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US08841706B2	Compound semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same An AlN layer (2), a GaN buffer layer (3), a non-doped AlGaN layer (4a), an n-type AlGaN layer (4b), an n-type GaN layer (5), a non-doped AlN layer (6) and an SiN layer (7) are sequentially formed on an SiC substrate (1). At least three openings are formed in the non-doped AlN layer (6) and the SiN layer (7), and a source electrode (8a), a drain electrode (8b) and a gate electrode (19) are evaporated in these openings.
US08841699B2	Semiconductor device including insulated gate bipolar transistor and diode A semiconductor device includes an IGBT forming region and a diode forming region. The IGBT forming region includes an IGBT operating section that operates as an IGBT and a thinned-out section that does not operate as an IGBT. The IGBT operating section includes a channel region, and the thinned-out section includes a first anode region. The diode forming region includes a second anode region. When an area density is defined as a value calculated by integrating a concentration profile of second conductivity type impurities in each of the channel region, the first anode region, and the second anode region in a depth direction, an area density of the channel region is higher than an area density of the first anode region and an area density of the second anode region.
US08841678B2	Thin-film transistor device and method for manufacturing thin-film transistor device A thin-film transistor device includes: a gate electrode above a substrate; a gate insulating film on the gate electrode; a crystalline silicon thin film including a channel region which is provided on the gate insulating film; semiconductor films on at least the channel region; an insulating film made of an organic material which is provided over the channel region and above the semiconductor films; a source electrode over at least an end portion of the insulating film; and a drain electrode over at least the other end portion of the insulating film and facing the source electrode. The semiconductor films include at least a first semiconductor film and a second semiconductor film provided on the first semiconductor film. A relationship ECP
US08841670B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display apparatus An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate; a thin film transistor which is disposed over the substrate; a first electrode which is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a passivation layer which covers the thin film transistor and contacts a predetermined region of an upper surface of the first electrode; an intermediate layer which is disposed over the first electrode, includes an organic emission layer, and contacts a predetermined region of the passivation layer; and a second electrode which is disposed over the intermediate layer.
US08841669B2	Flat panel display device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a flat panel display device includes: forming a semiconductor layer of a thin film transistor (TFT) on a substrate; forming a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, and doping source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer with ion impurities; sequentially forming a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, and a second conductive layer, and forming a capacitor at a distance away from the TFT by patterning the first conductive layer, the first insulating layer, and the second conductive layer; forming a second insulating layer, and forming contact holes passing through the second insulating layer, the contact holes exposing portions of the source and drain regions and the second conductive layer; and forming source and drain electrodes that respectively contact the source and drain regions and the second conductive layer through the contact holes.
US08841657B2	Organic display device and manufacturing method thereof An organic display device and a method of manufacturing method thereof are provided. The organic display device includes scan lines, data lines and power lines. Portions crossed and defined by the scan lines, the data lines and the power supply lines are provide with display regions. The display region is formed with an organic light emitting diode. The organic light emitting diode includes an anode layer, and a conductive layer is formed on the power supply line. The anode layer of the organic light emitting diode and the conductive layer are etched and formed on the same basis of a material layer.
US08841656B2	Organic electroluminescent element, lighting apparatus, and method for manufacturing organic electroluminescent element According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent element includes: a first electrode having a first and a second major surfaces; a second electrode opposed to part of the first major surface; an organic luminescent layer provided between the first and the second electrodes; an optical layer having a third major surface opposed to the second major surface and a fourth major surface on opposite side from the third major surface. The fourth major surface includes a first region overlapping the second electrode, and a second region not overlapping the second electrode. The fourth major surface includes a first concave-convex provided in the first region and a second concave-convex provided in the second region. A planarization layer is provided on the second region and burying the second concave-convex.
US08841652B2	Self aligned carbide source/drain FET A field effect transistor includes a metal carbide source portion, a metal carbide drain portion, an insulating carbon portion separating the metal carbide source portion from the metal carbide portion, a nanostructure formed over the insulating and carbon portion and connecting the metal carbide source portion to the metal carbide drain portion, and a gate stack formed on over at least a portion of the insulating carbon portion and at least a portion of the nanostructure.
US08841647B2	Flexible substrate and flexible display device having the same A flexible substrate includes: a flexible base substrate; a plurality of display structures on a first surface of the flexible base substrate; and a barrier coating on a second surface of the flexible base substrate to prevent contaminants from penetrating into the display structures.
US08841642B2	Memory element and method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device The memory element has a structure at least including a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a memory layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The memory layer is formed by a droplet discharge method using nanoparticles of a conductive material each of which is coated with an organic thin film. Specifically, a composition in which nanoparticles of a conductive material each of which is coated with an organic thin film are dispersed in a solvent is discharged (ejected) as ink droplets, and the solvent is dried to be vaporized to form the memory layer. Accordingly, a memory element can be formed simply. In addition, efficiency in the use of materials can be improved and yield is also improved, so that the memory element can be provided at low cost.
US08841633B2	Method and apparatus for detecting pharmaceuticals in a sample A method and apparatus for measuring a vitamin K antagonizing anticoagulant present in a sample (116), arranged to: irradiate (304) the sample (116) with light from a light source (114) for exciting the anticoagulant through its absorption of the light, the excitation of the sample (116) resulting in a fluorescent emission from the sample (116); measure (306) the fluorescent emission from the sample (116); determine (308) a fluorescence lifetime (T1) of the fluorescent emission of the sample (116); determine (310) an intensity (A1) of the fluorescent emission at the fluorescence lifetime (T1); and determine (312) a amount (c) of the anticoagulant, as a function of the intensity (A1) of the fluorescent emission at the fluorescence lifetime (T1).
US08841625B2	Method for the detection of the irradiance distribution in an extreme ultraviolet light source device and an extreme ultraviolet light source device An extreme ultraviolet light source device, comprising a collector mirror focusing extreme ultraviolet radiation at a focal point, wherein a porous plate having a plurality of through holes arranged such that only radiation focusing at said focal point passes is provided insertably between said collector mirror and said focal point on an optical axis of said collector mirror, and a detection means is provided to receive radiation having passed through said porous plate and to detect an intensity of said received radiation, and a method for detecting an irradiance distribution in an extreme ultraviolet light source device.
US08841619B2	Methods and systems for positioning detectors for nuclear medicine imaging Methods and systems for positioning detectors for Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging are provided. One system includes a gantry supporting one or more imaging detectors, wherein the gantry has a portion configured for movable operation. The system also includes a table on one side of the gantry configured to support a patient thereon, wherein the table is further configured to move within an opening of the gantry. The system further includes a patient support device movably positioned on an opposite side of the gantry from the table, wherein the patient support device is configured for movable operation.
US08841617B2	Flame detectors and methods of detecting flames Flame detectors and methods of detecting flames are described herein. One device includes an optical element configured to process mid wave infra-red light and long wave infra-red light emitted from an area, and a bolometer configured to detect a flame in the area based on the mid wave infra-red light and long wave infra-red light processed by the optical element.
US08841606B2	Mass spectrometry A method of searching for potentially unknown metabolites of pharmaceutical compounds is disclosed. The accurate mass of a pharmaceutical compound will generally be known and can be rendered in the form of an integer nominal mass or mass to charge ratio component and a decimal mass or mass to charge ratio component. Possible metabolites are searched for on the basis of having a decimal mass or mass to charge ratio component which is substantially very similar to the decimal mass or mass to charge ratio of the parent pharmaceutical compound.
US08841605B2	Method of ion abundance augmentation in a mass spectrometer A method of improving the detection limits of a mass spectrometer by: generating sample ions from an ion source; storing the sample ions in a first ion storage device; ejecting the stored ions into an ion selection device; selecting and ejecting ions of a chosen mass to charge ratio out of the ion selection device; storing the ions ejected from the ion selection device in a second ion storage device without passing them back through the ion selection device; repeating the preceding steps so as to augment the ions of the said chosen mass to charge ratio stored in the second ion storage device; and transferring the augmented ions of the said chosen mass to charge ratio back to the first ion storage device for subsequent analysis.
US08841601B2	Non-linear calibration of a microbolometer included in an infrared imaging system An apparatus and method for reducing nonlinearity artifacts in an IR imaging system applies a non-linear correcting function to signals received from a microbolometer. The non-linear correcting function can be a second-order polynomial, a third-order polynomial, some other formula, or a table from which corrections can be interpolated. In embodiments, the correcting function is automatically adjusted according to an ambient temperature measurement, to which a non-linear correction can be applied, either in a separate step or as an adjustment to the correcting function applied to the microbolometer signals.
US08841585B2	Transparent article which can be electrically extensively heated, method for the production thereof and the use thereof An electrically heatable, transparent article and a method for fabricating such article are described. The article comprises an electrically conductive transparent coating and a transparent substrate. The coating is in contact with electrical bus bars and delimits a localized region, which contains a coating-free transparent region.
US08841584B2	Electric deicing device for propfan-type propeller blades A deicing device for propfan-type aircraft propulsion unit blades, wherein the propulsion unit includes a turbomachine that drives in rotation at least one rotor including a plurality of blades arranged around an annular crown moving with the blades, which forms with its outer wall part of the outer envelope of the propulsion unit, the outer envelope being subjected to atmospheric conditions outside the propulsion unit, the turbomachine generating a flow of hot gases that exit via an annular hot vein, which is concentric with the moving annular crown, and defined for part of its surface by an inner wall of the moving annular crown. The deicing device includes: a mechanism transforming thermal energy into electrical energy, within the moving annular part; a mechanism transferring the generated electrical energy towards the rotor blades; and a mechanism transforming the electrical energy into thermal energy onto at least a part of the surface of the blades.
US08841579B2	Laser processing system, object mount and laser processing method A processing system includes a common base, an object mount configured to hold an object for inspection or processing, and at least one aperture plate provided on the object mount. The aperture plate has at least one aperture The processing system also includes a laser device mounted on the common base and configured to scan a laser beam across a scan region, and a transport device configured to displace the object mount relative to the common base from a first position to a second position. When the object mount is in the first position, the object and the at least one aperture are positioned within the scan region of the laser device. The processing system also includes at least one light guide provided on the object mount. The light guide has an input port provided by the at least one aperture, and an output port. The processing system also includes at least one light detector mounted at a fixed position relative to the common base and configured to detect light emerging from the output port of the light guide.
US08841577B2	Laser lap welding method for parts made of galvanized steel sheet A laser lap welding method for parts made of galvanized steel sheet includes steps of press-forming two parts from galvanized steel sheet such that the two parts include elongated joining regions to be welded together on mutually opposed surfaces thereof and a plurality of protrusions are formed on at least any one of the joining regions of the two parts at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction of the joining region; retaining the two parts in a state in which the joining regions are overlapped one on the other such that a gap according to a height of the protrusions is formed between the joining regions; and irradiating a laser onto one surface of the overlapped joining regions of the two parts such that the overlapped joining regions are fused and welded by energy of the laser, and zinc gas produced with fusing is discharged through the gap.
US08841568B2	Electronic device with power switch An electronic device includes a housing defining a receiving hole, and a power switch positioned on the housing. The power switch includes an operating button received in the receiving hole, an elastic member fixed to the operating button via an adhesive member, a printed circuit board, and a support member. The support member is connected to the printed circuit board and fixed to the housing, such that the elastic member is sandwiched between the operating button and the printed circuit board
US08841563B2	Split line and low voltage wire conduit and transformer box Disclosed is a split conduit for separating line and low voltage wiring, wherein two wire or cable types are supported and do not interfere with one another along the conduit length. The conduit includes a rounded outer wall forming an enclosed cross section, wherein a partition is provided within the interior of the conduit that runs along its length to create a first and second pathway. The outer surface of the conduit is discretely marked based on line or low voltage, allowing a user to distinguish what wire type is in each pathway and to locate the partition without inspecting the wires or looking into the interior of the conduit. The split conduit is adapted to be connected to a split meter socket box having a divider for separating connection types, wherein wires from corresponding conduit chambers can be oriented appropriately to establish electrical connectivity within the meter box.
US08841560B1	Backplane slot interconnection system, method and apparatus Herein disclosed are an apparatus, a system and a method, selectively linking signals between or among slots on a backplane. A backplane printed circuit board has defined slots, each of which receives a card or module. One or more arrays of solder ball mounting pads correspond to signal lines of the slots. Each of one or more signal mapping overlay printed circuit boards has at least one signal trace connected to solder ball landing pads. Selected solder ball mounting pads of the backplane printed circuit board are connected to selected solder ball landing pads of the signal mapping overlay printed circuit board by solder balls. The signal trace or traces of the signal mapping overlay printed circuit board or boards connect the corresponding selected signal lines between or among the slots of the backplane. The backplane and signal mapping overlay printed circuit boards may have mirrored connection arrays.
US08841558B2	Hermetic feedthrough A feedthrough includes a sheet having a hole, where the sheet includes a first material that is a ceramic comprising alumina. The feedthrough further includes a second material substantially filling the hole. The second material is different than the first material and includes platinum and an additive that includes alumina. The first and second materials have a co-fired bond therebetween that hermetically seals the hole.
US08841554B2	High density shielded electrical cable and other shielded cables, systems, and methods A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes conductor sets each including one or more insulated conductors, and a first and second shielding film on opposite sides of the cable. In transverse cross section, cover portions of the shielding films substantially surround each conductor set, and pinched portions of the films form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor set. Dense packing is achieved while maintaining high frequency electrical isolation between conductor sets. When the cable is laid flat, a quantity s/Dmin is in a range from 1.7 to 2, where S is a center- to-center spacing between nearest insulated conductors of two adjacent conductor sets, and Dmin is the lesser of the outer dimensions of such nearest insulated conductors. Alternatively, a first and second conductor set each having only one pair of insulated conductors can satisfy a condition that Σ/σ1 is in a range from 2.5 to 3.
US08841545B2	Solar cell wherein solar photovolatic thin film is directly formed on base Disclosed is a solar cell comprising a solar cell semiconductor thin film formed on a base, a transparent conductive film formed on the semiconductor thin film, and a nitride-containing moisture diffusion-preventing film which covers the upper surface of the transparent conductive film. The moisture diffusion-preventing film is preferably composed of at least a silicon nitride film or a silicon carbide nitride (SiCN) film.
US08841542B2	Photovoltaic module The present invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising as an encapsulant a composition comprising at least one polyacrylate- or polymethacrylate-type block copolymer with the general formula B-(A)n, n being a natural integer no lower than one, preferably 1 to 8, the block A being selected from among methacrylates having a Tg higher than 0° C., the block B being a polyacrylate or a polymethacrylate having a Tg lower than 0° C., the block B being at least 50 wt % of the total weight of the block copolymer.
US08841537B2	Systems and methods for a digital stringed instrument Systems and methods for a digital instrument are described, for example to simulate or be used in conjunction with a stringed instrument. A sensor system detects the location of one or more fingers or objects at selected locations on a playing surface of the instrument, and the detected locations are combined with information indicative of one or more strings being played to generate a digital signal containing information as to the notes being played.
US08841530B2	Flute headjoint A flute headjoint includes a chimney, a lip plate and a tube body formed from a refractory metal. The refractory metal can include tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium, alloys of these metals and combinations thereof. The chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body without the use of solder. In certain embodiments, the chimney and lip plate are attached to the tube body with bands. The use of refractory metals in the construction of the tube body may provide enhanced headjoint performance, and because the lip plate and chimney are not soldered to the tube body the components may be formed using a computer modeling and milling process that provides for accurate and consistent production of headjoint components.
US08841529B2	Clarinet mouthpiece and barrel system A clarinet mouthpiece and tuning barrel system includes a mouthpiece with a central mouthpiece bore passing through the mouthpiece from a tone chamber to a rear portion of the mouthpiece opposite the tone chamber. The mouthpiece bore has a rectangular cross-sectional geometry extending along an entire length of the mouthpiece bore. This rectangular geometry includes two pairs of opposing parallel sides. Each pair of opposing sides is separated by a unique distance such that a ratio of unique distances for the two pairs of opposing parallel sides is ⅝. Also included is a tuning barrel attached to the rear portion of the mouthpiece. This barrel has a central barrel bore in communication with the mouthpiece bore that passes completely through the barrel. The barrel bore has an identical rectangular cross-sectional geometry to the mouthpiece bore cross-sectional geometry along an entire length of the barrel bore.
US08841526B2	Rice cuitivar designated ‘CL261’ The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivar designated ‘CL261’ and its hybrids and derivatives are disclosed.
US08841523B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV916150 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV916150. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV916150, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV916150 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV916150 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV916150.
US08841516B2	Fusarium resistant cucumber plants The present invention relates to a plant of a cucumber breeding line comprising an introgression from cucumber inbred line URS 189, a representative sample of seed of which has been deposited with the NCIMB, Aberdeen, Scotland under accession number NCIMB 41612 and depositors reference URS 189, or a Fusarium-resistant offspring plant of line URS 189, wherein said introgression confers to said plant of said cucumber breeding line resistance to the causal agent of Fusarium stem and root rot Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis cucumerinum (Forc).
US08841515B2	Broccoli hybrid RX 05900099 and parents thereof The invention provides seed and plants of broccoli hybrid RX 05900099 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of broccoli hybrid RX 05900099 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another broccoli plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
US08841503B2	Product recovery from adsorption-separation purge fluids Purge fluid from a vessel head in an adsorption process is distributed to recovery processes according to the purity of product contained in the fluid. Extract-rich fluid thus is routed directly to recovery of the extract product. Distribution preferably is determined by internal positioning of feed, desorbent and product streams in the adsorption vessel.
US08841502B2	Aromatic transalkylation using UZM-39 aluminosilicate zeolite A new family of coherently grown composites of TUN and IMF zeotypes has been synthesized and shown to be effective catalysts for aromatic transalkylation reactions. These zeolites are represented by the empirical formula. NanMmk+TtAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents a metal or metals from zinc or Group 1 (IUPAC 1), Group 2 (IUPAC 2), Group 3 (IUPAC 3) or the lanthanide series of the periodic table, T is the organic directing agent derived from reactants R and Q where R is an A,Ω-dihalosubstituted alkane such as 1,4-dibromobutane and Q is at least one neutral amine having 6 or fewer carbon atoms such as 1-methylpyrrolidine. E is a framework element such as gallium. The process involves transalkylation of a feedstream comprising one or more of C7, C9, C10 and C11+ aromatics to obtain a transalkylation product stream having an increased concentration of C8 aromatics relative to that of the feedstream.
US08841491B2	Method for producing fluorene derivative A method for producing a fluorene derivative by reacting fluorenone with a phenol or a phenoxyalcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst includes: adding an alkali to an obtained reaction liquid containing a fluorene derivative; and concentrating a resultant mixture liquid without removing the alkali thus added and a reaction product of the alkali, thereby separating an unreacted phenol or unreacted phenoxyalcohol.
US08841488B2	Ketones as perfuming ingredients A method to confer, enhance, improve or modify the odor properties of a perfuming composition or of a perfumed article by adding to the composition or article an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I: wherein n represents 0, 1 or 2; m represents 0, 1 or 2; the dotted lines represent only single bonds or one double bond and two single bonds; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group, and R2 represents an OR3 group, R3 representing a C1-C3 alkyl or alkenyl group; a group of formula CR4═C(R4)2, or a group of formula with R4 representing a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group. These compounds impart a clean and natural fruity, pineapple odor type to the perfuming compositions or perfumed articles to which they are added.
US08841487B2	Phosphine ligands for catalytic reactions The disclosure is directed to: (a) phosphacycle ligands; (b) methods of using such phosphacycle ligands in bond forming reactions; and (c) methods of preparing phosphacycle ligands.
US08841475B2	Method for producing alkoxylated phosphoric acid triesters The invention relates to a method for producing phosphoric acid triesters of formula (I). According to said method, phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid derivative selected from orthophosphoric acid, tetraphosphoric decaoxide and polyphosphoric acid is reacted with alkoxylated alcohols of formulae (II) R1—(OA1)x—OH, (III) R2—(OA2)y—OH, and (IV) R3—(OA3)z—OH, in the molar ratio phosphoric acid or phosphoric acid derivative to alkoxylated alcohol of 1:2.5 to 1:3.3, at between 200 and 240° C.
US08841473B2	Synthesis of fluorosilicones and their derivatives The subject of invention is the method of synthesis of fluorosilicone co-polymers of arbitrary topology and general formula 1 in which among others if A stands for CH—O(CH2)m(CF2)nCF2H group, then the method is based on hydrosilylation reaction of appropriate fluoroalkyl-allyl ether with polyhydrosiloxanes containing at least one Si—H group, catalyzed by siloxide rhodium complex. If A stands for in which Z stands for divalent group either then the method is based on the reaction of nucleophilic opening of oxirane ring in appropriate epoxyfunctional co-polysiloxanes, in acidic environment.
US08841457B2	Process for cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor The present invention describes a process for preparing a cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor. It provides a synthetic procedure for the said substance namely 5-chloro-3-(4-methylsulphonyl)phenyl-2-(2-methyl-5-pyridinyl)pyridine of formula (I). The invention also relates to preparation of a new intermediate of formula (IV) and a process to prepare it. Furthermore, the invention describes a process for preparing another key intermediate of formula (II). Compounds of formula (IV) and formula (II) are useful intermediates in synthesis of the said cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor.
US08841456B2	1,5-naphthyridine derivative or salt thereof A 1,5-naphthyridine derivative represented by Formula [1] (in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, -L-Z (in which Z represents a non-aromatic heterocyclic group or the like; and L represents a single bond or the like), or the like, R6 represents -L-Z or the like, R7 and R8 represent a hydrogen atom or the like, and Q represents an oxygen atom or the like), or a salt thereof has an excellent inhibitory activity with respect to the PI3K-AKT pathway and the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway, and is useful for treatments such as prophylactic treatments and therapeutic treatments of diseases in which the PI3K-AKT pathway and the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway are involved.
US08841452B1	Process for recovery of nalmefene hydrochloride The present invention relates to an improved process for recovery of nalmefene hydrochloride[17-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4,5-alpha-epoxy-6-methylenemorphinan-3,14-diol hydrochloride] from an aqueous composition containing nalmefene and certain impurities.
US08841448B2	Fluoroergoline analogs Provided herein are novel fluoroergoline derivatives and compositions thereof. In other embodiments, provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical disorders such as, for example, migraine using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of agonizing receptors such as, for example, the 5-HT1D and/or the 5-HT1B receptor, without agonizing the 5-HT2B receptor using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein. In still other embodiments, provided herein are methods of antagonizing or inhibiting activity at receptors such as, for example, the adrenergic alpha2A and/or the alpha2B receptors using the compounds and compositions disclosed herein.
US08841444B2	Process for the preparation of carbapenem compounds The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of carbapenem compound of Formula (I), wherein P1 is hydrogen or a carboxyl protecting group, P3 is hydrogen or a hydroxyl protecting group, R1 is C1-3 alkyl, and A is selected from a group consisting of a) Formula (II), b) Formula (III), c) Formula (IV), d) Formula (V), e) Formula (VI), f) Formula (VII), wherein P2 is hydrogen or an amino protecting group, R2 and R3 may be same or different and are hydrogen, C1-5 alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl, and X1 is O or S, or its stereoisomers, or salts thereof.
US08841443B2	Silafluorene metalloporphyrin-benzene organic semiconductor material and preparing method and uses thereof A silafluorene metalloporphyrin- benzene organic semiconductor material and preparing method and uses thereof are provided. The structure of the silafluorene metalloporphyrin- benzene organic semiconductor material is defined by structure formula (I): wherein: n is an integer between 1 and 100, R1, R2, R3, R4 are H, alkyl with C1-C32, phenyl, alkyl benzene or alkoxyl benzene containing one or more C1-C32, M is a metal ion. The silafluorene metalloporphyrin- benzene organic semiconductor material has good solubility, high carrier mobility, strong absorbance, wide absorbent range to light and elevated utilization ratio of solar light. Besides, the process of the preparing method is simple and easy to operate and control.
US08841442B2	Process for preparing fluticasone propionate/furoate The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of substituted Fluticasone derivatives. The invention also reveals the processes for the purification of Fluticasones and related intermediates to provide the highly pure product.
US08841440B2	Organo-soluble chitosan salts and chitosan-derived biomaterials prepared thereof Organo-soluble chitosan salts, method for preparing organo-soluble salts, chitosan-derived materials prepared with organo-soluble chitosan salts, and methods for preparing chitosan-derived materials are disclosed.
US08841439B2	Nucleotide sugar purification using membranes The invention provides methods of removing contaminants from a mixture of a desired product and contaminants by pH adjustments and molecular weight cut-offs. The contaminants include phosphate groups, magnesium sulfate, sodium pyruvate and tetrasodium pyrophosphate groups. The desired product includes nucleotide sugars, glycolipids, LnNT, sialyl lactose, and salts.
US08841424B2	Humanized AXL antibodies The present invention refers to monoclonal humanized antibodies, which bind to the extracellular domain of the AXL receptor tyrosine kinase and which at least partially inhibit AXL activity.
US08841422B2	Human androgen receptor alternative splice variants The present invention relates to novel androgen receptor splice variants (AR3, AR4, AR4b, AR5 and AR8) and variants and fragments thereof which have a role in the progression of androgen independent prostate cancer. The invention further relates to compositions and methods which can be used to identify and treat prostate cancer based on these novel androgen receptor splice variants, as well as methods for screening agents which modulate the activity and/or expression of the androgen receptor splice variants. Vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same and transgenic animals are also provided.
US08841419B2	Hybridoma cell line 10G4 and a monoclonal antibody against the total of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 Hybridoma cell line 10G4 and monoclonal antibody against total aflatoxins produced by the hybridoma cell line 10G4. The hybridoma cell line 10G4 is used to produce the monoclonal antibody that binds specifically total aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2. The titer of the mouse ascites antibody produced by the 10G4 treated mouse is determined through non-competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the titer can reach up to 5.12×105. The monoclonal antibody against total aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 are used for better identification of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 with good consistency. The 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) of the antibody against aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 are 2.09 ng/mL, 2.23 ng/mL, 2.19 ng/mL and 3.21 ng/mL respectively. The range of cross reaction rate for aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 is about 65.2%-100%. The antibody is used for quantitative measurement of total aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2.
US08841412B2	Controlling moisture in and plasticization of bioresorbable polymer for melt processing Methods and systems for controlling the moisture content of biodegradable and bioresorbable polymer resin during extrusion above a lower limit that allows for plasticization of the polymer resin melt and below an upper limit to reduce or prevent molecular weight loss are disclosed. Methods are further disclosed involving plasticization of a polymer resin for feeding into an extruder with carbon dioxide and freon.
US08841407B2	Polyamide resins and processes for molding them Provided is a polyamide resin having high heat resistance, excellent moldability and excellent mechanical properties. The polyamide resin comprises a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a xylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit containing 70 mol % or more of a straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit, wherein the xylylenediamine unit is composed of 50 to 95 mol % of p-xylylenediamine and 50 to 5 mol % of m-xylylenediamine; the straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit is composed of 50 to 100 mol % of adipic acid and 0 to less than 50 mol % of sebacic acid or other straight chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acids; the molar ratio of reacted diamine units to reacted dicarboxylic acid units (the number of moles of reacted diamine units/the number of moles of reacted dicarboxylic acid units) is less than 0.994; and the polyamide resin has a number average molecular weight of 10,000 to 25,000 and a melting point of 285° C. or more.
US08841400B2	Use of organomodified siloxanes branched in the silicone part for producing cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions The invention relates to organomodified additives, emulsifiers, dispersants and/or active nourishing ingredients present in the silicon part of branched siloxane block copolymers, to the use thereof, in particular for producing cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical formulations as well as care and cleansing products, and to the preparations as such. Specifically the invention relates to branched polysiloxanes having trifunctional T units as well as polyether groups, alkyl radicals of more than 7 carbon atoms or multi-hydroxy functional radicals.
US08841394B2	Vinyl terminated higher olefin copolymers and methods to produce thereof This invention relates to a vinyl terminated higher olefin copolymer having an Mn of 300 g/mol or more (measured by 1H NMR) comprising: (i) from about 20 to about 99.9 mol % of at least one C5 to C40 higher olefin monomer; and (ii) from about 0.1 to about 80 mol % of propylene; wherein the higher olefin copolymer has at least 40% allyl chain ends. The copolymer may also have an isobutyl chain end to allyl chain end ratio of less than 0.7:1 and/or an allyl chain end to vinylidene chain end ratio of greater than 2:1.
US08841393B2	Catalyst composition having improved flow characteristics and methods of making and using the same Catalyst compositions for the polymerization of olefins having improved flowability properties are provided.
US08841392B2	Catalyst system and a process for the production of polyethylene The invention relates to a catalyst system comprising I. a solid reaction product obtained by reaction of: (a) a hydrocarbon solution comprising (1) an organic oxygen containing magnesium compound (2) an organic oxygen containing titanium compound and (3) at least one compound containing zirconium and/or hafnium (b) a mixture comprising a metal compound having the formula MeRnX3-n wherein X is a halogenide, Me is a metal of Group III of Mendeleev's Periodic System of Chemical Elements, R is a hydrocarbon radical containing 1-10 carbon atoms and 0
US08841383B2	Ethylene-propylene terpolymers in tire sidewalls Disclosed is an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer having isotactic polypropylene crystallinity compounded with a blend rubber wherein the terpolymer can be present in an amount effective to improve tack, aged tensile strength retention, fatigue resistance, ozone cracking resistance, and reversion resistance. Also disclosed is an elastomer composition wherein the terpolymer can have at least 60 wt % propylene-derived units, at least 6 wt % ethylene-derived units and from 0.3 to 10 wt % diene-derived units, and a tire sidewall composition comprising from 10 to 30 phr terpolymer, from 20 to 60 phr natural rubber, from 20 to 60 phr polybutadiene rubber, and an optional secondary blend rubber. Also disclosed is a vulcanizate of the elastomer composition, and articles, tire sidewalls, tires, retreaded tires, bias truck tires, off-road tires, and passenger automobile tires made with the vulcanizate. Further disclosed are processes for making molded articles and tires, and for retreading tires.
US08841379B2	Method to form an aqueous dispersion of an ionomer-polyolefin blend Disclosed is a method to form an aqueous dispersion comprising a blend composition comprising or consisting essentially of about 75 to about 99.9 weight % of an ionomer composition and about 0.1 to about 25 weight % of an ethylene acrylate ester copolymer composition, a grafted polyolefin composition or a combination thereof, the method comprising mixing the solid blend composition with water heated to a temperature from about 80 to about 100° C.
US08841374B2	Method for grinding calcium carbonate in water in the presence of a solution of acrylic polymer and an alkali carbonate salt manufactured in place in the said solution A method for manufacturing an aqueous suspension of calcium carbonate by grinding in an aqueous medium in the presence of an acrylic grinding aid agent and of an alkali carbonate salt. These salts enable the quantity of grinding aid agent used to be reduced, for an equivalent level of performance in terms of rheology and granulometry of the suspensions. The method includes a first step of manufacture of the alkali carbonate salt within the aqueous solution of acrylic polymer itself, through the addition of alkali hydroxide and bubbling of carbon dioxide.
US08841370B1	Wear-resistant rubber based on propylene oxide rubber and ultrafine polytetrafluoroethylene A rubber compound based on propylene-oxide rubber SKPO, including sulfur, stearic acid, zinc oxide, thiuram disulphide, carbon black P-803. The compound is characterized by replacement of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (kaptax), as well as fluoroplastic F-4, with dibenzothiazyl disulfide (altax), phenyl-β-naphthylamine (neozone D), dibutoxyethyl adipate, and ultrafine polytetrafluoroethylene (UPTFE). Such replacement of ingredients allows for significant improvement of wear resistance, frost resistance, and relative elongation. Additionally, relatively less UPTFE (compared to fluoroplastic F-4) can be used to achieve similar beneficial results, significantly reducing the cost of manufacturing the material.
