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US09274946B2 Pre-leak detection scan to identify non-pointer data to be excluded from a leak detection scan
A computer-implemented method of detecting memory that may be reclaimed from application data objects that are no longer in use. When at least a first virtual memory region is newly committed for heap block storage, a pre-leak detection scan of other virtual memory regions can be performed to identify at least one non-pointer data item in the other virtual memory regions, the non-pointer data item comprising data that corresponds to an address of a memory location within the first virtual memory region, but that is not a memory pointer. A leak detection scan can be performed to identify potential memory pointers, wherein the identified non-pointer data item is excluded from the identified potential memory pointers. A list of leaked heap blocks can be output. Each leaked heap block can exclusively comprise memory locations that do not have a corresponding potential memory pointer.
US09274938B2 Dynamic RAM Phy interface with configurable power states
A physical memory interface (Phy) and method of operating is disclosed. The Phy interface includes command and status registers (CSRs) configured to receive a first power context and second power context. Selection circuitry is configured to switch between the first and second power contexts. A plurality of adjustable delay elements are provided, each having a delay time responsive to the selected power context. A first set of CSRs configured may store the first power context and a second set of CSRs configured may store the second power context. The Phy interface may also include a plurality of drivers each having a selectable drive strength responsive to the selected power context. The Phy interface may also include a plurality of receivers each having a selectable termination impedance responsive to the selected power context. Switching between power contexts may result in adjusting of the delay elements, drive strength and/or termination impedance of one or more drivers/receivers.
US09274919B2 Transaction tracing mechanism of distributed heterogenous transactions having instrumented byte code with constant memory consumption and independent of instrumented method call depth
A system and method for tracing individual transactions on method call granularity is disclosed. The system uses instrumentation based transaction tracing mechanisms to enhance thread call stack sampling mechanisms by a) only sampling threads executing monitored transactions while execution is ongoing b) tagging sampled call stacks with a transaction id for correlation of sampled call stacks with instrumentation bases tracing data. The combination of instrumentation based tracing with thread call stack sampling reduces sampling generated overhead by only sampling relevant thread, and reduces instrumentation generated overhead because it allows reducing instrumentation.
US09274905B1 Configuration tests for computer system
A computer system has a managing server for managing one or more managed nodes. The managed nodes have media encoded with test executables executable on their respective nodes. The test executables can check configuration data for the node and/or check whether external resources are accessible from the node. The managing server issues commands to run the test executables and collects test results returned by the test executables.
US09274901B2 I/O request mirroring in a clustered storage system
Clustered storage systems and methods are presented herein. One clustered storage system includes a logical volume comprising first and second pluralities of storage devices. The first plurality of storage devices is different from the second plurality of storage devices and includes at least the same data as the second plurality of devices. The storage system also includes a first storage node operable to process first I/O requests to the first plurality of storage devices and a second storage node communicatively coupled to the first storage node and operable to process second I/O requests to the second plurality of storage devices. An I/O request of the first I/O requests initiates a redirection condition that the first storage node detects. Then, based on the redirection condition, the first storage node directs the second storage node to process data of the I/O request.
US09274895B1 Processing device with self-scrubbing logic
An apparatus includes a processing unit including a configuration memory and self-scrubber logic coupled to read the configuration memory to detect compromised data stored in the configuration memory. The apparatus also includes a watchdog unit external to the processing unit and coupled to the self-scrubber logic to detect a failure in the self-scrubber logic. The watchdog unit is coupled to the processing unit to selectively reset the processing unit in response to detecting the failure in the self-scrubber logic. The apparatus also includes an external memory external to the processing unit and coupled to send configuration data to the configuration memory in response to a data feed signal outputted by the self-scrubber logic.
US09274889B2 Systems and methods for data processing using global iteration result reuse
The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for use of a detector output by a data decoder. As an example, a data processing system is discussed that includes a data detector circuit operable to provide a first detector output and a second detector output, and a combining circuit operable to combine a first input derived from the first detector output with a second input derived from the second detector output to yield a combined detector output. The combined detector output includes a unified data set element generated by combining an element of the first input with a corresponding element of the second input.
US09274881B2 Semiconductor memory device, memory system including the same, and operating method thereof
The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device including a CAM data block for storing CAM data, and a controller configured to control an operation of the semiconductor memory device in response to a CAM data program command received from a host, wherein the semiconductor memory device is configured to perform a pre-program operation and an erase operation of the CAM data block prior to the performance of a CAM data program operation associated with the CAM data block.
US09274875B2 Detecting memory hazards in parallel computing
A computer-implemented method, computer-readable media, and a computerized system to track and detect data hazards are provided. The computerized system includes processors configured to execute instructions associated with a multithreaded program. The computerized system allocates memory for the multithreaded program and creates threads for execution on the processors. The memory may include a reserved area for tracking information. The threads access the allocated memory in accordance with the multithreaded program and the memory including the tracking information is updated based on the threads' memory access. In turn, the processors generate notifications of data hazard based on the tracking information stored in the allocated memory.
US09274870B2 Monitoring connection quality
In one example monitoring connection quality, data transceiving at a socket may be monitored by frequent pinging. Any error codes identified by the socket may be assigned a corresponding error description, which may then be transmitted to a proper entity for correction.
US09274865B2 Implementing enhanced buffer management for data storage devices
A method, apparatus and a data storage device for implementing enhanced buffer management for storage devices. An amount of emergency power for the storage device is used to determine a time period for the storage device between emergency power loss and actual shut down of electronics. A time period for the storage device for storing write cache data to non-volatile storage is used to identify the amount of write cache data that can be safely written from the write cache to non-volatile memory after an emergency power loss, and using the write cache threshold for selected buffer management techniques for providing enhanced storage device performance, including enhanced SSD or HDD performance.
US09274850B2 Predictive and dynamic resource provisioning with tenancy matching of health metrics in cloud systems
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method computing resources are dynamically provisioned to meet service level objectives in a cloud computing environment. Resources available for provisioning to the cloud computing environment are determined and the quality thereof monitored. Current resource needs for a cloud job tenancy are determined, and selected resources are dynamically provisioned from resources available for provisioning based on the current resource needs and the quality of the resources available in order to meet the cloud job tenancy and the service level objectives.
US09274849B1 Systems and methods for configuring and managing computing resources to provide highly-scalable services
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a cloud computing environment that includes a service cloud and one or more services accessing the service cloud. The service cloud includes multiple resources of different types that support the execution of the services accessing the service cloud. Each resource and service in the cloud computing environment is configured via a centralized configuration service. In addition, resource allocation and predictive performance monitoring engines allocate resources and monitor the resources allocated to the services accessing the service cloud.
US09274847B2 Resource management platform
In client-server architectures, systems and methods for implementing an extensible resource management platform at a server are described. The extensible resource management platform is developed based on a plug-in based architecture which includes one or more subsystems for performing functions associated with resource management. Different implementations can be provided by new or different components or plug-ins. The resource management platform is thus a platform over which one or more functionalities can be further added to supplement existing and varying functions.
US09274839B2 Techniques for dynamic physical memory partitioning
Various embodiments are presented herein that reallocate partitions of a shared physical memory between processing units. An apparatus and a computer-implemented method may determine an amount of memory space in the physical memory allocated to a first processing unit during system initialization. The determined amount of the memory space may be consolidated. The consolidated memory space may be allocated to the second processing unit during runtime. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09274838B2 Dynamic instantiation and management of virtual caching appliances
It is detected that a metric associated with a first workload has breached a first threshold. It is determined that the first workload and a second workload access the same storage resources, wherein the storage resources are associated with a storage server. It is determined that the metric is impacted by the first workload and the second workload accessing the same storage resources. In response to a determination that the metric is impacted by the first workload and the second workload accessing the same storage resources, a first virtual cache appliance is instantiated and one of the first workload or the second workload is routed through the virtual cache appliance. Routing one of the first workload or the second workload through the first virtual cache appliance causes the first virtual cache appliance to cache data associated with the storage resources.
US09274837B2 Assigning levels of pools of resources to a super process having sub-processes
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for assigning levels of pools of resources in an operating system to a super process having sub-processes. A plurality of first level pools of resources are reserved in the operating system for first level processes to perform a first level operation and invoke at least one second level process to perform a second level operation. A plurality of second level pools of resources are reserved in the operating system for second level processes. One of the second level pools of resources assigned to one of the second level processes is released and available to assign to another second level process when the second level process completes the second level operation for which it was invoked.
US09274827B2 Data processing apparatus, transmitting apparatus, transmission control method, scheduling method, and computer product
A data processing apparatus includes a processor configured to receive an interrupt request that is a trigger for execution of an interrupt process executed by the processor; store the received interrupt request to a recording area; calculate based on a time when the interrupt request is received and particular time information read from the recording area, a predicted time when a subsequent interrupt request is to be received; detect a thread to be executed by the processor, among executable threads of the processor; judge based on the calculated predicted time and a current time, whether there is a possibility of the interrupt process being executed while the detected thread is under execution; decide based on a judgment result, whether to execute the detected thread on the processor; and execute the detected thread on the processor, based on a decision result.
US09274825B2 Virtualization gateway between virtualized and non-virtualized networks
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling communication between a virtualized network and non-virtualized entities using a virtualization gateway. A packet is sent by a virtual machine in the virtualized network to a non-virtualized entity. The packet is routed by the host of the virtual machine to a provider address of the virtualization gateway. The gateway translates the provider address of the gateway to a destination address of the non-virtualized entity and sends the packet to the non-virtualized entity. The non-virtualized entity may be a physical resource, such as a physical server or a storage device. The physical resource may be dedicated to one customer or may be shared among customers.
US09274810B2 Method and an apparatus to update the snapshot image in a nonvolatile memory based on comparing a first data with the second data
A method and an apparatus for supporting a hibernation function in a mobile device are provided. The method includes receiving an input at an electronic device, loading, using one or more processors, a snapshot image for the electronic device in response to the input, comparing at least one portion of the snapshot image with data indicating a state of the electronic device, and updating the snapshot image using the data, based at least in part on a determination that the state of the electronic device has been changed.
US09274808B2 Image processing apparatus and hibernation start-up method
An image processing apparatus includes a volatile main memory, a first non-volatile memory for storing a plurality of types of partial snap shot images, a second non-volatile memory from which information can be read faster than from the first non-volatile memory, for storing an entire snap shot image, and a processor. The processor reads a partial snap shot image corresponding to a state after change from the first non-volatile memory and updates a corresponding portion of the entire snap shot image in the second non-volatile memory.
US09274800B2 Dynamic evaluation and adaption of hardware hash functions
Creating hash values based on bit values of an input vector. An apparatus includes a first and a second hash table, a first and second hash function generator adapted to configure a respective hash function for a creation of a first and second hash value based on the bit values of the input vector. The hash values are stored in the respective hash tables. An evaluation unit includes a comparison unit to compare a respective effectiveness of the first hash function and the second hash function, and an exchanging unit responsive to the comparison unit adapted to replace the first hash function by the second hash function.
US09274794B2 Processor and instruction processing method in processor
The present invention relates to a processor including: an instruction cache configured to store at least some of first instructions stored in an external memory and second instructions each including a plurality of micro instructions; a micro cache configured to store third instructions corresponding to the plurality of micro instructions included in the second instructions; and a core configured to read out the first and second instructions from the instruction cache and perform calculation, in which the core performs calculation by the first instructions from the instruction cache under a normal mode, and when the process enters a micro instruction mode, the core performs calculation by the third instructions corresponding to the plurality of micro instructions provided from the micro cache.
US09274788B2 Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
As methods for updating firmware, an information processing apparatus executes a first update method of acquiring update firmware from an external apparatus via a network, storing the acquired update firmware in a volatile memory, and updating the firmware of the information processing apparatus based on the stored update firmware, and a second update method of updating the firmware of the information processing apparatus using a method that is different from the first update method. Furthermore, based on the remaining amount of a battery, the information processing apparatus decides whether to permit both the update of the firmware using the first update method and the update of the firmware using the second update method, or to permit the update of the firmware using the second update method and not to permit the update of the firmware using the first update method.
US09274786B2 Vehicle information update method and apparatus
A vehicle information update method in a mobile device having near field communication (NFC) functionality includes: receiving software version information from an in-vehicle device through NFC tagging, transmitting a predetermined control message including the software version information to an update server using a first wireless access means, receiving latest software corresponding to the software version information from the update server using a second wireless access means, and transmitting the received latest software to the in-vehicle device using a third wireless access means in a vehicle.
US09274778B2 Software signature discovery
In a method for determining and scoring a signature for a software package. A processor determines a signature of a first software package, wherein the signature comprises an indication of a first set of files on a computer system after installation of the first software package that were not present on the computer system before the installation, and an indication of a second set of files not remaining on the computer system after an uninstall of the first software package. A processor compares the first and the second set of files indicated in the signature of the first software package to files indicated in one or more other signatures of other software packages. A processor determines a score for the signature of the first software package based on the comparison.
US09274776B2 Product, method, and apparatus for installing a second program based on a call from a first program
An install method executed by an apparatus, including receiving a call from a first program when the first program is activated; and installing a second program that is used by the first program, in response to the call.
US09274770B2 Fault tolerant compilation with automatic error correction
A compilation method is provided for automated user error correction. The method includes using a compiler driver run by a processor to receive a source file for compilation. With a compiler component invoked by the compiler driver, the method includes identifying an error in the source file such as a linking problem or syntax error in the user's program. The method includes receiving with the compiler driver an error message corresponding to the identified error. With an error corrector module run by the processor, the method includes processing the error message to determine an error correction for the identified error in the source file. The compiler driver modifies the source file based on the error correction and compiles the modified source file with the compiler component.
US09274769B1 Table of contents pointer value save and restore placeholder positioning
Embodiments describe a computer implemented method of compiling application source code into application object code. A compiler generates application object code having a plurality of table of contents TOC placeholder locations for a potential TOC pointer value command within a calling function. A first function call site of the calling function is corresponded to a first TOC placeholder location. A second function call site of the calling function is corresponded to a second TOC placeholder location.
US09274766B2 Treatment of layer tree as video
In one embodiment, a computing device renders as a first frame of a video a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application on the computing device based on a multi-layered-tree representation of the GUI. The computing device modifies the multi-layered-tree representation of the GUI in response to an input or output associated with the GUI. The computing device also renders as a second frame of the video of the GUI based on the multi-layered-tree representation of the GUI as modified.
US09274762B2 System and method for developing an object-oriented system
A method for developing an object-oriented system includes receiving, at a computer, a request to transliterate a textual flow of events into an activity diagram and transliterating the textual flow of events into an activity diagram where the activity diagram comprising a plurality of actions and a plurality of objects. The plurality of actions are affinitized into a plurality of classes where each of the plurality of classes comprising at least one of the plurality of actions. The affinitized actions are defined for each of the plurality of classes as operations for each of the respective classes. One or more of the plurality of objects are defined as operations for one or more of the plurality of classes. A model is displayed representing the object-oriented system.
US09274758B1 System and method for creating customized performance-monitoring applications
In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes providing a performance-monitoring platform as a service, the performance-monitoring platform comprising at least one agent manager. The method further includes facilitating creation of a customized performance-monitoring application, the performance-monitoring application comprising an agent and at least one user dashboard. The agent is configured to collect performance data related to a specified monitored resource. The agent parses the collected performance data to a monitoring server for storage according to at least one standard data model. The at least one user dashboard allows users to view information related to the collected performance data. The facilitating includes configuring deployment attributes of the customized performance-monitoring application responsive to developer input. Moreover, the method includes deploying the customized performance-monitoring application on the performance-monitoring platform. The method also includes making the customized performance-monitoring application available to end users as a service.
US09274753B1 Application diagram tool
A system for an application diagram is provided. The system includes a technology roadmap database, an application database, a project database, a processor, an analysis module, and a user interface. The technology roadmap database contains technology roadmap information defining a technology roadmap. The application database contains configuration information about applications. The configuration information identifies the technology resources allocated to each application. The project database contains project information, which identifies any project impact on each application. The processor executes the analysis module to analyze the technology roadmap information, the configuration information, and the project information and to create the application diagram for a selected project. The application diagram organizes applications within enterprise functional areas and presents any changes planned for the selected project. The user interface, responsive to user input, promotes selection of projects and displays the application diagram for selected projects.
US09274739B2 Enhanced power in HDMI systems
There is provided a source device, which is adapted to communicate with a sink device through an HDMI cable. The sink device comprises an internal circuit, handshaking circuitry adapted to verify if the sink device is able to supply a current on a line of the HDMI cable, an internal power supply intended for powering the line and a switching circuit able to uncouple the internal power supply from the line and able to couple the internal circuit to the line. There is also provided a sink device, which is adapted to communicate with a source device through an HDMI cable. The sink device comprises a power supply, hand-shaking circuitry able to indicate that the sink device is able to supply a current on a line of said HDMI cable, and a circuit able to couple the power supply to the line.
US09274735B2 Communication apparatus comprising integrated circuit tag interface
A first communication apparatus may comprise a first type of interface configured to function as an IC tag, a second type of interface, and a controller. The controller may cause the first type of interface to execute a sending operation. The sending operation may be executed by using a first wireless connection established between the first and second communication apparatuses. The sending operation may include an operation of the first type of interface to send network identification information to the second communication apparatus. The network identification information may be information to be used in a first wireless network to which both the first and second communication apparatuses belong. The controller may execute, after the first type of interface has executed the sending operation, a wireless communication of target data with the second communication apparatus via the second type of interface by using the first wireless network.
US09274733B2 Terminal device and printer capable of using print intermediation server in which printer related information including print condition information is registered
A terminal device may register printer related information including virtual print condition information indicating a virtual print condition in a print intermediation server, obtain authentication information from the print intermediation server, receive print condition related information being related to an actual print condition from an actual printer after the printer related information was registered in the print intermediation server, and changing, by using the authentication information and the print condition related information, contents of the printer related information being registered in the print intermediation server, from a state including the virtual print condition information to a state including actual print condition information indicating the actual print condition.
US09274728B2 Print control apparatus and print control method
There is provided a print control apparatus capable of outputting a plurality of printed materials after a user checks a dividing line of an original image and the layout of image portions on each page when performing poster printing. For this purpose, the original image is divided based on the size of the original image and the size of a sheet such that each of a plurality of image portions obtained by division sets in the predetermined size. At the same time, the original image is displayed in print preview, so that the dividing line of the original image is specified. This allows the user to output printed materials and obtain a product after checking the dividing line of the image.
US09274724B1 Distributed virtual tape library
A system and method include a distributed virtual tape library node on a distributed computing system node and using a distributed computing system distributed file system to manage data on multiple nodes of the distributed computing system to form a distributed virtual tape library system. A master virtual tape library on a distributed computing system node, multiple slave virtual tape library on a different distributed computing system node, and a distributed computing system distributed file system to manage data on the master and slave virtual tape libraries form a distributed virtual tape library system.
US09274721B2 Nonvolatile memory device and data management method thereof
A data management method of a nonvolatile memory device which includes a data cell area and a reference cell area includes selecting shared data from write data input to the memory device; generating reference data based on the shared data; and storing the write data in the data cell area and a first reference area of the reference cell area; and storing the reference data in a second reference area of the reference cell area.
US09274717B2 Deduplication of data blocks on storage devices
A storage system comprises a cache for caching data blocks and storage devices for storing blocks. A storage operating system may deduplicate sets of redundant blocks on the storage devices based on a deduplication requirement. Blocks in cache are typically deduplicated based on the deduplication on the storage devices. Sets of redundant blocks that have not met the deduplication requirement for storage devices and have not been deduplicated on the storage devices and cache are targeted for further deduplication processing. Sets of redundant blocks may be further deduplicated based on their popularity (number of accesses) in cache. If a set of redundant blocks in cache is determined to have a combined number of accesses being greater than a predetermined threshold number of accesses, the set of redundant blocks is determined to be “popular.” Popular sets of redundant blocks are selected for deduplication in cache and the storage devices.
US09274716B2 Systems and methods for hierarchical reference counting via sibling trees
Systems and methods for hierarchical reference counting via sibling trees are provided. The hierarchical data structure, together with its associated operations, can efficiently maintain reference counts and significantly reduce input/output (IO) operations compared to traditional techniques. The data structure presented here is applicable to any directed acyclic graph (DAG-type) structure where reference counts are used. Various embodiments of the present invention use a data structure to maintain a “sibling pointer” (pointing to the sibling node as a way to avoid reference count updates) and a “sibling count.” When nodes in the tree diverge, the sibling pointer and sibling count are updated as opposed to directly manipulating the reference counts of the children of the diverging nodes. Various other embodiments can use additional entries or fields that allow for improved efficiency and advantages.
US09274713B2 Device driver, method and computer-readable medium for dynamically configuring a storage controller based on RAID type, data alignment with a characteristic of storage elements and queue depth in a cache
A storage controller coupled to a host computer is dynamically configured by a device driver executing in the host computer. The storage controller manages a logical volume for the host using a set of flash-based storage devices arranged as a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID). The device driver identifies a RAID type for the logical volume and a queue depth from a stream of I/O commands. For a logical volume in RAID 0, the device driver compares the queue depth to a threshold value and configures the storage controller to process the stream of I/O commands with a first path or an alternative path based on a result of the comparison. For a logical volume in RAID 5, the device driver performs a similar comparison and uses the result to direct the storage controller to use a write back or a write through mode of operation.
US09274710B1 Offset-based congestion control in storage systems
An I/O request directed to a portion of a storage object managed at a distributed storage service is received. A congestion control parameter value to be used to schedule a storage operation corresponding to the I/O request is determined. The congestion control parameter is based at least in part on an offset within the storage object to which the I/O request is directed. The storage operation is scheduled in accordance with the congestion control parameter at a selected physical storage device to which the portion of the storage object is mapped.
US09274703B2 Method for inputting instruction and portable electronic device and computer readable recording medium
A method for inputting instruction, a portable electronic device and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The method includes detecting taps applied on a touch screen, and determining whether tap positions of the taps belongs to the same group. The method also includes dividing the tap positions of the taps to groups if the tap positions of the taps do not belong to the same group, generating group flags according to the groups, and sorting the group flags according to a tap order of the taps, so as to generate a group flag sequence. In addition, the method further includes generating an operating instruction according to the group flag sequence.
US09274701B2 Method and system for a creased paper effect on page limits
In a touchscreen viewing device, a method for implementing a crease effect. The method includes receiving a swipe input related to an image displayed on a touch screen of a viewing device, upon determination that the swipe input will generate an item end effect, causing a crease effect to appear on the image in response to the swipe input, and subsequent to the end of the swipe input, undoing the crease effect on the image to return the image to an original effect.
US09274699B2 User interface for a large scale multi-user, multi-touch system
A large scale multi-user, multi-touch system with a specialized zone-based user interface including methods for space management and spatial apportioning of audio cues. The system comprises a multi-touch display component fabricated in dimensions sufficient for at least a plurality of users and for displaying projected images and for receiving multi-touch input. The apparatus includes a plurality of image projectors, a plurality of cameras for sensing multi-touch input and the apparatus includes interface software for managing user space. The interface software implements techniques for managing multiple users using the same user interface component by allocating physical spaces within the multi-touch display component and coordinating movement of displayed objects between the physical spaces. Embodiments include a plurality of audio transducers and methods for performing audio spatialization using the plurality of audio transducers corresponding to the physical spaces, apportioning of volume levels to the audio transducers based on movement of a displayed object.
US09274696B1 Scroll bar with time details
While a newsfeed is scrolled, an icon is displayed that includes the post time of a news story. The icon moves in a vertical direction as the newsfeed is scrolled and displays a post time of a news story when at least a predefined amount of the icon is displayed over the news story. Depending on when a news story was posted, the time icon may include the date the news story was posted. The icon may show a time and/or may include a clock showing time in analog or digital format. The newsfeed may be scrolled in response to a gesture by a user with a touch-sensitive display and the time icon may cease to be displayed once the user breaks contact with the touch-sensitive display.
US09274694B2 Device, system and method for image-based content delivery
Media content is provided using thumbnail-based images and respective archives linked thereto. In accordance with one or more embodiments, access is provided to interactive single-page and multi-page thumbnail images, with each thumbnail image being linked to at least one of a plurality of media-content units in respective sets of the media-content units (e.g., to pages within respective articles each having one or more pages, with each page having predefined text and image data in a set layout). Archive data is identified and communicated for each media content unit, responsive to user input data indicating a selection of one of the thumbnail images, and based on availability of the archive data locally at a user device.
US09274692B2 Remote control system for presentation
A computer executes a presentation file to display a presentation frame. An input device generates an input signal in response to a user's operation to have the computer execute a presentation control instruction. There is a signal processing protocol between a remote driver of the computer and a server driver of another computer, wherein the two computers are communicable with each other via a network, for standardizing a packing process and an unpacking process of the input signal. The server driver executes the packing process of the input signal according to the signal processing protocol and transmits the processed input signal out to the another computer. The remote driver executes the unpacking process of the input signal to have the another computer execute the presentation control instruction on the presentation frame. In this manner, the another computer may display the same presentation frame as that displayed by the computer.
US09274681B2 Terminal and method of controlling the same
A mobile terminal and method of controlling the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touchscreen and a control unit for receiving a first command according to a state of an object in near-proximity to the touchscreen, and receiving a second command according to a state of the object contacting the touchscreen.
US09274675B2 Mobile terminal and control method thereof
A mobile terminal for displaying a three-dimensional image and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to display a three-dimensional image including a plurality of objects; a memory unit configured to store property information of a plurality of applications respectively corresponding to the plurality of objects; and a controller configured to, upon detection of a selection of the plurality of objects, execute the plurality of applications, generate priority information in order to determine the priority levels of the executed applications based on the property information, and arrange the executed applications on the three-dimensional image based on position information mapped to the priority information.
US09274672B1 Monitoring overtime of tasks
A computer system monitors the execution time of each of a plurality of tasks over a plurality of time periods. The system receives a first input that selects a particular time period from the plurality of time periods, and further monitors the execution time of the plurality of tasks in the selected time period. The system receives a second input that selects a particular task from the particular time period, and monitors the execution time of the particular task in the particular time period.
US09274671B2 Managing a user interface for an application program
A method, apparatus and computer program is disclosed for managing a user interface (UI) for an application program in which a plurality of user interface methods are provided for a given application program function, one or more of the more frequently used UI options being maintained in the UI while one or more of the less frequently used UI options are removed.
US09274660B2 Touch pad with force sensors and actuator feedback
Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.
US09274658B2 Method for detecting biomolecules using a capacitive touch screen
There is provided a method of detecting biomolecules using a capacitive touch screen receiving a touch with a conductor as an input signal to perform an output on a display screen, and more particularly to a method of detecting target biomolecules by applying biomolecules having electrical conductivity to a touch panel and detecting a change in capacitance of a surface of a touch panel generated according to the concentration of the biomolecules.A method of detecting biomolecule according to the present invention uses a capacitive touch screen capable of being cheaply manufactured on a large scale, such that the method may have advantages such as cheap cost and a short analysis time and simply detect biomolecules in a personal terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and the like, on which a capacitive touch screen is mounted, as compared to the existing method requiring an expensive exclusive analysis apparatus based on absorbance or fluorescence having a large volume, a skilled experimental technique such as electrophoresis, or a long analysis time to thereby be performed only in an experimental room equipped with specialists and equipment.
US09274657B2 Self-capacitive touch panel
A self-capacitive touch panel including a border region and a central region is provided. The border region has a first area and corresponds to a P number of first sensors. The central region has a second area and corresponds to a Q number of second sensors. A ratio of P to the first area is greater than a ratio of Q to the second area.
US09274652B2 Apparatus, method, and medium for sensing movement of fingers using multi-touch sensor array
A sensing technique using a capacitance touch sensor as a user interface is provided. An apparatus for sensing the movement of fingers using a multi-touch sensor includes a touch determination module which determines whether a user has actually touched a touch sensor comprising one or more touch points with at least one of his/her fingers, a clustering module which groups a plurality of electrodes arrayed in the touch sensor into one or more clusters according to a set of standards if the touch determination module determines that the user has actually touched the touch sensor with at least one of his/her finger, a position value calculation module which calculates a finger position value indicating the location of the finger of the user that touches the touch sensor for each of the clusters, and a movement information detection module which detects movement information of the finger of the user that touches the touch sensor using information regarding variations over time in the finger position value.
US09274644B2 Synchronization of active stylus and touch sensor
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a synchronization signal from a computing device and determining a first time associated with detection of a first edge of the synchronization signal. The method also includes determining a second time associated with detection of a second edge of the synchronization signal and determining whether the second time occurs within a first predetermined window of time from the first time. The method further includes, if the second time occurs within the first predetermined window of time from the first time, then determining that the synchronization signal is valid.
US09274639B2 Display device having a touch panel with auxiliary lines supplying supplemental auxiliary drive signals
A touch display device comprises a controller to generate a touch sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensing period and a display period. A touch panel has a plurality of touch electrodes in a display area of the touch display device. The touch panel generates touch sensing signals indicating whether or not a touch occurs during the touch sensing period. A gate driver supplies gate pulses to gate lines of the touch panel during the display period and supplies a gate line auxiliary drive signal from the first transfer line onto the gate lines during the touch sensing period that mimics the touch drive signal. One or more auxiliary lines supply a supplemental auxiliary drive signal during the touch sensing period that mimics the touch drive signal.
US09274637B2 Electronic broadcast log system
There is provided a system and method for displaying a traffic output synchronized with an automation output, the system including a display, a memory storing a user interface, and a processor configured to receive the traffic output, receive the automation output, synchronize the traffic output with the automation output, and display the traffic output synchronized with the automation output using the user interface on the display. The processor is further configured to advance each of the traffic output and the automation output being displayed by the user interface in real-time. Furthermore, the processor is further configured to update the traffic output being displayed by the user interface based on feedback from the automation output. The updating including marking each element in the traffic output as being aired correctly or not being aired correctly.
US09274633B2 Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing same
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing the number of steps and material costs and a method of producing the liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel (105); and a touch panel (106). Out of the liquid crystal display panel (105) and the touch panel (106), one panel serves as a reference for alignment between the liquid crystal display panel (105) and the touch panel (106) and the other panel is aligned with the one panel. The other panel is provided with a second alignment mark that is aligned with a first alignment mark of the one panel. The second alignment mark is constituted by a transparent member.
US09274628B2 Targeting in a stylus-based user interface
Aspects of the invention provide virtual hover zones. When a user lowers a hovering stylus while remaining within a hover zone, cursor control is modified to be more easily controllable by the user. If the user pauses the stylus in mid-air before lowering the stylus, and if the stylus remains within the hover zone, then upon touchdown the cursor may be moved to the projection of the location where the stylus was paused. Any action that may be taken in response to the touch down may be sent to the projection location as well. Also provided are cursor control zones. A dampening zone may be used to provide dampened cursor movement feedback in response to movement input provided by a pointing device. Also, a dead zone may be used to prohibit cursor movement in response to movement input provided by the pointing device.
US09274626B2 Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a panel module, an assembly member, a glue layer, and a touch module. The assembly member is engaged with a sidewall of the panel module. The glue layer is disposed on the panel module and at least one portion of the glue layer is disposed on the assembly member. The touch module is disposed on the glue layer. The panel module and the assembly member are adhered to a first side of the glue layer. The touch module is adhered to a second side of the glue layer opposite to the first side.
US09274618B2 Active capacitive touch pen
An active capacitive touch pen includes a casing unit, a circuit unit, a power supply unit and a pen head unit. The casing unit includes a pen-shaped casing structure. The circuit unit includes a circuit substrate disposed inside the pen-shaped casing structure and at least one varistor disposed inside the pen-shaped casing structure and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The power supply unit includes at least one power supply component disposed inside the pen-shaped casing structure and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The pen head unit includes a pen head structure movably disposed inside the pen-shaped casing structure and an elastic structure disposed between the pen head structure and the varistor. The pen head structure has an exposed contacting portion exposed from the pen-shaped casing structure. Whereby, a predetermined pressure generated by pushing the pen head structure is transmitted to the varistor through the elastic structure.
US09274610B2 Electronic equipment, letter inputting method and program
An electronic device comprises a display unit that displays a letter/character; a touch pressing input unit including a plurality of keys arrayed in a matrix; the touch pressing input unit allowing touch-inputting a letter/character corresponding to a key touched by a user's finger; the touch pressing input unit allowing pressing-inputting a letter/character corresponding to a key pressed; and a control unit that manages control to cause the letter/character input by the touch pressing input unit to be displayed on the display unit; the control unit managing control so that, if a key is touched and pressed at the touch pressing input unit with the user's finger, a letter/character corresponding to the key pressed is displayed on the display unit, and so that, if a key is touched and released without being pressed by the user's finger at the touch pressing input unit, a letter/character corresponding to a key displaced at a position from which the user's finger has been released is displayed on the display unit.
US09274607B2 Authenticating a user using hand gesture
The present document describes a method for authenticating a user into a system using gestures. The user may draw the gesture on a touch sensitive device (e.g. touchpad), or make the gesture in the air in front of a camera. In the touchpad embodiment, the trajectory defined by the gesture is received ready from the touchpad. In the camera embodiment, the trajectory is built by analyzing the images of an image stream to find a hand (or another subject i.e. meta-subject). The trajectory may then be built by monitoring the change of position of the hand in the succession of images. The trajectory is analyzed to determine the key-code defined by the gesture, and to determine whether or not it is the authenticated user who is performing the gesture (as opposed to an intruder) based on the speed and the distance between the trajectory and a straight line.
