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US09221545B2	Aircraft nacelle assemblies Aircraft nacelle assemblies include a frame, a cowl coupled to the frame, and a biasing member (including a passive mechanism) coupled between the frame and the cowl. The cowl is configured to move between a closed position and an open position. The passive mechanism is configured to provide a biasing force to the cowl. When the cowl is in or near the closed position, the biasing force coupled with the weight of the cowl results in a first net force that urges the cowl away from the open position, and when the cowl is in or near the open position, the biasing force coupled with the weight of the cowl results in a second net force that urges the cowl away from the closed position.
US09221541B2	Piece of furniture for an aircraft including means for distributing a carriage between two sections A piece of furniture for an aircraft, including a plurality of carriages a first section forming an interface of use for a user with which at least one carriage may be taken and/or deposited in the piece of furniture and a second section allowing the said carriages to be circulated along at least first and second main directions substantially perpendicular to each other, at least in a plane of the aircraft for storing and/or delivering to the user at least one carriage, the first section and/or the second section including an arrangement for distributing at least one carriage from the second section towards the first section and vice versa.
US09221536B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle and operations thereof The present invention provides methods and apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with improved reliability. According to one aspect of the invention, interference experienced by onboard sensors from onboard electrical components is reduced. According to another aspect of the invention, user-configuration or assembly of electrical components is minimized to reduce user errors.
US09221534B2	Device for connecting a gearmotor to an aircraft wheel in order to enable the wheel to be driven selectively by the gearmotor A device for connecting a gearmotor to an aircraft wheel, the device comprising: a casing rotatably carrying a shaft that is to be driven by the gearmotor, and on which a pinion is mounted idle by means of a rolling bearing; a toothed ring for being constrained in rotation with the aircraft wheel and arranged to mesh permanently with the idle pinion; and rotation securing structure for selectively constraining the idle pinion in rotation with the shaft. A bushing is interposed between the shaft and the rolling bearing of the idle pinion.
US09221533B1	Removable window system for space vehicles A window system for a platform comprising a window pane, a retention frame, and a biasing system. The window pane may be configured to contact a sealing system. The retention frame may be configured to contact the sealing system and hold the window pane against the support frame. The biasing system may be configured to bias the retention frame toward the support frame while the support frame and the retention frame are in a configuration that holds the window pane. Removal of the biasing system may cause the retention frame and the window pane to be removable.
US09221528B2	Wake towers and methods of use and manufacture thereof A wake tower for a powerboat for use in wakeboarding or other water sports is described. The wake tower can include base members attached to the powerboat and a U-shaped bar extending generally upwardly from the base members. The side bars can be tapered inward and can also be angled toward the bow of the powerboat. Support members can be positioned along the side bars to provide increased structural support to increase the maximum load of the wake tower and to increase the rigidity of the wake tower resulting in less shaking during use. A tow cross bar having a tow rope connector can be suspended generally between the side bars of the wake tower. The wake tower can be transitioned between an upright position and a lowered position.
US09221521B2	Apparatus and anchor handling vessels for installing or removing and replacing a segment of a mooring line Disclosed are platforms adapted to be mounted onto anchor handling vessels (AHVs) and AHVs useful for replacing a used wire rope segment or for installing a new wire rope segment in a mooring line which can be used for mooring a floating vessel such as a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel.
US09221517B2	Bicycle rear hub A bicycle rear hub includes a hub spindle, a drive part, a hub shell, at least one first opposed part, at least one second opposed part and a driving force measuring part. The drive part is rotatably supported on the hub spindle, and configured to receive a driving-force-input member. The hub shell is rotatably supported on the hub spindle and operatively coupled to the drive part for rotation by the drive part on the hub spindle. The at least one first opposed part is coupled to the drive part. The at least one second opposed part is coupled to the hub shell and being disposed oppose to the first opposed part with a gap therebetween. The driving force measuring part includes at least one sensor arranged to measure at least one of the gap between the first and second opposed parts and a displacement of the gap.
US09221516B1	Hub motor structure Disclosed is hub motor structure installed on a bicycle, the hub motor structure including a hollow shaft installed on a frame of the bicycle, a housing rotatably installed on the hollow shaft, and connected to a wheel at an outer circumferential surface thereof through spokes, a cover rotatably installed on the hollow shaft while installed on the housing, and on which a driven sprocket connected to a chain is provided to receive a pedaling force, a motor disposed in the housing and generating a rotary force to drive the wheel, a continuous variable transmission (CVT) disposed in the housing to selectively shift power supplied from the motor, a power transmission unit configured to transmit a rotary force of the motor to the CVT, and a gear unit configured to transmit a rotary force output from the CVT to the housing.
US09221515B2	Bicycle pedal Bicycle pedal with safety fixing comprising a pedal body (1) rotatably mounted on an axle (2) and, on one face of the pedal body, a mechanism (A) for attachment of a cleat adapted to be fixed to the bottom of a shoe, this mechanism comprising first attachment means (3) and second attachment means (4) situated on either side of the axle of the pedal, one of the attachment means consisting of a hoop (5) that is virtually fixed relative to the pedal body while the other attachment means (3) are mobile and can be moved against a return spring in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axle of the pedal to clamp the cleat or release it the hoop (5) has a lug (6a, 6b) at each of its two ends, each lug having passed through it and being supported by at least one spring axle (7a, 7b) mounted in the pedal body, which spring axle also supports is the mobile attachment means (3).
US09221507B2	Robot and method of controlling walking thereof A method of controlling walking a biped robot to generate a walking pattern maximally similar to that of a human includes generating a walking pattern, calculating a walking pattern similarity corresponding to the walking pattern, and comparing the walking pattern similarity with a predetermined reference pattern similarity, and changing the walking pattern based on a result of the comparison. When the robot walks, a knee is maximally stretched and a horizontal movement of a waist is minimized such that the walking pattern of the robot is maximally similar to that of a human, thus enhancing an affinity for a human being and increasing energy efficiency.
US09221504B2	Mobile stabilization device A mobile stabilization device consists of at least one linear gear forming a track adapted to be securely attached to a vehicle. A movable counterweight member including at least one gear that is adapted to cooperate with at least one linear gear and thereby move linearly along the track, and a servo-motor attached between the counterweight member and at least one gear for actuating and rotating at least one gear thereon and hence along the track. An inclination detector adapted to determine the inclination of the vehicle and send signals to at least one servo-motor and at least one of the counterweight's gears to thereby move the counterweight along the track to a position that would increase the stability of the vehicle.
US09221502B2	Aerodynamic gooseneck trailer An aerodynamic gooseneck trailer includes a leading end configuration that provides an aerodynamically efficient shape, and a main body portion including substantially vertically oriented sidewalls that are curved, and a roof section that is narrower than the floor section.
US09221498B2	Structural member for a motor vehicle A structural member of a motor vehicle, e.g., a “B” pillar, comprises a reinforcing member having an elongate core of ultra high strength steel and a casing of aluminum alloy, the casing having a constant section profile with a closed section cavity. The core is encased within the casing and the core and the casing bonded together by co-drawing the core and the casing through a die. The casing has a pair of spaced flanges which connect the reinforcing member to aluminum alloy pressings to form the structural member. The reinforcing member has considerable yield strength from the use of the ultra high strength steel in the core while the flanges, being of aluminum alloy, are readily joined by self-piercing rivets.
US09221496B2	Suspension module having a skidplate A suspension module for a vehicle. The suspension module may include a subframe, a skid plate, and a differential. The skid plate may be mounted to the subframe. The differential may be mounted to the skid plate.
US09221487B2	Convertible stroller seat A child seat has a seat bottom and a seat back pivotally joined to the seat bottom at a seat bight. The seat back and seat bottom are movable between a toddler seat position with the seat back raised to a non-parallel orientation relative to the seat bottom and a lie flat position with the seat back lowered to a generally parallel orientation relative to the seat bottom. A bassinet rail assembly has a foot rail portion and a head rail portion and is able to move to a bassinet wall configuration around a perimeter of and elevated above the child seat when the seat back is in the lie flat position.
US09221450B2	Method for operating a vehicle with an electric drive machine A method for operating a vehicle having an electric machine for driving the vehicle and a brake system. Electric energy can be recovered from a movement of the vehicle by the electric machine. In the method, a state of the brake system of the vehicle is determined, and an actuation of a brake pedal of the vehicle is detected. A brake pressure of the brake system and an energy recovery by the electric machine are adjusted dependent on the state of the brake system and the actuation of the brake pedal.
US09221449B2	Electric brake system for vehicle Disclosed herein is an electric brake system for a vehicle including a reservoir, a master cylinder, an input rod, and a pedal displacement sensor. The electric brake system includes a pressure supply unit to receive oil and to output an electrical signal through the pedal displacement sensor, a hydraulic control unit to perform braking of a wheel, first and second switching valves connected to a channel connecting the pressure supply unit to the hydraulic control unit, a simulator connected to the master cylinder, and an electronic control unit to control the motor and the valves. The pressure supply unit includes a pressure chamber, a hydraulic piston arranged in the pressure chamber, a hydraulic spring to elastically support the hydraulic piston, the motor to generate rotational force, and a ball-screw member to convert rotational motion of the motor into rectilinear motion. The hydraulic piston is connected to the screw.
US09221442B2	Brake control apparatus for vehicle Electric motor control is based on a target energization amount calculated using a braking operation member operation amount. A state quantity is acquired as an actual value, indicating an actual actuation state of a movable member located in a power transmission path from the electric motor to a friction member. Using the operation amount, it is determined whether or not inertia compensation control is necessary, which compensates for the inertia influence of a brake actuator during electric motor deceleration. “A target value corresponding to the actual value” is determined as a reference value, which is calculated based on the operation amount at a time when inertia compensation control is necessary. Based on the actual and reference values, “an inertia compensation energization amount for decreasing the target energization amount to compensate for the influence of inertia” is calculated, and the target energization amount is adjusted using the inertia compensation energization amount.
US09221439B2	Road surface frictional coefficient estimating apparatus A road surface frictional coefficient estimating apparatus includes a device which determines a first estimated value of a to-be-compared external force acting on a vehicle due to the resultant force of road surface reaction forces using a determined frictional coefficient estimated value and the like, and a device which determines a second estimated value of the to-be-compared external force from the observed value of motional state amounts of the vehicle that define an inertial force corresponding to the to-be-compared external force. The estimated value of a road surface frictional coefficient is updated based on the difference between the first estimated value and the second estimated value. When the first estimated value and the second estimated value have opposite polarities, the updating of the estimated value of the road surface frictional coefficient based on the difference is not carried out.
US09221433B2	Safety braking system for a hand-pushed rollator The present invention is a safety braking system for a hand-pushed rollator, which allows the user to engage different operation modes: a park mode, a walk mode, and a brake mode. The present invention comprises a wheel mechanism, a cable assembly, and a handlebar mechanism. The wheel mechanism allows a wheel to rotate during walk mode, to engage the wheel with a parking brake during park mode, and to engage the wheel with a friction brake during brake mode. The wheel mechanism pivots the parking brake and the friction brake on a lever in order to switch between the different operation modes. The handlebar mechanism allows the user to shift between the different operation modes and is engaged to the wheel mechanism through the cable assembly. The handlebar mechanism uses two levers that are pushed and pulled by the user in order to shift between the different operation modes.
US09221432B2	Snow brush A snow brush, comprising flexible sheets secured by a first edge to a handle, all edges of the flexible sheets other than the first edge providing corresponding continuous brushing edges, wherein the flexible sheets are sheets of closed cells foams, and a method for fabricating the now brush, comprising selecting flexible sheets, securing a first edge of the flexible sheets to a handle, wherein selecting flexible sheets comprises selecting a number of sheets, and a thickness, a density and a free length of each sheet.
US09221430B2	Washer apparatus for vehicle A branch conduit is branched from a main conduit. A switching device is provided at a location between an upstream side portion of the main conduit and the branch conduit and is adapted to connect the upstream side portion of the main conduit to one of a rear window wash nozzle and a camera wash nozzle. When the switching device receives an electric signal, which indicates placement of a vehicle in a reverse drive mode, the switching device connects the upstream side portion of the main conduit to the camera wash nozzle through the branch conduit upon disconnecting the upstream side portion of the main conduit from the at least one window wash nozzle.
US09221427B2	System for selectively locking a steering column A system for selectively locking a steering column comprises a lock bolt configured for translating along its axis so as to extend, in a first state, a first length from a base and, in a second state, a second length from the base. A motor is supported by a housing and has an output shaft. A driving platform with driving ramps is disposed about the lock bolt and coupled to the output shaft. A driven platform is disposed about the lock bolt, between a shoulder of the lock bolt and the driving platform. The driven platform is configured for interacting with each of the driving ramps to define a separation distance that depends upon a rotational position of the driving platform. The driven platform is also configured to cooperate with the shoulder of the lock bolt such that translation of the driven platform causes the lock bolt to translate.
US09221425B2	Webbing retractor A webbing retractor has a clutch mechanism including a lock member; a clutch cover, and a clutch guide that is positioned between the clutch cover and a spool. The clutch guide is capable of relatively rotating between an unactuated position and an actuated position with respect to the clutch cover, the clutch guide being engaged with a trigger member positioned on a side of the spool and being normally held in the unactuated position. A spring is provided in a compressed state between the clutch cover and the clutch guide, and a pawl is positioned between the clutch cover and the clutch guide, and engages with the ring unit when the trigger member disengages from the clutch guide. An axial-direction separation restricting mechanism restricts axial-direction separation between the clutch cover and the clutch guide while allowing the relative rotation between the clutch cover and the clutch guide.
US09221421B2	Bonnet arrangement The present disclosure relates to a bonnet arrangement for a vehicle, the bonnet arrangement including a bonnet and a hinge arrangement, which is adapted to be attached to the bonnet. The hinge arrangement is arranged to permit pivotal displacement of the bonnet relative to the vehicle around a first pivot axis located in the hinge arrangement. The bonnet arrangement further includes a passive energy absorbing member positioned and arranged so as to absorb impact energy from an impact occurring at the bonnet in a region above the hinge arrangement. The energy absorbing member may be adapted to be attached to the bonnet and/or to the hinge arrangement.
US09221420B2	Airbag inflation systems and methods An airbag assembly may include an airbag and an inflator in fluid communication with the airbag. The inflator may have a gas source chamber containing a gas source and a centrifugal flow chamber into which the gas flows from the gas source chamber through a centrifugal flow barrier. As the gas moves through the centrifugal flow barrier, it may be urged to move along a pathway that encircles at least a part of a longitudinal axis of the inflator. The gas may then move toward the longitudinal axis to flow through an orifice of an inward flow barrier. this inward flow may occur at a velocity that is generally too large for entrained particulates. Thus, such particulates may remain in the centrifugal flow chamber. The gas may flow from the orifice into a plenum chamber that releases the gas to the airbag via a plurality of apertures.
US09221419B2	Head protection airbag apparatus An airbag has a lower edge of the inflation shielding section positioned lower than a belt line that is composed of the lower edge of the window at the time of the full inflation. The airbag is roll-folded such that the lower edge side thereof is wound toward the exterior side after the lower edge side thereof is folded to the exterior side, and is folded such that the lower edge-side end at the time of the full inflation is positioned on the outermost circumferential side of a roll-folding portion. While folded, the lower edge-sided end is disposed in a region where, during deployment and inflation, the lower edge-side end does not follow the inner circumferential portion of the roll-folding portion that is deployed on the inner circumferential side of the lower edge-side end, but is disposed at a position of the interior side of the inner circumferential portion.
US09221412B2	Front vehicle body structure A front vehicle body structure includes: a front side member that is arranged on a side portion of a front vehicle body longitudinally in a vehicle front-rear direction; a bumper reinforcement that is arranged longitudinally in a vehicle width direction, that is connected directly or indirectly to a front end of the front side member, and that includes a protruding portion that protrudes more outward in the vehicle width direction than the front side member; and a high-strength member that is formed with a higher strength than the protruding portion, that is mounted to a rear-surface side of the protruding portion, and that is formed such that a dimension in the vehicle front-rear direction is increased as the high-strength member extends more outward in the vehicle width direction.
US09221406B2	Portable carrier for holding bags or holding displays on vehicles Apparatuses and related methods for holding bags for transporting trash or holding displays on the exterior of a vehicle. The apparatuses include an adjustable-size rack comprising one or more detachable members which are attachable to the receiver segment of a base member. A base member has an engagement segment for mounting the apparatus on a vehicle. In a first apparatus, the engagement segment mounts on the shoulders of the shoulder bolts used for installing the license plate on a vehicle. In a second apparatus, the engagement segment mounts on the shoulders of an adapter which is installed over the license plate of a vehicle. In a third apparatus, two straps link the engagement segment on the exterior to a restraining bar configured inside the trunk of a vehicle. In a fourth apparatus, the engagement segment mounts on an external spare wheel of a vehicle.
US09221392B2	Warning device and method for vehicles A warning device for a vehicle is provided. The warning device comprises a main body including a lateral side and a bottom side, a first light device configured on the main body and emitting a first light toward the lateral side, and at least one of a second light device and a laser module configured on the main body and emitting a second light toward the bottom side.
US09221391B2	Vehicle turn signal switch device A vehicle turn signal switch device whereby the production of knocking sounds by a cancellation pin when a steering wheel is turned in the direction of a turn signal is suppressed. A turn signal switch includes a fixed member and a movable plate. The cancellation pin, which is supported by the fixed member and the movable plate such that the cancellation pin can swing and move forward and backward relative to a cancellation cam, includes a sliding-contact surface that is in sliding contact with the fixed member. The cancellation pin is biased by a return spring in the direction of the cancellation cam and in the direction of the sliding contact of the sliding-contact surface with the fixed member.
US09221386B2	Warning device for judging whether occupant is visually distracted A warning device that is highly effective in encouraging a driver to stop visually distracted driving. The warning device includes a visually-distracted-driving determination unit and a warning unit. The visually-distracted driving determination unit determines that a driver is visually distracted if the direction in which the driver is looking is greater than or equal to a predetermined angle with respect to the front of the driver. The warning unit issues a visual warning at a position visible to the driver when the visually-distracted-driving determination unit determines that the driver is visually distracted. The warning unit is arranged on a virtual boundary line forming the predetermined angle with the front of the driver on the right and/or left side thereof.
US09221385B2	Emergency digital sign network with video camera, methods of operation, and storage medium The disclosed subject matter provides a digital sign with a video camera. The digital sign and video camera are connected via a communications medium to a central computer. The central computer provides a way of changing the images displayed on the digital sign and of disseminating the video from the video camera either through real time forwarding/viewing or recording the real time video stream and playing back the recorded video to a user. The central computer also provides a user interface where an authorized user, which would normally include an authorized governmental entity, can view the video stream and unilaterally interrupt the normally displayed image (or series of images) with an emergency notification message that would display on the digital sign.
US09221384B2	Method for controlling a display device of a motor vehicle In a method for controlling a display device of a motor vehicle for displaying an environmental information relating to an environment of the motor vehicle, the environmental information is assigned at least one directional information which describes a detection direction of a detection device used for determining the environmental information or a direction to an object described by the environmental information based on a reference point, in particular a sitting position of the driver inside the motor vehicle, wherein the display device for displaying the environmental information which covers at least one angular range which lies in a horizontal plane is activated in a sub-range of the angular range which is assigned to the directional information.
US09221382B1	Strap edge guard An edge guard to provide a barrier between a strap and a load comprising an angled plate, where the angled plate includes a first portion and a second portion that meet at a corner; tabs attached to the first portion of the angled plate, where the tabs receive the strap, and where the strap is positioned between tabs and the angled plate; and bolts to secure tabs to the angled plate.
US09221381B1	Adjustable magnetic tie-down An adjustable magnetic tie down includes a plate having an upper and lower surface, a tie-down, a fastener attached to the tie down, and a magnet attached to the lower surface of the plate. The tie down has a first end and a second end. The first end of the tie-down is attached to the plate, and the second end of the tie-down is attached to the fastener. The fastener is adapted to releasably engage the plate.
US09221378B2	Slide-out room mechanism for a vehicle A slide-out system having a first and second slide-out assembly which are fixed to a first and second side of a slide-out room respectfully. Each assembly preferably includes an upper and lower gear rack fixed to the respective side of the slide-out room. An electric motor is connected to a drive gear that engages the top gear rack, driving movement of the slide-out room. This movement is distributed or synchronized with a lower portion of the room by an axle having a top gear engaged with the top gear rack and a bottom gear engaged with the bottom gear rack. Since the axle is not directly connected to the motor, it acts solely as a secondary synchronization mechanism between the top and bottom of the room.
US09221376B2	Vehicle tray A tray for use in a vehicle may include a base sized and shaped to fit within a vehicle cup holder and a tray attachable to the base and repositionable on the base to different positions.
US09221368B2	Warning device for a car seat base A warning device for a car seat base includes a car seat base, a support leg and a color signal revealing mechanism. The car seat base is capable of mounting on a vehicle seat and provided with a support face for supporting a car seat thereupon and a signal window for showing signals by colors. The support leg is movably and rotably mounted to the car seat base. Once the length of the support leg is not yet good enough to abut the car seat base, or someday the lock means of the support leg is failed, the weight of the support leg would carry itself moving downward, by this way to cause the signal element to reveal a warning signal from signal window to the user.
US09221366B2	Energy-dissipation system A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-absorption apparatus coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat. The energy-absorption apparatus is configured to absorb external energy associated with an external impact force applied to the energy-absorption apparatus.
US09221364B2	Synchronizer for manual recliner A recliner assembly for a vehicle seat that has a pair of adjustable recliners are disposed on opposite sides of the seat that connect a seat back to a seat base. The recliners are shifted between a locked position and an unlocked position by manually pivoting a connector rod. Each recliner has a gear plate and a guide plate that are each associated with one of the seat base and seat back. An easy entry module is also provided to release the seat back to pivot over the seat base to provide access to an area behind the seat back. A static connector may be provided that connects the gear plates of each of the pair of recliners and retains the gear plates of each recliner in alignment with the corresponding gear plate of the other recliner.
US09221361B1	Spring assisted energy attenuating seating system Methods and apparatus are provided for a spring assisted energy attenuating seating system. In one embodiment the seating system includes a seat mounted for guided, sliding vertical movement up and down a stationary vertically oriented column inside the vehicle, and a locking mechanism for releasably locking the seat to the column at a plurality of vertical positions. The system may further include a lift spring connected between the seat and support column configured to apply a constant upward force to the seat.
US09221345B2	Battery charging device for motor vehicle A battery charging device for a motor vehicle capable of enabling the charging of a low voltage battery by a high voltage battery, without using a transformer such as a DC/DC converter, is disclosed. A battery pack 30 has a plurality of battery modules 31 having an output equivalent to a lead battery 5, a parallel circuit 39 for connecting the plurality of battery modules 31 in parallel, and a series circuit 34 for connecting the plurality of battery modules 31 in series, and the lead battery 5 is connected to the parallel circuit 39 in parallel with the plurality of battery modules 31.
US09221343B2	Pyrotechnic high voltage battery disconnect A system for decoupling a HV source from an electric vehicle's electrical system is provided that includes (i) at least one electrical contactor, where the HV source is electrically connected to the vehicle's electrical system when the electrical contactor is in a closed state and not electrically connected to the vehicle's electrical system when the electrical contactor is in an open state; (ii) a supplemental restraint system (SRS) that monitors collision data from a plurality of impact sensors and outputs an activation signal in response to monitored collision data; and (iii) a pyrotechnic switch, where the pyrotechnic switch has a pre-activated first state that provides a conductive path that allows the HV source to be electrically connected to the vehicle's electrical system and an activated second state that severs the conductive path and prevents the HV source from being electrically connected to the vehicle's electrical system.
US09221337B2	Gear box A gearbox has a first shaft with at least two journalled gearwheels, a first gearwheel to drive the first shaft in a first direction and a second gearwheel to drive the first shaft in a second direction. Devices selectively lock the gearwheels situated on the first shaft for joint rotation. A second has at least two fixed gearwheels, one second gearwheel cooperates with the first gearwheel for operation in the first direction. A third shaft with a third gearwheel which selectively in or out of engagement with the first and second gearwheels for operation in the first direction. The first gearwheel intended for operation in the first direction is also in engagement with one or more further power-transmitting device used for connecting at least one form of extra equipment, e.g. a retarder or a power take-off.
US09221336B1	Integral power distribution assembly for engine A power distribution assembly integrated into the lower engine housing of an internal combustion engine, the assembly having a drive train with a T-box output configuration and power take off driven by the crankshaft of the engine. The drive train may power the input shafts of a pair of independent, variable drive transmissions. In one embodiment, a single actuator engages a manual clutch/brake mechanism that controls the output shaft of the power take off. In other embodiments, an electric clutch affords control of the power take off mechanism. In further embodiments, a hydraulic clutch/brake assembly allows control of the power take off, and an additional hydraulic clutch assembly may be used to control the outputs of the T-box.
US09221326B2	Drive system for a land craft A drive system (DS) for a land craft comprises a machine system (M1, M2) for driving the land craft, the machine system comprising at least a first and a second electric machine (M1, M2) acting on a common drive shaft (S) for driving the land craft, and a control device (PE, PE1, PE2) which is adapted to control the machine system for operating in at least two rotating speed operation ranges (OR1, OR2) with different rotating speeds of the drive shaft (S). The first electric machine (MI) is controlled to operate in both rotating speed operation ranges (OR1, OR2) to provide a first drive torque, and the second electric machine (M2) is controlled to operate in only one of the rotating speed operation ranges (OR1) to provide a second drive torque in addition to the first drive torque.
US09221325B2	Side door structure for vehicle A side door structure for a vehicle, the side door structure includes a door sash; a door panel; and a door checker which is spaced just below the door sash. A door checker is mounted on a door inner panel having a recess which is depressed inward the side door. The bottom surface of the recess has a central portion formed at the deepest position in a central height area, and an upper inclined portion inclined upward from the central portion to an upper end edge of the recess. The upper end edge of the upper inclined portion is formed such that the outer end thereof in a vehicle width direction is a top portion. The top portion is located inwardly of an extension line of the laterally inward end of the door sash, and is located inwardly of a lower end of the door sash.
US09221324B2	Exterior door strip assembly A structure of an exterior door strip includes a mounting portion mounted to an outer side of a outer door panel positioned, and a SUS trim coupled to an outer side of the mounting portion, and including: a first mounting portion formed in a longitudinal direction and having an end piece; a bridge connected to an other end of the first mounting portion; and a second mounting portion connected to the other end of the bridge and having a screw hole, in which the first mounting portion, the bridge, and the second mounting portion are integrally formed, and torque caused by screw engagement of the second mounting portion is not transmitted to the first mounting portion, thereby resolving a problem regarding quality in external appearance of the vehicle, preventing corrosion caused by rain water, and reducing production costs of the vehicle.
US09221321B2	Convertible corvette wind blocker The wind blocker allows the simple and inexpensive manufacture of a wind blocker for the convertible C5 and C6 Corvette which utilizes illuminated text and/or artwork. The design of the wind blocker allows such text or artwork to be quickly and inexpensively applied based on customer requirements. The use of computer aided etching techniques allow the wind blocker to be cost effectively manufactured with custom artwork in quantities as low as one item. This allows the end customer to utilize any artistic design desired to create a completely custom, one-of-a-kind accessory for the customer's C5 or C6 Corvette.
US09221320B2	Methods and systems for shading a window A window shade system is provided. The system includes a frame coupleable adjacent to a window. The frame includes first and second side members. At least two shade roll assemblies are coupled to the frame. The at least two shade roll assemblies are selectively movable along the first and second side members independently of each other. A shade member is coupled to the at least two shade roll assemblies. In addition, the shade member is selectively variably permeable to light.
US09221316B2	Chassis actuator device for a vehicle Roll stabilizers as an example for chassis actuators are used for compensating or suppressing rolling movements of a vehicle about its longitudinal axis. Such rolling movements are caused, in particular, when driving around curves due to centrifugal forces. A chassis actuator device is provided, in particular, a roll stabilizer, for a vehicle with a flange connection between an actuator and a stabilization component. A holder-side positive-locking contour is arranged on a holder section of the flange connection and a flange-side positive-locking contour is arranged on a flange. The positive-locking contours together form a positive-locking connection in the circumferential direction about a torsion axis A, and the flange-side positive-locking contour is arranged on a flange-side lateral surface and/or the holder-side positive-locking contour is arranged on a holder-side lateral surface.
US09221315B2	Cylinder unit A cylinder unit includes a cylinder, a rod guide, a piston, a piston rod, and a rebound member provided between the rod guide and the piston to absorb impact generated when the cylinder unit is fully extended. The rebound member includes a coil spring arranged around an outer circumference of the piston rod and a pair of upper and lower holder members fitted to the fixing portions formed in both ends of the coil spring so that the piston rod is inserted into a shaft center hole. The center portion formed between the fixing portions of the coil spring has a diameter smaller than that of the fixing portion.
US09221311B2	Linkage arrangement A linkage arrangement for an articulated vehicle. The linkage arrangement (1) comprises a front frame (50) of the articulated vehicle, a rear frame (60) of the articulated vehicle, and a first pivot joint (10) interconnecting the front frame (50) and the rear frame (60) such that the front frame (50) and the rear frame (60) are pivotable relative each other about the first pivot joint (10). The linkage arrangement also comprises a link (40) having a fixed length. The link has a front end (41) pivotably connected to the front frame (50) by means of a second pivot joint (20), and a rear end (42) pivotably connected to the rear frame (60) by means of a third pivot joint (30). A projection of the first pivot joint (10) on the link (40) is positioned between the second (20) and third (30) pivot joints, at a first distance (D12) from the second (20) pivot joint and at a second distance (D13) from the third pivot joint (30).
US09221305B2	Heavy duty pneumatic tire Heavy duty pneumatic tire with a tread portion having a zigzag crown main groove and a pair of zigzag shoulder main grooves forming two crown land portions between the crown main groove and two shoulder main grooves. The crown land portion is divided by crown lateral grooves into circumferentially arranged crown blocks. The crown lateral grooves in each crown land portion extend from alternate axially inside zigzag vertices of the shoulder main groove to zigzag vertices of the crown main groove, while inclining with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The crown block has a crown auxiliary groove narrower in width than the crown main groove and extending to one of the zigzag vertices of the crown main groove to which none of the crown lateral grooves are connected, from one of the inside zigzag vertices of the shoulder main groove, while inclining with respect to the tire axial direction.
US09221303B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with major oblique grooves disposed staggeredly on both sides of the tread pattern's center line, and plural minor oblique grooves disposed between the circumferentially adjacent major oblique grooves. The major and minor oblique grooves extend toward the counter-tire-rotational direction while increasing the angle with respect to the circumferential direction. When the axial width between the tread pattern's center line and a tread edge is evenly partitioned into 1st to 5th zones in this order from the center line, the angle θ of the major oblique groove satisfies: θ1<θ2=<θ3=<θ4=<θ5 and θ5−θ1=50 to 110 degrees, wherein θ1 to θ5 are mean values of the angle θ in the 1st to 5th zones. Each major oblique groove is provided in the 1st or 2nd zone with a bent point at which the angle θ changes at least 30 degrees.
US09221298B2	Hub clamp assembly A hub clamp assembly includes a hub that has a flange portion and an annular sleeve portion. The sleeve portion has a plurality of substantially longitudinal slits therein extending from a distal end toward the flange portion to form a plurality of sleeve segments. The sleeve portion further has an outer surface that includes a concentric, unthreaded grooves. The assembly also includes an annular collar that has a plurality of sleeve engagement pieces each having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface of the sleeve engagement piece contains concentric, unthreaded grooves slidably engaged with concentric, unthreaded grooves of the outer surface of the sleeve portion. A support ring surrounds the sleeve portion of the hub and overlies the second surfaces of the sleeve engagement pieces.