US08841365B2	Method for transporting straight run bitumen, and bitumen mixture Straight run bitumen is widely used in the production of built-structure waterproofing systems, more particularly waterproofing membranes. In order to be able to obtain supplies of straight run bitumen wherever it is obtainable at favorable prices, it would have to be transported over relatively long distances. Since straight run bitumen is viscid at ambient temperature, it would have to be transported hot, which is not possible with conventional straight run bitumen. According to the invention, the straight run bitumen is admixed with a small proportion of at least one hydrocarbonaceous polymer. This solidifies straight run bitumen at ambient temperatures, making it transportable cold in the solid state.
US08841364B2	Asphalt emulsions, products made from asphalt emulsions, and processes for making fibrous mats from asphalt emulsions The invention relates to asphalt emulsions comprising an asphalt component selected from the group consisting of a solvent extracted asphalt, an oxidized asphalt, and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to products made therefrom, including fibrous mats comprising a fiber component, such as glass fibers, and a binder component comprising an asphalt emulsion. The invention further relates to wet-laid processes for manufacturing fibrous mats and that employ the use of an amphoteric surfactant, which is applied to a wet fiber web prepared from a dispersion of fiber components, such as glass fibers.
US08841361B2	Keratin in rubber applications A rubber composition includes an elastomer having an elongation at break (Eb) of about 50% or more according to ASTM-D 412 at 25° C., a water-insoluble keratin, and a reinforcing filler. A tire component including the composition and a method for making the composition are also disclosed.
US08841357B2	Binder for ink-jet printing ink, ink-jet printing ink containing the same, and printed matter It is an object of the present invention to provide a binder for ink-jet printing ink that can form printed images having excellent scratch resistance and good alcohol resistance without impairing good discharge stability of ink. The present invention relates to a binder for ink-jet printing ink including a polyurethane (A) that has a hydroxyl group at a molecular terminal, has a weight-average molecular weight of 30,000 to 70,000, and is obtained by causing a reaction of a polyisocyanate and a polyol (a2) containing a particular polyether polyol so that the equivalent ratio [isocyanate group [X]/hydroxyl group [Y]] of an isocyanate group [X] in the polyisocyanate (a1) to a hydroxyl group [Y] in the polyol (a2) is in the range of 0.930 to 0.995 and an aqueous medium (B). The hydroxyl group present at the molecular terminal of the polyurethane (A) is a hydroxyl group derived from the polyether polyol.
US08841356B2	Ink composition Disclosed is an ink composition which has superior storage stability, is resistant to bleeding, has good fixability to paper, and enables printing of a clear image. The ink composition includes a pigment dispersion containing a surface-treated pigment and a resin emulsion, wherein the surface-treated pigment is obtained by binding a functional group, having a larger calcium index than a calcium index of 1,2,3-benzenetricarboxylic acid, to the surface of a pigment; and the resin emulsion is adapted so that an aqueous solution containing 1 mass % of a solid content of the resin emulsion has a conductance of 300 μS/cm or less.
US08841329B2	Nicotinic attenuation of CNS inflammation and autoimmunity The present invention relates to methods of treating and/or ameliorating the severity of inflammation and autoimmunity in the central nervous system (CNS). In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating multiple sclerosis by administering a therapeutically effective dosage of nicotine, or a pharmaceutical equivalent, analog, derivative, or salt thereof.
US08841309B2	Substituted pyrazines and their use in the treatment of disease The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) and the tautomers and the salts thereof, particularly the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on epithelial sodium channels, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly diseases of the lungs and airways.
US08841303B2	Melt-processed imatinib dosage form The invention provides a dosage form, comprising a melt-processed mixture of (a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of imatinib or a salt thereof, (b) at least one polymeric binder, and (c) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable non-ionic surfactant. The invention provides imatinib dosage forms with high drug loading which can be prepared in a simple and efficient manner, imatinib dosage forms from which the active principle is released in an essentially pH-independent fashion, and extended release imatinib dosage forms.
US08841299B2	Substituted pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines as tankyrase inhibitors There are provided compounds of the formula wherein R1 and R2 are as described herein. The compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
US08841298B2	Substituted pyrano[2,3-B]pyrazines as herbicides Substituted pyrazines of the formula I in which the variables are defined according to the description, their agriculturally suitable salts, processes and intermediates for preparing the pyrazines of the formula I, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of at least one pyrazine compound of the formula I to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
US08841297B2	Phenylimidazole derivative as PDE10A enzyme inhibitor This invention provides the compound 5,8-Dimethyl-2-[2-(1-methyl-4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-ethyl]-[1,2,4]thazolo[1,5-a]pyrazine and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.
US08841295B2	5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) inhibitors Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP). Also described herein are methods of using such FLAP modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other leukotriene-dependent or leukotriene mediated conditions or diseases.
US08841290B2	Substituted tetrahydronaphthalenes, method for the production thereof, and use thereof as drugs Disclosed is a tetrahydronapthalene compound having Formula I the variables of which are as described herein, methods of preparing same and their use.
US08841283B2	Methods for the preparation of drospirenone and intermediates thereof The invention relates to a process for the preparation of Drospirenone in high yields and purity starting from a compound of formula 2 wherein R is a hydroxyl protective group as defined in the claims, through a sequence of oxidation, deprotection, lactonization and water elimination steps, and wherein the steps of oxidation and lactonization are performed with 1,3,5-trichloro1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-trione (trichloroisocyanuric acid, TCCA) or 1,3-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-trione (dichloroisocyanuric acid, DCCA) or an alkaline metal salt thereof such as the sodium salt dihydrate (DCCA sodium salt) or 1-hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one 1-oxide (IBX). New synthetic intermediates useful for the synthesis of Drospirenone are disclosed, too.
US08841282B2	Pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamide derivatives as modulators of ion channels The present invention relates to pyrrolidinone benzenesulfonamides of the following formula: useful as inhibitors of ion channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders, such as pain.
US08841275B2	2′-spiro-nucleosides and derivatives thereof useful for treating hepatitis C virus and dengue virus infections Disclosed herein are 2′-spiro-nucleosides and derivatives thereof useful for treating a subject infected by hepatitis C virus or dengue virus.
US08841271B2	Oligonucleotide complex compositions and methods of use as gene alteration tools Compositions and methods of treatments of cells are provided for altering the phenotype of a cell by administering an oligonucleotide complex to the cell, the complex having two strands and chemical modifications.
US08841264B2	Compositions Compositions containing a combination of hydroxytyrosol and resveratrol or liqustilide or (−)-epigallocatechin gallate or honokiol or genistein or Magnolia bark extract or a combination of oleuropein and resveratrol or ligustilide are used to treat inflammatory disorders.
US08841263B2	Macrocyclic compounds and methods of making and using the same The present invention provides macrocyclic compounds useful as therapeutic agents of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, N-oxide, or prodrug thereof, wherein T, R1, R2, R3, D, E, F, and G are as defined herein. More particularly, these compounds are useful as anti-infective, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and prokinetic agents.
US08841253B2	Viral/bacterial toxin polypeptides and methods of using same The invention features methods for identifying compounds that inhibit cell death, and methods for identifying compounds that promote cell death, by blocking or accelerating, respectively, the translocation of the catalytic domain of toxins or transcription factors through the endosomal membrane into the cytosol of a cell. Also featured are methods for inhibiting cell death that include the administration of polypeptides that include a toxin consensus sequence recognized by one or more components of the cytosolic translocation factor complex.
US08841248B2	Manufacture of inter-alpha-inhibitor (IaIp) from plasma The present invention provides compositions and pharmaceutical formulations of IaIp derived from plasma. Also provided are methods for the manufacture of the IaIp compositions and formulations, as well as method for the treatment of diseases associated with IaIp dysfunction.
US08841245B2	Detergent composition An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a) an alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine said alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine comprising a polyalkyleneimine backbone, alkoxy chains and quaternization groups wherein the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine has a degree of quaternization of at least 5% and wherein: i) the polyalkyleneimine backbone represents from 0.5% to 40% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; ii) the alkoxy chains represent from 60% to 99% by weight of the alkoxylated polyalkyleneimine; and b) a bleach system comprising bleach and optionally a bleach enhancer.
US08841238B2	Methods for producing active scFv antibodies and libraries therefor The present disclosure describes scFv antibody libraries, antibodies isolated from the libraries, and methods of producing and using the same.
US08841227B2	Production of aromatics from methane A catalyst for the conversion of methane to higher hydrocarbons including aromatic hydrocarbons comprises a support and molybdenum or a compound thereof dispersed on the support. The support comprises an aluminosilicate zeolite combined with a binder selected from silica, titania, zirconia and mixtures thereof. The catalyst is substantially free of aluminum external to the framework of the aluminosilicate zeolite.
US08841225B2	Dielectric ceramic and laminated ceramic capacitor using the same A dielectric ceramic that includes a sintered body of BaTiO3 based ceramic grains, in which the ceramic grains each include a shell part as a surface layer part and a core part inside the shell part. The ceramic grains contain, as accessory constituents, R (R, which is a rare-earth element, is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Y) and M (M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Mn, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr, Cu, Al, Mo, W, and V). R and M are present in the shell part of the ceramic grain, and concentrations of R and M contained in the shell part are increased from a grain boundary toward the core part.
US08841220B2	Gallium nitride based semiconductor light-emitting element, light source, and method for forming unevenness structure The light extraction surface of a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element, including a crystal plane other than a c plane, is subjected to a surface modification process to control its wettability, and then covered with a layer of fine particles. By etching that layer of fine particles after that, an unevenness structure, in which roughness curve elements have an average length (RSm) of 150 nm to 800 nm, is formed on the light extraction surface.
US08841218B2	Resist underlayer composition and process of producing integrated circuit devices using same A resist underlayer composition, including a solvent, and an organosilane condensation polymerization product of hydrolyzed products produced from a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 3.
US08841211B2	Methods for forming interconnect structures Methods for forming interconnect structures are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for forming an interconnect on a substrate may include depositing a material atop an upper surface of the substrate and atop one or more surfaces of a feature disposed in the substrate by a first deposition process that deposits the material at a faster rate on the upper surface than on a bottom surface of the feature; depositing the material atop the upper surface of the substrate and atop one or more surfaces of the feature by a second deposition process that deposits the material at a greater rate on the bottom surface of the feature than on the upper surface of the substrate; and heating the deposited material to draw the deposited material towards the bottom surface of the feature to at least partially fill the feature with the deposited material.
US08841208B2	Method of forming vertical electronic fuse interconnect structures including a conductive cap An electronic fuse structure including a first Mx metal comprising a conductive cap, an Mx+1 metal located above the Mx metal, wherein the Mx+1 metal does not comprise a conductive cap, and a via, wherein the via electrically connects the Mx metal to the Mx+1 metal in a vertical orientation.
US08841207B2	Reusable substrates for electronic device fabrication and methods thereof Substrates for electronic device fabrication and methods thereof. A reusable substrate with at least a plurality of grooves for electronic device fabrication includes a substrate body made of one or more substrate materials and including a top planar surface, the top planar surface being divided into a plurality of planer regions by the plurality of grooves, the plurality of grooves including a plurality of bottom planar surfaces. Each of the plurality of grooves includes a bottom planar surface and two side surfaces, the bottom planar surface being selected from the plurality of bottom planar surfaces, the two side surfaces being in contact with the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom planar surface is associated with a groove width from one of the two side surfaces to the other of the two side surfaces, the groove width ranging from 0.1 μm to 5 mm.
US08841188B2	Bulk finFET with controlled fin height and high-K liner A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a material stack on a semiconductor substrate, the material stack including a first dielectric layer on the substrate, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer on the second dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer is a high-k dielectric. Openings are formed through the material stack to expose a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor material is formed in the openings through the material stack. The first dielectric layer is removed selectively to the second dielectric layer and the semiconductor material. A gate structure is formed on a channel portion of the semiconductor material. In some embodiments, the method may provide a plurality of finFET or trigate semiconductor device in which the fin structures of those devices have substantially the same height.
US08841185B2	High density bulk fin capacitor A high density bulk fin capacitor is disclosed. Fin capacitors are formed near finFETs by further etching the fin capacitors to provide more surface area, resulting in increased capacitance density. Embodiments of the present invention include depletion-mode varactors and inversion-mode varactors.
US08841178B1	Strained silicon nFET and silicon germanium pFET on same wafer Various embodiments form silicon and silicon germanium fins on a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment a semiconductor wafer is obtained. The semiconductor wafer comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer, and a semiconductor layer including silicon germanium (SiGe). At least one SiGe fin is formed from at least a first SiGe region of the semiconductor layer in at least one PFET region of the semiconductor wafer. Strained silicon is epitaxially grown on at least a second SiGe region of the semiconductor layer. At least one strained silicon fin is formed from the strained silicon in at least one NFET region of the semiconductor wafer.
US08841160B2	Methods for producing chalcopyrite compound thin films for solar cells using multi-stage paste coating Disclosed are methods for producing chalcopyrite compound (e.g., copper indium selenide (CIS), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), copper indium sulfide (CIS) or copper indium gallium sulfide (CIGS)) thin films. The methods are based on solution processes, such as printing, particularly, multi-stage coating of pastes or inks of precursors having different physical properties. Chalcopyrite compound thin films produced by the methods can be used as light-absorbing layers for thin-film solar cells. The use of the chalcopyrite compound thin films enables the fabrication of thin-film solar cells with improved efficiency at low costs.
US08841158B2	Solid-state image pick-up device and manufacturing method thereof, image-pickup apparatus, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor substrate A solid-state image pick-up device is provided which includes a semiconductor substrate main body which has an element forming layer and a gettering layer provided on an upper layer thereof; photoelectric conversion elements, each of which includes a first conductive type region, provided in the element forming layer; and a dielectric film which is provided on an upper layer of the gettering layer and which induces a second conductive type region in a surface of the gettering layer.
US08841154B2	Method of manufacturing field effect type compound semiconductor device Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a field effect type compound semiconductor device in which leakage current of a device is decreased and breakdown voltage is enhanced. The method of manufacturing a field effect type compound semiconductor device includes: stacking an active layer and an ohmic layer on a substrate and forming a first oxide layer on the ohmic layer; forming a mesa region in predetermined regions of the first oxide layer, the ohmic layer, and the active layer; planarizing the mesa region after forming a nitride layer by evaporating a nitride on the mesa region; forming an ohmic electrode on the first oxide layer; forming a minute gate resist pattern after forming a second oxide layer on a semiconductor substrate in which the ohmic electrode is formed and forming a minute gate pattern having a under-cut shaped profile by dry-etching the first oxide layer, the nitride layer, and the second oxide layer; forming a gate recess region by forming a head pattern of a gamma gate electrode on the semiconductor substrate; and forming the gamma gate electrode by evaporating refractory metal on the semiconductor substrate in which the gate recess region is formed.
US08841150B2	Array substrate for flexible display device and method of manufacturing the array substrate In an aspect, an array substrate for a flexible display device and a method of manufacturing the array substrate, the method including operations of arranging at least one lower protective film on which a plurality of display units that are covered by thin-film encapsulation (TFE) units are arrayed; performing half cutting and full cutting on the at least one lower protective film; and completing the manufacture of each of the plurality of display units by removing remaining parts on the at least one lower protective film from the half cutting and full cutting is provided.
US08841140B2	Technique for forming a passivation layer without a terminal metal By determining at least one surface characteristic of a passivation layer stack used for forming a bump structure, the situation after the deposition and patterning of a terminal metal layer stack may be “simulated,” thereby providing the potential for using well-established bump manufacturing techniques while nevertheless significantly reducing process complexity by omitting the deposition and patterning of the terminal metal layer stack.
US08841136B2	Levetiracetam immunoassays Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed directed at levetiracetam derivatives, immunogens, signal generating moieties, antibodies that bind levetiracetam and immunoassays for detection of levetiracetam.
US08841135B2	Biochip for high-throughput screening of circulating tumor cells Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to the use of effusive filtration to segregate tumor cells from a sample of bodily fluid. In one embodiment, fluid containing a cell is flowed down a channel having a filtration medium present along at least one side wall. The tumor cell is captured when the fluid passes through the filtration medium. Accumulated pressure on the captured tumor cell is reduced by allowing the fluid that has passed through the filtration medium to re-enter the channel. In a particular embodiment, the filtration medium may comprise side wall apertures having a width smaller than that of the cell, with downstream apertures allowing re-entry of the fluid into the channel.
US08841134B2	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer detection with nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo applications A combination of nanoparticles is disclosed comprised of amine functionalized polyethylene glycol in which one particle with a fluorescent donor dye having one wavelength excitation maximum and at least one additional particle with a second fluorescent dye having a second, higher wavelength excitation maximum, the particles having the same or different biomolecule targeting moieties bound to their external surfaces.
US08841117B2	Hematological analyzer, method for analyzing body fluid and computer program product A hematological analyzer for measuring blood, sets a body fluid measurement mode; receives a measurement start instruction; irradiates a measurement sample with light and obtains optical information from cells contained in the measurement sample; and classifies at least white blood cells and nucleated cells other than white blood cells contained in the measurement sample, and counts the white blood cells and nucleated cells other than white blood cells based on the optical information obtained from the cells in the measurement sample prepared from a body fluid sample and white blood cell measuring reagent when the body fluid measurement mode has been set and the measurement start instruction has been selected, is disclosed. A method for analyzing body fluid and a computer program product are also disclosed.
US08841114B2	Genetically modified organism for the production of lipids The invention provides an isolated genetically modified non-mammalian organism, wherein the activity of acyl-CoA: sterol acyltransferase/sterol O-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.26) and/or diacylglycerol acyltransferase/diacylglycerol O-acyltranferase (EC 2.3.1.20) and/or lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase/phospholipid: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.158) and/or acyl CoA-wax alcohol acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.75) is reduced or abolished in comparison with a corresponding wildtype organism, methods of use of such an organism, shuttle vehicles for making such an organism and methods for producing such an organism.
US08841107B2	Hybrid alpha-amylases Hybrid alpha-amylases are provided that share a conserved 3D structure in whole or in part with a wild-type Termamyl-like ?-amylase, e.g., a Bacillus amylase. In the hybrid, an N terminal portion of a Termamyl-like ?-amylase is replaced with sequences from an archae ? amylase. The sequence similarity between the two amylase sequences may be less than 60%. Conserving the wild-type 3D structure in the hybrid facilitates obtaining enzymatically active amylases. In one embodiment, one or both amylase sequences contribute residues to the B domain, resulting in particularly advantageous properties. For instance, replacement of the Ca2+ binding site in the B domain of the Termamyl-like ?-amylase with a B domain sequence of an archae ? amylase that does not bind Ca2+ can produce a hybrid that is fully active in the absence of Ca2+.
US08841099B2	Cell-based production of nonulosonates The present invention relates to the cell-based production of bacterial nonulosonates and their biosynthetic precursors. Specifically, the present invention provides recombinant cells for the production of pseudaminic acid, legionaminic acid, UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-β-L-altropyranose, and UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-α-D-glucopyranose. Methods for producing the sugars are also provided.
US08841098B2	Enzymes useful for peracid production Acetyl xylan esterases and variants thereof having perhydrolytic activity are provided for producing peroxycarboxylic acids from carboxylic acid esters and a source of peroxygen. Multi-component peracid generation systems comprising an enzyme catalyst having perhydrolytic activity are also provided, as are methods of using the present enzyme catalyst to produce peroxycarboxylic acids. The polypeptide having perhydrolytic activity may be used to produce peroxycarboxylic acids suitable for use in a variety of applications such as cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, bleaching, wood pulp processing, paper pulp processing, and personal care applications.
US08841097B2	Process for producing unsaturated fatty acid-containing oils An edible oil obtained by culturing a microorganism belong to the genus Mortierella subgenus Mortierella in a medium containing a nitrogen source derived from soybean is discussed. The oils obtained have a low 24,25-methylenecholest-5-en-3β-ol content.
US08841077B2	Biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and methods using the same The present invention provides various biomarkers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The present invention also provides various methods of using the biomarkers, including methods for diagnosis of ALS, methods of determining predisposition to ALS, methods of monitoring progression/regression of ALS, methods of assessing efficacy of compositions for treating ALS, methods of screening compositions for activity in modulating biomarkers of ALS, methods of treating ALS, as well as other methods based on biomarkers of ALS.
US08841076B2	Systems and methods for conducting animal studies This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The methods and devices are particularly useful for providing point-of-care testing for a variety of medical applications.
US08841072B2	Methods and compositions for detection and analysis of polynucleotides using light harvesting multichromophores Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for assaying a sample for a target polynucleotide are provided. A sample suspected of containing the target polynucleotide is contacted with a polycationic multichromophore and a sensor polynucleotide complementary to the target polynucleotide. The sensor polynucleotide comprises a signaling chromophore to receive energy from the excited multichromophore and increase emission in the presence of the target polynucleotide. The methods can be used in multiplex form. Kits comprising reagents for performing such methods are also provided.
US08841063B2	Illumination sources and subjects having distinctly matched and mismatched narrow spectral bands A light source is configured to emit a narrow peak at a discrete spectral band, especially at a primary color wavelength. The light source can have a plurality of narrow peaks to simulate the effect of a broadband light source. A subject is provided with a pigment, such as certain rare earth lanthanides, with a strong absorption peak at a corresponding narrow spectral band. The pigment has a nominal color when illuminated by a true broadband light (e.g., sunlight) that does not have a narrow peak at the discrete spectral band, and has a different color when illuminated by the light source that has a narrow peak. This color shift can be used for security authentication, information and decorative applications.
US08841054B2	Image-forming method, magnetic toner, and process unit An image-forming method is provided which can provide stable image density irrespective of use environments and does not cause image defects such as fogging, tailing, or transfer voids, even when being applied to a developing sleeve with a reduced diameter. In the image-forming method, a latent image bearing member and a toner bearing member bearing a magnetic toner on its surface and having inside a unit for generating a magnetic field are placed with a predetermined interval, and an alternating field is applied between the latent image bearing member and the toner bearing member, and an electrostatic latent image borne by the latent image bearing member is developed with the magnetic toner. The toner bearing member has a specific diameter, and the magnetic toner has a specific circularity and a specific compressibility. The total energy of the toner measured with a powder flowability measuring apparatus satisfies a specific value.
US08841049B2	Electron beam data storage system and method for high volume manufacturing The present disclosure provides for many different embodiments of a charged particle beam data storage system and method. In an example, a method includes dividing a design layout into a plurality of units; creating a lookup table that maps each of the plurality of units to its position within the design layout and a data set, wherein the lookup table associates any repeating units in the plurality of units to a same data set; and exposing an energy sensitive layer to a charged particle beam based on the lookup table.
US08841037B2	Fuel cell system with burner Fuel cell system with at least one burner that is arranged directly at a fuel cell, shaped at/on it, or in which a burner (7) is a separate element of a fuel cell system with more than one fuel cell (8) and this burner possesses the structure of a fuel cell or of a sealing element (5) of a fuel cell.
US08841033B2	Ceramic material and preparation method therefor The present invention provides a ceramic material capable of demonstrating compactness and Li ion conductivity to an extent that enables the use of the ceramic material as a solid-state electrolyte material for a lithium secondary battery, or the like. A ceramic material containing Li, La, Zr, Nb and/or Ta, as well as O and having a garnet-type or garnet-like crystal structure is used.
US08841031B2	Surface-treated microporous membrane and electrochemical device prepared thereby Disclosed is a porous film comprising: (a) a porous substrate having pores; and (b) a coating layer formed on at least one region selected from the group consisting of a surface of the substrate and a part of the pores present in the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises styrene-butadiene rubber. An electrochemical device using the porous film as a separator is also disclosed. The porous film is coated with a styrene-butadiene polymer, whose rubbery characteristics can be controlled, and thus provides improved scratch resistance and adhesion to other substrates. When the porous film is used as a separator for an electrochemical device, it is possible to improve the safety of the electrochemical device and to prevent degradation in the quality of the electrochemical device.
US08841030B2	Microstructured electrode structures A structure for use in an energy storage device, the structure comprising a backbone system extending generally perpendicularly from a reference plane, and a population of microstructured anodically active material layers supported by the lateral surfaces of the backbones, each of the microstructured anodically active material layers having a void volume fraction of at least 0.1 and a thickness of at least 1 micrometer.
US08841027B2	Power storage device A power storage device with favorable battery characteristics and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The power storage device includes at least a positive electrode and a negative electrode provided so as to face the positive electrode with an electrolyte provided therebetween. The positive electrode includes a collector and a film containing an active material over the collector. The film containing the active material contains LieFefPgOh satisfying relations 3.5≦h/g≦4.5, 0.6≦g/f≦1.1, and 0≦e/f≦1.3 and LiaFebPcOd satisfying relations 3.5≦d/c≦4.5, 0.6≦c/b≦1.8, and 0.7≦a/b≦2.8. The film containing the active material contains the LiaFebPcOd satisfying the relations 3.5≦d/c≦4.5, 0.6≦c/b≦1.8, and 0.7≦a/b≦2.8 in a region which is in contact with the electrolyte.
US08841025B2	Positive electrode with heteropoly and phosphorous additives and nonaqueous electrolyte battery A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a collector, and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material, and also includes a heteropoly acid and/or heteropoly acid compound and phosphorous acid as additives.
US08841020B2	Electrochemical cell with a direct connection between a feedthrough pin and an electrode stack A battery comprises a battery case forming a substantially sealed enclosure and an electrode stack within the enclosure. The electrode stack includes a first set of electrode elements and a second set of electrode elements. The electrode elements in the second set alternate with the electrode elements in the first set within the electrode stack. A conductive tab extends from each of the electrode elements in the first and second sets, wherein each of the conductive tabs in the first set forms an aperture, wherein the apertures are coincident with each other. The battery further comprises a feedthrough including a feedthrough pin extending through the battery case and through each of the coincident apertures, wherein the feedthrough pin serves as a positive terminal for the battery.
US08841018B2	Battery pack The purpose of the present invention is to provide simpler and more reliable electrical wiring than a lead wire. A battery pack includes at least one rechargeable secondary battery (1), a battery holder (70) for housing the secondary battery (1) in a predetermined position, a pack circuit board (74) having a mounted electronic circuit for monitoring the secondary battery (1), and an electrical connection wire (85) for electrically wiring the pack circuit board (74). Here, the electrical connection wire (85) is a bent metal wire. Because wiring is realized using metal wire, and the metal connection is secured after the wiring has been completed, movement and deformation due to vibrations and other factors, such as that which occurs in the case of conventional lead wires, are avoided, and reliability can be improved. Because the present invention has the simple configuration of a bent metal wire, manufacturing can be simplified, manufacturing costs can be reduced, and components requiring insulation to improve reliability can be reduced, thereby lowering material costs.
US08841017B2	Cell tab and interconnect assembly for a battery pack A battery pack for a vehicle has battery cells with foil cell tabs that are welded to an interconnect. Nickel plated copper is bonded to aluminum for either a first set of the battery cells, a second set of the battery cells or for the interconnect. Similar materials are then adjacent to each other at the weld locations between the foil cell tabs and the interconnect to avoid welding of dissimilar metals.
US08841012B2	Battery shock absorber for a portable medical device A device for delivering fluid to a user includes a housing, a drive motor assembly in the housing, other internal components in the housing, and a keypad external to the housing. The device includes a number of features and elements that enhance its operation, manufacturability, reliability, and user-friendliness. These features and elements include a shock absorbing element for a battery of the device, a keypad actuator layer that overlies a keypad assembly and forms a water resistant seal with the housing, and an offset element for a piezoelectric speaker that is located inside the housing.
US08841011B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery includes a bare cell having a can, a cap plate on the can, and an electrode terminal protruding from the cap plate; a protection circuit module on the bare cell, the protection circuit module including a circuit board; a temperature sensitive device coupled to the circuit board; and a first lead plate electrically coupled to the circuit board and to the electrode terminal.
US08841010B2	Secondary battery pack and PTC element having excellent production process property Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, an insulative mounting member having openings through which electrode terminals of the battery cell are exposed outward, the insulative mounting member being constructed in a structure in which connection members and a protection circuit board are loaded on the top of the insulative mounting member, the insulative mounting member being mounted to the top of the battery cell, and an insulative cap coupled to an upper end of the battery cell for covering the insulative mounting member in a state in which the connection members and the protection circuit board are loaded on the insulative mounting member, wherein the insulative mounting member is provided at an upper part thereof with at least one coupling groove, the connection members and the protection circuit board are provided with through-holes communicating with the coupling groove, and a predetermined mechanical fastening member is inserted into the coupling groove through the through-holes, thereby achieving the coupling of the connection members and the protection circuit board to the insulative mounting member.
US08841008B2	Lubricant for heat assisted magnetic recording Compositions for use in lubricating thin film storage media are provided, as well as storage media formed using the compositions, the compositions including one or more central cores having a cyclic group, and a plurality of arms extending from the central cores, wherein each arm comprises phenol or piperonyl. Methods of preparing the compositions are also provided. Methods of preparing storage media that incorporate the compositions therein are further provided.
US08841007B2	Data media with tuned thermal conductivity and magnetic permeability Various magnetic stack embodiments may be constructed with a soft magnetic underlayer (SUL) having a first thickness disposed between a substrate and a magnetic recording layer. A heatsink may have a second thickness and be disposed between the SUL and the magnetic recording layer. The first and second thicknesses may each be tuned to provide predetermined thermal conductivity and magnetic permeability throughout the data media.
US08841005B2	Articles having improved resistance to thermal cracking An article includes a working portion including cemented carbide, and a heat sink portion in thermal communication with the working portion. The heat sink portion includes a heat sink material having a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the cemented carbide. Also disclosed are methods of making an article including a working portion comprising cemented carbide, and a heat sink portion in thermal communication with the working portion and including a heat sink material having a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the cemented carbide. The heat sink portion conducts heat from the working portion.
US08841004B2	Binaphthyl compound and organic light emitting element using the same The present invention provides a novel binaphthyl compound and an organic light emitting element having a good light emitting efficiency and a high durability at a low driving voltage. An organic light emitting element including an anode and a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, wherein one of the anode and the cathode is transparent or semi-transparent, and the layer including an organic compound includes at least one binaphthyl compound represented by the following general formula [I]:
US08840999B2	Silicone composition and a method for preparing the same A silicone composition comprises (a) a curable silicone resin, (b) an inorganic particle having a polymeric surface coating formed thereon, and (c) a cross-linking compound. The (a) curable silicone resin comprises units having a functional group R1 selected from an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and hydrogen. The polymeric surface coating comprises an organopolysiloxane. The organopolysiloxane comprises units selected from R23SiO1/2, R22SiO2/2, R2SiO3/2, and combinations thereof. R2 is selected from an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, hydrogen, and combinations thereof, and R1 equals R2. The (c) cross-linking compound is reactive with at least one of (a) and the polymeric surface coating.
US08840996B2	Processes for making polyolefin nanocomposites A process for making a silica-polyolefin composite. The process has the steps of (a) reacting silica particles and an alkyl halosilane in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst to form silane-functionalized silica particles and (b) reacting the silane-functionalized silica particles with a vinyl-terminated polyolefin. There are other processes for making a silica-polyolefin composites. There are other processes for making metal phosphate-polyolefin composites.
US08840993B2	Curable polysiloxane coating composition A curable composition comprises (a) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydroxysilyl moieties; (b) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydrosilyl moieties; and (c) at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes, and combinations thereof; wherein at least one of the components (a) and (b) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.
US08840984B1	Pressure sensitive adhesive label for wet irregular surfaces The present invention relates to improved self-adhesive labels which are suitable far use in adhering to wet surfaces or wet irregularly shaped surfaces such as that found on fruits and vegetables. The self-adhesive label is made of a water absorbent backing layer having opposing sides and a rubber-based pressure sensitive adhesive applied on one side of the backing layer. The adhesive is discontinuously coated as a pattern onto the backing layer to provide areas of the adhesive interspersed with areas which are free of adhesive.
