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US09355131B2	System and method for document version curation with reduced storage requirements A system and method for curation of document versions with significantly reduced storage requirements. In some embodiments, all or substantially all versions of a document are at least initially retained. Based on various criteria, versions of the document are selectively deleted while preserving the versions that are likely to provide the highest value. Advantageously, the teachings of embodiments as described can be used in conjunction with various systems, including document versioning, deduplication, and retention systems.
US09355129B2	Scheduling queries using a stretch metric A query scheduler orders queries in a queue. Each query is executed based on its position in the queue. When a new query is received, the new query is inserted in the queue. A position in the queue for inserting the new query is determined based on a stretch metric for each query in the queue.
US09355126B2	Active auditing in a database system An auditing system receives a set of audit rules from a database administrator, which define a search criteria used to identify a database object that is desired to be audited. The auditing system uses the audit rules to search through a database to identify a corresponding set of database objects that satisfy at least one of the set of audit rules. Then, the system generates audit commands that configure a database management system to audit the identified set of database objects.
US09355123B2	Fast recognition algorithm processing, systems and methods Systems and methods of quickly recognizing or differentiating many objects are presented. Contemplated systems include an object model database storing recognition models associated with known modeled objects. The object identifiers can be indexed in the object model database based on recognition features derived from key frames of the modeled object. Such objects are recognized by a recognition engine at a later time. The recognition engine can construct a recognition strategy based on a current context where the recognition strategy includes rules for executing one or more recognition algorithms on a digital representation of a scene. The recognition engine can recognize an object from the object model database, and then attempt to identify key frame bundles that are contextually relevant, which can then be used to track the object or to query a content database for content information.
US09355122B1	Filtering applications using runtime inspection Functionality is disclosed herein for determining whether an application is a resolution-compatible application or a resolution-incompatible application. An application is launched. One or more screenshots are taken while the application is launching or running. The one or more screenshots are broken into different regions that are then classified as blurry regions or non-blurry regions. The screenshot is determined to be blurry or non-blurry based on the classifications of the different regions as blurry regions or non-blurry regions. The application may then be classified as being a resolution-compatible application or a resolution-incompatible application based upon whether the screenshot is determined to be blurry or non-blurry.
US09355119B2	Allocation of absent data within filesystems Systems and methods which provide an absent allocation technique with respect to absent data of a data structure for which data migration in a time-displaced data migration operation has not completed are disclosed. Through use of absent allocated data block states of an absent allocation technique of embodiments, dependency between source and destination data stores may be broken. An absent allocated data block state of embodiments stored within the data structure provides a suggestive indication that data of a data block of a data structure is absent from the data structure. A corresponding absent allocated data block state of embodiments stored external to the data structure provides a determinative indication that the data of the data block of the data structure is absent from the data structure. The absent data block determinative indictor of embodiments is updated as data continues to be migrated.
US09355115B2	Client application file access One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing a client application with access to a file based upon a local offline version of the file and/or web online version of the file. That is, a file may be shared/synchronized from a remote source, such as a web storage service. A web online version of the file may be maintained by the web storage service, while local offline versions of the file may be stored at client devices. A sync module comprising knowledge of the local and/or web versions of the file may provide a client application with access to the file based upon the local and/or web version of the file. The sync module may also delegate synchronization authorization to the client application given that the client application may comprise sophisticated file handling functionality.
US09355113B2	Encoding and decoding delta values Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for encoding and decoding delta values. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a compression buffer having a start position, a sentinel position, and a data storage region; obtaining a first value; determining that a second value stored in the sentinel position does not match a first sentinel value; determining that a third value stored in the start position matches a second sentinel value; and storing the first value at the start position of the compression buffer.
US09355106B2	Sensor data locating A method, an apparatus, and a system for locating sensor data. The method includes the steps of: obtaining an index table; intercepting a query for sensor data in runtime; extracting a characteristic parameter from a query condition; locating a block identifier of matching sensor data storage blocks in the index table by using the characteristic parameter; and loading the storage blocks into a memory space of a working processor; where the index table contains mapping relationships between block identifiers of sensor data storage blocks and characteristic attributes of sensor data.
US09355105B2	Indexing of large scale patient set Systems and methods for indexing data include formulating an objective function to index a dataset, a portion of the dataset including supervision information. A data property component of the objective function is determined, which utilizes a property of the dataset to group data of the dataset. A supervised component of the objective function is determined, which utilizes the supervision information to group data of the dataset. The objective function is optimized using a processor based upon the data property component and the supervised component to partition a node into a plurality of child nodes.
US09355100B2	Methods and apparatus for reconciling versions of media context lists in communications networks Methods, systems, devices, apparatus and computer-program products are defined for reconciling different versions of media content lists that concurrently exist in a communication network. The merged media content lists are based on foreseen user expectations, taking into account typical user behavior. The merged media content lists includes the merge of media content acquisition priority lists that are maintained and routinely updated by the associated media content user.
US09355092B2	Human-like response emulator Human-like response emulator stores a library (14) comprising one or more different subject matter data structures. Each data structure comprising a set of stimuli related to the subject matter of the data structure and one or more output instructions associated with each stimulus. Each output instruction is for producing a human-like response to the associated stimulus. The emulator receives a stimulus (16, 18). The emulator looks up output instructions in each data structure that are associated with the received stimulus. The emulator outputs (18, 20) one or more responses to the received stimulus according to the found output instructions
US09355089B1	Intention detection in domain-specific information A new information in a language and relating to a subject matter domain is parsed into a constituent set of complete grammatical constructs. In a subset of the complete grammatical constructs, a set of linguistic styles of the language is identified according to a subset of a set of word-style associations related to the language and independent of the subject matter domain. A first weight is assigned to a first linguistic style and a second weight to a second linguistic style from the set of linguistic styles. A first intention information is mapped to the first style using a first style-intention rule, and a second intention information to the second style using a second style-intention rule. A complete grammatical construct in the subset is tagged with the first intention information responsive to a weight associated with the first intention information exceeding an intention selection threshold.
US09355086B2	User interface elements for content selection and extended content selection A single user interface (UI) handle element is displayed in response to a selection of content. For example, in response to selecting a piece of content (e.g. cell, word, item . . . ), the single UI handle element is displayed near the selection of the content (e.g. near a corner of the selected content). The display of the single UI handle element assists in keeping the display uncluttered as opposed to initially displaying more user interface elements with a content selection. In response to an indication to expand the selection, one or more additional UI handle elements may be displayed to assist the user in changing the selection of content (e.g. an additional handle displayed near another corner of the selection).
US09355079B2	Reader mode presentation of web content Methods and apparatuses that automatically detect availability of a reader mode for article content in a web page addressed by a URL are described. Availability detection may be progressively performed such that cheap operations are performed first to reduce the need to perform more expensive ones. A retrieval status of the web page may be detected to determine when enough content has been retrieved to initiate a detection of the reader mode for the web page. A reader indicator may be presented in a user interface of a browser if the availability of the reader mode is detected. A user of the browser may be noted with an alternative presentation of the article content from the web page in addition to a presentation of the whole web page by the browser. If the reader mode of the web page is not available, no reader indicator may be present in the browser.
US09355069B2	Systems and methods for determining the uncertainty in parameters of an energy use model Systems and methods for determining the uncertainty in parameters of a building energy use model are provided. A disclosed method includes receiving an energy use model for a building site. The energy use model includes one or more predictor variables and one or more model parameters. The method further includes calculating a gradient of an output of the energy use model with respect to the model parameters, determining a covariance matrix using the calculated gradient, and using the covariance matrix to identify an uncertainty of the model parameters. The uncertainty of the model parameters may correspond to entries in the covariance matrix.
US09355061B2	Data processing apparatus and method for performing scan operations A data processing apparatus and method are provided for executing a vector scan instruction. The data processing apparatus comprises a vector register store configured to store vector operands, and processing circuitry configured to perform operations on vector operands retrieved from said vector register store. Further, control circuitry is configured to control the processing circuitry to perform the operations required by one or more instructions, said one or more instructions including a vector scan instruction specifying a vector operand comprising N vector elements and defining a scan operation to be performed on a sequence of vector elements within the vector operand. The control circuitry is responsive to the vector scan instruction to partition the N vector elements of the specified vector operand into P groups of adjacent vector elements, where P is between 2 and N/2, and to control the processing circuitry to perform a partitioned scan operation yielding the same result as the defined scan operation. The processing circuitry is configured to perform the partitioned scan operation by performing separate scan operations on those vector elements of the sequence contained within each group to produce intermediate results for each group, and to perform a computation operation to combine the intermediate results into a final result vector operand containing a sequence of result vector elements. The partitioned scan operation approach of the present invention enables a balance to be achieved between energy consumption and performance.
US09355058B2	High performance interconnect physical layer A periodic control window is embedded in a link layer data stream to be sent over a serial data link, where the control window is configured to provide physical layer information including information for use in initiating state transitions on the data link. The link layer data can be sent during a link transmitting state of the data link and the control window can interrupt the sending of flits. In one aspect, the information includes link width transition data indicating an attempt to change the number of active lanes on the link.
US09355052B2	Dynamically resizing direct memory access (DMA) windows A dynamic DMA window mechanism can resize DMA windows dynamically by increasing one DMA window at the expense of reducing a neighboring DMA window. The dynamic DMA window mechanism can decide to dynamically resize DMA windows based on a request from a system administrator, based on a request by an operating system device driver for an I/O adapter, or based on a performance monitor determining such a resizing would benefit system performance. Once one DMA window has been increased by allocating a portion of a donor DMA window, device drivers for the I/O devices corresponding to the two windows are updated to reflect the new DMA window sizes.
US09355044B2	System and method for protecting data stored on a removable data storage device A system for protecting data stored in a removable data storage device includes a personal electronic device, a removable solid state data storage device operatively coupled to the personal electronic device, and a circuit configured to protect data stored in the data storage device in response to detecting impending removal of the data storage device from the personal electronic device.
US09355035B2	Dynamic write priority based on virtual write queue high water mark for set associative cache using cache cleaner when modified sets exceed threshold A set associative cache is managed by a memory controller which places writeback instructions for modified (dirty) cache lines into a virtual write queue, determines when the number of the sets containing a modified cache line is greater than a high water mark, and elevates a priority of the writeback instructions over read operations. The controller can return the priority to normal when the number of modified sets is less than a low water mark. In an embodiment wherein the system memory device includes rank groups, the congruence classes can be mapped based on the rank groups. The number of writes pending in a rank group exceeding a different threshold can additionally be a requirement to trigger elevation of writeback priority. A dirty vector can be used to provide an indication that corresponding sets contain a modified cache line, particularly in least-recently used segments of the corresponding sets.
US09355030B2	Parallel garbage collection implemented in hardware Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for dynamic memory management implemented in hardware. In an embodiment, the method comprises storing objects in a plurality of heaps, and operating a hardware garbage collector to free heap space. The hardware garbage collector traverses the heaps and marks selected objects, uses the marks to identify a plurality of the objects, and frees the identified objects. In an embodiment, the method comprises storing objects in a heap, each of at least some of the objects including a multitude of pointers; and operating a hardware garbage collector to free heap space. The hardware garbage collector traverses the heap, using the pointers of some of the objects to identify others of the objects; processes the objects to mark selected objects; and uses the marks to identify a group of the objects, and frees the identified objects.
US09355028B2	Data-storage device and flash memory control method A data-storage device having a flash memory allocated to provide data-storage space, a valid page count table, logical-to-physical address mapping information, and an invalid block record. The data-storage device further having a controller, allocating the data-storage space to store data issued from a host, and establishing and maintaining the valid page count table, the logical-to-physical address mapping information, and the invalid block record in the FLASH memory to manage the data-storage space. A FLASH memory control method is also provided.
US09355025B2	Method of controlling memory system in the event of sudden power off A method of controlling a memory system that comprises a first flash memory device and a memory controller, the method comprising counting a first timeout when a sudden power off occurs, resetting the first flash memory device when the first timeout expires, and dumping data to the first flash memory device.
US09355020B2	Resolving nondeterminism in application behavior models Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for resolving nondeterminism in a behavior model of a computing system under test (SUT). In some implementations, actions include: receiving a behavior model relating to a SUT, the behavior model including two or more nondeterministic transitions; obtaining trace data associated with execution of the SUT across the two or more nondeterministic transitions; determining based on the trace data, two or more transition guards that resolve nondeterminism of the two or more nondeterministic transitions; and associating the two or more transition guards with the two or more nondeterministic transitions to provide an extended behavior model.
US09355017B2	Automated error checking system for a software application and method therefor A test system for providing automatic testing of an application on a plurality of devices, the system including an input/output device for communicating with the plurality of devices, a processor and a memory that stores instructions which cause the processor to install an application on a device, monitor the device as it performs a series of steps, and record the results of the series of steps in a log.
US09355016B2	Automated regression testing for software applications Regression testing of an application may gather performance tests for multiple functions within an application and determine when performance changes from one version of the application to another. The analysis may be further broken down by input sequences that may be processed by various functions. A detailed regression analysis may be presented as a heat map or other visualizations. A regression testing system may be launched during a build process by automatically launching a set of performance tests against an application. In many cases, the application may be executed in a system with a known or consistent performance capabilities. The application may be executed and tested in a new version and at least one prior version on the same hardware and software execution environment, so that results may be normalized from one execution run to another. A regression testing system may be deployed as a paid-for service that may integrate into a source code repository.
US09355001B1	Method and apparatus for selecting an operating frequency of a central processing unit, based on determining a millions of instruction per second (MIPS) value associated with the central processing unit Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that comprises, within a sample window, determining an active time of a central processing unit (CPU) at an operating frequency. If there are any different operating frequencies within the sample window, the method further comprises determining active times of the CPU at the different operating frequencies within the sample window and, based upon the active times for the operating frequencies within the sample window, calculating a millions of instructions per second (MIPS) value for the sample window. The method further comprises performing a comparison of the MIPS value to a threshold value and, based upon the comparison of the MIPS value to the threshold value, setting an operating frequency of the CPU for a next sample window.
US09354996B2	System test apparatus The present invention relates to a system test apparatus. The system test apparatus includes an insertion module configured to insert a test agent into a process control block, a hooking module configured to hook a test target to a test code using the test agent when an event related to the test target occurs, a scanning module configured to collect pieces of test information about a process in which the event related to the test target has occurred when the test target is hooked, and a logging module configured to store the pieces of test information collected by the scanning module.
US09354992B2	Interconnect path failover One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for interconnect failover between a primary storage controller and a secondary storage controller. The secondary storage controller may be configured as a backup or failover storage controller for the primary storage controller in the event the primary storage controller fails. Data and/or metadata describing the data (e.g., data and/or metadata stored within a write cache) may be mirrored from the primary storage controller to the secondary storage controller over one or more interconnect paths. Responsive to identifying a failover trigger for a failed interconnect path, the secondary storage controller is instructed to fence (e.g., block) I/O operations from the failed interconnect path. Streams of data and/or metadata that were affected by the failure may be instructed to transmit such data and/or metadata over one or more non-failed interconnect paths to the secondary storage controller during failover of the failed interconnect path.
US09354988B2	Allocation strategies for data storage applications A physical storage volume can be partitioned into a plurality of master blocks of an equal master block size. Each master block of the plurality of master blocks can be allocated for storage of a single storage page size of a plurality of predefined storage page sizes provided for storage of data by a data storage application. A received page size can be determined for a storage page designated by the data storage application for storage on the physical storage volume, and the storage page can be stored in a free block of a master block of the plurality of master blocks having the single page size equivalent to the received page size. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US09354979B2	Server based disaster recovery by making use of dual write responses A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for asynchronous replication. The mechanism creates a record in a write log in a host computing device for a write command and marking the record as uncommitted. The mechanism maintains a copy of data to be written by the write command at the host computing device. The mechanism issues the write command from the host computing device to a primary storage controller at the primary storage site. Responsive to receiving an acknowledgement from the primary storage controller that the data have been written to the primary storage site, the mechanism marks the record as unreplicated. Responsive to receiving an acknowledgement from the primary storage controller that the data have been replicated to a secondary storage site, the mechanism erases the record in the write log and deleting the copy of data.
US09354973B2	Data integrity management in memory systems Data management logic allocates a portion such as a single plane of a respective multi-plane non-volatile memory device to store parity information for corresponding data striped across multiple planes of multiple non-volatile memory devices. According to one configuration, the data management logic as discussed herein generates parity data based on (a data stripe of) non-parity data stored in multiple planes of multiple different memory devices. The data management logic stores the parity data in the storage plane allocated to store the parity information. Additional configurations include: reserving a parity block amongst multiple non-parity data blocks to store parity data and reserving a parity page amongst multiple non-parity data pages to store parity data.
US09354957B2	Method and apparatus for concealing error in communication system A method and an apparatus for concealing an error of an apparatus for receiving an audio frame in a communication system are provided. The includes determining whether the error occurs in a current audio frame that is received from a transmitter, determining whether the audio frame includes a signal that corresponds to a preset specific frequency when the error occurs, setting a gain of the signal that corresponds to the specific frequency to be lower than a preset limit value if the audio frame includes the signal, and concealing the error of the current audio frame based on a previous audio frame of the audio frame in which the error occurs and the gain of the signal that corresponds to the set specific frequency.
US09354954B2	System and method for achieving high performance data flow among user space processes in storage systems Fault isolation capabilities made available by user space can be provided for a embedded network storage system without sacrificing efficiency. By giving user space processes direct access to specific devices (e.g., network interface cards and storage adapters), processes in a user space can initiate Input/Output requests without issuing system calls (and entering kernel mode). The multiple user spaces processes can initiate requests serviced by a user space device driver by sharing a read-only address space that maps the entire physical memory one-to-one. In addition, a user space process can initiate communication with another user space process by use of transmit and receive queues similar to transmit and receiver queues used by hardware devices. And, a mechanism of ensuring that virtual addresses that work in one address space reference the same physical page in another address space is used.
US09354950B1	Method and apparatus for accessing a data source from a client using a driver Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique to access a data source from a client using a driver. A data source name (DSN) is provided to connect to the data source using the driver. The driver is used to interface between the client and an implementation of a driver interface to access the data source based on the DSN.
US09354948B2	Data models containing host language embedded constraints Techniques are described for expressing a constraint in a host language. A constraint can be defined in the host language as an event handler. The event handler can be registered to a built-in event associated with an object of the database that the constraint is intended to validate. When the object triggers the built-in event, the event handler is called to execute the constraint. Exemplary built-in events include onSave (trigger the event when the object is saved), onValidate (trigger the event when an explicit call to validate the object is detected), onInsert (trigger the event when the object is inserted), onUpdate (trigger the event when the object is updated), and onCheckBeforeSave (trigger the event when the object is checked prior to saving).
US09354942B2	Coordinating power states in a hybrid information handling device Systems, methods and products directed toward coordinating power states in a hybrid information handling device are described herein. One aspect includes a method including: providing a primary operating environment and a secondary operating environment in an information handling device; ascertaining a trigger event for switching between the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment; providing power state transitioning responsive to the trigger event; and placing one of the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment in a working state while one of the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment is in a sleeping state. Other embodiments are described herein.
US09354938B2	Sequential cooperation between map and reduce phases to improve data locality Methods and arrangements for task scheduling. A job is accepted, the job comprising a plurality of phases, each of the phases comprising at least one task. For each of a plurality of slots, a fetching cost associated with receipt of one or more of the tasks is determined. The slots are grouped into a plurality of sets. A pair of thresholds is determined for each of the sets, the thresholds being associated with the determined fetching costs and comprising upper and lower numerical bounds for guiding receipt of one or more of the tasks. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09354934B2	Partitioned shared processor interrupt-intensive task segregator Interrupt-intensive and interrupt-driven processes are managed among a plurality of virtual processors, wherein each virtual processor is associated with a physical processor, wherein each physical processor may be associated with a plurality of virtual processors, and wherein each virtual processor is tasked to execute one or more of the processes, by determining which of a plurality of the processes executing among a plurality of virtual processors are being or have been driven by at least a minimum count of interrupts over a period of operational time; selecting a subset of the plurality of virtual processors to form a sequestration pool; migrating the interrupt-intensive processes on to the sequestration pool of virtual processors; and commanding by a computer a bias in delivery or routing of the interrupts to the sequestration pool of virtual processors.
US09354930B2	Scheduling of global voltage/frequency scaling switches among asynchronous dataflow dependent processors Task execution among a plurality of processors that are configured to operate concurrently at a same global Voltage/Frequency (VF) level is controlled by using a global power manager to control VF switching from one VF level to another VF level, the same current VF level governing VF settings of each processor. Each of the processors controls whether it will wait for a VF switch from a current VF level to a next VF level prior to enabling execution of a next scheduled task for the one of the processors, with the decision being based on whether a current VF level is higher than the next scheduled VF level. The global power manager performs VF level switching at least based on a timing schedule, and in some but not all embodiments, also on whether all processors indicate that they are waiting for a VF level switch.
US09354917B2	Method and system for network-less guest OS and software provisioning Techniques are disclosed for network-less provisioning of guest operating system and software. In one embodiment, a monitor process mounts a floppy image or ISO storing a deployment tool on a virtual CD/DVD device or virtual floppy device, respectively, of a VM and powers on the VM. The deployment tool is invoked upon powering on of the VM and requests that the monitor mount an OS ISO image on the virtual CD/DVD device. In response, the monitor mounts the OS ISO and transmits an acknowledgment to the deployment tool, which initiates OS installation from the OS ISO image. After the OS installation, the deployment tool transmits a further request that monitor clean-up resources consumed during the OS installation and reboots the VM, after which a similar process may be undertaken to install software for the VM.
US09354911B2	Method and system for logging into a virtual environment executing on a host A method for logging into a guest virtual environment (VE) from a host VE. The method includes receiving a request to login into the guest VE from the host VE. In response to the request, creating a virtual terminal driver (VTD). The VTD comprises a host extender located in the host VE and a guest extender located in a sub-host VE. The host VE and sub-host VE are configured to communicate using a master terminal and a slave terminal. Providing the guest extender to the third VE as a virtual serial terminal (VST). Logging into the guest VE using the master terminal, the slave terminal, a virtual environment manager (VEM), and the VTD, where the VEM is managing the guest VE.
US09354908B2	Instantly restoring virtual machines by providing read/write access to virtual disk before the virtual disk is completely restored A computer-implemented method for instantly restoring virtual machines in high input/output load environments may include (1) identifying a hypervisor that is configurable to maintain simultaneous connections to multiple datastores of a network-attached-storage system, (2) receiving a request to activate a new virtual machine on the hypervisor, (3) determining a usage of at least one connection from the hypervisor to at least one datastore of the network-attached-storage system, and (4) selecting, based on the usage of the connection, a designated connection from the hypervisor to a designated datastore of the network-attached storage system for use by the new virtual machine to store data on the network-attached-storage system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09354907B1	Optimized restore of virtual machine and virtual disk data Various systems and methods for restoring a virtual machine and virtual machine data. For example, one method can involve receiving a request to restore the virtual machine and virtual machine data. The virtual machine data can include part or all of a virtual disk associated with the virtual machine. Both the virtual machine and the virtual machine data are stored in one or more backup storage devices. In response to the request, the virtual machine is restored from the backup storage device to a local storage device, and restoration of the virtual machine data is initiated. While the virtual machine data is being migrated from backup to local storage, I/O requests are received and processed. Processing the I/O request can involve performing the I/O requests to both the backup storage device and the local storage device.
US09354904B2	Applying packages to configure software stacks Portable packages containing encodings of processes are applied to software stacks. The packages are portable and distinct from the software stacks. The packages may be in the form of declarative code for configuring the software stack and can be plugged into the software stack to allow the technology stack to play the packages, thereby configuring the stacks to be capable of automating the processes encoded by the packages. An application or software component can be provided to read a package and apply parts thereof to appropriate corresponding software stack components.
US09354893B2	Device for offloading instructions and data from primary to secondary data path Provided is an information processing device including an instruction cache, a data cache, first and second arithmetic unit groups including a plurality of arithmetic units capable of parallel operation, a first arithmetic-control circuit that generates one or more operation instructions for the first arithmetic unit group, and a second arithmetic-control circuit that generates one or more operation instructions for the second arithmetic unit group based on an instruction code of a fixed instruction register. The first arithmetic unit group sets the instruction code to the fixed instruction register according to an operation instruction generated based on a first specific instruction code by the first arithmetic-control circuit, and provides data to the second arithmetic unit group according to an operation instruction generated based on a second specific instruction code by the first arithmetic-control circuit. The second arithmetic unit group repeats operations based on the operation instructions by the second arithmetic-control circuit.
US09354890B1	Call stack structure for enabling execution of code outside of a subroutine and between call stack frames In one or more embodiments, system(s), method(s), integrated circuit(s), physical layer(s), apparatus(es), System-on-Chip (SoC), various other hardware, computer-readable and/or executable instructions, and/or technique(s) are described that enable a subroutine to release control of a processing entity when the subroutine is incomplete. By so doing, the processing entity may be used by code outside of the subroutine, such as code that needs attention, and/or more-fully utilize its own processing power by being less idle.
US09354883B2	Dynamic enablement of multithreading Embodiments relate to dynamic enablement of multithreading. According to an aspect, a computer system includes a configuration with a core configurable between a single thread (ST) mode and a multithreading (MT) mode. The ST mode addresses a primary thread, and the MT mode addresses the primary thread and one or more secondary threads on shared resources of the core. The computer system also includes a multithreading facility configured to control the configuration to perform a method. The method includes executing in the primary thread in the ST mode, an MT mode setting instruction. A number of threads requested is obtained from a location specified by the MT mode setting instruction. Based on determining that the number of threads requested indicates multiple threads, the MT mode is enabled to execute the multiple threads including the primary thread and the one or more secondary threads.
US09354878B2	Last branch record register for storing taken branch information and transactional memory transaction indicator to be used in transaction execution analysis In one embodiment, a processor includes an execution unit and at least one last branch record (LBR) register to store address information of a branch taken during program execution. This register may further store a transaction indicator to indicate whether the branch was taken during a transactional memory (TM) transaction. This register may further store an abort indicator to indicate whether the branch was caused by a transaction abort. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09354877B2	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing mask bit compression Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing in a computer processor mask bit compression in response to a single mask bit compression instruction that includes a source writemask register operand, a destination writemask register operand, and an opcode are described.
US09354869B2	Building a pattern to define a topology and application environment using software components and software updates/fixes from external repositories from multiple vendors A method, system and computer program product for building a pattern. An external framework engine identifies the software components, as well as code updates and/or code fixes, from the external repositories associated with different vendors. The framework engine then generates metadata using the identified software components and code updates and/or code fixes which may be used to determine the relationships between the software components. Furthermore, the framework engine generates configuration metadata to successfully link software components with a relationship. The framework engine then displays the software components available to be used to build the pattern, including the relationship linkages between the software components with a relationship along with the configuration metadata required to make a successful linkage. In this manner, the user will be able to build a pattern using software components provided from different vendors and be able to understand the relationship linkages between the software components.
US09354865B2	System and method for controlling the development of a software application Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for controlling the development of a software application. The system includes an event channel for receiving at least one event that indicates an action performed by one of a plurality of existing development tools used in the development of the software application, a policy-based event engine for evaluating the at least one event and for initiating at least one action of one of the plurality of existing development tools in accordance with at least one policy, and a repository, for storing at least one artifact to define an architecture of the software application. The at least one artifact corresponds to a component of the software application and/or to a dependency between a first component and a second component of the software application.
US09354864B2	Package header system and method to facilitate streaming a single firmware file upgrade The disclosed system and method provides a software package header that includes a copy of a firmware file header for a firmware file constituent of the software package. The package header is provided to a network service device such as a gateway as an initial portion of a software package to perform a firmware installation. The package header content is used to validate firmware files expected to be received and installed by the network service device. The package header structure permits all firmware files to be validated prior to the installation of any of the firmware files, while avoiding the use of additional network service device resources.
US09354862B2	Apparatus and method for software information management A storage unit stores the programs of software. An operation unit monitors processes generated by an installer for the software when the software is installed. The operation unit generates, based on file information about files accessed by the generated processes and the relationships between the processes, software configuration information associating the file information about the files with the software.
US09354850B2	Method and apparatus for instruction scheduling using software pipelining A method for scheduling loop processing of a reconfigurable processor includes generating a dependence graph of instructions for the loop processing; mapping a first register file of the reconfigurable processor on an arrow indicating inter-iteration dependence on the dependence graph; and searching for schedules of the instructions based on the mapping result.
US09354847B2	Interface infrastructure for a continuation based runtime Namespace for continuation-based runtime. Some embodiments described herein are directed to a framework using continuation based runtime namespaces that pertain to an infrastructure for enabling the creation of a wide variety of continuation-based programs that perform a wide-array of tasks. The infrastructure provides a foundation for building continuation-based, declarative applications of various scale and complexity. In some embodiments, the associated application programming interfaces (APIs) are factored into a hierarchy of namespaces in a manner that balances utility, usability, extensibility, and versionability.
US09354842B2	Apparatus and method of controlling voice input in electronic device supporting voice recognition A method of controlling a voice input of a terminal supporting a voice recognition function is provided. The method includes controlling a microphone to be in a turn-off state during operation of a voice recognition mode; detecting a first user input for requesting turn-on of the microphone based on at least one of a touch input, a touch pen input, and a key input; controlling the microphone in the turn-off state to be in a turn-on state when the first user input is detected; collecting voice input data of a user through the microphone in the turn-on state; and controlling the microphone in the turn-on state to be in the turn-off state when a second user input for requesting the turn-off of the microphone is detected, and terminating collecting the voice input data.
US09354840B2	Automatic detection method of video wall arrangement and video wall system using the same An automatic detection method of an arrangement of a video wall including a plurality of monitors and a video wall system are provided. The method includes: calling, by a control computer, identification information of a first monitor of the plurality of monitors; sending, by the first monitor, a response signal to the control computer and sending, by a second monitor which does not correspond to the called identification information, a detecting signal including a received direction of the response signal to the control computer; and receiving, by the control computer, the detecting signal, and determining the arrangement of the plurality of monitors according to the received detecting signal.
US09354832B2	Print system for recovering a print job in a redundant print server, print server and print control method By saving the print job status in a shared database and switching the print job recovery method depending on the status, it is possible to obtain a printed result desired by the user without storing print data in the common database at the time of the occurrence of a failure.
US09354824B2	System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory A system and method are disclosed for incorporating mathematical and/or logical functionality within a memory system (such as a solid state drive (SSD)). The mathematical and/or logical functionality may comprise an arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The ALU may be resident in one or both of flash memory chips or the SSD controller. When resident in the flash memory chips, a single ALU or multiple ALUs may be used. For example, a single ALU may be assigned to one, some, or each block of flash memory within the flash memory chip. As another example, an ALU may be assigned to a sub-block construct, such as to each bit line in the block. Having ALUs resident in the SSD enables more processing to be performed within the SSD and reduces the need to transmit data outside of the SSD for processing.
US09354809B2	Display device, display program and display method A touch panel device (display device) acquires a first sensor image, a second sensor image, and a third sensor image. The touch panel device displays acquired images in respective divided areas of a display screen. The touch panel device detects a predetermined touch gesture and detects an operated location of the touch gesture. The touch panel device identifies which image the operated location indicates. The touch panel device performing processing corresponding to the identified touch gesture (scrolling or zooming of a display image), and changes a direction or a motion range of the processing according to the identified sensor image.
US09354807B2	Method, apparatus and computer program to designate content retrieval on an interactive display Disclosed is a system configured, in response to a user placing one or more markings at a first location on a display screen, to create a mapping between data representing the one or more markings; to save the data in a file that is identified at least in part by the mapping; and in response to the user inputting a command to retrieve the markings, to retrieve the data from the file based on the mapping and to render markings on the display screen at a second location specified by the user.
US09354799B2	Systems and methods for adaptive streaming systems with interactive video timelines Systems and methods for adaptive streaming systems configured to generate interactive video timelines in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for selecting video to stream and playback using an interactive video timeline includes selecting a plurality of frames of video from a first stream of video data using a network client, displaying the plurality of frames of video in an interactive video timeline using the network client, selecting a playback frame of video data from the plurality of frames of video in the interactive video timeline using the network client, receiving a second stream of video data beginning from the playback frame of video data using the network client, and playing the second stream of video data using the network client.
US09354790B2	Dynamically selecting and ordering facets and facet values in a user interface based on user preference A method, system and computer program product for dynamically selecting and ordering facets and/or facet values in a user interface. A user's “preference” concerning the selection and ordering of facets and/or facet values that the user desires to be displayed in the user interface is determined. Such user's preference may be determined based on monitoring the actions of the user (e.g., online activity) as well as possibly other types of information, such as the user's input and context of the user's faceted search. Upon determining the user's preference, facets and/or facet values are selected and ordered based on the user's preference and consequently displayed in the user's user interface. In this manner, the user is provided a more relevant and insightful perspective on the data set as the user sees the “best” information more quickly while performing less work to see and apply the facets and/or facet values.