US09221288B2	Printing process and system for ascertaining register defects Printing material printing processes generate a raster bit map manipulated by matrix manipulation to compensate for geometrical distortions of the printed image on the printing material. First of all, the same correction functions are used for following raster bit maps, if the intention is to dispense with the imaging of test printing forms. Measuring marks are also printed, while printing is underway, at fixed positions on a sheet to establish any present register defects. Different repeat configurations for follow-up printing means that it is no longer possible for the measuring marks to be provided at the same positions. The ascertained deviations are used to interpolate adjusted deviations at the first positions for the first measuring marks to make it possible to use the second measuring marks at the shifted positions. Further technical measures are then implemented on this basis. A printing system for printing a printing material is also provided.
US09221283B1	Determination apparatus and determination method for determining reusability of sheet A determination apparatus comprises a memory and a controller. The memory stores the area data of a plurality of areas divided in a specific form. The controller acquires a scanned image after an erasing processing is carried out for a sheet on which the specific form is printed, determines the state of the sheet subjected to the erasing processing by differing a threshold value for each image area associated with the area data and determines whether or not the sheet is reusable based on the result of the determination.
US09221280B2	Method for applying vaccum force on web A method for applying vacuum force across a width of a web of movable print medium as it moves through a printing system and determining if positions of a pair of adjustable edge seals do not correspond to the width of the movable print medium is disclosed. The method comprises defining a vacuum chamber and using a vacuum source to provide vacuum in the vacuum chamber. Sealing rollers and the adjustable edge seals define an opening in the vacuum chamber. Appropriate response curves from a plurality of response curves for different known print media are selected. First and second signals indicative of the activation level of the vacuum source and the vacuum level in the vacuum chamber are produced. The signals are compared to the response curves to produce an error signal indicating whether the position of the edge seals corresponds to the width of the print medium.
US09221274B2	Direct printing method for printing a cover layer onto containers Method for direct printing on containers via a direct printing machine, with a print layer printed onto the container, in a first predefined area, in a first device, and a cover layer applied to the container in a second device, the cover layer applied to a second predefined area. A surface area of the second predefined area is larger than that of the first predefined area. The cover layer coalesces with the printing ink in the first predefined area, creating a first connection, and coalesces with the container in parts of the second predefined area differing from the first predefined area, creating a second connection. The first and second connections are insoluble in aqueous solutions having a pH value between 3 and 10 and easily soluble in aqueous solutions having a pH value in a range of less than 3 and/or higher than 10.
US09221270B2	Printer A printer includes a platen roller, a print head that performs printing on a recording sheet, and a recording sheet guide provided on the same side as the platen roller relative to the recording sheet. Multiple projections are provided on a surface of the recording sheet guide. The projections are elongated in substantially the same direction as a conveyance direction of the recording sheet.
US09221269B2	Method and apparatus for high speed surface blackening and coloring with ultrafast fiber lasers Methods and systems for high speed surface blackening and/or coloring are disclosed, including generating electromagnetic radiation from an ultrashort pulse laser (UPL); coupling the electromagnetic radiation from the UPL to a scanner comprising a scanning and focus range, wherein the scanner is configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the UPL and to scan and focus the electromagnetic radiation onto a sample; using a computer to adjust the pulse repetition rate and the energy of the UPL; using a five degree of freedom motorized stage to position the sample; using a dichroic filter positioned between the scanner and the sample; focusing an imager through the dichroic filter and onto the surface of the sample; using a processor to acquire and process images to monitor the surface blackening and/or coloring of the sample within the scanning and focus range of the electromagnetic radiation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09221262B2	Carriage interaction compensation Operation of a carriage is controlled to actuate a mechanism. The carriage is controlled according to a feed forward term and a feedback term, to compensate interaction of the carriage with the mechanism. Thus, the carriage is to engage the mechanism at a reduced velocity for quiet operation, and fully and reliably actuate the mechanism without stalling the carriage.
US09221259B2	Liquid ejection head and manufacturing method thereof A liquid ejection head includes a recording element substrate that ejects liquid; an electric wiring substrate electrically connected with the recording element substrate; a support member having a recess that houses the recording element substrate; and a sealant that seals an electric connection part between both the substrates. The support member has a projection-shaped adhesive application surface at a bottom surface of the recess, on which an adhesive for bonding the recording element substrate is applied; and a projection projecting from an inner side surface of the recess near the electric connection part toward the adhesive application surface, which has a first region that is covered with the recording element substrate, and a second region extending from the first region to the projection having a wall formed of the adhesive and closing a gap between the projection and a side surface of the recording element substrate facing the projection.
US09221248B2	System for detecting inoperative inkjets in printheads ejecting clear ink using a rotating member having a light transmitting surface An apparatus detects inoperative inkjets in a printhead. The apparatus includes a rotating member having a light transmitting surface layer onto which material is ejected by the printhead. A light source directs light into an edge of the light transmitting surface layer at a position on the circumferential perimeter of the surface layer and an optical sensor generates image data of the surface of the surface layer of the rotating member. Inoperative inkjets are detected with reference to the image data of the surface of the surface layer of the rotating member.
US09221247B2	Piezoelectric inkjet die stack A piezoelectric inkjet die stack includes a circuit die stacked on a substrate die, a piezoelectric actuator die stacked on the circuit die, and a cap die stacked on the piezoelectric actuator die. Each die in succession from the circuit die to the cap die is narrower than the previous die.
US09221244B2	Method to reduce surface resistivity of a release agent applicator in a printing apparatus A release agent applicator displaying decreased and consistent surface resistivity, and a method of making same. The release agent applicator includes an foam delivery surface having an ionic layer such that the surface resistivity of the delivery surface is reduced, thereby decreasing the chances of static charge accumulation on the roller that may interfere with high quality printing.
US09221242B2	Ink wiping system for an intaglio printing press There is described an ink wiping system (100) for an intaglio printing press comprising a rotatable wiping roller assembly (102) designed to wipe excess ink from the surface of a rotatable intaglio printing cylinder (80). The rotatable wiping roller assembly (102) comprises a rotatable hollow cylindrical body (110) having an outer surface (110a) positioned to wipe the surface of the printing cylinder (80), and a pressing device (130) disposed inside the cylindrical body (110) and designed lo exert pressure on an inner surface (110b) of the cylindrical body (110) and to allow adjustment of a wiping pressure between the cylindrical body and the intaglio printing cylinder (80). The pressing device (130) preferably comprises a plurality of pressing units (132) that are distributed axially along the inside of the hollow cylindrical body (110) to allow adjustment of the wiping pressure between the cylindrical body (110) and the intaglio printing cylinder at a plurality of axial positions along the length of the hollow cylindrical body (110).
US09221239B2	Method for applying stones to metallic elements, particularly for the adhesive bonding of glass crystals to surfaces of tubular elements A method for applying stones to metallic elements, particularly for the adhesive bonding of glass crystals to surfaces of tubular elements, which includes the steps of preparing an application surface (2) of a metallic element, spreading an adhesive medium (3) on the application surface (2) and making a single lateral face (4) of a first stone (5) to be applied adhere to the application surface (2). The axis of symmetry (10) of the first stone defines a first angle of intersection (8) with the application surface (2).
US09221235B1	Systems and methods for assembling stiffened composite structures Methods of assembling a stiffened composite structure include loading a stiffener onto an inner mold line layup mandrel; positioning a filler structure on an upper side of a filler location tool; following the loading and the positioning, locating, with the filler location tool, the filler structure within the stiffener cavity of the stiffener; repeating the loading, the positioning, and the locating to load a plurality of stiffeners and filler structures; and following the repeating, affixing a skin segment over the plurality of filler structures and to the plurality of stiffeners to form at least a portion of the stiffened composite structure. Systems for assembling stiffened composite structures include a supply of stiffeners; a supply of filler structures; an inner mold line layup mandrel; and a filler location tool configured to locate a filler structure within the stiffener cavity of a stiffener that is loaded onto the mandrel.
US09221231B2	Acrylate based adhesive composition for optical use, acrylate based adhesive sheet for optical use, and method for separating optical component using the same Disclosed is an acrylate based adhesive composition for optical use that includes: a copolymer prepared by polymerizing an alkyl (meth)acrylate (wherein the alkyl is a C16 to C22 linear alkyl group) in an amount of about 1 to about 10 parts by weight, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (wherein the alkyl is a C1 to C12 alkyl group) in an amount of about 70 to about 98 parts by weight, and a polar monomer in an amount of about 1 to about 20 parts by weight; and a cross-linking agent. The cross-linking agent is included in an amount of about 0.5 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the copolymer.
US09221230B2	Honeycomb structure A method and apparatus for forming a ribbon configured for use in forming a honeycomb structure when the ribbon is in a folded state. The ribbon comprises a first edge and a second edge. At least one portion of the first edge is not parallel to at least one portion of the second edge when the ribbon is in an unfolded state.
US09221218B2	Methods of making a composite sheet and composite component and a composite A method of making a composite sheet, a method of making composite component and a composite component are provided. The method of making a composite sheet includes providing a container, adding a binder to the container, adding a plurality of randomly oriented fibers to the binder in the container, and subjecting the container to motion to coat the plurality of randomly oriented fibers with the binder. The method includes curing the binder and coated plurality of randomly oriented fibers to form a composite sheet. The plurality of randomly oriented fibers of the composite sheet are interlocked within the binder. The composite has uniform strength in all planar directions.
US09221211B2	Heat/vacuum molding system for footwear A heat/vacuum molding system for molding a ski boot to a user's foot is provided. The system includes a heat source to heat an outer shell of the ski boot, a pliable plastic receptacle to receive the ski boot after the outer shell is heated by the heat source, and a vacuum system attached to the pliable plastic receptacle to create a negative pressure inside the pliable plastic receptacle to thereby collapse the pliable plastic receptacle to mold the ski boot to the user's foot.
US09221192B2	Ceramic processing firing A process for producing a honeycomb ceramic article includes providing a green honeycomb body including ceramic-forming materials and organic pore forming materials and subjecting the green honeycomb body to a firing cycle in a kiln in which steam is added to the kiln atmosphere in an amount from about 10% to about 100%, based on volume. Also provided are ceramic articles produced by the process.
US09221185B2	Shaving razors and cartridges A shaving razor with a handle and a housing mounted to the handle. The housing has a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and at least one blade having a cutting edge. The blade is mounted to the housing with a blade support structure. A guard is at the distal end portion of the housing and has a plurality of projections substantially perpendicular to the blade that define a plurality of slots. A washout cavity beneath the blade is defined by an inner surface of the guard and an inner surface of the blade support structure. The washout cavity has an open area of at least 80 percent for allowing unobstructed passage of water substantially along an entire length of the blade.
US09221180B2	Extended wrist assembly for robotic arm A robot is provided which includes (a) a first arm (313) terminating in a first radius (317); (b) a second arm (315) terminating in a second radius (319), wherein said second radius is spaced apart from said first radius; (c) a first band (331) that extends around a portion of said first radius; (d) a second band that extends around a portion of said second radius; and (e) a first rigid, longitudinally extending element (709) having a first end which is attached to said first band, and having a second end which is attached to said second band.
US09221176B2	Robot system and method for controlling the same A robot system which requires no manual teaching operation in acquiring calibration values for coordinate transformation, and improves the calibration accuracy includes a robot body, a camera, and a control apparatus. The control apparatus measures, via the camera, a calibration plate at each position and orientation of a first position and orientation group including a reference measurement position and orientation and a position and orientation within a first offset range, calculates a first calibration value based on the measurement value, measures, via the camera, the calibration plate at each position and orientation of a second position and orientation group including a reference operation position and orientation different from the reference measurement position and orientation, and a position and orientation within a second offset range, calculates a second calibration value based on the measurement value, and activates the robot body by using the first and second calibration values.
US09221175B2	Method of generating path of multiaxial robot and control apparatus for the multiaxial robot A path is generated for an end effector arranged at a top of links of a multiaxial robot, where the end effector is moved along the path from a start point thereof to an end point thereof. In generating the path, the start and end points are positionally specified in the real space, and initial pass points are also generated between the start and end points. Coordinate positions of both specified start and end points and generated initial pass points are converted to angles of the respective axes of the joints. Based on the start and end points and initial pass points, which have been converted to the joint angle space, the path is generated which enables the end effector to be moved in the shortest time from its start point to its end point, during the initial pass points are changed repeatedly for generating the path.
US09221168B2	Workbench The workbench includes one or more trestle units (102) having pairs of legs (104) joined to each end of a cross-piece (106) by a hinge unit (108) which allows the legs to fold flat against each other and against the cross-piece of the trestle for storage. The hinge has a stop which allows the legs to be positioned away from each other and away from the crosspiece of the trestle to form a stable trestle unit. The workbench further includes a plurality of beams (500), wherein said beams are adapted to be connected to at least one trestle so as to form a supporting framework for a work piece. A folding brace (110) between pairs of legs further stabilizes the trestle. The beams and trestles have holes (126) in their ends, and the beams and the trestles have regularly spaced holes (128) in them. Pegs can be inserted into and through the holes, and they have locking parts on them, allowing them to lock onto the trestle or beam. Pegs can have two latches for attachment to different beams or trestles. Trestles and beams may be thus interconnected to form a supporting framework.
US09221164B2	Chisel A chisel according to the present technology has a reduced tendency to jam in a substrate. The chisel is on an axis in the striking direction with successively a striking surface, a shank, a spreading element and a tip. The spreading element has multiple ribs around the axis extending along the axis 2. The ribs each have a wave shape formed through a tangential deflection with respect to the axis.
US09221150B2	Insulating pipes of a facility for working by means of cryogenic fluid jets The invention relates to a facility and a method for the stripping, de-scaling, and surface treatment of coated and uncoated materials such as metals, concrete, wood, polymers, plastics or any other type of material, by means of cryogenic fluid jets at very high pressure.
US09221149B2	Method for polishing semiconductor wafers by means of simultaneous double-side polishing A method of polishing a semiconductor wafer includes simultaneous double-side polishing the wafer in a gap of a polishing device between a lower polishing plate covered with a lower polishing pad and upper polishing plate covered with an upper polishing pad while supplying a polishing agent. A first of the upper and lower polishing pads is dressed using a dressing tool. The dressing tool is mounted in the gap so that it extends from the inner edge to the outer edge of the first polishing pad. The distance between the dressing tool and a second of the upper and lower polishing pads at the inner edge of the second polishing pad differs from a corresponding distance at the outer edge of the second polishing pad. After the dressing, the at least one semiconductor wafer in the gap is polished.
US09221147B2	Endpointing with selective spectral monitoring A method of controlling polishing includes polishing a substrate, monitoring the substrate during polishing with an in-situ spectrographic monitoring system to generate a sequence of measured spectra, selecting less than all of the measured spectra to generate a sequence of selected spectra, generating a sequence of values from the sequence of selected spectra, and determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on the sequence of values.
US09221146B2	Belt finishing device, belt finishing system and method for producing a belt finishing device A belt finishing device includes a finishing belt, two bearing surfaces that are spaced-apart in a running direction of the finishing belt, and a pressing device for pressing the finishing belt against a workpiece surface. The pressing device has a pressure belt that is supported on the two spaced-apart bearing surfaces. At least one of a bearing surface and the pressure belt have a profile that deviates in a width direction of the finishing belt from a straight course.
US09221145B2	Device for blocking an ophthalmic lens A blocking device (1) includes: a structure (10); a manipulation arm (30) mounted on the structure to be movable between two extreme positions and including gripper element (33) for gripping a blocking accessory for placing on an ophthalmic lens; guide element (50) for guiding the manipulation arm between its two extreme positions along a path that presents a curved portion and an adjacent rectilinear portion; and drive element (70) for changing the position of the manipulation arm and including a gearwheel that meshes with a rack (40). The rack forms part of the manipulation arm and presents a circularly arcuate portion (41) enabling the manipulation arm to be driven along the curved portion of its path, and a rectilinear portion (42) enabling the manipulation arm to be driven along the rectilinear portion of its path.
US09221138B2	Tool changers for changing tools on spindles of machine tools and machine tools comprising such tool changers A disclosed example tool changer for changing a tool on a spindle of a machine tool comprises a tool drum having a plurality of tool holders to hold tools. The example tool changer also includes an axle carrier on which the tool drum is rotatably supported to align the tool holders with the spindle. A first coupling portion is rotatably supported on the axle carrier. At least one first gear stage is provided via which the first coupling portion is connected to the tool drum. The first coupling portion is adapted to be coupled or uncoupled with a second coupling portion rotatably supported on a spindle stock of the machine tool and connected to the spindle of the machine tool via at least one second gear stage. The tool drum is adapted to be driven, when the first and second coupling portions are in a coupled state, by the spindle of the machine tool via the at least one second gear stage, the second and first coupling portions and the at least one first gear stage to align the tool holders.
US09221134B2	Shrinking coil with direct tool cooling The present invention relates to a device for tensioning or de-tensioning tools, having a tool shaft in a tool chuck which has a sheath section open on the free end thereof and which is made of electrically conductive material, for receiving the tool shaft in a friction connection, having an induction coil which surrounds the sheath section of the tool chuck, to which preferably high-frequency alternating current can be applied, and which is designed as a ring or cylinder coil, wherein the device has at least one channel running between the inner peripheral surface of the induction coil and the sheath section of the tool chuck, through which flows a cooling agent which cools the sheath section of the tool chuck.
US09221127B2	Method for producing welded tubes from steel In a method for producing welded pipes from steel, in which strips or metal sheets are formed into a pipe provided with a longitudinal or helical slot and the abutting edges of the slotted pipe are welded together, the process parameters for production of the pipes are specified on the basis of previously ascertained material properties and geometry of the strips or metal sheets. Before the forming process, the strip or metal sheet is subjected to an nondestructive, continuous or discontinuous test for inhomogeneities over the length and width, an integral characteristic value for the material property of the strip or metal sheet is formed from the measured values, a measure of the homogeneity of the material properties relating to the length and width of the strip or metal sheet is derived from the variance in the measured values for the various measurement points and, in the event of deviations in the measured values exceeding previously specified limit values, the process parameters are reset and/or the strip or metal sheet is subjected to a homogenisation process prior to the forming process.
US09221125B2	Laser processing of display components for electronic devices Electronic devices may be provided with display structures such as glass and polymer layers in a liquid crystal display. The glass layers may serve as substrates for components such as a color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer. The polymer layers may include films such as a polarizer film and other optical films. During fabrication of a display, the polymer layers and glass layers may be laminated to one another. Portions of the polymer layers may extend past the edges of the glass layers. Laser cutting techniques may be used to trim away excess portions of the polymer layer that do not overlap underlying portions of the glass layers. Laser cutting may involve application of an adjustable infrared laser beam.
US09221122B2	Method of controlling a laser beam annealing apparatus to manufacture thin film transistor substrate A method of controlling a laser beam annealing apparatus to manufacture a thin film transistor substrate, the method including: irradiating a laser beam emitted from a laser beam irradiator onto an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate supported by a substrate support; obtaining photographic data with respect to at least a part of the substrate by using a photographic unit; and adjusting a position of at least one of the substrate support or the laser beam irradiator by using a position adjuster based on the photographic data obtained by the photographic unit.
US09221116B2	Inductive discharge arc re-ignition and stabilizing circuit A system and method for re-igniting and stabilizing an arc is provided. The system includes an output system that provides an output waveform, which includes a positive period and a negative period. The positive period includes a positive decay period prior to a transition to the negative period, and the negative period includes a negative decay period prior to a transition to said positive period. The system further includes an inductive discharge and stabilizing system, which includes at least one inductor. The at least one inductor re-ignites an arc between an electrode and a workpiece during the transition period from the positive period to the negative period and the transition period from the negative period to the positive period. The at least one inductor also provides a stabilizing current to stabilize said arc during at least a portion of said positive period and at least a portion of said negative period.
US09221115B2	Soldering iron A soldering iron includes a soldering tip which is adapted to be heated by means of a laser beam traveling at least partially along a laser path in the soldering iron. The soldering iron further includes an energy converter provided for absorbing the laser beam and coupled to the soldering tip for heating the same.
US09221109B2	Installation systems and methods for installing an object Installation systems, apparatus, and methods for use in enlarging an opening in a surface and/or installing an object in an opening in a surface. A rotary bit adaptor is adapted for mounting a guide on a rotary bit for centering the rotary bit in an existing opening for enlarging the opening on center. A support system includes a connector having a retainer and a support in ratcheting engagement with the support for supporting an object in an opening. The installation systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed with respect to installation of balusters in stairway balustrades.
US09221102B2	Portable machining apparatus tool module A tool module for a machining apparatus including a rotatable portion. The tool module includes at least one adjustment clamp supported by the rotatable portion. A module base is supported by the at least one adjustment clamp and defines a linear movement track. A tool slide is configured to support a cutting tool and is movable along the linear movement track. The at least one adjustment clamp is movable from a release position to a locking position and vice versa, and in both the release position and the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp is connected to the rotatable portion. In the release position the at least one adjustment clamp permits the module base to translate relative thereto, and in the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp engages the module base to inhibit the module base from moving relative thereto.
US09221100B2	Optical irradiation unit for a plant for producing workpieces by irradiation of powder layers with laser radiation The present disclosure relates to an optical irradiation unit for a plant for producing workpieces by irradiating powder layers of a raw material powder with laser radiation, comprising optical components for guiding and focussing a beam path of a first laser beam, and an optical splitting and coupling unit for splitting the first laser beam into at least two laser sub-beams and/or for coupling a second laser beam with a wavelength differing from the wavelength of the first laser beam into the beam path of the first laser beam. The disclosure also relates to a plant for producing workpieces by irradiating powder layers of a raw material powder with laser radiation, and to an associated method.
US09221087B2	Method of producing seamless metal pipe A method of producing a seamless metal pipe, which can suppress the occurrence of inner surface flaws, is provided. A method of producing a seamless metal pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: heating a high alloy billet BL containing, by mass %, Cr: 20 to 30% and Ni: more than 22% and not more than 60% in a heating furnace F1 (S2); piercing-rolling the high alloy billet BL heated in the heating furnace F1 with a piercing machine P1 to produce a hollow shell (S3); cooling the hollow shell and then reheating the hollow shell in the heating furnace F1 (S4); and elongation-rolling the heated hollow shell with the piercing machine P1 (S5).
US09221074B2	Stress-tuned planar lightwave circuit and method therefor A planar lightwave circuit that can be optically coupled with an external device with low optical loss, while also providing low-power functional control over an optical signal propagating through the PLC is disclosed. The PLC includes a high-contrast waveguide region in a stress-inducing (SI) phase shifter is formed such that it can control the phase of the optical signal. The high-contrast-waveguide region is optically coupled to a low-contrast-waveguide region via a spotsize converter, thereby enabling optical coupling to off-chip devices with low optical loss. Formation of the SI phase shifter in a high-contrast-waveguide region enables improved responsivity and phase control, reduced voltage, and smaller required chip real estate. As a result, the present invention enables lower-cost and higher-performance PLC systems.
US09221072B2	Mask for deposition and deposition apparatus including the same A mask for deposition includes a deposition material passing portion including at least one opening column having a plurality of openings arranged in a first direction, and a frame portion adjacent the deposition material passing portion, wherein each of the openings is defined by a first slope and a second slope facing each other along the first direction and inclining toward one side of the frame portion respectively, and a third slope and a fourth slope facing each other along a second direction crossing the first direction, and wherein an inclined angle of the first slope of one of the openings at a central area of one of the opening columns is different from an inclined angle of the first slope of an other one of the openings at an outer area of the opening column.
US09221066B2	Multi-head electrostatic painting apparatus An electrostatic painting apparatus is provided. The electrostatic painting apparatus includes a body, a plurality of rotary atomizers included at least partially within the body, wherein each rotary atomizer is configured to electrostatically apply a coating material to a conductive substrate, and wherein each rotary atomizer is independently controllable, and a single high voltage cascade coupled to the plurality of rotary atomizers and configured to provide a high voltage to each rotary atomizer such that the same voltage is applied to each rotary atomizer.
US09221063B2	Electro-separation of oil-based drilling fluids A method and apparatus for separating drilling fluid is provided. A housing is provided with a number of vertical parallel spaced apart electrode plates within. The housing is filled with a batch of drilling fluid so that the drilling fluid fills up the spacings between the electrode plates and the drilling mud is subjected to an electro-separation cycle by placing a DC voltage across the electrode plates so that adjacent plates have opposite polarity and an electric field is created in the drilling fluid in the spacings between the electrode plates. During the electro-separation cycle, periodically subjecting the drilling fluid to a vibration cycle by inducing vibrations in the drilling fluid. When the treatment of the drilling fluid is completed, removing an upper layer of fluid from the housing.
US09221058B2	Determining the fineness of a ground material, in particular an ore, in a mill Methods and arrangements for determining the fineness of a ground material in a mill are provided, wherein the acoustic spectrum of the mill during the grinding process is used for concluding the fineness. The mill comprises a drum in which the ground material is present during the grinding process, said drum being driven by a magnetic drive having at least one magnetic segment during the grinding process, so that a rotating magnetic field generated with the aid of the magnetic drive causes the drum to rotate. In order to determine the acoustic spectrum, a voltage induced in a coil of the magnetic segment is determined at least intermittently. On the basis of a model, using the detected time-dependent induced voltage, conclusions can be drawn about the acoustic spectrum and therefrom about the fineness.
US09221057B2	Planetary mill and method of milling A planetary mill is disclosed. The planetary mill comprises a self-balancing milling assembly comprising a pair of elongate floating milling chambers arranged in parallel to and on opposite sides of a main axis wherein the milling chambers are free to move outwards in a direction radial to the main axis, a drive assembly for rotating the milling assembly in a first direction of rotation about the main axis, and at least one of belt surrounding the pair of floating milling chambers such that when the milling assembly rotates about the main axis, the at least one belt limits a radial travel outwards of each of the milling chambers.
US09221056B2	Microfluidic devices with integrated resistive heater electrodes including systems and methods for controlling and measuring the temperatures of such heater electrodes The invention relates to methods and devices for control of an integrated thin-film device with a plurality of microfluidic channels. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for controlling the temperature of a heater electrode associated with a microfluidic channel of a microfluidic device, wherein power applied to the heater electrode is regulated by varying the duty cycle of a pulse width modulation (PWM). In another aspect, the present invention a controller configured to compute the temperature of the heater electrode during the power-on portion of the duty cycle and the during the power-off portion of the duty cycle and to adjust the duty cycle as necessary to achieve a desired temperature in the heater electrode.
US09221051B2	Microfluidic element for analysis of a sample liquid A microfluidic element for analysis of a fluid sample having a substrate and a microfluidic transport system having a channel structure enclosed by the substrate and a covering layer. The channel structure comprises a channel with two side walls as well as a chamber that is in fluid communication with the channel. The chamber has a chamber wall with an inlet orifice. The channel comprises a channel section and a valve section adjoining the channel section, wherein the valve section is in fluid communication with the inlet orifice in the chamber wall in such a way that a fluid can flow from the channel through the valve section and into the chamber. The valve section has a fluid transport cross-section, which enlarges in flow direction. The fluid transport cross-section in the valve section is greater than the fluid transport cross-section in the preceding channel section.
US09221040B2	Perfluoroalkylated lignin as a catalyst support with varying phase behavior Multi-phase biopolymer catalyst support systems, methods of synthesizing a biopolymer material for use in a multi-phase biopolymer catalyst support system, and methods for catalyzing reactions with a multi-phase biopolymer catalyst support system are described.
US09221036B2	Hydrocracking catalyst for hydrocarbon oil, method for producing hydrocracking catalyst, and method for hydrocracking hydrocarbon oil with hydrocracking catalyst The present invention relates to a hydrocracking catalyst for hydrocarbon oil comprising a support containing a framework-substituted zeolite-1 in which zirconium atoms and/or hafnium atoms form a part of a framework of an ultrastable y-type zeolite and a hydrogenative metal component carried thereon and a method for producing the same. The hydrocracking catalyst of the present invention makes it easy to diffuse heavy hydrocarbon oils such as VGO, DAO and the like into mesopores, is improved in a cracking activity and makes it possible to obtain a middle distillate at a high yield as compared with catalysts prepared by using zeolite comprising titanium and/or zirconium carried thereon.
US09221026B2	Method and system for stucco conditioning A process and system for manufacturing gypsum wallboard that aerates, conditions, and cools a portion of the stucco used in the manufacturing process. This conditioning of the stucco reduces the amount of water needed to manufacture the gypsum wallboard which in turn reduces the amount of energy and cost needed to manufacture the wallboard. The stucco may also be pretreated with water. This process may be carried out using a conveyor that agitates a moving bed of stucco while the top surface of the bed is subject to a low pressure water spray.
US09221024B2	Mixing bag or vessel with a fluid-agitating element A vessel receives and agitates a fluid using an internal fluid-agitating element driven by an external motive device. In one aspect, the vessel is a bag including a first receiver for receiving and holding a fluid-agitating element at a home location. The first receiver may be in the form of an inwardly-projecting post having an oversized portion for capturing the fluid-agitating element, but various other forms are disclosed. Use of this feature in completely rigid vessels where the fluid-agitating element is free of direct attachment from a first receiver having an oversized portion is also disclosed. In another aspect, the vessel or bag further includes a second receiver for receiving a portion of an external structure, such as a motive device, and aligning the vessel relative thereto.
US09221019B2	Organic/inorganic hybrid compound for fouling resistance, membrane including the same for fouling resistance, and method of preparing membrane for fouling resistance An organic/inorganic composite compound for fouling resistance may include a core and at least an arm. The core may be formed of a polyhedron of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. At least one arm may be connected to a Si atom of the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. The arm may include a vinyl-based first structural unit including at least one ethylene oxide group at the side chain, and a hydrophobic vinyl-based second structural unit.
US09221013B2	Method and system for controlling mercury emissions from coal-fired thermal processes The present disclosure is directed to the use of elemental or speciated iodine and bromine to control total mercury emissions.
US09221006B2	Oxygen concentrator having structural sieve beds Embodiments of oxygen concentrators having a sieve bed that includes a vessel filled with a separation medium are disclosed. The sieve bed vessel at least partially supports one chassis component of the oxygen concentrator with respect to another chassis component. of the oxygen concentrator.
US09220990B2	Multi-lane track system A toy vehicle track kit which imparts a self-guiding capability to a toy vehicles via guide rails interposed between wheels of toy vehicles. The self-guiding capability also permits passing or side-by-side racing of one toy vehicle with respect to another.
US09220987B2	Method of exchanging data between communication terminals A communication system which includes a plurality of communication terminals, each communication terminal includes: a memory that stores a group attribute representative of an attribute of a group, the group attribute assigned to a communication terminal or a user of the communication terminal; a communication unit that transmits the group attribute stored in a memory of a correspondent terminal located within a predetermined range from the communication terminal, and receives a group attribute stored in a memory of the correspondent terminal; and a controller that compares the group attribute received by the communication unit with the group attribute stored in the memory of the communication terminal and initiates selectively one of a first information processing and a second information processing based on a result of the comparison.
US09220975B2	Storage medium having stored therein an image generation program, image generation method, image generation apparatus and image generation system When a game process is performed by an exemplary game apparatus having an LCD for displaying a stereoscopically visible image, angular velocities of rotations about axes of the game apparatus are detected by using an angular velocity sensor provided in the game apparatus. A stereoscopic effect of a stereoscopically displayed image is adjusted in accordance with a magnitude of a rotation angle of the game apparatus in a roll direction calculated based on the angular velocities of the rotations about axes of the game apparatus.
