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US08926843B2	Method and apparatus for treating water and controlling effluent surges produced by disc and drum filters A disc filter is provided having a controller for controlling effluent surges that are produced by the disc filter. The method entails sensing one or more process variables that are a function of the effluent, and based at least in part on the sensed process variables, the disc filter controls the flow of effluent in order to control or minimize effluent surges.
US08926837B1	Portable cooking oil filtering system A portable cooking oil filtering system comprises: a cart; a supply tank mounted on the cart; a pump mounted on the cart and configured to deliver cooking oil from a fryer to the supply tank; a centrifuge filter mounted on the cart and in fluid communication with the supply tank, such that the centrifuge filter receives the cooking oil from the supply tank, and then separates waste from the cooking oil; a sludge tank mounted on the cart and configured to receive the waste from the centrifuge filter; and a filtered oil tank mounted on the cart and configured to receive the cooking oil from the centrifuge filter.
US08926817B2	Programmable electrophoretic notch filter systems and methods An electrophoretic notch filter apparatus including a gel cartridge having at least one sample channel, an electrode and a counter electrode each engagable with the sample channel, a user interface for programming one or more steps for a sample channel into a processor to form a programmed sequence and an electrophoretic controller for implementing the programmed sequence.
US08926811B2	Digital microfluidics based apparatus for heat-exchanging chemical processes The present invention provides an apparatus and method for performing heat-exchanging reactions on an electro wetting-based micro fluidic device. The apparatus provides one or multiple thermal contacts to an electro wetting-based device, where each thermal contact controls the part of the electro wetting-based device it communicates with to a designed temperature. The electrowetting-based device can be used to create, merge and mix liquids in the format of droplets and transport them to different temperature zones on the micro fluidic device. The apparatus and methods of the invention can be used for heat-exchanging chemical processes such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other DNA reactions, such as ligase chain reactions, for DNA amplification and synthesis, and for real-time PCR.
US08926807B2	Vacuum processing apparatus and optical component manufacturing method To uniformly perform processing such as deposition on a processing object such as a large, heavy substrate for optics, the large, heavy substrate for optics is accurately, reliably attached to a holder. A vacuum processing apparatus which processes a processing object in a vacuum vessel includes a susceptor which has a surface having concavity and convexity, that is opposite to its surface on which the processing object is mounted, and movably holds the processing object, a holder which has a surface having concavity and convexity which mesh with those of the susceptor, a driving mechanism which holds the holder to be movable to a first state or a second state, and a control means for moving the susceptor while the holder is held in the first state to mesh the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the susceptor with the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the holder and thereby connect the susceptor and the holder to each other, moving the holder, to which the susceptor is connected, to the second state and processing the processing object, and moving the holder to the first state again and moving the susceptor so that the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the susceptor is separated from the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the holder.
US08926804B2	Container for activation of drinkable liquids A fluid container with an output of drinkable activated and vitalized fluids, preferably activated and vitalized water, preferably for fluid intake, includes a hollow body with an opening for filling fitted with a connector connecting an openable cap. An outlet for the bottle is provided for dispensing the fluid. The outlet is fitted with a galvanic processing device for galvanic fluid treatment of the fluid and to produce a swirling motion of the fluid.
US08926802B2	Sacrificial anode assembly A steel reinforced concrete protector in an anode cavity such as a cored hole, drilled hole or cut chase is disclosed. The protector includes a sacrificial anode assembly and a separate backfill. The sacrificial anode assembly includes a sacrificial metal element and an activator to maintain an activity of the sacrificial metal element and at least one spacer. The spacer prevents the sacrificial metal element and the activator from contacting the surface of the anode cavity. The spacer and the sacrificial metal element have a coupling mechanism which facilitates connection of the sacrificial metal element to the spacer. The backfill is a pliable and viscous material which contains an electrolyte and fills the spaces between the sacrificial anode assembly and the anode cavity wall. The invention also relates to a pre-packaged sacrificial anode assembly to increase the shelf life of the assembly.
US08926785B2	Multi-piece board and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a multi-piece board having a frame section and a multiple piece sections connected to the frame section includes forming a frame section from a manufacturing panel for the frame section, sorting out multiple acceptable piece sections by inspecting quality of piece sections, forming notch portions in the frame section and the acceptable piece sections such that the notch portions allow the acceptable piece sections to be arranged with respect to the frame section, provisionally fixing the piece sections and the frame section in respective positions, injecting an adhesive agent into cavities formed by the notch portions when the frame section and the piece sections are provisionally fixed to each other, and joining the acceptable piece sections with the frame section by curing the adhesive agent injected into the cavities.
US08926781B2	System and method of manufacturing a composite candle wick The system and method for manufacturing the composite candle wick includes a mechanism for feeding the cotton wick and wood wick at substantially the same speeds. The wood wick is heated in order to cause a melting of a wax coating around the cotton wick and pressure is applied to the wick materials through a compression wheel and drive belt which carries the wick materials. Once the pressure is applied to form the composite wick the wicks are then sent through a cutting tube where a cutting blade will cut the wick to its desired length.
US08926775B2	Method and device for bonding two wafers A device for bonding of two wafers on one joining surface V of the wafers. The device includes a pressure transfer means with a pressure surface D for applying a bond pressure to the two wafers on the pressure surface D, wherein the pressure surface D is smaller than the joining surface V. The invention also relates to a method for bonding of two wafers on one joining surface V of the two wafers, by pressure transfer means with a pressure surface D for action on the wafers (2, 3), wherein a bond pressure is applied in succession to partial sections of the joining surface V.
US08926771B2	Seamless precision steel tubes with improved isotropic toughness at low temperature for hydraulic cylinders and process for obtaining the same Process for manufacturing seamless precision steel tubes with improved isotropic toughness at low temperature for hydraulic cylinders comprising the following steps; —(i) providing a steel having a composition comprising 0.06-0.15% by weight of carbon, 0.30-2.5% by weight of Mn, and 0.10-0.60% by weight of Si, —(ii) hot-rolling the said steel at a temperature higher than Ac3 such as to obtain a seamless steel tube, —(iii) heating the said seamless steel tube at a temperature in the range between Ac1 and Ac3, —(iv) quenching the said heated seamless steel tube, such as to establish a dual (or multi-) phase microstructure in the steel employed, composed of ferrite and martensite and optionally bainite and/or retained austenite, —(v) cold drawing the quenched seamless steel tube such as to provide a seamless precision steel tube of the desired dimensions, —(vi) subjecting the so-obtained seamless precision steel tube to stress relieving treatment to improve its isotropic toughness, and optionally —(vii) straightening the so-obtained seamless precision steel tube with improved toughness.
US08926770B2	Method of hot stamping galvanized steel sheet In a cooling a galvanized steel sheet (W), change in emissivity of a surface of the galvanized steel sheet (W) is measured in a temperature range lower than the boiling point of zinc but not lower than the ferrite transformation temperature, using an emissivity sensor (4) with an observation wavelength of 1.4 μm or longer, and pressing and quenching in a pressing and quenching apparatus (2) is started after completion of an alloying reaction has been detected based on the change in emissivity. The emissivity sensor (4) preferably has an InGaAs element or a thermopile as a measuring element.
US08926769B2	Ni—Cr—Fe alloy for high-temperature use The present application relates to an alloy for use at high temperature. The invention is characterized in that the alloy consists principally of Ni, Cr and Fe and in that the alloy has a principal composition such that the levels of the elements Fe, Si, C, Nb and Mo lie within the following intervals, given in percentage by weight: Fe 5-13 Si 1-3 C <0.1 Nb <0.2 Mo <1.0 and in that Ni comprises the balance, while its level does not exceed 69% and in that the level of Cr is greater than Cr=15% and in that it is less than the lower of the two values Cr=5Si−2.5Fe+42.5 and Cr=25.
US08926759B2	Manufacturing method of a glass substrate for a magnetic disk An object of the invention is to remove effectively metallic contaminants adhering to the glass substrate surfaces without increasing roughness of the glass substrate surfaces in the glass substrate for a magnetic disk. In a manufacturing method of a glass substrate for a magnetic disk, a cleaning step comprising a treatment of contacting the glass substrate with a cleaning liquid containing peroxodisulfate and having a pH of not less than 2 and not more than 4 is appended. In addition, an example of the cleaning liquid can be prepared by adding sodium peroxodisulfate to an acidic solution.
US08926757B2	Plasma process and reactor for treating metallic pieces The plasma reactor defines a reaction chamber provided with a support for the metallic pieces and an anode-cathode system, and a heating means is mounted externally to said plasma reactor. The plasma process, for a cleaning operation, includes the steps of connecting the support to the grounded anode and the cathode to a negative potential of a power source; feeding an ionizable gaseous charge into the reaction chamber and heating the latter at vaporization temperatures of piece contaminants; applying an electrical discharge to the cathode; and providing the exhaustion of the gaseous charge and contaminants. A subsequent heat treatment includes the steps of: inverting the energization polarity of the anode-cathode system; feeding a new gaseous charge to the reaction chamber and maintaining it heated; applying an electrical discharge to the cathode; and exhausting the gaseous charge from the reaction chamber.
US08926753B2	Vapor phase growth apparatus and method of fabricating epitaxial wafer Material gas hits the outer peripheral surface of a dam member and rides on the upper surface side, and then is allowed to flow along the main surface of a silicon single-crystal substrate placed on a susceptor. An upper lining member is disposed above the dam member so as to face the dam member. A gas introducing clearance is formed between the dam member and the upper lining member. In a vapor growth device, the upper lining member is regulated in size so that the length, formed in a direction along the horizontal reference line, of the gas introducing clearance gradually decreases as it is away from the horizontal reference line or is kept constant at any position. A vapor growth device capable of making more uniform the flowing route of a material gas flowing on the silicon single-crystal substrate, and a production method for an epitaxial wafer are provided.
US08926750B2	Low temperature continuous circulation reactor for the aqueous synthesis of ZnO films, nanostructures, and bulk single crystals A method for synthesizing ZnO, comprising continuously circulating a growth solution that is saturated with ZnO between a warmer deposition zone, which contains a substrate or seed, and a cooler dissolution zone, which is contains ZnO source material.
US08926743B2	Metal pigment, method for producing the same, and water base metallic resin composition including the same The metal pigment of the present invention has a structure in which an organic carboxylic acid metal salt is adhered onto metal particles, and may also have a structure in which a first compound is adhered onto the metal particles, and the organic carboxylic acid metal salt is adhered onto the first compound.
US08926737B2	Process for producing purified natural gas The present invention provides a process for purifying natural gas, comprising removing mercaptans from a natural gas stream by a combination of an amine-based separation unit and a selective oxidation unit to obtain a purified natural gas stream, wherein at least part of the mercaptans are converted into at least elemental sulphur in the selective oxidation unit by selective catalytic oxidation.
US08926725B2	V-shaped filter with serviceable frames and cartridges A V-shaped filter includes a V-shaped carrier frame, first and second cartridge frames movably mounted to the carrier frame, and first and second filter element cartridges removably and replaceably mounted to the first and second cartridge frames, respectively. The first and second cartridge frames are movable to an inserted position in the V-shaped carrier frame providing an installed condition with the first and second cartridge frames forming a V-shape, and are movable to an extended position extending beyond the V-shaped carrier frame and providing a replacement-service condition.
US08926721B2	Process for reformation of hydrogen-containing fluids in a cyclic flow reactor The invention discloses an apparatus and process for the reformation of hydrogen containing fluids to hydrogen and other constituents, more particularly, the reformation of hydrocarbons or mixtures of hydrocarbons in a cyclic flow inert porous media reactor for the production of hydrogen and other constituents. In an alternate embodiment, the apparatus and process can be used for the reformation of hydrogen sulfide to produce hydrogen and sulfur.The cyclic flow reactor comprises a reaction chamber filled with a porous media matrix containing an unconstrained reaction zone located in any portion of the reactor chamber. This reactor system employs valves to canalize the reactant mixture and product mixture during flow cycling channeling the reactant mixture through the porous media matrix, and reacting the reactant mixture. In another embodiment, the reactor system may further comprise at least one aperture along the axial length of the reactor casing to enable mounting of an external energy source and/or at least one heat exchanger to provide a source of heat transfer to the inlet pipe and outlet pipe as well as the reactant mixture and product mixtures.
US08926714B2	Heat dissipating substrate and method of manufacturing the same Embodiments of the invention provide a heat dissipating substrate, including: a heat dissipating circuit layer formed of an electrolytic invar layer including an invar layer and electrolytic copper plating layers formed on both sides of the invar layer; insulation layers formed on both sides of the heat dissipating circuit layer such that the heat dissipating circuit layer is interposed between the insulation layers; first and second circuit layers formed on the insulation layers; and a first bump connecting the heat dissipating circuit layer with the first circuit layer and a second bump connecting the heat dissipating circuit layer with the second circuit layer. The heat dissipating substrate exhibits excellent heat dissipation efficiency and can be made thin.
US08926711B2	Prosthetics using curved dampening cylinders Prosthetic joint and limb components utilize a single, curved dampening cylinder to reduce component count and wear. A prosthetic foot/ankle requires only three major components; namely, a housing adapted for coupling to a foot blade, an ankle component adapted for coupling to a pylon, and a piston that moves within a curved cylinder in the housing during ambulation. The ankle component is pivotally attached to the housing at the center of curvature of the cylinder. The piston defines front and rear, variable volume chambers in the cylinder. The chambers are in fluid communication with one another via a port, such that fluid is exchanged between the chambers through one-way check valves as the ankle pivots between plantarflexion and dorsiflexion. Fluid flow is independently adjustable to establish and maintain desired levels of dampening during plantarflexion and dorsiflexion, including different levels of dampening.
US08926704B2	Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US08926694B2	Dual valve prosthesis for transcatheter valve implantation A dual valve prosthesis having first and second prosthetic valve sections is disclosed. The first prosthetic valve section includes a stent structure with a first prosthetic valve secured therein and the second prosthetic valve section includes an annular frame with a second prosthetic valve secured therein. When the dual valve prosthesis is in an expanded configuration, the annular frame extends from the stent structure such that the first and second prosthetic valves are laterally offset from each other. In a method in accordance herewith, the first and second prosthetic valve sections include prosthetic aortic and mitral valves, respectively, and the dual heart valve prosthesis is configured to replace both the native aortic and mitral valves of the heart in a single transcatheter heart valve implantation procedure.
US08926685B2	Prosthesis for placement at a luminal OS An embodiment of the invention provides a prosthesis delivery system comprising a delivery catheter having an expandable member and a prosthesis carried over the expandable member. The prosthesis includes a radially expandable scaffold section and at least two anchors extending axially from an end thereof; and means for capturing at least the anchors to prevent the anchors from divaricating from the expandable member as the catheter is advanced through a patient's vasculature.
US08926680B2	Aneurysm neck bridging processes with revascularization systems methods and products thereby Devices, methods and systems facilitate and enable vessel wall treatment, particularly at the neck of an aneurysm. A tethered cage-like structure functions in conjunction with supplemental therapies such as a vaso-occlusive coil delivering microcatheter system and/or pharmaceutical delivery, among other things, by stabilizing vessel walls and providing tethered cage-like therapeutic support for treating aneurysms, temporarily or on an implantable basis.
US08926677B2	Interstitial energy treatment probe holders An interstitial laser energy treatment apparatus having co-acting movable probe holders which facilitate positioning of a laser probe and thermal probe in different positions relative to a tissue mass such as the tumor to be treated and relative to each other to facilitate treating tissue masses based on the exact position, size and shape of the tissue mass.
US08926673B2	Vertebral arthrodesis equipment This equipment comprises at least one anchoring assembly including two antagonistic hooks connected to each other through a rod, a first of these hooks having a body crossed by a hole for letting through the rod and being able to be connected to connection means with which the anchoring assembly may be connected to another part of the equipment; said body has an aperture laid out substantially perpendicularly to the axis of said hole, communicating with this hole, and the anchoring assembly has a tightening member which may be engaged into this aperture until it abuts against the rod engaged in the hole, and tightened in order to immobilize this rod in this hole. Said tightening member is directly connected to a part belonging to said connection means, which allows the mounting of the latter on the body of said first hook.
US08926670B2	Polyaxial bone screw assembly A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a shank body having an upper head portion with a mating segment and a first partial spherical surface, a retainer structure being mateable with the mating segment of the upper head portion, the retainer structure having a second partial spherical surface such that when mated, the first and second partial spherical surfaces form a spherical ball member, a receiver defining an open channel and having a base with a seating surface partially defining a cavity with a shaped wall, the open channel communicating with the cavity, the cavity communicating with an exterior of the base through an opening sized and shaped to receive the shank upper head portion therethrough, and a bushing sized and shaped to fit within open channel and cavity and lock in recesses on interior of receiver.
US08926663B2	System and method for attaching soft tissue to bone Methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone are disclosed herein. A bone anchor is described that comprises a base and a top such that suture material may be compressed between surfaces on the base and top to secure the suture to the anchor. Also described is an inserter that can be used to insert the bone anchor into bone and move the anchor top relative to the anchor base to clamp suture material there between. Also described is a soft-tissue and bone piercing anchor and associated inserter. Methods are described that allow use of the bone anchors to provide multiple lengths of suture material to compress a large area of soft tissue against bone.
US08926662B2	Tissue graft anchoring A fixation device includes a member defining at least two openings, and a suture tied to the member by passing the suture through the at least two openings in the member to form two suture loops through which ends of the suture pass. The two suture loops are interconnected. A method of securing a tissue graft includes providing the fixation member, attaching the suture to a tissue graft, and adjusting the length of the suture between the fixation member and the tissue graft by pulling the suture.
US08926661B2	Surgical fastening A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.
US08926654B2	Locator and closure device and method of use The present invention is directed to a method for sealing a puncture in a wall of a lumen of a body including the steps of deploying a deployment member of a sealing device through an elastic membrane adjacent the wall of the lumen and the puncture, wherein the sealing device includes a sealing element; positioning the sealing element adjacent the wall of the lumen; retracting the deployment member relative to the sealing element to stretch the membrane away from the wall of the lumen; retracting the deployment member relative to the sealing element to allow the elastic nature of the membrane to force the sealing element against the puncture; and retracting the device from the puncture.
US08926647B2	Removable anchored lung volume reduction devices and methods An intra-bronchial device may be placed and anchored in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion associated with the air passageway. The device includes an obstructing member that prevents air from being inhaled into the lung portion, and an anchor that anchors the obstruction device within the air passageway. The anchor may piercingly engage the air passageway wall. The anchor may be releasable from the air passageway for removal of the obstructing member. The anchor may be releasable by collapsing a portion of the obstructing member, or by drawing the obstructing member toward the larynx. The obstructing member may be a one-way valve.
US08926644B2	Lancing device having saddle-shaped tip A tip (41) for use with a lancing device (11). A wall extends upwardly from a base and forms a substantially saddle-shaped distal surface for interfacing with a patient's skin. An opening (43) extends entirely through the tip. The tip (41) is movably received by a pressure sleeve assembly. The pressure sleeve assembly includes a housing (37) and a pressure sleeve movable between first and second positions. A spring (35) is connected between the housing (37) and the pressure sleeve. A lancet (21) is rigidly fixed to the housing (37) and is covered when the pressure sleeve is in the first position and exposed through the substantially saddle-shaped distal surface (42) of the tip (41) when the pressure sleeve is in the second position. The substantially saddleshaped distal surface (42) gathers the patient's skin toward the center of the tip to facilitate expressing blood from a lanced site.
US08926632B2	Dermatome swivel double acting valve A dermatome having a handle and an attachment including a valve, where the valve may include a first bobbin at least partially defining a first flow path and a second flow path, a second bobbin at least partially defining a first flow path, an inlet port at least partially defined by the second bobbin and an outlet port at least partially defined by the first bobbin. The ports of the valve may open in response to an application of a mechanical act to the attachment and the ports may close in response to the absence or removal of the mechanical act.
US08926631B2	Methods for preparing a skin graft without culturing or use of biologics The present invention generally relates to methods for preparing a skin graft without culturing or use of biologics.
US08926626B2	Tissue tensioning devices and related methods Surgical devices configured to apply and hold a defined pre-set or pre-load tension to target tissue, such as, for example, a blood vessel, tendon or ligament during a surgical procedure.
US08926620B2	Apparatus and methods for use of expandable members in surgical applications In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an elongated member, an expandable member coupled to the elongated member, and an outer sheath. The outer sheath, which can be constructed from a different material than the expandable member, is disposed about the expandable member such that an outer surface of the expandable member is in discontinuous contact with an inner surface of the outer sheath. The expandable member and the outer sheath are configured to cooperatively displace a bone structure when moving between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.
US08926619B2	Method of surgically preparing a tibia for implantation of a prosthetic component A method of surgically preparing a tibia for implantation of a tibial prosthetic component is disclosed.
US08926618B2	Cutting guide with internal distraction A cutting guide for performing a bone osteotomy procedure is disclosed. The cutting guide includes a first arm having a first cutting guide surface formed therein, a second arm having a second cutting guide surface formed therein pivotably connected to the first arm and a distractor operatively connected to the first arm. The cutting guide is adapted to be affixed to the bone such that the first cutting guide surface is open to the second cutting guide surface. The first arm and second arm are rotatable with respect to each other such that manipulation of the distractor creates a force between the first arm and the second arm causing rotation of the first arm and second arm relative to each other. A method for using the cutting guide in a bone osteotomy procedure is also disclosed.
US08926606B2	Integration of very short electric pulses for minimally to noninvasive electroporation The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for in vivo treatment of cell proliferative disorders. The invention can be used to treat solid tumors, such as brain tumors. The methods rely on non-thermal irreversible electroporation (IRE) or supra-poration to cause cell death in treated tumors. In embodiments, the methods comprise the integration of ultra-short electric pulses, both temporally and spatially, to achieve the desired modality of cell death.
US08926602B2	Triple balloon catheter The present invention advantageously provides a method and system for cryogenically ablating large areas of tissue within the left atrium. In an exemplary embodiment a cryotherapy device includes a catheter body, a proximal end and a distal end; a first lumen; a second lumen; and an ablation element expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter, the ablation element having a surface portion that conforms to the uneven surface topography of the cardiac tissue. The ablation element can include one or more deformable balloon and/or flexible elements. The surface of the balloon can further be shaped by regulation of pressure within the one or more balloons. In an exemplary method, a tissue ablation device is provided and tissue in the left atrium is ablated with the device, whereby the ablation is created by freezing tissue.
US08926599B2	Medical instrument A medical instrument in the form of an endoscopic shank instrument includes an actuation element which is axially displaceable in a shank. Two lever arms are pivotably articulated in a manner distanced to one another and are positioned at a proximal side of the shank. The lever arms form part of a grip part. The lever arms are coupled in movement to the actuation element and are coupled directly to one another.
US08926598B2	Surgical instruments with articulatable and rotatable end effector Hand-held surgical instruments that have and end effector attached to an elongate shaft are disclosed. The end effector is articulatable and rotatable relative to the shaft by a nozzle arrangement supported by a handle from which the elongate shaft extends. In various embodiments, the nozzle is operable by the same hand that is used to support the handle.
US08926590B2	Torque limiter for an OCT catheter An apparatus comprising a torque wire connected to an imaging probe; and a torque limiter defining a bore, a first end of the torque limiter being in mechanical communication with a motor, a second end of the torque limiter being in mechanical communication with the torque wire, the torque wire being disposed through the bore of the torque limiter. The torque limiter comprises a member defining at least one cutout which causes the torque limiter to break when rotational force on the torque wire exceeds a predetermined amount, thereby decoupling the motor from the torque wire.
US08926587B2	Pneumatic device for treating intussusception The pneumatic system for intussusception treatment, i.e., invagination of a segment of the intestine into an adjacent segment, includes a pressurized gas supply connected to a series of filters, valves, regulators, and sensors connected to a rectal insertion tube to introduce gas at moderate pressure into the intestine of the patient. A computerized control and monitoring subsystem is included. The system preferably includes a heating system to warm the gas as desired. The system also preferably includes an exhaust portion to relieve internal intestinal pressure as required or desired. The exhaust portion of the system preferably includes a filter to absorb undesirable fecal odors that accompany the exhausted gas. At least the rectal insertion tube and the odor filter may be separable from the remainder of the system for convenient disposal. An alarm may be provided to alert the doctor or medical professional of conditions other than normal.
US08926580B2	Absorbent belted-article with improved friction between the absorbent pad and the belt An absorbent article includes an absorbent pad and a belt to which the pad is detachably attached and which is intended to be attached to a separate belt that is placed around the waist of the wearer to hold the pad when the article is being worn, wherein the absorbent pad exhibits a chassis including a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back sheet oriented away from the wearer and an absorbent core between the top sheet and the back sheet. The difference in kinetic coefficients of friction measured with ASTM D 1894-08 standard between the back sheet of the pad and the outwardly oriented surface of the belt is at maximum 0.5. The attachment between the belt and the pad will then not cease due to the movement of the article relative to the surroundings when the belted-article is being used, thereby preventing contamination and leakage caused by detachment.
US08926567B2	Needle array assembly and method for delivering therapeutic agents A fluid delivery device includes an array of needles, each in fluid communication with a respective reservoir. Respective actuators are coupled so as to be operable to drive fluid from the reservoirs via needle ports. Each needle can have a plurality of ports, and the ports can be arranged to deliver a substantially equal amount of fluid at any given location along its length. A driver is coupled to the actuators to selectively control the rate, volume, and direction of flow of fluid through the needles. The device can simultaneously deliver a plurality of fluid agents along respective axes in solid tissue in vivo. If thereafter resected, the tissue can be sectioned for evaluation of an effect of each agent on the tissue, and based on the evaluation, candidate agents selected or deselected for clinical trials or therapy, and subjects selected or deselected for clinical trials or therapeutic treatment.
US08926560B2	Distal access balloon guide catheter Distal access balloon guide catheter system and methods for delivering implantable devices, catheters, or substances in or near and/or restoring flow through body lumens, such as blood vessel lumens, or inflating balloons affixed to the distal end of the guide catheter system are described. A Distal access balloon guide catheter having a proximal region, an optional medial region of intermediate flexibility, and distal region possessing high flexibility, high resistance to kinking and a large lumen to wall thickness ratio. The balloon is inflated by means of a kink-resistant secondary lumen embedded within the walls of the balloon guide catheter system tubing.
US08926551B2	Peritoneal dialysis therapy with large dialysis solution volumes Patients suffering from acute renal failure must be diagnosed and treated quickly so that a physician can confidently prescribe either peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis. In one way of quickly treating the patients, software is used to calculate a suitable peritoneal dialysis prescription without regard to how short or how long a dialysis cycle is used, and without regard to a total dialysate fluid volume for a therapy. For patients with suitable peritoneal membrane transport properties, the software program suggests that, at least over a short period of time, unexpectedly high ultrafiltrate volumes and high clearances may be achieved.
US08926546B2	C-shaped cross section tubular ophthalmic implant for reduction of intraocular pressure in glaucomatous eyes and method of use An implant may be used for implantation into tissue of a body. The implant includes an elongated conduit and a loop. The elongated conduit has an interior passageway for conducting fluid. The loop has an interior circumference with a fluid conducting channel formed therein. The channel is interconnected with the interior passageway for delivery of fluid between the channel and the interior passageway.
US08926539B2	Knee orthosis and orthotic method A knee orthosis that includes a medial tracking member that operatively fits along a lateral side of, and provides medial traction to, a patella having patellofemoral articular tissue; an inward tracking member that operatively fits over, and provides inward pressure against, the patella; wherein the inward tracking member provides a compressive force against the patella, thereby increasing the contact surface area between the patellofemoral articular tissue and an associated femoral trochlear groove. The inward tracking member overlays the patella and the medial tracking member so that medial traction can be placed on the patella. The inward tracking member provides continued compressive force against the patella to stretch lateral connective tissue of the patella, throughout a full extension or flexion motion of an associated knee, and the continuous compressive force is substantially the same throughout the extension or flexion motion. An orthotic method for correcting patellofemoral joint disorders is also disclosed.
US08926538B2	Support device for administration of CPR A support device for assisting a wearer in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the device comprising: a wearable support for strengthening at least one of the wearer's wrist, hand or forearm, the wearable support being adapted to circumscribe a majority of the circumference of the at least one of the wearer's wrist, hand or forearm; wherein the wearable support is adapted to be in close contact with the at least one of the wearer's wrist, hand or forearm, to provide support to the wearer through compression of the at least one of the wearer's wrist, hand or forearm.
US08926537B2	Orthopedic device for treatment of the back In an embodiment, an orthopedic device in the form of a lumbar support includes first and second elongate belt members, an anatomically shaped plate, and a closure system connecting the belt members to the plate. The closure system is arranged to move the belt members relative to the plate, and connects to the belt members via a flexible belt attachment which removably secures to the belt members. The closure system includes tensioning elements corresponding to the belt members, and a pulley system connecting to the tensioning elements. The closure system is slidably mounted to the plate and arranged to the belt members relative to the plate between opposed linear directions. The plate has various contours which provide pressure distribution over a lumbar region of a back. Anatomically shaped and resiliently formed handles secure to the tensioning elements and the belt members.
US08926534B2	Powered orthotic device and method of using same A powered orthotic device includes a brace having a first section and a second section, the first section and the second section operationally coupled at a pivot, the first and the second sections moving about the pivot to define flexion and extension directions, such directions defining inside and outside regions of the brace respectively. The device further includes at least one set of straps that removably attach the first section and the second section to a corresponding limb segment such that the pivot is proximate to a joint between each limb segment. The device also includes and an electromyographic sensor and an actuator assembly in communication with the electromyographic sensor, the actuator assembly mounted to the brace, and occupying a volume of which a majority is disposed proximately to the outside region of the brace, and coupled to the first and second sections of the brace so as to apply a force for driving the first and second sections about the pivot, the force based on signals from the electromyographic sensor.
US08926529B2	Method and apparatus for manipulating a surgical guidewire A method and apparatus for manipulating a surgical guidewire. The apparatus comprises a chuck for selectively coupling motive force to a surgical guidewire and an actuator, coupled to the chuck, for imparting an axial motive force to the chuck. Embodiments of the invention further comprise a method of using the apparatus.
US08926526B2	Patient in vivo gut diagnostic and treatment tool An orally ingestible capsule device with monitoring and control instruments is provided for practicing physicians to use in patient examining rooms. The Capsule is part of an in vivo gastrointestinal tract (GI Tract or Gut) healthcare system with capabilities of delivering medications to any point in the gut, administering them at any time, or autonomously based upon onboard measurements, and simultaneously measuring results, along with extra body function measurements. It is capable of delivering gut medications or autoimmune perturbation substances and simultaneously measure responses and sample gut substances/microbes at application points. Objectives, as part of patient diagnosis, include determining microbe roles in the patient's digestion process, along with toxic substances in contributing to illnesses or diseases, such as gluten sensitivities. Capsule embodiments include a belt with pockets for substance delivery or sampling, lab-on-a-chip devices, chip-based logic, sensor/transducer, control circuits, nanotech devices and data reduction and storage, for efficient, cost-effective diagnostics and treatment in minimal time.
US08926517B2	Flexible micro-electro-mechanical transducer A curved or bendable micro-electro-mechanical transducer (such as the cMUT) is disclosed. The transducer has a plurality of transducer elements built on a substrate. The substrate has a slot below every two neighboring device elements. Each slot is at least at least partially filled with a flexible material to allow bending of the substrate. A bending actuator may be included to facilitate the bending of the substrate. An exemplary bending actuator uses a nonuniformly shrinkable material to bend the substrate. A curved or bendable cMUT of the present invention can be configured to be an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) device.
US08926515B2	Method and apparatus for continuously monitoring intracranial pressure A method and apparatus for continuously measuring the absolute intracranial pressure in a non-invasive manner is described by using an ultrasonic Doppler device which detects the pulsatility indexes of the blood flow inside the eye artery for both intracranial and extracranial eye artery portions. The eye in which the blood flow is monitored is subjected to a small pressure, sufficient to equalize the pulsatility index measurements of the internal and external portions of the eye artery. The pressure at which such equalization occurs is used as a reference for autocalibration of the apparatus so that continuous absolute intracranial pressure measurements may be taken over a particular sampling period.
US08926514B2	Iterative time delay values for ultrasound beamforming An iterative method of computing time delay values for ultrasound receive beamforming. Sensing signals are generated by transducer elements in a transducer array which detect reflected sound waves from a target tissue region for a time sample (n) for a first focal point and at a later time sample (n+1) for a second focal point. Respective time delays are calculated for time sample (n) for sensing signals received from the transducer elements for focusing the reflected sound waves from the first focal point. For the later time sample (n+1), respective time delays are calculated for the sensing signals received from the transducer elements for focusing the reflected sound waves from the second focal point, wherein the respective time delays for time sample (n+1) are computed iteratively from the respective time delays for time sample (n).