US09354784B2	Method and device for composing a menu Multimedia content of exchangeable storage media, such as optical discs, may be extended by bonus content that is downloaded via Internet connection and stored on a local storage device. An improved method for integration of different menu items relating to on-disc content and downloaded content provides flexibility and a simple, low cost solution. The method for integration of downloaded bonus content into a menu comprises defining one or more placeholders within a menu, determining a storage location or naming convention for bonus content, declaring for each placeholder an attribute providing a unique association to a specific type of bonus content, providing a button image, detecting presence of bonus content data, replacing the associated placeholder by the associated button image and enabling an associated action to be taken when said button is selected.
US09354782B2	Social exposure management system and method The invention describes and claims a system and a method of computer-implemented social exposure management, intended for expeditious and near-simultaneous alteration of user's privacy characteristics across a plurality of social media environments. The system comprises a GUI interface for setting user's preferences, a processing component for transforming the user's preferences and commands into an action command sequence, an execution component for implementation of the user-selectable preferences and commands, and a feedback system for providing a report of the system's actions in altering of user's privacy characteristics.
US09354781B2	Systems and methods for creating photobooks A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the photo album, graphically displaying the first group of one or more images within a first border that represents a first page, graphically displaying the second group of one or more images within a second border that represents a second page, automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, and automatically placing the first group of one or more images into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout to produce the first page in the photo album.
US09354780B2	Gesture-based selection and movement of objects An information terminal includes: a display unit which displays one or more objects; a sensor unit which obtains a position of a first point and a position of a second point designated by a user on the display unit; and a control unit which selects, from among the one or more objects, at least one object displayed on a straight line determined by the first point and second point, and when the first point or the second point is moved along the straight line, moves the selected object in a direction corresponding to a direction of the movement of the first point or the second point.
US09354777B2	Method for creating a peer-to-peer immediate messaging solution without using an instant messaging server A messaging method in a system including a wireless network, a routing server, and a plurality of mobile stations. A first mobile station has first communications applications and a first PIN and a second mobile station has second communications applications and a second PIN. The method includes sending an invitation including the first PIN from the first mobile station to the second mobile station using one of the first communications applications, and sending an acceptance including the second PIN from the second mobile station to the first mobile station using one of the second communications applications. The method further includes creating first messages including the second PIN and sending them to the second mobile station through the wireless network, and creating second messages including the first PIN and sending them to the first mobile station through the wireless network. The routing server routes the messages based on the PINs.
US09354753B2	PET-based touch pad A space-efficient substantially transparent mutual capacitance touch sensor panel can be created by forming columns made of a substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a first substantially transparent substrate, forming rows made of the substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a second substantially transparent substrate, adhering the two substrates together with a substantially transparent adhesive, bringing column connections down to the second substrate using vias, and routing both the column and row connections to a single connection area on the second substrate. In addition, in some embodiments some of the row connections can be routed to a second connection area on the second substrate to minimize the size of the sensor panel.
US09354741B2	Touch panel controller and semiconductor device The touch panel controller activates a touch panel having a detection plane superposed on a display plane of a display device, and performs a touch detection. The touch panel controller uses a cycle of 1/n (n is a positive integer) of a display frame cycle on the display plane as the detection frame cycle of the detection plane. The touch panel controller decides an order of driving the detection-scan electrodes in each detection frame cycle according to predetermined phase-delay and phase-advance positions with respect to a display-scan electrode drive position of the display device so as to correspond to an order of the detection-scan electrode array of the touch panel. The touch panel controller makes possible to avoid the coincidence of display-scan and touch-detection positions without thinning touch detections even with the detection frame cycle of a touch sensor shorter than the display frame cycle of a liquid crystal panel.
US09354740B2	Object orientation determination In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from one or more touch sensors of a computing device, signals corresponding to one or more touch or proximity inputs occurring substantially simultaneously within a touch-sensitive area of each of the touch sensors. At least a portion of the touch-sensitive areas of at least one of the touch sensors is disposed substantially along an edge of the computing device. The method also includes determining, based on the signals, an orientation of an object causing the touch or proximity inputs; and initiating a pre-determined function of the computing device based at least in part on the orientation of the object.
US09354734B2	Common-mode hover detection In one embodiment, a method includes substantially simultaneously applying a pre-determined voltage to a conductive layer and to one or more electrodes of a touch sensor. The conductive layer is spatially separated from the electrodes by at least a thickness of a substrate. The method also includes determining a difference between a measurement current of one or more of the electrodes and a reference value; and determining whether a proximity or touch input to the touch sensor has occurred based at least in part on the difference.
US09354728B2	Active stylus with capacitive buttons and sliders In one embodiment, a device includes a form factor of a stylus. The form factor includes a surface area. The device also includes one or more substrates disposed along one or more portions of the surface area; and one or more touch sensors disposed on one or more of the substrates. At least one of the touch sensors includes a distinct touch-sensitive area that includes a touch-sensitive button, a touch-sensitive wheel, or a touch-sensitive slider. The device also includes a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium coupled to one or more of the touch sensors and embodying logic configured to associate the distinct touch-sensitive area with a pre-determined function of the device.
US09354723B2	Control device, input device, control system, handheld device, and control method A control device includes: a receiver for receiving first information regarding the movement of a casing, and second information regarding whether to reflect the first information on the movement of coordinate values; a storage unit for storing a whole-screen region including a real-screen region, and a virtual-screen region set around the real-screen region; a generator for generating the coordinate values within the whole-screen region based on the first information; a switcher for switching a first state in which the coordinate values are movable, and a second state in which the coordinate values are immovable, based on the second information; a determining unit for determining which of the real-screen region or the virtual-screen region the coordinate values belong to; and a coordinate-value control unit for controlling the coordinate values so as to move the coordinate values within the virtual-screen region to the position of predetermined coordinate values within the real-screen region.
US09354721B2	Movement based image transformation In some implementations, an image can be presented in an image editing interface and the image can be edited based on movement of the mobile device. In some implementations, the mobile device can be configured to provide a plurality of types edits (e.g., filters, effects, etc.) that can be applied to the image, a selection of one or more edit types can be received, movement sensor data can obtained describing movement of the mobile device, and the selected edits can be applied to the image based on the sensor data.
US09354709B1	Tilt gesture detection A device may recognize a tilt gesture when a device rotates about an axis and then back again. The gesture may be recognized using a state machine. Recognition of the gesture may be performed based on a context of a device, where the specific movement of the device during a tilt gesture may change based on the context. The tilt gesture may be confirmed using a classifier trained on features describing the gesture and the context.
US09354702B2	Manipulation of virtual object in augmented reality via thought A system and method for manipulating a virtual object based on thought is described. A reference identifier from a physical object is captured. Brain activity data of a user is received to obtain a brain activity data. The reference identifier and the brain activity data are communicated via a network to a remote server. The remote server selects a virtual object based on the reference identifier and the brain activity data. A communication from the server identifying the virtual object is received. The virtual object is displayed in a virtual landscape.
US09354687B2	Methods and apparatus for unsupervised wakeup with time-correlated acoustic events Methods and apparatus for unsupervised wakeup of a device including receiving a first acoustic event at a first time and a second acoustic event at a second time, wherein the first and second acoustic events have scores above a first threshold identifying the first and second acoustic events as wakeup candidates for a wakeup phrase for an unsupervised wakeup of a device. It can be determined that the first acoustic event score is below a second threshold, which is higher than the first threshold and whether a difference between the first and second times is within a range to check for correlation in time between the first and second acoustic events. Occurrence of a wakeup event can be determined based upon the first and second times.
US09354686B2	Monitoring and managing processor activity in power save mode of portable electronic device An electronic device and a method operative therein monitor automatic wakeup events that occur during a power save mode. Wakeup events are monitored for respective applications executable within the electronic device. Applications with processing activity during the power save mode are then listed, on the basis of at least the monitored wakeup events. An indication of which apps are consuming battery power during the power save mode can then be obtained.
US09354681B2	Protected power management mode in a processor In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores. Each core includes a core power unit to detect one or more power management events, and in response to the one or more power management events, initiate a protected power management mode in the core. Software interrupts to the core may be disabled during the protected power management mode. The core is to execute power management code during the protected power management mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09354680B2	Image forming apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus, and storage medium having a firmware update function An image forming apparatus includes an update unit configured to execute firmware update processing, a storage unit configured to store information relating to a change in a setting value of the image forming apparatus produced by the firmware update processing, a selection unit configured to select a specific update history entry from a firmware update history, and a display unit configured to display information relating to the change in the setting value produced by the firmware update processing corresponding to the specific update history entry selected by the selection unit based on the information stored in the storage unit.
US09354673B2	Portable type electronic device, portable type electronic device group, and method of manufacturing portable type electronic device A first antenna (31) is disposed closer to a rear touch panel (4) than to a display panel (2a) in the front-rear direction of a housing (20). The first antenna (31) is disposed so as to be offset with respect to the rear touch panel (4) in a direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the housing (20) so that at least a part of the first antenna (31) does not overlap the rear touch panel (4) in the front-rear direction of the housing (20). With such a structure, the display panel and touch panel are provided at the front surface and rear surface, respectively, and good reception sensitivity can be obtained.
US09354668B2	Hinge assembly In one embodiment chassis for an electronic device comprises a first section and a second section and an assembly to connect the first section of the chassis to the second section of the chassis for an electronic device, comprising a first hinge assembly to be coupled to the first section of the chassis for the electronic device, a second hinge assembly to be coupled to the second section of the chassis for the electronic device, a first rigid connecting member to be coupled to the first hinge assembly and the second hinge assembly, a first resistance element to provide a first rotational resistance between the first hinge assembly and a first end of the first rigid connecting member and a first resistance element to provide a second rotational resistance between the second hinge assembly and a second end of the first rigid connecting member. Other embodiments may be described.
US09354666B2	Electronic device and operating method thereof An electronic device including a first body, an input module and a second body is provided. The first body has a positioning structure. The input module is slidably disposed on the first body and positioned at a first position by the positioning structure. The second body is pivoted with the first body. When the second body is expanded relative to the first body to obtain a first included angle between the first body and the second body, the second body drives the positioning structure to release the input module, such that the input module is capable of sliding from the first position to a second position relative to the first body and separating from the positioning structure.
US09354658B2	Method for asynchronous gating of signals between clock domains An apparatus for synchronizing a signal from a first clock domain into a second clock domain is disclosed. The apparatus may include circuitry, a synchronization circuit, and a clock gate circuit. The circuitry may de-assert a first enable signal dependent upon a first clock signal. The synchronization circuit may generate a second enable signal synchronized to a second clock signal and may de-assert the second enable signal in response to de-asserting the first enable signal. The clock gate circuit may generate a third clock signal dependent upon the second clock signal, and may disable the third clock signal responsive to de-asserting the second enable signal. The circuitry may further disable the second clock signal in response to determining a predetermined period of time has elapsed since de-asserting the first enable signal.
US09354656B2	Method and apparatus for dynamic channelization device switching in a synchrony group Receiving, at a first zone player, information identifying a location of audio information; when the audio information is accessible by the first zone player (i) obtaining, by the first zone player, the audio information, and (ii) providing, by the first zone player, the audio information to a synchrony group; and when the audio information is inaccessible by the first zone player, instructing, by the first zone player, a second zone player to (i) obtain the audio information, and (ii) provide the audio information to the synchrony group.
US09354652B2	Maximum power point tracking method and device, and photovoltaic power generation system A maximum power point tracking method, device and a photovoltaic power generation system. The maximum power point tracking method involves sampling a present voltage and a present current of a photovoltaic array and obtaining a present power based on the present voltage and the present current. The maximum power point tracking using a difference between the present power and a power for a previous sampling time as a present perturbation power, and based on a ratio of the present perturbation power to a perturbation power for a previous sampling time obtain a gradient perturbation voltage step ratio. Further, the maximum power point tracking obtains a perturbation voltage step based on the gradient perturbation voltage step ratio and the voltage difference between the present voltage and the voltage for the previous sampling time, and control an output voltage based on the perturbation voltage step.
US09354632B2	Systems and methods for signal selection and fault detection A signal selection and fault detection system is provided. The system includes four input equalization circuits each configured to receive an input signal from an associated sensor, wherein the input signal is indicative of a parameter measured by the associated sensor, and output an equalized signal based on the received input signal. The system further includes a five-input output selection circuit coupled to the four input equalization circuits, the five-input output selection circuit configured to receive an equalized signal from each of the four input equalization circuits, receive a previous frame output signal, and select an output signal from the four equalized signals and the previous frame output signal.
US09354627B2	Control method, control computer program, and control system for work machine A control method for a work machine, includes: acquiring a correlation between identification information for identifying operability for the work machine and operational information of the work machine, and generating a correlation between an operator who operates the work machine and the operational information by using the correlation between the identification information and the operational information and a correlation between the operator and the identification information.
US09354624B2	Method of simulating engine operation A method of creating a simplified computer implementable engine model includes obtaining a complete computer implementable engine model and selecting, from the complete engine model, elements defining the simplified engine model. The method further includes obtaining from a library of rules at least one computer implementable model creation rule corresponding to the selected elements and using that at least one rule to create the simplified computer implementable engine model.
US09354622B2	Method of controlling a rotating electric machine, control system and rotating electric machine corresponding thereto The method of controlling a polyphase rotating electric machine, the machine operating as a generator and being linked to an electrical network (1), is of the type of those consisting in short-circuiting at least one phase winding in the event of load shedding. A short-circuit command (SAND) is generated for the phase winding when a first measurement voltage V of a voltage B+ of the network exceeds a first predetermined threshold value V1 and when a phase current (IΦ) in the phase winding vanishes and changes direction. The first measurement voltage V may be obtained by filtering the voltage B+ of the network with a predetermined time constant TF.
US09354619B2	Method and system for mitigating the effects of an active shooter A victim initiated mitigation (VIM) system is capable of mitigating the effects of an Active Shooter in a facility such as a high occupancy facility. The VIM system initiates an immediate automated facility lock-down once activated through the use of one or more Victim Initiated units. This lock-down imposes immediate environmental control measures on the facility and constrains the shooter's freedom of movement, as well as protects potential victims behind locked doors. Additionally, immediate automated alerts and notifications are sent to first responders and facility/campus occupants, and command and control functionality is provided via an incident command center.
US09354617B2	Magnetic field communication arrangement and method for a tractor-trailer An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.
US09354608B2	Balance stop device for watch pieces with tourbillon cage A device for stopping a balance of a regulating organ mounted in a tourbillon of a timepiece. The device can be controlled by a setting device of the timepiece. The device includes at least two stop levers which are each secured pivotably to a respective lever pivot axis in such a manner that they can be brought from a rest position, in which the balance and the tourbillon are freely rotatable into a stop position, in which at least one of the stop levers acts via its free end on the balance such that the balance is stopped. The device additionally includes for each of these stop levers pre-loading structure, in such a manner that the force exerted onto the balance by each of the stop levers can act separately. The present invention also relates to a corresponding movement module equipped with such a device, respectively to a corresponding timepiece.
US09354598B2	Image forming apparatus provided with cartridge An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge; and a drawer frame. The cartridge includes first and second frames; and first and second engagement portions. The first frame supports a photosensitive drum. The second frame supports a developing roller and moves relative to the first frame between a contact position where the developing roller is in contact with the photosensitive drum and the second engagement portion disengages from the first engagement portion and a separated position where the developing roller is spaced away from the photosensitive drum and the second engagement portion engages with the first engagement portion. The drawer frame is configured to move between an inside position inside a housing and an outside position outside the housing, and has a releasing part configured to release engagement of the first and second engagement portions so as to move the second frame from the separated position to the contact position.
US09354592B2	Image forming apparatus having prearranged control board, power source board, and fixing, conveyance, tower supply and exposure units The power source board is arranged at a lower side on the back side of the main body of the image forming apparatus. The load control board is arranged at an upper side in a vertical direction of the power source board in such a manner that the load control board does not overlap with the power source board. For a board and load at a lower side when viewed from a load control board, a connector is arranged near the lower side of the load control board. For a board and load at an upper side of the load control board, a connector is arranged near the upper side of the load control board. Similarly, for boards and loads of right and left side, connectors are arranged near the respective right and left sides of the load control board.
US09354591B2	Waste toner collecting structure of an image forming apparatus A waste toner collecting structure of an image forming apparatus includes a waste toner collector to be removably installed in a main body of an image forming apparatus to collect waste toner that is exhausted through exhaust holes of at least one waste toner exhaust parts installed in the main body a negative pressure generator to form negative pressure around shutters of the waste toner exhaust parts that open and close the exhaust holes, to form an intake air current into the waste toner collector and a waste toner separator to be connected to the waste toner collector to separate some of the waste toner, which flows into the waste toner collector and then moves toward the negative pressure generator, from air in order to collect the waste toner.
US09354585B2	Contact member, image carrier, and image forming apparatus A contact member is fitted in a cylindrical body that is substantially cylindrical and configurates an image carrier, and is supported by the cylindrical body while being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body at contact portions provided in three areas in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical body. All angles formed by two of straight lines passing through the contact portions and an axial center of the cylindrical body are more than about 90 degrees in a state in which the contact member is supported within the cylindrical body, when viewed from an axial direction of the cylindrical body.
US09354584B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus (100) forms an image on a recording medium. The image forming apparatus (100) includes image forming units (110). Of the image forming units (110), one or more image forming units are intermediate image forming units, and one or more image forming units adjacent to a side of the intermediate image forming units and one or more image forming units adjacent to an opposite side of the intermediate image forming units are side image forming units. The image forming units (110) each include a photosensitive drum (120), a light emitting element (162) performing static elimination on the photosensitive drum (120), and a heating element (163) heating the photosensitive drum (120). The heating elements (163) of the intermediate image forming units receive supply of electric power different in quantity from that of which supply the heating elements (163) the side image forming units receive.
US09354582B2	Print control apparatus, printing system, and print control method A print control apparatus includes a generating unit that generates clear-toner plane data based on gloss-control plane data, which contains a gloss control value for specifying a type of a surface effect being a visual or a tactile effect applied to the recording medium and for specifying a region to which the surface effect is applied in the recording medium, and clear plane data, which contains a density value for specifying a transparent image other than the surface effect; and an outputting unit that outputs the clear-toner plane data. When a region where the gloss control value is specified in the gloss-control plane data and a region where the density value is specified in the clear plane data overlap each other, the generating unit sets a value of the clear-toner plane data to the gloss control value or the density value, based on a predetermined condition.
US09354567B2	Fixing device, fixing device control method, and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a rotatable fuser member a heater, a rotatable pressure member, a thermometer, and a feedback controller. The rotatable fuser member is subjected to heating. The heater heats the fuser member to a heating temperature. The rotatable pressure member is disposed opposite the fuser member. The fuser member and the pressure member are pressed against each other to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which the recording medium is conveyed, so as to fix the toner image in place under heat and pressure. The thermometer is disposed adjacent to the pressure member to detect an operational temperature of the pressure member. The feedback controller is operatively connected with the thermometer to control the heating temperature according to the detected operational temperature, so that the recording medium exhibits a substantially constant post-fixing temperature downstream from the fixing nip regardless of the heat capacity of the recording medium.
US09354565B2	Printer A printer includes a printing unit that prints an image on a print medium, a sensor that measures an internal temperature, and a controller that stops printing by the printing unit based on the measured internal temperature and a predetermined temperature. The controller starts the printing based on a remaining printing volume.
US09354564B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program In an image forming apparatus for controlling temperature of a fixing section based on a color material amount obtained from image data, it is determined whether the image data is a specific image, and the temperature of the fixing section is controlled so that the temperature of the fixing section becomes a predetermined temperature without using the color material amount obtained from the image data in a case where it is determined that the image data is a specific image as a determination result.
US09354556B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member; a transfer unit that includes a transfer member, first and second separating portions configured to separate ends of the transfer member that are on one side and on another side, respectively, from the image carrying member; an engaging unit that includes first and second engaging portions configured to engage with the first and second separating portions, respectively, the engaging unit being configured to separate the transfer member from the image carrying member when the first engaging portion engages with the first separating portion and the second engaging portion engages with the second separating portion; and a regulating member configured to regulate a movement of the engaging unit. The engaging unit is moved by the regulating member from the one side toward the other side or from the other side toward the one side.
US09354554B2	Image forming apparatus having toner collection An image forming apparatus includes a first feeding path configured to feed toner collected from an image forming station, a collection container detachably mountable to the image forming apparatus and configured to accommodate the collected toner fed through the first feeding path, and a shutter unit including a second feeding path movably connected with the first feeding path and capable of connecting with the collection container. A shutter is configured to open and close a connecting portion between the second feeding path and the collection container by sliding in a direction crossing with the second feeding path in response to mounting and demounting of the collection container.
US09354546B2	Method to operate a printer given exchange of a reservoir In a method to operate a printer or copier to print to a printing substrate, or in such a printer or copier, toner concentrate is extracted from a toner concentrate reservoir and carrier fluid is extracted from a carrier fluid reservoir. The extracted toner concentrate and carrier fluid are supplied to a mixer where mixing occurs to form a developer mixture. The developer mixture is applied to a developer roller with aid of an electrical field. Given an exchange of least one of the toner concentration reservoir and the carrier fluid reservoir, a strength of the electrical field is modified such that a predetermined desired inking of the printing substrate is maintained even given a change of a toner concentration in the developer mixture due to the exchange.
US09354545B2	Developing apparatus, developing method, image-forming apparatus, and image-forming method Provided is a developing apparatus, including: a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image; a toner carrier for carrying the toner; and a regulating member for regulating a layer thickness of the toner carried by the toner carrier, in which: the toner includes a toner containing toner particles each containing a binder resin and a magnetic material, and inorganic fine particles present on surfaces of the toner particles; the toner has a dielectric loss factor (∈″) at a frequency of 100 kHz and a temperature of 30° C. of 0.03 pF/m or more and 0.30 pF/m or less; the toner carrier includes a substrate, an elastic layer, and a surface layer containing a urethane resin; and the urethane resin has a partial structure derived from a reaction between a compound represented by the structural formula (1) and a polyisocyanate.
US09354541B2	Image forming apparatus and exposure position adjusting method According to an image forming apparatus and an exposure position adjusting method of one aspect of the present invention, an exposure section scans a plurality of light beams to form a plurality of electrostatic latent images periodically along a main-scanning direction of the photoreceptor at a predetermined pitch in a sub-scanning direction of the photoreceptor. Next, a surface potential detecting section detects electric potentials of the plurality of electrostatic latent images formed on the surface of the photoreceptor, along the main-scanning direction. Furthermore, a controller calculates exposure timings by the plurality of light beams in the exposure section on the basis of a detection result by the surface potential detecting section.
US09354536B2	Two-component developing agent for developing electrostatic latent image and method for forming electrophotographic image A two-component developing agent for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles composed of toner base particles and an exterior additive attached on the toner base particles, and carrier particles composed of carrier core particles and a coating resin provided on the carrier core particles. The coating resin includes a sulfur atom and a resin obtained by polymerizing an isobutyl methacrylate monomer, and the toner base particles include a sulfur atom.
US09354527B2	Overlay displacement amount measuring method, positional displacement amount measuring method and positional displacement amount measuring apparatus In an overlay displacement amount measuring method according to an embodiment, a temperature distribution of a substrate during a pattern forming process and a temperature distribution of the substrate during a measuring process for measuring a positional displacement amount between patterns on the substrate by an electron microscope are measured. An expansion/contraction amount of the substrate between two processes is calculated based upon the two temperature distributions, and the positional displacement amount is corrected based upon the expansion/contraction amount. An overlay displacement amount between the pattern and a pattern formed on a layer different from the pattern is measured by an optical measuring apparatus, and the overlay displacement amount is corrected based upon the corrected positional displacement amount.
US09354524B2	Projection exposure apparatus with optimized adjustment possibility A microlithography projection objective includes an optical element, a manipulator configured to manipulate the optical element, and a control unit configured to control the manipulator. The control unit includes a first device configured to control movement of the manipulator, a memory comprising an upper bound for a range of movement of the manipulator, and a second device configured to generate a merit function based on a square of a root mean square (RMS) of at least one error and configured to minimize the merit function subordinate to the upper bound for the range of movement of the manipulator.
US09354522B2	Block copolymer and pattern forming method using the same A block copolymer includes: a first block, and a second block copolymerized with the first block. The second block includes a silyl group including a ring-type functional group.
US09354516B2	Resist composition A resist composition of the present invention is a resist composition containing a resist base material and a solvent. The resist base material contains a specific stereoisomer. A content of the specific stereoisomer in the resist base material is 50 to 100% by mass.
US09354515B2	Resist composition, acid generator, polymeric compound and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition containing a compound represented by general formula (m0), wherein R1 and R2 each independently represents an aryl group which may have a substituent, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, or an alkenyl group which may have a substituent, provided that R1 and R2 may be mutually bonded to form a ring with the sulfur atom; R3 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, an alkenyl group which may have a substituent, or an alkynyl group which may have a substituent; V1 represents a single bond or an alkylene group, provided that, when R3 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, V1 is an alkylene group; and X0− represents a monovalent organic anion.
US09354513B2	Photopolymer stamp manufacturing process and preparation system and photopolymer stamp dies A photopolymer plate manufacturing process utilizes a modified substrate and mask to generate pre-cut and interchangeable single and multi-part stamp dies. Using a modified substrate and mask, a conventional photopolymer plate can be manufactured with a plurality of independent pattern or stamp areas that are readily removable and replaceable on the substrate and do not require cutting. The resulting material is also securable to a plastic stamp or the like without an adhesive, thereby facilitating a stamp with exchangeable patterns. Additionally, with a further modified mask, the stamp dies can be manufactured in two or more separable pieces, which can then be selectively interchanged among multiple stamp dies. An alignment tool facilitates installation of the stamp dies on the stamp mechanism.
US09354512B2	Resin mold for imprinting and method for producing the same Provided is a resin mold for imprinting which is free from transfer defects, has excellent releasability from a resin subjected to imprinting, and does not cause any defect by imprinting. The resin mold for imprinting includes a resin layer having a recessed and projected pattern surface, an inorganic material layer formed with a uniform thickness on at least the recessed and projected pattern surface of the resin layer, and a release agent layer formed with a uniform thickness on at least the recessed and projected pattern surface of the inorganic material layer.
US09354506B2	Radiation sensing device and holder A system for holding and aligning a radiation sensing device is described. The system includes a radiation sensing device having a sensor engagement member. The system also includes a holder having a retention member including first and second retention guides connected with opposing ends of a back plate. The first retention guide also includes a complementary holder engagement member configured to mate with the sensor engagement member at a preset position.
US09354495B2	Projection display device and method for controlling the same In at least one embodiment, a projection display device comprises a device main body, a shutter that opens and closes an opening for ventilation, and an electricity storage section that stores power from an external power source. If an interruption detecting section detects a power supply from the external power source is stopped and a time in which the power supply is stopped is longer than a predetermined time, the interruption detecting section detects that the external power source is interrupted. If the interruption of the external power source is detected, a control section performs a control to reduce a power consumption of the device main body and a control to drive the shutter so that the shutter is closed by the power supplied from the electricity storage section.
US09354493B2	Projection system A projection system includes a light source, an imaging unit, a control unit, and a projecting unit. The light source applies a light beam having a predetermined wavelength. The imaging unit captures a subject to which the light beam is applied. The control unit generates image data for projection based on the captured image. The projecting unit projects a projection image onto the subject. The imaging unit captures the projection image together with an image of a region responding to the light beam. The control unit corrects the image data for projection to additionally display the projection image on a region which responds to the light beam and does not overlap a region onto which the projection image is projected, and to erase the projection image in a region onto which the projection image is projected and does not overlap the region responding to the light beam.
US09354492B2	Camera mount assembly, methods of production and uses thereof A camera mount assembly is disclosed that includes: a camera having a camera body and a lens, a D-shaped telescopic handle, wherein the handle is coupled to the top of the camera body, a removable eyepiece, wherein the eyepiece is operatively coupled to the camera body, a viewfinder tube, and an inverted kinematic arm. A camera mount assembly is also disclosed that includes: a camera having a camera body and a lens, a D-shaped telescopic handle, wherein the handle is coupled to the top of the camera body, a removable eyepiece, wherein the eyepiece is operatively coupled to the D-shaped telescopic handle, a viewfinder tube rotatably coupled with the camera body, and an inverted kinematic arm. Additionally, a camera mount assembly is described that includes: a camera having a camera body and a lens, a D-shaped telescopic handle, wherein the handle is coupled to the top of the camera body, a viewfinder tube rotatably coupled with the camera body, a removable eyepiece, wherein the eyepiece is operatively coupled to the viewfinder tube, and an inverted kinematic arm.
US09354488B2	Methods, apparatuses, systems and software for focusing a camera Methods, apparatuses, systems and software for focusing a camera are disclosed. The camera focusing system includes a distance measuring device, a video receiver that receives video/images, a graphics overlay unit, and a monitor. The distance measuring device includes an emitter that emits a radiation beam, a detector that detects reflected radiation, and logic that determines and processes distance information for subject(s) or object(s) in detection zones from the reflections. The graphics overlay unit receives video/image information from the video receiver and the distance information from the distance measuring device, and includes a video overlay and data processing unit that generates graphics indicating a field of detection and position for each detection zone and a direction and/or magnitude of a change in focus setting(s) to bring subjects or objects within each detection zone into focus. The monitor displays the video/image and the graphics overlaid thereon.
US09354472B2	Polarized light irradiating apparatus and method of irradiating polarized light for photo alignment An apparatus capable of performing a photo alignment process on a plate-shaped member and realizing high productivity is provided. An irradiating unit irradiates an irradiated area with polarized light, and a stage movement mechanism transports first and second stages on which substrates are mounted alternately to the irradiated area and returns the same. A space larger than a length by which the substrate on the second stage passes through the irradiated area is secured between the first stage positioned at a first substrate mounting-and-collecting position and the irradiated area, and a space larger than a length by which the substrate on the first stage passes through the irradiated area is secured between the second stage positioned at a second substrate mounting-and-collecting position and the irradiated area.
US09354471B2	Display substrate, method for fabricating the same and liquid crystal display panel The embodiments of the invention disclose a display substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a liquid crystal display panel. The display panel is used for constructing a transflective liquid crystal display panel including a transmissive region and a reflective region. The display substrate includes an alignment layer which comprises a first alignment structure in the transmissive region and a second alignment structure in the reflective region. The first alignment structure is an oblique alignment structure and the second alignment structure is a vertical alignment structure.
US09354470B2	Electro-optic device An emissive display system includes an electro-optic device having a first substantially transparent substrate including first and second surfaces, at least one of which includes a first electrically conductive layer. A second substantially transparent substrate includes third and fourth surfaces, at least one of which includes a second electrically conductive layer. A primary seal is disposed around perimeter portions of the first and second substrates, which define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic medium is disposed in the cavity and is variably transmissive such that the electro-optic device is operable between substantially clear and darkened states. A plurality of beads are disposed in a central portion of the cavity and are movable to a perimeter portion of the cavity. A substantially transparent light emitting display is disposed adjacent to the electro-optic device, which is in the darkened state when the light emitting display is emitting light.
US09354459B2	Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is divided into a plurality of sub-pixels, power consumption is reduced. A liquid crystal display device in which a pixel formation portion forming one pixel includes a first sub-pixel portion and a second sub-pixel portion is provided with a charge sharing circuit (50) for short-circuiting a CS bus line (CSL1) provided for the first sub-pixel portion and a CS bus line (CSL2) provided for the second sub-pixel portion to each other based on a short-circuit control signal (CTL). A CS voltage generating circuit (40) generates CS signals (CS1 and CS2) whose potentials change every predetermined period. The charge sharing circuit (50) short-circuits the CS bus line (CSL1) and the CS bus line (CSL2) to each other at timing at which the potentials of the CS signals (CS1 and CS2) change, based on the short-circuit control signal (CTL).
US09354457B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same An object of the present invention is to protect exposed inspection pads with a conductive tape when the application of resin is ceased and to enhance the reliability of the inspection pads. A liquid crystal display device is provided with a transparent electrode formed on a superficial side of a CF board, a grounded electrode, an inspection pad and a switching device between the inspection pad and a signal line or a scanning line respectively formed in a terminal area a TFT board and a conductive tape that electrically connects the transparent electrode of the CF board, the grounded electrode and the inspection pad respectively of the TFT board.
US09354453B2	Stereoscopic image display device and method for manufacturing the same The display device includes a display panel including upper and lower array substrates, and a patterned retarder to separate an image displayed on the display panel into left-eye and right-eye images, wherein the lower array substrate includes gate and data lines to define pixel areas, a pixel electrode formed at each pixel area, and a black stripe formed at a boundary between the pixel areas to display the left-eye image and the pixel areas to display the right-eye image, wherein the black stripe includes a first black stripe formed on the same layer and formed of the same material as an opaque layer of a thin film transistor, and a second black stripe overlapped with the first black stripe and formed on the same layer and formed of the same material as the pixel electrode.