US09220972B2	Multiple mode card shuffler and card reading device A multiple-mode card shuffling and/or card verification device includes a top surface, a card receiving area for receiving an initial set of playing cards, a randomizing or arranging system for the initial set of playing cards that can be disabled, a card collection surface in a card collection area for receiving randomized playing cards, the card collection surface receiving cards positioned so that all cards collected are below the top surface of the device, a card imaging system and an elevator for raising the card collection surface so that at least some randomized cards are elevated above the top surface of the device. The processor is programmed such that cards can be verified without changing an order of cards present in the card receiving area, verified during randomization, and randomized without card verification.
US09220966B2	Watersport resistance training device A watersport resistance training device includes an elongated inelastic strap having an anchor an anchor unit disposed along a first end, and a ski handle assembly disposed along a second end. A plurality of rings is disposed along the middle section of the inelastic strap, and one or more watersport resistance elements are removably connected to at least two of the rings.
US09220965B1	Rolled tee ball holder A tee ball stand with a ground engaging base, a perpendicular stanchion connected to the base, and a resiliently flexible ball holder mounted atop the stanchion. The ball holder is formed from sheeting material rolled into a frusto-conical shape and maintained in such shape on a tapered base fitting. The base fitting includes a longitudinal abutment edge to align the longitudinal edge of the sheeting material with respect to the base and radially projecting pegs which register with holes in the lower skirt of the sheeting material in order to maintain the sheeting material in the proper frusto-conical shape and to prevent separation from the base.
US09220963B2	Lacrosse stick head A head includes front surfaces and rear surfaces. The front surfaces are uncurved. A proximal portion of the front surfaces slopes gradually downwardly and a distal end of the front surfaces slope more dramatically toward the axis of elongation of the socket. The rear surfaces of the head slope downwardly until at approximately 60% of the distance in the proximal to distal direction, a deep pocket is provided, the rear surfaces curving back upwardly to converge toward the front surfaces and then curve back downwardly to meet at the arcuate distal scooping end of the head. A series of spaced holes are provided to facilitate stringing of a webbing about the rear surfaces of the head to provide a mid/high pocket.
US09220962B2	Double wall bat and process for manufacturing same A multi-section ball bat includes a barrel, a handle and an end cap. The handle has a first end defining a grip portion and a generally opposite second end attached to the barrel. The end cap has a first end attached to an opposite end of the barrel. At least a portion of the handle may have a multi-wall configuration defined by a gap. Similarly, at least a portion of the end cap may have a multi-wall configuration defined by a gap. The gap in a wall of the handle or the end cap may be formed between layers of a multi-layer composite material forming the handle or end cap. The presence of the gap in the handle or end cap extends the sweet spot of the bat from the barrel into the handle and/or the end cap.
US09220953B2	Fairway wood center of gravity projection A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face defines a striking surface having an ideal impact location at a golf club head origin. Embodiments include club heads for a fairway wood that at least one of a high moment of inertia, a low-center-of-gravity, a thin crown and a high coefficient of restitution.
US09220952B2	Golf club A club includes a head, a shaft, and a grip. A club length L1 is 43 inches or greater and 48 inches or less. A ratio (Wh/Wc) between a head weight Wh and a club weight Wc is equal to or greater than 0.70. An inertia moment Ix about swing axis is 6.90×103 (kg·cm2) or greater and 7.50×103 (kg·cm2) or less. A static moment Mt (kg·cm) of the club is equal to or greater than 16.3 (kg·cm). The frequency of vibration of club is 240 (cpm) or greater and 280 (cpm) or less. The inertia moment Ix (kg·cm2) is calculated by Equation (1): Ix=Wc×(Lc+60)2+Ic (1).
US09220948B2	Golf ball cores having foam center and polymeric outer layers with hardness gradients Multi-layered golf ball core sub-assemblies and the resulting golf balls are provided. The core structure includes an inner core (center) comprising a foam composition, preferably foamed polyurethane. The intermediate core layer is preferably formed from a thermoplastic composition such as an ethylene acid copolymer ionomer resin; and the outer core layer is preferably formed from a thermoset composition such as polybutadiene rubber. The core layers have different hardness and specific gravity levels. The core assembly preferably has a positive hardness gradient extending across the entire assembly. The core structure and resulting ball have relatively good resiliency.
US09220947B2	Process for designing dimple pattern of golf ball A golf ball 2 has, on a surface thereof, a dimple pattern consisting of a land 10 and a large number of dimples 8. A process for designing the dimple pattern includes the steps of: (1) randomly arranging a large number of points on the surface of a phantom sphere; (2) calculating a distance between a first point and a second point which is a point closest to the first point; (3) deciding a radius on the basis of the distance; (4) assuming a circle which has a center at the first point and has the radius; and (5) assuming a dimple whose contour coincides with the circle. The dimples 8 are randomly arranged.
US09220946B2	Golf balls having non-uniform core structures with metal-containing centers Multi-piece golf balls having a solid core and cover are provided. The ball contains a small, heavy inner core and surrounding outer core layer. The inner core preferably contains metal materials such as copper, steel, brass, tungsten, titanium, nickel, iron, tin, and bronze particles. The outer surface of the inner core preferably has a non-uniform structure and includes projecting members. For example, the outer surface may contain multiple projecting ribs with gaps located between the ribs. The ball includes a cover surrounding the core structure. The cover may be multi-layered.
US09220945B2	Golf ball dimple profile The present invention concerns a golf ball having dimples with a cross-sectional profile comprising a conical top portion and a non-conical bottom portion. More particularly, the profiles of the present invention are defined by three independent parameters: dimple diameter (DD), edge angle (ΦEDGE), and saucer ratio (Sr). These parameters fully define the dimple shape and allow for greater flexibility in constructing a dimple profile versus conventional spherical dimples. Further, conical dimples provide a unique dimple cross-section which is visually distinct.
US09220934B2	Water usage data acquisition, processing and presentation for fire appliances The present application is directed to fire fighting appliances. The application provides a system for recording flows on a fire appliance to address deficiencies in the prior art where such information is only analysed during an event.
US09220931B1	Reconfigurable, modular ergonomic sit harness or saddle A reconfigurable, modular ergonomic sit harness or saddle for use by linesmen, arborists, or the like includes a gender-specific back pad assembly that supports a number of removable, optional attachments allowing customization for user preference or job environment. Gender-specific angled wing portions of the back pad contain an armor layer and extra padding to protect the bony protrusions of both the male and female pelvis. A “one size fits all” approach includes a waistband having length adjustability over approximately a 3:1 range. Each component and sub-system of the sit harness is ergonomically designed to maximize comfort and minimize stresses on a user's body. The back pad features interchangeable lumbar support pads. Optional, removable features include a seat, an abdominal support, and a body harness for use with a fall restraint device. Interchangeable suspension bridges allow user attachment to a wide range of support systems.
US09220918B2	Medical device operating with x-rays and method for operating same The invention relates to a medical device operating with X-rays, comprising: an X-ray source, from which an X-ray beam that has an intensity maximum along a central ray can be emitted, a rotation unit, with which the X-ray source can be rotated about an isocenter, wherein the central axis of the X-ray beam is oriented eccentrically to the isocenter such that, in particular upon rotation about the isocenter, the central rays emitted from different spatial directions are tangential to an imaginary circle around the isocenter. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a medical device, comprising the following steps: providing an X-ray source, from which an X-ray beam that has an intensity maximum along a central ray is emitted, rotating the X-ray source about an isocenter.
US09220917B2	Systems for autofluorescent imaging and target ablation Apparatus, devices, methods, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to autofluorescent imaging and ablation are disclosed.
US09220915B2	Devices and methods for radiation-based dermatological treatments A self-contained, hand-held device for providing a dermatological treatment includes a handheld device body, a radiation source supported in the device body, an automated scanning system, an application end, and a displacement control system. The automated scanning system is configured to receive an input beam generated by the radiation source and scan the received input beam to provide a series of output beams for delivery to the skin via the application end of the device to form a pattern of treatment spots on the skin. The application end is configured to be manually moved across the surface of the skin during a treatment session. The displacement control system includes a displacement sensor configured to determine a displacement of the device relative to the skin, and electronics configured to control at least one operational parameter of the device based on the determined displacement of the device relative to the skin.
US09220912B2	Medical equipment servicing Systems and techniques for centralized management and servicing of medical equipment such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are described herein. The systems and techniques for receiving status updates from multiple automated external defibrillators, receiving, from a user, a request to access status information, and sending, to the user, summary level status information for at least some of the multiple automated external defibrillators, the summary level status information being grouped based on a measure of geographic proximity of the multiple automated external defibrillators.
US09220907B2	Implant encapsulation An implant unit may include a substrate and an implantable circuit arranged on the substrate. An encapsulation structure may be disposed over at least a portion of the substrate and at least a portion of the implantable circuit, the encapsulation structure including a parylene layer and a silicon layer disposed over the parylene layer.
US09220906B2	Tethered implantable medical device deployment In one example, this disclosure is directed to a kit for intravascular implantation of an implantable medical device within a patient comprising an elongated outer sheath forming an inner lumen with a distal opening, the outer sheath sized to traverse a vasculature of the patient, and an elongated inner sheath with a stopper. The inner sheath further includes a tether configured to form a loop on a distal side of the stopper, the loop being configured to engage a looped element of the implantable medical device to couple the implantable medical device to the inner sheath. The stopper is slidable relative to the outer sheath. The tether is configured to release the looped element of the implantable medical device from the inner sheath by opening the tether loop when a portion of the stopper is located distally relative to the distal opening of the outer sheath.
US09220905B2	Sampling intrinsic AV conduction time Methods and/or devices for sampling a patient's intrinsic AV conduction time during cardiac therapy that may, e.g., change the AV delays to values based on the AV delays themselves, previously-sampled intrinsic AV conduction times, and/or one or more other parameters directly related to AV delays to provide a time period during which to measure the patient's intrinsic AV conduction time.
US09220898B2	Transvascular nerve stimulation apparatus and methods Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.
US09220893B2	Shielded implantable medical lead with reduced torsional stiffness Shields within implantable leads increase the torsional stiffness of the leads. The torsional stiffness may be reduced by cutting the shield axially to break the circumferential mechanical continuity of the shield. The circumferential shielding continuity of the shield may be re-established to preserve the shielding effect in various manners. The shield may overlap onto itself to close the slot created by the cut. A shield patch may be placed across the slot created by the cut. The shield may be located between two insulation layers of the lead. The shield may be cut and then the slot closed prior to application of the outer insulation layer. The outer insulation layer may then be added over the shield. The outer insulation layer may be compliant so that once covered, the circumferential mechanical continuity of the shield remains broken.
US09220878B2	Auxiliary dilator and catheter assembly having the same An object of the present invention is to provide a device used in an operation using a catheter assembly and the catheter assembly having the device, which allows a hole formed in a body surface to have a minimum size and a catheter to be smoothly inserted into the body. An auxiliary dilator includes a body part having a tapered portion tapering toward a front end of the auxiliary dilator. The body part surrounds an extension part of a main dilator with a front end entry portion of the extension part protruding from the tapered portion, and a separation part attached to the body part enabling the body part to be removed from the main dilator.
US09220876B2	Tools and methods for programming an implantable valve Integrated tools for noninvasively reading and adjusting an implantable, magnetically adjustable valve, and methods of use are disclosed. The tools include magnetic or electronic reading of the valve, and magnetic or electromagnetic adjustment of the valve. In use, the tools are positioned above or in contact with the patient's skin, in proximity to the valve.
US09220873B2	Double ended intravascular medical device An intravascular medical device including an elongated member configured to be advanced along a vascular path of a patient, the elongated member having opposite first and second ends, the first end and second ends both being adapted for intravascular insertion, and the first end having a different structure than the second end. The elongated member has sufficient flexibility to be advanced through a human vasculature. Preferably, the first and second ends are adapted to have different operating characteristics. Depending on the operating characteristics needed for a particular procedure, a physician can insert either the first end portion or the second end portion of the elongated member into the patient's vasculature.
US09220869B2	Dressing having integral antimicrobial A dressing having integral antimicrobial includes a transparent film layer having a top side, an opposite bottom side, and an insertion site viewing portion. The dressing also includes an antimicrobial member having a top side and an opposite bottom side. The antimicrobial member top side is adhered to the film layer bottom side in the insertion site viewing portion. The antimicrobial member includes at least one pair of elongated, spacedly disposed portions defining a slot therebetween. A zone of inhibition defined by the antimicrobial member covers an entire area of the slot between the member portions.
US09220867B2	Catheter with directed flow design A catheter includes an elongated catheter body having a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first longitudinally accessible lumen and a second lumen extend side by side within and along the proximal portion, and the first lumen and the second lumen form a single common lumen within the distal portion which extends to a distal end of the distal portion. The first lumen and second lumen are co-axial within the distal portion prior to forming a single common lumen.
US09220865B2	Method and apparatus for increasing therapy compliance A breathing assistance unit for providing pressurized heated humidified air at to a user is configured to increase user compliance. The breathing assistance unit has means for generating positive emotional and cognitive states of a user about the therapy.
US09220863B2	Kink-resistant gas delivery tube A kink-resistant gas delivery tube configured to be directly connected to a circular male plug, the tube having an internal geometry of multiple concave and convex areas each having an apex, wherein an angle α between a tangent line to the apex of a concave area and a tangent line to a point of maximum slope between the apexes is 30 degrees or less, or wherein an angle β between a tangent line to the apex of a convex area and a tangent line to a point of maximum slope between the apexes is 30 degrees or less.
US09220859B2	Endotracheal tube with dedicated evacuation port Various embodiments of a tracheal tube capable of suctioning accumulated mucus secretions from the airway of intubated patients are provided. Disclosed embodiments include a variety of endotracheal tubes with integral suction lumens terminating in ports optimally located at the distal end of the endotracheal tubes between a Murphy's Eye and a cuff. During intubation, the foregoing features, among others, of the tracheal tube may have the effect of preventing bacterial colonization of the respiratory airway and the subsequent development of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in the lungs.
US09220849B2	Device and method for connecting a blood pump without trapping air bubbles An apparatus and a method for connecting medical tubing or any other type of fluidic circuit conduits (e.g., cannulae) to a ventricular assist device (“VAD”) or any other pumping device used for blood pumping during cardiac circulatory support for vascular surgery. The apparatus and the method prevent air bubbles from entering a cardiac circulatory support system when connecting cannulae to a VAD that may later enter the blood stream of a patient during cardiac surgery, and also provide for purging any air bubbles that may have entered the cardiac circulatory support system during a cannulae-VAD connection.
US09220843B2	Extendable plunger rod for medical syringe A medical syringe with an extendible plunger rod is provided which facilitates injection of a large volume of material, for example, a dermal filler. The rod may include an outer plunger rod, an inner plunger rod, a compression spring configured to exert force tending to push the inner plunger rod in a direction distal to the outer plunger rod, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism prevents movement of the inner plunger rod relative to the outer plunger rod while both the inner and outer plunger rods are depressed, until the outer plunger rod has been depressed a first predetermined distance.
US09220835B2	Device for drug infusion A portable device for infusion of liquid drugs contained in a pair of syringes into a patient's body is disclosed. Said device includes a body housing a driving system and arranged to receive a pair of interchangeable syringes, and said driving system includes a single electric motor and a first and a second mechanical assembly, or a single mechanical assembly, each assembly being associated with one of the syringes or with both syringes, respectively, and being arranged to convert the rotary motion of the motor into a linear motion and to apply said linear motion to a pusher associated with the plunger of the respective syringe, both mechanical assemblies, or the single mechanical assembly, being operated for simultaneously causing the forward motion of the plunger in one syringe and the backward motion of the plunger in a second syringe.
US09220824B2	Implanting cardiac devices A method of implanting a cardiac device featuring the insertion of an inner seal member through an opening in a pericardium about a living human heart. The inner seal member has a first sealing lip disposed inside the pericardium and surrounding an aperture through the inner seal member. An outer seal member is aligned with the inner seal member. The outer seal member has a second sealing lip disposed outside the pericardium, surrounding an aperture through the outer seal member. The inner seal member is secured to the outer seal member. The firsts sealing lip is engaged against an inner surface of the pericardium. The second sealing lip is engaged against an outer surface of the pericardium. A cardiac device is inserted into the pericardium through the apertures of the inner and outer seal members.
US09220818B2	Medical devices having inorganic barrier coatings Medical devices having a barrier layer comprising an inorganic material. The medical device has a reservoir containing a therapeutic agent and the barrier layer is disposed over the reservoir. In one aspect, the barrier layer has one permeability to the therapeutic agent at one portion of the medical device and a different permeability at another portion of the medical device. In another aspect, the dosage amount of the therapeutic agent in the reservoir at one portion of the medical device is different from the dosage amount of the therapeutic agent in the reservoir at another portion of the medical device. In another aspect, a bioresorbable layer is disposed over the barrier layer at one or more portions of the medical device, wherein the bioresorbable layer comprises a bioresorbable material. Also, methods of coating a medical device are disclosed, in which a barrier layer over a medical device is formed using a lithographic etching process where a plurality of particles serve as an etch mask.
US09220816B2	Polymers of fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers It is provided a method of treating a disorder, the method comprising implanting in a patient an implantable device including a polymer formed of fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers and another biocompatible polymer.
US09220809B2	Use of a fluorinated polymer as a contrast agent in solid state 19F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scaffold comprising said polymer and use thereof A method of using a fluorinated polymer having a glass transition temperature below 40 C as a contrast agent in 19F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a solid object, said solid object comprising said contrast agent. The invention relates to a solid object comprising a structural component and an imaging component, wherein the imaging component is at least one fluorinated polymer. The invention relates to a method for 19F MRI in solid state using a contrast agent comprising a fluorinated polymer as well as a method for in vivo visualizing a scaffold. It further relates to a method for in vivo monitoring the degradation of a solid object in time, wherein the degradation is monitored in time by using 19F MRI to visualize the solid object, and wherein the amount of degradation of the solid object is determined based on the decrease in the visibility of the amount of 19F.
US09220804B2	Female sanitary and incontinence towels, gauze/bandages and surgical dressings for treating wounds based on tourmaline A surgical use, healing, and personal hygiene devices, in which, among other components, includes: a first layer of bamboo fibers or organic cotton, adapted to stay in contact with the skin of a user; a layer of non-woven fabric having in a central place an element made of polypropylene and thermostable elastomers fibers, in which is absorbed a nanometric tourmaline powder; and a layer opposite to the first layer including materials that allow “ventilation” to the device and, at the same time, form a moisture barrier. Also describes the use of nano tourmaline powder in these applications.
US09220799B2	Bactericidal agent composition [Problem] To provide: a bactericidal agent composition which can exhibit an excellent bactericidal effect in the presence of an organic substance and against biofilms; a method for producing the bactericidal agent composition; and a sterilization method using the bactericidal agent composition. [Solution] A bactericidal agent composition which comprises water containing ultrafine bubbles having a most frequent particle diameter of 500 nm or less and a bactericidal component. Preferably, the density of most frequent particles of the ultrafine bubbles are 10,000 particles or more and the density of ultrafine bubbles each having a particle diameter of 1000 nm or less is 1,000,000 particles or more.
US09220790B2	Multi-arm polymeric alkanoate conjugates Among other aspects, provided herein are multi-armed polymer conjugates comprising an alkanoate-linker, compositions comprising such conjugates, and related methods of making and administering the same. Methods of treatment employing such conjugates and related uses are also provided. The conjugates are prepared with high drug loading efficiencies.
US09220786B2	Pharmaceutical composition of chelating complex micelles This invention provides Chelating Complex Micelles as a drug carrier. The Chelating Complex Micelles can load drugs without changing their structure, and therefore extend the half-life of drugs in the human body. The chelating complex micelles contain a metal ion core, at least one polymer, and at least one drug molecule. The metal ion is considered as a Lewis acid while polymer chain and drug molecules are referred to as Lewis bases. The drug molecule is linked to the polymer via forming coordinate bonds with metal ion, and then self-assembled to form chelating complex micelles as a drug carrier.
US09220785B2	Lipopeptides for delivery of nucleic acids Lipopeptide compounds with a central peptide and having lipophilic groups attached at each terminus, and salts and uses thereof. The lipophilic groups can be derived from a naturally-occurring lipid, or can be a C(1-22)alkyl, C(6-12)cycloalkyl, C(6-12)cycloalkyl-alkyl, C(3-18)alkenyl, C(3-18)alkynyl, C(1-5)alkoxy-C(1-5)alkyl, or a sphinganine, or (2R,3R)-2-amino-1,3-octadecanediol, icosasphinganine, sphingosine, phytosphingosine, cis-4-sphingenine. The compounds can be used in compositions to deliver active agents to cells, including interfering-RNA agents and antisense RNAs.
US09220784B2	Diclofenac topical formulation The present invention provides a gel formulation comprising diclofenac sodium which has superior transdermal flux properties, which may be used for the topical treatment of pain, such as in osteoarthritis.
US09220782B2	Long acting sustained-release formulation containing dopamine receptor agonist and the preparation method thereof The present invention relates to a long-acting sustained-release dosage form for treatment of Parkinson Disease, comprising a dopamine receptor agonist and a pharmaceutically acceptable biodegradable polymer accessories, wherein the content of the dopamine receptor agonist in the sustained-release dosage form is 5-50% by weight, and the content of the pharmaceutically acceptable polymer accessories is 50-95% by weight.
US09220778B2	Method of treating neurological conditions with oleandrin-containing extract A method of treating neurological condition in a subject by administration of a cardiac glycoside is provided. Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease or stroke are treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of cardiac glycoside to a subject. The cardiac glycoside can be present in a dosage form.
US09220775B2	Binding molecules specific for HER3 and uses thereof The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind the extracellular domain of the HER3 receptor and inhibit various HER3 receptor related functions via ligand-dependent and/or ligand-independent mechanisms. Also provided are compositions with increased half-life. In addition, the invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER3 mediated signal transduction.
US09220761B2	Alginate and alginate lyase compositions and methods of use The invention features alginate and alginate lyase compositions and methods that are useful for the treatment of various conditions and diseases. The invention also provides kits and instructions for use.
US09220751B2	Casein peptide for use in the treatment of uterine infections The present disclosure relates to a casein peptide for use in the treatment of an uterine infection in a female mammalian animal, to methods of treatment of such infections by administering to a female mammalian animal at least one casein peptide, to the use of casein peptide for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of uterine infection and to a kit for said treatment. The casein peptide is preferably a casein hydrolysate, e.g. obtained by trypsin hydrolysis of casein protein. The female mammalian animal is, in accordance with some embodiments, a lactating animal, the infection being a post-partum infection.
US09220749B2	Method of inhibiting Clostridium difficile by administration of oritavancin Glycopeptide antibiotics, such as oritavancin, demonstrate significant activity against both a vegetative form of C. difficile and C. difficile spores. Methods for the treatment, prophylaxis and prevention of C. difficile infection and disease in animals, including humans, are described.
US09220748B2	Macrocyclic proline derived HCV serine protease inhibitors The present invention discloses compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3-NS4A protease. Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US09220744B2	Compositions and methods for treating diseases This invention relates to compositions and methods for treatment of vascular conditions. The invention provides arginine polymers and arginine homopolymers for the treatment and/or prevention of glaucoma, pulmonary hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, erectile dysfunction, Raynaud's syndrome, heparin overdose, vulvodynia, and wound healing. The invention also provides arginine polymers and arginine homopolymers for use in organ perfusate and preservation solutions.
US09220743B2	Pan-antiviral peptides for protein kinase inhibition A method of inhibiting protein kinases by administering polypeptides derived from alpha-neurotoxin, and inhibiting protein kinases. Diseases treated thereby include cancer, influenza, Tourette's syndrome, pain, and neurological deficits.
US09220742B1	Mutant polypeptides and uses thereof The present disclosure provides novel polypeptides with 3-buten-2-ol dehydratase activity, polypeptides with catalytic activity in the conversion of 3-methyl-3-buten-2-ol to isoprene, and crystal structure data for one of such polypeptides. Methods of making and using the polypeptides and their related crystal structure data are also provided.
US09220739B1	All natural body powder that balances your PH and eliminates, bacteria, fungus, microbes and any body odor, including odor passed onto articles of clothing or shoes An all-natural, multi-purpose body powder comprised of Boric Acid, Organic Lavender, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus and Peppermint. The ratios of Boric Acid to Organic Lavender and Tea Tree are 288:1. The ratios of Boric Acid to Organic Eucalyptus and Peppermint are 1728:1. All of said ingredients create an environment that bacteria cannot grow in, wherein body, foot and shoe odor is prevented.
US09220734B2	Injectable polydeoxyribonucleotide composition for the treatment of osteoarticular diseases Composition based on polynucleotides extracted from natural sources for use in therapeutic treatment and/or as a therapeutic co-adjuvant in the treatment of degenerative diseases of the joints, in particular osteoarthritis.
US09220732B2	Continuous culturing device A continuous device for culturing mammalian cells in a three-dimensional structure for the transplantation or implantation in vivo is described. The culturing device comprises (a) a scaffold formed by a matrix of interconnected growth surfaces spaced at regular intervals and (b) a fluid distribution means at the inlet and the exit of the growth areas. The device is particularly useful for culturing bone cells for dental implants or bone reconstruction.
US09220728B2	Constitutive expression of costimulatory ligands on adoptively transferred T lymphocytes The present invention provides immunoresponsive cells, including T cells, cytotoxic T cells, regulatory T cells, and Natural Killer (NK) cells, expressing at least one of an antigen-recognizing receptor and a co-stimulatory ligand and methods of use therefore for the treatment of neoplasia and other pathologies where an increase in an antigen-specific immune response is desired.
US09220719B2	Single dose oral formulations and methods for treatment of cats with ectoparasiticidal spinosad This invention provides a single-dose oral formulation of spinosad for the extended control of a C. felis infestation on a cat at a predictable dose of spinosad that is suitable for administration once every 30 days (i.e., one month). The invention also provides methods of using the formulation of spinosad.
US09220718B2	Sonosensitive liposome, pharmaceutical composition including the same, and method of delivering active agent to subject using the sonosensitive liposome Provided is a liposome comprising a lipid bilayer and a sonosensitizer that is disposed in and/or on the lipid bilayer, wherein the sonosensitizer self-assembles to form aggregates when exposed to ultrasound; and a method of efficiently delivering an active agent to a target site in the body of a subject using the sonosensitive liposome.
US09220713B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of drug-induced hand-foot syndrome The present invention provides methods of treating, ameliorating or preventing hand-foot syndrome in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.
US09220706B2	Inhibition of leukemic stem cells by PP2A activating agents A method of inhibiting the growth of leukemic hematopoietic stem cells in a subject with leukemia is described. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including a compound of formula I: I wherein R1 is independently selected from hydrogen and methyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of 4,8-dimethyl-non-1-enyl, 4,8-dimethyl-nonyl, non-1-enyl, and nonanyl groups; X is a carboxyl, phosphonic, or sulfonic moiety, and n is an integer from 1 to 6, or a compound of Formula II: II wherein R1 is a C6-C12 alkyl or C6-C12 alkoxy group; R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methoxy, and hydroxyl; and R3 is an alkyl or cycloalkyl group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09220703B2	Composition and method for the protection of articular cartilage The novel therapeutic potential of Calebin A and compositions thereof to prevent pathological damage to mammalian articular cartilage is disclosed.
US09220700B2	Cysteine for physiological injection This application describes methods of making and using physiological cysteine solutions useful for reversing a neuromuscular blockade caused by a cysteine-reversible neuromuscular blockade agent, that overcomes problems of cysteine precipitation and dimerization.
US09220691B2	Transdermal therapeutic system comprising norelestromin for contraception and hormone replacement The present invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system for applying the active ingredient norelgestromin onto the skin, optionally in combination with estrogens. It further relates to the use of such systems for hormonal contraception, and for hormone replacement therapy.
US09220683B2	Lipids and compositions for the delivery of therapeutics The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention provides lipids having the following structures: (Formula (I) or (XXXV)).
US09220682B2	Nanocarrier therapy for treating invasive tumors Liposomes of a size of less than 200 nanometers target tumors and preferentially deliver imipramine blue to tumors, including brain tumors such as gliomas. The imipramine blue decreases the invasiveness of the tumors, and inhibits tumor metastasis. The liposomes include cholesterol and chemically pure phospholipids that are essentially neutral and contain saturated fatty acids of between 16 and 18 carbon atoms, such as distearoylphosphatidyl choline, and can also include one or more pegylated phospholipids, such as DSPE-PEG.
US09220679B2	Transvaginal phosphodiesterase inhibitors for infertility treatment The present invention relates to a new application of phosphodiesterase inhibitors for couple infertility treatment which forms an effective alternative to the invasive assisted reproductive techniques such as conjugal artificial insemination and which consists of the transvaginal administration of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor immediately before and/or after coitus. It also relates to dosage forms suitable for the intravaginal administration of phosphodiesterase inhibitors.
US09220678B2	Coating method A method of coating a material onto projections provided on a patch. The method includes applying a coating solution containing the material to at least the projections and drying the coating solution to at least the projections using a gas flow.
US09220676B2	Injectable in-situ crosslinked hydrogel and methods of making and using thereof The present invention discloses an injectable in-situ crosslinked hydrogel and its preparation method. The preparation method is as below: Filling the crosslinking active solution of at least one kind of the biocompatible macromolecules containing more than two thiol groups on the side chains into an injectable container and sealing it, and forming the in-situ disulfide-bond crosslinked hydrogel under the action of the dissolved oxygen; through controlling such parameters as partial pressure of oxygen gas, temperature and time, regulating concentration of the oxygen dissolved in the crosslinking active solution, and optimizing the gelation process and the gel properties. The present invention further relates to application of the injectable in-situ crosslinked hydrogel in pharmaceutics or surgery. The present invention has many advantages, such as no need for a crosslinking agent, simple preparation process, convenient application, containing no impurities, good biocompatibility, no toxic and side effect, and wide application in the medical science.
US09220675B2	Topical skin care formulations comprising plant extracts Disclosed are compositions and corresponding methods of their use that include an extract from Quassia undulata, Biophytum petersianum, Allophylus africanus, Buchanania reticulata, Melanorrhoea laccifera, Canthium dicoccum, or Aporosa tetrapleura, or any combination thereof, or at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or all 7 of the extracts.
US09220672B2	Peptide for use in the treatment of skin conditions The present invention relates to a peptide of the following formula (I) X1(X2)-X3-X4 or a salt or solvate thereof, wherein is an amino acid comprising two or more NH-functionalities, and X2, X3, and X4 are, independently from one another, an amino acid residue, and wherein the salt or solvate is preferably a physiologically acceptable salt or solvate.
US09220669B2	Resveratrol ferulate compounds, compositions containing the compounds, and methods of using the same The present invention relates to methods of using topical or cosmetic compositions containing resveratrol ferulates for skin lightening and anti-aging applications and method of synthesizing resveratrol ferulates.
US09220657B2	Water ingress detection system A detection system for a tub having a water recirculation system includes an electronic sensor and an indicator. The electronic sensor is configured to detect a condition indicative of water being present in a water recirculation system of a tub. The indicator is configured to provide a visual indication according to the detected condition.
US09220655B2	System for compression therapy A system for compression therapy includes a patient-support apparatus and a compression sleeve assembly that is coupleable to the patient-support apparatus. In some embodiments, the patient-support apparatus includes a hospital bed and in other embodiments, the patient-support apparatus includes a mattress for a bed. The compression sleeve assembly includes a sleeve that couples to a patient's limb and that inflates to promote blood flow. The compression sleeve assembly also includes a conduit and a compression module that is operable to inflate the sleeve through the conduit. The conduit may be routed, at least in part, through the associated patient-support apparatus. The compression module may be situated, at least in part, in a cavity of the associated patient-support apparatus. A compression module may be coupled to an architectural structure, such as a headwall unit.