US09274606B2 NUI video conference controls
A system and method providing gesture controlled video conferencing includes a local capture device detecting movements of a user in a local environment and an audio/visual display. A processor is coupled to the capture device and a remote capture device and a remote processor at a remote environment via a network. The local processor includes instructions to render a representation of the remote environment on the display responsive to the remote processor and remote capture device. The processor also tracks movements of a local user in a space proximate to the local capture device. Responsive to a user gesture detected at the local capture device, the audio or visual signals provided by the remote capture device are altered to change the representation of the remote location is altered locally.
US09274591B2 General purpose processing unit with low power digital signal processing (DSP) mode
A method and circuit arrangement utilize a general purpose processing unit having a low power DSP mode for reconfiguring the general purpose processing unit to efficiently execute DSP workloads with reduced power consumption. When in a DSP mode, one or more of a data cache, an execution unit, and simultaneous multithreading may be disabled to reduce power consumption and improve performance for DSP workloads. Furthermore, partitioning of a register file to support multithreading, and register renaming functionality, may be disabled to provide an expanded set of registers for use with DSP workloads. As a result, a general purpose processing unit may be provided with enhanced performance for DSP workloads with reduced power consumption, while also not sacrificing performance for other non-DSP/general purpose workloads.
US09274590B2 Systems and methods for monitoring and managing memory blocks to improve power savings
Systems and methods are provided for placing a portion of a memory into a low power mode. A system includes a hot spot region creator configured to determine an activity level for each of a plurality of regions of a memory, where certain of the regions are determined to be active regions, and where certain of the regions are determined to be inactive regions and rearrange the data to position the active region data in a contiguous active portion of memory and to position the inactive regions data in a contiguous inactive portion of memory. A memory controller is configured to place the contiguous inactive portion of memory into a low power mode.
US09274589B2 Touch sensing system and method for providing proximity sensing function using touch screen panel
Provided is a touch sensing system and method for providing a proximity sensing function using a touch screen panel. The touch sensing system may include at least one storage unit including at least one program, a touch screen configured to detect a touch of an object, and at least one processor configured to activate a proximity sensing function on the touch screen according to a control of the at least one program, to detect proximity of the object based on sensing information of a proximity sensing area predetermined on a partial area of the touch screen, and to process a predetermined operation in response to detecting the proximity of the object.
US09274587B2 Power state adjustment
A system and method for selecting devices for which power states and/or mode of operation may be adjusted can be implemented based on power supply availability, cost of power consumption at certain periods of the day or year, environmental conditions, priority of applications, and business objectives are disclosed.
US09274575B2 Information processing apparatus and information processing method
In an information processing apparatus, a communication unit communicates with notifying apparatuses that store position information thereof and notifies, in a case in which a communication is made with first terminals that are held by respective users, identification information of the first terminals and the position information, and in a case in which a communication is made with a second terminal that is mounted on a screen, identification information of the second terminal and the position information. A control unit obtains an estimated value of distances between the screen and the users, from distances between the second terminal and each of the first terminals, based on the position information received from the notifying apparatuses, and determines a lamp power to be set to a projection apparatus that projects video on the screen, based on the estimated value.
US09274572B2 High capacity power distribution panel for a modular data center
A power distribution network includes a first busway, a second busway situated between the first busway and a load, a first bus plug, and a second bus plug. The first and second bus plugs are configured to span across the first busway and the second busway. The first bus plug is further configured to provide power from the first busway to the load via an exit from the first bus plug that is adjacent to the load. The second bus plug is further configured to provide power from the second busway to the load via an exit from the second bus plug that is adjacent to the first load.
US09274571B2 Segmented frame for a storage drive
A segmented frame adapted to receive a storage drive is provided. The segmented frame in one example includes a plurality of linked frame segments configured to pivot with respect to each other and wrap around the storage drive, with a first frame segment and a last frame segment of the plurality of linked frame segments latching together to form a joined segmented frame and hold the storage drive, and a plurality of isolator cups trapped within the joined segmented frame and fitting over a corresponding plurality of mounting wings extending from the storage drive, wherein the plurality of isolator cups suspend the storage drive within the joined frame.
US09274567B2 Portable electronic device and control method thereof
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a display module, a speed sensor and a control module. The display module is for displaying an image. The speed sensor is for determining a moving speed of the portable electronic device. The control module, coupled to the speed sensor and the display module, is for determining a rotation sensitivity for the control module to rotate the displayed image according to the moving speed of the portable electronic device. A control method of the aforementioned portable electronic device is also provided.
US09274566B1 Dual-shaft hinge for flip-up electronic product
A dual-shaft hinge connected between a cover member and a base member of a flip-up electronic product is disclosed to include a hinge shaft set including a first hinge shaft having a spirally extended propelling groove, a second hinge shaft having a spirally extended position-limit groove, a female hinge member coupled to the first hinge shaft and the second hinge shaft, a sliding block set having a first protrusion and a second protrusion respectively located at two opposite sides thereof and respectively coupled to the propelling groove and the position-limit groove, and a linkage adapted to limit the rotating angle of the first hinge shaft and the turning angle of the female hinge member about the second hinge shaft, preventing errors in angular difference between the two opposite lateral sides of the cover member and the two opposite lateral sides of the base member.
US09274562B2 Flexible electronic devices
Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.
US09274561B2 Display devices and methods of manufacturing display devices
A display device having a base film, a display structure, and a window, the base film including a first bending region having a wrinkled portion and a first region adjacent to the first bending region, a display structure disposed on a first face of the base film, and a window covering the display structure disposed on the first face of the base film, the first bending region having a material different from a material in the first region.
US09274558B2 Portable computing device dock
A portable computing device dock has a deck movable between a raised position in which an upper surface of the deck extends at or above a height of projections such that no projections extend through and above the deck and a lowered position in which the projections extend through the upper surface of the deck.
US09274552B2 Multidisplay portable device
Provided is a portable communication device including a first housing, a second housing rotatably coupled with the first housing, and a hinge portion provided between the first housing and the second housing to stepwise rotate the second housing toward or away from the first housing, in which display units are disposed on inner and outer sides of the first housing and the second housing, respectively, such that the display units on the inner and outer surfaces of the housings may be used independently or in conjunction to provide for larger display screens.
US09274551B2 Method and apparatus for data entry input
An apparatus and method of inputting data for an electronic data entry device are provided. In one embodiment, main keys on a keyboard of a device are used in which the main keys have multiple symbols or functions associated therewith, and one or more assisting keys of the device are used to select between the symbols or functions on the main keys. In a further embodiment, identification of an input object such as the particular fingers of a user that are used to actuate a key region is performed. The symbol associated with the actuated key region and the finger (or other input object) used is determined. Various types of sensors and recognition technology are implemented in order to identify fingers (or other input objects) in various embodiments.
US09274550B2 Hinge, supporting module having the hinge, and display device having the supporting module
A hinge for pivotally interconnecting first and second brackets includes a shaft having a shaft body extending through the first and second brackets and formed with an engaging end portion proximate to the second bracket, a fixing member connected to the engaging end portion, a ratchet sleeved rotatably on the shaft body between the fixing member and the second bracket, a friction mechanism having an urging unit sleeved on the shaft body between the ratchet and the fixing member and pressing the ratchet toward the second bracket, and a brake mechanism disposed on the second bracket and having a pawl member releasably engaged to the ratchet.
US09274544B2 Sideband initialization
Initialization in multiple clock domains. A first die having a master initialization component generates initialization commands. A local initialization agent on the first die is coupled to receive the initialization commands. The local initialization agent manages initialization of one or more components on the first die. A remote initialization agent on a second die is coupled to receive the initialization commands. The remote initialization agent manages initialization of one or more components on the second die. The master initialization component receives acknowledgement messages from the local initialization agent and the remote initialization agent to manage conflicts and dependencies between the local initialization agent and the remote initialization agent and synchronizes events in multiple clock domains that share a reference clock signal by signaling in the reference clock domain.
US09274534B2 Feed-forward compensation for low-dropout voltage regulator
A voltage regulator includes a pass element having a control input coupled to a control node and operable to generate an output voltage at an output node, a negative feedback amplifier operable to receive a reference voltage and the output voltage and generate a signal at the control node based on a difference between the reference voltage and the output voltage, and a noise cancellation circuit coupled to the control node and the output node and operable to generate a bias current at the control node based on the output voltage.
US09274529B2 Safe emergency landing of a UAV
Method for autonomous safe emergency landing of a powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the event of an engine failure. A landing approach trajectory is generated, including a downwind leg, initiating at an initiation point of the trajectory, an upwind leg, terminating at a selected touchdown point, and a U-turn leg, joining between the downwind leg and the upwind leg. The UAV is directed to the initiation point to follow the downwind leg. A glide ratio of the UAV is repeatedly determined based on current flight conditions. A current turning point is repeatedly determined along the downwind leg based on the determined glide ratio, the U-turn leg initiating at the current turning point. When the UAV arrives at the current turning point, the UAV is directed to follow the U-turn leg and the upwind leg, for landing the UAV at the selected touchdown point.
US09274528B2 Marine vessel control system
A marine vessel control system that includes at least one primary marine propulsory mechanism providing a thrust vector and being movably attached to the vessel. An actuating system is coupled to the at least one primary marine propulsory mechanism manipulating the orientation of the thrust vector. At least one servo control is linked with the actuating system. At least one attitude sensor provides a signal that indicates the attitude of the vessel. A central control computer is operatively coupled to the actuating system, the servo control and the attitude sensor. The central control computer controls the actuation of the at least one primary marine propulsory mechanism's thrust vector in response to the signal from the attitude sensor indicating the attitude of the vessel. The attitude, stability and motion damping and at least one of the pitch, roll and yaw axes of the vessel is controlled.
US09274525B1 Detecting sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle
Methods and systems are disclosed for determining sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle. Determining sensor degradation may include obtaining sensor readings from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle, and determining baseline state information from the obtained sensor readings. A movement characteristic of the autonomous vehicle, such as speed or position, may then be changed. The sensor may then obtain additional sensor readings, and second state information may be determined from these additional sensor readings. Expected state information may be determined from the baseline state information and the change in the movement characteristic of the autonomous vehicle. A comparison of the expected state information and the second state information may then be performed. Based on this comparison, a determination may be made as to whether the sensor has degraded.
US09274524B2 Method for machine coordination which maintains line-of-site contact
A method and system that facilitates operation of autonomous equipment by providing a mission planner to maintain line-of-sight contact between a plurality of coordinated machines, including a method for maintaining line-of-sight (LoS) communication between a plurality of machines that creates a mission plan for a work site that includes a path plan for each of the plurality of machines that maintains the line-of-sight communication between the plurality of machines by taking into account a topography for the work site; and loads the path plan for each respective one of the plurality of machines into each respective one of the plurality of machines, wherein the path plan specifies a machine travel path for each respective one of the plurality of machines.
US09274522B2 Method for controlling the driving of a big rig and drive control system
A method for remotely controlling a big rig comprises a tractor unit and one or more trailers coupled to the tractor unit, wherein the tractor unit comprises a drive train which can be electronically actuated by the control of the tractor unit and by way of which the tractor unit can be driven automatically. The control of the tractor unit have a wireless communication link to a touchscreen device so that automatic driving of the big rig can be remotely controlled by way of the touchscreen device during which at least one articulation angle between a longitudinal axis of the tractor unit and a longitudinal axis of the trailer is continuously regulated.
US09274521B1 Employing local, opportunistic automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) information processed by an unmanned aerial vehicle ground control station to augment other source “knowledge” of local aircraft position information for improving situational awareness
A system and method are provided for employing local, opportunistic Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) information to augment other source “knowledge” of local aircraft position information for improving situational awareness in areas lacking ADS-B coverage provided by other aircraft control agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), other Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs), and/or other Air Traffic Control (ATC) entities. Locally-received, e.g., in a vicinity of a UAV or sUAS, ADS-B positional information is received by a UAV, sUAS or associated ground control station and integrated on a display component of the ground control station, e.g., a pilot display, for the UAV or sUAS. Received positional information is forwarded to other interested users/systems, including those associated with agencies or entities in overall tactical, operational or surveillance control of a particular area of operations, as appropriate as an integrated situational awareness map display picture.
US09274519B2 Methods and apparatus for monitoring operation of a system asset
A device for monitoring operation of a plurality of system assets includes a storage device configured to store a model of a plurality of system assets, wherein the model includes a plurality of asset images associated with the system assets, and a plurality of component connections representative of a plurality of conduits coupled to the system assets. The device also includes a processor coupled to the storage device. The processor is configured to display the plurality of asset images and to display the plurality of component connections. The processor is also configured to select an asset image, display a status of a system asset associated with the selected asset image, and automatically display a representation of at least one of a process flow entering the system asset and a process flow exiting the system asset when the asset image is selected.
US09274518B2 Industrial control energy object
An energy object extension to an industrial protocol having a comprehensive suite of attributes, messages and services utilized for the monitoring and control of energy consuming or producing resources by a manufacturing automation application is provided. The energy object includes an identifier associated with an energy resource that is associated with a manufacturing automation application and an energy type associated with the energy resource. This includes a measurement characteristic associated with the energy resource to facilitate energy management by the manufacturing automation application.
US09274517B2 Numerical controller for speed control according to instructed path speed condition
A numerical controller that controls a multi-axis machine tool performs speed control based on an instructed path allowable acceleration and an instructed path allowable jerk in a relative path (instructed path) of a tool with respect to a workpiece, and performs speed control based on a tool reference point path allowable speed, a tool reference point path allowable acceleration and a tool reference point path allowable jerk in a tool reference point path being a relative path, with respect to the workpiece, of a point in the tool (tool reference point) that is different from a tool center point. As a result, it is possible to prevent occurrence of large acceleration and jerk in a path of the tool center point with respect to the workpiece, as well as occurrence of large speed, acceleration and jerk in the path of the tool reference point with respect to the workpiece.
US09274516B2 Collision detection method for a drive unit
A collision detection method for a drive unit including an electric drive motor and a movable component which is driven thereby, wherein an actual torque and an actual acceleration of the electric drive motor are sensed and a collision of the movable component is detected on the basis of an evaluation of a predefinable mathematical combination of the actual torque and the actual acceleration.
US09274503B2 Sound absorber and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A sound absorber includes a duct member constituting a resonance pathway, the duct member including a pathway portion communicating ends of the duct member; a base member including a concave portion; and a cover member including a neck in which to insert the duct member. The cover member covers the concave portion of the base member, and the cover member combined with the base member forms a resonance space having a volume V. The resonance pathway has dimensions of a length LH and a cross-sectional area SH and communicates the resonance space and an exterior of the sound absorber. The sound absorber has a resonance frequency fH determined by fH=(c/2π)·(SH/V·LH)1/2 and absorbs sound having the resonance frequency fH, where c represents sound velocity.
US09274500B2 Torque receiving assembly, photosensitive drum and process cartridge
A torque receiving assembly, a photosensitive drum and a process cartridge having such torque receiving assembly. The torque receiving assembly having a body having an axis and having an accommodating chamber; a driven shaft disposed coaxially with the body, the driven shaft including a guide stem and a coupling head provided at one axial end of the guide stem, the guide stem having a pair of output arms which extend outwardly in a radial direction, the coupling head having a plurality of projections; wherein a pair of input arms are provided at an inner wall of the accommodating chamber and configured for abutting with the output arms; the guide stem is movable in the axial direction relative to the body, the torque receiving assembly further has a distance-limiting mechanism that defines a maximum distance the driven shaft is able to move relative to the body in the axis direction. The photosensitive drum and process cartridge according to the present invention both include the torque receiving assembly.
US09274490B2 Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus
A power supply apparatus includes a transformer and a switching unit that causes two switching elements connected in series to drive the primary winding of the transformer. A detection unit detects current flowing on the primary side of the transformer and outputs a voltage corresponding to the detected current. A correction unit corrects the voltage output from the detection unit into a voltage proportional to a variation of an input voltage input into the primary side of the transformer A nonlinear correction unit corrects the corrected voltage corrected by the correction unit to be nonlinear independently of variation in the input voltage.
US09274488B2 Image forming apparatus that imparts an electrical charge to a recording medium
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms a toner image on an image carrier; a conveying unit which conveys a recording medium; a transfer unit which transfers the toner image formed on the image carrier to the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit in a transfer nip; a pre-transfer charging unit which imparts an electrical charge, having a polarity opposite to a normal charge polarity of a toner, to the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit on an upstream side of the transfer nip in a conveyance direction; and a destaticizing unit which removes a part of the electrical charge that is imparted to a surface of the recording medium by the pre-transfer charging unit and corresponds to unevenness on the surface of the recording medium on an upstream side of the transfer nip in the conveyance direction.
US09274487B2 Image forming apparatus
To prevent a flap of an envelope from sticking to an envelope main body, an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming portion forming a toner image on the envelope; a fixing device fixing the toner image onto the envelope by heating the envelope while conveying the envelope on which the toner image is formed by the image forming portion; and a conveying roller pair that rotates while nipping the envelope, onto which the toner image is fixed by the fixing device, to convey the envelope. A driven roller of the conveying roller pair includes driven runners divided in a rotary shaft center direction, and one driven runner located at one end is inclined in a direction separating from another driven runner so that an outer peripheral surface of the one driven runner is brought into contact with a corner portion of a rubber roller.
US09274484B2 Image forming apparatus and toner accommodation container
An image forming apparatus on which a toner accommodation container accommodating toner is insertably/removably mounted to discharge the toner from the toner accommodation container by rotating the toner accommodation container includes a phase detection sensor that detects a rotation phase of the toner accommodation container by detecting a phase detection portion provided in the toner accommodation container and detects removal/mounting of the toner accommodation container from/on the image forming apparatus through the phase detection sensor.
US09274481B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member by using developer, a temperature detecting portion that detects information regarding the temperature of the developer in the developing device, and a density detecting portion that detects the density of a control image formed on the image bearing member. In addition, a controller controls the amount of the developer supplied to the developing device based on the detection result of the density of the control image, and a change portion changes an electric potential difference between an electric potential of the electrostatic latent image of the control image and a DC bias applied to the developing device so as to compensate for changing developing efficiency caused by temperature, based on the detection result acquired by the temperature detecting portion.
US09274471B2 Rotatable heating member and image heating apparatus
A rotatable heating member incorporating a heat source configured to heat a toner image on a sheet includes an elastic layer and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer. When thermal effusivity of the surface layer is Bs and thermal effusivity of the elastic layer is Be, the following relationship is satisfied: −0.04<(Be−Bs)/Be<0.04.
US09274469B2 Composition for making flow-coatable fuser topcoat and method of making a fuser topcoat
There is provided a homogenous composite dispersion. The composite dispersion is made from ingredients comprising: a first dispersion comprising a filler dispersed in a liquid continuous phase, the filler selected from the group consisting of nanotubes, graphene or a combination thereof, the liquid continuous phase comprising an acid copolymer and a first solvent, the acid copolymer comprising at least one carboxyl functionalized polymeric unit and at least one carboxylate ester functionalized polymeric unit having an alkyl or fluorinated alkyl attached to an oxygen atom of the carboxylate ester; a second dispersion comprising a fluoroplastic dispersed in a second solvent; and a sacrificial polymeric binder material.
US09274468B2 Image heating apparatus
An image heating apparatus includes first and second rollers forming a nip therebetween to heat a toner image on a sheet; a rubbing roller for rubbing an outer surface of said first roller; a moving mechanism for moving said rubbing roller between a contact position for contacting with said first roller and a spacing position spaced from said first roller; a measuring portion for measuring time elapsed from start of a rubbing process; a controller for discriminating, upon receipt of image heating instructions during the rubbing process execution, whether to continue the rubbing process or to interrupt the rubbing process and execute the image heating process, on the basis of the time measured by said measuring portion.
US09274467B2 Image heating apparatus
An image heating apparatus includes a coil; a belt member; a first core and a second core which are provided inside the belt member; a contact member contacting an inner surface of the belt member along a widthwise direction of the belt member; a pressing member configured to press the belt member against the contact member; a core supporting member configured to support the first and second cores; a pressing mechanism configured to generate pressure for forming a nip; and an adjusting portion, provided on the core supporting member, configured to adjust the height of each of the first core and the second core so that the height of a supporting surface configured to support the first core and the height of a supporting surface for supporting the second core are different from each other with respect to a direction perpendicular to the supporting surfaces.
US09274457B2 Developing cartridge
A developing cartridge having a first side plate and a second side plate spaced opposite from the first side plate, a developer carrying member rotatably supported between the side plates, a developer supplying member rotatably supported between the side plates, a input member to which driving force is input rotatably supported by the first side plate, a primary developing gear to which the driving force is transferred provided on the developer carrying member at the first side plate, a secondary developing gear to which the driving force is transferred provided on the developer carrying member at the second side plate, and a supply gear to which the driving force is transferred provided on the developer supplying member at the second side plate, wherein the input member and the supply gear are arranged so that their projections in the direction of the rotation axis of the developer supplying member overlap.
US09274454B2 Chip contact mechanism and developer cartridge
Disclosed is a chip contact mechanism for a developer cartridge. The chip contact mechanism comprises a chip holder movably provided on the developer cartridge and a lever for enabling the chip holder to move. The chip holder is provided with a chip installation position. A return member is provided between the chip holder and the cartridge body. Disclosed is also a developer cartridge which comprises the chip contact mechanism.
US09274446B2 Method for manufacturing carrier core particles for electrophotographic developer
A method for manufacturing carrier core particles for electrophotographic developer that include manganese, magnesium, and iron as a core composition. The method includes a granulation step (A) of granulating a mixture of raw materials containing manganese, magnesium, and iron with a reducing agent added at a ratio of 0.10% to 1.00% by mass to a total mass of the raw materials containing manganese, magnesium, and iron, and a firing step of firing the granular material granulated in the granulation step. The firing step includes a first heating step (C) of applying heat at a constant temperature ranging from 500° C. to 800° C. in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm to 15000 ppm for a predetermined period of time and a second heating step (D) of applying heat at a temperature higher than 800° C. for a predetermined period of time after the first heating step.
US09274438B1 Method and system for exposing photoresist in a microelectric device
A method and system provide microelectric devices on fields on a substrate. Each field includes at least one microelectric device having a critical device feature and remaining device feature(s) distal from the critical device feature. The method and system include providing a photoresist layer for fabricating the microelectric devices and exposing the photoresist layer using a dark field mask. The dark field mask is for defining a critical mask feature corresponding to the critical device feature and exposing a first portion of the fields. The first portion includes not more than five percent of each field. The method and system further include exposing the photoresist layer using a clear field mask. The clear field mask is for defining remaining mask feature(s) corresponding to the remaining device feature(s). The clear field mask exposes a second portion of the fields that is different from the first portion.
US09274435B2 Illumination system or projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
The disclosure relates to an optical system, such as an illumination system or a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, including such an optical system having a polarization-influencing optical arrangement which permits enhanced flexibility in affording a desired polarization distribution.
US09274433B2 Fly eye lens and proximity exposure machine optical system
An embodiment of the present invention provides a fly eye lens which is applied to a proximity exposure machine optical system. The fly lens includes a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly, wherein the first lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses which form a first lens face, and the second lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses which form a second lens face. The first lens face is used to split an incident broad light beam into narrow light beams and then refract the narrow light beams onto the second lens face, and the second lens face is used to dispersively refract the received narrow light beams onto a concave mirror in the optical system. A lens closer to a center of the second lens face has a higher transmittivity, and a lens farther from the center of the second lens face has a lower transmittivity. According to the embodiment of the present invention, since different lenses on the second lens face have different transmittivities, the illuminances of light radiated to different regions of a mask plate through the fly eye lens are different, and thus the uniformity of the critical dimensions of the exposed patterns can be improved to a certain extent.
US09274431B2 Alignment structure for registering patterns on a substrate
A system for determining an alignment location associated with a pattern formed on a substrate is disclosed. Electrical measurements are made as the substrate is moved along an advancement direction. An alignment structure is formed on the substrate. The alignment structure has a first member extending along a first direction that is not parallel to the advancement direction and a second member extending along a second direction that is not parallel to either the advancement direction or to the first member. The first member and the second member are electrically conductive and substantially transparent. One or more probes are used to identify portions of the first and second members of the alignment structure and produce signals in response to relative motion between the substrate and the probes. A controller, responsive to signals produced by the probe, determines an alignment location associated with the pattern formed on the substrate.
US09274428B2 Resist top coat composition and patterning process
A resist top coat composition includes a polymer including a base resin having a repeating unit p of styrene having a 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol group and a repeating unit q of acenaphthylene having chemical formula 1. R is hydrogen, hydroxyl. R1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, linear or branched C1-C10-alkyl, cycloalkyl, acyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carboxyl, —OC(═O)R2. R2 is linear or branched C1-C10-alkyl, cycloalkyl or fluorinated alkyl. m is 1 or 2. p and q are positive numbers satisfying the expressions 0
US09274426B2 Antireflective coating compositions and processes thereof
The present invention relates to a novel absorbing antireflective coating composition comprising a novel crosslinkable polymer comprising at least one repeat unit (A) having structure (1), at least one repeat unit (B) having a structure (2), and at least one repeat unit (C) having structure (3) where D is a direct valence bound or C(R1)(R2) methylene moiety where R1 and R2 are independently H, C1-C8 alkyl, C3-C24 cycloalkyl or C6-C24 aryl; Ari, Arii, Ariii and Ariv are independently phenylenic and naphthalenic moiety, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1-C8 alkyl; and R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen or C1-C8 alkyl; and a solvent. The invention also relates to a process for forming an image using the novel antireflective coating composition.
US09274422B2 Photosensitive resin composition, method for forming pattern-cured film using photosensitive resin composition, and electronic component
A photosensitive resin composition including: (a) a polybenzoxazole precursor; (b) a photosensitizer; (c) a solvent; (d) a cross-linking agent; and (e) a heterocyclic compound including a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group or a carboxyl group within a molecule.
US09274419B2 Blue photosensitive resin composition for color filter and application thereof
The present invention relates to a blue photosensitive resin composition for a color filter and an application thereof. The blue photosensitive resin composition includes an organic pigment (A), a dye (B), an alkali-soluble resin (C), a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group (D), a photo-initiator (E) and a solvent (F). The alkali-soluble resin (C) includes a first alkali-soluble resin (C-1) having a hindered amine structure. The blue photosensitive resin composition of the present invention can improve a voltage holding ratio and a contrast ratio of the color filter.
US09274417B2 Method for lithography patterning
A method for lithography patterning is disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving an IC design layout, the IC design layout having an IC pattern and receiving a mask, the mask having a defect. The method further includes making at least one mark on the mask in relation to the defect; positioning the IC design layout over the mask thereby covering the defect by the IC pattern; and patterning the mask with the IC design layout.
US09274412B2 Method and system for design of a reticle to be manufactured using variable shaped beam lithography
A method for optical proximity correction (OPC) is disclosed, in which a set of VSB shots is determined, where the set of shots can approximately form a target reticle pattern that is an OPC-compensated version of an input pattern. The set of shots is simulated to create a simulated reticle pattern. A substrate image is calculated, based on using the simulated reticle pattern in an optical lithographic process to form the substrate image. A system for OPC is also disclosed.
US09274410B2 Method and system for automated generation of masks for spacer formation from a desired final wafer pattern
Methods and systems for generating masks for spacer formation are disclosed. As a part of a disclosed method, a predefined final wafer pattern is accessed, areas related to features in the predefined final wafer pattern are identified and a template mask is formed based on the identified areas for forming spacers on a wafer. Subsequently, a mask is formed for use in the removal of portions of the spacers to form an on wafer pattern that corresponds to the predefined final wafer pattern.
US09274407B2 Phosphor device and illumination system and projection apparatus with the same
A phosphor device of an illumination system is provided. The illumination system emits a first waveband light and has an optical path. The phosphor device includes a first section and a first phosphor agent. The first phosphor agent is coated on the first section. After the first waveband light is received by the first phosphor agent, the first waveband light is converted into a third waveband light, and the third waveband light is directed to the optical path, so that the third waveband light is separated into at least two color lights along the optical path.
US09274406B2 Projector
A projector can prevent a flicker from being caused by rotation of a rotating phosphor plate. The projector includes a solid-state light source that emits excitation light, a rotating phosphor plate that converts the excitation light into phosphor light, a liquid-crystal light modulating device that modulates the light from the rotating phosphor plate, a projection optical system that projects the modulated light onto a screen, and a control device that controls the solid-state light source and the rotating phosphor plate so as to satisfy any one of a conditional expression A=B, a conditional expression A=2B, and a conditional expression |A−B| is greater than or equal to 20 and |A−2B| is greater than or equal to 20, where A represents a pulse width modulation control frequency in hertz of the solid-state light source and B represents a rotation frequency in hertz of the rotating phosphor plate.
US09274403B2 Method for selectively imparting a cinematic appearance to motion pictures photographed and exhibited at high frame rates
A method is disclosed whereby motion pictures photographed and exhibited at high frame rates, typically 48 frames-per-second, are modified to impart a cinematic appearance which tempers the level of motion detail inherent at such high frame rates. Motion pictures can be photographed either on film or by digital means. A controlled amount of motion blur is imparted selectively to certain scenes, sequences, frames or components of images. This can be accomplished by using different shutter angles for digital photography, or by imparting motion blur in post-production. The result is a motion picture that provides viewers with a cinematic appearance while at the same time, retains the spatial and temporal resolution of HFR, due to the high frame rate of photography and exhibition.
US09274397B2 Reflective display device having the functions of both monochrome and color display modes and driving method thereof
A reflective display device includes a drive array substrate, an electrophoretic display film, a reflective optical film and a light source module. The electrophoretic display film is disposed on the drive array substrate and includes a plurality of display mediums. The reflective optical film is disposed on the electrophoretic display film. The light source module is disposed beside the reflective optical film. A light emitting from the light source module is reflected to the electrophoretic display film by the reflective optical film. The light source module includes a plurality of first-color light sources, a plurality of second-color light sources and a plurality of third-color light sources which are switched on in sequence. The reflective display device is in a color display mode when the light source module is turned on. The reflective display device is in a monochrome display mode when the light source module is turned off.
US09274395B2 Complimentary polymer electrochromic device
A complimentary polymer or “dual-polymer” electrochromic device and methods of preparing the same are provided.
US09274390B2 Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing into each other, a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate, the gate line and the data line defining a pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and disposed at the pixel region, a color filter layer disposed closer than the pixel electrode from the first substrate, the color filter layer corresponding to the pixel electrode, a black matrix over the thin film transistor, a common electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
US09274388B2 Array substrate having common electrode driving interface pattern with slits, and manufacturing method thereof, and liquid crystal display
The embodiments of the disclosed technology provide an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and liquid crystal display. The array substrate comprises a base substrate comprising a pixel region and a driving circuit region. The driving circuit region formed on the base substrate comprises a common electrode driving interface pattern, and a gate driving interface pattern and a data line driving interface pattern, which are connected with the common electrode driving interface pattern, and the common electrode driving interface pattern comprises slits therein and the portions of the common electrode driving interface pattern divided by the slits are connected with one another.
US09274387B2 Liquid crystal display device
Pixel electrodes each include a pixel plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a pixel wall portion rising up from the pixel plane portion. Common electrodes each include a common plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a common wall portion rising up from the common plane portion so as to face the pixel wall portion. Each of the compartment areas has the pixel wall portion on one of right and left sides in the lateral direction, and has the common wall portion on the other of the right and left sides. Molecules of the liquid crystal material are tilted up from the pixel wall portions in a direction of the common wall portion by the electric field. The respective pixel wall portions of the adjacent compartment areas are positioned on opposite sides to each other in the lateral direction.
US09274384B2 Liquid-crystal display device
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device with high transmittance or viewing angle characteristics. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a first substrate (10) which includes a pixel electrode (30); a second substrate (20) which includes a counter electrode (25); and a liquid crystal layer (21) and a spacer (40) which are provided between the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (20). The pixel electrode (30) includes a first portion which is formed by a plurality of first branch portions (34A) extending in a first direction, a second portion which is formed by a plurality of second branch portions (34B) extending in a second direction, a third portion which is formed by a plurality of third branch portions (34C) extending in a third direction, and a fourth portion which is formed by a plurality of fourth branch portions (34D) extending in a fourth direction. The spacer (40) is provided at a position in the pixel (50) which is surrounded by the first to fourth portions of the pixel electrode (30) when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first substrate (10).
US09274377B2 Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display including a partial plate electrode along with a minute pattern in pixel electrode thereby increasing the viewing angle and the lateral visibility of the liquid crystal display, as well as the response speed. A step provider is provided to reinforce the control force of the liquid crystal molecules, thereby reducing the texture generated in the center of the pixel.
US09274376B2 Liquid crystal display device
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which enables costs to be reduced, excels in productivity, and enables a high contrast ratio over a wide viewing angle range to be realized. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a first polarizer, a second-type (nxny≧nz), a liquid crystal cell, a second λ/4 plate having an Nz coefficient different from the first λ/4, and a second polarizer in this order, wherein an in-plane slow axis of the first λ/4 plate forms generally 45 degrees as to an absorption axis of the first polarizer, an in-plane slow axis of the second λ/4 plate is generally orthogonal to the in-plane slow axis of the first λ/4 plate, an absorption axis of the second polarizer is orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer, an in-plane fast axis of the second-type birefringent layer is generally orthogonal to the absorption axis of the first polarizer, and black display is performed by aligning liquid crystal molecules within a liquid crystal layer in a manner generally perpendicular to substrate faces.
US09274371B2 Color conversion substrate, method for manufacturing same, and display device
A color conversion substrate that can improve light use efficiency is provided. A color conversion substrate includes a transparent substrate having a main surface, a plurality of phosphor patterns arranged on the main surface and each of the phosphor patterns having side faces, and a reflective film that reflects light and is formed on at least the side faces of the phosphor patterns. An air layer is defined between the main surface and the phosphor patterns.