US08926509B2	Wireless physiological sensor patches and systems The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for wireless physiological sensor patches and systems which incorporate these patches. The systems and methods utilize a structure where the processing is distributed asymmetrically on the two or more types of ASIC chips that are designed to work together. The invention also relates to systems comprising two or more ASIC chips designed for use in physiological sensing wherein the ASIC chips are designed to work together to achieve high wireless link reliability/security, low power dissipation, compactness, low cost and support a variety of sensors for sensing various physiological parameters.
US08926501B2	Intelligent endoscopy systems and methods Endoscope sheaths and associated endoscopy data collection and analysis systems and methods are described. In one implementation an endoscope sheath include a body and one or more sensors disposed in the body. The sheath may further include a leak detection apparatus configured to detect leaks in the sheath body. In addition, the sheath may include actuator apparatus, such as a balloon catheter or other surgical instrument. Data from the endoscope and endoscope sheath may be collected, fused and displayed for use in medical procedures and/or analysis.
US08926496B2	Implantable device system An implantable device system is disclosed. The implantable device system comprises, a first energy transceiver system, a second energy transceiver system at least partially implanted within an organic tissue and capable of being interrogated by the first energy transceiver system, and a sensing system, wherein a state of the sensing system is available at the second energy transceiver system.
US08926491B2	Controlling magnetic nanoparticles to increase vascular flow Some embodiments provide a system for external manipulation of magnetic nanoparticles in vasculature using a remotely placed magnetic field-generating stator. In one aspect, the systems and methods relate to the control of magnetic nanoparticles in a fluid medium using permanent magnet-based or electromagnetic field-generating stator sources. Such a system can be useful for increasing the diffusion of therapeutic agents in a fluid medium, such as a human circulatory system, which can result in substantial clearance of fluid obstructions, such as vascular occlusions, in a circulatory system resulting in increased blood flow.
US08926478B2	Elliptical trainer An elliptical trainer includes a base, a pair of foot-oriented elliptical mechanisms, and a pair of hand-oriented elliptical mechanisms. The base is anteriorly provided with a frame having a first axle and a second axle. The first and second axles are parallel and spaced apart by a distance. The foot-oriented elliptical mechanisms flank the frame and include a revolving assembly pivotally disposed at the first axle and adapted to enable the foot-oriented elliptical mechanisms to revolve relative to the first axle. The hand-oriented elliptical mechanisms flank the frame and include a reversing assembly pivotally disposed at the second axle. The revolving assembly and the reversing assembly revolve in opposite directions. The hand-oriented and foot-oriented elliptical mechanisms enable a user's hands and feet to revolve in the same direction and follow closed paths, respectively. Hence, the user can exercise ergonomically and work different muscle groups.
US08926476B2	Routine-based management of exercise equipment access A solution for managing access to exercise equipment in a fitness facility is provided. A planned exercise routine for a user, which includes data corresponding to a plurality of exercises desired to be performed by the user at the fitness facility is used for providing location information for presentation to the user. Each exercise can require use of an exercise apparatus. The exercise can be mapped to at least one exercise apparatus located at the fitness facility. A target exercise apparatus can be identified from the mapped exercise apparatus(es). Location information for one or more of the target exercise apparatuses can be provided for presentation to the user.
US08926475B2	Device capable of adjusting images according to body motion of user and performing method thereof A device capable of adjusting images according to a body motion of a user and a performing method thereof are disclosed. The device includes a display unit, at least one camera unit, and a control unit. The display unit functions for displaying images. The camera unit captures at least one motion image of the user. The control unit is electrically coupled to the display unit and the camera unit. The control unit receives the motion image of the user and adjusts the display unit according to the motion image of the user, whereby the images displayed by or on the display unit move as does the user.
US08926469B2	Multi-speed transmission A transmission of the present invention has an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes. The torque transmitting devices are each selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish a plurality forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio.
US08926465B2	Bidirectional MEMS driving arrangement A micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) driving arrangement comprising a driven wheel comprising (n) teeth about an outer periphery thereof, an actuator ring around the driven wheel, itself comprising (n)+(x) teeth about an inner periphery thereof, wherein the (n)+(x) teeth of the actuator ring progressively engage and disengage subsets of the (n) teeth of the driven wheel; a driving actuation assembly, coupled to the actuator ring, for driving the actuator ring in a hysteresis-type motion so as to cause rotation of the driven wheel, wherein after one full cycle of engagements and disengagements between selective subsets of the (n) teeth of the driven wheel with selective subsets of the (n)+(x) teeth of the actuator ring, the driven wheel rotates by (x) teeth corresponding to [(360)(x)/(n)]°.
US08926464B2	Hybrid powertrain unit for motor vehicles A hybrid powertrain unit includes an internal-combustion engine, and a gearbox device with a primary shaft that can be connected to the shaft of the internal-combustion engine via a clutch device. The gearbox device includes a secondary shaft with an output pinion meshing with a first crown wheel of a differential, the casing of which is rigidly connected to the casing of the gearbox device. An electrical machine is designed to function as electric motor and as electric generator, having a shaft connected by a transmission to a second crown wheel of the differential. An engagement device driven via an electronic control actuator is set between the shaft of the electrical machine and the second crown wheel. The electrical machine can be set coaxially to the output shafts of the differential or parallel thereto. Alternatively, the shaft of the electrical machine may be connected to the shaft of the internal-combustion engine by means of a belt transmission and engagement device.
US08926461B2	Guide rail or tensioning rail with a sleeve, and traction mechanism drive therewith A guide member, such as a guide rail or a tensioning rail, of a traction mechanism drive, for use on an internal combustion engine. The rail-like guide member, which is preferably manufactured from plastic, has at least one through opening into which a preferably metallic sleeve is inserted and which sleeve has a first end which, projecting out of the through opening, is arranged such that it can be brought into contact with an engine part. The first end of the sleeve has a larger circumference than a second end of the sleeve, which is opposite the first end.
US08926454B2	Fitting systems for golf equipment using camera image for measurement of individual, and related methods In one example, a system for fitting golf equipment for an individual can be configured to be used with an electronic device comprising a fitting processor module and a camera. The system can comprise an image analysis module configured to receive image data of at least a portion of the individual and one or more physical indicia proximate to the individual, where the image data can be captured by the camera. The image analysis module can also be configured to recognize one or more reference features of the individual from the image data, and to calculate one or more fitting dimensions between the one or more reference features in the image data. Other examples, devices, and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US08926443B2	Virtual golf simulation device, system including the same and terminal device, and method for virtual golf simulation Disclosed herein are a virtual golf simulation device, a system including the same and a terminal device, and a virtual golf simulation method wherein the best shot or the worst shot occurring during a virtual golf game is stored in a server such that the best shot or the worst shot can be watched afterwards or such that the best shot or the worst shot can be shared by many persons, and a user enjoying a screen golf culture records various impressions of such a culture such that the impressions can be listened to afterward or can be open to the public, that is, various contents are provided, whereby a user using a screen golf system based on virtual golf simulation can enjoy various cultures which cannot be provided by a conventional golf system and thus interest of users can be induced.
US08926436B2	Method and device for fantasy sports roster recommendations A method and device generates probability-based recommendations for a fantasy sports game. The method includes receiving first and second rosters for a first and second user, respectively; receiving parameter values for each sport player on the rosters; determining a score value for the sport players based on the parameter values; determining first and second lineups for the first and second users, respectively, the first lineup having a first projected probability distribution and the second lineup having a second projected probability distribution, the first and second projected probability distributions determined as a function of the score values; and determining a win probability value based on the first and second projected probability distributions, the win probability value indicative of a prediction of a comparison between a first actual total score value and a second actual total score value.
US08926435B2	Dual-mode program execution A computing system is configured to execute a computer program on a server and to provide a video stream of the program output to a geographically remote client over a communication network. The computing system is further configured to provide executable content of the computer program to the client over the communication network in parallel with the video stream. When a sufficient amount of the executable content has been provided to the client execution of the computer program is transitioned from the server to the client. The transition optionally includes communicating a state of the computer program from the server to the client. The executable content can be provided to the client in an order that is determined based on the state of the computer program. Those parts of the executable content deemed most likely to be necessary to support game play on the client are given priority.
US08926426B2	Methods and apparatus for a distributed bonus scheme using simulated scatter reactions Methods and apparatus for a distributed bonus scheme using simulated scatter reactions are disclosed. An example method of operating a gaming device in a gaming system includes receiving a trigger that initiates a first bonus decision in a first gaming device. Further, the example method includes calculating, using a programmed processor, an accumulated value that defines a range. Further, the example method includes generating a random number. Further, the example method includes, when the random number falls within the range, granting a bonus to the first gaming device. Further, the example method includes determining whether the first bonus decision is to initiate a second bonus decision in a second gaming device of the gaming system.
US08926422B2	Associating mobile device with electronic gaming machine A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include receiving, at a wagering game server, a request from a mobile device to play a wagering game via a selected wagering game machine among a plurality of wagering game machines on the wagering game network. The operations can also include associating the mobile device with the selected wagering game machine, wherein the associating allows receipt of input for the wagering game from the mobile device. The operations can also include receiving, via the wagering game network, commands resulting from inputs accepted by the mobile device. The operations can also include determining a result of the wagering game.
US08926418B2	Configuring and controlling wagering game compatibility A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include determining that a secondary wagering game application is compatible with a primary wagering game application, wherein compatibility is based in-part on an ability of the primary wagering game application to provide wagering game information to the secondary wagering game application via an application programming interface. The operations can also include enabling the secondary wagering game to present a secondary wagering game in connection with a primary wagering game controlled by the primary wagering game application.
US08926417B1	System and method for an interactive audio-visual puzzle A system and method for an interactive audio-visual puzzle is presented herein. Particularly, in order to create, design or otherwise prepare the puzzle, an audio composition and a digital object are selected and partitioned into a plurality of separate segments or pieces. For example, the composition may be partitioned in separate segments of time and the object may be separated into a plurality of visual puzzle pieces. Each of the puzzle pieces are assigned or associated with a different one of the audio segments. The goal of the puzzle or game is for the player to reconstruct both the visual object and the audio composition by aligning the puzzle pieces in the correct order or orientation.
US08926410B2	Reciprocating saw blade with tangs on each end and related method A reciprocating saw blade has a first end with a first tang and a second end with a second tang. The first and second tangs are alternatively engageable with the chuck of a reciprocating saw. The reciprocating saw blade defines a substantially uniform cutting edge extending from approximately the first end to approximately the second end of the blade. The first tang is engageable with the chuck of the reciprocating saw for fixedly securing the first end of the blade to the reciprocating saw and forming with the second tang the free end of the saw blade. Alternatively, the second tang is engageable with the chuck of the reciprocating saw for fixedly securing the second end of the blade to the reciprocating saw and forming with the first tang the free end of the reciprocating saw blade drivable in a reciprocating motion by the reciprocating saw.
US08926409B2	Handheld machine A handheld machine, comprising a first grip (106) for receiving a first hand of a user of the machine, a second grip (118) for receiving a second hand of the user of the machine, and at least one coupling (114) for connecting the handheld machine to a flexible line (116). The second grip (118) extends in its usage position over the coupling (114) but is displaceable from this position.
US08926406B2	Surface applied abrasive cleaning apparatus and method A rotor assembly is provided for blast processing. The rotor assembly includes multiple lofting elements to create a vortex to loft particulate material to be used to process a target, and multiple elements to project the particulate material toward the target. The rotor assembly is enclosed within an operating chamber that has a target area into which the particulate material is projected to strike the target. There may further be angled deflectors at the opening to direct particulate material back toward the rotor assembly to use the material for further processing. Certain components are easily adjustable for different sizes and shapes of target. The action of the rotor assembly enables the use of up to 100% pure grit for entire cleaning processes, and provides single pass hook profile on any common material surface.
US08926399B2	Support material removing method An object of the present invention is to provide a revolutionary support material removing method which exhibits operational effects not seen in conventional practice.The present invention is a support material removing method for removing a support material (2) located on a surface (1a) of a three-dimensional object (1) molded by a three-dimensional forming device, wherein a slurry (5) which is a mixture of a liquid (3) and abrasive grains (4) is sprayed from a slurry sprayer (6) to remove the support material (2).
US08926394B1	Article of manufacture with moveable element A system and method for increasing customer interest in articles of manufacture, including containers and plush toys. A set of actuating components are coupled to moveable elements of the article of manufacture, the moveable elements respond to operation of an user-controlled actuating mechanism.
US08926381B2	Hybrid propulsion system for a vessel Hybrid propulsion system for a vessel including main engines connected to propulsion to propulsion means via transmission devices and connection devices for connection and disconnection, where the system includes one or more electrical machines arranged to the transmission device(s) via connection device for connection and disconnection of the from the transmission device, and one or more hybrid shaft generators, which is/are arranged between the electrical machine and one or more switchboards for the vessel.
US08926372B2	Multiple plug sliding adapter with flexible extension A multiple plug sliding adapter is disclosed. A first connector with a first terminal block is connected to an upstream cable. The first terminal block is also connected to a downstream first connector plug. A transform adapter is movably coupled to the first connector, and includes a first connector socket receptive to the first connector plug. An extension that spatially offsets the second connector from the transform adapter is connected to the first connector socket, and extends from the transform adapter. A second connector with a second terminal block is connected to the extension and a downstream second connector plug. The first connector plug and the second connector plug conform to different configuration standards.
US08926361B2	Environmentally sealed contact An electrical contact includes a contact body having a mating portion and a barrel portion configured for receiving an electrical conductor. The barrel portion includes a wall defining a bore having a closed end and open end, and the bore includes a core receiver portion for receiving the core of an electrical conductor and a plug receiver portion adjacent the closed end of the bore. A hole is formed in the barrel portion proximate the closed end of the bore and extending into the plug receiver portion of the bore through the wall. A plug has a body portion configured to be inserted into the bore and to engage the plug receiver portion of the bore. The plug is disposed in the end of the plug receiver portion and is further configured to seal the plug receiving portion of the bore and the hole from the rest of the bore.
US08926353B2	Burn-in socket with improved terminals A burn-in socket includes an insulative seat with a plurality of terminal-retained passageways, a sliding member defining a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways, a driven frame and a plurality of terminal retained in terminal-retained passageways of the seat and received in the terminal-receiving passageways of the sliding member. Each of the terminal-receiving passageways defines two opposite inner sides. Each terminal includes a base portion, a board-connecting portion and a pair of clamping arm consisting of a movable arm and a static arm, the pair of clamping arms defining clamping end at tips thereof. The pair of clamping arms are located elastically against corresponding inner sides, the static arm defines a lower curved portion with a projecting end and an upper linear portion, the projecting end of the lower curved portion of the static arm elastically presses against the movable arm permanently.
US08926350B2	Protective lockable female electrical outlet An improved electrical outlet providing a lockable electrical connection between a male plug and the outlet to securely retain the plug. The method to secure and retain the plug imparts minimal stress to the outlet and to the male plug so as to not substantially decrease the durability of either. The outlet decreases the shocking potential to a user or unwitting child by remaining un-energized when idle, and prohibits movement from its idle position until the outlet has received the plug terminal prongs. The shape of the movable receptacle assembly and its corresponding cavity blocks a child from contacting the outlets power source with a metallic object, while making the power source available to the receptacle assembly when initiated by the user. The outlets locking action steps secure and energize the plug simultaneously during the locking action steps in a user friendly manner. The modularized design of the receptacle module can provide an easily adaptable means to fit and form various arrangements such as a wall outlet or an extension cord outlet.
US08926347B2	Electronic connector module having an improve releasing mechanism with a simple structure An electrical connector module for mating with a complementary connector module comprises a housing defining a channel formed on a top surface thereof and a mounting slot recessed downwardly from a bottom surface of the channel; a releasing mechanism received into the channel, the releasing mechanism defines a tab extending into the mounting slot, and an actuator formed on a front end thereof; and a resilient piece received into the mounting slot, the resilient piece having a front end abutting against a front inner surface of the mounting slot and a rear end abutting against the tab; the complementary connector module comprises a latching member locked in the front end of the channel and located above the actuator; the releasing mechanism moves forwardly, the actuator extends into a front end of the channel and raises up the latching member along a vertical direction.
US08926344B2	Electrical distribution center assembly having a terminal stabilizer plate An electrical distribution center assembly having a connector including a plurality of terminals and a terminal stabilizer plate engaging the tips of the terminals to hold the terminals in position and resist bending prior to inserting a mating connector into the electrical distribution center assembly. The terminal stabilizer plate is held in a ready position by a releasable latch means until an axial force applied to the releasable latch means by the mating connector body exceeds a force threshold, whereby the terminal stabilizer plate is released from the ready position and is moved to a seated position. The releasable latch means may include a flexible beam or other resilient member to hold the terminal stabilizer plate in the ready position until it is released.
US08926343B2	Electrical interconnect device employing an array of conductive elastomer columns An electrical interconnect device includes an array of conductive elastomeric columns, each of the elastomeric columns extending between a first end and a second end and being internally conductive between the first and second ends. Upper and lower holders cover the array of conductive elastomeric columns. The upper holder has an upper substrate and a plurality of discrete upper pads held by the upper substrate and arranged in a complementary pattern to the array of elastomeric columns. The discrete upper pads cap corresponding first ends of the elastomeric columns. The lower holder has a lower substrate and a plurality of discrete lower pads held by the lower substrate and arranged in a complementary pattern to the array of elastomeric columns. The discrete lower pads cap corresponding second ends of the elastomeric columns. The upper and lower holders support the array of conductive elastomeric columns.
US08926339B2	Electrical connector having positioning assembly An electrical connector includes a connector housing that supports at least one printed circuit board having a mating end and a mounting end. The connector housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion that is configured to attach to the first housing portion. The first housing portion supports the printed circuit board, and the second housing portion includes a positioning member that engages the printed circuit board so as to retain the printed circuit board in a predetermined position.
US08926335B2	System and method for remote test administration and monitoring A system and method for remote test administration are disclosed. The system includes a testing station having a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory configured to store processor executable instructions configured to acquire biometric information related to a user, wherein the user is substantially adjacent to the testing station; identify at least one biometric vector within the acquired biometric information; and communicate the identified biometric vector. The system further includes a monitoring station configured to receive the biometric vector communicated by the testing station, the monitoring station having a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory configured to store processor executable instructions configured to: compare the received biometric vector to a stored biometric vector and determine a recognition weight; group the biometric vector into one or more polling clusters based on the recognition weight and one or more recognition thresholds; and monitor the user at the testing station based on feature vectors associated with the one or more polling clusters.
US08926326B2	Denture retention system A denture retention system includes a denture, abutments and an implant connected to each abutment. The denture has an inner channel with a resilient liner and engaging caps in the inner channel that releasably retain the denture on the abutments. The engaging caps each have a cavity that receives the head of an abutment. The cavities are sized with longitudinal space for the heads of the abutments so that the denture rests on the gingival tissue while the abutments restricts movement of the denture away from the gingival tissue. The system can be used with large diameter or mini implants. The separate implant and abutment allow precise selection of the abutment height. The abutment has a spherical head with tool engageable flats for tightening the abutment onto the implant.
US08926314B2	Transport device and transport method for container treatment plant as well as blow molding machine A transport device and a transport method for a container treatment plant as well as a blow molding machine is provided. The transport device comprises at least one transport star for transporting receptacles to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant, wherein the at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station.
US08926299B2	Pump device The invention has: a housing; a pump section formed of a drive gear unit and a driven gear unit; a main flow channel through which oil pressure is applied to the driven gear unit in a discharge volume reduction direction; a first branching flow channel through which oil pressure that assists oil pressure from the main flow channel is applied; a second branching flow channel through which oil pressure is applied to the driven gear unit in a discharge increase direction; a first flow channel control section; a second flow channel control section; and a spring that elastically urges the driven gear unit in a discharge increase direction. The first flow channel control section and the second flow channel control section can perform switching control in accordance with each increase or decrease of engine revolutions and in pressure.
US08926290B2	Impeller tube assembly An attenuation bracket is provided and includes an annular body having an annular attenuation arm defining first through-holes and an annular base defining second through-holes. A cross-section of the attenuation arm includes a flange, a connector opposite the flange and a curvilinear section extending between the flange and the connector. A cross-section of the base includes a first side corresponding with the flange and a second side opposite the first side and corresponding with the connector. The second side is connectable with the connector such that each of the first through-holes is defined in positional alignment with a corresponding one of the second through-holes.
US08926288B2	Rotor blade in flat design A rotor blade (1), in particular of a main rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft, made of fiber-reinforced plastic includes a blade section (10) and a connecting section (12) for fastening the rotor blade (1) to a drive device (18) which includes a sleeve-shaped connecting device (14), is further developed in that the connecting device (14) includes flat fiber layers (S1 to S18) running substantially in the plane of extension of the connecting section (12).
US08926286B2	Propeller fan, molding die, and fluid feeder A propeller fan with two blades includes a blade and a blade, and a connection portion connecting the blades together. Each blade has a peripheral edge portion extending in an arc having a diameter D with a center axis as a center thereof, a front edge portion arranged on a forward side in a rotational direction, a rear edge portion arranged on an opposite side in the rotational direction, and a leading blade edge portion connecting the front edge portion and the peripheral edge portion. A plane which includes each intersection between the rear edge portion and the peripheral edge portion and is perpendicular to the center axis is defined as γ. When the propeller fan is viewed in a direction parallel to a plane including the leading blade edge portions and the center axis, a distance H between plane γ and a connected portion between the front edge portion of the blade and the rear edge portion of the blade, on a line of the center axis, satisfies 0.028≦H/D≦0.056. With such a structure, a propeller fan, a molding die, and a fluid feeder which make a significant contribution in terms of energy-saving properties and resource-saving design can be provided.
US08926282B2	Vibration damper By providing a tube of deformable material which can be located within a hollow cavity of a blade it is possible to provide an element which through friction engagement can absorb vibration energy and therefore damp vibration in a hollow blade. The tube incorporates a number of cuts and/or grooves in an appropriate pattern in order to define a deformation profile once the tube is expanded in location. The tube is secured in position internally upon an expandable element which is typically an inflatable device. Once in position the tube is retained in its expanded deformable profile and the engagement between the tube and the hollow cavity wall surface results in energy absorption through vibration episodes. It is possible to provide a tube formed from a shape memory alloy which will expand in location to engage the hollow cavity wall surfaces for energy absorption during vibration episodes.
US08926274B2	Bearing housing body group of an exhaust-gas turbocharger The invention relates to a bearing housing body group (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a housing (2) for a bearing arrangement of a rotor shaft (3); having a turbine wheel (4) on one end (5) of the rotor shaft (3); having a compressor wheel (6) on the opposite end (7) of the rotor shaft (3); and having a compressor-wheel-side housing cover (8) which can be fixed by means of a fastening device (9) in a compressor-wheel-side housing opening (10), wherein the fastening device (9) is designed as a bayonet connection.
US08926271B2	Abradable for stator inner shroud The present invention relates to a pressure seal (7) of a turbomachine stator, said seal (7) comprising a first abradable surface opposite a rotor portion of the turbomachine and a second surface in contact with an inner shroud (3) of the stator, said seal (7) comprising a plurality of component units (10), each component unit (10) having, on its first abradable surface, a circumferential step (9) creating an obstacle in the circumferential direction of the inner shroud (3).
US08926256B2	Front lifting device for a tractor A front lifting device for a tractor, for hitching a tool thereto and controlling the same, includes: a chassis to be attached to the bodywork of the tractor; two lower arms hinged to the chassis and including, at the end thereof furthest from the chassis, a hitching element for the tool; at least one working jack in which one of the elements, a cylinder or rod, is connected to the chassis and in which the other element, a rod or cylinder, is connected to one of the coupling arms, the working jack providing the movements of the arm or arms in a working stroke between a bottom position and a raised position; the device includes a length-adjustable linking member between one of the elements, a cylinder or rod, of the working jack and one of the parts made up of the chassis or an arm, the linking member being held in an extended state during normal working mode, and in a retracted state to enable the arm or arms to enter a retracted position.
US08926255B2	Component transfer apparatus and method A component transfer apparatus and method includes a mounting member on which a lower frame of a rack can be mounted and which is driven to move up and down in order to take out or retrieve components from the rack in which the components can be aligned and accommodated in a vertical direction; an upper push member that is arranged to face the mounting member from above and driven to move up and down in order to push the upper frame of the rack from above; and a carrying hand that can reciprocate between a retracted position where it faces the upper push member from below and a protruding position where it protrudes from the upper push member in a horizontal direction and that is driven to move up and down so as to enter a space below the upper frame to carry and suspend the rack at the protruding position and so as to move down the rack onto the mounting member at the retracted position. As a result, the rack can be smoothly carried in or carried out and the components can be smoothly supplied and retrieved, whereby operation efficiency can be enhanced and productivity can be improved.
US08926246B2	Bolt support structure There is provided a bolt support structure which can absorb displacement of a bus bar and prevent the bus bar from bending during fastening of bolt, having a bolt including a head portion and a shaft portion and a mount portion to which the head portion is mounted movable in an axial direction of the shaft portion. The mount portion includes a bottom and upper plates between which a large-diameter portion of the head portion is positioned. The shaft portion and a small-diameter portion of the head portion are passed through a notch of the upper plate. A gap between the bottom and upper plates is larger than the thickness of the large-diameter portion. After the head portion is mounted to the mount portion, the nut is attached to the shaft portion so that the bus bar and the terminal clamp are sandwiched between the head portion and the nut.
US08926242B2	Device for securing a mobile device in an aircraft cabin A device for securing a mobile device in an aircraft cabin includes a first connection element having a bar receiving member. The device further has a second connection element which includes a bar which is suitable for co-operating with the bar receiving member of the first connection element, the bar being moveable between an unlocking position and a locking position, in which the bar of the second connection element is able to be brought into engagement with the bar receiving member of the first connection element.
US08926236B2	Drilling/reaming tool A drilling/reaming tool includes a basic body which extends in a longitudinal direction. The basic body includes at least one end-side drilling major cutting edge, a main flute which is assigned to said drilling major cutting edge and is wound at a first helix angle, and a plurality of reaming cutting edges which are arranged circumferentially on the basic body and have in each case one reamer flute which is assigned to the respective reaming cutting edge and is wound at a second helix angle. The reaming cutting edges adjoin the at least one major cutting edge directly in the longitudinal direction. Each reamer flute is merged into the main flute.
US08926226B2	Device for manufacturing a foundation for a mass located at height, associated method and assembly of the device and a jack-up platform The invention relates to a device for manufacturing a foundation for a mass located at height, such as the jacket of a wind turbine or a jetty, wherein the foundation comprises a quantity of piles driven into an underwater bottom in a geometric pattern. The device comprises a positioning framework of a number of mutually connected guide tubes arranged in a geometric pattern and adapted to receive and guide a pile to be driven into the underwater bottom, wherein the guide tubes comprise a mechanism with which at least an internal wall part of the guide tubes is displaceable in the radial direction of the guide tubes from a radially inward support position for the pile to a radially more outward position in which the internal wall part substantially releases the pile. The invention also relates to a method and an assembly of a jack-up platform and the device.
US08926216B2	Adjustable assembly for a bicycle According to some embodiments, an adjustable assembly for a bicycle comprises a first support and a second support slidably positioned within at least a portion of the first support, such that one of the first support and the second support is adapted to attach to a first bicycle portion and the other of the first support and the second support is adapted to attach to a second bicycle portion. In some embodiments, the second support comprises an expansion portion configured to be selectively moved between an expanded position and a retracted position. In one embodiment, the expansion portion is configured to contact and engage at least one portion of the first support when the expansion portion is in an expanded position, and the first support is configured to be selectively moved relative to the second support when the expansion portion is permitted to assume a retracted position.
US08926215B2	Arrangement for securing switch control shaft to switch pipe shaft The invention relates to an arrangement for attaching a switch control shaft to a switch pipe shaft, where the control shaft is mounted partly in the switch pipe shaft and tightened to the switch pipe shaft by a screw. The arrangement comprises a tightening piece. The screw is arranged to act on the control shaft through the tightening piece so that when the screw is turned, the tightening piece is arranged to press the control shaft against the pipe shaft so that the control shaft tightens fast between the tightening piece and the pipe shaft.
US08926211B2	Dispensing applicator for fluids A hand-held dispensing applicator comprising a fluid source, a frangible applicator tip attached to the fluid source, and an absorbent member attached to the frangible applicator tip is provided. When the frangible applicator tip is broken, fluid flows from the source to the absorbent member, whereby the fluid is applied and spread on a surface. Preferably, the frangible applicator tip comprises a support element permanently connected to the fluid source, a relatively rigid tongue element extending outwardly of the support element, and a frangible region there between. Preferably, the tongue element comprises ribs for reinforcing the tongue element to resist unintentional breaking of the frangible region. More preferably, the applicator tip comprises a semi-permeable or non-permeable cover disposed around the frangible region to control the speed and direction of the dispersion of the fluid in the absorbent member.
US08926195B2	Optical module having optical assembly precisely aligned with optical fiber An optical module with an optical subassembly precisely aligned with an optical fiber is disclosed even when the optical axis of the optical subassembly and that of the optical fiber are perpendicular to each other. The optical module has an auxiliary with a knob and a flange each having a concentric circular periphery. The knob is held by chuck of the welding apparatus, while, the optical subassembly is fixed to the flange. Even when the optical subassembly is slid on the flange to align optically with the optical fiber, the positions of the laser beams for welding are kept on the periphery of the flange.
US08926194B2	Optical board having separated light circuit holding member and optical layer An optical board (100) includes a base layer (1), an optical module (4) assembled to the base layer, and an optical layer (2) attached to the base layer and defining a receiving recess (23). The optical module includes a ferrule (41) received in the receiving recess and defining a number of grooves (4131), and a number of optical circuits (42) positioned in the grooves of the ferrule. The optical circuits extend outside of the ferrule and into the optical layer.
US08926190B2	Segmented bearing retainer A bearing cage assembly comprising of a plurality of discrete bridge elements coupled between first and second cage support wire rings having selected tensions, and conforming to the surfaces of associated rolling elements. The discrete bridge elements maintain rolling element in separation, provide rolling element retention within the bearing assembly, and function as a lubrication reservoir for grease lubricated bearings. The discrete bridge elements may be disposed between adjacent rolling elements, or may be configured to pass through axial bores of hollow rolling elements.
US08926187B2	Elastic ring bearing A bearing comprises an inner wheel, an outer wheel which includes a first outer wheel and a second outer wheel, a plurality of rolling elements which are disposed between the inner wheel and the outer wheel, an inner wheel elastic ring which is disposed between the inner wheel and the a plurality of rolling elements and an outer wheel elastic ring which is disposed between the outer wheel and the a plurality of rolling elements. The bearing also comprises a first boss part which is disposed on an outer portion of the first outer wheel and has a plurality of fixing holes, and a second boss part which is disposed on an outer edge portion of the second wheel and has a plurality of hook parts, where the plurality of hook parts are inserted into the plurality of fixing holes.
US08926183B2	Fluid dynamic bearing device An inner peripheral surface and a lower end surface of a bearing sleeve made of a sintered metal are each formed into a smooth cylindrical surface or a flat surface that does not have a dynamic pressure generating portion. Thus, a step of forming the dynamic pressure generating portion can be omitted from a manufacturing step of the bearing sleeve, and cost of dies can be markedly reduced. Further, the inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve is formed into the smooth cylindrical surface, and hence a radial dynamic pressure generating portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft member. However, the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion is accessible to tools, and hence the radial dynamic pressure generating portion can be formed easily with high accuracy. As a result, accuracy of a radial bearing gap is enhanced so that a bearing rigidity is enhanced.
US08926177B2	Source side monitoring device for an imaging system A source-side radiation detector (SSRD) includes a detector module assembly, and a monitoring lens coupled to the detector module assembly, the detector module assembly and the monitoring lens being positioned proximate to an x-ray source, the monitoring lens including a plurality of slits configured to receive x-rays therethrough from the x-ray source, the detector module assembly being configured detect the x-rays transmitted through the slits and to generate information to track a position of a focal spot of the x-ray source.
US08926173B2	Distributed optical fiber sensor system A distributed optical fiber sensor system is provided. In this system, backward-scattered light generated in a test optical fiber is filtered to separate the backward-scattered light into Raman scattered light and Brillouin scattered light. The separated Raman scattered light and Brillouin scattered light are each converted into digital data. A change in temperature with respect to the distance of the test optical fiber is measured from the digital data of the Raman scattered light. A change in temperature and a change in the degree of deformation with respect to the distance of the test optical fiber are measured from the digital data of the Brillouin scattered light. The change in temperature and the change in the degree of deformation with respect to the distance of the test optical fiber are separately output using the measured data.
US08926169B1	Timepiece case and timepiece incorporating the same A timepiece case has a case body having a face and a central axis normal to the face, a bezel on the case body, and a releasable attachment device operatively releasably attaching the bezel to the case body. The releasable attachment device has a retainer and an operator for moving the retainer from an engaged position, in engagement with the bezel for retaining the bezel on the case body, to a disengaged position, disengaged from the bezel, for releasing the bezel.