US09220652B1	Launchable biodegradable vessel to deliver cremated remains or dry materials into a body of water A launchable biodegradable vessel for delivery of cremated remains or other dry materials into a body of water. The vessel is a prolate spheroid of size and shape designed specifically for easy handling and delivery by hand, or by an air cannon or other launching device to achieve greater and/or safer distance. The vessel is made of a dissolvable plastic or plant-based material that will break down in fresh or salt water. The vessel may be designed for faster dispersion of cremated remains or other dry materials once it makes contact with the water, by the placement of holes in its shell.
US09220651B2	Automated systems, devices, and methods for transporting and supporting patients Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
US09220648B2	Jack stand for a wheelchair The present invention is a wheelchair jack stand that may be affixed to the seat post and main chassis member of a wheelchair to enable easy removal of the wheel. The jack stand comprises a lever arm retaining rail, a locking pin, a stand member and a second hub affixed to the base of the seat post for connecting the stand member. The lever arm retaining rail has apertures along its length for receiving a locking pin, a first end affixed to the seat post and a second end affixed to the main chassis member. The stand member has a first hub, a leg connected to the first hub and a lever arm connected to the first hub and opposite the leg. The lever arm also has one opening to receive a locking pin that aligns with the one or more apertures of the lever arm retaining rail. The angle between the leg and the lever arm is about 100 degrees.
US09220643B2	Disposable wearing article with elastic bands A disposable wearing article includes, in an elastic region in a periphery of at least a waist- or leg-opening, an elastic band formed of a fibrous non-woven fabric which is elastically contractible and has a plurality of first gathers extending in a length direction so as to undulate in a width direction thereof.
US09220642B2	Absorbent article and sanitary napkin with heightened middle units An absorbent article having a leakage preventing wall that includes a fixing unit and an erection unit. A heightened middle unit is disposed inside in the longitudinal direction more than a wing unit. Fold positions are provided in proximity to a base position of the wing unit. An end pan in the longitudinal direction of compression grooves are configured so as to be disposed outside in the longitudinal direction more than an end part in the longitudinal direction of the erection unit. The end part in the longitudinal direction of the erection unit and a site at which a dimension in the widthwise direction W is the greatest in the compression groove are disposed in proximity to the base position of the wing unit.
US09220641B2	Disposable absorbent product with bonded lateral regions and related methods A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The product has a topsheet, and a backsheet overlaying the topsheet, with the topsheet and backsheet jointly defining first and second side edges of the product on respective sides of the longitudinal axis. An absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the product. The absorbent core has first and second lateral edges respectively inboard of the first and second side edges of the product so as to define respective first and second lateral portions of the product that are free of the absorbent core. The product also has a plurality of folds parallel to the transverse axis, and a plurality of bonds in at least one of the first or second lateral portions that secure the plurality of folds in place.
US09220632B2	Fluid infusion methods for ocular disorder treatment Methods of treating ocular disorders are disclosed, including: inserting an implant in eye tissue, using an instrument, such that an inlet portion of the implant is in an anterior chamber of an eye and an outlet portion of the implant is in a physiological outflow pathway; removing the instrument from the eye without removing the implant; and conducting fluid comprising a therapeutic substance through the implant and into the physiological outflow pathway. Another method includes inserting an instrument into a physiologic outflow pathway through which aqueous humor drains from an anterior chamber of an eye; separating first and second walls of tissues which comprise the physiologic outflow pathway by injecting a fluid comprising a drug from the instrument while the instrument remains in the physiologic outflow pathway; and withdrawing the instrument with said fluid remaining within the eye such that the drug has a therapeutic effect on the eye.
US09220629B2	Wearable airway supporting device A wearable airway supporting device consisting essentially of elastic textile products and a matching set of form-fit mandible projectors, and has portions that encircle the head such that, when combined with a set of form-fit mandible projectors, exert pressure on at least the pterygoideus internus section of the user's mandible so as to apply upwardly, outward pressure on the lower jaw (mandible) in order to stabilize the same while the user is sleeping or unconscious, thereby preventing snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, and other airway obstruction caused by the tongue dropping back into the throat and blocking the user's airway. When the elastic members are placed around the front and back of the user's head, the device keeps the user's mandible jutted forward and prevents the tongue from falling back so that air flows through his airway.
US09220624B2	Posterior cruciate ligament support brace This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a knee brace providing a dynamic resistance or anterior force to a shank of a leg in order to replicate PCL forces of a healthy PCL. A dynamic force dependent upon knee flexion angle provides faster and safer PCL injury healing since the dynamic force better replicates the forces that a healthy PCL would exert on the tibia and femur.
US09220622B2	Orthopedic device An orthopedic device includes an orthopedic frame, a strap system connected to and depending from the frame and arranged to secure to a limb or joint of a wearer, and a bladder system connected to the strap system. The bladder system has a bladder positioned on the strap system and is arranged between the strap system and the limb or joint of the wearer. The orthopedic device may also include a load cell device connected to the strap system and arranged to monitor pressure exerted on the limb or joint of the wearer, and a tightening mechanism connected to the load cell and arranged to adjust the pressure of the strap system in response to a pressure reading from the load cell. The bladder system and the load cells supplement the strap system to provide for more dynamic support to the limb or joint of the wearer.
US09220621B2	Circumferential walker An orthopedic device in the form of a circumferential walker includes a first member (posterior shell) and a second member (dorsal shell) corresponding to the first member. An outsole or plantar shell portion is attached to, or formed on or with the posterior shell. A hinge mechanism is provided between the posterior and dorsal shells to allow the dorsal shell to be swung away from the posterior shell in order to accommodate an anatomical limb therein. Inflatable bladders having perspiration wicking channels and/or openings are provided within a liner for insertion between the posterior and dorsal shells. Quick-connecting buckle and retaining assemblies can be provided to allow a user to quickly don and doff the orthopedic device.
US09220602B2	Sperical subtalar implant One embodiment of the invention includes a sinus tarsi implant with a proximal portion that includes a spherical portion. The spherical portion may include apertures for tissue in-growth. The implant design limits patient discomfort due to pressure points. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09220598B2	Delivery systems, tools, and methods of use A covering for delivering a substance or material to a surgical site is provided. The covering, with substance provided therein, may be referred to as a delivery system. Generally, the covering may be a single or multi-compartment structure capable of at least partially retaining a substance provided therein until the covering is placed at a surgical site. Upon placement, the covering may facilitate transfer of the substance or surrounding materials. For example, the substance may be released (actively or passively) to the surgical site. The covering may participate in, control, or otherwise adjust the release of the substance. In various embodiments, the covering is suitable for a variety of procedure specific uses. Implantation tools may be provided for placing the covering at a surgical site. Kits may be provided including variously sized or shaped coverings and one or more tools for use in placing the covering.
US09220593B2	Intraocular lens insertion device An intraocular insertion device (1) capable of safely performing discharge operation of a lens (2) by a simpler construction. The intraocular lens insertion device (1) has a body (5) provided with a lens placement section (3) where the lens (2) is placed and a tube section (4) for inserting the lens (2) into an eye and has a plunger (6) for discharging the lens (2) placed on the lens placement section (3). The lens placement section (3) has an upper holding member (12) and a lower holding member (14). The upper holding member (12) has a rib (15) projecting on advancement axis A, to the lower side of the lens placement section (3). The lower holding member (14) has a U-shaped cross-section and is constituted of a left and right pair of uprising sections (18) and a pressing section (20) uniting the uprising sections (18) at their lower ends.
US09220591B2	Accommodating intraocular lens providing progressive power change An accommodating intraocular lens for providing a range of accommodative vision includes a deformable optic. The deformable optic includes a plurality of layers that have a progressively increasing hardness and/or refractive index characteristic from the outermost layer to the innermost layer to provide a range of accommodative power.
US09220573B2	System and method for tracking positions of uniform marker geometries A system and method for tracking a tracking device for use with a surgical navigation system is provided. The system and method can include at least one tracking device having a plurality of faces. The faces can be operable to generate a signal upon activation. Also included is a face activation module that activates a selected one of the faces upon receipt of an activation signal. The system can also include a visibility module that generates the activation signal and receives the signal from the face to generate tracking data for the tracking device, along with a face switching module that generates a face control signal to activate a different face based on the tracking data.
US09220571B2	System for determining the position of a knee prosthesis The present application provides an apparatus arid method for determining a position of a joint prosthesis using a computer assisted orthopedic surgery system in support of an arthroplasty surgery. The apparatus and method includes attaching a first beatable element to a first bone on one side of a joint, providing a sensor having a second beatable element and moving the sensor in proximity of the joint to locate a plurality of positions of the sensor relative to the first beatable element using a tracking device. The apparatus and method further includes selecting a generic model of a joint determining the generic model in response to the plurality of positions located using the tracking device to generate a deformed model, determining a position for a joint prosthesis on the deformed model, and outputting on a display the determined position upon the deformed model.
US09220565B2	No-contact cover for stethoscopes and other devices Disposable covers for articles including stethoscopes are configured in such a way as to reduce the likelihood of the transmission of microbes among the patient; the stethoscope, medical device or other article; and the user/care-provider.
US09220556B2	Balloon design to enhance cooling uniformity A device, system, and method for enhancing cooling uniformity and efficiency of cryogenic fluids and providing a treatment element the shape of which can be adjusted for multiple purposes. The device may include a balloon catheter and fluid dispersion element, the fluid dispersion element directing the flow of coolant from a fluid injection element the interior wall of the balloon. The method of changing the shape of the treatment element may include retracting and extending a shaft to which the distal neck of a balloon is coupled, so that the balloon goes from a first shape to a second shape.
US09220554B2	Methods and apparatus for treating vertebral fractures Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. Methods for treating a bone comprising: inserting a cannula having an inner lumen into the bone; creating a cavity in the bone; providing a containment assembly, wherein the containment assembly may comprise a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, a containment jacket disposed on the distal end of the tubular member, and a guide wire disposed through the tubular member with the guide extending into the containment jacket; inserting the containment jacket through the inner lumen of the cannula and into the cavity; and introducing a filler material into the containment jacket.
US09220544B2	Implantable device with locking adjustment mechanism and method for using same An intramedullary rod for use in a mammalian body comprising an elongate nail having a stem and a head and a threaded element carried by the head and accessible at the proximal end for rotation relative to the head. A locking mechanism coupled to the threaded element and configured to preclude rotation of the threaded element relative to the head when the locking mechanism is in a first position and permit rotation of the threaded element relative to the head when the locking mechanism is in a second position.
US09220541B1	Transverse connector A transverse connector for coupling between first and second elongate members of a spinal stabilization system. The transverse connector includes a connector arm, a first coupling assembly proximate a first end of the arm, and a second coupling assembly proximate a second end of the arm. The first and second coupling assemblies are secured to the connector arm through a plurality of mating engagement features, such as dovetail grooves.
US09220526B2	Rotational coupling device for surgical instrument with flexible actuators Rotational couplers for use with surgical devices that are actuated by semi-flexible actuators such as wires and the like. The couplers enable the actuators to apply various actuation motions to actuation features on the surgical device as well as other actuators to apply axial and rotational motions to the surgical device to manipulate the device into various orientations relative to an elongate shaft to which the device is movably attached.
US09220525B2	Medical instrument having actuation element movable into at least two positions A medical instrument includes a handle on the proximal end and a shank rotatably arranged on the handle. A tool is arranged on the distal end of the shank. This tool is rotatable relative to the shank. An actuation element is arranged on the handle. The actuation element may be moved into at least two switch positions, wherein in a first switch position the actuation element is coupled in movement to the shank and in a second switch position the actuation element is coupled in movement to the tool.
US09220524B2	Surgical tools to facilitate delivery of a neurostimulator into the pterygopalatine fossa A surgical tool configured to facilitate delivery of a neurostimulator to a craniofacial region of a subject includes a handle portion, an elongate shaft having a contoured distal portion, and an insertion groove on the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft is configured to be advanced under a zygomatic bone along a maxillary tuberosity towards a pterygopalatine fossa. The distal portion includes a distal dissecting tip. The insertion groove is configured to receive, support, and guide a medical device or instrument.
US09220521B2	Shockwave catheter A catheter, for use, for example, in valvuloplasty, includes an elongated body and an inflatable balloon carried by the elongated body. The balloon has an inner surface and an outer surface. The catheter further includes at least one shock wave source within the inflatable balloon and a follower arrangement that maintains the at least one shock wave source a substantially fixed distance from the inner surface of the balloon.
US09220518B2	Porous spacers, instruments, and methods for foot and ankle fusion Porous spacers (100) are provided for foot and ankle fusion. The porous spacers disclosed herein may be implanted between separate bones of a joint or between two segments of a single bone following an osteotomy procedure. Such spacers may be used in conjunction with an ankle resection system which includes a resection frame (150) and a resection guide (170). The resection frame can be anchored to the distal tibia and/or the talus and provides an opening (155) through which a bone cutting element can pass for cutting underlying bone. The resection guide can include one or more cutting slots (169, 171, 172) and the resection guide can be coupled to the resection frame with the one or more cutting slots positioned over the opening in the resection frame so that the bone cutting element can pass through the one or more cutting slots and through the opening in the resection frame for cutting the distal tibia and/or the talus.
US09220516B2	Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
US09220510B2	System and method for bone preparation for an implant A computer assisted surgical system for guiding bone cutting operations of an arthroplasty surgery is provided. The computer assisted surgical system includes a cutting guide having a guiding surface for mounting to a bone and a computer. The computer is in communication with the cutting guide and configured to generate a bone model of the first bone without the use of pre-operative bone images, determine a position of an implant model having a bone interface surface on the bone model, determine a position of the cutting guide on the first bone based on the determined position of the implant model on the bone model, and position the guiding surface of the cutting guide to one of a plurality of predetermined cut configurations relative to the bone interface surface.
US09220509B2	Adjustable guide in computer assisted orthopaedic surgery The present invention relates to a surgical navigation device, for the purpose of adjusting cutting planes to a desired position with respect to a bone of a patient, the device comprising: an adjustable guide (15) that contains several adjustable screws (1) that create contact points with the surface of the bone or cartilage such that the guide fits to the bone in a unique position calculated such that the holes and cutting blocks of the adjustable guide fit with the position planned on preoperative CT or MR images of the patient, a dedicated screwdriver (7) to adjust automatically the screws (1) to their target length, a navigation system used to check the correct position of the adjustable guide with respect to essential anatomical points and if necessary means to correct the positions of the adjustable screws.
US09220496B2	Packaging for surgical needle cartridge and suture Packaging for a surgical needle comprises a cartridge having a surgical needle and a needle driver operative to engage and move the needle relative the cartridge. The packaging has a bobbin, and a length of suture connected to the needle and wound around the bobbin. The packaging may further comprise an outer shell enclosing the cartridge, bobbin, and suture. The outer shell may comprise a sheet of material folded over the cartridge and bobbin. The packaging may further comprise a platform resiliently holding the cartridge. The bobbin may be a rotating spool. The cartridge may comprise a pair of arms defining a generally U-shaped distal end, and the packaging may have a block interposed between the arms. The packaging may further comprise a housing and a top sheet enclosing the enclosing the cartridge, bobbin, and suture.
US09220481B2	Diagnostic image generating apparatus, medical image system, and beamforming method A diagnostic image generating apparatus, a medical image system, and a beamforming method are provided. The diagnostic image generating apparatus includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a modulated transmission signal to a subject, a reception beamforming unit configured to form a reception beam by beamforming echo signals reflected from the subject, a point spread function (PSF) estimating unit configured to estimate a PSF for each region according to the formed reception beam, a filtering unit configured to filter the formed reception beam according to the estimated PSF, and a diagnostic image generating unit configured to generate a diagnostic image according to the filtered reception beam.
US09220480B2	Method and apparatus for providing multi spectral doppler images A method of providing multi spectral Doppler images, including displaying an ultrasound image of an object in a first region; setting a plurality of sample volumes in the displayed ultrasound image; obtaining a plurality of Doppler signals corresponding to the set plurality of sample volumes; and tridimensionally displaying in a second region the multi spectral Doppler images that are generated based on the obtained plurality of Doppler signals.
US09220478B2	Concave ultrasound transducers and 3D arrays A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate apertures of ultrasound arrays. Some embodiments provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound probes having continuous arrays of ultrasound transducers which may have a substantially continuous concave curved shape in two or three dimensions (i.e., concave relative to an object to be imaged). Other embodiments herein provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound imaging probes having other unique configurations, such as adjustable probes and probes with variable configurations.
US09220473B2	Method for calculating a value of an absorption parameter in positron emission tomography A method is disclosed for calculating a spatially resolved value of an absorption parameter for a positron emission tomography (PET) scan of an examination object via magnetic resonance tomography (MRT). Magnetic resonance data is acquired within a first region lying within a field of view of a magnetic resonance system and within a second region bordering on the first and lying at the edge of the field of view. The method includes the spatially resolved calculation of a first value of the absorption parameter from the first MR data within the first region and of a second value from the second MR data within the second region. A three-dimensional parameter map is obtained from the first value. This parameter map is extended by the second value such that within the first region and the second region the parameter map has the value of the absorption parameter in spatially resolved form.
US09220468B2	Endoscope observation assistance system, method, apparatus and program A virtual endoscope image generation unit receives, as an input, a three-dimensional medical image formed by a three-dimensional medical image formation unit, and generates a virtual endoscope image representing the body cavity viewed from a position in the three-dimensional medical image corresponding to the position of a treatment tool detected in real time by a treatment tool position detection unit. The generated virtual endoscope image is displayed on a WS display.
US09220463B2	System and method of workflow management Wireless systems and methods include a plurality of peripheral electronic devices each having a wireless communication system. A processor is configured to establish an association confidence level indicative of a likelihood that a peripheral electronic device is associated to a monitored subject for each peripheral electronic device based on association criteria. Indicators are configured to communicate the association the association confidence level.
US09220451B2	Method and fuel cell for electrochemical measurement of analyte concentration in vivo The invention relates to a method for the electrochemical measurement of an analyte concentration in vivo, comprising a fuel cell with which the analyte to be measured is reacted catalytically with an enzyme contained in an enzyme layer and which supplies an electrical voltage, dependent on the analyte concentration to be measured, beween an anode and a cathode, which voltage is measured. In the catalytic reaction of the analyte to be measured in the enzyme layer, a product is generated which, as fuel of the fuel cell, oxidizes on the anode and is reduced on the cathode. The invention further relates to a fuel cell for such a method.
US09220450B2	Compositions and methods for measurement of oxygen saturation in blood filled structures Provided herein is technology relating to medical monitoring of physiologic parameters, and particularly, but not exclusively, relating to compositions, methods and systems for the measurement of venous and arterial oxygen saturation in the blood of blood-filled anatomical structures.
US09220449B2	System and methods for processing analyte sensor data for sensor calibration Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor.
US09220448B2	Ultra-wide band non-invasive biological sensor and method The disclosure provides an electromagnetic (EM) sensor system and method that permits rapid and non-invasive measurement of blood glucose or other biological characteristics that exhibits a unique spectral signature, such as its complex electrical permittivity within the frequency range from near DC to microwave frequencies. Low-level EM signals are coupled through the skin and modified by electrical properties of the sub dermal tissues. These tissues essentially integrate with the sensor circuit as they interact with the transmitted EM energy. The guided-wave signal can be sampled and converted to a digital representation. The digital information can be processed and analyzed to determine the frequency-sensitive permittivity of the tissues and a determination of blood glucose level is made based upon the sensor output. The sensor design and method has wide-ranging applicability to a number of important measurement problems in industry, biology, medicine, and chemistry, among others.
US09220447B2	Apparatus for eliciting a blood sample The present application relates to an apparatus for eliciting a blood sample. The apparatus has a housing having an aperture. A shaft extends in the housing and a testing member is mounted on the shaft which rotates with the shaft. A lancing member is pivotably mounted to the testing member and a lancet protrudes from the lancing member. The lancing member is arranged to pivot relative to the testing member from a retracted position to a skin penetrating position in which the lancet extends into or through the aperture when the testing member is rotated so that the lancing member is coincident with the aperture.
US09220445B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an imaging section which emits light to a part of a biologic body at predetermined time intervals and images a vein in the biologic body so as to generate imaged data about the vein, a vein pattern extracting section which extracts vein patterns from the imaged data about the vein, a time change detecting section which detects a time change in the vein patterns, a blood flow volume calculating section which calculates a blood flow volume in the vein based on the time change in the vein patterns, and a processing section which executes a predetermined process based on the time change in the vein patterns and a time change in the blood flow volume.
US09220444B2	System method and device for determining the risk of dehydration A system, device and method of determining the probability of dehydration of a person is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving data of a heart rate of the person; receiving data of a posture of the person; determining that a first posture of the person satisfies first posture criteria for a first predetermined time period; determining a first heart rate for the person during the first predetermined time period; subsequent to determining that the first posture of the person satisfies first posture criteria for a first predetermined time period, determining that a second posture of the person satisfies second posture criteria for at least a second predetermined period; determining a second heart rate for the person during the second predetermined time period; determining a change in heart rate as the second heart rate minus the first average heart rate; determining a first probability of dehydration based, at least in part, on the change in heart rate; and outputting the first probability of dehydration.
US09220440B2	Determining a characteristic respiration rate The present disclosure relates to monitoring a characteristic respiration rate of a patient based at least in part on a suitable time period that either precedes or follows a triggering event, such as a clinician/patient interaction, where the triggering event may negatively impact the physiological parameter. In some embodiments, physiological parameter values falling between one or more pre-set thresholds may be used to derive the characteristic physiological parameter. In some embodiments, monitoring the respiration rate may provide additional information about the patient's status. In some embodiments, confidence measures may be associated with, or may be used to analyze features of the patient signal to derive information about, the characteristic respiration rate. The patient signal used to derive a patient's respiration rate may be of an oscillatory nature or may include oscillatory features that may be analyzed to derive a characteristic respiration rate.
US09220436B2	Technique for remanufacturing a BIS sensor Remanufactured BIS sensors and methods for remanufacturing used BIS sensors are provided. Such a remanufactured sensor may include certain components from a used medical sensor and certain new components. For example, a remanufactured BIS sensor may include a backing layer and at least first, second, and third electrodes disposed on the backing layer having a conductive ink. The first, second, and third electrodes are adapted to be in electrical contact with a patient to perform BIS measurements. A foam layer may be disposed on at least a portion of the backing layer, and an adhesive may be attached to the foam layer and is configured to secure the remanufactured BIS sensor to the patient. The first electrode, the second electrode, the third electrode, the backing layer, or a combination thereof, may be new and the foam layer, the adhesive, or a combination thereof, may be from a used medical sensor.
US09220435B2	System and method for generating electrophysiology maps A method of mapping cardiac electrical activity includes the acquisition of electrophysiological signals and using signal processing hardware to process such signals to identify lateness attributes thereof. If the lateness attribute exceeds a lateness threshold, then the corresponding point on the patient's heart can be designated as a therapy (e.g., ablation) target. It is also contemplated to use an upper bound on the lateness threshold, such that the corresponding point on the patient's heart is only designated as a therapy target if the lateness attribute both exceeds the lateness threshold and does not exceed the lateness bound. Both late activation (“Late-A”) and late potential (“Late-P”) attributes are contemplated.
US09220433B2	Catheter with variable arcuate distal section A catheter includes an elongated body, a distal assembly with a shape-memory member defining a generally circular form, and a control handle adapted to actuate a deflection puller wire for deflecting a portion of the elongated body, and a contraction wire for contracting the generally circular form. The generally circular form which carries at least one ring electrode has an off-edge configuration relative to the elongated body such that a longitudinal axis of the elongated body does not intersect the circumference of the circular form and the generally circular form spirals about the longitudinal axis of the elongated body. Moreover, the circular form can have an on-axis configuration such that the longitudinal axis of the elongated body is axially aligned with a central longitudinal axis of the circular form, or an off-axis configuration such that these axes are axially offset from each other. In a more detailed embodiment, the catheter has a distal assembly with a helical form or a crescent form carrying a plurality of irrigated ablation ring electrodes and a plurality of smaller ring electrodes adapted for impedance recording or PV potential recording. A support member with shape memory extends through the distal assembly to provide the helical or crescent form. The support member has a varying stiffness along its length, for example, a decreasing stiffness toward a distal end of the support member. The support member can also be hollow so that it can receive a mandrel whose stiffness is greater than that of the support member.
US09220421B2	Non-invasive blood pressure monitoring systems The present invention relates to the field of non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitoring systems and particularly to a system that allows the identification of other components of the system via coding elements that are readable without the need for placement of this system components to the body of a patient.
US09220420B2	Implantable dielectrometer Diagnostic apparatus (24) includes a sealed case (80), comprising a biocompatible material and configured for implantation within a body of a human subject (22). A dielectrometric probe (26, 50, 63, 66, 70, 102, 160) is connected to the case and includes first and second conductors (40, 42, 54, 56, 64, 67, 68, 72, 74, 162, 164), which are configured to be placed in proximity to a target tissue (34) in the body. A driving circuit (82), which is contained in the case, is coupled to apply a radio-frequency (RF) signal to the probe and to sense the signal returned from the probe. Processing circuitry (84) is configured to evaluate, responsively to the returned signal, a dielectric property of the target tissue.
US09220418B2	Systems and methods for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability from patient-specific anatomic image data Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability, using a computer system. One method includes acquiring anatomical image data of at least part of the patient's vascular system; performing, using a processor, one or more image characteristics analysis, geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis on the anatomical image data; predicting, using the processor, a coronary plaque vulnerability present in the patient's vascular system, wherein predicting the coronary plaque vulnerability includes calculating an adverse plaque characteristic based on results of the one or more of image characteristics analysis, geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis of the anatomical image data; and reporting, using the processor, the calculated adverse plaque characteristic.
US09220416B2	Heat flux balanced thermometer for measuring human core temperature Different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising one or more heating elements, a plurality of sensors, insulation, and a processor. The plurality of sensors includes at least a skin temperature sensor and an oven temperature sensor. The insulation is configured to thermally isolate the skin temperature sensor form the oven temperature sensor. The processor is configured to receive temperature data from the plurality of sensors and to control the one or more heating elements using the temperature data received.
US09220415B2	Systems and methods for frequency-domain photoacoustic phased array imaging Systems and methods of frequency-domain photoacoustic imaging are provided utilizing an ultrasonic phased array probe and intensity modulated optical excitation with coding to improve signal-to-noise ratio. Embodiments employ frequency-domain photoacoustic imaging methodologies such as the photoacoustic radar, coupled with a multi-element ultrasonic sensor array to deliver spatially-resolved correlation images of photoacoustic sources, which may be employed to image optical heterogeneities within tissue-like scattering media.
US09220414B2	Dental camera system A dental camera system for creating an image of an object has a dental camera, which comprises a housing and optics arranged therein together with an image sensor. The dental camera system further comprises an evaluation unit which cooperates with the image sensor to capture the object. To achieve a dental camera system whereof the dental camera performs using optics without movable or controllable optical elements, it is provided for the optics to be plenoptic optics which are designed to determine a 4D light field when capturing the object and for the evaluation unit to be designed to calculate at least one representation of the captured object from the 4D light field.
US09220398B2	System for managing Bowden cables in articulating instruments The present invention relates, generally, to the reduction or elimination of permanent and catastrophic herniations in Bowden cables or coil pipes in articulating devices or snake-like robots. More particularly, the present invention relates managing the coil pipes in a spiral pattern along the articulating device or snake-like robot to reduce or eliminate the necessity of the Bowden cables or coil pipes to slide along the length of the articulating device or snake-like robot. Reduction or elimination of the necessity for the Bowden cables or coil pipes to slide reduces or eliminates catastrophic herniations in articulating devices or snake-like robots undergoing one or more articulations.
US09220387B2	Sweeping machine A sweeping machine includes a sweeping brush capable of being driven in rotation, a debris container, a suction fan and at least one filter arranged in the flow path between the sweeping brush and the suction fan, in flow communication with the suction fan via a suction conduit, in flow communication with a pressure vessel via an external air conduit and at least one external air valve and, for filter cleaning, is capable of having external air stored in the pressure vessel applied thereto. In order for the filter to be capable of being cleaned effectively with as little external air as possible and with the external air being at as low a positive pressure as possible, the external air conduit includes a hood which covers the filter on a clean side thereof and forms a first section of the suction conduit which adjoins the clean side of the filter.
US09220386B2	Robotic vacuum An autonomous mobile robot comprise: a chassis having a drive system in communication with a control system; a cleaning head assembly having a lower cage and mounted to the chassis; a debris collection bin mounted to the chassis; a vacuum airway having a vacuum inlet and an airway outlet positioned adjacent the debris collection bin, and configured to deliver debris from the cleaning head assembly to a debris collection bin, the vacuum airway extending between the cleaning assembly and debris collection bin and being in fluid communication with an impeller disposed within the debris collection bin; and a cleaning head module connected to the chassis and having a front roller including a front shape-changing resilient tube and an adjacent rear roller including a rear shape-changing resilient tube rotatably opposing therewith beneath the vacuum inlet.
US09220375B2	Spring balanced chafing dish A chafing dish includes a pan, a cover hingedly connected to the pan through a hinge shaft, a plurality of cover arms, each cover arm having one end secured to the hinge shaft and other end to the cover, and a counter balance member which encircles a part of the hinge shaft and is secured in position at both ends in a hinge assembly, thereby enabling the counter balancing of the cover at any angle from the closed state of the cover.
US09220367B2	Intermittent driving device for a rotating grill rack The present invention is to provide an intermittent driving device, which includes a housing installed on an outer side of a grill burner and a control gear set fixedly provided in the housing. The control gear set includes an input gear, an intermittent gear and an output gear, wherein the input gear is rotated by a motor, the upper half of the intermittent gear is circumferentially and concavely provided with a rotation-stopping groove and meshes with the output gear, the lower half of the intermittent gear meshes with the input gear, and axle of the output gear has one end pivotally connected to axle of the input gear and has an opposite end securely connecting with a rotating grill rack outside the housing. Thus, the output gear can be rotated by the intermittent gear and then rotate the rotating grill rack intermittently above a heat source of the grill burner.
US09220357B1	System for supporting discrete articles at a vertically extending surface The combination of: a) a wall with a vertically extending surface; b) first and second vertically spaced elongate support arms mounted at the vertically extending surface so that their lengths extend generally horizontally, the first elongate support arm movable between first and second positions relative to the vertically extending surface; c) holding structure to releasably maintain the first elongate support arm in one of the first and second positions; and d) a first support accessory releasably operatively connected to the first elongate support arm.
US09220353B2	Merchandise feed insert for a merchandise feed system A merchandise feed insert for a merchandise feed system for automatic conveyance of merchandise located along the merchandise feed insert in one transport direction B to one visible edge of a shelf equipped with the merchandise feed system, the feed insert having a set of transport rolls which are supported on a roll carrier transversely to the transport direction B; two profile rails which can be clipped independently of one another on opposite sides of the roll carrier for holding the transport rolls on the roll carrier with at least three catch means at a time which are distributed in the transport direction along the roll carrier and/or the profile rails.