US09274366B2 Display device
A display device includes a first substrate which is light transmissive and has a display region and a periphery region surrounding the display region. A light shielding portion is formed in at least the periphery region of the first substrate and has a light passing portion in the periphery region. A first scale mark portion is formed on the first substrate so as to be arranged inside the light passing portion. A second substrate overlaps the first substrate and a second scale mark portion is formed on the second substrate and forms a pair with the first scale mark portion. A sealing member seals the first and second substrates in the periphery region between the display region and the light passing portion. A dam portion is formed on the first substrate between the display region and the light passing portion.
US09274363B2 Liquid crystal display device
In one embodiment, an array substrate includes an active area in the shape of a rectangle, and first, second third and fourth end portions, surrounding the active area. A source control circuit is electrically connected with one end of the source lines drawn to the third end portion from the active area. First and second common terminals of a common potential are formed in the first end portion. A power supply line is electrically connected with the first common terminal and extends along the second, third and fourth end portions in this order, and connected with the second common terminal. A branch wiring is electrically connected with an intermediate portion of the electric power supply line and the source control circuit, and extending in the first direction.
US09274359B2 Electronic device display chassis
An electronic device display may include display layers mounted in a display chassis. The display chassis may have a plastic chassis structure and a metal chassis structure. Backlight structures may include a rectangular light guide plate. Light-emitting diodes within the backlight structures may emit light that is coupled into the light guide plate. The display chassis may have four edges that surround a rectangular opening. The rectangular opening may be configured to receive display layers such as the light guide plate. The metal chassis may have a C-shaped cross-section that forms a cavity in which the light-emitting diodes are mounted. The metal chassis structure may have engagement features such as holes and bent tabs. The plastic chassis structure may be overmolded on the metal chassis structure in engagement with the engagement features. Mounting structures may be formed from protruding portions of the plastic chassis structure.
US09274358B2 Liquid crystal display apparatus
The invention discloses a liquid crystal display apparatus and a pixel element design thereof. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a register, a liquid crystal display panel, a driving circuit, a dynamic frequency adjustment unit and a control circuit. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors and a plurality of pixel units. The driving circuit includes a plurality of storage capacitors corresponding to the liquid crystal capacitors. A capacitance of the storage capacitors far exceeds a capacitance of the liquid crystal capacitors. The driving circuit casts the image information on the liquid crystal display panel. The dynamic frequency adjustment unit computes and judges based on an image characteristic classification of the image information, so as to generate a display mode control signal dynamically.
US09274346B2 Multi-view auto-stereoscopic display
A multi-view auto-stereoscopic display is provided. The multi-view auto-stereoscopic display includes a light source, a first lenticular lens, a display module, and a second lenticular lens. The light source sequentially provides a plurality of light according to a plurality of timings in a cycle. The first lenticular lens is disposed in front of the light source and respectively directs the light from the light source to travel in a plurality of directions. The display module is disposed in front of the first lenticular lens and transforms the light from the first lenticular lens into a plurality of pixel light. The second lenticular lens is disposed in front of the display module and respectively directs the pixel light toward a plurality of views.
US09274331B2 Electrowetting optical element
An electrowetting optical element comprising a first electrode layer stack and a second electrode layer stack, and a containment space formed between said first electrode layer stack and said second electrode layer stack, one or more pixel walls fixedly mounted on said second interface surface and extending between said first and second electrode stacks, for defining sides of said containment space. Said containment space at least contains a polar liquid and a non-polar liquid, the polar and non-polar liquids being immiscible with each other. Said hydrophobic interface surface has a higher hydrophobicity than the second interface surface. The electrowetting element is arranged for enabling powering of said first and second electrode layers for rearranging said polar liquid relative to said non-polar liquid. An end face of said one or more pixel walls opposite said first electrode layer stack faces said hydrophobic interface surface in a loose manner.
US09274320B2 MEMS-based zoom lens system
The present application provides a micromechanical (MEMS) based zoom lens system, for use in miniature device applications, such as miniature electronic imaging devices. The MEMS-based zoom lens system comprises at least four optical elements, or two Alvarez or Lohmann lenses, that are configured for passage of optical signals therethrough along an optical signal path. Each optical element is MEMS-driven and displaceable in a direction substantially transverse to the optical signal path. In use, the transverse displacement of the optical elements vary an overall focal length of the MEMS zoom lens system such as to provide an optical zoom function. A method of manufacturing a MEMS zoom lens system is also provided in a further aspect.
US09274311B2 Compact narrow field of view lenses for mobile devices
A compact optical imaging lens can include a front lens group, a rear lens group, and a reflective element to redirect light passing through the system. The reflective element can be placed in front of the front lens group or between the front and rear lens group. In some cases, multiple reflective elements can be used. The use of reflective elements can reduce the depth of the imaging system, allowing for more compact designs.
US09274310B1 Optical imaging lens
An optical imaging lens includes an aperture stop and an optical assembly, the optical assembly includes, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with a positive refractive power; a second lens element with a positive refractive power; a third lens element with a negative refractive power; the aperture stop is located between an image-side surface of the first lens element and an object to be photographed; wherein a radius of curvature of an object-side surface of the first lens element is R1, a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the first lens element is R2, a central thickness of the second lens element is CT2, a central thickness of the third lens element is CT3, and the following conditions are satisfied: −2.0<(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)<−0.2; 2.0
US09274307B2 Camera device and optical imaging lens thereof
The present invention provides a camera device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side and an aperture stop positioned between the third lens element and fourth lens element. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements, the view angle of the optical imaging lens is efficiently increased to provide better optical characteristics.
US09274302B2 Fiber optic cables with extruded access features for access to a cable cavity
Cables are constructed with embedded discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of polymer material coextruded in the cable jacket.
US09274285B2 Optical fiber distribution cabinet for outdoor use
A fiber distribution cabinet comprises an outer shell having at least one door for accessing an interior thereof. A module support frame is located inside the outer shell. At least one input distribution module, having a plurality of input distribution connector adapters, is attached to the module support frame. The cabinet further includes at least one optical splitter module attached to the support frame. The optical splitter module has a plurality of splitter connector adapters. Also provided is a connector holder support frame carrying a plurality of removable connector holders for maintaining a multiplicity of output connectors.
US09274283B1 Silicon photonics alignment tolerant vertical grating couplers
Disclosed are optoelectronic integrated circuit structures that incorporate a first optical waveguide, having a semiconductor core, indirectly coupled to a grating coupler through a second optical waveguide, having a dielectric core, in order provide a relatively large alignment tolerance. The dielectric core can comprise multiple dielectric layers above one end of the semiconductor core and extending laterally over an isolation region adjacent to that end. The grating coupler can include dielectric fins above the isolation region. Alternatively, the grating coupler can include semiconductor fins within the isolation region. Also disclosed herein are methods of forming such optoelectronic integrated circuit structures that can be readily integrated with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device processing and germanium photodetector processing.
US09274280B2 Optical waveguide type optical terminator
An optical waveguide type optical terminator forms an optical waveguide structure including at least an optical absorption core (103) which is formed on a clad layer (102) and includes a portion composed of silicon in which an impurity of 1019 cm−3 or more is doped, and is used by being optically connected in series with an optical waveguide including a core (105) composed of silicon. The optical absorption core (103) is sufficient provided that, at least, an impurity of around 1019 cm−3 is doped therein. For example, its impurity concentration is sufficient provided that it falls within a range of 1019-1020 cm−3. The existence of this impurity causes absorption of light in the optical absorption core (103).
US09274276B2 Light confining devices using all-dielectric metamaterial cladding
An all-dielectric metamaterial cladding is provided that can strongly confine light inside conventional low-index dielectric waveguides for use with photonic integrated circuits and nano-photonic devices. A class of metamaterials with dual electric and magnetic anisotropy along with giant birefringence can provide the ideal quasi-transverse electromagnetic mode propagation inside a glass core. A Transformed Cladding Waveguide can show an order of magnitude decreased cross-talk as compared to conventional waveguides.
US09274268B2 Lighting device, display device, and television device
A back light unit (lighting device) 12 includes an LED (light source) 17, a light guide plate 16 including a light entrance surface 16b and a light exit surface 16a, LED boards 18 each including a plate surface facing the light entrance surface 16b and board relay terminals 22 configured to relay power to the LED 17, and a relay wiring member (relay member) 28 electrically connecting between the board relay terminals 22 and a power source board (power) PWB. The light entrance surface 16b faces the LED 17. The light from the LED 17 enters the light guide plate 16 through the light entrance surface 16b and exits through the light exit surface 16a. The LED 17 is mounted on the plate surface of the LED board 18. The board relay terminals 22 are arranged such that the relay wiring member 28 that is orientated to either one of sides in the thickness direction of the light guide plate 18 is allowed to be connected to the board relay terminals 22.
US09274256B2 Systems for aligning an optical element and method for same
A hexapod system is provided for aligning an optical element in semiconductor clean rooms or in a vacuum, particularly in an illumination device for a microlithographic EUV projection exposure apparatus. The system includes six hexapod supporting structures. Using a set of at least two replaceable spacer elements having a different extent in at least one direction, at least one of the six supporting structures can be adjusted. The latter is adapted so that a spacer element can be removed or a spacer element can be added while the coupling of the first coupling end to the carrying structure and the coupling of the second coupling end to the optical element are maintained. A method for aligning an optical element in semiconductor clean rooms or in a vacuum including using a hexapod system is provided.
US09274255B2 Light-diffusion member, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A light-diffusion member includes a substrate having light transparency, a plurality of light-diffusion parts formed on one surface of the substrate, and a light-absorbing layer formed in a region other than a region where the light-diffusion parts are formed, among the one surface of the substrate. Each light-diffusion part includes a light-emission end surface on the side of the substrate and a light-incident end surface of an area larger than an area of the light-emission end surface on a side opposite to the side of the substrate. The height from the light-incident end surface of the light-diffusion part to the light-emission end surface thereof is larger than the thickness of the light-absorbing layer. The plurality of light-diffusion parts are randomly arranged on the one surface of the substrate.
US09274254B2 Optical element array, photoelectric conversion apparatus, and image pickup system
An optical element array includes a first optical element and a second optical element that is further away from a center of an array region than the first optical element. Orthogonal projections of the first and second optical elements include first and second ends and third and fourth ends, respectively, and vertices thereof are at first and second positions. An interval between the third end and the second position is smaller than that between the first end and the first position and that between the fourth end and that second position. The first and second optical elements respectively include first and second outer edges extending from the vertices thereof to the second and fourth ends. A radius of curvature, or a median value of the radius of curvature, of the second outer edge is in the range of 80% to 120% of that of the first outer edge.
US09274247B1 High resolution density measurement profiler using silicon photomultiplier sensors
A system to completely measure multiple densities in varying levels in tanks or vessels. The present invention provides a multiplicity of aligned sources and separate aligned detectors, the combination aligned sources and separate detectors are positioned horizontally relative to each other at varying vertical tank levels, each combination separate source and aligned detector at each measuring level in the tank provide continuous density data at each level. The sources and separate detectors are placed in a vertically aligned array in the separation tank near the weir, with each individual source and separate detector aligned with a given level.
US09274246B2 Well-logging tool for determining properties in a flowstream
A full bore spectral gas holdup tool that measures gas holdup that is corrected for effects of the flowstream lamination and the salinity of the liquid in the flowstream. The basic methodology utilizes spectral data from two gamma ray detectors at different spacings from a nuclear source that emits gamma radiation. 57Co is the preferred source and the gamma ray detectors are scintillation spectrometers. In addition to a full bore gas holdup measurement, the spectral gas holdup tool also provides indications of the degree of flowstream lamination and the salinity of the liquid in the flowstream. An iterative data processing method optimizes the accuracy of the measured flowstream parameters.
US09274241B2 Method and system for suppressing swell-induced electromagnetic noise
Disclosed are methods and systems for suppression of noise in electromagnetic surveying that includes stacking two or more frames of electromagnetic data. An example embodiment discloses a method for suppressing swell-induced noise in an electromagnetic survey, comprising: measuring an electromagnetic field parameter at one or more positions to provide an electromagnetic signal, the electromagnetic signal comprising a swell-induced portion; and stacking two or more frames of the electromagnetic signal to provide a stacked signal in which the swell-induced portion is suppressed, wherein the swell-induced portion is out of phase between the two or more frames.
US09274239B2 Wavefield deghosting
A technique includes receiving sensor acquired data, which includes pressure data representative of at least one pressure measurement of a wavefield and particle motion data representative of at least one particle motion measurement of the wavefield. The technique includes filtering the pressure data and the particle motion data with a plurality of directional filters to provide a plurality of filtered datasets. The filtered datasets are associated with different directional ranges. The technique includes estimating an angle of incidence for at least one of the directional ranges based at least in part on at least one of the filtered datasets; and processing the acquired data to determine at least one of an upgoing component of the wavefield and a downgoing component of the wavefield based at least in part on the at least one estimated angle of incidence.
US09274233B2 Dosage rate measurement system and dosage rate measurement method
Provided is a measurement unit and measurement method for reducing attenuation due to optical fiber length and SN degradation due to background in a dosage rate monitor that uses optical fiber. This system comprises: a radiation detector for detecting radiation dosage; a light source for irradiating stimulating light on the radiation detector; a photodetector for detecting light generated by the radiation detector; an optical fiber for connecting the photodetector and the radiation detector and light source, and transmitting light from the light source and light from the radiation detector; a measurement unit for counting the pulses outputted from the photodetector; and an analysis unit for extracting the luminous energy originating from the radiation detector, from time information, wave height information, and the count value, which are measurement results obtained by the measurement unit, and converting the luminous energy to a dosage and dosage rate.
US09274230B2 GNSS signal processing methods and apparatus
Methods and apparatus are presented for determining position a GNSS rover antenna from single-frequency observations of GNSS signals collected at the antenna over multiple epochs and from correction data for at least one of the epochs. Coded raw data prepared from the single-frequency observations in a binary format are obtained and decoded to obtain decoded raw data. The decoded raw data are used to construct multiple epochs of measurement data of time, range and phase. Correction data are obtained for at least one of the epochs. The measurement data are processed with the correction data in a realtime kinematic positioning engine to obtain a position estimate for each of a plurality of epochs.
US09274228B2 Positioning satellites
A method comprising: receiving first information for defining a first algebraic function that relates a time variable to a first mapped variable; using the function to convert a time variable value to a first value of the first mapped variable e.g. s; converting the first value of the first mapped variable to a second value of a second mapped variable e.g. U; and positioning a satellite by converting the second value of the second mapped variable value to a position value that positions a satellite.
US09274226B2 Synchronous network device time transfer for location determination
Examples disclosed herein relate to a method performed at a first mobile station that includes receiving a request for positioning assistance data from a second mobile station over a communication link; and transmitting one or more messages to the second mobile station in response to the request, wherein the one or more messages include the requested positioning assistance data, wherein the first mobile station is on a synchronous network.
US09274215B2 Ultrasound fusion harmonic imaging systems and methods
An ultrasound imaging system includes: a harmonic filter coupled to an ultrasound transmitter to reduce transmitted harmonic components; a fundamental filter coupled with an ultrasound receiver to reduce received fundamental components; and a fusion processor configured to generate multiple frames of fusion images for two subsequent frames of ultrasound transmissions to improve frame rate. The ultrasound receiver may optionally perform signal alignment and matching to improve image quality. To improve image quality, the ultrasound system may optionally use multiple amplitude-modulated transmit pulses with different delays, or multiple transmit pulses with different amplitudes to extract harmonic signals.
US09274208B2 Enhanced RF location methods and systems
Methods and systems that use the time-wise stability of RF location systems and the short time accuracy and spatial stability of inertial tracking system to increase the accuracy of tracking method.
US09274204B2 Camera tracing and surveillance system and method for security using thermal image coordinate
A camera tracing and surveillance system and method for security using a thermal image coordinate, whereby an image having high resolution for identification in which a person can be accurately identified within a surveillance area and identity of the person can be accurately checked, can be obtained using a simple algorithm.To this end, the person within the surveillance area is identified and a position coordinate of the person is extracted from a thermal image captured by a thermal image camera, and a tracing and surveillance camera traces the person, enlarges an image of the person, and captures the enlarged image based on the extracted position coordinate so that an image having high resolution for identification can be obtained.
US09274203B1 Centroid locating sensors having plural spatial filtering logic circuits connected to plural digitization comparators and methods for locating an illuminated spot on a detector
Centroid locating sensors and methods for locating an illuminated spot on a detector are provided. One sensor includes a plurality of photo-diode (PD) detector elements connected to the PD detector elements. The sensor also includes a plurality of digitization comparators connected to the plurality of PD detector elements and configured to receive output signals from the plurality of PD detector elements and generate a binary 1 output when the output from the PD detector element exceeds a threshold set point and generate a binary 0 output when the output is below the threshold set point. The sensor further includes a plurality of spatial filtering logic circuits connected to the digitization comparators and are configured to receive outputs from a plurality of the PD detector elements and to reject noise for one of the PD detector elements.
US09274201B2 Automatic calibration method for active and reactive power measurement
A system is provided for calibrating a device. The system includes a reference component, a sampling component, a calibration component, a comparing component and a proportional integral component. The reference component provides a reference power signal based on a voltage instruction and a current instruction. The sampling component samples a voltage signal to obtain a sampled voltage value and samples a current signal to obtain a sampled current value. The calibration component generates a calibrated power signal based on the sampled voltage value and the sampled current. The comparing component generates an error signal based on the reference power signal and the calibrated power signal. The proportional integral component and the calibration component are a feedback system that is operable to calibrate the gain of the sampled voltage and the sample current based on the error signal.
US09274198B2 Method of reconstructing a signal in medical imaging on the basis of perturbed experimental measurements, and medical imaging device implementing this method
A method is provided of reconstructing imaging signals in a biological medium on the basis of experimental measurements perturbed by movements, implementing measurements representative of the movements, at least one model of movement including movement parameters, and an imaging sampling grid, which method furthermore includes steps of (i) constructing a movement sampling grid by selecting a restricted set of points on the basis of the imaging sampling grid, and (ii) calculation of movement parameters by inverting a linear system at the points of the movement sampling grid. Devices implementing the method are also disclosed.
US09274195B2 Determination of a magnetic resonance system control sequence
In method and a control sequence determination device to determine a magnetic resonance system control sequence that includes at least one radio-frequency pulse train to be emitted by a magnetic resonance system, a target magnetization (m) is initially detected, and an energy distribution function in k-space is determined on the basis of the target magnetization. A k-space trajectory is then determined under consideration of the energy distribution function in k-space, for which the radio-frequency pulse train is then determined in an RF pulse optimization method. The method is suitable for operation of a magnetic resonance system, and a magnetic resonance system includes such a control sequence determination device.
US09274194B2 Method and apparatus for simultaneously generating multi-type magnetic resonance images
An electromagnetic wave signal, having a pulse train in which pulses having a plurality of frequencies corresponding to multi-type atomic nuclei are arranged in a line, is applied to a target object located in a magnetic field by using a radio frequency (RF) coil in the magnetic field. Data of magnetic resonance signals corresponding to the multi-type atomic nuclei is collected from the RF coil, and multi-type magnetic resonance images corresponding to the multi-type atomic nuclei are generated by using the data of the magnetic resonance signals.
US09274191B2 Gradient-independent shim coil for a local coil of a magnetic resonance device
A shim coil device for installation and/or arrangement within a local coil of a magnetic resonance device is provided. The shim coil device includes at least one shim coil formed by at least one conductor loop, and at least one compensation coil formed by at least one conductor loop. The at least one shim coil and the at least one compensation coil are arranged in a same coil plane. An overall arrangement of the at least one shim coil and the at least one compensation coil is symmetrical about a first central axis and a second central axis. The first central axis and the second central axis are perpendicular to each other and lie in the coil plane. An overall induction surface is enclosed by the at least one conductor loop of the at least one compensation coil corresponding to an overall induction surface enclosed by the at least one conductor loop of the at least one shim coil.
US09274189B2 High-frequency coil unit and magnetic resonance imaging device
There is provided a technique for securing a large examination space in a tunnel type MRI device without inviting increase of manufacturing cost and without significantly reducing irradiation efficiency or uniformity of the irradiation intensity distribution in an imaging region. Between rungs of a partially cylindrical RF coil, which coil corresponds to a cylindrical RF coil of which part is removed, there are disposed half-loops generating magnetic fields, which are synthesized with magnetic fields generated by loops constituted by adjacent rungs of the partially cylindrical RF coil and rings connecting the rungs to generate a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized magnetic field. Further, high-frequency signals of the same reference frequency having a desired amplitude ratio and phase difference are supplied to the partially cylindrical RF coils and half-loops.
US09274188B2 System and apparatus for compensating for magnetic field distortion in an MRI system
A magnet apparatus for a magnetic resonance imaging system, the magnet apparatus includes a cylindrical vacuum vessel, a closed loop cooling system disposed within the vacuum vessel and a cylindrical thermal shield disposed between the vacuum vessel and the closed loop cooling system. A set of passive compensation coils are disposed within the vacuum vessel and used to compensate for magnetic field distortion caused by mechanical vibrations within the magnet apparatus.
US09274186B2 Gas cell semiconductor chip assembly
A gas cell semiconductor chip assembly includes a gas cell including an alkali gas stored therein and a first semiconductor chip including a first resistive heating loop at a location corresponding to the gas cell to heat the gas cell and a second resistive heating loop around an outer perimeter of the first resistive heating loop. The second resistive heating loop is configured to cancel a magnetic field of the first resistive heating loop based on a current flowing through the first and second resistive heating loops.
US09274185B2 Method for judging coercive force of magnetic recording medium
A method for judging a coercive force of a magnetic recording medium, so recording magnetic information can be formed in either a low coercivity magnetic medium or a high coercivity magnetic medium by using a magnetic head. A magnetic information recording step writes magnetic information in the magnetic recording medium by alternately using a first write current suitable for writing in the low coercivity magnetic medium and a second write current suitable for writing in the high coercivity magnetic medium. A magnetic information reproducing step reproduces the magnetic information written in the magnetic recording medium. A judging step makes a judgment on a coercive force of the magnetic recording medium by way of comparing a first reproduced output A of the magnetic information written with the first write current and a second reproduced output B of the magnetic information written with the second write current.
US09274179B2 Integrated sensor array with offset reduction
A method and system for providing increased accuracy in a CMOS sensor system in one embodiment includes a plurality of sensor elements having a first terminal and a second terminal on a complementary metal oxide semiconductor substrate, a first plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the first terminal to a power source and to selectively connect the first terminal to a readout circuit, and a second plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the second terminal to the power source and to selectively connect the second terminal to the readout circuit.
US09274166B2 Pin verification device and method
A device of one embodiment includes a sensor, an indicator electrically connected to the sensor, a first base portion including a plurality of first channels, a second base portion including a plurality of second channels and located between the first base portion and the sensor, and a plurality of pins. Each pin includes first and second ends, and each pin passes through a respective first channel and a respective second channel such that the first end extends beyond the first base portion away from the sensor and the second end extends beyond the second base portion toward the sensor. Each pin is adjustably disposed within the respective first and second channels such that each pin is operable to move along a longitudinal axis of the pin. Furthermore, the sensor is operable to determine whether all pins of the plurality of pins are positioned proximate to the sensor.
US09274157B2 Battery tester for electric vehicle
Testing or diagnostics are performed on an electric vehicle. The vehicle is operated and current flow through a system of the vehicle is monitored. A voltage related to the system is also monitored. Diagnostics are provided based upon the monitored voltage and the monitored current.
US09274156B2 Antenna mast detection methods and systems
An antenna is provided. The antenna includes an antenna base; and a detection mechanism removably coupled to the antenna base that generates a detection signal for detecting whether an antenna mast is coupled to the antenna base.
US09274152B2 Current-based charge compensation in a touch sensor
In one embodiment, a method comprises generating a first current at a current source having a magnitude based on the magnitude of a second current flowing from a capacitive node of a touch sensor in the absence of a touch with respect to the capacitive node. The method further includes generating a third current from the capacitive node of the touch sensor in the presence of a touch with respect to the capacitive node. The first current and the third current are summed to cancel out at least a portion of the third current. The method further includes integrating, by an integrator, the sum of the first current and the third current to generate an output voltage.
US09274150B2 Systems for synchrophasor data management
A system includes a Synchrophasor Data Management System (SDMS), in which the SDMS includes a Synchrophasor Processor System (SPS). The SPS includes a Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) configured to receive a first plurality of inputs from a first Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU), transform at least one of the first plurality of inputs into a first time aligned output by time aligning the at least one of the first plurality of inputs. The SPS further includes a virtual PMU configured to aggregate the first time aligned output into a PMU dataset, in which the SPS is configured to transmit the PMU dataset to a second PMU, an external PDC, a super PDC, or a combination thereof.
US09274140B2 Multi-purpose integrated circuit device contactor
A contactor uses a pogo block in a first configuration as a direct integrated circuit test socket and the contactor can be reconfigured to provide a pogo block assembly to interface between a main test printed circuit board (PCB) and a daughter card that is dedicated to a specific device handler and/or a specific package type that can be different from the main test PCB. A pogo block is inserted into a thick frame with an alignment plate for contactor use in which a device under test fits into a recess in the frame through an alignment plate to align the device under test to make contact with electrical contacts of the contactor. The frame and guide plate can be removed and a thinner frame coupled to the contactor, which changes its function to a pogo block assembly.
US09274128B2 Transcriptional repression leading to parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is caused by the preferential loss of substantia nigra dopamine neurons. A Parkin Interacting Substrate, PARIS (ZNF746) is identified. The levels of PARIS are regulated by the ubiquitin proteasome system via binding to and ubiquitination by the E3 ubiquitin ligase, parkin. PARIS is a KRAB and zinc finger protein that accumulates in models of parkin inactivation and in human brain Parkinson's disease patients. PARIS represses the expression of the transcriptional co-activator, PGC-1α and the PGC-1α target gene, NRF-1 by binding to insulin response sequences in the PGC-1α promoter. Conditional knockout of parkin in adult animals leads to progressive loss of dopamine (DA) neurons that is PARIS dependent. Overexpression of PARIS causes selective loss of DA neurons in the substantia nigra, which is reversed by either parkin or PGC-1α co-expression. The identification of PARIS provides a molecular mechanism for neurodegeneration due to parkin inactivation.
US09274122B2 Methods for determining active ingredients in pro-drug PEG protein conjugates with releasable PEG reagents (in vitro de-pegylation)
The invention relates to the development of in vitro assay systems that force the release of a water-soluble polymer, such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polysialic acid (PSA), from proteins modified with a reversibly-linked water-soluble polymer. The invention includes methods for analyzing the release of the water-soluble polymer and measuring regained protein activity. The invention further includes methods appropriate for the quality control of proteins modified with releasable water-soluble polymers, including polymers like PEG and PSA.
US09274105B2 Analyzing chemical and biological substances using nano-structure based spectral sensing
An integrated chromatography-immunoassay system for integrated chromatography-immunoassay system includes a chromatographic unit that receives labeled nano-structured probes comprising nano particles and antibodies attached to the nano particles, and a test membrane comprising coating antigens. The chromatographic unit allows the labeled nano-structured probes to diffuse there through and into the test membrane, wherein the antibodies on the nano particles are bound to the coating antigens. A laser device emits a laser light to illuminate the labeled nano-structured probes having the antibodies bound to the coating antigens on the test membrane. A spectral analyzer obtains a Raman spectrum from light scattered from the labeled nano-structured probes having the antibodies bound to the coating antigens on the test membrane, and to identify a spectral signature in the Raman spectrum associated with the antibody-antigen pair, which enables detection and identification of the antibody.
US09274100B2 Method for optical measuring variations of cell membrane conductance
The instant invention refers to an optical method to extrapolate cell membrane conductance by indirect measurement of changes in transmembrane voltage, upon exposure of a cell sample to electric current pulses. The method is advantageously used for evaluating the activity of molecules able to alter, directly or indirectly, membrane permeability. A specific field of application is the screening of candidate compounds putatively acting on ion channel activity. In particular, it is open to the study of all ion channels with no limitations on the mechanisms of activation or to the ion species involved. The method is also advantageously used for evaluating a cell status, namely a differentiative or a pathologic status.
US09274099B2 Screening test drugs to identify their effects on cell membrane voltage-gated ion channel
A variety of applications, systems, methods and constructs are implemented for use in connection with screening of ion-channel modulators. Consistent with one such system, drug candidates are screened to identify their effects on cell membrane ion channels and pumps. The system includes screening cells having light responsive membrane ion switches, voltage-gated ion switches and fluorescence producing voltage sensors. A chemical delivery device introduces the drug candidates to be screened. An optical delivery device activates the light responsive ion switches. An optical sensor monitors fluorescence produced by the voltage sensors. A processor processes data received from the optical sensor. A memory stores the data received from the optical sensor.
US09274094B2 Self-calibrating gradient dilution in a constitutent assay and gradient dilution apparatus performed in a thin film sample
A method and apparatus for measuring antibody titers in a thin film sample in an automated system which does not require multiple dilutions. The system provides a simple method for creating an in-situ dilution within a sample analysis chamber without the use of any precision fluid-handling components, and further, to use the same principles to provide a wide range of sample dilutions within the chamber so as to obviate the need for additional dilution steps when dealing with samples possibly containing wide ranges of analyte concentrations.
US09274089B2 Apparatus and a method for measuring in-plane elastic constants for a laminate
An apparatus is provided that includes a wave generator, plurality of transducers and processing device. The wave generator may be configured to simultaneously generate a plurality of acoustic waves that propagate through a laminate along a plurality of in-plane directions. The transducers may be spaced apart from one another and positionable at one or more known distances from the wave generator along respective in-plane directions. The transducers may be configured to detect acoustic waves propagating through the laminate along the respective in-plane directions. The processing device may be coupled to the transducers and configured to simultaneously calculate a plurality of elastic constants of the laminate as a function of velocities of the acoustic waves detected by the transducers. And the processing device may be configured to calculate the velocities as a function of the known distance(s) and arrival times of the acoustic waves at the transducers.
US09274082B2 pH gradients controlled by electrolysis, and their use in isoelectric focusing
A specified proton concentration in a volume (80) is produced by passing a controlled electrophoresis current through an adjacent electrophoresis volume (28) between a working electrode (26) and a counter electrode (24). An array of such volumes with specified proton concentration is used to provide the pH gradient for isoelectric focusing.
US09274069B2 Method for evaluating degree of crystalline orientation of polycrystalline silicon, method for selecting polycrystalline silicon rod, polycrystalline silicon rod, polycrystalline silicon ingot, and method for manufacturing monocrystalline silicon
When the degree of crystalline orientation of polycrystalline silicon is evaluated by an X-ray diffraction method, each obtained disc-like sample 20 is disposed in a position where Bragg reflection from a Miller index face is detected and in-plane rotated at a rotational angle φ with the center of the disc-like sample 20 as the center of rotation, so that an X-ray-radiated region defined by a slit φ-scans over the principal surface of the disc-like sample 20, to determine a chart representing the dependence of the intensity of Bragg reflection from the Miller index face on the rotational angle (φ) of the disc-like sample 20, a baseline is determined from the chart, and the diffraction intensity value of the baseline is used as an estimative index of the degree of crystalline orientation.
US09274067B2 Systems, devices and methods related to calibration of a proton computed tomography scanner
Disclosed are systems, devices and methodologies related to calibration of an ion based imaging apparatus such as a proton computed tomography scanner. In some implementations, energy degrader plates having known water-equivalent thickness (WET) values can be introduced to an ion beam to introduce different energy degradation settings. Energy detector responses to individual ions subject to such energy degradation settings can be obtained. Such responses can be normalized and correlated to water-equivalent path lengths (WEPL) of the ions based on the known WET values. Such calibration utilizing degrader plates can be performed relatively quickly and can yield accurate WEPL values that facilitate estimation of, for example, a CT image based on relative stopping power of an object.
US09274041B2 Particle counter and classification system
A particle counter and classification system including an imaging subsystem configured to determine the size and morphology of particles above a predetermined size in a fluid in a sample cell. A first stage magnetometer sensor subsystem is tuned to detect and determine the size of ferrous and/or conducting particles. An optional second stage magnetometer sensor subsystem is tuned to detect the overall ferrous particle content of the fluid. A processor subsystem is configured to calculate and report the number of particles in the fluid in a plurality of size ranges, their morphology, their classification as a particular particle type according to their characteristic morphology, the number of ferrous and/or conducting particles, and the overall ferrous content of the fluid.
US09274034B2 Processing apparatus for processing tissue samples having a reading device for user identification units
The invention relates to a processing apparatus (100) for processing tissue samples, having a control unit (140) configured to control at least one apparatus function of the processing apparatus (100); and a communication device (130, 135) configured to read at least one information item from a user identification unit (151, 152, 153) and convey the at least one information item to the control unit (140). The control unit (140) is configured to control the at least one apparatus function of the processing apparatus (100) based on the at least one information item conveyed.
US09274031B1 Gas analysis system providing simultaneous analysis and multi-point sample acquisition
A gas handling system capable of simultaneous sample analysis and multi-point sample acquisition is provided. An exemplary system has N gas inlets and N+1 sample storage loops (having a high aspect ratio), where N≧2. The high aspect ratio of the sample storage loop prevents significant sample diffusion along the length of the loop. Therefore each loop preserves a time axis for its contents. The sample loops can be disposed to simultaneously admit samples from different points in space. A gas switching manifold can be employed to connect the sample storage loops sequentially and one at a time to the gas analysis instrument for analysis. A common time axis for all samples can be reconstructed from the switching and flow conditions. Thus a simultaneous multi-point measurement using a single analysis instrument is provided.