US09354445B1	Information processing on a head-mountable device Example methods and systems determine a position of a portion of a human eye based on electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface of the human eye. A sensor associated with a computing device can be calibrated in response to an event. The computing device can receive data indicative of electromagnetic radiation reflected from a human eye. The computing device can determine a position of a portion of the human eye based on the received data indicative of electromagnetic radiation. The computing device can generate an indication including the position of the portion of the human eye. The computing device can transmit the indication from the computing device. In some embodiments, the data indicative of electromagnetic information can be provided by electromagnetic emitter/sensors mounted on a wearable computing device directed toward a human eye of a wearer of the wearable computing device.
US09354440B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the display device A display device and a method for manufacturing the same, for discharging static electricity generated in the manufacturing process of a display device using a mechanical shutter and thus preventing the mechanical shutter from being deformed by the static electricity are provided. The display device includes a TFT substrate having thin film transistors thereon respectively provided with a plurality of mechanical shutters located in a matrix and also having terminals thereon for supplying a signal to the thin film transistors from outside; and a counter substrate joined with the TFT substrate. Along at least one of an edge of the TFT substrate and an edge of the counter substrate, an injection opening for injecting an insulating liquid into an area between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate and a ground electrode for covering at least a part of an inner surface of the injection opening are provided.
US09354434B2	Optical apparatus Provided is an optical apparatus characterized in that alight from a light source is split to a first light and a second light, and the first light is focused onto an observation object, that an optical filter having a light shielding region for high resolution is disposed in at least one optical path selected from optical paths of the first light, second light and response light from the observation object, that an interference light formed by causing interference between the response light and the reference light in polarized states different from each other is split to multiple beams, and desired amplitude information signals are obtained from the multiple beams through a phase plate and a polarization plate to increase intensity of the second light, whereby the signal to noise ratio is improved.
US09354427B2	Imaging lens A compact low-cost imaging lens which provides brightness with an F-value of 2.5 or less and a wide field of view and corrects aberrations properly, meeting the demand for low-profileness. The imaging lens elements are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on the object side; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with positive or negative refractive power having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface near an optical axis on the image side; and a sixth lens as a meniscus lens having a concave surface near the optical axis on the object side. The both surfaces of the fifth lens have pole-change points off the optical axis.
US09354418B2	Optical fiber array connectivity system for multiple row trunk cables and terminals A fiber optic trunk cable that can be used for connecting multi-channel transceivers includes: a plurality of optical fibers; and first and second terminals attached to opposite ends of the fibers, each of the terminals having an alignment key. The fibers enter the first terminal in an arrangement of 2N rows, wherein N is an integer, and enter the second terminal in an arrangement of 2N rows. Each fiber defines a position in the first terminal that is row-inverted to the position the fiber defines in the second terminal. Such a cable can be employed with appropriate equipment cords and transceivers.
US09354414B2	Drop cable assembly A drop cable assembly has a drop cable and an outer sheath formed around the drop cable that encloses and reinforces the drop cable. The drop cable is accommodated within a cavity of the outer sheath and includes strength members.
US09354394B2	Optical components having a common etch depth An optical device is described. This optical device includes multiple components, such as a ring resonator, an optical waveguide and a grating coupler, having a common etch depth (which is associated with a single etch step or operation during fabrication). Moreover, these components may be implemented in a semiconductor layer in a silicon-on-insulator technology. By using a common etch depth, the optical device may provide: compact active devices, multimode ultralow-loss optical waveguides, high-speed ring resonator modulators with ultralow power consumption, and compact low-loss interlayer couplers for multilayer-routed optical links. Furthermore, the single etch step may help reduce or eliminate optical transition loss, and thus may facilitate high yield and low manufacturing costs.
US09354392B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of preparing a substrate; forming first and second layers on the substrate; forming a suspended mask on the substrate by etching the first and second layers, the suspended mask including a shield portion having a space between the second layer and the substrate, a terrace portion being disposed apart from the shield portion, a supporting portion connecting the shield portion and the terrace portion, and an opening between the shield portion and the terrace portion, the shield portion extending in a first direction; and growing a semiconductor layer on a surface of the substrate in the first region and the fourth region using the suspended mask. The shield portion has a width varying in the first direction, and the semiconductor layer has a thickness varying in the first direction.
US09354386B2	Solid state area light and spotlight with light guide and integrated thermal guide A solid state area light and spotlight having a solid state light source such as LEDs, tapered light guides, and external thermal guides. The area light includes a flared light guide, and the spotlight includes a light guide with a closed end. The light guides are coupled to the light source for receiving and distributing light from the light source with the distribution being based in part upon the shape and taper of the light guides. The thermal guide provides for thermal conduction from the light source and dissipating heat through convection and radiation for cooling the light.
US09354384B2	Display device comprising a heat dissipation member having a stand-up portion projecting toward a display panel and television device A liquid crystal display device 10 includes an LED 17, a liquid crystal panel 11, a light guide plate 16 including a light exit surface 16a, an opposing surface 16c, and a light entrance surface 16b, a chassis 14 having a bottom plate 14a, a frame 13, an LED board 18, a heat dissipation member 19 having heat dissipation properties, and a fixing screw 40. The heat dissipation member 19 includes a contact portion 19c being in contact with an end portion of the opposing surface 16c on a light entrance surface 16b side, a bottom portion 19b arranged on and along the bottom plate 14a and a stand-up portion 19a projecting from the bottom portion 19b toward the liquid crystal panel 11. The LED board 18 is mounted on a surface of the stand-up portion 19a. The fixing screw 40 is passed through the contact portion 19c and a tip portion thereof is fixed in the opposing surface 16c such that the stand-up portion 19a and the LED board 18 are fixed relative to the light guide plate 16.
US09354380B2	Light diffusion plate and backlight module using same A light diffusion plate includes a light-emitting region and an atomization reinforcing region connected to the light-emitting region. Light passing through the atomization reinforcing region is more greatly diffused than light passing through the light-emitting region.
US09354379B2	Light guide based optical system for laser line generator A laser line generator system that utilizes a light guide element to convert high energy coherent light generated by a high fill-factor laser diode bar into homogenous light, and utilizes one or more slow-axis relay lenses to image the homogenous light such that it forms a homogenous line illumination pattern on an illumination plane. The light guide utilizes parallel or down-tapered side walls to mix received coherent light in the slow-axis direction by way of total internal reflection. A Keplerian telescope including two cylinder lenses is optionally used in place of the slow-axis relay lens. Optional fast-axis lenses are used to assist in focusing the homogenous light at the illumination plane. The laser light generator forms, e.g., a single-pass imaging system for a scanning/printing apparatus in which the homogenous line illumination pattern is directed onto a linearly arranged series of spatial light modulators, such as Digital Micromirror Devices (DMDs).
US09354377B2	Light guide illumination device with light divergence modifier An illumination device includes a light-emitting element (LEEs); a light guide extending in a forward direction from a first end to a second end to receive at the first end LEE light and to guide the light to the second end, such that divergence of the light received at the first end and divergence of the guided light that reaches the second end are substantially the same; a light divergence modifier optically coupled to the light guide at the second end to receive the guided light, to modify the divergence of the guided light, such that the light provided by the light divergence modifier has a modified divergence different from the divergence of the guided light; and an optical extractor optically coupled to the light divergence modifier, to output into the ambient environment light provided by the light divergence modifier as output light in one or more output angular ranges.
US09354370B1	Optical thin-film notch filter with very wide pass band regions The present disclosure relates to thin film notch filters having the basic structure of an interference filter. In some embodiments, the filters according to the present disclosure exhibit at least one notch correlating to a pass band defect. The filters of the present disclosure may exhibit at least one of improved pass band bandwidth, improved edge steepness, narrower notch band FWHM, and lower sensitivity to material mismatch, relative to prior known thin film notch filters based on the basic structure of an interference filter. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making the filters described herein, and the use of these filters in optimal measurement systems.
US09354368B2	Glass panel having sun-shielding properties The invention relates to solar-control glazing comprising a glass substrate and a solar-control thin-film multilayer, said thin-film multilayer incorporating a film selectively absorbing infrared radiation having a wavelength longer than 800 nm, said absorbing film consisting of a titanium oxide substituted with an element X chosen from Nb or Ta, the atomic percentage [X/Ti+X] lying between about 4% and about 9% and the thickness of said absorbing film lying between about 20 and about 200 nanometers.
US09354366B2	Resonator-enhanced optoelectronic devices and methods of making same Optical resonators that are enhanced with photoluminescent phosphors and are designed and configured to output light at one or more wavelengths based on input/pump light, and systems and devices made with such resonators. In some embodiments, the resonators contain multiple optical resonator cavities in combination with one or more photoluminescent phosphor layers or other structures. In other embodiments, the resonators are designed to simultaneously resonate at the input/pump and output wavelengths. The photoluminescent phosphors can be any suitable photoluminescent material, including semiconductor and other materials in quantum-confining structures, such as quantum wells and quantum dots, among others.
US09354360B2	Erecting equal-magnification lens array unit, image reading device and image forming device An erecting equal-magnification lens array unit includes a first lens array and a second lens array. The first lens array includes a plurality of first lenses. The second lens array includes a plurality of second lenses. The optical axes of the second lenses overlap with the optical axes of the first lenses. Each first lens and second lens with overlapping optical axes form a unit optical system. Each unit optical system is an erecting equal-magnification optical system. Each unit optical system is substantially telecentric on at least the object side. The imaging position, by each first lens, of an object is positioned between the first lens array and the second lens array.
US09354343B2	Declination compensation for seismic survey In seismic survey for icy waters, streamers are towed behind a vessel under the water's surface to avoid ice. GPS readings may not be consistently obtained because the ice prevents a tail buoy with a GPS receiver from trailing from streamer at the surface. Instead, a device tows on the streamer under the water's surface. The streamer's absolute position is tracked by intermittently bringing the towed device toward the surface so GPS readings can be obtained. The streamer's absolute position can then be used in conjunction with compass readings and can correlate various seismic sensor signals obtained along the streamer during the survey. The compass readings can be corrected for declination using declinometer readings, which can be compensated for iron effects from the vessel or other device carrying the declinometer.
US09354338B1	Generating synthetic seismic traces A method for generating synthetic seismic traces. The method includes receiving a hybrid model that includes geological and seismic data, where the geological data corresponds to a zone of interest and the seismic data corresponds to the zone of interest and adjacent areas of the zone of interest. The method may determine a plurality of reflection properties along a path for a trace location using data from the hybrid model. The method may then generate a synthetic seismic trace for the trace location using the plurality of reflection properties.
US09354330B2	Method for detecting radiation and examination device for the radiation-based examination of a sample A method for detecting radiation during the examination of a sample (1) comprises the steps of generating the radiation, more particularly X-ray radiation or proton radiation, by means of a source device (10), passing the radiation through the sample (1), and detecting the radiation by means of at least one photoelectric solid-state detector (20) containing a photoconduction section having a predetermined response threshold and a potential well section for taking up free charge carriers. The solid-state detector (20) is a GaN- or GaAs-based semiconductor detector and the potential well section contains a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). A setting of the radiation is provided in such a way that the solid-state detector (20) is operated separately from the response threshold of the photoconduction section and in a sensitivity range of the potential well section. An examination device (100) is also described, said examination device being configured for an examination of a sample (1) using radiation, more particularly X-ray radiation or proton radiation.
US09354325B2	Apparatus and method for acquiring the position of a portable terminal An apparatus for acquiring a position of a portable terminal includes a position estimating unit for estimating a position of a portable terminal based on prestored reference information, and a control unit for detecting—the position of the portable terminal using information from a server, wherein when there is a failure to acquire the position information of the portable terminal using the information from the server, the position estimating unit acquires the position of the portable terminal based on the estimated position of the portable terminal.
US09354321B2	Method for position determination with measurement stitching A mobile communications device uses a method for determining position that involves a positioning filter, such as a Kalman filter, which is initialized with measurements from reference stations such as satellite vehicles and/or base stations which may be acquired during different epochs. Accordingly, the positioning filter may be used for position estimation without the need to first acquire at least three different signals during the same measurement epoch.
US09354319B2	Ambiguity windowing in communications among global navigation system satellite receivers A method of communicating corrections for information related to satellite signals among global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers is described. The method includes at a first GNSS device determining a component of position of a satellite. The component is then divided by a first value to thereby obtain an integer value and a remainder value, and the only the remainder value is transmitted from the first GNSS device to the second GNSS device. Knowing the first value, the second GNSS device calculates the component of position.
US09354318B1	Optical spread spectrum detection and ranging Example implementations may relate to an obstacle detection system. In particular, an example device may include a light emitter, a line-image sensor, and a controller that are mounted on a rotatable component. In an example embodiment, the line-image sensor may receive light signals emitted from the light emitter. The controller may be communicatively coupled to the light emitter and line-image sensor and configured to determine a multipath signal based on the time of flight of the light signal and the position along the line-image sensor at which the line-image sensor received the given reflected light signal.
US09354317B2	Simultaneous forward and inverse synthetic aperture imaging LADAR Devices and techniques for combined forward and inverse synthetic aperture imaging LADAR (combined SAL) include scanning a non-stationary target with an optical signal emitted from a non-stationary laser source, receiving reflections of the signal on a receiver, and determining the combined synthetic aperture.
US09354315B2	Device for measuring wind speed A device comprises: an emitting element for emitting a laser beam, referred to as an emitted beam; a focusing element for focusing the emitted beam at a predetermined focal distance (D); a receiving element for receiving the emitted beam after being reflected by a particle in the air (18), referred to as a reflected beam; a transmitting element for transmitting the signal of interference occurring between the emitted beam and the reflected beam to a signal processor in order to deduce the speed of the particle therefrom. The emitting element includes a laser diode and the receiving element is combined with the laser diode by self-mixing. The focal distance is between 5 cm and 2 m.
US09354310B2	Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for source localization using audible sound and ultrasound A method of signal processing includes calculating a range based on information from a reflected ultrasonic signal. Based on the calculated range, one among a plurality of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation operations is selected. The method also includes performing the selected operation to calculate an estimated direction of arrival (DOA) of an audio-frequency component of a multichannel signal. Examples of DOA estimation operations include operations based on phase differences between channels of the multichannel signal and operations based on a difference in gain between signals that are based on channels of the multichannel signal.
US09354306B1	Single antenna altimeter system and related method A system and related method is disclosed for determining a range between a single antenna array and a radio-frequency reflective surface. The system includes a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal generator which transmits the FMCW transmission signal through a pair of bias tees and a coupler prior to reaching a circulator. The circulator selectively routes the transmission signal to the single antenna array for transmission. As the transmission signal is reflected from the RF reflective surface, the single antenna array receives the reflected FMCW reception signal. The coupler receives the reception signal and delays and selectively routes the reception signal to a mixer which mixes the reception signal with a transmission signal input to create a low frequency signal. The low frequency signal passes through the pair of bias tees, is converted to digital, and received by a processor which determines the range to the reflective surface.
US09354296B2	Dynamic selection of unmanned aerial vehicles A device receives a request for a flight path from a first location to a second location in a region, and calculates the flight path based on the request and based on one or more of weather information, air traffic information, obstacle information, regulatory information, or historical information associated with the region. The device determines required capabilities for the flight path based on the request, and selects, from multiple UAVs, a particular UAV based on the required capabilities for the flight path and based on a ranking of the multiple UAVs. The device generates flight path instructions for the flight path, and provides the flight path instructions to the particular UAV to permit the particular UAV to travel from the first location to the second location via the flight path.
US09354290B2	Method and magnetic resonance system to generate an MR image with a tracking factor For the generation of a magnetic resonance (MR) image of a predetermined volume segment of a living subject, a tracking factor is determined for each of different regions of the volume segment, from which the position of the respective region can be determined depending on a position of a moving area of the subject. MR image data of the volume segment are acquired for different positions of the moving area. The position of the moving area is calculated depending on the position and the tracking factor of the respective region, and the MR image data of the respective region are reconstructed using the MR image data of the volume segment corresponding to the calculated position of the moving area. The MR image of the predetermined volume segment is generated as a combination of the constructed MR image data of the regions.
US09354285B2	Magnetic measurement device A magnetic measurement device which measures coercivity and coercivity distribution in a microregion of a thin plate magnetic sample with high coercivity. A magnetic sample is applied with a magnetic field in a first direction and magnetized, a second magnetic field is applied in a direction opposite to the first, a measuring part scans the sample, measuring magnetic flux leakage due to remnant magnetization in the sample. The intensity of the second magnetic field is gradually increased while the measuring part repeats the measurement to obtain the second magnetic field wherein the magnitude of the leakage from the sample reaches the maximum level, and when a magnetic field equivalent to the coercivity is applied to the sample and about half of the magnetization is reversed, the sample's coercivity is obtained based on the determination that the demagnetizing field Hd reaches the minimum level and the leakage reaches the maximum level.
US09354279B2	Magnetic sensor device for generating an output in accordance with a magnetic field intensity applied to a magnetoelectric conversion hall effect element Provided is a magnetic sensor device, which is configured to connect each terminal of a Hall element to another end of a variable resistor having one end connected to GND by switching of four switches. Thus, a detection voltage level for a magnetic field intensity can be arbitrarily set with a small-scale circuit. The detection voltage level is determined only by the resistance ratio, and hence the influence of fluctuations in power supply voltage and manufacturing fluctuations can be suppressed. This configuration can simplify signal processing and achieve higher-speed signal processing.
US09354276B2	Apparatus and method for detecting failure of switching device in inverter Disclosed is an apparatus and method for detecting failure of a switching device in an inverter, the method including detecting a maximum value and a minimum value of a phase current inputted into a motor from synchronous angle information of the motor through a switching device in a predetermined leg of the inverter unit, and detecting failure of the switching device of the leg through an asymmetry ratio of the phase current.
US09354275B2	Testing an integrated circuit Testing an integrated circuit in a test environment that includes a virtual test engine and a test system with an integrated circuit tester. The integrated circuit is connected to the virtual test engine via the integrated circuit tester, and the integrated circuit tester is connected to the integrated circuit via an interface. The virtual test engine communicates with the integrated circuit tester via a command interface to perform functional test during functional test mode and to perform non-functional test during non-functional test mode.
US09354267B1	Sensor probe assembly Preferably, an embodiment of a sensor probe assembly includes at least a conductive pin securement member, and a multitude of conductive pins cooperating with the conductive pin securement member. Each conductive pin has a multitude of degrees of freedom relative to, as well as separate and distinct from, each of the remaining plurality of conductive pins. More preferably, an embodiment of a sensor probe assembly includes at least a flexible, electrically conductive pin securement member formed from a polymer filled with conductive particles. Interacting with the flexible, electrically conductive pin securement member is a plurality of electrically conductive pins, wherein each electrically conductive pin has a multitude of degrees of freedom relative to each of the remaining plurality of conductive pins, and cooperates with the electrically conductive pin securement member in a pressing engagement relationship.
US09354262B2	Passive intermodulation measurement apparatus A method and apparatus are described for generally passive intermodulation measurement to specify a location and strength of an intermodulation source of a passive component in a transmission line. Beneficially, the apparatus and method are comparatively simple and inexpensive.
US09354255B2	Output stage module for a power amplifier device An output stage module for a power amplifier device (e.g., for a power amplifier device of a transmit unit of a magnetic resonance device) includes a housing and a carrier that is arranged within the housing. The carrier is made of a non-electrically-conducting, thermally-conducting material with low electrical losses (e.g., a ceramic carrier). At least two transistor dies are arranged on the carrier. At least one transistor, in each case, is assigned to a phase of a symmetrical input signal. In and/or on the carrier, a first conductor structure connecting (e.g., inductively) a drain output of the at least two transistor dies to an output signal and to second conductor structures each conducting an input signal to at least one gate input of the at least two transistor dies are provided. At least one cooling channel routed adjacent to at least one transistor die of the at least two transistor dies is provided.
US09354241B2	Moesin fragments associated with aplastic anemia The present application provides compositions and methods useful for detecting and monitoring acquired aplastic anemia.
US09354240B2	Probe for analyzing biological tissue and method for utilizing same The present invention relates to a method for obtaining cells or cell populations having a high biological activity from a biological tissue by enzymatic isolation, and probes for use in the method; more specifically to a method for analyzing a biological tissue, comprising applying two or more probes respectively containing biological-component binding domains through which two or more proteins bind to a predetermined biological component, to an isolated biological tissue, and analyzing binding amounts of the probes to the biological tissue.
US09354238B2	Compositions and methods for the detection of antibodies to native human leukocyte antigen Provided herein are compositions comprising native and denatured human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and methods of making said compositions. Also provided herein are methods and kits for the detection of antibodies to native HLAs.
US09354228B2	Antibody libraries The present invention overcomes the inadequacies inherent in the known methods for generating libraries of antibody-encoding polynucleotides by specifically designing the libraries with directed sequence and length diversity.
US09354227B2	Dual migrating indicator An indicator for a sterilization process is configured to function for two different sterilization conditions. The indicator includes two pass zones to indicate whether an acceptable sterilization has occurred after a sterilization process at a first condition or after a sterilization process at a second condition.
US09354224B2	Methods and compositions for the diagnosis of cancer susceptibilities and defective DNA repair mechanisms and treatment thereof Methods and compositions for the diagnosis of cancer susceptibilities, defective DNA repair mechanisms and treatments thereof are provided. Among sequences provided here, the FANCD2 gene has been identified, and probes and primers are provided for screening patients in genetic-based tests and for diagnosing Fanconi Anemia and cancer. The FANCD2 gene can be targeted in vivo for preparing experimental mouse models for use in screening new therapeutic agents for treating conditions involving defective DNA repair. The FANCD2 polypeptide has been sequenced and has been shown to exist in two isoforms identified as FANCD2-S and the monoubiquinated FANCD-L form. Antibodies including polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies have been prepared that distinguish the two isoforms and have been used in diagnostic tests to determine whether a subject has an intact Fanconi Anemia/BRCA pathway.
US09354220B2	Engine system having fuel quality sensor A fuel quality sensor is provided for use with an engine system. The fuel quality sensor may have a single sensing element configured to sense a thermodynamic property of an unknown mixture of gaseous fuel, and a heating element configured to increase a temperature of the unknown mixture of gaseous fuel at the single sensing element to multiple different temperature levels. The fuel quality sensor may also include a microprocessor configured to calculate a fuel parameter of the unknown mixture of gaseous fuel as a function of only the thermodynamic property sensed at the multiple different temperature levels.
US09354213B2	Method and device for correcting a characteristic curve of a two-step lambda oxygen sensor A method and device for correcting a voltage-lambda characteristic curve of a two-step lambda oxygen sensor in an exhaust tract relative to a reference-voltage lambda characteristic curve of the oxygen sensor; a deviation in the characteristic curve relative to the reference characteristic curve at lambda=1 being corrected; based on a value pair on the reference-voltage lambda characteristic curve, the composition of the air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine being changed toward lambda=1; the actual value of lambda being inferred from the change in the composition of the air-fuel mixture. The adaptation of the operating parameters of the oxygen sensor is intended to eliminate the cause of a deviation. Efforts are not merely directed to adapting the deviation to the reference characteristic curve by shifting the voltage-lambda characteristic curve. Effects, which may lead to tolerance- or aging-induced falsifications of the voltage-lambda characteristic curve, can be fully compensated.
US09354212B2	Inspection having a segmented pupil A method and an apparatus that may include optics that is arranged to illuminate a surface of a sample with radiation and to collect reflected radiation from the surface of the sample; wherein the optics includes a pupil that has multiple pupil segments that correspond to different angular regions of collection or illumination; and a detection module arranged to receive the reflected radiation and generate, for each pupil segment, pupil segment detection signals.
US09354209B2	Miniature HPLC device A liquid chromatography device comprises one or more liquid reservoirs (3) for a liquid medium, a sample reservoir for a sample to be analyzed and a chromatography column (4) in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir (3) and the sample reservoir (5). The device further comprises a gas reservoir (1) for containing a volume of gas under pressure to force liquid from the liquid reservoir (3) through the chromatography column (4), in use.
US09354207B2	Boil and boil-dry detection methods for cooking appliances using vibration sensors A method of boil and boil-dry detection for appliances. The method includes the steps: detecting vibrations that correspond to cookware situated on a burner assembly; generating a vibration signal based on the vibrations; and performing signal processing on the vibration signal. The method also includes the steps: collecting vibration data related to the vibration signal; and detecting boiling and boil-dry conditions for a liquid contained within the cookware based at least in part on an evaluation of the vibration data. The method may also include the steps: indicating the boiling and boil-dry conditions; and controlling the burner assembly based at least in part on the boiling and boil-dry conditions.
US09354204B2	Ultrasonic tomography systems for nondestructive testing A system including a segmented transducer probe is provided. The segmented transducer probe includes a plurality of transducer segments adapted to transmit ultrasonic excitation signals into a test specimen and to receive echo signals resulting from the interaction of the ultrasonic excitation signals and the test specimen. The system also includes a processing system adapted to receive data from the segmented transducer probe that corresponds to the received echo signals and to utilize tomographic reconstruction methods to reconstruct an image corresponding to at least one volumetric slice of the test specimen.
US09354197B2	Micromachined oxygen sensor and method of making the same The design and manufacture method of an oxygen concentration sensor made with silicon micromachining (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) process for applications of oxygen measurement with fast response time and low power consumption is disclosed in the present invention. The said silicon oxygen concentration sensor operates with an yttrium stabilized zirconia oxide amperometric cell supported on a membrane made of silicon nitride with a heat isolation cavity underneath or a silicon nitride membrane with silicon plug for mechanical strength enforcement.
US09354188B2	Particle beam device and method for operating a particle beam device A particle beam device, in particular an electron beam device, is provided having a beam generator for generating a primary particle beam, an objective lens for focusing the primary particle beam onto an object, and a detector for detecting particles emitted by the object. The objective lens has at least one magnetic unit, with the magnetic unit generating at least one first crossover and at least one second crossover. The first crossover is arranged in the objective lens or in a region between the objective lens and the object. The second crossover is arranged at the object. The device permits the examination of the object using particles which have a low energy, with good imaging properties. A method for operating the particle beam device is also provided.
US09354186B2	X-ray sensor and signal processing assembly for an X-ray computed tomography machine An apparatus having an X-ray sensor assembly with X-ray blocking pixels divided by X-ray transmitting gaps with the X-ray blocking pixels casting an X-ray blocking shadow; and a die containing signal processing electronics, with the signal processing electronics positioned substantially entirely within the X-ray blocking shadow. A method for detecting the alignment between the X-ray sensor assembly and the die is disclosed. Also disclosed is an X-ray computed tomography machine having a printed circuit board (“PCB”), a die embedded in the PCB, and a signal source wherein signals are routed to and from the die by traces on at least one of the surfaces of the PCB.
US09354182B2	Method for optical detection of bio-contaminants A method and apparatus for optical detection of residual soil on articles (such as medical instruments and equipment), after completion of a washing or a rinsing operation by a washer. A soil detection system provides an indication of soil on the articles by detecting luminescent radiation emanating from the soil in the presence of ambient light.
US09354172B2	Tube and reflective float systems for analyzing suspensions Tube and float systems for analyzing target materials of a suspension include in which at least a portion of the outer surface of the float is reflective are described. The target material particles can be conjugated with fluorophores. In order to identify the target material, the material between the float and tube is illuminated with one or more channels of excitation radiation, which causes the fluorophores to become excited and emit radiation at longer wavelengths. The reflective surface of the float reflects the excitation radiation and the emitted radiation.
US09354169B2	Attachment for placement onto an optical sensor and method of operating an optical sensor The invention relates to an attachment for placement onto an optical sensor having a housing with an inlet opening for the entry of detection light into the attachment, a test light receiver for receiving light incident at the test light receiver and for a power measurement of the light incident at the test light receiver as test light and having a signal outputting device for outputting an output signal correlated to the test light power. The invention moreover relates to a combination of an optical sensor and such an attachment and to a method for operating an optical sensor which method can be carried out with such an attachment.
US09354160B2	Device for testing an optic A device for testing an optic which is mountable thereon and has a central axis extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, comprising a test image, a test image table for supporting the test image, a light source for lighting the test image via the optic mountable thereon, an attaching device for mounting the optic mountable thereon, detection means placed on the attaching means for detecting the lighted test image, first guide means and second guide means co-acting with the first guide means and extending in longitudinal direction thereof for the purpose of positioning the test image table along a substantially straight line relative to the attaching device, and a signal processing device for receiving, storing and comparing detection values of the lighted test image detected by the detection means to threshold values therefor specific to the optic and prestored in a database, whereby the optic can be tested quickly and without personal influences, with a reliable test result.
US09354155B2	Cell counting systems and methods An automated system captures multiple digital images of a sample, from different viewing areas of the sample. The images are analyzed and a test result may be reported based on the count of cells in all of the digital images. The system may be especially applicable to the testing of samples having low cell concentrations, as the variability between tests may be reduced as compared with a system that bases its test results on only a single image of the sample. The system may count the cells in a first digital image of the sample, and may capture or analyze one or more additional digital images only when it is recognized that additional measurements are needed to ensure adequate accuracy and repeatability of the test.
US09354153B2	Hand-held trace particle sampling system and method of operating the same A particle impact device for a hand-held trace particle detection system includes an intake manifold that includes a first conduit defining an intake port. The intake port defines a first transport area. The intake manifold also includes a second conduit coupled to the first conduit. The second conduit defines a discharge port that defines a second transport area. The first transport area is greater than the second transport area. The particle impact device also includes a combined deposition and deflection apparatus positioned downstream of the discharge port. The combined deposition and deflection apparatus defines a deposition and deflection surface positioned a predetermined distance from the discharge port. The deposition and deflection surface is configured to deflect a fluid stream and collect at least a portion of particles entrained in the fluid stream.
US09354148B2	Magnetic particles based separation and assaying method A magnetic particle based separation and assaying method uses at least two sets of magnetic particles placed in solution within a container and characterized respectively by a coercive field e1 and e2, wherein e1 is greater than e2. The first magnetic particles with a larger coercive field e1 will be used as carrier to handle the second affinity magnetic particles having a lower coercive field e2. A magnetic particles handling method includes the step of applying an external magnetic field having a polarity and amplitude that varies with time to cause the said carrier magnetic particles to be in relative motion within the container driving thereby the affinity particles to form an homogenous suspension of particles in perpetual relative movement with the respect to the liquid.
US09354141B1	Turbine liquid fuel simulator A turbine liquid fuel simulator exposes the components of a liquid fuel system in a turbine engine to the same fuel flows and pressures that the liquid fuel system would endure in an actual startup and run sequence, without burning or otherwise emitting the liquid fuel from the system. A fuel porting mechanism, such as a direction control valve, is installed in each combustor of the turbine engine. The fuel porting mechanism is movable from a first position, wherein liquid fuel is delivered to the combustor nozzle to be burned in normal operation, to a second position, wherein the liquid fuel is diverted to return lines that deliver the liquid fuel back to the fuel tank. To simulate the actual pressures and flows, pressure differential orifices can be installed in the return fuel lines. The orifices includes structures that modify the liquid fuel flow to mimic delivery to the nozzle.
US09354140B2	Method for determining characteristics of an automatic transmission A method of determining a fill current value of a converter lock-up clutch of an automatic transmission. The automatic transmission comprises a hydrodynamic converter, at which a speed ratio arises, and an output shaft. In a control sequence with the output shaft being stationary, the speed ratio is influenced by changing the control current, and the fill current value is determined from the progression of the speed ratio arising, during the control sequence, in conjunction with the progression of the control current.
US09354137B2	Systems and methods for determining oscillations of a tire Methods and systems are provided for determining frequencies associated with tire crown bending. The system includes a vibration generating device configured to excite vibrations through a tire. The system further includes a vibration sensing arrangement configured to sense vibrations at a plurality of sensing points on the tire. A computer is in communication with the vibration sensing arrangement and configured to determine a first frequency associated with bending of the crown of the tire based at least partially on phase differences between the sensed vibrations at the plurality of points on the tire.
US09354119B2	Radiation sensing device and control circuit A radiation sensing device for sensing first radiation (15) comprises a radiation sensor (11) for sensing the first radiation and at least one first radiation guiding member (13) forming at least a part of a first radiation path for guiding, and preferably converging or focusing, the first radiation towards the sensor. The first radiation guiding member (13) also forms at least a part of a second radiation path for guiding second radiation emitted by an illumination device (12). A control circuit (20) comprises a first sensor circuit (21) for operating one or more radiation sensors (11), an illumination circuit (22) for operating one or more illumination devices (22), and at least one connection (26) amongst said circuits (21, 22).
US09354117B2	Spectrometry system with diffuser having output profile independent of angle of incidence and filters A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter.