US09220344B2	Configurable seating device and method of use thereof A configurable seating device comprising a first portion configured to engage at least one object when in an open position, a second portion operably connected to the first portion, and a third portion operably connected to the second portion, wherein, when in the open position, a user is accommodated by the configurable seating device a distance above a ground surface, and the third portion is configured to contact the ground surface and is capable of supporting a weight of the user accommodated by configurable seating device is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
US09220339B1	Ball storage rack structure A ball storage rack structure includes: a base member having first pivotal portions and first and second abutting portions; support rods abutting against the first abutting portions, crossing each other radially, and each having a second pivotal portion and first and second coupling portions, with the second pivotal portions connected pivotally to the first pivotal portions; a bag having third coupling portions coupled to the second coupling portions such that the bag is mounted on the support rods; and a cord having fourth coupling portions coupled to the first coupling portions, underpinning the bag. The weight of the bag is borne by the second coupling portions and the cord, and the cord is pulled by a user to drive the support rods to rotate about the first pivotal portions and abut against the second abutting portions. Pivotal elements connect pivotally the first pivotal portions to the second pivotal portions.
US09220337B1	Portable beverage table A portable table suitable for securely holding a variety of beverages and other items that can be used on a wide range of surfaces including sand and soft ground. The table can be easily transported with an integral handhold and a detachable leg or legs, which can be readily fastened to the bottom of the table when not in use. The portable table includes openings which securely hold the full range of beverages including traditional cans and bottles, as well as wine glasses and other containers with varying shapes.
US09220333B2	Adjustable lumbar support for mounting on a backpack and backpack having the same An adjustable lumbar support for mounting upon the chassis of a backpack has a lumbar support pad and a slider assembly slidably attaching the lumbar support pad to the chassis. The assembly has a locking slider that, together with the support pad, is indexable to at least two different positions along the chassis. A backpack may have such an adjustable lumbar support.
US09220332B1	Modern generation sealed compact case A cosmetic compact having a base, and a lid assembly having a window hingedly connected to the base. The lid assembly and window are movable between open and closed positions. A platform member carries the cosmetic product, and can move in the manner of a float between the base and lid assembly. A cam mechanism on the window in the form of depending lugs, cooperates with camming ramps on the platform member. Exteriorly accessible manually engageable grip members connected with the platform member, allow the latter to be rotated with the lid assembly closed. Such rotation effects a tightening of the seal between the window and the platform member, by virtue of the action of the window lugs on the platform member's camming ramps. Improved seal between the window and the platform member is accomplished by virtue of such tightening. In addition, the arrangement is such that the compact can be locked against inadvertent opening, simultaneously with the tightening and sealing action on the platform member.
US09220330B2	Carrying device for portable objects A device and method for carrying an object has a cradle that supports the object, one or more carrying straps attached to opposing ends of the cradle and forming a single lifting point, and one or more restraining straps attached to the carrying strap. The carrying strap may be detachably joined to form the single lifting point, and there may be a handle at the lifting point. The carrying straps and restraining straps may be adjustable in length. The device can be folded into a compact configuration for portability.
US09220327B2	Carrier and packing case using the same A carrier and a packing case using the same for a portable electronic device having a rear surface and a side surface are provided, wherein the carrier comprises a rear plate, a frame and at least a supporting component. The rear plate has a first inner surface fitting the rear surface and a first outer surface opposite thereto, and the frame surrounds the rear plate and has a second inner surface fitting the side surface and a second outer surface respectively surrounding the first inner and outer surfaces. The supporting component is pivoted to the first and/or second outer surfaces. The supporting component can be received in the frame by being rotated toward the rear plate and attached on the first outer surface, and support the portable electronic device to stand up by being rotated away from the rear plate and extended out of the frame.
US09220322B2	Tensioning apparatus A tensioning apparatus having at least one basic body (1) and at least one tensioning lever (2) which is arranged so as to be pivotable on the basic body (1), wherein at least two basic body clamping bodies (4, 5), which interact with one another for releasably clamping a strap (3) on the basic body (1), are arranged on the basic body (1) and at least one tensioning lever clamping apparatus is arranged on the tensioning lever (2) for releasably clamping the strap (3) on the tensioning lever (2) and at least one of the basic body clamping bodies (4) is mounted on the basic body (1) so as to be movable, preferably pivotable, and the basic body clamping body (4), which is mounted on the basic body (1) so as to be movable, has at least one opening nose (6), wherein, in a clamping position of the basic body clamping bodies (4, 5), for guiding the strap (3) about the opening nose (6), the opening nose (6) is arranged in a space (7) between a strap abutment surface (8) of the other basic body clamping body (5) and a strap abutment surface (9) of the tensioning lever clamping apparatus.
US09220321B1	Button device The invention relates to a button device, attachable to the clothing, comprising: a main grip body, having a clip member for attaching to the clothing; and a subsidiary grip body, attaching to the clothing and being buckled with the main grip body, where the position of the subsidiary grip body on the clothing is in the same height to that of the main grip body. The subsidiary grip body is provided with a coupling member corresponding to the joint member for mutual engagement, and is provided with a latch member for attaching to the clothing. Accordingly, once the main grip body and the subsidiary grip body are attached to the clothing, and the joint member and the coupling member are engaged one with the other, the dressing is then aesthetic and the new button device is functional, which saves time and efforts for the replacement.
US09220315B2	Article of footwear with an indicator for a heating system An indicator for a heated article of footwear that includes an outer shell and a removable inner liner is described. The inner liner includes a heating system with an indicator disposed on a forefoot region of the inner liner. The heating system is integrated within the inner liner and is removable with the inner liner from the outer shell. A viewing window is disposed on the outer shell at a location corresponding to the indicator located on the inner liner. With this arrangement, the status condition of the heating system on the inner liner may be communicated to a wearer of the article through the viewing window from within the interior of the article.
US09220308B2	Head band A head band comprises a band portion and a tightening portion. The band portion has a first band and a second band, wherein an outer surface of the first band opposes an inner surface of the second band. The head band further comprises at least one spacer between the first and the second band forming a gap between the first band and the second band. The tightening portion has a strap and a tightener configured to tighten the strap, wherein the strap is hingedly connected at approximately each end of the band portion. Other embodiments of the head band, and visors, caps, and hats incorporating the head band, are described herein.
US09220300B1	Cigarette puncturing device A puncturing assembly for selectively puncturing a cigarette includes a tubular housing that may insertably receive the cigarette. A plunger is operationally coupled to the tubular housing. The plunger may be urged by a user. A prong is coupled to the plunger. The prong may selectively pierce the cigarette. The cigarette delivers a reduced amount of nicotine to the user.
US09220290B2	Pharmaceutical composition of complex carbohydrates and essential oils and methods of using the same The invention discloses the discovery that a pharmaceutical composition containing complex carbohydrates with or without natural or synthetic essential oils can work effectively as a topical, oral or mucosal pharmaceutical composition. Such pharmaceutical compositions reduce inflammation, assist in wound healing, protect against bruising, relieve itching, relieve pain and swelling and treat topical bacterial infections such as acne and decubitus ulcers and prevent and treat numerous other conditions and diseases. Such pharmaceutical compositions can be administered to mammals including humans. Also included in this invention are methods to deliver topically applied macromolecules into the tissue of mammals and methods of blocking the adhesion, metastatic and coronary cascades.
US09220288B2	System and method for conditioning food product A system and method for conditioning food product is disclosed. The method comprises providing a grill treatment to the food product; packaging the food product; and heating the packaged food product (e.g., partially or fully cooking the food product in its package). The system comprises an apparatus configured to apply a grill treatment to a food product that is being packaged and fully cooked in its package. The system may also comprise a co-extruder configured to extrude the a material layer and a collagen gel layer about the exterior surface of the base layer that is then at least partially coagulated before receiving the grill treatments.
US09220285B2	Aerated food product and method of manufacturing such product One aspect of the present invention relates to an aerated food product, such as ice cream, comprising at least 0.5 wt. % of fat and at least 30 wt. % of water, said fat being characterized by the following solid fat profile: 30%=30%; said fat further being characterized by the following fatty acid composition: less than 56% unsaturated fatty acids; not more than 60% unsaturated fatty acids; at least 1.5% C12-C14 fatty acids; <=1.5.% ω-3 unsaturated fatty acids; <=25% saturated C12-C14 fatty acids; and <=5% C4-C10 fatty acids; all percentages being calculated by weight of the total amount of fatty acids. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the aforementioned aerated food product.
US09220282B2	Coating composition and process for baked products to impart the attributes of fried products A composition and process for baked food products is provided to impart the sensorial attributes of fried food products. The composition is in the form of a batter coating, either powdered or wet, which is applied to a food product, and when baked, has the taste, texture and appearance of a fried food product. The batter coating includes at least an enzyme-modified starch or flour or other starch-containing material having oil absorbing capabilities. The enzyme-modified starch is plated with a liquid cooking oil in order to bring the liquid cooking oil into the process, and the batter coating retains the incorporated liquid cooking oil during processing to impart a fat fried texture, appearance and taste to the baked food product.
US09220279B2	Dough cutting and stamping apparatus and method An apparatus is provided for forming, cutting and stamping a dough sheet into a plurality of uniformly stamped, imprinted dough pieces. The apparatus engages a leading portion of a dough sheet as it travels along a conveyor. The apparatus includes a drum rotatably disposed relative to the conveyor, a plurality of cutter molds disposed on the rotatable drum and a plurality of pattern imprinters formed within internal cavities defined by the plurality of cutter molds. Each of the cutter molds simultaneously cuts a dough piece received in the internal cavity and imprints on the dough piece to form a rounded edge roll. The pattern imprinter preferably has a star configuration for stamping the dough to form Kaiser-type rolls.
US09220277B1	Form insert for use with a springform pan to make a uniform thickness crust A form for use with a springform pan to make a uniform thickness crust that has both bottom and side surfaces, the pan having a bottom and sidewall surface, the form comprising a variable or fixed sidewall ring having top and bottom rims, a defined height, inner and outer surfaces, and two parallel slits extending between the rims that are over-lapable to set the sidewall ring diameter, and a plurality of spacers, that affix to a sidewall selected from the group consisting of the pan sidewall surface and the sidewall ring to control the spaced distance between the sidewall ring outer surface and pan sidewall surface to yield a substantially uniform side thickness crust, and wherein the sidewall ring is configured to enable the sidewall ring bottom rim to cut through raw crust material placed adjacent the pan sidewall surface.
US09220272B2	Active halogen antimicrobial composition and method of use Disclosed is an antimicrobial composition containing an active halogen-containing component having a source of an active halogen and having an elevated pH, which is mixed with an acidic component. An acidic component is added in an amount to the active halogen-containing component to reduce the pH of the antimicrobial composition. When the pH of the active halogen-containing composition is reduced, the resulting composition has been discovered to be effective as a disinfectant and, particularly, as a sporicide. Application methods for applying the composition are also described.
US09220268B2	Herbicidal benzoxazinones The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
US09220265B2	Metalloenzyme inhibitor compounds The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US09220259B2	Passive methods for anti-microbial biological meshes Tissue matrices having anti-microbial properties are provided. In certain embodiments, the tissue matrices include cationic anti-microbial agents that form a stable bond with the tissue matrices without adversely affecting the biologic properties of the tissue matrices.
US09220251B2	Fishing rod holder assembly A fishing rod holder assembly includes a holding member for receiving and holding a fishing rod, and a support member comprising a substantially flat mounting section for positioning on a surface, and a supporting section angled in relation to the mounting section. A receiving member is rotatably connected to the supporting section and has a first opening formed therein for receiving and engaging the holding member, such that the holding member can be positioned at a desired angle relative to the surface by rotating the receiving member.
US09220249B1	Aquatic animal retrieval device An aquatic animal retrieval device having an L-shaped mount, the mount configured for attachment to an existing crossbow, a V-shaped spool connected to the mount, a shaft attached to the mount, the shaft extended forwardly from the crossbow, a float slidably disposed on the shaft, the float removably attached to the mount, an arrow removably disposed in the crossbow, the arrow having a barbed point disposed on the first end and a notch disposed in the second end, the notch configured to removably accept a drawstring of the crossbow, a line affixed to the arrow and the float wherein the to float is configured to travel with the arrow upon release of the arrow from the crossbow.
US09220238B2	Molded or extruded cork composite and method of manufacturing compressed cork pet products and pet toys made from the same A cork-catnip composite material is provided that is capable of being molded, compressed, extruded or similarly processed into small or large bodies or sheets and allow for the economic manufacture of a variety of products for domestic pets, especially felines. Dried and granulated catnip (or similar olfactory attractant) is blended with a fill material such as powdered or granulated agglomerate cork material are then mixed with a bonding agent. Lignosulfates bonding agents can be used, as well polyurethane food grade adhesives such as urethane, melaminic and phenolic resins.
US09220231B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV000902 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV000902. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV000902, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV000902 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV000902 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV000902.
US09220228B1	Maize inbred PH1DDV A novel maize variety designated PH1DDV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1DDV with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1DDV through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1DDV or a locus conversion of PH1DDV with another maize variety.
US09220227B1	Maize inbred PH1W4S A novel maize variety designated PH1W4S and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1W4S with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1W4S through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1W4S or a locus conversion of PH1W4S with another maize variety.
US09220222B2	Soybean variety 01046250 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01046250. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01046250. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01046250 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01046250 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09220217B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH220563 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH220563. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH220563, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH220563 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH220563.
US09220212B1	Maize inbred PH1CSV A novel maize variety designated PH1CSV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1CSV with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1CSV through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1CSV or a locus conversion of PH1CSV with another maize variety.
US09220209B2	Hybrid tomato ‘E2134649’ The present disclosure relates to a new and distinctive hybrid tomato designated ‘E2134649’, to the plants of hybrid tomato ‘E2134649’, to the plant parts of hybrid tomato ‘E2134649’ including the fruit, and to methods for producing a hybrid tomato using ‘E2134649’ as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to the methods for producing other tomato lines derived from hybrid tomato ‘E2134649’.
US09220198B2	Header with drivable crop conveying elements A header is formed with a middle section disposed on a main frame and at least two side sections disposed adjacent to the middle section on the main frame (2). A finger bar extends across the width of the header. At least one conveyor device (5) is disposed behind the finger bar and designed on the respective side sections as an endless conveyor belt. The belt is disposed adjacent to the middle section in order to transport crop cut by the finger bar laterally in the direction of the middle section (3). Drivable conveying elements are disposed on the middle section adjacent to the finger bar and the respective side section. These conveying elements receive and redirect crop discharged onto the middle section by the respective conveyor belts of the side sections.
US09220197B2	Self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine A self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine such as a forage harvester includes a front harvesting attachment for picking up crop from a field as well as one or more working mechanisms for processing and conveying the crop. At least one functional device assigned to the harvesting machine can be adjusted with respect to one or more parameters for the purpose of adapting to different conditions of use. The machine includes a control device that operates in a field initial-cutting mode in order to specify at least one parameter setting for at least one of the functional devices so that the parameter setting the harvesting machine can be brought into a configuration that is suitable for the initial cutting of the field.
US09220196B2	Method for adjusting at least one working unit of a self-propelled harvesting machine A method for automatic adjustment of at least one of several working units of a self-propelled harvesting machine involved in a harvesting process, includes the steps of initially modeling the harvesting process by at least one program map, based on a data base characteristic of a current harvesting process; determining an initial working point of the at least one of the working units on a basis of the initial modeling; adapting the at least one program map on a basis of data currently collected by measurements and which influence the harvesting process; determining a new working point of the at least one working unit depending on the adaptation of the program map; and iteratively approximating the new working point.
US09220195B2	Combine harvester comprising a spreading device for spreading chopped crop, and method of operating same A combine harvester has a spreading device for spreading chopped crop, a control device to which the spreading device is connected and which controls spreading properties of the spreading device, and a wind anemometer located on either side of the spreading device in a rear region of the combine harvester and producing a signal corresponding to a characteristic of wind.
US09220191B2	Yard and garden chemical dispenser A chemical dispensing apparatus includes a housing that is connectable to a source of water, such as a standard garden hose and a chemical dispenser configured to mix a chemical concentrate with the source of water as it flows through the housing and dispensed from the housing from either a sprinkler head or a misting nozzle. Various configurations of fluid passages and water flow are disclosed.
US09220188B2	Individually articulating automatic transport locks for folding implements A latch to secure folding implements in a transport configuration. The latch is constructed so as to permit selective disengaging of the latch to allow the folding implement to be configured for operation. A latching mechanism with a pivoting portion engages a crossbar in latching. One of the latching mechanism or pivoting portion is suspended on an extension bar which is cantilevered and suspended from either a main frame or a folding arm. The latching system tolerates misalignment of the main frame and folding arms through the suspension system.
US09220187B2	Hydraulic plough actuated by tractor vehicle thrust The invention relates to a plough which is used by actuating a thrust movement from a tractor vehicle with one arm lowered and with the other one raised, then it is turned and returns to the same furrow with the arms in the opposite position. The said plough is constituted by a metal chassis, wheel sets, a vertical tripod or turret, a receptacle for electrically operated valves, turning structure, fluid transmission lines, hydraulic cylinders and dispensers.
US09226433B2	Selectively conductive EMI gaskets A fabric over foam electromagnetic interference gasket has a body of indefinite length, and includes a layer of dielectric material thereon. The gasket may be compressed between two substrates and provide electrical conductivity in one axis and EMI shielding and nonconductivity in a perpendicular axis.
US09226432B2	Display device The present application discloses a display device including a display panel for displaying images; a first thermal conduction layer including a flexible and compressively deformable portion in contact with the display panel, and a thermal conduction portion for conducting heat from the flexible portion; and a second thermal conduction layer in contact with the thermal conduction portion. The first thermal conduction layer conducts heat isotropically. The second thermal conduction layer with higher thermal conduction characteristics in an in-plane direction than the first thermal conduction layer forms a thermal conduction element with the thermal conduction portion. The thermal conduction element includes a first area corresponding to a center of the display panel and a second area closer to an edge of the display panel than the first area. The second area has higher thermal conductivity in the in-plane direction than the first area does.
US09226430B2	Power semiconductor module There is provided a power semiconductor module in which power semiconductor elements, integration of which may be difficult due to heating, are modularized. The power semiconductor module includes: a heat dissipation substrate electrically connected to a common connection terminal; and a plurality of electronic elements disposed on the heat dissipation substrate, wherein the electronic elements have varying spaces therebetween.
US09226428B2	High heat capacity electronic components and methods for fabricating An apparatus may include an electrical component body, where the electrical component body is operative to vary power during operation. The apparatus may also include a thermal component in contact with at least a portion of the electrical component body, in which the thermal component comprises a matrix material, and a thermal energy storage material embedded in the matrix material to absorb heat generated by the electrical component body. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09226420B2	Frameless telecommunications enclosure Telecommunications enclosures are described in this document. In one aspect, a telecommunications enclosure includes side panels having seals and an enclosure top connected, independent of a frame, to top ends of the side panels. The enclosure top has an enclosure top outer end that extends between the side panels and includes a seal. An interior panel is connected, independent of a frame, to side panels and has an interior panel outer end that extends between the side panels. The interior panel is separated from the enclosure top by a first distance and separated by a second distance from bottom ends of the side panels. A removable door is formed to engage the seals when the removable door is secured to the frameless telecommunications enclosure.
US09226419B2	Electronic device An electronic device 100 includes: a hinge mechanism 120 configured to rotate, on a connection portion in which a first casing 101 is connected to a second casing 102, the second casing 102 to switch the electronic device 100 from a closed position through an opened position to an inverted position, and configured to rotate according to the second casing 102 being rotated when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed; and a leg component 140 configured to switch, by rotating with the hinge mechanism 120 when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, between a state where the leg component 140 projects from the back surface of the first casing 101 in the opened position, and a state where the leg component 140 projects from the top surface of the first casing 101 in the inverted position.
US09226414B2	Protective electrical device The present invention is directed to a protective device that includes a cover assembly having a plurality of receptacle openings, a reset button and a test button. The reset button and the test button are disposed along a first diagonal and in opposite corners of a substantially square area defined by the reset button and test button. At least one receptacle contact structure includes a portion extending across the first diagonal and at least one receptacle contact substantially aligned with one of the receptacle openings. An electromechanical apparatus is disposed in the back body within a region substantially aligned with the substantially square area. The electromechanical apparatus includes a toroidal sensor assembly coupled to an actuator coil arranged along a center axis in substantial alignment with the first diagonal, the center axis forming an acute angle relative to a side wall of the back body.
US09226409B2	Method for manufacturing a wiring board A wiring board includes a substrate having first and second surfaces and a first penetrating hole through the substrate, a first conductive circuit on the first surface of the substrate, a second conductive circuit on the second surface of the substrate, an interlayer insulation layer on the substrate and the first or second circuit, and a third conductive circuit on the interlayer layer. The interlayer layer has a via conductor in the interlayer layer and connecting the third circuit and the second conductor. The substrate has a first through-hole conductor connecting the first and second circuits and on the inner wall of the first hole, a filler filled inside the first conductor and forming a second penetrating hole, and a second through-hole conductor in the second hole. The via conductor is shifted from the center of the second conductor in the direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate.
US09226407B2	Reflow treating unit and substrate treating apparatus Provided are a semiconductor substrate manufacturing apparatus and a substrate treating method, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for performing a reflow treating process on a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus treating apparatus includes a load port on which a carrier accommodating a substrate is seated, a substrate treating module including one reflow treating unit or a plurality of reflow treating units for performing a reflow process on the substrate, and a substrate transfer module including a transfer robot transferring the substrate between the load port and the substrate treating module, the substrate transfer module being disposed between the load port and the substrate treating module. The reflow treating unit includes a process chamber having a treating space therein and an exhaust member exhausting a fluid within the process chamber. The exhaust member includes a plurality of individual exhaust lines connecting a plurality of process chambers to each other and a common exhaust line connected to the plurality of individual exhaust lines to exhaust the fluid to the outside of the substrate treating module.
US09226405B1	Magnetically controllable fluidic etching process The method includes applying a magnetic etching ferrofluid, that contains an aqueous etchant solution within one or more reverse micelles responsive to a magnetic field, onto the substrate at a first depth. The method also includes creating a magnetic field at a first strength that causes the reverse micelle to move in a first direction at a first rate. The method also includes determining whether the substrate is at a second depth. The method also includes reducing, in response to the substrate being at a second depth, the magnetic field to a second strength to cause the reverse micelle to move in the first direction at a second rate.
US09226403B2	Hybrid electronic sheets In accordance with the present disclosure, a hybrid electronic sheet which exhibits superior electrical property and allows biomaterial functionalization and flexible device patterning may be provided by binding a graphitic material in colloidal state to a biomaterial capable of binding thereto specifically and nondestructively. Since the electronic sheet is an electronic sheet wherein a biomaterial and an electrical material (graphitic material) are hybridized, it exhibits good compatibility with biomaterials and can be further functionalized with, for example, an enzyme that selectively reacts with a biochemical substance. Accordingly, an electrical material and a chemical or biological material may be effectively nanostructurized and it can be realized as a multi-functional, high-performance electronic sheet.
US09226401B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic part to be embedded in board and printed circuit board having multilayer ceramic electronic part embedded therein There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic part to be embedded in a board, including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; first and second internal electrodes having first and second leads; and first and second external electrodes, wherein when lengths from edges of the first or second external electrode formed on first and second side surfaces of the ceramic body to points at which the first or second external electrode contacts the first and second leads are G1, lengths from the edges of the first or second external electrode formed on first and second side surfaces of the ceramic body to a corresponding end surface of the ceramic body are BW1, and lengths from the corresponding end surface of the ceramic body to points at which the first or second external electrode contacts the first and second leads are M1, 30 μm≦G1
US09226397B2	Multilayer printed wiring board having multilayer core substrate A package substrate free of malfunction or error even with an IC chip in a high frequency range, particularly an IC chip with a frequency exceeding 3 GHz, is provided. A conductor layer 34P on a core substrate 30 is formed to have a thickness of 30 μm and a conductor circuit 58 on an interlayer resin insulating layer 50 is formed to have a thickness of 15 μm. By making the conductor layer 34P thick, it is possible to increase a volume of the conductor itself and decrease resistance. Further, by employing the conductor layer 34 as a power supply layer, it is possible to improve a capability of supplying power to the IC chip.
US09226394B2	Touch-sensing substrate, display panel, and patterned light-shielding layer A touch-sensing substrate including a substrate, a patterned conductive layer and a patterned insulating layer is provided. The substrate has a plurality of first striped regions and a plurality of second striped regions. The first striped regions are intersected with the second striped regions to define a plurality of sensing-pad disposition regions. The patterned conductive layer includes a plurality of sensing pads disposed in the sensing-pad disposition regions. The patterned insulating layer is disposed on the first striped regions and the second striped regions. The patterned insulating layer and the patterned conductive layer are spliced to form a patterned light-shielding layer. The patterned light-shielding layer has a plurality of enclosed notches arranged in array, wherein parts of the enclosed notches are surrounded by the patterned conductive layer, and other parts of the enclosed notches are surrounded by the patterned conductive layer and the patterned insulating layer.
US09226393B2	Tear-proof circuit A circuit including a flexible substrate and at least one electric element attached to the substrate, the substrate including at least one cavity arranged near the electric element and helping to break or distort the electric element in response to a flexion or stretching of the substrate. Application in particular is to the manufacture of tear-proof electronic micromodules.
US09226386B2	Printed circuit board with reduced emission of electro-magnetic radiation A printed circuit board including a first outer layer, a second outer layer and an integrated circuit mounted on the second outer layer. The integrated circuit has a single exposed pad electrically connected to a ground reference, a first supply pin electrically connected to a first power supply and a second supply pin electrically connected to a second power supply, wherein the first power supply is configured to generate a first supply current with frequency components higher than the frequency components of a second supply current generated by the second power supply.
US09226385B2	Line isolation of radio frequency devices A radio frequency (RF) device includes a transmission line arranged on a substrate, the transmission line operative to propagate an RF signal having a wavelength (λ), and a first isolation portion arranged on the substrate proximate to the transmission line, the first isolation portion including an arrangement of stubs, where each stub of the arrangement of stubs has a length (y) where y=¼λ, the first isolation portion operative to substantially prevent electromagnetic interference caused by the propagation of the RF signal in the transmission line from passing through the first isolation portion.
US09226382B2	Printed wiring board A printed wiring board includes a first resin insulation layer, a second resin insulation layer formed on the first insulation layer and having an opening portion, a mounting conductive layer formed on the first resin insulation layer in the opening portion of the second resin insulation layer such that the mounting conductive layer has a surface exposed by the opening portion, an electronic component positioned in the opening portion of the second resin insulation layer such that the electronic component is mounted on the surface of the mounting conductive layer, and a heat-dissipating via conductor formed in the first resin insulation layer such that the heat-dissipating via conductor is connected to the mounting conductive layer formed on the first resin insulation layer.
US09226381B2	Heat-transfer plate, heat-transfer plate module, and submarine apparatus A heat-transfer plate includes a pool portion configured to have a partially-depressed surface and to be loaded with thermally-conductive resin that is in contact with a heating component so as to transfer the heat from the heating component to the heat-transfer plate, a resin-amount check portion configured to have a plurality of depths and to be disposed at a position where the thermally-conductive resin is viewable in a state where the printed circuit board is fixed to the heat-transfer plate, a levee portion configured to be provided between the pool portion and the resin-amount check portion and to suppress flow of the thermally-conductive resin toward the resin-amount check portion, and a flow channel configured to be provided between the pool portion and the resin-amount check portion and to serve as a path through which the thermally-conductive resin flowing into the resin-amount check portion from the pool portion travels.
US09226377B2	Circuit for reducing flicker in a lighting load A circuit for controlling a lighting load may operate to minimize flicker in the lighting load and electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise generated on an AC voltage supply for the lighting load. The circuit comprises a bus-voltage-generating circuit for generating a bus voltage, a load regulation circuit having an inverter circuit, and a high speed control circuit characterized by a cutoff frequency much greater than a frequency of a voltage ripple on the bus voltage. The control circuit may comprise an error amplifier circuit configured to spread the frequency of operation of the inverter circuit at a set intensity level of the lighting load into a spread spectrum of frequencies to reduce the time average of peaks of the spectrum of frequencies and peak EMI levels. The circuit may also comprise a non-linear amplifier circuit amplifying a lamp-current-feedback signal representative of the magnitude of the load current through the lighting load.
US09226376B2	User interface with proximity sensing An electronic circuit including a microchip for use as an intelligent user interface also comprises touch sensor technology that differentiates between proximity and physical contact events to activate and control various loads including light bulbs, products with radio frequency circuitry or electric motors. An input to the microchip is connected to a switch or sensing structure that does not form a serial link between the power source and the load. The electronic circuit controls various functions in response to user actions including automatic delayed shut-off functions, find-in-the-dark indicator and power source level/product state indications. The microchip allows the user to select specific functions based on the time duration of activation signals, the time duration between activation signals and the number of activation signals at the input. The microchip is further configured to interpret and react to the signals received from a user in a way that enhances ease of use of the product and to use the indicators to provide information to the user that is influenced by the signals received as well as the state of the product.
US09226373B2	Programmable light timer and a method of implementing a programmable light timer A programmable light timer for implementing a timing pattern is described. The programmable light timer comprises a memory storing a plurality of timing patterns, each timing pattern being associated with a unique timing pattern code and having one or more on/off settings for a time period; and a user interface enabling the selection of a timing pattern code associated with a timing pattern of the plurality of timing patterns.
US09226372B2	Hands-free lighting system A hands-free lighting system comprising: a master control unit, a light unit, and a remote control unit. The master control unit is configured for controlling the operation of a remote light unit based on a signal received from a remote control unit. The light unit comprising at least one light source.
US09226368B2	Fault management for streetlights The subject matter included in this disclosure can be embodied in a method that includes receiving information representative of a location and status of a streetlight included in a network of streetlights, and detecting, using a computing device, a fault condition of the streetlight, based on the status information. The method also includes determining, using the computing device, a corrective action to resolve the fault condition, and transmitting information related to the corrective action, including instructions for a human personnel to follow, for resolving the fault condition.
US09226364B2	LED lighting circuit, LED illumination device, and LED illumination unit socket The purpose of the present invention is to provide an LED lighting circuit, which can normally light an LED even if an alternating current power supply is an electronic transformer, an LED illuminating device, and a socket for an LED illuminating unit. Disclosed is an LED lighting circuit includes a rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC output from an AC power supply, an LED drive unit, which drives the LED by having rectifying output inputted thereto from the rectifying circuit, a reverse current preventing unit, which is provided between the rectifying circuit and the LED drive unit, and a terminal voltage control unit, which reduces the output terminal voltage of the rectifying circuit in the case where the alternating current output from the alternating current power supply is unstable or stopped. Also provided are an LED illuminating device, and a socket for an LED illuminating unit.
US09226362B2	Transparent inorganic thin-film electroluminescent display element and method for manufacturing it An inorganic, transparent thin film electroluminescent display element with a display area having at least one emissive area and at least one non-emissive area, improved in terms of transparency and inconspicuousness is provided, as well as a method for its preparation. The structure according to the invention comprises a substrate (40), a first conducting layer (42), a first insulating layer (45), a luminescent layer (46), a second insulating layer (47), a second conductive layer (43) and a third insulating layer (44) comprising insulating, inorganic material. Emissive and non-emissive areas of the display are rendered optically similar by providing passive film elements (50) at the non-emissive areas, namely by providing conductor material also at these areas when the conductive electrodes connected to a power source for generating the required voltage are deposited at the emissive areas.
US09226358B2	Method for controlling light emission of a light emitting device, and a driving system implementing the method A driving system for a light emitting device includes a data latch unit to store first logic data, a shift register unit to store second logic data, a multiplexer unit to selectively output the first and second logic data, and a driving unit converting the logic data outputted by the multiplexer unit into a driving output that is provided to the light emitting device.