US09274025B2 Triboluminescent optical fiber sensor
A sensor that can be used for in-situ structural health monitoring with a triboluminescent material provided on a portion of an optical fiber that may be embedded in materials to be structurally monitored. Damage to the monitored material may result in a triboluminescent emission from the triboluminescent material that can be guided via the optical fiber. Analysis of the triboluminescent emission may provide information on the occurrence, severity and location of damage in a structure.
US09274015B2 Device and method for measuring sectional forces
A device and a method are disclosed for measuring sectional forces on a single-piece structural element in respect of a sectional plane by strain gauges, wherein a first and a second strain gauge of the plurality of strain gauges are arranged on a first outer wall, and a third and a fourth strain gauge are arranged on a second outer wall, with the result that, when the structural element is loaded with a first force, the change in length of the first and third strain gauges is opposite to the change in length of the second and fourth strain gauges, wherein the first outer wall and the second outer wall have, in the region of a cavity, at least three openings, which are separated from each other by webs, and wherein the first, second, third and fourth strain gauges are arranged on the webs.
US09274006B2 Infrared sensor
An infrared sensor includes a circuit board, at least two support portions, a FET element and a pyroelectric element. The circuit board has an upper principal surface formed with plural electrodes. Each of the support portions has an upper surface, a lower surface, an upper conductive pattern formed on the upper surface and a lower conductive pattern formed on the lower surface. The upper conductive pattern is electrically connected with the lower conductive pattern. The lower conductive pattern is connected to an electrode of the upper principal surface of the circuit board. The FET element is located between the at least two support portions and arranged on the upper principal surface of the circuit board. The pyroelectric element is electrically connected with the upper conductive patterns of the support portions, and is supported by the support portions so as to be located above the FET element.
US09274005B2 Device and method for increasing infrared absorption in MEMS bolometers
A semiconductor sensor includes a substrate and an absorber. The substrate includes at least one reflective component. The absorber is spaced apart from the at least one reflective component by a distance. The absorber defines a plurality of openings each having a maximum width that is less than or equal to the distance.
US09274002B2 Method for the non-destructive inspection of an organic-matrix composite material
A method for the non-destructive inspection of a part made from an organic-matrix composite material (CMO) includes the steps of: a) carrying out a surface inspection of the part by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIS), b) if step a) reveals a defect, carrying out in-depth inspections of the organic-matrix composite material according to two complementary ultrasound techniques.
US09273999B2 Spectroscopic sensor
A spectroscopic sensor 1A comprises an interference filter unit 20A having a cavity layer 21 and first and second mirror layers 22, 23 and a light detection substrate 30 having a light-receiving surface 32a for receiving light transmitted through the interference filter unit 20A. The interference filter unit 20A has a first filter region 24 corresponding to the light-receiving surface 32a and a ring-shaped second filter region 25 surrounding the first filter region 24. The distance between the first and second mirror layers 22, 23 varies in the first filter region 24 and is fixed in the second filter region 25.
US09273996B2 Optical receptacle and optical module provided with same
An optical receptacle includes a light dividing surface that divides light from a light-emitting element into monitor light and coupling light to be coupled with an optical transmission body using total reflection. The light dividing surface includes a first curved surface that protrudes to the side opposite to a first surface from a first virtual reference surface having a slope angle of angle α[°] in relation to the first surface on a photoelectric conversion device side of an optical receptacle main body and a second curved surface that is connected to the first curved surface and protrudes to the side opposite to the first surface from a second virtual reference surface having a slope angle of angle β[°] in relation to the first surface, in which α and β satisfy α>β>critical angle.
US09273984B2 Device and method for transmitting data between a position-measuring device and sequential electronics
In a device and a method for transmitting data between a position-measuring device and sequential electronics via a data-transmission channel, the position-measuring device includes an interface unit and a processing unit, the interface unit being connected first of all to the data-transmission channel, and secondly, to the processing unit for the purpose of an internal data exchange with the aid of a request channel and a response channel. The interface unit includes a command interpreter by which, using conversion rules, commands which arrive via the data-transmission channel are convertible into internal requests and are able to be fed via the request channel to the processing unit, and response data which arrives from the processing unit via the response channel is convertible into output data. The interface unit further includes a rules memory for storing the conversion rules, which is at least partially modifiable.
US09273981B1 Distributed unmanned aerial vehicle architecture
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a distributed system architecture for unmanned air vehicles. One of the methods includes obtaining information identifying flight information of a UAV, with the flight information including flight phase information or a contingency condition associated with a flight critical module included in the UAV. The obtained information is analyzed, and one or more first payload modules are determined to enter a modified power state. Requests to enter the modified power state are caused to be transmitted to each determined payload module in the one or more first payload modules.
US09273973B2 Device control apparatus, and self-propelling electronic device
An object of the present invention is to find a route on which a self-propelling electronic device preferentially runs a region which (i) is designated by a user and (ii) the self-propelling electronic device ran less frequently. A server device (80) includes: a preferential running region specifying section (812) which specifies a predetermined number of regions in a running region included in a predetermined space which predetermined number of regions a self-propelling electronic device (20) has most recently run a fewest number or fewer numbers of times, the running region being a region which the self-propelling electronic device (20) can run and which is determined by a user's operation; a route searching section (813) which searches for a running route on which the self-propelling electronic device (20) runs at least once all of the predetermined number of regions in the running region, the predetermined number of regions being specified by the preferential running region specifying section (812); and an instruction issuing section (814) which issues, to the self-propelling electronic device (20), a control instruction for causing the self-propelling electronic device (20) to run the predetermined space along the running route searched for by the route searching section (813).
US09273966B2 Technique for calibrating dead reckoning positioning data
A technique for calibrating sensor data used for dead reckoning positioning comprises the steps of simultaneously recording sensor data of at least one dead reckoning positioning sensor and position data of a position sensor during travel, comparing a first travel path derived from the position data with a second travel path derived from the sensor data, and calibrating the sensor data based on the comparison.
US09273964B2 System and display element for displaying waypoint markers with integrated altitude constraint information
A flight deck display system for an aircraft includes a processor architecture configured to receive aircraft instrument data, waypoint restriction information, and position data for the aircraft and, based upon the received data, generate image rendering display commands. The system also includes a display element configured to receive the image rendering display commands and, in response thereto, to render a display that includes a perspective view of terrain and at least one waypoint marker corresponding to an approaching waypoint. The waypoint marker includes visually distinguishable characteristics that convey waypoint restriction information (e.g., altitude or airspeed constraint information that governs the waypoint).
US09273953B2 Apparatus for inspecting warpage of sheet-like member and method for inspecting warpage of sheet-like member
An apparatus for inspecting warpage of a sheet-like member includes a conveyance device for conveying a glass substrate in a substantially horizontal attitude and a non-contact displacement meter for measuring a distance to a surface of the glass substrate. The apparatus is configured to preset an upper limit waveform and a lower limit waveform based on an ideal waveform of surface shape displacement of the glass substrate in a conveyance direction, which is determined based on a characteristic of the conveyance device; and determine whether or not an actual waveform of the surface shape displacement of the glass substrate in the conveyance direction during conveyance, which is obtained based on the distance measured by the non-contact displacement meter, falls within a range between the upper limit waveform and the lower limit waveform.
US09273948B2 Optical fiber sensor
An input of an optical interferometer is a periodical optical pulse. A phase of a first half and a latter half of a reference pulse is a 90 degree (independently orthogonal) phase difference. Two interferometric outputs i1 and i2, where the phase difference is 90 degrees from each other, are obtained by interference of the reference pulse and the signal pulse. θ is calculated by referring the amplitude of reference pulse and the signal pulse to remove the light intensity fluctuations. Two values of cos θ1 and cos θ2 are calculated and positions are determined on the cosine curve by obtaining θ1 and θ2 values. Δθ1 and Δθ2, which are the phase increment or decrement of both θ1 and θ2 in a T period, are summed and becomes the sensor output signal that removes the measurement range limitation of ±90 degrees (a half wavelength of light) of the light phase.
US09273947B2 Sensing magnet apparatus for motor
Disclosed is a sensing magnet apparatus for an motor, the apparatus including a disk-shaped plate centrally inserted by a rotation shaft, a ring-shaped sensing magnet so installed as to surface-contact an upper surface of the plate, formed at a position near to a periphery with a main magnet, and formed at a position near to a through hole with a sub magnet, and a separation inhibition unit physically coupling the plate and the sensing magnet to maintain the coupled state between the plate and the sensing magnet.
US09273940B2 Gun firing method for the simultaneous dispersion of projectiles in square pattern
A gun firing method whereby four projectile segments that are contained in a cartridge case are fired simultaneously which creates a predetermined square pattern on a target to increase the hit probability of the dispersion. Two sets of projectile segments that are contained in the cartridge case, are fired by a gun, spin around the central longitudinal axis of each projectile segment, and provide a powerful square salvo of projectile segments. The dispersion produces a substantial increase in the hit probability when compared to a single shot.
US09273939B2 Ignition system for scalable munitions system
An ignition system for a munitions system which is scalable with respect to its power delivery and which includes two different ignition circuits for a sub-detonative and a detonative initiation of an explosive charge of the munitions system, wherein a control mechanism in a sub-detonative ignition circuit monitors function and thus prevents an uncontrolled complete power delivery of the munitions charge.
US09273924B2 Bowfishing reel seat
A reel seat for attaching a reel foot of a reel to a bow includes a shaft, a rear bushing, a cap, a first threaded fastener, and a second threaded fastener. The shaft has a first end and a second end, an outer surface, a first bore formed into the first end of the shaft, and a second bore formed into the second end of the shaft. The rear bushing includes a limiter portion and a receiver portion, the limiter portion being secured to the shaft and defining an increased diameter relative to the shaft to form a stop surface the receiver portion having a bore and being coaxially received over the shaft such that the receiver portion is abutted against the stop surface and rotatable about the shaft.
US09273923B2 Archery bow limb support
In some embodiments, an archery bow is configurable between a first draw orientation and a second draw orientation. The bow comprises a limb and a limb support. The limb defines an unsupported length in either orientation, wherein the unsupported length of the limb is less in the second draw orientation than in the first draw orientation.
US09273921B2 Archery bow, floating limb compound (FLC)
An Archery Bow, Floating Limb Compound; consists of a riser, giving relative fixed geometric rotational references to a plurality of counter rotating members, each rotating free of relative linier motion and consisting each of a bow string wheel, or eccentric, in common moment with two each, or two pairs each, of control cable wheels, or eccentrics, on each all the same respective axis. Assigned pivotal geometric riser references are a plurality of limbs, or individual limb assemblies, each having each a flexural focus, near the respective pivotal axis, and between two control cable inputs, or pairs of control mounts, one being linked to an adjacent rotating member control, and the other linked to the opposite rotating member's stabilizing cross-feedback control; where together, under draw, the limbs store energy in flexural response to control disproportions; and also pivot, in opposite directions, about each individual limb's, or limb assembly's, pivotal axis, in response to the stabilizing cross feedback.
US09273918B2 Apparatus and method for counting rounds fired from a firearm
A round counter, comprising a detection unit to detect energy pulses resulting from an impact to a firearm; a round counter processor to analyze data obtained by the detection unit to count a number of rounds fired from the firearm; the round counter processor is configured to designate a time window data that is substantially a time length of an energy pulse; wherein the round counter processor compares the time window data to a firing window, the firing window is a predetermined time length required for discharging a round from the firearm; the time window has a substantial time span of firing at least two rounds; a firing counter increases the count when the round counter processor determines the time window data is larger than the firing window and transfers a command to the firing counter to increase the count of the firing counter.
US09273911B2 Plate, heat exchanger and method of manufacturing a heat exchanger
Plate (1) intended to form a partition between two fluids circulating inside a welded heat exchanger, the plate (1) having a plurality of undulations (2) characterized in that all or part of the undulations (2) has, on at least one upper crest line (3), at least one preferred contact area (4) that has a height above a nominal height of the undulations (2) of the plate (1), the at least one preferred contact area (4) being intended to come into contact with a lower crest line of an undulation of another plate provided above the plate (1) and to be deformed when the exchanger is manufactured.
US09273910B2 Fluid circuit heat transfer device for plural heat sources
A heat sink or heat transfer device particularly for integrated circuits, uses a phase change working fluid in a cyclic flow path having at least one evaporator that serves multiple heat sources. The evaporator can be an integral vessel made of thermally conductive material to which the multiple heat sources are coupled, preferably at evaporation points that are placed on opposite sides of a fluid reservoir for the liquid phase of the working fluid that feeds the evaporation points via capillary flow through a wicking material.
US09273907B2 Plate type heat exchanger having outer heat exchanger plates with improved connections to end panels
A plate type heat exchanger (102) includes a heat exchanger assembly (104), end panels (106) and end panel connection members (107) connecting the end panels (106). The heat exchanger assembly (104) has a stack of heat exchanger plates (112) and a pair of outer heat exchanger plates (114) located on opposing sides of the heat exchanger assembly (104). At least one outer heat exchanger plate (114) is mechanically connected to an adjacent end panel (106) and has an outer main surface portion (122) facing the adjacent end panel (106) that is thermally connected to an end panel contacting region (125) of the adjacent end panel (106). The in-plane thermal expansion properties of the outer main surface portion (122) are identical to in-plane thermal expansion properties of the end panel contacting region (125).
US09273902B2 Dehumidifying curing oven with rotating trays
A curing oven includes a set of pivoting, rotating trays within a curing chamber. The trays are attached to a mechanism that rotates the trays through a curing cycle, and the speed and timing of the rotation may be set by an operator, as desired. In a preferred embodiment, the oven includes a plurality of heating elements, a commercial dehumidifier, a recirculating fan and system, temperature and humidity sensors, and a series of pivoting trays attached to a motorized rotational assembly. The oven is controlled by a various controllers, which may be programmed to set the temperature, humidity levels, rotation speed and cycle time, and other aspects of oven operation. A loading and unloading chamber is effectively sealed off from the curing chamber within the oven, preventing or reducing a transfer of air between the curing chamber and the ambient air outside of the oven.
US09273901B2 Microwave vacuum-drying of organic materials
An apparatus (20) for dehydrating organic material in batches has a processing unit (22) having a microwave-vacuum chamber (34), an input module (28) and an output module (30), with a conveyor (54) for moving the material through the chamber on a microwave-transparent window. A material reservoir (68) is arranged to receive the material exiting the output module. A conveyor (78) external to the vacuum chamber conveys material that exits the reservoir to the input module. The vacuum chamber (34), reservoir (68) and external conveyor (78) are in fluid communication to operate at a common, reduced pressure. The organic material passes through the vacuum chamber multiple times to equilibrate and dry to the desired degree.
US09273877B2 Methods and systems for desiccant air conditioning
A desiccant air conditioning system for cooling an air stream entering a building space includes a conditioner and a regenerator. The conditioner includes structures arranged in a substantially vertical orientation that are spaced apart from each other with an air stream gap between each pair of adjacent structures. Each structure has a surface facing an air stream gap across which a liquid desiccant can flow. The air stream flows through the air stream gaps between the structures such that the liquid desiccant dehumidifies the air stream. Each structure further includes a separate desiccant collector at a lower end of the surface for collecting liquid desiccant that has flowed across the surface of the structure. The desiccant collectors are spaced apart from each other to permit airflow therebetween. A photovoltaic-thermal module heats a heat transfer fluid used to heat the liquid desiccant in the regenerator.
US09273870B2 Room enclosure assembly, method for producing same and element therefor
A room enclosure assembly on a base of a concrete ceiling or wall is disclosed. In an embodiment, it includes metal sheet material having contact surfaces toward the base and web faces leading away from the base and heat exchange surfaces. Folding regions are formed between the sub-faces of the sheet material. The contact surfaces are fastened to the base area via a heat conducting connection layer. The heat-exchange faces are provided with a coating layer. The heat flow between the base and the heat exchange surfaces is especially efficient because it takes place in the continuous metal sheet material. Through-openings in the heat exchange surfaces, together with the use of a suitable coating layer on the heat exchange surfaces, allow for the acoustic insulating effect and optical appearance to be optimized.
US09273867B2 Retractable ignition system
An integrated retractable burner ignition system including a burner having an outlet face and a flow passage including a front end substantially coincident with the outlet face of the burner and a gas inlet positioned rearward from the front end of the flow passage, an igniter including a high voltage electrode surrounded by an insulator and extending beyond the insulator to form a tip end of the igniter, the igniter being mounted slidably within the flow passage, an actuator connected to a rear portion of the igniter and configured to advance and retract the igniter within the flow passage, and a slidable seal between the igniter and the flow passage, the seal being positioned rearward of the gas inlet of the flow passage and frontward of the rear portion of the igniter.
US09273849B2 Illumination apparatus, use of the illumination apparatus, method for dazzle-free illumination and arrangement comprising the illumination apparatus
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved illumination apparatus for the comfortable illumination of a region monitored by a night vision instrument.To this end, an illumination apparatus 1 having an illumination device 8 is provided, the illumination device 8 comprising at least one LED 9a,b,c and the illumination device 8 being formed in order to emit mixed light with light components in the visible range, and having an optical filter device 10 for filtering the mixed light emitted by the illumination device 8, the optical filter device 10 being formed in order to block light with a cutoff wavelength of more than 610 nm, wherein the illumination device 8 comprises a white LED 9a, a green LED 9b and a red LED 9c, which together produce the mixed light.
US09273838B2 Light-emitting module and lighting apparatus
A light-emitting module may be configured to have improved light emission efficiency and light distribution characteristics. A light-emitting module may include a substrate having a front surface side as a component mounting surface and a rear surface side as a flat heat dissipating surface, a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a manner protruding at a central portion of the component mounting surface of the substrate. The light-emitting elements may radiate light at least in an upper surface direction and in a direction along the component mounting surface. The module may further include one or more lighting circuit components electrically connected to the light emitting elements by a wiring pattern arranged on the substrate and which is arranged closer to the peripheral edge side of the substrate than the light emitting elements on the component mounting surface of the substrate, and a connector for power supply connection.
US09273830B2 Light source with near field mixing
A light emitting diode (LED) component comprising a submount with an array of LED chips and a lens over the array of LED chips. A diffuser is arranged so that at least some light from the LEDs passes through the diffuser to mix the LED light in the near field. The light passing through the diffuser appears as a mixture of LED chip light when directly viewed. A lighting device is also disclosed comprising an LED component comprising an array of LED chips and a near field diffuser to mix at least some of the light from the LED chips in the near field. A remote reflector is included to reflect at least some the light from the LED component so that is emits from the lighting device in the desired direction.
US09273829B2 Sorption store for storing gaseous substances
Describes is a sorption store for storing gaseous substances. The sorption store for storing gaseous substances comprises a closed tank and a feeding device, which comprises a passage through the tank wall, through which a gas can flow into the tank. The tank has inside it at least one separating element, which is configured in such a way that the interior of the tank is divided into at least one pair of channels comprising two parallel running channel-shaped compartments, the ends of which are in connection with one another in each case by way of a common space, each channel-shaped compartment being filled at least partially with an adsorption medium. The feeding device is designed in such a way that inflowing gas is diverted almost exclusively into one of the two compartments of each pair of channels.
US09273825B1 Modular item holder and clamp
A modular clamp for storing a spear gun or other items on a marine vessel comprising a fixed clamp arm and a pivoting movable clamp arm, wherein the fixed clamp arm and the pivoting movable clamp arm define an openable clamp releasably receiving one or more items. A support block extends from the rear of the fixed clamp arm and a pressure spring is disposed between an outside wall of the pivoting movable clamp arm and the support block. The pivoting movable clamp arm pivots with respect to the fixed clamp arm and the pressure spring provides for resilient closure of the clamp. A strap is provided to lock the clamp closed.
US09273819B2 Adjustable magnetic mount for metrology equipment
The present invention is directed to an adjustable mounting apparatus comprising: a base, a first and second magnet each pivotally connected to the bottom of the base and rotatable about a predefined axis. The first and second magnets are positioned at opposing ends of the base and parallel to each other. The present invention is also directed to a method of stabilizing an adjustable mounting apparatus comprising: placing the mount onto a surface; rotating a first and second electric magnet at angles along predefined axes; engaging a clamping lever to place each magnet into desired positions on the surface; electrifying the first and second electric magnets to attach them to the surface.
US09273815B2 Process for coating the interior surface of water service lines
Methods, processes, compositions and systems for preventing leaching effects from drinking water service pipes (such as lead, steel and copper) having an inner diameter of at least approximately 12 mm. 2-part thermoset resin coating is applied to the inner surfaces of the pipes where the curing agent can be a phenol free and plasticizer free adduct type. The coating can reduce heavy metals, such as lead, from leaching from installed pipes to less than approximately 10 μg/L (10 ppb). When cured, specific leachates, Bisphenol A and Epichlorohydrin from the coatings will be (less than) <1 μg/L (1 ppb) with overall TOC levels measured at (less than) <2.5 mg/L (2.5 ppm). Pipes can be returned to service from at least approximately 1 to approximately 2 hours.
US09273811B1 Hose coupling with a separate sleeve and collar
The hose coupler has a sleeve defining a passageway between a first hose section and a second hose section, and includes a plurality of barbs each having an angled surface. In an embodiment, a collar can be fitted over the hose after it is pulled up onto the sleeve. The collar also has a plurality of barbs with angled surfaces corresponding to the angle of the barbs on the sleeve. The collar is adapted to substantially surround the first hose section disposed over the plurality of the barbs on the sleeve and the each barb on the sleeve generally aligns with the each barb on the collar.
US09273807B2 Sealing device of a level meter
A sealing device of a level meter is acid-and-alkali-resistant and pressure-resistant, and has a flexible outer tube, a plug, a female union connector and a male union connector. The flexible outer tube has an expansion neck formed on a bottom end thereof. The plug is mounted in the expansion neck. The female union connector is mounted around the expansion neck. The male union connector engages the female union connector by means of threaded engagement. The male union connector has a through hole for tying a weight such that the flexible outer tube is stretched along a force of a gravitational force of the weight. As being wholly and uniformly subjected to the gravitational force of the weight, the male union connector is less damage-prone. Accordingly, the tensile strength of the level meter is effectively increased, and a life duration of the level meter therefore prolongs.
US09273805B2 Transfer line exchanger
The present invention provides a transfer line exchanger which is optimized for one or more objective functions of interest such as pressure drop, erosion rate, fouling, coke deposition and operating costs. The transfer line exchanger is designed by computer modeling a transfer line exchanger in which the cross section of flow path is substantially circular and modeling the operation of the transfer line under industrial conditions to validate the model design and its operation. Then iteratively the model design is deformed and the operation of the deformed part is modeled and compared to values obtained with other deformed models until the value of the objective function is optimized (e.g. at an extreme) or the change in the objective function is approaching zero.
US09273803B2 Eaves clip
A clip for hanging decorative lights from the eaves of a house has an elongated C-shaped body. This body has an intermediate curved section extending between two ends that curve inwardly. A hook is attached to the outside surface of the intermediate curved section. The elongated body is made of a flexible plastic having a memory such that the curved ends may be moved away from one another by a force acting on at least one of the distal ends. When the force is removed the memory will cause the distal ends of the clip to move together. The inward curvature enables the curved ends to unravel to some extent. The combination of the unraveling of the ends and the flexing of the curved intermediate portion enables this clip to fit onto eaves ranging in width from ⅝ inch to over two inches without breaking.
US09273802B2 Fixture and installation method for a pitched pipe system
An apparatus, system and method of installation of a pipe in fixed association with at least one stanchion, said stanchion having a universal pipe mount for fixing the distance from a pipe inserted into the pipe holder to a mounting surface, and when two or more stanchions and associated pipe holders are used to insert a pipe, the distance between the pipe holders and the mounting surface create a pitch of the pipe in the direction of the sink and away from the source of a liquid insures the proper rate of gravitational flow of the liquid therein.
US09273798B2 Automate fluid flow control system
An automate fluid flow control system includes a relief valve for being sealedly disposed within a fluid chamber in an immovable manner to seal a flow of fluid flowing from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet, and an actuator. The relief valve has a fluid passage for controlling a flow rate of the fluid passing from the fluid chamber to the fluid outlet, and a valve stopper sealedly closing the fluid passage for controlling the fluid flowing from the fluid chamber to the fluid outlet, wherein the valve stopper is driven to move between a closed position that the valve stopper is sealedly retained to close the fluid passage for blocking said fluid passing to the fluid outlet, and an opened position that the valve stopper is moved to unseal the fluid passage for allowing the fluid passing to the fluid outlet through the fluid passage.
US09273797B2 Chain valve release tool
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed with regard to a tool for actuating chain-operated assemblies. One embodiment includes a tool including an elongated member having a top, a bottom, and a length greater than a width. Further, the tool includes a first set of equidistantly spaced hooks in a linear arrangement along the length, wherein the first set is located closer to the top than the bottom. When one or more hooks engage the chain of the chainwheel, a further feature enables the tool to lock down on those engaged chains, and, thereby, provide safer pulling and pushing to open and close the chain-operated assembly. Further still, the tool includes at least one handle in an offset, parallel position relative to the first set, wherein the at least one handle may be located closer to the bottom than the top.
US09273785B2 Flow channel switching valve
A flow channel switching valve is provided including a stator and a rotor inside a housing, in which the rotor is rotated by a rotor drive portion while sliding on the stator. A rotor drive shaft holding the rotor is biased to a housing top side by an elastic member. A drive shaft stopper is provided that limits movement when the rotor drive shaft moves to the housing top side from a normal position when a housing top is attached to a housing body.
US09273780B2 Sliding block for a piston of a hydraulic piston machine
A sliding block for a piston of a hydraulic piston machine, includes a concave recess to receive a piston head and a sliding surface to support the piston. A lubricant channel passes through the sliding block from the concave recess to the sliding surface, and the concave recess transforms with a constant tangent i.e. without kinking into a transition segment of a constantly narrowing taper segment of the lubricant channel. The transition segment is convex.
US09273772B2 Pulley apparatus
Construction is achieved by which it is possible definitely prevent the occurrence of creep between a pulley 2b and an outer ring 7f. Trapezoidal shaped concave sections are formed such that the angle of intersection θ between the inside surfaces 23 on both sides of each concave section 17a of knurling 19a of the outer ring 7f is within the range 45°≦θ≦120°. Moreover, the depth h in the radial direction of the concave sections 17a and the diameter D of the circumscribed circle of the tip end surfaces 22 of the convex sections 18a are regulated so as to satisfy the relationship 0.004 D≦h≦0.015 D, and the length L in the circumferential direction of the bottom surface 21 of the concave sections 17a is regulated within the range 0.01 D≦L≦0.03 D.
US09273765B2 Camshaft with an axially displaceable cam pack
A camshaft includes a carrier shaft to be mounted rotatably in a shaft axis and at least one cam pack axially displaceable on the carrier shaft. The cam pack includes at least two cams and at least one adjusting member for axial adjustment of the cam pack. The cams and adjusting member are interconnected in an axially adjacent configuration by an integrally molded body. The body is integrally molded on at least one cam and the adjusting member by an original molding process and a composite structure is formed by the integrally molded body. The composite structure can be mounted in a direct configuration on the carrier shaft to be axially displaceable thereon. The cams and the adjusting member include inner toothing engaging in an axially displaceable manner with outer toothing of the carrier shaft. A cam pack and a method for producing a camshaft are also provided.
US09273763B2 Systems and methods for unlocking/locking and opening/closing windows
Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for unlocking, opening, closing and locking a vent sash. The system may include a push arm configured to extend to open the vent sash and retract to close the vent sash. The system may include a guide arm configured to extend to unlock the vent sash and retract to lock the vent sash. The system may include a handle extension configured to radially rotate substantially one hundred eighty degrees in a first direction on a single plane to extend the push arm and the guide arm. The handle extension may be configured to radially rotate substantially one hundred eighty degrees in a second direction on the single plane to retract the push arm and the guide arm.
US09273761B2 XYθ precision alignment platform
A xyθ precision alignment platform is provided. The alignment platform includes three power units and three moving platform. Two of the power units can drive a third moving platform moving in X or Y direction. The other power unit has a worm which can drive an arcuate teeth arrangement disposed between the second moving platform and the third moving platform to drive the third moving platform rotating. Whereby, since the worm is arranged to drive the arcuate teeth arrangement laterally, the alignment platform is thin and the rotative movement of the third moving platform can be precisely controlled. Additionally, each power unit may be electrically connected to a controller for respectively driving and controlling each power unit. When only the rotation of the third moving platform is required, only one of the power units needs to be driven, thus simplifying the operation of the alignment platform and improving the work efficiency.
US09273758B2 Power transmission device
A power transmission device has two roller members which are rotatable on their own axes and the outer peripheral portions of which are pressed against a wire member tightly stretched between two pulley members, a rotary gear which is rotatable around a revolution axial center of the roller members integrally with a supporting member which supports the roller members, a spring worm meshed with the rotary gear, and an actuator which controls the rotation amount of the spring worm.
US09273754B2 Non-uniform axisymmetric driveline/axle damper
A non-uniform axisymmetric damper device is provided, comprising a first portion that extends radially outward from an outer surface of a flange protrusion, and is spaced from and concentric with the flange protrusion. Further, a second portion of the damper device is provided with an inner surface coupled to an outer surface of the first portion and a non-uniform outer surface extending radially outward from the first portion. Accordingly, a light-weight damper is provided that allows for resonance suppression in six degrees of freedom.
US09273753B2 Torque rod apparatus for vehicle
A torque rod apparatus for a vehicle may include a damper supported at an outer circumference thereof by a lower frame of the vehicle, with a first hollow portion being axially formed in the damper, an inner core inserted into the first hollow portion of the damper, with a second hollow portion being axially formed in the inner core, an insert opening formed partially through the damper and the inner core in a radial direction to allow an interior of the inner core and an exterior of the damper to be bored through, and a linkage connected at a first end thereof to a drive unit, with a through hole formed in a second end thereof, the second end being inserted into the insert opening to allow the linkage to be integrally coupled to the lower frame of the vehicle and the inner core.
US09273750B2 Hydraulic damper including hingedly connected plug elements for quick return to starting position
A hydraulic damper (100) comprises a cylinder (10) with a bottom wall (11), a head wall (12) and side walls (13) that define a damping chamber (15) containing a damping fluid (17); in the damping chamber (15) a piston (20) slides with a first face (20a) and a second face (20b) opposite to each other. In particular, the piston (20) defines a first chamber (21) and a second chamber (22) separate from each other and is integral to a shaft (25) with an external connection end (36). The piston (20) is suitable for carrying out a forward stroke (A), between a first dead point (BDP), towards a second dead point (TDP) and a back stroke (B) between the second dead point (TDP) and the first dead point (BDP). In particular, the piston (20) comprises a plurality of permanent holes (33) suitable for permanently connecting the first chamber (21) and second chamber (22) and a plurality of apertures (26) associated each to a plurality of plug elements (37) pivotally connected by connection means (40), on a face of the piston (20) at the apertures (26). The plug elements (37) are suitable to pass spontaneously from a closed configuration (C), in which they close the apertures (26) and allow the leakage of the damping fluid (17) through the plurality of permanent holes (33), in order to damp the movement of the piston (20), to an open configuration (D), in which they open the apertures (26) and allow the free passage of the damping fluid (17) between the first (21) and second chamber (22) allowing a substantial passage of the damping fluid (17) between the first (21) and second chamber (22), in order to reduce the time that takes the piston (20) in the return stroke to return to the starting position BDP.
US09273741B1 Composite disc brake backing plate
A layered brake backing plate is provided made of stampings in which a softer, lighter metal core, such as aluminum, is sandwiched between skins of harder metal stampings, such as steel, to make a lightweight composite brake backing plate. The harder stampings are textured with integrally raised piercing barbs. By rolling or pressing, the barbs are made to embed in the core, locking the layers together.
US09273740B2 Brake pad assembly with releasable heat sink
A brake pad assembly for mounting on a caliper of a vehicle includes a backing plate, a brake lining disposed on a front side of the backing plate, and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a thermal conductive sheet and a set of cooling fins mounted on a rear side of the thermal conductive sheet. In particular, the thermal conductive sheet is overlapped and releasably fastened on the backing plate.
US09273736B2 Drivetrain-clutch arrangement and fluid cylinder therefor
Fluid cylinder for activating an element of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle. The fluid cylinder has a cylinder housing and a piston. The piston is sealed off from the cylinder housing by means of a piston seal. At least one fluid chamber is formed between the cylinder housing and the piston, which fluid chamber can be connected via at least a first fluid connection to a fluid supply device. The piston in a piston stop position rests against a stop surface of the cylinder housing. The first fluid connection is formed in the region of the stop surface of the cylinder housing. The piston is connected to a sealing device which seals off the first fluid connection in the piston stop position.
US09273734B2 Rotating torque transmission buffered shaft
A rotating torque transmission buffered shaft is provided with a casing tube, a shaft tube and a lock mounting member. The casing tube is formed with a receiving space and the inner walls of both ends of the casing tube are formed with a first inner screw thread and a second inner screw thread respectively. The shaft tube is installed within the receiving space and the middle section of the shaft tube is formed with a screw thread portion corresponding to the first inner screw thread. The lock mounting member is engaged and locked on the second inner screw thread. The rotating torque transmission buffered shaft is applicable to ships and vehicles for public transportation. The buffered shaft can absorb and balance intense rotating torque generated instantly, and can reduce the torque difference generated during the operation due to the linkage between the engine and the transmission device.