US08840983B2	Systems and methods for creating optical effects on media Methods and systems for optical effects in pigments, inks, and on media. One aspect of this disclosure involves a pigment particle which includes a core, having a fluorescent material and having a spherical shape, and a shell surrounding the core; the shell includes a photochromic material which has a first optical property in a first light source and a second optical property in a second light source which includes a set of wavelengths not sufficiently present in the first light source. The second optical property attenuates an emitted radiation from the fluorescent material. Other aspects are also described.
US08840975B2	Recording medium A recording medium includes a base and an ink-receiving layer. The ink-receiving layer includes inorganic particles, a binder, poly(diallyldimethylamine hydrochloride), a cationic polymer having a sulfonyl group, and a polyvalent metal.
US08840968B2	Method of controlling surface defects in metal-coated strip A method of controlling “rough coating” and “pinhole-uncoated” surface defects on a steel strip coated with a aluminum-zinc-silicon alloy. The alloy has 50-60% wt Al, 37-46% wt Zn and 1.2-2.3% wt Si. The method includes heat treating the steel strip in a heat treatment furnace and thereafter hot-dip coating the strip in a molten bath and thereby forming a coating of the alloy on the steel strip. The method is characterized by controlling the concentration of (i) strontium or (ii) calcium or (iii) strontium and calcium in the molten bath to be at least 2 ppm.
US08840964B2	Composition for oil- and/or water-repellent finishing of fiber materials Described are 8 aqueous compositions useful for treating textile materials to impart oil- and/or water-repellent properties thereto. The compositions contain inter alia polymers containing perfluoroalkyl groups (RF groups), wherein 55 to 100% of the RF groups contain 6 carbon atoms.
US08840957B2	Process for hydrophobically coating a pipette tip A process for hydrophobically coating a pipette tip by wetting at least regions of the inside of the pipette tip with a wetting solution, the process including: providing a holding cavity other than the pipette tip on a pipette device, immersing the holding cavity in the wetting solution, aspirating wetting solution into the holding cavity, connecting the pipette tip to the holding cavity, dispensing the aspirated wetting solution from the holding cavity through the pipette tip so as to rinse a pipetting fluid holding chamber portion inside the pipette tip, and evaporating solvent contained in the wetting solution.
US08840956B2	Retroreflective coating and method for applying a retroreflective coating on a structure A quantity of retroreflective granules includes glass members each having a refractive index of at least about 1.5. The quantity of retroreflective granules can be partially embedded into a binder material applied on the surface of a structure to provide a visual aid. A structure includes a retroreflective surface having an inclined face defined on at least a portion of the structure. The retroreflective surface also includes a binder material applied to at least a portion of the inclined face of the structure. The binder material has a thickness dimension of at least about 10 mil. The retroreflective surface further includes a plurality of retroreflective granules partially embedded in the binder material. The plurality of retroreflective granules have a density of at least about 0.06 pounds/square foot as embedded in the binder material. Each retroreflective granule includes a glass member having a refractive index of at least about 1.5.
US08840950B2	Compositions of nutrition supplementation for nutritional deficiencies and method of use therefore A nutritional supplement composition for treating nutritional deficiencies caused by a medical condition in subjects is disclosed. The present application further discloses a method of using a nutritional supplements composition for treating a subject with complications resulting from sickle cell anemia. The method comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of the nutritional supplement.
US08840938B2	Bioavailability enhancing composition For enhancing bioavailability, a composition is administered comprising a Transient Receptor Potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) agonist with a combined Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) milligram (mg) dose in the range of 280,000 to 400,000 SHU mg.
US08840934B2	Uses of ammonium chloride A method to treat a condition in a patient comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a NH4Cl dosage form, a method for stimulating endogenous interferon production, and related methods, systems and dosage form housings.
US08840933B2	Method of treating neuronal injury by administering magnesium chloride and PEG The invention provides methods and kits for treatment of pain or inflammation. In one embodiment, the kit comprises a biomembrane sealing agent, such as PEG, and a bioactive agent, such as a magnesium compound. The biomembrane sealing agent and/or the bioactive agent an intravenous administration, an intramuscular administration, an intrathecal administration, a subcutaneous administration, an epidural administration, a parenteral administration, an intra-articular administration, a direct application onto or adjacent to a site of the pathological condition, and any combinations thereof. Alternatively, the biomembrane sealing agent and/or the bioactive agent may be delivered from a pump or an implant.
US08840930B2	Pharmaceutical composition for inhalation The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inhalation. The invention is further directed to a method for setting the performance characteristics of such a pharmaceutical composition and the use of such a composition in the treatment of asthma, COPD, allergies, infectious diseases and diseases of the cardiovascular system.
US08840924B2	Compositions and methods of making rapidly dissolving ionically masked formulations The present invention includes compositions and methods for reduce the taste of the drug in the drug resin complex. The composition may include one or more drug-resin complexes and a highly compressible, free-flowing pharmaceutical excipient. The resin is present in an amount effective to reduce the taste of the drug in the drug resin complex relative to an otherwise identical pharmaceutical composition without the resin; and wherein the highly compressible, free-flowing pharmaceutical excipient causes release of the drug-resin complex in the mouth.
US08840922B2	Transdermally absorbable donepezil-containing preparation Provided is a donepezil-containing transdermal absorption formulation that can sustainably administer donepezil for a long period of time, and can provide both a rapid increase in the blood level of donepezil and donepezil sustained release properties. The donepezil-containing transdermal absorption formulation is a transdermal absorption formulation produced by dissolving donepezil, which is the active ingredient, in an adhesive patch base that contains a hydrophobic polymer and an absorption promoter. The absorption promoter is one kind or two or more kinds selected from lauryl alcohol, triethyl citrate, isopropyl myristate, cetyl lactate, oleyl alcohol, sorbitan monooleate, polyethylene glycol monostearate, lauromacrogol, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and triacetin.
US08840920B2	Composite structure including a low vinyl acetate layer A composite structure suitable for making transdermal delivery devices includes in sequence: (a) a liner film layer; (b) a containment layer having from zero to 15 wt % content of vinyl acetate repeating units, the layer including either a thermal bonding copolyester resin or a combination of an ethylene-vinyl acetate component and a nonpolar polymer; and (c) a polyester film layer less than 20 μm in thickness. A drug layer lies either between the liner film layer and the containment layer or within a concave depression in the containment layer.A composition including an ethylene-vinyl acetate component and an ABA block copolymer, wherein the A segments of the block copolymer are styrenic segments, is also provided. The composition includes between 1 and 15 wt % of vinyl acetate repeating units, based on the total weight of composition exclusive of any solvents.
US08840915B2	Pharmaceutical compositions for sustained release delivery of peptides The present invention provides methods of forming a solid, biodegradable implant in-situ in a body by administering a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a biocompatible, water-insoluble, biodegradable polymer and an effective amount of a therapeutic peptide covalently modified with one or more lipophilic or amphiphilic moieties, which are dissolved or dispersed in a biocompatible, water-soluble organic solvent. This invention also provides related compositions and methods.
US08840911B2	Moisturizing hand sanitizer The present disclosure generally relates to moisturizing hand sanitizers including alcohols that are effective in killing microorganisms while providing a moisturizing benefit to the user's skin. More particularly, the alcohol-based hand sanitizers include a high internal phase emulsion which allows moisturizers or skin protectants such as emollients and/or silicones to be stably incorporated into the sanitizer.
US08840900B2	Chimeric bacteriophage lysin with activity against Staphylococci bacteria The present disclosure relates to chimeric bacteriophage lysins useful for the identification and/or reduction of staphylococcal populations. For example, a chimeric bacteriophage lysin was engineered and shown to effectively kill all strains of staphylococci tested including antibiotic resistant methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA).
US08840893B2	Methods for treating conditions associated with MASP-2 dependent complement activation In one aspect, the invention provides methods of inhibiting the effects of MASP-2-dependent complement activation in a living subject. The methods comprise the step of administering, to a subject in need thereof, an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-2-dependent complement activation. In some embodiments, the MASP-2 inhibitory agent inhibits cellular injury associated with MASP-2-mediated alternative complement pathway activation, while leaving the classical (C1q-dependent) pathway component of the immune system intact. In another aspect, the invention provides compositions for inhibiting the effects of lectin-dependent complement activation, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08840892B2	Method of administering antibiotic therapy for treating intracellular infectious diseases The present invention describes the use of immunomodulators to support the usual treatment against infectious diseases caused by facultative intracellular organisms. Starting from an analysis of the immune response installed in this type of infection, particularly the infection caused by Tuberculosis, a treatment kit is used that associates a soluble betaglycan type immunomodulator, associated with an anti-inflammatory agent of the prostaglandin E blocking type, which, when used together, modulate the immune response, thus permitting a shortening in treatment time with the respective antibiotics.
US08840890B2	Rapid expression cloning of human monoclonal antibodies from memory B cells The present application provides methods for producing human monoclonal antibodies without using hybridoma technology, antibodies produced used the described methods, and methods for using the antibodies to treat or prevent disease conditions (e.g., infection by pathogens such as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
US08840886B2	Method of treating cancer with DLL4 antagonist and chemotherapeutic agent The invention provides methods for treating various types of cancer/tumor by administering the combination of Dll4 antagonists, in particular, Dll4 antibodies and fragments thereof that specifically bind human Dll4, and chemotherapeutic agents. Such combination therapies exhibit synergistic effects compared to the treatment with either agent alone. Thus, the methods of the invention are particularly beneficial for cancer patients who have low tolerance to the side effects caused by high dosages required for the treatment by either agent alone, by being able to reduce effective dosages. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing Dll4 antagonists and chemotherapeutic agents are also provided.
US08840879B2	Conjugates of hydroxyalkyl starch and a protein Conjugates of hydroxyalkyl starch and a protein are provided herein. The conjugates are formed by a covalent linkage between the hydroxyalkyl starch or a derivative of the hydroxyalkyl starch and the protein. Methods of producing the conjugates and the use of the conjugates also are provided herein.
US08840878B2	Peptidomimetic sulfamide compounds and antiviral uses thereof The present application describes organic compounds that are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of human diseases.
US08840877B2	Polysaccharide-protein conjugates reversibly coupled via imine bonds Method for preparing an oxidized polysaccharide-protein composition, by (a) oxidizing a polysaccharide with an oxidizing agent to form an oxidized polysaccharide where less than 20% of the oxidized units are comprised of alpha-hydroxy aldehyde units, (b) reacting the oxidized polysaccharide with a protein to form a composition comprising an oxidized polysaccharide-protein conjugate, and (c) maintaining the oxidized polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition by placing it in an environment where the temperature is less than 8° C. The oxidized polysaccharide and the protein are conjugated via one or more imine bonds, the oxidized polysaccharide-protein composition is soluble in aqueous solvent, and the composition is capable of releasing the protein.
US08840871B2	Multiphase personal care composition with enhanced deposition A multiphase personal care composition that comprises a structured surfactant phase and an oil continuous benefit phase. The structured surfactant phase comprises from about 5% to about 30% of a mixture of lathering surfactants, a lamellar inducing agent and a cationic polymer. The oil continuous benefit phase comprises a hydrocarbon based benefit material and a low HLB emulsifier. The low HLB emulsifier comprises an unsaturated monoglyceryl ester having from about 14 to about 30 carbon atoms. The oil continuous benefit phase comprises a ratio of said hydrocarbon based benefit materials to said low HLB emulsifier comprising from about 30:1 to about 200:1.
US08840862B2	Apparatus and method for continuous high temperature gas treatment of particulate matter An apparatus for continuous high temperature gas treatment of particulate matter including a starting material supply port (1) through which starting particulate matter is supplied from an upper part of the apparatus; a treatment, gas supply port (2) through which a treating gas is supplied; a product discharge port (3) through which a product after treatment is discharged from a lower part of the apparatus; a treatment chamber (4) in which the particulate matter is treated with the treatment gas; a gas-solid separation chamber (5) provided in fluid communication with an upper part of the treatment chamber (4); and a cooling chamber (6) provided in fluid communication with a lower part of the treatment chamber (4). A heater (7) is provided on the outer periphery of the upper part of the treatment chamber (4), and a cooler (8) is provided on the outer periphery of the cooling chamber (6).
US08840861B2	Crucible for photovoltaics A method for producing a workpiece comprising a layer of an additive-free silicon nitride includes providing a base body of the workpiece. A layer of a slip comprising a silicon powder is applied to an inside of the base body so as to obtain a coated base body. The coated base body is subjected to a reactive firing under nitrogen so as to convert the silicon powder to the additive-free silicon nitride.
US08840860B2	Contamination free compression of corrosive gas A process for the synthesis of a high purity corrosive gas generated by decomposition of a precursor solid at high temperature deploys a dry vacuum pump and a compressor in series so that the corrosive gas is pressured as it fills storage containers.
US08840857B1	Heterocyclic semiconductor precursor compounds, compositions containing the same, and methods of making such compounds and compositions Heterocyclosilane compounds and methods for making the same. Such compounds (and/or ink compositions containing the same) are useful for printing or spin coating a doped silane film onto a substrate that can easily be converted into a doped amorphous silicon film (that may also be hydrogenated to some extent) or doped polycrystalline semiconductor film suitable for electronic devices. Thus, the present invention advantageously provides commercial qualities and quantities of doped semiconductor films from a “doped liquid silicon” composition.
US08840854B2	Apparatus for producing diesel An apparatus is disclosed for hydrocracking hydrocarbon feed in a hydrocracking unit and hydrotreating a diesel product from the hydrocracking unit in a hydrotreating unit. The hydrocracking unit and the hydrotreating unit shares the same recycle gas compressor. A warm separator separates recycle gas and hydrocarbons from diesel in the hydrotreating effluent, so fraction of the diesel is relatively simple. The warm separator also keeps the diesel product separate from the more sulfurous diesel in the hydrocracking effluent, and still retains heat needed for fractionation of lighter components from the low sulfur diesel product.
US08840847B2	Sterilant system A two-part sterilant system comprises: (a) a first part comprising a first reagent in an aqueous medium having a first foam promoter dissolved therein and contained in a first dispenser whereby it may be dispensed as a first foam; and (b) a second part which comprises a second reagent in an aqueous medium having a second foam promoter dissolved therein and contained in a second dispenser whereby it may be dispensed as a second foam; wherein the first reagent and the second reagent will react to provide a sterilizing composition when the first foam is mixed with the second foam.
US08840840B2	Illumination apparatus and methods for a biological growth plate scanner Illumination apparatus for illuminating growth plates in a biological growth plate (122) scanner are described herein, the apparatus including one or more illumination modules (140) for illuminating the front surface of the biological growth plate located (122) on a plate support surface (120) in the scanner. The illumination modules may include a plurality of light emitters (142), a homogenization cavity (141), an extraction element and a concentration element to (144), e.g., improve uniformity in the illumination delivered to the biological growth plate (122).
US08840838B2	Centrifuge configurations Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample.
US08840830B2	Method of molding There is provided a method of molding which is capable of more highly precisely molding a molded article to be molded such as a lens than conventional technologies.A molded article such as a lens array and a mold for nanoimprinting is molded by repeating multiple times a transfer step including: a transformation step of bringing a light curable composition containing a compound having a polymerizable functional group and a polymerization initiator into contact with a transfer member 62 on which a transfer shape portion shaped equally to or reversely to an aspherical lens portion 312 is formed to transform the light curable composition to the transfer shape of the transfer member 62; a curing step of irradiating at least a transformed portion of the transformed light curable composition with light by a light irradiation unit 60 to cure the light curable composition; and a separation step of separating the cured light curable composition and the transfer member.
US08840828B2	Hot drape forming by means of a stiffness controlled vacuum bag An apparatus and a method of conforming a blank onto forming surface sections of a forming tool by drawing a first vacuum against an elastic forming medium for transmitting forming forces from the elastic forming medium to the blank. The elastic forming medium is evacuated with the first vacuum for allowing the elastic forming medium to stretch and conform the blank to the forming surface sections. The elastic forming medium includes at least one void. A second vacuum is applied to the void for achieving a stiffened section of the elastic forming medium corresponding with the location of the void and corresponding with, when the elastic forming medium after the completion lies against the forming tool having the blank in between, a forming surface section of the forming tool where the blank requires a forming force being larger than that of surrounding sections of the elastic forming medium.
US08840826B2	Method of making multilayer container This invention relates to a method of making a multilayer container which comprises: a primary stretching and heat-setting process wherein a multilayer sheet comprising a A-PET layer, a functional resin layer and a sealant layer, is heated, primarily stretched and then primarily heat-set, and a secondary stretching and heat-setting process wherein the multilayer sheet treated in the primary stretching and heat-setting process is molded with heating by a mold of a thermoforming machine while secondary stretching is performed, followed by secondary heat-setting in the same mold.
US08840821B2	Method of manufacturing molded article including component insert-molded in resin mixed with solid powder The exemplary embodiment provides a method of manufacturing a molded article including a component insert-molded in a molding material mixed with solid powder. The method includes an injecting step of injecting the molding material and the solid powder into a molding die, an agitating step of agitating the molding material and the solid powder within the molding die to disperse the solid powder in the molding material, and an embedding step of pressing and embedding the component into the agitated mixture of the molding material and the solid powder while vibrating at least one of the component and the molding die.
US08840812B2	Conductive polymer solution, conductive coating film, and input device The conductive polymer solution of the present invention contains a π-conjugated conductive polymer, polyanions and a solvent, at least one of specific metal ions, silver halide, conductive carbon black and conductive metal oxide particles, and a reducing agent and/or neutralizing agent as necessary. The conductive polymer solution of the present invention can be used a conductive coating film having both superior transparency and being suitable for use a transparent electrode of a touch panel electrode sheet. In addition, the conductive coating film of the present invention has superior transparency that enables it to be used as a transparent electrode of a touch panel electrode sheet.
US08840809B2	Solution-based synthesis of CsSnI3 thin films This invention discloses a solution-based synthesis of cesium tin tri-iodide (CsSnI3) film. More specifically, the invention is directed to a solution-based spray-coating synthesis of cesium tin tri-iodide (CsSnI3) thin films. This invention is also directed to effective and inexpensive methods to synthesize the thin CsSnI3 films on large-area substrates such as glass, ceramics, glass, ceramic, silicon, and metal foils. CsSnI3 films are ideally suited for a wide range of applications such as light emitting and photovoltaic devices.
US08840805B2	Solutions of lithium aluminum hydride The invention relates to a solution of lithium aluminum hydride in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran or a solvent mixture containing 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, a method for producing said solution and use of the same.
US08840800B2	Magnetic material, method for producing magnetic material, and inductor element A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide.
US08840790B2	Systems and methods of controlling fouling during a filtration procedure Systems and methods of controlling fouling during a filtration procedure are described. A plasmapheresis method includes accepting a selection of a plasma flow rate and predicting an estimated procedure end time based at least partially on a plasma collection target volume. The method also includes flowing blood past a membrane and changing a plasma flow rate until the selected plasma flow rate through the membrane is achieved. The method also includes determining an acceptable rate of pressure change with time for respective times to the estimated procedure end time, the acceptable fouling rate limit being associated with a system pressure and adjusting the plasma flow rate based on the determined acceptable rate of pressure change with time.
US08840782B2	Apparatus and method for the treatment of biosolids Biosolids in the nature of sewage sludge are processed in a controlled environment to produce a dried sludge product of relatively high dry solid content with the elimination of or reduced levels of pathogens. The water containing sewage sludge is dried while cascading within a processing chamber using heated air at a temperature below the ignition or smoldering temperature of the sewage sludge to prevent the formation of embers. The sewage sludge before discharge is retained within the processing chamber for a sufficient time and temperature as mandated by the Environment Protection Agency rules and guidelines.
US08840779B2	Dewaxing catalysts A supported catalyst comprises a zeolite having a silica to alumina molar ratio of 500 or less, a first metal oxide binder having a crystallite size greater than 200 Å and a second metal oxide binder having a crystallite size less than 100 Å, wherein the second metal oxide binder is present in an amount less than 15 wt % of the total weight of the catalyst.
US08840777B2	Process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feed A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and a non-acidic metal-containing catalyst at a temperature of 375° C. to 500° C. to produce a vapor comprising a first hydrocarbon-containing product. The vapor comprising the first hydrocarbon-containing product is separated from the mixture, and, apart from the mixture, the first hydrocarbon-containing product is contacted with hydrogen and a catalyst containing a Column 6 metal at a temperature of 260° C.-425° C. to produce a second hydrocarbon-containing product. The second hydrocarbon-containing product is separated into fractions, one of the fractions being a heavy hydrocarbon fraction comprised of hydrocarbons having a boiling point of at least 343° C. The heavy hydrocarbon fraction is then contacted with a fluidizable cracking catalyst at a temperature of at least 500° C.
US08840754B2	Polar regions for electrostatic de-chucking with lift pins An apparatus for electrostatic chucking and dechucking of a semiconductor wafer includes an electrostatic chuck with a number of zones. Each zone includes one or more polar regions around a lift pin that contacts a bottom surface of the semiconductor wafer. The apparatus also includes one or more controllers that control the lift pins and one or more controllers that control the polar regions. The controller for the lift pins receives data from one or more sensors and uses the data to adjust the upward force of the lift pins. Likewise, the controller for the polar regions receives data from the sensors and uses the data to adjust the voltage in the polar regions.
US08840753B2	Plasma etching unit The present invention is a plasma etching method including: an arranging step of arranging a pair of electrodes oppositely in a chamber and making one of the electrodes support a substrate to be processed in such a manner that the substrate is arranged between the electrodes, the substrate having an organic-material film and an inorganic-material film; and an etching step of applying a high-frequency electric power to at least one of the electrodes to form a high-frequency electric field between the pair of the electrodes, supplying a process gas into the chamber to form a plasma of the process gas by means of the electric field, and selectively plasma-etching the organic-material film of the substrate with respect to the inorganic-material film by means of the plasma; wherein a frequency of the high-frequency electric power applied to the at least one of the electrodes is 50 to 150 MHz in the etching step.
US08840748B2	Method for gluing heat-activated glueable surface elements A method glues a heat-activated glueable surface element to an adhesive substrate which does not conduct electric current, whereby a surface thereof has only a low thermal conductivity. The heat-activated glueable surface element has an electrically conductive layer in addition to a heat-activated adhesive mass. The layer is inductively heated for a short time in an alternating magnetic field at a frequency from a middle frequency range. A high pressure of at least 1 MPa is exerted on the gluing surface simultaneously to the inductive heating, whereby preventing thermal decomposition reactions is possible. Further, a device performs the method and has an induction heater integrated in a press tool.
US08840741B2	Method and apparatus for registered embossing of a laminate Process for providing a laminate product comprising a substrate and a printed film, the process comprising an embossing step synchronized with a decoration of the printed film and carried out continuously, through the passage of the laminate product between an engraved embossing cylinder, and a pressure counter-cylinder; the registration of the engraved cylinder, for keeping the synchronism between embossing and decoration, comprises suitable displacements of the engraved cylinder and is carried out with a temporary separation of the counter-cylinder from the engraved cylinder, or with a reduction in the embossing pressure existing between the engraved cylinder and the counter-cylinder.
US08840734B2	Non-oriented electrical steel sheet A non-oriented electrical steel sheet, containing: C: 0.01 mass % or less; Si: 1.0 mass % or more and 3.5 mass % or less; Al: 0.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less; Mn: 0.1 mass % or more and 2.0 mass % or less; P: 0.1 mass % or less; S: 0.005 mass % or less; Ti: 0.001 mass % or more and 0.01 mass % or less; N: 0.005 mass % or less; and Y: more than 0.05 mass % and 0.2 mass % or less, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities.
US08840723B2	Manufacturing apparatus of polycrystalline silicon An apparatus for manufacturing polycrystalline silicon whereby raw-material gas is supplied to one or more heated silicon seed rods provided vertically in a reactor so as to deposit the polycrystalline silicon on a surface of the silicon seed rod, having a seed rod holding member, made of conductive material, having a holding hole in which a lower end of the silicon seed rod is inserted, the holding hole having a horizontal cross-sectional shape with at least two corners, and the holding member having a screw hole extending from the outer surface of the seed rod holding member to at least the holding hole and formed at the location of at least two corners of the holding hole; and a fixing screw which fixes the silicon seed rod and is threaded through at least one of the screw holes.
US08840718B2	Photocatalytically active polysiloxane coating compositions The invention is a coating composition comprising photocatalytic titanium dioxide particles, an opacifying agent, a silicone compound, de-HNO3 particles, styrene resin hollow microspheres, and a solvent. The combination of a silicone compound and styrene resin hollow microspheres in a depolluting coating composition results in improved opacity and durability compared to conventional coatings.
US08840698B2	Double helix grease filter A fat or grease filter for a ventilator or exhaust hood is provided, and includes a cartridge assembly that is removably attached to a tube assembly. The cartridge assembly includes at least one helix assembly that is received in an associated tube of the tube assembly. The at least one helix assembly located inside the associated tube defines a first helical air path between an inlet located at an upper front side of the tube assembly and a bottom equalizer manifold connected to the associated tube, and a second helical air path between the equalizer manifold and an outlet located at an upper back side of the tube assembly. The equalizer manifold directs the air flow from the first to the second helical air path. Centrifugal force created within the first and second helical air paths causes fatty particles to separate from the airstream and stick inside the tube.
US08840697B2	Disc for a disc stack separator for crankcase breathing system A disc for a disc stack separator for a breathing system of a crankcase space of a combustion engine of a vehicle has an annular conical section and a central part located therein and having a plurality of openings. The conical section is provided on one side with ribs which are curved from the inner periphery of the conical section to the outer circumference of the conical section.
US08840695B2	Shaped abrasive particle and method of forming same A method of forming a mixture including a ceramic material into a sheet, sectioning at least a portion of the sheet using a mechanical object and forming at least one shaped abrasive particle from the sheet, such that the at least one shaped abrasive particle can have a two-dimensional shape as viewed in a plane defined by a length and a width of the shaped abrasive particle selected from the group consisting of polygons, ellipsoids, numerals, Greek alphabet characters, Latin alphabet characters, Russian alphabet characters, complex shapes having a combination of polygonal shapes, and a combination thereof.
US08840690B2	Gasification reactor A gasification reactor including a gasifier with a tubular gastight wall arranged within a pressure vessel. The tubular gastight wall is provided with one or more pressure relief passages sealed by a rupture element. The pressure relief passages can be provided with a cooled section, such as a double walled section confining a coolant channel.
US08840674B2	Distal radioulnar joint implantation method A system and method of implanting a distal wrist implant relative to a host bone is presented. A distal radial component having a body including a first connection portion couplable to a stem is coupled to a second prosthetic coupled to a medial surface of the body. The second prosthetic replaces at least a portion of the sigmoid notch.
US08840670B2	Adjustable mandible joint system The presently disclosed technology is directed towards an adjustable prosthesis for replacing a mandible along with the ramus with a mandibular condyle. The prosthesis articulates to the skull at the temporal bone region. The prosthesis, of embodiments of the disclosed technology, has a horizontal/sagittal (or generally horizontal) and/or vertical (or generally vertical) adjustment screw which is accessible after implantation. In one embodiment, the adjustment screw is accessible by way of using a tool and rotating an adjustment rod. The adjustment rod is accessed via a sub-periosteal intra-oral incision, through points in the oral cavity post-surgical placement. The adjustment rod allows the length of the device, both a horizontal portion and vertical portion, to be adjusted post-placement.
US08840666B2	Two part intersomatic implant A spinal implant includes a hollow body having a pair of lateral braches extending from a leading end to a trailing end of the hollow body. The branches have opposing concave, non-threaded inner surfaces defining an internal space of the hollow body and outer surfaces defining an outer dimension of the hollow body. The hollow body has upper and lower faces extending between leading and trailing ends thereof. At least one of the lateral branches has a first opening extending between the outer and inner surfaces thereof, and a second opening located outside the internal space of the hollow body and extending between the upper and lower faces, the first and second openings being in communication with one another. The implant also includes an anchoring member insertible between the lateral branches and into the internal space of the hollow body, whereby the concave inner surfaces of the lateral branches substantially conform to the outer diameter of the anchoring member.
US08840659B2	Stent and stent-graft designs The present embodiments provide stents and stent-grafts for use in medical procedures. In one embodiment, a stent comprises a series of proximal apices, a series of distal apices, and at least one imaging element. A distal region of the stent, including the series of distal apices and a first suture bore, overlaps with the graft material, while a proximal region of the stent, including the series of proximal apices and at least one barb, is disposed proximally beyond the graft material. In an alternative embodiment, a stent-graft comprises a graft, a first stent and a second stent, in which a series of proximal apices of the first stent are each disposed distal to the proximal end of the graft, and a series of proximal apices of the second stent are each disposed proximally beyond the proximal end of the graft.
US08840656B2	Spring controlled stent delivery system A stent delivery system and a method for releasably constraining a stent and a method of implanting a stent are provided. The stent delivery system includes an elongate shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen extending at least partially therethrough, and a stent receiving portion on the distal portion of the shaft. The stent delivery system also includes a stent positioned at the stent receiving portion of the elongate shaft, the stent having a constrained configuration and an expanded configuration. A first biasing member is operably connected to the shaft and the stent and a second biasing member is operably connected to the shaft and the stent. The first and second biasing members have a first configuration cooperatively applying a longitudinal tensioning force to the stent and a second configuration cooperatively releasing the longitudinal tensioning force on the stent.
US08840648B2	Spinal cage and implanting method thereof A spinal cage is provided to be implanted in an intervertebral disc space. The spinal cage includes a first segment and a second segment movably connected with each other. The first segment is slidable with respect to the second segment, so as to elongate the spinal cage from a retracted state to an extended state.
US08840647B2	Facet augmentation A method for augmenting or replacing a spinal facet (24) includes the steps of providing a first plate (40) and a second plate (50). An elastomeric member (70) is secured between and to the first plate (40) and the second plate (50). The first plate (40) is secured to a first vertebra (20). The second plate (50) is secured to a second vertebra (30) adjacent the first vertebra (20) for mimicking natural articulation between the first and second vertebrae (20, 30).
US08840645B2	Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. A collapsible tube is positioned about the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel and the collapse of the tube to form an anchor.
US08840641B2	Medical device for modification of left atrial appendage and related systems and methods Medical devices, systems and methods for modifying a left atrial appendage (“LAA”). In one embodiment, a medical device system includes a jailing member or structure positioned over the ostium of an LAA and at least one tissue growth member positioned within the LAA and retained within the LAA by the jailing member. In another embodiment, a medical device includes an atrial stent coupled with a patch that is configured to cover the ostium of an LAA. The patch may have a tissue growth member associated therewith. In another embodiment, the patch may include an open-cell frame which may be used as a jailing member or structure.
US08840638B2	Laparoscopic retractor The present invention provides a retractor for use during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
US08840632B2	Devices and methods for cutting tissue Various medical devices and methods for cutting and/or evacuating tissue are provided. The devices and methods may utilize a reciprocating mechanism or motor powered by suction from a vacuum source. The medical devices and methods may be used on tissue in various regions of a patient's body and for treating various conditions, e.g., for performing a polypectomy or discectomy.
US08840627B2	Device for supporting an elongated body and for the controlled translational movement of the same A device for supporting and controlling the translational movement of an elongated body, the body extending along the longitudinal axis thereof in the form of a rod, such as a needle intended for a percutaneous medical procedure. The device is designed to be mounted to a support that can be controlled in terms of position and orientation, and includes: (i) a first member for gripping the body, whose movement can be controlled in the translation direction with a pre-determined maximum stroke; and (ii) a second fixed member which can guide the elongated body when the body is moved by the first mobile gripping member and which can maintain the body in position when the body is not engaged with the first member.
US08840619B2	Dovetail method of allograft transplantation A technique for forming a dovetail shaped groove in bone necessary in allograft transplantation such as the meniscus or the Achilles tendon. The technique uses a single drill guide that is designed to create a dovetail shape in bone. The drill guide is provided with a first opening for receiving one drill sleeve placed in a fixed location, and a second opening having an oblong shape for receiving a second drill sleeve having an offset cannulation. The combination of the two drill sleeves allows the surgeon to place two guide pins and ream over each guide pin resulting in a dovetail shape in the bone.
