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US09501588B1	Garden simulation A website is provided for facilitating the design of a garden. The website allows a user to design a garden on-line, and then provide a visual simulation of the appearance of the garden through a time sequence spanning multiple growing seasons. The user designs the garden by selecting plants through an interactive user interface and positioning each selected plant onto an orthogonal-oriented “design plot”. The growths of the plants in the garden are then simulated on a perspective-oriented “simulation plot”. The simulation simultaneously displays images of each plant in the garden through different growth periods, which may include both blooming and non-blooming times. Through the simulation, the user may see what his or her garden would look like through the seasons prior to actual planting. The user may modify the garden design and rerun the simulation multiple times.
US09501583B2	Referent based search suggestions Computer-implemented methods for providing suggestions for a search based on previously viewed content are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving information on previously viewed content, and receiving a request to enter a query into a search field subsequent to receiving the information on the previously viewed content. The method also includes identifying, based on the content, at least one entity referred to in the content, and providing an identifier of the at least one entity for display with the search field. Systems and machine-readable storage media are also provided.
US09501582B2	Providing text content embedded with protected multimedia content Text content embedded with multimedia content is provided from a content provider to a client device. The multimedia content may be provided to the client device separate from the text content. In particular, multimedia content metadata indicating a storage location of the multimedia content may be provided to the client device after the text content. The client device may request the multimedia content from the content provider based on the multimedia content metadata. The content provider may send the requested multimedia content to the client device after receiving an authenticated version of the multimedia content metadata.
US09501578B2	Dynamic semantic models having multiple indices Embodiments are directed towards dynamic semantic models having multiple indices. Source data may be provided to a network computer from at least one separate data source. A raw data graph may be generated from the source data such that the structure of the raw data graph may be based on the structure of the source data. Elements of the raw data graph may be mapped to a concept graph. Concept instances may be generated based on the concept graph, the raw data graph, and the source data. Model-identifiers (MIDs) that correspond to the concept instances may be generated to include at least a path in the concept graph The MID values may be indexed into a plurality of indices based on a content-type of the data associated with the MIDs. In response to a query, a result set may be generated that includes result MIDs.
US09501567B2	User-guided multi-schema integration Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for user-guided multi-schema integration and include actions of receiving a plurality of schemas, each schema defining a data structure and including a plurality of intermediate elements and a plurality of leaf elements, receiving leaf correspondences that match leaf elements between schemas of the plurality of schemas, processing the plurality of schemas and the leaf correspondences using closed frequent itemset mining to define a first plurality of redundancy groups, each redundancy group including a proposed correspondence between intermediate elements of schemas, displaying the first plurality of redundancy groups to a user, receiving user input, the user input including one or more actions to one or more redundancy groups in the first plurality of redundancy groups, processing the plurality of schemas, the leaf correspondences and the one or more actions to define a second plurality of redundancy groups, and displaying the second plurality of redundancy groups.
US09501565B1	Knowledge-based editor with natural language interface A computer-implemented method for knowledge based ontology editing, is provided. The method receives a language instance to update a knowledge base, using a computer. The method semantically parses the language instance to detect an ontology for editing. The method maps one or more nodes for the ontology for editing based on an ontology database and the knowledge base. The method determines whether the mapped nodes are defined or undefined within the knowledge base. The method calculates a first confidence score based on a number of the defined and undefined mapped nodes. Furthermore, the method updates the knowledge base when the first confidence score meets a pre-defined threshold.
US09501564B1	Configuration item reconciliation This document discusses, among other things, a method for reconciliation of a configuration item with a configuration management database. Properties of the configuration item are divided into a plurality of classes. Different classes correspond to properties having a different relationship with a corresponding configuration item. At least one property of the configuration item is compared to properties of configuration items in a configuration management database. Different actions are taken with respect to the configuration item based on the class of the property being compared.
US09501559B2	User-guided search query expansion A device may receive information that identifies a search query to be used to search a text. The device may provide information that identifies multiple search query expansion techniques for expanding the search query. The device may receive a selection of one or more search query expansion techniques, of the multiple search query expansion techniques, to be performed to expand the search query. The device may perform the one or more search query expansion techniques to generate a set of expanded search queries based on the search query and the text. The device may search the text, using the set of expanded search queries, to identify multiple sections of the text that include an expanded search query included in the set of expanded search queries. The device may provide search results that identify the multiple sections of the text based on searching the text.
US09501555B2	Real-time data management for a power grid A real-time data management system, a system, method, apparatus and tangible computer readable medium for accessing data in a power grid are described for controlling a transmission delay of real-time data delivered via a real-time bus, and for delivering real-time data in a power grid. A unified data model covering various organizations and various data resource is described. Further, a management scheme for clustered data is described to provide a transparent and high speed data access. The solutions described may efficiently manage the high volume of real-time data and events, provide data transmission with a low latency, provide flexible extension of both the number of data clusters and the number of databases to ensure high volume data storage, and achieve a high speed and transparent data access. Additionally, rapid design and development of analytical applications, and the near real-time enterprise decision-making business may be enabled.
US09501554B2	Image processing system, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing system according to one embodiment includes a feature quantity calculation unit, a classification unit, a score calculation unit, and an output unit. The feature quantity calculation unit calculates a feature quantity for each of a plurality of candidate regions extracted as a candidate for a text region from a plurality of original sample images. The plurality of original sample images include one or more text images containing a text region and one or more non-text images not containing a text region. The classification unit classifies the plurality of candidate regions into a plurality of categories based on the feature quantity. The score calculation unit calculates, for each category, a score indicating a frequency of appearance of the candidate region to which an annotation indicating extraction from the text image is added. The output unit outputs the score of each category as category information.
US09501552B2	Resolving database entity information Entity resolution in a database comprises receiving imported data comprising imported data entities each having properties each having values; receiving first user input that selects the imported data entities for resolution to existing data entities in a database; receiving second user input that specifies matching criteria for matching the imported data entities to the existing data entities, wherein each of the matching criteria comprises a matching technique; matching the imported data entities to the existing data entities using the matching criteria, resulting in creating and storing matched entity information, wherein the matched entity information is organized in matched entity data sets associated with subsets of the matching criteria that were matched; consolidating the imported data entities into the existing data entities; storing the first user input and second user input as a named criteria set for use in subsequent entity resolution operations.
US09501550B2	OLAP query processing method oriented to database and HADOOP hybrid platform An OLAP query processing method oriented to a database and Hadoop hybrid platform is described. When OLAP query processing is performed, the processing is executed first on a main working copy, and a query processing result is recorded in an aggregate result table of a local database; when a working node is faulty, node information of a fault-tolerant copy corresponding to the main working copy is searched for through namenode, and a MapReduce task is invoked to complete the OLAP query processing task on the fault-tolerant copy. The database technology and the Hadoop technology are combined, and the storage performance of the database and the high expandability and high availability of the Hadoop are combined; the database query processing and the MapReduce query processing are integrated in a loosely-coupled mode, thereby ensuring the high query processing performance, and ensuring the high fault-tolerance performance.
US09501548B2	Data updating method, system and device A data updating method is provided, which includes generating Managed Object Instances (MOIs) and an operation identifier of each MOI according to a management operation needed to be performed on an Network Element (NE) device; selecting MOIs in an association relation from the generated MOIs; generating a dynamic MOI and an operation identifier of the dynamic MOI according to the selected MOIs, the dynamic MOI including attribute values corresponding to the operation identifiers of the selected MOIs and the operation identifier of the dynamic MOI including the operation identifiers of the selected MOIs; transmitting the dynamic MOI and the operation identifier of the dynamic MOI to the NE device; and the NE device searches a Managed Object (MO) tree for an MOI node matched with the attribute values of the dynamic MOI after receiving the dynamic MOI and the operation identifier of the dynamic MOI, and updates the matched MOI node according to the operation identifier of the dynamic MOI. A data synchronization system and an NE device are also provided.
US09501546B2	System and method for quick-linking user interface jobs across services based on system implementation information Systems and methods are provided for a data management virtualization display. A set of services is stored that includes a set of user interfaces. Each service can communicate with the remaining services using a shared services cache. A request is received to perform a data management virtualization job that, without knowledge of a profile associated with the data management virtualization system, the set of subsystems, or both, would require a user of the data management virtualization system to manually navigate through a sequence of webpages across two or more services in the set of services. A quick link for the data management virtualization job is defined based on the profile associated with the data management virtualization system, the set of subsystems, or both, using the shared services cache, wherein the quick link eliminates one or more of the manual navigations of the data management virtualization job.
US09501544B1	Federated backup of cluster shared volumes A method, system, article of manufacture, and apparatus for creating backups of workloads in a clustered environment is discussed. In some embodiments, each node in the environment may sequentially back up its active workloads. The nodes may take data snapshots of a cluster shared volume, and thereafter extract the necessary workload data. The process may be controlled from a master node or an external server.
US09501542B1	Methods and apparatus for volume synchronization Method and apparatus to provide synchronizing first and second volumes in a continuous data protection system as part of an initialization process, identifying locations in the first and second data volumes having data differences, identifying data locations for entries in a data stream of undistributed data, creating a dirty location map indicating for locations in the first and second volumes whether there is an entry in the data stream, and examining the dirty location map and transmitting data signatures for the identified locations having data differences and not flagged in the dirty location map.
US09501537B2	Parallel display of multiple query results A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium includes executable code that, when executed, causes at least one computer system hosting a computer application to provide a memory to store results of multiple queries processed by the computer application and a feeder component in a front end display logic layer of the computer application. The feeder component is configured to read the results of the multiple queries stored in the memory asynchronously and to supply the results of the multiple queries in parallel to respective query result display entities in a user interface of the computer application.
US09501526B2	Efficient database searching Systems and methods are disclosed for efficiently searching a database including a table. The table is partitioned along a first dimension, such as latitude. Indexes in each of the partitions are built along a second dimension, such as longitude. The table may also be clustered according to an index to improve performance. When a processor receives a database query term and a starting location, the processor selects, from the table, a data partition within a first offset to the starting location along the first dimension. The processor selects, from the selected data partition, a first number of first data records related to the query term and within a second offset to the starting location along the second dimension.
US09501512B2	Optimizing storage in a publish / subscribe environment Creating message files in a publication subscription computer system by: (i) receiving data corresponding to a first message; (ii) receiving a list of subscribers that subscribe to a topic of the first message; and (iii) creating a digital data file that includes a payload data and a consumption metadata. The payload data includes content data corresponding to the first message. The consumption metadata includes data relating to whether one or more subscribers of the list of subscribers will potentially consume the first message at a later period in time from the time of receiving the content data corresponding to the first message.
US09501506B1	Indexing system A hybrid-sharded index includes document-sharded posting lists and term-sharded posting lists. Implementations include systems and methods for updating a hybrid-sharded index. For example, a method may include receiving updates to the hybrid-sharded index and generating, at a first leaf node, replacement posting lists and change information for a respective second leaf node. The method may also include dividing the replacement posting lists into portions, a portion having associated change information and being associated with a respective one of the second leaf nodes and sending the portions to respective leaf nodes. At a particular leaf node of the second leaf nodes, the method includes merging a received portion into an updated posing list portion, swapping the updated posting list portion into memory. During the swap, the change information and the updated posting list portion are used to respond to a query with an older version of the hybrid-sharded index.
US09501504B2	Automatic detection of potential data quality problems Technical solutions for detection potential data quality problems are provided. In some implementations, a method includes: automatically without human intervention, identifying a subset of side effect data associated with a set of enterprise data. The side effect data include a plurality of data fields. The method further includes: selecting a first set of data quality detection rules in accordance with a first data field in the plurality of data fields; identifying one or more candidate data quality problems in the set of side effect data by comparing the set of side effect data to the first set of data quality detection rules; and responsive to identifying the one or more candidate data quality problems: causing to be displayed to a user: information representing the one or more candidate data quality problems; and one or more candidate solutions for correcting the one or more candidate data quality problems.
US09501465B2	Use of templates as message pruning schemas A system, method, and computer-readable medium for method for generating a template pruning schema from a template. A parser parses the template, where the template includes a typed data structure with one or more fields. The parser retrieves a pruning schema associated with the typed data structure. The parser also generates the template pruning schema from the pruning schema by identifying each field in the pruning schema that corresponds to the field in the template.
US09501463B2	Spreadsheet cell-based notifications A workflow includes an activity that takes advantage of spreadsheet calculations. For a spreadsheet activity, calculation and extraction of values from a spreadsheet is performed. Thus, spreadsheet calculations are integrated into workflows without user intervention. After the workflow is complete, or after a spreadsheet activity is calculated, or upon a threshold or condition being met, a user or system may be notified (e.g., by email, instant message, etc.). Values from previous activities in the workflow may be obtained and provided to the spreadsheet (e.g., cell values are set, modified, or adjusted). The spreadsheet may then be recalculated using these obtained values. Moreover, values from the spreadsheet may be used in subsequent parts of the workflow. Also, any number of spreadsheet activities may be incorporated into a workflow, and one spreadsheet activity may provide values to a second spreadsheet activity in the workflow.
US09501462B2	Form object having form representation and grid representation of form A form representation of a form is created including an arrangement of form elements with possible data selections from which a form user will make actual selections. A grid representation is automatically created based on the form representation, including an array of cells corresponding to the form elements and the selections and being organized in a first dimension per the arrangement of the form elements and in a second dimension per the possible data selections. Subsequently, (i) properties are identified and property values are assigned to array cells, the property values being user-visible in respective cells in a properties view, and (ii) functions are created for performing calculations using the actual data selections and the property values to yield derived values during use of the form. Events may also be triggered that are defined in the form object.
US09501461B2	Systems and methods for manipulating user annotations in electronic books An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer. Motion of the electronic book reader below a threshold speed causes a change in display of user-selected content in a first manner and motion above the threshold speed causes a change of display in a second manner.
US09501459B2	Detecting influence caused by changing the source code of an application from which a document object model tree and cascading style sheet may be extracted One embodiment is a computer-implemented method for detecting an influence caused by changing a source code of an application from which a document object model (DOM) tree and cascading style sheets (CSSs) are extracted. The method includes saving one or more input operations of a user of the application, a DOM tree, and a CSS for each of one or more times that an instruction is received to check a screen state. After the source code is changed, the one or more input operations are emulated in an operation order, for each of the one or more times. A DOM tree and CSS are acquired for each of the one or more times. The saved DOM tree and CSS are compared with the acquired DOM tree and CSS for each of the one or more times. A result of the comparison is output.
US09501454B2	Document manager and browser In response to a user touching one of a plurality of pieces of content arranged on a display in a two-dimensional manner, a browsing system and method may transform the pieces of content into a three-dimensional arrangement, with the desired piece of content being displayed on the very top and overlapping adjacent pieces of content. The plurality of pieces of content can be images, each of which may be associated with a document. The images may be sorted based on the associated documents, for instance, the relevance of the associated documents with respect to a context or topic. The images in the three-dimensional arrangement may have a size which decreases from the desired image in both horizontal and vertical directions such that only a portion of the images being overlapped is exposed.
US09501448B2	Execution engine for executing single assignment programs with affine dependencies The execution engine is a new organization for a digital data processing apparatus, suitable for highly parallel execution of structured fine-grain parallel computations. The execution engine includes a memory for storing data and a domain flow program, a controller for requesting the domain flow program from the memory, and further for translating the program into programming information, a processor fabric for processing the domain flow programming information and a crossbar for sending tokens and the programming information to the processor fabric.
US09501447B2	Secure handle for intra- and inter-processor communications A protocol element referred to as a secure handle is described which provides an efficient and reliable method for application-to-application signaling in multi-process and multi-computer environments. The secure handle includes an absolute memory reference which allows the kernel to more quickly and efficiently associate a network data packet with an application's communication context in the kernel.
US09501442B2	Configurable peripheral componenent interconnect express (PCIe) controller In an system on a chip, multiple PCIe controllers may be present in which each PCIe controller may be configured to route input data to either itself or to another PCIe controller based on a priority level of the input data. Similarly, each PCIe controller may be configured to route output data by way of its own PCIe link or that of another PCIe controller based on a scheduling order which may be based on a priority level of the buffer in which the output data is stored. In this manner, multiple PCIe controllers which, in a first mode, are capable of operating independently from each other can be configured, in a second mode, to provide multiple channels for a single PCIe link, in which each channel may correspond to a different priority level.
US09501441B2	Mechanism to boot multiple hosts from a shared PCIe device A PCIe switch including a memory and a processor. The processor is operable to receive a transaction from an information handling system to an endpoint device, determine that the transaction is a request to receive firmware code from the endpoint device, block the transaction from being issued to the endpoint device, and provide the firmware code to the information handling system from the memory.
US09501437B2	Scalable storage system having multiple storage channels One example scalable storage system may include a first storage channel including a first storage node and a second storage node. The first storage node is coupled with the second storage node via a serial link. The scalable storage system may include a multi-channel interface including an input-channel coupled with the first storage node and an output-channel coupled with the second storage node. After receiving a request, the multi-channel interface may direct the request via the input-channel to the first storage node of the first storage channel. The first storage node may process the request. If a request segment in the request is directed to the second storage node, the serial link may transmit the request segment from the first storage node to the second storage node, allowing the second storage node to process the request segment.
US09501432B2	System and method for computer memory with linked paths A first memory buffer has a first high speed memory channel and a second high speed memory channel. A second memory buffer is connected to the first memory buffer through a first connection. The second memory buffer has a third high speed memory channel and a fourth high speed memory channel. The first connection connects the first high speed memory channel and the third high speed memory channel. A first memory controller is connected to the first memory buffer through the second high speed memory channel. A second memory controller is connected to the second memory buffer through a second connection. The second connection is connected to the second memory buffer through the fourth high speed memory channel. A first memory module set is connected to the first memory buffer and a second memory module set is connected to the second memory buffer.
US09501421B1	Memory sharing and page deduplication using indirect lines Memory management includes maintaining a plurality of physical pages corresponding to a respective plurality of indirect lines, where each of the plurality of indirect lines corresponds to a set of one or more data lines. Memory management further includes receiving a request to create a new physical page; determining whether there is an existing physical page that has matching content to the new physical page; and in the event that there is an existing physical page that has matching content as the new physical page, associating the new physical page with the same data lines as those corresponding to the matching content referenced by the indirect line associated with the existing physical page.
US09501417B2	Methods and systems for caching data in a storage system based on user input A storage device includes a flash memory-based cache for a hard disk-based storage device and a controller that is configured to limit the rate of cache updates through a variety of mechanisms, including determinations that the data is not likely to be read back from the storage device within a time period that justifies its storage in the cache, compressing data prior to its storage in the cache, precluding storage of sequentially-accessed data in the cache, and/or throttling storage of data to the cache within predetermined write periods and/or according to user instruction.
US09501410B2	Providing local cache coherency in a shared storage environment Multiple nodes of a cluster have associated non-shared, local caches, used to cache shared storage content. Each local cache is accessible only to the node with which it is associated, whereas the cluster-level shared storage is accessible by any of the nodes. Attempts to access the shared storage by the nodes of the cluster are monitored. Information is tracked concerning the current statuses of the local caches of the nodes of the cluster. Current tracked local cache status information is maintained, and stored such that it is accessible by the multiple nodes of the cluster. The current tracked local cache status information is used in conjunction with the caching functionality to determine whether specific nodes of the cluster are to access their local caches or the shared storage to obtain data corresponding to specific regions of the shared storage.
US09501409B2	Concurrent accesses of dynamically typed object data A method and an apparatus for an enhanced object model to allow concurrent execution for program code generated from dynamic programming languages, such as JavaScript, are described. An index structure may be introduced to an object model representing a dynamically typed object in addition to a type structure and a data payload storing property or field values of the object. Elements of the index structure may point at corresponding property values as an indirection for accessing the object.
US09501407B1	First-in-first-out memory with dual memory banks A first-in-first-out memory may have first and second memory banks. A write controller may write data into the first and second memory banks. In performing write operations, the write controller may determine whether to write the data into the first bank or the second bank by evaluating a first bank empty flag and a second bank empty flag. When transitioning between writing in the first bank and the second bank, the write controller may latch a write address value indicative of the last location at which valid data was written in a given bank. A read controller may read data from the first and second memory bank. The read controller may determine when to transition between reading in the first bank and reading in the second bank by comparing a current read address to the latched write address value.
US09501404B2	Back-up and restoration of data between volatile and flash memory In one embodiment, a method for back-up of data to flash memory is provided. Backed up data is organized into one or more stripes, wherein a stripe comprises a set of pages across all available flash memory devices which have a same block and page address. Responsive to encountering an error in a block of flash memory during back-up of a particular stripe of data, the particular stripe of data is rewritten starting at a next available page address and excluding a page of flash memory for the block having the error. Subsequent stripes of data in the block having the error are written to pages excluding the page of flash memory for the block having the error.
US09501392B1	Management of a non-volatile memory module A method of managing a non-volatile memory device, the method comprising receiving data sectors; wherein each data sector belongs to a memory space subset out of multiple memory space subsets; wherein the multiple memory space subsets comprise a plurality of logical memory blocks; wherein the memory space is partitioned to the multiple memory space subsets based upon expected or monitored memory access patterns; writing each data sector into a data block that is allocated to a memory space subset that is associated with the data sector; wherein the data block belongs to a buffer of the non-volatile memory device; maintaining a management data structure that comprises location metadata about a location of each data sector in the buffer; and merging, if a criterion is fulfilled and before the buffer becomes full, data sectors stored at different data blocks and belong to a same set of logical memory blocks into a sequential portion of the non-volatile memory device, wherein the sequential portion differs from the buffer.
US09501387B2	Test cases generation for different test types A method and system for generating test cases of different types for testing an application. A functional flow of the application is created. The test cases are generated, based on at least one test case generation rule and additional test information corresponding to different stages of the functional flow with respect to at least two test types.
US09501384B2	Testing functional correctness and idempotence of software automation scripts Various embodiments automatically test software automation scripts. In one embodiment, at least one software automation script is obtained. The software automation script is configured to automatically place a computing system into a target state. A plurality of test cases for the software automation script is executed. Each of the plurality of test cases is a separate instance of the software automation script configured based at least on one or more different states of the computing system. The software automation script is determined to be one of idempotent and non-idempotent and/or one of convergent and non-convergent based on executing the plurality of test cases.
US09501382B2	Systems and methods of detecting power bugs Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and methods for detecting power bugs. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for analyzing a computer code includes generating a control flow graph for at least a portion of the computer code at a processor. The method further includes identifying power bugs by traversing the control flow graph if the control flow graph exits without performing a function call to deactivate power to any component of a device configured to execute computer executable instructions based on the computer code after performing a function call to activate power.
US09501380B2	Remote monitoring system for handheld electronic devices A remote monitoring system for handheld electronic devices includes a multi-port hub, and a port visualizer connected to one of the ports of the multi-port hub. The port visualizer is configured to provide a host with mapping information correlating USB hub ports with physical storage bays within the storage system. A USB controller monitors the charge status of the ports and reports the charge status information both locally and to a HED status application. The port visualizer obtains device status information from the host and reports device status information to the HED status application. A client application obtains charge status information and device status information from the HED status application to enable remote monitoring of devices connected to the storage system.
US09501377B2	Generating and implementing data integration job execution design recommendations The method of managing performance of data integration are described. A performance analyzer may receive data about a data integration job execution. The performance analyzer may determine whether there is a performance issue of the data integration job execution. The performance analyzer analyzes the data about the data integration job execution when there is a performance issue. The performance analyzer generates a job execution design recommendation based on the analysis of the data and a set of predefined recommendation rules. The performance analyzer then displays the data about the data integration job execution and when there is a generated job execution design recommendation, displaying the job execution design recommendation.
US09501374B2	Disaster recovery appliance A disaster recovery appliance is described herein. The disaster recovery appliance is coupled to one or more servers. The disaster recovery appliance continuously receives backup data for each of the one or more servers. When a server fails, the disaster recovery appliance, replaces the failed server. While the failed server is inaccessible, the disaster recovery appliance is able to mimic the functionality of the failed server. In some embodiments, the disaster recovery appliance is able to act as a server in addition to a backup device for the other servers.
US09501367B2	Systems and methods for minimizing network bandwidth for replication/back up Systems and methods are disclosed for backing up a client data set on a computer by identifying changed files; generating a first sub-file signature for one or more segments of a changed file; subsequently generating a second sub-file signature for each file segment to detect insertions, removals, and rearrangements of data in the file; transmitting one more changed segment(s) in the file; and writing a manifest file reflecting the new target state.
US09501366B2	Dispersed storage network with parameter search and methods for use therewith A method begins with a processing module receiving a search parameter. The method further includes the processing module searching for a data object stored in the DSN based on the search parameter. The searching begins by determining a data segment of the data object. The searching continues by retrieving a plurality of slices corresponding to the data segment and regenerating the data segment therefrom. The searching continues by determining when the data segment satisfies the search parameter. The searching continues by retrieving the data object from the DSN when the data segment satisfies the search parameter.
US09501362B2	RAID configuration management device and RAID configuration management method A CM 10 includes an unmount detector 142 and a mount detector 144 that monitor unmount and mount of each disk 21 of a RAID configuration, a write request manager 143 that manages a write request for writing data to a disk 21 that is unmounted, a consistency determination unit 145 that, when mount of a disk 21 of the RAID configuration is detected, makes a determination on consistency of the data of the disk 21 in which mount is detected on the basis of the managed write request, and a RAID incorporating unit that, when it is determined that the data lacks consistency, performs processing for recovering data expected to be written by the write request issued to the disk 21 in which mount is detected while the disk 21 is unmounted and incorporates the disk 21 in an original RAID configuration.
