. The magnetometer is integrated into a communication device having a processor and a logic. The magnetometer captures an electromagnetic signature of a surrounding environment and detects motion of the communication device through the captured electromagnetic signature. The logic on the communication device locks or unlocks features of the device based upon the captured electromagnetic signature. In further embodiments of the subject disclosure, the magnetometer is in communication with a server which authenticates a user or communication device to provide access to a remote location.
US08752198B2	Virtual write protection system An optical medium containing virtual write protect information can be recorded in drives and systems without first changing the write protection from on to off by receiving valid user input The virtual write protection may also be enabled or disabled by additional information on the disc.
US08752196B2	Protecting privacy of shared personal information Methods and apparatus are described to protect personal information by decoupling it from user identity. According to specific embodiments, this is accomplished by associating each user with an anonymous token that is decoupled from the user's identity. Personal information (e.g., a user's physical or geographic location) is stored in association with this anonymous token, with no apparent connection to the user. Those allowed to access the personal information—including the owner himself—are granted the ability through a variety of mechanisms to connect the anonymous token back to the owner. The personal information can then be retrieved by locating the data stored in association with the anonymous token in the data store.
US08752187B2	Portable license server A portable license for licensed content is obtained by a user along with a regular license in a local network, such as a home network or other private network. The portable license may be stored in a license server on a portable device, such as a smart phone or a tablet, which functions as a portable license server. The user may take the portable device to another location where it joins another local network. A device in the second network, which does not have a license to play the licensed content, may use the portable license on the portable device to execute the content, enabling the user to enjoy it in multiple environments. The device (e.g., a TV) in the second network may continue to play the content as long as the portable license or another valid license is present in the network.
US08752170B1	Verification and validation of externally maintained profile attributes Independent verification of user profile attributes that are stored on third-party community-based web sites is provided. A user request indicates target profile attributes to verify. Profile attribute data concerning a profile owner is collected from a plurality of community sites. The collected data is verified, and results of the verification process are stored in a database. When a user views verified profile attributes on a page on a community site, the corresponding stored verification status is retrieved, and an indication of the trust status of the profile is output to the user, for example by modifying the displayed web page to display the trust status.
US08752167B2	Content management device and content management method A content management device, includes: a folder level access control information storage unit configured to store folder level access control information indicating access rights of a user to a folder where content is stored; an access control unit configured to acquire content level access control information indicating access rights of a user to content, from a predetermined content level access control unit; and a user interface configured to output display data for displaying a hierarchical structure between at least one folder and at least one content stored in the at least one folder, along with information indicating whether or not an inconsistency has occurred in access rights between the folder level access control information of the at least one folder and the content level access control information of the content stored in the at least one folder.
US08752157B2	Method and apparatus for third party session validation According to one embodiment, an apparatus may store a plurality of tokens. The apparatus may receive a first token indicating that access to a resource has been requested by a device. The apparatus may determine at least one token-based rule based at least in part upon the first token. The at least one token-based rule may condition access to the resource upon a second token. The apparatus may determine the geographic location of the device based on a token in the plurality of tokens. The apparatus may determine, based on the geographic location of the device, that the second token should be requested from an entity and transmit a request to the entity for the second token. The apparatus may receive the second token from the entity and generate a session token based at least in part upon the first token and the second token.
US08752156B1	Detecting soft token copies A technique for detecting unauthorized copies of a soft token that runs on a mobile device includes generating a set of random bits on the mobile device and providing samples of the set of random bits, as well as token codes from the soft token, for delivery to a server during authentication requests. The server acquires the set of random bits of the mobile device, or learns the set of random bits over the course of multiple login attempts. Thereafter, the server predicts values of the samples of the set of random bits and tests actual samples arriving in connection with subsequent authentication requests. Mismatches between predicted samples and received samples indicate discrepancies between the random bits of the device providing the samples and the random bits of the mobile device, and thus indicate unauthorized soft token copies.
US08752151B2	Methods, systems, and products for authentication of users Methods, systems, and products authenticate users for access to devices, applications, and services. Skills of a user are learned over time, such that an electronic model of random subject matter may be generated. The user is prompted to interpret the random subject matter, such as with a drawing, physical arrangement, or performance. The user's interpretation is then compared to the electronic model of the random subject matter. If the user is truly who they purport to be, their interpretation will match the electronic model, thus authenticating the user. If interpretation fails to match the electronic model, authentication may be denied.
US08752145B1	Biometric authentication with smart mobile device An improved authentication technique employs a user's mobile device to obtain a picture of the user from which facial geometry is extracted and applied as part of an authentication operation of the user to the remote network. In some examples, a server stores facial geometry for different users along with associated PINs. By matching facial geometry of the user with facial geometry on the server, the user's PIN can be obtained, without the user ever having to register or remember the PIN.
US08752142B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for adapting the security measures of a communication network based on feedback An adaptable network security system includes trust mediator agents that are coupled to each network component. Trust mediator agents continuously detect changes in the security characteristics of the network and communicate the detected security characteristics to a trust mediator. Based on the security characteristics received from the trust mediator agents, the trust mediator adjusts security safeguards to maintain an acceptable level of security. Trust mediator also uses predetermined rules in determining whether to adjust security safeguards. Despite inevitable changes in security characteristics, an acceptable level of security and efficient network operation are achieved without subjecting users of the network to over burdensome security safeguards.
US08752137B2	Security context passing for stateless system management Systems and methods for stateless system management are described. Examples include a method wherein a user sends the management system a request to act upon a managed system. The management system determines whether the user is authorized for the requested action. Upon authorization, the management system looks up an automation principal, which is a security principal native to the managed system. The management system retrieves connecting credentials for the automation principal, and connects to the managed system using the retrieved credentials. Once the managed system is connected, the management system performs the requested action on the managed system, and sends the result back to the user.
US08752123B2	Apparatus and method for performing data tokenization According to one embodiment, an apparatus may receive a first data token indicating a request for data associated with the resource, a subject token indicating that at least one form of authentication has been completed, and a network token indicating that at least one form of encryption has been performed. The apparatus may determine at least one token-based rule based at least in part upon the first data token, the subject token, and the network token. The apparatus may determine, based at least in part upon the at least one token-based rule, that a second data token representing the data should be generated. The apparatus may generate a message indicating the determination that the second data token should be generated and then transmit the message.
US08752119B2	Methods and apparatus for creating customized service related information for customer devices Methods and apparatus for generating and distributing customized channel map information used by set top boxes to access program channels and provide access to content delivery services are described. One or more regional headends broadcast base channel maps. Set top boxes request base channel map enhancement information from a server which may service multiple regions, e.g., regions corresponding to different head ends. The channel map server dynamically generates base channel map enhancement information, or identifies previously generated base channel map enhancement information, based on one or more business policy rules applicable to the individual set top box requesting the update channel map enhancement information. The channel map server may be implemented nationally or covering multiple regions, and customization of channel maps for set top boxes can be implemented on customer, business or even an individual set top box basis based on business policy rules.
US08752115B2	System and method for aggregating commercial navigation information The present invention provides for gathering and aggregating data related to the functionality of digital video recorders (DVRs) and transmitting updated instructions to the DVRs. During its operation, a DVR gathers data that is relevant to the detection of commercials such as luminance values, commercial patterns, and user input and stores this information in its internal storage. A central server receives updated instructions from administrators and generates new instructions in response to data aggregated from individual DVRs. The central server transmits the updated instructions to remote DVRs.
US08752114B1	MoCA gateway splitter A CATV/MoCA signal distribution system includes a first 2-way hybrid splitter for receiving a CATV input signal and splitting it into first and second CATV output signals, a second 2-way hybrid splitter for receiving the second CATV output signal and splitting it into third and fourth CATV output signals, with the latter being connected to a CATV output port. A first diplex filter is receptive of the first CATV output signal, and MoCA signals for providing electrical isolation therebetween and connecting them to a modem port. A second diplex filter is receptive of the third CATV output signal and MoCA signals for providing electrical isolation therebetween and connecting them to a Gateway port. A resistive splitter is connected between the first and second diplex filters and a plurality of individual MoCA signal ports for providing bidirectional MoCA signal flow therebetween.
US08752106B2	Mesh networked video and sensor surveillance system and method for wireless mesh networked sensors A mesh network sensor and video surveillance system and method for providing communication between a base system having at least one wireless sensor capture device SCD and other SCD(s) and at least one input capture device ICD and other ICD(s), wherein the SCD(s) are capable of smart cross-communication with each other and with the ICD(s) and where the where the ICD(s) are capable of smart cross-communication with each other and offer remote access to their inputs and the SCD(s) inputs via a server computer, including the steps of providing this base system; at least one user accessing the ICD and SCD inputs remotely via a user interface through a remote server computer and/or electronic device communicating with it, for providing a secure sensor surveillance system with extended inputs range and wireless smart cross-communication for monitoring a target environment.
US08752105B2	Simplified interactive user interface for multi-video channel navigation A system and method that provides satellite television users with a simple interface in which to choose from a variety of video images representing a different camera angle at a given event. The invention comprises a plurality of cameras positioned at a certain event, such as a sporting event. The video images from the cameras are broadcast to one or more satellites, which downlink the images to a central broadcast center. At the central broadcast center, information relating to the event is bundled with the video images and re-broadcast to a second set of satellites. The information and video images are then downlinked to multiple users situated within the satellite's footprint, to be viewed on their televisions. The user interface includes a remote control device, and a transparent bar, a navigational key display, and a textual description of the current camera angle being viewed all superimposed upon the television screen, thereby allowing the user, via the remote control device, to simply select from a camera angle, navigate to other camera angles, and receive a stream of information about the viewed event.
US08752104B2	Technique for effectively providing various entertainment services through a communications network A switched broadcast service and a network personal video recorder (NPVR) service are provided synergistically in a cable TV system having limited resources. For example, in providing the switched broadcast service, a resource manager allocates network bandwidth for broadcast of materials from selected program channels on an as needed basis. Such allocation is conducive to an effective provision of the NPVR service which requires dedicated bandwidth for transmitting recorded broadcast program material in a headend to each set-top terminal requesting the NPVR service. Thus, unlike the switched broadcast service where a program stream containing program material is shared by one or more set-top terminals, the NPVR service provides a dedicated program stream to each set-top terminal so that a user at the terminal may manipulate (e.g., rewind, pause and/or fast-forward) a presentation of program material at will.
US08752103B2	Personal television channel and system and method thereof A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to transmit to a media source a request to access media content of a personal television (TV) channel composed by a subscriber of a media communication system, transmit to the media source a communication identifier, and receive from the media source media content in the personal TV channel adapted according to the communication identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08752102B2	Intelligent retransmission of data stream segments An intelligent retransmission of data stream segments is disclosed. One embodiment comprises detecting a missing media data segment at a media receiver, assigning a value to the missing media data segment based upon media playback consequences of not utilizing the missing media data segment, comparing the value with a threshold, and requesting retransmission of the missing media data segment from a media server if the value meets a predetermined condition relative to the threshold. In this manner, retransmission is requested when it is determined that retransmission will improve playback performance relative to non-retransmission.