US08926154B1	LED device having printable layer and retention feature A flexible light transmitting device, comprising a printable layer, a backing layer, and a light-emitting diode strip disposed between the printable layer and the backing layer. The printable layer is translucent to permit transmission of light from the light-emitting diodes through the printable layer when the light-emitting diodes are activated; however, the LED strip remains hidden between the layers. The printable layer is adapted to receive printed indicia by way of thermal printing process. The backing layer is substantially opaque comprises a durable nylon webbing or polypropylene material. The embedded LED strip comprises an elongated flexible casing containing spaced apart light-emitting diodes, one or more light interrupting spacers, and at least one ribbon wire extending through the casing and electrically coupling said light-emitting diodes. A fastener is disposed through the printable layer, the strip, and the backing layer to secure the strip to prevent breakage or dislodgment.
US08926152B2	Ring light illuminator, beam shaper and method for illumination A ring light illuminator with annularly arranged light sources is disclosed. To each light source there corresponds a light collector, a homogenizing means for light from the light source, and an anamorphic system for imaging an output of the homogenizing means into an area to be illuminated. The anamorphic system compensates deformations of a cross-sectional area of a light beam in a surface to be illuminated due to an oblique angle of incidence of the light beam onto the surface. The homogenizing means in embodiments is a rod, into which light from the light collector is directed. The end of the rod opposite the light collector is imaged by the anamorphic system into the area to be illuminated on the surface. Also disclosed is a method for illumination.
US08926143B2	Light-diffusing elements A light-diffusing element with high coupling efficiency to LED sources. The light-diffusing element may be a glass monolith that includes a plurality of internal voids. When light propagating through the monolith encounters the internal voids, it is scattered in a transverse direction and exits the lateral surface of the monolith to provide a broad-area illumination effect. The glass monolith has a diameter of at least 0.7 mm and features a numerical aperture of at least 0.6 to facilitate efficient coupling to LED sources. The internal voids have a cross-sectional dimension that ranges from about 100 nm to several microns and a length that ranges from about 1 μm to a few millimeters. The light-diffusing element can be configured as a rod or as a bent or arbitrarily-shaped fixture.
US08926142B2	LED lens and light emitting device using the same An LED lens and a light emitting device using the same are disclosed. The LED lens comprises a light incident surface, a light emitting surface, and a bottom surface. The light emitting surface includes a first recession portion disposed at the central thereof and a protrusion portion connected to the outer periphery of the emitting recession portion. The light incident surface comprises a first optically active area and a second optically active area. The first optically active area is disposed at the central of the light incident surface, and has a second recession portion; the second optically active area is a concave surface connected to the first optically active area. The LED lens satisfies specific conditions. The LED lens distributes a light beam emitted from the light emitting device to form an even light pattern.
US08926140B2	Partitioned heatsink for improved cooling of an LED bulb A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb has a shell. An LED is within the shell. The LED is electrically connected to a driver circuit, which is electrically connected to a base of the LED bulb. The LED bulb also has a heatsink between the shell and base. A thermal break partitions the heatsink into an upper partition adjacent the shell and a lower partition adjacent the base.
US08926130B2	Illumination device and assembling method thereof An illumination device including a base, a heat dissipation member, at least one flexible printed circuit board (FPC), and a plurality of light-emitting elements is provided. The heat dissipation member disposed on the base has a central axis, a plurality of holding curvy surfaces and a plurality of heat dissipation channels extending along the central axis, wherein the holding curvy surfaces and the heat dissipation channels are staggered and arranged about the central axis, and each of the holding curvy surfaces radially extends along the central axis. The flexible printed circuit board is disposed on the holding curvy surfaces. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the flexible printed circuit board. An assembling method of the illumination device is also provided.
US08926126B2	Adjustable, modular lighting fixture Implementations of the present invention relate to a rotatable and/or slidable lighting module. The lighting module can have a lighting fixture assembly that is optionally capable of rotating with respect to a support base to allow the lighting fixture assembly to project light on a desired surface or area. The lighting fixture assembly can also slide or move relative to the support base to allow the position of the lighting fixture to be selectively varied.
US08926124B2	Side light apparatus of chip mounter and light apparatus using the side light apparatus Provided are a light apparatus of a chip mounter which emits light to sides of a plurality of parts picked up by a plurality of nozzles of a chip mounter, the light apparatus including: at least one light module including a plurality of sloping portions each of which includes a plurality of slopes, wherein a slope of the plurality of slopes includes a light source emitting light to a side of a first part picked up by a first nozzle among the plurality of nozzles of the chip mounter.
US08926122B2	Stage light fixture A stage light fixture having a casing; a supporting structure supporting the casing; and a stroboscopic light source fitted integrally to the casing.
US08926117B2	Portable attachable illumination device for brushes A portable attachable illumination device configured to slidably attach to and partially encompass a brush.
US08926116B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel. The display device further includes a light source attached to a surface of the display panel. The display device further includes a light guide overlapping the display panel.
US08926115B2	Backlight device, backlight system, and flat panel display device The present invention introduces a backlight device, a backlight system, and a flat panel display device incorporated with the backlight device. The backlight device is configured by at least two backlight units detachably and electrically interconnected. The backlight unit comprises at least first and second leadframes each including longitudinal first and second ends and an intermediate portion located between the ends. A light emitting device is disposed at the intermediate portion. And at least a pair of first and seconds leads with the first pair of leads arranged at the first end, and the second pair of leads located at the second end. The backlight, backlight system, and the flat panel display device can be readily lengthened or shortened according to the field requirements. It features a simple configuration, while is easy to assemble, and is beneficial to cost down.
US08926107B2	Control panel including a resistive-type backlit key A control panel including a cover which is provided with at least one tactile pressure detection zone forming a control button, in which a force sensor is arranged between the cover and a support, behind the detection zone, in which a spacer made of elastically compressible material is mounted between the force sensor and the cover so as to take up the mechanical plays between the force sensor and the cover, characterized by the fact that the spacer is at least partially translucent and by the fact that the control panel includes at least one main light source and a light collector which permits injection of the light produced by the said main light source into the thickness of the spacer so that the spacer produces a backlighting beam directed towards a zone to be illuminated of the detection zone.
US08926106B2	Strobe device A strobe device 1 includes an electrically-conductive reflector 3 into which a xenon tube 2 having xenon gas enclosed therein and having a light-transmitting property is housed. The xenon tube 2 has an anode 21 and a cathode 22 at both ends, and a sintered body 23 electrically connected to the cathode 22 at the cathode-22 side inside the xenon tube 2. A cathode-22-side end 34a of a bottom surface 34 of the reflector 3 is positioned closer to the anode-22 side than the sintered body 23. The bottom surface 34 is provided with an electrically-conductive projecting portion 35 projecting from the cathode-22-side end 34a so as to be closer to the cathode-22 side than the anode-side end 23a of the sintered body 23.
US08926105B2	Vehicle mirror adjustment method and system The present invention relates to a method and system of automatically adjusting a mirror (14, 16, 18) in a vehicle (10) to provide a driver (1) with an optimized rear view. A camera (24, 26, 28) is provided that is directed at the adjustable mirror (14, 16, 18). A camera capture area (60) is defined in the adjustable mirror (14, 16, 18), and the mirror (14, 16, 18) is automatically adjusted until the eyes (50) of the driver (1) are captured by the camera (24, 26, 28) within the capture area (60).
US08926103B2	Barrier mechanism, camera, and mobile information terminal A barrier mechanism includes a barrier blade group (G1) having barrier blades (A1), (B1), (C1) which are rotatably retained by a single spindle (S11); an elastic member (E11) provided to the spindle (S11) substantially coaxially with a rotating center of the barrier blade group (G1), and configured to generate torque for driving the barrier blade (A1) to rotate,' and a frame member formed by a barrier cover (F1) and a barrier (F2) each including an aperture serving as a window for opening an effective optical path of an optical lens, and configured to house the barrier blade group (G1) and the elastic member (E1) between these members. The spindle (S11) includes a flange portion (S11f) configured to separate the barrier blade group (G1) from the elastic member (E11) in a direction of an optical axis.
US08926095B2	Inexpensive device and method for connecting a camera to a scope for photographing scoped objects A device and method for connecting a camera to a scoping apparatus for viewing and taking photos of an eye-ball or other object imaged by the scoping apparatus. A case receives a compact high-resolution camera, and an attachment is connected to the case. The attachment is detachably connected to an eye-piece of the scoping apparatus in a manner to allow passage of an image from the scoping apparatus through the device to the camera for viewing and taking of photos thereof. A sleeve portion of the attachment and the eye-piece have generally the same diameter to allow the attachment sleeve to be fitted over the eye-piece. When the attachment sleeve and eye-piece have different diameters, an adapter having a generally cylindrical shape and a thickness equal generally to the difference in thicknesses is received on the eye-piece and the attachment sleeve received on the adapter to couple the attachment to the eye-piece.
US08926094B2	Imaging adaptor for camera An adaptor adapts an SLR camera for use as an ophthalmic viewing and imaging device. The adaptor is mounted to the camera between the camera body and the camera lens, and includes optical components arranged to direct illumination of the interior of the eye. The adaptor includes a first light source configured to provide a maximum level of illumination that is sufficient to identify structures of interest within an interior of an eye. The adaptor directs light from a second, external source to provide a level of illumination sufficient to obtain a fundus image. Optical components within the adaptor define a first optical pathway for directing light from the first light source to the lens, a second optical pathway for directing light from the second light source to the camera lens, and a third optical pathway for directing light from the camera lens through the adaptor to the camera.
US08926088B2	Ink-jet recording apparatus and platen apparatus There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a platen, a contact portion disposed between a pair of first ribs of the plurality of first ribs with respect to a scanning direction. A lower end of the contact portion is located lower than each upper end of the pair of first ribs. The platen includes a second rib disposed between one first rib of the pair of first ribs and the contact portion with respect to the scanning direction, and an upper end of the second rib is located lower than the upper end of the one first rib of the pair of first ribs and higher than the lower end of the contact portion.
US08926084B2	Polymerizable ink composition, ink cartridge containing the same, and inkjet printer A polymerizable ink composition contains polymerizable monomers containing at least one of an acrylic acid ester compound, a methacrylic acid ester compound, an acryl amide, and a methacryl amide; and a vinyl ether compound; and one of potassium oxide and sodium oxide.
US08926075B2	Liquid container A liquid container includes a liquid drain port, a detection chamber, a detection element, a suction portion and a projecting part. The liquid drain port is configured and arranged to supply a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus. The detection chamber has a bottom surface and a first side wall surface erected from the bottom surface. The detection element is disposed in the detection chamber, and configured and arranged to detect whether or not liquid exists inside the detection chamber. The suction port is provided to the first side wall surface of the detection chamber so that the liquid inside the detection chamber is fed to the liquid drain port via the suction port. The projecting part is provided on the first side wall surface and surrounds at least a part of the suction port.
US08926061B2	Inkjet printer and inkjet head maintenance method An inkjet printer 1 includes an inkjet head 31 with nozzles for discharging ink, a pressurizer for pressurizing a route for ink supply to the inkjet head 31, a head driver 6 for driving the inkjet head 31, and a controller 8 operable for control the pressurizer to pressurize the route for a prescribed time to have fluxes of ink once spilt out of the nozzles and to render nozzles covered with spilt ink before use of the head driver 6 to drive the inkjet head 31 for discharge operation in a maintenance service to the inkjet head 31.
US08926057B2	Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head, a capping unit, a supply unit, a wiping unit, and a control unit controlling these components. Upon receiving a maintenance signal, the control unit controls the capping unit and the supply unit so as to perform a second supplying operation of supplying air to an ejection space in an open state via a second opening, after a first supplying operation of supplying air to the ejection space in a sealed state via a first opening. Thereafter, the control unit controls the wiping unit and the capping unit so as to perform a wiping operation of wiping the surface of the opposing member and then switch the ejection space to the sealed state.
US08926054B2	Conveyance apparatus and method for calculating conveyance correction value Based on a conveyance amount in a second conveyance state where a sheet is conveyed by both a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit being a conveyance amount obtained by subjecting a conveyance amount in a first conveyance state where the sheet is conveyed only by the first conveyance unit and a conveyance amount in a third conveyance state where the sheet is conveyed only by the second conveyance unit to weighted average with difficulty of slipping of the first or second conveyance unit to the sheet as a weighting coefficient, a remaining conveyance amount is calculated from any two conveyance amounts from among conveyance amounts of the first, the second and the third conveyance states, and a correction value for conveyance is set from the calculated conveyance amount.
US08926053B2	Recording apparatus, method for adjusting deviation of print position for recording apparatus, and computer program product A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit; an adjustment-chart output unit that outputs an adjustment chart for adjusting deviation of a print position between a first dot and a second dot that are formed for images on a recording medium at different timings with a print head; and an ejection-position adjusting unit that records a plurality of combinations, each containing a reference pattern for reference of an image position and adjustment patterns that are deviated from the reference pattern in a stepwise manner such that the deviation amounts are shifted by M-times of a deviation amount corresponding to the recording resolution, receives selection of an adjustment pattern closest to the reference pattern from the outside, obtains an adjustment value based on the adjustment pattern of the selected combination, sets the adjustment value as a new adjustment value, and adjusts an ejection position of the print head.
US08926048B2	Printing apparatus and printing method for performing printing using a continuous sheet When a splice of a continuous sheet is detected, a printing apparatus defines an unprintable area including the splice on the continuous sheet and continues printing by changing the order in which unit images and maintenance patterns are printed so that the unprintable area is not used for the print operation and a maintenance pattern is printed in an area subsequent to the unprintable area.
US08926042B2	Pulse generator A pulse generator forms, from setting data respectively stored in an ejection relevant waveform setting register and a first high impedance setting register, an ejection relevant driving pulse for setting an electrode of an ink chamber communicating with an ejection relevant nozzle to a high impedance state for a predetermined period. The pulse generator forms, from setting data respectively stored in an ejection both-side waveform setting register and a second high impedance setting register, an ejection both-side driving pulse for setting electrodes of ink chambers communicating with ejection both-side nozzles to the high impedance state for the predetermined period. The pulse generator outputs signals of the formed driving pulses to an inkjet head.
US08926039B2	Printing device and printing method In a printing device, printing is performed by relatively moving a nozzle array for ejecting a liquid droplet with respect to a print medium, a resolution by a nozzle pitch of the nozzle array is lower than a target print resolution, and between liquid droplets ejected by a single nozzle array, liquid droplets are ejected from the same or another nozzle array to attain the target print resolution. Each of a plurality of nozzles in the single nozzle array is printable by changing an ejection density by applying a preset rate thinning when ejecting liquid droplets by relatively moving with respect to the print medium. The printing device is provided with a print control part configured to perform printing by dividing the single nozzle array into a plurality of nozzle blocks and determining the ejection density in every nozzle blocks.
US08926035B2	Shelf support assembly for a ribbed appliance cavity A shelf support assembly is provided that may be used with an oven appliance having protrusions along the walls of the cabinet for suspending the shelf support assembly therebetween. The shelf support assembly can include on each side a metal sheet configured to support a shelf that can be selectively extended from within the oven cavity. The shelf support assembly can be provided with one or more coatings for protection and self-cleaning. An appliance incorporating such a shelf support assembly is also provided.
US08926033B2	Door closure structure for rotary door and side-by-side refrigerator comprising the same A door closure structure for a rotary door and a side-by-side refrigerator comprising the same are provided. The rotary door is rotatably mounted on a main body. The door closure structure comprises: a hinge assembly comprising a hinge body, a hinge plate and a hinge shaft, via which the rotary door is mounted on the main body; a supporting plate extended in a lateral direction, provided with a first hole and connected with a front end of the hinge body; a mask body fixed on the rotary door, in which a mask cavity is defined and in a surface of which a second hole is disposed; and an engaging block retractably and movably disposed in the mask cavity. A part of the engaging block is exposable out of the mask body from the second hole and engagable with the first hole to make the rotary door close the main body.
US08926027B2	Vehicle braking system A vehicle braking system includes an operation amount detector, a hydraulic pressure source, a controller, and a wheel cylinder. The hydraulic pressure source is to generate brake hydraulic pressure corresponding to an amount of operation detected by the operation amount detector. The wheel cylinder is to be operated by the brake hydraulic pressure generated by the hydraulic pressure source. The hydraulic pressure source includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator includes a piston and an electric motor. The electric motor is configured to move the piston forwardly to generate the brake hydraulic pressure. The second actuator includes a pump configured to pressurize brake fluid located downstream of the first actuator. The controller is configured to selectively operate the first actuator and the second actuator based on the amount of operation detected by the operation amount detector.
US08926025B2	Overmolding steel wheel A vehicle wheel includes a rim having an inner peripheral surface, and a center disc portion spaced radially inwardly from the inner peripheral surface. The center disc portion includes a body having a plurality of protruding portions separated from each other by curved recesses. The wheel further includes a plurality of structural arms with each structural arm having a first arm end attached to the inner peripheral surface of the rim at a first weld attachment interface and a second arm end received within one of the curved recesses of the body. Each of the second arm ends is attached to the center disc portion at a second weld attachment interface.
US08926020B2	Headrest moving device The present invention relates to a headrest moving device. The headrest moving device includes an ejector casing mounted to a seat frame, a tiltable member tiltably installed in the ejector casing, a stay rod connected to a headrest and passing through the tiltable member, a movable unit having a connector and a mounting holder rotatably coupled to the connector and connected to the stay rod, a screw engaged with the connector in a screw manner of engagement, and a motor for rotating the screw, wherein the tiltable member can be tilted relative to the ejector casing and the mounting holder can be rotated relative to the connector, so that the headrest moving device can easily move the headrest forwards and upwards.
US08926007B2	Stowable vehicle seat A stowable vehicle seat includes a seat support portion that supports a seat cushion rotatably in the front-and-rear direction, a seat back provided with reclining elements that can be folded onto the seat cushion, a stowage recess portion disposed on the vehicle body floor side, a front-side leg portion disposed on the front side of the seat cushion, leg-portion locking elements that lock and unlock the front-side leg portion to and from the vehicle body floor side, a link mechanism connected to the reclining elements and the leg-portion locking elements, and a strap for operating the reclining mechanism and the leg-portion locking elements through the link mechanism, in which the seat back is locked in the folded state in a stowing operation by a pulling operation of the strap.
US08926005B2	Vehicle body structure cut zones A structural reinforcement for insertion into a cavity of a vehicle structure and method for making the same, the reinforcement including adjacent reinforcing segments and rigid bridges located between adjacent reinforcement segments. The rigid bridges are located for simplified separation of the reinforcement segments post-vehicle crash.
US08925996B2	Vehicle glazing A vehicle glazing has a gasket provided on at least one surface and extending along one edge of the glazing, and provided with at least one resilient asymmetric metal retaining clip for retaining a vehicle glazing component, such as a decorative trim. One side of the clip engages the gasket, and the other side retains the vehicle glazing component. Also disclosed is a preferred retaining clip for mounting on a gasket to retain a vehicle glazing component, the clip having a generally U-shaped section comprising a base and two limbs. The first limb may comprise at least two lugs extending in mutually diverging directions to grip the gasket, and the second limb may comprise a tab extending outwardly from the limb to engage the vehicle glazing component.
US08925991B2	Reinforced frame-to-body attachment A reinforced frame structure for a vehicle is provided. The frame structure includes a frame portion having a first portion and a pair of wall portions extending therefrom. A first reinforcement is rigidly coupled to the wall portions, and the first portion, the wall portions, and first reinforcement combine to define an enclosure.
US08925988B2	Connecting device of door trim and pull handle for vehicle A connecting device of a door trim and a pull handle for a vehicle includes a sliding back prevention boss which protrudes from the door trim of the vehicle and a supporting boss which protrudes from the pull handle mounted on the door trim and inserted into the sliding back prevention boss. As such, a phenomenon in which sharp edges are generated due to a broadside collision of a vehicle may be prevented and collision energy due to the collision may be decreased, thereby making it possible to improve salability and safety for a passenger.
US08925986B2	Clamp with two long-stroke jaws A clamp (1) is described for manipulators including a body (2) provided with two coplanar seats (21, 22) for housing the respective jaws (G1, G2). The jaws (G1, G2) are translatable in parallel in the respective seats (21, 22) alternately in the two ways, between a retracted position and an extended position, with average- or long-stroke. The clamp further includes an electrical motor (M) for activating the jaws and an electronic unit (CPU) for controlling the electric motor, inside the body (2) of the clamp (1). A transmission assembly is operatively interposed between the electric motor and the jaws, and includes in its turn two pushing screws (V1, V2) and respective translation assemblies (GT1, GT2). The rotation given by the electric motor (M) to the counter rotating pushing screws (V1, V2) causes the translation in opposite directions of the translation assemblies (GT1, GT2), which trail the jaws (G1, G2).
US08925981B2	Method and apparatus for locking an elevator or transport system A locking system for a hoistway door having an elongated casing, a slider member operatively connected to an electromechanical system for upward and downward movement of the slider. A keeper associated with the locking system allowing for secure locking and unlocking of the hoistway door.
US08925976B2	Flanged fitting for use with tubing containment system A fitting for use with metal tubing in a jacket, the fitting including: an adapter, the adapter having a tubular member defining a longitudinal passage having a longitudinal axis for fluid flow; a body for receiving the tubing, the body positioned opposite the adapter and aligned with the longitudinal axis; a sealing member positioned between the adapter and the body; a retainer positioned external to the sealing member, the retainer receiving the adapter and receiving the body; a first flange located near the adapter and a second flange located near the body; and a fastener for drawing the first flange and second flange towards each other.
US08925969B2	Pipe flange leakage spray shield device having over-center locking mechanism A spray shield for the pipe connection flange of pipes carrying hazardous fluids. A band composed of metal or other suitable material encompasses a pipe flange and supports a spray diffusion mesh or device so that any spray of pressurized leaked fluid is coalesced to drops or streams of leaked fluid which descend by gravity for collection rather than being sprayed into the environment in the vicinity of the leaking flange joint. The spray shield band is secured about the flange by an over-center latch mechanism that tightens the band and spray diffusion mesh around the flange connection. A locking pin or lockout device is inserted through aligned holes of the latch mechanism when closed and functions to secure the latch against release and movement from its latched position.
US08925963B2	Airbag coolant releasing device and airbag device There is provided an airbag coolant releasing device for releasing a coolant into an airbag. The device includes: a cylinder which is formed into a cylindrical shape; a coolant pack which is formed of a flexible film, wherein a coolant is sealed in the coolant pack and the coolant pack is received in the cylinder; a piston which is inserted into the cylinder; a drive unit which drives the piston with respect to the cylinder such that the piston presses the coolant pack; and a nozzle which is provided in an end portion of the cylinder which is located opposite to a side of the drive unit and which releases the coolant ejected from the coolant pack into the airbag.
US08925962B2	Vehicle airbag structure A vehicle airbag structure deploying an airbag at a predetermined designed position in an initial stage of deployment, while suppressing a swinging motion, to allow the airbag to continuously deploy and inflate toward a vehicle seat and reliably receive an occupant at an appropriate position. The vehicle airbag structure includes: an intermediate panel provided between a front panel and a rear panel; a joining the rear panel and the front panel to form an airbag; an intermediate panel forming a gas duct to guide inflator gas; and a gas circulation hole formed by a portion of the intermediate panel facing in a circumferential direction to generate, inside the airbag, a gas flow in the circumferential direction.
US08925961B2	Curtain airbag device A curtain airbag device has an airbag that is accommodated in a state where the airbag is wound or folded; a bracket that has a guiding plate portion which guides the airbag inward in a passenger compartment of a vehicle when the airbag is deployed and is provided with a fragile portion, the bracket is fixed to an upper portion of an inner panel of a vehicle body; and a cover sheet that, when the airbag is deployed, covers the fragile portion in a state where the cover sheet is positioned between the airbag and the guiding plate portion.
US08925957B2	Foldable valet cart A foldable valet cart is described. In one example, the valet cart includes a base frame, plurality of wheels coupled to the base frame, a lower vertical support frame pivotally connected to the base frame to fold against the base frame, an upper vertical support frame pivotally connected to the lower vertical support frame opposite the base frame to fold against the lower vertical support frame, and a hanger rod pivotally connected to the upper vertical support frame opposite the lower vertical support frame to fold against the upper vertical support frame.
US08925955B2	Hitch apparatus for vehicles A hitch apparatus includes a an elongated hitch member having a distal free end and an opposite proximal end. The hitch member is configured to be movably secured within a hitch receiver of a vehicle, and movable between retracted and extended positions relative to the hitch receiver. A first locking mechanism is operably secured to the hitch receiver and releasably engages the hitch member to maintain the hitch member in a retracted position. A housing is attached to the hitch member distal end. The housing includes an opening formed through a portion thereof, and a shaft is movably secured within the housing and is axially rotatable within the housing. A second locking mechanism is operably secured to the housing that releasably engages the shaft to prevent rotation of the shaft. An elongated coupler arm extends through the housing opening and is secured to the shaft such that the coupler arm rotates with the shaft.
US08925951B2	Multi-configurable height adjustable trailer A multi-configurable trailer where the load carrying surface can preferably be raised or lowered to enable the easy loading or unloading of the trailer, and/or a variety of different kinds of attachments which can preferably be removably connected to the chassis of the trailer.
US08925946B2	Vehicle comprising at least two axles and method for distributing the load between said at least two axles A vehicle (3) comprising at least two axles (6, 7, 8) fitted with at least two tires the axis of rotation of which are always mutually parallel from one axle to another. Each axle (6, 7, 8) bears at least 10% of the load of the vehicle and at least two axles (6, 7, 8) bear different loads during running. Also disclosed is a method for distributing the load between said at least two axles.
US08925945B2	Sheet-metal control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle A sheet-metal control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle includes a base body, and two eyelets arranged in spaced-apart relationship at least at one end of the base body. Each eyelet has an opening, with the openings of the eyelets receiving a chassis bearing. At least one of the eyelets has a wall which is provided with a projection which is configured to at least partly bridge a gap to a wall of the other one of the eyelets.
US08925940B2	Tilting wheeled vehicle A tilting, preferably three-wheeled, vehicle is disclosed that has a tilting mechanism that allows the vehicle to have leaning characteristics substantially similar to those offered by an in-line two-wheeled vehicle, but that does not require complex linkages and/or control systems to operate effectively. A tilting linkage is operably secured to a frame to allow a pair of spaced apart wheels to remain substantially aligned with the plane of the vehicle throughout its range of movement while still allowing the steering axes of each wheel to intersect the substantially vertical centerline of each wheel. The linkage also allows the caster angle of each wheel's pivot axis can be optimized independently of the angle of the vehicle's handlebar steering shaft.
US08925930B2	Chuck device A chuck device includes: a chuck body having a tapered hole at a front end portion and being fixed to a rotational spindle of the machine tool; a collet capable of being reduced in diameter and inserted into the tapered hole for holding the tool; and a nut that can be screwed to the chuck body for fastening the collet. A non-alignment prevention member is provided for suppressing relative movement by bringing the nut into radial contact with the chuck body even when the spindle of the machine tool is rotated and includes a first nut rear end side tapered surface at a farther rear end side than a screw portion, and a chuck body side tapered surface formed in the chuck body for coming into contact with the first nut rear end side tapered surface when the nut is screwed up.
US08925928B2	Mechanical seal with PFA bellows A mechanical seal has a stationary face and rotating assembly adjacent to the stationary face. The rotating assembly includes an upper bellows ring, a lower bellows ring and a runner between the lower bellows ring and the stationary face. A bellows extends between the upper bellows ring and the lower bellows ring. In preferred embodiments, the bellows is constructed from a perfluoroalkoxy polymer and is secured within the upper bellows ring and the lower bellows ring by a selected locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may include the use of crimp rings configured for a press fit engagement within the upper and lower bellows rings. Alternatively, the locking mechanism may employ locking rings configured for threaded engagement with the upper and lower bellows rings.
US08925924B1	Football simulation table game device A football simulation table game device is used for contests simulating American football. The device includes a slotted wall extending along a defensive end of a table. A defensive handle extends through the wall having a first end extending over a perimeter edge of the table. A defensive player form coupled to the defensive handle is selectively positionable between lateral sides of the table by manipulation of the defensive handle. Each of a plurality of rollers is coupled to a slope wherein the slope is moveable across the top surface of the table. An offensive handle is coupled to the slope to selectively adjust a position of the slope on the table. A sled is selectively couplable to the slope and slidable from a top end of the slope towards the defensive end of the table. An offensive player form is coupled to the sled.
US08925919B2	Apparatus for aligning bill and method for aligning bill using the same Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for aligning a bill supplied to a transfer path with a center line of the transfer path. The apparatus includes a fixed support unit which moves a bill in a transfer direction of the transfer path, a movable support unit which is disposed in succession to the fixed support unit and is provided so as to be movable in a lateral direction of the transfer path, a bill position sensor which senses the position of the bill that moves on the fixed support unit and the movable support unit, and a controller which is controls a lateral displacement of the movable support unit in response to information about the position of the bill, thus aligning the bill with the center line.
US08925915B2	Sheet supply device A sheet supply device includes a sheet supply tray, a guide fence for restricting sheets along a sheet width direction, a slider block that is slidable along the sheet width direction and supports the guide fence in an upright state, a slide shaft that is inserted into a through hole formed in the slider block and guides sliding of the slider block, and a guide fence lock mechanism including a restriction member on which a hole is formed and that is attached to the slider block swingably (the slide shaft is inserted into the hole). The guide fence lock mechanism restricts sliding of the slider block by holding the restriction member in a lock state where an inner circumferential edge of the hole is pushed onto an outer circumference of the slide shaft, and allows sliding of the slider block when the restriction member is swung to cancel the lock state.
US08925913B2	Sheet conveying device, image reading device, and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying device such as a feed mechanism includes a pick-up roller and a cover member. The pick-up roller feeds, into an apparatus, a sheet such as a document on a placing table such as a document placing table on which the sheet is placed. The cover member such as a pick-up cover covers the pick-up roller. The cover member is supported at both ends thereof on a shaft of the pick-up roller or on shaft bearings that receive the shaft of the pick-up roller.
US08925909B2	Leaf spring arrangement In a leaf spring arrangement for a chassis of a motor vehicle, a leaf spring includes multiple layers made of a glass fiber composite plastic, a reinforcement made of a carbon composite plastic and being disposed between an upper and a lower one of the layers, and a core made of a different material than the reinforcement and being disposed between the upper and lower layers, wherein the reinforcement is arranged along a longitudinal a side of the core. The leaf spring is coupled at its center region to an axle of the motor vehicle by a center connection and to the vehicle body by bodywork connections, wherein the leaf spring is tilted by an angle relative to the vertical axis of the motor vehicle.
US08925908B2	Spring, in particular for a locking device of a vehicle seat A spring (10), for a locking device of a vehicle seat, is designed as a yoke spring defining an axis (A) and made of a spring wire. A cross section diameter (q) has one leg (10a) on each of both ends of the spring wire. The two legs (10a) can pivot relative to each other in a circumferential direction of the axis (A), thereby transitioning the spring (10) from a relaxed state into a tensioned state. At least one first winding (10b) is provided between the legs (10a) that is wound completely around the axis (A) and having a winding diameter (di) in the relaxed state. At least one adjacent second winding (10b) is provided between the legs (10a) and disposed offset along by the axis (A) by a pitch (h), wherein the second winding (10b) may optionally be wound not fully about the axis (A). The second winding (10b) has a winding diameter (d2) in the relaxed state. The pitch (h) is less than the cross section diameter (q).
US08925892B2	Support device for the gun sight of a military vehicle The invention relates to a support device for the gun sight of a military vehicle, incorporating a head to which the gun sight is fastened and a foot which is integral with the vehicle, the head being integral with a column with a vertical axis which is introduced into the foot, the column being made integral with the foot by spring means wherein the spring means are constituted in the form of tongues arranged along at least two parallel planes perpendicular to the vertical axis of the support, each plane incorporating at least three tongues evenly spaced angularly around the column and integral with it by a first end and integral with the foot by their second end, these spring means imparting stiffness to the link between the column and the foot that is less along the vertical axis than along the other directions (X, Y) orthogonal to this vertical axis.
US08925890B2	Lock for musical instrument stand A height adjustable stand for musical instrument includes a connecting housing including a sleeve secured to the stand, a bifurcation extending out of the sleeve and including a top opening communicating with a slot therein, and two limit surfaces on both sides of the opening respectively; two opposite hooks each pivotably secured to the bifurcation and including a coupling member including a spring receptacle, a lever, an inclined surface adjacent to the receptacle, and a latch, and a curved member extending from the coupling member; a torsion spring biased between the spring receptacles; and a lock pivotably supported in the opening and including a first part, a second part at an angle with respect to the first part, and a protrusion on a bottom of the first part. Pressing of the first part moves the protrusion out of the slot to unlock the hooks.