US09501357B2	Techniques for providing data redundancy after reducing memory writes The present disclosure relates to techniques for providing data redundancy after reducing memory writes. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a storage controller receives a storage command for providing data redundancy in accordance with a first data redundancy scheme. The storage controller then translates the storage command for providing the data redundancy in accordance with a second data redundancy scheme.
US09501351B2	Memory control unit and data storage device including the same A data storage device includes a storage memory device; a signal generation block suitable for generating control signals to be provided to the storage memory device; and an error correction code (ECC) block suitable for ECC-encoding data to be stored in the storage memory device, wherein the ECC block operates before the signal generation block.
US09501350B2	Detecting unidirectional resistance drift errors in a multilevel cell of a phase change memory Technologies are generally described herein to detect unidirectional resistance drift errors in a multilevel cell of a phase change memory. The resistance levels of the multilevel cell of the phase change memory may be encoded to detect unidirectional resistance drift errors. In some examples, Berger Code-compatible encoding may be used. When a word is written to the multilevel cell, a write check code may be generated. The write check code may be a binary representation of the number of zeroes contained in the word as written. When the word is read from the multilevel cell, a read check code may be generated. The read check code may be a binary representation of the number of zeroes contained in the word as read. An error can be detected if a comparison indicates that the write check code and the read check code are different.
US09501347B2	Documentation of faults in a fault memory of a motor vehicle A process operates a communication network of a motor vehicle having a control device connected to a data bus. The process includes the steps of: a) determining a global supply voltage of the voltage source, b) checking whether the determined global supply voltage exceeds a specified upper voltage threshold or falls below a specified lower voltage threshold, c) providing information representing the determined global supply voltage and/or the exceeding or falling-below to control devices, d) when a fault is detected by a respective control device, checking by use of the provided information whether the global supply voltage exceeds or falls below the respective voltage threshold, and e) when an exceeding or falling-below the concerned voltage threshold by the global supply voltage is present, a respective control device, when detecting a fault, instead of information representing the detected fault, writes into its fault memory information representing the exceeding or falling-below the concerned voltage threshold by the global supply voltage as a possible cause of the fault.
US09501335B2	Web service API for unified contact store An Application Programming Interface (API) provides functions for interacting with contact lists and contacts that are stored in a unified contact store by a primary contact service. For example, a client of a unified communications service may use the API to access contact information that is stored with a primary contact service (e.g. a messaging application/service). The contact information is maintained by the primary contact service. The API includes functions such as, but not limited to: adding a new IM contact to a group, adding a new IM group, removing an IM contact from a group, adding a distribution group to an IM list, getting an IM item list, and tagging an IM contact. The contacts may be obtained from the primary contact service and temporarily stored by the client (e.g. within a cache) of a different service.
US09501333B2	Multiprocessor system with multiple concurrent modes of execution A multiprocessor system supports multiple concurrent modes of speculative execution. Speculation identification numbers (IDs) are allocated to speculative threads from a pool of available numbers. The pool is divided into domains, with each domain being assigned to a mode of speculation. Modes of speculation include TM, TLS, and rollback. Allocation of the IDs is carried out with respect to a central state table and using hardware pointers. The IDs are used for writing different versions of speculative results in different ways of a set in a cache memory.
US09501331B2	Satisfiability checking A satisfiability checking system may include a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) machine configured to execute multiple threads in parallel. The multiple threads may be divided among multiple blocks. The SIMD machine may be further configured to perform satisfiability checking of a formula including multiple parts. The satisfiability checking may include assigning one or more of the parts to one or more threads of the multiple threads of a first block of the multiple blocks. The satisfiability checking may further include processing the assigned one or more parts in the first block such that first results are calculated based on a first proposition. The satisfiability checking may further include synchronizing the results among the one or more threads of the first block.
US09501329B2	Methods and systems for cloud computing management Disclosed is a management service that enables a user to establish, monitor, and control cloud computing sessions offered via third-party service providers. In some instances, the management service establishes a market space that allows a user to establish a customized cloud computing session based on computing resources offered by third-party service providers. In some instances, the management service instantiates monitoring mechanisms within the virtual servers of the cloud computing sessions to be able to monitor, assess, and provide reports and alerts pertaining to performance metrics of the various virtual servers. In some instances, the management service also allows a user to remotely transfer services from a first cloud computing session to a second cloud computing session.
US09501328B2	Method for exploiting parallelism in task-based systems using an iteration space splitter Embodiments include computing devices, systems, and methods for task-based handling of repetitive processes in parallel. At least one processor of the computing device, or a specialized hardware controller, may be configured to partition iterations of a repetitive process and assign the partitions to initialized tasks to be executed in parallel by a plurality of processor cores. Upon completing a task, remaining divisible partitions of the repetitive process of ongoing tasks may be subpartitioned and assigned to the ongoing task, and the completed task or a newly initialized task. Information about the iteration space for a repetitive process may be stored in a descriptor table, and status information for all partitions of a repetitive process stored in a status table. Each processor core may have an associated local table that tracks iteration execution of each task, and is synchronized with the status table.
US09501327B2	Concurrently processing parts of cells of a data structure with multiple processes Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for concurrently processing parts of cells of a data structure with multiple processes. Information is provided to indicate a partitioning of the cells of the data structure into a plurality of parts, and having a cursor pointing to a cell in the part. Processes concurrently process different parts of the data structure by performing: determining from the cursor for the part one of the cells in the part to process; processing the cells from the cursor to determine whether to process the unit of work corresponding to the cell; and setting the cursor to identify one of the cells from which processing is to continue in a subsequent iteration in response to processing the units of work for a plurality of the processed cells.
US09501323B2	Management of resources within a computing environment Resources in a computing environment are managed, for example, by a hardware controller controlling dispatching of resources from one or more pools of resources to be used in execution of threads. The controlling includes conditionally dispatching resources from the pool(s) to one or more low-priority threads of the computing environment based on current usage of resources in the pool(s) relative to an associated resource usage threshold. The management further includes monitoring resource dispatching from the pool(s) to one or more high-priority threads of the computing environment, and based on the monitoring, dynamically adjusting the resource usage threshold used in the conditionally dispatching of resources from the pool(s) to the low-priority thread(s).
US09501320B2	Scheduling threads according to real time bit in predetermined time period or in variable time period of requested time ratio A multi-thread processor including a plurality of hardware threads each of which generates an independent instruction flow, a thread scheduler that outputs a thread selection signal in accordance with a schedule, the thread selection signal designating a hardware thread to be executed in a next execution cycle among the plurality of hardware threads, and a first selector that selects one of the plurality of hardware threads according to the thread selection signal and outputs an instruction generated by the selected hardware thread. The thread scheduler specifies execution of at least one hardware thread pre-selected among the plurality of hardware threads in a predetermined first execution period, and specifies execution of a variably selected hardware thread in a second execution period other than the first execution period. A time ratio between the predetermined first execution period and the second execution period is set according to processing requests.
US09501317B2	System for formulating temporal bases for process coordination in a genetics related process environment Analytical methods and devices for detection of molecular processes, especially in genetics related environments are faced with the challenge of having to operate with the lack of coherent temporal frameworks that incorporate microscopic to macroscopic scale operations. Drawbacks in overcoming these challenges have resulted in substantial underutilization of resources and below optimum outcome as well. The present innovation as its technical solution to the problem outlined above discloses a computing based generic approach that facilitates incorporating operation of such processes as quantifiable entities in terms of a common temporal scale, thus establishing a coherent framework for coordinating operation of different processes that have varied temporal scales, namely, those occurring in temporal extents shorter as well as longer than its variable operational step enabling its adoption in a wide range of practical applications bringing multiple advantages.
US09501315B2	Management of unmanaged user accounts and tasks in a multi-account mobile application Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing mobile application management (MAM) functionalities are presented. In some embodiments, a mobile device may initialize a partially managed application associated with a first managed user account and an unmanaged user account. The mobile device may execute first managed tasks associated with the first managed user account in accordance with a first set of MAM policies provided by a first MAM service provider. The mobile device may execute unmanaged tasks associated with the unmanaged account independent of the first set of MAM policies. In some embodiments, the mobile device may initialize the multi-account managed application associated with a second managed user account.
US09501285B2	Register allocation to threads A method, system, and computer usable program product for improved register allocation in a simultaneous multithreaded processor. A determination is made that a thread of an application in the data processing environment needs more physical registers than are available to allocate to the thread. The thread is configured to utilize a logical register that is mapped to a memory register. The thread is executed utilizing the physical registers and the memory registers.
US09501279B2	Local instruction loop buffer utilizing execution unit register file A method utilizes a register file of an execution unit as a local instruction loop buffer to enable suitable algorithms, such as DSP algorithms, to be fetched and executed directly within the execution unit, and often enabling other logic circuits utilized for other, general purpose workloads to either be powered down or freed up to handle other workloads.
US09501271B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for presenting and installing applications An electronic device displays a first application. The device detects a user input requesting an operation of a first type, and displays a user interface with application icons. Each application icon in the application icons corresponds to a respective application that is capable of performing the operation of the first type when stored in the memory of the device. The application icons include one or more application icons that correspond to one or more applications that are stored in the memory of the device and one or more application icons that correspond to one or more applications that are not stored in the memory of the device. The device detects activation of an application icon, in the application icons, that corresponds to a second application that is not stored in the memory of the electronic device, and installs the second application in the memory of the device.
US09501259B2	Audio output device to dynamically generate audio ports for connecting to source devices An audio output device that operates on a network to connect with a first source device. The connection to the first source device can be made using a first wireless port, so that the first source device streams a first audio content to the first wireless port of the audio output device. When connected to the first source device, the audio output device generates an advertisement for the network, which communicates that the audio output device is available to receive a connection to another source device. In this way, the audio output device generates a new wireless port to connect to a second source device when the connection with the first source device is active.
US09501256B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes a process control unit configured to execute one or more processes with respect to input data in an order defined by definition information, an output unit configured to cause the definition information to be output in a form changeable by a user when a first process of the one or more processes is suspended, an accepting unit configured to accept information indicating a change to the definition information, and an application unit configured to apply the change indicated by the information accepted by the accepting unit to the definition information. The process control unit controls execution of a subsequent process of the one or more processes that is executed after the first process is resumed based on the definition information that reflects the change applied thereto by the application unit.
US09501254B2	Workflow activities for suppression of documents inside of a print job Systems and methods are provided for utilizing a workflow activity to suppress individual documents of a print job prior to printing. One embodiment is a workflow server that includes an interface and controller. The interface receives a print job that defines documents which each indicate an intended recipient for delivery. The controller directs devices of a print shop by following a print workflow that comprises an ordered set of activities to perform upon the documents. The controller also detects that the print job has reached a scheduled activity of the workflow for pulling documents from the print job based on criteria, identifies documents of the print job that match the criteria indicated by the activity, and removes the identified documents from the print data for the print job before the print job is printed, preventing printing of the identified documents.
US09501246B2	Computer readable recording medium, information processing apparatus, and information processing method for displaying converted image data A recording medium storing an information processing program executed by a computer of an information processing system including a transmitting unit, a storing unit and a display unit, the program includes: a transmission control instruction that causes the transmitting unit to transmit first-kind data which is data having a first format designated as target data; a second-kind-data-storage control instruction that causes the storing unit to store second-kind data in association with a first data name of the first-kind data transmitted by the transmitting unit, the second-kind data being generated in a second format by converting the first-kind data transmitted by the transmitting unit, and being received from an external apparatus; and a first display control instruction that causes the display unit to display a display image generated using the second-kind data stored by the second-kind-data storing unit, together with the first data name associated with the second-kind data.
US09501243B2	Method and apparatus for supporting wide operations using atomic sequences Implementations of wide atomic sequences are achieved by augmenting a load operation designed to initiate an atomic sequence and augmenting a conditional storing operation that typically terminates the atomic sequence. The augmented load operation is designed to further allocate a memory buffer besides initiating the atomic sequence. The conditional storing operation is augmented to check the allocated memory buffer for any data stored therein. If one or more data words are detected in the memory buffer, the conditional storing operation stores the detected data word(s) and another word provided as operand in a concatenation of memory locations. The achieved wide atomic sequences enable the hardware system to support wide memory operations and wide operations in general.
US09501238B2	Electronic device and method of managing memory of electronic device A method of managing a memory by an electronic device is provided. The method includes configuring a swap data amount per unit time, identifying an actual use amount of swap data, and comparing the identified actual use amount of the swap data with the configured swap data amount per unit time.
US09501236B2	Data access system and instruction management device thereof A data access system includes a storage device, an instruction management device, and a host device. The host device is configured to transmit an access instruction associated with an access operation directed to an intended physical address of the storage device to the instruction management device, which compares the access instruction with a specified instruction list. When the instruction management device determines that the access instruction conforms with an instruction included in the specified instruction list, the instruction management device is configured to generate a modified access instruction associated with an access operation directed to a target physical address that is different from the intended physical address of the storage device.
US09501228B1	System, method, and computer program for fetching data from a physical memory queue utilizing an alias queue name A system, method, and computer program product are provided for fetching data from a physical memory queue utilizing an alias queue name. In use, a physical queue associated with at least a portion of memory is identified. Additionally, a first alias queue name is mapped to the physical queue. Further, data is fetched utilizing the first alias queue name in response to a request to fetch the data from the physical queue.
US09501204B2	Display device According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit stereoscopically displays a display object. When a movement of an object is detected in a three-dimensional space where the display object is stereoscopically displayed, the control unit for changes the display object in the three-dimensional space according to the movement of the object.
US09501201B2	System and method of modifying a user experience based on physical environment A method of dynamically altering a user interface on an electronic device is provided. A user interface is presented to a user, wherein the user interface includes one or more elements. Then, a first aspect of a physical environment of the electronic device is determined. One or more elements of the user interface can then be dynamically modified based on the determined first aspect of the physical environment of the electronic device.
US09501199B2	Touch window and touch device including the same Disclosed are a touch window and a touch device including the same. The touch window includes first and second areas, wherein the second area is bendable from the first area.
US09501191B2	Display device with integrated touch panel and driving method thereof A display device with integrated touch panel is provided. The display device includes a panel in which a plurality of pixels defined by intersections between a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines are formed, a touch panel provided as one body with the panel, and configured to include a plurality of touch electrodes, a display driver IC configured to control the data lines and the gate lines formed in the panel, supply a common voltage or a touch pulse to the plurality of touch electrodes, receive analog sensing signals from the touch panel, and convert the analog sensing signals into digital sensing signals, and a touch IC configured to receive the digital sensing signals from the display driver IC, and analyze the digital sensing signals by using an analysis program based on a self-capacitance type to determine whether the touch panel is touched.
US09501190B2	Touch window Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a cover substrate; a ground electrode on the cover substrate; and a circuit substrate on the cover substrate, including a ground connecting part connected with the ground electrode and an open area to expose the ground connecting part, wherein the ground electrode is electrically connected to the ground connecting part through the open area.
US09501187B2	Touch sensing apparatus using single layer pattern and method for manufacturing the same A touch location sensing panel includes a touch detection region in which a plurality of sensing regions are arranged on a single substrate in two columns, an external wire region provided in an outer portion of the touch detection region, a plurality of transmitting (Tx) electrodes formed in the plurality of the sensing regions, with at least one patch shape, respectively, to sense a location of touch applied to the touch detection region on a second axis, and a plurality of receiving (Rx) electrodes electrically separated from the transmitting electrodes in the plurality of the sensing regions and extended along a second axis to cover the transmitting electrodes, to sense a location of the touch on a first axis.
US09501175B2	Techniques and apparatus for managing touch interface An apparatus may comprise a touch-sensitive user interface, a processor circuit; and a personalized touch event filter that includes a touch trainer module for execution on the processor circuit to generate a user touch profile based upon user touch input received at the touch-sensitive user interface, and a revising plug-in component for execution on the processor circuit to generate a revised touch event based upon a raw touch event received at the touch-sensitive user interface and the user touch profile.
US09501154B2	Interactively stylizing camera motion The subject disclosure is directed towards modifying the apparent camera path from an existing video into a modified, stylized video. Camera motion parameters such as horizontal and vertical translation, rotation and zoom may be individually modified, including by an equalizer-like set of interactive controls. Camera motion parameters also may be set by loading preset data, such as motion data acquired from another video clip.
US09501134B2	Remotely controllable electrical sockets with plugged appliance detection and identification Embodiments of the present invention provide for a remotely controllable electrical socket. Such sockets may include an electrical conductor for receiving a plug of an electrical device. The plug may be associated with a tag for receiving identifying information that corresponds to the electrical device. Exemplary sockets may further include a tag reader for obtaining identifying information from the tag, a sensor for detecting if the plug is inserted in the outlet, and a communications interface for wirelessly sending information to a computing device regarding the identifying information and whether the plug is inserted in the outlet. The communications interface may also receive operational instructions from the computing device (e.g., to turn the power to the plug/electrical device ON or OFF).
US09501133B2	Method and apparatus for transitioning a device between operating states to control power consumed by the device A method including: accounting for a transition time for a device to transition between two of first, second, and powered off states; generating a control signal based on the transition time; receiving, at the device and from a processor, an output signal and the control signal; and consuming power, via the device, while operating in the first state and the second state. The method further includes: in response to the control signal, transitioning the device to the second state based on a frequency of the output signal or the control signal; subsequent to transitioning to the second state, performing a function based on the first output signal; and subsequent to performing the function, generating an output via the device; generating a feedback signal based on the output; and based on the feedback signal, transitioning the device to either the first state or the powered off state.
US09501132B2	Instruction and logic for store broadcast and power management A processor includes a core with locally-gated circuitry, a decode unit, a local power gate (LPG) coupled to the locally-gated circuitry, and an execution unit. The decode unit includes logic to decode a store broadcast instruction of a specified width. The LPG includes logic to selectively provide power to the locally-gated circuitry, activate power to a first portion of the locally-gated circuitry for execution of full cache-line memory operations, and deactivate power to a second portion of the locally-gated circuitry the locally-gated circuitry. The execution unit includes logic to execute, by the first portion of the locally-gated circuitry for execution of full cache-line memory operations, the store broadcast instruction, the store broadcast instruction to store data of the specified width to storage of the processor.
US09501129B2	Dynamically adjusting power of non-core processor circuitry including buffer circuitry In one embodiment, the present invention includes a multicore processor having a variable frequency domain including a plurality of cores and at least a portion of non-core circuitry of the processor. This non-core portion can include a cache memory, a cache controller, and an interconnect structure. In addition to this variable frequency domain, the processor can further have a fixed frequency domain including a power control unit (PCU). This unit may be configured to cause a frequency change to the variable frequency domain without draining the non-core portion of pending transactions. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09501123B2	Semiconductor apparatus A power-up circuit of a semiconductor apparatus includes a detection block configured to detect a first target level of an external voltage and activate a power-up signal; and a bias block configured to divide the external voltage according to a division ratio that is variable in response to the power-up signal, and output a bias voltage.
US09501122B2	Directing a power signal from a port power controller to one of multiple physical ports A technique is able to direct a power signal from a port power controller to one of multiple physical ports. The technique involves activating a set of port power controllers. Each port power controller is constructed and arranged to deliver power to a device through at most one physical port at a time. The technique further involves performing a set of discovery operations to discover device presence, the set of discovery operations providing discovery data. The technique further involves providing, based on the discovery data provided by the set of discovery operations, a set of switching signals to switching circuitry which is coupled to a set of physical ports. The switching circuitry is constructed and arranged to steer power signals from the activated set of port power controllers through the set of physical ports to deliver power to a set of devices.
US09501118B2	Information handling system multi-purpose connector guide pin structure A USB Type C connector port adapts to support docking solutions with enhanced power transfer features, including increased power transfer levels supported through a guide pin and connector interface, rapid power transfer configuration changes by applying pre-negotiated power settings, external battery charge and discharge at an information handling system with improved efficiency accomplished by transitioning voltage between native and boosted levels responsive to information handling system load, and robust connector port coupling in a cavity of a connector shell.
US09501117B2	Identification circuit for power sourcing equipment, and powered device An electronic detection circuit for detecting a power level provided by a power sourcing device to a powered device in a Power over Ethernet (POE) system, the electronic detection circuit comprising a power input end, a power output end, a charge retention module configured to generate a control voltage from the input voltage, a load module configured to draw power at a test power level from the power sourcing device, a connection switch, and an overload detection module connected to receive the input voltage to detect whether the input voltage has dropped to zero during the test period.
US09501116B2	Power integrated device and power control method thereof The present invention provides a power integrated device including a detection circuit and a determination circuit. The detection circuit detects whether first and second connection ports are coupled to a power source and produce first and second valid signals, respectively, and detect whether the power source coupled to the first and second connection ports meet first or second predetermined power values and produce first and second power spec signals, respectively. The determination circuit produces a system power-control signal according to the first valid signal, the second valid signal, the first power spec signal and the second power spec signal to turn on or turn off the power integrated device.
US09501115B2	Optimizing power consumption by dynamic workload adjustment A method and system for optimizing power consumption of a data center by dynamic workload adjustment. At least one candidate workload solution for the data center is generated. Each candidate workload solution represents a respective application map that specifies a respective workload distribution among application programs of the data center. Workload of the data center is dynamically adjusted from a current workload distribution to an optimal workload solution. The optimal workload solution is a candidate workload solution of the at least one candidate workload solution having a lowest sum of a respective power cost and a respective migration cost. Dynamically adjusting the workload of the data center includes: estimating a respective overall cost of each candidate workload solution, selecting the optimal workload solution that has a lowest overall cost as determined from the estimating, and transferring the optimal workload solution to devices of a computer system for deployment.
US09501110B2	Adjustable data storage drive module carrier assembly A data storage sled is provided. The data storage sled includes a circuit card assembly comprising connectors that couple to drive modules and a host connector for coupling the data storage sled to an external connector, an enclosure comprising hinged covers each configured to cover apertures in the enclosure thorough which individual ones of the drive modules can be inserted into an associated connector on the circuit card assembly. The data storage sled also includes drive module mounting assembles configured to hold the individual ones of the drive modules into the associated connector by at least including movable mounting features to accommodate varying lengths among the individual ones of the drive modules.
US09501106B2	Locking assembly A locking assembly is disclosed herein. An example includes a first cam lobe and a first cam lobe lock coupled to the first cam lobe. The example additionally includes a first cam lobe lock recess that receives the first cam lobe lock via movement of the first cam lobe to limit rotation of a panel of a computing device about a shaft.
US09501104B2	Invisible screw device and fastening method, and terminal using same A screw device, for mounting within a housing, configured to fixedly connect a first portion and a second portion of the housing, includes: a driving part fixedly connected within the first portion of the housing; a screw connected with the driving part; a nut fixedly connected within the second portion of the housing and matching the screw; and a chip configured to control the driving part to drive the screw to move relative to the nut, so as to achieve engagement or separation between the screw and the nut.
US09501097B2	Multitasking portable computer A portable computer is provided having a first display panel in a display unit, a second display panel in a base unit, and a keyboard structure requiring less surface area than conventional keyboards. Keyboard keys are at least partially transparent, revealing an underlying display panel. The display panel can display a plurality of icons that may be alternatively associated with each key, such that keyboard input can be achieved using a reduced quantity of keys.
US09501093B2	Measurement of clock skew between two remote hosts connected through computer networks Technologies are generally described for measuring clock skew between two remote hosts connected through a computer network. According to some examples, pairs of probe packets, also referred to as a compound probe, may be transmitted over an end-to-end path in both directions (forward and reverse paths) to measure a gap value at the end nodes for clock skew estimation. Compound probes may arrive at the end nodes with a zero dispersion gap (no separation) and the gap values along the forward and reverse paths may be determined by a capacity of the links connected to the end nodes added to the clock speeds of the measuring nodes upon arriving at the end nodes. The link capacity is a constant network parameter. Thus, the ratio of the measured gap values may provide an estimate of clock speed discrepancy between the end nodes.
US09501070B2	Temperature control method and apparatus A method of controlling the temperature of a liquid held within a reaction container in a chamber of a thermal cycling apparatus, the method including determining a sensed chamber temperature from a temperature sensor in the chamber, determining an air temperature using the sensed chamber temperature, determining a liquid temperature using the air temperature and selectively heating or cooling air in the chamber in accordance with the liquid temperature.
US09501054B2	Motor control system compensating interference between axes A motor control system which uses position command values output from control parts for motors and feedback information from axes which are driven by the command values for feedback control of the axes in an environment in which when one or more axes among axes which are driven by motors are driven, the other axes receive interference, which motor control system calculates acceleration of an axis which is driven by a motor by a first control part, sends the calculated acceleration to a second control part using a communication device, multiplies the acceleration which was input at the second control part with a compensation gain to calculate a position compensating value which compensates the position of an axis, adds the calculated position compensating value to the position command value of the axis, and uses the compensated position command value to control the position of the axis.
US09501053B2	Goal-oriented numerical control automatic tuning system and method A goal-oriented numerical control automatic tuning system is used for a numerical controller of a machine tool to automatically tune the machine tool. The system includes a goal-oriented input module for receiving external goal values; a machining test path selecting module for receiving an external machining path; and an automatic machine-tuning equation module including a control equation with a predetermined equation coefficient for receiving the goal values and the machining path from the goal-oriented input module and the machining test path selecting module, respectively, such that an appropriate control parameter can be obtained by calculating the control equation based on the goal values and the machining path, and then this control parameter passed to a numerical controller in order to control actuation of the machine tool.