US09354107B2	Item registration apparatus and measuring device The present invention provides an item registration apparatus and a measuring device cooperating with a mobile terminal to allow smooth registration of sold-by-weight items being purchased by a customer. The item registration apparatus comprises: a measuring device having a weighing tray on which an item is put; and a mobile terminal which can be connected to the measuring device via communication channel (access point or the like). When the item is put on said weighing tray of the measuring device and the measurement of the item is thus completed, the measuring device transmits transaction information of the measured item to the mobile terminal via the communication channel so that the transaction information is stored. This eliminates printing of code information on a label issued from the measuring device and operation of scanning the printed code information by using the mobile terminal.
US09354102B2	Reservoir assembly for storing hydrogen peroxide for use with a hydrogen peroxide vaporizer in association with a filler The disclosure is directed to reservoir assembly for storing hydrogen peroxide for use with a hydrogen peroxide vaporizer in association with a filler. Which includes a fluid chamber, a float member and a column level sensor. The float member is positioned within the fluid chamber. The fluid column level sensor is positioned at or near the upper end of the fluid chamber. The float member is configured to absorb the vibrations, turbulence and bubbling caused by the fluid movement and degradation. To that end, the float member is configured so as to be partially submerged. In addition, the float member includes an outer surface that has both passageways and sidewall guide surfaces which facilitate proper tracking within the fluid chamber, while also allowing for the directing of fluid movements around the float.
US09354099B2	Aircraft fuel level measurement apparatus and method A fuel level probe has a series of stacked, annular capacitors, the capacitance of which changes with the dielectric constant of the fluid in which they are immersed. A multiplexer provides sequential measurement of each capacitor to determine a step change in capacitance and hence fluid levels based on the time at which the capacitance changes.
US09354098B2	Measuring cup A measuring cup may have volumetric indicia printed along upper and lower surfaces of a reference member disposed near a central portion of a space encircled by a sidewall of the measuring cup. The volumetric indicia may be viewable from above the measuring cup while the cup is disposed on a horizontal countertop or work surface. When inverted, the volumetric indicia printed along a lower surface of the reference member may likewise be viewable from above. In essence, the measuring cup contains two receptacles for measuring volumes of substances. One receptacle is accessible from a “top” of the measuring cup, while another receptacle is accessible from a “bottom” of the measuring cup. The reference member eliminates the need to raise the measuring cup to eye level to check the volume of substance.
US09354095B2	Modular flow sensor The present disclosure relates to modular flow sensor assemblies and methods. The modular flow sensor assembly may include a main sensor body, a first end adapter having a first connection port configuration, and a second end adapter having a second connection port configuration. The main sensor body may include a main housing and a sensor, where the first end adapter is configured to engage the main housing and the second end adapter is configured to engage the main housing. The first end adapter and the second end adapter may be selected from a group of end adapters, wherein at least two of the end adapters has a different connection port configuration. The selected first end adapter and the selected second end adapters may have the same or different connection port configurations. The first end adapter and the second end adapter are configured to be interchangeable end adapters.
US09354093B2	Method for determining the flow rate of fluids using the ultrasonic transit time method In a method for determining the flow rate of fluids using the ultrasonic transit time method, the flow speed and therefrom the flow rate of the fluid is determined from the transit time of ultrasound signals through the measurement section. In order to take into account the change in the transmission function of the ultrasonic converters, which change acts as a drift of the measurement variable, the transmission function of the measurement section is determined at least approximately, and at least one ultrasonic transit time is corrected by means of a correction value that is determined from the group transit time of the transmission function.
US09354090B2	Scanning sensor arrangement for paper machines or other systems A system includes a frame having multiple separate supports and multiple flexible rails. Each support is configured to be secured in a position apart from another support, and each flexible rail is configured to be coupled to the supports and placed under tension. The system also includes a sensor head configured to be mounted on the rails and to move back and forth along the rails. The sensor head is substantially self-contained and configured to receive operating power over the rails. The frame may further include a tensioned member configured to be coupled to the supports, and the sensor head can be configured to move back and forth using the tensioned member. The sensor head can be self-contained in that the sensor head does not push and pull any wiring assembly during movement along the rails.
US09354085B2	Angle detecting device with complex self-calibration function An angle detecting device with a self-calibration function has sensor heads for reading a scale of a scale disc fixed to a rotating shaft, has first sensor heads and a second sensor head at a position of one of the first sensor heads, in which the first and second sensor heads are calibrated with a first group including L sensor heads and a second group including M sensor heads, respectively arranged with a different equiangular interval, and in which phases of the calibration values obtained from the second group, are shifted by j*P/L(j=1 to L−1), where P is the total number of scale marks, and average values of the calibration values from the second group and the shifted calibration values are obtained, the average values are added to the calibration values from the first group, and the added values are output as calibration values.
US09354080B2	Method and devices for temperature-based determination of gyroscope bias In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of determining a bias for an axis of a gyroscope. The method includes: obtaining a temperature reading; maintaining a plurality of bias estimators for the axis, each bias estimator associated with a temperature and configured to estimate a bias at the associated temperature, the plurality of bias estimators including a number of short term bias estimators for estimating biases for recently obtained temperatures and a number of long term bias estimators for estimating biases for temperatures obtained over a comparatively longer period of time; and determining a bias for the axis of the gyroscope based on the temperature reading and one or more of the bias estimators.
US09354079B2	Control moment gyroscopes including torsionally-stiff spoked rotors and methods for the manufacture thereof Embodiments of control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) are provided, as are embodiments of a method for fabricating CMGs. In one embodiment, a CMG includes a stator housing, an inner gimbal assembly (IGA), and a torque motor coupled to the stator housing and configured to rotate the IGA about a gimbal axis to selectively generate a desired output torque during operation of the CMG. The IGA includes, in turn, an IGA support structure rotatably coupled to the stator housing, a monolithic CMG rotor rotatably mounted to the IGA support structure, and a spin motor coupled to the IGA support structure and configured to rotate the monolithic CMG rotor about a spin axis.
US09354072B2	Method and system for obtaining emission and fuel consumption data A method is presented for obtaining emission and/or fuel consumption data associated with a road segment. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S1) at least position data from a vehicle, determining (S2) a respective value for at least a first and a second parameter indicative for a movement of the vehicle, storing (S3) a frequency distribution having classes for combinations of value ranges for said at least a first and a second parameter, updating (S4) a frequency count for a class of said frequency distribution corresponding to the determined values for said at least a first and a second parameter, repeating (S5) the previous steps calculating (S6) an expected emission and/or fuel consumption for a typical vehicle on said road segment on the basis of an emission or fuel consumption model that indicates the emission or fuel consumption as a function of the value of the at least a first and a second parameter weighted by the relative frequencies with which said values occur in the frequency distribution.
US09354065B2	Systems and methods for shopping detour during traffic congestion A system or a method is provided to provide shopping detours to users during traffic congestions. In particular, the system may detect that a user is experiencing or is about to experience a traffic congestion. The system may then estimate the additional travel time needed to go through the traffic congestion. The system may also find shopping detours which allow the user to take the shopping detours to make purchases and still arrive at the final destination at about the same time as if the user stays in the original route with the traffic congestion.
US09354044B2	Thickness measurement apparatus and thickness measurement method A thickness measurement apparatus includes a light source emitting light; an optical system focusing the light emitted from the light source onto an optical axis; a reflector reflecting light focused by the optical system; a detector detecting intensity of the reflected light according to a position on the optical axis where the light passing through the optical system is in focus; and a calculator calculating thickness of a measured object using a refractive index of the measured object and an amount of displacement between a first focus position and a second focus position.
US09354032B2	Angularity gage A device for measuring the normality of a hole in a work piece, especially in holes used in the building of aircraft. A probe fits within the hole to be measured and is fixed in the hole by contact at the upper end of the hole with a tapered portion of the probe, and at the lower end by a flared portion of the probe. An indicator assembly is connected to the probe by a bracket. The indicator assembly has an arm which contacts the surface of the work piece. The indicator assembly is rotated around the probe during use of the gage, and the arm is vertically displaceable as this rotation occurs. A dial indicator operationally connected to the arm will register any vertical displacement of the arm during its rotation, indicating any deviancy from normality of the measured hole.
US09354024B1	Hair and clothing item attachable self-defense sprayer A hair and clothing item attachable self-defense sprayer structured to permit use as a brooch attachable to a clothing item or a hair clip accessory by providing a support body having a concave internal side thereof, a hollow neck on a bottom portion of the support body, a central projection on the internal side, and a chamber within the neck which houses a pressurized gas chamber. An electronic activation mechanism activates gas release from a pressurized gas chamber in the neck which, in turn, forces the release of pressurized repellent therefrom through a spray nozzle and outwardly from at least one discharge opening in the projection toward an assailant. A plurality of camouflage members, which can be petal-shaped, is attached to a base on the rear side of each camouflage member to disguise the support body and to disguise the projection from recognition as a repellent dispenser.
US09354021B2	Forearm-gripping stabilizing attachment for a handgun A forearm-gripping stabilizing attachment for a handgun that has a support structure extending rearwardly from the rear end of the handgun is disclosed. The forearm-gripping stabilizing attachment includes a body having a longitudinally extending passage into which the support structure of the handgun is received to secure the attachment to the handgun. The body also includes at least one flexible flap and a strap connected to the body that secures a user's forearm to the at least one flexible flap.
US09354018B2	Crossbow with a release mechanism A trigger mechanism for use in a crossbow comprises a housing having a first slot formed in a first side and a second slot formed in a second side opposite the first side. A trigger lever, a bowstring catch and a disarm mechanism are all moveably mounted in the housing. The catch has a first end configured to engage the trigger lever and a second end configured to retain the bowstring in a cocked position. The disarm mechanism is partially positioned in the second slot and is moveable between a fixed first position proximate the housing second slot toward a second disarm position toward the housing first slot. As the disarm mechanism moves from the first position into the second position, it engages the trigger lever causing it to move out of engagement with the catch first end allowing the user to release the bowstring using the bowstring cocking device from the trigger mechanism without having to engage the trigger.
US09354013B2	Motorized weapon gyroscopic stabilizer A motorized weapon gyroscopic stabilizer which creates a stabilizing effect for single shot, semi-automatic, and fully automatic weapons. The rotating mass that generates the gyroscopic stabilizing effect can be the rotor of the motor. The motor is designed to allow the mass to rotate around the open core of the motorized weapon gyroscopic stabilizer. Because of its open core design the motorized weapon gyroscopic stabilizer allows the fired projectile to pass through it, or be mounted in line with the sighting mechanism allowing the target alignment—line of sight to pass through the motorized weapon gyroscopic stabilizer, or both.
US09354012B2	Pistol grip bipod A pistol grip bipod for a gun may include a bipod assembly that can be attached to a pistol grip of a gun. The bipod assembly may include a housing, a chassis, a port side leg including a port side foot, a starboard side leg including a starboard foot. The bipod assembly further may include first and second operable states such that in the first operational state, the port side foot and the starboard side foot are secured in the housing below the pistol grip, and such that in the second operable configuration the port side foot and the starboard side foot are unlatched from the housing and the port side foot and the starboard side foot are positioned in front of the housing. The pistol grip bipod may be deployed by an operator's dominant hand which remains secured to the pistol grip.
US09354007B2	Firearm magazine having nose-dive-control spring A cartridge magazine for housing a plurality of stacked cartridges and successively dispensing and guiding the uppermost one of the stacked cartridges from the magazine forward toward an inclined ramp leading to a chamber of a barrel of a firearm, the magazine comprising a housing portion and a nose-dive control spring. The nose-dive control spring comprises a resilient shank portion and a bullet-engageable end portion. The shank portion extends from one of the front and side walls to the bullet-engageable end portion. The nose-dive control spring is adapted and configured to prevent an uppermost cartridge from moving into a nose-dive orientation as a breech face of the firearm pushes the cartridge forward toward the inclined ramp of the firearm.
US09354004B2	Charging handle strap A strap engages the T-shaped end of a charging handle of an AR platform rifle to enhance accessibility of that handle. A first ring captures one arm of the T-shaped end and engages the security latch. A second ring captures the other arm of the T-shaped end. A loop or handle attaches to the rings and is pulled by the shooter to charge the rifle.
US09354002B2	Air cooled condenser apparatus and method An air cooled condenser (ACC) system is described having a first street having at least one air cooled condenser module and a second street having at least one air cooled condenser module. The system employs a steam inlet conduit provides steam to the first and second streets. The air cooled condenser system has a standard vacuum system for providing suction pressure to the first and second street. The air cooled condenser system also has an auxiliary vacuum system that provides suction pressure to the first and second streets.
US09353998B2	Header for a heat exchanger Disclosed herein is a header for a heat exchanger that has an inflow side, an outflow side, a bypass port therebetween, and a pressure-sensitive flapper valve proximal the bypass port. As pressure increases at the inflow side of the header, the flapper valve opens proportionally, and, as pressure decreases at the inflow side, the flapper valve closes proportionally. The flapper valve is preferably included as part of a service cartridge assembly to facilitate easy repair and/or replacement of the flapper valve. In some embodiments of the invention, a differential pressure is measured between the inflow and outflow sides, and activation of the heat exchanger is initiated in response to the differential pressure having exceeded a set point.
US09353986B2	Glycol pan chiller systems A glycol pan chiller comprises a cooling area 110 cooled by glycol contained within a glycol void area 130, the void area defined within an inner liner 160. Under normal conditions, the glycol will remain stationary within the inner liner and will be chilled by a refrigerant line 140 contained within the glycol void area. For optional cooling, a separate glycol tank 230, stored away from the inner liner, is cooled by the refrigerant system, upon the cooling area 110 reaching a predetermined temperature, cooled glycol is circulated within the glycol void area.
US09353983B2	Refrigerator appliance with variable temperature compartment Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber, and a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door including an inner surface and an outer surface. The refrigerator appliance further includes a compartment defined in the inner surface of the door, the compartment defining an interior chamber and including a compartment door providing access to the interior chamber. The compartment is selectively operable at a first temperature below approximately 32 degrees Fahrenheit and a second temperature above approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
US09353982B2	Portable food and beverage storage and dispensing cooler A portable food and beverage storage and dispensing cooler is designed to keep liquids and dry items cool and separated. Liquids and beverage containers such as cans and bottles are stored within an insulated tubular body. Beverage containers may be placed into a plurality of beverage-storage units that may be mounted into a plurality of beverage slots on the insulated tubular body. An annular divider is positioned within the insulated tubular body to form a central compartment for liquids as well as a ring-like compartment for ice. The ice is positioned in a manner to cool liquids and items within both the central compartment and the ring-like compartment. An at least one insulated lid is able to cover the contents within the insulated tubular body. A pull handle, a left wheel, and a right wheel allow the cooler to be pulled along a surface for transportation.
US09353980B2	Climate-control system having multiple compressors A system may include first and second compressors and first, second and third heat exchangers. The first heat exchanger may receive working fluid discharged from the first and second compressors. The second heat exchanger may be disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and may provide working fluid to the first compressor. The third heat exchanger may be disposed between the first and second heat exchangers and may include an inlet and first and second outlets. The first outlet may provide working fluid to the second heat exchanger. The second outlet may provide working fluid to the second compressor.
US09353977B2	Pulse tube refrigerator with an automatic gas flow and phase regulating device A pulse tube refrigerator with an automatic gas flow and phase regulating device is composed by a helium compressor, an air distribution valve, a drive controller, a drive lead, a temperature sensor, a temperature measuring lead, a heat regenerator, a first-stage pulse tube, a second-stage pulse tube, a first-stage air reservoir and a second-stage air reservoir, wherein the air distribution valve is consisted of eight independent valves. According to received temperature signals from the temperature sensors the drive controller transmits order signals to the eight independent valves so as to control the open/close degree, time and sequence of the eight valves of the air distribution valve.
US09353974B2	Solar collecting device A solar collector having two axis control and cogeneration capabilities is provided. The solar collector may have a primary collecting mirror, a second reflecting mirror, and a solar collector positioned adjacent to the primary mirror. The collector may realize both direct solar to electricity production via photovoltaic cells or the like, as well as heat collection generated by the collected solar energy. The collected heat may be transferred to a fluid which may be transferred for productive uses such as electricity production, heating, cooling, and the like.
US09353973B2	Concentrating photovoltaic-thermal solar energy collector Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide electricity or a combination of heat and electricity are disclosed herein. Examples of solar energy receivers are disclosed that may be used to collect concentrated solar radiation.
US09353971B2	Solar generator unit A solar generator unit for converting sunlight, having a mirror array, a light converter, support designed to hold the mirror array, and a tracking unit for causing the mirror array to track the sun position. The light converter is arranged above the mirror array and the concentrated light strikes a receiver surface of the light converter. The support has an essentially horizontal first shaft with a first radial bearing point and a second radial bearing point arranged on mutually opposite sides of the mirror array. A third radial bearing point accommodates a second shaft that is essentially perpendicular to the first shaft is flange-mounted between the first bearing point and the second bearing point so that the axis of rotation of the second shaft is pivoted along with a rotation of the first shaft, and the mirror array is connected in a non-positive way to the second shaft.
US09353967B2	Fluid heating apparatus A fluid heating apparatus for use in water heaters, boilers, cooking applications or the like comprising a body. The fluid heating apparatus also comprises a primary heat exchanger arranged within the body and a secondary heat exchanger arranged adjacent to the primary heat exchanger within the body. The apparatus also comprises a burner arranged within the primary heat exchanger. The primary heat exchanger comprises a plurality of concentric doughnut shaped plates arranged over the burner. A blocking plate is arranged adjacent to one of the concentric plates of the primary heat exchanger. The secondary heat exchanger comprises a plurality of concentric doughnut shaped plates arranged adjacent to the blocking plate on a side opposite of the plates of the primary heat exchanger. The apparatus further comprises a manifold in fluid communication with the plurality of concentric plates and blocking plates of both the secondary heat exchanger and primary heat exchanger.
US09353963B2	Occupancy-based wireless control of multiple environmental zones with zone controller identification An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional control and additional zones not provided by the conventional zoned HVAC system. In one embodiment, the ECRV is configured have a size and form-factor that conforms to a standard manually-controlled register vent. In one embodiment, a zone thermostat is configured to provide thermostat information to the ECRV. In one embodiment, the zone thermostat communicates with a central monitoring system that coordinates operation of the heating and cooling zones.
US09353955B1	Hot water recovery apparatus The concepts relate to reducing energy loss associated with hot water systems. One example includes a water flow management device that includes inner and outer nested elastomeric bladders. The inner and outer nested elastomeric bladders define a tortuous fluid pathway into the inner bladder, between the inner and outer bladders, and out of the outer bladder.
US09353951B2	Burner, combustor and remodeling method for burner A combustor with a burner maintains combustion stability. The burner includes an air hole member 31 with a plurality of air holes 34, 35 provided at an upstream side of the combustion gases generated by a combustion chamber 1. A first fueling nozzle 33 jets fuel in a direction crossing a central axis of the burner towards at least two of air holes 35. A plurality of second fueling nozzles 32, one for each of the remaining air holes 34, are provided to jet the fuel in a direction routed along the burner axis towards the corresponding air hole 34. A fuel header 30 distributes the fuel to the first fueling nozzle 33 and each of the second fueling nozzles 32. A fuel header storage unit 70 shrouds the fuel header 30, fueling nozzles 32, 33, and has an air inflow hole 71.
US09353946B2	Gradual oxidation with heat transfer 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.
US09353945B2	Oxy-fuel combustion system with closed loop flame temperature control A control system for an oxy-fuel combustion process is disclosed for use with a boiler or furnace which dynamically controls the flame temperature of each burner involved in the combustion process to dynamically maximize the flame temperature. The boiler or furnace used in conjunction with the combustion process in accordance with the present invention is configured with a radiant, i.e. line of sight, heat zone and a convective heat zone. By dynamically maximizing the flame temperature of the various burners within the boiler or furnace, the radiant heat transfer is optimized. By optimizing the radiant heat transfer within the boiler or furnace, the efficiency of the boiler or furnace is significantly improved.
US09353944B1	Combustion of high solids liquid A system for the combustion of high solids liquid to produce steam for the production of ethanol is disclosed. The system comprises a method for combusting high solids liquid. The method comprises supplying a stream of high solids liquid to a furnace; atomizing the stream of high solids liquid into the furnace; and distributing biomass fuel into the furnace. The stream of high solids liquid are combusted with the biomass fuel in the furnace.
US09353940B2	Combustor systems and combustion burners for combusting a fuel Systems and methods for an oxy-fuel type combustion reaction are provided. In one or more embodiments, a combustion system can include at least two mixing zones, where a first mixing zone at least partially mixes oxygen and carbon dioxide to produce a first mixture and a second mixing zone at least partially mixes the first mixture with a fuel to produce a second mixture. The combustion system can also include a combustion zone configured to combust the second mixture to produce a combustion product. In one or more embodiments, the first mixture can have a spatially varied ratio of oxygen-to-carbon dioxide configured to generate a hot zone in the combustion zone to increase flame stability in the combustion zone.
US09353933B2	Lighting device with position-retaining element A lighting device comprising a first element that comprises an electrical connector, a second element that comprises at least a first light source, and a position-retaining element (or means) that holds the second element in any of at least two positions relative to the first element. Also, a lighting device comprising a first element that comprises an electrical connector, a second element that comprises at least a first trim element, and a position-retaining element (or means) that holds the second element in any of at least two positions relative to the first element. The electrical connector is electrically connected to at least a first light source, and the second element is movable relative to the first element among the positions while maintaining electrical connection between the electrical connector and at least the first light source.
US09353932B2	LED light bulb with structural support A light emitting diode (LED) light bulb includes a base and at least one support structure coupled to the base. The support structure is formed into a shape that defines contours for a luminous surface and an open volume. The LED light bulb includes least one LED assembly comprising two or more electrically connected LEDs. The LED assembly is attached to and in physical contact with the support structure along a length of the support structure to form the luminous surface. The support structure has openings between neighboring segments of the LED assembly.
US09353928B2	Reflective lighting system A reflective lighting system for illuminating a subject includes a diffusion panel and a reflector. The diffusion panel is arranged and configured to be illuminated by a light source. The reflector is arranged and configured to receive light from the diffusion panel and redirect the light toward the subject.
US09353914B2	Lighting device A lighting device may be provided that includes: a heat sink which includes a top surface and a member which has a side and is disposed on the top surface; a light source which includes a substrate disposed on the side of the member and light emitting devices disposed on the substrate, and has a reference point; and a cover which is coupled to the heat sink and includes an upper portion and a lower portion, which are divided by an imaginary plane passing through the reference point and being parallel with the top surface of the heat sink, wherein a distance from the reference point of the light source to the upper portion of the cover is larger than a distance from the reference point of the light source to the lower portion of the cover.
US09353910B2	Boss for composite pressure container A boss (1) for a composite pressure container for fluids, in which the radial thickness of a lip (23) of the boss arranged between the coupling or valve member (5) and an embedded member (2) is especially adapted to the intended pressure inside the container.
US09353906B1	Attachment apparatus, system and method Provided is an adjustable attachment apparatus, system and method, including in various example embodiments a block adapted to rotatably engage a ball portion of an arm, where the arm may be connected with a base that connects with a helical rotatable member. In various example embodiments the ball portion of the arm may “pop” in and out of the block when compressing fasteners in the block are loosened, and the ball portion of the arm may be locked in place by tightening the compressing fasteners, to position the arm and attached structures in any of a variety of positions. In various example embodiments the block may be rotatably mounted to a surface, and the base may be rotatably mounted to the arm, and the helical rotatable member may be pivotally mounted to the base. A plurality of arms may be connected together using one or more double-ended blocks.
US09353899B2	Water hammer recognizing and energy saving water hammer prevention system and method for controlling the same The present invention relates to a water hammer recognizing and energy saving water hammer prevention system and a method for controlling the same that is configured wherein in case of the selective on/off operations of a plurality of pumps in a pipe system in accordance with the change of the use environment, the pressure variation and level variation of an air chamber caused by water hammer are compared with reference values and set values, and they are divided into a normal mode and a safe mode, thereby controlling the air intake and exhaust of the air chamber and preventing energy consumption from unnecessarily occurring.
US09353898B2	Method tubular element of a fall pipe, fall pipe assembled from such elements, coupling between two such tubular elements and method for assembling the fall pipe A tubular element of a fall pipe used for the purpose of depositing materials underwater from a fall pipe vessel. The fall pipe element comprises a male and a female coupling part for coupling to another element of the same form. The coupling parts are provided on respectively an outer periphery and inner periphery thereof with an annular flange which is divided in a peripheral direction into segments which leave recesses clear therebetween. For coupling purposes, segments of a male coupling part are placed through recesses of a female coupling part and slid by rotation under segments of the female coupling part. A fall pipe and a method for assembly thereof.
US09353892B2	Cable retaining apparatus A cable retaining apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a band that is wrapped around a group of cables and a clamping portion that holds the ends of the band. The clamping portion has a body portion that is fixed to one end of the band. The body portion also has an axle mounted to it, the axle having a slot cut into it to receive the other end of the band. The end of the axle has a rotatable head for engagement by a tool such as a spanner so that rotation of the head causes the axle to rotate. The body portion also has an aperture that is aligned with an aperture in the axle so that a pin can extend through the apertures to prevent rotation of the axle. In use the band is placed round the cables and its end inserted into the slot. The axle is then rotated and band winds around the axle until it tightens around the cable. The pin is then inserted into the apertures to prevent the band unwinding.
US09353888B2	Polymer bag grouting method for repairing settlement of underground pipelines A polymer bag grouting method for repairing a settlement of an underground pipeline includes steps of: (1) detecting a settled pipeline section and determining a grouting plan; (2) drilling holes for containing bags; (3) placing the bags into the holes; (4) injecting a polymer material into the bags; (5) uplifting the settled pipeline section; and, (6) filling a cavity and reinforcing a soft soil layer. The polymer material is a non-water reacted two-component polymer material. The method provided by the present invention has advantages of rapidness, small cut, light mass, high tenacity, economy and durability. The method is advanced, highly-efficient, economical and practical and able to rapidly repair the settlement of the pipeline section through uplifting. The method of the present invention is successfully applied to multiple projects of uplifting the underground pipelines, showing great economic and social benefits and a wide development and application prospect.
US09353873B2	Ball valve having conically shaped stem seal A ball valve including a valve body that includes a first body member and a second body member. The valve body defines a valve axis and a fluid flow path. A ball element has a port and a ball stem, and is rotatable about a ball stem axis between an open position providing fluid flow through the fluid flow path and a closed position inhibiting flow through the fluid flow path. A body seal is located between the first body member and the second body member and defines a thickness that decreases as the body seal extends away from the valve axis. A stem seal defines a substantially frusto-conical shape and is arranged in the valve body. The ball stem extends through the stem seal to form a seal between the ball stem and the stem seal and between the stem seal and the valve body.
US09353872B1	Monitor valve A monitor valve contains: a body, at least one monitoring assembly, a stop ball, an inlet connector, and a transmission device. The body is hollow and includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, at least one orifice, a chamber, a neck opening, a plurality of trenches, and a first hole. The at least one monitoring assembly is mounted in the at least one orifice of the body. The stop ball is accommodated in the chamber of the body and includes a first close ring, a first aperture, and two second apertures. The inlet connector is locked in the inlet channel of the body and includes a guiding portion, a second close ring. The guiding portion has a central passage and plural passages, and each passage has an inlet. The transmission device is rotatably fixed in the first hole of the body to control the stop ball to rotate.
US09353864B2	Oil ring for internal combustion engine An oil ring for an internal combustion engine is provided that can prevent adhesion and deposition of oil sludge even during long-time operation of the engine, can thereby prevent the occurrence of sticking of the oil ring components to each other, and can maintain a good oil control function. At least part of the surface of the oil ring for an internal combustion engine is coated with a metal coating having a surface free energy of 40 mJ/m2 or less and a hydrogen bonding strength of 1.0 mJ/m2 or less. A coating of Ni, Cu, or an alloy containing Ni or Cu is used as the metal coating.
US09353863B2	Wrist pin and method of reducing wear between members thereof, connecting rod, piston and methods of constructing same A wrist pin and method of reducing wear between members thereof, a piston, a connecting rod, and methods of construction thereof are provided. The wrist pin has a first portion extending between opposite ends configured for receipt in piston pin bores and a second portion extending between opposite ends configured for receipt in the pin bores. The second portion is configured for relative movement with the first portion. The piston includes a piston body having axially aligned pin bores, wherein at least one of the pin bores has a feature to prevent relative rotation of a wrist pin member. The connecting rod includes a connecting rod body having small end bore. The small end bore has a contour to allow relative rotation of a first wrist pin member therein and a feature to prevent relative rotation of a second wrist pin member therein.
US09353857B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle including a first power transmission mechanism arranged between a drive source and a drive wheel, and a second power transmission mechanism which is arranged in series with the first power transmission mechanism and which changes a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft, includes slip detection means configured to detect whether or not a slip occurs in the first power transmission mechanism, and shift means configured to reduce the slip by shifting the second power transmission mechanism in a case where occurrence of the slip is detected by the slip detection means.
US09353856B2	Method for adapting shifts in a motor vehicle transmission A method provides for adapting shifts to be carried out in a transmission of a motor vehicle. The shifts are triggered by a transmission control unit and are is controlled and/or governed by the transmission control unit. An actual value corresponding to an acceleration of the motor vehicle is recorded by measuring instruments and is compared to a corresponding target value. On the basis of a deviation between the actual value and the target value, the carrying out of the subsequent shifts of the transmission control unit is adapted. The actual value corresponding to an acceleration of the motor vehicle is individually recorded for several consecutive shift stages of each shift, whereas the actual value in the individual shift stages is compared to the target value in the individual shift stages of the transmission control unit. On the basis of a deviation in the individual shift stages between the actual value and the target value, the carrying out of the subsequent shifts of the transmission control unit is individually adapted for each shift stage.
US09353854B2	Hydraulic pressure supply system of automatic transmission A hydraulic pressure supply system supplies hydraulic pressure generated at a hydraulic pump having two pump chambers to a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion and performs mode conversion from a full discharge mode to a two circuit mode or a half discharge mode according to variable control pressure of a solenoid valve.
US09353853B2	Control of transmission latch valve A transmission includes a latch valve with latched and de-latched states. In the de-latched state, the latch valve directs a control pressure to a clutch apply circuit. In the latched state, which is entered in response to a control pressure higher than a latch pressure, the latch valve directs a line pressure to the clutch apply circuit. A controller manages the transition from latched to de-latched differently depending upon the transmission input torque and gear state. At high transmission input torque, the controller first reduces the control pressure to rapidly accelerate a spool in the latch valve, and then increases the control pressure to prevent clutch slip. At low torque, the controller reduced the pressure to an intermediate value during the transition and then reduces it again. At moderate torques, the controller reduces the pressure directly to a target pressure in a single step.
US09353831B2	Control method for dual clutch transmission, dual clutch transmission, and vehicle loaded with same A method for controlling a dual clutch transmission, a dual clutch transmission, and a vehicle equipped with the same. A first input shaft is connected to a first clutch and a second input shaft is connected to a second clutch. A set of odd-numbered gears and a set of even-numbered gears are arranged respectively across the first input shaft and second input shaft and an output shaft. Two of the gears are set as a start gear and a support gear, respectively. A one-way clutch is provided between the support gear and the first input shaft to let the support gear freewheel when a vehicle is started by synchronously engaging the start gear and the support gear to the second input shaft and the first input shaft, respectively, and simultaneously bringing each of the first clutch and the second clutch into a connected state. A third clutch connects the first input shaft and the second input shaft and rotates them together when the vehicle is started.
US09353830B2	Link-plate chain for continuously variable transmission A link-plate chain for a continuously variable transmission, having a plurality of link plates interconnected in a chain circumferential direction and a chain transverse direction to be wound around an input pulley and an output pulley, by a plurality of rocker pins inserted to extend in the traverse direction through pin holes formed in the link plates, and attached with retainer pins for preventing detachment of the link plates from the rocker pins at ends in the transverse direction of the rocker pins, wherein: the retainer pins of the inside rocker pins sandwiched between the outer side rocker pins in the longitudinal direction among the rocker pins inserted through the link plates located at outermost ends in the transverse direction are configured to be attached more outward in the transverse direction than the retainer pins of the front and rear end side rocker pins.
US09353821B2	Fluid damper assembly with gas cup lubrication chamber A gas cup (36) is slidably disposed in the main chamber (34) of a housing (20) and a piston (50) is disposed spaced apart from the gas cup (36). The gas cup (36) includes a volume reducing device (110) for forcing a lubricant from a closed lubricant chamber (112) through a lubricant passage (108) to a lubricant reservoir (106) in response to a sliding movement of the piston (50). A flexible diaphragm (116) flexes into the closed lubricant chamber (112) in response to the sliding movement of the piston (50). A seal cap (118) sandwiches the flexible diaphragm (116) between the seal cap (118) and an annular projection (114) and the seal cap (118) includes a plurality of seal ports (120) for forcing the lubricant to flow from the closed lubricant chamber (112) through the lubricant passage (108) to the lubricant reservoir (106). The seal cap (118) includes a skirt (122) retained on the annular projection (114). A fluid seal (104) is disposed about the skirt (122) and spaced apart from the gas cup (36) to define the lubricant reservoir (106).