US09226351B2	Compact converter plug for LED light strings Disclosed is a compact converter plug that can be used with LED lighting strings. The converter plug has a size and shape that is comparable to a standard wall plug and is capable of plugging into a standard wall socket. The converter plug is waterproof and can be easily assembled. A unique converter circuit is utilized that is compact and highly efficient. Monitoring is performed by a transformer coil that generates a monitoring signal. The converter is controlled by controlling the modulation frequency of a direct current signal using a controller.
US09226350B2	Oscillation circuit An oscillation circuit includes: a ramp voltage generating unit configured to generate a ramp voltage; and a clock signal generating unit configured to generate a clock signal. The clock signal generating unit includes: a bias unit configured to apply one of the ramp voltage and a fixed voltage, as a bias voltage, to a resistor; and an oscillator configured to determine an oscillation frequency of the clock signal in response to a bias current flowing through the resistor.
US09226346B2	Microwave apparatus and methods for performing chemical reactions The present invention relates to an apparatus and methods for performing chemical reactions. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for heating chemical reaction mixtures. The apparatus applies one or more semiconductor based microwave generators making the apparatus suitable for parallel processing of chemical reaction mixtures. The invention further relates to methods for performing chemical reactions, e.g. methods for heating a plurality of samples simultaneously or sequentially, methods for monitoring a microwave heated chemical reaction, and methods where the optimum conditions with respect to parameters, such frequency and applied power can be determined for the system consisting of apparatus plus sample.
US09226345B2	Wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven A wave choke system for an oven door of a microwave oven has an elongated channel for an outer portion of the oven door and an elongated cover sheet covering partially the width of an open longitudinal side of the channel. The cover sheet includes a plurality of slots extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cover sheet. Each slot includes an open end at a longitudinal edge of the cover sheet and a closed end on the opposite side of the open end, a broadening in a central portion of the slot, a first small portion between the open end and the broadening and a second small portion between the broadening and the closed end. The slots are reciprocally intersected, so that the contours of the slots and the intermediate pieces between the slots are formed complementarily to each other.
US09226342B2	Band heater systems and assembly methods A band heater assembly for heating an object includes a band heater that extends around at least a portion of a perimeter of the object. The band heater includes a cable and a band. The cable includes a resistive element, a first cable end and a second cable end. The resistive element generates thermal energy based on a current received from a power source. The first cable end and the second cable end are connected to respective ends of the band heater assembly. The band is connected to the cable and transfers a first portion of the thermal energy to an exterior surface of the object. At least a portion of the cable is exposed from the band heater to contact the exterior surface when the band heater assembly is connected to the object.
US09226341B2	Forming insulated conductors using a final reduction step after heat treating A method for forming an insulated conductor heater includes placing an insulation layer over at least part of an elongated, cylindrical inner electrical conductor. An elongated, cylindrical outer electrical conductor is placed over at least part of the insulation layer to form the insulated conductor heater. One or more cold working/heat treating steps are performed on the insulated conductor heater. The cold working/heat treating steps include: cold working the insulated conductor heater to reduce a cross-sectional area of the insulated conductor heater by at least about 30% and heat treating the insulated conductor heater at a temperature of at least about 870° C. The cross-sectional area of the insulated conductor heater is then reduced by an amount ranging between about 5% and about 20% to a final cross-sectional area.
US09226338B2	Communication terminal device and method for controlling In various aspects of this disclosure, a communication terminal device may be provided. The communication terminal device may include a receiver. The receiver may be configured to receive a message from a first communication device. The communication terminal device may further include a circuit configured to provide a communication device to communication device communication. The communication terminal device may further include a controller. The controller may be configured to determine whether to relay the received message to at least one second communication device. The controller may further be configured to modify the message if the controller determined to relay the received message. The controller may further be configured to relay and transmit the modified message to the at least one second communication device.
US09226336B2	Wireless network area limiting method and system based on near field communication Disclosed are a wireless network area limiting method and a wireless network area limiting system based on NFC. The wireless network area limiting method includes a step of adopting a plurality of first NFC hot spot sensors to seamlessly define a limited area having any shape; a step of periodically generating and transmitting an area secret key by a first central control part respectively connected to the plurality of first NFC hot spot sensors; and a step of conducting handshake with the first central control part by a WLAN user equipment, which has a NFC function and is located in the limited area, based on the area secret key received by the WLAN user equipment, so that the first central control part establishes area-limited network communications in the limited area.
US09226328B2	Communication apparatus A communication apparatus includes: a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute: receiving identification information of a first device of the slave station devices from the first device through the master station device; transmitting, in a specific case where the master station device is disconnected from the first wireless network, a first type command to the first device by using the identification information of the first device, wherein the first type command is a command for establishing a state where a transmission source device and a transmission destination device thereof belong to a same wireless network; and establishing, when the first type command is transmitted to the first device, a first state where the communication apparatus and the first device belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network.
US09226321B1	Initiating an emergency mode Systems, methods, devices, and computer-readable media for initiating an emergency mode are provided. Emergency modes may be initiated from mobile devices in an accessible manner while still avoiding accidental actuation as a common occurrence. Some devices are simplified to the level of only having a single button so it may be quite difficult to dial a number (as there is no dial pad). In particular, it may be quite difficult to dial 9-1-1 in an emergency situation. Further, if only a single action is required in order to initiate an emergency mode on any user device, accidental actuation may become quite common. To combat this, a sequence of actions may be used such that accidental actuation is avoided and emergency modes are still accessible on user devices without dial pad functionality. In particular, a simultaneous push/pull action may initiate an emergency mode.
US09226309B2	Method and system for uplink joint scheduling An embodiment method for performing joint scheduling in a cluster of base stations (BSs) of a wireless network includes receiving coarse scheduling information pertaining to external BSs and performing joint scheduling for the instant cluster of BSs such that a sum utility is maximized. The sum utility includes an out-of-cluster utility component representing interference observed by the external BSs as a result of the joint scheduling. The out-of-cluster utility component is computed in accordance with the coarse scheduling information.
US09226300B2	Hierarchical control channel structure for wireless communication Techniques for sending control information in a wireless network are described. In an aspect, a hierarchical control channel structure may be used, a first group of control channels may be sent in a low reuse segment, and a second group of control channels may be sent in a non-reuse segment. In another aspect, a first control channel is sent in the low reuse segment and is used to configure a second control channel sent in the non-reuse segment so that the second control channel can be reliably received in dominant interference scenarios. In one design, a first base station sends a first message on a first control channel to a user equipment (UE). The UE sends a second message to an interfering base station to request it to reduce interference to a second control channel. The first base station sends control information on the second control channel to the UE.
US09226297B2	Apparatus and method for network entry in a wireless communication system In one embodiment, a method for network entry in a wireless communication system includes acquiring ranging code configuration information, which represents the corresponding relationship among multiple beam vectors, multiple ranging sequences, and multiple ranging channels, determining an optimal downlink beam vector, and transmitting one of the ranging sequences corresponding to the optimal downlink beam vector to a Base Station (BS) through one of the ranging channels corresponding to the optimal downlink beam vector.
US09226295B2	Hybrid band radio with data direction determined by a link performance metric A hybrid band intelligent backhaul radio (HB-IBR) is disclosed that is a combination of two radios operating in different bands. Embodiments include a dual radio configuration wherein a first radio operates in a non-line of sight (NLOS) radio link configuration and a second ancillary radio operates in a near line of sight or line of sight configuration (n)LOS. For example, the HB-IBR may have an Intelligent Backhaul Radio (IBR) operating in the non-line of sight mode of operation within the 5.8 GHz unlicensed band, and have an ancillary radio link operating in the FCC part 101 E band of operation at 60 GHz. A common medium access control (MAC) block may be utilized between the dual radios.
US09226290B2	Multiple timing advance groups (TAGS) for UL carrier aggregation (CA) Techniques are provided for assigning aggregated component carriers. For example, a method may include receiving from a user equipment (UE) a set of rules associated with timing advance groups (TAGs) comprising allowable combinations of frequency bands. The method may include determining frequencies of aggregated component carriers. The method may include assigning the aggregated component carriers to at least one timing advance group based on the allowable combinations of frequency bands and the determined frequencies of the aggregated component carriers.
US09226284B2	Method of blind decoding of control channel for a wireless communication system A method of blind decoding of a control channel for a wireless communication system comprising a network and a mobile device is disclosed. The network selects at least one of a plurality of control channels of at least one logical domain of control channel element, for transmitting control information to the mobile device, wherein the plurality of control channels of each logical domain are uniformly distributed over the logical domain. On the other side, the mobile device monitors all of the control channel candidates of each of the at least one logical domain of control channel element, for obtaining the control information which is transmitted from the network and configured to the mobile device, wherein all of the control channel candidates of each logical domain are uniformly distributed over the logical domain.
US09226280B2	Aperiodic transmission method and apparatus for sounding reference signal in wireless communication system A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink control information (DCI) including an SRS request for triggering transmission of an aperiodic SRS, detecting the SRS request, if a carrier indicator field (CIF) is configured, transmitting the aperiodic SRS on a uplink (UL) component carrier (CC), among a plurality of UL CCs, corresponding to the CIF, and if a CIF is not configured, transmitting the aperiodic SRS on a UL CC, among the plurality of UL CCs, in which a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is scheduled by the DCI.
US09226277B2	Mobile station apparatus, communication method, integrated circuit, radio communication system, and control program In a radio communication system including a plurality of mobile station apparatuses and a base station apparatus, a physical uplink reference signal and a physical uplink control channel signal are efficiently controlled and the mobile station apparatus appropriately transmits a signal. The mobile station apparatus includes: a radio resource control unit 403 that sets a radio resource of a reference signal for measuring channel quality and a radio resource of a physical uplink control channel; a simultaneous transmission control unit 4051 which, when transmitting the physical uplink control channel signal in a time frame in which the radio resource of the reference signal has been set, controls a signal transmission processing depending on whether each radio resource has been set to the same component frequency band or each radio resource has been set to a different component frequency band; and a transmission processing unit 407 that transmits the reference signal and/or the physical uplink control channel signal based on the control of the simultaneous transmission control unit.
US09226262B2	Location model updating apparatus and position estimating method A location model updating apparatus generates attribute data including an attribute of a location and an attribute between locations. A peripheral location is extracted by including each location from a current location of a terminal apparatus to a first front as a member of a definite peripheral location list, including each location from the first front to a second front as a member of a candidate peripheral location list, and updating each location that is a member of the definite peripheral location list and exists from the current location to the first front, and each location that is a member of the candidate peripheral location list and exists from the first front to the second front, using the current location of the terminal apparatus as a query. Data of a peripheral location model of the extracted peripheral location is transmitted to the terminal apparatus.
US09226253B2	Passive synchronization in wireless networks A method for synchronizing a node to a data sink determines a first time of receiving by the node a packet transmitted by a neighboring node and a second time of receiving by the data sink or a synchronized neighboring node the packet transmitted by the neighboring node. The node is synchronized to the data sink based on the difference between the first time and the second time.
US09226252B2	Recursive time synchronization protocol method for wireless sensor networks The recursive time synchronization protocol method for wireless sensor networks provides a modified and extended RTSP method to make it work with clustered networks. In case of non-clustered or flat network, each node is assumed to be a clusterhead in order to run the RTSP method correctly. The RTSP method involves the election of a reference node, and compensation for offset and drift. Simulation results show that the extended RTSP method further improves the accuracy and energy consumption, i.e., it can provide an average accuracy of 0.23 μs in a large multi-hop clustered network while using only 1/7th of the energy consumed by FTSP in the long run.
US09226238B2	Power save method, access point device, and station device A power save method, an AP device and an STA device are provided. According to whether power save is allowed in a current TXOP and whether a station STA is newly added in an operation object identifier of a subsequent frame of each frame of the current TXOP, the AP device respectively sets a TXOP power save indication of each frame, and when the TXOP power save indication of the current frame is power save allowed, the STA device determines whether to enter the Doze state according to a judgment result for a doze condition. The adoption of the method and the device can expand the power save application range, and enhance the power save effect.
US09226232B2	Power management in a cellular system There is provided a method for controlling a power allocation in a base station of a cell in a cellular communications network across a plurality of sub-bands. It is determined whether a long-term performance achieved by the cell exceeds a first threshold value and a total transmit power is allocated across the sub-bands according to whether the long-term performance achieved by the cell exceeds the first threshold value. A basestation configured to operate in accordance with the method is also provided.
US09226227B2	Group based beacons An access point allocates a plurality of stations among multiple groups, the multiple groups including a first group and a second group. The access point generates a first beacon frame including network information for the first group, and generates a second beacon frame including network information for the second group. The access point transmits the first beacon frame, and transmits the second beacon frame.
US09226223B2	Network connection system of network electronic device and method allowing a terminal device to access an electronic device connected behind a router without a NAT loopback function A method allowing a terminal device to access an electronic device connected behind a router without a NAT loopback function that includes following steps: sending a connection request having identification information to a network bridge device by a terminal device to connect to the network electronic device; sending a broadcast signal by the terminal device to search the network electronic device if the terminal device is unable to connect to the network electronic device according to the identification information; sending a response signal to the terminal device after the network electronic device receiving the broadcast signal; allowing the terminal device to connect to the network electronic device according to the response signal.
US09226222B2	Congestion/overload control method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a congestion/overload control method and apparatus. The method includes: learning, by a gateway device, information about network access time of a User Equipment (UE) or UE group; and rejecting or discarding, by the gateway device, session management request messages of the UE or UEs in the UE group beyond the network access time of the UE or UE group; or discarding, by the gateway device, data of the UE or the UEs in the UE group beyond the network access time of the UE or UE group. Embodiments of the present invention can perform congestion/overload control differentially on the UE or UEs in the group, implement congestion/overload control on the gateway device, avoid congestion/overload caused by a large number of UEs on the gateway device, and improve the efficiency of congestion/overload control.
US09226219B2	System and method for route learning and auto-configuration In an embodiment of a wireless network, when a node joins the network and receives a routing advertisement, such a node transmits the routing advertisement to all its neighbors. The node then receives transmission from the neighboring nodes indicating interest in joining the advertised network. If more than a threshold number of neighboring nodes are interested in the advertised route, the newly joining node inserts the route advertisement in a beacon transmission. If there is not a threshold level of interest, the node unicasts only to the neighbors who indicated interest in the advertised network. In an embodiment, the node repeats the above steps on a predetermined time basis (e.g., one per day) in order to determine interest in the advertised route that may have newly arisen.
US09226213B2	Enhanced slow associated control channel (ESACCH) A method for wireless communication is described. A slow associated control channel block is received. It is determined that the slow associated control channel block fails an integrity check. A correlation level between the slow associated control channel block and one or more stored slow associated control channel blocks is determined. The stored slow associated control channel blocks are set based on a maximum correlation level. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09226201B2	Methods and apparatus for use in improving network coverage for voice or data calls To improve network coverage or reduce false handover triggering, at least one client terminal is set to operate as a virtual access point (VAP) in a first wireless network by an AP controller. If a mobile device detects that a signal quality estimate of communications via an AP or the first wireless network is below a first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure to the VAP. While maintaining the call via the VAP, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is back above the first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure back to the AP of the first wireless network. On the other hand, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is below a second value which is less than the first value, the mobile device performs a vertical handover procedure from the VAP to a base station of a second wireless network.
US09226195B2	Method for determining RLC Data PDU size in wireless communications system according to control data A method of determining a size of Data PDUs of an RLC AM entity includes: (a) utilizing a MAC layer to set a transmission payload size; (b) determining whether the transmission payload size is larger than or equal to at least a Control PDU size; (c) when the transmission payload size is larger than or equal to the Control PDU size, submitting the Control PDU to the MAC layer; (d) adjusting the transmission payload size by subtracting the size of the submitted Control PDU; (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d) for all Control PDUs; and (f) utilizing a final adjusted transmission payload size in step (d) to determine a size of a Data PDU.
US09226192B2	Mobile cellular network backhaul A mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the MCN communication system can communicate with other MCN communication systems using a wireless standard that is similar to the wireless standard used to communicate with user equipment within the covered area. In some instances, the MCN communication system can be registered as a user equipment of another MCN communication system and/or have another MCN communication system registered with it as a user equipment.
US09226186B2	Node and method for the management of a user equipment time offset measurement Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a network node (401A, 401B) (e.g., a source or target base station), and corresponding method therein, for managing a user equipment time offset measurement by accounting for a user equipment mobility profile. The management may involve a source network node (401A) delaying or preventing the sending of a user equipment timing offset measurement to a target network node (401B) or sending an indication or a reliability of the user equipment timing offset measurement. The network node (401A, 401B) may further apply a compensation to the user equipment timing offset measurement to account for an expected behavior of the user equipment based on the mobility profile. The network node (401A, 401B) may also adapt an uplink search window based on the user equipment mobility profile.
US09226183B2	Reference signal measurement The embodiments disclosed relates to a method and a network node that estimates a signal power and/or noise power of a received reference signal. The receiving node may operate in a communications system applying frequency division multiplexing. An assumption is that the channel frequency responses, on adjacent subcarriers of the communications system are equivalent or constant. The method comprising receiving a reference signal comprising a first reference signal from a first wireless terminal and a second reference signal from a second wireless terminal By using this assumption it is possible to combine first and second reference signal in order to estimating the signal power and/or noise power of a received reference signal without a conventional channel estimation technique.
US09226182B2	Methods systems, and devices for robustness improvement in a mobile ad hoc network using reputation-based routing Aspect of the present disclosure include A Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) in which an intermediate relay node may engage in discreet packet-dropping practices for selfish (e.g., to conserve power) or other reasons. Each node in such a MANET has a dynamic reputation level known to all other nodes. Embodiments include improving the overall performance or robustness of such a MANET by adopting a routing strategy (e.g. routing protocol) which considers the reputation levels of intermediate relaying nodes in determining the best route from a source to a destination. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include a system for discovering a route between two nodes in a communication network. One or more nodes: (i) determine a reputation level of each neighboring node; (ii) sending a route discovery message that is addressed to the destination node to one neighboring node having a highest reputation level.
US09226181B2	System and method for cellular connection selection A system and method are disclosed for transferring security event data over one of a plurality of cellular networks of different cellular carrier. A minimum acceptable signal quality for a connection between a radio transceiver and a cellular network is set. The signal quality for a connection between the radio transceiver and each of a plurality of cellular network receivers for the different cellular carriers is then determined. The radio transceiver is connected to the cellular network receiver for the cellular carrier exhibiting the greatest signal quality above the minimum acceptable signal quality. If this connection fails or is lost, the radio transceiver is connected to the cellular network receiver for an alternate cellular carrier exhibiting the next greatest acceptable signal quality above the minimum acceptable signal quality. Security event data is then transmitted from the radio transceiver to a remote central monitoring facility over the established cellular connection.
US09226180B2	Interference management and network performance optimization in small cells A method of configuring small cell base stations in a cellular network is disclosed. A constraint on a performance-related metric associated with at least a portion of the cellular network is received. In some embodiments, the constraint on the performance-related metric comprises a constraint on a performance-related metric associated with one or more macrocells. Measurement data from one or more small cell base stations is received via a control interface. One or more optimized values of one or more parameters associated with one or more small cell base stations are searched. The searching is based at least in part on the received measurement data and subject to the constraint on the performance-related metric associated with the at least a portion of the cellular network. The one or more optimized values of the one or more parameters to the associated small cell base stations are transmitted.
US09226167B2	Troubleshooting link and protocol in a wireless network Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to facilitating troubleshooting wireless connectivity issues in a wireless network. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, either a diagnostic supplicant in the wireless client or a diagnostic manager initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic supplicant and the diagnostic manager over a diagnostic link in response to one or more events. In one embodiment, after the diagnostic supplicant establishes a link to a diagnostic manager via a diagnostic link, the diagnostic supplicant generates and transmits a problem report to the diagnostic manager. The problem report initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic manager and the diagnostic supplicant.
US09226149B2	System and method for rapid authentication in wireless communications Various methods and communications devices to improve association and handoff performance of a wireless network are provided. By way of example, a modified state machine that permits reduced security requirements for authentication in order to achieve fast authentication is employed. The modified state machine providing fast authentication remains compatible with the classic state machine implementing the wireless fidelity (WiFi) standard.
US09226147B2	System and method of securing instant messaging sessions A wireless communication device, computer program product and method of establishing secure communications between a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device for an instant messaging application is provided. Contact information representing a contact associated with a second wireless communication device is received at the first device. The contact information includes capability information. The first device determines from the capability information whether the second device is capable of communicating using an enhanced encryption scheme, and if so, establishes a protected communication session by sending a pass phrase to the second device via an out of band channel and receiving the pass phrase back from the second device via the instant messaging application. Communication between the devices is performed using an enhanced encryption scheme.
US09226143B2	Controlling application access to mobile device functions There is described a method of controlling application access to predetermined functions of a mobile device (240), the method comprising (a) providing a set of keys, each key corresponding to one of the predetermined functions, (b) receiving (225) an application from an application provider (220, 221, 222, 223) together with information identifying a set of needed functions, (c) generating a signed application by signing the received application with each of the keys that correspond to one of the needed functions identified by the received information, and (d) transmitting (227) information identifying the needed functions and the signed application and a set of access rules to a Secure Element of the mobile device (240). There is also described a device for controlling application access and a system for controlling and authenticating application access. Furthermore, there is described a computer program and a computer program product.
US09226142B2	Mobile communication system, communication control method, and radio base station A system includes: a first radio base station including: a first processor which performs processes to transmit and receive a first encryption key, and an first interface which transmits or receives the encapsulated packet, the second radio base station includes: a second interface which transmits or receives the encapsulated packet; and a second processor which encrypts or decrypts the packet with the first encryption key, the host node includes: a third processor which encrypts or decrypts the packet, and during processing of a handover of the mobile station, the host node transmits the packet encrypted with the first encryption key to the first radio base station, the first radio base station transmits the packet to the second radio base station by the tunneling, and the second radio base station decapsulates the packet, decrypts the packet with the first encryption key, and then transmits the packet to the mobile station.
US09226141B1	Identifying unsubscribed tethering in a wireless network Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for identifying and managing wireless devices that are performing tethering services are described. The system may include a database and server. The database stores records of services subscribed by wireless devices in a wireless network. The server may poll the database to generate a list of wireless devices that are not subscribed to a tethering service. In turn, the server receives notification messages from each wireless device that is tethering at least one other network element. The wireless devices are identified as unauthorized by the server when the notification message indicates existence of a configured network address translation table at the wireless device and the wireless device is located on the list of wireless devices that are not subscribed to the tethering service.
US09226134B2	Method and system for installation and configuration of a femtocell Aspects of a method and system for installation and configuration of a femtocell are provided. In this regard, information for configuring a femtocell to operate in a specified location may be received by the femtocell and may be utilized to configure one or more parameters of the femtocell. Once the femtocell is operational the parameters may be updated and/or optimized based on one or both of characterizations of cellular signals and/or information received from a femtocell registry. In this manner the femtocell may be reconfigured utilizing the updated and/or optimized parameters. The one or more parameters may be configured based on attributes of the location in which the femtocell is to operate. The one or more parameters may be configured based on a location, number, and/or coverage area of other femtocells The parameters may comprise one or more of power levels, frequency of operation, and/or antenna beam pattern.
US09226125B2	Method and apparatus for alert message reception A method can include communicating with a base station of a cellular network. The method can include establishing a data connection with an alternate network with internet protocol connectivity, where the alternate network is an alternate to cellular networks. The method can include requesting, over the alternate network, public warning system messages based on a cellular public warning system message protocol, where the requested public warning system messages are identified as public warning system messages sent by the base station.
US09226121B2	Voice communications with real-time status notifications A system, apparatus, graphical user interface and methods are provided for conducting electronic voice communications with status notifications. A user of a first portable device executing a communication application selects a multi-function control that automatically initiates an audio recording, which is automatically sent toward another participant of an active communication session when the control is released. The same multi-function control may be used to transmit a textual message. A representation of the recording is displayed on the user's device, with an indicator that changes appearance when the other participant plays the recording. In addition, when one user initiates an audio recording that will be automatically sent to another user, the other user's device is advised of the initiation of recording and displays that status for the other user.
US09226115B2	Context-aware in-vehicle dashboard Context-aware in-vehicle dashboard systems and methods are disclosed. Said systems and methods are capable of determining vehicle states and context using a variety of both vehicle-based and non-vehicle based data sources, and adapting to different vehicle states. Systems and methods in accordance with the present disclosure may be capable of presenting different information and/or notifications based on the vehicle state and the category/priority of the information and/or notifications.
US09226113B2	Constraining inertial navigation system solution according to pedometrical data Described herein are techniques related to constraining Inertial Navigation System (INS) solution according to pedometrical data. Data from sensors external to an inertial navigation module are leveraged in computing the final solution for indoor navigation. The techniques render the drift and divergence in inertial sensors to be much slower. Additionally, the techniques are not dependent on the attitude of the mobile device used for indoor navigation relative to the user's body.
US09226106B1	Systems and methods for filtering communication within a location-based game Systems and methods for filtering communication within a location-based game are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of filtering communication for a location-based game is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a computing device, communication data for a plurality of players associated with the location based-game. The method further includes filtering the communication data for each player based on one or more signals associated with the respective player.
US09226093B2	Method for generating recipe information in mobile terminal A mobile terminal and a method for generating recipe information of the mobile terminal are disclosed, in which information useful for a user is generated by taking a picture and using externally collected data. The method for generating recipe information of a mobile terminal, which performs communication with at least one home appliance to generate recipe information comprises the steps of carrying out a function of generating recipe information on the basis of a user request; collecting operation data of the at least one home appliance driven in association with cooking; receiving a request for taking images received through a camera in a state that the function of generating recipe information is being carried out; and taking the images received through the camera in response to the request for taking images and processing the operation data collected from the at least one home appliance in association with the taken images.
US09226090B1	Sound localization for an electronic call During an electronic call between two individuals, a sound localization point simulates a location in empty space from where an origin of a voice of one individual occurs for the other individual.
US09226083B2	Multifunction system and method for integrated hearing and communication with noise cancellation and feedback management Systems, devices and methods for communication include an ear canal microphone configured for placement in the ear canal to detect high frequency sound localization cues. An external microphone positioned away from the ear canal detects low frequency sound, such that feedback is substantially reduced. The canal microphone and the external microphone are coupled to a transducer, such that the user perceives sound from the external microphone and the canal microphone with high frequency localization cues and decreased feedback. Wireless circuitry is configured to connect to many devices with a wireless protocol, such that the user receives and transmits audio signals. A bone conduction sensor detects near-end speech of the user for transmission with the wireless circuitry in noisy environment. Noise cancellation of background sounds near the user improves the user's hearing of desired sounds.
US09226081B1	Digital electret microphone and the connection structure thereof The invention relates to the technical field of voice processing equipment, more specifically, to a microphone. A new-type microphone structure comprises a first layer structure, a second layer structure located on the first layer structure, a microphone acoustic cavity formed by the first layer structure and the second layer structure, at least one acoustic hole for acquiring sound signals, which is arranged on the microphone acoustic cavity, and a dustproof component which covers the inside of the acoustic hole. The invention can prevent most of the dust particles and the moisture and the siphoning effect when in actual use, which does not need to change the size of the existing microphone. It can be used in thin structures, and can prolong the service life of the microphone.
US09226080B2	Frequency dependent switch Generally disclosed herein are transducers that can convert sound energy into electrical signals, such as to detect if a pressure wave includes a specific frequency. Methods of using the transducers and systems that include the transducers are disclosed herein as well. A transducer can include a first probe plate, a second probe plate, a ground plate situated between the first and second probe plates, a first electret film adjacent to a first side of the ground plate and situated between the first and second probe plates, and a second electret film adjacent to a second side of the ground plate and situated between the first and second probe plates, the second side opposite the first side.
US09226067B2	Fan active noise self-lowering system A fan active noise self-lowering system includes a fan, a push assembly, at least one pickup unit and a digital signal processing unit. The pickup unit serves to capture the noise made by the fan to generate a noise input signal and transmit the noise input signal to the digital signal processing unit. The digital signal processing unit receives the noise input signal and processes the noise input signal to output a control signal for controlling the push winding assembly to operate so as to push the fan impeller of the fan to move up and down. Accordingly, the fan impeller will generate a reverse sonic wave to offset the noise.
US09226061B2	Speaker assembly A speaker assembly provides a system for reproducing low frequency sound and for directing the sound generated both toward and away from a listener, or in any direction desired, by use of an acoustic dipole. The speaker assembly beneficially provides a significantly improved low frequency sound quality, while reducing sound and vibration transmitted to an adjacent space via an airborne or structure-borne pathway. The speaker assembly also beneficially provides for a suitable use in a plurality of environments, including, without limitation, an outdoor environment, a residential setting, or a professional application.
US09226059B1	Your music for eternity systems A solar powered digital music player for a grave system is a digital music player assembly that is adapted for use with a grave marker and a corresponding casket. The casket may have at least one interior speaker. An electronic digital music player is located in a secure box near the bottom of the grave marker. An external jack on the grave marker accesses the electronic digital music player in the grave marker. Internally, the grave marker is molded with the first conductive wires which are the solar panel power cord and the headphone jack wire harness internally cast and extending to the digital music player in the secure box within the grave marker, and through the bottom of the grave marker to a coupler. The plurality of second conductive wires, bound in a harness, connect the casket to the electronic digital music player located in the grave marker.
US09226058B2	Media assembly for a structural support A speaker assembly is provided with a speaker, a housing mounted to the speaker, and a reflector spaced apart from and facing the speaker. The reflector has a generally convex central region and a plurality of circumferentially spaced lobes, each extending radially outward from the central region for reflecting acoustic vibrations from the speaker radially outboard from the reflector while providing gaps between the lobes for permitting acoustic vibrations to pass therethrough. A series of supports connect the housing and the reflector. The supports are spaced circumferentially about the housing for providing openings between the supports for an outlet of the reflected acoustic vibrations. Each of the supports is aligned with and externally visually conceals one of the lobes.
US09226028B2	Method and system for altering the presentation of broadcast content Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and system for altering a presentation of broadcast content. More specifically, embodiments provide an accurate and efficient mechanism for suppressing advertisements by using downloaded templates to identify advertisements before suppression for a duration indicated by information downloaded about the advertisement, where the suppression is effectuated by controlling a display or set-top box using remote-control functionality. In one embodiment, a digital signal comprising broadcast content is accessed. A plurality of templates are received and stored, wherein each template represents a known portion of the broadcast content. The digital signal is then compared against a portion of the plurality of stored templates. Upon a match, a control signal operable to alter a component of a presentation of the known portion of the broadcast content is generated.
US09226022B2	Method of switching from a first encoded video stream to a second encoded video stream The invention relates to a method (300, 310) of switching from a source encoded video stream (134) to a destination encoded video stream (108), and to an apparatus (100), a video platform (210) and a system (200) therefor. The method (300, 310) includes providing an intermediate switching stream (130) which is dependent upon the destination stream (108), the switching stream (130) including a plurality of successive GOP sequences, each GOP sequence including an initial l-frame and at least one successive P-frame. The method (300, 310) further includes switching from the source video stream (134) to the l-frame of a GOP sequence of the switching stream (130) and then switching from the switching stream (130) to the destination stream (108) such that the subsequent frames of the destination stream (108) can be decoded using the accumulated reference of the GOP sequence of the switching stream (130).
US09226020B2	Electronic device and method for operating the same An NFC-enabled electronic device and a method for operating the same are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes performing, by the electronic device, tagging with a first external device to establish communication with the first external device; receiving, by the electronic device, at least one of device information and user information from the first external device through the communication; and transmitting, by the electronic device, a remote control signal to at least one second external device, based on the at least one of the device information and the user information.