US09501049B2	Dynamic environment adaptation A method of dynamically adapting an environment may include collecting sensor data from a biological sensor and an environmental sensor. The method may also include, based on the sensor data, determining whether an optimal environmental state exists in an environment. The optimal environmental state may be defined in a health and wellness policy and may be configured to promote an optimal biological state of an individual in the environment. In response to the optimal environmental state not existing in the environment, the method may include identifying an environmental condition that differs from the optimal environmental state and generating a command configured to alter an operational state of an environmental device that affects the environmental condition.
US09501047B2	Servo door-closer A power-assisted door closer includes an output shaft, a driving mechanism operatively connected to the output shaft, a mechanical energy accumulator for storing closing energy for the door leaf and acting upon the driving mechanism, a motor/generator unit operatively connected to the output shaft and an electrical energy accumulator for storing an assisting energy for the door leaf and being electrically connected to the motor/generator unit.
US09501046B2	Safety lockout systems and methods A lockout-tagout system for use with at least one securing item may include at least one lock for locking the securing item in place. The lockout-tagout system may further include at least one lockout tag on or near the securing item or lock. The lockout tag may have a wireless identification device. The lockout-tagout system may further include a reader configured to read the wireless identification device.
US09501044B2	Fitness watch case A fitness watch case (502) is disclosed comprising a display housing (504) that houses a display for displaying information to a user; and a user interface (506) having touch-sensitive input means for controlling the watch. The user interface (506) is spaced apart from the display housing (504), thereby enabling the user to operate the user interface using only a single finger. The watch case (502) is insertable into a strap (508) to form a fitness watch (500) that can be worn on the wrist of the user.
US09501039B2	Watch including a bezel and method of attaching such bezel A watch and a method of ultrasonic welding a bezel to the watch at a middle part. The watch includes: a middle part which, with a crystal, delimits a watch case, the crystal being bonded to a shoulder arranged in the watch middle part; and a bezel ultrasonically welded both to the crystal and to the watch middle part.
US09501033B2	Image forming apparatus provided with light guide and light source An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a light source; and a photosensitive cartridge. The light source is provided in the main casing and configured to emit a light. The photosensitive cartridge is mountable in the main casing in a mounting direction. The photosensitive cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a light guide; a first wall and a second wall. The photosensitive drum has a surface. The light guide is configured to guide the light emitted from the light source to the surface of the photosensitive drum to eliminate static on the surface of the photosensitive drum. The second wall is spaced apart from the first wall in a first direction that crosses the mounting direction. The light source is disposed between the first wall and the second wall when the photosensitive cartridge has been mounted in the main casing.
US09501032B2	Process cartridge having projected portions and recessed portions provided on surface of charging member and image forming apparatus thereof A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for forming a latent image; a charging member, press-contacted to the image bearing member at a predetermined urging force, for electrically charging the image bearing member by being supplied with a charging bias; a developing device for developing the latent image by supplying a polymerized toner to the image bearing member; and a cleaning blade for removing the polymerized toner deposited on the image bearing member in contact with the image bearing member. The charging member includes: an electroconductive support; one or more elastic layer formed around the electroconductive support; and projected portions and recessed portions provided on a surface of the charging member. The projected portions are elastically deformable in contact with the image bearing member, leaving electrically dischargeable gaps between the recessed portions of the charging member and the image bearing member.
US09501031B2	Packaged cartridge, packing material and cartridge A packaged cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes: (i) a cartridge provided with a grip portion; (ii) a frame portion accommodating the cartridge, the frame portion including an opening and a recessed portion so that the grip portion is exposed through the opening so as to be capable of being gripped; and (iii) a cap portion movable, in a state in which the cartridge is accommodated in the recessed portion, relative to the frame portion between an open position where the opening is open and a closed position where the opening is closed. A gap is provided between the cartridge and an inner surface of the frame portion that when the frame portion is moved relative to the cap portion in an opening direction with a cap portion side of the packaged cartridge faced down, the cartridge interferes with the inner surface of the frame portion.
US09501030B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a main body, a photoconductive drum, a development cartridge including a development roller, a switching mechanism configured to switch between a contact state where the development roller and the photoconductive drum are in contact with each other, and a separate state where the development roller and the photoconductive drum are separated away from each other, and a controller configured to perform a preparatory mode to make preparations for forming a developer image on the photoconductive drum and transferring onto a transfer object the developer image formed on the photoconductive drum, and during execution of the preparatory mode, rotate the development roller while maintaining the separate state between the development roller and the photoconductive drum.
US09501028B2	Unit moving apparatus and image forming apparatus A unit moving apparatus includes a unit provided to a main body in such a manner so as to be attached to and pulled out from the main body, a main-body guide portion provided to the main body and configured to guide the unit while restricting rotation of the unit at a time of attaching and pulling out the unit, a pull-in unit configured to apply a pulling force to the unit to pull the unit into the main body, and a unit restriction portion configured to restrict rotation of the unit in such a manner that the units rotates within an angle smaller than an angle to which the main-body guide portion restricts the unit's rotation when a rotation moment is generated by the pulling force of the pull-in unit applied to the unit and a load applied to the unit in a direction opposite to an attachment direction.
US09501020B2	Image forming apparatus that uses a planetary gear mechanism to change a rotation direction of rollers An image forming apparatus including a driving source, a planetary gear mechanism including first, second and third elements, a rotation restraint member configured to switch the planetary gear mechanism between a locked state where rotation of the second element is locked and a released state where the second element is capable of rotating, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the planetary gear mechanism between a first state where any two elements of the first, second and third elements are separated and a second state where the two elements are coupled, wherein the third element is configured to rotate in a first direction when the planetary gear mechanism is in the locked state and first state and to rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction when the planetary gear mechanism is in the released state and second state.
US09501007B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material has an image forming unit configured to form the toner image on the recording material; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the recording material while heating and conveying the recording material bearing the toner image at a nip portion, the fixing unit including a heating rotation member and a roller forming the nip portion with the heating rotation member; and a voltage applying unit configured to apply a potential difference between a surface of the heating rotation member and a surface of the roller, wherein a plurality of print modes different in conveyance speed of the recording material at the nip portion are carried out, and wherein the voltage applying unit applies the potential difference smaller in a first print mode than the potential difference in a second print mode.
US09501006B2	Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and fixing method A fixing device includes a heater that heats a fixing rotator and includes a first heating portion and a second heating portion substantially aligned with the first heating portion in an axial direction of the fixing rotator. A multi-view thermopile array detects a temperature of an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator at a plurality of spots thereon. A heater controller controls the first heating portion and the second heating portion individually based on the temperature of the fixing rotator detected at the plurality of spots thereon. A recording medium conveyance controller determines whether or not to convey the recording medium to the fixing nip based on an increased temperature detected at at least one of the plurality of spots on the fixing rotator.
US09500994B2	Developer unit architecture for an imaging device A removable unit for an electrophotographic imaging device includes a housing having an opening, a rotatable roll disposed near the opening and adjacent to a bottom of the housing and a blade assembly coupled to the housing. The blade assembly includes a support bracket secured to a wall defining at least a part of the opening of the housing, and a blade member coupled to the support bracket and being positioned in the removable unit so that a distal end portion of the blade member engages with the rotatable roll. The housing, the blade assembly, and a portion of a surface of the rotatable roll define a substantially sealed enclosure for containing toner therein.
US09500986B2	Toner case and image forming apparatus A toner case (6) according to the present invention includes a case main body (22) and a dividing member (23). The case main body (22) is configured to have a filling port (32) through which a toner is filled and a discharging port (42) through which the toner is discharged. The dividing member (23) is configured to divide an internal space of the case main body (22) into a first space (S1) communicated with the filling port (32) and the discharging port (42) and a second space (S2) restrained from communication with the filling port (32) and the discharging port (42).
US09500985B1	Toner supply container and applications of same A releasing mechanism usable for a toner supply container, includes a plate having a first groove and a second groove; a releasing member slidably sleeved on a front end of the container, and having an opening in fluid communication with the container, an urging section, and a fixing structure; an elastic member having two ends respectively urging the container and the urging section; and a hook member having a first end movably fixed to the fixing structure, a first pin slidably received in the first groove, and a second pin slidably received in the second groove. The releasing member receives a pressing force from an apparatus and an elastic force from the elastic member. The cooperation of the pressing force, the elastic force, the hook member, the first groove, and the second groove enables the first pin and the second pin moving in a one-way direction only.
US09500981B2	Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same An optical scanning apparatus includes a deflector configured to respectively deflect first and second light beams by a first deflection surface and scan first and second scanned surfaces in a main scanning direction, and first and second imaging optical systems configured to respectively collect the first and second light beams deflected by the deflector to the first and second scanned surfaces. The first and second imaging optical systems include a shared multistage lens including first and second optical surfaces arranged in a sub-scanning direction to which each of the first and second light beams enters, the second scanned surface is disposed on a position closer to the deflector than the first scanned surface, and a second optical path length from the first deflection surface to the second scanned surface is longer than a first optical path length from the first deflection surface to the first scanned surface.
US09500969B2	Electrophotographic toner and method for producing the same Disclosed here is a method for producing a decolorizable electrophotographic toner, comprising mixing a first dispersion liquid in which a colorant is dispersed in an amount such that the content of the colorant in the toner is from 5% to 35% by weight, with a second dispersion liquid in which particles containing at least a binder resin and having a volume average particle diameter of 500 nm or less are dispersed, aggregating the colorant and the particles containing at least the binder resin, thereby obtaining aggregated particles, fusing the aggregated particles at a temperature lower than a completely decolorizing temperature of the colorant to obtain the toner, and measuring the number ratio of particles having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.6 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less of the toner using a flow particle image analyzer after the toner is subjected to a stirring treatment.
US09500968B2	Addition of non-networked hole transport molecule to fluorinated structured organic film for improved corona resistance An overcoat layer comprises a structured organic film (SOF) comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers including a first fluorinated segment and a second electroactive segment, and an antioxidant is present in the SOF; and a hole transport molecule which does not form a network with the SOF.
US09500963B2	Movable body apparatus, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus has a substrate holding member, a first supporting member, a second supporting member, and a driving system. The first supporting member supports the substrate holding member from below. The second supporting member supports the first supporting member from below such that the first supporting member and the second supporting member are capable of moving relative to each other. The driving system moves the substrate holding member, the first supporting member and the second supporting member. The driving system includes a first driving device and a second driving device, the first driving device moving the substrate holding member and the first supporting member in a direction along a predetermined axis, and the second driving device moving the second supporting member in the direction along the predetermined axis.
US09500962B2	Mask clamping apparatus and method of manufacturing mask A manufacturing method of a mask includes aligning a mask sheet including an effective area and a non-effective area, on a mask frame; applying a pressure to the non-effective area of the mask sheet in a direction opposite to a sagging direction of the non-effective area, to prevent sagging of the non-effective area; and moving a clamping unit to the mask sheet along a direction substantially parallel to the mask sheet, to clamp the clamping unit onto the non-effective area of the mask sheet.
US09500957B2	Arrangement for thermal actuation of a mirror in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus The invention concerns an arrangement for thermal actuation of a mirror in a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, wherein the mirror has an optical effective surface and at least one access passage extending from a surface of the mirror, that does not correspond to the optical effective surface, in the direction of the effective surface, wherein the arrangement is designed for thermal actuation of the mirror via electromagnetic radiation which is propagated in the access passage, wherein the arrangement further has at least one heat radiating mechanism which produces the electromagnetic radiation which is propagated in the access passage, and wherein the heat radiating mechanism is actuable along the access passage.
US09500950B2	Fluorine-containing polymer, purification method, and radiation-sensitive resin composition An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fluorine-containing polymer, a radiation-sensitive resin composition for liquid immersion lithography which contains the fluorine-containing polymer, which leads to a pattern having an excellent shape and excellent depth of focus, wherein the amount of an eluted component in a liquid for liquid immersion lithography such as water that comes in contact with the resist during exposure in liquid immersion lithography is little, and which provides a larger receding contact angle between the resist film and the liquid for liquid immersion lithography such as water, and a method for purifying the fluorine-containing polymer. The present resin composition comprises a novel fluorine-containing polymer (A) containing repeating units represented by the general formulae (1) and (2) and having Mw of 1,000-50,000, a resin (B) having an acid-unstable group, a radiation-sensitive acid generator (C), a nitrogen-containing compound (D) and a solvent (E).
US09500946B2	Sidewall spacer patterning method using gas cluster ion beam A method for patterning a substrate is described. The method includes receiving a substrate having a patterned layer, wherein the patterned layer defines a first mandrel pattern, and wherein a first material layer of a first composition is conformally deposited over the first mandrel pattern. The method further includes partially removing the first material layer using a first gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) etching process to expose a top surface of the first mandrel pattern, open a portion of the first material layer at a bottom region adjacent a feature of the first mandrel pattern, and retain a remaining portion of the first material layer on sidewalls of the first mandrel pattern; and selectively removing the first mandrel pattern using one or more etching processes to leave a second mandrel pattern comprising the remaining portion of the first material layer that remained on the sidewalls of the first mandrel pattern.
US09500945B1	Pattern classification based proximity corrections for reticle fabrication Pattern classification based proximity corrections for reticle fabrication are provided. A digital layout of a circuit design and proximity compensation data generated based on measurements of formed reticle elements are obtained. The proximity compensation data includes proximity correction values to correct for proximity effects of a reticle-formation process to form a reticle for use in fabricating a circuit of the circuit design. Based on a pattern classification of one or more patterns in the digital layout of the circuit design, at least one proximity correction is applied to the digital layout of the circuit design to facilitate correcting for proximity effects of the reticle-formation process, the at least one proximity correction being determined based on one or more of the proximity correction values of the obtained proximity compensation data. Additional adjustments to the digital layout are also provided according to aspects described herein.
US09500942B2	Screen A projection screen that allows sound to pass through the screen while video is reflected is provided.This screen is provided using a first non-perforated reflecting screen of a first density, and at least one perforated reflecting screen of a second density, wherein the first density is greater than the second density.
US09500938B2	Radiation-emitting component A radiation-emitting component is disclosed. In embodiments a component includes a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip having a radiation exit area including a side face and a main face, a conversion element having a radiation exit area including a side face and a main face, and a first reflection element disposed downstream of the conversion element and the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein a ratio of a sum of the radiation exit areas of the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip to a sum of the radiation exit areas of the conversion element is greater than 1, wherein the conversion element adjoins the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is configured to generate primary radiation, wherein the conversion element is configured to convert the primary radiation into secondary radiation, and wherein the primary radiation and the secondary radiation leave the radiation-emitting component exclusively through the first reflection element.
US09500936B2	Light source device, and optical engine in which light source device is used The present disclosure relates to a light source device. The light source device includes: a semiconductor laser device having a heat dissipation face; a heat dissipation member in contact with a light emission side of the semiconductor laser device out of the heat dissipation face, the heat dissipation member having a window that emits light from the semiconductor laser device, and a wind-blocking tube provided inside the window.
US09500930B1	On-chip entangled photon source Various technologies pertaining to an on-chip entangled photon source are described herein. A light source is used to pump two resonator cavities that are resonant at two different respective wavelengths and two different respective polarizations. The resonator cavities are coupled to a four-wave mixing cavity that receives the light at the two wavelengths and outputs polarization-entangled photons.
US09500926B2	Electrochromic display element and image display device Disclosed is an electrochromic display element, including a display substrate, a display electrode, an electrochromic layer, an opposed electrode, and an opposed substrate, wherein the electrochromic layer is formed on the display electrode, a liquid crystal composition that includes a low-molecular liquid crystal and an ionic liquid is present between the display electrode and the opposed electrode, and the ionic liquid includes a tetracyanoboric acid ion and/or tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphoric acid ion as an anionic component.
US09500925B2	Tri-state liquid crystal display panel A tri-state liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely. The liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate includes a plurality of polymer network liquid crystals. The first electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and the first and second electrodes include planar electrodes. The third and fourth electrodes are disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and the third and fourth electrodes include patterned electrodes. The tri-state liquid crystal display panel has a transmission state display mode, a dark state display mode and a haze state display mode.
US09500916B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device A flicker of an FFS liquid crystal display device that is driven at a low refresh rate is reduced. In an FFS liquid crystal display, a pixel electrode and a first common electrode included in a liquid crystal element are formed on an element substrate side, and a second common electrode is formed on another substrate (counter substrate) side. By making the first and second common electrodes have the same potential, generation of a residual DC voltage can be suppressed in a pixel. Thus, even when a refresh rate is lowered, change in transmittance of a pixel can be suppressed in a data retention period, so that a flicker can be reduced.
US09500914B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal display apparatus may include a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer. The first pixel electrode is disposed in a first area, and includes a plurality of outer branches spaced apart from each other. The second pixel electrode is disposed in a second area spaced apart from the first area with an electrode gap therebetween and surrounded by the first area, and includes a plurality of middle branch portions spaced apart from each other. An extending direction of the electrode gap forms one of an acute angle or an obtuse angle with an extending direction of each of the outer branch portions, and the extending direction of the electrode gap forms one of an acute angle or an obtuse angle with an extending direction of each of the middle branch portions.
US09500911B2	Liquid crystal display panel Provided is a liquid crystal display panel in which both the prevention of low-temperature bubble defects and the prevention of unevenness in brightness by pressure can be achieved without the need of forming multiple types of spacers differing in the height. In a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of spacers 14 arranged between a pair of transparent substrates 11 and 12 and a liquid crystal 13 encapsulated between the transparent substrates, the spacers 14 are of a uniform height and each spacer 14 is substantially in a trapezoidal shape in which the ratio between the top area and the bottom area is 0.3 or less. The spacers 14 are formed on one of the transparent substrates 11 and 12. The spacers 14 are arranged at appropriate density so that the contact area ratio of the spacers' top surfaces in contact with the opposing substrate per unit area is within a range of 0.8%-1.0%.
US09500909B2	Liquid crystal display panel and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first alignment layer. The second substrate includes a second alignment layer. The first alignment layer is a photo alignment layer. The second substrate is a rubbing alignment layer.
US09500903B2	Transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a transflective blue-phase liquid crystal display panel comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate comprise a plurality of subpixels, and each subpixel comprises a reflective region and a transmissive region, the liquid crystal cell gap of the reflective region is equal to that of the transmissive region, a plurality of first common electrodes and first pixel electrodes that are alternately arranged at equal intervals are set on the part of the second substrate; a second common electrode is set on the part of the first substrate, a second pixel electrode having a via hole at its center is set on the part of the second substrate. In the invention, an alignment layer can be omitted; the display visual angle can be enlarged by designing an electrode structure, and the contrast ratio can be improved, thereby a single cell-gap structure can be attained.
US09500886B2	Optical modulator driver In the optical modulator driver, a plurality of differential amplifiers are arranged in one direction, and input terminals and output terminals of each adjacent differential amplifier are connected via independent wirings. Each differential amplifier includes a differential pair and a series circuit. In the series circuit, a resistor, a capacitor, and a resistor are connected in series. The series circuit is provided between emitters of two transistors of the differential pair, one of the differential input terminals of the differential amplifier and one transistor of the differential pair are connected via a resistor, and the other of the differential input terminals of the differential amplifier and the other transistor of the differential pair are connected via a resistor.
US09500882B2	Variable optic ophthalmic device including shaped liquid crystal elements with nano-scaled droplets of liquid crystal This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. The variable optic insert may have surfaces within that have differing radii of curvature. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable optic function and in some embodiments, the liquid crystal layer may comprise droplets that are nano-scaled. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control refractive characteristics.
US09500878B2	Lens driving device An AF unit of a lens holder driving device includes a lens holder, a focusing coil, a permanent magnet having a plurality of permanent magnet pieces having first surfaces opposed to the focusing coil, a magnet holder holding the permanent magnet, and first and second leaf springs supporting the lens holder in a direction of an optical axis shiftably. An image stabilizer portion includes a fixed portion disposed near the second leaf spring, a supporting member swingably supporting the AF unit with respect to the fixed portion, an image stabilizer coil having a plurality of image stabilizer coil portions disposed so as to oppose to second surfaces of the plurality of permanent magnet pieces that are perpendicular to the first surfaces, and a plurality of Hall elements. Each Hall element is disposed at a position where the image stabilizer coil portion is separated into a plurality of coil parts.
US09500869B2	Collimating optical device and system There is provided a light-guide, compact collimating optical device, including a light-guide having a light-waves entrance surface, a light-waves exit surface and a plurality of external surfaces, a light-waves reflecting surface carried by the light-guide at one of the external surfaces, two retardation plates carried by light-guides on a portion of the external surfaces, a light-waves polarizing beamsplitter disposed at an angle to one of the light-waves entrance or exit surfaces, and a light-waves collimating component covering a portion of one of the retardation plates. A system including the optical device and a substrate, is also provided.
US09500863B2	Vehicle head-up display device A vehicle head-up display device includes a pattern generation unit and a combiner comprised of a free-form surface lens. The pattern generation unit forms at least one image, and the combiner magnifies and reflects the image of the pattern generation unit to provide a virtual image. The combiner has a dynamic distortion of smaller than 0.4%, and the dynamic distortion is an average value of a maximum horizontal dynamic distortion and a maximum vertical dynamic distortion.
US09500860B2	Anti-fog coating An optical component having an anti-fog coating obtainable by covalent attachment of a silane having the formula (1): RoXmSiAn to the surface of the optical component. The covalent attachment of the compound of the formula (1) to the surface of the optical component is accomplished by reacting at least one of the reactive, hydrolyzable —Si—X— groups with a suitable reactive surface group, for example, an —OH group, to form —Si—O—.
US09500859B2	Identification value of a rotatable element having a plurality of mirror facets A method determines an identification value of a rotatable element having a plurality of mirror facets. The identification value is determined based on a facet scan duration obtained of the mirror facets or based on a prismatic error of the mirror facets.
US09500858B2	Image recording system and image recording method Provided is an image recording system for recording an image on a thermally reversible recording medium held by a conveyed article conveyed on a predetermined conveying path in a predetermined conveying direction, including: a recording device provided on at least one side of the conveying path in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction and configured to record an image on the thermally reversible recording medium of the conveyed article conveyed to a position facing the recording device by heating the thermally reversible recording medium. The image includes a scan image to be read by a reading device when the conveyed article is conveyed downstream in the conveying direction from the position facing the recording device. The recording device records the scan image on the thermally reversible recording medium within a former half of a recording time of the image.
US09500856B2	Optical device An optical device may include a flat optical member; a reinforcement member which is bonded to a back side of the optical member and demonstrates stronger rigidity in a center area thereof than two side portions thereof when curved in a thickness direction in a first direction within an in-plane direction; and a driving device which switches a shape of the optical member together with the reinforcement member between a flat state and a curved state in which the optical member is curved in the first direction.
US09500852B1	Electrowetting device with a dielectric layer An electrowetting device includes an electrowetting element having a first fluid; a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid, a configuration of the first and second fluids being controllable with an applied voltage; and at least one electrode for providing the applied voltage. The electrowetting device includes a plurality of electrical elements for providing the applied voltage, which include a first electrical element and a second electrical element. A portion of the first electrical element overlaps a portion of the second electrical element. The electrowetting device includes a dielectric layer between the portions of the first and second electrical elements, the dielectric layer formed at least partly of a dielectric material having a dielectric constant less than 3.9.
US09500845B2	Nonlinear optical microscope apparatus A nonlinear optical microscope apparatus includes: an objective for irradiating a laser beam on a sample; a beam diameter change unit for changing a beam diameter of the laser beam incident to the objective; and a control unit for deciding, for each of optical characteristics of the sample, a pupil filling ratio, which is a ratio of the beam diameter of the laser beam incident to the objective to a pupil diameter of the objective, based on the optical characteristics of the sample, and for controlling the beam diameter change unit so that the pupil filling ratio becomes the decided value.
US09500843B1	Beam focusing and beam collecting optics A method of calibrating a reflective focusing optics to provide a system that minimizes the effect of multiple beam reflections therewithin on polarization state reflective optics system that preferably requires the presence of both convex and a concave mirrors that have beam reflecting surfaces, the application of which achieves focusing of a beam of electromagnetic radiation onto a sample, (which can be along a locus differing from that of an input beam), with minimized effects on a polarization state of an input beam state of polarization based on adjusted angles of incidence and reflections from the various mirrors involved.
US09500839B2	Lens barrel and image capturing device A lens barrel includes a fixed frame, a rotational frame, a first straight advance frame, a first lens retaining frame, and a first drive. The rotational frame engages with the fixed frame. The first straight advance frame engages with the rotational frame. The first lens retaining frame retains a first lens group and engage with the rotational frame. The first drive unit is attached to the first straight advance frame and drives rotationally the rotational frame around an optical axis. The first drive unit and the first straight advance frame move integrally with respect to the fixed frame in an optical axis direction according to a rotation of the rotational frame driven by the first drive unit. The first lens retaining frame further move with respect to the first straight advance frame in the optical axis direction, when the first straight advance frame moves such as above state.
US09500828B2	Pipe-conforming structure The present techniques are directed to systems and methods for forming a pipe-conforming structure. The pipe-conforming structure includes a polymer material and one or more optic fibers embedded within the polymer material. The polymer material is formed into a structure that is conformed to the shape of a pipe. A method includes forming a polymer material into a structure including an edge region and a center region. The center region has a greater thickness than the edge region. The method includes inserting one or more optic fibers into the polymer material.
US09500824B2	Enhanced EMI protection for a connector system To increase the protection of a fiber optic connector system from EMI, apertures in the system must be as small as possible. To reduce the size of apertures in the system, the openings are minimized by using electrically conductive fiber optic connector parts, including a connector housing, a fiber optic ferrule disposed within the electrically conductive connector housing, and an electrically conductive heat-shrink attachment securable to the connector housing. An electrically conductive heat shrink may be attached to the heat-shrink attachment to provide more protection.