US08840615B2	Oval tibia guide A guide apparatus having a body having a central axis defined therethrough and a first channel and a second channel formed therethrough, a handle coupled to the body, the handle having a locking mechanism configured to prevent movement of the body relative to the handle in a first direction along the central axis of the body, and an arm coupled to the handle, the arm configured to engage at least a portion of a bone.
US08840603B2	Surgical instrument with wireless communication between control unit and sensor transponders A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a control unit and a staple cartridge including a transponder. The control unit is configured to transmit a first wireless signal to the transponder and to receive a second wireless signal from the transponder to determine one of a first electronic state and a second electronic state of the transponder based on the second wireless signal.
US08840593B2	Discharge apparatus having compressed gas support A discharge apparatus for discharging a product having compressed gas support comprises a container (1) having a discharge opening (12) and a pressure element (2), which is mounted displaceably in the container (1). A counterpressure element (13) is provided on the container (1) and is used to advance the pressure element (2) into the container in order to absorb a developing counterpressure when pressure is applied onto the pressure element (2). A compressed gas device (5, 7, 8) dispenses compressed gas in the region of the discharge opening (12), and comprises a valve (6) and a valve actuating device (14) to control the compressed gas dispensing. The actuating device (14) is provided on the counterpressure element (13) to ensure that when discharging the product from the container, at the same time the compressed gas device can be actuated by applying pressure onto the pressure element, whereby compressed gas exits the discharge opening at the same time as the fluid product.
US08840592B2	Piston for material delivery system A piston configured to be received within a syringe is disclosed. The piston includes a valve body defining a proximal end and a distal end, a filter disposed within the proximal end of the valve body, and a valve disk disposed within the distal end of the valve body. As the piston is advanced through the syringe, the valve disk is configured to provide fluid flow through the valve body.
US08840573B2	Apparatuses for and method of preventing decubitus ulcers An apparatus for the prevention of decubitus ulcers includes an overlay and a plurality of stimulation segments disposed throughout the overlay, wherein the stimulation segments provide stimulation. At least one sensor is disposed within at least one of the plurality of stimulation segments. A controller is electrically connected to the at least one sensor, wherein the controller gathers data from the sensor, processes the data, and transmits instructions to the stimulation segments.
US08840571B2	Method and device for measuring tactile profile of vagina Transvaginal probes equipped with tactile sensors are configured for placement into vagina to record tactile response during insertion, acquire static tactile pattern from vaginal wall after the insertion is complete, and acquire dynamic tactile patterns during probe motion as well as recording dynamic tactile response during contraction of vaginal muscle. The acquired and recorded tactile data are transmitted to a data processor for composing tactile profile of vagina and visually presenting thereof on a display. Elasticity profile of vaginal tissue is calculated from the tactile response recorded from different parts of the probe during its insertion, from the static pressure pattern and from the dynamic tactile pattern. Pelvic floor muscle strength is defined as a contact pressure increase detected on fixed probe surface under the muscle contraction. Tactile profile of vagina is determined using the static tactile pattern, the elasticity profile and pelvic floor muscle strength. The data processor provides a comparative analysis of the tactile profile with a variety of vaginal tactile profiles recorded for a given population with known clinical conditions so as to assist in diagnosing a disease.
US08840570B2	Multi-section limb and ligament evaluation apparatus and associated methods for using same A method and apparatus for reliably positioning a 3-segment limb, such as a leg or arm for imaging and medical analysis, which can accommodate for the patient's “natural alignment”. The apparatus positions the limb in such a way that the position of the proximal segment is controlled while an known external torque is applied at a known rate to the distal segment. The location of each of the limb's three segments is recorded using either external or internal measurement techniques, and the relative motions between the proximal and intermediate segments are used in the orthopedic evaluation of the proximal joint. Furthermore, the relative motions between the intermediate and distal segments are used in the orthopedic evaluation of the distal joint. By applying a known torque at a known rate, clinicians will be provided with valuable information related to joint range of motion, stability, laxity, and compliance.
US08840563B2	Third heart sound activity index for heart failure monitoring A cardiac rhythm management system provides for the trending of a third heart sound (S3) index. The S3 index is a ratio, or an estimate of the ratio, of the number of S3 beats to the number of all heart beats, where the S3 beats are each a heart beat during which an occurrence of S3 is detected. An implantable sensor such as an accelerometer or a microphone senses an acoustic signal indicative heart sounds including S3. An S3 detector detects occurrences of S3 from the acoustic signal. A heart sound processing system trends the S3 index on a periodic basis to allow continuous monitoring of the S3 activity level, which is indicative of conditions related to heart failure.
US08840562B2	Signal processing warping technique Methods and systems are provided for using time-frequency warping to analyze a physiological signal. One embodiment includes applying a warping operator to the physiological signal based on the energy density of the signal. The warped physiological signal may be analyzed to determine whether non-physiological signal components are present. Further, the same warping operator may be applied to signal quality indicators, and the warped physiological signal may be analyzed based on the warped signal quality indicators. Non-physiological signal components, or types of non-physiological noise sources, may be identified based on a comparison of the physiological signal with the signal quality indicators. Non-physiological signal components may also be identified based on a neural network of known noise functions. In some embodiments, the non-physiological signal components may be removed to increase accuracy in estimating physiological parameters.
US08840560B2	Ultrasound catheter and hand-held device for manipulating a transducer on the catheter's distal end A hand-operated intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter is described for flexed and rotational steering is described for improved catheter operation, control and less trauma on patients. The disclosed catheter assembly includes ultrasound transducers mounted upon a rotatable tip mounted on a distal end of a flexible elongate shaft. A set of steering lines are controlled by a steering actuator to articulate bidirectionally a distal segment of the catheter. Another steering actuator controls rotation of a torque member that, in turn is coupled to the rotatable tip. A user, through the steering actuators, affects repositioning the ultrasonic transducers by repositioning exposed control surfaces of the steering actuators lengthwise along the housing of the handle.
US08840529B2	Adjustable elliptical trainer An adjustable elliptical trainer has a base, two driving brackets, two handles, two pedal assemblies and an adjustment assembly. The base has a transmission wheel mounted rotatably thereon. The driving brackets are connected respectively to the transmission wheel. The handles are connected pivotally and respectively to the driving brackets. The pedal assemblies are mounted at opposite sides of the transmission wheels. The adjustment assembly is mounted on the front end of the base and has two guiding rods and a guiding bracket. The guiding rods are mounted on the base. The guiding bracket is connected to the transmission wheel and mounted slidably on the guiding rods. The adjustment assembly allows the pedal assemblies to move along two different elliptical motion paths.
US08840527B2	Apparatus and method of controlling lower-limb joint moments through real-time feedback training An exercise apparatus is disclosed. The exercise apparatus comprises: a three-dimensional coordinate system having an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis; lower limb segments; a moving arm; a multi-axis force sensor; at least one footplate attached to said multi-axis force sensor for supporting a human foot or shoe; a compact real-time ankle motion measurement device, said motion measurement device attached between the leg and foot and capable of measuring the ankle joint motion in at least one degree of freedom; and a central processor, said central processor capable of calculating lower-limb joint moments in real time. The central processor calculates lower-limb joint moments with a modified inverse dynamic method, which does not involve computation of location of center of pressure.
US08840523B2	Power transmission device for hybrid vehicle A power transmission device for hybrid vehicle 10, which is provided with an engine 1, a first motor 21 and a second motor 22, includes a flywheel 13 intervening between the crankshaft 11 of the engine 1 and the driven shaft 12 driven by the crankshaft 11, the first clutch 31 disposed at the engine 1 side of the flywheel 13 for disconnecting and connecting power transmission between the engine 1 and the first motor 21, the second clutch 32 disposed at the driven shaft 12 side of the flywheel 13 for disconnecting and connecting power transmission between the engine 1 and the driven shaft 12, and a shifter 73 for disconnecting and connecting power transmission between the second motor 22 and the driven shaft 12.
US08840518B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicles A planetary gear train may include an input shaft, an output gear, a compound planetary gear set including a first and second sun gears, a common planet carrier, and a common ring gear, a third planetary gear set including a third sun gear, a third planet carrier, and a third ring gear, a first rotational member consisting of the second sun gear, a second rotational member consisting of the common planet carrier selectively connected to the input shaft, a third rotational member consisting of the common ring gear connected to the output gear, a fourth rotational member consisting of the first sun gear, a fifth rotational member consisting of the third ring gear connected to the input shaft, a sixth rotational member consisting of the third planet carrier, a seventh rotational member consisting of the third sun gear operated as a selective fixed element, and friction members.
US08840513B2	Speed reducer, robot hand and robot Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins on which ring members of a circular ring shape are mounted outside are inserted in the through holes. Further, the ring member is mounted to the penetration pin through an elastic member.
US08840506B2	Parking lock for a motor vehicle and method of operating a parking lock A parking lock assembly for a motor vehicle is described that has at least one electrically drivable driving axle. The parking lock comprises an electric drive, a shaft which is arranged in the driveline of a motor vehicle and which is drivable by the electric drive, as well as a locking mechanism which is controllable in the locking sense in order to prevent a rotational movement of the shaft and which is controllable in the opening sense in order to release the shaft. The electric drive is controllable in order to transmit torque to the shaft if, in spite of the locking mechanism being controlled in the opening sense, the shaft is prevented from carrying out a rotational movement. Furthermore, a method of actuating such a parking lock assembly is described.
US08840493B2	Golf ball Golf ball 2 has spherical core 4, surrounding layer 6 situated on the external side of the core 4, mid layer 8 situated on the external side of the surrounding layer 6, cover 10 situated on the external side of the mid layer 8, and paint layer 12 situated on the external side of the cover 10. The mid layer 8 has a thickness Tm of 0.1 mm or greater and 1.2 mm or less. The ratio (Tc/Tm) of the thickness Tc of the cover 10 to the thickness Tm of the mid layer 8 is no greater than 0.50. The cover 10 has a Shore D hardness Hc of no greater than 35. The Shore D hardness Hm of the mid layer 8 is greater than the Shore D hardness Hc of the cover 10. The base material of the surrounding layer 6 is an ionomer resin. The base material of the mid layer 8 is a polyurethane. The base material of the cover 10 is a polyurethane.
US08840490B2	Golf club head A golf club head 2 comprises: a porous part Ps including a porous metal and integrally formed; and a non-porous part NPs. The porous part Ps constitutes at least a part of a sole 8. The porous part Ps has a whole thickness part Pt occupying a whole thickness of the sole 8. Preferably, a rate Ra of an area occupied by the whole thickness part Pt among an area of the sole is equal to or greater than 15%. Preferably, the porous part Ps and the non-porous part NPs are welded mutually. In the disposal of the porous part Ps in the head 2, preferably, a substituted head obtained by substituting the porous part Ps with the same material as that of the non-porous part NPs adjacent to the porous part Ps is considered.
US08840480B2	Gaming machine with enhanced RF-shielding enclosure A gaming terminal includes a housing defining an exterior of the gaming terminal. The gaming terminal includes one or more displays disposed along the housing. The one or more displays are adapted to display, in response to a wager, a wagering game. The gaming terminal also includes a substantially closed interior enclosure disposed within the housing. The interior enclosure includes walls formed from electrically conductive material. The interior enclosure can be substantially closed. The gaming terminal further includes one or more signal-emitting components disposed within the interior enclosure and emitting a level of electromagnetic signals. A transmission of electromagnetic signals from the substantially closed interior enclosure is less than the level of electromagnetic signals emitted from the one or more signal-emitting components.
US08840477B2	System and method for improving the graphics performance of hosted applications An application/game server comprising a central processing unit to process application/video game program code and a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process graphics commands and generate a series of video frames for the application/video game; one or more back buffers to store video frames as the video frames are being created in response to the execution of the graphics commands; a front buffer-outputting the video frame for display one scan line at a time at a designated scan out frequency, a subset of scan lines stored in the front buffer being associated with a vertical blanking interval (VBI); and a frame processing module to begin copying a newly completed frame from the back buffer to the front buffer before the video data for a prior video frame stored in the front buffer has not been fully scanned out.
US08840474B1	System and method for distributing games related to TV programs A game distribution system and method identifies a television program a user is watching and provides the user with games related to the TV program. A client game-play enabled device obtains TV viewing information from a set-top box, smartTV, computer with IPTV, or other device capable of providing TV programming to a video display. The client game-play enabled device sends the TV viewing information to a game distribution server with a request for recommended games. The game distribution server identifies the TV program the user is watching and determines if there are any games related to the TV program. In response to determining that there are games related to the TV program, the server provides one or more of such games to the client device, and the client device presents TV-related games to the user in accordance with any time constraints associated with the games.
US08840472B2	Graphical user interface, system and method for implementing a game controller on a touch-screen device A touch-screen apparatus and method are described for controlling an online video game. For example, one embodiment of a touch-screen apparatus comprises: a touch-screen display for displaying images and receiving user input in response to a user touching the touch screen display; a network interface for establishing a network connection with a gaming server executing a video game in response to user input from the apparatus, the gaming server compressing video output from the video game to generate interactive compressed streaming video, and transmitting the interactive compressed streaming video generated by the video game over the network connection to the touch-screen apparatus; a memory for storing program code and a processor for processing the program code to generate a touch-screen graphical user interface (GUI) comprising: a plurality of user input elements providing user input in response to the user selecting the user input elements on the touch screen display; wherein the user input is transmitted from the touch-screen apparatus to the gaming server to control the execution of the video game.
US08840463B2	Method and apparatus to award at least one jackpot prize An embodiment of the method commences with some initialization steps 10 and 11, which include defining parameters for first and second jackpots. A loop commences at steps 12 and 13 at which current values of the first and second jackpot prize pools are calculated. At step 14 the CPU 2 determines whether storage criterion has been met. If so, the process flow moves to steps 15, 16 and 17. If not, the process flow moves directly to step 18. At step 15 the current value of the second jackpot prize pool is stored as a “pending prize”. Steps 16 and 17 effectively reset the second jackpot. At step 18 the CPU 2 determines whether the award criterion has been met. If not, the process flow loops back to step 12. If so, the first jackpot prize pool is awarded at step 19, along with one or more of any pending jackpot prizes, in accordance with a jackpot prize distribution scheme, then the pending jackpot prizes are deleted. At step 20 the award criterion is redefined and at step 21 the first jackpot prize pool is reset, before the process flow loops back to step 12.
US08840461B2	Game state synchronization and restoration across multiple devices Technology for a method for backing up and restoring game application state across multiple devices is disclosed herein. The method includes running an instance of a game application at a first electronic device, determining a backup event that occurs in the first electronic device, wherein the backup event suggests a backup of application state data and the application state data represent an application state of the game application at the backup event, and transmitting the application state data of the game application to a remote storage service, in response to the backup event. A second electronic device can retrieve the application state data from the remote storage service and restore the game application state.
US08840448B1	Fish skinning device Techniques and devices are described for preparing a fish fillet. The techniques and devices facilitate the removal of the skin and/or rib bones of the fish from the meat that forms the fillet. In embodiments, the techniques employ a fish skinning device that includes a roller and a blade. The roller is configured to contact the skin included on a fillet so that rotation of the roller causes the fillet to be directed toward the blade. The roller and blade are configured so the skin passes between the roller and blade and is generally separated and directed away from the meat. A blade float assembly permits the blade to float with respect to the blade during use to receive the skin or rib bones of the fish fillet between the roller and the blade.
US08840439B1	Marine outboard engine having a tilt/trim and steering bracket assembly A marine outboard engine for a watercraft has a stern bracket for mounting the marine outboard engine to the watercraft, a swivel bracket pivotally connected to the stern bracket about a generally horizontal tiltitrim axis, and a drive unit pivotally connected to the swivel bracket about a steering axis. The steering axis is generally perpendicular to the tilt/trim axis. An actuator is operatively connected to the stern bracket and the swivel bracket for pivoting the swivel bracket and the drive unit relative to the stern bracket about the tilt/trim axis. A pump is mounted to the swivel bracket. The pump is pivotable about the tilt/trim axis together with the swivel bracket. The pump is fluidly connected to the actuator to supply hydraulic fluid to the actuator.
US08840433B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a body, a soldering portion, an insertion arm, a through hole, and a conductive layer. The soldering portion is disposed on the body. The insertion arm protrudes from the body, and has at least one contact portion. The through hole is formed in the body. One end of the through hole is connected to the soldering portion, and the other end of the through hole is formed through the insertion arm. The conductive layer extends along an inner wall of the through hole from the soldering portion to the insertion arm, and connects the contact portion. The conductive layer is disposed on the body and the insertion arm to achieve an electrical contact effect. Since the body and the insertion arm are conducted through the conductive layer in the through hole, the electrical connector is easy-to-manufacture without requiring assembly of terminals.
US08840432B2	Circuit board and wire assembly An electrical connector includes a circuit board having an internal ground plane that defines at least a portion of an internal layer of the circuit board. The circuit board has an exterior side that includes a mounting region and includes electrical contacts arranged on the exterior side within the mounting region for making electrical connection with corresponding signal conductors of electrical wires. Ground shields are mounted to the mounting region of the circuit board and include electrically conductive bodies that are configured to extend over corresponding electrical wires along the mounting region of the circuit board. The bodies of the ground shields include side segments that are configured to extend between the signal conductors of adjacent electrical wires along the mounting region of the circuit board. The bodies are engaged with the internal ground plane of the circuit board to electrically connect the ground shields to the internal ground plane.
US08840431B2	Electrical connector systems An electrical connector system includes a backplane connector having a housing, signal contacts held by the housing and shield plates held by the housing. The housing includes a front and a rear. The housing includes signal channels extending along mating axes thereof between the front and the rear. The signal channels receive corresponding signal contacts. The housing includes slots that receive the shield plates. The signal contacts extend along the mating axes and are arranged in pairs carrying differential signals. The shield plates are electrically conductive and extend generally parallel to the mating axes between corresponding pairs of signal contacts to entirely peripherally surround the pairs of signal contacts to provide electrical shielding for the pairs of signal contacts.
US08840426B2	Telecommunications jack having offset stop latches and panel including the same A telecommunications jack and associated panel and method of construction are disclosed. The telecommunications jack is configured for use in a twisted pair system and includes a housing defining a port for receiving a plug, and a latching mechanism positioned to retain the housing in an opening of a face of a telecommunications panel. The telecommunications jack also includes a first stop latch positioned along the left side of the housing and a second stop latch positioned along the right side of the housing, the first and second stop latches vertically offset from each other and extending from the sides of the housing by a width, wherein the telecommunications jack is installable in an array of telecommunications jacks at a distance from a neighboring telecommunications jack of less than twice the width.
US08840423B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus, includes: a housing including a metallic outer wall part on which an insertion hole to a plug electrode part of a power plug being inserted is formed; a power connector which is stored in the housing and coupled to the plug electrode part inserted into the housing through the insertion hole; and an insulating stopper part which includes a facing surface facing an outer circumference surface of the plug electrode part with a gap, which is smaller than the gap between the outer circumference surface of the plug electrode part and an inner circumference surface of the insertion hole, and which is allocated between the outer wall part and the power connector.
US08840410B2	Pop-up mechanism having a sliding pushing pillar coupled to a spring A charger for charging an electronic device includes a base, a connector for connecting to the electronic device, and a pop-up mechanism. The pop-up mechanism includes a restricting unit, a pushing pillar and a return structure. The restricting unit includes a restricting sidewall and a bottom sidewall. The pushing pillar is connected to the bottom sidewall via a spring. The pushing pillar includes a resilient engaging arm. The pushing pillar is urged by the spring to an uppermost position where a top of the resilient engaging arm is located above the return structure. When the pushing pillar is pressed downwards, the resilient engaging arm slides in a positioning cutout of the return structure to hold the pushing pillar in a lower position. When the pushing pillar is further pressed downwards, the resilient engaging arm escapes from the positioning cutout to drives the pushing pillar returns to the uppermost position.
US08840407B2	Connector Provided is a connector mountable on a board. The connector comprises a plurality of contacts, a housing holding the contacts, and a monitored member attached to the housing. The monitored member comprises a marker portion and an abutment portion brought into abutment with the board when the connector is mounted on the board in a vertical direction. The abutment portion is apart from the marker portion by a predetermined distance in the vertical direction. The height of the housing is indirectly measured by investigating a position of the marker portion.
US08840396B2	Self-propelling sprue bar shutoff device An injection molding shutoff assembly includes a chamber containing a movable body that is biased to a rear position in the chamber by a magnet in the movable body. In the rear position, the movable body provides a seal and prevents flow of molten plastic through the assembly. When the movable body is in a forward position, one or more passages permit flow of the molten plastic around the movable body and to an exit in the chamber, leading to one or more molds. An injection molding machine nozzle tip has a beveled front end which, when in an engaged position, seals with an exterior seat of the assembly block defining the chamber and protrudes into the chamber to prop the movable body to the forward position. A portion of the assembly block proximate the opening for the nozzle tip is made of ferromagnetic material, while the rest is not.
US08840394B2	Injection molding apparatus having a plate heater and having a cooling passage or an insulation space An injection molding apparatus is provided. The injection molding apparatus includes a mold, a plate heater mounted to the mold to heat the mold, and a cooling passage provided above or below the plate heater.
US08840392B2	Temperature gradient controller device in parts of machines for processing plastic materials A temperature gradient controller device in parts of machines for processing plastic materials comprises heating means to be operatively activated on at least one part of a machine; this heating means comprises vector means adapted to transfer a predetermined amount of heat to said part of said machine by remote radiation.
US08840390B2	Machine for the production of formed patties with a hand made appearance, and method for interleaving paper and stacking A cut-off device is used for providing a deposit of known portion weight of the ground meat or paste. This deposit is dropped accurately onto a conveyor belt for transport to a press wheel the height of which, from the conveyor, can be adjusted to provide a finished product of correct thickness. The press wheel has a system of vacuum ducts around the circumference in four chambers that pull paper from a de-nesting tray situated at the top of the press wheel, at the correct interval as to meet up with the deposit at the base of the wheel. This results in the deposit being pressed to the required thickness onto the conveyor, with the interleave paper attached to the top of the now formed patty.
US08840385B2	Positive displacement fluid pump A fluid pump includes a motor, an inner gear rotor and an outer gear rotor. The inner gear rotor is driven for rotation about an axis by the motor and has a plurality of outwardly extending teeth. The outer gear rotor has a plurality of inwardly extending teeth that are engaged by the teeth of the inner gear rotor so that the outer gear rotor is driven for rotation about a second axis when the inner gear rotor rotates. At least one of the inner gear rotor and the outer gear rotor is formed from a plastic material.
US08840378B2	Thrust generating apparatus A thrust generating apparatus is configured to generate thrust by ejecting water. The thrust generating apparatus includes: a first water lubricated bearing opposed to one side surface and outer peripheral surface of rotor main body and supports a thrust and radial load; a second water lubricated bearing opposed to the other side surface and outer peripheral surface of rotor main body and supports the thrust and radial load; a first water intake port that opens toward a portion of a channel; a second water intake port that opens toward another portion of the channel; a first water conveyance tube through which the water having flowed through the first water intake port is guided to the second water lubricated bearing; and a second water conveyance tube through which the water having flowed through the second water intake port is guided to the first water lubricated bearing.
US08840357B2	Material transfer system A material transfer system including a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The first vehicle has a pressurized compartment maintaining a first air pressure therein. The ambient air outside of the pressurized compartment is at a second air pressure, with the first air pressure being different than the second air pressure thereby defining a pressure differential. The second vehicle has a material discharge device. The material discharge device is capable of delivering material to the first vehicle. The second vehicle having a reservoir for receiving the material. The material passing from the reservoir into the pressurized compartment without substantial loss of the pressure differential.
US08840346B2	Drill, cutting insert, and method of manufacturing cut product A drill, including: a substantially columnar drill holder including, at a front end portion thereof, a first insert pocket and a second insert pocket formed closer to the outer periphery of the drill holder than the first insert pocket; a first insert which is attached to the first insert pocket and includes a first cutting edge at an intersection of an upper face and a side face; and a second insert which is attached to the second insert pocket and includes a second cutting edge at an intersection of a upper face and a side face. The first insert pocket is located passing through a central axis of rotation of the drill holder. The second cutting edge has a concave shape when viewed from the front end side of the drill holder, and has a curved line at least a part thereof.
US08840345B1	Device for drilling pocket holes A device for drilling pocket holes may include a guide carrier having a front surface urging a workpiece; at least one slant bore disposed at the guide carrier for receiving a drill bit; an anti-skid structure disposed at the front surface to secure the workpiece; a drill bit carrier reciprocally and slidably mounted on the guide carrier from a pre-drilling position to a post-drilled position toward and away from the guide carrier and a drill bit rotatably coupled and retained therein; a clamp disposed at the base and an amplifier to actuate the clamp for clamping or unclamping the workpiece by a user's power, wherein the amplifier is disposed away from the base; a quick positioning of the clamp by a braking lever; a lateral stop disposed at the clamp to set a lateral position of the pocket hole from a side face of workpiece; an adjustable end stop disposed at the guide structure or the guide carrier to adjust a pocket hole distance from an end face of workpiece; a lateral through opening disposed at the guide carrier and connected to the slant bore to remove waste material generated from workpiece drilling; a sensor disposed in a waste material remover to activate a blower when a drill motor driving the drill bit is turned on; the slant bore whose diameter is at least 7/16 inch to receive a corresponding pocket drill bit; a shank of the drill bit adapted to engage with a quick-change adapter; and a portion of pocket drill bit made of more wear-resistant material than that of the shank.
US08840341B2	Connection system and method for mechanically stabilized earth wall A crimped connection system and methods for use in connection with the construction of earth walls is disclosed. A grid-type soil mat may be provided with a number of crimped ends. The crimped ends may be adapted for engagement through the use of a locking member with another soil mat or with a plurality of anchors partially embedded within a precast concrete panel. The plurality of anchors may be formed as part of a gang or unitary structure to facilitate alignment of the anchors when being cast into the precast concrete panels.
US08840335B2	Road marker or light based warning device A road marker and related light based warning device are described. The road marker or device includes a thermal sensor that triggers the illumination of at least one light-emitting diode at a predetermined temperature. The temperature may be associated with ice formation. The light-emitting diode(s) may flash to alert motorists to hazardous road conditions. The road marker or device utilize simple components to increase reliability, particularly when the device is subjected to high heat such as when the device is mounted into hot tar seal. The device further includes a switching element that prevents rapid on/off cycling.
US08840319B2	Method for cleaving an optical fiber having an attached adjustable connector An optical fiber including an optical fiber connector attached thereto is prepared for use in a fiber optic system. The optical fiber connector includes an adjustable ferrule threadedly secured to a proximal end of a connector housing and rotatable with respect to the connector housing to translate an end face of the optical fiber longitudinally with respect to a proximal end of the adjustable ferrule. The optical fiber is cleaved to form a cleaved end face of the optical fiber. The adjustable ferrule is then rotated to translate the cleaved end face longitudinally toward the adjustable ferrule until the cleaved end face is adjacent to the proximal end of the adjustable ferrule.
US08840316B2	Suspension thrust bearing device A suspension thrust bearing device having a lower cover, an upper cover and a rolling bearing disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover. The rolling bearing providing a lower ring mounted on the lower cover and an upper ring mounted on the upper cover. The rolling bearing further providing rolling elements disposed between the two rings. The lower cover has a body formed of a rigid material part and a flexible material part forming a seal of the device. The flexible part of the lower cover includes at least one labyrinth sealing lip that cooperates with the upper cover to leave a narrow passage forming a labyrinth seal between one edge of the labyrinth sealing lip and the upper cover and at least one rubbing sealing lip in contact with the upper cover.
US08840290B2	Optical device for a motor vehicle including a surface light source An optical device for a motor vehicle comprising a surface light source emitting light rays in a first direction, wherein it comprises an optical system including first deflecting optical means that are at least locally remote from the surface light source and deflecting the light rays emitted in the first direction, in a second direction different from the first direction.
US08840279B2	Jacketed LED assemblies and light strings containing same A jacketed light emitting diode assembly is provided, which includes a light emitting diode including a set of positive and negative contacts, and a lens body containing a semiconductor chip and end portions of the contacts. An electrical wire set of first and second electrical wires are connected to the positive contact and the negative contact, respectively. A light transmissive cover receives the lens body, and has an opening through which at least one of the contact set and the electrical wire set passes. An integrally molded plastic jacket at the opening of the light transmissive cover provides a seal at the opening against moisture and airborne contaminants. A waterproof light string including one or more of the jacketed light emitting diode assemblies is also provided, as are related methods.
US08840272B2	Target lighting apparatus A target lighting apparatus having a tray seating one or more light bulbs connected to a deflector, which is attached to one or more shock-absorbing arms, such that the deflector blocks the tray from any projectiles and the shock-absorbing arms absorb the impact of projectiles that come in contact with the deflector. In some embodiments, the tray, the one or more light bulbs, the deflector and the one or more shock-absorbing arms form a second frame which is adjustably connected to a base frame such that the second frame can slide from the back of the base frame to the front of the base frame and can rotate about an axis along the front of the base frame from a closed position to an open position. The one or more light bulbs are powered by a battery pack. The battery pack may be solar charged by solar panels.
US08840269B2	LED illumination lamp bulb with internal reflector An illumination apparatus includes a substrate, a first light source disposed on a peripheral area of the substrate, a second light source disposed on an inner area of the substrate, and a reflector disposed between the first light source and the second light source, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light that is generated by the first light source.
US08840267B2	High luminance multicolor illumination devices and related methods and projection system using the same An illumination device and a projection system using the same. The illumination device includes two or more color channels each including one or more light sources for generating a color light. At least one of the color channels includes light sources of a first type for generating a first (narrow band) light and light sources of a second type for generating a second light. The dominant wavelengths of the first and second lights are within 50 nm of each other, and the width of the combined spectrum (sum of normalized spectra of the first and second lights) is greater than the width of the spectrum of the first light by at least 10 nm. A wavelength-based light combiner is used to combine the color lights from the color channels into a combined light.
US08840265B2	Illumination apparatus employing light-emitting device package An illumination apparatus includes a light source unit comprising at least one light source module comprising a plurality of light-emitting device chips and a lead frame on which the light-emitting device chips are mounted and which connects the mounted light-emitting device chips; a diffusion cover having an interior space in which the light source module is accommodated and diffusing light emitted from the light source module; and an installation portion formed adjacent to the diffusion cover to install the light source module.
US08840264B2	Portable work light clamp A portable work light clamp system includes a first clamp handle assembly having a proximal end, a mid section and a distal end and a gripping/standing member rotatably coupled to the proximal end of the first clamp handle assembly, a second clamp handle assembly having a proximal end and a distal end and a gripping/standing member rotatably coupled to the proximal end of the second clamp handle assembly, a light assembly coupled to the distal end of the first clamp handle assembly that includes a swivel base member and a light housing pivotally coupled to the swivel base member by a light pivot to selectively pivot 50 degrees about a longitudinal axis of the light pivot and a light base coupled to the swivel base member and rotatable relative to the light base by a swivel connector to selectively rotate 360 degrees around a longitudinal axis of the light base.
US08840260B2	Instrument illumination device Disclosed is an instrument illumination device enabling homogeneous illumination light in a broad area, without increasing the number of light sources, and thereby enhancing the freedom degree of the ornamental designing process. An instrument housing includes a bottom face having LEDs disposed thereon and an illumination area including a main illumination area having a main dial for displaying a revolution on the dial plate covering a front opening and an auxiliary illumination area having an auxiliary dial for displaying water temperature. The main illumination area is in the shape of a ring having a cut-out at a lower part thereof, and the auxiliary illumination area fills the cut-out connecting the main illumination area. Illumination light from the LEDs illuminates an entire face of the illumination area in the ring shape from a rear side thereof as backlight.