US08752097B2	Method and apparatus for distributing media A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media distribution device having a support structure adapted for removably receiving a server module, a plurality of encoders, and an Internet Protocol (IP) router module; and a bus adapted for placing the server module, the plurality of video encoders, and the IP router module in communication with each other, where the server module is adapted to receive media content, where the plurality of video encoders is adapted to generate a plurality of encoded media contents from the media content and the video encoders generate the encoded media contents in temporal proximity to each other, where the IP router module is adapted to distribute the plurality of encoded media contents over an IP network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08752090B2	Content syndication to set top box through IP network Tools are provided for supporting content syndication to a set top box. The set top box requests a syndicated feed at regularly scheduled times, and receives the syndicated feed through an Internet Protocol (“IP”) network. Hence, a syndicated feed is distributed to the set top box that subscribes to the syndicated feed. Additionally, the set top box converts the syndicated feed for use by the set top box, and causes at least one image based at least in part on the syndicated feed to be displayed on a display device for a user.
US08752069B1	Virtual process collaboration Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for automating organization of multiple processes involving maintaining a uniform record of process threads using a server, each process thread comprising a representation of a collaborative process involving a plurality of users, enabling at least one of the plurality of users to carry out a user action while interacting with a different types of application program, and modifying at least one process thread in the uniform record of process threads in response to the user action. Modifying the process thread may comprise generating the process thread as a new process thread. Alternatively or in addition, modifying the process thread may comprise modifying the process thread as an existing process thread. At least one of the process threads may reflect user actions carried out by more than one of the plurality of users.
US08752068B2	Transmitting operator message commands to a coupling facility A facility is provided to enable operator message commands from multiple, distinct sources to be provided to a coupling facility of a computing environment for processing. These commands are used, for instance, to perform actions on the coupling facility, and may be received from consoles coupled to the coupling facility, as well as logical partitions or other systems coupled thereto. Responsive to performing the commands, responses are returned to the initiators of the commands.
US08752058B1	Implicit co-scheduling of CPUs Techniques for implicit co scheduling of CPUs to improve corun performance of scheduled contexts are described. One technique minimizes skew by implementing corun migrations, and another technique minimizes skew by implementing a corun bonus mechanism. Skew between schedulable contexts may be calculated based on guest progress, where guest progress represents time spent executing guest operating system and guest application code. A non-linear skew catch-up algorithm is described that adjusts the progress of a context when the progress falls far behind its sibling contexts.
US08752056B2	Running native code across single or multi-core hybrid processor achitecture Provided is a method that enables an interpretive engine to execute in a non-homogeneous, multiple processor architecture. Am interpretive engine is modified to identify code native to a target processor that is executing an ISA different than the ISA of the processor executing the interpretive engine. An intermediate function is called to correlate the native code with a processor type and a target processor is identified. A context is created for the native code and the context is either transmitted to the target processor or stored in a memory location such that the target processor may retrieve the context. Once the context is transmitted, the target processor executes the task. Results are either transmitted to the originating processor or placed in memory such that the originating processor can access the result and the originating processor is signaled of the completion of the task.
US08752049B1	Method and computer readable medium for providing checkpointing to windows application groups A computer readable medium and method providing checkpointing to Windows application groups, the computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system. The computer-executable instructions may be for launching an application and creating one or more application threads, receiving a checkpoint signal by an application thread, and entering a checkpoint Asynchronous Procedure Call (APC) handler at IRQL APC_LEVEL, the APC handler disposed in a kernel module, acquiring an ETHREAD block and user-mode context for the application thread, and examining an execution state of the one or more application threads at a time of the checkpoint signal.
US08752048B1	Method and system for providing checkpointing to windows application groups A method and system of checkpointing multi-threaded applications, and multi-process application groups on Windows operating systems. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may include creating at least one full checkpoint for each application in an application group, and creating at least one incremental application checkpoint for each application in the application group. Further, each of the at least one incremental application checkpoint may be automatically merged against a corresponding full application checkpoint. Further, checkpointing may be synchronized across all applications in the application group. Further, checkpointing may be configured to perform live migration. In the exemplary embodiment, checkpoints are triggered asynchronously using Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC).
US08752047B2	Automated management of virtual machines to process untrusted data based on client policy information Approaches for transferring data to a client by safely receiving the data in or more virtual machines. In response to the client determining that digital content, originating from an external source, is to be received or processed by the client, the client identifies, without human intervention, one or more virtual machines, executing or to be executed on the client, into which the digital content is to be stored. In doing so, the client may consult policy data to determine a placement policy, a containment policy, and a persistence policy for any virtual machine to receive the digital content. In this way, digital content, such as executable code or interpreted data, of unknown trustworthiness may be safely received by the client without the possibility of any malicious code therein from affecting any undesirable consequence upon the client.
US08752046B2	Virtual calculating machine system, virtual calculating machine control apparatus and virtual calculating machine control method A first device that implements one or more first virtual machines and a second device that implements one or more second virtual machines are communicatively connected. The first device notifies the second device being a communication-connection-destination of the first appliance that the first appliance has been connected to the first device. The first device transmits first data received from the second device to the first appliance, and transmits second data received from the first appliance to the second device. The second device notifies the second virtual machine that the first appliance has been connected when the connection is permitted. The second device transmits data received from the first device to the second virtual machine and transmits data received from the second virtual machine to the first device.
US08752039B1	Dynamic upgrade of operating system in a network device An upgrade procedure may be executed at a network device to allow the network device to automatically upgrade an operating system to a new operating system. The upgrade procedure may include receiving a bootable image file of an upgrade operating system that is different from an operating system being run by the network device and which uses a file system format that is different from the file system format of the operating system being run by the network device. The bootable image file includes a binary file format that conforms to the file system format used by the upgrade operating system. The network device allocates contiguous space on a drive of the network device and copies the bootable image file to the contiguous space. The network device also modifies a master boot record of the drive such that the contiguous space on the drive is reflected in the master boot record as a bootable partition of the drive.
US08752032B2	System and method of interlocking to protect software-mediated program and device behaviours Methods and devices for thwarting code and control flow based attacks on software. The source code of a subject piece of software is automatically divided into basic blocks of logic. Selected basic blocks are amended so that their outputs are extended. Similarly, other basic blocks are amended such that their inputs are correspondingly extended. The amendments increase or create dependencies between basic blocks such that tampering with one basic block's code causes other basic blocks to malfunction when executed.
US08752029B2	Computing a symbolic bound for a procedure A system that facilitates computing a symbolic bound with respect to a procedure that is executable by a processor on a computing device is described herein. The system includes a transition system generator component that receives the procedure and computes a disjunctive transition system for a control location in the procedure. A compute bound component computes a bound for the transition system, wherein the bound is expressed in terms of inputs to the transition system. The system further includes a translator component that translates the bound computed by the compute bound component such that the bound is expressed in terms of inputs to the procedure.
US08752023B2	System, method and program product for executing a debugger A method for controlling a debugger, the method includes: determining whether to execute a certain breakpoint of the debugger in view of certain breakpoint conditional information and in view of at least one previous visit, during the execution of the debugger, to at least one other breakpoint of the debugger; and selectively executing the certain breakpoint in response to the determination.
US08752022B2	Thread-specific event management in a non-stop debugging environment A non-stop debugging environment includes a debugger configured to debug a multi-threaded debuggee. In the non-stop debugging environment, encountering an event by one of the threads stops execution of only the one thread without concurrently stopping execution of the other threads. Thread-specific events may managed in the non-stop debug environment by identifying, by the debugger for a thread of execution of the debuggee not currently executing, a thread-specific event associated with the thread; removing, by the debugger, the thread-specific event for all threads of the debuggee; and upon the thread resuming execution, replacing, by the debugger, the thread-specific event.
US08752021B2	Input vector analysis for memoization estimation A function's purity may be estimated by comparing a new input vector to previously analyzed input vectors. When a new input vector is within a confidence boundary, the new input vector may be treated as a known vector, even when that vector has not been evaluated. The input vector may reflect the input parameters passed to a function, and the function may be analyzed to determine whether to memoize with the input vector. The function may be a function that behaves as a pure function in some circumstances and with some input vectors, but not with others. By memoizing the function when possible, the function may be executed much faster, thereby improving performance.
US08752017B2	Method and system for remote debug protocol proxying for production debugging; selective session and user routing for debugging in multi-tenant cloud computing infrastructure A proxy server receives requests, and determines which application server of a cluster of servers to send the request. The determination may be based on a load balancing algorithm. The proxy server determines whether each request is a debug request. The proxy server send the debug request to a debug server, but blocks unsafe debug statements from reaching the debug server.
US08752014B2	Configurable software application A configurable software application is provided, where the software application may be designed on a platform including at least one configuration utility for enabling end users to customize various aspects of the application. For example, end users may use the configuration utility to customize one or more user interface elements, event handlers, data handlers, and/or data elements of the application. The software application may be automatically updated to incorporate the user customizations. In one implementation, custom user interface elements may be used to control a navigation of the application or an interaction with data elements of the application. In another implementation, custom data elements, based on a hierarchical metadata structure, may dictate an organization of the application. In another implementation, custom event handlers may control business logic and rules for the application, while custom data handlers may control interfacing with the data elements.
US08752003B2	Model driven approach for availability management framework (AMF) configuration generation A method and system for generating an Availability Management Framework (AMF) configuration based on a model driven approach. The AMF configuration is an instance of an AMF sub-profile that can be used to model resources and services to be protected, and is generated from an instance of the Entity Type Files (ETF) sub-profile and an instance of the Configuration Requirements (CR) sub-profile. The ETF sub-profile can be used to model the resources provided by vendors, and the CR sub-profile can be used to model configuration requirements. Each of the AMF sub-profile, the ETF sub-profile and the CR sub-profile is a specialization of pre-defined Unified Modeling Language (UML) meta-classes. An input that includes an ETF model and a CR model, which are instances of the ETF sub-profile and the CR sub-profile, respectively, is transformed into an AMF model as the AMF configuration.
US08752001B2	System and method for developing a rule-based named entity extraction A system and method for developing a rule-based named entity extraction system is provided. The method includes analyzing requirements of business users. The method further includes designing the rule-based named entity extraction system based on the requirement analysis. Further, the method includes implementing the design of rule-based named entity extraction system using one or more GUI-based tools. Thereafter, regression testing of the rule-based named entity extraction system is conducted. Finally, rule-based named entity extraction system is deployed.
US08752000B2	Portal for automated software installation and configuration A portal is established between a software installer and a client to allow on-line management of a software implementation project. The installer of customizable software and the client may communicate through the portal to establish specifications for the software product. The software may be implemented by incorporating preconfigured software components into the software product. A portion of the preconfigured components may be modified based on the specifications of the client. The specifications may be identified by providing the client with a set-up wizard through the portal. The set-up wizard prompts the client for information and the software system may be configured based on logic generated in response to client input.
US08751997B1	Processing a fast speed grade circuit design for use on a slower speed grade integrated circuit Up-binning a circuit design includes receiving a first bitstream specifying the circuit design. The circuit design meets a timing requirement for a first speed grade of a programmable integrated circuit. Using a processor, a first parameter of the first bitstream is determined. The first parameter is applied to a hardware netlist of the programmable integrated circuit resulting in a parameterized hardware netlist specifying the circuit design. A timing analysis is performed upon the parameterized hardware netlist. The process further includes determining, from the timing analysis, whether at least a portion of the parameterized hardware netlist meets the timing requirement when using timing data for a second speed grade of the programmable integrated circuit. The second speed grade is slower than the first speed grade.