US09500817B2	Connectors and adapters with auto-latching features Fiber optic connectors and adapters may be automatically secured and released via a management system. Such automation may inhibit accidental and/or unauthorized insertion of fiber optic connectors into adapter ports. The automation also may inhibit accidental and/or unauthorized removal of the fiber optic connectors from the adapter ports.
US09500813B2	Fiber optic connector A connector includes a ferrule assembly having a ferrule, a hub and a spring, the ferrule having a distal face accessible at a distal end of the connector housing, the ferrule being movable in a proximal direction relative to the connector housing. The distal and proximal positions are separated by an axial displacement distance. The ferrule proximal movement is against the spring's bias. The cable of the assembly includes an optical fiber contained within a jacket and also a strength layer between the fiber and the jacket that is anchored to the connector housing. The fiber extends through a fiber from the proximal end of the connector housing to the ferrule. The fiber has a distal portion potted within the ferrule. The fiber passage has a fiber take-up region configured to take-up an excess length of the fiber corresponding to the ferrule axial displacement.
US09500809B2	Precision two-dimensional fiber-collimator-array A collimator system comprises a micro lens array and a fiber array. The fiber array has a substrate with a plurality of holes for holding a plurality of optical fibers. The fibers are glued into the holes. Before gluing, each of the fibers is positioned against the same side of a corresponding hole resulting in all fibers being located substantially equally with respect to the holes. The lens array is mounted with an offset to the fiber array resulting in alignment of the fibers and the lenses.
US09500804B2	Silicon photonics device and communication system therefor A silicon photonics device and system therefor. The silicon photonics device can include a 300 nm SOI (silicon-on-insulator with 300 nm top Si) overlying a substrate member. A waveguide structure can be configured from a portion of the SOI layer and disposed overlying the substrate member. This waveguide structure can include an AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Gratings) structure with 300 nm×300 nm symmetric grating waveguides or an Echelle grating structure characterized by a top silicon thickness of 300 nm. The waveguide structure can also include an index compensator material configured to provide at least two material index ratings in the waveguide structure.
US09500802B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus is provided. It comprises a display panel and a switching assembly comprising a transparent light guide plate located at the light incidence side of the display panel and a light source, the transparent light guide plate located at the light incidence side of the display panel and provided with a plurality of mesh points on the surface of the transparent light guide plate facing away from the display panel, the transparent light guide plate having a light incidence face, the light source being located at one side of the light incidence face of the transparent light guide plate and being switchable between one state in which the light is emitted towards the light incidence face of the transparent light guide plate and the other state in which the light is not emitted towards the light incidence face of the transparent light guide plate.
US09500790B2	Optical film, circularly polarizing plate, and image display device A optical film includes a thermoplastic resin and a compound wherein: (1) the absorption spectrum of said compound in solution has at least two absorption maxima in the 200-350 nm wavelength range; (2) letting λmax1 represent the wavelength of a first absorption maximum (one of the aforementioned absorption maxima) and letting λmax2 represent the wavelength of a second absorption maximum (another of the aforementioned absorption maxima) at a shorter wavelength than the first absorption maximum, (λmax1−λmax2) is at least 20 nm; (3) the aspect ratio of the molecules of the compound is at least 1.70; (4) each molecule of the compound has a non-aromatic hydrocarbon ring, a non-aromatic heterocycle, or an aromatic heterocycle; (5) the in-plane-retardation increase sensitivity of the compound is at least 0.1; 110 nm≦R0(550)≦170 nm; 0.72≦R0(450)/R0(550)≦0.96; and 0.83≦R0(550)/R0(650)≦0.97.
US09500788B2	Polarizing plate comprising a polarizer and a retardation layer Provided are a polarizing plate and a display. The illustrative polarizing plate may exhibit desired characteristics in a wide range of wavelengths, and have excellent reflection and visibility at an inclined angle. For example, the polarizing plate may be used in a reflective or transflective liquid crystal display or an organic light emitting device.
US09500776B2	Optical article having a dual layer temporary coating Disclosed is an optical article comprising on at least one of its main surfaces an outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating and in direct contact with the outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating a dual-layer temporary coating, wherein the dual-layer temporary coating is removable and comprises: a first layer, in direct contact with the outer hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating comprising halogenated olefin polymers or polyurethanes; and a water barrier second layer comprising a polymer or polymer mixture acting as a water barrier deposited on the first layer comprising at least one vinyl polymer, polyepoxide, polyepisulfide, polyester, polyether, polyester-ether, poly(meth)acrylate, polythio(meth)acrylate, styrene polymer, or cellulosic polymer.
US09500774B2	Plastic lens and production method therefor To provide a plastic lens having a λ/4 layer exhibiting excellent adhesion between a plastic substrate and a hard coat layer, and a method for producing thereof. A plastic lens containing: a plastic substrate (A); a λ/4 layer (B) that is formed on the plastic substrate, is formed by curing a composition comprising a bifunctional or higher functional acrylate compound, a dendritic aliphatic compound having an acrylate group at an end thereof, and metal oxide particles, and has a thickness of from 50 to 100 nm; and a hard coat layer (C) that is formed on the λ/4 layer directly or through another layer.
US09500765B2	Radiation detection apparatus using pulse discrimination and a method of using the same A radiation detection apparatus can include a scintillator, a photosensor optically coupled to the scintillator, and a control module electrically coupled to the photosensor. The control module can be configured to receive a pulse from the photosensor and identify a cause of noise corresponding to the pulse. Such information can be useful in determining failure modes and potentially predict future failures of radiation detection apparatuses. In another embodiment, the wavelet discrimination can be used to determine whether or not the pulse corresponds to a scintillation pulse, and potentially to identify a type of radiation or a radiation source. The technique is robust to work over a variety of temperatures, and particularly, at temperatures significantly higher than room temperature.
US09500760B2	Collar system and method for recovering a tow member in a marine survey system A marine survey system includes a collar configured to be affixed to a tow member, to connect a separation member to the tow member and to release the separation member when a lock-release condition is met. Alternatively or additionally, the marine survey system includes a variable drag force mechanism configured to generate a first drag force pushing the collar downstream before the collar reaches a downstream element beyond which the collar cannot move, and to generate a second drag force after the collar has reached the downstream element.
US09500745B2	Radar sensor for motor vehicles A radar sensor for motor vehicles, having an antenna system that can be controlled by a control device so that it has a temporally varying directional characteristic, and having an evaluation device for evaluating the radar echoes received by the antenna system and for the location of objects using angular resolution, wherein the antenna system has at least two groups of antenna elements that differ in elevation in their effective direction, and the control device is fashioned to activate and deactivate the two groups in periodically alternating fashion, and the evaluation device is configured to estimate the elevation angle of the objects on the basis of a contrast between the radar echoes received by the various groups.
US09500740B2	Receiver circuit, phased-array receiver and radar system A receiver circuit, comprises an input balun circuit comprising a balanced balun output and being capable of receiving RF signals, an input amplification circuit comprising a balanced amplifier input and a balanced amplifier output, a single balanced in-phase mixing circuit comprising a first unbalanced RF mixer input and a balanced in-phase mixing frequency input, and a single balanced quadrature mixing circuit comprising a second unbalanced RF mixer input and a balanced quadrature mixing frequency input. The balanced amplifier input is connected to the balanced balun output, a first terminal of the balanced amplifier output is connected to provide an amplified RF signal to the first unbalanced RF mixer input and a second terminal of the balanced amplifier output is connected to provide a phase-shifted amplified RF signal to the second unbalanced RF mixer input.
US09500736B2	System and method for providing self-locating wireless sensors A wireless sensor network is disclosed that comprises a plurality of wireless sensors and a wireless sensor base station. The wireless sensor base station sends a request to one of the wireless sensors requesting the location information for the selected wireless sensor. The wireless sensor determines its location using a location information determination method, associates its identity information with the location information, and sends the identity information and the location information to the wireless sensor base station. The wireless sensor continuously sends updated location information to the wireless sensor base station as the wireless sensor moves within the wireless sensor network. The wireless sensor base station displays the identity information and the location information of the wireless sensor on a display unit.
US09500735B2	Method for calibrating a conductivity measuring cell The invention relates to a method for calibrating a conductivity measuring cell located in a measurement setup for determining conductivity of a liquid medium, especially very pure water, by means of two electrodes of predetermined area arranged in the liquid medium at a predetermined separation relative to one another, supplied with an alternating voltage and having a cell constant, which is predetermined by separation and electrode area and must be calibrated. In order to be able to determine the cell constant independently of calibration standards with predetermined conductivity and/or reference measurement cells, an electrical capacitance of the measuring cell is ascertained by means of an alternating voltage placed on the electrodes in a frequency range between 1 kHz and 1 MHz, following which the cell constant is determined from the ascertained capacitance and the permittivity of the liquid medium contained in the measuring cell.
US09500731B2	Shimming device and method to improve magnetic field homogeneity in magnetic resonance imaging devices An automated shim power supply system and associated methods for calibrating the magnetic field in magnetic resonance imaging devices by precisely adjusting the currents in shim coils. An automated shim power supply system sets, monitors, and corrects programmable power supply outputs to ensure stable output currents to shim coils with milliampere precision. Accompanying methods include iteratively measuring primary field flux and setting shim coil currents to correct inhomogeneities to within OEM specifications.
US09500728B2	Signal analyzer for nuclear magnetic flowmeters A signal analyzer for nuclear magnetic flowmeters is provided. The signal analyzer can be placed in a power signal path between a signal generator that generates an electric excitation signal and an electrical load. The signal analyzer includes a power signal line in the power signal path for the transmission of electrical signals. The signal analyzer also includes a decoupling circuit for decoupling a first signal characterizing the excitation signal occurring in the load and for decoupling of a second signal characterizing the part of the excitation signal reflected at the load. The signal analyzer further includes a first attenuator and a second attenuator. Additionally, the signal analyzer includes a detector for determining the ratio of the magnitude of the first signal to the magnitude of the second signal and for determining the phase difference between the first signal and the second signal.
US09500719B2	LED light string diagnostic and repair system According to one embodiment, a diagnostic device (8) for identifying a defect in an LED light string includes a probe (18) and a polarity selector switch (16). The LED light string includes a conductor provided within an insulation layer. The probe (18) is configured to penetrate the insulation layer and contact the conductor of an LED light string. The polarity selector switch (16) is electrically coupled to the probe (18) and configured to control the polarity of an electrical waveform provided to the probe (18).
US09500710B2	Generator neutral ground monitoring system and method Fault analysis and detection involving a generator neutral ground includes monitoring a voltage waveform across a neutral grounding transformer of a generator. During monitoring of the voltage waveform a sample of the voltage waveform is acquired. Previously, a number of similar past samples of the monitored waveform were acquired and stored as well. The present sample is compared to one or more of these stored, past samples so that, based on a similarity between the present sample to the past samples, a generator fault indicated by the present sample can be identified. Identifying the generator fault can include recognizing that it is presently occurring or that it may occur in a predictable timeframe. Additionally, identifying a component of the generator that caused, or will cause, the generator fault can be identified as well. A diagnostic message or control signal based on the identified generator fault can then be generated.
US09500707B1	Method and apparatus for using tester channel as device power supply A method and apparatus for using a tester channel as device power have been disclosed. By utilizing a tester channel output as an input, a voltage and current driver are used to boost the input which is followed by a current to voltage converter which can be used as a device power supply for a device under test. Additional tester channels may be used to sense and force voltages, measure currents, supply output voltage, and relay control, etc. for changing operation.
US09500706B2	Hybrid on-chip clock controller techniques for facilitating at-speed scan testing and scan architecture support Various aspects described or referenced herein are directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing hybrid on-chip clock controller techniques for facilitating at-speed scan testing and scan architecture support.
US09500705B2	Integrated circuit providing fault prediction The prediction of hardware failure is obtained by operating two redundant circuit modules while one circuit module is artificially aged. The output of the two circuit modules is compared and a discrepancy between outputs indicates a projected failure of the aged modules. Aging may be accomplished by one or a combination of lowering operating voltages and re-phasing a sampling clock to reduce slack time both of which provide increased sensitivity to gate delay.
US09500704B2	Semiconductor device which can detect abnormality A semiconductor device includes: a drive circuit; a standby circuit; and a detection circuit. The drive circuit turns on an output transistor connected to a load based on an active input signal. The standby circuit intermittently outputs an output signal based on a non-active input signal. The detection circuit measures voltage of a load side of the output transistor based on the output signal and output a measurement result.
US09500703B2	Semiconductor structure having test device There is set forth herein a semiconductor structure including a plurality of test devices, the plurality of test devices including a first test device and a second test device. A semiconductor structure can also include a waveform generating circuit, the waveform generating circuit configured for application of a first stress signal waveform having a first duty cycle to the first test device, and a second stress signal waveform having a second duty cycle to the second test device. A semiconductor structure can include a selection circuit associated with each of the first test device and the second test device for switching between a stress cycle and a sensing cycle.
US09500701B2	Alignment mechanism An alignment mechanism is disclosed which includes a mount, a beam having a first end affixed to the mount and a second end. The beam is an order of magnitude more rigid along its longitudinal axis than along an axis orthogonal to its longitudinal axis. The second end of the beam is affixed to a first device having a surface configured to contact a second device. The beam applies a normal force component to the second device through the first device and allows movement at the second end in directions orthogonal to the normal force component.
US09500691B2	Apparatus and method for detecting disconnnection of lamps An apparatus and method for detecting a disconnection of lamps are provided. The apparatus includes a power supply that is configured to supply power to a vehicle and a controller. The controller receives operation power for at least one lamp mounted within the vehicle and supplies the operation power to the at least one lamp. In addition, the controller measures an inrush current value generated from the at least one lamp for a plurality of time intervals and detects the disconnection of the at least one lamp based on the inrush current value.
US09500690B2	Radio frequency and microwave imaging with a two-dimensional sensor array Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for imaging radio and microwave electromagnetic radiation using a two-dimensional sensor array. A computing system receives a readout signal from one or more of a plurality of frequency sensors, arranged in a two-dimensional array, that have the ability to detect an image of focused radio and microwave frequency radiation. The computing system maps the readout signal of each of the plurality of sensors to a location corresponding to the physical location of the sensor on the two-dimensional array. The computing system converts the readout signal into a computer readable image.
US09500687B2	Circuit and method for measuring the gain of an operational amplifier A circuit for measuring the gain of an operational amplifier is provided. The circuit comprises a first operational amplifier, a first resistive device and a second resistive device. The first operational amplifier has an original gain and includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal. The first resistive device is coupled between the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the first operational amplifier. The second resistive device is coupled to the second input terminal of the first operational amplifier. The first resistive device and the second resistive device are configured to reduce a predetermined amount of gain from the original gain of the first operational amplifier.
US09500682B1	System and method for monitoring power distribution units A data center includes one or more racks, one or more electrical systems mounted in at least one of the racks, and one or more rack power distribution units (PDUs) in the racks, and one or more rack PDU power monitors. The rack PDUs distribute electrical power to the electrical systems. Each of the rack PDUs includes one or more PDU coupling devices and a monitoring device. The coupling device couples with PDU output receptacles of the rack PDUs. The monitoring device monitors electrical power output from the PDU output receptacles.
US09500680B2	Method for determining the absence of voltage in an electrical high-voltage system, and electrical high-voltage system A method for determining the absence of voltage in an electrical high-voltage system, in particular in an electric or hybrid vehicle, by using at least two control units in the high-voltage system and at least one display unit, wherein the control units detect the voltage in the high-voltage system independently of one another, wherein an absence of voltage is displayed on the display unit only if both control units detect a voltage below a threshold value. Also disclosed is an electrical high-voltage system.
US09500678B2	System and method of sensing current in a power semiconductor device A current sensor to be connected in series with a power semiconductor device between a voltage supply terminal and ground. The current sensor includes a first terminal to be coupled to the power semiconductor device, a second terminal to be coupled to one of the voltage supply terminal and ground, and a current mirror. The current mirror includes a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET each having a source, a drain, and a gate. The source of the first MOSFET is connected to the source of the second MOSFET and to the second terminal, the drain of the first MOSFET is connected to the first terminal, and the gate of the first MOSFET is connected to the gate of the second MOSFET.
US09500674B2	Probe structure A probe structure includes a sleeve, a needle shaft and an elastic member. The needle shaft is accommodated in the sleeve and includes a first groove for accommodating the elastic member. The probe structure further includes a conductive component installed at the bottom of the sleeve and having an end connected into the first groove, and a second groove, so that the elastic member is situated in the first and second grooves. When the needle shaft is pressed and moved, the inner wall of the second groove is contacted with an outer sidewall of the conductive component to define a second conductive channel. With the two conductive channels, the effects of maintaining stable current transmission efficiency, reducing poor contact or disconnection, and providing good structural stability are achieved.
US09500669B2	System and method for calibrating an inertial sensor A system (40) for calibrating an inertial sensor (20) includes a power source (42), a frequency measurement subsystem (44, 48), and a gain determination subsystem (52). A calibration process (110) using the system (40) entails applying (116) a bias voltage (66) to the inertial sensor (20), measuring (114) a drive resonant frequency (46), and measuring (118) a sense resonant frequency (50) of the inertial sensor (20) produced in response to the bias voltage (66). A gain value (32) is determined (124) for calibrating (144) the inertial sensor (20) using a relationship (140) between the sense resonant frequency (50) and the bias voltage (66) without imposing an inertial stimulus on the inertial sensor (20).
US09500667B2	Polling system and polling method using the same Disclosed herein is a polling system, including: a matrix element including individual elements including upper electrodes and lower electrodes, the individual elements being arrayed in plural, the upper electrodes of the individual elements being each connected in series to form upper electrode units which are arrayed in plural and the lower electrodes of the individual elements being each connected in series to form lower electrode units which are arrayed in plural; an upper switch connected to each of the upper electrode units which is arrayed in plural; a lower switch connected to each of the lower electrode units which is arrayed in plural; and a polling unit performing polling to apply voltage to the upper electrodes and the lower electrodes, respectively.
US09500660B2	Isovalerylglycine as biomarker for the predispositon for weight gain and obesity The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition and health. In particular, the present invention relates to a new biomarker, its use and a method that allows it to diagnose the likelihood to resist diet induced weight gain, and/or to be susceptible to a diet induced weight gain. For example, the biomarker may be isovalerylglycine.
US09500659B2	In vitro assessment of cardiovascular events by assay for neo-eptitopes of titin protein An immunoassay for the quantification of fragments having an N- or a C-terminal neo-epitope formed by cleavage of a titin protein by a proteinase is provided. The immunoassay includes the steps of contacting a sample with an antibody specifically binding to the N- or C-terminal neo-epitope of the fragments and determining the level of binding.
US09500651B2	Method for identifying novel minor histocompatibility antigens A novel method for human minor histocompatibility antigen (MiHA) discovery, novel MiHAs identified using this method, as well as uses of the novel MiHAs, are described. One of the features of the novel method is the inclusion of personalized translated transcriptome and/or exome in the database used for peptide identification by mass spectroscopy (MS). Candidate MiHAs are identified by comparing the personalized transcriptome and/or exome to a reference genome and/or to the transcriptome and/or exome of an HLA-matched subject.
US09500648B1	Rapid Lyme antigen test for detection of Lyme disease A method for detecting B. burgdorferi antigens in body fluid samples, such as urine. Polyclonal antibodies are used that bind to 31, 34, and 39 kDa B. burgdorferi antigens, wherein the polyclonal antibodies function as immobilized capture antibodies. Detection antibodies are used, having an enzyme linked thereto, which also bind to the B. burgdorferi antigens. A body fluid sample is reacted with the detection antibodies to form complexes between the detection antibodies and the B. burgdorferi antigens in the body fluid sample. The complexes are reacted with the immobilized capture antibodies, wherein the complexes become linked to the capture antibodies. A substrate is added to the complexes linked to the capture antibodies, wherein the substrate is converted by the enzyme to a visual and/or detectable product if B. burgdorferi antigens are present in the body fluid sample.
US09500639B2	Low-volume coagulation assay Compositions and methods for measuring coagulation parameters using very small volumes of blood are provided. Advantageously, the methods described herein can be performed from a single drop of blood (about 20 μL) while generally leaving enough sample to perform other measurements, optionally in a multiplexed format. The methods and devices do not require a skilled operator and can be performed at the point of service, which can be an important feature for managing blood coagulation disorders and treatments thereof.
US09500638B2	Method of measuring water contamination in turbine and other industrial oils A method of determining the amount of water in an industrial oil (e.g., turbine oil) includes homogenizing an oil sample, subjecting the homogenized sample to infrared spectroscopy within 30 minutes of homogenization, and determining a baseline absorbance level for the sample within a predetermined wavenumber range. That baseline is compared with spectral template baselines and, based on the comparison, the amount of water in the oil sample is estimated.
US09500633B2	Automated machine and method for fruit testing An improved fruit tester and method provides a plunger intrusion-type mechanism, a precision scale and an associated computer for control of the mechanism and for recordation, presentation and analysis of data sensed by the mechanism. An electrically powered variable speed motor carries an optical encoder to sense rotary direction and speed data, which is transmitted through circuitry to an associated computer for analysis to determine control data to maintain pre-programmed motor function. Computer software determines plunger position and resultant penetration into a fruit at either pre-determined plunger speed or constant plunger resistive pressure in fine increments over the plunger trajectory and stores this data in computer memory. The precision scale is used to determine the weight of the fruit before and after the penetration tests and the difference in weight is used to automatically calculate the Specific juice Content (SJC) of the fruit.
US09500631B2	Device for testing vertical tubes in a chemical reactor Method for calibrating a device for measuring back pressure in open-ended chemical reactor tubes, comprising the steps of: providing a device for measuring back pressure in open-ended chemical reactor tubes, including a frame member and a plurality of injector tubes mounted on the frame member with a spacing between the injector tubes; providing a test stand, comprising a frame member; a base supporting said frame member; and a plurality of calibration tubes mounted on the frame member, each of said calibration tubes having an open top and a dosed bottom, with a precision orifice in the dosed bottom to simulate the chemical reactor tubes to be tested; inserting the plurality of injector tubes into the respective calibration tubes; sealing between the injector tubes and the calibration tubes; sending gas through the injector tubes and taking a back pressure reading for each of the injector tubes; and generating correction factors for each injector tube to correct for variations in the back pressure readings.
US09500627B2	Method for ultrasonic inspection of irregular and variable shapes A system and a method for enabling ultrasonic inspection of multiple or varying radii of a composite part without making mechanical adjustments to compensate for changes in the radius dimension. The system may comprise one or more ultrasonic pulser/receivers, one or more ultrasonic transducer arrays, a probe body or shoe to hold and position the array(s), ultrasonic data acquisition application software to drive the array(s), and ultrasonic data acquisition application software to select the best signal response for each column of pixels to be displayed. The inspection methodology enables the examination of smooth curved fillets which change shape along the length of the part.
US09500625B2	Micro-fluidic system using micro-apertures for high throughput detection of cells A microfluidic detection system for micrometer-sized entities, such as biological cells, includes a detector component incorporating a plate with a plurality of opening, the plate separating two chambers, one in communication with a fluid source containing target entities bound to magnetic beads. The openings are sized to always permit passage of the magnetic beads therethrough into a lower one of the chambers and are further sized to always prevent passage of the target entities from the upper one of the chambers. The detector component further includes a magnet positioned to pull unbound magnetic beads through the openings and to capture target entities bound to magnetic beads on the surface of the plate. In a further feature, the microfluidic detection system is configured to pass target molecules through the plate to be bound to a functionalized surface of the lower chamber.
US09500614B2	Electrical conductivity module A driving circuit for a fluid conductivity sensor includes a pulse width modulation unit, an H-bridge, first and second differential amplifiers, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The pulse width modulation unit generates two opposing driving signals. The H-bridge receives the two opposing driving signals and generates two H-bridge outputs. The first differential amplifier includes first inputs connected in parallel to a shunt resistor. One of the first inputs is coupled to the two generated H-bridge outputs. The second differential amplifier includes second inputs connected in parallel with a pair of terminals having a sensor attached thereto. One of the second inputs and the pair of terminals receive a signal from the other of the two generated H-bridge outputs. The ADC receives a first output representative of a first current from the first differential amplifier; and a second output representative of a second current from the second differential amplifier.
US09500604B2	Air slide analyzer system and method Systems and Methods for an air slide analyzer for measuring the elemental content of aerated material traveling by air slide. The air slide analyzer has an analyzer having an entrance opening and an exit opening, and an interior tunnel adapted for aerated material conveyed by an air slide; a radiation detector proximal to the analyzer; a neutron source emitting neutrons into material within the analyzer; and a processor to analyze detected information from the radiation detector, wherein emissions from the material being irradiated with neutrons are detected by the radiation detector and analyzed by the processor to provide elemental information of the material in the analyzer.
US09500602B2	Method for examining an object using an X-ray recording system for phase contrast imaging with stochastic phase scanning A method, for examining an object using an X-ray recording system, includes during an X-ray image recording, moving components relative to one another with the lateral displacement by displacement distances. The method includes generating the X-ray image recording during the displacement from n partial images, so that the total exposure time of the X-ray image recording is made up from a sum of partial exposure times. In each of the partial images, the intensity is determined in each pixel. The position of the second component relative to the first component is determined for each recording of the partial images. Finally, the image information is determined from the partial images and the displacements.