US08840259B2	Mirror device for vehicle Motor bodies are housed between a case and a case-inner, with the whole of the outside-periphery surrounded by an outer peripheral wall. The upper-side-outer-peripheral face of the outer-peripheral wall slopes continuously downwards on progression from an uppermost portion of the outer-peripheral face towards a vehicle right side edge of the outer-peripheral face, and slopes continuously downwards from the uppermost portion towards the vehicle left side edge of the outer-peripheral face. Accordingly, even suppose water is to reach the upper side of the upper-side-outer-peripheral face, the upper-side-outer peripheral face of the outer-peripheral wall causes such water to always flow downwards towards the lower side of the outer-peripheral wall, and hence water can be suppressed or prevented from remaining standing on the upper-side-outer peripheral face of the outer-peripheral wall 46, enabling water to be suppressed or prevented from seeping in to the motor bodies.
US08840258B2	Antireflection structure formation method and antireflection structure The present invention provides such a formation method that an antireflection structure having excellent antireflection functions can be formed in a large area and at small cost. Further, the present invention also provides an antireflection structure formed by that method. In the formation method, a base layer and particles placed thereon are subjected to an etching process. The particles on the base layer serve as an etching mask in the process, and hence they are more durable against etching than the base layer. The etching rate ratio of the base layer to the particles is more than 1 but not more than 5. The etching process is stopped before the particles disappear. It is also possible to produce an antireflection structure by nanoimprinting method employing a stamper. The stamper is formed by use of a master plate produced according to the above formation method.
US08840255B2	Scanned beam intensity modulation using amplitude and drive duty cycle A scanning laser projector includes a scanning mirror that moves in a sinusoidal motion on at least one axis. Pixels are displayed by modulating a laser beam that is reflected by the scanning mirror. Pixels are generated using light pulses of different duty cycles based on the position and/or angular velocity of the laser beam.
US08840253B2	Light source apparatus and image display apparatus using the same A light source apparatus includes: an excitation light source including a laser light source; a first wheel that is controlled to rotate, and includes, in a part of a surface thereof to be illuminated by excitation light emitted from the excitation light source, a phosphor layer to be excited by the excitation light; a dichroic mirror that guides fluorescence emitted from the phosphor layer of the first wheel and the excitation light to an illumination optical system; and a second wheel that is controlled to rotate, and includes a dichroic filter that transmits light having a desired wavelength component of each of the fluorescence and the excitation light output from the dichroic mirror.
US08840247B2	Method and apparatus for determining the location of the ocular pivot point The invention relates to a method for determining the location of the ocular pivot point (ADL) in an eye (10) of a test person. In the method, the mean curvature (KH) of the cornea (14) of the eye (10) is determined. The mean phase error (PF) of the eye (10) is determined as is the eye length (LA) from the mean curvature (KH) and the mean phase error (PF). The location of the ocular pivot point (ADL) is determined from the eye length (LA).
US08840232B2	Phase change ink A phase change ink including at least one crystalline component of the formula wherein R1 and R2 can be the same or different, and wherein R1 and R2 each, independently of the other, is (i) an alkyl group, (ii) an arylalkyl group, (iii) an alkylaryl group, or (iv) an aromatic group, provided that at least one of R1 and R2 is an aromatic group, and wherein the crystalline component has a melting point of from about 65° C. to about 150° C.; at least one amorphous component; and an optional colorant.
US08840226B2	Liquid discharge head and method of producing liquid discharge head A liquid discharge head includes an element substrate including an energy generating element; a supporting member adhesively supporting the element substrate; a sheet member adhesively bonded to the supporting member to adjoin the inner surface of an opening accommodating the element substrate in the sheet member and an end section of the element substrate; a wiring substrate bonded to the sheet member to adjoin the inner surface of an opening accommodating the element substrate in the wiring substrate and the end section of the element substrate and including a wire electrically connected to the energy generating element; and a sealant sealing a part electrical connecting the wiring substrate and element substrate, wherein the height of a wiring substrate surface opposite to that contacting the sheet member from supporting member is smaller than the element substrate surface opposite to that contacting the supporting member from the supporting member.
US08840222B2	Techniques related to satellite aerosols Examples described herein illustrate techniques related to satellite aerosol generation. In some examples, aerosols are sensed based on the interaction between satellite aerosols and a corona discharge from a corona source.
US08840219B2	Image forming apparatus There is provided an image forming apparatus including: at least two guide members; a drying section; an ink curing section that illuminates light onto a front surface of the recording medium that has been dried by the drying section and cures the ink; a single liquid coolant circulation device that circulates liquid coolant to respectively formed circulation flow paths between the liquid coolant circulation device and a plurality of cooling targets for which cooling is required due to heat of the drying section or heat of the ink curing section, that cools one of the cooling targets with intermittent circulation of liquid coolant, and that cools another of the cooling targets with continuous circulation of liquid coolant; and an opening and closing portion that opens and closes one of the circulation flow paths to intermittently circulate the liquid coolant of the one cooling target.
US08840218B2	Multi-zone condensation control method Methods for operating a printing system are provided. In one aspect, the methods can include causing an inkjet printhead that is positioned by a support structure to emit droplets of an ink including vaporizable carrier fluid toward a target area to emit droplets according to image data, using one of a plurality of shields to individually separate each one the plurality of printheads from the target area to form a shielded region between printhead and the shield and a printing region between the shield and the target area with the shield providing an opening between the shielded region and the printing region to allow the inkjet printhead to jet droplets to the target area, and supplying an energy to heat the shields to a temperature that is above a condensation temperature of the vaporized carrier fluid.
US08840215B2	Printing device setting biased conveying distance by increasing or decreasing prescribed distance as target conveying distance In a printing device, the print control processor is configured to perform a print operation in a resolution in which a plurality of raster lines is arranged in a first direction by a line pitch smaller than the prescribed nozzle pitch by using a prescribed print method. The prescribed print method prints the plurality of raster lines arranged in the first direction in a prescribed order. The print control processor is configured to control a scanning portion to convey the recording sheet by a biased conveying distance as a target conveying distance. The biased conveying distance is set, depending on the prescribed print method, to be decreased or increased from a prescribed distance. The prescribed distance is an ideal value that achieves the resolution in which the plurality of raster lines is uniformly arranged in the first direction by the line pitch.
US08840211B2	Bimodal ink jet printing method A method of increasing a dynamic range of grey-scale printing by a first print head of a drop on demand inkjet printer, the first print head having a droplet orifice, the method comprising in addition to selectively supplying no signal for not ejecting a drop of ink, or a first signal for ejecting a first droplet size, further comprises optionally supplying a second signal for ejecting a second droplet size.
US08840199B2	Slave cylinder A slave cylinder includes a first input port provided to a first slave hydraulic chamber and which is connected to a master cylinder and is selectively cut off from the master cylinder by a first shut-off valve; a second input port provided to a second slave hydraulic chamber and which is connected to the master cylinder and is selectively cut off from the master cylinder by a second shut-off valve; a first atmosphere port formed in a first back chamber disposed in rear of the first slave hydraulic chamber and which moves together with a first piston; a second atmosphere port formed in a second back chamber disposed in front of the first slave hydraulic chamber and which moves together with a second piston; and a restricting means to restrict the second piston. The second atmosphere port is disposed in the vicinity of the restricting means.
US08840190B2	Method of mining ore A method of open cut mining an ore is disclosed. The method comprises carrying out mining operations in an area of an open cut mine with manned resources and unmanned resources and providing separate access for these resources to the mine area at selected locations. Alternatively, or in addition, the method comprises carrying out mining operations in the mine area with manned resources and unmanned resources operating in selected, separate unmanned and manned zones, respectively within the mine area.
US08840188B2	Movable arm pad Horizontally movable arm pads are useful for, among other things, their ability to be ergonomically positioned. An arm pad comprises a pad cover and a pad pan and is attached to an arm support. In one embodiment, a pad is laterally movable with respect to the arm support. In another embodiment, a pad is capable of moving forwards and backwards. In yet another embodiment, a pad is capable of moving laterally and forwards and backwards.
US08840186B2	Support assembly and corresponding seat structure A support assembly having a first support region with adjustable degree of support and a second support region with adjustable degree of support includes a support member for incorporation into a seat frame, a first adjustment arrangement for adjusting the degree of support in the first support region, and a second adjustment arrangement for adjusting the degree of support in the second support region. An actuator is coupled to the first adjustment arrangement and to the second adjustment arrangement. The actuator is configured to simultaneously act on the first and second adjustment arrangements in opposite directions. A wire-length control mechanism is coupled to one of the first adjustment arrangement and the second adjustment arrangement and is configured to absorb an excessive length of a wire of the one of the first adjustment arrangement and the second adjustment arrangement.
US08840166B1	Slidable cargo area floor liner and cargo management device A slidable cargo area floor liner and cargo management device for a vehicle, and in particular, it is a substantially flat, rectangular sheet of material which is independent of the vehicle, which slidably moves on the floor of the cargo area of the vehicle and may be completely slidably removed from the vehicle. In addition, the device also provides protection to the floor of the vehicles cargo area, organizes cargo, and secures cargo through the use of a plurality of openings and tie down points integrated into the device. In use, the liner lies flat and occupies the cargo area of a vehicle without attaching itself to the cargo area or vehicle frame. The liner is equipped with a set of handhold openings that can be gripped and pulled towards the rear opening of the vehicle to access objects which would otherwise be difficult to reach. The liner is equipped with a plurality of openings that can be used as tie down points to assist in securing cargo in the vehicles cargo area and a rear catch all that ensures cargo remains on the liner.
US08840164B2	Slide-out room system having wall-mounted drive mechanisms An apparatus for moving a slide-out room disposed in an aperture of a side wall of a vehicle from a retracted position to an extended position in a drive direction. The apparatus includes a drive assembly supported by the side wall of the vehicle and a driven assembly driven by the drive assembly. The driven assembly is connected to a wall of the slide-out room such that the slide-out room moves with the driven assembly from the retracted position to the extended position in the drive direction and the driven assembly is movable in a transverse direction generally perpendicular to the drive direction relative to the wall of the slide-out room.
US08840163B1	Energy attenutating seat and litter support Methods and apparatus are provided for an energy attenuating seat and litter support for use in a vehicle. In one exemplary embodiment the energy attenuating seat and litter support includes a seat with a folding back that is lockable in both an upright position for seating, and a folded down, horizontal position. The exemplary embodiment may further comprise a litter mounting fixture accessible when the seat back is in the folded down, horizontal position, and an energy attenuation device disposed to provide energy attenuation for a litter supported by the litter mounting fixture.
US08840161B1	Game hauler It is important to be able to drag a large animal through the woods after it has been killed. This device will allow the hunter to lift the animal's head above the ground as well as the legs in a pair of openings that will elevate the head of the animal off the ground surface so that the animal may be dragged. The handle may also telescope and will allow more than one hunter to grab the device in order to safely pull the animal through the woods.
US08840159B2	Cable-controlled container yoke A container yoke for lifting of at least one container, including a base frame, two travelling beams, which are telescopically displaceable in the base frame and on whose outer end portions are arranged transverse beams provided with locking members, so called twist locks, for engagement in, and locking to, the corner boxes of a container. The container yoke includes cables arranged to displace a respective travelling beam into the desired position in the frame of the container yoke. The cables, for displacement of a travelling beam, are simultaneously reeled up and unreeled with the aid of one and the same cable drum. Two cable drums of the container yoke are driven by a common actuator, and the cables are fastened in the end portion of a respective travelling beam via spring-loaded cable tensioners.
US08840158B2	Lifting beam A lifting beam for lifting a load. The lifting beam comprises: an elongated beam; a load balancing mechanism movably associated with the elongated beam and having a horizontal arm and a counterweight attachment element, from which a counterweight can be hung; a lifting ring connected to the elongated beam from which the lifting beam can be hung; and a load attachment mechanism whereby the load is attachable to the lifting beam, wherein the load balancing mechanism further comprises a counterweight movement apparatus adapted to move the counterweight along the elongated beam in order to help balance the load, and the elongated beam has a series of micro-switches along a bottom surface thereof the micro-switches arranged whereby an end of the horizontal arm will contact one of the switches in the case of undue tilting of the lifting beam.
US08840156B2	Handle for a door leaf of an automobile A handle for a door leaf of an automobile includes a gripping lever rotatably movable relative to the door leaf about a first axis of rotation between an inoperative position and a control position for opening a lock of the door leaf; a transmission lever mounted in a base of the handle attached to the door leaf, the transmission lever configured to be actuated by the gripping lever and to pivot about a second axis of rotation between inoperative and operative positions in which the transmission lever actuates the opening of the lock; and a safety system mounted in the base, configured to prevent the rotation of the transmission lever in the event of a crash. The safety system includes two inertial bodies pivotably mounted between inoperative and operative positions, preventing the rotation of the transmission lever in the event of a crash.
US08840149B1	Fire hose adapter A fire hose adapter comprises a locking huh mechanically coupled to a locking ring. The locking hub is immediately adjacent to a first wedge segment and a second wedge segment. The locking hub is mechanically coupled to a holding plate.
US08840148B2	Adduction assembly with a “T” joint for an air conditioning circuit A coolant adducting assembly for a climate control system of a vehicle comprises a joint and a pipe connected to the joint, wherein pipe and joint comprise a thermoplastic material and the joint comprises an insert made of a more rigid material than the thermoplastic material and has an anchoring portion co-molded into the joint and a connecting portion exiting the joint and adapted to be firmly connected to a device.
US08840146B2	Optically effective surface relief microstructures and method of making them The present invention relates to an element comprising a surface area with a specific, optically effective surface relief microstructure (12). The surface relief microstructure has a surface modulation of top regions (13) and bottom regions (14), wherein in a first lateral direction of the surface area there is in average at least one transition from a top to a bottom region or vice versa within every 20 micrometer, and in a second lateral direction of the mask, which is perpendicular to the first direction, there is in average at least one transition from a first to a second zone or vice versa within every 200 micrometer. In the microstructure, (i) in the first direction the lateral arrangement of the transitions is non-periodic, and (ii) the top regions substantially lie in the same top relief plateau (15) and the bottom regions substantially lie in the same bottom relief plateau (16).Through scattering effects, the surface relief microstructures are suitable to display images with a positive-negative image flip, which advantageously have a distinct and saturated color appearance but at the same time do not show any rainbow colors.The invention also relates to methods for making such elements as well as to security devices comprising such elements.
US08840140B2	Airbag module An airbag module for a motor vehicle generally includes an airbag cushion, an inflator, and an inflation control device. The airbag cushion includes at least one panel surrounding an inflatable interior portion. The inflator is configured to provide inflation gas for inflating the airbag cushion. The inflation control device is located in the interior portion of the airbag cushion and includes a first member coupled to a coupling member. The first member is connected to the at least one panel. The inflation control device is configured to allow the airbag cushion to inflate generally unrestrained until each of the first and coupling member are subjected to a tensile force. The inflation control device is configured to reduce a rate at which the airbag cushion expands after the first and coupling members are subjected to the tensile forces.
US08840137B2	Belt integrated airbag A restraint system for a seat is provided and may include a first portion having a first end fixed for movement with the seat and a second end movable relative to the seat. The restraint system may also include a second portion having a first end fixed for movement with the seat and a second end movable relative to the seat and selectively attached to the second end of the first portion. An inflator may be associated with the second portion and may move the second portion from a pre-deployed state to an inflated state. The inflator may be at least partially disposed within the second portion.
US08840134B2	Airbag arrangement A vehicle airbag arrangement comprises a deployable airbag having a packed state and a deployed state, and a gas generator adapted to supply gas to deploy the airbag from the packed state to the deployed state. At least during initial deployment of the airbag, the gas generator may emit a gas flow substantially in a pre-selected direction. When the airbag is in the packed state, a portion of the airbag forms a starting pocket comprising two panels with an intermediate apex which extend substantially parallel to the pre-selected direction, the starting pocket positioned with the intermediate apex aligned with the pre-selected direction, such that the starting pocket, during the initial deployment of the airbag, initially receives the gas flow, thereby deploying the starting pocket in the pre-selected direction. Such an airbag arrangement may be included in a vehicle seat. A corresponding method of packing an airbag may achieve the airbag arrangement.
US08840133B2	Stroller frame A stroller frame includes two handle rods, a chair disposed between the handle rods, two front leg rods, two rear leg rods, two connecting members, and two locking members. An upper end of each of the front leg rods is connected pivotally to the chair. A front end of each of the rear leg rods is connected pivotally to a lower end of a corresponding one of the front leg rods. Each of the connecting members is connected pivotally between one of the rear leg rods and a corresponding one of the handle rods. Each of the locking members is disposed at the rear end of a respective one of the rear leg rods, and the lower end of each of the handle rods is separably connected to a respective one of the locking members.
US08840131B1	Three-wheeled vehicle A three-wheeled vehicle having an arrangement of wheels with two forward wheels and one back wheel and a profile adjustment feature is described. The back wheel may be configured as the steering wheel, and in some cases is the only steering wheel. The two forward wheels are configured essentially parallel with each other and the back wheel is configured essentially centered between and back from the two forward wheels. This arrangement of the wheels provides for a stability that does not require a person to maintain balance to keep the vehicle in an upright position. The profile adjustment feature may automatically adjust the height of the vehicle as a function of vehicle speed. As the vehicle speeds up, the height may be reduce to provide a more stable vehicle that is turned more by tilting the vehicle than by turning the back wheel.
US08840130B2	Maximum security/maximum versatility ball mount assembly The maximum security/maximum versatility ball mount assembly provides an assembly for securing a ball mount or other accessory shank to a receiver hitch on automotive vehicles, tractors, ATVs, and other vehicles equipped with a receiver-type hitch. As the shank of a hitch accessory or implement is inserted into a receiver, dual retractable hitch pins automatically engage the receiver when the pins align with the two hitch-pin apertures in the receiver tube, thereby securing the ball mount/accessory's shank to the vehicle's receiver. A shank end cap shields the hitch pin assembly's internal components from dirt and/or rust particles, and the end cap also serves as an innovative and useful alignment aid when inserting the shank into a vehicle's receiver.
US08840129B2	Mechanism for automatically lifting a trailer drawbar support A trailer adapted to be coupled to a tow vehicle and including a frame including a draw bar tube defining a longitudinal axis. The trailer includes a drawbar support pivotally coupled to the draw bar tube and rotatable relative to the drawbar tube about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis. The drawbar support is biased toward a substantially horizontal orientation. A sliding member is receivable in the drawbar tube and is configured for movement along the longitudinal axis in response to movement of the tow vehicle. A latch member is connected to the sliding member. The latch member is configured to move in response to movement of the sliding member from a first position wherein the drawbar support is retained in a substantially vertical orientation to a second position wherein the draw bar support is free to rotate toward the substantially horizontal orientation.
US08840123B2	Double-decker coach A double-decker coach is described which includes a frame, an engine, a front axle and a tandem rear axle. The front axle lies transversely to the principal axis of the frame and offers support to the frame. The front axle includes a pair of steerable wheels, which lie mounted on bearings. The pair of wheels can be steered by a driver. The tandem rear axle lies transversely to the longitudinal direction of the frame and is mounted parallel to the front axle and offers support to the aforesaid frame. The tandem rear axle includes a drive axle and a trailing axle. The drive axle includes two pairs of drive wheels. The drive axle is coupled to the engine. The trailing axle is mounted parallel to the drive axle and includes two pairs of trailing wheels. The ratio of the distance (C) between the third axle and the rear end of the double-decker coach relative to the mutual distance (B) between the front axle and the trailing axle is between 0.20 and 0.50, preferably 0.25 and 0.45, more preferably 0.35 to 0.42, and most preferably approximately 0.39.
US08840119B2	Modular dynamically adjustable suspension system for trailers Embodiments disclosed herein provide a modular apparatus and system for automatically raising and lowering the deck height of a towed trailer. The embodiment is comprised of a trailer frame to which a drop axle is attached via a dynamic height adjustable means, such as electrically operated air springs. The drop axle may have two or more wheels mounted to opposite ends of the drop axle and attached to the trailer frame via the dynamic height adjustable means. Thus allowing the dynamic height adjustable means to raise and lower the trailer frame above and below the centerline of the wheels, which aids loading and unloading of cargo onto the trailer.
US08840109B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes first and second units including first and second feeding members respectively for feeding a medium, and a medium feeding path provided between the first and second units. The second unit is movable between a closing position where the medium feeding path is formed between the first unit and the second unit and an opening position where the second unit separates from the first unit to open the medium feeding path. The second feeding member has a second gear that meshes with a first gear of the first feeding member when the second unit is in the closing position. When the second unit moves to the closing position, a shift mechanism holds one of the first gear and the second gear at a retracted position where the first gear and the second gear do not mesh with each other.
US08840108B2	Paper reading apparatus, jam detection method, and computer-readable, non-transitory medium There are provided a paper conveying apparatus, a jam detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium which can determine whether a jam has occurred based on the sound which is generated by a paper during conveyance at a low cost. The paper conveying apparatus includes an ultrasonic detector, provided near a conveyance path of a paper, for detecting an ultrasonic wave which passes through paper and outputting an ultrasonic signal, a multifeed detector for determining whether multifeed of papers has occurred based on a component of a first frequency band in the ultrasonic signal, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on a component of a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band in the ultrasonic signal.
US08840106B2	Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and storage medium An image forming apparatus which performs image forming processing on sheets and outputs the sheets to a sheet stacking unit includes an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction for shutting down the image forming apparatus, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a remaining amount of sheets stacked in the sheet stacking unit, and a control unit configured to display, when the instruction unit receives the instruction, a warning indicating a shift to a state in which sheets are not extractable from the sheet stacking unit, based on the remaining amount of sheets acquired by the acquisition unit.
US08840096B2	Device and method for holding and releasing a metallic sample holder, and use of this device Device for holding and releasing a sample holder is provided. The device includes a support member having a pin with a magnet at its free end for holding the sample holder, tubular body mounted on the support member around and along the pin, and a tubular guide movably mounted inside the body and able to occupy a releasing position where its outer end surrounds the magnet, and a holding position where the guide is retracted inwards the body so that the magnet holds the sample holder. A cam on the guide cooperated with a cam follower-movably through the body upon movement of the guide and with elastic biasing the guide towards its releasing position, to reversibly lock the follower in the holding position when the guide is moved inwards toward the body and to retrieve the initial releasing position, after further moving the guide inwards and releasing this movement.
US08840090B2	Animal proof hooded barrier, related enclosure systems and method of maintaining an animal proof domain A substantially animal-proof barrier (“APB”) that includes (a) two supports that are laterally spaced apart to define a substantially vertical plane there between; (b) fencing material that is attached to each of the supports and spans the defined substantially vertical plane to form a simple barrier that has a top edge, a bottom edge, a front surface and a back surface, wherein the simple barrier divides a domain into a first area and a second area; and (c) a hood having an inner surface, the hood originating from the top edge of the simple barrier is described. An angle formed by the inner surface of the hood and the front surface of the simple barrier measures about 10 degrees to about 80 degrees, such that a channel having a substantially V-shaped cross section is formed.
US08840088B2	Wire pulling assist device A wire pulling assist device has a tong shaped member having two arms biasedly connected at one of the two ends of each arm. A leaf spring at the connected ends of the arms maintains the device in a biasedly open position when the tool is not being used. Wire supports, consisting of curved elements, extend from near the second end of the arms. Applying a squeezing pressure on the arm members compels them and the wire supports towards each other, permitting the wire supports to be inserted into a hole in a metal stud. Metal clad wire can then be threaded through the wire supports and run smoothly and efficiently through the metal stud without impediment.
US08840083B2	Intake valve for a cylinder of the high-pressure fuel pump of a common rail injection system An intake valve for a cylinder of the high-pressure fuel pump of a common rail injection system has a valve body with an inlet opening and a closing member. The closing member closes the inlet opening in a first end position. The member can be moved relative to the inlet opening depending on a pressure difference. The intake valve has a non-linear volumetric flow characteristic.
US08840081B2	Piloted valve, particularly proportional throttle valve A piloted proportional throttle valve has a valve piston (29) displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction in a valve housing (13) having a fluid inlet (2) and outlet (1). The front side of the valve piston (27) can be pressurized against a main valve seat (25) by fluid pressure acting on its back side. A pilot valve device has an actuating member (7) displaceable in the longitudinal direction by an electrically actuatable magnet system (4), and works with a pilot valve seat (37) in a bore (17) of the valve piston (29) connecting its back side to the fluid outlet (1) on the front side of the piston. The fluid pressure on the back side of the piston (29) is reduced for an opening motion when the pilot valve seat (33) is released. A flow baffle device (39) is disposed between the back side of the piston and the fluid inlet (2) of the housing (13) to build up the fluid pressure pressurizing the piston (29) against its closed position by introducing pilot fluid. The flow baffle device (39) has a device for performing filtration, preferably gap filtration, of the pilot fluid.
US08840077B2	Table-mounted surgical instrument stabilizers A surgical instrument stabilizer system that includes an articulating boom that is releasably connectable to a surgical table side rail. The articulating boom includes an actuator, a multi-directional flexible arm having a first end region attached to the actuator, and a cable extending through the flexible arm. The cable has one end region connected to the actuator and another end region connected to a preload tensioning mechanism. The actuator is operable to tighten and loosen the cable, and the preload tensioning mechanism maintains an amount of tension in the cable when the actuator loosens the cable. The system further includes a surgical instrument-supporting member that is attached to a second end region of the flexible arm and is configured to releasably retain a surgical instrument.
US08840074B1	Load bearing structure An improved load bearing structure comprises a center pole is mechanically coupled to an outer helical rod by a plurality of cross helical support rods. The outer helical rod is mechanically coupled to an inner bracing triangle. The center pole, an inner helical rod and the outer helical rod are mechanically coupled to outer end bracing cross support rods and. The outer end bracing cross support rods are mechanically coupled to outer end bracing triangles. These triangles can have vertices bifurcated with lines to which the inner helical rod and the outer helical rod are attached in order to give the improved load bearing structure a shape of a helix based on Koch Snowflake with golden mean scaling such that the improved load bearing structure is substantially stronger than structures made of material of similar type and quantity.
US08840072B2	Bag stand Disclosed is a bag stand including at least three side panels, each side panel having a top end, a bottom end, a left end, a right end, an inner surface, and an outer surface, each side panel having two adjacent side panels, each right end of each side panel connected to the left end of one of the adjacent side panels and each left end of each side panel connected to the right end of the other adjacent side panel, thereby forming a substantially continuous bag stand having a top end and a bottom end and a plurality of panel tabs, each panel tab hingedly connected to the top end of the bag stand, each panel tab having at least one interfacing end for connection to at least one other of the plurality of panel tabs.
US08840070B2	Power supply and control device for actuators, corresponding acutation assembly, and aircraft comprising such a device A power supply and control device for a plurality of electric actuators, the device comprising a control circuit and a power circuit, the power circuit having an inverter module connected to a switch module provided with connection means for connection to the actuators, the control circuit being connected to the switch module to operate it so as to connect the actuators sequentially to the inverter module, wherein the control circuit is arranged to control the inverter module and the switch module sequentially, and wherein the control circuit includes a monitoring module arranged to detect a malfunction of the device. An actuator assembly comprising a plurality of actuators and such a power supply and control device, and an aircraft including a plurality of actuators and such a power supply and control device of the above-specified type.
US08840069B2	Water scavenging system A fuel pumping and water scavenging system for pumping fuel from a fuel tank towards an engine, the system comprising: first and second fuel pumps each having a pump inlet for collecting fuel from the fuel tank; and a water scavenging line coupling a water inlet to the pump inlet of the first pump. The first pump is configured to pump fuel towards the engine at a higher rate than the second pump, unless the first pump fails. A method of removing water from an aircraft fuel tank, the method comprising collecting water from a pool at the bottom of the fuel tank during take off or climb and feeding the water to an engine of the aircraft.
US08840068B2	Closing member for opening An object of the invention is to provide a low-cost closing member for an opening having an excellent lightning protection capability. In a door body 30, an outer surface 31a of a plate part 31 is formed by a composite material layer 60, and a side of an inner surface 31b and a flange part 32 are formed by a metallic material layer 61. The door body 30, a clamp ring 40, and an opening 12 of a wing panel 11 are electrically connected by surface bonding of conductive materials in a butt section of an abutment surface 34 of the door body 30 and a tapered surface 40c of the clamp ring 40 and a butt section of a tapered surface 40d of the clamp ring 40 and an abutment surface 14 of the opening 12.
US08840052B1	Containment and product extraction of grain endosperm A process for converting, separating and removing conversion products from grain endosperm using a contained reaction vessel to effect conversions and extractions. The process minimizes particulate interference with equipment, thereby lowering operating and capital expense. Successive conversion and extraction processes reuse major system parts in each step. The process steps comprise: (a) charging the containment vessel with grain endosperm; (b) inputting extraction fluids (liquids or gases) to the system; (c) circulating extraction fluids through the contained endosperm at conducive temperatures, pressures, contact times and flow rates to effect extraction; (d) removing extraction fluids containing the products from the system; (e) optionally, input flush fluids to the system to further remove remaining products; (f) optionally, blowing down the system with gasses, further removing remaining products; (g) continuing conversion and extraction of remaining grain endosperm to remove further products; (h) finally, removing remaining grain endosperm solids.
US08840051B2	Method and apparatus for reducing the size of materials A method of reducing the size of material, such as rocks of mined ore, is disclosed. The method comprises comminuting and electro-fracturing rocks of the material and thereby reducing the rock size.
US08840044B2	Spray head and device for the dispensing of a liquid Proposed are a spray head with a nozzle for the atomizing of a liquid as well as a device with such a spray head. Associated with the nozzle is a delivery tube that can optionally be folded upward away from the nozzle.
US08840042B2	Dry flue gas desulfurization system with dual feed atomizer liquid distributor An atomizer system 160 for use in a spray dry absorber 130, the atomizer system 160 includes a support member 161, an atomizing disc 162 rotatably coupled to the support member 161, a first feed line 163 for delivery of a reagent slurry 163a to a delivery area 165 and a second feed line 164 for delivery of a dilution liquid 164a to the delivery area 165. The delivery area 165 is positioned within the atomizer system 160 to reduce scale buildup generated by interaction of the reagent slurry 163a and the dilution liquid 164a.
US08840038B2	Texturing a wall or ceiling with non-acoustical joint compound A method of texturing a wall or ceiling with non-acoustical joint compound by providing a collapsible bag having an opening at its top and is adapted to contain non-acoustical joint compound for forming a textured coating on the wall or ceiling and providing a spray nozzle having a low pressure input port, a joint compound suction port attached to the opening at the top of the collapsible bag, and an output port for spraying the non-acoustical joint compound. A low pressure stream of air from an air gun attached to the low pressure input port urges a small quantity of the non-acoustical joint compound to be sprayed out of the spray nozzle when the bottom of the collapsible disposable bag is raised above its top to either allow or force the joint compound to flow into the suction port and into the interior of the spray nozzle.
US08840032B2	Barcodes with graphical elements Barcodes are provided that convey images to help consumers and/or to help identify information about the origin of an article. The images conveyed by the barcodes may be associated with a merchant, a department, an event, a season, a theme or a product, for example. The barcodes may be placed on any number of articles including purchaser receipts, gift receipts, marketing receipt coupons, paper coupons, electronic coupons, rewards cards, gift cards, registry printouts, and products/packaging, for example. Under some embodiments, the barcodes help consumers to associate articles with a particular merchant or department. Under other embodiments, the barcodes help consumers to distinguish purchaser receipts from gift receipts. In some embodiments, the barcodes are generated dynamically by altering font-based barcodes to convey the image.
US08840030B2	Secure credit card with near field communications A near field communication device included in a secure transaction card provides an addition and/or transitional communication link for communicating secure transaction information. The near field communication device may be selectively engaged or disengaged and, when engaged, either active or passive modes of operation of the near field communication device can be selected. in the active mode, secure transaction information is transmitted upon establishment of a communication link with a complementary near field communication device. In the passive mode, secure transaction information is transmitted upon interrogation from a complementary near field communication device. Secure transaction information is generated and stored for transmission in a memory and at least a portion of the memory is erased or nulled upon transmission or upon expiration of a selected period of time.