US08751996B1	Automatically routing nets according to parasitic constraint rules A system of automatically routing interconnect of a integrated circuit design while taking into consideration the parasitic issues of the wiring as it is created. The system will be able to select an appropriate wiring pattern so that signals meet their performance requirements.
US08751989B1	Cost-function based routing techniques for reducing crosstalk in electronic package designs A technique for routing signal traces in an electronic package design includes extracting near-end and far-end crosstalk values for traces and vias from a model of the electronic package design. The extracted values are then length-normalized and the normalized values are allocated to coupling factors of a cost-function. A first bus routing for the electronic package design is performed to provide a first routed design. Length segments from the first routed design are extracted and inserted in the cost-function. Crosstalk for each bus net is accumulated using the cost-function. In response to the accumulated crosstalk being less than a determined limit, the first routed design is saved. In response to the accumulated crosstalk being greater than the determined limit, an additional bus routing for the electronic package design is performed.
US08751988B1	Computer-implemented methods and systems for automatic generation of layout versus schematic (LVS) rule files and regression test data suites A system, a computer program product, and a computer-implemented method are provided for automatically generating a LVS rule file, and/or for automatically generating a regression test data suite.
US08751985B1	Hierarchical layout versus schematic (LVS) comparison with extraneous device elimination Hierarchical layout versus schematic comparison with extraneous device elimination is provided. This includes obtaining a hierarchical layout netlist for a circuit design, the hierarchical layout netlist grouping arrayed devices of the circuit design into blocks repeated at a top level of a hierarchy of the hierarchical layout netlist. A modified hierarchical layout netlist defining active devices and connections thereof to top level pads of the circuit design is generated, in which extraneous devices are selectively removed from the obtained hierarchical layout netlist. The modified hierarchical layout netlist is verified against an input schematic netlist defining active devices of the circuit design and connections thereof to pads of the circuit design.
US08751984B2	Method, system and computer program for hardware design debugging A plurality of diagnosis methods are provided for enabling hardware debugging. A first diagnosis method enables hardware debugging by means of time abstraction. A second diagnosis method enables hardware debugging by means of abstraction and refinement. A third diagnosis method enables hardware debugging by means of QBF-formulation for replicated functions. A fourth diagnosis method enables hardware debugging by means of a max-sat debugging formulation. A system and computer program for implementing the diagnosis methods is also provide.
US08751983B1	Method for design partitioning at the behavioral circuit design level A design partitioning method and apparatus includes an RTL reader module configured to receive, process, and parse hardware descriptive language of a circuit design; an expression graph module configured to trace identified signal dependencies to determine dependent elements along selected paths within the circuit design; a hierarchy flattener module configured to remove existing circuit design hierarchies based on the identified signal dependencies and determined dependent elements; a partition specification reader module that defines selected paths within the circuit design into a partition specification; a design partitioner module configured to separate the flattened circuit design hierarchy according to the partition specification; a re-partitioner module configured to create a second hierarchical circuit design structure based on the separated, flattened circuit design hierarchy that is behaviorally identical to the circuit design; and an RTL design write-out module configured to output the second hierarchical circuit design structure for analysis.
US08751981B2	Logic injection A technique for reducing a circuit listing. According to examples of the technique, at least a portion of a circuit listing is analyzed to identify occurrences of a circuit structure made up of a plurality of circuit components. For each identified occurrence of the defined circuit structure, an injection data object is created corresponding to the plurality of components, and the injection data object is substituted into the portion of the circuit listing in place of the plurality of components. For each occurrence of the defined structure, one or more properties of the occurrence of the defined structure may be determined and contained by the corresponding injection data object.
US08751978B2	Balancing mask loading Among other things, one or more techniques for balancing mask loading are provided herein. In some embodiments, a dummy mask assignment is assigned to a dummy within a mask layout based on an area of a polygon within the mask layout. In some embodiments, the dummy mask comprising the dummy mask assignment is inserted in the mask layout. In some embodiments, a window is created such that dummies within the window receive dummy mask assignments. In some embodiments, a halo is created such that the area of the polygon is determined based on the halo. Additionally, in some examples, the window and halo are shifted around the mask layout. In this manner, balanced mask loading is provided, thus enhancing a yield associated with the mask layout, for example.
US08751972B2	Collaborative gesture-based input language In one example, a method includes receiving, by a server, data representative of a group of gestures detected by the plurality of computing devices and data representative of one or more shortcuts associated with the group of gestures from a plurality of computing devices, wherein each shortcut corresponds to an action performed by at least one of the computing devices. The method may further include aggregating, by the server, the data representative of the gestures and the data representative of the associated shortcuts received from the plurality of computing devices based at least in part on detected similarities between at least one of 1) the group of gestures and 2) the associated shortcuts, and defining, by the server, a gesture-shortcut language based at least in part on the aggregated data.
US08751961B2	Selection of presets for the visualization of image data sets A computer-automated image visualization method for displaying images from an image data set comprising a plurality of image elements, each image element having an associated image value, including providing a visualization application with a library of presets, each preset defining a mapping between image values and their representation in a graphical user interface; loading an image data set from a data file containing the image data set; displaying an initial representation of the loaded image data set on a graphical user interface; receiving user input from a location in the representation to indicate a region of interest in the image data set; determining properties of image elements in the region of interest; making a list of potentially suitable presets from the library of presets based on the determined properties of the region of interest; and presenting the potentially suitable presets to the user for selection.
US08751951B2	Controlling computer-based instances In general, embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to control computer-based interfaces from anywhere in a GUI (e.g. a window, a desktop, etc.) regardless of the fixed position of the instances. Specifically, using a pointing device or the like (e.g., by right clicking), a user can activate an instance control function that allows the user to open an instance, close an instance, and/or or switch between running instances. Along these lines, the instance control function can be activated by interacting with an icon, a window (e.g., corresponding a folder or a running instance), or a desktop. Once activated, the instance control function allows the user full control over instances.
US08751949B2	Selectable variable speed controlled object movement A technique for selectable variable speed for controlled object movement receives a selection of a point on an object being moved, using a selector, to form a selected point, calculates a displacement of the selected point from a center of the object being moved to form a displacement value, calculates a sensitivity value using the displacement value, calculates a movement speed using the sensitivity value, wherein a ratio of movement speed to displacement is configurable as a ratio that is inversely proportional to the distance from the center of the object being moved and provides movement speed information for object movement.
US08751935B2	Audience platform An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events.
US08751933B2	Video and audio waveform user interface Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for presenting a user interface for manipulation of audio waveforms associated with video content. In one aspect, a method can be performed by one or more processes executing on a computer system. Images representing video frames in a first region of a user interface can be displayed. An audio waveform representing audio associated with at least a portion of a video frame can be displayed. At least three audio waveform portions including (i) a first portion of the audio waveform that exceeds a first predetermined threshold, (ii) a second portion of the audio waveform below the first predetermined threshold and above a second predetermined threshold, and (iii) a third portion of the audio waveform below the second predetermined threshold can be graphically distinguished.
US08751922B2	Methods and apparatuses to assemble, extract and deploy content from electronic documents Embodiments of the present invention permit the specification and servicing of aggregations of content constituent parts that derive from electronic documents. An incorporated content constituent part may correspond to any constituent part of any accessible document. In various embodiments, information derived from the intended layouts of source documents is employed to construct specifications of the constituent parts. The specifications may include search conditions. Graphic methods may be employed to construct the specification. Embodiments of the present invention enable content aggregations to appear in display presentations whose layouts may be adaptive to varying degrees. In various embodiments, flexible content-shifting methods are employed for display presentations of content aggregations. Resultantly, the display of content aggregations on mobile and other devices may be effectuated without wasting download bandwidth and display screen real estate.
US08751920B2	System and method for image processing with assignment of medical codes A method of adding information to a displayed electronic image includes receiving a search request based on information from the displayed electronic image, locating at least one information responsive to the search request, and receiving identification of a selected information of the at least one information. The method also includes receiving selection of a position on the displayed electronic image at which the selected information is to be added and adding the selected information at the position on the displayed electronic image.
US08751917B2	Social context for a page containing content from a global community Posts are ranked for display on a page in a social network environment based on interaction and user score signals associated with the post and a viewing user. The signals for each of the posts are scored, and a ranking score for each post is determined. The posts are ranked in an order for display based on the ranking score and displayed for the viewing user on the page. Posts submitted by other users who have established connections with the viewing user are also filtered for display in a social box on the page.
US08751914B2	Encoding method of TLDPC codes utilizing treillis representations of the parity check equations and associated encoding device Encoding method (1) and device associating p redundancy data bits with k information data bits to determine code words with a block length of n=p+k data bits. The code words are of tail-biting trellis low density parity check type. The method and the device implement a degree distribution profile of the n data bits defining a base code word including multiple replicas of the n data bits with respect to the degree distribution. This base code is represented by a two-states trellis formed of sections with positions accommodating data bits of the base code whereby the number of positions of a section is denoted as the degree of the section. The method and the device makes (2) a partition of the base code trellis into p intersecting regular parts of triple sections representing p parity check equations.
US08751906B2	Systems and methods for operating on a storage device using a life-cycle dependent coding scheme Systems and methods for adaptively operating a storage device are provided. A level of integrity of storing data in the storage device is determined. A coding scheme is selected based on the determined level of integrity of the storage device. An operation is performed on the storage device using the selected coding scheme.
US08751904B2	Controlling methods and controllers utilized in flash memory device for referring to data compression result to adjust ECC protection capability A controlling method utilized in a flash memory device includes: compressing first data received from a host to generate second data; generating record data according to the first data and the second data where the record data records error correct coding (ECC) control information at least; executing ECC protection upon specific data selected from the first and second data to generate third data; and writing the third data into the flash memory device.
US08751903B2	Methods and systems for monitoring write operations of non-volatile memory Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring the time it takes to perform a write operation, and based on the time it takes, a determination is made whether to retire a block that is a recipient of the write operation. The time duration of the write operation for a page or a combination of pages may indicate whether any block or blocks containing the page or combination of pages is experiencing a physical failure. That is, if the time duration of the write operation for a particular page exceeds time threshold, this may indicate that this page requires a larger number of program cycles than other pages. The longer programming cycle can be an indication of cell leakage or a failing block.
US08751898B2	Utilizing error correcting code data associated with a region of memory In a particular embodiment, a processor retrieves from memory, for each data block within the region of the memory, error correcting code (ECC) data corresponding to data stored within the data block. In one embodiment, a processor generates for each retrieved ECC data, a hash value by hashing the retrieved ECC data. In a particular embodiment, a processor combines hash values to generate a total hash value corresponding to a region of memory. In one embodiment, a processor uses a total hash value to compare a region of memory to other regions of the memory.
US08751897B2	Distributed system for fault-tolerant data storage Fault-tolerant storage is provided using a distributed data storage system that receives input data from clients and divides that data into data blocks for storage. The data blocks are processed using a coding scheme that generates redundant level one error correction blocks (L1EC Blocks). The L1EC blocks enable the reconstruction of one or more damaged or inaccessible data blocks, and the L1EC blocks and the data blocks are divided into distribution sets and stored at a plurality of data storage locations. At each data storage location additional level two error correction blocks (L2EC blocks) are generated that provide local data redundancy. Upon detecting a data disruption event, an inaccessible data storage location is identified and the elements that were stored at the inaccessible data storage location are reconstructed.