US09273728B2 Rolling bearing having rings with stepped surfaces opposite to the raceways
A rolling bearing is provided that includes an outer ring having a first portion which includes a first raceway and a second portion that includes a second raceway that has a larger diameter than the first raceway. An outer diameter of the first portion of the outer ring is less than an outer diameter of the second portion of the outer ring. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring having a first portion that includes a first raceway and a second portion that includes a second raceway that has a larger diameter than the first raceway. An inner diameter of the first portion of the inner ring is less than an inner diameter of the second portion of the inner ring.
US09273722B2 Rolling guide device
A rolling guide device is capable of facilitating smooth circulation of rolling elements in an endless circulation path, and enhancing the accuracy of motion of a moving member relative to a track member. The moving member includes: a main body member having load rolling surfaces and return paths for the rolling elements; direction change pipes incorporating inner direction change paths and having inner peripheral guide surfaces of outer direction change paths, respectively; and lid members each being mounted on the main body member and having outer peripheral guide surfaces of the outer direction change paths. The main body member has position reference holes formed therein so as to serve as position references for the direction change pipes, respectively, whereas the direction change pipes have positioning protrusions formed thereon so as to be press-fitted into the position reference holes, respectively. Further, the direction change pipes include rotation restriction protruding portions.
US09273721B2 Bearing device and solar power plant unit using the same
A bearing device for a solar power plant unit includes at least one support element, at least one first roller and at least one second roller. At least one first roller bearing unit is movably supported on the support element and rotatably supports the at least one first roller and the one second roller. At least one first spherical plain bearing having an outer ring is attached to the at least one first roller. A solar power plant includes at least one mirror movably supported by at least one such bearing device.
US09273718B2 Rotary joint assembly and combination clip-hook and jewelry piece employing the same
This invention provides a combination clip and hook (clip) for use generally in suspending articles having shoulder or hand straps, or carrying other accessories, such as keys, which is rotatably movable about a rotary joint between a first position in which two opposing, rotatably joined portions of the overall clip structure are oriented together to form a continuous, enclosed shape that can be secured around another strap or loop on an item or piece of clothing, and a second position in which the two portions of the structure are rotated out of the enclosed shape, and into, for example, a substantially S-shaped hook in which one portion of the structure supports the strap of the item and the other portion can be applied to a clothing hook, chair back, table surface, door top, or other supporting member.
US09273717B2 Connector for lifelines
A connector that includes a carabiner and an insert is provided. The base of the insert has a length that extends between a first end and a second end and a width that extends between a first side edge and a second side edge. A barrel connector of the insert centrally extends from the first side edge of the base. The barrel connector receives a barrel of a gate of the carabiner. A first ear extends from the second side edge of the base proximate the first end of the base. The first ear includes a first carabiner retaining channel that selectively engages a first portion of the carabiner. A second ear extends from the second side edge of the base proximate the second end of the base. The second ear includes a second carabiner retaining channel that selectively engages a second portion of the carabiner.
US09273708B2 Holder for a profiled rail
A holder for a profiled rail comprising a holding edge and a for carrier component includes a base body, a clamping element, a screw connection, and a rotary joint. The base body comprises a supporting surface configured to have the profiled rail be placed thereon, a holding-down strip which holds down the holding edge against the supporting surface, and a first opening. The clamping element comprises a second opening. The screw connection passes through the first and second opening and is fixable on the carrier component. The rotary joint comprises an axis of rotation arranged parallel to the supporting surface and to the holding-down strip. The clamping element clamps the profiled rail against the base body with the screw connection. On the base body, the clamping element is guided radially with respect to the axis of rotation between an open and a closed pivot position with the rotary joint.
US09273706B2 Hinged clamping collar
Disclosed is a clamping collar which includes a belt made up of two belt portions, each of which has a first end provided with a tightening tab and a second end provided with an assembly member. The assembly members are suitable for co-operating to assemble the second ends together in a releasable manner. The collar also includes tightening means suitable for co-operating with the tightening tabs so as to move the tabs relative to each other once the second ends are assembled together, in such a manner as to tighten the collar.
US09273704B2 Door actuator comprising means for setting to atmospheric pressure in a rapid manner at the end of opening the door
An aircraft door actuator, including: a pneumatic cylinder for the opening of the door including a chamber into which a pressurized gas is injected via a first port, means for supplying the chamber of the cylinder with pressurized gas, via a supply pipe and said first port, means for setting the chamber to atmospheric pressure when the piston is in the position for opening the door, so as to allow said door to be moved into the closing position, including: a pressurized gas exhaust pipe a gate-valve means for guiding the opening of the gate-valve via the pressurized fluid located in the chamber when the door is in the opening position, so as to open the exhaust pipe in order to set said chamber of the cylinder to atmospheric pressure in a rapid manner once the door is open.
US09273697B2 Cooling a drum pump motor and/or battery
A power tool that includes a motor sub-assembly, one or more batteries, and a cooling fan. The motor sub-assembly includes a motor and a motor fan. The one or more batteries are configured to provide power to the motor. The cooling fan is disposed vertically above the motor sub-assembly and the one or more batteries during operation of the power tool, where the cooling fan is configured to draw air in an upwards direction through the cooling fan, thereby dissipating heat from the motor and/or the one or more batteries, and where the upwards direction is the same a free convection direction associated with a density difference between hot air radiating from the motor and/or one or more batteries and surrounding cooler air.
US09273693B2 Compressor comprising a sensor arrangement
A compressor comprises a housing defining an inlet, a volute, an outlet, and a compressor chamber between the inlet and the outlet within which a compressor wheel is rotatably mounted. The housing has discrete attached first and second housing portions, the first housing portion defining at least part of the inlet and the second housing portion defining at least part of a volute of the outlet. The first housing portion has a conductive element for conducting an electric signal and a second sensor arrangement in sensing communication with the inlet. The compressor further comprises a first sensor arrangement, the first sensor arrangement being configured such that it is in sensing communication with the volute or outlet and such that it is electrically connected to the conductive element.
US09273690B2 Fluid compressor and/or pump arrangement
The present invention relates to a compressor or pump unit for the production or flow of compressed fluid and more particularly to a new uniquely designed compressor which has the capabilities to both draw fluid from an intake opening and direct dischargeable compressed fluid to a storage tank utilizing a single compressor chamber simultaneously.
US09273688B2 Pump rotor and internal gear pump using the same
A tooth profile of an inner rotor 2 is formed by an envelope of a group of circular arcs of a locus circle C having a center on a trochoidal curve TC. The envelope of the group of circular arcs is formed by rolling a rolling circle having a predetermined diameter along a base circle without slipping and drawing the trochoidal curve TC based on a point distant from the center of the rolling circle by a distance equivalent to an amount of eccentricity between the two rotors. A diameter d2 of the locus circle C is constant until one point between an addendum point and a dedendum point of the inner rotor and changes from the one point such that a diameter d2B at the dedendum point becomes larger than a diameter d2T at the addendum point of the inner rotor.
US09273683B2 Motor-driven compressor
A motor-driven compressor to be mounted to an attachment section of a vehicle includes a fluid compression unit, an electric drive unit for the compression unit and a case. The case has a main body formed from a resin and covering at least the compression unit, and a mounting portion that is provided integrally with the main body and configured to be mounted to the attachment section. The mounting portion has a tubular body provided integrally with the main body and a fastening member inserted into the tubular body for mounting the tubular body to the attachment section. The main body is interposed between the compression unit and the tubular body.
US09273681B2 Gaseous fluid compression device
A gaseous fluid compression device includes: a first enclosure within which there is a movable first piston delimiting a first chamber and a second chamber; a second enclosure within which there is a movable second piston delimiting a third chamber and a fourth; a first exchange circuit connecting the first chamber and the fourth chamber, with a heat exchanger linked to a heat sink; a second exchange circuit connecting the second chamber and the third chamber, with a second heat exchanger linked to a heat source; and a transfer passage connecting the first chamber and the second chamber with an anti-backflow device. A back-and-forth movement of the interconnected pistons results in a compression of the gaseous fluid in the direction of the outlet.
US09273677B2 Universal wet/dry transfer pump
The present invention is a universal wet/dry transfer pump having an intake hose and a t-joint. The intake hose is fluidly connected to the t-joint. A first check valve is positioned within the intake hose. A bellowed pump handle is fluidly connected to the t-joint. A separator hose is provided and fluidly connected to the t-joint. A second check valve is positioned within the t-joint. A terminal catchment vessel is fluidly connected to the separator hose. Upon pulling of the pump handle in a generally upward direction, intake pumping action is initiated drawing water and solid materials into the intake hose, opening the first check valve and closing the second check valve. Upon pushing of the pump handle in a generally downward direction, discharge pumping action is initiated, closing the first check valve and opening the second check valve transferring any water and chambered solids into the catchment vessel.
US09273672B2 Solar energy collector with XY or XYZ sun tracking table
A solar energy collector utilizes one or more Fresnel lenses supported above a prepared surface for focusing sunlight at one or more sun ray spots. One or more tracking tables sense and track, during the course of the day, the movement of associated ones of the sun ray spots. Curved Fresnel lenses produce sun ray spots focused an offset distance above associated ones of one or more tracking tables, depending upon the sun's position. The sun ray spots may be forced to lie on the one or more tracking tables by moving an associated tracking table upward a distance equal to the offset distance. One or more wheel-equipped Stirling engines are positioned on the prepared surface and are conventionally controlled for tracking movement in concert with an associated sun ray spot.
US09273667B2 Wind turbine blade
A wind turbine blade is provided. The wind turbine blade has multiple vortex generators, each projecting from a surface of the blade and having a predetermined length. The vortex generators are arranged on a strip. The width of the strip is several times larger than the length of a vortex generator.
US09273658B2 Handheld work apparatus and suction head for connection to a fuel line in a handheld work apparatus
A handheld work apparatus includes a fuel tank, into which a flexible fuel line projects. A suction head is arranged at the free end of the fuel line. The suction head is connected via the fuel line to a fuel supply device of an internal combustion engine of the work apparatus. The suction head has at least one weight member. The weight member is formed at least partially as a magnet to achieve good cleaning of the fuel without a substantial increase in the weight of the work apparatus.
US09273647B2 Air filter assembly
An air filter assembly for use with an internal combustion engine is provided. The air filter assembly includes a casing having an inlet configured to receive air from the environment, the casing having a passage, and an outlet disposed downstream the passage. A collection chamber collects particles from the drawn air. The collection chamber is disposed downstream from the inlet and upstream from the outlet. A partition is disposed between passage and the collection chamber. The partition has openings configured to allow particles to pass through. A side port is downstream the partition and in fluid communication with the passage. An internal combustion engine utilizing the air filter assembly is also provided. The internal combustion engine includes an air manifold, a combustion chamber and a filter. The air filter assembly is disposed upstream the filter.
US09273643B2 Control of manifold vacuum in skip fire operation
A variety of methods and arrangements are described for selectively reducing intake manifold pressure in a skip fire engine control system. In some embodiments, a throttle is adjusted to generate a manifold vacuum, which is used for various applications, including but not limited to purging a fuel vapor canister, reducing pressure within a brake vacuum booster reservoir and/or venting gas from a crankcase interior. An engine firing fraction is increased to help maintain a desired torque level. Other techniques for reducing the intake manifold pressure are also described, such as applications involving a return to idle.
US09273641B2 Gas flow unit, a gas treatment device and a combustion engine provided therewith
A gas flow unit includes a gas flow inlet, a gas flow outlet and a gas flow chamber configured to convey a gas flow from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the gas flow inlet is configured to convey the gas flow in a first direction into the gas flow chamber and wherein the gas flow outlet is configured to convey the gas flow in a second direction from the gas flow chamber, wherein the second direction is angular in relation to the first direction, and wherein the gas flow inlet is an inlet into the gas flow chamber and the gas flow outlet is an outlet from the gas flow chamber. In the first gas flow direction, the gas flow chamber extends beyond a projection of an outer periphery of the gas flow outlet and defines a prolongation configured for conveying a first part of the gas flow such that it enters the gas flow outlet from a different direction than a second part of the gas flow entering the gas flow outlet without passing through the prolongation.
US09273637B2 Adjustment safeguard for a set screw on a carburetor
An adjustment safeguard for a set screw on a carburetor includes a cap held non-rotatably on the head of the set screw. The cap is surrounded by a coaxially positioned wall sleeve fixed to the housing. A rotation stop is fixed to the housing to limit the angle of rotation of the cap in the sleeve in the rotational direction of the set screw. A through-opening in the cap permits inserting a tool into an engagement opening in the head of the set screw to avoid destruction by introducing too much torque into the adjustment safeguard. The form and opening width of the through-opening is limited by the use of a metal material such that a tool larger than the adjustment tool is not able to be inserted through the through-opening into the head of the set screw. The engagement opening is flexible to limit a maximum allowable adjustment torque.
US09273630B2 Device for compressing a gaseous fluid
A modular device for compressing gaseous fluid includes a first stage with a first hot chamber, a second cold chamber, a piston assembly separating the first and second chambers inside a main enclosure, a regenerative heat exchanger establishing a fluid communication between the first and second chambers by at least a first communication line, and optionally third and fourth chambers separated by a fixed divider separating the third and fourth chambers placed in communication by a second communication line. It thus includes a compressor with one, two, or four stages based on a modular architecture with common components.
US09273629B2 Piston ring for two-stroke engines
A piston ring system, having an internal diameter >400 mm, for a piston of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, includes at least a first and a second piston ring each having a convex running surface with a crest of the convexity in contact with a cylinder wall and each being inserted into a respective first and second piston ring groove in the piston, wherein the first piston ring faces a combustion chamber and the second piston ring is disposed axially beneath the first piston ring, and wherein the crest of the convexity of the first piston ring is disposed beneath a radial plane passing through a midpoint of axial height of the first piston ring, and the crest of the second piston ring is disposed above a radial plane passing through a midpoint of axial height of the second piston ring.
US09273628B2 Piston with improved side loading resistance
A piston including a crown and at least one pin tower coupled to the crown. The pin tower has an opening therein configured to receive a pin therein along a pin axis. The piston further includes a skirt extending generally away from the crown, the skirt including a pair of opposed skirt panel portions. The skirt has a generally non-circular oval shape having a major axis extending generally parallel to the pin axis, wherein the panel portions are offset from the major axis.
US09273626B2 Power switching system with control signal driven supply voltage
Generally, this disclosure provides systems and methods for a power switching system with a switching control circuit powered by a supply voltage derived from an input control signal. The system may include a power switch configured to electrically couple a device between a battery voltage and a ground, the device to be powered by the battery when the power switch is closed; a control circuit coupled to a gate port of the power switch, the control circuit configured to open and close the power switch by adjusting a gate driving signal provided to the gate port in response to a switching control signal provided to the control circuit; and a voltage conditioning circuit configured to generate a supply voltage based on the switching control signal, such that the supply voltage powers the control circuit.
US09273619B2 Supercharged engine and method of control
Methods and systems for minimizing the power consumed by a supercharger pump in an engine system. The methods and systems minimize the delta pressure across the pump with a control strategy for positioning the electronic throttle and supercharger bypass valve in a coordinated manner to deliver the required amount of fresh air flow into engine (i.e., the air flow associated with the driver's requested torque), while, at the same time, minimizing the power consumed by the supercharger pump for best fuel economy.
US09273617B2 Control device and control method of vehicle
A control device of a vehicle which device makes a generated voltage of an alternator variable so that a state of charge SOC of a battery installed in the vehicle reaches a control target includes an idle stop permitting SOC setting unit for setting a battery state of charge SOC in which idle stop is permissible, and a battery SOC adjusting unit for reducing and resetting a control target of the battery state of charge SOC in a range beyond the idle stop permitting SOC when a predetermined operation condition holds.
US09273610B2 Starter/generator combination with all variable frequency drives
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustor adjacent the compressor, a turbine adjacent the combustor, a shaft, a motor, a primary variable frequency drive, an auxiliary variable frequency drive, and an auxiliary motor. The motor is coupled to the shaft. The primary variable frequency drive is electrically connected to the motor and an AC power source. The auxiliary variable frequency drive is electrically connected to the primary frequency drive. The auxiliary motor is electrically connected to the auxiliary variable frequency drive.
US09273608B2 Gradual oxidation and autoignition temperature controls
Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for oxidizing gases. In some embodiments, a reaction chamber is configured to receive a fuel gas and maintain the gas at a temperature within the reaction chamber that is above an autoignition temperature of the gas. The reaction chamber may also be configured to maintain a reaction temperature within the reaction chamber below a flameout temperature. In some embodiments, heat and product gases from the oxidation process can be used, for example, to drive a turbine, reciprocating engine, and injected back into the reaction chamber.
US09273602B2 Intake air oxygen compensation for EGR
To compensate for possible corruption in exhaust gas recirculation control caused by fuel vapor purging, while still enabling the purging to continue, an engine intake oxygen concentration may be corrected based on a fuel canister vapor purge only during boosted conditions. Responsive to the intake oxygen concentration, exhaust gas recirculation may be adjusted.
US09273600B2 Fuel composition
A fuel composition having a boiling range of between 95 to 440 degrees Fahrenheit wherein the fuel composition has (a) a total sum of n-paraffins and naphthenes content of at least 7 volume percent.
US09273591B2 Vehicle cooling system with directed flows
A cooling system for internal combustion engines provides directed flows of heated or cooled coolant to various engine components and/or accessories as needed. By providing directed flows, the overall coolant flow volume is reduced from that of conventional cooling systems, allowing for a smaller capacity water pump to be employed which results in a net energy savings for the engine. Further, by reducing the overall coolant flow volume, the hoses and/or galleries required for the directed flows are reduced from those of conventional cooling systems, providing a cost savings and a weight savings. Finally, by preferably employing an impellor type water pump, the expense of an electric water pump and its associated control circuitry can be avoided. The direct flows are established by a multifunction valve which, in a preferred implementation, comprises a two-plate valve wherein each plate is operated by a wax motor.
US09273588B1 Velocity accelerating marine muffler with pulse attenuation tuning
A marine muffler adapted with an internally tunable sound suppression structure is adaptable to different configurations thereby allowing for structural adjustments to optimize sound suppression and minimize backpressure for particular engine and exhaust conditions. A muffler housing defines an interior volume and includes an exhaust inlet and outlet. The outlet has a reduced diameter as compared with the inlet such that the exhaust gas accelerates through the muffler. An inclined baffle partitions the interior volume into a lower chamber in communication with the exhaust inlet and an upper chamber in communication with the exhaust outlet. Exhaust ducts attached to each side wall penetrate the baffle thereby placing the upper and lower chambers in fluid communication. A corrugated partition divides each exhaust duct into a plurality of non circular conduits. The muffler may be tuned by selectively capping one or more conduit outlets.
US09273587B2 Method, system, and apparatus for diagnosing an exhaust aftertreatment component
According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed for diagnosing a condition of a component of an exhaust aftertreatment system in exhaust receiving communication with an internal combustion engine where the exhaust aftertreatment system includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst. The diagnostic module is configured to determine a normalized tailpipe nitrogen-oxide NOx value based on a tailpipe NOx sensor signal and a ratio of an SCR inlet ammonia (NH3) flow rate to an SCR inlet NOx flow rate. The apparatus also includes a component condition module configured to determine a condition of the component based on the normalized tailpipe NOx value.
US09273581B2 Purge system for reductant delivery unit for a selective catalytic reduction system
A purge procedure which is part of an injector, that may be used as part of a reductant delivery unit (RDU), where the RDU is part of a selective catalytic reduction system for injecting diesel exhaust fluid into an exhaust system, to control exhaust emissions. The RDU delivers a reductant carrier to the engine exhaust system. The purge process includes a control strategy to improve the quality of the purge cycle (i.e., increase the amount of fluid evacuated). The sequence of the purge event is adjusted in order to generate a strong vacuum in the fluid supply line and the injector—this enhances the efficiency of the purge by increasing the initial flow rates through the injector. However, upon opening the injector, the pressure inside the fluid path increases to a level just below the ambient pressure outside the injector, therefore the gas flow rate is substantially reduced.
US09273573B2 Exhaust-gas treatment device
An exhaust-gas treatment device (1) for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, includes a housing (2), the jacket (3) of which encloses an accommodating space (5) in the circumferential direction, at least one exhaust-gas treatment element (6), which is arranged in the accommodating space (5), and a bearing layer (7) made of an elastic bearing material, which bearing layer encloses the at least one exhaust-gas treatment element (6) in the circumferential direction and which lies radially against at least one exhaust-gas treatment element (6). An insulating layer (8), made of a thermally insulating, deformation resistant/compression resistant insulating material, encloses the bearing layer (7) in the circumferential direction within the jacket (3).
US09273566B2 Turbine engine variable area vane
A turbine engine stator vane is provided that rotates about an axis, and includes an airfoil, a flange and a shaft. The airfoil extends axially between a first airfoil end and a second airfoil end. The airfoil includes a concave side surface, a convex side surface and a cavity. The concave and the convex side surfaces extend between an airfoil leading edge and an airfoil trailing edge. The cavity extends axially into the airfoil from a cavity inlet in an end surface at the second airfoil end. The flange is connected to the second airfoil end. The flange extends circumferentially around at least a portion of the cavity inlet, and radially away from the concave and the convex side surfaces to a distal flange edge. The shaft extends along the axis, and is connected to the second airfoil end.
US09273552B2 Feed system for an underground winning machine, rack bar and drive sprocket therefor
A feed system, rack bar and drive sprocket for moving an underground winning machine having a travel drive with drive sprocket having symmetrically profiled teeth, and rack bars with a plurality of rack teeth being arranged between a supporting strip and a guide strip of the rack bar. The tooth flanks of the teeth are inclined in the direction of movement and diverge towards the tooth tip for the interaction with tooth surfaces of teeth of drive sprocket. In order to improve the interaction between the teeth and produce less wear, the two tooth flanks of each rack tooth are concavely arched and form a trough between guide strip and supporting strip transversely to the direction of movement, with the trough rising towards the tooth tip, and the two tooth surfaces of each drive sprocket tooth is convexly arched and forms a crown transversely to the direction of movement.
US09273549B2 Systems and methods for remote actuation of a downhole tool
Systems and methods for remote actuation of a downhole tool include a work string providing a flow path therein, a downhole tool coupled to the work string, at least one actuation device operatively coupled to the downhole tool and configured to act on the downhole tool such that the downhole tool performs a predetermined action, and an optical computing device communicably coupled to the at least one actuation device and configured to detect a characteristic of a substance in the flow path and trigger actuation of the at least actuation device when the characteristic is detected.
US09273548B2 Fiberoptic systems and methods detecting EM signals via resistive heating
Fiberoptics can be employed to detect downhole electromagnetic signals via resistive heating. A disclosed electromagnetic energy detector embodiment includes an optically-interrogated temperature sensor; and a conductive element thermally coupled to the sensor, the conductive element having a temperature response to incident electromagnetic energy. The optically-interrogated temperature sensor may be a length or coil of optical fiber to which a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) or distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system is attached. The conductive element may be a metal coating on the fiber that experiences resistive heating in response to electromagnetic energy and creates an optically-measurable thermal response in the sensor.
US09273547B2 Dynamic borehole azimuth measurements
A method for making dynamic borehole azimuth measurements while drilling includes processing cross-axial magnetic field measurements in combination with accelerometer measurements to compute the dynamic borehole azimuth. In one or more embodiments, the cross-axial magnetic field measurements and the accelerometer measurements may be used to compute the magnitude of a cross-axial magnetic field component, a toolface offset, and a borehole inclination, which may in turn be used to compute the dynamic borehole azimuth. The disclosed methods may utilize near-bit sensor measurements obtained while drilling, thereby enabling a near-bit dynamic borehole azimuth to be computed while drilling.
US09273541B2 Compliant dart-style reverse-flow check valve
An apparatus usable with a well includes a gas lift valve having a check valve arrangement located between an annulus and a passageway of a tubing. The check valve arrangement is adapted to selectively allow fluid flow from the check valve arrangement from an inlet side of the check valve arrangement to an outlet side of the check valve arrangement, and is biased to prevent a leakage flow through the check valve arrangement from the outlet side to the inlet side. The check valve arrangement is defined by a valve element movable into and out of engagement with a valve seat wherein one of the valve element and the valve seat has a first sealing structure engageable with a second sealing structure on the other of the valve element and the valve seat. At least one of the first and second sealing surfaces include at least one pair of sealing members.
US09273538B2 Economical construction of well screens
A well screen for use in a subterranean well can include a loose filter media, a sandstone, a square weave mesh material, a foam, and/or a nonmetal mesh material. A method of installing a well screen in a subterranean well can include dispersing a material in a filter media of the well screen, after the well screen has been installed in the well, thereby permitting a fluid to flow through the filter media. A method of constructing a well screen can include positioning a loose filter media in an annular space between a base pipe and a shroud, so that the filter media filters fluid which flows through a wall of the base pipe.
US09273536B2 Subsea intervention system
A subsea intervention system including at least one control station, at least one programmable logic controller system in each control station, at least one supervisory control and data acquisition system, at least one safety system capable of interacting with each control station, wherein the safety system is capable of controlling a process shutdown process, an emergency shutdown process, and an emergency quick-disconnect process. The system may also include subsea distribution units, safety manifold subsea control modules, system hydraulic power units, client hydraulic power units, grease skids, flushing and chemical injection units, or umbilical reelers.
US09273535B1 Hydraulic flow restriction tube time delay system and method
A hydraulic time delay system and method in a wellbore tool is disclosed. The system/method includes an actuation mechanism which allows pressure to act on a functional piston in the wellbore tool. The movement of the piston is restrained by a partially or filled reservoir which is allowed to exhaust through a flow restriction element. The restriction element comprises standard metal tubing with a known inner diameter and is cut to an exact length as predicted by fluid dynamic modeling. A time delay and rate of piston movement desired for the downhole tool, between a trigger event such as pressure and a functional event, can be tuned with parameters that include the length and diameter of the tubing, reservoir fluid viscosity and number of tubes in parallel. In another embodiment, a secondary plugging element added to the reservoir controls the rate of piston movement and time delay.
US09273534B2 Tool with pressure-activated sliding sleeve
A downhole tool and system for actuation of the tool. The tool includes a sliding sleeve assembly that is urged toward an opening position due to an interior pressure in the tool. A shear pin assembly hold the tool in the closed position. As pressure is increased to above a predetermined locking set point, a locking mechanism on the sliding sleeve radial engages the housing of the tool to lock the sliding sleeve to the housing. As pressure is further increased to a predetermined an activation set point, the shear pin assembly shears, but the sliding sleeve is maintained in the closed position by the locking mechanism. Only after the interior pressure is subsequently lowered to below a predetermined opening set point will the sliding sleeve shift to an open position.
US09273533B2 Well tool including swellable material and integrated fluid for initiating swelling
A well tool including swellable material and integrated fluid for initiating swelling. A well tool includes a swellable material and a reservoir for containing a fluid of a type which causes the swellable material to swell. A method of swelling a swellable material included in a well tool includes the steps of: positioning the well tool in a well; and then activating a fluid to cause swelling of the swellable material. A method of swelling a swellable material includes the steps of: providing the swellable material which is capable of swelling when contacted by a fluid; positioning the swellable material in an environment in which the swellable material is contacted by another fluid which does not cause the material to swell; and swelling the swellable material by contacting the swellable material with the first fluid while the swellable material remains in contact with the other fluid.
US09273523B2 Tubular running device and method
A method and apparatus for running tubular(s) into a well bore for use with a top drive or power swivel comprising a make-up assembly with inner and outer members, one of which has an array of ramped or inclined surface(s) while the other is an inner or outer cage with rolling support(s) with or without a central spindle and openings which may also be referred to as tubular engagement apparatus wherein relative movement of the members urges the rolling support(s) to protrude radially through the openings to engage a tubular internally or externally. Also provided is an elevator assembly with elevator links and transfer elevators to position tubular for engagement by the make-up assembly.
US09273518B2 Methods of coupling components of downhole tools, downhole tools and components of downhole tools
Methods of coupling a bearing assembly to a downhole tool include forming at least a portion of a downhole component from a diamond-enhanced material, applying a metal material to a surface of the downhole component using an ultrasonic molten metal process, and coupling at least a portion of the surface of the downhole component to at least another component of the downhole tool. Downhole tools include at least one component of a bearing assembly that is configured to move relative to a portion of the downhole tool. The at least one bearing component comprises a diamond-enhanced material and is coupled to a portion of the downhole tool by an ultrasonic molten metal process.
US09273516B2 Fluid conveyed thruster
A fluid conveyed thruster for use in combination with a bottom hole assembly connected to a drill string during drilling operations. The fluid conveyed thruster comprises a continuous passage comprising a narrowed portion and an intersection. Fluid passing through the continuous passage of the fluid conveyed thruster accelerates as it passes through the narrowed portion and the intersection. The acceleration of fluid exiting the fluid conveyed thruster urges the tool forward and in turn urges the bottom hole assembly forward within a wellbore. The fluid conveyed thruster extends the reach of the bottom hole assembly and the drill string within the wellbore.
US09273509B2 Self-enhancement plastic profile and production method thereof
The present invention provides a self-enhancement plastic profile and a production method thereof. The self-enhancement plastic profile is made by co-extrusion a substrate resin and a PBT resin containing fiber glass. The production method of the self-enhancement plastic profile is that: melting and co-extrusion of the substrate resin and the PBT resin containing fiber glass. Infrastructures comprise a main engine and an auxiliary engine vertically arranged to the main engine. The main engine processes the PVC substrate (1), the auxiliary engine processes an enhancement bar (2) of the PBT resin containing fiberglass, the raw materials are extruded by the main engine and the auxiliary engine at the same and the extrudate is pre-profiled, and subjected to cold cutting and sized. The enhancement bar (2) is made by blending the fiberglass with the polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) plastic. The self-enhancement plastic profile has advantages of simple, convenient and quick installation and convenient to produce.
US09273499B2 Locking device comprising rotating links and guide with sliding element
The invention relates to a locking device for restricting or admitting access into an area or space, wherein the locking device comprises a locking mechanism arranged to move at least one locking element between a locked state, and an unlocked state, which locking mechanism is adapted to be connected with and to receive the motion for the movement from an operating mechanism arranged to control and to provide the motion for the movement.
US09273483B2 Composition fiber glass utility pole
A fiber glass utility pole comprising: (a) a center section that comprises from 5% to 15% of the total diameter of the utility pole; (b) a mid-section surrounding the center section, the mid-section comprising from 70% to 90% of the total diameter of the utility pole; and (c) an outer section surrounding the mid-section, the outer section comprising from 5% to 15% of the total diameter of the utility pole, wherein the center section comprises fiber glass oriented at a 30 to 60 degree angle to a center axis, and wherein the mid-section comprises fiber glass oriented parallel to the center axis, and wherein the outer section comprises fiber glass oriented at a 30 to 60 degree angle to a center axis.
US09273476B2 Modular void form
A modular void form is described. Embodiments of the modular void form can include a panel and at least one reinforcement member. The panel can include one or more scoring lines which the panel can be folded about. When the panel is folded, a tubular structure having a flange can be formed. The panel can include a plurality of slits that form slots when the panel is folded. The reinforcement members can be adapted to be removably inserted into the slots of the panel and engage the flange of the folded panel.
US09273475B1 Cement industry gangway
A safety cage improves the safety of workers servicing tanker vehicles having top side hatches. A part or parts of the cage can be repositioned to permit the hatch cover to be opened and then can be returned to a safety enhancing position.
US09273471B2 Non-slip surfaces and methods for creating same
Disclosed are surface sections for creating a non-slip or minimal slippage surface. The surface section includes a plate, a plurality of plate apertures, at least one elevator, a plurality of pegs, and a plurality of couplers to couple the pegs to the plate. Each of the plurality of pegs is at least partially located within, and aligned with, one of the plate apertures. Each coupler couples one of the plurality of pegs to the plate in a normal, extended state in which at least a portion of the peg is extended above the upwardly facing surface of the plate. Each coupler allows each of the plurality of pegs to move within its respective plate aperture to a non-extended state upon application of pressure to the peg. When the pressure is removed, the coupler moves the peg back to its normal, extended state.
US09273462B2 System and method of manufacture for building panels
The present disclosure relates to prefabricated building panels for use in structures, and walls external to structures, such as outdoor privacy walls and the like. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and system for providing building panels that provide improved structural integrity, distribute loads, thermal performance, among other attributes using conventional framing members fit into precision cut grooves.
US09273457B2 Partitioned separator water treatment system with multiple upflow filters
An improved system designed to control and filter runoff water in storm drains is presented. Drain water frequently carries trash, organic matter, suspended solids, hydrocarbons, metals, nutrients and bacteria collected from streets and parking lots into a storm drain inlet, which enters storm water drain pipe systems.The present invention supplies a series of baffle boxes inserted in the drain water stream with a final box possessing a selection from a collection of upflow filters, including a hydrocarbon-absorbing boom. The system can also support a storm flow bypass that directs high-flow storm runoff water directly to the outlet to protect the filter system.
US09273455B2 Closet collar adaptations
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing a seal for a closet collar. A sealing assembly is positioned on a closet collar for a drain pipe. The sealing assembly may comprise a portion on which a sealing component is positioned. A toilet is positioned over the sealing assembly. The sealing assembly is compressed between the toilet and the closet collar, and a seal for the closet collar is formed.
US09273450B2 Plumbing fixture with heating elements
A plumbing component includes a valve provided within a portion of the plumbing component and configured to control the flow of water through the plumbing component. The valve includes a body and at least one waterway within the body. An electric heater extends through at least a portion of the body of the valve and is configured to heat at least a portion of the body to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms within the waterway.