US08925879B2	Horizontal type display device A horizontal type display device includes a base unit, a first support unit, a display unit, a second support unit and a hinge unit. The base unit includes a base body. The first support unit includes a vertical support structure vertically disposed on the base body. The display unit includes a display screen disposed above the base body and beside the vertical support structure. The second support unit includes a horizontal support structure horizontally connected between the vertical support structure and the display screen. The horizontal support structure has a first end portion inserted and fixed in the vertical support structure. The hinge unit includes a hinge structure disposed inside the display screen and connected to a second end portion of the horizontal support structure. The view angle of the display screen can be adjustable through the hinge structure that is connected to the display screen.
US08925872B2	Consist communication system having bearing temperature input A consist communication system is disclosed for use with a train consist. The system may have a sensor associated with a component of the consist and configured to generate a signal indicative of a performance parameter of the component. The system may further include a controller, a fluid conduit, at least a first cable disposed within the fluid conduit and configured to transmit the signal from the sensor to the controller, and a glad-hand coupling fixedly connected to an end of the fluid conduit.
US08925863B2	Aircraft nose section including a lock for accessing the cockpit An aircraft fuselage nose section having a secure access between the cockpit and the passenger cabin, while being compact. For that purpose, the nose section includes a separating mechanism including at least one movable element slidingly movable between: an extended closing position at which the separating mechanism bounds, with the cockpit door, a transition zone between the cockpit and the passenger cabin, and prevents people from passing between the passenger cabin and the transition zone; and a retracted opening position wherein the separating mechanism allows people to pass between the passenger cabin and the transition zone.
US08925862B2	Monument complex for an aircraft rear area A monument complex is provided for a rear area of a passenger cabin. The rear contour of the monument complex is adapted to the contour of the bulkhead so that an additional wash basin can be installed without there being any loss of space in the passenger cabin.
US08925861B2	Locking element To secure containers in a cargo bay of an aircraft, locking elements are known comprising locking lugs which can move from a locked position to a rest position. The locking lugs engage in engagement recesses of freight items. On movement of the locking lugs from the locked position to the rest position, the locking lugs can seize in the engagement recesses. A locking element is proposed to which a pair of locking lugs is allocated which in the locked position each have a stop surface which can be brought into engagement on a stop edge of the engagement recess, wherein the locking lugs are mounted mobile such that on movement from the locked position to a rest position, the two stop surfaces separate from the stop edges. As a result the space required in the holding direction for the locking lugs and the risk of seizing of the locking lugs in the engagement recess are substantially reduced.
US08925860B2	Cargo hold floor and aircraft having a cargo hold floor A cargo hold floor of an upper and/or a lower deck of an aircraft having a plane of symmetry which divides the cargo hold floor into a first half and a second half is disclosed, said cargo hold floor comprising locking gaps which each encompass all the locking elements located substantially on one level in the longitudinal direction (x direction) of the aircraft, in particular longitudinal locking elements for securing standardized cargo containers, in particular pallets and/or containers, in the longitudinal direction (x direction) of the aircraft whereby all the longitudinal locking elements of at least one locking gap are arranged in only one of the halves.
US08925857B2	In-line staged horizontal takeoff vehicles and related methods Aircraft systems that are optimized for multiple phases of flight are disclosed. In an aspect, an in-line staged aircraft is disclosed comprising a launch vehicle and a flight vehicle which are configured to join together along a common center line and form a single air foil in the joined configuration. The flight vehicle and the launch vehicle are separable in flight. In an aspect, the flight vehicle is an unmanned aerial vehicle configured for high-altitude, long-endurance operations.
US08925843B2	Kitchen shredder An apparatus for pre-composting organic material, comprising: a housing with two openings and a pre-composting means between the two openings wherein kitchen scraps may be fed in the first opening and the pre-composted scraps exit the second opening. In an embodiment of the present invention the pre-composter includes: a lid assembly which may facilitate feeding scraps into the pre-composter; a hopper and blade assembly for pre-composting or cutting and shredding the scraps; a component tray for securing the housing to the hopper; a bin for collecting the pre-composted scraps; and a crank assembly which delivers rotational power to the blade assembly.
US08925842B2	Grating device for grating materials and related methods A grating device for grating material includes a hollow handle having an interior cavity and a grater removably attachable to the hollow handle in a first configuration and a second configuration. The handle includes a top wall portion having a major outer surface configured to abut against a palm of a hand of a person gripping the grating device, a pair of elongated longitudinal sidewall portions, a closed end wall portion, and an open end wall portion on an opposing side of the hollow handle from the closed end wall portion. The open end wall portion of the hollow handle includes at least one surface extending through the hollow handle defining a passageway between the interior cavity of the hollow handle and an exterior of the hollow handle. Such a grating device may be used to grate material.
US08925838B2	Liquid diffusing device with interchangeable nozzles A liquid diffusing device with interchangeable nozzles includes a support frame having a passageway for the liquid to be diffused, with an inlet and an outlet, at least one nozzle having a liquid outlet section with a predetermined diameter and a corresponding outflow rate, which is removably and selectively attachable to the outlet in a predetermined operating position, and a system for supporting at least one additional nozzle having an outlet section of a diameter other than that of the first nozzle in the non-operating position. The support system comprises a nozzle-holding plate formed of one piece with the frame and having quick a connect/disconnect system for the additional nozzle in the non-operating position.
US08925832B2	Method of cleaning a spray device The device for diffusing sprayed liquid in a reception zone includes a vessel suitable for containing a liquid for spraying and at least one diffuser of sprayed liquid that is arranged in the vessel. The diffuser includes in particular an ultrasound emitter. The cleaning method is such that during a stage of operation of the device in which the device is not diffusing liquid in the reception zone, the following steps are performed: heating a liquid in the vessel up to a predetermined temperature, preferably higher than 60° C., in particular lying in the range 65° C. to 80° C.; and draining the liquid from the vessel via a pipe of the device that is situated outside a circuit for diffusing sprayed liquid in the reception zone.
US08925831B2	Sanitary component, namely jet regulator or jet former for flowing, fluid media, method of producing such a sanitary component and use of a sanitary component The invention relates to a sanitary component, namely a stream regulator or stream former for flowing fluid media, consisting of property-defining components in a sandwich-like arrangement in the direction of flow which comprise at least one screen attachment, one diffuser plate assembly as well as a shell body having segments of stream-forming openings extending across its cross-sectional surface. The property-defining components are exchangeable and combinable so as to realize adaptability to different user and user requirements. A locking means is provided e.g. on the inner circumference of the shell body for this purpose as is a corresponding counter-locking means on the outer circumference of the diffuser plate assembly. The diffuser plate assembly exhibits, at least on its exterior, a flow rate class-specifying optical code and the shell body exhibits a stream type-specifying, namely laminar or aerated, optical code. The screen attachment is furthermore inserted into a circumferential inner recess of the e.g. circular diffuser plate assembly, preferably by means of a locking connection, whereby in the case of a flow regulator disposed between the screen attachment and the diffuser plate assembly, the screen attachment is of translucent or transparent design and the flow regulator exhibits another optical coding. In the case where no flow regulator is provided, the optical coding of the screen attachment is designed to match that of the diffuser plate assembly or be provided in a predefined combination.
US08925830B2	Traction jack A vehicle traction jack that functions as a traction mat platform, ramp, and vehicle jack to assist a vehicle's tire when a tire is stuck in a rut, hole, or some sort of terrain or weather condition such as sand, gravel, dirt, mud, or snow is disclosed. The traction jack comprises a first plate and second plate, a hinge assembly, and a jack. The first and second plates can extend to a partially-opened or fully-opened position, forming a ramp and traction mat platform. The extended traction jack can be placed in front of or behind a vehicle's tire to provide addition traction. A jack extends from at least one plate of the vehicle traction jack to raise a vehicle for repairs to the vehicle's tire. Easily stored in a vehicle at all times, a single user can use the traction jack to help move any type of vehicle's tire.
US08925829B2	Optical code A method of presenting an optical code on a display is described. The method comprises: presenting the optical code in a first format at a first time period so that the optical code can be captured and decoded by a mobile device, such as a smart phone. The method also comprises presenting the optical code in a second format at a second time period. The second format is visually different to the first format to a human but when captured and decoded by a mobile device, the second format produces the same decoded results as the first format.
US08925825B2	Identification token and method of making identification token In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes enabling operation of an RFID integrated circuit of a first card in an identification token using a first switch; and enabling operation of an RFID integrated circuit of a second card in an identification token using a second switch. In accordance with some embodiments, an identification token includes: a first card including an RFID integrated circuit; a second card including an RFID integrated circuit; a first switch to enable operation of the RFID integrated circuit of the first card; and a second switch to enable operation of the RFID integrated circuit of the second card.
US08925823B2	Activation number generation and association The present invention is generally directed to methods of manufacturing data card assemblies. These methods generally comprise manufacturing or purchasing a data card comprising a special number, wherein the special number is associated with a particular data card account; packaging the data cards in a package such that the special number is visible; generating activation information; reading the special number on the data card; recording the activation information on the package; and associating the special number with the particular activation information recorded on the package. Some embodiments of the present invention may further comprise conveying the association between the activation information and the special number to an intermediary managing the data card accounts. Some embodiments of the present invention may further comprise generating a special number associated with a particular data card account; and generating activation information associated with a particular special number.
US08925809B2	Key-card access system for providing selective access to medical equipment An access system for controlling access of a user to one of several unique operative modes of an electronic device used to communicate with an implantable medical device. The access system includes a portable keycard, which is held by a user. The keycard has embedded magnets arranged in a unique predetermined pattern. The electronic device has a housing that provides a slot and a channel for receiving the keycard by the user. A sensing circuit and a processing circuit are both provided. The sensing circuit includes Hall-effect transducers positioned next to the channel so that upon inserted of the keycard, certain ones of these Hall-effect transducers will reside adjacent a magnet, depending on the particular unique pattern. A magnet positioned adjacent a Hall-effect transducer will cause the transducer to send an output signal to the processor indicating the presence of a magnet at the location of the Hall-effect transducer. The Hall-effect transducers collectively generate an electronic pattern representing the particular identity of the keycard. The processor compares this electronic pattern with one of several stored in electronic memory and provides selective access to the device in response to successfully identifying a match. A doctor, a technician, a salesperson and a factory assembly worker are examples of users of this system and each will be granted predetermined access rights to operate the device. Additional Hall-effect transducers may be provided to help detect the intrusion of magnetic fields produced from magnets not located with the keycard. The process will deny any access to the device should any such remove magnetic fields be detected.
US08925808B2	Fuel dispenser commerce Systems and processes may provide for commerce at a fuel dispenser. In one general aspect, a system and process at a fuel dispenser may have the ability to present a user interface including data regarding at least one merchant remote from the fuel dispenser's fueling facility and to determine if ordering data corresponding to the remote merchant has been received. If ordering data corresponding to the remote merchant has been received, the system and process may have the ability to present a user interface regarding payment data. The system and process may also have the ability to determine if payment data has been received and, if payment data has been received, generate a message regarding the ordering data for a remote merchant computer.
US08925807B2	Audio port power generation circuit and auxiliary device A power generation circuit and process for providing electrical power and data transfer by means of a module attached to the audio port of a mobile electronic device. Power and data may be exchanged with an auxiliary device, which may be a sensor or a data processing device. A description of several possible power generation circuits is provided, as well as a description of different sensors and data processing devices which may be attached to a power generation circuit. The power generation circuit is particularly designed to provide a low interference and low voltage ripple output with high total power availability and efficiency.
US08925804B2	Pre-set readable indicia for vendor use Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for processing a pre-set readable indicia associated with a user. The invention reads the pre-set readable indicia from a mobile device of the user, where the pre-set readable indicia comprises payment information, stores the read pre-set readable indicia or payment information extracted from the pre-set readable indicia, and, after connecting to a network, reconciles the transaction based on the payment information extracted from the pre-set readable indicia. In some embodiments, the invention receives authentication credentials from the user and authenticates the user to approve payment using the payment information from the pre-set readable indicia.
US08925802B1	Method and system for implementing a card product with multiple customized relationships According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method and a system for implementing a card product or access mechanism with multiple relationships with an issuing entity (e.g., bank, etc.) where each relationship may be defined by one or more sets of rules that are customized for a particular customer. A computer implemented method and system for implementing a mechanism with multiple customized relationships may involve identifying one or more customized rules for an access mechanism associated with a customer; establishing a plurality of accounts for the customer wherein the plurality of accounts comprise different accounts with different account characteristics; and invoking one of the plurality of accounts for a transaction through the access mechanism, based at least in part on the one or more customized rules; wherein the plurality of accounts share at least one funding account.
US08925800B2	Financial server, IC card terminal, and financial information processing method A system capable of charging up electronic money cards using a credit card is provided. A PIN is authenticated between a card terminal and the credit card. The card terminal transmits to a credit company server an authentication result, amount information indicating an amount with which to charge up, and a credit card number of the credit card. After billing, the credit company server transmits the amount information and the credit card number to an electronic money server. The electronic money server identifies an electronic money card based on the credit card number. The electronic money server generates amount change information for adding the amount with which to charge up to “VALUE”, and transmits the amount change information to the card terminal. The electronic money card updates the amount of “VALUE” stored therein to an amount specified by the amount change information.
US08925799B1	Automated banking machine responsive to data bearing records An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader operative to read card data corresponding to at least one of a user and a financial account. A computer associated with the machine is operative to cause a determination to be made that the card data corresponds to a financial account authorized to conduct a transaction through operation of the machine. The account corresponding to the card data is assessed or credited with a value associated with the transaction. A record of the transaction is printed through operation of a printer. The machine includes at least one serviceable component. Sensors are operative to sense whether a serviceable component is in an operative position, and to provide an indication related thereto.
US08925787B2	Surgical stapling apparatus with curved cartridge and anvil assemblies A surgical instrument is designed for clamping, cutting, and/or joining tissue. This surgical instrument includes a handle portion, an elongate portion extending distally from the handle portion, first and second jaw members disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion, a shaft movable upon actuation of the handle portion, and a knife bar operatively coupled to the shaft. At least one of the jaw members is movable with respect to the other between an open position and an approximated position for engaging body tissue therebetween. The knife bar has a curved profile and moves along at least one of the jaw members upon movement of the shaft.
US08925780B2	Fastener advance delay for fastener driving tool A nailer includes a power source including a piston reciprocating within a cylinder; a driver blade secured to the piston for common movement relative to a nosepiece; a magazine connected to the nosepiece for feeding fasteners sequentially for being driven into a workpiece by the driver blade; a fastener delay mechanism operatively associated with the magazine and configured for engaging a subsequent fastener and delaying advancement of the second fastener to the nosepiece until the driver blade returns to the pre-firing position after driving a leading fastener; and wherein the delay mechanism includes an electromagnetic solenoid with a reciprocating plunger connected to a pivoting cam member such that extension of the plunger causes the pivoting cam member to pivot into a blocking position between the fasteners.
US08925777B1	Truck bed storage device The storage system includes multiple cabinets within an enclosure mounted in a bed of a truck, such as a pickup truck bed. The cabinets each include rear walls which are hinged together at rear corners thereof to allow the cabinets to pivot relative to each other. An innermost one of a series of cabinets is slidably mounted within the enclosure so that it can slide into and out of the enclosure along with the other cabinets hinged thereto. Each cabinet has doors which can be selectively opened to allow for access into an interior of the cabinets. The cabinets have a storage position where they are contained within the enclosure and a deployed position where they are slid out of the enclosure and pivoted to provide easy access to contents of the cabinets outside of the truck bed.
US08925768B1	Dispenser and measuring cap device and method Spill and contaminant resistant dispensers and measuring cap devices and methods for measuring and dispensing a desired amount of a bulk particulate, powdery, granular or viscous liquid substance from a storage container through a cap or a dispenser are provided. A dispenser and measuring cap is attached to a storage container or comprises an integral storage container. The dispenser and measuring cap has one or more measuring chamber ducts, each having a different predetermined volume. The measuring chamber ducts are selectively and separately operationally aligned with an internal funnel stem and a dispensing spout. A selected measuring chamber duct is filled with the substance by inverting the cap and attached container. A measured amount of the substance is captured and dispensed, and the unused portion of the substance retained in the storage container without exposure to outside contaminants or implements, by rotating the duct into operational alignment with the spout.
US08925766B2	Peroxide powered product dispensing system A dispensing system includes a decomposition chamber having a catalyst for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide and a foaming soap are provided in separate first and second chambers of a product reservoir portion of a refill unit. Decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide produces oxygen gas and water, that may be used as a propellant for the creation of the foamed product, or may be used to power a pump. Additionally, the oxygen gas may be used to power a scavenger for the creation of electricity for charging a battery within the dispenser.
US08925765B2	Actuator for an aerosol container A nozzle main body (42) which is formed with a plurality of independent communication flow paths (42a) each of which communicates with one of the stems is provided in the actuator main body. A scraping and washing member (43) is mounted on the communication flow paths in a manner to be pushed in and pulled out of the communication flow paths through the injection openings of the nozzle main body (42), said scraping and washing member (43) having a flow path portion (43d) formed with flow paths for contents liquids and a scraping portion (43e) for scraping out substance remaining after injection of the contents liquids. The scraping and washing member (43) is held by a holding member at a scraping and washing position where the scraping and washing member is pulled out of the communication flow paths.
US08925764B2	Piston securing device A cartridge contains a storage chamber for a fluid filler material in which a piston can be movably received, wherein the storage chamber has a filling end and a discharge end and an inner wall extending between the filling end and the discharge end and the piston is displaceable in the storage chamber from the filling end to the discharge end along the inner wall to discharge the filler material from the storage chamber and the filler material can be enclosed in a sealing manner in the storage chamber by the piston. The piston is captively held within the inner wall by a projection provided at the inner wall in the environment of the filling end.
US08925759B1	Container protector In one embodiment of a container protector the container protector comprises two opposing side skirts, two opposing end skirts, and a interior lip connected to both side skirts and end skirts. The container protector may also include one or more handle extension to facilitate use with a container having one or more handles. The container protector is designed to sealing fit around the top periphery of a container with the interior lip extending upward to prevent material within the container from flowing outward therefrom during transitions. Such transitions may be caused by heating, transportation, or other disturbances. The precise dimensions of the container protector will vary from one embodiment to the next, and the container protector may take any shape depending on the container for which it is designed.
US08925743B1	Dish drying rack A dish drying rack includes a basin, a side bay pivotally connected with the basin for movement about a side bay pivot axis, and a plate rack pivotally connected with the basin for movement about a plate rack pivot axis. The basin includes a basin floor. The side bay moves between a collapsed position and an extended position. The side bay includes a side bay floor. When the side bay is in the extended position, the side bay floor is positioned with respect to the basin such that water drains from the side bay floor toward and onto the basin floor. The plate rack pivot axis is transverse to the side bay pivot axis. The plate rack is movable between an upright position and a flattened position.
US08925741B2	Shelf for boots storage A shelf for boots storage includes a base, a bottom plate, at least one intermediate plate, plural connecting elements, and at least one hanging element. The bottom plate is rotatably disposed on the base. The intermediate plate is located by a side of the bottom plate opposite to the base and has a predetermined distance from the bottom plate. The connecting elements connect the intermediate plate and the bottom plate. A receiving room is defined between the connecting elements, the intermediate plate and the bottom plate. The hanging element extends from a bottom of the intermediate plate toward the receiving room, and a hanging space is defined between the hanging element and the intermediate plate.
US08925740B1	Women's footwear storage assembly A women's footwear storage assembly organizes and stores high-heeled shoes by suspending them above a ground surface. The assembly includes a plurality of interwoven strands. The strands define a net wherein the net has openings extending between adjacently positioned strands. Each of the openings is configured to receive a heel portion of an article of high-heeled footwear. A frame is coupled to and extends around a perimeter edge of the net. The frame is configured thr supporting the net in a stretched position. An upper loop is coupled to a top end of the net. A holding member is selectively couplable to the upper loop and configured for retaining the net in an upright position against a supporting surface.
US08925738B2	Water treatment membrane having high chlorine resistance and high permeability and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a water treatment membrane having high chlorine resistance and high permeability, the method including: forming an aqueous amine solution layer on a porous support, using an aqueous amine solution including a fluorine compound having an epoxy group in a terminal thereof and an amine compound; and forming a polyamide layer containing the fluorine compound by bringing an organic solution containing acyl halide into contact with the aqueous amine solution layer, and a water treatment membrane manufactured using the same.
US08925736B2	Nanocomposite polymer-carbon based nanomaterial filters for the simultaneous removal of bacteria and heavy metals The disclosed subject matter provides a filter that is modified by a polymer-carbon based nanomaterial nanocomposite intended to significantly enhance the performance of filtration, separation, and remediation of a broad variety of chemicals, heavy metal ions, organic matters, and living organisms. Polymeric materials, such as but not limited to poly-N-vinyl carbazole (PVK), are combined with (1) graphene (G) and/or graphene-like materials based nanomaterials and (2) graphene oxide (GO) chemically modified with a chelating agent such as but not limited to EDTA. The nanocomposite is homogenously deposited on the surface of the membrane.
US08925732B2	Screen panel A screen panel for mining and quarrying industries adapted to be mounted on a screen deck, including a screening surface made up of materials such as herein described formed on a reinforcing frame, said screening surface having suitably designed apertures of desired shape for allowing materials of desired size to pass through, said apertures having walls (2) made of abrasion resistant material such as herein described, whereby retention of said desired shape of said apertures is ensured for a substantially long period of time.
US08925720B2	Package for containers A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package has a top panel and side panels. The package has retention features for retaining the containers and reinforcement features for reinforcing the package.
US08925718B2	Modular support system A modular support system has individual frame modules each of which is formed by a series of standardized components that are secured together to form a generally elongate support structure for various uses, in particular a support structure for a conveyor. A truss frame module and a channel frame module are disclosed wherein both of the frame modules include a pair of elongate side frame members that are laterally spaced-apart and generally parallel, these frame members being secured together by a series of laterally-extending and transverse frame members. Specialized connectors attach to the ends of the laterally-extending and transverse frame members, which in turn are secured to the frame members. The components of each of the frame modules are substantially identical to the other so that they can be inverted or reversed without affecting assembly of the frame. The side frame members are made by profile cutting and roll forming an elongate metal plate.
US08925717B2	Conveying installation for transporting bulk materials A conveying installation for transporting bulk materials has three pairs of carrying cables disposed one above the other. A continuous conveying belt can be moved along the central pair and the lower pair of carrying cables between loading and unloading stations, where it is guided over deflecting drums. Spaced-apart carrying frames hold the carrying cables. The installation includes a maintenance vehicle, which can be displaced along the two upper carrying cables and has on each side a maintenance platform, located laterally outside the carrying cables. The maintenance vehicle further has on at least one of the two sides a carrying framework, on which is located at least one drive subassembly for moving the maintenance vehicle. The drive subassembly is located laterally outside the carrying cables and beneath the undercarriage of the maintenance vehicle.
US08925710B2	Transfer device A device for transferring objects, in particular parisons (3) or bottles (2), has a carousel (10) able to rotate about a predetermined axis (X), an object (2, 3) pick up element (14), a supporting arm (16) for the pick up element (14) connected to the carousel (10), the pick up element (14) having at least three degrees of freedom relative to the carousel (10), a cam (12) for guiding the arm (16) and the pick up element (14), having a predetermined number of tracks (22, 23, 24), for moving the pick up element (14) along a predetermined path (P); the cam (12) has a fixed portion (25) and at least one removable portion (26) connected to the fixed portion (25), the removable portion (26) having a predetermined profile and there being the possibility of substituting it with other removable portions having a different profile to the portion (26).
US08925708B2	Bead feeding method and bead feeding unit Beads are transferred in the form of a flow along supply channels into first holding pockets; the beads from the holding pockets of the bead feeding unit are fed to receiving pockets of a bead transfer unit by means of movable feeding means, then in the bead transfer unit the beads are inserted into a guiding chamber formed at the intersection of a guiding groove of a first guiding plate and a guiding groove of a second guiding plate of the bead transfer unit, at least one guiding plate is rotated relative to the second guiding plate, which forces the movement of the guiding chamber so that the distance of the guiding chamber to the axis of rotation of the guiding plates changes, and the beads from the guiding chamber or the guiding channel are conveyed to a outfeeding pocket.
US08925699B2	Powertrain pressure and flow control system for automatic transmissions A pressure and flow control system includes a hydraulically-controlled component, a pilot valve, and a regulating valve. The pilot valve is configured to produce a pilot signal and includes a first valve, which is a MEMS microvalve. The regulating valve is in fluid communication with the pilot valve, and is configured to receive the pilot signal. The regulating valve is further configured to output a control signal, which controls the hydraulically-controlled component.
US08925693B2	Brake disc and disc brake A brake disc has an outer friction path on one side and an inner friction path on the other side. Between the friction paths free spaces are provided, which on the outer friction path side have a different configuration than on the inner friction path side.
US08925691B2	Bellows disposed on a guide member of a disc brake A bellows situated on a guide member of a disc brake, in particular of a commercial vehicle, has one end with a continuous sealing lip, which in a functional position sealingly abuts the guide member. The bellows is designed such that the sealing lip is rigidly connected to the adjacent series of folds.
US08925689B2	System having a plurality of elevator cabs and counterweights that move independently in different sections of a hoistway An elevator system which utilizes a plurality of independently moving cabs and counterweights in each elevator shaft. Each cab is connected to one or more spatially separated counterweights at different counterweight connection points. The connection points are horizontally shifted on different cabs in order to prevent interference between cabs, cables, pulleys and counterweights. The top cab may have one counterweight cable and may be connected to one or more counterweights by connection points on the roof of the cab. The cabs are mounted on two opposing vertical guide rails, and each guide rail is mounted at the center of one side of the elevator shaft. The system includes a motor attached to each of the cabs by one or more lift cables to facilitate the independent movement of all cabs. Existing buildings can also be retrofit for compatibility with the present invention.
US08925687B2	Self-retracting lifeline with disconnectable lifeline A self-retracting lifeline is provided. In one embodiment, the self-retracting lifeline includes a housing, a drum, an activation assembly, a lifeline and a connector, the drum is received in the housing. The activation assembly is received in the housing. Moreover, the activation assembly is operationally coupled to the drum to selectively rotate the drum. The connector is coupled proximate an end of the lifeline. The connector has a connector passage. The connector passage is configured and arranged to selectively couple the lifeline to the drum.
US08925686B2	Collapsible staircase, notably for a vehicle such as an aircraft A collapsible staircase is provided with a set of flat parts, with each of the parts intended to function as steps. Each flat part can be moved between a first position and a second position. All of the flat parts are substantially coplanar when the parts are in the first position, and the parts are disposed above each other and at a distance from each other when the parts are in the second position. A retractable holding handle is also provided and driven together with the flat parts.
US08925684B1	Ladder shelf system The present invention features a ladder shelf system for adding a generally planar rectangular shelf close to the top of a step ladder. The system has the generally planar rectangular shelf that is rigid with a step engagement member located on a shelf top surface. The step engagement member is adapted to fit inside an interior cavity of a top step of a step ladder. The system has a generally planar rectangular non-slip pad centrally located on the shelf top surface. The system has a locking lever located close to the shelf posterior end. In a first unlocked position, a first clamping member and a second clamping member lie on a plane perpendicular to the shelf top surface. In a second locked position, the first clamping member and the second clamping member lie on a plane parallel with the shelf top surface.
US08925677B2	Gypsum-panel acoustical monolithic ceiling An acoustical panel for forming a monolithic ceiling or wall, the panel extending across a rectangular area, and having a core made primarily of gypsum, the core being essentially coextensive with the panel area such that it has two opposed sides, each of an area substantially equal to the area of the panel, the core having a multitude of perforations extending generally between its sides, the perforations being distributed substantially uniformly across the full area of the core and being open at both sides of the core, the face side of the core being covered by a porous layer, the perforations being optionally restricted at a rear side of the core, the porous layer at the face side of the core being suitable for adherence of drywall joint compound and a water-based non-blocking paint.
US08925674B2	Phase correcting canalphone system and method A canalphone system may include a high audio driver carried by a canalphone housing, and a low audio driver carried by the canalphone housing adjacent to the high audio driver. The system may also include an acoustical-timer to phase correct a high audio signal from the high audio driver directed to the outside of the canalphone housing with delivery of a low audio signal from the low audio driver directed to the outside of the canalphone housing.
US08925668B1	Bicycle with power assisting function A power assisting device for a bicycle generally including an electric generator, an electric motor and a rheostat. The rheostat includes a mount having a first insert and a second insert. Both inserts include upper and lower apertures. Each upper aperture includes a contact, where in a first position the contacts are in contact with one another, and in a second position the contacts are not. The first insert is attached to the brake lever. Applying the front brakes with the braking lever causes the first insert to move from the first position to the second position. The generator is electrically connected to the upper aperture of the first insert, and the motor is electrically connected to the upper aperture of the second insert. When the braking system is not applied, the inserts are in the first position and the contacts are in contact causing an electrical connection between the rheostat, the generator and the motor. When the bicycle rider applies the bicycle's front brakes, the first insert moves from the first position to the second position. In the second position, the contacts are no longer in contact, breaking the electrical connection between the motor and generator.
US08925663B2	Construction machine An upper revolving structure is provided with a revolving frame, a floor member, and a cab box. On this, an indoor unit for an air conditioner is provided on the floor member, and an outdoor air inlet port is provided by being opened to the outside of the cab box. An outdoor air duct is provided for supplying outdoor air introduced through the outdoor air inlet port toward the indoor unit. In this duct, an intermediate portion is arranged at a high position on the side of an operator's seat, and on this intermediate portion, a filter accommodating portion is provided by being opened into the cab box. In the filter accommodating portion, an outdoor air filter for trapping dusts in the outdoor air flowing through the outdoor air duct is accommodated capable of being attached and removed.
US08925658B2	Drill rig moving system The present invention discloses a drill rig relocation system. Lift frames are provided at opposite ends of a base box of a drill rig substructure. A lift cylinder and bearing mat assembly are rotatably connected beneath the lift frame. The bearing mat assemblies may be rotated to the desired direction for moving the drill rig. The lift cylinders are then expanded, placing the bearing mat assemblies onto the ground and lifting the base boxes and drill rig off the ground. The drill rig is supported on linear sleeve bearings slideably mounted in the bearing mat assemblies. Translation cylinders on the bearing mats expanded to move the rig by translating the linear sleeve bearings along the shafts. After the lift cylinder expands to place the bearing mat on the ground, the translation cylinders are retracted, providing the linear bearing with the full length of the shaft for the next movement.
US08925655B1	Polycrystalline diamond compact including a non-uniformly leached polycrystalline diamond table and applications therefor In an embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDC”) includes a substrate and a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table bonded to the substrate. The PCD table defines an upper surface and at least one peripheral surface. The PCD table includes a plurality of bonded diamond grains. The PCD table includes a first region adjacent to the substrate that includes a metallic constituent disposed interstitially between the bonded diamond grains thereof, and a leached second region extending inwardly from the upper surface and the at least one peripheral surface that is depleted of the metallic constituent. The leached second region exhibits a leach depth profile having a maximum leach depth that is measured from the upper surface. A leach depth of the leach depth profile decreases with lateral distance from a central axis of the PCD table and toward the at least one peripheral surface.
US08925652B2	Lateral well drilling apparatus and method In one aspect, a drilling apparatus is provided, where the drilling apparatus includes a fluid pump disposed in a main wellbore, a lateral well in fluid communication with the fluid pump and a drilling assembly disposed in the lateral well, wherein the drilling assembly is configured to receive a fluid from the fluid pump to power the drilling assembly and to transport cuttings from the drilling assembly to the main wellbore. The drilling apparatus further includes a sealing mechanism disposed in the main wellbore, the sealing mechanism being configured to direct the cuttings in the fluid downhole of the sealing mechanism.
US08925646B2	Right angle impact tool An angle impact tool includes a handle assembly extending along a first axis, a prime mover in the handle, an output shaft rotatable about the first axis, and a work attachment connected to the handle assembly. An output drive is supported in the work attachment for rotation about an output axis perpendicular to the first axis. A gear assembly including a spur gear is positioned within the work attachment to transfer torque from the prime mover about the first axis to the output drive about the output axis. An impact mechanism is positioned within the work attachment and includes a hammer and an anvil. The hammer rotates under the influence of the prime mover and is operable to periodically deliver an impact load to the anvil. The output drive rotates about the output axis under the influence of the impact load being transmitted to the output drive by the anvil.
US08925628B2	Wellhead downhole line communication arrangement A communication arrangement is disclosed for communication between a downhole line and a wellhead body having a through-hole and a valve member for closing the through-hole. The communication arrangement provides a fluid passage that extends from a wellhead body port to the downhole line thus allowing communication between the wellhead body and a safety valve or valves and/or the injection of chemicals or fluids into the well without the need to rework the valve member or disable the valve member.
US08925626B2	Composition for forming film A substrate is surface treated using a composition for forming a film that comprises (A) an organoalkoxysilane, (B) an organopolysiloxane having a silicon-bonded hydrogen atom, and (C) a condensation reaction catalyst. This composition for forming a film can form a highly hydrophobic water repellent film provided with sufficient water shedding performance. It is possible to provide a highly hydrophobic substrate such as a heat dissipating body.