US08751893B2	Synchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol employing a first information element indicating whether to perform retransmission of an uplink data packet and a second information element indicates modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the retransmission A base station receives an uplink data packet from a user equipment based on a synchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocol, and transmits a first information element and a second information element in parallel to the user equipment. The first information element indicates whether to perform a retransmission of the uplink data packet, and the second information element indicates modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the retransmission. The base station receives the retransmission from the user equipment according to the modulation and coding scheme. The first information element is for example an ACK/NACK feedback message.
US08751885B2	Repair control circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit using the same A repair control circuit and a semiconductor integrated circuit using the same, which can reduce test time, are provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of memory blocks in which a plurality of word lines are arranged, a plurality of word line drivers driving one or more of the plurality of word lines in response to a plurality of memory block selection signals, and a repair control circuit determining whether to perform a repair through comparison of repair addresses generated in response to surplus addresses and the plurality of memory block selection signals with external addresses.
US08751877B2	Representation and manipulation of errors in numeric arrays In an embodiment, a computer system accesses various different data entries in dense data array, where at least one of those data entries in the dense data array is invalid. The computer system creates an associated sparse data array that includes multiple data entries with zero values as well as data entries with non-zero values. The non-zero data entries are configured to store location information and data values for each of the invalid data entries in the dense array. The zero-value data entries are inferred from the location information of the non-zero data entries. The computer system stores the location information and data values of the non-zero data entries in the sparse data array. Those data values stored in the sparse array are proportional to the number of invalid values in the dense array.
US08751875B2	Method for checking suitability of a data processing device for performing failsafe automation processes A method for checking a data processing device to determine its suitability for performing failsafe automation processes, wherein the data processing device includes a first and a second time base. The method comprises determining a first time value of the first time base after expiration of a time period of length T, determining a second time value of the second time base after the expiration of the time period of length T, determining a deviation between the first and the second time value, and initiating a troubleshooting measure if the deviation undershoots, i.e., undershoots or reaches, a predefined or pre-definable limit value.
US08751874B2	Managing apparatus, managing method A managing apparatus includes: a storing unit configured to store fault co-occurrence information storing the number of detection times that a first message pattern indicating a message group including messages received from an information processing system in a predetermined duration is deleted; a determining unit configured to detect the first message pattern, to read the number of detection times from the fault co-occurrence information, to calculate a co-occurrence probability of the fault and the first message pattern based on the number of detection times, and to determine that the fault has occurred if the co-occurrence probability is equal to or higher than a threshold value; and an updating unit configured to create a second message pattern indicating a message group obtained by excluding a message output by a changed component from the first message pattern, and to update the first message pattern to the second message pattern.
US08751866B2	Autonomic fault isolation in a highly interconnected system A method and apparatus provides fault isolation in a in a highly interconnected system. A fault isolator uses a virtual topology of the system to autonomically isolate the fault. Failing nodes interconnects are identified and then used to traverse a virtual topology to determine the most suspect components as the cause of the reported failures. A failure indication is propagated to each component connected to a failing node in the virtual topology until the next node in the virtual topology is encountered. In preferred embodiments, the failure indications for each component are tallied together as the topology is traversed for each failing node and/or component. A total count of the number of nodes connected to each component is determined for a denominator. A weighting of the likelihood of fault is then determined by dividing the failure indications by the total count.
US08751865B2	Network-based service for the repair of IP multicast sessions A system and method are disclosed for the repair of IP multicast sessions. A repair server polls multiple transmit servers to accumulate as many of the packets missing from the multicast session as possible. A network includes a source of multicast packets in a multicast session and a plurality of multicast recipients in that session. A repair server in the network provides the packets it receives to the recipients. The repair server includes a missing packet detector. There is a plurality of retransmit servers in the network buffering portions of the packets they respectively receive during the session. The repair server maintains an ordered list of the retransmit servers that are most likely to have buffered copies of packets missing from the session. When the repair server detects that there are packets missing from the session it has received, it uses the ordered list to sequentially request the missing packets from respective ones of the plurality of retransmit servers.
US08751864B2	Controlling memory redundancy in a system In one embodiment, the present invention provides an ability to handle an error occurring during a memory migration operation in a high availability system. In addition, a method can be used to dynamically remap a memory page stored in a non-mirrored memory region of memory to a mirrored memory region. This dynamic remapping may be responsive to a determination that the memory page has been accessed more than a threshold number of times, indicating a criticality of information on the page. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08751859B2	Monitoring lost data in a storage system A data validation method comprises associating a validation chunk with one or more data chunks stored on one or more storage mediums. The validation chunk comprises validation information for verifying whether data recorded in a subdivision of the one or more data chunks is lost. A request is received for an operation to be performed on first data stored in a first subdivision of a first data chunk from among said one or more data chunks. One or more portions of the validation information are examined to determine whether the data recorded in said first subdivision is deemed to be lost.
US08751851B2	Programmable mechanism for synchronous strobe advance An apparatus includes a Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) interface, a synchronous bus optimizer, a core clocks generator, and a synchronous strobe driver. The JTAG interface is configured to receive control information over a standard JTAG bus, where the control information indicates an amount to advance a synchronous data strobe associated with a data group. The synchronous bus optimizer is configured to receive the control information, and is configured to develop a value on a ratio bus that indicates the amount. The core clocks generator is coupled to the ratio bus and is configured to advance a data strobe clock by the amount. The synchronous strobe driver is configured to receive the data strobe clock, and is configured to employ the data strobe clock to generate the synchronous data strobe, where the synchronous data strobe, when enabled, is advanced also by the amount.
US08751848B2	System and method for handling a power outage A method for reporting a power outage to a communications controller includes detecting the power outage, and selecting a transmission slot from a plurality of transmission slots in order to report the power outage to the communications controller, the transmission slot selected according to a non-uniform probability distribution function, the non-uniform probability distribution function is monotonic with time after the power outage. The method also includes transmitting a first power outage indicator to the communications controller in the transmission slot selected.
US08751845B2	Estimating and preserving battery life based on usage patterns Embodiments apply user-specific usage patterns to estimate and preserve remaining battery life on a computing device. An amount of battery drain and an execution context are determined and stored for a plurality of recurring time periods. The execution context identifies operations executed by the computing device, signal strength, and other data describing the associated time period. If one of the operations is expected to be executed during a recurrence of at least one of the time periods, the expected execution is adjusted based on execution context and an estimated remaining battery life for the computing device. For example, the computing device may postpone or reschedule the operation for a time period during which the operation is expected to have a greater likelihood of completing successfully. In some embodiments, the battery preservation operations are automatically enabled at a particular threshold.
US08751841B2	Data processing system, method for processing data and computer program product A data processing system includes one or more processing unit arranged to execute sets of instructions stored in the data processing system. The sets may include two or more application sets, each forming an application sets and including instructions for scheduling for the application an event at a future point in time. The event may require the processing unit to be in an active mode. The sets may further include rescheduling instructions for receiving from the applications information about the scheduled events and determining whether or not one or more of the events can be rescheduled and rescheduling a reschedulable event to a new point in time. The sets may further include mode control instructions for controlling the processing unit to be in the active mode during a time interval which includes the new point in time and to be in a low power mode in which the processing unit consumes less energy than in the active mode during a period of time adjacent to the time interval.
US08751840B2	Computer providing motion picture mode and method of setting up system-mode while playing motion pictures The present invention relates to a computer providing a motion picture mode including at least one storage unit configured to store system state information when the computer enters the motion picture mode and to store motion picture data, the storage unit including a random access memory (RAM) and a hard disk drive (HDD), a graphic processing unit configured to process image data and to display processed data on a screen, an audio outputting unit configured to process and output audio signals, and a control unit configured to control modules included in the computer and a system mode of the computer. The control unit is configured to determine whether conditions for entering the motion picture mode have been satisfied, and to change the system mode to the motion picture mode if the conditions for the motion picture mode are satisfied.
US08751831B1	Achieving strong cryptographic correlation between higher level semantic units and lower level components in a secure data storage system A data storage architecture for networked access by clients includes a file server capable of communication with the clients via the network, physical storage organized as a plurality of logical volumes, and an encryption device in communication with both the file server and the physical storage. The encryption device is operable in response to signaling from the file server, including an indication of a range of blocks of data, to cause encryption of the range of blocks with an encryption key that is unique within the physical storage. The encryption device includes nested tables mapping block ranges to encryption keys. Consequently, undesirable key sharing across files, file systems, and other units can be avoided down to the block level.
US08751828B1	Sharing encryption-related metadata between multiple layers in a storage I/O stack A host in an encrypted data storage system sends encryption metadata associated with an encrypted logical volume (LV) from a key controller module to an encryption endpoint via a storage I/O stack. The encryption metadata identifies an encryption key and encrypted regions of the LV, and the sending results in establishment of one or more shared associations between the key controller module and the encryption endpoint which associates the encrypted LV with the encryption metadata for the encrypted LV. A data storage operation is performed on the encrypted LV by sending a data storage command from the key controller module to an encrypted region of the encryption endpoint via the storage I/O stack. The encryption endpoint uses the encryption metadata associated with the encrypted LV to cryptographically process data of the data storage operation.
US08751826B2	Enhanced system security Methods and systems for maintaining the confidentiality of data provided by an organization for storage on a third party database system are provided. The data can be encrypted on an internal network of the organization and sent to the third party database system for storage. The third party database system can associate metadata with the encrypted data and can store the encrypted data. Accordingly, when a request for the encrypted data is received from a computing device communicating with an internal network of the organization, the encrypted data and associated metadata can be sent to the computing device. A key that is stored on an internal network of the organization can be called through an applet, which utilizes information within the metadata to locate the key on the internal network of the organization.
US08751825B1	Content server and method of storing content A method of storing content, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, includes receiving an item of content in a protected format and a key corresponding to the item of content. The item of content in its protected format may be stored on a mass storage device. The key may also be stored in a safeguarded format on the mass storage device.
US08751824B2	Method and apparatus for protecting software of mobile terminal A method for protecting software of a mobile terminal is provided in the disclosure, wherein an encryption chip is mounted in the mobile terminal. The method includes: when the mobile terminal is turned on, whether or not the encryption chip is invalid is detected; when it is not invalid, the encryption chip authenticates the software of the mobile terminal through interaction with a main chip; when the authentication is not passed, the encryption chip controls a functional module of the mobile terminal through a hardware protection circuit. An apparatus for protecting software of a mobile terminal is also provided in the present disclosure. The solution of the disclosure can prevent the software of the mobile terminal from being cracked and protect the functions of the mobile terminal from illegal usage, thus the security of the mobile terminal is greatly improved and the interests of operators and manufacturers are protected.
US08751818B2	Method and apparatus for a trust processor In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a cryptographic processor within a wireless device. The cryptographic processor includes at least one cryptographic unit. The cryptographic processor also includes a nonvolatile memory to store one or more microcode instructions, wherein at least one of the one or more microcode instructions is related to a sensitive operation. The cryptographic processor also includes a controller to control execution of the one or more microcode instructions by the at least one cryptographic unit, wherein the controller is to preclude execution of the sensitive operation if the apparatus is within an untrusted state.