US09500600B2	Radiation image acquisition system A radiation image acquisition system of an aspect of the present invention includes a radiation source emitting radiation toward an object, a holding unit holding the object, a wavelength conversion member generating scintillation light in response to incidence of the radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the object, a first imaging means condensing and imaging scintillation light emitted from an incidence surface of the radiation of the wavelength conversion member, a second imaging means condensing and imaging scintillation light emitted from a surface opposite to the incidence surface of the wavelength conversion member, a holding unit position adjusting means adjusting the position of the holding unit between the radiation source and the wavelength conversion member, and an imaging position adjusting means adjusting the position of the first imaging means.
US09500598B2	Challenge sets and methods of making and using the same A surrogate challenge set including a plurality of containers containing a fluid, wherein at least one of the containers contains particulate matter; and reference probability-of-detection (POD) data for the at least one container containing the particulate matter is described. The fluid may be water containing at least about 0.5 wt % of a preservative, such as benzyl alcohol. The containers may be pharmaceutically acceptable containers such as vials, bottles, syringes, ampules and intravenous bags. The particulate matter may consist of a single particle having a particle size of at least about 50 μm. A method of making the challenge set may include: disposing particulate matter in at least one of a plurality of containers comprising a fluid; generating probability-of-detection (POD) data for the plurality of containers; and including the probability-of-detection (POD) data in the challenge set. Methods of using the surrogate challenges sets are also provided.
US09500590B2	Assays for pathogen detection using microwaves for lysing and accelerating metal-enhanced fluorescence The present invention relates to an assay for the determination of a microorganism including a lysing chamber having triangular shaped metallic structures wherein the apexes of two triangles are arranged in alignment and forming a reactive zone for placement of the microorganism and lysing by microwave energy for exposing and isolating a target polynucleotide sequence. The isolated target polynucleotide sequence is introduced to an assay system for contact with polynucleotides which are complimentary to the isolated target polynucleotide sequence. Fluorophore-labeled capture polynucleotides are added for hybridizing to any bound target polynucleotide. Bound target polynucleotides are detected by metal enhanced fluorescence.
US09500585B2	Photometer and method for compensating for ambient temperature changes in a photometer A photometer and associated method includes a source of radiation to be directed through a sample and a detector stage configured to measure radiation after passing through the sample. A voltage follower circuit is connected to the detector and is configured to provide an output signal which varies as a function of the detector output voltage and which varies as a function of the ambient temperature. A processing subsystem is configured to determine a temperature compensation factor from the voltage follower circuit output signal.
US09500579B1	System and method for detecting components of a mixture including tooth elements for alignment Examples are described including assay platforms having tooth elements. An impinging element may sequentially engage tooth elements on the assay platform to sequentially align corresponding detection regions with a detection unit. In this manner, multiple measurements may be made of detection regions on the assay platform without necessarily requiring the starting and stopping of a motor.
US09500566B2	Service method of gas appliances A service method of gas appliances includes: Detecting the gas appliances at the client ends to generate detecting signals. Transmitting the detecting signals to a service end. Identifying which client end the detecting signals come from. Examining the detecting signals to find whether the gas appliance has an abnormal condition; and informing the client end when the abnormal condition is found. After all, the service end may monitor the gas appliances at the client end, and inform the client for repair when the gas appliance has detected an abnormal signal or has damaged parts.
US09500562B2	Kerr phase-interrogator for sensing and signal processing applications A Kerr medium is introduced into OFDR configuration to enable phase to power variation conversion thereby enabling an all-optical beat signal acquisition, thus eliminating performance limits associated with bandwidth capabilities of electronic and optoelectronic components.
US09500561B2	Embedding fiber optic cables in rotorcraft composites Some examples of techniques to cost-effectively embed fiber optic cables in laminate structures and to terminate the fiber optic cables on the surface of the laminate for robust and easily-repairable connections can be implemented in rotorcraft composites. To position a cable in the rotorcraft composite, a length of a fiber optic cable is embedded between layers of a composite rotorcraft material. The length of the fiber optic cable is oriented in a substantially S-shape between the layers. An end of the length of the substantially S-shaped fiber optic cable is extended to an edge of the composite rotorcraft material. The end of the length of the substantially S-shaped fiber optic cable is terminated at the edge of the composite rotorcraft material in either a storage area or easily machinable embedded connection.
US09500536B2	Temperature sensor A temperature sensor includes a pair of element electrode wires extending rearward from a temperature-sensing portion. A pair of second electrode wires are welded to the element s electrode wires, and made of a kind of metal having a different thermal expansion coefficient than the element electrode wires. Each second electrode wire includes an overlap section overlapping with an overlap section of the corresponding element electrode wire over an overlap region in a longitudinal direction in which the overlap sections of the each second electrode wire and element electrode wire extend longitudinally. The overlap section of each second electrode wire is welded to the overlap section of the corresponding element electrode wire at weld zones arranged in the longitudinal direction, which include: one at a front-side end of the overlap region; and another at a rear-side end of the overlap region.
US09500535B1	Determining temperature using multiple sensors Each of one or more temperature sensors of a computing system can measure and provide a temperature value (e.g., provide temperature data) to the system. In some embodiments, the system can apply an offset value, a time-based filter, and a weighting factor to each temperature value received from the one or more temperature sensors of the system. Based, at least in part, on the offsetting, filtering, and/or weighting, the computing system can determine (e.g., calculate, estimate, predict, etc.,) a temperature value representative of an enclosure temperature of the system. In some embodiments, based on the determined temperature value that is representative of the enclosure temperature, the computing system can perform appropriate subsequent processing in accordance with thermal management of the system.
US09500531B2	Wavefront sensing apparatus, method and applications A wavefront sensing technique using Polarization Rotation INTerferometry (PRINT) provides a self-referencing, high-resolution, direct measurement of the spatially dependent phase profile of a given optical beam. A self-referencing technique is used to create a reference beam in the orthogonal polarization and a polarization measurement to measure the spatial-dependent polarization parameters to directly determine the absolute phase profile of the beam under test. A high-resolution direct measurement of the spatially-resolved phase profile of one or more optical beams is realized.
US09500511B2	Liquid sensor using temperature compensation A liquid sensor system can detect whether liquid is present at a location within a tank or other container, such as an aircraft fuel tank. The system can include a sensor that has a heated negative temperature coefficient (NTC) element and a temperature compensator element. The sensor may be located within the tank. The elements can be polarized by voltages from separate voltage sources. The voltages can be compared to detect a presence or level of liquid within the tank. Only two wires may be needed to connect the sensor with components outside the tank. The system may be able to detect liquid using less than twenty five milliamps and a sensor temperature that is less than two hundred degrees Celsius.
US09500507B2	Method of forming a corrosion-resistant vibratory flowmeter A method of forming a corrosion-resistant vibratory flowmeter is provided. The method comprises constructing a flowmeter assembly including one or more flow tubes configured to be vibrated, with the method being characterized by coating at least a portion of the flowmeter assembly with a diffusion coating, with the diffusion coating being diffused into and comprising a part of the flowmeter assembly.
US09500497B2	System and method of inputting an intended backing path A path input system is provided. The path input system includes at least one imaging device for generating image data. A GPS device is included for generating satellite image data. A controller generates an aerial view of a vehicle and a trailer based on the image data and the satellite data. A display is included for displaying the aerial view and registering a touch event thereon that inputs an intended path for the vehicle and the trailer.
US09500496B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for spatially representing a digital map section A navigation apparatus for spatially representing a digital map section around a geographical position on the earth's surface on the basis of digital geodata, wherein the digital geodata have height information, having a first input interface for the digital geodata; a second input interface for coordinates of the geographical position; a third input interface for a perspective stipulation variable corresponding to a desired viewing direction of the position; a processor module which is coupled to the first, second and third input interfaces; and an output interface coupled to the processor module and intended to output output data corresponding to the projection of the geodata which can be visually perceived in different ways and corresponds to the height information.
US09500493B2	Situation-aware route and destination predictions A method for predicting a destination of a vehicle includes receiving vehicle data from a plurality of sensors, the vehicle data including at least a current location and a current time, determining a plurality of usage scenarios based on the vehicle data, accessing historical vehicle data and user data from a database, assigning, based on the vehicle data, a likelihood value to each of the plurality of usage scenarios, and predicting a set of destinations and routes for each of the plurality of usage scenarios.
US09500483B1	Surrogate navigation receiver for transferring capabilities to a host navigation receiver and related method An integrated surrogate positioning system and method is disclosed for converting a received positioning signal to a desired output based on existing infrastructure of a host receiver. The system and method comprises a signal processing system for receiving and downconverting to digital, radio frequency positioning signals from a variety of constellations. A radio frequency signal generator receives the positioning solution and determines output positioning signal parameters based on the requirements of the host receiver. The signal generator produces an output baseband positioning signal based on the received positioning solution and the output positioning signal parameters and transmits the positioning signal to the host receive through existing infrastructure.
US09500479B2	Simplified distance meter A simplified distance meter comprises a frame, at least two wheels installed in front and rear of the frame, rotation detectors for detecting rotation of at least one wheel, and tilt detecting means installed on the frame, wherein amount of rotations of the wheels is obtained by the rotation detector, and tilting of the frame corresponding to the amount of rotations is acquired by the tilt detecting means.
US09500476B2	Linear position monitoring system Generally, a linear position monitor including a rotatable member having a toothed periphery configured to directly rotatably engage a longitudinal linear portion of a spiral thread coupled to an elongate member whereby an amount of linear travel of the elongate member directly reversibly rotatably drives the rotatable member operationally coupled to a linear position indicator calibrated to translate rotation of the rotatable member about the rotation axis into an elongate member location value corresponding to a location of the elongate member in the amount of linear travel.
US09500475B2	Method and apparatus for inspecting an object employing machine vision A machine vision system including a digital camera can be employed to inspect an object in a field of view. This includes projecting digitally-generated light patterns including first and second boundary patterns and first and second spatial patterns onto the object in the field of view. Images associated with the projected light patterns including the object are captured. Spatial cells are found in the field of view by matching codes in the first and second spatial patterns to boundaries determined based upon one of the first and second boundary patterns. The spatial cells are found in the field of view by matching codes in the spatial patterns to boundaries determined based upon the boundary patterns. The spatial cells are decoded and matched to the boundaries. Three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data of the object is generated based upon the decoded spatial cells matched to the boundaries.
US09500471B2	Optical measuring device and method for acquiring in situ a stage height between a support and an edge region of an object The invention relates to an optical measuring device for acquiring in situ a difference in distance between a support and an edge region of an object to be measured. The optical measuring device has a measuring head with dual beam guide which directs a first measuring beam towards the support and a second measuring beam towards the edge region of the object to be measured. Means are provided for acquiring and forming reflection spectra of the first measuring beam which is directed towards the support and the second measuring beam which is directed towards the edge region of the object to be measured. The measuring device has a multi-channel measuring apparatus with one spectrometer line. An evaluation unit for the reflection spectra for acquiring the stage height between the support and the edge region of the object works together with a spectrometer and a display unit.
US09500469B2	Laser line probe having improved high dynamic range A method for measuring three-dimensional coordinates of an object surface with a line scanner, the line scanner including a projector and a camera, the projector projecting onto the object surface a first line of light at a first time and a second line of light at a second time, the integrated energy of the second line of light different than the first line of light, the camera capturing the reflections of the first line of light and the second line of light, a processor determining portions of the image that are saturated or have electrical noise, and determining three-dimensional coordinates of the object surface based at least in part on the processed data.
US09500465B2	Method and device for determining a recognition threshold A method for determining a recognition threshold for recognizing the presence of a tooth or a tooth gap of a position sensor in front of a sensor is presented. The method includes a step of reading in a sensor signal which represents a variation over time of a measured magnetic field when the teeth and the tooth gaps of the position sensor are passed by the sensor. In addition, the method includes a step of ascertaining from the sensor signal a first value based on a minimum value of the sensor signal and a first value based on a maximum value of the sensor signal within a predefined time interval. The method also includes a step of computing a differential absolute value which represents a predetermined percentage of a difference between the value based on the at least one maximum value and a value based on the at least one minimum value of the sensor signal. Lastly, the method includes a step of determining the recognition threshold, so that the recognition threshold represents a value that corresponds to a result of adding the differential absolute value to the first value based on the minimum value of the sensor signal.
US09500460B2	Positioning apparatus and method for distance measurement A ball distance measuring system incorporates a support received over a reference ball. A reference on the support has a diameter differing from a diameter of the reference ball by a predetermined amount visually distinguishable from a circumference of the reference ball presenting an even visual separation confirming concentric coincidence when centered with respect to the reference ball.
US09500448B1	Bursting switch An initiator assembly having a base, first and second conductive elements, a first electrically insulating member and an energetic material. The first conductive element, which is configured to receive an electrical input, is coupled to the base and includes a tip. The first electrically insulating member is disposed over the tip. The second conductive element has a bridge that is disposed over the first electrically insulating member. The bridge is configured to vaporize in response to transmission of the electrical input from the tip of the first conductive element to the bridge. The energetic material is disposed over the bridge. Energy produced during vaporization of the bridge is transmitted to the energetic material to initiate at least one of a combustion event, a deflagration event and a detonation event in the energetic material. A method for operating an initiator assembly is also provided.
US09500442B2	Holographic gun sight A sight assembly for mounting to a weapon is provided. A holographic optical element and a light source are provided in a fixed angular configuration with respect to one another, but may be adjusted either together or individually in a horizontal or vertical direction. A mirror or lens may also be provided. An adjustment mechanism is provided where a shaft includes at least two portions wherein the two portions of the shaft of the screw have different pitch directions and/or pitch dimensions allowing for slight adjustment of the assembly. The light source is typically a vertical-cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). The wavelength of the VCSEL is controlled by controlling the current it is given. The assembly further allows for perceived image distance adjustment using parallax mismatch. Further, a chassis is provided for holding holographic elements.
US09500424B1	Extractor and related barrel and barrel adaptor A barrel adaptor for a single-shot break-action firearm comprises a barrel stub and an extractor. The barrel stub comprises a main body and a mounting lug. A barrel-receiving bore extends through the main body and can threadedly receive a barrel. Opposed parallel extractor channels are formed between the barrel-receiving bore and the locking bolt receptacle, substantially parallel to the barrel-receiving bore. An extractor head recess at the breech end of the main body extends into the barrel-receiving bore and into the lug, merging with the extractor channels to form an extractor receptacle. The extractor comprises an extractor head having an arcuate cartridge-engaging lip and opposed, spaced apart substantially parallel extractor arms received in the extractor channels. The extractor is longitudinally movable between a firing configuration where the extractor head is in the extractor head recess and an extended configuration where the extractor head is withdrawn from the extractor head recess.
US09500422B2	Gas operating system for small arms with spring loaded gas valve A gas operating system for engaging the automatic or semi-automatic action of small arms. The system has a short, displaceable cylinder with a gas block ring secured thereto, a short, fixed piston attached coaxially to a gun barrel, and a single locking nut, advantageously in the form of a threaded flash suppressor. The piston includes gas block rings at its rearward exterior surfaces. The cylinder has a short stroke between radial forward and rear stops fixed on the barrel, which short stroke may be finely adjusted by threaded axial displacement of the rear stop. Pressurized combustion gas from fired ammunition fills a gas chamber formed by the interiors of the piston and cylinder, the gas entering through radial ports in the barrel. The system may be machined and assembled/disassembled with ease and may be readily adapted for employment in any small arms. The system may be fine tuned for usage with a wide spectrum of ammunition.
US09500412B2	Apparatus and method for positioning lances of electric arc furnace, electric arc furnace comprising such apparatus A positioning apparatus (100,100′,100″) for steelmaking lances (300) of an electric arc furnace (200) comprising:—a supporting structure (150,150′) for a steelmaking lance intended to be introduced into said furnace (200) through an opening (230) of said furnace—a linkage (110;120;130;160) associated to said supporting structure (150,150′) and intended to position a carriage (115) linearly movable with respect to said linkage (110;120;130;160) wherein said linkage (110;120;130;160) is an articulated quadrilateral intended to cause said at least one steelmaking lance (330) to be moved from a parking position outside said electric arc furnace to an operating position wherein at least a part of said lance is inside said electric arc furnace and said positioning apparatus (100,100′,100″) further comprises rotation means to cause at least said carriage (115) to rotate about an axis (X) substantially vertical in the assembly condition.
US09500411B2	Burner and/or injector panel apparatus, methods of installation and use of the same in a metal-melting furnace, and metal-melting furnace including the same A burner and/or injector panel apparatus includes a flange rotatable within a cylindrical aperture in a horizontal plate and securely retainable between one or more retaining clips and the plate. Extending downward from the flange is a main body with a cylindrical chamber. A burner, burner/injector, or injector is contained within the cylindrical chamber. The main body has a helical cooling circuit extending around the cylindrical chamber and burner and/or injector. The burner and/or injector panel apparatus may be installed through a furnace wall, especially an electric arc furnace, more particularly, a balcony panel of a sump area of an electric arc furnace. The burner and/or injector panel apparatus may be tilted from horizontal or rotated around its vertical axis in order to better target a target area of a molten bath of metal with a flame, jet of oxygen, or stream of carbon particles.
US09500408B2	Mobile veneer dryer Embodiments provide a veneer dryer system and methods of constructing, relocating, and replacing veneer dryers and other constructs such as lumber kilns, machinery, and processing lines or parts thereof. Embodiments of a veneer dryer system may include a track and a veneer dryer movably coupled with the track. The track may extend between the desired location of the veneer dryer and a construction location. Movers may be coupled with the track at the construction location. The veneer dryer may be partially or fully constructed on the movers and moved to the desired location for use. A pre-existing veneer dryer at the desired location may remain operational during the construction and removed before the new veneer dryer is moved into place, substantially reducing downtime and costs as compared to prior methods of replacing veneer dryers.
US09500402B2	Door for refrigerator and manufacturing method for the same There is disclosed a refrigerator door including a front panel for defining a front exterior appearance thereof, a door liner for defining a rear exterior appearance thereof, a frame for defining both lateral exterior appearance thereof, the frame formed of steel, a support portion provided in an inner portion of the frame to support the front panel, the support portion formed of steel, an upper cap decorative portion for sealing upper portions of the front panel and the door liner, a lower cap decorative portion for sealing lower portions of the front panel and the door liner, and a coupling member provided in an inner portion of the frame to couple the upper cap decorative portion and the lower cap decorative portion to each other, the coupling member formed of steel, wherein the support portion is welded to the frame and the coupling member is welded to the frame.
US09500397B2	Refrigerant system and a control method the same A refrigerant system according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a outdoor heat exchanger performing heat exchange between outdoor air and a refrigerant; a compressor compressing the refrigerant; an indoor heat exchanger performing heat exchange between indoor air and the refrigerant; an expansion portion expanding the refrigerant; and a refrigerant pipe connecting the outdoor heat exchanger, the compressor, the indoor heat exchanger and the expansion portion to form a refrigerant cycle, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger includes a refrigerant storage portion storing the refrigerant to control flowing refrigerant amount on the refrigerant cycle.
US09500394B2	Retro-fit energy exchange system for transparent incorporation into a plurality of existing energy transfer systems A controller connectable to a plurality of energy sources, energy demands and energy transfer units is contemplated. The controller is configurable to dynamically route excess energy from different sources to different demands via the energy transfer unit(s).
US09500389B2	Thermally regulated self-heating containers A modular heating system and method is presented that automatically dissipates thermal energy from a heater or heated package if the energy cannot be assimilated without excessive temperature increase. A heater containing reactants that generate heat when combined is placed in thermal contact with a passive thermal control material which is in thermal contact with a container configured to contain a substance to be heated. The passive thermal control material allows the transmission of heat between the heater and the container as long as the temperature of the heat passing through the passive thermal control material does not exceed the activation temperature of the material. If the temperature of the heat passing through the passive thermal control material exceeds the material's decomposition temperature, the passive thermal control material decomposes and thereby dissipates heat.
US09500387B2	Duct access door An access panel for an opening in a duct is provided. The access panel includes an exterior and an interior. The access panel further includes a section positioned on the interior and having a profile substantially corresponding to the opening in the duct. A plurality of fasteners is positioned about the section. Each fastener has a dip configured to move to a position defined to extend away from the profile of the section on the interior. When the access panel is positioned with the section on the interior against the opening in the duct and the fasteners are moved to the locking position the clips rotate to extend over the profile and secure a portion of the duct adjacent to the opening against the interior of the access panel.
US09500386B1	Fan controller Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a fan controller. The fan controller determines HVAC system type and heating or cooling mode for gas furnace, heat pump, electric resistance, and hydronic heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. For gas furnace heating systems, the apparatus and methods include energizing the blower fan from a lower fan speed used for heating by the furnace-fan controller to the high-speed used for cooling by the fan controller after fan-on delay time P1 to increase delivered heating capacity, satisfy the thermostat sooner and save heating energy. For heat pump, electric resistance, and hydronic heating systems the apparatus and methods include energizing the fan relay after a short fan-on delay time P0 based on previous off-cycle duration P11. For all these HVAC systems, the apparatus and methods vary extended fan-off time delay P2 as a function of cool-source operational time P4 or heat-source operational time P3.
US09500383B2	Method for controlling a ventilation system for the ventilation of an enclosure and a ventilation system A method for controlling a ventilation system for the ventilation of an enclosure. The ventilation system includes two or more ventilation units, which each selectively and repeatedly can be controlled to establish an air flow to and/or from the enclosure. The method includes the steps of: determining information regarding operational conditions of one or more of the two or more ventilation units by measuring the air flow through or the pressure differential across the ventilation units, generating operation control data for one or more of the ventilation units from information regarding operational conditions determined for at least one other of the ventilation units, and controlling the operation of one or more of the two or more ventilation units by applying the generated operation control data. The invention further relates to a ventilation system for ventilating an enclosure.
US09500379B2	Methods of dehumidification control in unoccupied spaces Methods of providing dehumidification control in unoccupied spaces are disclosed. An illustrative method can include the steps of providing a controller having an away mode of operation adapted to provide dehumidification within the interior space of a building or room, providing one or more system components adapted to control the humidity and/or temperature within the interior space, initiating the away mode of operation within the controller, and operating the one or more system components for at least one cycle to reduce the humidity within the interior space.
US09500376B2	Fluid heating system, fluid heating method, fluid heating control system, control apparatus, and control method When using a plurality of heaters such as heat pump units, capacity is properly distributed according to the required capacity, thereby enabling highly efficient operation of a hot water system. To achieve this, a control apparatus determines the heating capacity of each of the heat pump units in a way that the total heating capacity of the heat pump units reaches the heating capacity required in the hot water system as a whole, and further in a way that the total COP (coefficient of performance) of the heat pump units satisfies predetermined condition. The control apparatus controls each of regulating valves in a way that the heating capacity of each of the heat pump units reaches the above determined heating capacity.
US09500372B2	Multi-zone combustor A multi-zone combustor is provided and includes a pre-mixer configured to output a first mixture to a primary zone of a combustor section and a stepped center body disposable in an annulus defined within the pre-mixer. The stepped center body includes an outer body configured to output at a first radial and axial step a second mixture to a secondary zone of the combustor section and an inner body disposable in an annulus defined within the outer body and configured to output at a second radial and axial step a third mixture to a tertiary zone of the combustor section.
US09500371B2	Device for injecting air and fuel into a combustion chamber of a turbine engine A device for injecting air and fuel into a combustion chamber of a turbine engine, the device including a fuel injector, at least one first element mounted on the fuel injector, and at least one second element mounted on an end wall of the combustion chamber. The first element includes a radial rim that is movable in a radial groove of the second element, which groove is defined by a sheath and by a closure ring welded to an inside of the sheath. The closure ring includes a radial wall and a cylindrical rim extending from the radially outer periphery of the radial wall towards a radial wall of the sheath and bearing via its corresponding free end against the radial wall of the sheath.
US09500365B2	Pressure-measuring device with additional diaphragm A pressure-measuring device for recording a pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a force transmission body, situated in a housing, which is exposed to the combustion chamber and which transmits the combustion chamber pressure to a pressure-measuring unit at least indirectly by an axial motion, and having a flexible diaphragm, which is situated between the force transmission body and the housing. The flexible diaphragm is configured to be resilient to implement the axial motion of the force transmission body within the housing. A flexible additional diaphragm is connected ahead of the flexible diaphragm on the combustion chamber side, which seals the flexible diaphragm from the combustion chamber.
US09500361B2	Method and device for controlling the temperature of steam for a steam power plant A method for controlling the temperatures of steam for a steam power plant is provided. A state controller, in order to output a desired steam temperature as a controlled variable, feeds back several steam states in a superheater for superheating steam using a monitor, which calculates the steam states, and the desired steam temperature is forwarded to a further controller for controlling the temperature. In order to achieve a stable and accurate control of the steam temperature, it is proposed that the state controller be a linear quadratic controller.
US09500360B2	Closed drain recovery system To achieve a downsized drain tank without reducing an effective drain recovery rate. A closed drain recovery system includes: a steam boiler (2); a closed-type drain tank (4); an air-open-type makeup water tank (7); a steam introduction line (10) for introducing a first flush steam within the drain tank (4) to the makeup water tank (7); a surplus drain introduction line (8) for introducing surplus drain to the makeup water tank (7) from the drain tank (4); and condensing units (33) and (39) provided for the makeup water tank (7), and configured to condense one or both of the first flush steam and a second flush steam by bringing the one or both of the first flush steam and the second flush steam into contact with the makeup water within the makeup water tank (7), the second flush steam being generated from the surplus drain.