US09353805B2	Spatial wedging friction overrunning clutch An overrunning clutch is provided with a spatial wedge-shaped mechanism including a rotation guide mechanism (G) and a traction friction mechanism (F1). The traction friction mechanism (F1) has a friction member. A guide member of the rotation guide mechanism (G) preferably has a helical tooth guide surface. The rotation guide mechanism (G) and the traction friction mechanism (F1) are rigidly, axially linked by a common annular intermediate member, which has complementary guide surfaces and a rotation friction surface. The lead angle of the guide surfaces is less than the maximum value of the lead angle which is capable of ensuring self locking of the friction pairs between the guide surfaces, so that the intermediate member can be wedged between the guide member and the friction member, and then transfer torque therebetween. The invention has many advantages such as fully surface contact, a simple structure, no disperse and asymmetry rotation members, and various beneficial operating conditions can be achieved conveniently by the direction controllable scheme.
US09353803B2	Power transmitting apparatus A power transmitting apparatus comprising a switching device for switching an urging device between an urging force applying position wherein an abutment between the other end of the urging device and the pressure member is kept to apply the urging force of urging device to the pressure member when the intermediate member is moved toward the pressure member, and an urging force cutting-off position wherein the other end of the urging device is separated from the pressure member to cut-off the urging force of urging device to the pressure member when the intermediate member is moved toward the pressure member. In some embodiments, the urging device is set at the urging force applying position while the intermediate member is stopped when the vehicle is stopped and the urging device is set at the urging force cutting-off position while the intermediate member is rotated when the vehicle is running.
US09353794B2	Converter collar bearing for a torque converter A bearing position for a torque converter, wherein a pump impeller is connected to a converter neck, and the pump impeller is rotatably mounted on the bearing position by at least one roller bearing in a housing, wherein the roller bearing comprises an outer rolling raceway, assigned to the converter neck and facing radially outwards, and an inner rolling raceway, assigned to the housing and facing radially inwards, and rollers disposed radially between the rolling raceways, wherein the bearing position comprises at least one radially elastically designed section of a sleeve of the roller bearing, where the sleeve is provided with the inner rolling raceway, wherein the section, enclosing an elastic convex raceway curvature, is resiliently prestressed in the radial direction against at least a first roller of the rollers, the first roller supported on the outer rolling raceway, and supported in the opposite radial direction on the housing.
US09353790B2	Fluid dynamic bearing device and motor with same A fluid dynamic bearing device (1), including: a bearing member (22) on a rotary side; a housing (7) on a stationary side; a sealing member (9); a radial bearing gap to be formed between an outer peripheral surface (22a) of the bearing member (22) and an inner peripheral surface (7a2) of the housing (7); and a thrust bearing gap to be formed between a lower end surface (22c) of the bearing member (22) and an inner bottom surface (7b1) of the housing (7). The radial bearing gap and the thrust bearing gap are filled with lubricating oil (11). An axial gap (10) containing air is formed between an upper end surface (22b) of the bearing member (22) and a lower end surface (9b) of the sealing member (9), which faces the upper end surface (22b) of the bearing member (22).
US09353789B1	Bearing assemblies including fluid retention mechanism, bearing apparatuses, and methods of use Embodiments of the invention are directed to bearing assemblies, bearing apparatuses, and methods of operation thereof. In particular, embodiments include bearing assemblies configured to maintain a fluid at or near bearing surfaces thereof. For example, one or more bearing assemblies of a bearing apparatus may include a fluid retention mechanism that may facilitate fluid retention at or near the bearing surfaces.
US09353787B2	Crankshaft bearing cap with optimized pillars A crankshaft bearing cap in a shape of a half-cylinder of axis X coinciding with the axis of the crankshaft and including diametrically opposed attachment pillars, each column-shaped pillar including a substantially oval upper surface incorporating a bearing surface surrounding a borehole through which a fixing screw can pass and a bearing surface for a screw head, the surface surrounding the borehole, and each attachment pillar further including at least two lateral and vertical grooves over a portion of the height of the pillar, the grooves being situated outside a vertical bearing cylinder having a base equal to the bearing surface and outside of a volume defined by the transverse plane passing through the axes of the attachment holes and extending symmetrically in the X-direction over a length.
US09353784B2	Method of installing fastener to secure metal panel to wood structural element Fasteners are provided that include a head and having a head, a tip end having a tip, a first body portion having first threads having a pitch angle, and a second body portion having second threads, the second threads having a different pitch than the first threads. The first body portion is adjacent to the tip end of the fastener and extends a first distance along a length of the fastener towards the head end. The second body portion is adjacent to the first body portion, and extends the head end of the fastener and extending a second distance along the length of the fastener towards the head end.
US09353776B2	Rotation indicator For mounting on a wheel nut or similar a rotation indicator device includes a body of one piece construction having an annular portion to releasably fit in non-rotatable manner onto the nut and having an end wall portion provided with an indicator. The indicator is provided within the periphery of the device, at a position which, in use, overlies the nut to which it is fitted, by having at least one opening in the end wall portion with free edges configured as the indicator (e.g. pointer with tip). The one piece device may also include side walling of part annular configuration extending between the annular portion and the end wall portion with the free edges being where the side walling is not connected to the end portion. A support post may then extend between the annular portion and the end wall portion at a location remote from the side walling.
US09353768B2	Hydromechanical continuously variable transmission The disclosure is directed to a transmission, and more particularly to a semi-Continually Variable Transmission (sCVT), a semi-Continuous, Variable Displacement Motor, a semi-Continuously Reciprocating Multiplex Pump (sCVDP) and an infinitely variable transmission (IVT).
US09353755B2	Turbomolecular pump device A turbomolecular pump device includes: a turbomolecular pump main body; a power unit that drives the turbomolecular pump main body; and a water cooling unit that is provided between the turbomolecular pump main body and the power unit, wherein components provided in a casing of the power unit are classified into an intensive cooling required component that requires intensive cooling, a moderate cooling required component that requires moderate cooling, and a no cooling required component that requires substantially no cooling, the intensive cooling required component is mounted on a first high-conductivity substrate contacting to the water cooling unit, the moderate cooling required component is mounted on a second high heat-conductive substrate contacting to an inner surface of the casing, and the no cooling required component is mounted on a substrate arranged in a space between the first high heat-conductive substrate and the second high heat-conductive substrate.
US09353747B2	Scroll fluid machine with axial sealing unit A scroll fluid machine includes a revolving scroll in which a revolving wrap stands upright on an end plate supported revolvably on a drive shaft, and a fixed scroll which is provided opposite the revolving scroll and in which a fixed wrap stands upright on an end plate. The revolving and fixed wraps overlap to form a compression chamber for compressing a fluid by causing the revolving scroll to revolve. The scroll fluid machine further includes a rod-shaped member attached to the end plate of the revolving scroll and extending to a rear surface side of the fixed scroll, which is a side not opposing the revolving scroll. A revolving plate is attached to the rod-shaped member, provided with a pin crank mechanism, and supported revolvably on the drive shaft. The revolving plate is provided with a sealing unit that seals the compression chamber in an axial direction.
US09353740B2	Graphene-drum pump and engine systems The present invention relates to pump systems and engine systems having graphene drums. In embodiments of the invention, the graphene drum can be utilized in the main chambers and/or valves of the pumps and engines.
US09353733B2	Device and system for generation of power from intraluminal pressure changes A device for generating power from intraluminal pressure changes may comprise: (a) a generator configured for intraluminal disposal; and (b) an intraluminal pressure change-receiving structure.A system for generating power from intraluminal pressure changes may comprise: means for receiving an intraluminal pressure change; and (b) means for converting the intraluminal pressure change into energy with an intraluminal generator.
US09353732B2	Method of operating a wind turbine as well as a system suitable therefor According to a method of the present invention, a method of operating a wind turbine comprising a power generator, a generator side converter connected to the power generator, a line side converter connected to a power grid through power components, and a DC-link connected between the generator side converter and the line side converter is provided, the method comprising: monitoring the grid voltages on the power grid for overvoltage events; if an overvoltage event is detected, operating the line side converter in an overmodulation range for at least a part of the duration of the overvoltage event.
US09353722B2	Ignition coil for internal combustion engine An ignition coil includes a primary coil, a secondary coil, a center core, a case, and a filler resin. A connection terminal is connected to a high-voltage-side winding end portion of the secondary coil. A cylindrical high-voltage tower section is formed projecting outside the case. A high-voltage terminal connected to the connection terminal is disposed within the high-voltage tower section. The connection terminal has a contacting portion and a conducting portion. The contacting portion comes into contact with the high-voltage terminal. The conducting portion ensures electrical conduction with the high-voltage terminal. The contacting portion comes into contact with and presses against the high-voltage terminal in an axial direction of the high-voltage tower section. The contacting section is pressed against the high-voltage terminal in the axial direction such that the conducting portion is pressed against and placed in contact with the high-voltage terminal in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
US09353717B2	Engine control unit for driving an electric circuit and method An engine control unit for driving an electric circuit, e.g., a starter in a vehicle, includes at least a first element for making a first signal, particularly an ignition signal, available, a second element for making a voltage available for the electric circuit, a third element for connecting the electric circuit, a first switch which is disposed between the second and third elements to control the electric circuit, and a fourth elements for generating a second signal, the first signal cooperating with the second signal to form a virtual second switch for turning the electric circuit on or off with the aid of the first switch.
US09353716B2	High-pressure fuel pump device A high-pressure fuel pump device of the invention includes a plunger-type high-pressure pump unit (31) configured to pressurize fuel as a plunger (43) thereof makes reciprocating motion, a diaphragm-type supply pump unit (33) configured to suck in fuel in a fuel tank (11) and supply the fuel to the high-pressure pump unit as a diaphragm (87) thereof oscillates in conjunction with the reciprocating motion of the plunger, and a fuel return unit (34) provided in the supply pump unit and configured to return, to the fuel tank, surplus fuel that is not sucked into the high-pressure pump unit.
US09353711B2	Boost purge ejector tee arrangement A boost purge ejector tee arrangement for a fuel vapor emissions system can include a boost purge ejector tee having a body that can define a first inlet port, a second inlet port and an outlet port. The first inlet port and the outlet port can be fluidly coupled along a first flow path. The body can define a second flow path from the second inlet port that can intersect the first flow path upstream of the outlet port. A nozzle can be positioned in the first flow path such that an outlet of the nozzle can be proximate the intersection of the second flow path with the first flow path. The boost purge ejector tee can be integrated into an air box that can be associated with an engine such that the outlet port exits into an inside of the air box.
US09353706B2	Actuator and valve arrangement A number of variations may include an actuator and valve arrangement.
US09353695B2	Control device for internal combustion engine A control device acquires various requests concerning the performance of an internal combustion engine and sets a request-specific constraint on a control amount value. The constraint is expressed as a set of constraint index values assigned to individual control amount values, and the distribution of the constraint index values is varied in accordance with the type of a request. The control device integrates the constraint index values for each control amount value and then, in accordance with the distribution of the integrated constraint index value for a control amount, determines a limitation of the control amount. The control device determines a target control amount value within the limitation and controls the internal combustion engine in accordance with the target control amount.
US09353690B2	Interface with mount features for precise alignment A connection for a rotating machine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes an interface axially between and adjacent to a first interference fit and a second interference fit.
US09353686B2	Method and apparatus for generating motive power A cooling medium supply apparatus has a sensing means and a cooling medium pump mechanism which is powered by a gas turbine engine assembly. The gas turbine engine assembly is self-contained with a fuel supply, an ignition system and a starting system. The sensing means monitors the presence of a primary supply of a cooling medium, and on detecting a loss of the primary supply, actuates the gas turbine assembly to provide a secondary supply of the cooling medium.
US09353684B2	Aircraft engine airflow modulation apparatus and method for engine bay cooling and cycle flow matching The present invention relates to a system and method of LO airflow modulation for use with a DTSA engine. A DTSA engine is positioned within an aircraft fuselage and the second DTSA turbine fan includes it own dedicated decoupled air inlet duct that is formed co-centrically about the housing. An airflow modulator member is positioned in duct to form the duct wall when the modulator is in a closed position. The Modulator member is pivotally connected to the duct wall, and is movable by an actuator to a second open position that allows airflow to escape the third stream duct, and provide airflow to both the DTSA fan blades as well as engine bay for cooling. The method of the present invention provides airflow modulation to an aircraft employing a DTSA engine, said method including the receiving of airflow from a supersonic aircraft intake; sensing a number of parameters, including, but not limited to aircraft speed, temperature, engine load and/or altitude. Calculating an efficient amount of airflow to provide to the DTSA turbine blades thorough a decoupled airstream; and directing movement of a modulator vane located in the intake duct to vary airflow to the DTSA turbine.
US09353678B2	Reformer enhanced alcohol engine Reformer-enhanced alcohol engine system. The engine system includes a spark-ignited alcohol engine having a compression ratio in the range of 13-15 and includes a turbocharger or supercharger operatively connected to the engine to provide a pressure boost of at least about 2.5 times atmospheric pressure to cylinders of the engine. A source of alcohol is provided for injection into the engine. A reformer is provided including a low-temperature reforming catalyst in a heat transfer relation with exhaust gas from the engine and arranged to receive alcohol from the alcohol source for reforming the alcohol into a hydrogen-rich gas. Means are provided for injecting the hydrogen-rich gas into the engine and a knock sensor detects knock in the engine. A fuel management control unit is provided which is responsive to the knock sensor to apportion the ratio of alcohol injected into the engine to hydrogen-rich gas injected into the engine. The engine of the invention can provide a 15-25% efficiency gain in a methanol-fueled spark ignition engine relative to a diesel engine in a typical drive cycle.
US09353677B2	Control methods and control apparatuses of internal-combustion engines A control apparatus calculates an upstream side pressure and temperature on an upstream side of a turbine impeller and a turbine flow rate, and calculates an upper limit threshold value of an opening degree level of a variable nozzle of a turbo supercharger such that a turbine pressure ratio is equal to or less than a predetermined ratio on a basis of the turbine flow rate and a pressure ratio•turbine flow rate characteristic. The pressure ratio•turbine flow rate characteristic is pre-stored information indicating a relationship between the turbine pressure ratio, the turbine flow rate, and the opening degree level of the variable nozzle. The control apparatus controls an opening degree of the variable nozzle so as to be an opening degree equal to or less than the upper limit threshold value.
US09353664B2	Method for operating an exhaust gas treatment system having an SCR catalytic converter In a system with an SCR catalytic converter, a correction by a changeable long term adaption factor to a target dosing rate is provided for the model dosing rate and a correction by a changeable short term adaption factor to an assumed actual filling state for the ammonia filling level value. A dosing unit controllable by a control unit adds an ammonia-containing reducing agent to the exhaust gas and an exhaust gas enriched with ammonia according to the dosing is fed to the SCR catalytic converter. An ammonia filling level value for a filling level of ammonia stored in the SCR catalytic converter and a model dosing rate for dosing the reducing agent into the exhaust gas are calculated by a computer model.
US09353663B2	Liquid intrusion sealing structure of a urea injector A fluid injector includes a body associated with an outlet of the injector. An inlet tube is coupled to the body and has an open end for receiving fluid to be injected. An inlet cup has an open end and covers the open end of the inlet tube and also covers a portion of the body. The injector includes sealing structure including a primary seal providing a seal between the inlet cup and the inlet tube, a secondary seal between the body and the inlet cup and constructed and arranged to prevent liquid that is external to the injector from entering an interior of the injector through the open end of the inlet cup, and a surface feature on the body or on the inlet cup constructed and arranged to compress a portion of the secondary seal between the inlet cup and the body.
US09353661B2	Method and system for activating catalyst of hybrid vehicle A method and a system for activating a catalyst of a hybrid vehicle are provided. In particular, the system and the method maintain a speed of a motor to be a predetermined speed when a transmission of the hybrid vehicle is in a neutral state and heat and activate the catalyst by increasing an engine torque through a slip of an engine clutch. The method includes increasing, by a controller, torque of an engine by controlling a slip of an engine clutch disposed between the engine and a motor of the hybrid vehicle. The controller determines whether a temperature of the catalyst of the hybrid vehicle reaches a predetermined temperature and feedback-controls the slip of the engine clutch when the temperature of the catalyst is less than the predetermined temperature.
US09353659B2	Trapped soot estimator A diesel engine (10) has an exhaust system (16) containing a diesel particulate filter (18) for trapping soot passing through the exhaust system as the engine operates. A trapped soot estimator (30) estimates soot trapped in the diesel particular filter by repeatedly executing an algorithm that calculates a data value for total soot trapped using Kalman filter processing (48) whose gain is controlled by at least one engine operating parameter.
US09353655B2	Oil pump control systems and methods for noise minimization An engine control system includes a cylinder control module and a pump control module. The cylinder control module selectively deactivates cylinders of an engine. In response to a determination that at least one of the cylinders is deactivated, the pump control module: selectively increases a target displacement for an oil pump that is driven by a balance shaft of the engine; and selectively adjusts displacement of the oil pump based on the target displacement.
US09353650B2	Steam turbine plant and driving method thereof, including superheater, reheater, high-pressure turbine, intermediate-pressure turbine, low-pressure turbine, condenser, high-pressure turbine bypass pipe, low-pressure turbine bypass pipe, and branch pipe A steam turbine plant includes: a superheater; a reheater; a high-pressure turbine; an intermediate-pressure turbine; a low-pressure turbine; a condenser; a bypass pipe that branches off a main steam pipe and includes a high-pressure turbine bypass valve; a bypass pipe that branches off a high-temperature reheat steam pipe, is connected to the condenser, and includes a low-pressure turbine bypass valve; and a branch pipe that branches off a low-temperature reheat steam pipe, is connected to the condenser, and includes a ventilator valve. At the time of turbine start up, the ventilator valve, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve, and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve are fully opened to allow steam to be circulated simultaneously into the high-pressure turbine and the intermediate-pressure turbine.
US09353637B2	Turbine exhaust housing A turbine assembly can include a turbine wheel, a shroud component, a turbine housing and a seal that includes a wall and a lower lip that that extends radially outwardly from the wall at an obtuse angle where the seal is disposed, at least in part, between an outer surface of the shroud component and an inner surface of the turbine housing. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09353626B2	Rotor assembly A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine, with an annular sleeve having an inner member connected around the shaft to rotate together therewith and having an outer member with a first end connected to the inner member, the outer member defining an annular continuous frustoconical inner surface angled such as to extend closer to the central axis near the first end. A rotor disc includes an annular protuberance extending radially inwardly of the outer member and forced toward the first end, and having an annular continuous frustoconical outer surface complementary to the inner surface of the outer member and in torque-transmitting engagement therewith. The assembly includes means for axially pressing the sleeve and the disc against one another to maintain the complementary frustoconical surfaces in torque-transmitting engagement. A method of engaging a rotor disc to a driving shaft in a gas turbine engine is also provided.
US09353620B2	Detection of permeability anisotropy in the horizontal plane A method for detection of permeability anisotropy, having steps of positioning a formation testing tool, conducting a series of three flow tests with the testing tool wherein a first test is a four drain flow test, a second test is a pair of opposite drains flowing on diametrically opposite sides of the formation testing tool and a third test is a second pair of opposite drains flowing on opposite drains different than the second test; determining one of horizontal permeability and horizontal mobility, determining one of orthogonal components of horizontal permeability and horizontal mobility based on the measured flow response and determining a direction of the orthogonal components of the horizontal permeability or horizontal mobility with respect to the orientation of the formation testing tool based on a measured flow response.
US09353614B2	Fluid homogenizer system for gas segregated liquid hydrocarbon wells and method of homogenizing liquids produced by such wells A system for and method for homogenizing the liquid and the gas and including providing a tube arrangement, first breaking up and separating the slugged gas from the liquid at a first location, and then gathering it into holding location—i.e., an annulus section of the flow tube—where it is re-introduced in controlled amounts into the liquid downstream of the first location. Various alternative gas/liquid separation devices are incorporated into the system which devices may be located either in a vertical wellbore or a horizontal wellbore, depending upon the particular well characteristics.
US09353608B2	Flow control device and flow control method A method and apparatus is disclosed for controlling the flow of fluid in oil and/or gas production, involving a control device or an autonomous valve (2) operating by the Bernoulli principle and comprising a moveable disk or body (9) provided within a housing (4) for opening and closing said valve (2), involving use of a material (24) within the valve (2) that changes its properties as to shape and/or volume and/or elastic modulus when exposed to a chemical substance contained in the flow of fluid and thus altering said flow of fluid.
US09353605B2	Flow distribution assemblies for preventing sand screen erosion Disclosed are flow distribution assemblies for distributing fluid flow through well screens. One flow distribution assembly includes a bulkhead arranged about a base pipe having one or more flow ports and defining flow conduits in fluid communication with the flow ports, a sand screen arranged about the base pipe and extending axially from the bulkhead, a flow annulus defined between the sand screen and the base pipe, and flow tubes fluidly coupled to the flow conduits and extending axially from the bulkhead within the flow annulus, the flow tubes being configured to place an interior of the base pipe in fluid communication with the flow annulus via the flow ports, wherein the flow tubes distribute a fluid through the at least one sand screen at a plurality of axial locations within the flow annulus.
US09353603B2	Landing string compensator Apparatus and methods for compensating a landing string due to movement of a floating rig platform are provided. In one aspect, a compensation system for use with a landing string is provided. The compensation system includes a slip joint member attachable to the landing string, the slip joint member having an upper portion and a lower portion. The compensation system further includes a first lock assembly configured to connect the upper portion of the slip joint member to a floating rig. Additionally, the compensation system includes a second lock assembly configured to connect the lower portion of the slip joint member to a riser disposed below the floating rig. In another aspect, a method for compensating a landing string due to movement of a floating rig is provided.
US09353596B2	Oil well plug and method of use A frac plug is configured to seal a bore of a pipe of a downhole well. The frac plug comprises a generally cylindrical plug member comprising a glass body. The glass body may be tempered or high-compression glass. The plug member has axial opposite ends and a length extending between the axial ends. The plug member has an outer diameter surface extending along the length. The outer diameter surface is tapered. The frac plug further comprises a seal of compressible material extending substantially around the plug member outer diameter. The seal has opposite axial ends generally corresponding to the axial ends of the plug member. The seal is movable axially relative to the plug member outer diameter surface. The seal is compressible against the plug member outer diameter surface and expandable radially outward to engage the bore of the pipe.
US09353589B2	Multi-cycle pipe cutter and related methods A downhole cutting tool includes a tool body and a plurality of cutter knife sets, each of the plurality of cutter knife sets configured to extend outwardly to separately perform a pipe cutting operation. A first cutter knife set has a diameter in an extended position larger than a diameter in an extended position of a second cutter knife set. A method includes running the downhole cutting tool into a wellbore, deploying the first set of expandable cutting arms to an extended position and engaging the extended expandable cutting arms with a first work piece, rotating the downhole cutting tool and cutting the first work piece, deploying the second set of expandable cutting arms during a single trip into the wellbore to an extended position and engaging the extended expandable cutting arms with a second work piece, and rotating the downhole cutting tool and cutting the second work piece.
US09353588B2	Device and a system and a method of examining a tubular channel The invention relates to a device for examining a tubular channel, the device comprising a three-way valve, buoyancy means, pressure means, a vent line, at least one sensor and computation means; wherein the three-way valve controls the fluid flow between the pressure means and the buoyancy means and between the buoyancy means and the vent line; the computation means is communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and adapted to generate a control signal based on data received from the at least one sensor; and wherein the pressure means is fluidly coupled to the buoyancy means via the three-way valve such that a fluid may flow from the pressure means to the buoyancy means or from the buoyancy means to the surroundings of the device via the vent line; and wherein the computation means is communicatively coupled to the three-way valve and controls said three-way valve via the control signal. Thereby, the invention is able to examine e.g. oil wells containing obstructions such as wash-outs and/or side tracks and/or non-linear parts in open hole completions of the well.
US09353587B2	Three-way flow sub for continuous circulation A flow sub for use with a drill string includes: a tubular housing having a longitudinal bore formed therethrough and a flow port formed through a wall thereof; a bore valve operable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the bore valve allows free passage through the bore in the open position and isolates an upper portion of the bore from a lower portion of the bore in the closed position; and a sleeve disposed in the housing and movable between an open position where the flow port is exposed to the bore and a closed position where a wall of the sleeve is disposed between the flow port and the bore; and a bore valve actuator operably coupling the sleeve and the bore valve such that opening the sleeve closes the bore valve and closing the sleeve opens the bore valve.
US09353581B2	Plunger-type wire riser tensioner Certain types of riser tensioner arrangements include a high-pressure accumulator; a pusher-type hydraulic cylinder; a first flow path coupling the high-pressure accumulator with a first volume of the cylinder to enable a first high-pressure fluid to flow therebetween; and a second flow path coupling the high-pressure accumulator with a second volume of the cylinder to enable a second high-pressure fluid to flow therebetween. The piston includes a seat and a hollow extension that defines part of the second volume of the cylinder.
US09353573B2	Drilling unit operator station A horizontal directional drilling system with a removable operator station having a frame, a carriage, a base, and a removable cab. The carriage is moveable relative to the frame to provide thrust and rotation to a drill string. The base is located on the frame and has an attachment point and a fitting. The removable cab has a control system for controlling functions of the carriage and the frame and a bracket moveable between a first position and a second position. The bracket is connectable to the attachment point. The cab is moveable relative to the base when the bracket is disconnected from the attachment.
US09353572B2	Detachable feed rail for rock drill A feed rail for a rock drill is composed of two segments, a first beam defining a first rail segment and a second beam defining a second rail segment. The second beam may be detachably connected to the first beam so that the second beam can be removed altogether from the first beam. This invention enables the feed rail to be shortened, thereby making the feed rail much easier to maneuver in mines.
US09353566B2	Power door actuation system A power door actuation system for moving a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between an open position and a closed position includes a motor assembly connectable to one of the vehicle door and the vehicle body that is configured to generate a rotational force. A drive shaft is interconnected to the motor assembly and extends from a first end disposed adjacent the motor assembly to a second end. The second end of the drive shaft is rigidly attached to one of a body strap or a door strap of a hinge for transferring the rotational force from the motor assembly to the respective rigidly attached strap to rotate the respective rigidly attached strap relative to the other of the door strap and the body strap for automatically moving the vehicle door between the open and closed positions.
US09353565B2	System for controllable rotation of closing element A system for controlled rotatable movement of a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure includes a piston device and a hinge device. The hinge device has a fixed element and a movable element reciprocally coupled to allow mutual rotation, a seat for removably inserting the piston device, and a pivot member with a cam element facing the seat to interact with the piston device. The piston device includes a tubular body, an actuating head external to the tubular body, a plunger member slidable within the tubular body, and an elastic contrast member acting on the plunger member for returning it from a retracted end position to an extended end position. The seat of the hinge body includes a pass-through or blind bore extending along an axis for providing access into the hinge body in a direction substantially parallel to or coinciding with the axis.
US09353564B2	Hinge device for doors, shutters or the like A hinge device for rotatably moving a closing element includes a fixed element anchorable to a stationary support structure coupled to a movable element anchorable to the closing element for rotating around a first longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position. The device further includes at least one slider movable along a second axis between a compressed and an extended position. One between the movable element and the fixed element includes at least one operating chamber defining the second axis so as to slidably house the slider, the other element including a pivot defining the first axis. The pivot and the slider are reciprocally coupled so that to the rotation of the movable element around the first axis corresponds the sliding of the slider along the second axis and vice versa.
US09353558B2	Case latch assembly A case latch assembly, comprises: a strike plate member provided on a first lock mounting part; a hinge member mounted on a second lock mounting part for pivotal movement about a pivot; a reciprocating element mounted for reciprocal movement on the hinge member, the reciprocating element comprising a strike plate engagement portion to a side of the pivot nearest to the first lock mounting part for engaging with the strike plate member, and a cantilever portion which extends to the side of the pivot furthest from the first lock mounting part; and a torsion element being arranged to apply torsion to the hinge member to bias the strike plate engagement portion away from the strike plate member; wherein, as the reciprocating element moves between a first position and a second position, the cantilever portion interacts with a constraining formation on the second lock mounting part to offset the bias applied by the torsion element to cause the strike plate engagement portion to be deflected towards the strike plate member.
US09353557B2	Door handle arrangement for vehicles A door handle arrangement for vehicles including an electrically insulating cover having an outer actuating surface for a user characterized by at least one metal actuating electrode disposed on the inner side of the cover that is on the side of the cover facing away from the actuating surface. The cover is elastically deformable by an actuation in the area of the actuating surface. The arrangement includes at least one sensor electrode that is disposed at a distance from the actuating element and opposite the inner side of the cover, wherein the sensor electrode lies opposite the actuating electrode at least in certain sections so that the distance between actuating electrode and sensor electrode is variable during deformation of the cover in the region of the actuating surface. The arrangement also includes a control and evaluation device which is coupled at least to the sensor electrode to detect a capacitance between sensor electrode and actuating electrode.
US09353556B2	Electrical vehicle latch An electrical vehicle latch including a support assembly, a releasable closure mechanism carried by the support assembly and adapted to releasably engage a striker, an electrically-operated actuator assembly carried by the support assembly and which can be selectively activated to release the closure mechanism from the striker or to lock the closure mechanism in a condition of engagement with the striker, and an electrical control unit having a printed circuit board for controlling operation of the actuator assembly. The support assembly including a first support body carrying at least a ratchet of the closure mechanism in a position parallel to a first plane (P1), and a second support body carrying at least the printed circuit board in a position parallel to a second plane (P2) transvere to the first plane (P1).
US09353554B2	Emergency access mechanism for a cash drawer An emergency access mechanism for a cash drawer is provided. In one embodiment, the emergency access mechanism comprises an emergency access plug configured to engage with a locking mechanism of the cash drawer such that actuation of the emergency access plug causes the locking mechanism to release. The mechanism may also comprise an emergency access cover configured to fit partially over and engage the emergency access shell, such that actuation of the emergency access cover causes a portion of the emergency access cover to break.
US09353552B1	Anti-theft device for merchandise displays The anti-theft device for merchandise displays. An electronic sensor fixedly attaches to a merchandise item. A sensor receptacle adapted to receive the electronic sensor is integrated into a base of the device. The sensor receptacle contains apertures and the sensor contains slots that align when the sensor is placed within the receptacle. A clip is in a sliding engagement with the base. The clip slides between a locked and an unlocked positions. The clip includes one or more outwardly extending fingers that protrude through the slots of the sensor receptacle and engage the slots of the sensor when the clip is in the locked position. A locking member engages the clip preventing the clip from retracting into the unlocked position. A magnet key is used for disengaging the locking member from the clip allowing the clip to slide into its unlocked position, thereby releasing the sensor from the sensor receptacle.
US09353551B2	Wireless door locking system A wireless door locking system is provided. The system includes a door lock having a locking device, a sensor and a microcontroller. The system also includes a mobile computing device having a display and a mobile application, wherein the mobile computing device is placed proximate to the door lock. The system includes a server in communication with the mobile computing device. The mobile application may generate a code such as a light pattern in response to communication with the server and transmits the light pattern from the display. The microcontroller of the door lock disengages the locking device in response to the sensor receiving the generated code communicated from the mobile computing device and determining that the generated code includes correct data to disengage the locking device of the door lock.
US09353546B2	Snap locking coupling system for pieces or coupling members A snap coupling system for pieces or metallic or non metallic coupling members, that require to be attached perpendicularly in a “T” fashion, in a cross “+” fashion or angularly, by which a tubular male coupling member having one or more retention tabs that are temporally flexed, enters in slots or receiving apertures of another piece or female coupling member, tubular or planar, where they engage, by which they can be readily attached two tubular members or one tubular member and one planar member, in a perpendicular way, in a cross fashion or angularly, without the necessity of using skilled labor.
US09353543B2	Efficient layout and design of production facility Methods for manufacturing a product or pharmaceutical product in an improved production layout are disclosed. The layout includes a production area which includes a hub which is at least partially surrounded by a manufacturing area. The manufacturing area comprises production stages used in the manufacturing process. The hub, having direct line-of-sight to the production stages, can easily monitor the manufacturing process.
US09353541B2	Electrochemical chlorine generator assembly for use in pool cleaner An automated self-propelled pool cleaner having a housing, a water pump for moving water through the housing and drive means for moving the pool cleaner over the surface of a salt water pool to be cleaned includes an electrochemical chlorine generator assembly mounted in the housing having an electrochemical cell that is manually releasable from its mounting system in order to permit the cell to be safely secured in place inside the housing for operation and manually removed when necessary for maintenance, repair or replacement by the user without special tools or training.