US08751782B2	Secure local boot using third party data store (3PDS) based ISO image In some embodiments, the invention involves a method and apparatus for secure/authenticated local boot of a host operating system on a computing platform using active management technology (AMT) with a third party data store (3PDS)-based ISO firmware image. A portion of non-volatile memory is hardware secured against access by the host processor and OS, and accessible only to the AMT. The AMT comprises an AT/ATAPI protocol emulator to access an ISO boot image from secured memory, while appearing to the host processor as a communication with an AT/ATAPI device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08751779B2	Method and apparatus for integrating personal computer and electronic device functions An apparatus and a method for integrating personal computer and electronic device functions. An input device, personal computer host, and encoder in turn integrate hardware, operating system, and application programs to provide personal computer and electronic device functions at the same time.
US08751777B2	Methods and reconfigurable systems to optimize the performance of a condition based health maintenance system Methods and reconfigurable systems are provided for monitoring the health of a complex system. The reconfigurable system comprises a plurality of standardized executable application modules containing instructions to perform one of a plurality of different standardized functions. The system further comprises a plurality of computing nodes arranged in a hierarchical structure comprising one or more layers of computing nodes. Each computing node of the plurality runs a host application and a workflow service module, each computing node thereby being configured by a configuration file that directs the execution of any of the standardized executable application modules in a cooperative fashion by the host application via the workflow service module. The system also comprises a loading means for populating each computing node with one or more standardized executable application modules of the plurality, a communication means, and a configuration means for programming the populated standardized executable application modules.
US08751771B2	Efficient implementation of arrays of structures on SIMT and SIMD architectures One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique providing an optimized way to allocate and access memory across a plurality of thread/data lanes. Specifically, the device driver receives an instruction targeted to a memory set up as an array of structures of arrays. The device driver computes an address within the memory using information about the number of thread/data lanes and parameters from the instruction itself. The result is a memory allocation and access approach where the device driver properly computes the target address in the memory. Advantageously, processing efficiency is improved where memory in a parallel processing subsystem is internally stored and accessed as an array of structures of arrays, proportional to the SIMT/SIMD group width (the number of threads or lanes per execution group).
US08751770B2	Semiconductor recording apparatus and semiconductor recording system A semiconductor recording apparatus includes a logical-to-physical conversion table 115 showing correspondence between a physical address of said semiconductor memory and a logical address and writes the table to a flash memory 120. On receiving a write command issued from a host device 200, a block management section 114 selects a physical block with reference to said logical-to-physical conversion table, and updates said logical-to-physical conversion table. A logical-to-physical conversion table initializing section 117 updates a physical address corresponding to each logical address of the logical-to-physical conversion table into an invalid address. Accordingly the apparatus can render the number of rewrites of physical blocks uniform irrespective of writing conditions.
US08751746B2	QoS management in the L2 cache Methods and apparatuses for assigning a QoS level to memory requests based on the number of currently outstanding memory requests. One or more processors of a processor complex issue memory requests to a L2 cache. The L2 cache controller assigns a QoS level to the memory request based on whether the number of outstanding memory requests is above or below a programmable threshold. If the number is above the threshold, then new requests typically do not impair processor performance since the processor is already waiting for a large number of previous memory requests, and so the new memory request is assigned a low priority level. If the number of outstanding memory requests is below the threshold, then the new memory request is assigned a high priority level.
US08751745B2	Method for concurrent flush of L1 and L2 caches The present invention provides a method and apparatus for use with a hierarchical cache system. The method may include concurrently flushing one or more first caches and a second cache of a multi-level cache. Each first cache is smaller and at a lower level in the multi-level cache than the second level cache.
US08751743B2	Apparatus and method for context-aware mobile data management A context of a mobile device is determined. A context preference of a user associated with the mobile device is determined. The context of the mobile device and the user context preference is transmitted to another node and responsively returned data is received. Available free space in the mobile device is determined. All data whose timestamp is within a predetermined threshold is cached. The data is cached in at least a portion of the free space.
US08751740B1	Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performance optimization of storage allocation to virtual logical units A system for performance optimization of storage allocation to virtual logical units includes a storage entity having data storage space divided into slices for storing data. A slice allocation table stores slice allocation status. A memory stores statistics regarding the allocation of slices to logical units. A management database stores information regarding the allocation of slices to logical units. An allocation module performs an allocation process in response to receiving an I/O write request. A management module performs scheduled post-I/O management processes asynchronously with allocation processes, including updating the management database to reflect the allocation of the selected slice, and updating the status of the selected slice in the slice allocation table to indicate that the post-I/O management process for the selected slice has been performed.
US08751722B2	Providing a peripheral component interconnect (PCI)-compatible transaction level protocol for a system on a chip (SoC) In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transactions received from upstream of the adapter. The first interface is coupled in turn via one or more physical units to heterogeneous resources, each of which includes an intellectual property (IP) core and a shim, where the shim is to implement a header of the PC protocol for the IP core to enable its incorporation into the apparatus without modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08751718B2	Apparatus and methods for a simplified, multi-client SAS port for management of other devices in an enhanced SAS device Apparatus and associated methods for a simplified multi-client initiator/target within a SAS device. Features and aspects hereof provide a simplified initiator/target component to enable cost reduction and simplification of SAS devices requiring only limited initiator/target functionality. In one embodiment, a SAS expander may incorporate simplified SSP/STP/SMP initiator/target features and aspects hereof to permit simple management of devices coupled to the expander or coupled downstream through other expanders. The simplified multi-client initiator/target suffices for simple management functions while reducing cost and complexity of the SAS expander. Features and aspects hereof may be implemented with shared circuits for each of multiple client protocols coupled with firmware operable in a general or special purpose processor embedded in the SAS device.
US08751713B2	Executing virtual functions using memory-based data in a PCI express SR-IOV and MR-IOV environment A method, including receiving, by an extended virtual function shell positioned on a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) configuration space, a virtual function call comprising a request to perform a specific computation, and identifying a physical function associated with the called virtual function, the physical function one of multiple physical functions positioned on the PCIe configuration space. One or more first data values are then retrieved from a virtual function instance stored in the memory, one or more first data values, the virtual function instance associated with the called virtual function, and one or more second data values are retrieved from the identified physical function. The specific computation is then performed using the first data values and the second data values, thereby calculating a result.
US08751711B2	Storage topology manager Defining a storage topology of a distributed computing system including a set of machine nodes. A method includes dynamically receiving from a number of nodes in the distributed computing system information about storage devices. Each node sends information about storage devices connected to that particular node. The information is sent dynamically from each node as conditions related to storage change and as a result of conditions related to storage changing. From the received information, the method includes dynamically constructing a storage topology representation of the distributed computed system.
US08751707B2	Connecting module for connecting at least one sensor, actuator, or effector to a service-oriented-architecture network The invention relates to a connecting module (3) for connecting at least one sensor (2), effector, or actuator to a service-oriented-architecture, called SOA, network (4), wherein a functionality of the at least one sensor (2) is mapped as a service in the SOA network (4). In order to enable the integration of sensors (2) that are not SOA-capable in themselves into an SOA environment, the connecting module (3) has at least one first interface (3.2) for connecting the at least one sensor (2), effector, or actuator, at least one second interface (3.4) for connecting the SOA network (4), and a computing device (7) for executing a computer program, wherein a part (8.1) of the computer program to be executed is specified by default and another part (8.2) of the computer program is freely programmable by a manufacturer of the at least one sensor (2) in order to adapt firmware on the at least one sensor (2) to the SOA environment. The invention further relates to a module unit (22) of the connecting module (3) that prepares the service mapped in the SOA environment for transmission over a military radio network (35) having low bandwidth while maintaining the SOA functionality.
US08751698B1	Storage path management host agent In large complex multi-path storage environments, knowing there is a problem is extremely valuable. Example embodiments of the present invention include a management framework that provides an easy to use and read graphical perspective that allows analysis of faults in a multi-path storage environment. The architecture is not only responsive, scalable, and robust, but also provides “middleware” services to a broad spectrum of enterprise management applications whose domains may extend beyond storage path management. The management framework includes a consolidator that, along with an agent on the hosts, supports an administrator in: collecting storage path information from hosts; summarizing, aggregating, filtering, and reformatting storage path information to serve enterprise management needs and policies; forwarding an alert regarding storage path information to interested managers; routing storage path management commands from managers to hosts; and reporting command completion status from the host back to the requesting manager.
US08751693B2	Apparatus for and method of processing data An apparatus for processing data includes a plurality of signal processing units, each signal processing unit including a register that stores identification (ID) information to store a parameter, the signal processing units operative to sequentially perform an operation of storing the parameter or an operation of processing a signal in response to a mode control signal; a storage unit; a data reading unit that selectively reads parameter information or processing data from the storage unit; a data writing unit that selectively writes data corresponding to a data signal output by each of the signal processing units in the storage unit; and a control unit that outputs the mode control signal to each of the signal processing units. During the operation of storing the parameter, when the data signal corresponds to the ID information, each of the signal processing units writes a parameter included in the data signal in the register.
US08751681B1	Delivering content by encapsulating into packages with associated meta-data In one embodiment of the invention, a content is composed for delivery over a network to a subsystem. The content has a package containing a content. The package has package elements. The package and the package elements are tagged using meta-data. The meta-data are serialized into a file system compatible with the subsystem using a markup language.
US08751676B2	Message communication techniques A network protocol unit interface is described that uses a message engine to transfer contents of received network protocol units in message segments to a destination message engine. The network protocol unit interface uses a message engine to receive messages whose content is to be transmitted in network protocol units. A message engine transmits message segments to a destination message engine without the message engine transmitter and receiver sharing memory space. In addition, the transmitter message engine can transmit message segments to a receiver message engine by use of a virtual address associated with the receiver message and a queue identifier, as opposed to a memory address.
US08751675B2	Rack server management Techniques presented herein provide approaches for managing rack servers. In one embodiment, a message is received from a management controller of a rack server and via a switch port, where the message requests a lease for a network address under a first protocol. Upon determining that the management controller is a supported device, the switch port is configured to allow network traffic under at least a second protocol.
US08751667B2	Supporting hands-free services via a hands-free device for IP video calls Hands-free services for Internet Protocol (IP) video calls through a peered hands-free device can begin when an IP video call invitation request that requests the client computing device participate in a P2P (peer-to-peer) IP video call is received. A generic incoming call object is generated based on the IP video call invitation request in a format that can be common for both incoming audio only cellular calls and IP video call invitation requests. The hands-free device is alerted of the incoming call based on the incoming call object. Responsive to receiving an indication from the hands-free device that a user has indicated to answer the incoming call, an IP video call accept message is transmitted and a P2P connection is established for the P2P IP video call, and the hands-free device can act as an auditory relay during the P2P IP video call.
US08751651B2	System and method for improved notifications Systems and methods for sending/receiving improved in-browser notification messages are provided. The notification messages are overlaid on HTTP traffic on port 80 for IP addresses provisioned to receive the notification messages from various sources, including weather, emergency broadcast, and police stations. A load balancer within the end-to-end system allows HTTP traffic on port 80 to be forked from non HTTP traffic on port 80 to selectively insert notification messages. The notifications are inserted by an internet content adoption protocol (ICAP) server in communication with other devices within the system.