US09226018B1	Methods and apparatus for rendering a video on a mobile device utilizing a local server A system caches a first video on a local server. The local server resides on a mobile device. The first video is downloaded from a first remote server. The system receives a request to render a second video on the mobile device. In response to the request to render the second video, the system renders the first video on the mobile device while beginning to buffer the second video from a second remote server, where the first video is rendered from the local server. The system renders the second video on the mobile device after the first video has completed. The second video is streamed from the second remote server, and the first video and second video are rendered as a single stream.
US09226014B2	Method of receiving a broadcasting signal and receiving system for receiving a broadcasting signal A broadcast signal reception method and a reception system are provided. The reception system includes a first processor, a second processor, and a storage medium. The first processor receives and processes a signaling table, the signaling table comprising first signaling information including access information of Non-Real-Time (NRT) service data and second signaling information including media object association information of the NRT service data. The second processor receives the NRT service data and processes a file including the received NRT service data based on the access information and the media object association information processed by the first processor. The storage medium stores the processed file of the NRT service data.
US09226012B2	Systems and methods for providing a program as a gift using an interactive application A television message system is provided that allows users at user television equipment devices that are connected to a television distribution facility to transmit messages to each other relating to a television program or other suitable subject. The television message system permits users to participate in evaluations, contests, promotions, and surveys related to a television program while watching that television program. The television message system also permits users to compose and send a message to a television program entity. Users can send messages through the television message system to users at personal computers who are connected to the user's television distribution facility through a communications network. The television message system also allows a user to purchase a gift related to television programming for a recipient. The gift may be an electronic gift certificate for pay-per-view programming.
US09226008B2	Remote re-multiplexing with packet inclusion In one system embodiment, a master re-multiplexer may be configured to receive an indexed transport stream, re-multiplex the indexed transport stream by performing a set of re-multiplexing operations, generate a helper transport stream, the helper transport stream comprising a description of the set of operations, wherein the set of operations comprises both program clock reference (PCR) re-stamping and inserting packets, and providing the helper transport stream over a communications network to plural remote re-multiplexers capable of identically re-multiplexing the indexed transport stream based on the helper transport stream.
US09226001B2	Apparatus for providing supplementary information of multimedia contents, recorded medium thereof, and personal storage device An apparatus and method for providing content supplementary information, a recorded medium related thereto, a personal storage device, and a method of controlling the personal storage device are disclosed. One aspect of the invention provides an apparatus for providing supplementary information of a multimedia content that is connected over a network with a user terminal. The apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive from the user terminal a request for supplementary information of a multimedia content currently in use by a user, where the request for supplementary information comprises at least one of an identifier of the multimedia content, an identifier of supplementary information related to the multimedia content, and address information of a personal storage device matching the user terminal; and a control unit configured to provide control such that the requested supplementary information is read from a database and transmitted to the personal storage device.
US09225992B2	Image encoding apparatus, image encoding method, image encoding program, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and image decoding program An intra-prediction unit generates an intra-prediction signal of an image. A subtraction unit calculates a first residual signal from a difference between an original signal of the image and the intra-prediction signal. A residual approximation signal creation unit creates a residual approximation signal by linearly approximating the first residual signal based on a DC component of the first residual signal. A subtraction unit calculates a second residual signal from a difference between the first residual signal and the residual approximation signal. An orthogonal transformation coefficient integration unit generates a third residual signal by synthesizing the DC component of the first residual signal and the second residual signal. A variable-length encoding unit performs variable-length encoding of the third residual signal.
US09225989B2	Processing of video image The present invention relates to a video image processor that is configured to compare a single frame included in the received video signal with a preceding processed frame so as to detect changes. In order to enable the video being compressed in as compact a format as possible the processor is configured to detect changes by dividing the pixels of a single frame into movement blocks and to detect the movement block as changed if in said movement block there is a given number of pixels whose colour value change as compared with the corresponding pixels of the preceding processed frame exceeds a predetermined threshold, to exchange the colour values of the pixels of the unchanged movement blocks in the frame under process for predetermined values and to generate a signal that indicates the changes.
US09225974B2	Multi-view device of display apparatus and control method thereof, and display system A multi-view device for use in conjunction with a display apparatus is provided. The device includes: a lens unit which operates to selectively transmit or block light; a communication unit which communicates with the display apparatus which is displaying a content image; and a controller which receives a beacon signal in synchronization with a display period of the content image from the display apparatus via the communication unit, controls an operation of the lens unit based on the received beacon signal, and changes a reception frequency of the beacon signal in accordance with a running time of the content image displayed on the display apparatus.
US09225971B2	Temporally multiplexed display with landscape and portrait operation modes An autostereoscopic display comprising a temporally multiplexed display arranged to provide viewing windows in a range around 45 degrees to achieve landscape and portrait viewing in cooperation with an observer tracking system. The temporally multiplexed display may comprise a stepped waveguide imaging directional backlight.
US09225966B2	Imaging apparatus, controlling method thereof, and program An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit generating a plane image including a subject by imaging the subject in a specific direction or a stereoscopic image for stereoscopically viewing the subject; an adapter mounting detection unit detecting whether an adapter, which includes an omnidirectional imaging optical system imaging the subject in all directions, is mounted on the imaging unit; an image capture mode setting unit setting, based on a user operation, an omnidirectional image capture mode of recording the plane image including the subject in all directions in a state where the adapter is mounted on the imaging unit or a stereoscopic image capture mode of recording the stereoscopic image; and a control unit performing control to cancel the stereoscopic image capture mode and set the omnidirectional image capture mode in a case where the stereoscopic image capture mode is set when the mounting of the adapter is detected.
US09225961B2	Frame packing for asymmetric stereo video An asymmetric frame of a coded video bitstream may include a full resolution picture of a left view and a reduced resolution picture of a right view, where the left and right views form a stereo view pair for three-dimensional video playback. In one example, an apparatus includes a video encoder configured to receive a first picture of a first view of a scene having a first resolution, receive a second picture of a second view of the scene having a reduced resolution relative to the first resolution, form an asymmetric frame including the first picture and the second picture, and encode the asymmetric frame. In this manner, decoders of varying capabilities may receive the same bitstream, and the bitstream may consume less bandwidth than one or more bitstreams having full resolution pictures of a stereo view pair. The bitstream may have better quality than a bitstream having subsampled pictures.
US09225953B2	System and method for locally recording audio from a video conference A system and method for recording a video conference between a home location and at least one remote location. The method includes: receiving a first audio signal from a computer at the home location, the first audio signal including the audio feed of the video conference participant from the at least one remote location; feeding the first audio signal to (a) a sound producing device, and (b) a mixing device; receiving a second audio signal from a microphone at the home location, the second audio signal including an audio feed from the microphone; feeding the second audio signal to (a) an audio input of the computer at the home location and (b) the mixing device; combining, at the mixing device, the first and second audio signals into a third signal, wherein the third signal includes the audio feed from the microphone and the at least one remote location; outputting the third audio signal; and recording the outputted third audio signal on a recording device.
US09225946B2	Methods and apparatuses for encoding, extracting and decoding video using tiles coding scheme State-of-the-art video coding schemes supports splitting a picture into smaller rectangular units called tiles units. Each tile units can be independently encoded and decoded by separate encoders and decoders, respectively. The primary purpose of tiles units is to allow parallel processing of the picture to reduce implementation cost and complexity. The present disclosure provides additional functionality to define flexible partitioned tile regions and to allow partial decoding and reconstruction of tile regions.
US09225945B2	Moving picture encoder and encoding method A moving picture encoder and encoding method for encoding a moving picture signal are disclosed. The moving picture encoder includes a plurality of reference picture memory areas, each area storing picture data of a reference picture to be used for prediction; and a prediction picture generator including a motion compensator that generates the predicted picture by using the picture data stored in the reference picture memory area, a parameter representing a motion between an image to be predicted and the reference picture and prediction mode information indicating a prediction mode corresponding to a prediction method used for generating a predicted picture, and a memory updater that controls a timing of updating the picture data of a full frame stored in the reference picture memory area; and a multiplexer that multiplexes an information representing memory update in a bitstream.
US09225934B2	Head mounted display and method of video communication using the same A head mounted display (HMD) comprises a display unit configured to output an image; a communication unit configured to transmit and receive video communication image data; a camera unit configured to take an image in a forward direction of the HMD; and a processor configured to control the display unit, the communication unit and the camera unit, wherein the processor is further configured to detect an image of a user wearing the HMD from the taken image, wherein the image of the user includes a camera area of the HMD, recognize an image of a partner from the received video communication image data, provide a video communication interface displaying the image of the partner, wherein the video communication interface displays the image of the partner corresponding to a position of the camera area of the HMD, and transmit a video communication image of the user from the taken image.
US09225930B2	System and method for a self adaptive multi-user program guide A media access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receivers automatically optimizes an order of content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of a current user.
US09225929B2	Virtualized greeter systems and methods A virtual greeter system, a counter display system, and a method include systems and methods that provide simulated human interaction for placement in stores, libraries, hospitals, trade shows, kiosks, and the like. The virtual greeter system can include a projector housed in a tower; a screen attached or supported by a base coupled to the tower, the screen including projection film thereon, wherein the projector is positioned to display images of a person onto the projection film; a processor communicatively coupled to the projector, a network interface, a data store, input/output interfaces, and memory; and instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: display video from the projector onto the screen, the video including a virtual person with hand, eye, and mouth movements; and provide audio coincident with the video from the virtual person.
US09225928B2	Laser driving circuit, laser driving method, projector apparatus and apparatus which uses laser light Disclosed herein is a laser driving circuit, including: a plurality of laser driving video current generation circuits configured to generate a plurality of kinds of laser driving current for driving a plurality of laser light sources configured to emit laser light having wavelengths different from each other based on an inputted video signal; a high frequency superposition section configured to superpose a high frequency signal having a frequency higher than a frequency band of the video signal on the laser driving current generated by the laser driving video current generation circuits; and a waveform correction section configured to correct a waveform of the high frequency signal.
US09225926B2	Presenting a television services program guide information as a video mosaic Methods and computer-readable media are provided for presenting program guide information using a mosaic of video sources broadcast in a television services system. An application program executed on a television services set-top box generates a matrix of still images representing multiple video sources presently being broadcast in the television services system. The matrix of still images is presented as a video mosaic representing current program guide information in the television services system.
US09225924B2	Solid-state imaging device including signal connecting section and solid-state imaging device driving method A controlling section causes a charge of a photodiode to be output to an integration circuit by bringing a readout switch into a connected state, and then brings the readout switch into a non-connected state. Thereafter, a voltage value is output to a holding circuit from the integration circuit. After carrying out the output operation mentioned above, an operation for causing a charge held in an integrating capacitive element to be discharged, and bringing the readout switch into a connected state to cause a charge held in the photodiode to be discharged and an operation for causing voltage values held in the holding circuits to be sequentially output are carried out in parallel. Accordingly, a solid-state imaging device and a method of driving it capable of solving the problems due to a memory effect, a delay effect, and switching noise are realized.
US09225923B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging system, imaging apparatus driving method, and imaging system driving method Pixels output a first signal based on signal charge of a part of photoelectric conversion units of multiple photoelectric conversion units, and a second signal based on signal charge of multiple photoelectric conversion units. An imaging apparatus outputs signals based on the first signals and signals based on the second signals by reducing the number of signals based on the first signals as compared to the number of signals based on the second signals.
US09225922B2	Image-sensing devices and methods of operating the same In a method of operating an image sensor, a noise voltage of a floating diffusion region is sampled after a reset voltage is applied to the floating diffusion region. A storage region, in which a photo-charge is stored, is electrically connected to the floating diffusion region after sampling the noise voltage, and a demodulation voltage of the floating diffusion region is sampled after the storage region and the floating diffusion region are electrically-connected. A voltage is determined based on the noise voltage and the demodulation voltage.
US09225912B2	Image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus includes an interval shooting section (51) that performs an interval shooting process, a lighten compositing section (54) that performs a lighten compositing process using images captured one by one by the interval shooting process, and a composite-image-in-progress displaying section (55) that, when a first operation is performed, causes a composite image in a first memory area, which is used as a compositing buffer for the lighten compositing process, to be displayed on an LCD monitor without causing the interval shooting process to be stopped.
US09225902B1	Vibration attenuating camera mount A high definition video camera mounting system includes the camera fastened to a camera mount assembly via a central mounting post. The mounting assembly includes a first vibration dampening gasket, a second vibration dampening gasket, a mounting plate sandwiched between the first and second gaskets, and a backing plate disposed behind one of the gaskets. The mounting system allows a camera to capture HD video while mounted to a vehicle or aircraft without experiencing an unacceptable amount of wobble distortion effect. The mounting system can be fastened to an adjustable angle block.
US09225891B2	Display apparatus and method for controlling display apparatus thereof An display apparatus and a method of setting a view angle thereof are provided. The method includes in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event, displaying, on an area of a display screen, a view angle guiding user interface which guides setting a view angle of a camera connected to the display apparatus; and setting the view angle of the camera using the view angle guiding UI.
US09225887B1	Image capturing module for reducing assembly tilt An image capturing module for reducing assembly tilt includes an image sensing unit, a housing frame and an actuator structure. The image sensing unit includes a carrier substrate and an image sensing chip disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically connected to the carrier substrate. The housing frame is disposed on the carrier substrate to surround the image sensing chip and downwardly contacts the image sensing chip. The actuator structure is disposed on the housing frame and above the image sensing chip. The actuator structure includes a lens holder disposed on the housing frame and a lens assembly disposed inside the lens holder and downwardly contacting the housing frame. Whereby, the image sensing chip, the housing frame and the lens assembly are sequentially stacked on top of one another for reducing the assembly tilt of the lens assembly relative to the image sensing chip.
US09225883B2	Sealed, waterproof digital electronic camera system and method of fabricating same A hermetically sealed digital electronic camera that is designed to operate both on land and underwater to great depths, and method of making same. The present invention is a camera which is hermetically sealed by being totally encapsulated, preferably by being cast in plastic, with no seals, holes, joints, penetrating pins, wires or other objects. Wireless means are used for communicating information, electrical power and control signals. The invention is impervious to atmospheric contamination and absolutely incapable of leaking under water to great depths and pressures. In an alternate embodiment camera optics are not encapsulated but are immersed in water when the encapsulated digital camera is placed in water.
US09225880B2	Apparatus and method of conducting a transaction in a virtual environment The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for conducting a transaction—such as the purchase of goods and services—including the collection, conversion, storage, tagging and the integration of a live inventory system, mark-up, mark-down system, live auction, and bartering system in an interactive software application, virtual world, social network, commercial and/or game application, which provides a real world experience to the user.
US09225874B2	Image reading apparatus capable of outputting a plurality of types of image data In an image reading apparatus, a control device controls a reading unit to start reading a document; stores first image data in a storage unit on a block-to-block basis to sequentially store each of a plurality of first blocks of data, the plurality of first blocks included in the first image data; performs, each time each first block of data is stored in the storage unit, a plurality of image processing on the first block of data to generate a second block of data including a plurality of types of data different from one another; and deletes one of the plurality of first blocks of data from the storage unit after completion of the plurality of image processing on the one of the plurality of first blocks of data before completion of the plurality of image processing on all of the plurality of first blocks of data.
US09225869B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading device includes: a feeding unit; a carriage for holding and moving a reading unit; a motor-side transmission gear for transmitting a power from a motor; a feeding unit-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the feeding unit; a carriage-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the carriage; a switching gear switched between a carriage-side position where the motor-side and the carriage-side transmission gears are coupled and a feeding unit-side position where the motor-side and the feeding unit-side transmission gears are coupled; and a control unit for performing: a prediction process of predicting whether a carriage read mode will be executed before receiving a reading start instruction; and a switching process of switching the switching gear to the carriage-side position in a case where the carriage read mode is predicted to be executed.
US09225867B2	Image reading apparatus The present disclosure is intended to make color misregistration amount in the sub scanning direction almost constant regardless of the turn-on period of each color when reading document using light sources which turn on in a plurality of colors. An image reading apparatus including a first illumination unit and a second illumination unit each having a plurality of light sources. Each illumination unit is configured to irradiate light from the light source to a document reading position. The plurality of light source include a first light source and a second light source, the first light source emits light in a first color and the second light source emits light in a second color which is different from the first color.
US09225865B2	Image reader and image processing apparatus An image reader includes a platen, a carriage, a light shielding unit, a positioning mark, an ambient light detecting unit, and a control unit. The positioning mark is arranged in an area in which the light shielding unit is disposed or in an area adjacent in a main scanning direction to the area in which the light shielding unit is disposed, at a position falling within the range that can be read by the carriage. When the ambient light detecting unit detects the presence of ambient light, the control unit causes the carriage to move with the exposure lamp turned off to detect a position of the positioning mark. When the ambient light detecting unit detects the absence of ambient light, the control unit causes the carriage to move with the exposure lamp turned on to detect the position of the positioning mark.
US09225861B2	Image forming apparatus, method of installing OSGi-based service, method of providing OSGi-based service, and computer-readable recording medium An image forming apparatus having an open services gateway initiative (OSGi)-based service is provided. The image forming apparatus may include a user interface (UI) unit to receive a service execution command for a first bundle to provide at least one service, and a control unit which controls the UI unit to display a UI of a second bundle to provide at least one service, the second bundle having UI expansion information for the first bundle in one region of a UI window corresponding to the first bundle.
US09225859B2	Method of controlling communication In a communication system including a RFID tag, which has a function to record information and a function to carry out wireless communication with an external device and is capable of transmission with using both FM modulation and AM modulation, and a reader/writer for writing and reading information onto and from the RFID tag via wireless communication, a transmission to transmit information from the RFID tag to the reader/writer is carried out with using one of the FM modulation and the AM modulation at the RFID tag. If the reader/writer fails to decode a signal transmitted with using the one of the FM modulation and the AM modulation, transmission with respect to the information is carried out with using the other of the FM modulation and the AM modulation at the RFID tag. In this manner, reading error of data sent from the RFID tag is prevented.
US09225858B2	Systems and methods for location-aware imaging devices Methods and systems for tracking locations of a plurality of devices includes initializing a server with a site floor plan, receiving ranging information transmitted by one or more devices of the plurality of devices at the server, creating a multi-dimensional map of locations of the plurality of devices based on ranging information using a location engine, and calibrating the multi-dimensional map of locations to the site floor plan calibrated with geospatial coordinates. Upon movement of a device from a first to a second location, ranging information changes between devices and maps, relative locations and absolute locations are updated.
US09225850B2	Handheld electronic apparatus and incoming call processing method thereof A handheld electronic apparatus and an incoming call processing method of the handheld electronic apparatus are provided. When an incoming call is received, a type of an operating interface displayed on a touch display screen is determined; according to the type of the operating interface, it is decided whether to display a sub-call window interface on the operating interface.
US09225849B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for steering a subscriber between access networks Methods, systems, and computer readable media for steering a subscriber between access networks are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for steering a subscriber between access networks includes, at a first policy and charging rules function (PCRF) that serves a first access network, identifying a subscriber of the first access network as a candidate for steering to a second access network that is served by a second PCRF, querying the second PCRF to determine whether the candidate subscriber is allowed access to the second access network, and, upon a determination that the candidate subscriber is allowed access to the second access network, steering the candidate subscriber to the second access network.
US09225838B2	System and method for detecting three-way call circumvention attempts Disclosed is a three-way call detection system and method for use with a telephone management system. Specifically, a three-way call detection system and method for detecting continuous noise indicative of an attempt to mask a three-way call attempt. The continuous noise detection system and method may be stand alone or used in conjunction with any existing three-way call detection system and method.
US09225835B2	Call center services system and method A method and system for providing automated call center services, operating by identifying a caller, accessing the caller's account information, determining the likely reason for the call, identifying an agent skill group based on the likely reason for the call, and providing an available agent with access to the caller's account information, together with a script based on the likely reason for the call. Data and voice access to agents is combined with specialized methods and systems for determining agent optimization capabilities, thereby allowing multiple call centers located in geographically different areas to operate as a seamless virtual call center, having the capability to dynamically reorganize the structure of available agents, regardless of where located. Real time statistics allow determination of how many agents should be available and what skill set those agents should have, thereby facilitating management decisions.
US09225833B1	Management system for using speech analytics to enhance contact center agent conformance A call center compliance system is used to ensure that agents adhere to call center policies and applicable regulations when handling calls. A call handler processing a call between an agent and a remote party bridges on a speech analytics component. A keyword set is used by the speech analytics component to analyze the remote party's or the agent's speech. If a keyword is detected, an event notification is provided from the speech analytics component to the call handler. A logic script executing in the call handler defines what actions are to occur in response to receiving the event notification. The call handler can provide information to the agent, record a violation, or await further event notifications. In one embodiment, detection of a first keyword in a first keyword set spoken by a remote party causes the agent's speech to be monitored using a second keyword set.
US09225828B1	Methods and systems for authenticating a user on a call Methods and systems described in this disclosure allow customers to quickly be authenticated. In some embodiments, a device and a user verifier are associated with a user profile. When a call is received from the device, the user may be requested to input the user verifier. After verifying that the device is unique to the user and that the user verifier matches the user verifier associated with the user profile, the user may be authenticated to the call or activity.
US09225827B2	Proactive caller-context systems and methods A directory server may proactively provide to a remote mobile phone (or similar device) recent contextual information associated with callers who are likely to call the remote mobile phone, such that the remote mobile phone is likely to have a local set of recent contextual data about a given caller when the caller places a call to the remote mobile phone (or visa versa). When an unknown caller calls the remote mobile phone, the directory server may use the caller's phone number to identify directory information and one or more social-network or similar accounts that are used as sources of contextual information about the caller.
US09225822B2	Channelized audio watermarks An audio watermark signal is associated audio host signal, but is provided separately. When the audio host signal is rendered, a user can control whether—and how strongly—the watermark signal is also rendered. The specification details a great variety of other technologies —most relating to audio and image content, and/or portable devices (e.g., smartphones).
US09225817B2	Method and apparatus for providing motion activated updating of weather information An approach provides updating of weather information on a mobile device. Motion of a mobile device is detected, wherein the mobile device is configured to execute a weather application for presenting weather information to a user. Update of the weather information is retrieved in response to the detected motion.
US09225816B2	Wireless device system—architecture A wireless device system-architecture and wireless device includes functional layers each including one or more respective layer elements where the functional layers are operatively connected and ordered as a cascade of functional layers for data-transfer from one layer to its one or more adjacent functional layers. The architecture further includes one or more matrix-switches, each operatively connected between each two functional layers in the cascade of functional layers. A matrix-switch controller is operable to determine at least two processing routes for data-transfer from at least one layer element in one functional layer, to at least one layer element in a second functional layer, wherein each of the at least two processing routes is associated with a different application processor layer element and wherein data is being transmitted via the at least two processing routes, in the same direction, substantially at the same time.
US09225814B2	Case for a tablet shaped device and a method for making a case for a tablet shaped device A case for a tablet shaped device, the case including a body having a first face and a second face having a tablet shaped device receiving area; and a flap having a distal portion magnetically attracted to the body, and configurable between a first configuration in which the flap covers the tablet shaped device receiving area and the distal portion is wrapped around an edge of the body and contacts the first face such that the flap is secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body, and a second configuration in which the flap is folded to form a stand secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body.
US09225813B2	Portable communication devices with accessory functions and related methods Portable communication devices and related methods for use in supporting voice and/or data communication are provided. One example portable communication device includes a housing, a display device disposed at said housing, a processor disposed at least partially within said housing, the processor coupled to said display device, and an interface connector disposed at said housing and coupled to said processor. The interface connector is configured to couple to a module. The processor is configured to communicate, through said interface connector, via a plurality of communication protocols. The processor is configured to select at least one of the plurality of communication protocols based on the module coupled to the interface connector.
US09225806B2	Systems and methods for generating IPID across a cluster network In a cluster environment, nodes participating in the cluster may generate packets with the same source IP to the same destination IP. If those packets get fragmented down stream, then reassembling this packets depends on the source IP, destination IP, protocol and the IP identifier field (IPID) of the IP packet. As the source IP, destination IP and protocol may be fixed, the IPID generation is coordinated across the nodes to support reassembly down stream and avoid tuple collision. The IPID space may be equally split among the nodes in the cluster. Each node generates IPID within its range to avoid a collision with an IPID generated from another node.
US09225800B2	Distribution of content items to user devices in a mobile environment The invention relates to a technique for controlling the distribution of content items such as advertisements, news, etc., to user devices in a mobile communications network. A method embodiment of the technique is performed in a distribution control gateway of the mobile communications network and comprises the steps of receiving, from a content provider server, a target user indication indicative of one or more target user devices for presentation of a content item; accessing a provider registry for determining a provider authorization of the content provider server; accessing a user registry for determining a user authorization for receiving the content item from the content provider server; and initiating a transmission of the content item to one or more of the target user devices.
US09225796B2	Binding an appliance to a network at point of purchase A system and method of remotely binding appliance information to a user's network is provided. At a point-of-purchase, a terminal can communicate with a remote server over a network, such as the Internet, to provide appliance identification information to the server. The server can associate the identified appliance with user data associated with the user purchasing the appliance. The server can also identify appliance data stored at the server based on the appliance identification information. The server can then bind the appliance data to the user's network. For instance, a target object, such as a local computing device (e.g. a home energy manager or local network device such as a network terminal), associated with the user can be identified based on the user data and a path to provide the appliance data to the target object can be specified.
US09225795B2	Method and apparatus for enabling recipient interaction with a content stream Passive advertising via a video display unit or radio passive advertising is performed through the insertion of commercials at specific time locations based on signaling provided in a video or audio broadcast stream. However, such advertising systems do not take advantage of a recipient's first impulse to react to the advertisement, thereby losing a potential sale. Embodiments disclosed herein provide a recipient of a video display or radio broadcasts with real-time information on products (e.g., goods or services) placed in the video display or radio broadcasts. In addition, embodiments provide the recipient with a real-time opportunity to gather information or to respond to requests (e.g., marketing requests) at the time associated with the recipient's initial impulse to act in response to receiving the video display or radio broadcast.
US09225779B2	Method and apparatus for requesting media replication in a collaborative communication session, and method and apparatus for assigning a communication medium for a collaborative communication session In a method for requesting media replication in a collaborative communication session, a message is sent which specifies that a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, which is currently being transmitted to at least one terminal, should additionally be transmitted to at least one other terminal, with the at least one other terminal being indicated in the message as the recipient of the communication medium. In a method for assigning a communication medium for a collaborative communication session, a corresponding message is received, and the communication medium is assigned to the at least one other terminal as the recipient of the communication medium. The methods are carried out by appropriately designed apparatuses.
US09225778B2	System for delivery of content to be played autonomously The dynamicity of current content delivery environments demands the use of highly complex algorithms. A content delivery system for delivering content to clients in a content delivery network is disclosed and further comprises a method for placing the content in the content delivery network. The content delivery system comprises at least one mobile object adapted to be executed on the content delivery system but also adapted to be executed on other content delivery systems. Each mobile object comprises a media file and is adapted to monitor data related to the clients access of the media file. When certain conditions are met, e.g. when many clients that are accessing the media file are closer to another content delivery system, the mobile object can decide to move or copy itself to the other content delivery system.
US09225777B2	Load balancer According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface receives a request for a web page from a web browser. The one or more processors select a subset of web servers from a resource pool according to a load balancing determination. The one or more processors send the request to at least two of the web servers of the subset before receiving any response from the other web servers. Upon receiving one or more responses from distinct web servers, the one or more processors selects a response to communicate to the web browser.
US09225771B2	Sharing excess committed network appliance resources In one embodiment, excess committed network appliance resources are shared for providing services within a network appliance. One approach maintains service resources in a committed service resource pool and one or more other pools of service resources. Service resources are taken from a corresponding pool as needed. Service resources are reallocated to the committed resource pool as needed to ensure that service resources are available to service corresponding packet streams at their corresponding committed rate. Examples of such services provided by a network appliance include, but are not limited to, network address translation (NAT), firewall, Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), virtual private network (VPN), or deep packet inspection (DPI) services.
US09225769B2	System for synchronization and management of system activities with locally installed applications The present invention will enable the user to follow a presentation while waiting for presentation files to download to the user's local machine. This invention provides a dynamic cloud based approach to local hand-off. A user will be able to view a cloud or other remotely-based (found via a URL) or screen-shared version of the presentation until source material has downloaded.
US09225767B2	Method and system for providing secure remote access and control A network appliance is configured to communicate with a representative system and a customer system. The network appliance permits control and access to the customer system by the representative system or to the representative system by the customer system for providing remote support service. The network appliance manages, logs, and routes screen updates of the customer system to the representative system. In addition, the network appliance logs and provides reports for all actions taken during the support service.
US09225763B2	Distributed overlay browser for transparent streaming media support in virtualized desktop environment Techniques are provided for establishing an integrated and transparent overlay of a browser window for rendering data such as streaming media on a client endpoint device. A web browser on a Hosted Virtual Desktop (HVD) draws HVD display image comprising a browser window and communicates it to the client endpoint device for display, via a virtual desktop interface (VDI) protocol. The browser window comprises zero or more host-provided window elements such as a window frame and at least one placeholder element where a client-provided frameless browser window may be rendered. A browser (or browser extension) on the HVD works together with a browser server on the client endpoint device to render data such as streaming media in the client-provided frameless browser window in place of the placeholder, before displaying the frameless browser window and the HVD display as an integrated display at the client endpoint device.
US09225758B2	Simplified transmission method for a stream of signals between a transmitter and an electronic device A multimedia data transmission method between a transmitter server and at least one decoder receiver the multimedia data being transmitted by packets in a stream of samples coding images (I, P, B) of variable size, the method includes: determining a same transmission delay for all the samples of the stream, determining a transmission bitrate for each sample enabling the sending of this sample within the determined transmission delay, transmitting each sample from the transmitter server to the decoder receiver while respecting the transmission bitrate specific to this sample and the transmission delay of all the samples.
US09225752B2	Service continuity management in a network A service is provided to a user of a terminal in a network, comprising a service platform and network equipment including session border controllers. Each of the controllers is capable of communicating with the service platform. At least one given session border controller is capable of routing messages received from the terminal, intended for the service platform. This controller decides that the service platform is not accessible on the basis of an accessibility check (302) and then operates in an autonomous operating mode (303, 310) according to which the controller selects a network equipment separate from the service platform and routes at least one message received from the terminal to said selected network equipment.
US09225738B1	Markov behavior scoring Improved techniques involve flagging anomalous behavior in a current session when there is sufficient difference between an observed distribution of Markov events in the current session and an observed distribution of Markov events in a global session. Here, “Markov events” refer to events such as web page transitions and web page addresses. During a user session, a testing server generates a frequency distribution of a set of Markov events of the user session. The testing server also obtains a frequency distribution of previously observed Markov events of a global session, i.e., sets of sessions of previous user sessions or training sessions. The testing server then computes an anomaly statistic depending on the Markov events that indicates a difference between the user session and the global session. The testing server may produce an alert if the anomaly statistic differs significantly from some nominal value.
US09225736B1	Techniques for detecting anomalous network traffic Techniques for detecting anomalous network traffic are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for detecting anomalous network traffic comprising the steps of receiving a list including a plurality of processes and, for each process, a list of approved types of network traffic; monitoring network traffic of each process on the list of processes; upon detecting network traffic for a process on the list of processes, determining that the type of network traffic detected is not on the list of approved types for that process; and identifying the process as infected based on determining that the type of network traffic detected is not on the list of approved types for that process.