US09353537B2	Apparatus, system and method for lifting a building An apparatus, system and method for raising and lowering a building, wherein a yoke receives the end of a building lifting beam and travels vertically on a vertical guide. The yoke is connected to a jack, and the yoke and jack are provided with independently releasable locking means. In operation, the jack is locked on the guide at an initial supporting position to allow the yoke to move, and then the yoke is locked on the guide to allow the jack to move to a new supporting position on the guide, allowing the yoke to climb up and down the guide through alternating component lockings and movements.
US09353535B2	Space saving anchor point for a concrete structure A space saving anchor point for a concrete deck or column. The anchor point includes an elongated receiver box attached to the inside surface of a form used to construct a concrete structure that becomes embedded the concrete deck. The elongated box is a partially enclosed structure with a lower opening that communicates with an interior cavity. The elongated box includes optional flange surfaces that attached to the inside surface of a form used to construct the concrete deck. Extending transversely through the interior cavity is a rod with its opposite ends that extend laterally from the sides of the elongated box and become covered with concrete. Attached to the portion of the rod located inside the interior cavity is an elongated connector plate. The connector plate is assembled on the rod and is configured to rotate around the rod and move longitudinally inward inside the interior cavity to hidden position or moved outward from the interior cavity partially exposing the plates' second opening. The second opening may connect to a suitable snap hook or clip used by a construction worker when working near a leading edge fall hazard.
US09353533B2	Deck system components A decking system is made up of a variety of decking boards and other components are disclosed. In some aspects, the decking boards are connectable to each other so that adjacent boards will provide a water barrier and a drainage channel. Some versions of the boards may have a hollow region to accept the provision of heating elements or other accessory structures. A connector piece is disclosed in various embodiments span the gap between the butt ends of the boards to provide a water barrier at the butt ends of the boards. A gutter and downspout system is disclosed, as well as structures for protecting the ends or sides of the deck structure.
US09353532B2	Deck drainage systems A deck drainage system includes a bracket. The bracket has three parts selectively separable from each other. These parts include a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion joining the first and second portions. The first portion has a first leg and a first arm disposed at an angle to the first leg. The second portion has a second leg and a second arm disposed at an angle to the second leg. The central portion is generally flat.
US09353520B2	Energy and weight efficient building block, manufacturing and application process thereof The subject matter of the invention is an energy and weight efficient building block that has a prismatic body made from a post-hardening material (1). The invention is characterized in that a flexible static insert structure (2) is placed inside the body. Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention is the manufacturing and application process for the production of the building block. Manufacturing is characterized in that a static insert structure (2) is placed into the form body (16), then the form body (16) is filled up with the stirred post-hardening material (1) or at first the stirred post-hardening material (1) is poured into the form body (16), and the static insert structure (2) is placed therein afterwards, then the building block with the static insert structure (2), embedded in the post-hardening material (1) is let to dry until set in the form body (16) itself or after being taken out thereof.
US09353514B1	Building configuration and management system with reconfigurable building components Methods, systems, and techniques for building, maintaining, and/or renovating buildings using reconfigurable, intelligent, and/or communicating components and connectors are provided. These reconfigurable building components and connectors are configured to communicate with each other and with the internal structures and services of a building, using various protocols, for more efficient reconfiguration, management, and maintenance as well as safety. Examples provide a Building Configuration and Management System which provides a set of “smart” components, connectors, and protocols and a Building Control System that connects all internal building structures and services together in ways that allow them to communicate their location, state, and other information to each other and to other entities and to control them, potentially automatically. The BCMS facilitates, among other things, more efficient reconfiguration of these structures and services without demolition.
US09353511B2	Dual mode flush actuator A flush actuator for engaging a flush valve. The flush actuator provides a mechanism assembly for automatically flushing the flush valve. A sensor provides a presence detection to trigger the automatic flushing. A reduced flush or standard flush cycle may be initiated.
US09353509B2	Elongate continuous flow controller with web-shaped or string-shaped flow restrictor A sanitary insertion unit (1) having an insertion housing (2), which can be inserted into a sanitary supply line and has a continuous flow controller (3), which has at least one through flow opening (4) through which a fluid flows, in which through flow opening (4) a flow restrictor (5) is provided, which is arranged in an installation plane oriented transversely to the flow direction, and delimits a control gap (12, 13) between itself and an adjacent wall (10, 11) that delimits the through flow opening (4). The insertion unit (1) according to the invention is characterized in that the through flow opening (4) is designed as an elongated hole, the longitudinal extent thereof being arranged transverse to the direction of flow, and in that the flow restrictor (5) is designed as a web shape or a string shape and is held with its web or string ends (6, 7) on the wall sections (8, 9) that are oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the flow restrictor (4) in such a manner that the flow restrictor (5) is orientated in the region of the elongated hole in the longitudinal elongation thereof.
US09353507B2	Water line control system and method Water line control systems and methods are provided. A water line control method includes alternately adjusting a power component of an appliance between a normal mode wherein the power component produces a normal power level and a vacation mode wherein the power component produces a reduced power level. The water line control method further includes closing an auxiliary valve when the power component is adjusted to the vacation mode, the auxiliary valve operably connected to a main water line. The water line control method further includes opening the auxiliary valve when the power component is adjusted to the normal mode.
US09353505B2	Earth working bucket and connector assembly securing wear member thereto The connector assembly is used in securing a wear member to a support structure of the earth working bucket in an engaged position in which corresponding apertures of the wear member and the support structure are aligned and form a connector passage. The connector assembly is engaged into the connector passage and comprises: an endless screw extending in the connector passage and having an externally operable head, abutment portions facing opposite walls of the connector passage, and a movement transfer mechanism operable to transform rotary movement of the endless screw into a transversal movement of one abutment portion relative the other, to push the abutment portions against corresponding opposite walls of the connector passage.
US09353493B1	Shovel with living hinge The shovel with living hinge is an improved manual snow shovel with a feature that adds efficiency when removing loose material from the surface of sidewalks, driveways, or pavements. The shovel with living hinge is made up of both conventional and unconventional parts that in whole provide benefits unlike other manual shovels. Located within the ribs of the shovel is a living hinge that aids in reducing the manual effort put forth by the user when pitching loose material away from a surface.
US09353469B2	Independently controlled rollers for take-down assembly of knitting machine A knitting machine includes a take-down assembly that includes a first take-down roller and a second take-down roller. The first take-down roller is configured to rotatably contact and apply tension to a first portion of a knit component. The second take-down roller is configured to rotatably contact and apply tension to a second portion of the knit component. The knitting machine further includes a first actuator that actuates to selectively adjust tension applied by the first take-down roller on the first portion of the knit component. Furthermore, the knitting machine includes a second actuator that actuates to selectively adjust tension applied by the second take-down roller on the second portion of the knit component. Additionally, the knitting machine includes a controller that is operably coupled to the first actuator and the second actuator to selectively and independently control actuation of the first actuator and the second actuator.
US09353457B2	Weir method for improved single crystal growth in a continuous Czochralski process A method is disclosed for continuous CZ crystal growing wherein one or more crystal ingots are pulled into a growth chamber from a crystal/melt interface defined in a crucible containing molten crystalline material that is continuously replenished by crystalline feedstock. The method includes separating the molten crystalline material, controlling the flow of the molten crystalline material and defining an annular space with respect to sidewalls of a heat shield in the chamber.
US09353456B2	Process for obtaining a charge of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane crystals having a rounded morphology; charge and corresponding energetic material The present invention provides a process for obtaining a charge of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane crystals having rounded morphology. It also provides said charge, the energetic material comprising it, and a process for manufacturing said material. Said process for obtaining said charge comprises: preparing a saturated solution of any polymorphic form of hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane in a mixture comprising both an organic solvent for said hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane and an organic nonsolvent for said hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane, said solvent being more volatile than said nonsolvent; seeding this saturated solution with a few hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane crystals; and then concentrating the seeded, saturated solution by at least partial evaporation of the solvent, said evaporation of the solvent being performed at a temperature of between 35° C. and 15° C. and at a pressure adjusted, to plus or minus 12 mbar, to the boiling pressure of the solvent in said solution, throughout the process of evaporating said solvent from said solution.
US09353452B2	Method of separating and recovering metals and system for separating and recovering metals According to one embodiment, a method of separating and recovering metals whereby a mixture containing at least a first metal and a second metal, the second metal having a higher standard electrode potential than that of the first metal, is connected to an anode in a molten salt, and the first metal and the second metal are precipitated on a cathode in the molten salt by electrolysis, the method of separating and recovering metals comprising: a detection step of detecting a concentration change in each of a first metal ion and a second metal ion in the molten salt by a concentration change detection unit; a first electrolysis step of electrolyzing the first metal; a first recovery step of recovering a precipitated substance according to a detection in which a concentration decrease of the first metal ion, which is predefined in the concentration change detection unit, is detected in the detection step; a second electrolysis step of electrolyzing the second metal; and a second recovery step of recovering a precipitated substance subsequent to the first recovery step.
US09353445B2	Methods for thick films thermoelectric device fabrication Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices can provide electrical energy from heat flow, creating energy, or inversely, provide cooling through applying energy. Thick film methods are applied to fabricate thermoelectric device structures using microstructures formed through deposition and subsequent thermal processing conditions. An advantageous coincidence of material properties makes possible a wide variety of unique microstructures that are easily applied for the fabrication of device structures in general. As an example, a direct bond process is applied to fabricate thermoelectric semiconductor thick films on substrates by printing and subsequent thermal processing to form unique microstructures which can be densified. Bismuth and antimony telluride are directly bonded to flexible nickel substrates.
US09353444B2	Two-step deposition with improved selectivity A method for providing an electroless plating over at least one copper containing layer is provided. Surfaces of the at least one copper containing layer are sealed by selectively depositing a sealing layer of catalytically active metal on the at least one copper containing layer. The sealing layer is exposed to an electroless deposition bath that is more reactive to the catalytically active metal than to the at least one copper containing layer to provide an electroless deposition on the sealing layer.
US09353441B2	Heating/cooling pedestal for semiconductor-processing apparatus A pedestal for supporting a substrate includes: a heating plate for heating the substrate; an upper cooling plate for cooling the substrate, installed on the heating plate and provided with an upper fluid path for passing a cooling fluid therethrough; and an lower cooling plate for cooling the substrate, installed under the heating plate and including a lower fluid path for passing a cooling fluid therethrough.
US09353440B2	Dual-direction chemical delivery system for ALD/CVD chambers Provided are gas distribution apparatus with a delivery channel having an inlet end, an outlet end and a plurality of apertures spaced along the length. The inlet end is connectable to an inlet gas source and the outlet end is connectible with a vacuum source. Also provided are gas distribution apparatus with spiral delivery channels, intertwined spiral delivery channels, splitting delivery channels, merging delivery channels and shaped delivery channels in which an inlet end and outlet end are configured for rapid exchange of gas within the delivery channels.
US09353436B2	Coating apparatus with rotation module The present invention refers to a method for coating a substrate, a coating apparatus for carrying out the method and a handling module for coating apparatuses. The handling module comprises a moveable support for a substrate to be coated the support being movable between at least two positions. Further, a mask arranging device for at least one of attaching and detaching a mask to the substrate, and a mask alignment device for aligning the mask with respect to the substrate are provided for, wherein the mask alignment device is attached to the movable support so as to be movable together with the support. Alternatively, the handling module comprises a vacuum chamber, a moveable support for a substrate to be coated, the support being arranged in the vacuum chamber and being rotatable between at least two positions, wherein a mask arranging device for at least one of attaching and detaching a mask to the substrate is arranged within the vacuum chamber of the handling module.
US09353435B2	Stabilizing laser energy density on a target during pulsed laser deposition of thin films A process for stabilizing laser energy density on a target surface during pulsed laser deposition of thin films controls the focused laser spot on the target. The process involves imaging an image-aperture positioned in the beamline. This eliminates changes in the beam dimensions of the laser. A continuously variable attenuator located in between the output of the laser and the imaged image-aperture adjusts the energy to a desired level by running the laser in a “constant voltage” mode. The process provides reproducibility and controllability for deposition of electronic thin films by pulsed laser deposition.
US09353426B2	Silver-white copper alloy and method of producing silver-white copper alloy Provided are a silver-white copper alloy which has superior mechanical properties such as hot workability, cold workability, or press property, color fastness, bactericidal and antibacterial properties, and Ni allergy resistance; and a method of producing such a silver-white copper alloy. The silver-white copper alloy includes 51.0 mass % to 58.0 mass % of Cu; 9.0 mass % to 12.5 mass % of Ni; 0.0003 mass % to 0.010 mass % of C; 0.0005 mass % to 0.030 mass % of Pb; and the balance of Zn and inevitable impurities, in which a relationship of 65.5≦[Cu]+1.2×[Ni]≦70.0 is satisfied between a content of Cu [Cu] (mass %) and a content of Ni [Ni] (mass %). In a metal structure thereof, an area ratio of β phases dispersed in an α-phase matrix is 0% to 0.9%.
US09353425B2	Processes for preparing alumina and magnesium chloride by HCl leaching of various materials The disclosed processes can be effective for treating various materials comprising several different metals. These materials can be leached with HCl for obtaining a leachate and a solid. Then, they can be separated from one another and a first metal can be isolated from the leachate. Then, a second metal can further be isolated from the leachate. The first and second metals can each be substantially selectively isolated from the leachate. This can be done by controlling the temperature of the leachate, adjusting pH, further reacting the leachate with HCl, etc. The metals that can be recovered in the form of metal chlorides can eventually be converted into the corresponding metal oxides, thereby allowing for recovering HCl. The various metals can be chosen from aluminum, iron, zinc, copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, cobalt, magnesium, lithium, manganese, nickel, palladium, platinum, thorium, phosphorus, uranium, titanium, rare earth element and rare metals.
US09353424B2	High strength steel sheet excellent in delayed fracture resistance and low temperature toughness, and high strength member manufactured using the same A high strength steel sheet containing chemical components of, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.42%, Si: 0.06 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 2.2%, Cr: 0.1 to 2.5%, B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, O: 0.0020 to 0.020%, Al: 0.001 to 0.03%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.05%, N: 0.1% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and the balance: Fe and inevitable impurities. In steel, 5×103 pieces per mm2 or more to 1×105 pieces per mm2 or less of Mn oxides having a maximum length of 1 μm or more to 5 μm or less are present, and 1.7×102 pieces per mm2 or more to 5×103 pieces per mm2 or less of Mn—Si composite oxides having a short-axial length of 1 μm or more and a longitudinal length of 10 μm or less are present.
US09353418B2	Genetic alterations in isocitrate dehydrogenase and other genes in malignant glioma We found mutations of the R132 residue of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) in the majority of grade II and III astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas as well as in glioblastomas that develop from these lower grade lesions. Those tumors without mutations in IDH1 often had mutations at the analogous R172 residue of the closely related IDH2 gene. These findings have important implications for the pathogenesis and diagnosis of malignant gliomas.
US09353415B2	Methods for functional analysis of high-throughput experimental data and gene groups identified therefrom The present invention relates generally to groups of genes that can be used to diagnose and differentiate between types of specific diseases such as breast cancer. The groups of genes can be further used to develop diagnostic kits for the specific diseases. The diagnostic kits can also differentiate between sub-categories of a disease to help identify the appropriate treatment regimen for a patient.
US09353405B2	Optimized real time nucleic acid detection processes This invention provides for compositions for use in real time nucleic acid detection processes. Such real time nucleic acid detection processes are carried out with energy transfer elements attached to nucleic acid primers, nucleotides, nucleic acid probes or nucleic acid binding agents. Real time nucleic acid detection allows for the qualitative or quantitative detection or determination of single-stranded or double-stranded nucleic acids of interest in a sample. Other processes are provided by this invention including processes for removing a portion of a homopolymeric sequence, e.g., poly A sequence or tail, from an analyte or library of analytes. Compositions useful in carrying out such removal processes are also described and provided. Paneling and multiplex analyzes of more than one nucleic acid analyte using one sample are also provided.
US09353396B2	System for determining drug resistance in microorganisms The present invention is based on the discovery that drug resistance in microorganisms can be rapidly and accurately determined using mass spectrometry. A mass spectrum of an intact microorganism or one or more isolated biomarkers from the microorganism grown in drug containing, isotopically-labeled media is compared with a mass spectrum of the intact microorganism or one or more isolated biomarkers from the microorganism grown in non-labeled media without the drug present. Drug resistance is determined by predicting and detecting a characteristic mass shift of one or more biomarkers using algorithms. The characteristic mass shift is indicative that the microorganism is growing in the presence of the drug and incorporating the isotopic label into the one or more biomarkers, resulting in change in mass.
US09353395B2	Glucose dehydrogenase/cytochrome fusion protein A fusion protein of pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) and a cytochrome is disclosed. PQQGDH is, for example, a water-soluble PQQGDH derived from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. The cytochrome is, for example, an electron transfer domain of quinohemoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase from Comamonas testosteroni. The fusion protein of the present invention shows intramolecular electron transfer from PQQ, a redox center, to the cytochrome, which allow construction of a direct electron transfer-type glucose sensor which requires no electron mediators.
US09353393B2	Methods and kits for reducing non-specific nucleic acid amplification Methods and kits for efficient amplification of nucleic acids are provided. The disclosure generally relates to methods and kits for nucleic acid amplification of target nucleic acids of interest. The methods described herein promote the synthesis of the target nucleic acid (i.e., template nucleic acid) by reducing the production of undesirable primer-dimer structures and chimeric nucleic acid products during the amplification process by using novel modified primers.
US09353391B2	Compositions comprising a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a nitrogen-containing compound and uses thereof The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a nitrogen-containing compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions.
US09353390B2	Genetically engineered microbes and methods for producing 4-hydroxycoumarin Provided herein are methods for the biosynthesis of 4-hydroxycoumarin. In one embodiment, provided herein are genetically engineered microbes that include a metabolic pathway for the production of 4-hydroxycoumarin. Also provided are methods for using the genetically engineered microbes to produce 4-hydroxycoumarin, and using the 4-hydroxycoumarin as the starting point for the synthesis of other compounds.
US09353387B2	Dicarboxylic acid production process The present invention relates to a process for the production of a dicarboxylic acid and ethanol which comprises fermenting a genetically modified yeast in a suitable fermentation medium under anaerobic conditions at a pH value of between 1 and 5 and producing the dicarboxylic acid and ethanol. The invention also relates to a process for crystallizing succinic acid from an aqueous solution having a pH of between 1 and 5 and comprising succinic acid, comprising removing part of the aqueous solution by evaporation to obtain a concentrated solution, and bringing the temperature of the concentrated solution to a value of between 10 and 30 degrees Celsius, wherein succinic acid crystals are formed.
US09353383B2	Vivo and ex vivo gene transfer into renal tissue using gutless adenovirus vectors A method for treating a renal disease in a subject is disclosed. The method includes administering into a kidney of the subject with an effective amount of a gutless adenoviral vector containing a polynucleotide encoding a therapeutic agent. The gutless adenoviral vector contains the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:15 and expresses the therapeutic agent in a kidney tissue of the subject.
US09353382B2	Process, vectors and engineered cell lines for enhanced large-scale transfection Processes, vectors and engineered cell lines for large-scale transfection and protein production in mammalian cells, especially Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells are described in which transfection efficiencies are realized through the use of a single vector system, the use of functional oriP sequences in all plasmids, the use of codon-optimized Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen-1 (EBNA1) constructs, the use of a fusion protein between a truncated Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen-1c (EBNA1c) protein and a herpes simplex virus protein VP16, the use of a 40 kDa fully deacetylated poly(ethylenimine) as a transfection reagent, the use of co-expression of a fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and/or the use of protein kinase B to potentiate heterologous gene expression enhancement by valproic acid (VPA).
US09353369B2	Biologically active molecules for influencing virus-, bacteria-, parasite-infected cells and/or tumor cells and method for the use thereof The aim of the invention is to effectively inhibit virus-, bacteria-, or parasite-infected cells and tumor cells in a targeted manner, even in the case of mutations. According to the invention, biologically active molecules are administered, said biologically active molecules including at least one protease inhibitor for at least one specific target protease of the virus-, bacteria-, or parasite-infected cells and/or tumor cells and at least one peptide-inhibited siRNA, PNA or RNA, the peptide bond of which is broken by the at least one target protease for the purpose of activating the peptide-inhibited siRNA, PNA or RNA. The molecules are used, for example, to influence the gene expression of diseased and infected organs or cells.
US09353368B2	Micro-RNA scaffolds and non-naturally occurring micro-RNAs The present disclosure provides a non-naturally occurring miRNA having a stem-loop structure comprising a scaffold derived from a first endogenous miRNA (e.g., miR-196a-2 or miR-204), a mature strand derived from a second endogenous miRNA, and a star strand sequence that is at least partially complementary to the mature strand sequence. The present disclosure also provides a non-naturally occurring miRNA having a stem-loop structure comprising a scaffold derived from an endogenous miRNA (e.g., miR-196a-2 or miR-204), a mature strand designed t be at least partially complementary to a target RNA, and a star strand sequence that is at least partially complementary to the mature strand sequence. The methods and compositions of the disclosure may be used to mediate gene silencing via the RNAi pathway.
US09353362B2	Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US09353355B2	Transaminase biocatalysts The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
US09353353B2	Virus-like particles (VLPs) prepared from chikungunya virus structural proteins The invention features compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of one or more strains of Chikungunya virus, as well as other alphavirus-mediated diseases.
US09353346B2	Incubator device and method The invention provides an incubation device, comprising an incubator chamber (12), a specimen carrier (15), which is designed to accommodate a specimen (14) and position it in the interior of the incubator chamber (12) at a specimen position (P), a heating arrangement (38, 40) with at least one heating element (38, 40), which is arranged inside the incubator chamber (12) and releases heat to the interior of the incubator chamber (12), a humidifier (16) for producing a humidifying fluid, and a passage opening (30) arranged between the humidifier (16) and the interior of the incubator chamber (12), through which the humidifying fluid may pass into the interior of the incubator chamber (12), wherein the interior of the incubator chamber (12) is substantially free of directed fluid flow at least at the specimen position (P).
US09353338B2	White carbon black formulations and methods Compositions, method, and devices are provided for cleaning surfaces, including glass and plastic surfaces. The compositions include white carbon black. The white carbon black can be combined with a binder to form a white carbon black formulation. The white carbon black formulation can be used to clean various glass and plastic surfaces, including transparent surfaces.
US09353331B2	Method to recover free fatty acids from fats and oils Methods for recovering free fatty acids from fats and oils having high free fatty acid content are provided. In the method, fats and oils are treated with a mixture having an alcohol to result in a low-free fatty acid oily phase and an alcohol phase. The mixture may also include an alkali. The alcohol may be a monohydric alcohol and an aqueous alcohol, such as an aqueous alcohol having a concentration of at least about 15% alcohol by weight. The alcohol phase may be treated with an acid to form an aqueous alcohol phase and a lipid alcohol phase, wherein the lipid alcohol phase includes free fatty acids, which may be recovered. Fats and oils amenable to such a method may include, but are not limited to, waste fats, waste oils, high acid grease, high acid tallow, and corn oil, such as corn oil produced at an ethanol production plant.
US09353316B2	Method and device for catalytic cracking Provided is a method for catalytic cracking. The method comprises: a regenerated catalyst entering a pre-rising section (VIII) is mixed with raw oil and fed to a raw oil reaction area (I) for a catalytic cracking reaction; the catalyst and the oil-gas flow upwards into a catalyst-separating area (III) where part of the catalyst separates and flows into a stripping area for the catalyst to be regenerated (V, VII); the non-separated catalyst and the oil-gas together continue to flow upwards and are then mixed in an oil-gas repeat reaction area (II) with a regenerated catalyst entering into a supplementary catalyst distribution area (IV) and the oil-gas undergoes a repeat catalytic reaction; then the oil-gas and the catalyst in a riser reactor undergo gas-solid separation in a settler (VI), with the oil-gas entering a fractionating tower system via an oil-gas line, and the catalysts to be regenerated in the raw oil reaction area (I) and the oil-gas repeat reaction area (II) entering a regenerator (13), after being steam-stripped in the stripping area for the catalyst to be regenerated, in order to be reactivated. Also provided is a catalytic cracking device for use in the above-mentioned catalytic cracking method.
US09353314B2	Biomass feed system including gas assist An improved biomass feed system and processes for transporting biomass to downstream processing locations are disclosed. The system uses a pressurized gas to assist in the transporting of the biomass to the conversion reactor.
US09353311B2	Composite visible colorant and method for quantitative amplification Methods and compositions for using colorants with real-time amplification reactions and normalization passive dyes are provided.
US09353300B2	Legume and/or oil seed flour-based adhesive composition Adhesives made from phosphorylated legume and oil seed flours are described. The adhesive composition includes water and a legume and/or oil seed flour in which at least a portion of ε-amino moieties in lysine residues present in the flour are phosphorylated. An oxidizing agent may also optionally be added to the adhesive composition.
US09353298B2	Acrylic emulsion pressure sensitive adhesive composition including nanometer scale latex particles with monomodal particle size distribution and method of preparing the same Disclosed are an acrylic emulsion pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition and a method of preparing the same. The acrylic emulsion PSA composition with high solid content and high stability includes latex particles in which at least three anionic emulsifiers cover polymer particulates including: a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer having a C1-C14 alkyl group as a main monomer; at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of a monomer having an allyl ester group, a vinyl ester group, an unsaturated ester group, or a mixture thereof, a cyano group containing monomer, an amine group containing monomer, and a styrenic monomer having a vinyl group, as an auxiliary monomer; a monomer having a carboxyl group and/or a hydroxyl group as a functional monomer; and a crosslinking agent, wherein the latex particles have a nanometer scale average particle diameter and monomodal particle size distribution.
US09353296B2	Adhesive propylene polymer composition suitable for extrusion coating of paper substrates Two-component adhesion composition suitable for extrusion coating paper substrates comprising: a) from 70 to 98 wt % of high melt strength polypropylene (A) with a branching index g′ of 0.9 or less; and b) from 2 to 30 wt % of a component (B) selected from the group of: (i) polypropylene homopolymer with high melt flow rate; or (ii) ethylene-vinyl acetate-based hot melt adhesive, and its use.
US09353289B2	Coating composition comprising polysiloxane quats The present invention provides a curable coating composition comprising at least one linear or cyclic polysiloxane containing at least one quaternary ammonium group, a process for producing the aforesaid coating composition, and a process for producing a coating with the curable coating composition, and also the coatings and coating compositions themselves that are obtainable by the processes described.
US09353288B2	Organosilicon compound, thin film forming composition using same, and organic thin film The present invention is intended to provide an organosilicon compound for forming a novel organic thin film having improved physical properties. An organosilicon compound of the present invention is an organosilicon compound represented by formula (I) R—(CH2)n—SiX3 (I) (wherein R represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a phenyl group that optionally has a substituent, X represents a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group, and n represents any integer from 17 to 24). An organic thin film can be formed by mixing the aforementioned organosilicon compound, a compound that can interact with the organosilicon compound, and water in an organic solvent to prepare an organic thin film forming solution, and bringing the organic thin film forming solution into contact with a substrate.
US09353285B2	Water-based two-component coating compositions A water-based coating compositions including: at least one cross-linkable water-reducible binder having acid functional groups and functional groups with active hydrogen, at least one polyisocyanate cross-linking agent with free isocyanate groups, and water and optionally at least one organic solvent. The acid functional groups of the at least one water-reducible binder are at least partly neutralized with at least one neutralizing agent, the neutralizing agent including a monoamine having a secondary amino group attached to a tertiary carbon atom. The monoamine is preferably a reaction product of at least one monoamine having a primary amino group attached to a tertiary carbon atom and a mono-epoxide, or a reaction product of at least one monoamine having a primary amino group attached to a tertiary carbon atom and a mono-unsaturated compound.
US09353283B2	Article coated with a composition comprising polyethylene prepared with a single site catalyst The present invention relates to an article coated with a composition comprising (A) an ethylene homo- or copolymer resin which has been prepared by using a single-site catalyst further characterized in that component (A) has an MFR21, measured according to ISO 1133 at 190° C. and under a load of 21.6 kg, from 0.01 to 20 g/10 min. The present invention further relates to an article coated with a composition comprising (A) an ethylene homo- or copolymer resin which has been prepared by using a single-site catalyst further characterized in that component (A) has an impact strength at −40° C. of at least 80 kJ/m2 in a Charpy notched test according to ISO ISO 179-1/1eA:2000 with a pendulum energy of 15 J. The invention is furthermore directed to the use of the composition for the coating of an article.
US09353281B2	Near infrared absorbers An ink formulation having a marking component and a reduced indium tin oxide (r-ITO) is disclosed. The r-ITO in powder form exhibits a lightness (L), according to the 1976 CIE (L, a, b) space, of not more than 50.
US09353272B2	Organic dispersion, method for preparing the same, and coating composition prepared from the same An organic dispersion is provided. The organic dispersion includes an organic solvent, and an inorganic nano sheet material modified by a fluoro-containing modifier and dispersed in the organic solvent, wherein the inorganic nano sheet material is in a size from 20 to 80 nm, and the organic dispersion has a solid content from 1 to 20 wt %. Further, a weight ratio of the fluoro-containing modifier in the inorganic nano sheet material to the inorganic nano sheet material is in a range from 0.06 to 1.5.
US09353268B2	Anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings for self-cleaning properties The disclosure discloses abrasion resistant, persistently hydrophobic and oleophobic, anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings for glass. The coatings described herein have wide application, including for example the front cover glass of solar modules. Methods of applying the coatings using various apparatus are disclosed. Methods for using the coatings in solar energy generation plants to achieve greater energy yield and reduced operations costs are disclosed. Coating materials are formed by combinations of hydrolyzed silane-base precursors through sol-gel processes. Several methods of synthesis and formulation of coating materials are disclosed.
US09353245B2	Thermally conductive clay The present invention is a thermally conductive clay including a carrier oil, a dispersant, a styrene polyolefin copolymer and thermally conductive particles.
US09353244B2	Mixture of succinic esters as plasticizer Mixture of succinic esters, which is characterized in that the alkyl radical has a proportion of alkyl components having less than 9 carbon atoms of not more than 15% by mass, the alkyl radical has a proportion of alkyl components having more than 9 carbon atoms of not more than 25% by mass and the proportion of 3,5,5-trimethylhexyl radicals is not more than 5 mol % and the proportion of linear n-nonyl radicals is not more than 15 mol %.
US09353234B2	Rigid polyurethane foams The invention relates to rigid polyurethane foams obtainable by reaction of A) organic or modified organic polyisocyanates or mixtures thereof, B) compounds having two or more isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms in the presence of C) optionally further polyester polyols, D) optionally polyetherol polyols, E) optionally flame retardants, F) one or more blowing agents, G) catalysts, and H) optionally further auxiliaries and/or additives, wherein component B) comprises the reaction product of a1) 15 to 40 wt % of one or more polyols or polyamines having an average functionality of 2.5 to 8, a2) 2 to 30 wt % of one or more fatty acids and/or fatty acid monoesters, a3) 35 to 70 wt % of one or more alkylene oxides of 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
US09353231B2	Composite base material There is provided a composite base material, including: carbon fibers having an average fiber length of 3 mm or more and 100 mm or less; and a thermoplastic resin is firmly fixed to the carbon fibers in an amount of 3 to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the carbon fibers, wherein a void ratio is more than 7 vol % to less than 100 vol %.
US09353229B2	Compositions incorporating dielectric additives for particle formation, and methods of particle formation using same A method of forming particles that includes performing a strong force attenuation of a mixture to form pre-particles. The mixture including a base compound and a dielectric additive having an elevated dielectric constant dispersed therein. The pre-particles are then dielectrically spun in an electrostatic field to further attenuate the pre-particles and form the particles.
US09353228B2	Stimulus-responsive gel material A stimulus-responsive gel material includes: a first polymer having an OH group; a second polymer having a phenylboronic acid structure; fine particles having an average particle diameter of 10 nm or more and 1000 nm or less; and a solvent, wherein the material is capable of being put into a first state in which the OH group of the first polymer and the phenylboronic acid structure of the second polymer are bonded to each other, and a second state in which the bond between the OH group of the first polymer and the phenylboronic acid structure of the second polymer is dissociated, and the wavelength of a reflected light from the material is different between the first state and the second state.
US09353227B2	Method and device for producing short-chain halogenated polysilanes A method and a device produce short-chain halogenated polysilanes and/or short-chain halogenated polysilanes and halide-containing silicon by thermolytic decomposition of long-chain halogenated polysilanes. The thermolytic decomposition of long-chain halogenated polysilanes diluted with low-molecular halosilanes is carried out under an atmosphere of halosilanes, thereby ensuring the production of such products at industrial scale in a simple and cost-effective manner.
US09353223B2	Polyamic acid, polyimide, polyamic acid solution, and use of polyimide The object of the present invention is to obtain the polyimide and the polyamic acid excellent in heat resistance, low thermal expansion property, and transparency and achieve low birefringence and to provide a product or a member, demanded to have high heat resistance and transparency, by using the polyimide or the polyamic acid. In particular, the object is to provide a product and a member in which the polyimide or the polyamic acid of the present invention is formed on a surface of an inorganic substance such as glass, metal, a metal oxide, or a single crystal silicon. The objects are attained by introducing a rigid structure and an alicyclic structure into a skeleton and using a monomer having a fluorene skeleton together.