US08840027B2	Electro-optical reader with enhanced laser light pattern visibility Visibility of a scan laser light pattern or an aiming laser light pattern on a symbol to be read by a hand-held, electro-optical reader is enhanced by directing laser light having a laser wavelength in the laser light pattern to the symbol, configuring an optical element to be transmissive to the laser light of the same laser wavelength, supporting the optical element by the reader, moving the optical element from a stored position to a deployed position, and viewing the laser light pattern on the symbol through the optical element in the deployed position.
US08840011B2	Carton with reinforced corner A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. At least one end flap comprises a first portion foldably connected to the one of the first side panel and the second side panel, a second portion foldably connected to the first portion, and a third portion foldably connected to the second portion. The carton has at least one reinforced corner that comprises a reinforced end panel and a reinforced portion of one of the first side panel and the second side panel. The reinforced end panel comprises the second portion and the third portion of the at least one end flap. The reinforced portion comprises the third portion of the at least one end flap and a portion of the one of the first side panel and the second side panel.
US08840010B2	Reusable box closure for holding box flaps A box closure device engages and holds the flaps of a box in their downward closed position. The device is constructed in a general “I” shape such that the top member is parallel and connected to a bottom member by a vertical member. It slides inward between the opposing flaps of a box from one (or either) side of the box with the “I-beam” connecting member of the device fitting in the space between the flaps. The top and bottom members are of sufficient length, width and depth to hold the box closed. The device gains further operative value when promotional or box content labels, business cards, displays, signage, décor, pictures or the like are applied to the surface of the top and/or bottom members of the said device.
US08840006B2	Friction-stir joining method Disclosed is a friction-stir joining method for joining a first member, having a base metal covered with a substance different from the base metal, with a second member with the second member placed on the first member by moving a joining tool along a joining line having thereon a joining start point and a joining finish point. The method includes steps of: inserting the joining tool into the second member at the joining start point; moving the joining tool a predetermined distance along the joining line in a direction opposite the joining finish point; causing the joining tool to turn back at a turning-back point spaced the predetermined distance from the joining start point; moving the joining tool along the joining line to the joining finish point past the joining start point; and pulling the joining tool out from the second member at the joining finish point.
US08839995B2	Security device for a spare-wheel pick-up system Safety devices for vehicle tire carriers including safety features that protect against the tire being dropped upon a failure in a cable system that supports the tire in a stowed condition. In one implementation the tire carrier has a support shaft at least partially housed within a longitudinal sleeve having a window. A pivotable arm has a first feature that engages with a portion of the support shaft to limit downward movement of the support shaft within the longitudinal sleeve when the pivotable arm is in a first rotational position and upon a failure in the cable system to properly support the tire in the stowed condition. The pivotable arm may also have a second feature that engages with the longitudinal sleeve to inhibit the arm from pivoting away from the first rotational position upon a failure in the cable system to properly support the tire in the stowed condition.
US08839994B2	Aerosol can spray nozzle extension tube adapter Provided is an adapter configured for use with an aerosol can spray nozzle and an extension tube. The adapter is configured to fit onto the spray nozzle and to receive the extension tube to provide a more rigid and fluidly secure connection between the spray nozzle and the extension tube. The adapter includes a spray nozzle portion and an extension tube portion. The spray nozzle portion includes an opening sized and configured to allow the spray nozzle to be insertable therein to create frictional engagement therebetween. The extension tube portion includes an inner channel extending therethrough, and is sized and configured to allow the extension tube to be insertable therein to create friction-tight engagement between the extension tube and the adapter.
US08839993B2	Beverage dispensing apparatus comprising self-regulated flow control means Beverage dispensing apparatus comprising a self-regulating flow rate control means (5). It comprises: A pressurized container (30, 31) containing a beverage to be dispensed; A dispensing duct (1) defined by at least one wall and bringing in fluid communication the liquid beverage contained in the container through a first opening (1a) with the exterior via a valve (35) and out of a second opening (1b), for drawing beverage out of the container. At least a section (3) of the wall defining the dispensing duct is resiliently flexible and is such that its inner surface, facing the interior of the dispensing duct, is exposed to the pressure, P1, reigning in the duct at that level, and its outer surface, facing out of the duct is exposed to a pressure, P2, substantially equal to the pressure reigning in the container, the resiliently flexible section (3) being suitable for maintaining a substantially constant dispensing flow rate over a given range of operating pressure values, P2, in the container.
US08839987B2	Automatic vending machine and process for dispensing beverages An automatic machine for dispensing beverages has at least two rotatable cup dispensing towers having a plurality of housings for variously sized stacked cups. The housings may be rotated in a selective manner. Cups are dispensed from the housings. A cup holder device includes cup holders that receive the dispensed cups. The cup holder device is rotatable about a vertical axis that is parallel to the axes of rotation of the rotatable cup dispensing towers. The cup holder device is provided with at least two cup holders that move along concentric circular trajectories with respect to the vertical axis of the cup holder device.
US08839982B1	Dispensing capsule with dual independent dispensing chambers A dispensing capsule, comprising a cap body including a chamber, whereby the bottom of the chamber is sealed by a sealing member. The cap body includes one or more plungers, each plunger received in a sub-chamber of the chamber, and one or more flexible actuators engaged to the one or more plungers, whereby the actuators are accessible at a top portion of the cap body. The flexible actuators may comprise a bellow-type blast or stepped blast. In some embodiments, a dust cover is provided to cover said top portion of the cap body. By applying pressure to the one or more actuators, the one or more plungers displace downward and break at least a portion of the sealing member. This allows for independent dispensing of an ingredient stored in each of the sub-chambers.
US08839980B2	Bath and shower corner caddy A corner caddy includes a basket assembly and a bracket configured to be coupled to the basket assembly wherein the bracket includes a spreader, a first contact member pivotally connected to a first end of the spreader, a second contact member pivotally connected to a second end of the spreader, a first adhesive positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the first contact member, and a second adhesive positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the second contact member.
US08839978B2	Tether and closure assembly including same A closure assembly for closing an opening in a container includes a closure member including an engagement structure configured to engage the opening. A tether includes a connector portion, a first end, and a second end. The first end is coupled to the closure member and the second end is opposite the first end. A plurality of barbs are positioned at the second end of the tether, each of the plurality of barbs has a rigid construction. The plurality of barbs define a maximum splayed dimension to retain the closure member with respect to the opening. A movable joint couples each of the plurality of barbs to the second end. Each of the plurality of barbs is foldable about the respective movable joint so that the plurality of barbs define a dimension substantially smaller than the maximum splayed dimension to allow insertion through the opening.
US08839974B2	Closure cap for a container filled with a medical fluid, and container having a closure cap A closure cap for a container filled with a medical fluid and having a mouthpiece sealed by a pierceable membrane includes a cap-shaped closure body and a drinking stub with an opening for drinking purposes. The drinking stub is pivotable between a first position, in which the drinking stub bears against the closure body, and a second position, in which the drinking stub protrudes from the closure body, such that, when the drinking stub is pivoted, the membrane of the container is pierced and a connection is produced between the opening in the drinking stub and the container interior.
US08839971B2	Device for stopping a container, container equipped with such a device and method for closing a batch of such containers This device comprises an elastomer stopper (501) and a cap (502) suitable for covering both the neck (12) of a container and the stopper in position in this neck. The cap comprises a ring (503) provided with means (503G) for locking it to the neck and an operating member (504). The operating member (504) is fitted with at least one deformable part (506C) for transmitting a thrust load (f2) parallel to a central axis (X503) of the ring (503), between two portions (505, 506) of this member (504) or between an external material (301) and this member (504). The load transmitting part (506C) is deformable between a first configuration in which its length (L506) parallel to the central axis (X503) is a first value and a second configuration in which this parallel length is a second value that is less than the first value.
US08839970B2	Devices for containing materials and methods of using and making same Embodiments of the present invention feature devices and methods for containing one or more compounds. The inventions feature devices having an ampoule-like closure to preserve the integrity of materials contained therein with vial-like features to allow closure after opening. The devices are sized to be received in a tray or carousal of an autosampler.
US08839969B2	Lattice piece and crane A lattice piece for a crane includes four corner posts and of null bars and diagonal bars connecting the same, wherein at least a part of the null and diagonal bars are foldably articulated to at least one corner post, and at least one adjusting unit is provided for performing the folding movement, wherein at least one drive is connected or connectable with at least one adjusting unit.
US08839967B2	Crane for handling a load hanging on a load cable The present invention relates to a crane for handling a load hanging on a load cable, comprising a slewing gear for rotating the crane, a luffing gear for luffing up the boom, and a hoisting gear for lowering or lifting the load hanging on the load cable, with a control unit for calculating the actuation of slewing gear, luffing gear and/or hoisting gear, wherein the calculation of the actuation commands for actuating slewing gear, luffing gear and/or hoisting gear is effected on the basis of a desired movement of the load indicated in Cartesian coordinates.
US08839963B2	Baffle chamber draining valve A water purifying apparatus and system capable of sedimenting particulates in the fluid over time, and allowing for the quick flushing of sedimented particulates. Top and bottom baffles act as barriers for the sediments, with the bottom barriers having a removable barrier.
US08839960B2	Polymeric matrices formed from monomers comprising a protected amine group The present disclosure relates to polymeric matrices composed of protected amine compound residues and membranes composed from such polymeric matrices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a polymeric matrix comprising amine compound residues, acyl compound residues and protected amine compound residues.
US08839944B2	Sample processing apparatus, sample transporting device, and sample rack transporting method A sample processing apparatus which has a transporting device; a sample processing device, the transporting device has a first transport path; a second transport path; a rack moving mechanism for moving the sample rack from the first transport path to the second transport path; a guide member, movable in vertical directions, for allowing the sample rack to move from the first transport path to the second transport path when the guide member is at a predetermined position, and for preventing the sample rack being transported on the first transport path or the second transport path from deviating from the transport path when the guide member is above the predetermined position; and a drive source for moving the guide member in vertical directions. Also, a sample transporting device, and a sample rack transporting method.
US08839942B2	Method and device for monitoring the functioning of an escalator or of a moving walkway A method and device for monitoring the functioning of a drive element provided between a drive motor and a pulling member for pallets or steps of a passenger transport installation is provided. The condition of the steps or pallets of the step or pallet belt may be monitored. The drive element may be monitored. The step or pallet belt may be stopped in the event of a malfunction of the drive element.
US08839939B2	Ice vending machine with wall mount water teller The present disclosure describes an ice vending machine with a water vending teller that is mounted on an exterior side of the ice vending machine.
US08839917B2	Disc brake apparatus An object is to stably exhibit a two-stage spring characteristic of a plate spring for restraining the generation of a clonk noise in a disc brake apparatus for use in a vehicle. A plate spring 90 for restraining the generation of a clonk noise has a fixture portion 91 having a shape resembling the squarish letter U and elastically fixed to a back plate 61, and an extension portion 92 extending continuously from the fixture portion 91. The extension portion 92 includes an engagement subportion 92a engaged with a support member at all times; a curved subportion 92b located between the engagement subportion 92a and the fixture portion 91; and a contact-engagement subportion 92c located between the curved subportion 92b and the fixture portion 91. The contact-engagement subportion 92c is located a predetermined distance away from the back plate 61 when the back plate 61 is at a non-braking position, and is elastically deformed together with the curved subportion 92b and comes into surface contact with the back plate 61 in a nonslip manner when the curved subportion 92b is elastically deformed by a predetermined amount from its non-braking condition as a result of the back plate 61 moving from the non-braking position toward the rotor-rotation trailing side and thus toward the support member.
US08839909B2	Drive unit of a transmission A drive unit of a transmission includes, but is not limited to a main shaft. The main shaft includes, but is not limited to a bore formed along its center axis for the transport of lubricating oil. An oil transport line is provided via which a roller bearing arranged on an end section of the main shaft is at least indirectly connected to the bore.
US08839897B2	Hybrid hydraulic vehicle drive system A drive system for a hybrid hydraulic vehicle. The drive system includes an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine, a converter coupled to the pump, a drive train coupled to the converter a first hydraulic pathway coupling the hydraulic pump to the converter, a second hydraulic pathway coupling the hydraulic pump to the converter, a reservoir positioned in the second hydraulic pathway, an accumulator positioned in the first hydraulic pathway, a pressure sensor configured to sense the pressure of hydraulic fluid in the accumulator, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication of the pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the accumulator from the pressure sensor, and to adjust a low pressure level threshold of the pressure of hydraulic fluid in the accumulator based on the operation of the vehicle such that the pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the accumulator reaches a predetermined target pressure when the vehicle brakes.
US08839891B2	Multi-mode skid steering A method includes operating a wheeled vehicle including an articulated suspension system; and articulating the suspension system to skid steer the vehicle. A wheeled vehicle having an articulated suspension system includes a skid steering controller capable of articulating the suspension system to skid steer the vehicle. The skid steering controller may be implemented in software and may, but does not necessarily, include three stages for applying a differential torque, varying the traction of at least one wheel, and finely adjusting the wheel's suspension to approach a critical damped response of the vehicle turning rate with respect to its commanded rate, respectively.
US08839889B2	Polycrystalline diamond compacts, cutting elements and earth-boring tools including such compacts, and methods of forming such compacts and earth-boring tools Methods of forming a polycrystalline diamond compact for use in an earth-boring tool include forming a body of polycrystalline diamond material including a first material disposed in interstitial spaces between inter-bonded diamond crystals in the body, removing the first material from interstitial spaces in a portion of the body, selecting a second material promoting a higher rate of degradation of the polycrystalline diamond compact than the first material under similar elevated temperature conditions and providing the second material in interstitial spaces in the portion of the body. Methods of drilling include engaging at least one cutter with a formation and wearing a second region of polycrystalline diamond material comprising a second material faster than the first region of polycrystalline diamond material comprising a first material. Polycrystalline diamond compacts and earth-boring tools including such compacts are also disclosed.
US08839875B2	Method and apparatus for sequestering CO2 gas and releasing natural gas from coal and gas shale formations A system for sequestering CO2 gas and releasing natural gas from underground coal and/or gas shale formations using CO2 gas captured from the flue gas of a coal burning power plant, and processing it to produce cold liquid pressurized CO2, and injecting the cold liquid CO2 under pressure to create fractures within the formation and causing the CO2 to be adsorbed into the coal or gas shale and CH4 to be desorbed, released and recovered. No high volume of water, no toxic additives to the water and no sand proppants are used for hydro-fracture of the gas shale or coal bed.
US08839873B2	Isolation of zones for fracturing using removable plugs An interval can be divided into zones by inserting a series of plugs that register with specific profiles at predetermined intervals along a section of pipe. Each plug supports a releasable perforating gun that can release from the plug and perforate an interval for treatment such as fracturing or acidizing. A subsequent plug then isolates the just treated zone and the process is repeated working up toward the surface. When the full interval is treated the plugs can then be removed by making their cores disappear using a reaction or dissolving techniques. Mechanical alternative that push all the plugs to hole bottom or that retrieve them together or individually are possible alternative techniques for removal of the plugs from the treated interval before production is initiated.
US08839865B2	Slip-layer fluid placement A method of fluid placement in a hydraulic fracture created in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore that comprises the use of one or more reactants that form a low friction layer between the fluids that penetrate the fracture in consecutive treatment stages. Reactants can be added to the fluid that is the carrier or other fluid to be placed in a specific region of the fracture, namely as an upper or lower boundary of the fracture, or added to both the stage that requires placement in a specific section of the fracture and in the stage preceding it, especially the pad and carrier fluids used in consecutive stages.
US08839860B2	In-situ Kerogen conversion and product isolation The invention relates to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil) shale formations. These methods rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen using a chemical oxidant so as to render it mobile. The oxidant is provided to a formation fluid in contact with the kerogen in the subsurface shale. A mobile kerogen-based product which includes the organic acids is withdrawn from the subsurface shale formation and processed to isolate the organic acids contained therein. In one embodiment, the mobile kerogen-based product is treated such that at least a portion of the organic acids form a separate phase from the mobile kerogen-based product to isolate the acids. The organic acids may further be extracted from the mobile kerogen-based product using an organic extraction fluid.
US08839858B2	Drilling wells in compartmentalized reservoirs Method of drilling a well, including one method comprising determining a first value indicative of a relative position of a geological bed boundary with respect to a drilling assembly, determining a second value indicative of an optical property of a formation fluid proximate the drilling assembly, and controlling a well trajectory based on the first and second value.
US08839853B1	Mud bucket system A drilling mud collection apparatus for containing a drill pipe connection so as to collect and drain drilling fluid, mud or the like draining from a length of tubing as it is removed from the connection at the well, in a device commonly known as a mud bucket. A preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes fluid-driven linear actuators positioned to urge the pivot point of engaged enclosure components from an open position, for receiving or releasing the drill pipe connection, to a closed position for enveloping same to facilitate the collection of liquids therefrom.
US08839847B2	Condenser A first header tank to which first heat exchange tubes of third and fourth heat exchange paths are connected and a second header tank to which second heat exchange tubes of first and second heat exchange paths are connected are provided at one end of a condenser. The upper end of the first header tank is located above the lower end of the second header tank. The first header tank has a function of separating gas and liquid from each other and storing the liquid. A spacer is disposed between the first header tank and the second header tank. The spacer includes a first portion which comes into contact with and is brazed to the first header tank, and a second portion which comes into contact with and is brazed to the second header tank.
US08839846B2	Mechanical joint for CuZnFe alloy heat exchanger and method A method of creating a flat-round tube-to-header joint in a CuproBraze™ heat exchanger wherein the flat-round tube-to-header joint is disposed between a tube and a header having a generally circular opening having a first predetermined diameter formed on a first side thereof for receiving one end of a tube, and provides at least one generally circular end having a second predetermined diameter on the tube to fit into the generally circular opening of in the header. The method further provides a predetermined temper on at least one generally circular end which is at least sufficient to enable cold working of at least one generally circular end to prevent premature failures of the flat-round tube-to-header joint. The flat-round tube-to-header joint is formed by inserting one end of the tube into the first side of the header and forming the flat-round tube-to-header joint between one end of the tube and the header.
US08839841B2	Roller blind mounting system and parts therefor A mounting system for an architectural covering including a pair of mounting brackets, a roller operably connected to each of the mounting brackets, and an end plug at least partially received within the roller and operably connected to one of the mounting brackets. The end plug selectively transitions between an extended position and a retracted position and includes a sleeve, a plunger received within the sleeve, and a spring at least partially received within the plunger for biasing the plunger away from the sleeve. The plunger includes a center or body section and at least two radially spaced tongues extending from a first end of the center section. In the extended position a first portion of the plunger projects from the sleeve and in the retracted position at least a portion of the first portion of the plunger is received within the sleeve.
US08839839B2	Retractable awning with automatic pitching gable or arch A retractable awning that transforms automatically into a gable or arch is disclosed. The awning sheet extends using articulated hinged arms. A first end of each articulated arm is hingedly affixed to a stationary surface. The two articulated arms provide vertical support while extending the awning sheet. A swiveling hinge interface connects the ends of the articulated arms and the front support member. The front support member is a flexible spring member and resiliently arches the awning when extending. In another embodiment, the front support member is a left member and right member connected by a hinge and a spring. The spring resiliently urges the left and right member into a gabled configuration, thereby gabling the awning. When retracting the awning, the ends of the front support member and awning sheet are pulled outwards, thereby counteracting the naturally gabled or arched configuration.
US08839837B2	Device and method for optical cable installation An apparatus is provided for securing an optical cable unit to one or more surfaces. The optical cable unit includes a length of adhesive tape and a length of optical cable. The apparatus includes a housing having an outlet and an adjustable securing portion disposed adjacent the outlet. The adjustable securing portion has first and second surface portions configured to adjust between first and second positions. The surface portions form a first angle therebetween in the first position and a second angle therebetween in the second position. The adjustable securing portion may be selectively attachable to the housing. A system is provided and can include a housing and at least two adjustable securing portions. Also provided is a separate adjustable securing portion adapted for use with an apparatus, and a method of applying an optical cable unit to one or more surfaces.
US08839828B2	Filling device having cooling and system for administering a liquid medication A system having a medication reservoir for a medication dosing apparatus for administering a liquid medication, and having a medication supply container holding the liquid medication, a filling device being provided for the automatic filling of the medication reservoir with the medication coming from the medication supply container. Fluidic connections may be provided between individual components for transfer and filling of the liquid medication. This system for administering a medication has the advantage that reliable and simple filling of the medication may be performed.
US08839822B2	Dual containment systems, methods and kits A system for conveying a fluid is disclosed. Such system comprises a spoolable tube comprising an inner layer comprising a first layer and a reinforcing layer comprising fiber, which defines a first passage for conveying a first fluid; an outer layer; and one or more fittings adapted to engage an axial end of said inner layer and an axial end of said outer layer.
US08839806B2	Pressure tap assembly for turbine system and method for assembly of a pressure tap assembly According to one aspect of the invention, a pressure tap assembly includes a passage formed through a wall, a counterbore formed in the passage proximate an inner surface of the wall and a first end of a tube positioned in the passage, wherein a spacer positioned on the tube is positioned in the counterbore and deformed about the inner surface and counterbore to prevent fluid flow between the passage and tube. The pressure tap assembly also includes a second end of the tube disposed proximate a pressure sensing device.
US08839803B2	Rotationally controlled cosmetic powder dose dispenser A rotationally controlled cosmetic powder dose dispenser with a sifter cup pivotally retained by a sifter housing. Opposed arcuate slots are disposed in the bottom wall of the sifter housing and first and second series of apertures are disposed in opposed arcuate configurations in the bottom wall of the sifter cup. The series of apertures and the arcuate slots can be selectively aligned to dispense a volume of cosmetic powder into a sifter jar that is removably coupled to the sifter housing. The sifter housing has a rim received between an outer cylindrical wall and a peripheral wall of the sifter cup, and the sifter jar has a rim received between an outer cylindrical wall and a peripheral wall of the sifter housing in a threaded engagement.
US08839799B2	Segmented smoking article with stitch-bonded substrate A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material.
US08839798B2	System and method for determining sheath location A system for determining a location of an instrument within an anatomy is provided. The system can include a first instrument, which can define at least one lumen. The system can further include a second instrument, which can be received through the at least one lumen. The system can include at least one electrode, which can be coupled to a distal end of the first instrument. The electrode can be responsive to electrical activity to generate at least one signal. The system can include a sensing unit, which can be in contact with the anatomy to sense electrical activity within the anatomy at a location near the instrument. The sensing unit can be in communication with the electrode to receive the signal. The system can further include a control module that can determine, based on the sensed electrical activity and the signal, the location of the first instrument.
US08839797B1	Method and apparatus for securing a patient's hand during arthroscopy and surgery An extended flexible meshed enclosure is arranged between a patient's hand and a grooved support plate upstanding from the associated operating table to support the patient's hand during surgery of the patient's associated limb. To assist in holding the patient's fingers within the meshed enclosure, a hooked and looped strap is wrapped around the patient's finger and surrounding meshed enclosure.
US08839794B2	Disposable apparatus for securing a patient Embodiments of an apparatus are described. In one embodiment, the system is an apparatus for securing a patient to a board. The apparatus includes a board and a disposable cover that covers at least a portion of the board. The disposable cover includes a securing mechanism for securing the cover in place around a portion of the board. The disposable cover further includes at least one strap to wrap around the body of a patient or other object. The disposable cover also includes at least one second strap to wrap around the first strap. The second strap may include an adhesive material to secure the second strap around the first strap.
US08839785B2	Respirator harness having collapsible head cradle A respirator 10 that includes a harness 12 and a mask body 14. The harness 12 has one or more straps 21 and a head cradle 16 that is joined to the one or more straps 21 and that includes first and second laterally-extending members 18, 20 and a latch 26. The latch 26 is able to secure the laterally-extending members 18, 20 in a spaced apart first open position to allow for placement on a person's head and is able to disengage so that the members 18, 20 can move to a second collapsed position to allow for off-the-face storage. The harness is beneficial in that it can be quickly removed from the wearer's head and can be conveniently disposed behind the wearer's neck when the wearer wants to temporarily displace the mask body from their face.
US08839776B2	Bow stabilizer with integrated adjustable accessory mounting rails A bow stabilizer incorporating one or more attachment rails for mounting a variety of accessories to the stabilizer for use in conjunction with the bow or other target sighting device. The stabilizer is rotationally adjustable about a center axis attachment post connecting the stabilizer to the bow. In addition to rotating the stabilizer for balance, the rails are individually adjustable side to side at their ends and are preferably of the picatinny or weaver rail configuration. Anywhere from one to four (or more) accessory rails may be positioned symmetrically or asymmetrically on the stabilizer. One or more counterbalance weights may be adjustably positioned on one or more of the rails to offset and balance the weight of attached accessories.
US08839770B1	Bow crutch An assist for drawing a bowstring of a compound bow to a position close to the standard draw position is described. The assist is a crutch that is inserted into a crutch mount that is affixed to the riser of the bow. The crutch allows the archer to place the bow on a support surface and to pull the bowstring up onto the crutch. When the archer is ready to shoot an arrow, he pulls the bowstring back from the crutch. The head of the crutch rotates into a vertical position, providing an unencumbered path for the arrow.
US08839760B1	Apparatus for rotating a crankshaft An apparatus for rotating a crankshaft is described. The crankshaft includes a main shaft and an axially offset crank pin connected to the main shaft. The apparatus includes a first piston that alternately drives an attached connecting frame in reciprocating motion. A hub is rotatably mounted within the connecting frame with the hub defining a channel and the crank pin disposed therein. The apparatus includes a locking mechanism with a locked state in which the hub is prevented from rotating and an unlocked state in which the hub freely rotates. The reciprocating motion of the first piston and the connecting frame imparts reciprocating travel of the crank pin between ends of the channel and consequent rotation of the main shaft in the locked state; while the crankshaft and the hub rotate freely in the unlocked state, with the first piston and the connecting frame in a stationary position.
US08839757B2	Internal combustion engine A rotary valve internal combustion engine has a piston connected to a crankshaft and reciprocatable in a cylinder, a combustion chamber being defined in part by the piston, and a rotary valve rotatable in a valve housing fixed relative to the cylinder, the rotary valve having a valve body containing a volume defining, in part, the combustion chamber and further having a port giving, during rotation of the valve, fluid communication successively to and from the combustion chamber via inlet and exhaust ports.
US08839749B2	Piston having a hollow cooling space defined in a mantle wall A piston has a piston head, a piston pin support projecting from the piston head, and a mantle wall connected to the piston head. The mantle wall is formed with two tubular pieces that are disposed concentrically relative to one another and which are connected at a periphery of the piston head. A hollow space is formed between the tubular pieces.
US08839745B1	Leash caddy system A leash caddy system for use with a retractable leash is provided. The retractable leash has a handle. The system comprises a cover with an attachment mechanism secured to the cover for releasably securing the cover around the retractable leash through the handle of the retractable leash. A plurality of guide hoops is mounted to the cover. A first securement mechanism associated with a first guide hoop and a fourth guide hoop secures the cover about the retractable leash. A second securement mechanism associated with the second guide hoop and the fourth guide hoop secures the cover about the retractable leash. Upon securing the cover about the retractable leash, the cover forms a pocket for receiving the cover therein.
US08839735B2	Kayak with removable seat elements In one example, a watercraft, such as a kayak, is provided that includes a body, at least a portion of the body having a unitary one-piece construction. The body includes a hull and a cockpit that is integral with the hull, and the cockpit includes a seating area. Finally, the example watercraft includes a backrest connected to the body near the seating area and rotatable between a substantially vertical orientation and a substantially horizontal orientation, and movement of the backrest is limited to rotational motion.
US08839715B2	Trash compactor main door interlock Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to door locking systems for use in connection with trash compactor systems for preventing inadvertent opening of the main door during a compaction cycle.
US08839712B2	Transfer mechanism for use with a food processing system A transfer mechanism for transferring food product from a compartment of a food processing system includes a conduit having a first end portion configured to be in communication with the compartment and a second end portion, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with the fluid discharge. The pressurized fluid source is operable to propel a fluid through the fluid discharge to move the food product from the first end portion of the conduit toward the second end portion.
US08839707B2	Magazine adaptor system A modified elongate ammunition magazine, the magazine being modified by modifying an elongate, single plane magazine by removing its end cap so as to provide an elongate modified magazine having an upper end for attaching to said magazine well of a firearm, a lower end, and a through passageway therebetween, and a clip leg base attached thereto and also attachable to a high capacity ammunition magazine housing, the clip leg base configured such that when it is attached to said modified magazine to construct a feed clip assembly, and when the clip leg base is also attached to a high capacity magazine, and when the upper end of the modified magazine is installed into a firearm, an ammunition passageway is defined from an ammunition outlet of a high capacity ammunition magazine housing, through the modified magazine, and to a firearm. Also provided is a last linked assembly including a loose or spreadable link.
US08839684B2	Measurement device and method for generator A measurement device for a generator and a method for measuring stator wedge preload are disclosed. The generator includes a stator and a rotor, the stator including a stator wedge. The measurement device includes a force application device, the force application device including an actuator operable to apply a force to the stator wedge. The measurement device further includes a sensor operable to measure displacement of the stator wedge. The measurement device further includes a controller in communication with the force application device and the sensor and configured to collect data associated with the force and the displacement.
US08839671B2	Measurement method and measurement device In the measurement method, a vibrator (5) of a detection unit (4) is relatively moved against a plate (3) of which surface is flat having predetermined area. The vibrator (5) which is vibrating is moved closer to a surface of an object-to-be-measured (1) which is mounted on the plate (3) until the frequency thereof is varied. A position where the frequency of the vibrator (5) is varied is output as a contact position where the vibrator (5) is contacted to the object-to-be-measured (1). Then, thickness of the object-to-be-measured (1) is measured by comparing the position where the vibrator (5) is contacted to the object-to-be-measured (1) with a surface position of the plate (3).
US08839666B2	Vehicle speed signal falsification detection apparatus, vehicle speed limiting apparatus, vehicle speed signal falsification detection method, and vehicle speed limiting method A vehicle speed signal falsification detection apparatus has a control unit incorporating a computer. The control unit calculates a vehicle speed according to a pulse signal proportional to the rotational speed of a drive wheel and also calculates a simulated vehicle speed according to a pulse signal proportional to the rotational speed of a driven wheel. Then, the control unit determines, on the basis of the comparison between the vehicle speed and the simulated vehicle speed, whether a vehicle speed signal has been falsified. When the control unit determines that the vehicle speed signal has been falsified, then the control unit outputs a falsification detection signal to another control unit so as to suppress the output of an engine.
US08839663B2	Working fluid sensor system for power generation system A working fluid sensor system adapted to analyze operation of a power generation system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a working fluid sensor system includes: a set of sensors adapted to be disposed within a turbine, the set of sensors including probe portions which extend into a flowpath of the turbine for exposure to a working fluid, the probe portions adapted to react to a force exerted by the working fluid on the probe portions and indicate a moisture content of the working fluid.
US08839661B2	Direct quantitative colorimetric measurement of liquid foam The present invention generally relates to a foaminess characterization method for characterizing liquid foams and defoamers and a foam generation method for generating the liquid foams.
US08839657B2	Calibration system and method for acoustic probes An acoustic probe calibration system includes a waveguide and a moveable piston. The waveguide extends from a front end to an opposite back end along a longitudinal axis and defines a cavity extending from the front end to the back end. The piston is disposed within the cavity of the waveguide and is configured to move within the cavity of the waveguide along the longitudinal axis of the waveguide. An acoustic probe is inserted into the waveguide to define an interior chamber between the acoustic probe and the piston. The acoustic probe determines pressure responses to acoustic stimuli inside the interior chamber. The piston is moveable to a plurality of different positions within the waveguide to change a size of the interior chamber such that the acoustic probe can determine the pressure responses within the varying-size interior chamber.