US08751646B1	In-vehicle services through attendant devices, user-provided devices, and/or an in-vehicle computer system An approach to facilitating in-vehicle services through attendant devices, user-provided devices, and/or an in-vehicle computer system is provided. In one implementation, one or more communication sessions with the in-vehicle computer system may be facilitated by an attendant device. Passenger information relating to one or more passengers of a vehicle and service information relating to one or more services to be provided to the one or more passengers may be obtained by the attendant device from the in-vehicle computer system via the one or more communication sessions. The passenger information and the service information may be provided by the attendant device. An indication that at least one service is in progress or is complete is received by the attendant device.
US08751642B2	Method and system for management of sampled traffic data A method for management of sampled traffic data is described herein. For each network device of a plurality of network devices, one or more data sources of the network device is determined. Each of the one or more data sources is associated with a local identifier. A sampler proxy receives a sampling configuration from a data collector, The sampling configuration includes a selection of a data source of a network device of the plurality of network devices. The selected data source is identified by a global identifier. The sampling configuration is translated to a local sampling configuration and is provided to the selected data source.
US08751638B2	System and method to implement joint server selection and path selection An apparatus comprising a content router configured to couple to a customer node and implement joint server selection (SS) and path selection (PS) to meet a user request for content and achieve load balancing for transporting the requested content in a provider network. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver unit in a content router or switch configured to receive a user request for content, a content routing engine configured to implement a joint SS and PS algorithm to select a plurality of servers that comprise the content and a plurality of paths that achieve load balancing for transporting the content, and a transmitter unit configured to indicate the selected servers and paths to a provider network.
US08751637B2	Network monitoring server and network monitoring system A failure factor can be promptly carved up by effectively prioritizing the ports to which MEPs are assigned in a condition where the maximum number of MEPs is limited. A network monitoring server monitors a network having plural switch devices. The plural switch devices each have a communication confirmation function using transmission and reception of a monitoring frame between ports. An upper limit is set to the number of ports to which maintenance end points (MEPs) are assignable among the respective ports of the plural switch devices. The network monitoring server calculates, for each of the plural switch devices, a monitoring priority corresponding to the probability of failures of a device connected to a network path including the port or the port, and generates data for displaying the calculated monitoring priority of each port in association with each port.
US08751630B2	Collecting status from a partner management domain An apparatus comprising a Generic Status Portal (GSP) configured to grant access to a Managed Entity (ME) via an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) Management and Control Interface (OMCI), wherein the ME comprises status information about a non-OMCI management domain at the ONT. Also included is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising initializing an ONT ME, adding status information associated with a managed function to the ONT ME, indicating a status information update of the ONT ME, and providing the status information via an OMCI. Included is a method comprising providing status and performance monitoring (PM) information from an ONT via an OMCI at the ONT, wherein the status and PM information is associated with at least one managed function instance of at least one non-OMCI domain.
US08751629B2	Systems and methods for automated building of a simulated network environment Systems and methods for a system for automatically building a simulated network environment creating device profiles with device level metadata, segment profiles that utilize one or more of the created device profiles and that includes segment metadata, and a network environment profile that is created from segment profiles and that includes network environment metadata and a hierarchy based on dependencies with other segments within the network environment profile.
US08751622B1	Techniques for automated application discovery Described are techniques for performing automated discovery processing in a network. A data storage system monitors transmissions sent over the network. The data storage system extracts one or more data elements from one or more messages included in the transmissions and determines at least one application executing on a component in the network in accordance with the one or more data elements.
US08751616B2	System for accessing and browsing a PLC provided within a network Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and rendering, to a user of the non-PLC information device, the PLC network as a node of a network. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: presenting a PLC network as a namespace shell extension of an operating system of a non-PLC information device; and searching the PLC network for at least one item corresponding to one or more search parameters.
US08751604B2	Media file access and storage solution for multi-workstation/multi-platform non-linear video editing systems A computer implemented method and system manages digital media files in a non-linear video editing system. A user may store digital media files in a user directory. If an instruction is received to move a first digital media file from the user directory to a shared directory having a location that is not directly accessible to the user, such move occurs, thereby preventing direct access by the user to the first digital media file. A link is generated in the user directory to the first digital media file, the link providing the user indirect access to the first digital media file located in the shared directory. If the link to the first digital media file is deleted from the user directory, the first digital media file is not deleted from the shared directory until the system subsequently receives an additional instruction to delete files corresponding with previously deleted links.
US08751599B2	Electronic information caching Electronic information is made more readily available to one or more access requesters based on an anticipated demand for the electronic information using a process, system or computer software. For instance, electronic information stored on a first storage medium is identified for transport (e.g., in response to a request of at least one of the access requesters), and the electronic information is transported accordingly. Afterwards, a determination is made to store the electronic information on a second storage medium that is more accessible to the access requesters than the first storage medium. The determination is based on an anticipated demand of the access requestors for the electronic information. The anticipated demand is determined based at least on information that is not particular to any single access requestor. The electronic information then is stored on the second storage medium and the access requesters are provided access to the electronic information from the second storage medium.
US08751598B1	Method and system for implementing an unordered delivery of data between nodes in a clustered storage system Described herein is a novel technique for implementing an unordered delivery (UOD) of write logs between nodes in a cluster to optimize processing resources during log mirroring operations. A mirroring entry may be generated for each write log in a local log cache constituting the write log and an order indicator for the write log. The order indicator may be, for instance, a storage location of the write log in the local log cache. The mirroring entry may then be forwarded across a network from the local node to the remote node, where the mirroring entry may be stored at a next available location of an interim cache at the remote node independent of the write log storage location in the local log cache.
US08751595B2	Completion processing for data communications instructions Completion processing of data communications instructions in a distributed computing environment with computers coupled for data communications through communications adapters and an active messaging interface (‘AMI’), injecting for data communications instructions into slots in an injection FIFO buffer a transfer descriptor, at least some of the instructions specifying callback functions; injecting a completion descriptor for each instruction that specifies a callback function into an injection FIFO buffer slot having a corresponding slot in a pending callback list; listing in the pending callback list callback functions specified by data communications instructions; processing each descriptor in the injection FIFO buffer, setting a bit in a completion bit mask corresponding to the slot in the FIFO where the completion descriptor was injected; and calling by the AMI any callback functions in the pending callback list as indicated by set bits in the completion bit mask.
US08751592B2	Controlling notification based on power expense and social factors In one embodiment, a computer system determines a wireless transmit cost for each of one or more outgoing messages for a first user, and transmits to the first user's mobile device at least one of the one or more outgoing messages based on the mobile device's power state and respective wireless transmit costs of the one or more outgoing messages.
US08751584B2	System for assignment of a service identifier as a mechanism for establishing a seamless profile in a contextually aware presence access layer A method for providing presence-related information is provided. The method includes creating a template of presence parameters for an application, storing the template, a presence access layer retrieving the template, the presence access layer using the template to create a profile of at least one presence parameter for the application, and the presence access layer using the profile to specify a presence-related action for the application.
US08751578B2	Providing an answer to a question from a social network site using a separate messaging site A question is received on a first social network site from a first user. The question is sent to a second user of a second social network site who receives the question from the second social network site. The first social network site receives an answer to the question from the second user via the second social network site and provides the answer to the first user.
US08751569B2	Environment aware business delegates A method, system and apparatus for an environment aware business delegate. A method for delegating an invoked action in an enterprise application can include determining an environment from which the action has been invoked and selecting a behavior for use which corresponds to the environment. Subsequently, the action can be delegated to the selected behavior for processing in the enterprise application. In a specific aspect of the invention, the determining step can include determining whether the action has been invoked in a server, in an online client or in an offline client.
US08751564B2	Reducing latency for served applications by anticipatory preprocessing A server that hosts an application transmits a state of the application to a client. The server determines that a response to the state is expected and that the response will be one of a finite number of possible responses. The server then generates one or more additional states utilizing at least one possible response from the finite set and provides the additional state(s) to the client. In some implementations, the server provides the additional state when the response is actually received. However, in other implementations, the server provides the additional state when generated and the client presents it when user input that equals the response is received. Additionally, in various implementations, the server may generate an additional state for each of the possible responses. However, in various other implementations, the server may generate additional states for a selected number of the possible responses.
US08751563B1	Geotribing A system and method for evaluating, scoring, and encouraging group performance towards a common goal is disclosed. In an embodiment, individuals of a group have an incentive to encourage other group members to drive better and achieve an improved overall driving score for the group. A group driving score is determined based on the driving performances of members of the group. The group may establish a driving score goal and work toward achieving that goal using real-time group reinforcement communications.
US08751546B1	Systems and methods for minimizing the effects of garbage collection Apparent performance delays in a computer application are reduced by scheduling garbage collection during periods when a user cannot modify program data within the application. Garbage collection may be initiated in response to detecting a user interface event that prevents user modification of program data being processed by the computer application. Systems and methods herein reduce the appearance of performance delays associated with garbage collection.
US08751543B2	Database view modeling using existing data model A data model may be designed based views of a pre-existing data model. Metadata associated with the pre-existing data model may be presented to the user to support the user's design effort. The metadata may inform and otherwise guide the user's design choices to reduce the likelihood of inconsistencies between the new data model and the pre-existing data model. The metadata may also be used to identify and warn the user of potential inconsistencies between the new data model and the pre-existing data model.
US08751537B1	Integrated and unified online help An improved technique of providing content from a single point of entry to a user is presented. The technique includes providing, on a computerized device, a unified content database from a set of content databases including a first content database of a first application and a second content database of a second application. The technique also includes displaying, from the computerized device to the user, a navigation view based on the unified content database while the first and second applications run on the computerized device, the navigation view initially rendering a single access point for content to the user. The technique further includes updating the navigation view with content from the first and second content databases in response to navigation commands from the user, the unified content database identifying particular database entries in the first and second content databases based on the navigation commands from the user, each database entry including displayable content.
US08751527B1	Information retrieval system A method of retrieving a file available for access via a network-implemented information retrieval system where the file includes audio content and has characteristics associated with the file and each characteristic having a variable level. The method includes setting the level of one of the characteristics for the file via a visual indicator of the level which indicates an increase or a decrease in the level by movement between a first points and a second point, a baseline located between the first point and the second point. The method also includes input, into the network-implemented retrieval system, a query including the set level. The method further includes receiving a query result including a reference to preview the file, the file is associated with an access condition; and previewing the file via selecting the reference.
US08751515B1	System and method for file-based virtual machine incremental backup A source virtual machine (VM) disk file associated with a VM is parsed to generate metadata representing files stored in a virtual storage device of the VM, where the VM is one of VMs hosted by a VM monitor (VMM). In response to a request for an incremental backup of files stored in the source VM disk file, a file attribute of each of the files is examined based on the metadata to identify one or more files that have been modified within a predetermined past period of time. File records associated with the identified files are determined based on the metadata that have been modified within the predetermined past period of time. The identified file records are then backed up from the source VM disk file to a target VM disk file, without having to back up unmodified files in the source VM disk file.