US09273449B2 Aircraft galley water distribution manifold
A modular potable water distribution manifold for an aircraft water supply and drainage system includes a tubular element with a first manifold quick connector adapted to mate with a flexible hose connector and having a flow control poppet, a second manifold quick connector having a flow control poppet, the second manifold quick connector adapted mate with a terminating self-venting/self-draining device, and a rotating ferrule that mates the second manifold with the self-venting/self-draining device.
US09273448B2 Ground engaging tool assembly
A ground engaging tip comprising a ground engaging portion and a coupling portion. The coupling portion in opposing relationship to the ground engaging portion along a longitudinal axis. The coupling portion includes an interior surface defining a coupler pocket, and an interlock tab extending along the longitudinal axis in a direction away from the ground engaging portion. The interlock tab terminates at a proximal end and has an inner and outer lateral surface. The inner lateral surface has a proximal planar portion and a concave portion. The proximal end of the interlock tab has a proximal end width measured along a lateral axis measured between the outer lateral surface and the proximal planar portion. The concave portion has a radius of curvature greater than the proximal end width.
US09273447B2 Cab for construction machine and construction machine
A duct connected to an air-conditioning apparatus includes a portion positioned closer to a side window than a console when viewed from above. A tray is arranged on the console on a side close to the side window, and covers an area above the duct. A lower end of the side window is positioned lower than an upper end of the console positioned on the side close to the side window in terms of height from a floor surface. The tray is positioned on or below an imaginary straight line A-A connecting the upper end to the lower end of the side window, and is not positioned above imaginary straight line A-A. Accordingly, high visibility can be ensured in an obliquely downward direction lateral to an operator while a satisfactory aesthetic appearance of indoor space in a cab is maintained.
US09273442B2 Composite self-drilling soil nail and method
A subsurface support comprises a soil nail having an outer member and an inner member placed within the outer member. By crimping the outer member or by use of an insert installed between the inner and outer members, a uniform spaced relationship can be maintained between the inner and outer members. In another embodiment, the support is made of composite construction materials, and the support has a self-drilling capability. The outer member may be made from fiberglass, and a metallic drill bit is secured to a distal end of the soil nail. The inner member is preferably steel. In yet another embodiment, the support includes a plurality of outer threaded members with adjacent outer members interconnected by a threaded coupler. A continuous inner member may be placed through the outer members. The inner member may be threaded for attachment to the outer members that also have internal matching threads.
US09273434B2 Pre-fabricated modular boat dock assembly
An assembly for budding a pre-fabricated modular boat dock structure is disclosed. The assembly is designed to be modular so it can be fabricated in a shop environment and then installed by assembling it on site. The assembly is further designed to enable the individual component modules to be powder coated prior to installation so that the pre-fabricated modular boat dock will be rust resistant and have a much longer expected lifespan than a custom boat dock which is built on site would have. The pre-fabricated modular boat dock structure has a pleasing aesthetic appearance after having been powder coated and is useful in extending the life of a boat dock structure used to shelter boats stored immediately adjacent to a body of water.
US09273431B2 Product and processes from an integrated forest biorefinery
An omnibus process of pulping and bleaching lignocellulosic materials in which a charge of a lignocellulosic material is biopulped and/or water extracted prior to pulping and bleaching. The lignocellulosic material may be mechanically pulped and bleached in the presence of an enzyme that breaks lignin-carbohydrate complexes. The aqueous extract in embodiments including a water extract step is separated into acetic acid and hemicellulose sugar aqueous solutions.
US09273430B2 Web turn-up cutting apparatus and method
A web turn-up cutting method and apparatus for severing a continuous web has a water jet controller adapted to activate a water supply of first and second water nozzles and a carriage controller adapted to actuate the nozzle carriages to provide a transversal movement of the first and second water nozzles. The first and second nozzles are adapted to define together a substantially X-shaped cut on the traveling continuous web defining at least a substantially V-shaped tail for ending a forming roll, an opposite substantially V-shaped start for starting a new spool, a detachable first wing and a detachable second wing.
US09273427B2 Freshening compositions comprising malodor binding polymers
Freshening compositions comprising a malodor binding polymer and an aqueous carrier, wherein the composition is essentially free of any material that would soil or stain fabric; and methods thereof are provided. In some embodiments, the malodor binding polymer comprises a homopolymeric polyethylenimine having a molecular weight of about 1,000 to about 2,000,000. In some embodiments, the freshening composition includes a buffering agent providing a pH of about 6 to about 8. Such freshening compositions may be used to reduce malodor and/or microbes on inanimate surfaces or in the air.
US09273426B2 Ironing system with iron provided with supplementary water tank
Ironing system comprising a machine body provided with means for producing and supplying steam and an iron comprising a heated soleplate and connected to this machine body by means of a tube for the passage of steam and an electrical cable; this iron comprises a supplementary water tank suitable to supply water to this heated soleplate and at least one control button suitable to cooperate with a switch for operating means for producing and supplying steam from the machine body and with means for pumping water from this supplementary tank to this heated soleplate, in a first active position of this button, these means for producing and supplying the steam from the machine body are operated and, in a second active position of this button these pumping means are operated so as to obtain a further production of steam by means of the passage of this water from this supplementary tank to this heated soleplate.
US09273425B2 Apparatus for treating laundry and method for controlling the same
Provided are an apparatus for treating laundry and a method for controlling the same. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum, a motor, a door, and a door switch. The cabinet defines an external appearance and has a laundry loading hole for laundry. The drum houses the laundry and is rotatably installed. The motor rotates the drum. The door is rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the laundry loading hole. The door switch allows the door to be closed. Here, when close protection is set by manipulation of a close protection button, or the drum vibrates without rotation of the motor, the door switch allows the door not to be closed.
US09273422B2 Reed tooth of hosiery stitching machine
A reed tooth for a hosiery stitching machine, which includes a fixed reed, includes a positioning portion for positioning to the fixed reed, first and second sidewalls, and an intermediate wall cooperating with the first and second sidewalls to define a slide groove. The first sidewall has a tapered bottom end that includes a bottommost tip and an inclined edge. The second sidewall has a length shorter than that of the first side wall, and has a tapered bottom end that includes a bottommost end, and an inclined edge that extends upwardly from the bottommost end of the second sidewall. The inclined edge of the second sidewall and the inclined edge of the first sidewall cooperatively define a bottom opening of the slide groove.
US09273420B2 Method for actuating a needle bar in a needling machine
A method for actuating a needle bar in a needling machine includes the actuation of a first oscillating drive at a first frequency, the first oscillating drive having a main conrod connected directly or indirectly to the needle bar, and simultaneously the actuation of a second oscillating drive at a second frequency, the second oscillating drive having a secondary conrod connected directly or indirectly to the needle bar, the movements of the needle bar produced by the first and second oscillating drives being superimposed on each other and the second frequency being higher than the first frequency.
US09273418B2 Hybrid fiber unidirectional tape and composite laminates
Ballistic resistant materials and articles formed from fiber/tape plies that incorporate multiple different fiber or tape types within a single ply. The different fiber or tape types are physically dissimilar but may be chemically different or substantially chemically similar.
US09273417B2 Wet-Laid process to produce a bound nonwoven article
A versatile binder comprising at least one or more sulfopolyesters is provided. These sulfopolyester binders can enhance the dry tensile strength, wet tensile strength, tear force, and burst strength of the nonwoven articles in which they are incorporated. Additionally, the water permeability of these binders can be modified as desired by blending different types of sulfopolyesters to produce the binder. Therefore, the binder can be used in a wide array of nonwoven end products and can be modified accordingly based on the desired properties sought in the nonwoven products.
US09273396B2 Vapor deposition apparatus and method associated
A vapor deposition apparatus includes a deposition chamber for carrying out a deposition of a film on a substrate, source gas tubes for supplying a source gas, a transfer unit for transferring the substrate in the interior of the deposition chamber so that the substrate is alternately situated in a state where the substrate is located in a deposition region that faces the gas discharge port for supplying the source gas and in a state where the substrate is located in other region except the deposition region, while the source gas is supplied from a gas discharge port of any one of the source gas tubes, and a supply tube for supplying a gas containing group-V element to the substrate S located in the other region.
US09273393B2 Torch system for depositing protective coatings on interior walls and recesses present on the flat surface of an object
A torch system for deposition of protective coatings on the walls of holes and recesses on the surface of showerheads includes a capacitive coupling plasma processing apparatuses. The system comprises an atmospheric-pressure inductively coupled plasma reactor for the formation of a plasma torch, a showerhead holder for moving the showerhead relative to the tip of the torch during deposition of the protective coating, and a plasma torch focusing device for squeezing and focusing the tip of the torch to cross-sectional dimensions comparable with the diameters of the gas holes of the showerhead which may be as small as 0.5 mm. The focusing device is moveable relative to the plasma reactor and the treated object in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the object. The movements of the showerhead and of the focusing device relative to the treated surface are automatically adjusted through feedbacks for maintaining the torch tip at optimal parameters.
US09273388B2 Hard film for cutting tool
Provided is a hard film for a cutting tool formed on a surface of a base material, the hard film being comprised of a nano multi-layered structure comprising a thin layer A, a thin layer B, a thin layer C and a thin layer D or a structure in which the nano multi-layered structure is repeatedly stacked at least twice, wherein the thin layer A is comprised of Ti1-xAlxN (0.5≦x≦0.7); the thin layer B is comprised of Al1-y-zTiyCrzN (0.3≦y≦0.6 and 0
US09273387B2 Member covered with hard coating
A member covered with a hard coating according to the present invention has a hard coating which has excellent erosion resistance, a hardness (H) of 20 GPa or more as measured using a nano indenter and a ratio of the hardness (H) to a Young's modulus (E) (i.e., H/E) of 0.06 or more, and comprises Ti and/or Cr, Al and N, wherein the total amount of Ti and Cr relative to the total amount of elements other than non-metal elements in the coating is 0.1 to 0.6 inclusive in terms of atomic ratio and the amount of Al relative to the total amount of the elements other than the non-metal elements in the coating is 0.4 to 0.7 inclusive in terms of atomic ratio.
US09273378B2 Fine solid solution alloy particles and method for producing same
The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of: (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated.
US09273377B2 Method of metals recovery from refinery residues
A method of recovering vanadium, nickel and molybdenum from heavy crude oil refinery residues comprises pyrolysis and combustion of the residues at temperatures up to 900° C. to produce an ash, converting the ash to an aqueous slurry comprising sodium hydroxide as leading agent and hydrogen peroxide as oxidizer, and extracting vanadium, nickel and molybdenum salts and oxides from the slurry. Extraction processes for the metals are disclosed.
US09273368B2 Process for direct reduction of iron oxide
A process for direct reduction of iron oxide in a shaft furnace. The process includes feeding iron oxide to the furnace, passing the iron oxide successively downwardly through a pre-reduction zone, a transition zone, a metallization zone, and a cooling zone while passing rich fuel gas produced by external partial combustion with a sub-stoichiometric volume of air upwardly through the pre-reduction zone in counter-current flow so as to partially reduce the iron oxide, and passing reducing gas downwardly through the metallization zone in co-current flow so as to substantially complete the reduction of the iron oxide to metallic iron. The reducing gas is first pre-heated in a gas heater and then subjected to partial combustion with oxygen to further increase its temperature. The process includes removing a metallized iron product from the cooling zone.
US09273366B2 Methods, compositions, and kits for determining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
The present invention relates to compositions, methods, and kits for determining the presence or absence of HIV in a sample, in particular for determining HIV-1 group M, HIV-1 group O, and/or HIV-2, in particular for simultaneous determining of HIV-1 group M, HIV-1 group O, and HIV-2.
US09273363B2 Genetic loci associated with resistance of corn to fijivirus
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying and/or selecting maize plants that have newly conferred resistance or enhanced resistance to, or are susceptible to, a Fijivirus, particularly Mal de Rio Cuarto Virus (MRCV) and/or Maize Rough Dwarf Virus (MRDV). The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select, and/or construct resistant plants or to identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Maize plants that display newly conferred resistance or enhanced resistance to a Fijivirus (or an infection or disease caused by the virus) that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.
US09273362B2 Method for detecting and quantifying wheat endogenous gene
Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having a partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.
US09273358B2 Compositions and methods for detecting predisposition to a substance use disorder
The present invention provides screening kits, compositions, and diagnostic methods for determining whether a subject has a predisposition to, or likelihood of having, a substance use disorder by determining a nucleic acid methylation profile from a biological sample from the subject, wherein a given profile indicates that the subject has a predisposition to a substance use disorder.
US09273355B2 Rare cell analysis using sample splitting and DNA tags
The present invention provides systems, apparatuses, and methods to detect the presence of fetal cells when mixed with a population of maternal cells in a sample and to test fetal abnormalities, e.g. aneuploidy. The present invention involves labeling regions of genomic DNA in each cell in said mixed sample with different labels wherein each label is specific to each cell and quantifying the labeled regions of genomic DNA from each cell in the mixed sample. More particularly the invention involves quantifying labeled DNA polymorphisms from each cell in the mixed sample.
US09273353B2 Instrument for monitoring polymerase chain reaction of DNA
An optical instrument monitors PCR replication of DNA in a reaction apparatus having a temperature cycled block with vials of reaction ingredients including dye that fluoresces in presence of double-stranded DNA. A beam splitter passes an excitation beam to the vials to fluoresce the dye. An emission beam from the dye is passed by the beam splitter to a CCD detector from which a processor computes DNA concentration. A reference strip with a plurality of reference emitters emit reference beams of different intensity, from which the processor selects an optimum emitter for compensating for drift. Exposure time is automatically adjusted for keeping within optimum dynamic ranges of the CCD and processor. A module of the beam splitter and associated optical filters is associated with selected dye, and is replaceable for different dyes.
US09273341B2 Methods for treatment of bacterial infections
The peptidoglycan layer is a vital component of the bacterial cell wall, which comprises 4→3 and 3→3 transpeptide cross-linkages, the formation of which are catalyzed by D,D- and L,D-transpeptidases, respectively. Methods for the treatment of bacterial infections with agents that inhibit L,D-transpeptidases, either alone or in combination with D,D-transpeptidase inhibitors, are provided herein. Also provided are methods for the treatment of chronic stage tuberculosis with agents that inhibit enzyme with L,D-transpeptidase activity.
US09273326B2 Tetracycline-regulated gene expression in HSV-1 vectors
The present invention is directed to HSV-1 vectors which rely on the tetracycline repressor and operator as a means for regulating expression. The vectors utilize VP-16 responsive promoters of HSV to control expression of the tetracycline repressor. The vectors are of particular interest as vehicles for recombinantly expressing genes in vivo.
US09273324B2 Recombinant gene expression
Genes are expressed by culturing cells comprising a host chromosome comprising an integrated artificial chromosome comprising recombinant genes, under conditions whereby each recombinant gene is expressed copy number dependently and position independently. Deletions increase expression from recombinant gene(s) inserted into the artificial chromosome.
US09273312B2 SiRNA sequence-independent modification formats for reducing off-target phenotypic effects in RNAi, and stabilized forms thereof
Modification formats having modified nucleotides are provided for siRNA. Short interfering RNA having modification formats and modified nucleotides provided herein reduce off-target effects in RNA interference of endogenous genes. Further modification formatted siRNAs are demonstrated to be stabilized to nuclease-rich environments. Unexpectedly, increasing or maintaining strand bias, while necessary to maintain potency for endogenous RNA interference, is not sufficient for reducing off-target effects in cell biology assays.
US09273307B2 Global transcription machinery engineering
The invention relates to global transcription machinery engineering to produce altered cells having improved phenotypes.
US09273304B2 Inactivation method
The present invention relates to the field of thermostable enzymes, methods for their inactivation, and related uses, kits and reagents. In particular, the invention relates to a method for reversible inactivation of thermophilic enzymes by chemical modification under aqueous or non-aqueous conditions.
US09273297B2 Stabilization of alpha-amylases towards calcium depletion and acidic pH
The present invention relates to variants of a parent alpha-amylase, the variant having improved stability or activity at low calcium conditions or at low pH.
US09273290B2 Method for producing phosphite dehydrogenase protein and use thereof
In order to provide: a phosphite dehydrogenase protein having both improved solubility and improved heat stability; a method for producing a gene encoding the phosphite dehydrogenase protein; a method for producing the phosphite dehydrogenase protein; and use of the phosphite dehydrogenase protein, (i) a phosphite dehydrogenase protein having a specific amino acid sequence and (ii) a gene encoding the phosphite dehydrogenase protein are used.
US09273287B2 Avian reoviridae and vaccines thereof
This invention relates to novel unique strains avian reoviridae that were isolated from severe cases of Runting Stunting Syndrome. The present invention also relates to the isolation and uses of novel unique avian reoviridae, diagnostic assays using nucleotide or amino acid specific components of such viruses, such as the sequence encoding Sigma C capsid protein and to vaccines that protect birds from diseases caused by such viruses.
US09273285B1 Shorter colony-forming cell assay
The present disclosure provides a method of determining the frequency and proliferative potential of progenitor cells in a starting cell preparation comprising (a) culturing the cell preparation for 5-10 days in a culture medium comprising FLT-3 Ligand (FL) and Thrombopoietin (TPO); (b) detecting and enumerating the colonies; and (c) assessing the frequency and proliferative potential of progenitor cells in the starting cell preparation based on the number of colonies in step (b). The number of colonies in step (b) correlates to the number of colonies in a standard 14-day colony-forming cell assay. The method is particularly useful for predicting and evaluating the suitability of grafts for transplantation.
US09273283B2 Method of producing T cell receptor-deficient T cells expressing a chimeric receptor
The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same.
US09273281B2 Method of making a mycoplasma vaccine
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of an immunogenic composition for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of mycoplasma infections in a subject comprising the cultivation of mycoplasma bacteria in a serum-reduced or swine serum-free, eukaryotic cell system; obtaining an antigen of the mycoplasma bacteria; and addition of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Further, the present invention relates to the immunogenic composition obtainable by said method and a method for immunizing a subject comprising the administration of said immunogenic composition to a subject.
US09273280B2 Geobacter strains that use alternate organic compounds, methods of making, and methods of use thereof
In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides new isolated strains of a Geobacter species that are capable of using a carbon source that is selected from C3 to C12 organic compounds selected from pyruvate or metabolic precursors of pyruvate as an electron donor in metabolism and in subsequent energy production. The wild type strain of the microorganisms has been shown to be unable to use these C3 to C12 organic compounds as electron donors. The inventive strains of microorganisms are useful for improving bioremediation applications, including in situ bioremediation (including uranium bioremediation and halogenated solvent bioremediation), microbial fuel cells, power generation from small and large-scale waste facilities (e.g., biomass waste from dairy, agriculture, food processing, brewery, or vintner industries, etc.) using microbial fuel cells, and other applications of microbial fuel cells, including, but not limited to, improved electrical power supplies for environmental sensors, electronic devices, and electric vehicles.
US09273274B2 Fabric conditioner sheet comprising a three-dimensional textured substrate comprising a thermoplastic film
A fabric conditioning sheet comprising a three-dimensional textured substrate formed from a thermoplastic film which has a substantially planar surface yet defines at least one three-dimensional macroscopic deformation extending away from said substantially planar surface; with a fabric conditioning compound being releasably affixed upon at least a portion of said three-dimensional textured substrate.
US09273262B2 Green pellet
Provided is a green pellet (10) which comprises: an inner core layer (11) containing an iron oxide-containing starting material, a carbonaceous material for reduction, and a slag-forming agent; and a coating layer (12) disposed so as to encapsulate the surface of the inner core layer (11), wherein the coating layer (12) is formed from a protective layer (12a), which is disposed so as to encapsulate the surface of the inner core layer (11) and which contains an inorganic compound (includes an alkali metal oxide) having a melting point that is 750°C. or greater but less than 1100°C., and a combustion layer (12b ), which is disposed so as to encapsulate the surface of the protective layer (12a) and which contains the carbonaceous material.
US09273257B2 Process for continuous production of biodiesel from fatty acid containing feedstocks
A method of producing biodiesel comprising the steps of collecting a raw material comprising a fatty acid and an oil; contacting the raw material with glycerol and a Lewis acid catalyst in a first reaction chamber at a selected pressure and temperature; separating water from the mixture product in a gas phase; and contacting the mixture product with a second alcohol and an alkali catalyst in a second reaction chamber to form a product comprising a fatty acid ester.
US09273244B2 Method of preparing fluorescent nanoparticles
Disclosed is a method of preparing fluorescent nanoparticles of ZnSexS1−x(0
US09273241B2 High-resolution imaging system
The invention relates to a high-resolution imaging system for recording images of the same scene, that are sampled in a complementary manner. To this end, an image filter (2) is arranged in an intermediate focusing plane (PI), and a matrix (3) of microlenses is arranged at a distance from the image filter, with each microlens that is associated with an opening (O2) of the image filter. An image detection matrix (9) is then optically conjugated with the microlens matrix. The system also comprises a device for moving an intermediate image in relation to the image filter (2). Such an imaging system is especially suitable for recording high-resolution infrared images.
US09273238B2 Process for fungal modification of lignin and preparing wood adhesives with the modified lignin and wood composites made from such adhesives
Disclosed herein are method to modify the lignin with particular fungal species, and procedure to synthesize phenolic adhesives with the modified lignin as raw materials, and the adhesives compositions and methods for making adhesive compositions, and methods for making lingo-cellulosic composites from renewable materials. Four fungi in examples are Lenzites elegans (Spreng.) Pat. (FTK 329A), Phanerochaete cremea (Bres.) Parmasto (FTK 332A), Pycnoporellus alboluteus (Ellis & Everh.) Kotl. & Pouz. (FTK 76A) and Meruliopsis taxicola (Pers.) Bondartsev (FTK 122B). Lignin used in examples are organosolv lignin, Kraft lignin, and ammonium lignosulfonate. The present invention includes methods to (1) modify of lignin with fungi; (2) in-situ polymerize modified lignin-phenol-formaldehyde to generate bio-modified lignin-phenol-formaldehyde adhesive in liquid form, and (3) manufacture composite panels with bio-modified lignin-phenol-formaldehyde resins.
US09273232B2 Edge coatings for tapes
Disclosed is a tape that includes a substrate having an adhesive layer applied thereto, and an edge coating applied to a masking edge of the tape. The substrate and the adhesive, together, define a first and a second masking edge of the tape. The edge coating includes a flocculating agent that is a polyvalent metal salt or an ionic polymer. The edge coating improves the ability of the tape to provide a sharp mask line after a paint, a varnish, a paint stripper, or other coating composition is applied to a surface where the tape is adhered.
US09273231B2 Heat-activable adhesive tape particularly for bonding electronic components and conductor tracks
Heat activable adhesive tape for bonding electronic components and conductor tracks, with an adhesive composition having at least an acid-modified or acid anhydride-modified vinylaromatic block copolymer, and epoxide compound and a metal chelate.
US09273228B1 Roof coating composition
What is provided are compositions of matter and methods for making compositions of matter, which comprise liquid roof coating products and/or roof cement products comprising recycled scrap asphalt shingle that is dry processed without adding heat or liquid into particles substantially within the range of 10-40 mesh size, and which are post added to a liquid mixture to compose a roof coating and/or roof cement product.
US09273227B2 Waterborne aqueous-alcohol soluble protein compositions, applications, and methods
Waterborne aqueous-alcohol soluble protein compositions, methods of making the compositions, and applications thereof are disclosed. The dispersion compositions include protein, water, acid, and optionally an ester of a carboxylic acid. The methods of making the compositions including combining the protein, water, acid and optionally ester to form a dispersion without the benefit of alcohol. Applications include industrial and food applications, such as binders and coatings, for example paint binders or coatings for paper products and pharmaceuticals.
US09273225B2 Siloxane organic hybrid materials providing flexibility to epoxy-based coating compositions
Disclosed herein are epoxy-based compositions that include a polysiloxane flexibilizer and amino-functional alkoxysilane, which provides flexibility, hardness and gloss to such compositions and that are useful as coatings, adhesives, sealants and composites. Also disclosed are cured compositions and substrates coated with such epoxy-based compositions.
US09273220B2 Polyelectrolyte complexes
The present invention relates to aqueous compositions of associative polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs), optionally containing surfactants, biocidal agents and/or oxidants, which can provide surface protection to treated articles including reduced soiling tendency, reduced cleaning effort and improved soil repellancy, as well as providing bacteriostatic properties to treated surfaces that thereby gain resistance to water, environmental exposure and microbial challenge. Treatment means and compositions are provided that employ associative polyelectrolyte complexes formed by combining a water soluble cationic first polyelectrolyte with a water soluble second polyelectrolyte bearing groups of opposite charge to the first polyelectrolyte under suitable mixing conditions where the one polyelectrolyte present in molar excess is added in the form of a first aqueous solution during a mixing step to a second aqueous solution comprising the oppositely charged polyelectrolyte present in molar deficiency. Also provided are means to form stable associative polyelectrolyte complexes in aqueous solutions having R values from about 0.10 to 20, including near stoichiometric R values approaching 1, being the ratio of charged groups present on the component polyelectrolytes employed.
US09273197B2 Rubber composition for side wall and pneumatic tire
The present invention provides a rubber composition for a sidewall, which improves fuel economy, handling stability, tensile strength at break, elongation at break, and processability in a balanced manner, and which can also suppress the occurrence of broken spews during demolding of a resulting tire; and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a sidewall, comprising a rubber component having: a combined amount of a 1,2-syndiotactic polybutadiene crystal-containing butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber synthesized in the presence of a rare earth catalyst of 5 to 60% by mass; an amount of a terminally modified butadiene rubber of 7 to 60% by mass; and an amount of an isoprene-based rubber of 20 to 70% by mass, each based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, wherein the rubber composition has: a combined amount of a carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 25 to 120 m2/g and a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 70 to 250 m2/g of 20 to 40 parts by mass; and an amount of zinc oxide of 3.6 to 16 parts by mass, each per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US09273195B2 Tires comprising cellulose ester/elastomer compositions
A tire is provided comprising a cellulose ester/elastomer composition wherein the cellulose ester/elastomer comprises at least one cellulose ester, at least one elastomer, and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of at least one compatibilizer and at least one plasticizer.
US09273188B2 Process for producing urethane resin particles for slush molding
The present invention is urethane resin particles (C) for slush mold which contain a urethane resin (D) and an additive (N), wherein the particles have a shape factor SF1 of 101 to 200, a shape factor SF2 of 120 to 240, and a central particle diameter of 20 to 500 μm. It is preferred that the urethane resin (D) has a concentration of urea groups of 0.5 to 10% by weight, a total of the concentration of urethane groups and that of the urea groups of 4 to 20% by weight, a melting point of 160 to 260° C. and a glass transition temperature of −65 to 0° C.
US09273175B2 Tertiary amine composition and method for making the composition
A composition and method for producing a tertiary amine is disclosed. The tertiary amine is contacted with an inert gas. The inert gas is nitrogen or more preferably argon. The amine composition is useful in producing polyurethane foam with lower levels of chemical emissions particularly lower emissions of toxic chemicals.
US09273172B2 Method for producing a fluoroelastomer
The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoroelastomer using an emulsifier which is inexpensive and hardly remains in product polymers. The present invention is related to a method for producing a fluoroelastomer, wherein vinylidene fluoride and at least one fluoroolefin monomer other than vinylidene fluoride are copolymerized in the manner of an emulsion polymerization in the presence of an emulsifier represented by C5F11COOM, wherein M represents H, NH4 or an alkali metal.
US09273164B2 Curing compositions for fluoropolymers
Diaminospirobisindane diols, curable compositions, curative compositions, cured articles, and methods of curing are described.
US09273161B2 Common solvent process for producing high molecular weight halogenated rubber
The invention relates to an energy efficient, environmentally favorable process for the preparation of halogenated rubbers, in particular chloro- and bromobutyl rubber, that uses a common aliphatic medium of specific composition for both solution polymerization and subsequent halogenation of the rubber. More particularly, the invention relates to a process that employs a common aliphatic medium for both solution polymerization and halogenation of rubber with intermediate removal of un-reacted monomers.
US09273160B2 Common solvent process for producing high molecular weight brominated rubber
The invention relates to an energy efficient, environmentally favorable process for the preparation of brominated rubbers, in particular bromobutyl rubber, that uses a common medium for both solution polymerization and subsequent bromination of the rubber and which further exhibits an enhanced bromine usage due to the use of a oxidizing agent. More particularly, the invention relates to a process that employs a common aliphatic medium for both solution polymerization and bromination of rubber in the presence of a brominating agent and an oxidizing agent with intermediate removal of un-reacted monomers.
US09273158B2 Methods for production of hydrocarbons and oxygen-containing hyrdrocarbons
Environmentally friendly, energy efficient methods for making hydrocarbons, including oxygen containing hydrocarbons, linear or branched polymers, oligomers, waxes, small hydrocarbon molecules, fuels, coatings and starting materials/reactants to be used for making other hydrocarbons. A C1 carbon source, such as coal, natural gas, petroleum or biomass (including non-food biomass), is converted to the desired hydrocarbon. The reaction can be run in water, at room temperature and under atmospheric pressure. In some embodiments, the method comprises combining a) a C1 carbon source; b) water; c) an alkaline agent; and d) an alkyl Lewis acid in an amount effective to initiate or catalyze reaction of the components to form the hydrocarbon.
US09273143B2 Methods and compositions comprising a combination of an anti-ErbB3 antibody and an anti-EGFR antibody
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anti-ErbB3 antibody and an anti-EGFR antibody, and methods of use thereof. The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers and other diseases and disorders.
US09273140B2 Antibody for detecting DNA damage in cells utilizing cell membrane surface antigen Ly6D
To provide a method for detecting cellular DNA damage by specifically recognizing molecules responsive to DNA strand breaks. A method for detecting DNA damage in cells, which comprises administering in vivo, to cells, an antibody against a cell membrane surface antigen that is expressed in cells undergoing DNA strand breaks to a greater extent than in cells not undergoing DNA strand breaks in an environment that causes DNA damage, and analyzing the expression status of the cell membrane surface antigen.
US09273137B2 FGFR-Fc fusion proteins and the use thereof
The present invention belongs to the field of biotechnology and relates to the treatment of diseases, especially the treatment of FGF overexpression-related diseases. Particularly, the present invention relates to FGFR-Fc fusion proteins and the use thereof in the treatment of angiogenesis regulation-related diseases. More particularly, the present invention relates to isolated soluble FGFR-Fc fusion proteins and their applications in manufacture of the medicament for the treatment of angiogenesis regulation-related diseases.
US09273135B2 Human monoclonal antibodies to programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)
The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to PD-L1 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The disclosure also provides methods for detecting PD-L1, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PD-LI antibodies.
US09273129B2 Treatment of food intolerance and food allergy with IgM
A process is provided for inhibiting symptoms of food allergy or food intolerance in a subject that includes the oral administration to the subject suffering from food allergy or food intolerance an IgM. When administered in a therapeutic quantity based on the subject characteristics and the type of IgM, symptoms of food allergy or food intolerance in that subject are inhibited. Even non-secretory forms of IgM are effective when administered orally.
US09273126B2 Humanized antibodies against the beta-amyloid peptide
The invention discloses an isolated antibody that selectively binds to the C-terminal part of Abeta and is humanized or fully human. The antibody of the invention is capable of preventing oligomerization of Abeta. Furthermore, a method of diagnosis comprising the steps of: (i) Labelling an antibody; (ii) Administering an effective dose of said antibody intranasally or systemically to a subject; and (iii) Detecting the concentration and/or presence of the labelled antibody in body parts of the subject is disclosed.
US09273125B2 Human monoclonal antibody having fat-reducing effect
Purified polypeptide is proposed, the amino acid sequence of which is essentially identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:3, the polypeptide binding low density lipoproteins (LDL) and/or oxidized LDL (oxLDL), in particular LDL cholesterol and/or oxidized LDL cholesterol (oxLDL cholesterol).The invention includes the use of the polypeptide in combination with conventional adjuvants and/or carrier substances for producing a drug having a fat-reducing effect and for producing drugs for treating renal diseases.
US09273121B2 Humanized monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind and/or neutralize Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and their use
Disclosed herein are isolated humanized monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) with a binding affinity of about 1.0 nM or less. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including these nucleic acid molecules, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acid molecules are also disclosed. Methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating JEV infection in a subject with JEV also are disclosed. Additionally, the antibodies can be used to detect JEV in a sample, and methods of diagnosing JEV infection, or confirming a diagnosis of JEV infection in a subject, are disclosed herein that utilize these antibodies.
US09273120B2 Anthrax and small pox replikins and methods of use
Isolated peptides of the Bacillus anthracis Anthrax Toxin Lethal factor Protein pX01-107, antibodies specific for the peptides and methods of stimulating the immune response of a subject to produce antibodies to the Bacillus anthracis Anthrax Toxin Lethal factor Protein pX01-107 are disclosed. Also disclosed are isolated peptides of the Small Pox Virus Surface Antigen S Precursor Protein, antibodies specific for the peptides and methods of stimulating the immune response of a subject to produce antibodies to the Small Pox Virus Surface Antigen S Precursor Protein.
US09273110B2 Production of glycoproteins using manganese
Culture media comprising manganese and methods of culturing cells to improve sialylation and glycosylation of glycoproteins are provided.
US09273096B2 Amphiphilic peptides comprising the formula I: (X1Y1X2Y2)n, and uses thereof
Disclosed are amphiphilic peptides. Also disclosed are methods of treating proliferative disease, bacterial infection, viral infection and fungal infection, endotoxin neutralization and a method of removing biofilm. Also disclosed is the use of the amphiphilic peptides.