US08925625B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger has a flat tube (10) having a curved portion (13). A part of the curved portion (13) is formed by overlapping an outer rim (22) on an inner rim (21). The inner rim (21) has a small curvature region (102). The small curvature region (102) is inclined to a flat plate portion (11), and is defined by a radius larger than a difference between a half of a thickness of the flat tube (10) and a thickness of the outer rim (22). The small curvature region (102) is not beyond a center line (C1) in a thickness of the flat tube (10). The outer rim (22) extends beyond the center line (C1). The outer rim (22) has an end face (22a) placed on the small curvature region (102). The flat tube (10) has flared portions (15, 16) expanded at insertion holes (54).
US08925619B2	Modular partition system The present invention is a modular partition system obtained by assembling removable elements. The system includes at least one mast and at least one panel made integral with each other. The panel includes a frame, on at least one face of which is stretched a canvas. The frame includes a retainer to this end of stretching, on its perimeter and longitudinally. The canvas includes, on the perimeter of its rear face, a hooking device aimed at cooperating with the retainer. The mast includes a profile, or an assembly of profiles, each profile having a device designed capable of permitting directly or indirectly fastening the panel. The present invention is essentially characterized in that the mast includes a device for retaining a mast canvas, at least a portion of which is aimed at covering at least the portion of the mast that is visible.
US08925618B2	Collapsible sunshade A collapsible sunshade according to the present invention has a panel comprising a foldable frame member having a folded and an unfolded orientation, the frame member defining a periphery for the panel with an interior space inside of the peiphery, a meshed material covering the interior space defined by the frame member to form the panel when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation, and a shade fabric having at least a portion thereof removably attached to the panel so that the shade fabric can assume a first position in which the shade fabric completely overlies, in a planar manner, the meshed material, and a second position where the portion of the shade fabric that is removably attached to the panel is disengaged from the panel to expose a portion of the meshed material.
US08925616B2	Shutter for closing openings in motor vehicle interiors, a roller shutter box with a shutter, a middle console with a roller shutter box as well as a method for manufacturing a shutter The invention relates to a shutter for closing openings in motor vehicle interiors, having a decorative layer and a support arrangement; the invention also relates to a roller shutter box, to a centre console, and to a method for producing a shutter. Because the support arrangement comprises at least one one-piece support forming a plurality of roller shutter rods, additional expense for connecting the roller shutter rods is unnecessary.
US08925606B2	Vehicle tire comprising a tread composed of a plurality of compounds and a layer of circumferential reinforcement elements of variable pitch A tire comprising a reinforcing structure of the carcass type and comprising under the tread strip a crown reinforcing structure comprised of at least one layer of reinforcing elements. At least the surface of the tread strip comprises a first polymer compound extending at least into the region of the equatorial plane and at least one second polymer compound having physicochemical properties that differ from those of the first polymer compound, the crown reinforcing structure comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements which are distributed in the transverse direction with a variable pitch and the pitch between the circumferential reinforcing elements being at a minimum in the region of the layer of circumferential reinforcing elements that radially face the ends of the first compound.
US08925604B2	Take-apart vehicle wheel assembly, seal for use in such a wheel assembly, and method for producing such a wheel assembly A take-apart vehicle wheel assembly includes an inner wheel part defining an axis and including a generally radially extending annular flange having an outboard surface; an outer wheel part configured to be secured to the inner wheel part, the outer wheel part including a generally radially extending annular flange having an inboard surface; a gap defined between the outboard surface of the inner wheel part and the inboard surface of the outer wheel part in an area adjacently surrounding each of a plurality of stud receiving holes formed in the inner and outer wheel parts; and a seal disposed in the gap; wherein the gap is formed by providing a recess in at least one of the outboard surface of the inner wheel part and the inboard surface of the outer wheel part in at least a portion of the area adjacently surrounding each of the plurality of stud receiving holes formed therein.
US08925603B2	Tubeless-type, spoked wheel for vehicles, in particular for motor-cycles The wheel (1) comprises a rim (2) and a hub (3) between which a plurality of spokes (4) are connected. The rim has a radially recessed, cylindrical outer surface (2a-2d) with a channel-shaped cross-section and is provided with a plurality of drilled seats (6) each intended for the attachment of a respective nipple (5) for the connection of a spoke (4). Annular sealing members (13) are provided between each nipple (5) and the corresponding drilled seat (6) of the rim (2).The wheel (1) further comprises a circumferential, band-like seal (14) which is made of resilient material, is fitted on the rim (2), and extends over the recessed cylindrical surface of the rim (2) in a circumferentially stretched condition so as sealingly to cover all of the drilled seats (6).
US08925590B2	Pipeline leak detection and repair device The pipeline leak detection and repair device is an autonomous machine that travels through a pipeline to detect very small leaks therein. The device also repairs those leaks with an on-board repair component. The repair occurs nearly simultaneously with the leak detection as the device passes the leak. The device includes a plurality of thin, flexible sensor leaves in a radial array. The leaves are positioned to place them nearly in contact with the inner surface of the pipe wall. Each leaf includes two sensors installed on its opposite surfaces. Flexure of the leaf due to changes in pressure gradient as the leaf passes a leak results in signals from the sensors being sent to an onboard processor. The processor determines the position of the affected leaf, and rotates a repair component to apply a pressure-sensitive tape patch over the leak as the repair component passes the leak.
US08925587B2	Pilot-operated three-position switching valve Embodiments of the invention provide a first piston with a smaller diameter and a second piston with a larger diameter that switch a spool between a first switching position at one end and a second switching position at the other end, and a return spring that moves the spool to a neutral switching position are provided, at the neutral switching position, some of a plurality of ports communicate with one another and remaining ports are closed; at the first switching position, the communication-and-closure relationship of the plurality of ports is the reverse of that in the neutral switching position; and at the second switching position, all the plurality of ports are closed, and when the spool is switched to the neutral switching position and the first switching position, only the first piston is operated, and when the spool is switched to the second switching position, the second piston is operated.
US08925585B2	Oil pressure regulation valve An oil pressure regulation valve includes a spool supported in a sleeve to be slidable in an axial direction, a solenoid actuator disposed to generate an electromagnetic force for driving the spool to one axial end side, and a biasing portion configured to bias the spool to the other axial end side. The sleeve is provided with an input chamber to which an oil pressure input port is open, and an output chamber to which an oil pressure output port is open. The spool includes a land portion that is exposed to the output chamber to be biased to the one axial end side by using oil pressure in the output chamber, and the spool is movable to the one axial end side when the land portion is biased to the one axial end side by using the oil pressure in the output chamber.
US08925566B2	System and method of assuring drop out of a solenoid valve A method of assuring drop out of a valve assembly comprising detecting a level of a signal from the controller; diverting the signal to a solenoid coil of the valve assembly when the level of the signal is above a predetermined value; and diverting the signal to a load when the level of the signal is below the predetermined value. The level detector may divert the signal away from the coil when the level of the signal is below the predetermined value, thereby ensuring that the coil is fully de-energized in response to the level of the signal being below the predetermined value, while allowing current to flow through the valve assembly, thereby allowing the controller to monitor the integrity of the wiring between the controller and the valve assembly.
US08925562B1	Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate processing apparatus includes a first gas supply system provided with a source gas supply control unit; a second gas supply system provided with a reactive gas supply control unit; a third gas supply system provided with a cleaning gas supply control unit; a shower head unit including a buffer chamber connected to the gas supply systems and a dispersion plate installed at a downstream side of the buffer chamber; a substrate support installed at a downstream side of the dispersion plate and electrically grounded; a process chamber accommodating the substrate support; a plasma generation unit including a power supply and a switch configured to switch plasma generation between the buffer chamber and the process chamber; and a control unit configured to control the source gas supply control unit, the reactive gas supply control unit and the plasma generation unit.
US08925560B2	Comb There is disclosed a comb. The comb has an upper or a basic part and a number of teeth attached to and pointing out from the upper or basic part, wherein the outer or free end of at least a portion of the teeth forms two curved shapes or curvatures for the touch of a scalp. The first curvature has a radius of curvature substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the teeth, and the second curvature is curved outwards in relation to the upper or basic part. The radius of curvature of the first curvature may be in the range of 3-14 cm.
US08925558B2	Device and method for applying makeup A device for applying first and second makeup material to a skin surface as well as a method for applying a first and second makeup material using a device is provided in accordance with the disclosure. The device includes a template body and an absorbent backing attached to the rear side of the template body. The backing is compressible and dimensioned to conform to the contours of a skin surface, such as the area below the eye and proximate the cheek. The template body includes an upper edge which, when contacted with the skin surface, screens adjacent skin surfaces areas. A first makeup material may then be applied above the upper edge while a second makeup material is released to the skin area below the upper edge as the backing is pressed against the skin surface. The template may then be removed and the first and second makeup materials may then be blended together to create a desired ornamental effect.
US08925551B2	Method and device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring The device relates to methods and devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
US08925549B2	Flow control adapter for performing spirometry and pulmonary function testing A breathing circuit for a tracheostomized patient provides respiratory care and pulmonary function testing. The breathing circuit includes a flow control adapter that directs an inspiratory flow of air and an expiratory flow of air. The flow control adapter includes a subject port for coupling to a tracheostomy tube, an inspiratory port for coupling to an incentive spirometer, and an expiratory port. The flow control adapter further includes an adapter body and a one-way valve. The adapter body is configured to define an inspiratory fluid flow path between the inspiratory port and the subject port and to define an expiratory fluid flow path between the subject port and the expiratory port. The one-way valve substantially prevents air that flows generally along the inspiratory fluid flow path from flowing through the expiratory port during inspiration and allows air flowing generally along the expiratory fluid flow path to flow through the expiratory port during expiration.
US08925548B2	Non-invasive ventilation facial skin protection A non-invasive ventilation patient interface comprises a fresh gas entry port, an exhaust gas entry port, and a facial skin interface. Fresh gas entry port is configured for coupling with a fresh gas supply. The exhaust gas vent port is configured for allowing expulsion of exhaust gas from the patient interface. The facial skin interface is configured for eliminating fluid from within the patient interface and for eliminating fluid from facial skin which is covered by the patient interface.
US08925544B2	Portable nebulizer device A nasal nebulizer with a main canister for receiving fluid and an insert with a fluid channel includes a contiguous pressurized air supply source. The fluid channel may be a tapered tube overlapping an air exit port in the canister. The fluid channel may also comprise a common bell housing surrounding the air exit port above a base of the insert, which rests within the canister. The insert may include an extension projecting out to the canister and a vertical groove may extend down the fluid channel to a hole in the extension, which upon use helps create a vacuum that pulls in deflected fluid. The main canister includes a convex top surface around the periphery of an opening for a reservoir that receives fluids. The top surface extends downwardly to a generally rectangular opening that connects to the pressurized air supply source.
US08925537B2	Toy projectile launcher with safety mechanism A reconfigurable toy gun includes a handle portion, a guide member coupled to the handle portion, and a barrel portion. The barrel portion is slidably coupled to the guide member and movable along the guide member between a first end portion of the guide member and second end portion of the guide member.
US08925526B2	Internal combustion engine and method of operating such engine A method of operating a combustion engine including causing an intake stroke in a first cylinder, causing a compression stroke in the first cylinder thereby creating pressurized fluid and releasing pressurized fluid from the first cylinder. The method further includes cooling the released fluid, directing the cooled fluid into a second cylinder over a first period of time and injecting fuel into the second cylinder over a second period of time whereby the first and second periods of time at least partially overlap.
US08925517B2	Gas-powered tool motor A gas-powered tool motor includes a combustion chamber with an intake valve at one end, an exhaust valve at another end, and a control plate or control valve between two portions of the combustion chamber. A piston or other positive displacement device is in communication with the combustion chamber. The intake and exhaust valves have closure members that are movable along a common axis in tandem between collective open positions for recharging the combustion chamber with the fuel and air mixture and collective closed positions for detonating the fuel and air mixture in the combustion chamber and displacing the positive displacement device. The control plate or control valve supports limited air flows from a first portion of the combustion chamber to a second portion of the combustion chamber even in the closed position of the control valve for supporting two-stage combustion.
US08925516B2	Rotary engine According to the invention, a rotary engine is disclosed. The rotary engine may include a body, a rotor, and an ignition element. The body may define a rotor cavity, an intake channel, and a first exhaust channel. The rotor may be disposed within the rotor cavity and may define at least one chamber. Each chamber may receive a fuel from the intake channel when the rotor is in a first position. Each chamber may also at least partially contain combustion of the fuel when the rotor is in a second position. Each chamber may further output an exhaust to the first exhaust channel when the rotor is in a third position. The ignition element may be in communication with each chamber when each chamber is in the second position.
US08925506B2	Valve timing control apparatus of internal combustion engine In a valve timing control apparatus configured to enable rotary motion of a vane rotor relative to a sprocket in a phase-retard direction or in a phase-advance direction by controlling hydraulic-pressure supply-and-exhaust for each of phase-advance hydraulic chambers and hydraulic-pressure supply-and-exhaust for each of phase-retard hydraulic chambers, first and second lock pins are located in a large-diameter rotor portion rather than a small-diameter rotor portion. The rotary motion of the vane rotor relative to the sprocket from an intermediate lock position between a maximum phase-advance position and a maximum phase-retard position is restricted by engagement of the first lock pin with a first lock hole and by engagement of the second lock pin with a second lock hole. The vane rotor is held at the maximum phase-retard position by engagement of the first lock pin with the second lock hole.
US08925499B2	Wax-type thermostat with wax overheating safety means A wax-type thermostat for the cooling system of an internal combustion engine (ICE) is provided. The cooling system includes a radiator and a coolant loop circuit linking the radiator to the internal combustion engine, and having a by-pass conduit. The thermostat includes a thermostat body with a radiator inlet, an ICE inlet, via the by-pass conduit, and an ICE outlet. The thermostat further includes a piston integral to a closure element that opens or close a thermostat internal pathway connecting the radiator inlet to the ICE outlet, and a wax chamber thermally connected to the coolant within the thermostat body. The thermostat includes a first spring to return the closure element towards its closing position, and means for moving the piston when a volume variation in the wax occurs.
US08925478B2	Directional isophasic toroidal whistle An acoustic projector includes a toroidal whistle having an annular mouth and a foot set in a bowl like reflector. The reflector extends radially outwardly from the foot and has a concave section circumscribing the annular mouth. A whistle bowl is configured to suppress turbulence in air flow and thereby provide laminar flow to an outlet jet orifice into the annular mouth. The concave section is shaped to reflect isophasic sound generated at the mouth in a coherent beam.
US08925477B2	Traffic cone A traffic cone has an annular base and a hollow conical body. The annular base has an annular panel having multiple through holes, and multiple first feet protruding down from the annular panel. The conical body has a conical portion and a covering panel radially protruding from a bottom peripheral edge of the conical portion and wrapped on the annular panel. Moreover, even if the traffic cone is bumped or is run over by cars, the annular and the conical body do not separate from each other easily so the traffic cone has prolonged life for use.
US08925466B2	Brake beam assembly for a railway car truck A brake beam assembly for a railway car truck includes a brake beam mounted between opposed side frames of the railway car truck with opposite right hand and left hand ends. A strut is coupled to the brake beam and has opposite right hand and left hand ends coupled to the brake beam. Brake heads are coupled to the brake beam and struts proximate to the right hand and left hand ends thereof. Each brake head holds a brake shoe configured to engage a wheel of the railway car truck. Paddles extend from the brake heads. The paddles have distal ends configured to be received in wear liners in corresponding side frames of the railway car truck. A separation distance between the distal ends of the paddles is adjustable.
US08925465B2	Consist having self-propelled tender car The disclosure is directed to a tender car for a consist. The tender car may have a frame, a truck configured to support the frame, and a fuel tank mounted to the frame. The tender car may also have a wheel rotatably connected to the truck, and a motor operatively connected to the wheel and configured to drive the wheel. The tender car may further have a power supply configured to power the motor when the tender car is decoupled from the consist.
US08925464B1	Housing structure for gas generating system A sub-assembly for a housing of a gas generating system is provided. The sub-assembly includes a housing portion and an insert attached to the housing portion such that at least a portion of a force applied to one of the housing portion and the attached insert is transferred through the attachment to the other one of the housing portion and the attached insert. A housing, a gas generating system, and a vehicle occupant protection system incorporating the sub-assembly are also disclosed.
US08925456B2	Cliché, method of manufacturing cliché, and pattern formed by roll printing method The present invention relates to a cliché, a manufacturing method of a cliché, and a pattern formed by a roll printing method to prevent deteriorations due to sagging and a disconnection of an end portion or a rounded angular portion, the cliché having a surface formed with a groove, wherein the end portion of the groove has a narrower width than the width of the center portion of the groove.
US08925430B2	Torsion assembly with wireless displayers for simultaneously receiving torsion datum and displaying thereon A torsion assembly includes a torsion tool and at least one wireless displayer for simultaneously receiving and displaying the torsion datum from the torsion tool. The torsion tool includes a seat disposed therein and a display module detachably received in the seat. The wireless displayer includes a base and a body rotatably mounted on the base. The base can be put on a desktop or adhered on a machine by a magnet. The body can wirelessly receive and shown the torsion datum from the first wireless transceiver that is disposed in the seat on the torsion tool.
US08925421B2	Integrated drive generator gear alignment A gear assembly includes first and second shafts concentric with one another. First and second gears are respectively provided by the first and second shafts and are arranged adjacent to one another. A biasing assembly cooperates with at least one of the first and second shafts to maintain a desired gap between the first and second gears.
US08925414B1	Devices for inputting command signals to marine vessel control systems A device for inputting command signals to a marine vessel control system includes a lever that is selectively operable in a joystick mode and a lever mode. In the lever mode, the lever is confined to pivoting about a horizontal axis to thereby input throttle and shift commands to the control system. In the joystick mode, the lever is freely pivotable in all directions away from a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the horizontal axis to thereby input throttle, shift, and directional commands to the control system.
US08925413B2	Rolling element screw assembly The rolling element screw device includes: a screw shaft having a rolling element raceway groove; a nut member, which has a loaded rolling element raceway groove opposed to the rolling element raceway groove and is threadingly engaged with the screw shaft through intermediation of the rolling elements; and the circulation component, which includes a pair of the first circulating portions passing through a peripheral wall of the nut member, and the second circulating portion coupling the pair of first circulating portions together, to thereby form the endless circulation path for the rolling elements. Each of the first circulating portions includes a first cylindrical portion fitted into a circulation component mounting hole of the nut member, and a second cylindrical portion which has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion includes a rolling element introducing hole.
US08925412B2	Safety system This safety system includes: a toothed wheel, connected rotationally with respect to at least one rotating member to be braked, a worm driven rotationally by a motor upon rotation of the rotating member and permanently in mesh with the toothed wheel, a housing forming: a longitudinal wall located on the side of the worm diametrically opposed to the toothed wheel, and extending along the worm at a distance of the latter ranging between 0.001 and 0.01 times the diameter of the worm, and a first end wall integral with the longitudinal wall, located opposite a first longitudinal end of the worm; and energy absorption/dissipation elements interposed between the first end wall and the first longitudinal end of the worm, the worm being slidingly mounted in the housing such that the first longitudinal end of the worm comes closer to the first end wall when the worm slides in the housing.
US08925410B2	Synchronizer for transmission A synchronizer for a transmission includes a shift rail, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a stopper. The shift rail includes a first shift fork and a second shift fork that are provided integrally with each other. The first sleeve is movable in a first direction along an axial direction from a predetermined first standby position to synchronize a first gear with a rotating shaft. The second sleeve is movable in a second direction along the axial direction from a predetermined second standby position to synchronize a second gear with the rotating shaft. A distance between the second sleeve at the predetermined second standby position and the stopper in the axial direction is smaller than a distance between the first sleeve at the predetermined first standby position and the third gear in the axial direction.
US08925409B2	Positioning apparatus A positioning apparatus converts linear movement along a first axis into either linear movement along another axis or rotational movement. The apparatus includes a fixed element and one or more moveable elements which are moveable relative to the fixed element. A first guide element is attached to the fixed element and a second guide element is attached to the moveable element. An adjustment mechanism, which is associated with the first and second guide elements, is moveable relative to the fixed element along a first axis, and movement of the adjustment causes movement of the moveable element.
US08925399B2	Electronic apparatus use environment detecting method, electronic apparatus performance optimizing method and electronic apparatus Apparatus and method use a vibrator and an accelerometer of electronic apparatus for detecting the use environment of the electronic apparatus, and according to the use environment a method and electronic apparatus are provided for optimizing the performance of the electronic apparatus according to the use environment of the electronic apparatus. The method for detecting use environment comprises: determining the basic parameters of the electronic apparatus; searching for the acceleration thresholds of the electronic apparatus according to the determined basic parameters of the electronic apparatus; and determining the use environment according to the detected acceleration of the electronic apparatus and the found acceleration thresholds of the electronic apparatus. The use environment of the electronic apparatus may be detected by the vibrator and accelerometer of the electronic apparatus, thereby optimizing the performance of the electronic apparatus according to the use environment.
US08925390B2	Ultrasonic fluid-measuring structure and ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus Provided are an ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus and an ultrasonic fluid-measuring apparatus that can prevent the disturbance from occurring in the ultrasonic waves due to disturbance of a fluid. An ultrasonic fluid-measuring structure includes an ultrasonic measuring section adjacent to a channel member. The channel member includes a first ultrasonic wave input/output section and a second ultrasonic wave input/output section provided in a first side wall part, and a reflecting surface provided on an inner surface of the second side wall part. Further, it is configured so that the first ultrasonic wave input/output section and the second ultrasonic wave input/output section are adjacent to each other, and an ultrasonic wave transmission membrane through which the ultrasonic waves pass covers together both the first ultrasonic wave input/output section and the second ultrasonic wave input/output section.
US08925386B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave, a transmitter for configured to supply a signal to the ultrasonic probe and forming an ultrasonic beam, a receiver configured to receive a reception signal obtained by transmitting the ultrasonic beam to an object, a signal processor configured to form an ultrasonic image on the basis of the reception signal, a display unit configured to display the ultrasonic image, and a control unit configured to control the transmitter, the receiver, the signal processor and the display unit, comprising a setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the transmitter to a low power consumption operation mode or a high spatial resolution operation mode.
US08925384B2	MEMS sensor with stress isolation and method of fabrication A MEMS sensor (20, 86) includes a support structure (26) suspended above a surface (28) of a substrate (24) and connected to the substrate (24) via spring elements (30, 32, 34). A proof mass (36) is suspended above the substrate (24) and is connected to the support structure (26) via torsional elements (38). Electrodes (42, 44), spaced apart from the proof mass (36), are connected to the support structure (26) and are suspended above the substrate (24). Suspension of the electrodes (42, 44) and proof mass (36) above the surface (28) of the substrate (24) via the support structure (26) substantially physically isolates the elements from deformation of the underlying substrate (24). Additionally, connection via the spring elements (30, 32, 34) result in the MEMS sensor (22, 86) being less susceptible to movement of the support structure (26) due to this deformation.
US08925381B2	Nautical instrument A nautical instrument that can be repetitively mounted to and removed from a surface within a ship without the use of tools or other instruments. The nautical instrument incorporates a mounting system that achieves slidable locking engagement of the nautical instrument to a bulkhead plate that is permanently secured to the surface of the ship. In one embodiment, the invention is a nautical instrument comprising a housing having a bracket assembly comprising a downwardly extending overhang section that forms first and second channels between the overhang section and a rear surface of the back plate, the channels opposing one another in an angled orientation; and a mounting plate assembly connected to a front surface of a bulkhead plate, the mounting plate assembly having first and second angled edges adapted to be slidably inserted into the first and second channels of the bracket assembly.
US08925379B2	Downhole sensor systems and methods thereof A sensor module for a sensing apparatus configured for operation downhole, within a borehole. The sensor module comprises a sensor array having a plurality of sensors to sense selected formation parameters and a control system for selective and independent operation of each sensor of the sensor array. Each sensor of the sensor array is configured or designed as a discrete sensor unit for individual and independent communication and control. Each sensor of the sensor array may have an associated electronics module that provides standardized electronic connectivity with the control system.
US08925369B2	Device and method for preparing samples for gas chromatography An apparatus (10) for preparing samples (62) for gas chromatography contains a tubular liner (16) which can be flooded with carrier gas (64) and has a lower end region which can be heated in a controlled manner; a sample reservoir (26) which can be heated in a controlled manner; an active material (20) provided in the lower end region of the liner (16); an outer tube (38) which is arranged coaxially around the liner, wherein a cavity (46) which is connected to the lower end region of the liner is formed between the liner and the outer tube; a splitter exit (48) on the outer tube (38); a carrier gas connection (52) which is provided on the outer tube (38) and is intended to supply carrier gas (82) to the cavity (46); a column connection (22) which is provided above the active material (20) and is intended to connect a gas chromatography column (12); and control means for controlling the carrier gas stream, in a first setting (FIG. 1), from the interior (24) of the liner (16) through the active material (20) into the cavity (46) and from there to the splitter exit (48) and, in a second setting (FIG. 2), from the carrier gas connection (52) in the opposite direction through the cavity (46) and through the active material (20) to the column connection (22).
US08925360B2	Rotating disk lock mechanism A rotating disk lock mechanism that includes a lock housing containing a plurality of rotatable disks. Each disk having a central aperture and being positioned in a stack such that the central apertures form a keyway. At least one of the disks includes a reduced central aperture with a diameter that is substantially less than a diameter of at least another one of the central apertures. The combination of the lock mechanism is determined in part by the number of disks with reduced central apertures and their placement in the stack.
US08925344B2	Fitting assemblies to provide fluid supply to ice and water dispensers in refrigerator doors A fitting assembly is provided that includes a bracket comprising at least one fitting having a first opening and a second opening, in which the second opening includes at least one ledge on an inner sidewall of the fitting and the first opening is interconnected with a first tube, in which the bracket, the fittings and the first tube are a unitary structure. A seal assembly is present in the second opening of the at least one fitting of the bracket, and a second tube in engaged to the seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a frictional bore surface and at least one gasket, which are in contact with the second tube.
US08925339B2	Cooling system control and servicing based on time-based variation of an operational variable Automated control of a cooling system cooling at least one electronic component is provided. The control includes monitoring over a period of time variation of an operational variable of the cooling system or of the at least one electronic component, and based, at least in part, on variation of the operational variable over the period of time, automatically determining whether to adjust control of the cooling system to limit variation of the operational variable. In one implementation, depending on the variation of the operational variable, and whether control of the cooling system has been previously adjusted, the method may further include automatically determining a probability of fail or an expected residual life of the cooling system, and responsive to the predicted probability of fail exceeding a first acceptable threshold or the expected residual life being below a second acceptable threshold, automatically scheduling for a cooling system repair or replacement.
US08925338B2	Chest cooler The present application and the resultant patent provide a chest cooler for dispensing a number of products. The chest cooler may include an outer frame, a number of product compartments within the outer frame, an upper door, and a front door. The front door may include a transparent panel. Some or all of the products are accessible via either the upper door or the front door and visible through the transparent panel.
US08925334B2	Cryogenic storage device The invention relates to a cryogenic storage device and to a method for operating a cryogenic storage device, particularly for cryogenic storage of biological samples, comprising a sample carrying device that is set up to accommodate samples, a cryogenic container that is set up to accommodate the sample carrying device, a container cooling device with which the cryogenic container can be cooled, an intermediate storage container that is set up for intermediate storage of the sample carrying device, a transport device with which the sample carrying device can be moved between the cryogenic container and the intermediate storage container and a sensor device with which at least one operating parameter of the cryogenic storage device can be registered. The transport device is set up to be activated in dependence on an output signal from the sensor device upon registering a predetermined operating condition of the cryogenic storage device, so that the sample carrying device is moved from the cryogenic container to the intermediate storage container. Additionally or alternatively, an intermediate storage cooling device that is set up for cooling the intermediate storage container can be activated in dependence on an output signal of the sensor device.
US08925328B2	Gas turbine starting process A starting process for a gas turbine (28) that holds the turbine speed of rotation at an ignition speed setting during an ignition window (58), with the ignition speed setting being based on ambient air conditions to achieve a specified combustor air mass flow rate (52). A fuel flow rate may be set based on the fuel type and temperature to achieve a particular air/fuel ratio in a combustor. The fuel flow rate may be adjusted during the ignition window and thereafter based on a combustor inlet air temperature (46). Completion of ignition may be determined by a reduction (68) in a blade path temperature spread (66). After ignition, fuel flow is increased to accelerate the turbine to full speed. At any point, the fuel flow may be reduced, or its increase may be slowed, to avoid exceeding a temperature limit in the turbine.
US08925324B2	Turbomachine including a mixing tube element having a vortex generator A turbomachine includes a compressor section, a combustor operatively connected to the compressor section, an end cover mounted to the combustor, and an injection nozzle assembly operatively connected to the combustor. The injection nozzle assembly includes a plurality of mixing tube elements. Each of the plurality of mixing tube elements includes a conduit having a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet arranged downstream from the first fluid inlet, a discharge end arranged downstream from the first and second fluid inlets, and a vortex generator arranged between the first and second fluid inlets. The vortex generator is configured and disposed to create multiple vortices within the conduit to mix first and second fluids passing through each of the plurality of mixing tube elements.
US08925317B2	Engine with improved EGR system An exemplary turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The turbocharger system includes a first turbine and a second turbine. The first turbine is in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine. The first turbine receives a first portion exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine and provides a first turbine exhaust gas. The second turbine is in fluid communication with the first turbine via an inter-stage channel. The inter-stage channel transports the first turbine exhaust gas from the first turbine to the second turbine. The inter-stage channel is in thermal connection with an exhaust gas recirculation channel defined between an inlet and an outlet of the internal combustion engine. The first turbine exhaust gas flowing through the inter-stage channel is capable of being heated by a second portion exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine and flowing through the exhaust gas recirculation channel.
US08925316B2	Control systems and methods for super turbo-charged engines A method of controlling airflow of an engine system is provided. The method includes determining a supercharger operating mode and a turbocharger operating mode based on engine load; selectively generating a control signal to a turbocharger based on the turbocharger operating mode; and selectively generating a control signal to a supercharger bypass valve based on the supercharger operating mode.
US08925311B1	Transmission and engine configuration A drive train configuration is disclosed. The drive train incorporates an engine having hydraulic pumps contained substantially inside the engine housing and with an engine shaft driving the hydraulic pumps. A porting block or center section is mounted to the engine housing to provide hydraulic communication between the hydraulic pumps located inside the engine housing and hydraulic motors located outside the engine housing. The hydraulic motor output shafts drive gears connected to axles to propel a vehicle.
US08925309B2	Method for predefining a rotational speed of a drive machine of a drive system A method for predefining a rotational speed of a drive machine of a drive system is disclosed. The method involves at least the drive machine and a hydrostatic drive unit, wherein the rotational speed which is to be predefined for the drive machine is determined as a function of an instantaneous system state and a predicted system state of the drive system.
US08925302B2	Method and system for operating an engine turbocharger A system and method for operating an engine turbocharger is described. In one example, the turbocharger is rotated in different directions in response to operating conditions. The system and method may reduce engine emissions.
US08925293B2	Adjustable handle for outdoor power equipment A walk-behind outdoor power machine includes a control that is actuable to control at least one operational aspect the power machine, a handle including a user-graspable portion that is graspable by an operator walking behind the machine, a locking mechanism locking the user-graspable portion of the handle at a desired height, and an actuator incorporated into the control. The control is actuated in a first direction to control the operational aspect of the power machine, and is actuated in a second direction to release the locking mechanism so the height of the user-graspable portion can be adjusted.
US08925291B2	Device for inserting sheets into an envelope A device for inserting sheets into an envelope comprises a holding device supporting the envelope. A support portion of the holding device is inserted into the envelope. The support portion has a fixed orientation and position relative to a feed device. The device further comprises a mechanism for preparing the envelope for accommodating the support portion of the holding device. The mechanism is upstream of the holding device and comprises a first interaction device, acting onto the envelope in a first direction during feeding of the envelope and a second interaction device downstream of the first interaction device, acting onto the envelope in a second, opposite direction. The second interaction device comprises at least one cam on a rotatable shaft. By rotation the shaft and cam may be brought into an interaction position, with the envelope, or an inactive position.
US08925289B2	Machine for filling artificial insemination straws with semen This machine comprises a hopper (2) for storing empty straws, a station (5) for filling the straws, and a transfer device (3), such as a rotary barrel, which is provided with notches for receiving and holding the straws (p) and with which straws removed from the hopper are conveyed to the filling station (5); it is designed to process at least two categories of straws of different diameters, notches being subdivided into at least two distinct series that can be used selectively, the elements (90) of one of the two series being designed to adapt to straws of large diameter, while the elements (91) of the other series are designed to adapt to straws of small diameter. Machine that can be used in more than one way in the packaging of semen for artificial insemination, particularly of cows.