US08839656B2	Method of checking a wind turbine in a wind farm for a yaw misalignment, method of monitoring a wind turbine in a wind farm and monitoring apparatus A method of checking a wind turbine in a wind farm with a number of wind turbines for a yaw misalignment is provided. In this method, the yaw angles of at least a subset of wind turbines of the wind farm are ascertained, an average yaw angle is established from the ascertained yaw angles, and a yaw misalignment of the wind turbine to be checked is identified by a deviation of its yaw angle from the average yaw angle by more than a threshold value.
US08839652B2	Method and device for press-hardening a metallic formed structure In a method for press-hardening a metallic formed structure made of a hardenable steel sheet, the steel sheet is heated above a transition temperature Ac3 and then placed in a cooled press having a forming tool with at least one uncooled contour section for forming a region of reduced hardness. Marginal regions of the steel sheet are clamped with a sheet holder arrangement which has an inner sheet holder and an outer sheet holder. The inner sheet holder is hereby located closer to the forming tool than the outer sheet holder. The sheet holder arrangement is configured to slow down flow of the marginal regions into the forming tool. After closing the press tool, the steel sheet is formed in a first forming phase by holding the marginal region with the outer sheet holder and in a subsequent forming phase by holding the marginal region with the inner sheet holder.
US08839642B2	Thermal solar energy collector for producing heat and/or cooling A chemical heat pump includes a reactor part (1) that contains an active substance and an evaporator/condenser part (3) that contains that portion of volatile liquid that exists in a condensed state and can be absorbed by the active substance. A channel (4) interconnects the reactor part and the evaporator/condenser part. To heat the reactor part, a portion of this wall is arranged as a solar energy collector, which can result in a very compact structure. In at least the reactor part a matrix (13) is provided for the active substance so that the active substance both in its solid state and its liquid state or its solution phase is held or carried by or bonded to the matrix. The matrix is advantageously an inert material such as aluminium oxide and has pores, which are permeable for the volatile liquid and in which the active substance is located. In particular, a material can be used that has a surface or surfaces, at which the active substance can be bonded in its liquid state thereof. For example, the matrix can be a material comprising separate particles such as a powder or a compressed fibre material.
US08839634B2	Arrangement adapted for energy transformation An arrangement is disclosed for energy transformation under the utilization of an oscillating gas volume sustained by an energy supplying device. A gas compression creates an elevated temperature and a gas decompression creates a reduced temperature within the gas volume. One or more first valves are connected to the space, wherein the first valve is controllably actuatable to supply or extract thermal energy to or from the space during a compression stage. One or more second valve are further connected to the space, wherein the second valve is controllably actuatable to supply or extract thermal energy to or from the space during a decompression stage. A control unit is adapted to briefly permit actuation of the first valve and the second valve within mutually discrete time intervals.
US08839630B2	Thermoelectric dehumidifier and enclosure vent drain assembly Embodiments of the invention provide a dehumidifier and a vent drain assembly to reduce moisture in an electrical enclosure. The dehumidifier can include a thermoelectric module, a drain pan, and a fitting to release the collected moisture from the drain pan. The vent drain assembly can receive the collected moisture from the drain pan and the fitting. The vent drain assembly can include a valve body, a float, and a cap.
US08839625B2	Gas turbine engine diffuser having air flow channels with varying widths An exemplary diffuser includes a plurality of air flow channels defined by a corresponding plurality of vanes. The vanes extend from a first side of the diffuser and define a width of the air flow channel between the corresponding plurality of vanes. The first side has at least one tapered surface extending from an inner radial position to an outer radial position. The distance between a tapered surface and a top side of the plurality of the vanes defines a depth of the air flow channel. The width of the air flow channel varies relative to the depth of the air flow channel along the length of the air flow channel.
US08839622B2	Fluid flow in a fluid expansion system Some embodiments of a fluid expansion system can be used with the working fluid in a Rankine cycle. For example, the fluid expansion system can be used in a Rankine cycle to recover heat from one of a number of commercial applications and to convert that heat energy into electrical energy. In particular embodiments, the fluid expansion system may include a turbine generator apparatus to generate electrical energy and a liquid separator arranged upstream of the turbine generator apparatus.
US08839620B2	Sliding vane rotary expander for waste heat recovery system A sliding vane rotary expander is used in a waste heat recovery system for a power plant. One example rotary expander has multiple stages with the vane assemblies disposed in bearing supported rings. Another example rotary expander has multiple stages with the vane assemblies disposed in an elliptical cavity. A balance valve equalizes the flow within the stages. Single stage rotary expanders may also be used.
US08839591B2	Concrete anchor point system A concrete anchor point system provides for an anchor point, a receptacle for embedding into a concrete structure for removably receiving the anchor point, and a tool for remotely installing the anchor point in the structure, or removing the anchor point from the structure. The receptacle is preferably tapered, and an anchoring end of the anchor point is preferably tapered to match.
US08839590B1	Acoustical grid and method of use A method for dampening acoustical vibration within a room including providing a grid formed of a plurality of cells defined by panels made from a flexible or deformable material which do not intersect one another such that the grid can be collapsed and expanded in a parallelogram motion. The grid can be positioned above floor level to attenuate acoustical sound within the room.
US08839589B2	Automotive glazing and component assembly An automotive glazing having a mounting strip for mounting a glazing component attached adjacent at least one edge thereof is disclosed. The mounting strip comprises at least one ridge positioned in contact with the glazing such that the majority of the mounting strip is spaced apart from the glazing, forming a cavity. The mounting strip is bonded to a major face of the glazing by an adhesive material in contact with at least a portion of the mounting strip, and positioned such that it does not overlap the edge of the glazing. The ridge, the mounting strip end and the major face of the glazing to which the strip is bonded form a cavity having an open end facing the edge of the glazing, the cavity being dimensioned to receive a portion of said glazing component.
US08839587B2	Mounting arrangement for panel veneer structures A high-strength panel anchoring system for use in a cavity wall. A wall anchor is fixedly attached to an inner wythe. The wall anchor includes a set of pronged legs for insertion through insulation and securement against the inner wythe and a plate connecting the set of pronged legs and maintaining the legs at substantially right angles from the plate. The plate has an aperture to receive a fastener. A U-shaped separator is adjacent the wall anchor. A split veneer tie is adjacent the separator and opposite the wall anchor. The veneer tie includes a backplate having an aperture to receive a fastener and an insertion portion having a cavity end contiguous with the backplate and set at a substantially right angle thereto. The insertion portion has an insertion end having two legs set at opposite substantially right angles for interconnection with a plurality of panels forming an outer wythe.
US08839586B2	Tower section and method for installing tower for wind turbine Tower sections for towers of wind turbines and methods for installing towers of wind turbines are disclosed. A tower includes a preassembled power module having a first cross-sectional area. The tower section includes a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface defines a tower interior and has a first diameter. The tower section further includes a tower flange extending from the wall into the tower interior and having a second diameter less than the first diameter. Further, the tower section includes a platform assembly affixed to the wall and having a third diameter greater than the second diameter. The platform assembly defines an aperture having a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area.
US08839581B2	High-strength partially compressed low profile veneer tie and anchoring system utilizing the same A high-strength low profile partially compressed pintle veneer tie and anchoring system employing the same is disclosed. The high-strength pintle anchoring system employs a partially compressively reduced veneer tie that is cold-worked with the resultant body partially having substantially semicircular edges and flat surfaces therebetween. The edges are aligned to receive compressive forces transmitted from the outer wythe. The partially compressively reduced veneer tie, when part of the anchoring system, interengages with the receptor portions of a wall anchor and is dimensioned to preclude significant veneer tie movement. The insertion portion of the veneer tie is compressed and patterned to ensure a secure hold within the bed joint.
US08839580B2	Load transfer device A load transfer device is provided to connect concrete elements including, but not limited to, sandwich and double wall panel wythes, roof, floor, balcony and canopy members, and pavement. The device may be used to connect and transfer loads between the components of sandwich and double wall panels. The device includes two load transfer members positioned at an angle with respect to one another. Additionally provided are a retention housing for retaining one or more load transfer members at their angled positions and a depth locating means for retaining one or more load transfer members at their proper depth. Also provided are sandwich wall panels and double wall panels employing the load transfer device and methods for manufacturing sandwich wall panels and double wall panels employing the disclosed load transfer device.
US08839572B2	Post anchor apparatus and method of use Herein described is a post anchor apparatus and methods of use in erecting and anchoring posts in natural terrain. The apparatus of the present invention provides a convenient means of erecting a post in natural terrain while also providing improved strength, stability, and durability to the post. The apparatus comprises at least a housing for receiving the base of a post, a rod, stabilizer element for stabilizing the apparatus within the natural terrain, and an auger blade for driving the rod into the natural terrain.
US08839567B1	Wall mount human machine interface Disclosed is a wall mount enclosure for mounting in a wall, including a housing with a front side, a back side and at least one side wall defining an interior accessible from an opening in the front side, where the front side has an outer perimeter extending outwardly beyond the side wall to interface with a front surface of the wall when a plurality of clamping mechanisms are engaged to mount the enclosure to the wall. The clamping mechanisms comprise a threaded fastener having a head accessible through the interior, and an at least partially threaded elongated member. A clamp body is provided and is pivotal about an axis by pivoting the threaded fastener in a first direction away from the interior of the enclosure and linearly translatable when in a second pivotal position to engage a back portion of the wall and mount the housing.
US08839559B2	Door urging apparatus A door urging apparatus, for use with an existing door hingedly mounted in a frame, the door moving between a closed, a crossover, and open states, the door urging apparatus including an offset bracket with a base and an arcuate planar element having a proximal end that extends from the base and a distal end with a first pivotal attachment. Also included is a plate affixed to a frame portion opposite of the hinged mount, the plate having a second pivotal attachment. Further included is a gas spring assembly having a lengthwise cylinder with a telescoping rod, the gas spring provides a dampened force extending the rod outward. The gas spring is pivotally attached between the first pivotal attachment and the second pivotal attachment, wherein operationally the door is urged into the open state by the gas spring and is also urged into the closed state by the gas spring.
US08839556B2	Pet door systems and methods of operation thereof A method of operation of a pet door system with a controllable lock and circuitry including a resonant circuit having an antenna and an element to vary the resonant frequency of the circuit according to a setting parameter, a drive circuit for driving the resonant circuit with a drive signal, and a demodulator, the method including a setting-up operation comprising varying the setting parameter while driving the resonant circuit at a first driving frequency, detecting a first value of the setting parameter at which the resonant circuit is substantially in tune while the resonant circuit is driven at the first driving frequency, and storing the first value of the setting parameter. The method further includes a reading operation comprising reading the first value, driving the resonant circuit at the first driving frequency with the setting parameter set to the first value, and attempting to derive data from the demodulator.
US08839551B2	Self-regulating greenhouse An apparatus and system are disclosed for a self-regulating greenhouse. The apparatus includes a horizontal air pathway disposed within a growing bed, and a vertical air pathway extending upward from the horizontal air pathway through the growing bed to an air intake apparatus positioned adjacent the roof. The system includes the apparatus and a structure comprising walls and a roof formed of at least a first transparent sheet coupled with a rotatable arm and an adjacent second transparent sheet coupled with an extending arm such that when the extending arm lifts the second transparent sheet an opening is formed in the roof between the first and second transparent sheets to allow a flow of air between an interior of the structure and an exterior of the structure. The system also includes an external surface of formed of a transparent membrane allowing sunlight to enter the structure.
US08839547B2	Reel system with line tension measurement capability An exemplary embodiment of a fishing reel includes a reel frame for supporting a line spool with a spool rotation axis, the line spool rotatably mounted one the reel frame. A reel foot is adapted for mounting to a fishing rod, wherein the reel foot is attached to the frame. A force measurement device is configured to produce a response indicative of a line tension force.
US08839545B1	Rifle guard rapid configuration system Disclosed is a hand guard attachment system. The system in one form comprising a barrel nut affixed to an upper receiver of the firearm and a jam nut each with a threaded outer surface aligned with and co-axial to a bore of the firearm. The rapid configuration system may include a plurality of indexing pins aligned with, but not coaxial to the bore of the firearm. The hand guard may include an inner threaded surface where the threads cooperate with the threads of the jam nut and barrel nut. A method for attachment of the hand guard to the firearm is also disclosed. The method in one form including the steps of: threading the hand guard onto the jam nut and barrel nut; and tensioning the set screws. The method may include a step where the set screws are adjusted to manipulate the angle of the hand guard relative to the bore.
US08839543B2	Ammunition magazine The present invention is an ammunition magazine, preferably made of a reinforced polymer, utilizing a structurally enhancing ridge, angular guide rails and a follower made to interface with said guide rails to reduce wobble. The preferred embodiment also features a protective cover that distributes forces from the spring to more structurally sound areas of the magazine, thus reducing feed end splay, and an ammunition indication system comprised of at least one window and a noticeable marker on the follower spring. The follower and magazine casing are also designed to interface to prevent the follower from popping out of the feed end and the floor plate of the magazine utilizes a locking plate and sliding relationship between the floor plate, locking plate and magazine to secure the floor plate onto the magazine casing. The cover features built in tools for, among other things, unloading and disassembling the magazine.
US08839536B2	Solar power generation display assembly and method for providing same The present invention relates to a solar power generation display assembly and methods for providing same involving solar arrays in a display of designated indicia, each solar array containing one or more electronically linked solar modules or cells of a crystalline or amorphous type and other modules. The solar modules and/or portions of the solar modules and other module portions and/or portions of the other module portions within each specific array or display may be static or manipulated electronically or mechanically to provide an enhanced indicia while a programmable display management system enables operation of electrical and mechanical management sub-systems for displaying the indicia.
US08839533B2	Snowgroomer including a winch assembly to aid handling of the snowgroomer on steep slopes, and method of operating the winch assembly A snow groomer, equipped with a winch assembly to aid handling of the snow groomer on steep slopes, has a frame; a user interface; a control unit; and the winch assembly, which has a support structure fixed or connected to the frame, a drum that rotates with respect to the support structure about an axis, a cable fixed or connected at one end to the drum and wound about the drum, an actuator assembly for rotating the drum about the axis, and a sensor for determining the position of the drum about the axis; the control unit being configured to control the cable as a function of the position of the drum and the geometry of the drum.
US08839530B2	Method of lasting an article of footwear with a fluid-filled chamber A method of manufacturing an article of footwear may include assembling at least a portion of an upper of the article of footwear, the upper having a lower perimeter edge. A lasting element is secured to the upper adjacent to the lower perimeter edge. The lasting element includes a barrier and a tensile member located within the barrier, the tensile member being secured to opposite sides of the barrier. In addition, a sole structure of the article of footwear is joined to at least one of the upper and the lasting element.
US08839525B2	Pin array adjustment system for multi-axis bow sight A sighting device for a bow that includes a support assembly adapted to attach to the bow. A bezel assembly is attached to the support assembly. The bezel assembly includes a micro-adjust with a lead screw located adjacent to a bezel opening. A plurality of pin carriers each include a slider selectively moveable between an engaged position coupled to the lead screw and a disengaged position. As a result, each pin carrier is adapted to be selectively and independently displaced or not displaced by rotation of the micro-adjust. A plurality of sight pins are coupled to the pin carriers. Each sight pin includes a sight point at a distal end located in the bezel opening and a proximal end coupled to one of the pin carriers. The sight points are adapted to align the bow with a target viewed through the bezel opening.
US08839522B2	Interlocking cutlery and related methods A utensil that includes a functional end and a handle associated with the functional end. The handle includes a longitudinal axis, a first surface, and a second surface. The first surface includes at least one protrusion configured to separably couple the utensil to a second utensil. The second surface is configured to receive at least a portion of a third utensil. The at least one protrusion is configured such that the utensil and the second utensil are configured to be at least one of coupled and decoupled with respect to one another via relative movement in a plane parallel to a reference plane that intersects a plane extending between the first and second surfaces.
US08839520B2	Mounted structure, liquid droplet ejection head, liquid droplet ejection apparatus and manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a device that has a semiconductor element includes: forming a first wiring on a first surface of a first member; forming a second wiring on a second surface of a second member with a gap from a connection terminal and a third wiring on an inclined plane of the second member, the second member being disposed on the first member so that the first and second surfaces face in the same direction, the third wiring being aligned with, and connecting, the first and second wirings; disposing the semiconductor element on the first or second surface; and providing plating that electrically connects the first, second and third wiring with the connection terminal, wherein the connection terminal faces the second wiring, and the plating is provided in the gap between the connection terminal and the second wiring.
US08839518B1	EGR cooler and method of rebuilding existing cooler An EGR cooler for an engine. The cooler has a housing with fittings on opposite ends for securement to mating fittings in the engine exhaust system to circulate exhaust through heat exchange tubes in the housing. Coolant inlet and outlet fittings compatible with mating fittings in the engine receive coolant and circulate the coolant in heat exchange relationship with the exhaust gas in the tubes. The cooled gas is then directed to the engine intake manifold to reduce emissions. A method of rebuilding salvaged EGR coolers is also disclosed in which the existing heat exchange components are removed from said salvaged stock EGR cooler and replaced with heat exchange tube sub-assemblies. Exhaust fittings are then welded to the ends of the housing.
US08839516B2	Repairing titanium compressor blades by cold compacting A method for repairing a compressor blade of a turbine engine, the blade including a cat's tongue at the radial end thereof, the radial extension of which is less than a predefined nominal radial extension. The method includes elongating the cat's tongue via a cold-compacting operation applied to the walls of said tongue, such that the radial elongation thereof becomes greater than the nominal extension. The compacting operation is a rollerburnishing operation carried out by moving the end of the blade between two rollers having rectilinear generatrices and spaced apart by a distance smaller than the thickness of the cat's tongue, along the chord connecting the leading edge with the trailing edge thereof.
US08839514B2	Method for machining, in particular for mechanical machining, of at least one exhaust-gas-conducting surface region of an internal combustion engine or crankcase part, internal combustion engine crankcase and cylinder sleeve A method for machining, in particular mechanical machining, of at least one exhaust-gas-conducting surface region of an internal combustion engine or crankcase part, in particular at least one cylinder barrel of a crankcase or at least one cylinder barrel of a cylinder sleeve, includes using a surface-condition-changing machining tool. The surface region is produced from a corrodible material and is brought into contact, during the machining through the use of the surface-condition-changing machining tool, with at least one tribochemically activatable substance being activated during the machining in particular as a function of a defined contact pressure of the machining tool and/or as a function of a defined machining temperature, and forms a corrosion-resistant surface as a triboreaction layer with the respective surface region, by tribochemical reaction. A crankcase and a cylinder sleeve formed in this way are also provided.
US08839512B2	Oblique parts or surfaces Various structures, such as microstructures and wall-like structures, can include parts or surfaces that are oblique. In some implementations, a cantilevered element includes a spring-like portion with a uniformly oblique surface or with another artifact of an oblique radiation technique. In some implementations, when a deflecting force is applied, a spring-like portion can provide deflection and spring force within required ranges. Various oblique radiation techniques can be used, such as radiation of a layer through a prism, and structures having spring-like portions with oblique radiation artifacts can be used in various applications, such as with downward or upward deflecting forces.
US08839505B2	Method of manufacturing a magnet assembly A method of manufacturing a magnet assembly that includes surrounding a bonded magnet with a sleeve, heating the magnet, and compressing the magnet in an axial direction such that the magnet and sleeve expand in a radial direction.
US08839500B2	Edge conveyor belt solar string assembly device The present invention is directed to a process for pre-assembly of a solar panel string for a solar canopy, the process comprising aligning a plurality of solar panels onto an edge conveyor, wherein belts of the edge conveyor contact and support the bottom of the plurality of solar panels at opposite longitudinal ends of each solar panel and aligning a solar panel support channel below the plurality of solar panels; and attaching the solar panel support channel to the plurality of solar panels, thereby forming a solar panel string assembly.
US08839499B2	Method of manufacturing continuous sucker rod A method for manufacturing a continuous sucker rod coil, wherein the method includes the step of selecting a plurality of input coils, each input coil having the same uniform hardness, and each input coil having two free ends. The method further includes the step of fusing adjacent free ends of adjacent input coils together to form one continuous length of rod, the fusing creating fused areas and a heat-affected zone at each fused area. The method also includes the step of treating each of the heat-affected zones to alleviate irregularities induced during fusing. Additionally, the method includes the step of winding the continuous length of rod into a finished coil.
US08839495B2	Closure component A closure component has a plurality of closure components (12) with each disposed on a carrier part (10) by a footer (18). Each has a header (14) connected to the footer (18) by a shaft part (16). The header (14) is jointedly connected to the shaft part (16) by a hinge part (20). Because the footer (18) forms a further hinge part (22), by which the shaft part (16) is jointedly connected to the carrier part (10), improved adhesion to third components can be produced.
US08839493B2	Paper holder A paper holder is provided which can reliably hold paper, reliably pull out an uppermost piece of paper one by one and, further, leave a straight and clear torn trace on paper such that dust is hardly produced. The paper holder has a case 10 in which a mount portion 12 including a bottom surface portion 11 and an upper covering portion 15 are detachably engaged and integrally formed, and in which a paper insertion opening 19 is formed, and has in the case 10 a holding piece 20 that holds inserted paper and that is provided with a blade 40. The paper holder has an elastic member 30 that biases the holding piece 20 by means of spring force applied in a direction in which the paper is pulled out. The holding piece 20 is made of a plate body having rigidity, and is axially supported rotatably by an axial support portion 17 that is provided inside the front side front surface portion 15d of the case 10, and further has a longitudinal surface portion 21 that extends from the axial support portion 17 to a bottom surface portion side. The blade 40 is fixed to a blade fixing member 50. The blade fixing member 50 is provided in a surface of the longitudinal surface portion 21 on a paper insertion direction side such that a tip 43 of the blade projects from an end of the longitudinal surface portion 21 on the bottom surface portion side.
US08839492B2	Apparatus for pressure steam treatment of carbon fiber precursor acryl fiber bundle and method for producing acryl fiber bundle A pressure steam treatment apparatus according to the invention includes a pressure steam treatment chamber and labyrinth sealing chambers. The labyrinth sealing chambers are respectively arranged on a fiber bundle inlet and on a fiber bundle outlet of the steam treatment apparatus, having a running path of the fiber bundle in a horizontal direction and having plural labyrinth nozzles on top and bottom of the running path. The difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the distance in the perpendicular direction of the top and bottom side labyrinth nozzles, of a pair of opposing labyrinth nozzles is 0.5 mm or smaller when the ambient temperature of the labyrinth sealing chamber is 140° C. This structure ensures that the energy cost can be reduced, the deformation of the apparatus and also, the raise of fuzz on the fiber bundle and fiber bundle breakage can be prevented at the same time.
US08839487B2	Vertically adjustable caster wheel apparatus A vertically-adjustable caster wheel apparatus for use on a forklift truck, material handling cart, and the like. The caster wheel apparatus of the present invention provides a yolk frame having a pivot pin connected to and extending through the yolk frame. A wheel frame has one end pivotally connected to the yolk frame and a second end rotatably connected to a wheel. An elastic member has a first retainer connected to one end of the elastic member and a second retainer connected to an opposite end of the elastic member, wherein the first retainer is connected to the pivot pin in the yolk frame to allow the elastic member to pivot with respect to the yolk frame. Means for adjusting the vertical height of the wheel is provided by adjusting the angle of the wheel frame relative to the yolk frame.
US08839485B2	Upright vacuum with floating head A vacuum cleaner with a reduced frictional force between a vacuum base and a cleaning medium is described. The vacuum has a handle, yoke, body, and base. A handle and yoke distinct from, and behind, the base provides a moment arm anterior to the base when a force is applied. The handle and yoke assembly reduce the friction between the cleaning surface and the vacuum, allowing for larger motor and debris capturing capabilities, with easier handling and maneuverability resulting in advanced and superior cleaning capabilities.
US08839484B2	Vacuum cleaner base with agitator drive assembly An upright vacuum cleaner comprises a base assembly pivotally connected to an upright assembly. The base assembly comprises an agitator and an agitator drive assembly for selectively driving the agitator. The agitator drive assembly includes a drive disk coupled to a motor shaft, a driven disk which engages the drive disk, and a drive coupling between the driven disk to the agitator. The agitator drive assembly can further include a drive disengager for selectively interrupting the transmission of drive force to the agitator. The agitator drive assembly can further include a speed selector for adjusting the relative speed of rotation of the agitator.
US08839475B2	Access unit A mobile access unit for allowing passengers to embark or disembark from a craft, such as an aircraft, the unit comprising: a first moveable ramp section, extending from an entry/exit end, which allows access to the loading door of the craft, to a hinged end, wherein the entry/exit end can rotate about the hinged end, between a raised position and a lowered position; a second moveable ramp section, extending from a hinged end to a ground entry/exit end, which allows access to the ground, wherein the ground entry/exit end can rotate about the hinged end, between a raised position and a lowered position; and a non-linear middle ramp section, extending from a first linking end, which links with the hinged end of the first moveable ramp section, to a second linking end, which links with the hinged end of the second moveable ramp section; wherein the first moveable ramp section, middle ramp section and second moveable ramp section can together form a continuous non-linear ramp that can extend from the craft loading door to the ground, wherein the continuous non-linear ramp includes two or more turns and wherein the sum of the angles turned by the continuous non-linear ramp over its length is 360 degrees or more.
US08839474B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling pressure in an inflatable device In one aspect, the invention provides a method for a user to adjust a pressure in an inflatable device. The method includes acts of adjusting the pressure in the inflatable device with a control device to a pressure preferred by the user, where the pressure preferred by the user has a first value, and establishing a first setting corresponding to the pressure preferred by the user with the control device, and automatically establishing a second setting corresponding to a second pressure having a second value once the first setting is established, where the second value differs from the first value by a predetermined amount.
US08839473B1	Air mattress comfort adjustment system A system, a device and a method for maintaining a consistent preset inflation of an air mattress inflated using a device having at least one sensor sensing relative humidity and temperature, and a controller activating a pump in response to a change in the ambient air condition, the sensor communicating to the controller, the controller selectively activating the pump in response to the change, the pump inflating the mattress to the preset inflation, maintaining consistent inflation of the air mattress. In one embodiment, the sensor communicates the ambient air condition to the controller wirelessly. The sensor is coupled to the controller and the controller is coupled to the pump operative to pump air into the mattress, the controller operative to activate the pump in response to the change in an ambient air condition, maintaining consistent inflation of the air mattress at the preset inflation chosen for comfort.
US08839466B2	Actuation device for a discharge valve of a flushing device An actuation device (1) for a discharge fitting of a flushing device that comprises a full flush lever (2) for initiating a full flush action, and a partial flush lever (3) for initiating a partial flush action. The full flush lever (2) can be moved from a neutral position to a full flush position, and the partial flush lever (3) can be moved from a neutral position into a partial flush position. The actuation device (1) has a motor (4), with an output element (5) that engages the full flush lever (2), or the partial flush lever (3), and provide a movement of the driven lever. The flush levers (2,3) are connected via a coupling element (6) such that the movement of the flush lever (2, 3) driven by the output element (5) can be transferred onto the other flush lever (3, 2) uncoupled from the output element (5).
US08839463B2	Trouser and method for easing the strain on legs and knees when moving Trousers and methods for reducing muscle fatigue, and overcoming range of motion restrictions in the legs caused by the friction created by trouser legs rubbing against the knee portion of a person's leg when they are moving are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the trousers and methods use (1) an engineered dart in the mid-thigh region of the trouser, or (2) a zipper to decrease the vertical linear fabric surface in the mid-thigh region of the trouser such that the resulting tension causes the trouser fabric in the knee region to lift out and away from the knee portion of the wear's leg, thusly eliminating or greatly reducing contact between the trouser leg and the wearer's knee and the resulting strain.
US08844059B1	Method and apparatus for preventing data loss through screen capture A computing device detects a command to perform a print screen operation. On detecting the command to perform the print screen operation, the computing device identifies a file associated with a displayed application window. The computing device determines whether the file contains confidential information. Upon determining that the file contains confidential information, the computing device performs an action to enforce a data loss prevention policy.
US08844055B2	Methods and systems for establishing and enforcing document visibility rights with an electronic signature service Techniques for generating and enforcing document visibility rights associated with a document in use with an electronic signature service are described. Consistent with embodiments of the invention, document visibility rights can be established for each person designated to sign and/or receive a copy of a document, and on a per-page, per-document section, or per-source document basis. Additionally, visibility rights may be conditional, such that various events (including the singing of a document) may modify visibility rights making a previously un-viewable page or document section viewable to a particular person.
US08844054B2	System, method, and device for communicating and storing and delivering data A system, method, and device includes a platform data storage that stores a wrap that secures an executable controller, executable sensors, and a virtual operating system. The wrap is verified, optionally through a downloaded authentication driver. After verifying the wrap, the wrap is opened and a sister of the executable controller is installed into the platform memory to cooperate with the executable controller. Additionally or alternatively, the authentication driver may cooperate with the executable controller. The executable controller allows the platform processor to execute the virtual operating system, which gives the platform processor access to virtual operating system resources necessary to verify the platform and create a connection to a connection server.
US08844046B2	Method and apparatus for paralleling and distributing static source code security analysis using loose synchronization A method of static source code analysis is provided. A forward search of source code is performed from each of a plurality of source nodes. A backward search of source code is performed from each of a plurality of sink nodes, wherein the forward search and the backward search are performed in parallel simultaneously. The progress of the forward search and the backward search are monitored to determine if the searches intersect at a common node. A vulnerability alert is generated when the monitoring determines that a forward search and a backward search reach a common node.
US08844045B2	Methods and systems for evaluating software for known vulnerabilities A vulnerability identification and resolution (VIR) computer device for identifying security vulnerabilities in a computer system is provided. The VIR computer device includes a memory device for storing data including data representing computing assets installed in the computer system and a processor in communication with the memory device. The VIR computer device is programmed to receive an asset identifier identifying a computing asset selected for evaluation and execute a query on at least one database storing security vulnerabilities, the query searching for security vulnerability data associated with the selected computing asset. The VIR computer device is further programmed to receive the security vulnerability data at the VIR computer device in response to the query.
US08844028B1	Arrangement and methods for performing malicious data detection and information leakage prevention An integrated secured open database connectivity (ODBC) application programming interface (API) arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a driver manager, which is configured for at least handling a function call from an application program. The arrangement also includes a set of drivers, which is configured for at least accessing a data source and applying the function call to the data source. The arrangement further includes a security module, which is configured for performing at least one of scanning the function call for malicious content and preventing an unauthorized user from accessing the data source.
US08844023B2	Password protected built-in test mode for memories A semiconductor memory may be provided with a built-in test mode that is accessible through a password protection scheme. This enables access to a built-in test mode after manufacturing, if desired. At the same time, the password protection prevents use of the built-in test mode to bypass security features of the memory.
US08844021B2	Providing a multi-phase lockstep integrity reporting mechanism In one embodiment, a processor can enforce a blacklist and validate, according to a multi-phase lockstep integrity protocol, a device coupled to the processor. Such enforcement may prevent the device from accessing one or more resources of a system prior to the validation. The blacklist may include a list of devices that have not been validated according to the multi-phase lockstep integrity protocol. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08844009B2	Resilient device authentication system A resilient device authentication system comprising: one or more verification authorities (VAs) including a memory loaded with a complete verification set that includes hardware part-specific data, and configured to create a limited verification set (LVS) therefrom; one or more provisioning entities (PEs) each connectable to at least one of the VAs, including a memory loaded with a LVS, and configured to select a subset of data therefrom so as to create an application limited verification set (ALVS); and one or more device management systems connectable to at least one of the PEs, including a memory loaded with an ALVS, and configured to manage device security-related applications through the performance of security-related functions on devices associated with the hardware part-specific data.
US08844003B1	Performing authentication Preference data is received. The received preference data is compared to stored preference data associated with a user with which the received preference data is associated. A determination is made whether to authorize an action based at least on the comparison. The preference data is received as a selection.