US09500357B2	LED light fixture having circumferentially mounted drivers adjacent external heat sinks A light fixture and a housing thereof for managing thermal energy includes multiple cavities separated by a partition wall and each configured to house components of the light fixture, in particular an LED array and LED drivers to power the LED array. The housing further includes a heat transfer flow path radially defined between the first cavity and the partition wall, and a fin in fluid communication with the cavity housing the LED drivers. The heat transfer flow path is positioned for dissipation of heat from the LED array and the fin is positioned for dissipation of heat from the LED drivers.
US09500356B2	Heat dissipater with axial and radial air aperture and application device thereof The present invention is characterized in that the heat generated by the electric illumination device cannot only be dissipated to the exterior through the surface of the heat dissipater, but also enabled to be further dissipated by the air flowing capable of assisting heat dissipation through the hot airflow in a heat dissipater (101) with axial and radial air aperture generating a hot ascent/cold descent effect for introducing airflow from an air inlet port formed near a light projection side to pass an axial tubular flowpath (102) then be discharged from a radial air outlet hole (107) formed near a connection side (104) of the heat dissipater (101) with axial and radial air aperture.
US09500351B2	Lighting unit having a plurality of light emitting diodes In various embodiments, a lighting unit is provided. The lighting unit may include a hollow body made of a plastics material as a substrate, which hollow body has an outer surface and an opposite inner surface, wherein the latter at least partially delimits a hollow body internal volume, a plurality of light emitting diodes, which are arranged on the outer surface of the hollow body, and a conductor track structure, which is electrically conductively connected to the light emitting diodes. The conductor track structure is arranged on the inner surface of the hollow body, and the electrically conductive connection to the light emitting diodes is produced by through-contacts, which are passed through the plastics material.
US09500349B2	Lighting device and method for the flexible generation and distribution of light The invention relates to a method and a lighting device for generating light. The lighting device has at least one light source connected to two receiving-electrodes, at least two supply-electrodes for generating an electrical field, wherein the relative configuration between the receiving-electrodes and the electrical field can change. Such a change may, for example, come about by a movement of the receiving-electrodes relative to the electrical field and/or by changing the configuration of the electrical field. The light source and/or the receiving-electrodes may be embedded in a non-solid filling of a container. Thus three-dimensional structures of light sources can be designed in which the light sources may optionally be movable.
US09500342B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device including a plurality of units is provided. Each unit includes a light emitting region and a light-transmitting region, wherein in at least one unit, at least two sides of the light emitting region are surrounded by the light-transmitting region.
US09500341B2	Optical filtering system for solar cell testing A method and apparatus for simulating light. A first light from a first filterer is output to a solar cell. The first light output by the first filterer has a coarse spectrum that simulates the light in a selected environment. A second light from a second filterer is output to the solar cell while the first light is output by the first filterer. The second light output by the second filterer has a fine spectrum selected for a group of junctions in the solar cell.
US09500338B2	Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of lamp units each comprising a light source and a projection lens configured to emit light emitted from the light source to the front. The plurality of lamp units form a light distribution pattern by combining irradiation regions formed by each lamp unit. At least one of the lamp units has a lens driving mechanism configured to tilt the projection lens in a vertical direction.
US09500336B2	Lamp for vehicle A lamp for a vehicle may include a hologram reproducing apparatus reproducing a written image to an outside when light is input, a light source provided to one end side of the hologram reproducing apparatus, and a reflecting apparatus provided to another end side of the hologram reproducing apparatus and reflecting light of the light source to the hologram reproducing apparatus at a same incident angle as an incident angle when an image is written on the hologram reproducing apparatus.
US09500334B2	Vehicle lamp having auxiliary lens with main lens The invention is provided with a lens and a semiconductor-type light source. The lens comprises a main lens part and an auxiliary lens par. The auxiliary lens part comprises a light entry surface, a reflection surface, a light exit surface, and a first connection surface. A light processing part for dispersing light from the semiconductor-type light source is provided to the first connection surface. As a result, this invention is able to process upwardly emitted light.
US09500329B2	Pedestal, display apparatus and illumination apparatus A pedestal comprising a support (1) and a pedestal body (2). The support (1) includes a cylindrical upright column (11) for connecting with the pedestal body (2). At least one slot (111) is provided on a wall of the cylindrical upright column (11) and extends along a circumferential direction of the wall, and a gap (112) communicating with an end face of the wall is provided on the respective slots. A limit projection (113) is provided at an inner side of the wall. A groove (21) matching with the cylindrical upright column (11) is provided on the pedestal body (2). A clamping hook (211) for engaging with the slot (111) is provided on a side wall of the groove (21). A spring strip (212) is provided on a bottom surface of the groove (21). A protrusion (213) for engaging with the limit projection (113) is provided on the spring strip (212). A via hole (214) passing through a thickness of the pedestal body (2) is provided on the bottom surface of the groove (21), and the via hole (214) abuts on the spring strip (212). The pedestal is used for support a display device or lamp. The difficulty in assembling and disassembling of the support and the pedestal body can be overcome. A display apparatus and an illumination apparatus which comprise the pedestal are further provided.
US09500323B2	Lens for LED illumination A lens may include a light incident surface, a first light emergent surface and side surfaces joining the light incident surface and the first light emergent surface. The light incident surface defines a space for accommodating light sources. The side surface includes at least one total-internal reflection surface and at least one second light emergent surface, a first part of light passing through the light incident surface is refracted by the first light emergent surface and emerges to generate first emergent light, a second part of light passing through the light incident surface is reflected by the total-internal reflection surfaces to the first light emergent surface and is refracted by the first light emergent surface and emerges to generate second light emergent light, and a third part of light passing through the light incident surface is refracted by the second light emergent surfaces and emerges to generate third emergent light.
US09500319B2	Flow module port fitting A flow module port fitting to be inserted in port hole in a flow module, which port hole is in communication with flow channel. The port fitting comprises a head, and a shaft with a center axis, attached to the head, wherein the shaft has a first and a second end portion, the port fitting comprises further a fastening element at its first end portion for fastening the port fitting to the flow module or flow plate. The port fitting comprises further a seal arranged either externally on said shaft or seal is arranged at the second end portion facing away from the head, or seal is arranged in the short side of said second end portion, wherein seal is sealing port hole together with port fitting from the fluids flowing in flow channel.
US09500312B2	3D image photographing device A 3d image photographing device produces a 3D image with an enhanced stereoscopic effect. The device includes a first track, a second track, a slide carriage and a driving module. The first track couples with the second track. The first track includes a first slideway in an arc shape. The second track includes a second slideway in an arc shape, and a curvature of the second slideway is larger than a curvature of the first slideway. The slide carriage includes a base. A first sliding block is rotatably mounted to a surface of the base, and a groove is arranged on the surface. The first sliding block movably coupled to the second slideway. A positioning member couples with the groove, with the positioning member having a second sliding block movably coupled to the first slideway, and with the second sliding block connecting with a blocking portion received in the groove. A coupling portion is mounted to another surface of the base for coupling a camera.
US09500307B2	Slip-on coupling gasket An annular gasket includes an annular body and an annular body and a pair of sealing ribs extending substantially radially inward from the annular body, each sealing rib having a sealing ridge, the sealing ridge of each of the pair of sealing ribs having a sealing surface, wherein the sealing surface is about cylindrical at rest.
US09500288B2	Combined control and flow sensing valve A slim profile rotary control valve capable of independently modulating fluids into a single heat exchanger from two different and distinct systems that utilize the same type of heat transfer fluid. The valve is capable of monitoring both the supply and return fluid temperatures as well as the mass flow to enable the valve controller to optimize system's energy efficiency. It eliminates the use of multiple valves currently used in a conventional changeover system and automated control of valve positioning works much superior to existing valves. The housing and inner cylinder have tapered profiles to enable rotary sealing between the inlet and outlet ports. The housing has flow characterization profiles machined into the outlet ports thus eliminating the need for characterization disks. The rotary valve has a geometry that allows for a no flow dead zone when no heat exchange is so demanded.
US09500274B2	Transmission apparatus A transmission apparatus includes a case, a gear transmission housed in the case, an intra-shaft oil passage formed in a rotating shaft, an oil supplying passage for supplying oil to the intra-shaft oil passage, a guide plate facing an axial end surface of a gear with a predetermined distance in the axial direction of the gear, which is clipped in oil in the case; and an oil passage formed between the one end surface and the guide plate. The oil passage extends along an outer periphery of the one end surface.
US09500273B2	In-wheel motor drive device having lubrication systems with cooling fins A plurality of circumferential fins 22g are formed on an outer peripheral surface of a motor casing 22a, and a plurality of fins 22f are formed on an outer surface of a motor rear cover 22d. Lubricant circulates in a motor-casing oil passage 55 provided in the motor casing 22a, a motor-rear-cover oil passage 56 provided in the motor rear cover 22d, and a speed reduction portion B. This lubricant is cooled when flowing in the motor-casing oil passage 55 and the motor-rear-cover oil passage 56. Thus, an in-wheel motor drive device 21 is efficiently cooled.
US09500267B2	Drive module with compact differential mechanism A drive module that includes an electric motor, an input pinion driven by the electric motor, a transmission driven by the input pinion, a planetary differential assembly and first and second axle shafts. The transmission has a first transmission output member. The planetary differential assembly has an input ring gear, a first output sun gear and a second output sun gear. The first and second output sun gears have different pitch diameters, different modules and a common quantity of sun gear teeth. The planetary differential assembly is configured to provide a 50-50 torque split between the first and second output sun gears. The first axle shaft is coupled to the first output sun gear for rotation therewith. The second axle shaft is coupled to the second output sun gear for rotation therewith.
US09500265B2	Linear drive The present invention relates to a linear drive with a stator, a runner, and two rotative drive units provided for driving the runner. It is provided according to the invention that the linear drive comprises two magnetorheological clutches, wherein the first drive unit can be coupled to the runner using a first magnetorheological clutch and the second drive unit can be coupled to the runner using a second magnetorheological clutch. The output torque of the first drive unit acts upon the runner in the opposite direction to the output torque of the second drive unit.
US09500259B1	High performance torsional vibration isolator A torsional vibration isolator for a motor vehicle includes an input member having an engine drive component. An output member defines a transmission input shaft. A component group connecting the input member to the output member includes a first spring engagement element connected to a ring gear. At least one pinion gear is engaged to the ring gear. A sun gear is engaged to the at least one pinion gear. A second spring engagement element is connected to a carrier, the carrier also connected to the at least one pinion gear. At least one spring contacts both the second spring engagement element and the first spring engagement element to permit the second spring engagement element and the carrier to angularly deflect with respect to the first spring engagement element.
US09500256B2	Suspension device This suspension device is provided with a shock absorber (5) that is capable of altering damping force using the position of a piston rod (18) such that at least any one of the following characteristics are achieved, namely, first characteristics in which, within a range where the piston rod (18) is extending out from a cylinder (11) beyond a first predetermined position, the extension-side damping force is in a soft state and the compression-side damping force is in a hard state, and second characteristics in which, within a range where the piston rod (18) is retracted inside the cylinder (11) beyond a second predetermined position, the extension-side damping force is in a hard state and the compression-side damping force is in a soft state; and an operating force adjustment mechanism that is capable of adjusting at least one of the operating force in the roll direction of a vehicle, and the operating force in a pitch direction of the vehicle.
US09500253B2	Shock absorber system and method In shock absorber system 10, solenoid 18 varies the damping force by changing the position of spring seat 24, and the effective preload force, at the same time. In the normal, de-energized condition (with no current), damping forces are generated by the piston valve 30 including piston 20. The actuated valve spring 16 is relaxed and set in such a way that it applies only a minimum preload force to the rebound-side disc stack 28. The motion of the plunger 14, pin 32 and movable spring seat 24 assembly changes the spring force by varying the distance between the movable spring seat 24 and the stationary spring seat 22. In the energized state, applying current to coil 12 generates a pulling force on the plunger 14 in the direction of the core element 34 to attract plunger 14 towards the core 34 and across the initial gap 36 until it is in a direct contact with the core's surface 38. Maintaining plunger 14 at this position requires applying a continuous constant holding current to coil 12 so that the position of the plunger is preserved (and the high preload force at the same time). When current is no longer applied to the coil 12, then the pulling force is no longer generated, and the plunger assembly returns back to the original (soft) position due to the reverse action of the valve spring 16.
US09500250B2	Impact energy absorber An impact energy absorber with an excellent impact absorbing performance is obtained by varying rib thickness. The impact energy absorber made of resin and having a single-wall solid plate-like shape includes a planar portion and a projection body. The body includes a pair of side walls that rise from the planar portion and face each other, and a top wall joining the top portions of the walls. When Sa is the sectional area of the body, the area being obtained by cutting the body on the side wall at a vicinity to the top wall in a direction parallel to the top wall, and Sb is the sectional area of the body, the area being obtained by cutting the body on the side wall at a vicinity to the planar portion in a direction parallel to the top wall, 0.35≦Sb/Sa≦0.75 is satisfied.
US09500249B2	Energy absorbing link An apparatus and method for a composite structural aircraft transmission support link having an integral energy-absorbing feature is disclosed. The link is a two-force member that can carry structural loads up an ultimate load. When loaded beyond ultimate load the design allows sections of the link to fail in a controlled and progressive manner, so that energy is absorbed over a defined stroking distance.
US09500247B2	Pounding tune mass damper with viscoelastic material A vibration dampener, including, a first beam comprising a first mounting end portion and a first peripheral end portion, wherein the first peripheral end portion comprises a tunable mass, and the first beam is configured to vibrate in tune with a vibrational frequency of a structure supporting the first beam at the first mounting end portion, a second beam comprising a second mounting end portion and a second peripheral end portion, wherein the second peripheral end portion comprises a ring disposed about the first beam, and a viscoelastic material disposed between the first beam and the ring, wherein the viscoelastic material is configured to dampen vibrational energy as the first beam vibrates toward the ring until the viscoelastic material becomes compressed between the first beam and the ring during the course of the impact.
US09500246B2	Device for stubble treatment and a vibration-absorbing arrangement thereof A device for stubble treatment once a crop has been harvested having a frame, at least one knife rolling segment connectable to the frame through a pair of bearings to operate substantially horizontally, a vibration-absorbing arrangement for each bearing that is adapted to be mounted between a bearing and a free-end of the frame that has vibration-absorbing elements that are at least partially made of a resilient material to isolate the frame from vibrations generated at the rolling segment, a first plate to be attached to the free-end of the frame and a second plate adapted to be attached to the bearing, the plates being adapted to be fastened together. Two or more vibration-absorbing elements are positioned in-between the plates, wherein two vibration-absorbing elements are positioned symmetrically with respect to the center of the plates.
US09500244B2	Vibration isolator with coil spring The invention relates to a vibration isolator that includes a coil spring. In a horizontal direction, the coil spring is stiffly coupled to the base or to the load to be isolated.
US09500229B2	Cage for a toroidal roller bearing A cage (1) for separating rollers in a toroidal roller bearing. The cage (1) comprises a first and second annular ring (2, 3), a plurality of elongated axial members (4) interposed between the first and second annular ring to thereby form a number of roller pockets (5). The cage further comprises a portion (6) extending radially inwardly on at least one of the first and second annular ring. The portion further extends in at least a part of the circumference of the at least one first and second annular ring. The radially outer peripheral surface of the annular ring comprising the portion further comprises axial grooves (7) at least at the circumference having the portion, wherein each axial groove is located at the axial end face of each roller pocket in such a way that a roller can be inserted and pulled out via the axial groove into and out of each roller pocket.
US09500227B2	Hydrodynamic bearing structure for cooling fan and method for assembling the same Disclosed are a hydrodynamic bearing structure for bearing a cooling fan and a method of assembling the same. The hydrodynamic bearing structure comprises a housing, a hydrodynamic bearing, a rotation shaft, a thrust member and a bottom plate. The hydrodynamic bearing is mounted in an accommodating space within the housing. The rotation shaft is disposed through a rotation shaft hole of the hydrodynamic bearing. The thrust member is disposed on an end portion of the rotation shaft and accommodated between a bottom surface of the hydrodynamic bearing and a top surface of the bottom plate. A plurality of guiding grooves are disposed in a surface of the thrust member, so that an oil layer applied with pressure is formed on the surface of the thrust member to maintain stable rotation of the rotation shaft and reduce the deflection and vibration of the fan during rotation.
US09500223B2	Asymmetrical tapered roller bearing for the purpose of mounting a gearwheel on a gearshaft A bearing assembly for a transmission of a vehicle, including: a gearwheel; a gearshaft; and a double-row, asymmetrical tapered roller bearing between the gearwheel and the gearshaft, in an O arrangement and including a first row of tapered rollers, which adjoins a shaft end and a second row of tapered rollers, which adjoins the first row of tapered rollers. The first and second rows of tapered rollers are arranged between a shared outer ring arranged on the gearwheel and separate, dedicated inner rings arranged on the gearshaft. A first acute contact angle on the first row of tapered rollers is not equal to a second acute contact angle on the second row of tapered rollers. The first contact angle is at least 3° less than the second contact angle. A difference between the second contact angle and the first contact angle is at most 10°.
US09500213B2	Retaining device for a component of an aircraft or spacecraft A retaining device for a component of an aircraft or spacecraft. The retaining device comprises a fuselage cell portion and a component portion, which portions are interconnected via at least one fastener. A gap is formed between the fastener and the component portion, of such a type that the fuselage cell portion and the component portion are movable relative to one another.
US09500207B2	Slide valve having a valve slide able to be impinged upon by an actuator A slide valve is described, having a valve slide, which is able to be impinged upon by an actuator in a first direction and by an impinging device in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, and which, using control sections is able to connect hydraulically a first working connection to an inlet connection or an outlet connection, and a second working connection to an or the inlet connection or an or the outlet connection, a first control section assigned to the first working connection including at least a first and a second subcontrol section and a recess that is situated axially between them and is preferably radially encircling, which is able to connect hydraulically the working connection to an or the outlet connection as a function of an axial position of the valve slide.
US09500202B1	Thrust bearing surface for floater-style centrifugal pumps A thrust bearing surface for a floater-style centrifugal pump is described. A thrust bearing system includes a rotatable member including a sleeve, and a flange extending radially on a downstream side of the sleeve, a swirling member on a top of the flange, the swirling member extending axially towards an impeller bottom, wherein as the swirling member rotates, the swirling member guides working fluid in an outwards and upwards direction from the swirling member. A rotating member of a thrust bearing surface includes a sleeve securable to a rotatable shaft of a stage, a flange extending radially around a top of the sleeve, and at least one swirling member extending axially downstream from a top of the flange towards a bottom of an impeller, wherein each of the at least one swirling member extends from an outer diameter towards an inner diameter of the flange.
US09500194B2	Sump pump monitoring device and method Embodiments for monitoring and powering one or more sump pumps of a sump pump system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring device includes a battery, a power inverter, a power outlet, and a power cord to receive AC power from an AC power outlet. A sump pump system includes a sump and an AC pump coupled to the power outlet of the monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to select between AC power received from the AC power outlet and AC power supplied by the battery and the power inverter, and provide the selected AC power to the AC pump via the power outlet of the monitoring device.
US09500193B2	Sump pump monitoring device and method A method and device are disclosed for monitoring a sump pump system. The monitoring device may include electrical sensors to sense electrical characteristics of the sump pump system. The sensors may include one or more current clamps which may be clamped around an electrical lead or wire of the sump pump system. The monitoring device may further include control logic circuitry configured to monitor sensed electrical characteristics of the sump pump system and deduce an operating status based on the sensed electrical characteristics. The monitoring device may further include a communications interface configured to report the deduced operating status to an interested party via a communications device.
US09500192B2	Compressed air supply apparatus A compressed air supply apparatus includes a control unit configured to operate an air compressor when a measurement value of a pressure measurement unit reaches a first pressure or less, and configured to stop the air compressor when the measurement value reaches a second pressure higher than the first pressure, and a plurality of relief valve apparatuses installed in each of the connection flow path between the air compressor and each of a plurality of air tanks, wherein each of the plurality of relief valve apparatuses is configured to open the connection flow path to the atmosphere when the measurement value reaches a third pressure higher than the second pressure and close the connection flow path when the measurement value reaches a fourth pressure higher than the second pressure and lower than the third pressure after the opening.
US09500191B2	Compressor system including a flow and temperature control device A compressor system including a lubricant inlet compresses a gas and discharges a mixed flow of compressed gas and lubricant. A valve housing includes a hot and a cooled lubricant inlet, and a lubricant outlet. A sleeve is disposed within the valve housing and is movable between a first and a second position. The sleeve defines a mixing chamber and includes a first aperture with the hot lubricant inlet and a second aperture with the cooled lubricant inlet. The hot and cooled lubricant mix in the mixing chamber are directed to the lubricant inlet of the compressor. A thermal element is positioned to sense a temperature and moves the sleeve in response. The movement of the sleeve varies the amount of hot lubricant admitted through the first aperture and varies the amount of cooled lubricant admitted through the second aperture to control a lubricant temperature.
US09500189B2	Structure of variable swash plate type compressor A structure of a variable swash plate compressor includes: a rotatable shaft having a flow path through which a refrigerant flows; a rotor fixed and coupled to the shaft and has a rotor arm formed at one side of the rotor; a swash plate connected to the rotor arm by a hinge pin and mounted on the shaft so that an inclination angle is variable with respect to the shaft; a compressive coil spring installed on the shaft between the swash plate and the rotor; a lift slidably coupled to the shaft and connected to the swash plate; and a fixing device formed in the shaft and fixes the lift so as to maintain the inclination angle of the swash plate, thereby basically preventing an operational delay of the compressor, securing performance at the time of initially operating an air conditioning device, and improving marketability.
US09500185B2	System and method using solar thermal energy for power, cogeneration and/or poly-generation using supercritical brayton cycles Methods of operating a supercritical Brayton cycle integrated with another cycle for power, cogeneration, or poly-generation using solar energy as a main source of energy. A system includes a supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle as a topping cycle and any one or more of a power cycle, a cooling cycle, a steam production cycle, and a water desalination cycle as a lower cycle. When not enough solar irradiation is available to power the combined cycle, the lower cycle is only operated or both part of the topping cycle as well as the lower cycle through the solar thermal energy and/or the stored thermal energy.
US09500184B2	Apparatus and method for solar and wind based power generation An apparatus for converting solar energy may have a heat-capturing element that generates thermal energy when exposed to solar radiation and a canopy arranged about the heat-capturing element. The canopy may define a chamber with an intake and an output, and may be configured for substantially trapping air particles in proximity to the heat-capturing element throughout a pathway from the intake to the output. A portion of the chamber arranged near the output may have a decreased cross section. The apparatus may also include a thermal transfer system configured for creating a positive thermal feedback between a portion of the heat-capturing element near the output and a portion of the heat-capturing element near the intake, and at least one horizontal turbine arranged at the output.
US09500176B2	Wave energy apparatus having a venturi shroud By optimizing the degree to which water is accelerated through a venturi device, the amount of power that an energy device extracts from the ocean is maximized. Prior venturi-based wave energy devices have proven to be inefficient because of the relatively small amount of power that they generate relative to their size and cost. By optimizing the venturi effect created within the submerged venturi components of such devices, the speed of the water moving through the narrowest portions of such a devices is maximized with respect to the wave environments in which they operate, and a maximal amount of energy is extracted from the ocean. This optimization of a wave energy device's power is sufficient to render such devices cost effective. The method of extracting energy from the accelerated flow of water moving through such venturi devices is not limited, and many alternatives exist, each with its own potential benefits.
US09500171B2	Pressure regulating valve A pressure regulating valve includes a housing having a valve inlet and a valve outlet. A movable piston is located in the housing, and a position of the piston is determined by a selected difference between and inlet pressure and an outlet pressure. The movable piston at least partially defines one or more flow channels between the valve inlet and the valve outlet. When the movable piston is in a fully open position, an axial inlet opening at an inlet end of the one or more flow channels is smaller than an radial depth of the one or more flow channels at the inlet end of the one or more flow channels.
US09500165B2	Sealing cap using o-ring for vehicle intake manifold A locking sealing arrangement for providing a fluid tight seal between a cap or a spigot and an adjacent structure is set forth. The locking sealing cap includes a peripheral sealing member such as an o-ring to form the fluid tight seal. The locking sealing cap engages the inner surface of the adjacent support structure by a cam-lock arrangement. A locking tab extends from the surface of the support structure. A tab-receiving slot is formed in the locking sealing cap. Once the locking tab is aligned in the tab-receiving slot, rotational movement of the locking sealing cap causes engagement of the locking sealing cap with the support structure. One embodiment of the locking sealing cap includes an internal torque feature for receiving a tool to allow engagement. In another embodiment of the locking sealing cap an external, multi-sided tool engagement surface is provided.
US09500164B2	Air filter element and filter housing Disclosed are various exemplary embodiments of an air filter element for a machine. The air filter element may include a generally rectangular body with a rounded bottom surface, where the generally rectangular body may be configured to be inserted into a filter housing in a first direction. The filter element may also include an inlet opening at a top surface opposite to the bottom surface of the generally rectangular body, where the inlet opening may face in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The filter element may also include a front surface facing substantially in the first direction and defining a discharge opening and a rear surface opposite to the front surface of the generally rectangular body. The filter element may further include a sealing element disposed on a side surface of the generally rectangular body between the front surface and the rear surface, such that the sealing element substantially may seal off a gap between the side surface of the filter housing and the generally rectangular body when the generally rectangular body is inserted into the filter housing.