US09353221B2	Carbodiimidation method The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions containing hydrophilized polycarbodiimides, methods for producing the aqueous dispersions according to the invention, their use as a constituent of binders in adhesives, lacquers, paints, paper coating compounds or in fiber nonwovens and articles made of wood, metal, textile, leather or plastic, which are treated with the aqueous dispersion according to the invention.
US09353219B1	Polymeric materials made from vanillin A vanillin is found to be a useful starting material for preparing new monomers that can be further applied to make high Tg composite resins that are in turn useful for making composite parts.
US09353218B2	Kit for multifunctional compounds forming crosslinked biomaterials Multifunctional compounds are provided that readily crosslink in situ to provide crosslinked biomaterials. The multifunctional compounds contain a single component having at least three reactive functional groups thereon, with the functional groups selected so as to be non-reactive in an initial environment and inter-reactive in a modified environment. Reaction of a plurality of the multifunctional compounds results in a three-dimensional crosslinked matrix. In one embodiment, a first functional group is nucleophilic, a second functional group is electrophilic, and at least one additional functional group is nucleophilic or electrophilic. Methods for preparing and using the multifunctional compounds, and kits including the multifunctional compounds are also provided. Exemplary uses for the multifunctional compounds include tissue augmentation, biologically active agent delivery, bioadhesion, and prevention of adhesions following surgery or injury.
US09353214B2	Substituted phenacyl molecules and photoresponsive polymers Substituted phenacyl molecules are provided and employed to create molecules and polymers/copolymers that exhibit photoresponsiveness. In some instances, the substituted phenacyl molecule is incorporated into the polymer/copolymer backbone, and photoirradiation of the polymer/copolymer causes the substituted phenacyl group to break down and the polymer/copolymer to undergo degradation. In other instances, the substituted phenacyl molecules extend as a side chain from the polymer/copolymer backbone. In yet other instances the substituted phenacyl molecules extend as a side chain from the polymer/copolymer backbone, and a drug or polymer additive is linked to the photoresponsive substituted phenacyl group such that photoirradiation releases the drug or additive. In yet other embodiments the substituted phenacyl molecules extend as a side chain from the polymer/copolymer backbone, and serve to link the polymer/copolymer to another polymer/copolymer backbone, and photoirradiation breaks the links.
US09353207B2	Alkylphenyl derivatives and application thereof as photoinitiator The invention provides novel compounds, namely tert-butyl-phenyl-2-methyl-2-(1-piperidyl)-1-acetone and tert-butyl-phenyl-2-methyl-2-(1-morpholinyl)-1-acetone, and the preparation method thereof and the use thereof as a photoinitiator. The invention further provides a photopolymerizable composition comprising the compound as the photoinitiator and the use thereof, and provides a coating substrate coated with the composition.
US09353206B2	Polyethylene composition having high swell ratio Polyethylene composition with improved swell ratio and mechanical properties, particularly suited for preparing blow-moulded articles, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.952 to 0.960 g/cm3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 17 to 30; 3) Shear-Induced Crystallization Index SIC from 2.5 to 5.0.
US09353204B2	(Meth)acrylate composition Presented is a (meth)acrylate composition that can be cured even in an unirradiated portion that is not reached by light. The (meth)acrylate composition contains a compound having one or more vinyl groups in a molecular structure thereof. The compound has a ratio of a molecular weight thereof to a number of the vinyl groups of 300 or lower. The composition generates a heat of reaction during photopolymerization thereof, and the heat of reaction causes thermal polymerization of the composition.
US09353203B2	Process for the preparation of polypropylene with improved productivity A process for the preparation of a polypropylene in a sequential polymerization process including at least two polymerization reactors connected in series. The polymerization takes place in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, and said Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes (a) a pro-catalyst that has a compound of a transition metal, a compound of a metal which metal is selected from one of the groups 1 to 3 of the periodic table (IUPAC), and an internal electron donor, (b) a co-catalyst, and (c) an external donor. The ratio of catalyst feed rate to propylene feed rate in the first polymerization reactor is 1.0 to 4.5 g/t.
US09353202B2	System and method for deterring fouling in a polymerization reactor A catalyst composition may include a precontacted mixture of an olefin polymerization catalyst and an agent including an ammonium salt. The catalyst activity of the catalyst composition in the presence of water may be greater than if no ammonium salt were present in the catalyst composition. The ammonium salt may include a tetraalkylammonium salt, and the olefin polymerization catalyst may include a metallocene compound.
US09353198B2	Method for polymerizing alpha-olefin The purpose of the present invention is to produce an alpha-olefin polymer having excellent production stability utilizing a long-lasting high catalytic activity. Provided is a method for producing an alpha-olefin polymer using a catalyst comprising: (A) a solid catalyst component comprising, as essential components, magnesium, titanium, a halogen and an electron donor compound; (B) an organoaluminum compound; and (C) an electron donor compound, the method comprising: (1) pre-polymerizing an alpha-olefin in the presence of the components (A) and (B) to produce a pre-polymerized catalyst; (2) bringing the resultant pre-polymerized catalyst into contact with a contact product that is produced by contacting the components (B) and (C) with each other in advance; and (3) adding the pre-polymerized catalyst that has been contacted with the contact product to a polymerization reaction vessel in which an alpha-olefin is introduced to polymerize the alpha-olefin.
US09353192B2	Method for purifying glucose polymers for peritoneal dialysis solutions The invention relates to a method of purifying glucose polymers for the production of peritoneal dialysis solutions, characterized in that it includes at least one step of processing activated carbon and/or granular black, at least one sterilizing filtration step, at least one heat treatment step, and at least one ultrafiltration step.
US09353189B2	Antibody specific to Staphylococcus aureus, therapeutic method and detection method using same We provide new monoclonal antibody inhibitors of coagulases for treatment of S. aureus. The monoclonal antibodies are useful in targeting the SC N-terminus and inhibiting prothrombin activation. The monoclonal antibodies are able to bind to and interfere with, modulate, and/or inhibit the binding interactions between the staphylocoagulase protein and its ligand protein prothrombin in blood and tissues. The antibodies are effective in inhibiting the activation of prothrombin.
US09353184B2	Humanized anti-CCR2 antibodies and methods of use therefor The present invention relates to a humanized antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds to a mammalian (e.g., human) CC-chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) or a portion of the receptor and blocks binding of a ligand to the receptor. The invention further relates to a method of inhibiting the interaction of a cell bearing mammalian CCR2 with a ligand thereof, and to use of the antibodies and fragments in therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic methods.
US09353181B2	Human anti-IL-23 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses A human anti-IL-23p19 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23p19 antibody, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US09353179B2	Binding molecules The present invention relates to the manufacture of a diverse repertoire of functional heavy chain-only antibodies that undergo affinity maturation, and uses thereof. The invention also relates to the manufacture and use of a diverse repertoire of class-specific heavy chain-only antibodies and to the manufacture and use of multivalent polypeptide complexes with antibody heavy chain functionality, preferably antibody heavy chain binding functionality, constant region effector activity and, optionally, additional effector functions.The present invention also relates to a method of generation of fully functional heavy chain-only antibodies in transgenic mice in response to antigen challenge. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for the generation of human antigen-specific, high affinity, heavy chain-only antibodies of any class, or mixture of classes and the isolation and expression of fully functional VH antigen-binding domains.
US09353164B2	Cardiac-specific nucleic acid regulatory elements and methods and use thereof The present invention relates to nucleic acid regulatory elements that are able to enhance cardiac-specific expression of genes, methods employing these regulatory elements and uses of these elements. Expression cassettes and vectors containing these nucleic acid regulatory elements are also disclosed. The present invention is particularly useful for applications using gene therapy.
US09353144B2	Vascular leakage inhibitor The present disclosure relates to a novel vascular leakage inhibitor. The novel vascular leakage inhibitor of the present invention inhibits the apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells, inhibits the formation of actin stress fibers induced by VEGF, and enhances the cortical actin ring structure, thereby inhibiting vascular leakage. Accordingly, the vascular leakage inhibitor of the present invention can prevent or treat various diseases caused by vascular leakage. Since the vascular leakage inhibitor of the present invention is synthesized from commercially available or easily synthesizable pregnenolones, it has remarkably superior feasibility of commercial synthesis.
US09353136B2	Process for preparing (meth)acrylamido-functional silanes by the reaction of aminoalkyl alkoxysilanes with acrylic acid anhydride The invention relates to a process for preparing (meth)acrylamido-functional silanes.
US09353128B2	Disubstituted naphthoheterodiazole compounds Disubstituted naphthoheterodiazole compound having general formula (I): wherein: Z represents a heteroatom selected from oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), preferably sulfur (S); R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7, equal to or different from each other, represent a hydrogen atom; or they are selected from n-butyl, iso-butyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl. Said disubstituted naphthoheterodiazole compound having general formula (I) can be advantageously used as spectrum converter in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs), in its turn capable of improving the performances of photovoltaic devices (or solar devices) selected, for example, from photovoltaic cells (or solar cells), photovoltaic modules (or solar modules), on both rigid and flexible supports.
US09353120B2	Tetraaza macrocyclic compound, preparation method thereof and use thereof Provided are a cross-bridged tetraaza macrocyclic compound of a novel structure that can be used, for example, as a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging or a radiopharmaceutical and a method for preparing the same.The disclosed tetraaza macrocyclic compound is able to form a stable metal complex at a lower temperature and allows easy conjugation with a bioactive substance or a chemically active substance, when compared to the existing cross-bridged tetraaza macrocyclic compounds.
US09353115B2	Immune system modulators The present invention relates to a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same; and a method for treating or preventing autoimmunity disease using the same.
US09353110B2	Fused heterocyclic compound There is provided a compound having an excellent controlling effect on pests represented by the formula (1): wherein, A1 represents —NR7—, etc., A2 represents a nitrogen atom, etc., A3 represents a nitrogen atom, etc., R1 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted by one or more atoms or groups selected from Group X, etc., R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms, etc., R5 and R6 are the same or different and each represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted by one or more atoms or groups selected from Group X, etc., R7 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group optionally substituted by one or more atoms or groups selected from Group W, etc., n represents 0, 1 or 2, or an N-oxide thereof.
US09353104B2	Substituted pyridizinone derivatives as PDE10 inhibitors The present invention is directed to substituted pyridizinone compounds of formula I which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
US09353100B2	Macrocyclic serine protease inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use for treating HCV infections Provided herein are macrocyclic serine protease inhibitor compounds, for example, of Formula I, and pharmaceutical compositions and processes of preparation thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for the treatment of an HCV infection in a host in need thereof.
US09353089B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of malaria The present invention provides aminohydantoin anti-malarial agents. In some embodiments, these agents have the property of functions of targeting malarial aspartic proteases while at the same time having low activity against human BACE. Methods of employing such agents are also provided.
US09353087B2	Inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase The present invention provides a compound, solid forms, and compositions thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same. The present invention also provides methods of making provided compound and solid forms.
US09353082B2	Pharmaceutical compounds The invention relates to compounds and compositions for inhibiting the enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), the use of the compounds in therapy and, in particular, for treating or preventing conditions whose development or symptoms are linked to substrates of the FAAH enzyme, and methods of treatment or prevention using the compounds and compositions.
US09353080B2	Polymorphic forms of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione Polymorphic forms of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione are disclosed. Compositions comprising the polymorphic forms, methods of making the polymorphic forms and methods of their use are also disclosed.
US09353078B2	Amino, amido and heterocyclic compounds as modulators of rage activity and uses thereof Amino, amido, and heterocyclic compounds are disclosed. The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, diabetes complications, inflammation, and neurodegeneration, obesity, cancer, ischemia/reperfusion injury, cardiovascular disease and other diseases related to RAGE activity.
US09353075B2	Disubstituted beta-lactones as inhibitors of N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA) The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA). Inhibition of NAAA is contemplated as a method to sustain the levels of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleylethanolamide (OEA), two substrates of NAAA, in conditions characterized by reduced concentrations of PEA and OEA. The invention also provides methods for treating inflammatory diseases and pain, and other disorders in which decreased levels of PEA and OEA are associated with the disorder.
US09353072B2	Antimicrobial substituted thiazoles and methods of use Disclosed are compositions having activity against MRSA and/or VRSA, and methods of using the compositions to treat microbial infections.
US09353058B2	Anti-parasitic methods and compositions utilizing diindolylmethane-related indoles The present invention includes methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of protozoal parasitic infections utilizing Diindolylmethane-related indoles. Additive and synergistic interaction of Diindolylmethane-related indoles with other known anti-parasitic and pro-apoptotic agents is believed to permit more effective therapy and prevention of protozoal parasitic infections. The methods and compositions described provide new treatment of protozoal parasitic diseases of mammals and birds including malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, trichomoniasis, neosporosis and coccidiosis.
US09353056B2	Zwitterionic reagents Zwitterion-containing compounds for the modification of hydrophobic molecules to improve their solubility and/or to lower their non-specific binding as provided. The zwitterion-containing compounds may be suitable for modification of detectable labels such as biotin and fluorescein to improve their solubility. The zwitterion-containing compounds may also be useful for the preparation of conjugates of proteins, peptides and other macromolecules or for crosslinking molecules and/or macromolecules.
US09353053B2	Thiolation method for modifying carbon nanotubes A thiolation method for modifying carbon nanotubes includes steps as follows. A carboxylation step is provided, wherein the carbon nanotubes are reacted with an oxidant for generating carboxyl groups on surfaces of the carbon nanotubes so as to form carboxylated carbon nanotubes. A hydroxylation step is provided, wherein the carboxyl groups are transformed into hydroxyl groups so as to transform the carboxylated carbon nanotubes into hydroxylated carbon nanotubes. A thiolation step is provided, wherein the hydroxylated carbon nanotubes, a sulfur source and a first acidic substance are mixed and then stirred so as to form a first mixture, the first mixture is added portion-wisely into an alkaline solution so as to form a second mixture, and the second mixture is acidified so as to form an acidified solution having a pH value ranging from 2 to 3, thus the hydroxylated carbon nanotubes are transformed into thiolated carbon nanotubes.
US09353052B2	Fluorinated oligomers having pendant bromine-containing moieties Described herein is an oligomer having a pendant bromine-containing moiety according to formula II and/or formula III; and combinations thereof; wherein X1, X2, and X3 are each independently selected from F, Cl, H, and CF3; R is a linear or branched linking group, which may be saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, and may comprise a heteroatom; each Z1 and Z2 is independently selected from F and CF3; n is 0 or 1; q is 0 or 1; and m is at least 2.
US09353041B2	Ester formation of fatty acid and hydroxycarboxylic acid The present invention relates to a process for the transesterification of a fatty acid ester of a lower alcohol and a salt of hydroxycarboxylic acid without making use of organic solvents. The process can also be carried out without added anionic surface active agents.
US09353034B2	Hydrogenation process with reduced residence time for vapor phase reactants The present invention is directed to the separation of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the vaporization and hydrogenation of acetic acid using reduced residence time for the vapor phase reactants between exiting the vaporizer and entering the reactor. The crude ethanol product is separated in at least one column to recover an ethanol product.
US09353031B2	Methods for production and processing of a glycol reaction product obtained from hydrothermal digestion of cellulosic biomass solids Hydrothermal digestion of cellulosic biomass solids may be conducted such that a glycol reaction product is formed for subsequent processing. Processing of a glycol reaction product may include a drying operation conducted prior to condensation of the glycol reaction product into higher molecular weight compounds. Methods for digesting cellulosic biomass solids to form a glycol reaction product can comprise: providing cellulosic biomass solids and a slurry catalyst in a hydrothermal digestion unit, the slurry catalyst being capable of activating molecular hydrogen; heating the cellulosic biomass solids in the hydrothermal digestion unit in the presence of the slurry catalyst, a digestion solvent, and molecular hydrogen, thereby forming a liquor phase comprising soluble carbohydrates; and performing a first catalytic reduction reaction on the soluble carbohydrates within the hydrothermal digestion unit, thereby at least partially converting the soluble carbohydrates into a reaction product comprising a glycol.
US09353016B2	Process of producing bio-organo-phosphate (BOP) fertilizer through continuous solubilization of rock phosphate by composting bioprocess and bioaugmentation with phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms A bio-organo-phosphate fertilizer having a consortia of microorganisms including phosphorus solubilizing microorganisms and rock phosphate enriched compost is described. The bio-organo-phosphate fertilizer can also include plant growth regulating microorganisms.
US09352984B2	Fluid treatment using plasma technology The invention is directed to apparatus for treating water by exposing the water to a pulsed plasma discharge. The pulsed plasma discharge is generated using a suitable electrode configuration to generate the plasma discharge in the fluid. Apparatus useful in the method may include a vessel, at least two electrodes for generating a plasma discharge in water, and a flow inlet and a flow outlet to allow water to be passed through the vessel. Also described is an in-line water treatment, where a pulsed plasma discharge is used in a pipe carrying moving water. Plasma based fluid treatment system may have many advantages in comparison to other treatment methods, such as very minimal maintenance, low operating power, and minimal pressure loss through the device.
US09352982B2	Methods of removing smectite clay from water using Wollastonite Methods of removing smectite clay from water using Wollastonite and a method of removing toxic materials from the Wollastonite treated water. In addition, the method comprises removing toxic materials from water using only the Wollastonite.
US09352978B2	Treatment of storm water A treatment system for collecting storm water from an industrial area and removing suspended and dissolved pollutant materials from the storm water. Storm water is accumulated and delivered to a filtration apparatus in which suspended pollutants are removed by filtration, while dissolved materials, particularly heavy metals including zinc and copper, are removed by chemical chelation in a bed of compost filter media having a high humic acid content and which is kept consistently moist. A sparger provides for wide and generally uniform distribution of the storm water over the bed of filter media and provides for slow passage of the storm water through the filter bed, thus giving a long contact time of the storm water with the filter media in order to promote and enhance chemical chelation progress to chemical equilibrium and removal of a high percentage of dissolved metals, and particularly dissolved copper and zinc.
US09352977B2	Powered compounds, method for the production thereof, and use thereof in lithium secondary batteries The invention is directed to a process for preparing a pulverulent compound of the formula NiaM1bM2cOx(OH)y where M1 is Fe, Co, Zn, Cu or mixtures thereof, M2 is Mn, Al, Cr, B, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Si or mixtures thereof, having the following steps: a) providing at least a first starting solution and a second starting solution, b) combining of at least the first starting solution and the second starting solution in a reactor and producing a homogeneously mixed reaction zone having a specific mechanical power input of at least 2 watt/liter and producing a product suspension containing insoluble product and a mother liquor which is supersaturated by setting of an excess of alkali and has a pH of 10-12, c) partial separating the mother liquor from the precipitated product to set solids contents of at least 150 g/l in the suspension.
US09352975B2	Ultrafine zinc oxide particle dispersion solution, method for producing the ultrafine zinc oxide particle dispersion solution, and zinc oxide thin film In an ultrafine ZnO particle dispersion, ultrafine ZnO particles are dispersed and float in a hydrophobic solvent while being surrounded by a surfactant composed of a primary surfactants such as polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether, and a secondary surfactant such as 1-octanol. The ultrafine ZnO particles have an average particle diameter D50 of 10 nm or less and a ratio of the standard deviation σ to the average particle diameter D50, σ/D50, of 0.2 or less. The average particle diameter D50 of the ultrafine ZnO particles can be controlled by changing the side chain length of the hydrophilic group of the primary surfactant. A ZnO thin film produced by using this dispersion solution has a ratio of a maximum emission intensity in a visible region to a maximum emission intensity in a ultraviolet region, P1/P2, of 0.2 or less. Thereby, an ultrafine ZnO particle dispersion solution in which ultrafine ZnO particles having a very narrow width of particle size distribution and being in nanometer level with an average particle diameter of 10 nm or less are present in a monodispersed state, and a ZnO thin film produced by using this are realized.
US09352974B2	Food product containing table salt formulation The present invention relates to food products which are dry and which contain a table salt formulation characterized in that said table salt formulation comprises a mixture of at least two types of particles of one or more physiologically acceptable inorganic salts and at least one of the type of said particles is composed of primary particles of which at least 50 wt % are 5-5000 nanometer in diameter; to manufacturing methods of such food products; further it relates to specific table salt formulations, to manufacturing methods and methods of use of such table salt formulations.
US09352968B2	Graphene materials having randomly distributed two-dimensional structural defects Graphene-based storage materials for high-power battery applications are provided. The storage materials are composed of vertical stacks of graphene sheets and have reduced resistance for Li ion transport. This reduced resistance is achieved by incorporating a random distribution of structural defects into the stacked graphene sheets, whereby the structural defects facilitate the diffusion of Li ions into the interior of the storage materials.
US09352965B2	Method and apparatus for producing metal oxide particles There is provided a method and an apparatus for producing metal oxide particles, which produce metal oxide particles having a high photocatalytic activity with high yield. The method for producing metal oxide particles of the invention is characterized by including combining, in a reaction tube, a preheated metal chloride-containing gas with a preheated first gas which does not contain the metal chloride at a first junction to obtain a first combined gas, and combining the first combined gas with a preheated second gas which does not contain the metal chloride, at a second junction which is further downstream of the first junction, to obtain a second combined gas, wherein at least one of the metal chloride-containing gas and the first gas contains oxygen, and wherein the preheated metal chloride-containing gas is further heated in a region between the first junction and the second junction (referred to as first reaction zone), by combining the first gas with the metal chloride-containing gas at the first junction while setting the preheat temperature of the first gas at a temperature equal to or higher than the preheat temperature of the metal chloride-containing gas, and the first combined gas is further heated in a region downstream of the second junction by combining the second gas with the first combined gas at the second junction while setting the preheat temperature of the second gas at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature of the first combined gas.
US09352960B2	Method for manufacturing capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and apparatus configured to obtain subject information using the capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer There is provided a method for manufacturing a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer. In this method, a first insulating layer and a vibrating membrane are bonded by heat treatment and a second insulating layer is formed by thermal oxidation in a single heating step, with a cavity provided in the transducer communicating with the outside of the transducer through a communication portion.
US09352959B1	Method and applications of thin-film membrane transfer The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for micro-contact printing of micro-electromechanical systems (“MEMS”) in a solvent-free environment. The disclosed embodiments enable forming a composite membrane over a parylene layer and transferring the composite structure to a receiving structure to form one or more microcavities covered by the composite membrane. The parylene film may have a thickness in the range of about 100 nm-2 microns; 100 nm-1 micron, 200-300 nm, 300-500 nm, 500 nm to 1 micron and 1-30 microns. Next, one or more secondary layers are formed over the parylene to create a composite membrane. The composite membrane may have a thickness of about 100 nm to 700 nm to several microns. The composite membrane's deflection in response to external forces can be measured to provide a contact-less detector. Conversely, the composite membrane may be actuated using an external bias to cause deflection commensurate with the applied bias. Applications of the disclosed embodiments include tunable lasers, microphones, microspeakers, remotely-activated contact-less pressure sensors and the like.
US09352956B2	MEMS devices and methods for forming same An embodiment is MEMS device including a first MEMS die having a first cavity at a first pressure, a second MEMS die having a second cavity at a second pressure, the second pressure being different from the first pressure, and a molding material surrounding the first MEMS die and the second MEMS die, the molding material having a first surface over the first and the second MEMS dies. The device further includes a first set of electrical connectors in the molding material, each of the first set of electrical connectors coupling at least one of the first and the second MEMS dies to the first surface of the molding material, and a second set of electrical connectors over the first surface of the molding material, each of the second set of electrical connectors being coupled to at least one of the first set of electrical connectors.
US09352955B2	MEMS pressure sensor with improved insensitivity to thermo-mechanical stress This invention relates generally to semiconductor manufacturing and packaging and more specifically to semiconductor manufacturing in MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) inertial sensing products. Embodiments of the present invention improve pressure sensor performance (e.g., absolute and relative accuracy) by increasing pressure insensitivity to changes in thermo-mechanical stress. The pressure insensitivity can be achieved by using the array of pressure sensing membranes, suspended sensing electrodes, and dielectric anchors.
US09352954B2	Planar cavity MEMS and related structures, methods of manufacture and design structures A method of forming a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a lower electrode on a first insulator layer within a cavity of the MEMS. The method further includes forming an upper electrode over another insulator material on top of the lower electrode which is at least partially in contact with the lower electrode. The forming of the lower electrode and the upper electrode includes adjusting a metal volume of the lower electrode and the upper electrode to modify beam bending.
US09352950B2	Refrigerator appliance and method for use with single serve dispenser Refrigerator appliances for use with single serve dispensers, and methods for operating refrigerator appliances, are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly includes an outlet conduit configured for flowing a liquid therefrom, the outlet conduit disposed in the dispenser recess, a housing for supporting the single serve dispenser, the housing disposed in the dispenser recess, and a flow control device upstream of and in fluid communication with the outlet conduit, the flow control device outputting liquid at a generally constant pressure.
US09352949B2	Beverage dispenser and variable pressure regulator cap assembly A beverage dispenser with a variable pressure regulator cap assembly that includes a high pressure cavity defined by a cap body. The high pressure cavity receives pressurized gas from a compressed gas reservoir. A low pressure cavity is connected to the high pressure cavity via a high pressure gas passageway. The low pressure cavity defines a low pressure gas passageway that penetrates the cap body. A piston seat is positioned on a high pressure cavity side of the high pressure gas passageway. A piston regulates introduction of the pressurized gas into the high pressure gas passageway. A diaphragm is positioned between an ambient pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity and translates the piston relative to the piston seat. A main spring is positioned between a diaphragm and a spring hat. Rotation of the drive screw translates the spring hat to affect compression of the main spring against the diaphragm.
US09352942B1	Axle jack An axle jack includes a support column extending along a longitudinal axis between a top end and a base end. An axle plate is coupled to the top end of the support column and a base plate including an upper surface and a lower surface is coupled to the support column base end. One or more gussets are arranged between the base plate upper surface and the support column and a handle projects from the support column at a position intermediate the top and base ends of the support column. Gripping protrusions are formed on the lower surface of the base plate.
US09352934B1	Elevator positioning system and method An elevator positioning system includes an optical tape, optical tape clips, and a sensor. The optical tape clips are resiliently biased and mount to various structures including mounting bracket that attach to elevator guide rails or other framework within the hoistway. A connecting member of the optical tape clips is configured to be disposed between a sensor and optical tape such that the sensor detects an interruption in the optical tape and can send signals to an elevator controller in response to detecting these interruptions. The position of the optical tape clips is such that the elevator car can be controlled to align evenly with the landings associated with the hoistway.
US09352920B2	Rewinding machine and method for the production of rolls of web material A rewinding machine is described with a winding cradle defined by three rollers and including a fourth winding roller, defining with the first winding roller a cradle in which the web material is pushed by a winding core to the beginning of each winding cycle, to cause severing of the web material without the need for controlled mechanical parts.
US09352919B2	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system A sheet processing apparatus including: an accumulating section on which a sheet is accumulated; a staple inserting section which is provided above the accumulating section; a staple receiving section which is provided so as to face the staple inserting section across a sheet bundle accumulated on the accumulating section; and a movement section which moves an inserting unit or the accumulating section according to a thickness of the sheet bundle so that the inserting unit faces a predetermined position on an upmost sheet of the sheet bundle, wherein the staple inserting section includes the inserting unit which inserts a staple into the sheet bundle by rotating toward the sheet bundle.
US09352918B2	Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes: a first tray on which a sheet is to be placed, a case having a first conveyance path extending from the first tray, a feed roller to feed the sheet from the first tray, a conveyance roller to convey the sheet through the first conveyance path, a recording unit to record an image on the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path, a first guide member pivotable between a first position defining an outside of a curved portion of the first conveyance path and a second position opening the curved portion of the first conveyance path, a second guide member defining an inside of the curved portion of the first conveyance path, and a third guide member pivotably provided at the side of a pivot front-end of the first guide member to pivot between a third position and a fourth position.
US09352917B2	Method for removing a substantially planar work piece from the top of a stack of work pieces A method for removing a substantially planar work piece (11) from the top of a stack (10) of work pieces comprises the steps of gripping the work piece (11) on a top surface of the work piece, lifting the gripped work piece, pre-separating the work piece from the stack by introducing a separator element (43) in between the lifted work piece and a neighboring work piece underneath the lifted work piece (11) and gripping and removing the pre-separated work piece (11) by a transport device. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a gripper (33) for gripping the work piece (11), the gripper (33) being movable in a vertical direction for lifting the gripped work piece (11), a separator element (43) being movable in a horizontal direction to be introduced in between the lifted work piece (11) and a neighboring work piece underneath the lifted work piece (11) and a transport device for gripping and removing the pre-separated work piece (11). The method and apparatus allow for fast and reliable removal of substantially planar work pieces from the top of a stack.
US09352916B2	Sheet conveying device, sheet discharging device, and image forming apparatus A sheet conveying device includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a biasing unit that biases the second rotating member toward the first rotating member. The first and second rotating members pinch a sheet therebetween and convey the sheet in a sheet conveying direction. The second rotating member includes a small-diameter portion that faces a conveying portion of the first rotating member, and a large-diameter portion at a position axially displaced from the conveying portion. The second rotating member can change its orientation to an orientation where a rotating shaft of the second rotating member is tilted relative to a rotating shaft of the first rotating member as viewed in the sheet conveying direction, thereby moving a position of an end portion of the second rotating member on a side of the large-diameter portion away from the rotating shaft of the first rotating member.
US09352912B2	System and method of aligning items on a conveyor A packaging system and method is disclosed for use with a conveyance system. The package assembly provides protrusions which keep the assembly properly oriented on a conveyor system.
US09352905B2	Battery monitoring in a networked inventory control system An inventory control device, such as an electronic toolbox, monitors the identity of battery packs that are mounted in the device and used to provide electrical power to the device. The device retrieves a unique identifier for each battery pack, and monitors the operation of each battery pack. The monitored data can be logged into memory for future use, communicated to a user of the inventory control device, and/or used to predict the future performance or replacement date for a battery pack. The monitored data can also be communicated across a communication network to an inventory control server that monitors the operation and performance of battery packs throughout an electronic tools control system including multiple toolboxes. The server can further track the operation and locations of battery packs through all of the toolboxes.
US09352899B2	Transport unit comprising retaining plates and containers and working unit A transport unit for carrying a plurality of lidded containers includes two parallel retaining plates, which have an arrangement of openings for retaining the lidded containers. The lidded containers are tubular containers with a closure lid at the top of the container which projects radially outward with respect to the container. Lidded containers of a group of lidded containers are held parallel to each other by the openings of one retaining plate, and lidded containers of another group of lidded containers are held parallel to each other by openings of the other retaining plate. The lidded containers of the one group are disposed oppositely aligned to the lidded containers of the other group and nested within each other.
US09352897B2	Squeezable container A squeezable container is provided with an outer container for forming the outer appearance of the container, and having a mouth/neck section; and an inner container for discharging the contents filling the interior of the inner container through the spout plug mounted to the mouth/neck section when the volume of the inner container is reduced by squeezing the body section of the outer container, and positioned on the inside of the outer container.
US09352882B2	Fluid outlet system A fluid outlet system, applicable for containers of liquid substances is provided. The fluid outlet system has a circular opening, at a rear end of a cylindrical tube, having a removable metallic ball-covering that controls the flow of liquid from the container, as desired. Specifically, the fluid outlet system has a circular opening at a rear end of a cylindrical tube, wherein the circular opening is provided with a removable metallic ball-covering. The removable metallic ball-covering can be easily dislodged by a mechanical switch in order to dispense liquid, and is securely held in place by magnets on a valve seat of the circular opening, when the fluid outlet system is at a closed position, to stop liquid flow.
US09352880B2	Multi-orientation, reusable carrier assembly A multi-orientation, reusable carrier assembly having a carrier base defined by a first wall, a second wall, and surrounding side walls extending between the first and second wall. One side wall is a support wall oriented generally opposite a receiving opening into the receiving cavity thereof. The carrier assembly further includes a retaining strap having a first mount mounted to the second wall at a location thereof proximate to the receiving opening. The retaining strap includes a retaining handle associated with the support wall for retainment thereof in a first gripping position, centrally above the first wall, for carrying of the carrier base in a horizontal orientation. A retaining portion extends vertically across the opening, when the retaining handle is in the first gripping position and the carrier base is in the horizontal orientation, such that a retail container is substantially prevented from falling out through the opening.
US09352866B2	Packing device of tofu A tofu packing apparatus for packing plural tofu blocks in individual packs for sales includes a conveyor for conveying the plural tofu blocks cut to a predetermined size and arrayed at predetermined intervals, and a paired grasp plates be driven in the direction to approach each other. The tofu blocks cut to a predetermined size are grasped with the paired grasp plates, moved to predetermined positions above packaging packs conveyed to predetermined positions with the packaging pack conveyance apparatus, and dropped and packed in the packaging packs through release of grasp by the paired grasp plates. The tofu blocks may be dropped and housed in the packaging packs while at least maintaining the tofu blocks in a holding state by the paired grasp plates.