US08843999B1	VOIP identification systems and methods A method for identifying a user of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone in a network, the VoIP phone connected to a computing device via a communication link, includes receiving a request for an authorization token from a computing system on the network; sending a request to the computing device to generate an authorization token in response to the request, the authorization token generated by the computing device based on authentication data associated with the user; receiving the authorization token from the computing device; sending a message containing the authorization token to the computing system for validating an identity of the user; and sending, in response to validating the identity, a subsequent message containing the authorization token to the computing system.
US08843991B2	Audiovisual reproduction system Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services library, characterized in that the operating system comprises a function that adjusts the sound control circuit to couple volumes in the various areas in which the loudspeakers in the audiovisual reproduction system are used, this function being accessible through a management mode of the multitask operating system, the coupling maintaining the ratios between the various volumes in each area when the volume in one area is modified.
US08843990B1	System and method for optimized channel switching in digital television broadcasting A system and method for masking/reducing the switch time from an analog or digital television channel to another digital television channel and back. Various optimizations which may be used individually or in combination to minimize the potential disruption to the viewer. This optimization is especially important when the channel switch is made automatically by the receiver, such as the case where the presentation of one television program is temporarily continued on another channel.
US08843983B2	Video decomposition and recomposition Techniques are described for a server to decompose a source video data stream to generate a plurality of video data streams. The video data streams may be combinable with one another. In particular, the frames of each plurality of video data streams may be combinable with the frames of the other plurality of video data streams. The plurality of video data streams may be available for download by a client device. The client device may combine and recompose two or more of the plurality of video data streams for presentment. In particular, the client device may combine frames from two or more of the plurality of video data streams to generate combined frames for presentment.
US08843974B2	Media playback system with multiple video formats Embodiments of the invention provide a process for a user viewing a media item. The process comprises the user viewing the media item on a first device in a first format, and the user pausing the media item at a stop time. The stop time is saved in the first format and a second format. The process further comprises the user choosing to view the media item on a second device requiring the second format. The media item is resumed in the second format from the saved stop time.
US08843972B2	Method of requesting video data distributed across a plurality of video servers A method of requesting video data distributed across a plurality of video servers(210-21N) connected to a communications network (120) is disclosed. A request (e.g., 1000) is transmitted to one of the video servers (e.g., 210). The request (1000) includes at least time information about at least a first portion of the video data. The first portion of video data is received from the video server (210). A redirection message (e.g., 1008) is also received from the video server (210). The redirection message (1008) specifies a next one of the video servers (210) containing a temporally adjacent further portion of the video data.
US08843970B2	Video distribution systems and methods for multiple users A video distribution system includes a local network interface operable to modulate video data to frequency blocks for communication via a local network. A first frequency block of the frequency blocks is associated with a first user. The video distribution system also includes a metrics engine operable to track at least one metric associated with the first user based on the video data modulated to the first frequency block.
US08843964B2	Interactive matrix cell transformation user interface An interactive matrix tile transformation user interface is contemplated. The user interface may be configured to facilitate user navigation of a display or other interface through which services may be requested, including facilitating navigation of television related services. The user interface may be operable in a device having capabilities sufficient to control operation of an output device in response to user input.
US08843959B2	Generating synchronized interactive link maps linking tracked video objects to other multimedia content in real-time The method, system and computer program product generate online interactive maps linking tracked objects (in a live or pre-recorded video sequence) to multimedia content in real time. Specifically, an object tracking and link generation (OTLG) utility allows a user to access multimedia content by clicking on moving (or still) objects within the frames of a video (or image) sequence. The OTLG utility identifies and stores a clear image(s) of an object or of multiple objects to be tracked and initiates a mechanism to track the identified objects over a sequence of video or image frames. The OTLG utility utilizes the results of the tracking mechanism to generate, for each video frame, an interactive map frame with interactive links placed in the map frame at a location corresponding to the object's tracked location in each video frame.
US08843952B2	Determining TV program information based on analysis of audio fingerprints A computer-implemented method for clustering audio fingerprints from different set top boxes into groups based on their similarities is disclosed. The computer server receives audio fingerprints generated at different set top boxes and partitions them into multiple groups such that audio fingerprints within a group correspond to a respective TV program being played at the respective set top boxes. Upon receipt of an audio fingerprint from a set top box, the computer server identifies a group of audio fingerprints that are substantially similar to the audio fingerprint, determines TV program information for the audio fingerprint in accordance with the channel metadata associated with the identified group of audio fingerprints, and returns the TV program information to the requesting set top box.
US08843947B2	Digital media distribution system and method A system and method employs an online site for making stored digital video recordings available for selection and download to a wireless communications device. Upon receipt of a selection for a digital video recording, the system and method causes the selected digital video recording to be wirelessly transmitted to the wireless communications device. The selected digital video recording is also made available to a personal computer associated with the user who made the selection. At least a title of the selected digital video recording is stored in a personal storage account of the user.
US08843936B2	Automatically identifying critical resources of an organization A method and associated systems for automatically identifying critical resources in an organization. An organization creates a model of the dependencies between pairs of resource instances, wherein that model describes how the organization's projects and services are affected when a resource instance becomes unavailable. This model may be represented as a system of directed graphs. This model may be used to automatically identify a resource instance as “critical” when excessive cost is required to resume all projects and services rendered infeasible by the disruption of that resource instance. This model may also be used to automatically identify a resource instance as “critical for a resource type” when disruption of the resource instance forces the capacity of the resource type available to the entire organization to fall below a threshold value.
US08843934B2	Installing and executing new software module without exceeding system resource amount Provided is a resource management method in a system which individually limits a resource amount used by a software module (143) and adjusts the total of the maximum resource amounts used by respective software modules to be smaller than the entire system resource amount. When installing or executing a new software module, step 406 checks whether a software module group already installed or being executed is stably operating according to an execution history thereof; and step 407 checks whether to enable the installation or execution by including the maximum actual resource use value in the total from the execution history.
US08843930B2	Thread scheduling and control framework Embodiments relate to systems and methods for thread control and scheduling. According to a particular embodiment, a daemon framework provides a uniform approach for scheduling and execution of inter-related processes. The daemon framework may comprise a main daemon configured to manage lifecycle, to manage status, and to control child daemon(s) responsible for functions such as scanning of folders and Persistent Staging Areas (PSAs) for delivery of new data threads. Embodiments may allow visualization of process status, as well as controlling each of these processes. Embodiments may provide for programmatical and/or manual intervention, including error correction. Particular embodiments may have self-correction capability in the case of external or internal errors.
US08843929B1	Scheduling in computer clusters A computer-implemented method for assigning computing tasks to computers in a group is disclosed. The method includes determining, for each computer in a group of computers, an ability of the computer to execute tasks expected to be received by the group of computers; generating an ability indicator for each computer based on the ability determination for the computer; and assigning an incoming computing task to one of the computers using the ability indicator.
US08843928B2	Method and apparatus for a general-purpose, multiple-core system for implementing stream-based computations A method and system of efficient use and programming of a multi-processing core device. The system includes a programming construct that is based on stream-domain code. A programmable core based computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a plurality of processing cores coupled to each other. A memory stores stream-domain code including a stream defining a stream destination module and a stream source module. The stream source module places data values in the stream and the stream conveys data values from the stream source module to the stream destination module. A runtime system detects when the data values are available to the stream destination module and schedules the stream destination module for execution on one of the plurality of processing cores.
US08843924B2	Identification of over-constrained virtual machines A method for virtual machine management that includes establishing a first virtual machine on a hardware platform, performing a selected task on the first virtual machine and recording a first data set indicating a characteristic of the first virtual machine performing the selected task. The method also includes establishing a second virtual machine on the hardware platform, performing the selected task on the first and second virtual machines, recording a second data set indicating the characteristic of the first and second virtual machines performing the selected task and indicating acceptable data and unacceptable data within the first and second data sets. The method also includes creating and training a decision tree based on the acceptable and unacceptable data from the first and second data sets and inputting a third data set from a third virtual machine into the decision tree to determine if the third virtual machine is over-constrained.
US08843920B2	Systems and methods for deferring software implementation decisions until load time A software development method defers certain implementation details until load time. A programmer first annotates, in source code, a selected set of software components using metadata (such as Java-style annotations) that define one or more criteria—e.g., criteria relating to the state of the target hardware platform, the capabilities of the platform, or arbitrary user input. The annotated source code files are then compiled to create one or more intermediate code files (e.g., Java bytecode files). During load time of the resulting intermediate code files, one or more of the selected set of software components are loaded from the intermediate code files based on the criteria.
US08843916B2	Method and system for obtaining a dynamic update in instant messaging software and computer storage medium therefor A method, system and a non-transitory computer storage medium for obtaining a dynamic update in instant messaging software. The method includes obtaining update manner modification parameters and real-time user interaction data; generating a corresponding update manner according to the update manner modification parameters and the real-time user interaction data; and obtaining corresponding updated information according to the update manner. With the above-mentioned steps, according to the habit of a user, the update manner of the dynamic modification allows the updated information to be obtained in a timely manner and reduce the pressure on bandwidth. It results in a balance between the bandwidth cost and the timeliness, which greatly saves the network bandwidth and improves the experience of user.
US08843913B2	Dynamic linking and loading of post-processing kernels A computer system may generate a plurality of component kernels, which are to be linked during the runtime. The system may determine whether a combined kernel K is present in response to receiving a first request to retrieve the combined kernel K. The system may compose the combined kernel K from the selected component kernels of the plurality of component kernels during the runtime if the combined kernel is not already present.
US08843904B2	Automated building and retargeting of architecture-dependent assets Architecture-dependent assets are automatically built and retargeted. An asset originally built for one architecture is downloaded and automatically retargeted on another architecture. This automatically retargeting may be performed on demand, at runtime.
US08843902B2	Program flow route constructor A method and corresponding tool for estimating program execution time. A higher-level structure is received as an input, representing control flow through an executable program. The higher-level structure comprises one or more levels of parent nodes, each parent node representing internal structure comprising a group of one or more child nodes and one or more associated edges between nodes. The levels of the higher-level structure are probed to extract a substructure representing a route through the program from a start instruction to an end instruction, by selectively extracting nodes of different levels of parent to represent different regions along the route in dependence on a location of the start and end instructions relative to the levels of parent nodes. An execution time for the route through the program is estimated based on the extracted substructure, and a modification affecting the execution time is made in dependence on the estimation.
US08843900B2	Serial debugging experience for parallel programs Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating a serial debugging experience for programs running in a distributed, non-deterministic, out-of-order (i.e., parallel) fashion are disclosed. Such systems, methods, and computer program products provide a modified combination of breakpoints, stepping, and call stacks that facilitate the ability to improve the debugging experience for out-of-order program execution. In an embodiment, a task scheduler provides a distributed task graph. Then, the user may hit breakpoints sequentially within the graph's execution and use deterministic stepping (i.e., step-in, step-out, and step-over functions) to create a logical call stack from a distributed task graph. Such embodiments allow the program to execute in a distributed and parallel manner, while presenting the user a sequential execution experience in the debugger.
US08843895B2	Debugger connection The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes establishing a connection with one or more virtual machines using a debugger protocol configured to communicate debug commands to applications executed by the one or more virtual machines. The method also includes transmitting a request for a current state of the one or more virtual machines using the connection. Information associated with the current state includes state variables not controlled by an application receiving debug commands. The method includes outputting the current state of the one or more virtual machines for display to a user.
US08843892B2	Visual representations of code in application development environments A device can implement a stage view depicting a visual element for each of a plurality of components of an application under development. The device implements a code overlay showing whether code can be applied to the components and, for components to which code can be applied, a code status indicator. The status indicator may relate to procedural code or to a data member, such as an object or other variable. Different indicators can be used to show that code can be applied, code is applied correctly, incomplete code is applied, or code is applied but contains an error. Different colors or other visual effects can be used to indicate status. The indicators may be selectable to provide a code viewing or editing interface. A status indicator for code associated with a component can be positioned near the visual representation of the component, but may be repositionable.
US08843891B2	Custom code management A system, method and computer readable medium to remotely control performance of a method including detecting an identifier of an object requested to run on a computer system via a kernel running on the computer system, comparing the identifier with a list of identifiers of custom created code objects, and taking an action as a function of whether or not the identifier of the requested object is on the list of identifiers of custom created code objects.
US08843886B2	Distributed, non-intrusive code review in a development environment Code review is performed by initiating a source code editing session associated with a first user, where the source code editing session is controlled by a computer-based source code editing tool that is configured to accept changes to source code of a computer-based software application during the source code editing session, displaying on a computer display, in the context of the source code editing session, a source code portion of the computer-based software application, and displaying on the computer display, in the context of the source code editing session, a visual indicator that is associated with the source code portion, and that indicates that the source code portion was added or modified by a second user.
US08843876B2	Method for keeping a web session alive in a web application A method keeps a web session alive for an amount of time allowing to keep a limited amount of data on the Internet information server and manage individually the session timeout characteristics of the web session in the web application. The method automatically refreshes the web pages in the background without any further user interaction. Thereby, a portion of code added effectively creates a hidden postback that keeps alive the session's state. By a class library, the user is enabled at the engineering level to manage a session timeout state and to eliminate a premature timeout thereby eliminating any risk of possible data loss.
US08843866B2	Support apparatus, design support method, and computer-readable recording medium A design support apparatus calculates a crosstalk noise value when a power line does not run parallel, for each of a plurality of sections. Moreover, the design support apparatus calculates a coefficient Fshield that becomes larger with decrease in the area of the power line included in an area between two signal lines based on a relative positional relationship between the two signal lines and the power line in a section, for each of the plurality of sections. Moreover, the design support apparatus corrects the crosstalk noise value corresponding to a section, using the coefficient Fshield corresponding to the section, for each of the plurality of sections. Moreover, the design support apparatus calculates a total of the corrected crosstalk noise values corresponding respectively to the plurality of sections as a crosstalk noise value between the two signal lines.
US08843855B2	Displaying maps of measured events A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus are provided for browsing maps of events of various types that occurred on a piece of land on various dates. A map is displayed on a map interface that allows a user to navigate to other maps using different types of navigation that are triggered by different types of user input. A single instance of a first type of user input triggers display of another map of the same event type as a currently displayed map. A single instance of a second type of user input triggers display of another map that is chronologically adjacent to the currently displayed map, regardless of event type. Alternately, the second type of user input triggers skipping maps of the same event type to navigate to a map of a different event type. The maps each include a graphical representation of a measurement at a given location.
US08843848B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, terminal device, and control methods thereof An information processing apparatus displays a window screen based on screen information transmitted from a terminal device. Upon detection of a resize operation for the window screen, the information processing apparatus transmits a window size finally decided by the resize operation to the terminal device. The terminal device transmits screen information of a sharing-selected window screen to the information processing apparatus. Upon reception of the window size, the terminal device magnifies the sharing-selected window screen according to the received window size.
US08843842B2	Method of selecting at least one of a collection of content items Data indicative of membership of at least one of a plurality of content classes is made available for each one of a collection of content items. A method of selecting at least one item includes displaying a representation of sections of a geo-metrical construct occupying an at least one-dimensional space. The geometrical construct is partitioned into sections in accordance with a mapping between the at least one-dimensional space and a domain of the data indicative of class membership, such that each section represents a class. A signal defining a sub-space within the space is received, and the mapping is used to effect a selection of at least one item of content data commensurate with the defined sub-space.
US08843839B1	Customized graphic identifiers Disclosed are various embodiments for tracking, in at least one computing device, a presentation of a plurality of items for a user, each item being associated with at least one respective category of a plurality of categories, and determining a user histogram that is customized for a user. A visual symbol may be generated based at least upon the user histogram for each category, each visual symbol comprising a visual characteristic for associating the visual symbol to the category and a graphical dimension of the visual symbol, wherein the graphical dimension correlates with the respective degree of interest associated with the category. Each visual symbol may be appended to one another to form a graphic identifier and a user interface encoded for rendering, where the user interface comprises the graphic identifier.
US08843834B2	Method and apparatus for initiating and managing chat sessions Method and apparatus for initiating and managing a chat session are described herein. According to one embodiment, user activities with respect to the data processing system are monitored, including user activities that are unrelated to chat services. In response to a request to initiate a chat session between a local user and a remote user, a first chat service account is selected from a list of chat service accounts associated with the remote user based on the monitored user activities. A chat session is initiated using the selected first chat service account of the remote user and a second chat service account selected for the local user. Certain information is displayed within a chat window indicating that the chat session is conducted between the first and second chat service accounts. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08843828B2	Web page backup across multiple windows Provided is a desktop navigation tool (DNT) for navigation across multiple web pages, including the original and the second web page described in the paragraph above. An “UP” button enables a user to navigate from the new web page back to a different window, opened from a particular window. A “DOWN” (DN) button enables the user to navigate back to a window from which a particular window was spawned. This functionality differs from that found in standard “FORWARD” and “BACK” navigation buttons, typically found in a browser window, which only enable a user to navigate through web pages within a particular window. The claimed subject matter enables a user to navigate more freely and efficiently among multiple windows.
US08843823B2	Document display system, document display device, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program A document display system is provided which includes a first document display device, and a second document display device. The first document display device includes a display processing portion configured to display an electronic document, a settings update portion configured to update display settings information indicating latest display settings in response to operation for modifying settings by a user during a period in which the electronic document is displayed, and a document transmission portion configured to send out the electronic document and the display settings information. The second document display device includes a document obtaining portion configured to obtain the electronic document and the display settings information sent out from the first document display device, and a display setting portion configured to incorporate settings for display settings indicated in the display settings information into display settings to be applied at a start of display of the electronic document.
US08843815B2	System and method for automatically extracting metadata from unstructured electronic documents A system and method for automatically extracting meta data from unstructured electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, the unstructured electronic document is converted into a plain text document. Further, a document header of the unstructured electronic document is extracted from the plain text document using a rule-based document header extractor, where the rule-based document header extractor may be based on a rule that includes determining a ratio of a number of words with their initial letters capitalized in a text line over a total number of words in the text line in the plain text document. Moreover, meta data is extracted from the extracted document header using a heuristic approach.
US08843812B1	Buffer management in a turbo equalization system A plurality of metrics associated with a plurality of partially decoded codewords is obtained. The plurality of partially decoded codewords has been processed at least once by a first soft output decoder and a second soft output decoder and the plurality of partially decoded codewords is stored in a memory. At least one of the plurality of partially decoded codewords is selected based at least in part on the plurality of metrics; the memory is instructed to vacate the at least one selected codeword.
US08843811B2	Apparatus and method for decoding in communication system An apparatus and a method for decoding bits of a received signal in a communication system are provided. The method includes determining path metrics of respective states in a trellis corresponding to the received signal, selecting a start state in the trellis for a traceback in a last window of the trellis, repeating the traceback at least twice within the last window, and when the repeating of the traceback is completed, determining the decoded bits of the received signal using a survived path of a last traceback.
US08843800B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit pertaining to the present invention comprises a plurality of storage elements for storing and holding an input signal, a majority circuit that outputs a result of a majority decision of outputs from the plurality of storage elements; an error detector circuit that detects a mismatch among the outputs of the plurality of storage elements and outputs error signals; and a monitor circuit that monitors the error signals from the error detector circuit, wherein the monitor circuit, based on the error signals, orders a refresh action that rewrites data for rectification to a storage element in which an output mismatch occurs out of the plurality of storage elements and, if rewrite and rectification by the refresh action are unsuccessful, sends a notification to an external unit or process.
US08843797B2	Signature compression register instability isolation and stable signature mask generation for testing VLSI chips A method for detecting unstable signatures when testing a VLSI chip that includes adding to an LFSR one or more save and restore registers for storing an initial seed consisting of 0s and 1s; loading the initial seed into the LFSR and one or more save and restore registers; initializing a MISR and running test loops. Upon reaching a predetermined number of test loops, moving a signature of the MISR to a shadow register; then, performing a signature stability test by loading the initial seed to the LFSR; executing the predetermined number of BIST test loops, and comparing a resulting MISR signature for differences versus a previous signature stored in a MISR save and restore register, wherein unloading is performed by way of serial MISR unloads and single bit XORs.
US08843795B2	Test system of reconfigurable device and its method and reconfigurable device for use therein A reconfigurable device test scheme is provided for making a test of a reconfigurable device with configuration data which is loaded a smaller number of times. A reconfigurable device used herein holds a plurality of configuration data and is capable of instantaneously switching which configuration is implemented thereby. Specifically, one transfer configuration data and one or more test configuration data are previously loaded in a configuration memory of the reconfigurable device, and a test is made while sequentially switching the transfer configuration data and the test configuration data. In this way, the same configuration data need not be reloaded over and over, so that the test can be made with a smaller number of times of loading as compared with before.
US08843794B2	Method, system and apparatus for evaluation of input/output buffer circuitry Techniques and mechanisms for evaluating I/O buffer circuits. In an embodiment, test rounds are performed for a device including the I/O buffer circuits, each of the test rounds comprising a respective loop-back test for each of the I/O buffer circuits. Each of the test rounds corresponds to a different respective delay between a transmit clock signal and a receive clock signal. In another embodiment, a first test round indicates a failure condition for at least one I/O buffer circuit and a second test round indicates the failure condition for each of the I/O buffer circuits. Evaluation of the I/O buffer circuits determines whether the device satisfies a test condition, where the determining is based on a difference between the delay corresponding to the first test round and the delay corresponding to the second test round.
US08843780B1	Systems and methods for enabling failover support with multiple backup data storage structures A main data center with first and second backup data centers also has a translator for assisting a failover module of a failed server at the main data center in implementing failover of the failed server to a corresponding server at the first backup data center. The translator intercepts a command from the failover module to a store of the main data center, where the command directs the store to disable writes to particular storage space in the store associated with the failed server, but does not identify with specificity which of a store of the first data center and a store of the second data center is enabled to write to such particular storage space. Thus, the translator determines an identification of the store of the first backup data center, and modifies the command from the failover module based on the determined identification.
US08843777B2	Modifying periodic signals produced by microcontroller Multiple modules are connected to a signal output module via first and second busses. Different commands may be transmitted on the two busses. Both busses may be hierarchically constructed so that all units are connected one after the other in a chain like manner on the busses. The modules cooperate to transition an output signal between different duty cycles and activate and deactivate responsive to timer comparisons.
US08843776B2	Method and system of reporting electrical current to a processor Reporting electrical current to a processor. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including providing operational power to a processor at a voltage indicated by the processor of a computer system, measuring electrical current actually drawn by the processor, and reporting to the processor a value of electrical current drawn by the processor. The value of electrical current reported different than the electrical current actually drawn by more than a measurement error of measuring the electrical current actually drawn.
US08843775B2	Energy optimization techniques in a computing system A computing platform may include components to determine performance loss values and energy savings values for each of the plurality of regions and/or the memory boundedness value of each of a plurality of regions within an application. The computing platform may provide a user interface for a user to provide a user input, which provides an indication of an acceptable performance loss. For the provided performance loss value, the frequency values may be determined and the processing element may be operated at the frequency values while processing each of the plurality of regions.
US08843770B2	Device charging over USB using a plurality of handshakes Charging a device using a plurality of handshakes. A first device may provide a first handshake to a second device. A device of a first device type may be configured to charge its battery without further communication based on the first handshake. The first device may monitor a connection to the second device for a second handshake corresponding to a device of a second device type. In response to detecting the second handshake, the first device may provide a response to the second device. Accordingly, the second device of the second device type may be configured to charge its battery based on the second handshake.
US08843760B2	Biometric identification method A biometric and cryptographic processing unit includes a biometric receiver receiving biometric information of a BCU user. A biometric unit of the BCU has a store of biometric information of an authorized BCU user and compares received biometric information with the stored biometric information to determine if the user is an authorized BCU user. A cryptographic unit generates/stores an asymmetric cryptographic public/private key pair associated with each authorized BCU user. An input/output port allows encrypted/unencrypted data to be input to/output from the BCU. The cryptographic unit operates in response to a specific authorized user giving permission to undertake a specific cryptographic operation on data input to the BCU only upon the specific authorized user being determined as an authorized BCU user, whereby a specific private key corresponding to the specific authorized user is enabled for use in the specific cryptographic operation after which the specific private key is disabled.
US08843754B2	Continuous user identification and situation analysis with identification of anonymous users through behaviormetrics This invention discloses a system for determining whether a purported or alleged authorized user is in fact the authorized user, by comparing new data on a real-time basis against probability distribution representations including an authorized user probability distribution representation and a global or wide population probability distribution representation, to provide a probability as to whether the purported authorized user is the authorized user. This invention may utilize keyboard dynamics or data, or X-Y device data, or other data from similar measurable characteristics, to determine the probability that the new data from the purported authorized user indicates or identifies that user as the authorized user. This invention identifies the user continuously as the user interacts with the system and to identify a change in situation in the environment of the user. This invention provides a means to identify an anonymous user by matching the continuous recorded behaviormetrics or a characteristic of the anonymous user with the behaviormetrics of known users.
US08843753B2	Machine-to-machine node erase procedure A method for erasing bootstrapping, at a device or a gateway in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service is provided. The method includes receiving an erase request containing a first M2M-Erase-Token from an M2M Authentication Server (MAS) or an M2M Service Bootstrapping Function (MSBF), processing the erase request based on the first M2M-Erase-Token or a local policy of the device or the gateway, and sending an erase response containing a second M2M-Erase-Token to the MAS or the MSBF.
US08843748B2	Method for establishing secure network architecture, method and system for secure communication A method for establishing a secure network architecture, a method and system for secure communication are provided. The method for establishing a secure network architecture includes: 1) constructing the network architecture where the identities of nodes are legal, including: neighboring node discovery; performing identities certification and shared key negotiation between a node and the neighbor node; 2) constructing a secure switching device architecture, including: establishing a shared key between every two of the switch devices.
US08843746B2	Method and arrangement for sending and receiving confidential electronic messages in a legally binding manner In a method and arrangement for the secure transmission of at least one electronic message from a first terminal of a first user to at least one second terminal of a second user, the electronic message is generated by the first terminal. The electronic message is received by the second terminal. The electronic message is transmitted by an infrastructure for legally binding transmission of electronic messages from the first terminal to the second terminal. A first security module connected to the first terminal encrypts and/or signs the electronic message before the electronic message is transmitted by the infrastructure from the first terminal to the second terminal. A second security module, connected to the second terminal, decrypts the transmitted electronic message and/or verifies the signed electronic message.
US08843743B2	Method and system for securing wireless communications A method for transmitting an encrypted signal to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) such that decryption of the encrypted signal depends on a trust zone associated with the WTRU is disclosed. The encryption may be performed using hierarchical modulation, scrambling, authentication, location validation, or a combination thereof. The size of a trust zone may also be adjusted.
US08843737B2	Enhanced approach for transmission control protocol authentication option (TCP-AO) with key management protocols (KMPS) A network element supports Transmission Control Protocol Authentication Option (TCP-AO) with a Key Management Protocol (KMP) to authenticate TCP segments over a TCP session. The network element negotiates multiple traffic keys to authenticate TCP segments over a TCP session with a peer network element, and protects the TCP session with the negotiated traffic keys.
US08843731B2	Memory device using extended interface commands A memory device includes a serial interface buffer that receives a hardware-decodable command and an extended interface command. The memory device also includes a logic module that directs the hardware-decodable command to a register for execution by a microcontroller. The logic module additionally loads a command received following the extended interface command into a sub-op-code register, wherein the logic module remains passive after loading the command received following the extended interface command into the sub-op-code register. Also included is a microcontroller that interprets the command in the sub-op-code register.
US08843727B2	Performance enhancement of address translation using translation tables covering large address spaces An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to enhance address translation performance. A register stores capability indicators to indicate capability supported by a circuit in a chipset for address translation of a guest physical address to a host physical address. A plurality of multi-level page tables is used for page walking in the address translation. Each of the page tables has page table entries. Each of the page table entries has at least an entry specifier corresponding to the capability indicated by the capability indicators.
US08843726B2	Cache for storing multiple forms of information and a method for controlling a cache storing multiple forms of information A cache is provided, including a data array having a plurality of entries configured to store a plurality of different types of data, and a tag array having a plurality of entries and configured to store a tag of the data stored at a corresponding entry in the data array and further configured to store an identification of the type of data stored in the corresponding entry in the data array.
US08843724B2	Computer system and storage control method of the same A computer system dynamically assigns the storage capacity from pool volumes to the access target in the higher-level system, and can immediately respond to the change of the status of the pool comprising the pool volumes. A control device sets the access target for the host computer to access, each time a write to the access target occurs from the host computer, from the pool assigned to the access target to the write area of the access target. The control device performs the processing of assigning the storage capacity from the logical volume in the pool. The control device defines the logical volumes in advance, compiles the same into a management group as a preliminary for the pool and, in accordance with the change of the pool status, adds the logical volumes from the management group to the pool.
US08843721B2	Data storage using bitmaps A data storage system comprises a controller, a first lower performance storage medium and a second higher performance storage medium. The controller is connected to the storage mediums and is arranged to control I/O access to the storage mediums. The controller is further arranged to store an image on the first storage medium, initiate a copy function from the first storage medium to the second storage medium, direct all I/O access for the image to the second storage medium, periodically age data from the second storage medium to the first storage medium, create a new empty bitmap for each period, and in response to an I/O access for data in the image, update the latest bitmap to indicate that the data has been accessed and update the previous bitmaps to indicate that the data has not been accessed.
US08843720B2	Dynamic VVDS expansion A method for addressing an out-of-space condition for a Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) Volume Data Set (VVDS) includes detecting an out-of-space condition in a VVDS on a volume. The method creates, in response to the out-of-space condition, a new VVDS on the volume without adding a record to the old VVDS (e.g., by bypassing “catalog services”). The new VVDS is assigned a temporary name. The method then copies records from the old VVDS to the new VVDS. The method may then rename the old VVDS to a temporary name and rename the new VVDS to the original name of the old VVDS. The old VVDS may then be deleted. Alternatively, instead of renaming the old VVDS to a temporary name, the old VVDS may be deleted. The new VVDS may then be renamed to the original name of the old VVDS. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also described.
US08843708B2	Control block linkage for database converter handling A system to load a plurality of converter pages of a datastore into a database cache, the plurality of converter pages comprising a plurality of converter inner pages, and a plurality of converter leaf pages, to allocate a control block in the database cache for each of the plurality of converter inner pages, the control block of a converter inner page comprising a pointer to a control block of a parent converter inner page and a pointer to a control block of each child converter page of the converter inner page, and to allocate a control block in the database cache for each of the plurality of converter leaf pages, the control block of a converter leaf page comprising a pointer to a control block of a parent converter inner page.
US08843702B2	Device, system, and method of memory allocation Device, system, and method of memory allocation. For example, an apparatus includes: a Dual In-line Memory Module (DIMM) including a plurality of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) units to store data, wherein each DRAM unit includes a plurality of banks and each bank is divided into a plurality of sub-banks; and a memory management unit to allocate a set of interleaved sub-banks of said DIMM to a memory page of an Operating System, wherein a combined memory size of the set of interleaved sub-banks is equal to a size of the memory page of the Operating System.
US08843700B1	Power efficient method for cold storage data retention management A system and method for storing infrequently accessed data with reduced power consumption. In one embodiment, a solid state drive (SSD) includes flash memory and environmental data logging circuitry. The SSD is shut off or operated in a sleep mode to reduce power consumption, and turned on or transitioned to an active mode as needed when data on the SSD is to be accessed, or when a calculation, based on a number of erase cycles previously performed in the flash memory and on a temperature history of the SSD indicates that a data refresh may be needed to prevent data corruption in the SSD, due to data retention limitation of the nonvolatile memory in the SSD.
US08843699B2	Flash memory device with multi-level cells and method of writing data therein In one aspect, a method of writing data in a flash memory system is provided. The flash memory system forms an address mapping pattern according to a log block mapping scheme. The method includes determining a writing pattern of data to be written in a log block, and allocating one of SLC and MLC blocks to the log block in accordance with the writing pattern of the data.

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