US09273093B2 α4β7 peptide dimer antagonists
The invention relates to disulfide-rich dimer molecules which inhibit binding of α4β7 to the mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule (MAdCAM) in vivo, and show high selectivity against α4β1 binding.
US09273092B2 Selective binding compounds
Compounds which can include an active (drug) moiety have the general formula (I): wherein: SA is a pentapeptide aa1-aa2-aa3-aa4-aa5, wherein at least one of aa1, aa2, aa3, aa4, and aa5 is L, I, E, D, and I, respectively, wherein L, I, E, and D are eponymous amino acids; SB is a dipeptide aa6-aa7, wherein at least one of aa6 and aa7 is L and W, respectively, wherein W and L are eponymous amino acids; R1 and R5 are N-, and C-terminal moieties, respectively; R3 and R4 are independently a linker selected from a substituted or unsubstituted methylene, an amino acid, a peptide, and a peptide bond; and S is a scaffold moiety, a bond, a peptide bond, an amino acid, or a peptide of up to three residues, wherein R3, S, and R4 together form a turn in the compound, and the compound selectively binds a serum albumin.
US09273086B2 Protected monomer and method of final deprotection for RNA synthesis
A method of deprotecting a solid support bound polynucleotide includes the step of contacting the polynucleotide with a composition comprising a diamine under conditions sufficient to deprotect the 2′-protected ribonucleotide residue. The solid support bound polynucleotide has at least one 2′-protected ribonucleotide residue, which has the following structure: wherein BP is a protected or unprotected heterocycle; R12 is a protecting group selected from a hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl, an aryl, and a substituted aryl; X is O or S; and PG is a thionocarbamate protecting group.
US09273077B2 Phosphorus derivatives as kinase inhibitors
The invention features compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use as protein kinase inhibitors.
US09273061B2 Compositions and methods for the treatment of chronic pain
The invention relates to the compounds of formula I and formula II or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I or formula II, and methods for treating chronic pain in a disease may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of acute pain (such as post-operative pain), palliative care to alleviate the severe, chronic, disabling pain of terminal conditions such as cancer, and degenerative conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, non-malignant chronic pain, chemotherapy induced pain, musculoskeletal pain, sciatica, radiculopathy pain, migraine, neuropathic pain, post herpetic neuralgia, neuralgia pain, multiple sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, restless legs syndrome (RLS), cluster headache, depression, fibromyalgia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
US09273059B2 Macrocyclic HOPO chelators
The present invention provides a novel class of macrocyclic compounds as well as complexes formed between a metal (e.g., lanthanide) ion and the compounds of the invention. Preferred complexes exhibit high stability as well as high quantum yields of lanthanide ion luminescence in aqueous media without the need for secondary activating agents. Preferred compounds comprise hydroxypyridinonyl moieties within their macrocyclic structure and are characterized by surprisingly low, non-specific binding to a variety of polypeptides such as antibodies and proteins as well as high kinetic stability.
US09273058B2 Substituted pyrazolo-piperazines as casein kinase 1 δ/ε inhibitors
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) inhibit protein kinase activity thereby making them useful as anticancer agents.
US09273056B2 Pyrrolopyrimidine compounds for the treatment of cancer
The ectopic expression of Mer receptor tyrosine kinase (Mer) has been identified as a tumor cell survival gene product in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) cells and a potential cause of ALL chemoresistance. Hence, we investigated whether the development of small molecule Mer inhibitors was possible. A first aspect of the present invention is a compound (sometimes referred to as an “active compound” herein) of Formula I, IA, or IB.
US09273052B2 Phthalazinone ketone derivative, preparation method thereof, and pharmaceutical use thereof
A phthalazinone ketone derivative as represented by formula (I), a preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative, a use thereof as a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, and a cancer treatment method thereof are described.
US09273049B2 Method for increasing the solubility of nevirapine
The invention provides a method for increasing the solubility of nevirapine, including the steps of rendering nevirapine in a gaseous phase; and rendering the gaseous phase in a relatively more soluble solid particulate form. The invention further provides for a crystalline Form-VI (36) of nevirapine having an X-ray diffraction pattern of (2-theta values in degrees) 9.2953, 11.2023, 12.7019, 12.9796, 13.5273, 15.4670, 17.2597, 19.1038, 19.7267, 21.1303, 22.9381, 25.5589, 26.4913, 27.2150, 27.7283, 29.7134, and 33.8343 degrees two theta. The invention further provides for the preparation of microspherical and/or nanospherical Form-V (34) and crystalline Form-VI (36) of nevirapine as well as novel dosage forms including parenteral-, inhalant-, transdermal- and oral dosage forms.
US09273044B2 Crystalline form of (R)-7-chloro-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamide hydrochloride monohydrate
Crystalline Forms I and II of (R)-7-chloro-N-(quinuclidin-3-yl)benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamide hydrochloride monohydrate and compositions, methods of manufacture and therapeutic uses thereof are described.
US09273037B2 Processes for the preparation of 3,5-disubstituted-1,2,4-oxadiazoles
Provided herein are processes for the preparation of 3,5-disubstituted-1,2,4-oxadiazoles and salts thereof comprising reacting a N-hydroxyamidine with an acyl chloride in a reaction mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic solvent and an aqueous base at relatively low reaction temperatures.
US09273036B2 Oxindole derivatives carrying an oxetane substituent and use thereof for treating vasopressine-related diseases
The present invention relates to novel substituted oxindole derivatives of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use for the treatment of vasopressin-related disorders
US09273022B2 Process for the synthesis of 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-3′,6′-dihydroxy-2′, 4′, 5′7′-tetraiodo-3H-spiro[isobenzofuran-1,9′-xanthen]-3-one (Rose Bengal) and related xanthenes
A new process for the manufacture of iodinated xanthenes in high purity includes a cyclization step followed by an iodination step. No extraction, chromatographic or solvent concentration steps are required, and the intermediate as well as final compounds are isolated via filtration or similar means. The process requires a single organic solvent, and the steps are completed at temperatures below 100° C. The exclusion of chloride ions, of chloride free-radicals, hypochlorite ions, or hypochlorous acid as reagents or from reagents that may generate these species in situ in the presence of oxidants, prevents undesirable impurity formation. Several new compounds have been conceived and isolated using these methods. These new compounds are also formed into new medicaments.
US09273020B2 Process for the production of chemical compounds from carbon dioxide
Process for the production of a chemical compound from a carbon dioxide starting material, comprising the steps of a) providing a feed stream consisting mainly of carbon dioxide; b) electrolyzing in an electrolysis stage the carbon dioxide in the feed stream to a first gas stream containing carbon monoxide and a second gas stream containing oxygen, wherein the molar ratio between carbon monoxide and oxygen is about 1:0.5 in an electrolysis stage; c) adjusting the composition of the first gas stream or the second gas stream or both gas streams to include carbon dioxide, either by operating at less than full conversion of CO2 or by sweeping one or both gas streams with a gas containing CO2 or by at some stage between the electrolysis cell and the oxidative carbonylation reactor diluting one or both gas streams with a gas containing CO2; all while maintaining an overall molar ratio of carbon monoxide to oxygen of about 1:0.5; and d) introducing the first and second process stream into a reaction stage and reacting the first and second process stream combined or in succession with a substrate to the chemical compound by means of an oxidative carbonylation reaction with the carbon monoxide and oxygen contained in the process feed stream.
US09273009B2 Tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives
This invention relates to novel tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof according to the following formulae, in one embodiment: as described herein. This invention also provides compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating diseases and conditions that are beneficially treated by administering a selective T-type calcium channel blocker.
US09273007B2 Processes for the preparation of 1-aryl-5-alkyl pyrazole compounds
Provided are improved processes for the preparation of 1-aryl pyrazole compounds of formula (I) and (IB): which are substituted at the 5-position of the pyrazole ring with a carbon-linked functional group. The process described are efficient and scalable and do not utilize hazardous sulfenyl halide reagents.
US09273001B2 Chemical process
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of umeclidinium bromide, and to processes for preparing intermediates used in the preparation of umeclidinium bromide.
US09272999B2 Crystalline polymorphic forms of an antidiabetic compound
The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of a compound of formula A: This compound is useful as a glucagon receptor antagonist and serves as a pharmaceutically active ingredient for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and related conditions, such as hyperglycemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. Hydrates, hemihydrates, anhydrates and similar polymorphic forms are included.
US09272992B2 (1S,2S,3S,4R)-3-[(1S)-1-acetylamino-2-ethyl-butyl]-4-guanidino-2-hydroxy-cyclopentyl-l-carboxylic acid hydrates pharmaceutical uses thereof
The present invention relates to (1S,2S,3S,4R)-3-[(1S)-1-acetylamino-2-ethyl-butyl]-4-guanidino-2-hydroxy-cyclopentyl-1-carboxylic acid hydrates compounds, preparing methods thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and preparing methods thereof, and the clinical uses of said compounds as neuramidinase inhibitors for anti-influenza.
US09272980B2 Anticancer agent
The present invention aims to provide a compound having an anticancer action comparable or superior to that of naftopidil.A compound represented by the formula (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the SPECIFICATION, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, particularly 1-((2-((2-methoxyphenyl)amino)ethyl)amino)-3-(1-naphthyloxy)propan-2-ol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound shows a cell proliferation suppressive action on a wide range of cancer cells, is useful as an anti-cancer agent, and is useful for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of cancer.
US09272974B2 Process for producing phenol and/or cyclohexanone from cyclohexylbenzene
In a process for producing phenol and/or cyclohexanone, cyclohexylbenzene is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas to produce an oxidation effluent containing cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide and the cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide is then contacted with a cleavage catalyst to produce a cleavage effluent containing phenol and cyclohexanone. At least one of the oxidation effluent and the cleavage effluent also contains at least one by-product selected from phenylcyclohexanols and phenylcyclohexanones and the process further comprises contacting the by-product with a dehydration catalyst to convert the by-product to phenylcyclohexene and hydrogenating the phenylcyclohexene to cyclohexylbenzene. The dealkylation and hydrogenation may be conducted in a single stage.
US09272966B2 Method for preparing optically active 1-bromo-1[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethane
A method for preparing optically active 1-bromo-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-phenyl]ethane having a high optical purity, which comprises the step of brominating optically active 1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethanol by using, as a brominating agent, (a) a combination of a phosphorus halide and hydrogen bromide, (b) a combination of 1,2-dibromo-1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane and an organic phosphorous compound represented by the general formula (I): P(R1)(R2)(R3) (in the formula, R1, R2, and R3 independently represent a C6-10 aryl group, a C6-10 aryloxy group, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, or a C3-6 cycloalkoxy group), or (c) a combination of N-bromosuccinimide and a dialkyl sulfide.
US09272957B2 Process for producing aluminum titanate-based ceramics fired body
The present invention aims to provide a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramics fired body wherein a cracking of a ceramics shaped body during a degreasing step is suppressed and also sufficient mechanical strength for handling is provided to the ceramics shaped body for such a case of the transfer from a degreasing step to a firing step. The present invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramics fired body comprising a shaping step of obtaining a ceramics shaped body by shaping a starting material mixture containing inorganic components including an aluminum source powder and a titanium source powder and organic components; a degreasing step for removing the organic components contained in the ceramics shaped body in atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of not higher than 0.1% and under the temperature condition that the highest temperature is not lower than 700° C. and not higher than 1100° C.; and a firing step for firing the ceramics shaped body under the temperature condition that the highest temperature is not lower than 1300° C.; in this order, wherein the atmosphere at a heating step to 1300° C. during the firing step has an oxygen concentration of not lower than 1% and not higher than 6%.
US09272952B2 Admixture composition for a tile cement mortar and a tile cement mortar composition comprising the same
Disclosed are an admixture composition for a tile cement mortar and a tile cement mortar composition comprising the admixture composition. The disclosed admixture composition for a tile cement mortar comprises a cellulose ether, a polyacrylamide-based polymer coagulant and an inorganic coagulant.
US09272944B2 Glass-ceramic as dielectric in the high-frequency range
A glass-ceramic is disclosed, this glass-ceramic includes at least the following constituents (in mol % on oxide basis): SiO2 1-30, Al2O3 0-20, B2O3 0-25, TiO2 10-70, RE2O3 0-35, BaO 5-35, SiO2+Al2O3+B2O3<25, where RE is lanthanum, another lanthanoid, or yttrium, and where Ti may be replaced in part, preferably up to 10%, by Zr, Hf, Y, Nb, V, Ta. A principal phase in the glass-ceramic is BaTi4O.
US09272940B2 Ion transport membranes in float glass manufacturing
An ion transport membrane, a heat exchanger, and a recuperator are integrated with a float glass manufacturing process. Only feeds of fuel and air are necessary for producing hot oxygen for a melting furnace and a nitrogen-enriched stream to a float bath. The oxygen and nitrogen are produced on-site without requiring cryogenic distillation.
US09272932B2 Method for breakdown of toxic organic compounds contained in wastewaters and/or waste gases
A method is disclosed for breaking down toxic organic compounds contained in wastewaters and/or waste gases, in which the wastewaters and/or waste gases loaded with toxic organic compounds are first passed into an aqueous basic alkali/alkaline earth solution/suspension bath for destabilization of the toxic organic compounds and then the solution/suspension bath containing the destabilized toxic organic compounds is fed in ascending fashion into a capillary mass arranged above the bath, consisting of a mixture of pulps and peat mixed with bentonite, zeolite and/or lime with a particle size <200 μm.
US09272928B2 Tank overflow dechlorinating assembly and method
A water tank overflow dechlorinating assembly is used with a water tank including an overflow pipe with exit above an overflow discharge region with an air gap between the two. The assembly includes a dechlorinating material delivery assembly comprising a guide tube having a material supply region and a perforated region positioned within the air gap. Overflow water passes through the perforated region for interaction with dechlorinating material therein. Depleted dechlorinating material within the perforated region is automatically replaced by dechlorinating material from the material supply region. A weight can be used to bias the dechlorinating material within the material supply region into the perforated region.
US09272916B2 Non-spherical silica sol, process for producing the same, and composition for polishing
Provided is a non-spherical silica sol containing non-spherical silica fine particles dispersed in a dispersion medium, the non-spherical silica fine particles having an average particle diameter in a range of 3 to 150 nm as measured by dynamic light scattering, a minor-diameter/major-diameter ratio in a range of 0.01 to 0.8, and a specific surface area in a range of 10 to 800 m2/g, and also having a plurality of wart-like projections on the surfaces thereof, and a process for producing the non-spherical silica sol. The non-spherical silica fine particles contained in the non-spherical silica sol have a unique structure different from the structure of ordinary non-spherical silica fine particles.
US09272906B2 Method for purification of ammonia, mixtures of nitrogen and hydrogen, or nitrogen, hydrogen and ammonia
Method for purification of ammonia or mixtures of nitrogen and hydrogen, or nitrogen, hydrogen and ammonia, where ammonia or a mixture of gases under pressure of from 0.1 to 25 MPa is passed through a column packed with aluminum oxide with a large specific surface area, the ammonia or mixture of gases is then passed through a column packed with CaO, NaOH, KOH or an NaOH/KOH melt, separately or in a mixture, at 20 to 70° C. and under pressure of from 0.1 to 25 MPa, and the ammonia or mixture of gases is passed through a column packed with activated carbon having a specific area of 100-3000 m2/g with sodium, potassium, caesium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium or cerium nitrates(V) or nitrates(III) deposited on its surface, separately or in a mixture.
US09272899B2 Bonding method using porosified surfaces for making stacked structures
A bonded device having at least one porosified surface is disclosed. The porosification process introduces nanoporous holes into the microstructure of the bonding surfaces of the devices. The material property of a porosified material is softer as compared to a non-porosified material. For the same bonding conditions, the use of the porosified bonding surfaces enhances the bond strength of the bonded interface as compared to the non-porosified material.
US09272890B2 Corkscrew assembly for use with a power tool
A corkscrew assembly includes a housing a worm screw assembly, a first gripper, and a second gripper. The housing defines (i) a first opening configured to receive a neck of a bottle, (ii) a second opening, and (iii) an interior space interposed between the first opening and the second opening. The housing includes a sidewall extending from the first opening to the second opening. The sidewall defines a first gripper passage and a second gripper passage. The interior space is interposed between the first gripper passage and the second gripper passage. The worm screw assembly is rotatable in relation to the housing and includes (i) a worm screw member having a pointed first end portion and a second opposite end portion and (ii) a drive member fixed in relation to the second opposite end portion.
US09272883B2 Method and control assembly for operating at least two lifting devices, in particular cranes, in parallel
A method and control assembly are provided for operating at least two lifting devices, such as cranes, in group and normal operation modes. Each lifting device has a control system connected to a control switch, and the lifting devices are controlled through a common bus. In group operation, the lifting devices are jointly controlled through the bus by one switch. To operate at least two lifting devices in parallel, one of the switches is active in the group operation and the remaining switch or switches are passive. To prepare for group operation, normal operation is deselected by all but one of the control switches to release a remaining switch for log-in to the active state for group operation. To prepare for normal operation, group operation is deselected and normal operation is selected at the active switch before the other switch or switches are released for logging into normal operation.
US09272872B2 Sheet stacking device and printing apparatus
A sheet stacking device that can appropriately stack, at a fixed position, sheets that are discharged to a discharge tray, and a printing apparatus are provided. A presser member holds down, at a pressing position, the sheets stacked on the discharge tray. The presser member is moved from the pressing position to a retraction position in a period after discharging of a sheet has been started and before discharging of a succeeding sheet is started.
US09272870B2 Braking wrap dispenser
A film dispensing apparatus for dispensing film from a film roll is disclosed that in certain embodiments has an exterior holding surface of a holding member that is concentric with the axis of rotation of a rotating member when looking at the apparatus along its radial direction. In other embodiments, the film dispensing apparatus includes a brake portion found in the interior of the holding member that is operatively associated with an interior holding surface such that when a user presses onto the interior holding surface with sufficient force, it causes the brake portion to flex and contact the rotating member, resulting in the film being dispensed with more tension as the user pulls on the apparatus to unwind the film.
US09272869B2 Paper sheet processing apparatus
A paper sheet processing apparatus 1 for performing processes on paper sheets while conveying the paper sheets, being equipped with an apparatus body 10, processing means 3 for performing predetermined processes on the paper sheets, a control section 5 for controlling the operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, an input section 6 to which a paper sheet processing condition is input, and a display section 7 for displaying the operation information of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, wherein the processing means 3 is configured so that the processing pattern for the paper sheets can be changed, and the control section 5 obtains processing means setting information, serving as the processing pattern of the processing means 3, for achieving the processing condition having been input to the input section 6 and displays the processing means setting information on the display section 7.
US09272862B2 Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus
When a sheet is determined to arrive at a registration roller, a motor is temporarily stopped and then, is rotated so as to return a cam to an initial position. When the motor is rotated, in a case where a relation between a rotation angle θ of the cam at the time of stopping the motor and a rotation angle γ of the cam according to the rotation of the motor in a time required for the motor until acceleration up to constant-speed rotation from a stopped state of the motor and until deceleration from the constant-speed rotation and stop after the deceleration is “θ<360−γ”, the motor is rotated at a first speed by controlling acceleration/deceleration of the motor and, in a case where the relation is “θ>360−γ”, the motor is rotated at a constant second speed lower than the first speed.
US09272856B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, an image forming unit, a tray unit and an attaching portion. The tray unit includes a pivot portion. The sheet is placed on the tray unit in an open state. The tray unit is capable of making a sliding movement in an axial direction of the pivot portion in a closed state. The tray unit is attached to the attaching portion in the closed state. The tray unit includes a pair of hooks that project from opposite end parts in the axial direction and each includes a projection. The attaching portion includes a pair of openings and a pair of engaging portions. The projections are inserted into the opening. Engaged positions of the projections with the engaging portions are variable according to the sliding movement in the closed state of the tray unit.
US09272849B2 Cup feeder
A column of cups guided by their rims in elongated slots is spaced into desired cup pitch by one or more linear stars from which the cups can be transferred for packaging. The linear stars have lugs engaging and spacing the cups. In another aspect of the invention, cups are manipulated into patterns for final grouping and packaging and by a plurality of cup orienting pickers engaging, inverting and re-orienting the cups. In one final packaged cup group of two or more layers, alternating cups in each layer are inverted and a top lid of a cup in an upper layer is disposed on a top lid of a cup in a bottom layer, while a bottom of a cup in an upper layer is disposed on a bottom of a cup in a lower layer, and in an alternating pattern.
US09272843B2 Intermediate container with side arm slide inside of the container
A refuse collection container has a box shape. A movable arm is movably mounted on the container. The movable arm grasps refuse cans and dumps the refuse cans into the container. A slot is formed on a rear wall of the container to enable a portion of the arm to extend through the container. The arm is positioned adjacent the slot such that a movable portion of the arm is positioned inside of the container. The arm moves horizontally in and out of the container to grasp and return refuse cans.
US09272832B2 Pallet cornerboard locator
A pallet corner board locator comprises an insert panel and first and second notches on an end portion of the insert panel to receive a pallet corner board.
US09272831B2 Dispenser
A dispenser includes a container having an opening; and a cover coupled to the container and configured to cover the opening, the cover including a base coupled to the container, the base having side walls defining an interior opening; a first tab and a second extending outwardly in a first direction from a first one of the side walls, wherein the second tab is spaced from and substantially parallel to the first tab, a third tab and a fourth tab extending outwardly in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction from a second one of the side walls, wherein the fourth tab is spaced from and substantially parallel to the third tab; and a lid tray rotatably coupled to the base and configured to cover the interior opening.
US09272829B2 Stacking bracket
The present invention provides an apparatus for supporting stacking of a top heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit on top of a bottom HVAC unit. The apparatus includes a base member configured to mount to a top cover of the bottom HVAC unit. The base member comprises an upper base portion with a top surface configured to receive at least a portion of a base rail of the top HVAC unit. The apparatus further comprises a stacking insert extending away from the base member. The stacking insert has one or more sloped surfaces extending above the top surface of the upper base portion. The top surface extends from a base of the one or more sloped surfaces in a plane substantially parallel to the top cover, when the base member is mounted to the top cover of the bottom HVAC unit.
US09272827B2 Post-mix beverage system
A beverage dispensing system comprises a container, an attachment mechanism, and a cartridge. The container may hold a mixing solution or liquid, such as water, to be mixed with the contents of the cartridge. The attachment mechanism is generally located within the container. The cartridge generally engages with the attachment mechanism to open the cartridge to be dispensed into the container, thereby combining the contents of the cartridge with the liquid within the container to create a drinkable beverage. The cartridge may include a unique identifier to track a set of beverage characteristics associated with the contents of the cartridge and the beverage. The container may capture the unique identifier of the cartridge associated with the set of beverage characteristics and transfer the set of beverage characteristics over a wireless network to a computing device or network.
US09272823B2 Lid of a container
The invention relates to a lid (8) of a container, especially a beverage can, comprising a substantially flat lid surface (9) and a preferably folded edge area, with at least one re-closeable pouring opening (10) being provided on the lid surface (9), a closure means (1) associated with the pouring opening (10) being provided on the bottom side of the lid surface (9) and an actuation means (6) which penetrates the lid surface (9) being arranged on the upper side of the lid surface (9) accessible from the outside, and the closure means (1) being movable from a closed position to an opened position through actuation of the actuation means (6), the closure means (1) being of integral configuration and being fixed entirely in a torsion-proof manner to the bottom side of the lid surface (9), and the actuation means (6) comprises a support element (12, 12′, 14, 15) which cooperates with the lid surface (9) when the closure means (1) is in the opened position, the integral closure means (1) comprises a fastening part (3) for non-detachable connection with the lid surface (9), and a closure area (4) for closing the pouring opening (10) in a liquid-tight manner, with a joint (2) being provided between fastening part (3) and closure area (4), about which the closure area (4) of the closure means (1) can be swiveled against a restoring force, characterized in that the joint (2) is arranged as an area with increased flexibility disposed between the fastening part (3) and the closure area (4).
US09272821B2 Fastening devices for explosion-proof enclosures
An enclosure can include a first enclosure portion having a first flange, at least one first engagement feature disposed on a first inner surface of the first enclosure portion, and at least one mounting support. The enclosure can also include a second enclosure portion mechanically coupled to the first enclosure portion and having a second flange and at least one second engagement feature disposed on a second inner surface of the second enclosure portion. The enclosure can further include at least one fastening device mechanically and movably coupled to the at least one mounting support, where the at least one fastening device engages the first flange and the second flange when the one fastening device is in a closed position, and where the at least one fastening device is disengaged from the first flange and the second flange when the one fastening device is in an open position.
US09272819B1 Resealable container lid including methods of manufacture and use
A resealable container lid assembly including a cap rotationally assembled to a lid. The cap rotates between storage, opening, removal and resealing positions. Various configurations of cams and ramps are used to generate and apply an opening force to a score line. An elastomeric sealing element is disposed between the cap and the socket so that when the cap is in the fully seated or sealed position, an substantially or completely airtight seal is created to prevent the contents of the container from leaking out. Further enhancements are disclosed that include a score line structure in the socket bottom wall that facilitates a predictable and repeatable opening of the container along the score line. A grip is provided that includes a gap or space into which a coin or other implement can be inserted to allow the consumer a better grip to provide adequate opening force.
US09272818B2 Flexible container
A flexible container includes a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, each extending upwardly from the bottom wall and each having a top end defining an opening into an interior of the container, and a top wall connected to the top end of at least one of the side walls. The top wall covers the opening. A continuous mesh layer is connected to the top end of at least one of the side walls and provides ventilation to the interior of the container. A flexible handle is attached to an exterior surface of at least one of the side walls. The handle includes multiple layers of flexible thermoplastic material connected together, with a first end of the handle being attached to (i) the at least one side wall near the top end thereof, and (ii) the continuous mesh layer.
US09272802B2 Stepped sonotrode and anvil energy director grids for narrow/complex ultrasonic welds of improved durability
A sonotrode and anvil are adapted for ultrasonic welding of work pieces, to produce a narrower weld region that exhibits greater durability, permitting use of less material per package. The horn-to-anvil contact is through a plurality of energy directors arranged into a three-dimensional grid pattern to be capable of distributed vibration-transmissive contact. The energy directors include a series of plateau surfaces regularly spaced apart in a first direction, and in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, to form the grid pattern. The energy directors of the horn are configured to interlock with the energy directors of the anvil. The rectangular-shaped plateaus are spaced apart by angled side-surfaces that form valleys. A stepped transition to a corresponding region of reduced height for the energy directors of the sonotrode and anvil may form a cosmetic seal region with a lesser integrity, in addition to the main barrier seal.
US09272801B2 Method and machine for filling a flexible pouch having a fitment
A machine for filling a flexible pouch having a fitment assembly, a gripper and a filler. The fitment assembly having a tap and a fitment mounted to the pouch body. The gripper operable to remove the tap from the fitment, retain the tap during filling operations, and mount the tap back onto the fitment after filling operations. The fitment assembly having a tap operable to be mounted on the fitment in a transport position and a fixed position, wherein in the transport position a first predetermined amount of force is required to remove the tap. In the fixed position, a second predetermined amount of force is required to remove the tap. The second predetermined amount of force is substantially larger than the first predetermined amount of force.
US09272793B2 Modular stanchion system
An apparatus for supporting a wing assembly at a wing assembly support height. Base sections are provided, each having a different predetermined height with respect to one another. A movable platform carries a plurality of base sections, and a plurality of wing assembly support sections rest on base sections and include wing assembly connectors, which are movable in a first plane and a second plane generally perpendicular relative to the first plane. A differential height is defined between the wing assembly support height and the combined heights of the platform and the height of wing assembly connector, relative to the bottom of the wing assembly support section. At least one of the base sections is of a predetermined height approximating the differential height and is carried on the platform. The wing assembly support section is carried on such base section.
US09272789B2 Rotary wing rotorcraft having a plurality of propellers
A hybrid aircraft (1) having a fuselage (2) extending longitudinally along an anteroposterior plane of symmetry (PSYM) from the rear (4) of the aircraft (1) towards the front (3) of the aircraft (1). The aircraft (1) has a rotary wing (6) carried by the fuselage (2) of a lift surface (10) fastened to the fuselage (2) and constituted by a first half-wing (11) and a second half-wing (12). The aircraft (1) has a first propulsion unit (30) carried by the first half-wing (11) and a second propulsion unit (40) carried by the second half-wing (12). Each propulsion unit (30, 40) includes at least one tractor propeller (31, 32, 41, 42), and at least one propulsion unit has two propellers (31-32, 41-42) on the same axis, each of said propellers rotating about an axis of rotation (AX) that is offset transversely from said anteroposterior plane of symmetry (PSYM).
US09272770B2 Method and apparatus for improved lateral control of an aircraft on the ground during takeoff
A method and apparatus for carrying out a symmetric deflection of the spoilers so as to reduce the lift of the aircraft during a takeoff roll thereby improving lateral and directional control on the ground.
US09272769B2 Joint for composite wings
A wing joint including a T-chord and a splice plate for connecting an inboard wing panel assembly and an outboard wing panel assembly. The wing panel assemblies include a stringer co-bonded or co-cured with a wing skin. The webbing and cap of the stringer may be trimmed to expose a noodle and base flange. The noodle and base flange interface with the bottom of the T-chord and the wing skin interfaces with the splice plate. The exposed noodle may be non-flush with the base flange of the trimmed stringer. The bottom of the T-chord may include a groove to accommodate a non-flush noodle so that a gap does not exist between the T-chord and the base flange. Alternatively, shims may be used to compensate for a non-flush noodle or the base flange and web may include sacrificial plies permitting the base flange and web to be trimmed flush with the noodle.
US09272767B2 Compacting uncured composite members on contoured mandrel surfaces
An uncured composite member is formed over a mandrel having a contour using a flexible compactor. Forming is performed outwardly from the apex of the contour.
US09272764B2 Remote control device for vessel and remote control method for vessel propulsion device
A remote control device for a vessel is installed in a vessel and remotely controls a vessel propulsion device of the vessel. The remote control device includes an operation member, an operation load applying mechanism, a control section, and an actuator. The operation member is supported rotatably around a rotation axis, and is operated by an operator to switch the shift position of a forward-reverse switching mechanism in the vessel propulsion device according to the operation angle of the operation member. The operation load applying mechanism applies an operation load to the operation member. The control section controls the operation load. The operation load applying mechanism includes an actuator that adjusts the operation load. The control section is arranged to control the actuator based on a vessel speed of the vessel.
US09272756B1 Variable buoyancy buoy and deployment methods
A variable buoyancy buoy and method for deployment therefor can include a fixed buoyancy portion formed with a cavity and an enclosure. A pressure hull containing instrumentation can be place in the cavity, and a variable buoyancy portion that can be inserted into the enclosure. The fixed buoyancy portion can have a spar buoy configuration or a marker buoy configuration, and can further be formed with at least one opening to establish a path of fluid communication between the exterior of the buoy and the enclosure. The variable buoyancy portion can be a compressible bladder, or compressible foam, which can change form a maximum volume at the water surface to a minimum volume as the buoy descends towards stowage depth. The decrease in buoyancy facilitates retrieval of the buoy by an apparatus on the ocean floor.
US09272751B2 Electrically assisted cycle kit
An electrically assisted cycle kit (50) for fitting to a pedal cycle (2) comprises an electric motor (58) for assisting pedal cycle motion, a battery (52) for powering the motor (58), and a controller (60) for controlling the drive of the motor (58). A gear tooth sensor (65) provides a gear motion signal indicative of the speed/acceleration of motion of gear teeth (94) and valleys (95) of a gear sprocket (32) of the cycle. The controller controls the drive of the motor (58) in dependence on the gear motion signal.
US09272747B2 Body frame of motorcycle and method for manufacturing the body frame
A body frame has a head pipe supporting a steering shaft, a main frame extended rearward of a vehicle body from the head pipe, and a down frame extended downward of the vehicle body from the head pipe, wherein the down frame includes a front down frame member forming at least a front portion of the down frame, and a rear down frame member forming at least part of a rear portion of the down frame, which are joined. The rear down frame member integrally has an arm supporting the main frame and a gusset reinforcing a joined portion of the main frame to the head pipe.
US09272740B1 Modular utility truck bed
A modular utility truck bed has a deck assembly comprising a center section, a right side section, and a left side section. The right and left side sections are bolted to the sides of the center section to form a substantially planar deck. A tail piece extends across a rear end of the deck assembly. The tail piece is bolted to rear ends of each of the center and side sections of the deck assembly. A front rack extends across a front end of the deck assembly. The front rack is bolted to front ends of each of the center and side sections of the deck assembly. The deck assembly, tail piece and front rack are modular components that can be shipped disassembled in a compact configuration and bolted together by the end user.
US09272739B2 Urban vehicle
A scooter (10) is provided comprising a deck portion (12) mounted on a pair of front wheels (14); at least one tail portion (16) foldably coupled to the deck portion (12) and being narrower than the deck portion (12) and mounted on at least one rear wheel (18) thereby providing the deck portion (12) with stability. The scooter (10) further includes a steering post (20) coupled to the front wheels (14) and being foldable with respect to the deck portion (12).
US09272735B2 Opening-closing body structure for vehicle
An opening-closing body structure for a vehicle can improve build state of a vehicle opening-closing body. Reinforcement beads extending in three directions from stopper contact portions are formed at an inner hood panel. The three reinforcement beads are each formed at a position that is not on the same straight line as any other reinforcement bead. The reinforcement bead extends from the stopper contact portion toward the hood front side and is connected to an outer peripheral bead. The reinforcement beads are coupled to a framework portion by coupling beads.