US08751513B2	Indexing and tag generation of content for optimal delivery of invitational content The present technology is directed to improving the conversion rate of invitational content that is provided to the user of an interactive, content-receiving-and-displaying device. The content of a large number of primary-content sources is analyzed and keyword and/or other context-providing information is extracted from the primary-content sources. The keyword and/or other context-providing information is used to index the primary-content sources into an index according to a hierarchical taxonomy; the hierarchical taxonometric index is used to identify primary-content sources with which a given item of invitational content correlates; and the given item of invitational content is delivered to a user in response to the user accessing a primary-content source with which the given item of invitational content correlates.
US08751499B1	Variable representative sampling under resource constraints Embodiments are directed towards generating a representative sampling as a subset from a larger dataset that includes unstructured data. A graphical user interface enables a user to provide various data selection parameters, including specifying a data source and one or more subset types desired, including one or more of latest records, earliest records, diverse records, outlier records, and/or random records. Diverse and/or outlier subset types may be obtained by generating clusters from an initial selection of records obtained from the larger dataset. An iteration analysis is performed to determine whether a sufficient number of clusters and/or cluster types have been generated that exceed at least one threshold and when not exceeded, additional clustering is performed on additional records. From the resultant clusters, and/or other subtype results, a subset of records is obtained as the representative sampling subset.
US08751483B1	Redistribution reduction in EPRDBMS An elastic parallel database system where metadata is specified out-of-band during database operations via a set of augmentation rules. The rules are used to augment or modify commands received, and indicate whether they are to be used for specific connections on which they are received, for all client connections, or some other scope.
US08751482B2	Keyword expression language for online search and advertising Media and methods are provided for creating and operating a keyword expression language. Syntax is generated as an abbreviation to represent a list of keywords. The syntax is executed as part of the keyword expression language to provide keywords. The syntax includes tokens that substitute for groups of information. Advertisers generate syntax which is subsequently used by a third-party to match to search queries and ads. The third-party may also generate keywords to match to the search queries and ads. The keywords are used to trigger advertising over the Internet.
US08751472B2	User behavior model for contextual personalized recommendation A user behavior model provides personalized recommendations based in part on time and location, particularly to users of mobile devices. Entity types are ranked according to relevance to the user. Example entity types are restaurant, hotel, etc. The relevance may be based on reference to a large-scale database containing queries from other users. Additionally, entities within each entity type may be ranked based on relevance to the user and the time and location context. A user interface may display a ranked list of entity types, such as restaurant, hotel, etc., wherein each entity type is represented by a highest-ranked entity with the entity type. Thus, the user interface may display a highest-ranked restaurant, a highest-ranked hotel, etc. Upon user selection of one such entity type the user interface is replaced with a second user interface, for example showing a ranked hierarchy of restaurants, headed by the highest-ranked restaurant.
US08751471B2	Device, system, method and computer readable medium for information processing There is provided an information processing system comprising a device and a terminal. The device comprises a recording unit to record telephone communication; a voice obtaining unit to obtain voice in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line; a transmission unit to transmit recorded data; a transmission unit to transmit voice data; a reception unit to receive a keyword candidate; a display control unit to display the keyword candidate; a selection unit to select a keyword candidate; and a transmission unit to transmit the selected keyword candidate. The terminal comprises a reception unit to receive the recorded data; a keyword generation unit to generate the keyword candidate based on the voice data; a transmission unit to transmit the keyword candidate; a registration unit to register the keyword candidate as a search keyword while associating the keyword candidate with the recorded data.
US08751469B2	System and method for scaling for a large number of concurrent users A computer-implemented method for providing a stateful computer application to a multitude of users. The method may comprise generating a session identification (e.g., a primary key) for a user session for one user and retrieving a state representation using the session identification. The state of the stateful computer application may be described by a set of user-specific session variables that may be reconstructed from information contained in the state representation. The method may further comprise restoring the set of user-specific session variables using the retrieved state representation and calling functional computing logic based thereon. The functional computing logic may comprise the code of the stateful computer application and the call may provide an updated set of user-specific session variables. Upon completion of functions performed by the called functional computing logic, an updated state representation may be assembled from the updated set of user-specific session variables and stored.
US08751468B2	Computer system and computerized method for processing account data The present invention is embodied in an online-like transaction processing method and system for processing account information contained in batch process files, the method including: reading at least one batch file containing a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records being related to an associated one of a plurality of accounts; identifying which of the plurality of records relate to same ones of the plurality of accounts; identifying one of the accounts; and, processing all of the records identified as relating to the one of the accounts together and independent of processing any of the records relating to any other of the plurality of accounts.
US08751464B1	Integrated version control in a business intelligence environment A version control system integrated within a business intelligence environment includes a version control server configured for network communication with a business intelligence server and a client of a business intelligence network, and a version control repository in communication with the version control server and configured for storage of multiple versions of a definition of an object of the business intelligence environment developed via a browser interface of the client. The browser interface is created in accordance with a first textual instruction set and configured with a save operation to store a current version of the object definition in the metadata repository. The browser interface is configured by the version control server with a second textual instruction set called by the first textual instruction set such that implementation of the save operation stores the current version of the object definition in the version control repository.
US08751459B2	Method and system to analyze email addresses Website and newsletter operators may only have users' email addresses but not their person names. It can be beneficial for such operators to derive additional information about the email address owners so they can improve their services. However, there is no easy way to retrieve owners' information based on only email addresses. The present disclosure provides information such as the owners' names, professional profiles and aggregated statistics with only a list of email addresses as the input.
US08751458B2	Method and system for saving database storage space Saving database storage space includes receiving, using a processor, one or more properties associated with a newly released commodity input at a front-end server; determining whether the one or more properties of the newly released commodity match a standard property unit (SPU), wherein the SPU includes a plurality of properties common to at least two commodities of which data is stored at a back-end server; and in the event that the one or more properties of the newly released commodity match the SPU, storing data associated with binding the newly released commodity with the matching SPU at the back-end server.
US08751456B2	Application wide name space for enterprise object store file system A file system is disclosed that includes an application wide name space used for accessing objects related to an application. The file system includes one or more appliances. Each of the appliances logically define a storage cluster, for instance, a cluster file system. The file system also includes a tenant that logically spans across the one or more appliances. The file system also includes one or more physical file systems arranged within each of the one or more appliances. Further, one or more bucket sets define one or more corresponding physical file systems of a corresponding appliance for the tenant. The system also includes an application wide object name space that is used for accessing objects of an application, wherein the objects are stored in the physical file systems by bucket set across the one or more appliances in association with the tenant.
US08751453B1	System and method for conveying backup and restore data via email Various methods and systems for using email to convey backup and restore data are disclosed. One method involves: receiving a request to perform a backup system operation; generating an email that includes data and metadata (which is associated with the data); and sending the email to an email address associated with a backup system component. The request can be a backup request, in which case the data includes data to be backed up, and the backup system component is a backup server. Alternatively, the request can be receiving a restore request. In this scenario, the data includes data to be restored, and the backup system component is a backup client.
US08751446B2	Transference control method, transference control apparatus and recording medium of transference control program A transference control apparatus includes a communication controller, and a processor that executes a procedure, the procedure including processing a control that causes first processing, in which an update log representing the update content of updating performed for a first database is transmitted, by the communication controller, to a second database serving as a copy destination for the first database, to be performed with priority over second processing, in which transmission target data contained in the first database is transmitted to the second database, and restraining, in the case that updating of the transmission target data is allowed in the first database, the control that causes the first processing to be performed with priority.
US08751434B2	Signal analyser A signal analyzer is operable to receive one or more signals and then to analyze the signals with respect to particular properties before outputting an indication as to the classification of the signal with respect to each property. The indication is in the form of a plurality of belief index ratings, the magnitude of each belief index rating relating to the likelihood of the corresponding classification being accurate. This is achieved by incrementing or decrementing one or more individual belief index values in response to the identification of predetermined signal features by the signal processing means. Which belief index values are incremented or decremented and by how much is determined by the particular signal feature detected. Data is retrieved from a suitable look up table. Data storage is operable to store a copy of the received signals for future reference.
US08751431B2	System and method for inferring traffic legitimacy through selective impairment Described is a system and method for determining a classification of an application that includes initiating a stress test on the application, the stress test including a predetermined number of stress events, wherein the stress events are based on a network impairment. A response by the application to each stress event is identified and the application is classified as a function of the response into one of a first classification and a second classification, the first classification indicative of a normal application and the second classification indicative of an undesired application. If, the application is in the second classification, a network response procedure is executed.
US08751428B2	Apparatuses, methods and systems for a digital conversation management platform The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DIGITAL CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT PLATFORM (“DCM-Platform”) transforms digital dialogue from consumers, client demands and, Internet search inputs via DCM-Platform components into tradable digital assets, and client needs based artificial intelligence campaign plan outputs. In one implementation, The DCM-Platform may capture and examine conversations between individuals and artificial intelligence conversation agents. These agents may be viewed as assets. One can measure the value and performance of these agents by assessing their performance and ability to generate revenue from prolonging conversations and/or ability to effect sales through conversations with individuals.
US08751425B2	Constraint satisfaction problem solver with interactive conflict resolution A solver solves constraint satisfaction problems. The solver receives a user decision and propagates the user decision over a constraint satisfaction problem network. The solver then determines if there is a conflict on the network based on the propagation. If there is a conflict, the solver allows a user to resolve the conflict interactively by either canceling the user decision or dropping one or more previously made user decisions.
US08751420B2	Generic reasoner distribution of resources using a plurality of shallow reasoners, and a predictor server A method for improving distribution of resources for a reasoning system including a plurality of data sources that each generate raw data that is to be processed by shallow reasoners before being provided to other components of the reasoning system to generate high-level inferred conclusions, the method including the steps of discovering available data sources from the plurality of data sources by discovery of protocol modules executed by devices associated with each data source; collecting capability information from each protocol module for each associated device; sending the capability information to a predictor server; requesting a resource allocation plan from the predictor server; and receiving the resource allocations plan from the predictor server, the resource allocation plane identifying devices associated with the plurality of data sources for executing shallow reasoners, the devices selected based on a usage model and the capability information.
US08751411B2	System and method for determining a billing structure for documents based on color estimations in an image path Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining a billing structure for outputting documents using an image processing apparatus. If image data of the document includes color pixels, a billing structure is determined based on an estimated total color pixel count. The color pixels of the image data are counted in a device independent space and the total color pixel count of the image data to be output in a device dependent space is estimated. Based on the estimation, a billing structure is chosen. Processing and determining a billing structure based on image data in the device independent space avoids charging a customer for color print job when only a small amount of color pixels are printed. It also encourages determining charges independently of the marking engine or output device.
US08751404B2	Method and mobile terminal for realizing network payment For solving the problem that multiple Universal Serial Bus (USB) Keys are required to be taken to realize multiple network payments in the conventional art, the provides a method and a mobile terminal for realizing network payment. The method includes: a mobile terminal selects a network payment system which is needed to implement current network payment from a plurality of network payment systems according to an instruction input by a user; when the user is confirmed to be a legal user according to the digital certificate, the mobile terminal logs on the selected network payment system and implements the network payment. The selects a network payment system which is needed to implement the current network payment from a plurality of network payment systems, thus it is not needed to take multiple USB Keys.