US09225722B2	Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and recording medium In an image forming apparatus, a section managing unit acquires section information and usage restriction information from the server apparatus after succession of the user authentication on a login user and registers a temporal section based on the acquired section information and the acquired usage restriction information as a section within the image forming apparatus. The UI control unit removes logout prohibition to the login user before completion of a job of the login user performed by the image forming apparatus, and the usage restriction managing unit continues to perform usage restriction management of the temporal section for the job until the job is completed even after the login user performs a logout operation.
US09225720B1	Security system for data stored in the cloud A cloud access security system provides security to data stored in the cloud. The cloud access security system maintains version service information that indicates servers that service web services calls to particular versions of a cloud application service. Upon detection of a web service call to an unknown version of the cloud application service, the cloud access security system redirects the web service call to a known good server that services web service calls that are made to a previous version of the cloud application service. The cloud access security system may employ an encryption scheme that allows for partial decryption.
US09225718B2	Wirelessly accessing broadband services using intelligent cards The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for wirelessly accessing broadband services using intelligent cards. In some implementations, a broadband service card includes a physical interface, a communication module, secure memory, and service module. The physical interface connects to a port of a consumer host device. The communication module wirelessly receives RF signals from and transmits RF signals to a wireless broadband network. The secure memory stores user credentials used to securely authenticate the card and access a service foreign to the consumer host device through the wireless broadband network independent of the consumer host device. The user credentials are associated with a broadband service provider. The service module accesses the foreign service using the user credentials in response to at least an event and transmits a service request to the broadband service provider using the wireless broadband core network.
US09225700B1	Proximity-based authentication A method performed by a client access device includes (1) receiving, at the client access device, a signal from a client authorizing device, the signal including an environmental detection instruction, the environmental detection instruction instructing the client access device to detect an aspect of a local environment, (2) detecting, at the client access device, the aspect of the environment indicated by the environmental detection instruction to yield a first environmental detection result, (3) sending the first environmental detection result from the client access device to a remote server, and (4) in response to sending the environmental detection result to the remote server, receiving a proximity signal from the remote server indicating whether or not proximity between the client access device and the client authorizing device has been established by comparing the first environmental detection result to a second environmental detection result sent from the client authorizing device to the server.
US09225696B2	Method for different users to securely access their respective partitioned data in an electronic apparatus An access process for an electronic device includes storing encrypted partitions in a storage area of the electronic device, with each encrypted partition corresponding to a registered user. A secure element is received from a registered user, with the secure element storing a user key for decrypting an encrypted partition corresponding to the register user providing the user key. A temporary secure channel is established between the secure element and the electronic device, and a registered user associated to one of the encrypted partitions is authenticated in the electronic device. An identification of the registered user authenticated in the electronic device is transmitted to the secure device, and the user key of the authenticated registered user is transmitted from the secure element to the electronic device over the temporary secure channel.
US09225692B2	Method and system for protected transmission of files To protect a software to be transferred to programmable electronic devices, a management system for programmable electronic devices is provided, comprising: a plurality of electronic devices (57), each identified by at least one unique identification parameter (ID) and containing at least one encryption key (Key); —at least one protected site (41) in which a protected database (45) resides, in which the unique identification parameter (ID) and the encryption key (Key) are stored for each electronic device (57); —a server (49) programmed to receive a request for transmission of a software from a device (57) and to generate an encrypted version of said software, using the encryption key (Key) associated in the database (45) with the unique identification parameter (ID) of the device (57) that has requested the transmission of said software.
US09225687B2	Access control mechanism for a secure element coupled to an NFC circuit A method for protecting a security module equipping a telecommunication device equipped with a near-field communication router, against an attempt of diversion of a communication channel between a gate of this security module and a gate of the router, wherein, for each request from the router to the security module, the module verifies the rights of access to the information that is contains according to the origin of the request.
US09225684B2	Controlling network access Systems and methods for controlling network access determine that a client computer on the network is in compliance with administrator-defined network health policy standards before the client computer is granted access to the network. A packet exchange mechanism is defined wherein filtering instructions from a server are converted into firewall rules on the client computer to restrict client access to remediation servers on the network. The client computer obtains update patches from the remediation servers to become compliant with network health policy standards.
US09225683B2	Integrated security switch An integrated security switch and related method for managing connectivity and security among networks. The integrated security switch includes a security function connectable with a first network and at least one switching function connectable with a second network. A common management interface driven by both command line interface and graphic user interface protocols manages the switching function via a management path dedicated between the security function and the switching function. The common management interface enables secure switching of traffic to flow via a traffic path dedicated between the switching function and the security function. Typically, the traffic is a flow of data between the Internet and a group of networked users such as a wide area network.
US09225679B2	Customer-identifying email addresses to enable a medium of communication that supports many service providers An information distribution system comprising one or more transceivers in communication with a computing system, the one or more transceivers are also in communication with at least one server. The at least one server configured to receive a communication message. The at least one server further configured to identify an element, in a communication text portion, corresponding to a predefined category based on an element classification model. The at least one server further configured to identify additional information associated with the predefined category and provide the identified information to an application on the computing system. The application on the computing system is pre-specified for utilization of information associated with the predefined category.
US09225678B1	Computer implemented method and system for social network service A computer implemented method is provided. The computer implemented method includes receiving a request from a user of the social networking system to select a first post, receiving a first range from the user, providing a first group of content including the first post, and a first plurality of content items posted before the first post for a period of time of the first range, identifying a second post of the social networking system according to a predetermined criteria, identifying a second group of content items including the second post, and a second plurality of content items posted before the second post for a period of time of the first range, and displaying at least one of the first group of content items and the second group of content items on a display device.
US09225660B2	Method, apparatus and system for addressing resources A method and an apparatus for addressing resources, the apparatus having a first interface to communicate with end-points operationally connected to the apparatus using a binary web service, the end-points including one or more resources; a second interface for receiving requests regarding the resources and for responding to the requests; a component for storing information on sleeping end-points which are non-continuously available and storing a request queue for each sleeping end-point; a component for receiving through the second interface a request regarding a sleeping end-point, adding the request to the request queue of the end-point; communicating with a sleeping end-point regarding the requests after receiving through the first interface a queue request from the end-point; and sending through the first interface responses for the resolved requests.
US09225652B2	Framework for traffic engineering in software defined networking System and method embodiments are provided for traffic engineering (TE) in software defined networking (SDN). The embodiments enable a complete end-to-end TE solution between a user equipment (UE) and a source/destination across a radio access network (RAN). In an embodiment, a method in a network component for TE in a SDN includes receiving TE information from a first core network component in a core network, a RAN component, wherein the RAN is communicably coupled to the core network, wherein the TE information includes a TE objective; and determining a TE decision between at least one UE and a second core network component in the core network according to the TE information and the TE objective, wherein the TE decision comprises information for at least one end-to-end path solution between the at least one UE and the second core network wherein the path traverses the core network and the RAN.
US09225650B2	Network system, gateway, and packet delivery method A gateway suppresses data volume considering processing load information of a destination to reduce communication traffic volume of a network without suppressing the information with high severity. In a network system comprising the data center, the management node and the gateway connected via a plurality of networks, a communication function section of the gateway includes a table control unit that receives the processing load information of the data center as a packet destination from the management node and retains the information in a transfer management table. A transfer stop control unit of the gateway judges whether or not transfer of the packet is suppressed using the processing load information retained in the transfer management table, and suppresses the transfer of the predetermined packet upon judgment to suppress the packet transfer.
US09225646B2	System and method for improving network performance using a connection admission control engine The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying a three-dimensional geocellular model. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes a system that includes at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that when executed by the at least one processor performs operations that includes gathering network performance information regarding data flow communicated with a client of a network over a plurality of connections utilizing performance information packets; and automatically balancing the data flow of the plurality of connections between access points of the network that are available to the client using connection admission control engines.
US09225644B2	Using special-case hardware units for facilitating access control lists on a networking element Access control lists (ACLs) include one or more rules that each define a condition and one or more actions to be performed if the condition is satisfied. In one embodiment, the conditions are stored on a ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM), which receives a portion of network traffic, such as a frame header, and compares different portions of the header to entries in the TCAM. If the frame header satisfies the condition, the TCAM reports the match to other elements in the ACL. For certain conditions, the TCAM may divide the condition into a plurality of sub-conditions which are each stored in a row of the TCAM. To efficiently use the limited space in TCAM, the networking element may include one or more comparator units which check for special-case conditions. The comparator units may be used in lieu of the TCAM to determine whether the condition is satisfied.
US09225641B2	Communication between hetrogenous networks A system to communicate between a first network and a second network includes a first network, a second network, and a connecting device connected there between. The first network has a first network protocol and includes a plurality of network nodes. The second network has a second protocol different from the first protocol and includes a plurality of network switches and a controller. The connecting device transmits data from an originating network node to a destination network switch and transmits data from an originating network switch to a destination network node according to a packet routing table populated from the plurality of network nodes and a packet flow table populated from the plurality of network switches. The controller may determine the destination network switch by constructing and transmitting an ARP broadcast message to the plurality of network switches and receiving an ARP response from the destination network switch.
US09225640B2	Intra-domain and inter-domain bridging over MPLS using MAC distribution via border gateway protocol In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a first autonomous system border router (ASBR) of a first autonomous system (AS), a first plurality of provider-provisioned media access control (B-MAC) addresses via Interior Border Gateway Protocol (I-BGP). Each of first plurality of B-MAC addresses is associated with a provider edge (PE) device of the first AS. The first ASBR sends the first plurality of B-MAC addresses to a second ASBR of a second AS using Exterior Border Gateway Protocol (E-BGP). The first ASBR also receives via E-BGP a second plurality of B-MAC addresses each of which is associated with a PE device of the second AS. The first ASBR then distributes the second plurality of B-MAC addresses to each of the PE devices of the first AS using I-BGP.
US09225629B2	Efficient identification of node protection remote LFA target A method is implemented by a network device to improve efficiency of computing a node-protecting remote loop-free alternate (LFA) in a network topology graph. The method computes a reverse shortest path first (SPF) algorithm rooted at the primary next hop node, where the reverse SPF algorithm rooted at the primary next hop maintains a reverse path of a shortest path computed by the reverse SPF algorithm rooted at the primary next hop node. The method selects a node that is in both the source node's node-protecting extended P-space that protects the primary next hop node and the primary next hop node's link-protecting Q-space that protects the S-E link. The method traverses the reverse path of the shortest path computed by the reverse SPF algorithm rooted at the primary next hop node starting from the selected node and towards the primary next hop node and assigns the selected node as a node-protecting remote LFA for each S-E destination node visited along the traversal of the reverse path that has not been assigned a node-protecting remote LFA.
US09225624B2	Systems and methods for topology discovery and application in a border gateway protocol based data center An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a network orchestration service running on a computer processor. The network orchestration service provides a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) listener module and a topology builder module. The BGP listener module is configured to receive information from a plurality of spine devices configured as an autonomous system and the topology builder module is configured to use the information received by the BGP listener module to create a topology of a data center that includes the plurality of spine devices. Additionally, the network orchestration service is in communication with a memory that is used to store information received by the BGP listener module and the topology of the data center. Applications of the information handling system for better operating the data center are also provided.
US09225623B2	Processing diagnostics of media services A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device receiving diagnostic information from a plurality of client devices delivering media content, wherein the diagnostic information relates to a media delivery service quality and wherein the diagnostic information is sent automatically by the client devices; performing a data compression procedure for the diagnostic information; transmitting compressed data comprising the diagnostic information to an aggregator device; and sending to the client devices a message to delay or prevent transmission of additional diagnostic information in accordance with an instruction received from the aggregator device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09225616B2	Feedback-based tuning of control plane traffic by proactive user traffic observation In one embodiment, a management device may determine whether user traffic in a computer network is suffering from insufficient network resources. In response to user traffic suffering from insufficient network resources, the device may then trigger the computer network to reduce control plane traffic. In another embodiment, a network device may transmit control plane traffic into a computer network at a first rate. In response to receiving instructions to reduce control plane traffic due to user traffic suffering from insufficient network resources, the device may then transmit control plane traffic into the computer network at a reduced second rate.
US09225614B2	Service and application layer optimization using variable rate optical transmission Apparatus and methods are provided for application layer optimization in a modern data network. The optimization incorporates variable rate transmission across one or more optical data channels. Data throughput is maximized by enabling quality of service profiles on a per transmission channel basis. According to one aspect, a system is provided in which the application layer is aware of and controls the underlying transmission rate and quality of the transmission. This enables the system to fully utilize the transmission capacity of the channel. The application layer may map different applications to different transmission classes of service. The services can be classified based on data throughput rate, guaranteed error rates, latency and cost, among other criteria. This provides flexibility to the application layer to map some loss tolerant applications to a lower cost (per bit) transmission class.
US09225603B2	Systems and methods for policy-based intelligent provisioning of optical transport bandwidth Policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth is disclosed. In one of many possible embodiments, a system is provided for policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth. The system includes a layer-specific operation support subsystem (OSS) configured to manage network elements that form a sub-network over an optical transport network. The optical transport network provides bandwidth-on-demand provisioning capabilities. The layer-specific OSS includes one or more predefined bandwidth provisioning policies. The layer-specific OSS is configured to selectively request on-demand provisioning of bandwidth on the sub-network based on the predefined bandwidth provisioning policies.
US09225598B2	Method and system for end-to-end management of energy efficient networking protocols Aspects of a method and system for end-to-end management of energy efficient networking protocols are provided. In this regard, a path between two network nodes may be determined and one or more messages may be generated. The one or more messages may be communicated to one or more network nodes along the determined path and may configure an EEN control policy and/or one or more (EEN) parameters in those network nodes. The one or more generated messages may comprise a distinct marking that may, upon detection by the network nodes along the determined path, trigger configuration of the EEN control policy and/or EEN parameters within the one or more network nodes. The one or more messages may be may be utilized to enable and disable EEN in one or more network nodes along the path.
US09225589B2	Fast reroute using different frequency-hopping schedules In one embodiment, a primary node in a shared-media communication network is selected by a node toward a destination. In response to determining the primary node, the node determines a frequency-hopping schedule of the primary node. One or more backup nodes for the primary nodes are then determined based on a frequency-hopping schedule diversity between the primary node and the one or more backup nodes.
US09225588B2	Alarm management apparatus and method for managing alarms An alarm management apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive alarms notified upon a plurality of communication apparatuses detecting a failure. The alarms include identification information for identifying types of the respective alarms. Each of the plurality of communication apparatuses is included in one of a plurality of communication networks. The processor is configured to check development situations of respective types of alarms received from each of the plurality of communication networks on basis of the identification information to identify a particular communication network and a particular type of alarms. The processor is configured to cause a first relay apparatus of a plurality of relay apparatuses to discard first alarms of the particular type. The first alarms are notified from a first communication apparatus included in the particular communication network. The first communication apparatus is not adjacent to a development location of the failure.
US09225587B2	Mechanism for alarm management of Femto related systems to avoid alarm floods A method of alarm management in a communications system having a number of Femto base stations, the method comprising the steps of: detecting disruption of a communication link between a Femto base station and a management system via which alarms are communicated; blocking the sending of alarms by the Femto base station; generating a report representative of the accumulation of alarms; detecting re-establishment of the communication link; sending the report to the management system; and reporting alarms to the management system on the basis of the report.
US09225582B1	Managing and enabling interaction with communication information A communications device receives a trigger event and, in response to the trigger event, retrieves identification information and identifies a correspondent entity associated with the trigger event based on the identification information. Communication information relating to one or more communications events associated with the correspondent entity is then retrieved, organized, and displayed in one or more views on the communications device.
US09225581B2	Priority packet processing A network node in a vehicular network processes packets based on a prioritization scheme. The prioritization scheme uses packet type, priority, source, destination, or other information to determine a priority of the packets. Packets can be stored in one of multiple queues organized according to packet type, or other criteria. In some cases, only one queue is used. The packets are time stamped when put into a queue, and a time to live is calculated based on the timestamp. The time to live, as well as other factors such as packet type, packet priority, packet source, and packet destination can be used to adjust a packet's priority within the queue. Packets are transmitted from the queues in priority order. In some cases, the network node can identify a top-priority packet, and transmit the top priority packet without first storing the packet in the queue.
US09225580B2	Mechanism for facilitating user-controlled features relating to media content in multiple online media communities and networks In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating playlist assistance and sharing of media content over multiple media communities according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving, at a first computing device, a request relating to media content. The request may be placed by a user at a second computing device. The method may further include researching a plurality of media playlists at a plurality of media communities for the media content, selecting one or more of the plurality of media playlists at one or more of the media communities having the media content, and transmitting, from the first computing to the second computing device, the one or more media playlists having the media content.
US09225573B2	OFDM system and method employing OFDM symbols with known or information-containing prefixes Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving OFDM symbols are provided which enable the otherwise wasted transmission time normally used as a prefix for each OFDM symbol to contain useful information. At the receiver, the received signal is processed to convert received OFDM symbols from a linear convolution with the channel to a cyclic convolution.
US09225569B2	Resource allocation method and base station in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system A resource allocation method and a base station which includes: acquiring, by the base station, channel state information (CSI) of a current scheduling timeslot; obtaining a compensation factor according to the CSI and a preset packet error ratio, where the compensation factor is a value corresponding to the preset packet error ratio in an inverse cumulative distribution function of a non-central chi-square random variable and a non-central parameter; replacing the CSI with the compensation factor, and determining a functional relationship between rate and power of sending data by the base station if a packet error ratio of the base station is less than or equal to the preset packet error ratio; and determining, according to the functional relationship and a generalized dynamic back pressure algorithm, the rate and total power of sending data by the base station, so as to minimize the total power of the base station.
US09225568B1	FSK demodulator A demodulator suitable for demodulating binary FSK signals having a small difference between carrier frequencies uses a counter-timer technique for timing a fixed number FSK cycles and comparing a count value with a threshold when a frequency change is expected. By grouping a number of FSK pulses (or cycles) together in one measurement, speed requirements on the system clock used for the counter/timer measurements can be relaxed and tolerance to noise is also improved. The demodulator is particularly suitable for wireless charging applications.
US09225566B2	Frequency offset estimation in communication devices The present subject matter discloses a system and a method for estimating a frequency offset in communication devices. In one embodiment, the method of estimating a frequency offset in a communication device comprises generating a reconstructed signal based at least in part on a channel impulse response (CIR) corresponding to a received signal. Further, a normalization matrix is determined for the reconstructed signal. Thereafter, based at least in part on the normalization matrix and the reconstructed signal, the frequency offset is estimated such that the frequency offset corresponds to a maximum normalized-correlation between the reconstructed signal and the received signal.
US09225565B2	Device for generating a vector-modulated output signal and method for generating a vector-modulated output signal A device for generating a vector-modulated output signal based on a baseband signal having an in-phase component and a quadrature component, a first LO signal for the in-phase component of the baseband signal and a second LO signal for the quadrature component of the baseband signal comprises a baseband combination circuit, which is configured to combine the in-phase component and the quadrature component in order to obtain a plurality of combined IQ signals. Furthermore, the device includes a plurality of mixer cells for generating the vector-modulated output signal, based on the combined IQ signals, the first LO signal and the second LO signal.
US09225564B2	On-board power line communication system An on-board power line communication system that performs power line communication during charging and discharging of a battery prevents electromagnetic wave leakage from a power line from interfering with other on-board devices. A vehicle includes a PLC communication device that performs PLC communication using a charging cable that is connected to a battery, and an interference suppressor that prevents electromagnetic wave leakage from the charging cable, which accompanies PLC communication, from interfering with the operations of an on-board electronic device. The interference suppressor reduces electromagnetic wave leakage from the charging cable by reducing the output frequency of the PLC communication device or the value of current flowing through the charging cable while the on-board electronic device is performing a specific operation that will be affected by interference from PLC communication.
US09225560B1	Data rate programming using source degenerated CTLE The present invention is directed to data communication systems and methods. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a CML device that changes output frequency response by varying resistance values of its load resistance and source resistance. A bias control voltage is used to adjust the tail current of the CML device, and the tail current adjusts the output gain of the CML device. There are other embodiments as well.
US09225554B2	Device-health-based dynamic configuration of network management systems suited for network operations In an embodiment, in response to receiving an indication of a change in quality of services provided by a network device, collecting one or more performance measurements of the network device; by applying a network policy to the measurements, determining one or more operations capable of performing on the network device to enhance the quality of services; in response to determining that the network device is not configured for instrumentation, causing automatic self-configuration of the network device by execution of the one or more operations on the network device; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
US09225550B2	Switch monitoring statistics gathering at servers and gateways for overlay networks In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of overlay-capable devices, each overlay-capable device having an interface adapted for terminating and/or originating tunnels in an overlay network with other overlay-capable devices, logic adapted for creating statistics about overlay-encapsulated packets which are received by or sent by the overlay-capable device, logic adapted for accumulating the statistics, and logic adapted for storing the statistics in an accessible memory of the overlay-capable device. In another embodiment, a method for generating statistics about encapsulated packets within a virtual overlay network includes creating statistics about overlay-encapsulated packets which are received by or sent by each overlay-capable device in an overlay network, accumulating the statistics for each overlay-capable device through which the overlay-encapsulated packets passed, and storing the statistics in an accessible manner.
US09225536B2	Method and device for implementing MBMS service when relay node is deployed in network Disclosed are a method and device for implementing an MBMS service when a relay node is deployed in a network. By employing the technical solution provided in embodiments of the present invention, a cell served by the relay node is used by a base station as the cell therefor, corresponding configuration information is transmitted to an MCE for registration, and a corresponding MBMS service is triggered. The base station is used as a proxy of the relay node to allow the scheduling of the MBMS service and data forwarding. Thus, the shortcoming in the prior art of the lack of support for the relay node to implement the MBMS service is obviated, and compatibility with the MBMS service is implemented on the relay node. The range of MBMS service coverage is expanded in a network via the deployment of the relay node. At the same time, on the basis of lower hardware construction investment costs, seamless support for the MBMS service is implemented throughout the network when the relay node is deployed.
US09225528B2	Broadband certified mail The present invention provides system and method for providing certified voice and/or multimedia mail messages in a broadband signed communication system which uses packetized digital information. Cryptography is used to authenticate a message that has been compiled from streaming voice or multimedia packets. A certificate of the originator's identity and electronic signature authenticates the message. A broadband communication system user may be provisioned for certified voice and/or multimedia mail by registering with a certified mail service provider and thereby receiving certification. The called system user's CPE electronically signs the bits in received communication packets and returns the message with an electronic signature of the called system user to the calling party, along with the system user's certificate obtained from the service provider/certifying authority during registration. The electronic signature is a cryptographic key of the called party.
US09225518B2	Method of providing fresh keys for message authentication The present invention provides a method of operating a mobile unit in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the method may include providing access request message(s) including information indicative of a first counter and a message authentication code formed using a first key. The first key is derived from a second key and the first counter. The second key is derived from a third key established for a security session between the mobile unit and an authenticator. The first counter is incremented in response to each access request provided by the mobile unit.
US09225507B1	System and method for synchronizing local oscillators Provided is a method and apparatus for aligning a first local oscillator (LO) clock generated by a controllable LO clock generator in a first radio frequency (RF) path with a second LO clock in a second RF path. The apparatus includes a synchronization channel configured to exchange a synchronization clock between the first and second RF paths, a phase detector configured to measure a phase alignment between the first and second LO clocks, and a loop filter configured to drive the controllable LO clock generators using the phase alignment. Also provided is a time to digital converter. The time to digital converter includes a D flip-flop for sampling first and second input clocks with a third clock, and a counter configured to synchronously increment the resulting samples and create a digital proportional value representing the delay between the first and second clocks.
US09225497B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink control signal in a TDD-based wireless communication system, and to an apparatus therefor. The method comprises receiving a downlink signal via a downlink interval in a specific frame including the downlink interval, a guard interval and an uplink interval. A combination of the downlink interval, the guard interval and the uplink interval is given using configuration information on the specific subframe. When the configuration information is given such that the length of the downlink interval is larger than a specific value, detecting a first type of PDCCH is performed in the specific subframe. When the configuration information is given such that the length of the downlink interval is equal to or smaller than the specific value, detecting the first type of PDCCH is skipped in the specific subframe.
US09225494B2	Network and user behavior based time-shifted mobile data transmission A computer program product for mobile data transmission is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A request for data is received from a mobile device. A determination is made whether a data transmission over a mobile data communication network in response to the request can be delayed, forming a time-shifting determination. A determination is made, responsive to the time-shifting determination being affirmative, a delayed schedule for the data transmission in response to the request such that the data transmission is completed by a deadline. The data is transmitted over the mobile data communication network according to the delayed schedule.
US09225487B2	Wireless resource allocation method and wireless resource allocation device, and communication system Inter-cell interference is avoided in a cellular system operated in a TDD scheme. An order of a plurality of configurations are rearranged in the ascending order of the number of downlink sub frames and in the descending order of the number of uplink sub frames, and configurations are switched between neighboring cells according to the rearranged order when different configurations are used in the neighboring cells. Further, an order of at least some configurations is further rearranged so that interference between adjacent configurations is reduced while maintaining the ascending order of the number of downlink sub frames.
US09225479B1	Protocol-configurable transaction processing A traffic management device or other intermediate network device is configured to enable the device to support connection splitting and/or connection aggregation or to otherwise process network transactions for an arbitrary transaction-oriented protocol. The configuration may be accomplished by providing one or more traffic management rules defined by way of a scripting language and provided to an interpreter. The traffic management rule may follow a basic approach common to many protocols and is adapted to the particular protocol being supported. The rule may configure the network device to inspect incoming data, extract length and record type specifiers, buffer an appropriate amount of data to determine transactions or transaction boundaries, and perform other operations. Transaction processing may be enabled for various kinds of protocols, including application-level, proprietary, quasi-proprietary, and special-purpose protocols, protocols for which limited information is available, and protocols not natively supported by the network device.
US09225477B1	Significance of retransmission used in subsequent decoding Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes receiving, at a wireless communication device, signals representing wireless data transmissions that are based on a message, the received signals including one or more previous signals and a current signal, wherein the current signal was transmitted in response to the one or more previous signals failing to successfully resolve the message; combining the received signals based on unequal weights to produce a combined signal, the weights include a first weight value assigned to the one or more previous signals and a second, greater weight value assigned to the current signal, the second weight value being based on a noise variance, the first weight value being based on a modified version of the noise variance, the modified version reflecting one or more decoding failures; and decoding the combined signal to resolve the message.
US09225476B2	Dynamic HARQ buffer management A communication device (100) for communicating in accordance with a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol, the communication device (100) comprising a receiving unit (102) adapted for receiving a communication message including soft-bit values, the soft-bit values representing reliability information for received verification data verifying proper transmission of the communication message, a storage unit (104) adapted for storing the soft-bit values, and a storage management unit (106) adapted for dynamically managing storage of the soft-bit values in the storage unit (104) so that soft-bit values failing to fulfill at least one relevance criteria are not maintained in the storage unit (104).
US09225474B2	Heterogeneous network partition in TDD beyond radio frame Maintaining uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) compatibility with extended radio frames includes partitioning subframe groups over an extended radio frame having a length of time greater than a time defined for a single radio frame. User equipment (UE) suspends PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) retransmission in the extended radio frame, in accordance with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing of a subframe group assigned to the UE.
US09225473B2	System and method for improving transport protocol performance in communication networks having lossy links A transport protocol is provided within a communication network that has a lossy link. The receiver distinguishes between packets received with non-congestion bit errors and packets having been not at all received due to congestion. When packets are received with non-congestion bit errors, the receiver sends selective acknowledgments indicating that the packets were received with bit errors while suppressing duplicate acknowledgments to prevent the invocation of a congestion mechanism.
US09225459B2	Optical transmission system, optical transmission apparatus, signal conditioning program, and signal conditioning method An optical transmission system includes optical transmission apparatuses configured to transmit wavelength-division multiplexed light signals via lightpaths, each of a pair of optical transmission apparatuses includes a conditioning unit configured to adjust the optical intensities of channels included in the wavelength-division multiplexed light signal, and one or more first processors configured to control, based on a conditioning level notified, the conditioning unit; and a managing apparatus configured to manage the pair of the optical transmission apparatuses, the managing apparatus including one or more second processors configured to compute a conditioning level on a basis of system information for respective the pair of optical transmission apparatuses in the optical transmission system.
US09225450B2	Method and apparatus for measurement for inter-cell interference coordination in radio communication system A method for supporting measurement of a User Equipment (UE) by a first base station in a wireless communication system. The method according to an embodiment includes acquiring, by the first base station, information of a downlink subframe configuration of a second base station; and transmitting, by the first base station, information of measurement objects to the UE. The measurement objects are determined based on the downlink subframe configuration of the second base station. A measurement is performed by the UE in resources indicated based on the information of the measurement objects. The resources are determined as a combination of at least one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and at least one downlink subframe. The downlink subframe configuration of the second base station includes information indicating at least one subframe configured as an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS).
US09225448B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting ACK/NACK in TDD-based wireless communication system Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting positive-acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. A user equipment receives an uplink grant which includes an uplink resource assignment and an uplink downlink assignment index (DAI), determines an ACK/NACK payload size on the basis of a value of the uplink DAI, and generates an ACK/NACK response for the at least one downlink transport block. The user equipment multiplexes the ACK/NACK response on an uplink transport block, and transmits the multiplexed ACK/NACK response.
US09225437B2	Cordless charging apparatus A cordless charging apparatus is provided. The cordless charging apparatus includes a cordless power reception resonator including a feeding connector for electric feeding, and a ground connector for grounding. The ground connector is spaced apart from a connection terminal connecting the cordless power reception resonator to a circuit.
US09225431B1	Fast chromatic dispersion estimation This disclosure describes the Fast Chromatic Dispersion Estimation (FCDE) techniques which corrects for chromatic dispersion in high data rate optical communications systems such as some coherent optical communications systems. FCDE may utilize transform such as fast-Fourier transforms to estimate the chromatic dispersion. From an estimate of the chromatic dispersion, the techniques may determine filter tap coefficients for compensating the chromatic dispersion.
US09225419B2	Intrapersonal data communication systems Intrapersonal communication systems and methods that provide an optical digital signal link between two or more local devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system includes a first signal converter disposed at a first end of the optical digital signal link and configured to convert between electrical digital signals from a first local device and optical digital signals from the optical digital signal link. The system can include an optical connector having a non-contact portion configured to couple optical digital signals between the first signal converter and the optical digital signal link across a gap. The system can include a second signal converter disposed at a second end of the optical digital signal link and configured to convert between electrical digital signals from the second local device and optical digital signals from the optical digital signal link.
US09225412B2	Communication system with feedback mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a communication system includes: determining a channel estimate based on an arriving communication for characterizing a channel; calculating a conditional measure based on the channel estimate for characterizing the channel at a subsequent index; generating a channel-based probability function using the conditional measure, the channel-based probability function based on a feedback metric; determining a stochastic channel indicator based on a value of the feedback metric producing a target condition from the channel-based probability function; and sending the stochastic channel indicator for controlling communication at a base station for communication through a device.
US09225409B2	Method and apparatus for open loop transmission in a multiple antenna wireless communication system The invention concerns a method for precoding in an open loop transmission communications system, wherein the method includes precoding data at each of M REs with a precoding matrix, precoding each of DM-RSs with one column of a precoding matrix which is same as that used for precoding M data REs. The method is distinguished by using at least L≧2 different precoding matrices from a set of precoding matrices W to precode the M REs and the E allocated REs such that REs precoded with a first precoding matrix are interleaved with REs precoded with at least one additional, different precoding matrix and the number of used precoding matrices L is adapted to the transmission rank r and number N of available DM-RS. The invention further concerns a radio transmitter and a user equipment.

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