US09272724B2 Integrated vehicle control system and apparatus
The present invention provides a system which integrates motor vehicle component operation into actuators located in the rim of a motor vehicle steering wheel. The two actuators of the system of the present invention are located in an arc segment of the steering wheel defined by the three o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the right-hand actuator and the nine o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the left-hand actuator. The actuators may operate in parallel with a conventional stalk switch or controls associated with an on board computer and only operate a motor vehicle component when activated and subsequently depressed. The integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention further provides for vehicle component operation which does not require a driver to remove his or her hands from the steering wheel. Furthermore, the integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention when integrated with steering wheel and vehicle position detection systems provides a means to disengage an activated turn signal depending on the position of the steering wheel and/or the vehicle.
US09272706B2 Laser ignition system based diagnostics
Methods and systems are provided for enabling engine diagnostics, including visual inspections of an engine cylinder, using existing hardware from a laser ignition system. Light pulses from a laser ignition device are received at a photodetector during non-combusting conditions and used to generate images of an inside of the cylinder that can be assessed by a service technician. An electric motor of the vehicle system can be used during a service mode of the vehicle to rotate the engine to, and hold the engine at, specified engine positions that enable the technician to perform selected diagnostic tests.
US09272700B2 Control system for four-wheel drive vehicle
A disconnect mechanism is configured to disconnect a predetermined rotating element from an engine and an auxiliary drive wheels while the vehicle is traveling in a two-wheel drive mode. The predetermined rotating element is configured to transmit power to the auxiliary drive wheels while the vehicle is traveling in a four-wheel drive mode. An electronic control unit is configured to: execute shift control when a shift condition of an automatic transmission is satisfied; selectively engage or release the disconnect mechanism based on a traveling state of the vehicle and a driver's predetermined operation; and control at least one of the automatic transmission or the disconnect mechanism such that a shift period based on the shift condition of the automatic transmission and an engagement-release period of the disconnect mechanism at least partially overlap with each other.
US09272695B2 Electric parking brake
An electric parking brake includes an actuator, first and second linings adjacent respectively to first and second end surfaces of a brake disk, and first and second braking members. Through operation of the actuator, the first lining is driven by the first braking member to move toward or away from the first end surface in a direction to thereby move the second braking member toward or away from the second end surface in an opposite direction, so that the first and second linings can be moved toward each other to clamp the brake dish therebetween.
US09272685B2 Air bag with adaptive vent
An apparatus (10) including a protection device (14) has a front panel (74) presented towards an occupant (20, 20a) and is inflatable between a vehicle surface (36, 38) and the occupant (20, 20a). A vent (100) releases inflation fluid from the protection device (14). The vent (100) has an actuated condition and a non-actuated condition prior to deployment of the protection device (14). A vent tether (154, 168) has a first end secured to the vent (100) end a second end having a releasable connection (153) with the protection device (14). A trigger tether (152,162) has a first end connected to the front panel (74) and a second end connected to the protection device (14) at the releasable connection (158). The trigger tether (152,162) Is slackened when the protection device (14) deploys less than a predetermined degree such that the releasable connection (158) remains intact to allow the vent tether (154,168) to place the vent (100) in the actuated condition. Deployment of the protection device (14) to the predetermined degree tensioning the trigger tether (152,162) to release the releasable connection (158) such that the vent (100) remains in the non-actuated condition.
US09272680B1 Airbag for protection of multiple body regions
The different advantageous embodiments comprise an apparatus comprising an airbag. The airbag is configured to inflate into a configuration that covers a region around a seat in which a top of a head, a front of a head, upper body region, knees, and shins of a passenger in the seat is expected to be located when an event occurs in which the airbag is deployed.
US09272678B2 Vehicle body reinforcing structure for coping with small overlap collision
A vehicle body reinforcing structure for coping with a small overlap collision may include front side members which may be extended in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and disposed at left and right sides in a width direction of the vehicle, a crash box which is installed to a front end of the front side member in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and absorbs and reduces impact when receiving the impact to be deformed, a bumper beam which is disposed in front of the crash box in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, coupled to the crash box, and extended in the width direction of the vehicle, and a reinforcing member which is coupled to both the crash box and the front side member, and protrudes outside of the bumper beam in the width direction of the vehicle to transfer an impact energy to the front side member.
US09272677B2 System and method for providing auxiliary power by regeneration power management in mobile mining equipment
A method for operating an ultracapacitor system used in a mining excavator powered by an power source. The method includes detecting whether a power from the power source is present. Next, a voltage level of the ultracapacitor system is measured if the power is not present. The measured voltage level is then compared with a minimum voltage level for the ultracapacitor system. If the measured voltage level is more than the minimum voltage level, auxiliary power is supplied from the ultracapacitor system to operate mining excavator systems. The auxiliary power may be used to power electronic systems and components such as computers, displays, control systems, gas insulated switchgear and lighting systems.
US09272672B2 Rear loaded interior badge
A badge mounting system for a vehicle interior includes a badge plate and an emblem or badge comprised of raised lettering or a design that is formed integrally on the badge plate. A trim panel includes inner and outer surfaces and a badge relief section formed integrally on the trim panel. The badge relief section is defined by letter shaped apertures. The badge plate is coupled to the inner surface of the trim panel and the emblem is received in the badge relief section in assembly. The badge plate is rear loaded to the trim panel and the system may include more than one badge plate. In assembly, a portion of the badge extends outwardly from the outer surface of the trim panel through the badge relief section.
US09272669B2 Vehicular gap filler pocket assembly
A vehicular seat-to-hump gap filler device is inserted between a vehicular seat and hump for filling the gap between the seat and hump. The vehicular seat-to-hump gap filler device includes lower and upper pocket constructions. The lower pocket construction includes a hemi-ellipsoidal outer surface, a hemi-ellipsoidal inner surface, and an upper rim. The outer surface is sized and shaped for insertion between a vehicular seat and hump. The inner surface receives a portion of the upper pocket construction. The upper pocket construction includes an upper flange section and at least one semi-ellipsoidal cavity construction extending from the upper flange section. Each cavity construction is received in adjacency to the inner surface of the lower pocket construction and defines an upper matter-receiving pocket. The upper flange section is seatable upon the upper rim, and each matter-receiving pocket receives and collects matter for enabling a user to retrieve received matter as collected.
US09272668B2 Overhead console and a coupling method thereof
A temporal engaging portion is provided at a bin. Therefore, by engaging a bin-side arm with a bin-side engaging portion and temporally engaging a panel-side arm with the temporal engaging portion after elastically deforming the panel-side arm, a torsion spring can be set to the bin before the bin is coupled with a panel. The bin set with the torsion spring is inserted into a recess of the panel. During rotation of the bin toward a closed position, a temporal engagement of the panel-side arm with the temporal engaging portion is released, and upon being released, the panel-side arm is elastically sprung-back to be finally engaged with the panel-side engaging portion. As a result, by only coupling the bin set with the torsion spring with the panel, the bin and the torsion spring can be coupled with the panel so that coupling work is improved.
US09272666B2 Communication device for a vehicle, room mirror structure included in the same and shade band connected electrically to the room mirror structure
A communication device for a vehicle in which an RF device in the room mirror is connected electrically to a radiator included in a shade band is disclosed. The communication device for a vehicle includes an RF device in a room mirror and a radiator disposed in a shade band and connected electrically to the RF device.
US09272662B2 Bicycle having an intelligent system
An intelligent system for a bicycle is provided with a control assembly including a saddle control device, a sensor device, a digital camera, a lighting device, a warning device, and a power supply for supplying DC power to above components; and a display assembly including an LCD screen, a processing module, a communications module, and a power module for electrically interconnecting the LCD screen, the processing module, and the communications module. The saddle control device includes a microprocessor, a memory, and a wireless communications module. The sensor device includes an optical sensor, a thermometer, an acceleration sensor, a barometer, a gyroscope, an electronic compass, a radar, and a GPS. The digital camera includes a rear camera. The lighting device includes an auxiliary light, a rear light, directional lights, and decoration lights. The warning device includes a loudspeaker and a vibration module.
US09272660B2 Gear screw adjuster
A headlamp assembly includes a simplified adjusting mechanism for adjusting the aim of a headlamp. The mechanism includes a gear screw that is snap-fit into the headlamp housing, a grommet that is positioned around the gear screw and snap-fit into the headlamp reflector, and an O-ring to ensure a good seal.
US09272652B2 Hopper box and hopper constructed with a collapsed and elongated longitudinally curved C-shaped floor
A hopper box for a heavy lift truck such as mining trucks that minimizes the height of the gravity center of the load includes sheets that generate a floor, a front wall and two side walls. The sheets includes at least one sheet having a first longitudinal concave curved portion as a floor which continues with a longitudinal upper elongated portion which comprises the front wall thereby generating a single longitudinal curved, collapsed and elongated C-shaped sheet. A multiple number of such sheet may be provided and are placed in a juxtaposed manner until reaching the width by incorporating two side walls having on its lower face two longitudinal rigid U-shaped beams, wherein are also included half-round cross stiffeners on its ends.
US09272648B1 Removable backrest for an automobile storage area
A backrest system for use in an automobile storage space includes a back rest member with a front surface, a back surface and a channel coupled to the back surface. The channel extends along a longitudinal axis of the backrest member and includes a first open end and a second open end opposite from the first open end. A first extension member is positionable in the channel and is movable within the channel with respect to the first open end. A second extension member is positionable in the channel and is movable with respect to the second open end. A first coupling member and a second coupling member are positionable on opposite sides of an automobile storage space so as to provide a coupling location for the first extension and the second extension to secure the backrest system in an automobile storage space.
US09272641B2 Child seat
A child seat includes a seat shell having an anchor strap made of a continuous web material, and a lock. The anchor strap has two end portions, and an intermediate portion between the two end portions. The two end portions are located at the rear of the seat shell and are respectively provided with fasteners operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle, and the intermediate portion is folded over to define two segments of the web material. The lock can releasibly clamp a portion of the two segments, the intermediate portion extending outward from the lock to define a looped tab. Moreover, an interior of the seat shell can have a strap guiding structure including two sidewalls between which is defined a passage for the web material. The two sidewalls are substantially close to each other to prevent twisting of the web material.
US09272639B2 Locking device of seat rail of vehicle
A vehicle seat rail locking device restricts movement of an upper rail along a longitudinal direction of a lower rail fixed to the body of the vehicle. The locking device includes lock units moving together with the upper rail, disposed movably in a vertical direction between the lower and upper rails, and for performing a locking operation, and a lock guide moving together with the lock units and for guiding vertical movement of the lock units. Each lock unit is independently inserted into one of a plurality of lock holes formed in the lower rail to fix the upper rail onto the lower rail. A user's safety may be improved by independently forming a plurality of lock members fitted into lock holes of a lower rail and fixing one of lock members into the lock hole to perform a locking operation even when a seat rail position deviation occurs.
US09272635B2 Power storage system and method of calculating full charge capacity
A power storage system includes a power storage device configured to be charged and discharged, and a controller configured to calculate an open-circuit voltage of the power storage device from relationships between a plurality of current values and voltage values detected in a predetermined period during charge and discharge of the power storage device, specify an SOC corresponding to the calculated open-circuit voltage, from a correspondence relationship between the SOC and the open-circuit voltage of the power storage device, and calculate a full charge capacity of the power storage device, based on the SOC specified with respect to each of a first period and a second period during charge and discharge, and an integrated value of charge and discharge current of the power storage device from the first period to the second period. A method of calculating the full charge capacity in this manner is also provided.
US09272633B2 Motive battery thermal initialization algorithm
A system includes a battery control module that determines at least one temperature associated with a battery pack of an electric vehicle. An electric vehicle control module selects between a plurality of operating modes of the electric vehicle based on the at least one temperature. The plurality of operating modes includes a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode the electric vehicle control module prevents the electric vehicle from being turned on. In second mode the electric vehicle control module allows the electric vehicle to be turned on in response to a determination that the battery pack has sufficient energy to adjust the at least one temperature a predetermined amount and to drive the vehicle a predetermined distance.
US09272630B2 Electronic device and method for transmitting and receiving wireless power
An electronic device and method for transmitting and receiving a wireless power are provided. An electronic device for transmitting and receiving wireless power may include a resonator configured to operate, based on a plurality of operating modes of the electronic device including a power reception mode, a relay mode, and a power transmission mode, wherein: (i) in the power reception mode, the resonator is configured to receive power from a wireless power transmitter, (ii) in the relay mode, the resonator is configured to relay power received from the wireless power transmitter to a wireless power receiver, and (iii) in the power transmission mode, the resonator is configured to transmit power to the wireless power receiver; and a path controller configured to control at least one electrical pathway of electronic device based on the operating mode.
US09272625B2 Power supply system for powering an electric load of a vehicle
An electrical power supply system for powering an electric load of a vehicle includes a main battery, a support battery and a battery control module. The battery control module includes a first terminal for connection to the main battery, a second terminal for connection to the support battery and a third terminal for connecting to the electric load. A switch is arranged between said second terminal and said third terminal. The battery control module is arranged to connect the support battery to the load by turning the switch conducting in case the voltage at the third terminal drops below a predetermined voltage. The system provides the automatic activation of a support energy source when the output voltage falls below a specified voltage threshold. The support battery supports the main battery when needed or acts as a redundant power source.
US09272623B2 Display device
Provided is a display device with which it is possible to implement a novel display. A display device comprises: a display unit which displays a display image in a display region; a framing unit is configured from a plurality of components; and a moving device which moves at least one of the plurality of components. The framing unit is segmented by moving at least one of the components by the moving mechanism. Prior to segmenting, the framing unit surrounds a partial region of the display region of the display unit. The display unit displays a different display image before and after the segmenting of the framing unit, and displays a notification image which fits the shape of the framing unit at least either before or after the segmentation of the framing unit.
US09272621B2 Systems and methods for vehicle speed management
Controlling a speed of a vehicle based on at least a portion of a route grade and a route distance divided into a plurality of route sections, each including at least one of a section grade and section length. Controlling the speed of the vehicle is further based on determining a cruise control speed mode for the vehicle for each of the plurality of route sections and determining a speed reference command of the vehicle based on at least one of the cruise control speed mode, the section length, the section grade, and a current speed.
US09272620B2 True four wheel drive system for vehicle
A drive train for a four wheel drive vehicle including a front differential engaged with a front drive shaft and front axles through a front differential gear set. The front differential includes a front bi-directional overrunning clutch that controls transmission of torque transfer between the front drive shaft and the front axles. A rear differential is engaged with rear axles and the transmission through a rear differential gear set. The rear differential includes a rear bi-directional overrunning clutch that controls torque transfer between the transmission and the rear axles. The differentials are configured with a gear ratio that is within five percent of a 1:1 gear ratio.
US09272608B2 Sunroof apparatus
A sunroof apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, a front holding member provided at a front end portion of the first panel, a center link bringing the first panel that is in a fully closed state to be raised in a height direction of the vehicle by engaging with the first panel and moving in a rear direction of the vehicle along with the first panel while maintaining the first panel in the raised state, the center link thereafter disengaging from the first panel, and a rear link arranged at a lower side of the second panel to be engageable and disengageable relative to the first panel, the rear link engaging with the first panel to maintain the first panel in the raised state after the first panel and the center link move in the rear direction and moving in the rear direction along with the first panel.
US09272602B2 Method for controlling vehicle climate control system load
A method for controlling torque of an air conditioner compressor is disclosed. In one example, the air conditioner compressor is a variable displacement compressor. The method may provide may improve vehicle acceleration response while at the same time providing cooling capacity to a vehicle cabin.
US09272600B2 Low profile air conditioning unit for vehicles
A vehicle may include a roof and an air conditioning system. The roof may have an exterior surface, an interior surface, and an aperture extending through the roof between the exterior surface and the interior surface. The air conditioning system may include an exterior housing that is mounted to the exterior surface of the roof. The air conditioning system may also include an evaporator and an evaporator blower. The air conditioning system may further include an interior housing that is removably mounted to the interior surface of the roof and defines a mounted position and a removed position. When the interior housing is in the removed position, the evaporator and evaporator blower may be accessible for servicing from the interior of the vehicle.
US09272599B1 Controllable load distribution system for a vehicle
A weight distribution system for dynamically controlling and adjusting the weight load on each axle of a vehicle uses a manifold that is fluid flow disposed between a source of pressured air of the vehicle and the air bags of the vehicle. The manifold allows an individual air bag to be inflated or deflated to a desired pressurization depending on either preprogrammed or user input parameters. By individually controlling the air bags, the system allows the setting of the maximum amount of weight to be borne by a given axle so that tires can be removed from that axle without weight overloading the remaining tires. The system also automatically self-levels the chassis of the vehicle and maintains proper ride height of the vehicle using input from a height sensor located on one of the axles. The system wirelessly communicates, terrestrially or via satellite, its parameters to roadway officials to verify that the vehicle is in compliance with weight loading requirements and to the home office or other location via a satellite link.
US09272580B2 Pneumatic vehicle tyre for utility vehicles
The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire for utility vehicles having a belt which has a plurality of belt layers and having a tread (1) with circumferential grooves (6, 7, 8) which run in the circumferential direction and divide the tread (1) into circumferential ribs (2). An envelope h which runs parallel to the periphery of the tread in the tread (1) and is in contact with the deepest circumferential groove or grooves from the radially inner side, defines, together with the periphery of the tread and the shoulder-side edge sections (5), a tread gross volume (V), wherein all the grooves (6,7,8) in the tread (1) define a groove volume (VR) between 5% and 28% of the tread gross volume (V), wherein three circumferential grooves (6,7,8) are provided which are arranged over the axial width of the tread (1) in such a way that the first circumferential groove (6) is arranged in the region of the one edge (10) of the widest belt layer, the second circumferential groove (7) is arranged in the region of the other edge (11) of the widest belt layer of the belt, and the third circumferential groove (8) is arranged between the first circumferential groove (6) and the second circumferential groove (7) in the tread (1), and wherein the first and second circumferential grooves (6, 7) each have a groove volume (VR1,2) between 1.25% and 7.00% of the tread gross volume (V), and the third circumferential groove (8) has a groove volume (VR3) of the first or of the second circumferential groove which is at least twice as large.
US09272576B2 Structurally supported, non-pneumatic wheel with continuous loop reinforcement assembly
A non-pneumatic wheel is provided having a continuous loop reinforcement assembly that can support a load and have performance similar to pneumatic tires. Various configurations of a non-pneumatic wheel, including variations of the continuous loop reinforcement assembly, are provided. One or more resilient spacers can be positioned with the continuous loop reinforcement assembly and can be configured for the receipt of a matrix material.
US09272574B2 Spindle nut and washer assembly and method of utilization
An apparatus for and a method of securing hubs and bearings on truck spindles includes a flat or non-flat washer with a key and a nut having an integral and axially spaced locking ring with threads through the nut and locking ring complementary to threads on a spindle. The nut also includes a plurality of axially oriented threaded openings and a plurality of threaded fasteners that extend through apertures in the locking ring and into the threaded openings. An alternate embodiment includes a washer, a nut having threads complementary to threads on the spindle and a plurality of axially oriented threaded openings, a locking plate having a pattern of arcuate slots and a key which engages a keyway on the spindle and a plurality of fasteners which secure the locking plate to the nut in a desired position.
US09272572B2 Dual lock ring wheel assembly
A wheel assembly includes a wheel base and a side rim disposed about the wheel base. A recess is formed on an inside surface of the side rim. A cavity is disposed between the wheel base and the side rim. An air seal is disposed between the wheel base and the side rim. A locking mechanism secures the side rim in position around the wheel base. The locking mechanism is configured to prevent the air seal from disengaging with the inside surface and allowing air to exit the wheel assembly between the wheel base and the side rim when the locking mechanism is properly installed. The locking mechanism is also configured to permit the air seal to disengage the inside surface and allow air to exit the wheel assembly between the wheel base and the side rim when the locking mechanism is not properly installed.
US09272569B2 Wheel lug ring
A wheel lug ring is provided having an annular body with a cavity formed on one side having a plurality of lug wells in a registered positioning to engage around a plurality of lug nuts holding a wheel to an axle. So positioned, the device forms a protective cavity for the lug nuts and lugs from moisture, ice, mud, and other road hazards.
US09272561B2 Printing system for inhibiting Z-folding and control method thereof
A printing system for controlling to allow various settings by one job and reducing output of unnecessary printed materials is provided. To accomplish this, the present invention sets a post-process to be executed for a plurality of sheets that are printed by execution of a job as a first setting, sets a post-process to be executed for part of the sheets included in the plurality of sheets as a second setting, and causes a post-processing unit to execute post-processes according to the setting of the post-processes set as the first setting and the second setting.
US09272545B2 Recording apparatus
In a recording apparatus, a first path and a module path of a first recording module for conveying and recording of a recording medium are formed such that a distance between the most downstream ejection opening and a joining position of the first path and a second path is less than a length of a recording medium. The controller executes: a first determination processing for determining whether there is a recording medium which should be conveyed through a join determination position before the recording medium having been supplied to the first recording module; and a wait processing for causing the recording medium having been supplied to the first recording module to wait in a state in which its leading edge is located upstream of the most upstream shared conveyor on the first path, when the controller determines that there is a recording medium.
US09272540B2 Printing system and method
A printing system includes a media transport device to move a medium at a speed ranging from about 15.24 mpm to about 609.6 mpm. The system includes an ink applicator to apply ink on the medium, and a treatment applicator to apply a treatment composition (including liquid vehicle, polyvalent metal salt fixing agent, and latex resin having an acid number less than 20) before or after the ink is applied, to form a printed-on medium. The system further includes a heating system programmed to: i) dry the printed-on medium at a predetermined temperature for a reduced dwell time (from about 1 second to about 40 seconds); and ii) leave residual moisture in the printed-on medium for a predetermined time after the reduced dwell time. The residual moisture is at a level that is higher than an initial moisture content of the medium prior to treatment composition and ink application.
US09272529B2 Inkjet printer
An inkjet printer includes a transfer unit that transfers a paper, a print unit that has three or more nozzle rows aligned along a transfer direction of the paper, and a controller that ejects ink on the paper by controlling the print unit while transferring the paper by controlling the transfer unit. The most-upstream nozzle row of the nozzle row and the most-downstream nozzle row are capable of ejecting ink whose color has a lowest brightness among colors of ink to be used for printing. The controller selects the most-upstream nozzle row or the most-downstream nozzle row as a nozzle row for ejecting the ink whose color has a lowest brightness according to a type of the paper. According to the printer, it becomes possible to restrict contaminations on a printed media while also restricting degradation of print quality.
US09272528B2 Image processing device and method expanding aquired image data into printing data corresponding to a multi-layer image with color values less than or equal to a maximum ink amount
An image processing device for forming an image on a medium includes an image data acquiring part and an expanding part. The image data acquiring part is configured to acquire an image data used for forming the image. The expanding part is configured to expand, based on a correspondence relationship for expansion, the acquired image data into a plurality of printing data.
US09272526B2 Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for pressurizing and depressurizing
A degassing process where gas is removed by depressurizing a liquid to be less than atmospheric pressure and a pressurizing process where the liquid is pressurized to be more than the atmospheric pressure are executed at a low cost and taking up less space. There is provided a head configured to eject a liquid from a nozzle, a supply section configured to supply the liquid to the head and including a degassing section in which the liquid supplied to the head is depressurized to be less than atmospheric pressure, and a pressurizing section in which the liquid is pressurized to be more than the atmospheric pressure, and a single pump having an action of depressurizing the degassing section and an action of pressurizing the pressurizing section.
US09272521B2 Liquid housing container recycling method, and liquid housing container
A liquid housing container recycling method is provided for a liquid housing container with a liquid housing body that includes a liquid housing unit that is configured to house liquid, a supply member with a supply port that is configured to be connected to a liquid supply tube of a liquid consuming device, and a filter through which the liquid is configured to pass, with the liquid inside the liquid housing unit being supplied to the liquid consuming device by, after passing through the filter, flowing to the supply port along a supply flow path of the supply member. The liquid housing container recycling method includes forming a detour flow path in the liquid housing body such that the liquid inside the liquid housing unit flows to the supply port without passing through the filter in the detour flow path, and injecting the liquid inside the liquid housing unit.
US09272516B2 Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
When a lower surface of a liquid ejecting head is formed by a nozzle plate and a cover member, a surface of the nozzle plate and a surface of the cover member are water-repellent surfaces and side surfaces of the nozzle plate and the cover member are relatively hydrophilic surfaces compared to the surfaces and a gap between the nozzle plate and the cover member is filled with a filling material. If at least the side surface of the nozzle plate is covered by the filling material, the nozzle plate can be protected from static electricity. Further, if the side surface of the cover member is filled with the filling material, wiping by a wiper is improved.
US09272509B2 Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus comprises: a printhead, which has a heater board on which heaters are disposed, configured to discharge ink; a transfer unit configured to transfer a discharge image signal to the printhead; and a power supply circuit configured to generate power for heating the heaters. Here, the printhead includes a supply circuit which, based upon the discharge image signal, supplies the heater board with power generated by the power supply circuit.
US09272506B2 Systems and methods for implementing an advanced inker unit surface conditioning system in a variable data digital lithographic printing device
A system and method are provided for providing an improved inker unit surface cleaning and conditioning system, including in a single anilox chamber blade system, for improving image quality, including eliminating ghosting, in a proposed variable data digital lithographic image forming architecture. Techniques are provided to remove acquired oil from an inking member. A particularly-configured containment encloses a cleaner (disturber) roller to emulsify the acquired oil on the inking roller. The cleaner roller is preferably configured with a pliable surface including a silicon roller surface over a porous base. The silicon roller (1) absorbs dampening solution oil; and (2) agitates ink that may be still held in certain cells/cavities of the inking member or roller. In embodiments, a vacuum pressure is applied to the inside of the hollow cleaner roller to better remove the residual ink and dampening solution from the inking roller.
US09272505B2 Printing apparatus with pad
A printing apparatus is described. The printing apparatus has at least one pad including a cavity and a printing surface, a printing device adapted to form at least one image portion on the printing surface of the least one pad, a pad moving apparatus adapted to orient the pad in a first working position in which the image portion is formed in the printing surface of the pad by means of the printing device and in a second working position, different from the first working position, in which the image portion is imprinted on the object to be decorated by pressing the pad onto the object, a further device adapted to act on the cavity of the pad to determine a flat shape of the printing surface of the entire pad in the first working position and a substantially convex shape of the printing surface of the entire pad in the second working position.
US09272501B2 Device for detaching a product substrate off a carrier substrate
Device for stripping a product substrate off a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an bonding layer by means of a film frame, a flexible film which is connected to the film frame and which has an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a contacting surface section of the film, the film being connected to the film frame in an attachment section of the film which surrounds the contacting surface section, as well as a solvent reservoir formed by the film frame and the film, especially of variable volume, for holding the solvent for detaching the bonding layer, and the product substrate and the bonding layer can be accommodated in the solvent reservoir, and by delivery means for delivering the solvent into the solvent reservoir and by stripping means for stripping the product substrate off the carrier substrate.
US09272499B2 Structural glazing spacer
A method of preparing a window module includes providing a metal frame having a first major surface, applying a structural glazing tape to the first major surface of the metal frame, and positioning a glass panel overtop the structural glazing tape. The structural glazing tape includes a polymer foam tape having first and second major surfaces, an adhesive layer overlying the first major surface for bonding the structural glazing tape to the structural frame, and a release layer overlying the second major surface. The method further includes filling a channel defined by the glass panel, the metal frame, and the structural glazing tape with a curable sealant, and curing the sealant to bond the glass panel and the metal frame together.
US09272496B2 Secure devices for personal or article identification, such as driver'S licenses and vehicle license plates, and methods of producing such improved devices
Methods of personal and article identification and licensing are disclosed. Methods and constructions of cards and plates include driver's license fabrication and production for the purpose of regulating or identifying a driver and assuring their identity and compliance with jurisdictional regulations and license plate fabrication and production for the purpose of regulating or identifying a vehicle and assuring its identity and compliance with jurisdictional regulations. Driver's licenses and license plates are described herein as exemplary embodiments of identification cards and licensing devices that are produced according to certain processes of manufacturing and issuing.
US09272479B2 Press
A press for producing a pellet from a powdered material, comprising a press frame with an upper and a lower retaining plate, which are connected with one another by several vertical spacers and with at least one supporting element disposed between the upper and the lower retaining plate, at least one upper punch unit with at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower punch unit with at least one lower press punch as well as at least one holder for powdered material, which is to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, at least one upper drive unit with at least one upper drive motor for moving the upper punch unit in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit with at least one lower drive motor for moving the lower punch unit and/or the holder in the vertical direction, wherein, when the press is operating, the upper drive unit and/or the lower drive unit are supported at the supporting element in such a manner, that the reaction forces, which are generated as action forces by the pressing forces, produced during the pressing of the powdered material in the at least one holder, are passed into the supporting element and wherein the upper drive motor and/or the lower drive motor are disposed at the press frame, so that the upper drive motor and/or the lower drive motor are not moved in the vertical direction when the upper punch unit and/or the lower punch unit and/or the holder are moved vertically.
US09272475B2 Thermally insulated VIP sandwich shipper and method of making same
A thermally insulated VIP sandwich shipper for a temperature sensitive payload is provided. The shipper comprises an outer shell, an inner shell and vacuum insulated panels sandwiched therebetween. The outer shell and the inner shell may be unitary rigid structures made of an expanded foam material and comprising a bottom having a perimeter and sides extending from the bottom perimeter and terminating in a rim. The inner shell rim may be spaced from the outer shell rim to define a gap, the gap being sealed to create an enclosed space within which the vacuum insulated panels are located. Each vacuum insulated panel may be oriented substantially orthogonally to at least one adjacent vacuum insulated panel and have an edge that abuts the adjacent vacuum insulated panels.
US09272473B2 Wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses and related compositions and methods
Silicone hydrogel contact lenses having ophthalmically acceptable surface wettabilities are obtained from pre-extracted polymerized silicone hydrogel contact lens products having relatively large amounts of removable or extractable materials. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses can be obtained from non-polar resin based contact lens molds and without surface treatments or an interpenetrating polymeric network of a polymeric wetting agent. Related lens products, polymerizable compositions, and methods are also described.
US09272468B1 Apparatus and method for producing biobased carriers from byproducts of biomass processing
An apparatus for producing biobased carriers for dispersal of biological and chemical molecules includes a premixer having a first inlet, a first outlet, a cavity configured for receiving a wet coproduct and a binder through the first inlet, and a stirring apparatus within the cavity for premixing the wet coproduct and binder into a substantially homogeneous mixture; a high shear mixer having a housing, a drive apparatus and a high shear apparatus, the housing defining an opening, the drive apparatus being within the housing and for forcing the substantially homogeneous mixture from the premixer into the high shear apparatus, and the high shear apparatus including a rotor, a stator and a screen covering the opening and being for shear mixing the mixture including forcing the mixture through the screen and out of the housing in the form of nucleation enhanced particles; and an agglomerator having an interior chamber sized and configured to receive the nucleation enhanced particles from the high shear mixer and for transforming the nucleation enhanced particles into substantially spherical biomass pellets.
US09272467B2 Method for producing a decorative part, and such a decorative part
A method is provided for producing a decorative part that has a closed cross-section having an external visible side and that has at least two support parts to be connected along a connecting joint. The support parts are held spaced at a distance from one another such that a gap is formed between the edges of the support parts which adjoin one another at the connecting joint. The support parts are inserted in at least two halves of a molding tool. A reaction plastic is injected into the molding tool, such that the reaction plastic penetrates the gap. The support parts are moved toward each other such that the gap closes while the reaction plastic is still liquid. The support parts are fixed against each other in this position at least until the plastic has sufficiently cured so as to form a bond seam in the connecting joint.
US09272459B2 Bag
A thermoplastic bag may include a sidewall that may have a plurality of first and second ribs formed therein. The first ribs may be longer in length but shorter in height than the second ribs. The second ribs may be arranged in discrete networks that appear superimposed over the first ribs. The second ribs may normally remain in a bent-over configuration. When a force is applied, the second ribs may expand the area of the sidewall so that the bag may easily accommodate large objects. To produce the bag, a thermoplastic web may be directed between opposing first and second rollers. One of the rollers may include ridges that may have first and second segments of differing heights that correspond to the differing heights of the first and second ribs. The formation of the first ribs may increase the width of the web.
US09272458B2 One-piece blow mold halves for molding a container
A blow mold is disclosed. The mold comprises a pair of mold halves having an operative configuration wherein said mold halves together define a cavity for a container. The container has a main body and a characteristic selected from the group of characteristics consisting of: a push-up base; an integral finish; and an embossed or a debossed feature. Each of the pair of mold halves has a first portion and a second portion formed integrally with the first portion. When the pair of mold halves is in the operative configuration, the first portions collectively define the main body and the second portions collectively define the characteristic. The blow mold can be used for prototyping, and can also be used for production.
US09272456B2 Injection stretch blow molding process
The present invention relates to a process for blow molding a polyethylene container comprising the steps of: a) providing a solid preform made from a polyethylene material having a melt flow index from 0.01 to 10.0 g/10 minutes, wherein the preform comprises a neck region, side walls and a base region, and wherein the side walls between the neck region and the base region have substantially straight and parallel outer walls; b) reheating the preform so that the maximum temperature difference between the hottest and coldest regions of the side walls and the base region of the reheated preform is less than 4° C.; c) transferring the reheated preform to a blow mold; d) stretching the preform at a pressure below 10 bars; and e) increasing the pressure within the reheated preform so as to cause the walls of the stretched preform to expand to the shape and dimensions inside the blow mold. A polyethylene container made according to the present invention preferably has a minimum wall thickness of the container of less than 200 micrometers, and a weight to volume ratio of the empty container of less than 50 grams per liter.