US08925287B2	Arrangement on baler for ergonomic loading of bale wrapping material rolls A baler for forming large cylindrical bales of crop material is equipped with a wrapping mechanism at the rear side of the baling chamber for introducing wrapping material into the baling chamber for wrapping the cylindrical bales. A storage bin for storing extra rolls of wrapping material extends vertically above the wrapping mechanism and contains a plurality of extra rolls of wrapping material. The storage bin is mounted for pivoting about a connection at a lower end region of the bin so that the bin may be lowered to a loading position in which roll compartments of the bin are at a height commensurate with that of the waist of an average adult person standing on the ground so that supply rolls may be easily moved from these compartments to an operating position within the wrapping mechanism and new rolls may be used to replenish the rolls used from these compartments without an operator having to lift the rolls above his or her waist.
US08925284B2	Building panel The present invention relates to a building panel. The building panel includes a core including first geopolymer concrete. One or more protective layers are located adjacent the core. Each protective layer includes second geopolymer concrete of greater density than the first geopolymer concrete. In one embodiment, passages are defined along which air can move within the core.
US08925277B2	Composite self supporting tower structure A tower having a lattice structure for improved structural reliability and load bearing.
US08925267B1	Brace for wall with adjustable monitor In a system for stabilizing a wall, especially a masonry wall (10), movement away from the wall of a rigid member (30) is prevented by a thrust rod (70) that is anchored to joists associated with the wall. The thrust rod acts on an unsecured upper end (32) of the rigid member and is adjustably received in a thrust bracket (60) affixed directly or indirectly to the joists. A warning collar (80) placed on the upper end is retained in place by the thrust rod, which normally bears against the upper end through an aperture in the warning collar. If the upper end retreats away from the thrust rod towards the wall by more than a predetermined distance, the warning collar slides down the rigid member, triggering a signal means (90).
US08925254B2	Weight assembly for a large structure raising system A retractable roof system (30) for a large building structure (32) for selectively closing off an opening (39) of a fixed roof (34) of the building structure (32), the system includes at least one roof section (40) movably mountable on at least one pier (42). A deployment mechanism (46) is provided and includes a weight assembly in the form of a piston (76) of cylindrical form and comprising a generally cylindrical body (76) provided with top and bottom ring-type cylinder bumpers (78) and seal rings (84) let into ring grooves formed in the surface of the piston.
US08925251B1	Constant force spring perimeter seal for an electromagnetic shielded door An electromagnetic shielded door with constant force spring perimeter seal may include a door panel and door jamb. The door panel may include a sealing member around a perimeter of an inside face of the door panel. In certain embodiments, the sealing member may have a raised sealing surface. The door jamb may have at least one spring containment member along an inside perimeter facing the door panel. A spring mechanism may attach to the at least one spring containment member. The spring mechanism may include a plurality of continuous force flat torsion roller springs attached to at least one spring containment member which may be part of a channel. The raised sealing surface may engage with the plurality of continuous force flat torsion roller springs on the at least one spring containment member of the channel.
US08925249B2	Active sealing and securing systems for door/window A combined sealing system for connecting a panel to a frame includes a first active sealing system and a first passive seal. The first active sealing system engages a first surface of the panel or a first surface of the frame. The first passive seal engages a second surface of the panel and a second surface of the frame. Upon the panel being in a single closed position relative to the frame, the active sealing system has a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, and the active sealing system in the locked configuration causes the first passive seal to be further engaged.
US08925245B2	Methods for removing liquid from a porous substrate in plant somatic embryogenesis The present invention provides methods of removing liquid from a porous substrate on which plant embryos are disposed.
US08925244B2	Beneficial reuse of biosolids A method of controlling the movement of biosolids before, during, and after land application. This method aids in management of the problematic movement (i.e., runoff and leaching) of biosolids' components that have been shown to be harmful to human and/or environmental health through both direct and indirect routes of exposure. This method requires that water-soluble polyacrylamide(s) (WSPAM) be combined with the biosolids prior to land exposure.
US08925238B2	Firearm sight A firearm sight comprising a generally circular sight support ring surrounding and removably holding an optically clear generally circular lens, said lens having a cylindrical shape, front and back faces, a diameter greater than the thickness of the lens, and a scintillating fiber optic member centrally embedded within said circular lens, a means for mounting said circular sight support ring to a firearm, and a means of adjusting said circular support ring in relation to said means for mounting said ring to a firearm.
US08925235B2	Firearm cleaning kits and handles therefore Firearm cleaning kits and handles therefore optimized for pulling cleaning elements through firearm barrels away from the breach or action. Dislodged residue is displaced and removed out the muzzle. Each cleaning kit comprises one or more handles designed for axial displacements, twisting or torsional displacements, and lateral movements for pulling. Each handle comprises an elongated solid or hollow body with a bore and a slotted handle intersecting the bore. A pull cord anchor is passed through the bore, and after sliding the cable, the anchor is restrained by the follower slot either interiorly or exteriorly of the handle. A tapered front end of the handle may include a threaded socket for connection to a cleaning rod or a driving surface. The opposite handle end may include a hex drive for a variety of cleaning tools.
US08925233B2	Ambidextrous tool-actuated covered magazine release The present invention provides an AR variant rifle with a left-sided magazine-release assembly which includes a mag-release catch, a left-sided tool-actuated mag-release actuator, a left-sided actuator cover and a mag-release spring. The actuator is operatively coupled to a mag-release catch and can be actuated by a mag-release tool thereby causing a detachable magazine to be released from a magazine well of the rifle. The actuator cover is configured to be mounted on a left side of the rifle and provides support and substantially shields the mag-release actuator thereby permitting the mag-release actuator to be actuated with any mag-release tool from the left side the lower receiver while preventing the mag-release actuator from being actuated without use of any mag-release tool.
US08925228B2	Art frames An art frame includes a three-dimensional supporting frame having an image receiving surface and a back surface opposed thereto, and a center portion defining a perimeter from which at least three foldable extensions extend. Each foldable extension includes no less than four folds folded toward the back surface to form a frame portion having an outer wall substantially perpendicular to the back surface, and an inner wall substantially perpendicular to the back surface and substantially parallel to the outer wall. A compressible member is attached to the outer walls to adhere an image receiving medium to the supporting frame. Compressible member includes a first adhesive on the outer walls, a polymer foam substrate (having a compression index ranging from about 0.4 to about 0.8) on the first adhesive, and a second adhesive on the polymer foam substrate. Second adhesive is to secure the image receiving medium to the supporting frame.
US08925223B2	Laminated sheet construction with thermal adhesive surface and method for making same A laminated sheet construction for use in product packages has a substrate layer onto which there is laminated a transparent solid plastic film with an exposed surface having a transparent thermosetting adhesive coating. The surface beneath the coating may be printed with text and/or graphics which is visible through the film and adhesive. A container for a product may be directly affixed to the adhesive surface. Panels of the laminated substrate may be bonded together for increased strength or for capturing the flange of a container which can project through a window in one of the panels while displaying printing on the other panel through the window.
US08925220B2	Wear assembly A wear assembly with strain relief protects exposed surfaces of excavating equipment such as a bucket lip. Wear components may include a seat where loads are applied, welding flanges flanking the seat on opposite ends of the component welded to the equipment, and strain relief areas between each welding flange and the seat. The strain relief balances stresses from loading in the wear assembly across the weld flange to limit cracking from stress concentrations. Strain relief may include modification of material properties or modification of component configuration to reduce stiffness of the component between the weld flanges and the seat.
US08925215B2	Vehicle steering shaft checking tool A tool is used to determine whether or not a dimension between two surface features on two joined work pieces is within an acceptable range. The tool includes housing, first and second supports carried on the housing and carrying fingers which engage the surface features in a dimensional measurement position. An actuator and linkage displaces the supports relative to each other to bring the fingers into engagement with the first and second surface features on the work pieces. A first sensor is carried on the housing for measuring the dimension between the first and second fingers when the first and second supports are fully displaced relative to each other. The first sensor sends a dimensional measurement signal to a controller which compares the measurement signal with predetermined acceptable and non-acceptable dimensions.
US08925209B2	Unit for cleaning an interior space of a shaving head of a shaver A cleaning unit (1) is provided for cleaning an interior space (15) of a shaving head (10) of a shaver, which shaving head (10) comprises a movably arranged cutter member (20) for cutting off hairs and a contacting surface (14) for contacting a portion of skin to be shaved, which is provided with a plurality of holes for catching and letting through hairs to 5 be shaved off by means of the cutter member (20). In particular, the cleaning unit (1) comprises separating means (30) for constituting a physical barrier between two portions of an outer surface (13) of the shaving head (10) and for conveying cleaning fluid (41). During a cleaning process, an agitated flow of fluid (41) is realized in the interior space (15) of the shaving head (10) under the influence of a centrifugal pump action which is obtained when 10 the cutter member (20) of the shaving head (10) is in motion.
US08925197B2	Compressor thrust bearing surge protection The present invention provides a method and apparatus of inhibiting a thrust bearing capacity of a compression system from being exceeded during a surge event in which a thrust bearing is biased with a biasing force to increase the thrust bearing overload margin between the capacity of thrust bearing to absorb axial forces and the greatest force produced during the surge event. This biasing force can be produced by appropriately sizing the high pressure seal on the side of the impeller opposite to the inlet of a compressor of the compression system so that the back disk force produced in the high pressure region of the high pressure seal and the low pressure region located inwardly of the high pressure region creates the desired bias force value and direction.
US08925168B2	Apparatus and method for repairing a surface submerged in liquid by creating a workable space An apparatus and method for performing repair on the floor or side wall of a swimming pool or of a large body of liquid by creating a workable space without fully draining the water or liquid. The apparatus utilizes a sturdy solid tube to create a separation between the area enclosed within the tube and body of liquid outside. A guiding lid with multiple openings allows a specific tool to be guided into the tube for conducting repairs. A draining assembly drains the liquid enclosed within the tube. A drier assembly creates a dry workable space within the tube. A repair assembly is used to conduct a specific repair operation including spray painting, filling up holes, filling in caulking to cover up cracks, sanding within the workable space. An inspection assembly is used to remotely inspect the surface that needs repair.
US08925158B2	Releasable pull tie A pull tie is described having an elastomeric cord and a slidable stop. The pull tie can be suitable for releasable, multi-use closures for flexible bags and containers. The pull tie can be opened and closed with one hand.
US08925155B2	Removable handrail assistance device A removable handrail assistance device includes a bracket and a handle extension. The bracket may be affixed to a wall or other essentially immobile structure. The handle may be easily inserted into, or removed from, the bracket. The inserted handle extension is capable of supporting a user who holds onto the handle for support while, for example, climbing up or down one or more stairs.
US08925150B2	Adjustable hinge for windows and doors An adjustable hinge for doors or windows is described. The adjustable hinge has hinge elements, a tubular cover, a plug and a wall. The hinge elements connect to a fixed frame of a door or a window and mobile frame of the door or the window. The hinge elements are pivotally connected through a pin that is engaged in a housing formed inside the hinge elements. The tubular cover covers the hinge elements which are associated with a locking means. The plug has a channel and is used to engage the housing of the hinge elements with the locking means. The adjustable hinge can also be transversally adjustable.
US08925147B2	Grommet and water stop structure for vehicle door On a back surface portion of a grommet, a clamp encircling water stop lip disposed around a first clamp insertion hole and a weather strip lower part water stop lip disposed in a position below a weather strip placement portion are provided. A first protector clamp protrudes from the first clamp insertion hole so that the first protector clamp can be locked in a first body locking hole in a grommet concave portion.
US08925146B2	Vacuum cleaner with hair collection element A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaning head having a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned, and a hair collection assembly provided on the cleaning head and having a hair collection element adapted to collect hair from the surface to be cleaned as the cleaning head moves along the surface to be cleaned.
US08925139B2	Swivel mop with revolving dehydration function A swivel mop includes a handle unit, a first rotation disk, a second rotation disk, a cleaning unit, and a plurality of linking cords. The handle unit includes an outer tube, a connecting cap, and an inner post. The first rotation disk is connected with the connecting cap. The second rotation disk is driven by the inner post. The cleaning unit includes a plurality of cloth strips connected with the first rotation disk. The linking cords are connected between the second rotation disk and the cloth strips. Thus, when the second rotation disk is rotated by the inner post, the linking cords are driven by the second rotation disk to drive the cloth strips so that the cloth strips are driven toward a central portion to shorten the extent of expansion of the cloth strips during the dehydration process.
US08925137B1	Hygienic wiping device A hygienic wiping device facilitates removal of fecal matter from a user's anal region after defecation. The device includes a handle having a first end, a second end and a perimeter surface extending between the first and second ends of the handle. A head is coupled to the handle and is configured to receive a wiping element thereon. An outwardly projecting lip is coupled to the head. The lip is configured to retain the wiping element on the head.
US08925118B2	Concussion indicator A concussion indicator that may easily be applied to a helmet is provided. The concussion indicator may visually or audibly provide indicators relating to impacts creating accelerations of the helmet that likely cause a concussion. In some embodiments, three separate indicators may be used within a single base; each indicator is configured to indicate at impacts relating to different concussion grades. A rear of the base is attachable to a surface such as an interior or exterior of a helmet. Upon a concussion triggering acceleration, the concussion indicator will indicate that a concussion is likely. This display may be seen or heard by observers if the indicator is on an exterior of the helmet, and by the user or someone who removes the user's helmet if it is on the inside of the helmet.
US08925116B2	Accessory for shoe laces, hat brims, and the like A decorative and/or promotional accessory to be secured to a lace such as a shoe lace includes a molded plastic body having a passage longitudinally extending therethrough from a first opening to a second opening. The passage is sized and shaped to receive the lace therethrough and to frictionally secure the body in a desired position along the lace. The accessory also includes indicia provided on an exterior surface of the accessory which can be in the form of any desired message, name, number, logo, graphic, or the like. An alternative embodiment of the accessory is disclosed which is to be secured to a cap bill. This embodiment includes a slot radially extending to the passage which is sized and shaped to receive the cap brim therein and to resiliently grip the bill and removably secure the accessory in a desired position along the bill.
US08925114B2	Perspiration concealing brassiere A perspiration concealing brassiere having a brassiere-shaped body with a left side and a right side, and a left sleeve and a right sleeve both coupled to the brassiere-shaped body, the left and right sleeves each defining an arm placement zone, extending outwardly away from at least one of the left and right sides of the brassiere-shaped body, and having a fluid inhibiting layup spanning an inferior portion of the sleeve, the fluid inhibiting layup including an outer layer, a mid-layer located between the outer layer and an inner layer and being of a material that is operable to absorb and retain fluid, the inner layer being located beyond the mid-layer and being of a material different from the mid-layer.
US08931111B2	Optical writing apparatus, image forming apparatus and computer readable information recording medium An optical writing apparatus has a part configured to superpose an unauthorized copy protection pattern on image data; a control part configured to recognize the unauthorized copy protection pattern, correct image data of the unauthorized copy protection pattern in pixel unit, and control a size of an isolated dot included in the unauthorized copy protection pattern; and a writing part configured to write a corresponding image on a photosensitive body based on the thus-corrected image data.
US08931109B2	Context-based security screening for accessing data A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product securely accesses a specific data store. A non-contextual data object is associated with a context object to define a first synthetic context-based object. The non-contextual data object ambiguously describes multiple types of persons, and the context object provides a circumstantial context that identifies a specific type of person from the multiple types of persons. The first synthetic context-based object is associated with at least one specific data store in a data structure. A string of binary data that describes a requester of data is received by a security module for generating a new synthetic context-based object. If there is a match between the new synthetic context-based object and the first synthetic context-based object, then the data is returned to the requester.
US08931096B2	Detecting malicious use of computer resources by tasks running on a computer system A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying malware is disclosed. The method identifies processes in a running process list on a host computer system. The method identifies ports assigned to the processes in the running process list on the host computer system. The method determines whether any one of ports that is currently in use in the host computer system is not assigned to any of the processes in the running process list. The method then makes a record that a hidden, running process is present as a characteristic of an attack in response to a determination that one of the ports is currently in use but is not assigned to any of the processes in the running process list in the host computer system.
US08931090B2	Safe file transmission and reputation lookup A method of safe file transmission and reputation lookup is provided. As a part of the safe file transmission and reputation lookup methodology, a data file that is to be made available to a data file receiver is accessed and it is determined whether the data file needs to be provided a protective file. The data file is wrapped in a protective file to create a non-executing package file. Access is provided to the non-executing package file where the associated data file is prevented from being executed until data file reputation information is received.
US08931089B2	System and method for implementing a hidden server A technology for preventing network attacks. A service request is intercepted at an unaddressed port of a hidden device from a second device. The service request intended for a visible device is processed by the hidden device. A response may be provided based on the processing and sent to the second device.
US08931088B2	Adaptive distinct counting for network-traffic monitoring and other applications In one embodiment, a counting method of the invention uses an adaptive sketching-update process to compress an unknown cardinality into a counter value that counts the number of binary ones in a hashed bitmap vector. The sketching-update process is probabilistic in nature and uses bit-flip probabilities that are adaptively decreased as the counter value increases. Parameters of the sketching-update process are selected so that the relative error of cardinality estimates obtained based on the counter values is relatively small and substantially constant over a relatively wide range of cardinalities, e.g., from one to about one million. Due to the latter property, the counting method can advantageously be implemented in the form of embedded software that relies on a relatively small, fixed amount of memory.
US08931086B2	Method and apparatus for reducing false positive detection of malware Method and apparatus for detecting malware are described. In some examples, files of unknown trustworthiness are identified as potential threats on the computer. A trustworthiness level for each of the files is received from a backend. The trustworthiness level of each of the files is compared to a threshold level. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof satisfies the threshold level is designated as a false positive threat. Each of the files where the trustworthiness level thereof does not satisfy the threshold level is designated as a true positive threat.
US08931084B1	Methods and systems for scripting defense Methods and systems for cross-site scripting (XSS) defense are described herein. An embodiment includes, embedding one or more tags in content at a server to identify executable and non-executable regions in the content and transmitting the content with the tags to a client based on a request from the client. Another embodiment includes receiving content embedded with one or more permission tags from a server, processing the content and the permission tags, and granting permission to a browser to execute executable content in the content based on the permission tags. A method embodiment also includes receiving content embedded with one or more verify tags from a server, performing an integrity check using the verify tags and granting permission to a browser to execute executable content in the content based on the integrity check.
US08931077B2	Security system for a computer network having a security subsystem and a master system which monitors the integrity of a security subsystem A security system for a computer network that has a plurality of devices connected thereto comprises a security subsystem, a master system and a secure link. The security subsystem is implemented on a first computer and is connected to at least some of the devices in the network. The security subsystem is configured to monitor activities of the at least some devices on the network and detect attacks on the at least some devices. The master system is implemented on a second computer which is different from the first computer. The master system monitors the integrity of the security subsystem and registers information pertaining to attacks detected by the security subsystem. The secure link is connected between the security subsystem and the master system. The master system monitors the integrity of the security subsystem and receives the information pertaining to the attacks through the secure link.
US08931073B2	Firewall access control with border gateway protocol attributes Packets are routed from at least one internet protocol (IP) address in accordance with border gateway protocol (BGP); while carrying out the routing in accordance with the border gateway protocol (BGP), at least one border gateway protocol (BGP) attribute associated with the at least one internet protocol (IP) address is noted. A firewall policy is applied to the packets from the at least one internet protocol (IP) address based on the at least one border gateway protocol (BGP) attribute associated with the at least one internet protocol (IP) address. Techniques may be implemented, for example, on a router or on a separate firewall device coupled to a router.
US08931067B2	Enabling seamless offloading between wireless local-area networks in fixed mobile convergence systems Methods and apparatus for facilitating access to public wireless access points in a fixed-mobile convergence system. A mobile terminal is pre-provisioned with one or more security parameters corresponding to one or more WLAN access points that the mobile terminal might need to access should a current WLAN access point fail or otherwise become unreachable. The WLAN access points are similarly pre-provisioned with a security parameter corresponding to the mobile terminal. With these pro-provisioned security parameters, the mobile terminal and any one of the potential target WLAN access points conduct an abbreviated authentication process in the event that a switch-over becomes necessary.
US08931064B2	Identity attribute exchange and validation ecosystem Methods and systems are described herein for performing attribute authentication for use by a relying party in providing access to a resource as requested by a user. Attribute authentication may be performed entirely by a single identity service provider, or by multiple identity service providers each authenticating a subset of a plurality of user attributes, such as name, address, phone, email, and the like. Each attribute may be authenticated with a level of assurance. Levels of assurance may vary from attribute to attribute. Different levels of assurance may be required for different attributes before the relying party may grant access to the user-desired resource. An authentication broker may act as a registry or broker of identity service providers, and may store information usable by relying parties to establish a trust relationship with a particular identity service provider on demand, as needed by a relying party.
US08931061B2	Techniques for providing access to data in dynamic shared accounts Techniques for providing access to data in dynamic shared accounts are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for providing data in dynamic shared accounts. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a network. The one or more processors may be configured to identify a first user associated with an account, identify a second user to have access to the account associated with the first user in the event the first user is unavailable to access data or perform functions associated with the account, map the second user to the account, and provide the second user access to the account based on the mapping and with access privileges associated with the first user.
US08931057B2	Apparatus and method for access validation One or more techniques for access validation are provided. Access validation may be performed automatically or in real-time. Access validation may be at the resource level or at a sub-resource level. Techniques provided herein may be applied in a large variety of situations and industries, e.g. compliance management or inventory. Access validation reports may be generated in real-time or may link to indications of access validation in real-time. Five outcomes or options are provided, including affirmative, negative, stronger negative with larger implication, undetermined, and negative, however with temporarily granted access. A field for allowing entry of justification for access to a particular resource is provided. Reminders to validate privileges are provided. A continuous access validation process is provided. A technique for extending the hierarchy and corresponding workflow that is generated thereof is provided.
US08931046B2	System and method for securing virtualized networks A method and apparatus that secures a dynamic virtualized network is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a device learns a current network policy of the dynamic virtualized network, where the dynamic virtualized network is a virtualized layer 2 network that is overlaid on a layer 3 physical network. In addition, the current network policy includes multiple network policy elements, where each of the multiple network policy elements identifies an authorized endpoint in the dynamic virtualized network. Furthermore, the layer 3 physical network includes multiple network access devices. The device further determines a network security policy for the dynamic virtualized network from the current network policy. The network security policy includes one or more second network policy elements that are a different network policy element than one of the multiple network policy elements of the current network policy. In addition, each of the one or more second network policy network elements adds an additional policy on how network traffic is processed in the dynamic virtualized network by a port of one of the plurality of network access devices. The device further applies the network security policy to each network access device that is affected by the network security policy.
US08931045B2	Method and apparatus for management of multiple grouped resources on device A method and computing device for managing grouped resources comprising receiving, at the computing device, a policy for a set of grouped resources; applying the policy; locking at least one of the computing device or the set of grouped resources associated with the policy; waiting for receipt of an authentication parameter at the computing device; verifying the authentication parameter; associating the set of grouped resources with the authentication parameter; and unlocking the least one of the computing device or the set of grouped resources.
US08931044B1	Methods and systems for automated assignment of protection to physical documents that are digitized Content analysis is performed on documents that have been scanned or converted into a digital format. Based on the content analysis of a document, a security policy is selected and assigned or attached to the document. The security policy prevents the document from being improperly accessed. In a specific implementation, the documents include patient medical records.
US08931042B1	Dividing a data processing device into separate security domains This invention creates separation between personal applications and corporate applications on a data processing device, so that both types of applications can run simultaneously while complying with all required policies. This enables employees to use their personal devices for work purposes, or work devices for personal purposes. The separation is created by dividing the data processing device into two or more “domains”, each with its own policies. These policies may be configured by the device owner, an IT department, or other data or application owner.
US08931032B2	Wall-mounted digital transport adapter A digital transport adapter (DTA) responds to radio frequency distribution signals to extracted digital content information therefrom and to create analog television (TV) signals and high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signals and to pass through a copy of the distribution signals. The analog TV signals, they HDMI signals and the pass through distribution signals are made available at separate connectors for use separately by customer electronic equipment. The DTA is rigidly attached to a wall overlying a wall connection box, to make it virtually impossible to remove the DTA.
US08931031B2	Matrix code-based accessibility A method of presenting a matrix code for providing accessibility content includes receiving, at a content receiver, a signal carrying accessibility content, generating, at the content receiver, a matrix code from the accessibility content, and transmitting the matrix code as part of a content presentation to a presentation device for display, wherein the content presentation includes at least one of audio and visual content and the accessibility content includes an alternative form of at least one of the audio and the visual content for allowing a user to more fully comprehend the content presentation. Systems for implementing the method are also provided.
US08931026B2	Apparatus and method for detecting spectrum inversion An apparatus for detecting spectrum inversion includes a different correlator and a determining module. The differential correlator performs an odd-order differential correlation on an input signal and a known signal to generate a differential correlation result. When the input signal is determined as corresponding to a target signal of the known signal, the determining module detects spectrum inversion in the input signal according to the phase of the differential correlation result.
US08931024B2	Receiving apparatus and subtitle processing method Provided is a receiving apparatus, including: a program receiving section configured to receive broadcast program data; a program reproduction section configured to reproduce the received program data; a clock functioning as a timer; a subtitle-data obtaining section configured to obtain subtitle data via a network, the subtitle data corresponding to the program data, time to display the subtitle data being previously specified; and a reproduction-time shifting section configured to delay, in a case where the time to display the obtained subtitle data is behind time of the clock, time to reproduce the program data by the program reproduction section for at least a time lag between time to display the subtitle data and time of the clock.
US08931019B2	Method, device and computer program product for outputting a transport stream A method comprising receiving, via a distribution channel, video data having an identifier that identifies a position within a video and an address defining a location of a stored playlist. The method also comprises obtaining from a server a playlist in response to a user input, where the playlist includes location information identifying a location of a stored transport stream. The method also comprises receiving the transport stream from the location identified in the playlist over a network, and displaying the obtained transport stream.
US08931012B2	Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) receiver for processing a DTV signal, a receiver to receive a digital television signal including a plurality of extended text table (ETT) instances that appear in transport stream packets with common PID values, the ETT instances having common table ID values, each ETT instance comprising a section header and a message body, the section header containing a table identification (ID) extension field that serves to establish uniqueness of each ETT instance, the message body containing an extended text message (ETM) which provides detailed descriptions of a virtual channel or an event associated with each ETT instance, wherein the section header further contains a protocol version field indicating a protocol version, and wherein the ETT instance further contains a CRC 32 field; a demodulator to demodulate the digital television signal; and an identifier to identify at least one pertinent ETT instance from the plurality of ETT instances.
US08931011B1	Systems and methods for streaming media content Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating streaming of media content. Video content is retrieved over a network from one or more client devices capturing video content. Data items associated with the plurality of video content are also retrieved. A list order for the plurality of video content is determined according to at least a portion of the retrieved data items, and a user interface is encoded for display where the user interface contains a plurality of items corresponding to the plurality of video content, the items being positioned within the user interface according to the list order.
US08931010B2	Methods and apparatus for client aggregation of media in a networked media system A network client aggregates media items available in a media system. The network consists of a plurality of nodes, including at least two media server nodes. A client node generates an internal request to obtain a list of media items available in the media system. In response, the client node generates a request for a list of media items from each individual media server node on the network. Each media server node sends their list of media items to the client node. The client node aggregates the lists of media items from each of the media server nodes. Thus, a list of media items available on the media system is aggregated to a requesting client node in the media system.
US08931002B2	Explanatory-description adding apparatus, computer program product, and explanatory-description adding method When a scene group including plural scenes, for example a group of scenes bookmarked during viewing of video contents is inputted, a combination of a scene and metadata in a group of metadata that represents characteristics of the scene, corresponding to the respective scenes in the scene group, which combination has a largest distance between the metadata, is selected as explanatory descriptions that are explanations for distinguishing among the scenes, and the selected explanatory descriptions for each scene included in the scene group is added to each scene.
US08930999B1	Methods, devices, and mediums for generating a programming menu Associating each of a plurality of identifiers with a respective one of a plurality of media streams and prompting a concurrent presentation of each of the plurality of identifiers and at least one image from each of the associated media streams in a display of a programming menu.
US08930997B2	Method and system to request audiovisual content items matched to programs identified in a program grid A method to obtain visual content items matched to scheduled programs comprising: providing a program guide display that includes a grid with grid locations that identify scheduled programs, and that correspond to respective a scheduled program air times and a respective program sources; wherein the program guide extends over a time frame prior to the current date; providing an icon associated with a grid location that indicates that a visual content item matched to the program identified by the grid location currently is available; providing an identifier that is encoded in computer readable storage device and that is associated with the grid location and that indicates a location where the visual content item can be obtained; and accessing the location indicated by the identifier in response to a user selection of the grid location associated with the icon.
US08930996B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for automatically presenting stored media content at its beginning Media device systems and methods are operable to automatically present a program at its beginning while a remaining portion of the program is being received at the media device. An exemplary embodiment receives a program in a media content stream; receives a presentation request to present the program, wherein the presentation request is received after an initial portion of the program has been received and wherein the presentation request is received before a conclusion of the program; accesses a stored initial portion of the program from a memory medium; and initiates presentation at a beginning of the program residing in the accessed initial portion of the program.
US08930995B2	Method for providing multiple formats through XML based EPG schema in terrestrial DMB system Disclosed is a method for providing multiple formats through an XML based EPG schema in terrestrial DMB system. The method includes the steps of setting a predetermined type in an area for defining type information of the EPG information, setting the defined predetermined type to have at least one format value, and making a definition to convert a format type to the defined predetermined type in an XML schema for expressing the EPG service information.
US08930992B2	TV social network advertising An advertising method involves displaying a plurality of social network thumbnails as an array of thumbnails on a television display, where said plurality of social network thumbnails represent social network videos that are posted or linked to a social network post; representing an advertisement as a thumbnail representation; displaying the advertisement thumbnail representation within the array of thumbnails on the television display; and receiving an instruction selecting of one of the thumbnails to navigate to and responsive thereto displaying either one of the social network videos or the advertisement. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08930984B2	Method of content substitution A method of substituting a primary content (110) being transmitted on a primary channel (100) with a secondary content (220) corresponding to a content being transmitted on a secondary channel (200), characterized by substituting the secondary content in response to a highlight occurring in the content transmitted on the secondary channel (210-3), said secondary content (220) being a summary of the content already transmitted on the secondary channel. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the program being transmitted on the secondary channel (200) corresponds to a live event.
US08930980B2	Systems and methods for real-time television ad detection using an automated content recognition database A system and method for the automated real-time detection and processing of commercial messages, public service announcements or similar short-duration, repeated TV programming segments occurring in one or more broadcast video steams is described. A process is utilized that identifies possible commercial segments by identifying discrete video segments that have specific short durations among other attributes. Video segments that appear to have these characteristics are considered likely to be television commercials, promotions, or public service announcements and are stored in a TV Ad database which is separate from the primary television content database. Incoming video from a plurality of television programming sources is process into fingerprints and placed in a master TV content database. At the same time, said incoming programming is tested for matches in a TV ad database. If a match is found, then the presumed TV ad is removed from the master content database.
US08930979B2	Apparatus and methods for identifying and characterizing latency in a content delivery network Methods and apparatus for identification and characterization of latency in a content delivery network. In one embodiment, interaction of users with content is recorded via the collection of a plurality of tuning records; the latency is then utilize to adjust the timing on the tuning records to account for lapses in time for sending these from between entities of the network and the user devices, and for processing occurring at the devices as required. The latency is determined by taking into account an experimentally or manufacturer-derived device specific latency component, and a network latency component. The network latency component is determined in one variant by sending a message to the device from the network requesting a current system time (or other response). Once the timing of the tuning records is adjusted, these tuning records may be relied upon as being accurate representations of subscriber interaction with content on a second-by-second basis. Accordingly, tuning records may be obtained and analyzed for content which lasts for very short periods of time (e.g. advertisements).
US08930977B1	Tracking user affinity through interactions with media files A user's interactions with a media player during the playing of a media file may provide a variety of information regarding the user's interests in the media file, or in any objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes expressed or described therein. A media player or the software operating thereon may be modified to receive interactions from the user and/or to analyze such interactions in order to associate the user with such objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes. The user's interactions may also be analyzed by a media service, an online marketplace or any external location in order to identify any items related to such objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes, or for any other purpose.
US08930972B2	Disk drive having chasses with rectifying plates There is provided a disk drive apparatus including a first chassis unit that has a pickup base at which an optical pickup and a disk table have been disposed, and a first base chassis to which the pickup base has been attached, and a second chassis unit that has a second base chassis and at which a chucking pulley has been disposed. A first rectifying plate part is provided at the first base chassis. A second rectifying plate part is provided at the second base chassis.