US09500147B2	Minimization of the combustion noise of an internal combustion engine based on a detection of an instability of the position of the maximum of a cylinder pressure gradient A method and a device for regulating the combustion noise of an internal combustion engine includes operating the internal combustion engine, detecting a profile of the cylinder pressure in the engine over time, determining a profile of the gradient of the cylinder pressure over time, defining the temporal position of the maximum of the pressure gradient in the determined profile, and modifying at least one parameter that is relevant to the combustion of fuel in the engine, wherein the pressure profile is detected, the pressure gradient is determined, and the temporal position of the maximum of the pressure gradient is defined until the temporal position of the maximum of the pressure gradient begins to fluctuate within a plurality of engine combustion cycles that follow one another. Furthermore, an engine controller having such a device and a computer program for carrying out such a method are described.
US09500146B2	Method and apparatus for controlling an engine to achieve a boosted performance for a limited time A method is provided for controlling an engine to allow a driver to obtain a working range of the engine in excess a base working range thereof The method includes establishing a base working range, which limits are defined by a base torque versus engine speed curve, establishing an excess working range, which limits are defined between the base torque versus engine speed curve and an excess torque versus engine speed curve, the excess torque versus engine speed curve displaying a higher maximum torque level and/or a higher end engine speed as compared to the base torque versus engine speed curve, establishing an excess availability limit, defining the maximum duration or maximum distance of access to the excess working range per unit time or unit distance, calculating a cumulative consumed excess value per unit time or unit distance by summating any time periods or distances during which the excess working range is accessed within the unit time or unit distance, and controlling the engine in response to driver input to allow access to the excess working range only when the cumulative consumed excess value is less than the excess availability limit.
US09500142B2	Preignition restraining device An ECU has an output-value obtaining portion, a preignition estimating portion and a valve-opening-time controller. The output-value obtaining portion obtains the output value of the knock sensor, which corresponds to an intensity of an engine knocking. A preignition estimating portion estimates that a preignition will be generated in an internal combustion engine, when the obtained output value is greater than or equal to the specified threshold. When the preignition estimating portion estimates that a preignition will be generated, the exhaust-valve timing control mechanism advances the opening time of the exhaust valve to suppress the preignition.
US09500141B2	Controller for variable valve mechanism An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, intake valves (31) provided respectively in the cylinders, and a variable valve mechanism (600) for changing a valve characteristic of the intake valves (31). A motor (210) drives the variable valve mechanism (600). A motor controller (150) controls the motor (210). The internal combustion engine can be operated in a cylinder deactivation mode for retaining the intake valves (31) of some of the cylinders in a valve closing state. When the internal combustion engine returns from the cylinder deactivation mode, the motor controller (150) executes overlap adjustment processing for controlling the valve characteristic such that valve opening periods of the intake valves (31) are not overlapped between the cylinders.
US09500140B2	Valve Embodiments relate to valves comprising a member such as a plate or poppet, that is moveable relative to a stationary seat. The state of the member may be maintained against opposing forces with relatively little expenditure of energy. According to one embodiment, a poppet displaced from seating in the valve seat, may be held in position against opposing forces tending to close the valve, until a desired flow of gas through the valve has taken place. The poppet may then be released as desired, such that those opposing forces serve to passively close the valve. The valve may be secured in position utilizing mechanical, magnetic, electromagnetic, pneumatic, electrostatic, or hydraulic approaches. Valve embodiments may be particularly suited to controlling gas flows for compression and/or expansion in an energy storage system.
US09500130B2	Centerline support bar for steam turbine component A centerline support bar for steam turbine component assembly, installation, and/or alignment is disclosed. In one embodiment, the support bar includes a body portion configured to be disposed across a centerline of a steam turbine, the body portion configured to transversely connect to a steam turbine component; and a first flange extending from the body portion and configured to contact a steam turbine casing, wherein the steam turbine support bar is configured to non-affixedly join the steam turbine casing to the steam turbine component.
US09500124B2	Hybrid powertrain and method for operating same A hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, a load coupled to the internal combustion engine via a mechanical transmission for transmission of a first shaft power therebetween, a turbine fluidly coupled to an exhaust of the internal combustion engine, a generator operatively coupled to the turbine for transmission of a second shaft power therebetween, and electrically coupled to an electric battery, a motor-generator operatively coupled to the mechanical transmission for transmission of a third shaft power therebetween, and electrically coupled to the electric battery; and a controller operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to adjust a relative proportion of the third shaft power compared to the first shaft power by adjusting at least one of a combustion timing of the internal combustion engine and an exhaust valve timing of the internal combustion engine.
US09500115B2	Method and system for an internal combustion engine with liquid-cooled cylinder head and liquid-cooled cylinder block Methods and systems are provided for separately providing liquid-cooling to a cylinder head and a cylinder block. In one example, a method includes selectively pumping coolant with a single pump to each of a first cylinder head coolant jacket and a cylinder block coolant jacket based on engine temperatures. The method further includes discharging coolant from the first cylinder head coolant jacket to a heating circuit line including a vehicle interior heater and discharging coolant from the cylinder block cooling jacket and back to the single pump.
US09500103B2	Duct fired combined cycle system The present application provides a combined cycle system. The combined cycle system may include a heat recovery steam generator with a first low pressure section and a second low pressure section, a steam turbine with a low pressure steam section in communication with the second low pressure section of the heat recovery steam generator, and a duct burner positioned upstream of the heat recovery steam generator.
US09500094B1	Turbine with radial acting seal A floating brush seal in a rim cavity of a turbine in a gas turbine engine, where the floating brush seal includes a seal holder in which the floating brush seal floats, and a expandable seal that fits within two radial extending seal slots that maintains a seal with radial displacement of the floating brush seal and the seal holder.
US09500093B2	Internally cooled airfoil An internally cooled airfoil for a gas turbine engine has a hollow airfoil body including pressure and suction sidewalls defining a cooling passage therebetween. A combination of pedestal and trip-strips are used in the cooling passage to enhance heat transfer while minimizing the coolant pressure drop across these features.
US09500091B2	Wear-resistant part for the support of a blade of a turbojet fan An aircraft turbojet fan including multiple fan blades including a support that includes a rear portion including a first surface located on an intrados side and a second surface located on an extrados side. A fan disk includes, between recesses, attaching flanges radially protruding towards the outside such that the first surface and the second surface are located respectively opposite two attaching flanges. The fan further includes a wear-resistant part installed on the blade to form a protective shell on each of the first and second surfaces of the support, preventing contact between each surface and the attaching flange located opposite it.
US09500085B2	Method for modifying gas turbine performance A method for enhancing one or more performance parameters of a gas turbine having at least one row of clocked airfoils may generally include choosing a first, a second and a third row of airfoils where the third row is clocked relative to the first row. An unsteady computational fluid dynamics model may be used to determine at least one wake parameter of a working fluid flowing from the second row of the airfoils to the third row of the airfoils. At least one design parameter of the airfoils of the second row may be modified, and the unsteady computational fluid dynamics model may then be used to determine the effect of the airfoil design parameter modification on the at least one wake parameter. The effect on the wake parameter may be compared to a predetermined target range.
US09500081B2	Turbine wheel and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a turbine wheel (1) composed of a turbine wheel blank (2), having a turbine wheel back (3) and having a weld peg (Z) which is arranged on the turbine wheel back (3) via a transition region (5) provided with an undercut (4), wherein the undercut (4) is already provided in the turbine wheel blank (2).
US09500074B2	Acoustic coupling of electrical power and data between downhole devices An apparatus for communicating electrical power and data between downhole devices. The apparatus includes a wellbore tubular having a wall. An electrical device is positioned in a wellbore region to an exterior of the wellbore tubular. A first acoustic coupling element is positioned to the exterior of the wellbore tubular and is electrically connected to the electrical device. A second acoustic coupling element is positioned to an interior of the wellbore tubular. The second acoustic coupling element is operable to transmit electrical power to and receive data from the first acoustic coupling element through communication of acoustic signals through the wall of the wellbore tubular.
US09500071B2	Extendable orienting tool for use in wells An orienting tool for use in wells can include a flow control device which controls flow between an interior and an exterior of a body of the tool to thereby transmit a signal indicative of an orientation of the body, the flow control device being outwardly extendable relative to the body. A method of orienting a structure in a well can include transmitting at least one signal from an orienting tool, the signal being indicative of an orientation of the orienting tool, and displacing a housing of the tool outward relative to a generally tubular body of the tool. A well system can include an orienting tool connected to a structure and positioned in a wellbore, the tool including a housing which is outwardly extendable relative to a generally tubular body, the tool being configured to transmit at least one signal indicative of an orientation of the structure.
US09500070B2	Sensor-enabled cutting elements for earth-boring tools, earth-boring tools so equipped, and related methods Sensor-enabled cutting elements for an earth-boring drilling tool may comprise a substrate base, and a cutting tip at an end of the substrate base. The cutting tip may comprise a tapered surface extending from the substrate base and tapering to an apex of the cutting tip, and a sensor coupled with the cutting tip. The sensor may be configured to obtain data relating to at least one parameter related to at least one of a drilling condition, a wellbore condition, a formation condition, and a condition of the earth-boring drilling tool.The sensor-enabled cutting elements may be included on at least one of an earth-boring drill bit, a drilling tool, a bottom-hole assembly, and a drill string.
US09500069B2	Method and apparatus for generating seismic pulses to map subterranean fractures Methods for determining distribution, orientation and dimensions of networks of hydraulically-induced fractures within a subterranean formation containing fluids. Micro-seismic events are generated by particles introduced into the fractures which are capable of explosive or chemical reaction. In one method, treated proppant having a reactive coating is positioned in the formation during fracturing and reactive particles are introduced. In another method, reactive particles having a reactive core and a non-reactive coating are positioned in the fractures and react upon removal of the non-reactive coating, such as by dissolving, and reaction with a reactive particle. The waves generated by the micro-seismic events are used to map fracture space.
US09500057B2	Apparatus and method for preventing tubing casing annulus pressure communication A method of installation of a completion assembly apparatus into a wellbore with a liner hangar packer includes introducing the completion assembly apparatus into the wellbore, where the hybrid sealing assembly couples to the polished bore receiver assembly such that the hybrid sealing assembly is not operable to move laterally within the polished bore receiver assembly, positioning the completion assembly apparatus such that the completion assembly apparatus couples with the liner hangar packer, which establishes fluid communication between the polished bore receiver assembly and a portion of the wellbore downhole from the liner hanger packer, and operating the completion assembly apparatus such that the hybrid sealing assembly decouples from the polished bore receiver assembly such that the hybrid sealing assembly is operable to move laterally within the polished bore receiver assembly. The hybrid sealing assembly includes an unswollen swellable packer operable to swell upon exposure to a swelling material.
US09500053B2	Drilling system and method of operating a drilling system A drilling system including a riser, a pressure vessel, a source of pressurized gas, and a main flow line which extends from the riser to the pressure vessel, the pressure vessel having a liquid inlet port connected to the main flow line, a gas inlet port connected to the source of pressurized gas, a liquid outlet port located in a lowermost portion of the pressure vessel, and a gas outlet port located in an uppermost portion of the pressure vessel.
US09500044B2	Tubular coupling device A coupling device includes an upper adapter and a lower adapter. The lower adapter may be pre-installed on a downhole tool and positioned in a wellbore. The upper adapter may be attached to a conveyance and lowered into the wellbore for connection with the lower adapter. The upper adapter may be coupled to the lower adapter by sliding over the lower adapter and applying weight to actuate a locking mechanism. After coupling, axial and torque load may be transmitted from the conveyance to the downhole tool.
US09500043B2	Threaded joint with low tightening torque A threaded tubular connection includes a first body terminated by an external abutment, and linked to a male threading prolonged by a terminal portion forming an internal abutment surface at its axial end, such that the connection includes a second body defining a bearing surface for the external abutment at one free end, and including an initial portion on its internal surface connecting the bearing surface to a female threading, made up onto the male threading, and terminating in an internal shoulder facing the internal abutment, such that the linking profile between one of the following: the external abutment, the internal abutment, the bearing surface, and/or the internal shoulder, has a profile with a variable diameter in cross section, over a length of the body which is less than the terminal portion or initial portion.
US09500042B2	Cable protecting device This invention relates to a cable protecting device (5) for protecting cables (7) extending over a collar (2) on a pipeline (1), said collar extending around the circumference of the pipe and extending a known length outside said pipeline circumference, the collar having a first and second end surface, the cable protecting device (5) having a length in the direction of the pipeline being longer than the collar (2), and comprising a first recess along the inner surface for enclosing the cable (7) to be protected and a second recess in said inner surface for containing at least a part of the collar (2), the ends of said device at least partially covering the corresponding parts of the collar ends. The length of the second recess corresponds essentially to the length of the collar, each end of said second recess being provided with engaging means (4) adapted to engage with the corresponding end surface of the collar, thus fixing the protecting device (5) to the collar.
US09500041B2	Drill string inground isolator in an MWD system and associated method An inground isolator and associated method can provide an electrically isolated break in a drill string using electrical insulating members/isolators that are supported by a housing. During drill string operations, the isolators are subject only compressive forces responsive to both extension (pushing) and retraction (pulling) by the drill string. The isolators can be formed from an electrically insulating material such as a ceramic material. An interchangeable inground tool system is described which integrally serves to provide an electrically isolating gap in the drill string.
US09500035B2	Integrated managed pressure drilling transient hydraulic model simulator architecture A system is described herein for performing off shore field operations. The system includes a number of process measuring devices that measure real-time process data. The system can further include a wellhead stack positioned at a sea floor, where the wellhead stack performs managed pressure drilling (MPD) as part of the field operations. The system can also include a dynamic process module executing on a hardware processor and providing first real-time output during the MPD using the real-time process data, where the dynamic process module includes a first off-the-shelf software package communicably coupled to a first model. The system can further include a dynamic integration engine executing on a hardware processor and receiving a first real-time output from the first model of the dynamic process module.
US09500030B2	Rock drilling apparatus and method for controlling the orientation of the feed beam A rock drilling apparatus and method for controlling the orientation of a feed beam of a rock drilling apparatus including a carrier, a drilling boom attached at a first end to the carrier, a feed beam attached turnably to a second end of the drilling boom, a drilling unit attached movably along the feed beam, and a support attached to the feed beam for supporting the drilling boom on the ground. The orientation of the boom and feed beam are adjusted to compensate for the orientation change caused by driving the support onto the ground.
US09500027B2	Portal ladder A foldable ladder has multiple ladder segments that fold and unfold relative to each other. Each ladder segment includes one rung element and multiple side rail sections that unfold for deployment to form box-shaped side rails of the ladder. Adjacent ladder segments are connected to each other by hinge joints. The ladder includes locking features at the hinge joints for preventing relative pivoting movement of adjacent ladder segments by more than about 180 degrees.
US09500021B2	Case, base, and box for protecting jewels, watches, and valuable objects The invention relates to a case for protecting valuable objects provided to be carried by a living being, comprising: a bottom portion, and a lid portion between them defining at least one compartment for receiving one or more objects to be protected, closure means of the lid portion with the bottom portion, so-called external attachment means of said case around a part of the body of a person and, said case comprising moreover, on at least one of the outer walls of the bottom portion or of the lid portion, a so-called connecting shape, provided for securely connecting or engaging said case on a base provided for this purpose.
US09500019B2	Method for operating a system with foldable elements and system with foldable elements The method serves for operating a system with a foldable element that is provided with a control unit including at least two foldable elements, that are connected each via connecting shafts to related carriages, which are slidably supported in a running rail and of which at least the carriage connected to the front-sided foldable element is provided with a drive motor, the method including the step of executing a learning drive, with which the system with foldable elements is transferred from at least a first into a second position and related information is captured. According to the invention at least at the front-sided carriage data of the acting load and related position data are captured and therefrom status data of the installed system with foldable elements are determined and provided to an operating program, that controls the at least one drive motor depending on to the determined status data.
US09500012B2	Lock device An outer peripheral portion of a hook in a lock device is formed with a recess, which is formed to extend inwardly from a peripheral surface, and a first face, which is formed at a side of a rotation direction toward the unlock position of the hook than the recess and intersects the rotation direction of the hook, and a pawl is formed with a protrusion, which is detachably engaged with the recess of the hook, and a second face, against which the first face of the hook is capable of abutting.
US09500011B2	Pintle latch system A latch system includes a striker and a latch mechanism. The striker includes a pintle having a head portion. The latch mechanism includes a first latch door and a second latch door, each rotatable between a respective latch position and a respective insertion position. The first latch door and the second latch door each define a latch section and a release section disposed opposite each other. When the first latch door and the second latch door are disposed in their respective insertion positions, the latch sections are operable to receive the head portion therebetween. When the first latch door and the second latch door are disposed in their respective latch positions, the latch sections are operable to engage the head portion in latching engagement, and the release sections are operable to release the head portion of the pintle.
US09500007B2	Lock assembly A lock assembly (20) including a lock bolt (28), a first hub (36), a first electrically powered hub locker assembly (64 to 72) and a first remotely controllable, electrically powered setting mechanism (86 to 112). The lock bolt (28) is movable between a latching position and an unlatching position. The first hub (36) is adapted to move the lock bolt (28) in response to torque being applied to, or movement of, a first handle. The first electrically powered hub locker assembly (64, 66, 68) is settable to operate as fail safe or fail secure. The first remotely controllable, electrically powered setting mechanism (86 to 112) is adapted to set the first electrically powered hub locker assembly (64 to 72) to operate as fail safe in response to a remotely supplied fail safe signal or to operate as fail secure in response to a remotely supplied fail secure signal.
US09499990B1	Sunshade apparatus A sunshade apparatus including a mounting plate and a plurality of cylindrical mounting poles attached to the mounting plate. Each of a plurality of tubular support poles has a front portion, a back portion, and a pair of extensions disposed on the back portion. One of the pair of extensions is removably engageable within one of the pair of slots. A flexible covering is removably weaved through the plurality of support poles, and a securing mechanism is disposed on each of a right end and left end of a pair of ends of the covering. The securing mechanism is configured to secure each of the right end and the left end to each of a right outer support pole and a left outer support pole of the plurality of support poles. The mounting plate is attachable to one of a deck, a roof and, alternately, a side of a building.
US09499986B2	System, method and apparatus for thermal energy management in a roof A building product may include a top layer that is substantially rigid such that it is configured to be walkable. In addition, the building product may include a radiant barrier layer configured to reflect heat, and a vent layer located between the top layer and a roof deck. The vent layer may comprise air flow channels configured to transfer heat through at least a portion of the roof product. The top layer, vent layer and radiant barrier layer can form a unitary structure.
US09499983B2	Truss and column structures incorporating natural round timbers and natural branched round timbers Trusses comprising natural round timbers as top and bottom cords are provided. Also provided are truss and column assemblies comprising natural branched round timber columns connected to a truss.
US09499979B2	Interlocking modular floor tile Aspects relate to improved floor boards. Certain embodiments may be laid and fixed without the need for fixing with adhesive or nails. In one embodiment, a floor board includes a four-sided surface board connected to a four-sided base board. Further example floor boards include staggered tongue-shaped hooking tongues for connection of multiple floor boards.
US09499974B2	Thermally insulative spacer and methods involving use of same A spacer for use in spacing a cladding component from a building component has a support member, a base spaced apart from the support member, the base having a contact surface facing away from the support member, a web connected between the support member and the base, and a guide configured to locate the cladding component on the support member. A plurality of the spacers can be used by resiliently deforming them to accommodate and retain by restorative bias force a corresponding plurality of portions of the cladding component. Thereafter, the spacers are secured to the building component.
US09499973B2	Ecological building and insulation structural body thereof and method for assembling insulation structural body The present invention discloses an ecological building which employs an insulation layer filed with an insulation chip made of at least one selected from a group of conifer leaves, rice straws, wheat straws, paper, and a processed product thereof instead of using a conventional inorganic insulation material like a petrochemical foam or mineral wool, and achieves an improvement in both charging and discharging of the insulation chip to be recycled, and an insulation structural body for the building, and a method for assembling the insulation structural body. The insulation structural body is characterized by including: a support member consisting of a plurality of pillar members each having an outer and an inner vertical pillar separated from each other with a given interval by means of a plurality of horizontal ribs alternately arranged on both sides thereof; outer panels joined to the outer vertical pillars of the pillar members of the support member so as to form the outside; inner panels joined to the inner vertical pillars of the pillar members of the support member so as to form the inside; insulation chips filling the space between the outer and the inner panel and the space between the outer and the inner vertical pillar; a discharging plate connected to a discharging opening formed in at least one of the outer panels so as to be opened and closed; and a charging plate connected to a charging opening formed in at least one of the inner panels so as to be opened and closed.
US09499962B2	Pop-up drain valve stopper with strainer cup A pop-up drain valve stopper has a lower portion that is retained in a drain pipe through which liquid passes while exiting the bowl of a sink, and an upper portion that is easily disconnected from the lower portion and withdrawn from the drain pipe so a strainer cup carried by the upper portion can be cleaned or replaced as needed. In one embodiment, the strainer cup is an integral part of the upper portion. In another embodiment, the strainer cup can be detached and cleaned or replaced when it has caught a volume of hair and foreign matter. A threaded connection or equivalent may be used to releasably couple the lower and upper portions. A twist connection or equivalent may be used to releasably couple the strainer cup to another part of the upper portion.
US09499961B1	Air-gap faucet An air-gap device integrated within a faucet base of a faucet fixture for use with a dishwashing device is disposable on a counter surface and includes: a base forming flow channels adapted to provide a fluid-tight seal at the surface; a fixed block wall extending from the base, the fixed block wall separating a first pair of flow channels from a second pair of flow channels and providing a fluid-tight seal for the first pair of the flow channels; and a removable block cover selectively attachable to the fixed block wall to fluidicly couple the second pair of flow channels, the block cover further forming an air-gap channel in fluidic communication with ambient. Modular design permits removal of the faucet and valve portion to access the air-gap device for maintenance, without the need to disconnect any fluid supply or waste lines.
US09499960B2	Fluid delivery system for use with water discharge fixture The invention provides a fluid delivery assembly for use with a water discharge fixture, such as a faucet. The fluid delivery assembly includes a tube assembly, a housing and a retaining assembly. The fluid delivery assembly provides for water flow from hot and cold water inlets to the faucet. The fluid delivery assembly may be assembled by hand without the need for tools, allowing for easy replacement of the fluid delivery assembly without the need to disassemble the faucet assembly, or to replace the entire faucet assembly.
US09499957B2	Bulldozer with improved visibility A bulldozer includes a vehicle frame, a bulldozer blade, an engine, an engine cover and an operator cab. The vehicle frame has a front end and a rear end. The bulldozer blade is disposed in front of the front end of the vehicle frame. The engine is disposed at a front portion of the frame. The engine cover covers the engine. The operator cab is secured to the frame behind the engine. The operator cab includes a front window disposed on a front face of the operator cab. When the bulldozer blade is placed on the ground, a top surface of the engine cover is disposed below a line extending between an upper edge of the bulldozer blade and a lower edge of the front window as viewed from a side of the bulldozer.
US09499946B2	Method of sealing between adjacent components of a load-supporting surface with at least one closed-cell compressible rubber seal Method of sealing the gap between adjacent mats in a reusable load-supporting surface includes placing an elongated closed-cell compressible sponge rubber seal member along the edge of the first side of a first mat. The third side of a second mat is positioned adjacent to the first side of the first mat, wherein the main body of the seal member is sandwiched between the respective aligned edges of the adjacent mats. At least one locking pin hole of the second mat is aligned over a locking pin hole of the first mat and a locking pin is secured therein.
US09499935B2	Iron The invention relates to an electrical iron. An iron comprises a sole plate (1), of a glass or ceramic substrate bearing an electrical heating element. The electrical heating element comprises a transparent or translucent antimony tin oxide thin film which directly heats the glass or ceramic substrate.
US09499927B2	Method for producing a prosthesis for reinforcing the abdominal wall The invention relates to a method for producing a prosthesis comprising a knitted structure made in one piece, in which method a knit (1) comprising a base sheet (2) and a succession of perpendicular folds (3) is produced in a single knitting step, and said knit (1) is then cut on each side of said folds (3) in order to obtain said knitted structure.
US09499923B2	Method for the preparation of doped garnet structure single crystals with diameters of up to 500 mm Preparation of lutetium and yttrium aluminate single crystals doped with rare earth oxides and transition elements consists in the preparation of oxide mixture sinter which is melted throughout and homogenized for a period of at least one hour. The crystal growth rate and broadening of the crystal cone are maintained uniform at an angle of at least 60° from the crystal axis up to a diameter of at least 80% of the crucible diameter which is at least 100 mm. The completion of the process occurs by separating the crystal from the melt while the crystal continues to be positioned inside the crucible in the zone wherein it was grown, and wherein final tempering of the crystal also takes place.
US09499922B2	Manufacturing method of double cladding crystal fiber The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a double cladding crystal fiber, in which growing an YAG or a sapphire into a single crystal fiber by LHPG method, placing the single crystal fiber into a glass capillary for inner cladding, placing the single crystal fiber together with the glass capillary for inner cladding into a glass capillary for outer cladding in unison, heating the glass capillary for inner cladding and outer cladding by the LHPG method to attach to the outside of the single crystal fiber, and thus growing into a double cladding crystal fiber. When the present invention is applied to high power laser, by using the cladding pumping scheme, the high power pumping laser is coupled to the inner cladding layer, so the problems of heat dissipation and the efficiency impairment due to energy transfer up-conversion of high power laser are mitigated.