US09352862B2	Apparatus and method of manufacturing completely cooked rice which is completely cooked in sterilized condition A method of manufacturing packaged completely cooked rice or a packaged completely cooked mixed rice comprises a steaming process of sterilizing and primarily cooking the contents in the opened container by filling the controlled steam having high pressure and high temperature in the steaming unit; a cooking process of additionally sterilizing the contents in the opened container by filling the controlled steam having high pressure and high temperature in the steaming unit, and supplying water in the contents, and then completely cooking the contents; and a sealing process of supplying clean nitrogen gas to the completely cooked contents in the sealing unit and sealing the upper end of the opened container with the lid film, wherein the steaming unit, cooking unit and the sealing unit are connected in turn in the one container so that the opened container can be input into and output from each of the units.
US09352856B1	Axially grooved crossing heat pipes A spacecraft includes substantially parallel first radiator and second radiator panels, and a transverse panel coupled, having a width, W, coupled therebetween. The spacecraft also includes a first heat pipe having a first section parallel and proximate to the first radiator panel and a second section parallel and proximate to the transverse panel, a second heat pipe having a first section parallel and proximate to the second radiator panel and a second section parallel and proximate to the transverse panel and a third heat pipe, proximate and parallel to the transverse panel, the second section of the first heat pipe, and the second section of the second heat pipe. The third heat pipe has a length, L, substantially greater than W/2.
US09352854B2	Space flight drive and flight craft In order to produce a space flight drive for propelling a spacecraft which can use the available fuel with great efficiency and which can transport heavy payloads to great heights, it is proposed that the space flight drive should comprise a fuel tank for holding a fuel, an oxidizer tank for holding an oxidizer, a combustion chamber device for the conversion of the fuel by the oxidizer, a propulsion nozzle device adjoining the combustion chamber device and a shroud device which surrounds the propulsion nozzle device annularly at least in sections for the production of an air sheath flow during a flight of the spacecraft through the atmosphere.
US09352845B1	Bladders, storage containers, and aircraft fuel systems A storage container, which may be a fuel bladder, includes a container wall configured to retain a fluid within the container and an opening through the container wall. The container includes a rim of the container wall surrounding the opening and a non-planar flex region of the container wall adjacent to the rim. The flex region includes at least one resilient crease in the container wall and the rim is between the flex region and the opening. A portion of the container wall surrounds the flex region. The flex region exhibits the property of allowing movement of the rim with respect to the portion of the container wall.
US09352836B2	Layered modular constructs and processes therefor Modular constructs are disclosed wherein a plurality of structural members, most often parallel to one another, form spaced-apart layers. Clamping force, applied in some embodiments approximately perpendicularly to a face of each structural member through use of one or more tension assembly comprising a cable, rope, wire, rod, or the like, in association with one or more tubular spacer, is used to draw the structural members into alignment and to provide structural integrity of the modular construct. The subject matter of the present disclosure further relates to processes for creating such layered modular constructs. The subject matter of the present disclosure may find particular application within modular structures, such as, but not limited to, those for aircraft, boats, and other means of transportation, buildings, storage spaces, furniture and cabinetry, modular support systems for electronic equipment, support structures, interfaces, prosthetics, rack systems, modular work partitions, and the like.
US09352825B2	Aircraft The invention relates to an aircraft having at least one high lift system which is arranged at the wing of the aircraft and which comprises a drive for converting electrical or hydraulic energy into a speed-controlled rotational movement, wherein the aircraft furthermore has at least one control unit which controls the high lift system, wherein the drive comprises in accordance with the invention a main drive and an alternative drive, wherein the alternative drive is fed by a decentralized energy source.
US09352821B2	Retaining device for insulation in an aircraft A method and apparatus for installing insulation. An apparatus comprises an elongate member having a first end and a second end. The elongate member is configured to be positioned between a first frame and a second frame to hold an insulation blanket against a skin panel. The first end comprises an angled portion configured to rest against the first frame. The second end comprises a curved portion configured to receive the second frame and hold the elongate member on the second frame.
US09352808B2	Offshore platform having SCR porches mounted on riser keel guide A floating, offshore drilling and/or production vessel has supports for steel catenary risers mounted on a riser keel guide. This allows the riser attachment points to be located closer to the vessel's center(s) of rotation of pitch, roll and yaw thereby decreasing roll-, pitch- and yaw-induced displacements of the risers.
US09352804B2	Nautical railing Fall protection structures are disclosed relating to nautical vessels that include a nautical vessel, a precipice, a first and a second kevel adjacent to the precipice, a first post structure connected to the first kevel, a second post structure connected to the second kevel, a top railing connecting the first post structure to the second post structure, and a middle railing connecting the first post structure to the second post structure such that the top railing and the middle railing limit access to the precipice.
US09352799B2	Motorcycle A motorcycle (1) comprising a vehicle body frame (4) including a pair of right and left pivot frames (10) which extend continuously from rear portions of main frames (8), respectively, and to which front end portions of a swing arm (9) are mounted such that the swing arm is pivotable; an ABS unit (19) including a pump (19a) and a valve (19b) for the ABS unit; and a reservoir tank (20) including a container body (20a) which stores therein a cooling medium supplied to a radiator (17) and has a cooling medium port, and a cap (20b) which closes the cooling medium port of the container body (20a), wherein the ABS unit (19) and the reservoir tank (20) are disposed inward relative to the pivot frames (10), and mounted to the vehicle body frame (4) via a common bracket (21).
US09352791B2	Air guiding device An air guiding device is provided at a rear end of a motor vehicle and has at least one planar air guiding element that is adjustable from a rest position into a deployed position through a first angle and that is adjustable from the rest position into a lowered position through a second angle.
US09352786B1	Vehicle mud flap retraction assembly A mud flap retraction assembly that allows actuating a vehicle's rear mud flaps between lower and upper positions.
US09352783B2	Vehicle crush rail with substantially square cells and initiators A vehicle crush rail includes: a body configured to be at least partially crushed along an axis between first and second ends thereof, the body having a cross section profile that comprises first, second and third cells that are substantially square, wherein at least one of the first, second and third cells extends from the first end to the second end, wherein the first, second and third cells have respective initiators arranged according to a crush pattern for the crush rail.
US09352779B2	Vehicle traveling controller A vehicle traveling controller performs emergency evacuation traveling in the case of an emergency. The vehicle traveling controller determines whether a vehicle traveling in accordance with a normal traveling rule is not dangerous and becomes proper traveling or not based on environmental information around the vehicle, when it is determined that the vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule becomes proper traveling, executes normal traveling control for instructing the vehicle to travel in accordance with the normal traveling rule, and when the vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule does not become proper traveling, executes emergency evacuation traveling control for instructing the vehicle to perform emergency evacuation traveling not in accordance with the normal traveling rule. Therefore, emergency evacuation traveling with high safety can be performed, compared with vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule, so safety of vehicle traveling can be improved.
US09352776B2	Apparatus for converting a wheeled vehicle to a tracked vehicle The invention relates to track systems 14, 14′ that may be used to convert steerable, all-wheel drive construction equipment to steerable, multi-track construction vehicles 10. A preferred embodiment of the track system 14, 14′ includes a frame 60, 182 having a reinforcing enclosure 150, 230, a plurality of track engaging rollers 82-86, 202-206, a sprocket 102, 214, and an endless track 76, 198 operatively connected to the frame 60, 182. Tension on the endless track 76, 198 is maintained with two tensioning members 170, 244 operatively connected to the forwardmost roller 82, 202. The track system 14, 14′ preferably includes a limiting apparatus 300 that is configured to restrict the rotational movement “r” of the frame 60, 182 relative to a vehicle axle 16 to which it is attached. The limiting apparatus 300 has a first component 40, which is associated with the vehicle axle 16, is configured and arranged to interact with a second component 262, which is associated with the frame of the track system 14, 14′. Preferably, the limiting apparatus 300 is adjustable such that the range of rotational movement “r” can be varied.
US09352771B2	Electric power steering control device An electric power steering control device for controlling an assist torque output by a motor includes: a steering wheel of a vehicle; a torsion bar between the steering wheel and a column shaft; a torque sensor that detects a steering torque; a turning device that converts a rotation motion of the column shaft into a reciprocating motion of a rack that turns a wheel of the vehicle; the motor; a motor rotation angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of the motor; a steering shaft load estimation unit that estimates a steering shaft load; and a basic assist control unit that calculates a basic assist torque command value. The steering shaft load estimation unit estimates the steering shaft load based on the steering torque, a steering angular velocity or a steering angle acceleration, and a previous value of the basic assist torque command value.
US09352770B2	Electric power steering apparatus There is provided an electric power steering apparatus capable of dealing with abnormality when the abnormality happens in the torque, without being affected by an abnormal torque signal and without giving the driver a feeling of strangeness. Abnormality is detected with a double detection configuration including a main ECU clip and a sub ECU interlock. Then when abnormality is detected in steering torque detected by a torque sensor, the input of a main ECU clip is switched from the steering torque detected by the torque sensor to a torque alternative value, and the input value of the sub ECU interlock is switched from a steering assist command value subjected to limiting at the main ECU clip to zero.
US09352767B2	Method of applying electrically conductive heating element on surface of rim of steering wheel A method relates to applying an electrically conductive heating element to a surface of a rim of a steering wheel. The rim of the steering wheel is structured such that a plurality of heating elements formed of a conductive paste is applied to outer circumferential surfaces of a rim. A first connection element for electrically connecting the heating elements is applied along circumferential edges of the rim contacting a separation space. A second connection element formed of a conductive paste and adapted to electrically connect the first connection elements is applied in the separation space.
US09352766B2	System for gliding on snow with improved mobility Systems, apparatus and methods for gliding on a surface with improved mobility are described. According to various embodiments, boards are provided which are configured to overlap. This innovative overlapping ability helps allow for versatile stance configuration and ensures that collision between the boards occurs between a base and an edge. This type of collision will generally result in a sliding action, allowing one board to ride up onto the top of the edge of the other board. This type of interaction reduces damage to the boards and improves riding experience. Boards with equal height nose and tail shovels are more likely to collide edge-to-edge in a disruptive manner. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09352759B2	Cylinder device A cylinder device (1) according to the present invention includes: a cylinder (2); a piston (3) slidably inserted into the cylinder (2); a rod (4) inserted into the cylinder (2) and connected to the piston (3); a rod-side chamber (5) and a piston-side chamber (6) partitioned by the piston (3) within the cylinder (2); a first on-off valve (9) provided in the middle of a first passage (8) allowing the rod-side chamber (5) to communicate with the piston-side chamber (6); a second on-off valve (11) provided in the middle of a second passage (10) allowing the piston-side chamber (6) to communicate with the tank (7); and a pump (12) for supplying liquid to the rod-side chamber (5).
US09352758B2	Flexible direct drive bogie The present invention relates to a flexible direct-drive bogie and implements a flexible frame by using a flexible cross beam, so as to make it easy for left and right side-frames to nod relatively to adapt to a larger twist of a track. As the frame is flexible, a primary suspension of the present invention is simplified to a thin layer of rubber pad, so that the production cost is reduced. Flexible drive devices enable flexible suspension of a permanent magnetic motor, and at the same time, can transmit torque, improve transmission efficiency, and reduce a weight of a transmission mechanism.
US09352735B2	Truck/trailer brake control system A braking system for a combined tractor-trailer assembly wherein a leading trailer is coupled to a towing tractor and a trailing trailer is coupled to the leading trailer. All of the wheels of the trailers are provided with brakes which may be applied and released in response to the operation of a brake control pedal operated by a driver in the tractor. The brakes also may be applied to the trailing trailer whenever the latter is parked. The brakes of the trailing trailer normally are maintained in applied condition by a spring assisted mechanism when such trailer is parked. Such mechanism normally is disabled by pressurized fluid when the trailer is in service and the pressured fluid is accessible via a valve which simultaneously enables the parking brakes and service brakes simultaneously to be coupled to and uncoupled from the pressure fluid system.
US09352713B2	Energy absorbing vehicle component A number of variations may include a product including an energy absorbing component for a vehicle comprising at least one of a crush can, an insert for a cross car beam or a front impact extension.
US09352711B2	Vehicle body A vehicle body has a longitudinal member and a bumper cross-member. Furthermore, the vehicle body has a cantilever, which extends transversely to the longitudinal member along a transverse vehicle axis and is fastened to the longitudinal member in a torque-resistant manner. The cantilever is arranged in such a way that the cantilever protrudes into an intermediate space between a wheel mount and the bumper cross-member.
US09352704B2	Lining element having a visible face partly formed with a ligneous material A lining element includes at least one decorative layer formed from at least one complex that includes both a ligneous material layer having a backside and a front side and a reinforcement layer extending over the backside of the ligneous material layer. The decorative layer further includes at least one additional layer made in a material different from the ligneous material. The front side of the additional layer substantially extends in the continuity of the front side of the complex. The additional layer and the complex are attached to each other through at least one seam.
US09352701B2	Managing telephony and entertainment audio in a vehicle audio platform A signal input module receives at least one of an entertainment audio signal and a telephony audio signal from vehicle sound circuitry. A level control module executes gain level control logic to balance the entertainment audio signal and a telephony audio signal according to a ratio. A gain control signal is applied to at least one of the entertainment audio signal and the telephony audio signal. A routing module mixes the entertainment audio signal and the telephony audio signal and routes the mixed signal to an output channel associated with a speaker.
US09352694B2	Folding seat assembly for a motor vehicle A folding seat assembly includes a pair of seats each of which has a backrest and a seat cushion. A luggage compartment cover housing is attached to each backrest so as to cover substantially the entire rear face of each backrest for stowing an individual flexible luggage compartment cover for each seat. This enables each backrest to be folded into a stowed position without the need to remove the respective flexible luggage compartment cover or the respective luggage compartment cover housing and produces a substantially flat obstruction free load surface when so folded.
US09352691B2	Interior rearview mirror assembly An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element having at least one transparent or glass substrate and a mirror reflector established at a surface of the at least one transparent or glass substrate. A mirror backplate is disposed to the rear of the mirror reflective element. A mounting base is configured for attachment at an interior portion of a vehicle. The mounting base includes a ball member. A socket element is formed separate from the mirror backplate and the mounting base. The socket element is attachable at the mirror backplate and is configured to pivotally attach to the ball member of the mounting base. With the socket element attached at the mirror backplate, the socket element pivotally attaches to the ball member to pivotally mount the mirror backplate and the mirror reflective element at the mounting base.
US09352686B2	Vehicular interior part A vehicular interior part includes an interior part main body, an elongated light guide member guiding light from a light source, and a light guide member holder mounted to the interior part main body and holding the light guide member. The light guide member holder includes an elongated holder main body including a holder recess where the light guide member is arranged and having a U-shaped cross section and extending in an elongated direction of the light guide member, and at least two mount portions provided on a peripheral end portion of the holder main body and arranged along an elongated direction of the holder main body and mounted to the interior part main body. The holder main body includes a weak portion between the at least two mount portions that has mechanical strength lower than other parts of the holder main body.
US09352684B2	Method and control device for signaling a braking process on a trailer vehicle In a method for signaling a braking process on a trailer vehicle coupled to a towing vehicle, at least one light on the trailer is actuated with an emergency brake signal during emergency braking and with a normal signal during a different driving state. The emergency brake signal causes a different actuation of the light than does the normal signal. The light can be actuated by a control signal of the towing vehicle, and the actuation state of the light can be influenced by at least one control device on the trailer. The control device detects the control signal generated by the towing vehicle and fed to the trailer to actuate the light, and analyzes the control signal. If it detects that the control signal is an emergency brake signal, it does not carry out a dedicated actuation of the light, or it effects a different actuation of the light than in other cases.
US09352682B2	Apparatus for absorbing a force An example apparatus includes (i) a mounting module configured to be coupled to a support frame of a vehicle, (ii) a component-support module configured to support a component of the vehicle, and (iii) a motion-guiding module coupled to the component-support module and the mounting module. The motion-guiding module is configured to guide motion of the component-support module toward the mounting module. The apparatus further includes (iv) a deformable tab coupled to the motion-guiding module. The deformable tab is configured to (a) in response to the deformable tab absorbing a force that is less than a predetermined level, resist motion of the component-support module toward the mounting module and (b) in response to the deformable tab absorbing a force that is greater than the predetermined level, deform to a position that allows the component-support module to move toward the mounting module in response to force applied to the component-support module.
US09352680B2	Vehicle remote start attempts messaging system and method In a messaging system, computer readable instructions are executable by a processor of a communications server to: detect a vehicle remote start attempt that is initiated by a mobile communications device, transmit a remote start request to the vehicle, and receive a notification corresponding to success and/or failure of the attempt. If the attempt fails, the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to: receive a cause of the failure encoded in a dynamic error message, decode the dynamic error message, and construct a custom failure message that is indicative of the cause of the failure. If the attempt succeeds, the computer readable instructions are executable by the processor to generate a success message based upon the notification corresponding to the success of the attempt. The computer readable instructions are also executable by the processor to transmit the success or custom failure message to the mobile communications device.
US09352678B1	Vehicle lowering system A vehicle with a lowering suspension is provided where at least one axle can be moved between a raised position and a lowered position. A cargo area is located above the axle and can be raised and lowered with the axle. When the axle is in the lowered position, a spindle on the axle is located above a part of the frame, allowing the cargo area to be lowered. The cargo area includes an integral ramp that can be raised and lowered.
US09352676B1	Vehicle seating arrangement A seat for a vehicle includes a seat base, a seat back, a pair seat anchors extending from lateral sides of the seat back, a pair of upper and lower side covers, and a pair of flexible wrap members. The upper covers and the lower covers are positioned about the lateral sides above and below the anchors, thereby providing an access space above and below each anchor. Each flexible wrap member is non-removably attached at a first end to the seat proximate a rear side of the seat back and is configured to extend around the respective upper and lower side covers from the rear side to a front side of the seat back so as to cover the access space and extend about the respective seat anchor while substantially conforming to an outer perimeter shape of the respective upper and lower side covers.
US09352671B1	Vehicle seat displacement systems and related methods and apparatus Apparatus, methods, and systems for displacing one or more vehicle seats in a rearward direction during an impact event to increase the space between the occupant's knees/legs and an instrument panel and/or firewall, prior to the intrusion caused by the impact. In some embodiments, the system may comprise a vehicle seat and a displacement system configured to automatically displace the vehicle seat upon detecting a foot well intruding impact event within a vehicle. The displacement system may comprise a seat rail mechanism coupled with the vehicle seat and a pyrotechnic device configured to displace the vehicle seat on the seat rail mechanism upon actuation of the pyrotechnic device.
US09352670B2	Fold and kneel seat with rearward folding motion A seat comprises a seat cushion and a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat cushion. A linkage assembly moves the seat between a seating position and a kneeling position lowered rearwardly and downwardly against a floor. The linkage assembly includes a support bracket, a front leg coupled between the seat cushion and the support bracket, a rear leg extending between an upper end pivotally coupled to the seat back and a lower end pivotally coupled to the support bracket, the rear leg pivotally coupled to the rear portion of the seat cushion, and a control link extending between a first end pivotally coupled to the seat back and a second end pivotally coupled to the support bracket for guiding the seat cushion between the seating and kneeling positions in response to pivotal movement of the seat back between the upright and folded positions.
US09352663B2	Electric power supply device Provided is an electric power supply device that supplies electric energy from the outside of a vehicle (10) to the vehicle (10). A PLC unit (202) acquires from the vehicle (10) the unique information (vehicle unique information) of the vehicle (10) stored in the vehicle (10). A server communication unit (203) acquires, from a server (30) for comparing the vehicle unique information with stolen vehicle information, the compared result. When the vehicle unique information does not match the stolen vehicle information, a control unit (206) allows the electric energy to be supplied from a power output unit (204) to the vehicle (10). In contrast, when the vehicle unique information matches the stolen vehicle information, the control unit (206) allows the electric energy stored in a battery (106) mounted on the vehicle (10) to be discharged from the battery (106) and dissipated by a power consuming unit (207).
US09352659B1	Electric vehicle charging station advertising systems Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems relating to electric vehicle charging stations (“EVCSs”) and electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”) that are configured to display advertisements to a user. For example, in one embodiment, advertisements are displayed on a display device of the EVCS or EVSE as the EVCS or EVSE awaits user interaction. An indication is received of user interaction with the EVCS or EVSE. A transaction is facilitated between a user and the EVCS or EVSE by which the user indicates that one or more electric vehicle batteries of an electric vehicle are to be charged via one of one or more charging ports of the EVCS or EVSE. A charging operation is performed that provides an electric charge to the one or more electric vehicle batteries of the electric vehicle via the one of the one or more charging ports.
US09352652B2	Coupler for electric vehicle charging station Systems, methods, devices, and computer-readable media secure a coupler 101 of an electric vehicle charging station 100 by locking the coupler 101 to the electric vehicle charging station 100 or an electric vehicle 210. A locking mechanism is provided within the coupler 101. The locking mechanism may include an actuator 432 configured to move between a lock and unlock position. When the actuator 432 is in the lock position, the coupler 101 may be locked to the charging station 100 or an electric vehicle 210. Whereas, when the actuator 432 is in the unlock position, the coupler 101 may be removed from the charging station 100 or electric vehicle 210. Further, the charging station 100 may include an identification device 437 for determining when to lock or unlock the coupler 101.
US09352648B2	Method and system for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for operating a drivetrain (10) of a motor vehicle, having the steps: detecting at least one variable which quantifies and/or influences a movement of the motor vehicle; activating an all-wheel drive system of the motor vehicle as a function of the variable; wherein it is estimated, on the basis of the at least one variable, whether a relevant driving situation is impending, and in this case only, the all-wheel drive system is activated before the onset of the relevant situation. The invention also relates to a system for operating a drivetrain (10) of a motor vehicle.
US09352645B2	In-wheel motor and electrically driven vehicle The in-wheel motor for installation inside a wheel disk of a wheel includes: a cylindrical coil body; a coil body support member fixed to a shaft; an outer yoke that is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the coil body, and is fixed to a wheel disk; a cylindrical inner yoke that is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the coil body, and is rotatable around the shaft; and a magnet that is fixed on one of an inner circumferential face of the outer yoke and an outer circumferential face of the inner yoke, the magnet disposed to face a circumferential face of the coil body.
US09352643B2	Control apparatus for controlling active vibroisolating support device A control apparatus includes an actuator ECU for controlling a plurality of ACMs. When an engine is started or restarted, the actuator ECU begins a vibration suppressing control process with the ACMs for suppressing vibrations transmitted to a vehicle body when a crankshaft angle, which is represented by a CRK pulse signal from a CRK sensor, reaches a beginning crankshaft angle.
US09352632B2	Axial clutch assembly as well as gas spring and gas damper assembly and method including same A gas spring and gas damper assembly can include a gas spring and a gas damper. The gas spring can include a first end member, a second end member and a flexible wall that at least partially form a spring chamber. The gas damper can include first, second and third damper elements that are telescopically interconnected with one another. The first and third damper elements can be operatively connected to respective ones of the first and second end members. The third damper element includes damper piston having an axial clutch. The second damper element is suspended between the first and third damper elements by biasing elements that engaging the damper piston.
US09352631B2	Vehicle height adjusting device and assembling method for vehicle height adjusting device A vehicle height adjusting device includes an annular movable spring bearing mounted on the outer periphery of an outer tube of a shock absorber, the movable spring bearing being configured to support one side end of a suspension spring for biasing the shock absorber in an extending direction, a driving mechanism configured to drive the movable spring bearing in an axial direction of the shock absorber, an auxiliary spring configured to bias the movable spring bearing toward the suspension spring, and a stopper member mounted on the outer periphery of the outer tube of the shock absorber, the stopper member being configured to restrict a movement of the movable spring bearing toward the suspension spring.
US09352613B2	Easily mountable spoke module for the spokes of a wheel for motor vehicles A wheel for a motor vehicle is provided. The wheel includes at least one spoke, and a dovetail profile disposed on the spoke. The wheel also includes a spoke module with dovetail encompassing regions, which are configured to be pushed onto the dovetail profile.
US09352611B2	Decorative sheet and decorative resin molded article obtained using same A decorative sheet which comprises, on a base film layer, a second picture layer that is partially provided and a surface protective layer that is present on and in contact with the second picture layer and covers the entire surface of the base film layer including the region where the second picture layer is formed and the region where the second picture layer is not formed. The decorative sheet is characterized in that: a binder resin for a second picture ink that constitutes the second picture layer is a thermoplastic resin; the surface protective layer is formed of a crosslinking-cured product of an ionizing radiation curable resin composition that contains a polycarbonate (meth)acrylate and/or an acrylic silicone (meth)acrylate; and a low gloss pattern layer that has a low luster region is formed in the surface protective layer right above the second picture layer by the interaction between the ionizing radiation curable resin and the thermoplastic resin. A decorative resin molded article which is obtained using the decorative sheet.
US09352606B2	Binder with a latterally extendable spine A binder arrangement comprising, a pair of binder covers pivotable about an axis into an opposed orientation, a single set of binder rings attached to said binder covers, a pair of hinges for pivoting said pair of covers into an opposed orientation; and a spine for separating said pair of binder covers, wherein said binder covers have a slot for slidably attaching said binder covers to said spine.
US09352604B2	Sheet processing device and image forming device provided with the sheet processing device To provide a sheet processing device that performs saddle stitching processing that binds a bundle of stacked paper sheets at a position around a center thereof and then folds in half the paper sheet bundle at the binding portion, the device being capable of selectively performing both saddle stitching using a metallic staple and saddle stitching not using the metallic staple for environmental protection and capable of reducing a size.A sheet processing device includes a stacker section that temporarily stacks conveyed paper sheets in a substantially vertical attitude, a stopper that regulates the paper sheets stacked in the stacker section, a first binding section that is provided in the stacker and saddle-stitches, with a metallic staple, a paper sheet bundle at a binding position around a center of the paper sheet bundle in a sheet conveying direction, a second binding section that saddle-stitches, without using the metallic staple, the paper sheet bundle at the binding position around the center of the paper sheet bundle in the sheet conveying direction, and a folding section that folds in half the paper sheet bundle. An interval between the second binding section and folding section is set smaller than an interval between the first binding section and folding section.
US09352598B2	Printer, method of printing, and non-transitory recording medium A printer including an optical moving amount calculator, an angle calculator, and a moving amount corrector is provided. The optical moving amount calculator calculates a moving amount of the printer or an object to be irradiated after a movement thereof, based on a difference in image data generated before and after the movement. The image data is generated by emitting light to the print medium or the object and receiving light reflected therefrom. The angle calculator calculates a deviation angle of an installation angle of the optical moving amount calculator installed in the printer, based on a calibration moving amount of the printer or the object after a calibration movement thereof that is a parallel translation. The moving amount corrector corrects the moving amount of the printer after the movement thereof, based on the calculated deviation angle of the optical moving amount calculator.
US09352595B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes a head; a scanning section; and a transport section. A first region is formed in the head between a nozzle formed at a first end and a first nozzle that is a first predetermined distance away, in the sub-scanning direction, from the nozzle formed at the first end. A second region is formed in the head between a nozzle formed at a second end and a second nozzle that is a second predetermined distance away, in the sub-scanning direction, from the nozzle formed at the second end. When the head, the scanning section, and the transport section form an image on the medium, a moving-average nozzle usage ratio within a region between the first region and the second region changes at a lower rate than moving-average nozzle usage ratios within the first region and the second region.
US09352588B1	Adjustable energy source within a drum dryer of a print system Systems and methods for collapsible energy source in a drum dryer of a print system. One system includes a dryer with a thermally conductive drum to dry a colorant applied to a web of print media in contact with the drum. A radiant energy source disposed inside the drum includes segments that transfer heat to a surface of the drum. Each segment is attached to another segment about a hinge that allows the segments to pivot with respect to one another. A movement mechanism applies a force to the radiant energy source toward a center of the drum to cause the segments to pivot to a folded position with respect to one another, and applies a force to the radiant energy source toward the surface of the drum to cause the segments to pivot to expand with respect to a circumferential direction of the drum.
US09352587B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejection material manufacturing method A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an elimination unit that includes a contact portion in contact with a medium containing a plasticizer and that eliminates at least a part of the plasticizer; and a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid onto the medium from which at least a part of the plasticizer is eliminated by the elimination unit. Here, the contact portion is adapted to contact the entire medium in the intersection direction intersecting the transportation direction of the medium and is formed such that the contact distance with respect to the medium in the transportation direction of the medium is different in the intersection direction and an SP value as a soluble parameter is 8.0 or more and 10.0 or less.
US09352575B2	Method of supplying fluid to a fluid ejection head, fluid supply mechanism, and fluid ejection device A drop in the throughput of continuous printing operations caused by refilling a subtank with ink is suppressed. The control unit of an inkjet printer 1 fills subtanks 11a-11d with ink whenever ink consumption exceeds a reference volume q during continuous printing. Ink is suctioned by producing negative pressure in subtanks 11a-11d during the ink refill operation while ink continues being supplied to the inkjet head 7 from pressure adjustment chambers 13a-13d disposed between subtanks 11a-11d and inkjet head 7. Ink ejection from the inkjet head 7 can therefore continue even during the ink ref ill operation. By setting the volume of the pressure adjustment chambers 13a-13d greater than at least the amount of ink that is ejected during the ink refill operation, there is no need to interrupt printing in order to replenish the ink supply.
US09352559B2	Liquid discharge apparatus and head unit A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a modulation circuit that generates a modulated signal by pulse-modulating a source signal; a transistor that amplifies the modulated signal to generate an amplified modulated signal; a low-pass filter that includes an inductor and a capacitor and smoothes the amplified modulated signal to generate a drive signal; a feedback circuit that returns the drive signal to the modulation circuit; a circuit board; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by application of the drive signal thereto. The circuit board has a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface. The capacitor and the feedback circuit are mounted and a first ground wiring connected to the capacitor and a second ground wiring connected to the feedback circuit are provided on the first mounting surface. At least one of the modulation circuit, the transistor, and the inductor is mounted on the second mounting surface.
US09352556B2	Printhead control A method of printing a two-dimensional bit-mapped image having a number of pixels per row for printing is disclosed. The method and apparatus use either a plurality of overlapping printheads (300) or a printhead or plurality of printheads indexed through overlapping positions. The or each printhead has a row of ejection channels (301), each of which has associated ejection electrodes to which a voltage is applied to cause particulate concentrations to be formed from within a body of printing fluid. In order to cause volumes of charged particulate concentrations of one of a number of predetermined volume sizes to be ejected as printed droplets from selected ejection channels of the overlapping printheads, voltage pulses (VE) of respective predetermined amplitude and duration, as determined by respective image pixel bit values, are applied to the electrodes of the selected ejection channels. For each row of the image, the values of the voltage pulses to be applied to the overlapping printheads to form pixels printed by overlapped ejection channels are adjusted in dependence on the position of the pixel within an overlapped region of the printheads and in dependence on the predetermined volume size of the pixel.
US09352554B2	Image processing method and image processing apparatus An image recording method includes applying a reaction liquid onto an intermediate transfer member, applying an ink onto the reaction liquid on the intermediate transfer member, forming an intermediate image by applying a liquid composition containing a water-soluble polymer onto the reaction liquid and the ink on the intermediate transfer member, and transferring the intermediate image by bringing the intermediate image on the intermediate transfer member into contact with a recording medium and separating the intermediate image from the intermediate transfer member with the contact with the recording medium maintained. The intermediate image to be brought into contact with the recording medium has a temperature Tc higher than or equal to the glass transition temperature of the water-soluble polymer, and the intermediate image to be separated from the intermediate transfer member has a temperature Tr lower than the glass transition temperature of the water-soluble polymer.
US09352549B2	Screen printing apparatus and screen printing method [Object] To provide a screen printing apparatus and a screen printing method with which it is possible to promote reuse of ink and thereby reduce the printing cost.[Solution] A screen printing apparatus 101 includes an ink recovery mechanism 110 that recovers excess ink 81 discharged to a region in which a scraper 60 does not slide over a screen plate 50. By sliding a squeegee 70, the ink recovery mechanism guides the excess ink from a front side 71 of the squeegee to a region that is on a back side 72 of the squeegee 70 and in which the scraper slides over the screen plate.
US09352543B2	Direct imprinting of porous substrates Provided are methods of patterning porous materials on the micro- and nanometer scale using a direct imprinting technique. The present methods of direct imprinting of porous substrates (“DIPS”), can utilize reusable stamps that may be directly applied to an underlying porous material to selectively, mechanically deform and/or crush particular regions of the porous material, creating a desired structure. The process can be performed in a matter of seconds, at room temperature or higher temperatures, and eliminates the requirement for intermediate masking materials and etching chemistries.

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