US08930963B2	Processing operator message commands A facility is provided to enable operator message commands from multiple, distinct sources to be provided to a coupling facility of a computing environment for processing. These commands are used, for instance, to perform actions on the coupling facility, and may be received from consoles coupled to the coupling facility, as well as logical partitions or other systems coupled thereto. Responsive to performing the commands, responses are returned to the initiators of the commands.
US08930962B2	Processing unexpected messages at a compute node of a parallel computer Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for processing unexpected messages at a compute node of a parallel computer are provided. Embodiments include receiving, by the compute node, a portion of a message from another compute node of the parallel computer, the message comprising a plurality of separate portions; in response to receiving the portion of the message, determining, by the compute node, whether one of the applications executing on the compute node, has indicated that the message is expected; if one of the applications executing on the compute node has not indicated that the message is expected, storing, by the compute node, the portion of the message in an unexpected message buffer within the compute node; and if one of the applications executing on the compute node has indicated that the message is expected, storing the portion of the message at a storage destination indicated by the message.
US08930957B2	System, method and program product for cost-aware selection of stored virtual machine images for subsequent use A system, method and computer program product for allocating shared resources. Upon receiving requests for resources, the cost of bundling software in a virtual machine (VM) image is automatically generated. Software is selected by the cost for each bundle according to the time required to install it where required, offset by the time to uninstall it where not required. A number of VM images having the highest software bundle value (i.e., highest cost bundled) is selected and stored, e.g., in a machine image store. With subsequent requests for resources, VMs may be instantiated from one or more stored VM images and, further, stored images may be updated selectively updated with new images.
US08930950B2	Management of migrating threads within a computing environment to transform multiple threading mode processors to single thread mode processors Threads of a computing environment are managed to improve system performance. Threads are migrated between processors to take advantage of single thread processing mode, when possible. As an example, inactive threads are migrated from one or more processors, potentially freeing-up one or more processors to execute an active thread. Active threads are migrated from one processor to another to transform multiple threading mode processors to single thread mode processors.
US08930948B2	Opportunistically proactive resource management using spare capacity Embodiments perform opportunistically proactive resource scheduling for a plurality of resource-consuming entities. The scheduling is based on both current entitlement (or demand) by the entities and predicted future entitlement (or demand) by the entities. Resources are allocated based on the current demands, while any remaining resource capacity is further allocated to entities based on predicted demands. In some embodiments, the scheduling is performed on a cluster of hosts executing a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) in a virtualized datacenter to implement load balancing.
US08930947B1	System and method for live migration of a virtual machine with dedicated cache A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an indication that a virtual machine is going to be migrated from a first operating environment to a second operating environment. The mode of operation of a cache system associated with the virtual machine is downgraded. Content included within a memory device currently associated with the cache system is copied to a memory device to be associated with the cache system. The memory device currently associated with the cache system is detached from the virtual machine. The virtual machine is migrated from the first operating environment to the second operating environment.
US08930944B2	Application model that integrates the web experience with the traditional client application experience This Application Model includes elements that define the scope of an application, its startup and shutdown behavior, and how it manages windows and resources; provide basic navigation functionality, journaling and journal extensibility, browser integration, and Structured Navigation; and define the way an application is deployed, installed, activated, updated, rolled back, and removed from the system in a secure, non-impactful way. It also enables using the same tools and languages for Web applications and locally installed applications, and allows the same application to be hosted in the browser or in a standalone window, based on a compile-time attribute.
US08930940B2	Online software execution platform A system and method for a new type of software repository and remote execution solution where any native application can be run from within a web page is disclosed. Users now have a much easier way to launch, run or execute any software directly from within a server or server cloud without the need to manually download and install. The system further allows software to run inside an isolated environment to protect user's local environment.
US08930939B2	Comparing system engram with product engram to determine compatibility of product with system Information includes states that are each representable by a number and that each corresponds to a characteristic. Each characteristic is assigned an index integer of an index, and has potential states from which the state corresponding to the characteristic is specified within the information. An engram value for each characteristic is equal to the number representing the state corresponding to the characteristic multiplied by a state base value for the characteristic. The state base value for each characteristic is equal to a base value to the power of the index integer assigned to the characteristic. The base value is identical for all the characteristics. An engram is based on the engram values for the characteristics. Engrams can be generated and can be compared to one another, to, for instance, determine whether a product can be compatibly installed in relation to a target system.
US08930937B2	Intelligent patch checker A client computer sends application information about a software application to a server system. The server system performs a comparison between the application information about the software application and the most-updated upgrade package for the software application. The most-updated upgrade package for the software application is stored in a part database. The most-updated upgrade package for the software application is received by the client system automatically when the comparison indicates that the most-updated upgrade package has not been installed on the client system. A client database stores a plurality of configuration files for a plurality of client systems. A first configuration file provides the sever system with the knowledge of the software applications installed on the client system. The application information about the software application comprises version information of the software applications and is stored in a database in the client system.
US08930927B2	Diagnosing aliasing violations in a partial program view A compiler generated static analysis of potential aliasing violations in a portion of code that is not in the current program view of the analysis. Source code in a current program view of the program code is processed to collect symbol definitions. The possible destinations of each symbol definition are computed. The set of symbol definitions in the current program view of the code that are accessible to the portion of the program code outside the current program view is evaluated. Each symbol definition is diagnosed based on the type of the symbol defined and the symbols which may be pointed-to by the symbol definitions.
US08930923B2	Generating debugging extension source code utilizing debugging information A computer creates an extended compiled code from original source code and generated debugging extension source code. The computer receives an original source code, compiles the original source code into an original compiled code including debugging information, and generates a debugging extension source code based on the debugging information included in the original compiled code. The computer inserts the debugging extension source code into the original source code to produce an extended source code, and compiles the extended source code into an extended compiled code. The debugging information includes one or more of a debugging symbol, symbolic data, a strings table, a strings list, or a cross reference between the original source code and the original compiled code. The debugging extension source code can be inserted into the original source code in a plurality of locations.
US08930921B2	Compilation and placement of instructions in a memory system According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer system is provided where the computer system includes a main processor, first and second active memory device. The computer system is configured to perform a method including receiving an executable module generated by a compiler, wherein the executable module includes a code section identified as executable by a first processing element in the first active memory device and a second processing element in the second active memory device. The method includes copying the code section to memory in the first device based on the code section being executable on the first device, copying the code section from the first active memory device to an instruction buffer of the first processing element and copying the code section from the first device to the second device based on the code section being executable on the second device.
US08930916B1	Generation of API call graphs from static disassembly Data is received that includes at least a portion of a program. Thereafter, entry point locations and execution-relevant metadata of the program are identified and retrieved. Regions of code within the program are then identified using static disassembly and based on the identified entry point locations and metadata. In addition, entry points are determined for each of a plurality of functions. Thereafter, a set of possible call sequences are generated for each function based on the identified regions of code and the determined entry points for each of the plurality of functions. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US08930906B2	Selectively allowing changes to a system Identify a first change to a first portion of the system, and identifying at least a second portion of the system that is, at least in part, dependent on the first portion. At least one user who is assigned responsibility for maintaining the first portion or the second portion of the system can be identified, and an availability of the user to maintain the first portion or the second portion of the system during a time period can be determined. The time period can begin when the first change is initially scheduled for introduction into the system. Responsive to determining that the user is not sufficiently available to maintain the first portion or the second portion of the system during the time period, the first change can be prevented from being introduced into the system as initially scheduled for introduction into the system.
US08930902B2	Automatic selection of lowest configuration feature level by functionality exploited Methods and systems of generating product configuration files may involve receiving an identification of a set of features for a software product via a file editor interface. The lowest version of the software product that supports the set of features may be determined, wherein a configuration file can be generated based on the lowest version. In one example, the configuration file identifies the set of features and includes the lowest version as an attribute of the configuration file.
US08930899B2	Artifact divider for large scale application builds A method for building an application installation repository is disclosed herein. In one embodiment a build directory comprising a plurality of application objects is evaluated. Artifact generation rules may also be evaluated with respect to the application objects and the build directory. Object groupings, each comprising one or more application objects of the plurality of application objects, are defined according to the evaluations of the artifact generation rules and the hierarchical directory structure and artifacts are generated according to the object groupings. An installable application is generated that includes the generated artifacts. Artifacts may be further grouped into sharable units and assemblies according to rules and organization of application objects in the build directory. A delta build including only artifacts corresponding to modified files and correspondingly modified metadata may also be generated according to methods disclosed herein. A corresponding computer program product is also disclosed.
US08930896B1	Data anonymity and separation for user computation This disclosure includes techniques for using distributed computing over a network to resolve difficult computational problems. Anonymization of the data allows computing devices in the distributed computing system to solve the computational problem without exposing private aspects of the data. Individual computing devices receive instructions and data that correspond to a piece of a larger computational problem. In one implementation, a user may request a webpage from a web server and receive the webpage along with commands in a scripting language that instructs the user's computer to process a piece of the larger computational problem. The web server may assign the piece of the problem to the user's computer based on processing capabilities of the user's computer. Combining solutions received from multiple distributed computing devices and reversing the anonymization process yields a solution to the computational problem.
US08930893B2	Initialization safety Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to inserting a declaration of a non-overwritable variable pointing to a current object in a source code, and inserting a code of storing a value referencing the current object to the non-overwritable variable. Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to converting a source code to generate a shared object in a lock-free mode by inserting a declaration of a non-overwritable variable pointing to a current object in the source code, and inserting a code of storing a value referencing the current object to the non-overwritable variable.
US08930888B2	Modelling serialized object streams Modelling a serialized object stream can include receiving a stream of bytes corresponding to the serialized form of a first object, creating an empty initial model for containing a generic object and a generic class, and, upon detection of a class from the stream, constructing a corresponding generic class object in the model using a processor. Upon detection of a new object from the stream, a corresponding generic object in the model can be constructed. Further objects and classes in the model that are associated with the generic objects and classes can be referenced.
US08930887B2	Linking model instances to packages In a method 1100 of linking model instances to packages, a service instantiation request is received 1110. The service instantiation request is associated 1120 with service model instance. Linked instances are generated 1130 between the service model instance and available packages. The linked instances are evaluated 1140. Based on the evaluating, a most efficient linked instance of the linked instances is selected 1150 to include in a bound package model of the service instantiation request.
US08930882B2	Method, system, and computer program product for efficient resource allocation The present disclosure relates to a tool for increasing efficiency of development and upskilling of developers of software. The system may be configured to identify minimum skills for development of a software tool, identify elements of the software tool to be provided, establish a maximum timeline for completion of the elements of the software tool, based on the elements identified, and determine a proficiency status level appropriate to complete the development of the software tool based on both the identified skills and the elements.
US08930875B2	Estimating power supply of a 3D IC Embodiments of present invention include a method and apparatus of estimating power supply of a 3D IC. The method particularly includes obtaining current information and layout information of circuit modules contained in a specific region of the 3D IC, gridding the specific region so as to form at least one three-dimensional grid having a plurality of side edges along chip stacking direction of the 3D IC, determining current of at least one of the plurality of side edges based on the current information and layout information of the circuit modules, and estimating power supply of the 3D IC based on the current of the at least one side edge. With the method and apparatus embodiments of the invention, power supply of a 3D IC may be effectively estimated and analyzed.
US08930873B1	Creating regional routing blockages in integrated circuit design A region of congestion is detected at a set of layers. The region occupies the same area of each layer in the set. A routing blockage is defined as a tuple corresponding to the region. The tuple includes a set of coordinates to describe an area of the region, a first and a second layer coordinates of a first and a second layer in the set of layers. The routing blockage is applied during an iteration of rough routing. Before an iteration of detailed routing, the routing blockage is removed. Detailed routing is performed using a g-cell in the region. The detailed routing uses a routing capacity saved in the g-cell during the iteration of rough routing due to the routing blockage. A revised IC design is produced where a revised congestion in an area corresponding to the region is reduced.
US08930872B2	Staggered island structure in an island-based network flow processor An island-based network flow processor (IB-NFP) integrated circuit includes rectangular islands disposed in rows. In one example, the configurable mesh data bus is configurable to form a command/push/pull data bus over which multiple transactions can occur simultaneously on different parts of the integrated circuit. The rectangular islands of one row are oriented in staggered relation with respect to the rectangular islands of the next row. The left and right edges of islands in a row align with left and right edges of islands two rows down in the row structure. The data bus involves multiple meshes. In each mesh, the island has a centrally located crossbar switch and six radiating half links, and half links down to functional circuitry of the island. The staggered orientation of the islands, and the structure of the half links, allows half links of adjacent islands to align with one another.
US08930871B2	Methodology on developing metal fill as library device A methodology for developing metal fill as a library device and, in particular, a method of generating a model of the effects (e.g., capacitance) of metal fills in an integrated circuit and a design structure is disclosed. The method is implemented on a computing device and includes generating a model for effects of metal fill in an integrated circuit. The metal fill model is generated prior to completion of a layout design for the integrated circuit.
US08930864B2	Method of sharing and re-using timing models in a chip across multiple voltage domains A method and a system for timing analysis of a VLSI circuit or chip design considering manufacturing and environmental variations, where the design includes multiple instances of a gate or macro instantiated at more than one voltage domain by sharing and re-using abstracts. The timing analysis of the chip includes a macro abstract instantiated in a voltage domain different from the domain during abstract generation. Timing models are re-used across chip voltage domains or across chip designs. Moreover, a statistical timing analysis of a chip design takes into consideration the voltage domains wherein at least one timing abstract model generation time voltage domain condition differs from the macro instantiation domain in the chip. The invention further provides sharing and re-using the statistical timing models or abstracts.
US08930860B2	Layout decomposition method and method for manufacturing semiconductor device applying the same A layout decomposition method and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device applying the same are provided. According to the layout decomposition method, a design layout is received by the logic processor of a computing system. A design rule for layout decomposition is then identified by the logic processor, including identifying dense areas (areas with densely distributed features) on a substrate, and identifying areas with odd-numbered features on the substrate. Next, a first mask with a first pattern and a second mask with a second pattern are generated corresponding to results of design rule identification by the computing system for fabricating patterns of features in at least two of the areas with odd-numbered features in one of the dense areas.
US08930855B2	Control of search results with multipoint pinch gestures A device incorporates a touch-enabled screen configured to accept a user's interaction with the touch screen to control display of the results of searches for information online and for listings within ecommerce sites. A user's interaction with multipoint pinch gestures, applied to the touch screen and immediately above item data listings, navigates through large volumes of search results. By touch-selection of a facet of the item data returned in an item listing, a user may scale a characteristic of the selected facet of item data according to an application of multipoint pinch gestures. By application of a pinch-out and a pinch-in gesture respectively, a date facet of metadata may be scaled backward and forward in time.
US08930850B2	Method for generating an on-screen menu A method for generating an on-screen menu comprising menu buttons and other menu items, e.g. help text, is characterized in that one or more groups of menu buttons or menu items are defined, wherein a group comprises one or more menu buttons or menu items and has associated a defined area on the screen. A state is assigned to a button, the state being “enabled” or “disabled”, wherein only an enabled button or item may be displayed, and wherein within a group not more than one button or item may be enabled. The state of a button can be changed by commands associated with other buttons.
US08930840B1	Determining display order for navigating between application windows and navigating between tabs in a window A system and method for determining a display order for changing application windows or changing tabs within a window is provided. Windows or tabs that are open in a user interface of a computing device are identified. At least one duration of active time for each window or tab is tracked and a score for each window or tab is determined based on each duration of active time for the respective window or tab. The order of the windows or tabs is determined based on the scores. A graphical component for display in the user interface is provided that displays a representation of each of the plurality of windows or tabs in the determined order and is configured to receive a user selection of one of the plurality of windows or tabs to activate the selected window or tab.
US08930838B2	Display apparatus and display method thereof A display apparatus and display method are provided. The display apparatus includes an image receiving unit which receives a 2D or 3D image, an image outputting unit which displays the 2D or 3D image received through the image receiving unit, an OSD processing unit which generates an OSD picture overlapped with and shown on the 2D or 3D image displayed through the image outputting unit, and a control unit which controls the OSD processing unit to adjust a transparency of the OSD picture when the 3D image is displayed through the image outputting unit.
US08930829B2	Presence change alert An apparatus and a method for monitoring availability of a contact are described. The apparatus includes an interface module for receiving a selection from a user that indicates the contact to be monitored. The apparatus also includes a presence change alert manager that is coupled to the interface module and is coupled to a network. The presence changer alert manager is configured to determine at least one relevant type of availability for the contact and to determine if availability information obtained from the network corresponds to a change in a relevant type of availability for the contact. The apparatus further includes a notification manager coupled to the presence change alert manager. If the presence change alert manager determines that the obtained availability information corresponds to a change of a relevant type of availability for the contact, the notification manager generates a notification alerting the user of the change.
US08930826B2	Efficiently sharing user selected information with a set of determined recipients Information concerning a set of recipients of previously conveyed messages from a sender can be collected. Patterns between content of the previously conveyed messages and each of the set of recipients can be determined and stored. Information can be selected within a user interface to share with others. The selected information can be analyzed and matched against the stored patterns. A subset of the recipients can be automatically determined. The subset can be those recipients likely to be interested in the selected information based on results of the analyzing and the matching. The information can be conveyed within at least one message from a sender device of the sender to one or more remotely located devices. Each of the one or more remotely located devices can be devices associated with at least a portion of the subset of the recipients.
US08930825B2	Graphically indicating relevancy of electronic messages Methods and systems for determining a relevancy of an electronic message, and for graphically indicating the relevancy to a user are disclosed. A method may include receiving an electronic message, such as an email, at an electronic messaging system. The method may also include determining a relevance level of the electronic message to a user based on one or both of a number of primary addressees and a number of secondary addressees identified in the electronic message. Further, the method may include displaying graphical indicia based on the relevance level.
US08930819B1	Visualization of the reach of a post by a member of an on-line social networking system A system for visualizing the reach of a post by a member of an on-line social networking system may be designed to increase awareness of the members, as to which degree their posted updates are noticed and reacted to by other members. When a member creates a post, either through the on-line social networking website itself or through an application programming interface (API) that allows to include a share user interface (UI) control on a third web party site, the system monitors events associated with the post, collects statistics with respect to the monitored events and uses this data to generate a visualization of the reach of that post. Example visualization provides the creator of the a sense of how many other members interacted with the post.
US08930804B2	Structured web advertising A system for selecting a candidate advertisement for linking to a web page based on the content of the web page. The content of the web page may be automatically determined and then compared to content of the candidate advertisement to determine which candidate advertisement to select. The system can be used to implement a structured advertising system for the World Wide Web. Web pages are searched and indexed, producing indexed content data. This indexed content data may be ranked according to relevancy. The ranked content data are compared to content data of advertisements and an advertisement is selected. The advertisement may be copied onto (linked to) the Web page. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08930803B2	Detecting codewords in solid-state storage devices A method for detecting codewords in solid-state storage devices. The method includes the steps of: obtaining respective read signals by reading memory cells that stores a group of codewords, where each of the read signals includes N signal components corresponding to respective symbols of the codeword; producing an ordered read signal by ordering the components of each of the read signals according to a signal level; producing an average read signal by averaging corresponding components of the ordered read signals; determining a reference signal level that corresponds to each of q levels of the memory cells in relation to the average read signal with predefined probabilities of each symbol value occurring at each symbol position in the codeword, where the symbols of the codeword are ordered according to the symbol value; and detecting the codeword corresponding to each of the read signal in relation to the reference signal levels.
US08930793B2	Method of communicating signal data in GNSS using LDPC convolution codes and a system thereof A method and system for communicating signal data in GNSS system using LDPC convolution codes. The method involves, at transmitting end, formatting signal data into a set of subframes. Each subframe of the signal data can be encoded in accordance with a parity check matrix defining Tanner graph representation of LDPC convolution codes. The encoded signal data can be interleaved and added with a Sync word field to transmit an interleaved block of encoded signal data through a communication channel. At receiving end, the interleaved block of encoded signal data can be de-interleaved after it is received from the communication channel. The Tanner Graph shows the connectivity in time invariant parity check matrix. A message passing technique is used to decode the LDPCCC encoded message. The encoded signal data can be decoded through the message passing technique to obtain the signal data primitively transmitted at the transmitting end. Such method and system are capable of achieving error free performance over the GNSS communication channel for effective navigation data communication, and also provide good BER performance over a wide range of Signal-to-Noise ratios.
US08930787B1	Decoder in a device receiving data having an error correction code and a method of decoding data A decoder in a device receiving data having an error correction code is described. The decoder comprises a memory storing program code having instructions including control signals for decoding an error correction code; an address generator coupled to the memory, the address generator updating an address coupled to the memory for generating a next control signal; and a data processing circuit coupled to receive an instruction from the memory and further coupled to receive syndrome data, the data processing circuit generating error correction values. A method for decoding data having an error correction code is also disclosed.
US08930785B2	Method for transmitting a data block in radio communication system A method of transmitting a data block in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting the data block, receiving hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) not-acknowledgement (NACK) for the data block, receiving an automatic repeat request (ARQ) feedback message indicating a reception state of the data block, and determining whether to retransmit the data block by using the ARQ feedback message.
US08930781B2	Method and apparatus for defect recovery A signal processing circuit includes a plurality of processing-circuit modules and a logic control circuit. The plurality of processing-circuit modules is configured to process an electrical signal. The plurality of processing-circuit modules has at least one processing parameter that is adaptively adjusted based on the electrical signal. The logic control circuit is configured to receive signals from the plurality of processing-circuit modules, validate the processing based on the received signals, and control a storage circuit to sample and store a value of the processing parameter when the processing is validated. Further, the logic control circuit is configured to control the storage circuit to maintain the value of processing parameter when the processing fails validation, and to control the storage circuit to recover the processing parameter in the plurality of processing-circuit modules to the stored value when the plurality of processing-circuit modules is disturbed by a defect.
US08930778B2	Read disturb effect determination An apparatus comprising a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller is coupled to the non-volatile memory and configured to (i) accumulate a read disturb count for a first region of the non-volatile memory, (ii) accumulate error statistics for a second region of the non-volatile memory, (iii) determine, based upon both the read disturb count and the error statistics, whether the first region has reached a read disturb limit, and (iv) in response to determining that the first region has reached the read disturb limit, relocate at least some data of the first region.
US08930776B2	Implementing DRAM command timing adjustments to alleviate DRAM failures A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing command timing adjustments to alleviate Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) failures in a computer system. A predefined DRAM failure is detected. Responsive to the detected failure, a set of timers is adjusted for controlling predetermined timings used to access the DRAM. Responsive to the failure being resolved by the adjusted set of timers, checking for a predetermined level of performance is performed.
US08930770B2	Monitoring the health of distributed systems The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring the health of distributed systems. Embodiments of the invention provide distributed, self-maintained, continuous health monitoring. Using XML and pluggable infrastructure, a logical view of an appliance can be provided. The logical view abstracts physical implementation details of the appliance. Monitoring agents can correlate different distributed system failures and events and reason over collected health information.
US08930761B2	Test case result processing A computer-implemented method for test case result processing includes receiving, by a test case result processing logic in a processor of a computer, a test result from a test case that executes on the computer; determining, by the test case result processing logic based on a result description file, whether a result description corresponding to the received result exists in the result description file; based on the result description corresponding to the received result existing in the result description file, determining an action description associated with the result description based on an action definition file; and executing an action corresponding to the determined action description.
US08930749B2	Systems and methods for preventing data loss For preventing data loss in storage systems a detection is made that a storage device in a plurality of storage devices is experiencing a malfunction. The type of malfunction is determined. A SMART rebuilding technique, a normal building technique, a data migration technique, or a user data backup technique is selected to preserve the data in the storage device based on the determined type of the malfunction. The selected technique is performed on the storage device.
US08930739B2	Memory controller A memory controller includes an digitally programmable delay unit having a selectable delay time receiving a read-enable signal and outputting a delayed read-enable signal. The delay time is selected in response to an externally applied delay-control signal. A sampling unit in the memory controller outputs data received from a separate memory, in synchronization with the delayed enable signal. The delay time may be a multiple of the period of a clock signal.
US08930738B1	Battery backup system A common form-factor battery backup system includes a battery system configured to provide electrical energy to an external system. A control circuit is configured to compare a monitored voltage level associated with the external system to a minimum acceptable voltage level and, if the monitored voltage is less than the minimum acceptable voltage level, provide electrical energy from the battery system to the external system. The battery backup system is configured to fit within a common form-factor storage space within a data system.
US08930721B2	Personal computing device having single-cell battery The present invention features a personal computing device that may be powered by a single battery having a single lithium-ion cell or by a plurality of lithium-ion cells connected in parallel. The personal computing device may provide computing power comparable to that of conventional laptop computers and execute an operating system and application software comparable to that executed by conventional laptop computers. Furthermore, the battery's time between charging, when used to power the personal computing device, may be similar to the time between charging of a multi-cell battery when used to power a conventional laptop computer.
US08930715B2	Address translation unit, device and method for remote direct memory access of a memory An address translation unit for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) of a memory of a processor is provided. The address translation unit comprises an address translator and a signer. The address translator is configured to translate a received virtual address in a real address of the memory. The signer is configured to cryptographically sign the real address.
US08930709B2	Method and apparatus for sequential authentication using one or more error rates characterizing each security challenge Methods and apparatus are provided for sequential authentication of a user that employ one or more error rates characterizing each security challenge. According to one aspect of the invention, a user is challenged with at least one knowledge challenge to obtain an intermediate authentication result; and the user challenges continue until a cumulative authentication result satisfies one or more criteria. The intermediate authentication result is based, for example, on one or more of false accept and false reject error probabilities for each knowledge challenge. A false accept error probability describes a probability of a different user answering the knowledge challenge correctly. A false reject error probability describes a probability of a genuine user not answering the knowledge challenge correctly. The false accept and false reject error probabilities can be adapted based on field data or known information about a given challenge.
US08930701B2	Methods and apparatus to collect distributed user information for media impressions and search terms Disclosed examples involve decoding information from a mobile device into a plurality of encrypted identifiers identifying at least one of the mobile device or a user of the mobile device, sending ones of the encrypted identifiers to corresponding database proprietors, receiving a plurality of user information corresponding to the ones of the encrypted identifiers from the corresponding database proprietors, and associating the plurality of user information with at least one of a search term collected at the mobile device or a media impression logged for media presented at the mobile device.
US08930699B2	Short-range secure data communication method based on sound wave or audio, and apparatus thereof The present invention discloses an apparatus, a system and a method for short-range sound wave communication. The system realizes non-contact secure transmission by using the sound wave as the data transmission medium, and also can realize a reliable and secure data link directly through an audio connection. The invention systematically constructs multiple end-to-end transmission verification mechanisms for the process of data transmission: transmission data integrity verification, valid time verification, password verification, service data verification and data encryption; and according to the security level of the data, the sending end specifies the requirements for encryption and data verification in the transmission data so as to notify the reception end which verifications should be performed to the data packets, how to perform the verifications, etc. By using the same verification processing manner, operations can be performed to the data (e.g. the payment and settlement function of an account).
US08930692B2	Mechanism for internal processing of content through partial authentication on secondary channel Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to performing processing of content through partial authentication of secondary channel. An embodiment of a method includes performing a first authentication between a source transmitting device and a sink receiving device for communication of data streams, and performing a second authentication between the source transmitting device and a bridge device such that the second authentication is independent of the first authentication and the sink receiving device remains uninfluenced by the second authentication. The bridge device includes an intermediate carrier device coupled to the source transmitting device and the sink receiving device. The method further includes transmitting a data stream having encrypted content from the source transmitting device to the bridge device.
US08930689B2	Securing email conversations At least a portion of a transmission of an outgoing first email from a first email account to at least a second email account is encrypted. Second email address data is changed corresponding to the second email account to cause replies to the first email intended for the second email account to be sent to an intermediate device prior to being routed to the second email account. Replies to the first email are then sent to the intermediate device and sent over one or more encrypted channels. Replies to the first email including the changed email address data are decoded to identify the second email address data associated with the second email account. A reply to the first email is then sent to the second email account based on the identified second email address data.
US08930688B2	Apparatus and method for providing security service of user interface An apparatus and method for providing a security service for UI applications in a network system. In a network supporting a user interface, encryption-unneeded data is distinguished from data in which security identifier is specified, that indicates a need for security between a server and a communication device, and the distinguished data is transmitted over a security channel and a general channel separately.
US08930686B2	Deduplication of encrypted data A mechanism is provided which allows to de-duplicate encrypted data such that the de-duplication ratio for encrypted data is similar to the de-duplication ration of the corresponding un-encrypted data and the purpose of encryption is not obfuscated, i.e. only the originator of the data (the client) can decrypt—and hence read—the data. This is achieved by interwoven the de-duplication algorithm with the encryption algorithm in a way that the data are encrypted with a key that is generated from the unencrypted data. Afterwards, that key is itself encrypted with an encryption key being private to a particular client. Due to the fact that the private key is not effecting the encrypted data stream, it can still be de-duplicated efficiently.
US08930678B2	Instruction and logic to length decode X86 instructions Techniques to increase the consumption rate of raw instruction bytes within an instruction fetch unit. An instruction fetch unit according to embodiments of the present invention may include a prefetch buffer, a set of bypass multiplexers, an array of bypass latches, a byte-block multiplexer, an instruction alignment multiplexer, a predecode cache, and an instruction length decoder. Raw instruction bytes may be steered from the bypass latches into macro-instructions for consumption by the instruction length decoder, which may generate micro-instructions from the macro-instructions. Embodiments of the present invention may de-couple a latency for reading raw instruction bytes from the prefetch buffer from consuming raw instruction bytes by the instruction length decoder.
US08930674B2	Systems and methods for accessing a unified translation lookaside buffer Systems and methods for accessing a unified translation lookaside buffer (TLB) are disclosed. A method includes receiving an indicator of a level one translation lookaside buffer (L1TLB) miss corresponding to a request for a virtual address to physical address translation, searching a cache that includes virtual addresses and page sizes that correspond to translation table entries (TTEs) that have been evicted from the L1TLB, where a page size is identified, and searching a second level TLB and identifying a physical address that is contained in the second level TLB. Access is provided to the identified physical address.
US08930658B2	Electronic equipment system and storage device In electronic equipment 1, a limitation level on reading data from a USB flash drive (storage device) 2 is set to a setting section 3 in advance. The USB flash drive 2 ascertains the setting at the setting section 3 when connected to the electronic equipment 1 and limits reading data based on the determined setting. If the limitation level does not match with the condition for permitting data read-out as determined in USB flash drive 2, the USB flash drive 2 prohibits the electronic equipment 1 from reading out data. By executing the processing for limiting data read-out at the side of the USB flash drive 2, unauthorized leakage of data can easily be prevented.
US08930652B2	Method for obtaining a snapshot image of a disk shared by multiple virtual machines Methods for obtaining a snapshot of a shared virtual machine (VM) image are described herein. In response to a request for obtaining a snapshot of a first VM image stored in a storage disk accessed and shared by a plurality of VMs, a virtualization manager selects a VM from the plurality of VMs hosted within one or more hosts. First needs to notify others to prepare for the snapshot by pausing, etc. A process associated with the selected VM is configured to capture a snapshot from the first VM image, generating a second VM image to be stored in storage disk. Thereafter, the virtualization manager notifies the plurality of VMs to utilize the second image after the second VM image has been generated.
US08930649B2	Concurrent coding of data streams A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module concurrently receiving a first data stream and a second data stream for transmission to a receiving entity. The method continues with the DS processing module segmenting each of the first and second data streams to produce a first plurality of data segments and a second plurality of data segments, dividing one of the first plurality of data segments into a first plurality of data blocks, and dividing one of the second plurality of data segments into a second plurality of data blocks. The method continues with the DS processing module creating a data matrix from the first and second plurality of data blocks and generating a coded matrix from the data matrix and an encoding matrix. The method continues with the DS processing module outputting one or more pairs of coded values of the coded matrix to the receiving entity.
US08930639B2	Transactional memory that performs a PPM 32-bit lookup operation A transactional memory (TM) receives a lookup command across a bus from a processor. The command includes a memory address. In response to the command, the TM pulls an input value (IV). The memory address is used to read a word containing multiple result values (RVs), multiple reference values, and multiple prefix values from memory. A selecting circuit within the TM uses a starting bit position and a mask size to select a portion of the IV. The portion of the IV is a lookup key value (LKV). Mask values are generated based on the prefix values. The LKV is masked by each mask value thereby generating multiple masked values that are compared to the reference values. Based on the comparison a lookup table generates a selector value that is used to select a result value. The selected result value is then communicated to the processor via the bus.
US08930635B2	Page invalidation processing with setting of storage key to predefined value Processing within a multiprocessor computer system is facilitated by: setting, in association with invalidate page table entry processing, a storage key at a matching location in central storage of a multiprocessor computer system to a predefined value; and subsequently executing a request to update the storage key to a new storage key, the subsequently executing including determining whether the predefined value is an allowed stale value, and if so, replacing in central storage the storage key of predefined value with the new storage key without requiring purging or updating of the storage key in any local processor cache of the multiprocessor computer system, thus minimizing interprocessor communication pursuant to processing of the request to update the storage key to the new storage key.