US08751397B2	Card-less financial transaction Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that facilitate card-less financial transactions are provided. The innovation enables card-less ATM (automated teller machine) transactions such as cash withdrawals, transfers, balance inquiries, etc. In aspects, customers can set up an ‘electronic wallet’ account based upon a pre-set range or otherwise. Accordingly, access to the ‘electronic wallet’ is granted or denied based upon responses to challenges presented.
US08751392B1	Method for transferring funds A method to transfer money to a payee's payment card account, without requiring an additional payment card or without acquiring a payee's payment card information is disclosed. A payee registers a payment card with a service provider. The payment card is associated with a payment card account. A payor transfers an initial amount of money to the service provider to be given to the payee, when payee uses the registered payment card for a specified spending category. The service provider stores the money until the payee uses the registered payment card to make a qualified purchase.
US08751390B2	Method of providing lumens and tracking of lumen consumption Techniques are disclosed for compensating an LED light fixture/light source provider for generation of photons by one or more LED light fixtures used by a customer. In one example, a method comprises receiving a monetary amount as compensation for photons generated by the LED light fixtures/light sources, maintaining a contractual relationship with the customer in exchange for the monetary amount, the contractual relationship including a requirement that the provider pay an electricity supplier for the electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources, determining, with a meter associated with each respective LED light fixture/light source, the amount of electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources used by the customer over a period of time, and in response to the determination and on behalf of the customer, submitting payment to the customer's electricity supplier for the electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources used by the customer.
US08751389B2	Method and system to process payment using SMS messaging and a mobile-optimized web form Provided is a method and system for processing payment/information, including receiving, by an electronic circuit of a mobile communication device, a payment/information processing statement for a customer by a short message service (SMS) message, the payment/information processing statement including an online payment/information URL personalized to uniquely identify the customer. Next, the online payment/information URL is extracted from the SMS, and a mobile-optimized web page is accessed using the online payment/information URL. A customer's online payment/information form is then received and completed by the customer, then forwarded to a secure payment form server.
US08751383B2	Multiple account advanced payment card and method of routing card transactions A system of accessing through a financial processing network multiple accounts associated with a single financial card. Data is input to the financial network in addition to the transaction data and the account identification data that in read from the card. This addition data permits the proper account to be accessed. The data may be input at the point of sale as an account selection. In this instance, the selection may be used to route the transaction data through the financial processing network or may be used to read data regarding one of multiple accounts encoded on the card. The data may also be stored as conditional routing rules at transfer points in the financial processing network. In this instance, the transaction is routed to the proper account based on the stored rules.
US08751381B2	Demand deposit account payment system A method and system for processing DDA payment transactions including generating a private virtual identifier, associating the private virtual identifier with a DDA, and generating a public virtual identifier associated with the private virtual identifier. The method can also include distributing the public virtual identifier to consumers, receiving a DDA payment request from a billing entity including the public virtual identifier, retrieving the private virtual identifier in response to receipt of the public virtual identifier, and processing the DDA payment request using the private virtual identifier to facilitate payment to the billing entity on behalf of the consumer. The method and system also authenticates the identity of a user during a transaction.
US08751379B1	Mobile money transfers Methods and systems are disclosed for conducting person-to-person money transfers over a handheld mobile device using any suitable text messaging service. In one implementation, the money transfer may involve a payer providing a payee's phone number and the amount to be transferred via a text message to the payer's financial institution or via the financial institution's Web site. The financial institution may then send a text message to the phone number of the payee that includes a payment ID, a hyperlink to the Web site of the payer's financial institution, and the payer's name. The payee may thereafter access the financial institution's Web site using the payment ID and enter his/her bank and account information. The financial institution may then transfer the specified amount from the payer's account to the payee's account and send a confirmation message to the payer that the transfer has been completed.
US08751377B2	Emergency financial reserve accessible during a covered event A system and method for providing emergency reserve conditional credit to a customer of a financial institution. The emergency conditional credit may be provided to the customer in the form of a line-of-credit or a loan based on the occurrence of a predetermined condition, such as involuntary unemployment, disability or the like. The emergency reserve product of the present invention is a product that can be offered through a financial institution or other ER-providing entity and, as such, does not require the level of regulation required of an insurance product. The invention also provides for the emergency reserve product to be offered in conjunction with a debt cancellation feature, referred to as emergency reserve protection, which serves to cancel the outstanding debt associated with the loan or line-of-credit.
US08751375B2	Event processing for detection of suspicious financial activity Event processing for suspicious activity detection is disclosed. Financial events can be detected by receiving data from a plurality of detection channels. The data can optionally be enriched by adding additional details about events. An event or group of events is scored based on pre-defined risk factors and experience, and the resulting score can be compared to a pre-defined threshold. A case for investigation is established when the score is above the pre-defined threshold. Events for which the score is below the pre-defined threshold are sampled to provide the experience for the scoring. Events can be scored by obtaining a plurality of predictors, collecting training data regarding existing cases, and running a logistic regression to obtain weights for the predictors. The likelihood of a case for investigation resulting in a suspicious activity report can then be determined.
US08751366B2	Securitization of a commercial transaction A method and apparatus for generating a tradable security includes confirming a vendor's compliance with predefined terms of a commercial transaction, such that a buyer is obligated to make a due payment. The method and apparatus further includes electronically rating a financial commitment relating to a receivable account for the commercial transaction. This receivable account is rated based on conditions and factors known to a system facilitating the commercial transaction. Based on the ability for the financial commitment to be rated, a financial exchange is operative to transfer entitlement rights to monies due under the receivable account where the terms for the transfer of the entitlement rights are based at least in part on the electronic rating. Thereby, receivable accounts to commercial transactions may be tradable by one or more investors as properly rated investment.
US08751360B1	Apparatus, article, and computer methods for contract values A method, machine, article for contract values. Illustratively, there can be a machine configured for transforming digital input data in producing digital output data according to terms of an agreement with a guarantor of a contract value, wherein the agreement permits use of the contract value in place of a market value on a financial statement of a beneficiary of the agreement. The machine can produce output at an output device, the output including at least one of a determined amount of the stable value return and a determined amount of the contract value.
US08751356B1	Financial assessment systems and methods Financial assessment systems, methods and graphical user interfaces are described. Financial information for an individual is received and integrated in a financial plan. A synopsis view of the financial plan is graphically presented. The synopsis view of the financial plan may include one or more financial recommendations for the individual. The recommendations and the synopsis view may be updated in real-time in response to a change in the financial information. The recommendations and the synopsis view may be used by the individual who is the subject of the financial plan or may be used by financial advisors. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08751353B2	Breakout indexes Methods and systems for calculating values for indexes based on breakout currencies are provided. A prospective breakout index may be formed before an entity breaks out of a monetary union. Other aspects relate to calculating an initial index value on a breakout date. An initial exchange rate of the breakout currency may be combined with a breakout value and/or a base value. In one embodiment, the breakout value is the reciprocal of the initial exchange rate. Therefore, in accordance with certain embodiments, the initial index value of the breakout index may be equal to the base value. Further aspects relate to calculating a second index value. A second exchange rate of the breakout currency may be utilized with the fixed base value and the breakout value to calculate the second index value of the breakout index. Further aspects relate to creating a prospective currency unit for a monetary union.
US08751342B2	Identifying potential customers using payment information Aspects of this disclosure relate to a computer configured to identify potential customers which may include a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform a method for identifying potential customers for a first bank, by electronically receiving data regarding the first bank, electronically receiving data regarding a second bank. Further, based on the electronically received data the method may further include identifying locations of the first bank, identifying locations of the second bank, comparing the locations of the first bank with the locations of the second bank, determining locations of the second bank that are within a predetermined distance of at least one location of the first bank, determining an amount of funds in a set of deposit accounts in each location of the second bank, and determining if the amount of funds in each location of the second bank is more than a predetermined amount.
US08751335B2	Personal style server Techniques for providing advice on personal style include receiving advice field data and a demonstration message. The advice field data indicates multiple fields to be filled by an advisor to provide information on how to improve personal style of an advisee based on an image provided by the advisee. The demonstration message includes first image data that indicates example personal style of a first user. An advice prompt message is sent to a different second user. The advice prompt message includes second image data based on the first image data, and the advice field data.
US08751332B2	Method and system for facilitating product shopping A method and a system to facilitate finding a product (e.g., camera) and corresponding product accessories are described. A selection of a theme mode from a plurality of theme modes is received. A list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the theme mode are presented. A selection of a product model combination including a product model and at least one product accessory model respectively from the list of product models and the list of product accessory models is received. A list of product combinations based on the product model combination is retrieved from a database. Each product combination include a product and at least one product accessory respectively supplied from one of product suppliers and one of product accessory suppliers. The list of product combinations may be ranked based on a sum value of a product value and at least one product accessory value in each product combination.
US08751326B2	Introducing a fixed-price transaction mechanism in conjunction with an auction transaction mechanism A method and systems for auction price-setting for a listing using a fixed price-setting process are disclosed. A seller is provided with an option to offer the listing in the fixed price-setting process or the auction price-setting process. A fixed price offer for the listing is published based on a criterion. Additional embodiments are also disclosed.
US08751322B2	Method, device, and system for analyzing and ranking web-accessible data targets A method of locating a relevant product belonging to a category of related products sharing predetermined product attributes is provided. At a client computer, a search topic associated with the category arrives from a user along with user-profile data like demographic, geographic, and situational data. A server locates at information locations some related products within the category, each having the pre-determined set of product attributes having associated content. For each product attribute, the content associated therewith in one of the located products is compared against content associated with the product attribute in each other located product and is assigned a relative score based on the comparison. The shared set of product attributes is prioritized based in part upon relevance of a product attribute to user profile data and the located products are ranked based on the prioritizing and the score of content associated with the product attributes.
US08751310B2	Monitoring advertisement impressions A targeted in-game advertising system is provided where advertising content may be delivered to a video game network environment. Advertisements may be delivered through the tagging of advertising assets in the video game environment according to one or more characteristics including user geographical location, personal preferences, a personal profile, video game preferences or video game genre. Methodologies for tracking advertising impressions are also provided based on monitoring the video game environment to determine the quality of impression to which the user is exposed in the video game environment.
US08751306B2	Virtual identity manager A computing system and method for managing an identity of a user are provided. A server may be configured to communicate with each of a plurality of client devices in corresponding request and response streams. An inference engine is configured to monitor the request and response streams for identifying factors that distinguish each of the plurality of client devices from other of the plurality of client devices. Upon detecting one or more of the identifying factors for each of the two or more client devices that match within a threshold probability, the inference engine makes an inference that two or more of the plurality of client devices are used by the user. Based upon the inference, the inference engine creates a virtual identity record at the server linking the two or more client devices.
US08751305B2	Targeting users based on persona data A method of targeted advertisement distribution based on persona data derived from a social network, wherein the social network includes a plurality of content streams, each content stream associated with a user and a user summary. The method includes the steps of receiving an advertisement request from a third party environment with associated content, identifying a content stream that includes a reference to the third party content, identifying a persona based on the user associated with the identified content stream, and serving an advertisement to the third party environment based on the identified persona.
US08751296B1	Voting with your feet A method of voting with your feet is disclosed. A performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game is associated with a vote on a matter. The performance of the location-based action by the player is detected. A count of votes corresponding to the vote on the matter is incremented based on the detecting of the performance of the location-based action by the player.

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