US08930629B2	Data cache block deallocate requests in a multi-level cache hierarchy In response to executing a deallocate instruction, a deallocation request specifying a target address of a target cache line is sent from a processor core to a lower level cache. In response, a determination is made if the target address hits in the lower level cache. If so, the target cache line is retained in a data array of the lower level cache, and a replacement order field of the lower level cache is updated such that the target cache line is more likely to be evicted in response to a subsequent cache miss in a congruence class including the target cache line. In response to the subsequent cache miss, the target cache line is cast out to the lower level cache with an indication that the target cache line was a target of a previous deallocation request of the processor core.
US08930626B1	Cache management system and method A method and computer program product for dividing a cache memory system into a plurality of cache memory portions. Data to be written to a specific address within an electromechanical storage system is received. The data is assigned to one of the plurality of cache memory portions, thus defining an assigned cache memory portion. Association information for the data is generated, wherein the association information defines the specific address within the electromechanical storage system. The data and the association information is written to the assigned cache memory portion.
US08930624B2	Adaptive cache promotions in a two level caching system Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for managing data in a first cache and a second cache. A reference count is maintained in the second cache for the page when the page is stored in the second cache. It is determined that the page is to be promoted from the second cache to the first cache. In response to determining that the reference count is greater than zero, the page is added to a Least Recently Used (LRU) end of an LRU list in the first cache. In response to determining that the reference count is less than or equal to zero, the page is added to a Most Recently Used (LRU) end of the LRU list in the first cache.
US08930603B2	Interruption facility for adjunct processor queues Interruption facility for adjunct processor queues. In response to a queue transitioning from a no replies pending state to a reply pending state, an interruption is initiated. This interruption signals to a processor that a reply to a request is waiting on the queue. In order for the queue to take advantage of the interruption capability, it is enabled for interruptions.
US08930601B2	Transaction routing device and method for routing transactions in an integrated circuit A transaction routing device (e.g. an interconnect) for routing transactions in an integrated circuit includes arbitration circuitry for performing arbitration between a plurality of candidate transactions using attribute values associated with the candidate transactions. Candidate transactions are selected for routing to a destination device in dependence on the arbitration. In a cycle in which a new candidate transaction is received, the arbitration is performed using a default attribute value as the attribute value for the new transaction. Meanwhile, the actual attribute value is stored to an attribute storage unit. In a following processing cycle, if the new candidate transaction has not yet been selected for muting, then the arbitration is performed using the actual attribute value stored in the storage unit.
US08930598B2	Isolated protected access device A computer switching device is disclosed which enables switching between a local computer and a secure computer connected through a network. The device sits like a keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) and optionally audio device between the local computer and the local input/output devices, but connects to the secure computer through a network. Access to the secure computer is pre-configured in the switching device through access and security settings for a specific user to the specific secure computer. The switching device specifically prevents access to the secure computer by the local computer, printer, or storage devices such as fixed or removable media drives. Tamper detection is included to disable secure access on any tampering with the switching device.
US08930592B2	Multipath load balancing optimizations for alua storage systems Techniques for performing I/O load balancing are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can receive an I/O request destined for a storage array, where the computer system is communicatively coupled with the storage array via a plurality of paths, and where the plurality of paths include a set of optimized paths and a set of unoptimized paths. The computer system can further determine whether the I/O request can be transmitted to the storage array via either an optimized path or an unoptimized path, or solely via an optimized path. The computer system can then select a path in the plurality of paths based on the determination and transmit the I/O request to the storage array via the selected path.
US08930584B2	System and method for providing a linearizable request manager Described herein are systems and methods for improving concurrency of a request manager for use in an application server or other environment. A request manager receives a request, and upon receiving the request the request manager associates a token with the request. A reference to the request is enqueued in each of a plurality of queues, wherein each queue stores a local copy of the token. A first reference to the request is dequeued from a particular queue, wherein when the first reference to the request is dequeued, the token is modified to create a modified token. Thereafter the request is processed. When other references to the request are dequeued from other queues, the other references to the request are discarded.
US08930581B2	Implementation of a web-scale data fabric Methods and systems for processing business operations transactions and associated augmented customer data using a Web-Scale Data Fabric (WSDF). According to embodiments, a plurality of computer servers are configured for economical large scale computation and data storage with resilience despite underpinning commodity hardware failure and grow-shrink capacity changes of nodes and associated interconnectivity. The servers communicate with direct attached storage (DAS) and include a co-processor coupled for computation capacity. The servers can connect to an external computer network (ECN) for external client input and output, as well as other functionalities such as physical-to-virtual network connectivity mapping and maintaining resilient storage of data received from the ECN or computationally derived from the received data.
US08930579B2	System and method for synchronizing operations of a plurality of devices via messages over a communication network A system and method synchronize operations of a plurality of devices via messages over a communication network. A plurality of devices are communicatively coupled via a communication network, and the devices have their local clocks synchronized to a high degree of precision a technique, such as IEEE 1588, for synchronizing their local clocks. Event messages can be sent that include an identification of an event, as well as a timestamp that is based on the local clock of the sender. The recipient of an event message determines if it is configured to act on the identified event, and if so it takes its action based on the timestamp included in the event message. In certain embodiments, the events that are to trigger an action and/or the specific responsive actions to be taken for a given event are dynamically programmable for each device.
US08930568B1	Method and apparatus for enabling access to storage When a guest OS loads within the context of a container provided by the host OS, the guest OS uses PCI or other protocol to specify a virtual hardware device. The guest OS enumerates the virtual hardware device to establish the size for the BARs and establish its view of physical addresses for the memory locations. A server running in the context of the container receives read/write requests from the guest OS, maps the read/write requests to host OS physical address space, and posts responses to the virtual hardware device. Since the guest OS executes memory related operations using its own memory space, exits to the container code are not required to implement storage related actions by the Guest OS. This allows performance of an application executing in the context of the guest OS to approximate performance of an application executing in the context of the host OS.
US08930564B2	Communication relay apparatus, data processing system, and communication relay method A communication relay apparatus that relays communication between external network and internal network comprises: judgment unit that receives from terminal on external network communication start message indicative of start of communication to judge whether or not communication start message includes specific application algorithm that requests connection to specific application within internal network; acquisition unit that, if judgment unit judges that communication start message includes specific application algorithm, identifies operation type of specific application based on random number in communication start message, and acquires information about proxy that is set according to identified operation type; proxy unit that controls operation of specific application instead of terminal based on information about proxy acquired by acquisition unit; and transmission unit that inserts specific application algorithm included in communication start message in response message responsive to communication start message, and transmits response message to terminal.
US08930559B2	Adaptive hypertext transfer protocol (“HTTP”) media streaming systems and methods An exemplary adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (“HTTP”) media streaming system may be configured to stream a media program from an HTTP media streaming server subsystem to a client device during an adaptive HTTP media streaming session in which predefined segments of the media program are progressively downloaded from the HTTP media streaming server subsystem to the client device by way of a network connection. For each next predefined segment of the media program to be downloaded, the server subsystem may dynamically select, based on one or more of the exemplary factors disclosed herein, a version of the next predefined segment of the media program from a plurality of versions of the next predefined segment of the media program and download the selected version of the next predefined segment of the media program to the client device. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US08930549B1	Method and apparatus for storing information in a browser storage area of a client device Disclosed is a method and apparatus for performing steps to cause encoded information to be stored at a client device during a first network session between a server and the client device. To cause encoded information to be stored at a client device, the server first determines a set of network resource requests that encode the information. These network resource requests may include requests for one or more specific URLs and/or requests for one or more files. The server then causes the client device to initiate the network resource requests. The server may cause this initiation by, for example, redirecting the client device to the network resources. The client device initiating the network resource requests causes data representative of the network resource requests to be stored at the client device.
US08930538B2	Handling long-tail content in a content delivery network (CDN) A content delivery network has at least a first tier of servers. A content delivery method includes, at a first server in the first tier of servers, obtaining a request from a client for a resource. If the resource is available at the first server or at a peer of the first server, then the resource is served to the client from the first server. Otherwise, it is determined whether the resource is popular, and if the resource is determined to be popular, then the first server obtains the resource and the first server serves the resource to the client. If the resource is determined not to be popular, the client is directed to a second server, not in the first tier of servers, and the second server serves the resource to the client. The second server may be in a second tier of servers or it may be an origin server.
US08930536B2	Virtual private cluster The present invention provides a system, method and computer-readable media for generating virtual private clusters out of a group of compute resources. Typically, the group of compute resources involves a group of clusters independently administered. The method provides for aggregating the group of compute resources, partitioning the aggregated group of compute resources and presenting to each user in an organization a partition representation the organization's virtual private cluster. The users transparently view their cluster and have control over its operation. The partitions may be static or dynamic.
US08930525B2	Method and apparatus for measuring business transaction performance A method for measuring business transaction performance, includes the steps of, at a top-level component, assigning a correlation tag and original time stamp to a server request, passing the original time stamp with any server requests from the top-level component to one or more subsequent components, and computing an aggregate latency over a predetermined interval at the top-level component and at each subsequent component based on the original time stamp.
US08930522B2	Replica/cache locator, an overlay network and a method to locate replication tables and caches therein A replica/cache locator, a method to locate replication tables and caches in an overlay network having multiple nodes and an overlay network. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) determining a network distance between a first node of the multiple nodes in the overlay network and each of the remaining multiple nodes, (2) calculating m clusters of the multiple nodes based on the network distances and (3) designating at least a single node from the m clusters to include a replication table of the first node.
US08930521B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for enabling monitoring of a resource To enable adaptive monitoring of the resource, metrics about the workload received at the resource from one or more clients are used to derive monitoring feedback comprising a recommendation as to how the monitoring should be performed. This is then used as input to a decision making process controlling the monitoring of the resource. The recommendation may be for the monitor to increase or decrease its monitoring interval. The resource may decide to increase or decrease its monitoring depth or checking, or may suggest a new monitoring depth to the monitor.
US08930514B2	System and method for conducting peer-to-peer (P2P) communications A method and system are provided which enable an alternative identifier to be used instead of a normally used identifier such as a personal identification number (PIN) in a peer-to-peer (P2P)-based system. The alternative identifier can be used to avoid divulging the normally used identifier and can be cancelled or de-activated at a later time or can be converted to the normally used identifier at a later point.
US08930511B1	Physical resource life-cycle in a template based orchestration of end-to-end service provisioning In one embodiment, the system may identify a virtual network, the virtual network including a plurality of virtual entities and connections among the plurality of virtual entities. The system may automatically map each of the plurality of virtual entities to one or more resources or resource pools such that the virtual network is mapped to a physical network, wherein mapping includes allocating one or more resources or resource pools to a corresponding one of the plurality of virtual entities.
US08930510B2	Image formation apparatus, network system, and program product for network operation at low cost A supervision feasible apparatus capable of operating in a supervisory mode directed to supervising supervision information related to a plurality of apparatuses detects, when set at a supervisory mode, an apparatus attaining a data access enable state and an apparatus attaining a data access disable state with respect to a network, and updates supervisory information based on information related to the detected apparatus.
US08930508B2	Device management apparatus, device management method, and computer-readable storage medium A management server calculates a correlation coefficient between the number of settings executed in a network device and load information of communication of the network device with respect to each of network devices which are objects of management. The management server identifies a network device of which the load is on a rising trend on the basis of a calculated correlation coefficient and load information of processing of the network device. The management server selects an object of change of the settings from among network devices other than the identified network device.
US08930505B2	Self-configuring mobile router for transferring data to a plurality of output ports based on location and history and method therefor A self-configuring router for data transfer has a first storage device for storing historic performance and configuration data. A configuration device is coupled to the first storage device for configuring the router based on the performance and configuration data. A data collector is coupled to the configuration device for measuring operational data of the router. An analysis device is coupled to the data collector and the first storage device for analyzing the operational data.
US08930497B1	Centralized execution of snapshot backups in a distributed application environment Systems and methods for centralizing database manipulation for a plurality of heterogeneous databases are disclosed. A single or limited number of central servers can be used to manage a plurality of hosted client systems. With such a technique, database consistent backups can be performed without requiring altering of the central server, even when different database engines are used across the hosted client systems.
US08930493B2	Inter-domain replication of service information An automated conversion of service information between independent information technology (IT) management domains is performed using a federated gateway within each of the independent IT management domains that bridges the independent IT management domains. The automated conversion of service information allows at least one service consumer application executing within a first independent IT management domain to use a local service definition format to access at least one remote service provider application with a remote service interface defined using a different remote service definition format for execution in a second independent IT management domain. At least one service request is dynamically processed for the at least one remote service provider application via service provider application endpoint translation using the federated gateway within each of the independent IT management domains that bridges the independent IT management domains.
US08930488B2	Method and system for the multi-criteria management of presence notifications Multicriteria management method for presence notifications proposed by a means of instant communications comprising a list of contacts that is not empty and connected to a presence server, such method comprising the following steps: configuration of rules to filter the presence notifications to be displayed and transmitted from the presence server; automatic configuration of presence information; automatic broadcasting of presence information on social networking and microblogging tools.
US08930487B2	Object-based modeling using model objects exportable to external modeling tools Embodiments relate to systems and methods for object-based modeling using modeling objects exportable to external modeling tools. A modeling client can host modeling logic and an application programming interface (API) to create, access, manipulate, and import/export modeling objects used in modeling applications, such as engineering, medical, financial, and other modeling platforms. In aspects, the source data accepted into the modeling client can be consumer or business-level applications, whose cell, database, or other data content can be extracted and encapsulated in an object-oriented format, such as extensible markup language (XML) format. The modeling client can exchange one or more resulting modeling object directly with external platforms, such as mainframe platforms, middleware databases, and others, via the application programming interface (API) on a programmatic basis. Costs and maintenance savings over mainframe-based modeling tools can thereby be achieved, while providing greater power than consumer or business-level tools.
US08930483B2	Apparatus and methods for coordination of wireless systems Apparatus and methods for wireless systems provide a mechanism to enhance the communication capabilities of wireless users. In an embodiment, data associated with information acquired in wireless entities is synced among the wireless entities based on a privacy status and verification of identities corresponding to the privacy status. The wireless entities include a wireless server and a set of mobile wireless clients of the wireless server. In an embodiment, a mobile wireless client is configured to browse files in a wireless server. In an embodiment, a wireless server is configured to provide views of its file content to a mobile wireless client authorized to view the file content of the wireless server.
US08930481B2	Message processing method, terminal and system A message processing method, terminal and system. The method includes: obtaining a user's historical message interaction information and first context data associated with the user's historical message interaction information, where the user's historical message interaction information includes historical message interaction content and historical message replying status; determining the user's message interaction preferences according to the user's historical message interaction information and the first context data, where the message interaction preferences include a message reply policy and/or a message writing style; receiving a current message sent to the user, and obtaining second context data associated with the current message; and replying to the current message according to the message interaction preferences, the current message, and the second context data. With the present invention, the user's message interaction preferences are determined, and the current message can be replied automatically, thereby enhancing user experience.
US08930479B2	Processing cellular telephone subscription for E-mail threads A method and system for processing a subscription to an e-mail message thread. Short Message Service (SMS) data is assigned to a mobile device. Both a telephone number associated with the mobile device and the assigned SMS data are assigned to a setting in a database stored in an e-mail message server. A subscription to updates related to an e-mail message thread associated with the e-mail message server is created. The creation of the subscription includes correlating the telephone number and the SMS data to a unique e-mail message thread identifier of the e-mail message thread. The updates related to the e-mail message thread are sent to the mobile device via the e-mail message server.
US08930477B2	Schedulable e-mail filters An e-mail filter may be associated with a schedule defining a recurrent active time period. As such, some e-mail filters may be active at specific times of day and on specific days of the week and inactive the rest of the time. Before applying any filters, the current time is determined and it is determined which filters are active. The determination of which filters are active is based on the current time being within the active time period.
US08930475B1	Systems and methods for secure cloud-based media file sharing Cloud-based systems and methods to securely share electronic files use a cloud or virtualized server to handle management tasks related to file sharing, while file storage is maintained securely by servers that are not part of the cloud. The content of the file to be shared is not transmitted to or by the cloud. Share requests from file senders, notifications to target recipients, and retrieve requests from target recipients are transmitted to and/or by the cloud.
US08930454B1	Providing a shared online search experience Allowing users to share an online search experience is disclosed. The method includes hosting an interactive virtual session. The interactive virtual session enables a primary user to control the interactive virtual session. The interactive virtual session is displayed at least in part on a computer associated with the first user. The method further includes providing access to the interactive virtual session to at least one secondary user. The secondary user has limited functionalities for interacting with the virtual session. A search query is received from a computer associated with the primary user. At least one search result is determined based on the received search query. The search results are sent to the computer associated with the user for display as part of the interactive virtual session. The search results include at least one representation of an item of interest in the one or more items of interest.
US08930448B2	Network-aware structured content downloads A request for content is received at a content server via a first network connection from a client device. The content includes a set of portions represented within a root document. Based upon a download constraint of at least one portion of the content and a network characteristic of the first network connection, at least one portion of the content is deferred for download over a network connection other than the first network connection. The content is sent with each deferred portion of the content replaced with a content stub within the root document. Each content stub identifies the respective portion of the content as a deferred portion of the content and includes a content identifier of the respective deferred portion of the content.
US08930447B2	Method, apparatus, and program for usability analysis of web applications A usability analysis method of a web application including: a first step of acquiring a page transition log and operation logs on individual pages in the web application; a second step of detecting a segment having a specific page transition pattern in the page transition log; a third step of managing operation logs on individual pages included in the detected page transition pattern in relation to the individual pages; a fourth step of performing statistic processing on the managed operation logs and analyzing page utilization; and a fifth step of analyzing usability based on the page transition pattern and the page utilization.
US08930442B2	Apparatus and method for playing media content data A method is provided for playing media content by a client in a data communication network, in which a request for a media content descriptor is sent to a server, a media content descriptor including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for an access to specific media content data configured for execution of a specific function is received from the server, and the specific media content data is received using the URL included in the received media content descriptor.
US08930441B2	Architecture for modeled pattern based user interfaces A computer system includes a UI designer client that runs on a client device and is configured to enable creation of UI models. A client engine runs on a client device and is configured to initiate requests for the UI models, receive the UI models in response to the requests and interpret and render the UI models at runtime. A UI runtime server client is located on a server and is configured to interface with the client engine to receive and process the requests for the UI models from the client engine. A repository is located on the server and is configured to interface with the UI designer client and store the UI models as created using the UI designer client and interface with the UI runtime server client to deliver requested UI models to the UI runtime server client for interpretation and rendering by the client engine.
US08930434B2	Integrated multiply and divide circuit The principles of the present invention relate to a multiply and divide circuit configured to interactively multiply and/or divide. The circuit may handle signed and unsigned values. The circuit comprises an instruction register configured to store a multiply or divide instruction, at one input register configured to store the multiply or divide operands, an Arithmetic Logic Unit (“ALU”) configured to add provided values, and configuration circuitry. The configuration circuitry responds to the instructions and performs the multiply or divide operation by iteratively providing values to the ALU.
US08930423B1	Method and system for restoring encrypted files from a virtual machine image Various techniques, including a method, system and computer program product for restoring encrypted files are disclosed. The method includes accessing a file table record for an encrypted file. The file table record includes an encrypted file stream and extent information identifying a location of one or more portions of the encrypted file in a virtual machine image. In response to accessing the file table record a consecutive data stream is stored. Storing the consecutive data stream includes encapsulating the encrypted file stream and the one or more portions of the encrypted file.
US08930417B2	Networked procurement A method may include receiving unstructured content data related to a business entity by a networked service application; selecting, via a user interface of the networked service application and based at least in part on the received unstructured content data, a business template, the business template being a representation of a networked business object data structure having associations with structured data; and creating, by the networked service application, an instance of the networked business object by associating at least some of the received content data with the business template and the networked business object associated with the business template.
US08930413B2	Dynamic structure for a multi-tenant database Embodiments for using a dynamic structure of tables in a schema of a multi-tenant database are provided. For a tenant schema including a set of tenant tables, a label is created for a tenant table in the set of tenant tables. The label is partitioned into a set of constituent primary labels. A subset of columns is selected from the set of n columns of the tenant table, the subset of columns corresponding to a primary label in the set of constituent primary labels. The subset of columns is mapped to a table in the dynamic structure of tables in the schema of the multi-tenant database, the table in the dynamic structure of tables having the primary label. In the multi-tenant database executing in a data processing system, the dynamic structure of tables is populated with data from the tenant schema according to the mapping.
US08930412B2	Intelligence centers Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system comprising a content repository, a communication portal developer, a content manager, and an analytic engine. The content repository is adapted to store electronic content in a computer-readable storage medium. The communication portal developer includes at least one wizard to create a plurality of customizable portals without coding software. Each customizable portal is accessible to one or more selected visitors through a web browser. The content manager is adapted to publish selectable electronic content to selectable portals. The content manager includes at least one wizard to populate and manage the electronic content within the content repository. The analytic engine analyzes electronic content use and visitor behavior while logged into their customizable portal. In various embodiments, the analytics are provided in real time or near real time. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US08930405B2	Content scheduling for fantasy gaming An exemplary method includes a media program scheduling facility 1) retrieving data associated with a fantasy game, the data representing players of interest engaged in a real-life competitive activity that forms a basis for the fantasy game, 2) determining, based on the data representing the players of interest and on media program listing data associated with a plurality of media programs, one or more of the media programs that are associated with the players of interest, and 3) providing a scheduling screen for display, the scheduling screen containing listing information for each of the one or more media programs determined to be associated with the players of interest. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US08930404B2	System and method for analyzing de-identified health care data A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first data store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second data store with the at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store.
US08930400B2	System and method for discovering knowledge communities Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for discovering knowledge communities. Embodiments of the present invention may comprise providing user access to a network of documents, gathering document access data relating to user access of each document in the network of documents and document authorship and review data, and establishing relationships between users and documents based on the document access data and document authorship and review data. Further, embodiments of the present invention may comprise establishing a network of users that are linked by common document access patterns based on the relationships between users and documents, and clustering communities of users within the network.
US08930399B1	Determining word boundary likelihoods in potentially incomplete text Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining word boundary likelihoods in potentially incomplete text. In one aspect, a method includes selecting query sequences from the query, each query sequence being at least a portion of a word n-gram, the word n-gram being a subsequence of up to n words selected from the second sequence of words of the query, and for each query sequence: determining one or more query sequence keys for the query sequence; determining at least one of a word boundary count and a non-word boundary count for each query sequence key, each word-boundary count and non-word boundary count being dependent on the context of the query sequence; and associating, in a data storage device, the at least one word boundary count and non-word boundary counts with each query sequence key.
US08930390B2	Mouse gesture assisted search A system and method for method for performing a web search by a search engine for content including: providing a first search results page to a user in response to a search query; providing an interface for submission of an input action representing a search command, wherein the interface is associated with the search results page; receiving the input action; reformulating the search query to incorporate the search command represented by the input action; and providing a second search results page to the user in response to the reformulated search query.
US08930387B1	Techniques for suggesting correct identifiers In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus, computer-readable medium, system, or method may be configured to suggest correct identifiers. Frequencies of occurrence of expected identifiers may be determined. One or more unrecognized identifiers may be detected. One or more first numerical scores indicating that one or more unrecognized identifiers were provided to the computing environment in place of one or more of the expected identifiers may be calculated. Second numerical scores indicating that the unrecognized identifiers were intended to include expected identifiers may also be calculated. The second numerical scores may be calculated using the first numerical scores and the frequencies of occurrence of the expected identifiers. One or more expected identifiers may be selected based on the second set of numerical scores.
US08930383B2	System and method for aggregation and association of professional affiliation data with commercial data content There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a first record that contains an identity of an individual, a name of a business, and a role of the individual in the business, (ii) matching the first record to data that provides a unique business identifier for the business, (iii) matching the first record to data that provides a unique individual identifier for the individual, (iii) appending to the first record (a) the unique business identifier, (b) the unique individual identifier, and (c) a unique role identifier for the role of the individual in the business, (iv) matching the first record to a second record based on the unique business identifier, the unique individual identifier, and the unique role identifier, and (v) consolidating the first and second records into a resultant record.
US08930382B2	High performance secure data access in a parallel processing system A mechanism is provided for secure data access in a parallel processing system. A database having two tables is provided. A subset of the tables' primary key attributes is considered sensitive. A first user is authorized to access the primary key's sensitive attribute in an unmasked format, while a second user is authorized to access same data in a masked format. Two security tables are generated having a plurality of entries mapping the values of the primary key attribute in the unmasked format to the values of the primary key attribute in the masked format. A security view is generated joining the two security tables. The security view grants the first user access to the values of the primary key's sensitive attribute in the unmasked format only and grants the second user access to the values of the primary key's sensitive attribute in the masked format only.
US08930379B2	Merging distributed mail into a unified folder view A technique for managing distributed email content uses metadata to identify the location of email maintained on one or more data storage resources. When processing email content for display, the metadata is consulted and a display output is generated that presents a unified email folder view in which the email is represented. Email may be represented in the unified email folder view regardless of whether the email's data storage resource is accessible. Email content that is not currently accessible may be identified as being inaccessible. The email may be identified in the unified email folder view by specifying the data storage resource on which it is stored. The unified email folder view may also include at least one email folder representation that merges email content from more than one data storage resource.
US08930376B2	Search result abstract quality using community metadata A system and method is described herein that uses community-based metadata to improve the manner by which a search engine generates an abstract for a document, such as a Web page. The community-based metadata may comprise, for example, tags or descriptors associated with the document by users of a Web service, such as users of a social bookmarking Web service. By using community-based metadata to help identify text fragments within a document that are most suitable for generating the abstract, an embodiment of the present invention generates an abstract that more accurately represents relevant document content as compared to conventional abstract generation algorithms.
US08930371B1	Systems and methods for efficiently storing index data on an electronic device A method for efficiently storing index data on an electronic device may include storing index data in data pages within an indexing data structure on the electronic device. The method may also include providing at least one directory for the indexing data structure. The method may also include dynamically modifying how many directory levels are provided for the indexing data structure in response to changes to the data pages within the indexing data structure.
US08930368B2	Categorizing data to perform access control At least one of data, an indication of the data, and metadata associated with the data is received at a first computing system, wherein the data is to be categorized. It is determined that at least part of the data is not to be categorized by the first computing system. In response to a determination that at least part of the data is not to be categorized by the first computing system, it is determined that a second computing system is indicated for categorization of the data and at least one of the data, an indication of the data, and the metadata associated with the data is transmitted from the first computing system to the second computing system.
US08930363B2	Efficient handling of address data in business transaction documents The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for efficiently handling address data in business transaction documents. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a modification to address data associated with an existing address instance, receiving, using at least one computer, an indication of a modification type, creating a new snapshot instance, associating the modified address data with the new snapshot instance, retrieving a unique reference value for the new address snapshot instance, and associating the unique reference value identifying the new address snapshot instance with the address instance.
US08930356B2	Techniques for modifying a query based on query associations Techniques are provided through which query associations are made between initial queries and corresponding query modifications to the initial queries previously made. Each query modification is made with respect to a searchable source. Based on these query associations, modified queries are generated on a per-source basis. Query associations may be stored on a per user or per community basis, where a community can include many users. Frequently used query modifications may be stored as templates.
US08930354B2	System and method for organizing content A method for organizing content includes receiving a first query from a first connected device, the first connected device operated on a first platform and associated with a user. The method further includes searching multiple reliable online depositories for first content relevant to the first query, organizing the first content into menus of relevant material, and making the first content available to the first connected device. The method further includes making the first content available to a second connected device, the second connected device operated on a second platform and associated with the user.
US08930349B2	Selectively modifying search engine results A technique for enhancing and improving the usability of search engine search results that are presented to a user who has requested information using such search engine, by either eliminating, or alternatively distinguishing, web-page/web-site identifiers such as universal resource locators (URLs) from a search result list presented to the user when the web-page/web-site is not currently accessible by the user.
US08930340B1	Blending content in an output Techniques include obtaining ranges of content relevance scores for different collections of content; generating a normalized range based on the ranges of content relevance scores; and normalizing a particular range of a particular collection of content including: generating a distribution of content relevance scores for the collection of content; identifying portions in the distribution; and generating a mapping of portions from the distribution to portions in the normalized range.
US08930339B2	Search engine performance evaluation using a task-based assessment metric The subject disclosure is directed towards evaluating search engine implementation performance using a task-based assessment metric. Logged user activities associated with the search engine implementation are processed into sessions and atomic events corresponding to the user activities within the sessions. The atomic events corresponding to the user activities are classified into tasks based on similarity of the queries within the user activities. After applying the task-based assessment metric to task information associated with the search engine implementation, an evaluation mechanism determines indicia of search engine implementation performance in terms of user behavior.
US08930335B2	Information processing apparatus, information search method and program One embodiment provides an information processing apparatus, including: a search module configured to perform a search on a plurality of pages with a designated search condition, the pages being managed by an application program capable of managing information by arranging at least one object in any desired layout on each page; and a display controller configured to display at least one object extracted through the search on a screen of a display module as a search result, with a layout of each object on the page kept unchanged.
US08930334B2	Creating a database that stores information about individual habitable units Techniques for creating and searching a database that stores information about a plurality of individual habitable units (IHUs) are provided. An example of an IHU is a hotel room. Image data that depicts where a plurality of IHUs reside relative to each other is placed on a base image, such as a satellite/map image. The base image is associated with a mapping that maps points on the base image to spatial (e.g., geographical) coordinates. The coordinates of the IHU may be used to generate a computer-rendered view from a window of an IHU. Also, label input is received that labels each IHU reflected in the image data with certain information. Each label indicates a value of an attribute of an IHU, such as its size, price, distance from elevators, etc. A query that targets information about each IHU may be processed and results returned that are ranked based on criteria associated with the query.
US08930333B1	Lockahead for simultaneous readers and writers in a clustered file system A system and method for efficiently performing simultaneous access of files in a clustered file system. A cluster of nodes is coupled to a data storage medium. A first node executes a first thread with write operations for a given file. A second node executes a second thread with read operations for the given file. The first thread is appending the given file. In response, the first node requests a write lock range between an end-of-file for the given file to a highest possible endpoint. If a prediction determines the second thread may request read locks after the range it is currently reading, then the method enables the locks to be efficiently transferred from the first node to the second node before they are required on the second node, allowing the reading second node to proceed with fewer delays.
US08930331B2	Providing unique views of data based on changes or rules In one embodiment, a method comprises creating and storing, in a revisioning database, one or more data objects; wherein a first plurality of the data objects is associated with a base realm representing data shared across all users of the database; wherein a second plurality of the data objects is associated with one or more child realms, wherein each of the child realms represents data local to a project, wherein each of the users is associated with one or more of the child realms; wherein the revisioning database associates each data object to a realm identifier value and to a version identifier value for a plurality of versions of the data object, wherein each of the versions represents a change to the data object by any of a plurality of users; receiving a request from a first user to view a third plurality of data objects in the revisioning database; selecting, based on the base realm, the particular realm, the version identifier value for the data objects in the third plurality, and one or more rules associated with the particular realm and the first user, data objects in the third plurality that can be viewed by the first user; creating a particular data view that includes only the selected data objects; and providing a display of the particular data view to the first user.
US08930329B2	Systems and methods for transformation of logical data objects for storage Methods and systems for transforming a logical data object for storage in a storage device configured to operate with at least one storage protocol. One method comprises creating in the storage device a transformed logical data object comprising a one or more allocated storage sections with a predefined size and receiving one or more data chunks corresponding to the transformed logical data object. The method further comprises determining if each received data chunk comprises a predefined criterion, transforming each data chunk that comprises the predefined criterion, maintaining each data chuck in raw form that does not comprise the predefined criterion, and sequentially storing each transformed data chuck and data chunk in raw form into said one or more allocated storage sections in accordance with an order said transformed data chunks and data chunks in raw form are received. One system comprises a processor configured to perform the above method.
US08930327B2	Method and system for scrubbing information from heap dumps In production applications that process and transfer secure and sensitive customer data, the heap dump files of these applications, which may be useful for debugging production issues and bugs, may contain secure and sensitive information. Thus, to make the useful debugging information available in heap dumps from production applications without compromising secure client data to those assigned to debugging and fixing production issues, these heap dumps may be scrubbed of sensitive information without scrubbing information that is useful for debugging.
US08930325B2	Generating and utilizing a data fingerprint to enable analysis of previously available data According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system analyzes data in response to detecting occurrence of an event, and includes a computer system including at least one processor. The system maps fields between the data and a fingerprint definition identifying relevant fields of the data to produce a fingerprint for the data. The data is deleted after occurrence of the event. The produced fingerprint is stored in a data repository, and retrieved in response to detection of the event occurrence after the data has been deleted. The system analyzes the retrieved fingerprint to evaluate an impact of the event on corresponding deleted data. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for analyzing data in response to detecting occurrence of an event in substantially the same manner described above.

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