US09499921B2	Float zone silicon wafer manufacturing system and related process The process for manufacturing a silicon wafer includes steps for mounting a float zone silicon work piece for exfoliation, energizing a microwave device for generating an energized beam sufficient for penetrating an outer surface layer of the float zone silicon work piece, exfoliating the outer surface layer of the float zone silicon work piece with the energized beam, and removing the exfoliated outer surface layer from the float zone silicon work piece as the silicon wafer having a thickness less than 100 micrometers.
US09499914B2	Method for manufacturing zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet and zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet manufactured by the method A zinc or zinc alloy coated steel excellent in various properties including corrosion resistance and adhesion properties and, in particular, good conductivity is provided. A method for manufacturing a zinc or zinc alloy coated steel sheet includes: preparing a surface-treatment liquid for a the steel sheet, containing following components, by blending the including: (A) a specific resin emulsion; (B) a tetraalkoxysilane; (C) at least one type of silane coupling agent; (D) a chelating agent; (E) a vanadate compound; (F) a titanium compound; and water; and applying by coating the surface-treatment liquid to a surface of the steel sheet, heating and drying the surface of the steel sheet such that a coating amount per one surface is 200 to 1,000 mg/m2 to form a surface treatment coating film on the surface.
US09499911B2	Method for forming metal circuit, liquid trigger material for forming metal circuit and metal circuit structure A metal circuit structure, a method for forming a metal circuit and a liquid trigger material for forming a metal circuit are provided. The metal circuit structure includes a substrate, a first trigger layer and a first metal circuit layer. The first trigger layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a first metal circuit pattern. The first metal circuit layer is disposed on the first circuit pattern and is electrically insulated from the substrate. The composition of the first trigger layer includes an insulating gel and a plurality of trigger particles. The trigger particles are at least one of organometallic particles, a chelation and a semiconductor material having an energy gap greater than or equal to 3 eV. The trigger particles are disposed in the insulating gel, such that the dielectric constant of the first trigger layer after curing is between 2 and 6.5.
US09499908B2	Atomic layer deposition apparatus A thin film deposition system for depositing a thin film on a moveable substrate using atmospheric pressure atomic-layer deposition includes a chamber and a moveable substrate having a levitation stabilizing structure located on the moveable substrate that defines an enclosed interior impingement area of the moveable substrate. A stationary support, located in the chamber, supports the moveable substrate. The stationary support extends beyond the enclosed interior impingement area. A pressurized-fluid source provides a fluid flow through the stationary support that impinges on the moveable substrate within the enclosed interior impingement area of the moveable substrate sufficient to levitate the moveable substrate and expose the moveable substrate to the fluid while restricting the lateral motion of the moveable substrate with the levitation stabilizing structure.
US09499906B2	Coating substrate using bernoulli atomic-layer deposition A method for depositing a thin film on a moveable substrate using atmospheric pressure atomic-layer deposition provides a chamber including a stationary support, through which fluid flows, that supports a moveable substrate. A moveable substrate includes a levitation stabilizing structure on the substrate that defines an enclosed interior impingement area of the substrate. The moveable substrate is positioned proximate to the stationary support so that the stationary support extends beyond the enclosed interior impingement area and the fluid flow is directed within the enclosed interior impingement area of the moveable substrate. A fluid flow, provided from a pressurized-gas source through the stationary support, impinges on the moveable substrate surface within the enclosed interior impingement area to levitate and expose the moveable substrate to the fluid while restricting the lateral motion of the moveable substrate with the levitation stabilizing structure to deposit a thin film on the moveable substrate.
US09499902B2	Plastic substrate having a porous layer and method for producing the porous layer A plastic substrate has a porous layer on a surface. The porous layer is formed at least partially from a material of the plastic substrate and has pores. The proportion by volume of pores is greater in a first region of the porous layer than in a second region of the porous layer. The second region follows the first region, as seen proceeding from the plastic substrate. The porous layer can be produced by a plasma process that simultaneously effects structuring of the plastic substrate by ion bombardment and coating of the plastic substrate.
US09499900B2	Ion milling device The present invention advantageously provides an ion milling device that can set a high-precision processing area with a simple structure. The ion milling device includes a sample holder that holds a sample and a mask partially restricting irradiation of the sample with an ion beam. The sample holder includes a first contact surface that contacts an end surface of the sample located on a passing orbit side of the ion beam, and a second contact surface that contacts an end surface of the mask so that the mask is located at a position spaced apart from the ion beam more than the first contact surface.
US09499892B2	Sliding member and production method for same A sliding member has a sliding surface of a different form than a conventional sliding surface, and exhibits stable sliding characteristics even under a high surface pressure. The sliding member has a sliding surface formed on a surface of a metal base material, and includes two surface textures: a hard part and a tough part. The tough part contacts with the hard part and has a hardness lower than that of the hard part. The sliding surface includes the surface texture, in which the hard part and the tough part that supports the hard part are present in a mixed fashion with a micro-meso region level, and stably exhibits excellent wear resistance.
US09499882B2	Strain-detecting composite materials A composite material includes a structural material and a shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite in response to a predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material. In a second embodiment, the composite material includes a plurality of particles of a ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite and changes magnetic phase in response to the predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material. A method of forming a composite material for sensing the predefined critical macroscopic average strain includes providing the shape-memory alloy having an austenite crystallographic phase, changing a size and shape of the shape-memory alloy to thereby form a plurality of particles, and combining the structural material and the particles at a temperature of from about 100-700° C. to form the composite material.
US09499878B2	Composite briquette for steelmaking or ironmaking furnace charge A briquette for addition to the charge in a steelmaking or ironmaking furnace comprises a quantity of carbon fines, a material in powdered form, the material selected from the group consisting of iron powder and iron oxide, the material densifying the briquette and suppressing the slippery nature of the carbon fines, a quantity of magnesium carbonate, and a binder.
US09499873B2	Steel plate having yield strength of 670 to 870 N/mm2 and tensile strength of 780 to 940 N/mm2 In a steel plate according to the present invention, a chemical composition is within a predetermined range, an α value is 0.13 to 1.0 mass %, a β value is 8.45 to 15.2, an yield strength is 670 to 870 N/mm2, a tensile strength is 780 to 940 N/mm2, an average grain size at ½t of the steel plate is 35 μm or less, and a plate thickness is 25 to 200 mm. In the steel plate according to the present invention, in a case where SR is performed on the steel, a charpy absorbed energy at −40° C. in an area in which SR is performed may be 100 J or more.
US09499864B2	Expression of FABP4 and other genes associated with bladder cancer progression Disclosed are methods for predicting the risk of bladder cancer progression, including death from bladder cancer by determining gene expression levels of FABP4 and MBNL2 or other markers where increased levels correlate with lack of progression of the subject's bladder cancer, and decreased levels correlate with progression or death from bladder cancer, and/or determining gene expression levels of COL4A1, UBE2C, BIRC5, COL18A1, KPNA2, MSN, ACTA2, and/or CDC25B or other markers where increased levels correlate with progression of the subject's bladder cancer or death from it, and decreased levels correlate with lack of progression of bladder cancer.
US09499863B2	Reducing GC bias in DNA sequencing using nucleotide analogs The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for long fragment read sequencing. The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for preparing long fragments of genomic DNA, for processing genomic DNA for long fragment read sequencing methods, as well as software and algorithms for processing and analyzing sequence data.
US09499862B2	Phospholinked dye analogs with an amino acid linker In various embodiments, the present invention provides fluorescent dyes that are linked to another species through an amino acid or peptide linker. In an exemplary embodiment, the dye is linked to a polyphosphate nucleic acid through an amino acid or peptide linker. These conjugates find use in single molecule DNA sequencing and other applications. In various embodiments, the dye moiety is a cyanine dye. Cyanine dyes that are highly charged, such as those including multiple sulfonate, alkylsulfonate, carboxylate and/or alkylcarboxylate moieties are examples of cyanine dyes of use in the compounds of the invention.
US09499861B1	Methods and systems for multiplex quantitative nucleic acid amplification The present disclosure provides methods, devices and systems that enable simultaneous multiplexing amplification reaction and real-time detection in a single reaction chamber.
US09499855B2	Compositions, methods, and computer systems related to making and administering modified T cells Embodiments described herein relate to methods, devices, and computer systems thereof for the derivation of T CAR libraries (Universal Subject or Individual Subject) for personalized treatment of disease in a subject. In certain embodiments, differential screening of normal and diseased tissue expression data is utilized to determine disease-specific antigens and thereby generate T CAR cells reactive to such antigens to form a disease-specific library. In certain embodiments, determination of the most effective T CAR clones from the disease-specific library is based on the subject's own disease-specific antigens. In certain embodiments, a subject is treated with a therapeutically effective amount of T CAR clones.
US09499852B2	Wound dressing The invention provides vesicles that may be used in diagnosing infection, especially with infection by bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The vesicles can be used in wound dressings.
US09499850B2	Modified influenza virus for monitoring and improving vaccine efficiency The immunogenicity of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) molecule may be increased by substitutions of amino acids in the HA sequence. The substitution of specific HA residues, such as asparagine at position 223 of H5 HA, increase the sensitivity of the hemagglutinin inhibition (HI) assay by altering receptor specificity and/or antibody-antigen binding. HA molecules containing such substitutions will be useful in the development of diagnostic reference viruses and improved influenza vaccines.
US09499845B2	Genetically engineered microorganisms that metabolize xylose The invention provides methods of cultivating oil-bearing microbes using xylose as a fixed carbon source. Also provided are microorganisms that have been genetically engineered to metabolize xylose as a fixed carbon source allowing them to convert xylose into oils. Particular advantages of the processes provided herein include production of oils rather than alcohols through the microbial fermentation processes utilizing xylose.
US09499844B2	Compositions and methods for making and modifying oils The invention provides novel methods for making or modifying oils, e.g., plant animal or microbial oils, such as vegetable oils or related compounds, that are low in a particular fatty acid(s), for example, low linoleic oils, linolenic oils, low palmitic oils, low stearic oils or oils low in a combination thereof.
US09499836B2	Fertilization and fruit size Plants having modulated expression of a HAF or BEE polypeptide and which modulate aspects of plant fertility, such as parthenocarpy, fertilization efficiency, and/or fruit size, are described. Methods of modulating fertility characteristics in a plant by modulating the expression of a HAF or BEE polypeptide in the plant are also described.
US09499830B2	Gene inducing elongation of roots or increasing biomass, and use therefor By increasing, in a plant, expression of a gene or the like encoding a novel CONSTANS-LIKE protein, it is possible to promote root elongation of the plant and/or increase biomass of the plant.
US09499828B2	Protein having glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme activity and gene encoding the same Disclosed is the provision of a DNA for a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme in a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes. Also disclosed is a protein having the enzymatic activity of a glycoalkaloid biosynthetic enzyme of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and a method for producing and examining a novel organism using a gene encoding this protein.
US09499827B2	Compositions and methods comprising sequences having meganuclease activity Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having meganuclease activity are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, yeast, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the meganuclease sequences. Various methods of employing the meganuclease sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing a meganuclease with increased activity at a wide range of temperatures, methods for producing a yeast, plant, plant cell, explant or seed comprising a meganuclease with increased activity.
US09499821B2	Preventing or treating viral infection using an inhibitor of the LSD1 protein, a MAO inhibitor or an inhibitor of LSD1 and a MAO inhibitor An embodiment of the invention provides a method of preventing or treating a viral infection of a host, comprising administering to the host an effective amount of an inhibitor of the protein LSD1 and/or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of preventing or treating reactivation of a virus after latency in a host, comprising administering to the host an effective amount of an inhibitor of the protein LSD1 and/or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of preventing or treating a viral infection in a mammal that has undergone, is undergoing, or will undergo an organ or tissue transplant, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of an inhibitor of the protein LSD1 and/or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor before, during, and/or after the organ or tissue transplant. The viral infection may be due to a herpesvirus, such as herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2), varicella zoster virus (VZV), or cytomegalovirus (CMV). The viral infection may also be due to an adenovirus, including types 1-5.
US09499813B2	Systems and methods for amplification and phage display Embodiments of various aspects described herein are directed to amplification of biological entities, for example, for phage display. In one aspect, members of a library of biological entities are encapsulated in separate compartments (e.g., in separate microfluidic droplets) and amplified. For example, by putting members of a phage display library into microfluidic droplets such that no droplet contains more than one member of the library, the library can be amplified without any substantial changes in population distributions, or other artifacts created due to differences in growth rates or amplification between different members of the library. In some cases, the volume of the compartments can be used to control the copy number of a biological entity during amplification. This can be advantageous, for example, in preserving diversity within a library by preventing rapidly amplifying biological entities from outcompeting slowly amplifying biological entities.
US09499790B2	Method for promoting differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into cardiac muscle cells The present invention relates to a composition for promoting differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into cardiac muscle cells, and a method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into cardiac muscle cells and a method for preparing cardiac muscle cells.
US09499788B2	Cell line of lymphocytes comprising gamma-delta T cells, composition and production method thereof The present invention relates to a cell line of lymphocytes comprising γδ T cells, composition and production method thereof, and medical use namely for the use in medicine, namely in cancer immunotherapy.The cell line comprise a sample of human peripheral blood Vδ1+ γδ T cells expressing functional natural cytotoxicity receptors (NCRs). These Vδ1+ NCR+ T lymphocytes can directly mediate killing of leukemia cell lines and chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient neoplastic cells.The present invention shows that human Vδ1+ NCR+ T cells can be differentiated and expanded from total γδ peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs), upon regular in vitro or ex vivo stimulation with γδTCR agonists and γc-family cytokines. This subset surprisingly expresses NKp30, NKp44 and NKp46, and high levels of Granzyme B that associate with highly enhanced cytotoxicity against lymphoid leukemias.
US09499785B2	Isolating a mammalian embryonic stem cell from a homogenous pluripotent outgrowth of a mammalian pre-implantation embryo The present invention provides a method of isolating a pluripotent cell from a pre-implantation embryo without isolation of the pluripotent cells from other cells, the method including propagating a whole pre-implantation embryo including one or more pluripotent cells, embedded in a feeder cell layer and cultivated in a medium substantially free of serum, and isolating a pluripotent cell from the one or more pluripotent cells. The present invention also provides pluripotent cells generated by the method and uses thereof.
US09499779B2	Devices, systems, and methods for the fabrication of tissue utilizing UV cross-linking Described herein are bioprinters comprising: one or more printer heads, wherein a printer head comprises a means for receiving and holding at least one cartridge, and wherein said cartridge comprises contents selected from one or more of: bio-ink, and support material; a UV light module for optionally exposing the contents of at least one cartridge to UV light; a means for calibrating the position of at least one cartridge; and a means for dispensing the contents of at least one cartridge. Also described herein are methods of using and bioprinting cartridges for such bioprinters.
US09499776B2	System and method for all-in-one wort preparation The present invention provides a brewing system that includes a cooking vessel configured to heat a fluid in the cooking vessel; a grain container having a false bottom, wherein the grain container is configured to hold a grain bed, wherein the grain container includes a plurality of sieves that are configured to separate the grain bed into a plurality of grain layers, and wherein the grain container is configured to be placed within the cooking vessel; and a fluid-circulation system configured to transfer fluid heated by the cooking vessel into the grain container such that the transferred fluid contacts a top surface of the grain bed, filters through the grain bed and the plurality of sieves, and enters the cooking vessel, and wherein the fluid-circulation system is further configured to re-circulate the fluid that exits the cooking vessel via a drain back to the top surface of the grain bed.
US09499774B2	Targeted performance of hypohalite methods thereof This invention relates to extend the benefits of using hypochlorite compounds such as sodium hypochlorite to clean and disinfect articles while reducing or eliminating the side effects of treating an article with a strong oxidant material. The invention relates to a single step process involving mixing of precursor compositions of a suitable hypohalite or hypohalous acid with a solution of a reducing agent. Optionally a buffer may be present in either or both precursor compositions, such that at time of use such active hypohalous acid concentration in the resulting aqueous mixture remains at a sufficient activity level to effect one or more desired benefits against a target substrate for a desired period of time. The oxidant is substantially consumed by reaction with the reducing agent after the time needed for achieving the desired benefit has passed.
US09499773B2	Enzyme particles comprising a vinyl pyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymer The present invention relates to a particle comprising an enzyme and a polymer wherein the enzyme and polymer is present as a mixture in the particle and the polymer is substantially soluble in an aqueous solution having an ionic strength of 0 mol/kg and insoluble in an aqueous solution having an ionic strength of more than 1 mol/kg according to method 1 of the invention.
US09499769B2	Process for preparing polyurea microcapsules The present invention relates to a process for producing microcapsules with a polyurea wall, as well as to the microcapsules themselves and consumer products comprising these microcapsules. The process of the invention uses 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole as a specific polyamine for forming the wall with the polyisocyanate.
US09499756B2	Roll press The invention provides a method by which high moisture low rank coal or other carbonaceous material may be transformed into a high-energy, water resistant product. The raw feed is comminuted then mechanically compacted by a roller press with rolls of a specified profile to mobilize the inherent moisture and collapse most of the interstitial pore space. The mobilized moisture is then removed by low-temperature drying and the material is sized and shaped to form a product that is resistant to re-absorption of water or other liquids. The present invention will promote the use of low rank coal for liquefaction and gasification.
US09499754B2	Methods for converting motor oil into fuel Methods for converting motor oil into fuel generally include forming a conversion mixture of an alcohol and a base, and adding the conversion mixture to motor oil, to form a reaction mixture. The methods can also include adding a high nitrate compound and an amino acid to the reaction mixture and ozonizing the reaction mixture. The result of the methods can include a three phase system in which the bottom phase is asphalt oil, the middle phase is diesel fuel or jet fuel, and the top phase is sulfuric acid. The three phases can be separated to obtain the final diesel fuel or jet fuel product.
US09499753B2	Gasification process and system using dryer integrated with water-gas shift catalyst The present invention relates to a gasification process and system, wherein a dryer integrated with a water-gas-shift catalyst is disposed in front of a gasifier.
US09499751B2	Process for oxidative conversion of organosulfur compounds in liquid hydrocarbon mixtures The process for the desulfurization of a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon mixture, such as a full-range, hydrotreated diesel oil, is accomplished with an aqueous oxidizing agent in the presence of a catalyst and a co-catalyst, and thereafter selectively removing the oxidized compounds by solvent extraction. Optionally, the foregoing steps are followed by solvent stripping and recovery, and a final polishing step.
US09499733B2	Spread crosslinker and method A crosslinker composition including a spread crosslinker for treating a subterranean formation is provided along with methods of sealing a subterranean formation including introducing a crosslinkable fluid, the crosslinkable fluid containing a spread crosslinker and a crosslinkable component, into a subterranean formation.
US09499723B2	Polyolefin-based compositions, adhesives, and related multi-layered structures prepared therefrom The present disclosure provides a polyolefin-based composition suitable for use as adhesives and/or tie-layer adhesive compositions as well as multi-layered structures made from and/or containing the polyolefin-based composition. The polyolefin-based composition is made from and/or contains (a) a grafted polyolefin composition, (b) a linear low density polyethylene composition made from and/or containing metallocene-catalyzed linear low density polyethylene having a melt index from about 2 to about 10 grams per 10 minutes, (c) an elastomer composition made from and/or containing an polyethylene elastomer, (d) a hydrocarbon-based tackifier, and (e) optionally, an additives composition having one or more additives.
US09499721B2	Colloidal silica chemical-mechanical polishing composition A chemical-mechanical polishing composition includes colloidal silica abrasive particles dispersed in a liquid carrier. The colloidal silica abrasive particles include a nitrogen-containing or phosphorus-containing compound incorporated therein such that the particles have a positive charge. The composition may be used to polish a substrate including a silicon oxygen material such as TEOS.
US09499716B2	Methods and apparatus for stabilization of surfaces Various embodiments provide surface compositions and methods for repairing durable and/or load-bearing surfaces including roadway voids, manhole structures, and/or safety flooring. Compositions and methods may comprise utilizing a liquid binder, catalyst, and/or primer to provide durable, waterproof, and/or long-lasting surface compositions to dispose within the roadway voids and/or to coat flooring. The surface compositions may cure rapidly through an internal exothermic reaction process to form the repair and/or the safety flooring. In some embodiments, filler materials may be disposed within the liquid binders to provide elasticity, compression, slip resistance, heat transfer, reduced cure time, and/or a desired surface texture to the surface composition.
US09499714B2	Controlled crosslinking of latex polymers with polyfunctional amines The latex polymer compositions of the present invention exhibit latent crosslinking properties. Latent crosslinking in the polymers takes advantage of the fast interaction between the anionic latex charge and the cationic charge associated with polyfunctional amine crosslinkers. Once the latex is coated onto a substrate, the volatile base evaporates and the groups react to form a crosslinked coating with improved wash-off properties.
US09499707B2	Water soluble and water fast dyes for ink jet printing The invention relates to azo dyes of desulfo-K-acid [CA: 35400-55-6], their salts, a method for the preparation of these dyes, or salts thereof, a liquid phase comprising at least one of these dyes, a method for applying the liquid phase on a substrate, a printed matter and the use of these dyes in water-based inks for inkjet printing, in writing utensil or dyeing solutions for manufacturing color filters for optical and opto-electronic applications.
US09499703B2	Ink-jet image forming method and ink-jet ink set In the present invention, provided are an ink-jet image forming method employing actinic energy radiation curable ink-jet ink exhibiting no offset resistance during storage by superposing printed portions after printing in addition to excellent properties of printing durability, gloss evenness of coated paper and paper-feeding suitability, and an ink-jet ink set thereof. It is a feature that the ink-jet image forming method possessing the steps of providing colorless ink on a substrate, followed by heating the colorless ink provided on the substrate, and subsequently exposing the colorless ink provided on the substrate, to actinic energy radiation, wherein the colorless ink contains no colorant but an actinic energy radiation curable composition and a gelling agent with which a thermoreversible gel is formed.
US09499702B2	Transfer image recording method and ink In transfer image recording with the use of an intermediate transfer body whose surface on the side where an intermediate image is to be formed has a polyalkylsiloxane structure, an ink is used that contains at least a pigment, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a polyether-modified siloxane compound. Good and poor solvents for the polyether-modified siloxane compound are contained as the water-soluble organic solvent. The content of the polyether-modified siloxane compound in the ink is 3% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less based on the total mass of the ink.
US09499696B2	Colored metallic pigment and method for producing the same A colored metallic pigment of the present invention includes a metallic pigment, a first coating layer formed on the surface of the metallic pigment, and a coloring pigment adhered to the surface of the first coating layer. The first coating layer is formed from radical-polymerizable resin or a first compound, and the first compound is an oxide or a hydroxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, Cr, Zr, Mo and Ce.
US09499690B2	EIFS formulations with enhance rain resistance The present invention provides shelf-stable, non-cementitious dry mix compositions of inorganic non-cementious materials, such as sand, and water redispersible polymer powder (RDP) containing particles of a multi-stage acrylic copolymer having a calcium methacrylate salt group containing alkali-soluble resin outer stage and one or more inner stage, the particles further containing each of one or more nucleating agent having a boiling point of 150° C. to 500° C. and a water solubility of 3.5% or less, and one or more colloidal stabilizer, wherein the colloidal stabilizer and the multi-stage acrylic copolymer are contained in the same RDP particle.
US09499687B2	Polypropylene resin composition Provided is a polypropylene resin composition. The polypropylene resin composition includes: from about 20 to about 80 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin; from about 1 to about 35 parts by weight of an amine-based kenaf master batch; and from about 1 to about 25 parts by weight of a vinyl-based acetal compatibilizer. Also disclosed is the polypropylene resin composition which is used for vehicle interior and exterior materials, thereby improving physical properties such as low-temperature properties and tensile strength and providing superior resistance against damages.
US09499668B2	Controlled release amine-catalyzed, Michael addition-curable sulfur-containing polymer compositions Compositions comprising sulfur-containing polymers such as polythioethers, Michael acceptors, and controlled release amine catalysts employing Michael addition curing chemistries useful in aerospace sealant applications are disclosed. The compositions exhibit extended pot life and the rate of curing can be tailored for specific applications.
US09499662B2	Foam control compositions Disclosed is a method for inhibiting the formation of foam in aqueous systems by adding foam control composition including a polyoxyethylene and/or a polyoxypropylene nonionic fatty acid derivative and a quaternary ammonium surfactant.
US09499656B2	Urethane-based optical member and method for producing same Provided are a urethane optical member that has excellent transparency without turbidity or fog and a high refractive index, and a method for producing the same. A urethane optical member including at least one kind of structures represented by the formula (1) or (2) in a structure constituting the optical member, and a method for producing the same.
US09499645B2	Reduction of fouling in high pressure reactors The Application of equations of state to experimental and literature data permits the formation of a model and phase diagram(s) that show under what conditions polyethylene is likely to precipitate out of a high pressure solution of polyethylene in supercritical ethylene. This then permits a better definition to run a high pressure reactor to reduce the likelihood of phase separation, loss of cooling and potentially decomposition of the reactor contents.
US09499643B2	Method for preparing carbene in solution, novel stable form of carbene obtained in particular by means of said method, and uses thereof in catalysis The invention relates to a method for preparing carbene by means of deprotonation of a precursor salt using a strong base. A purpose of the invention is to enhance the synthesis of carbenes, i.e. to simplify same, to make said synthesis more economical and to obtain a liquid or solid, stable and pure form constituting a catalytic system that is easy to store and use and that has a higher efficiency, higher yield and higher selectivity than carbene catalysts of the prior art. In order to do so, the method comprises deprotonation in a solvent including an alcohol. The invention also relates to an alcohol-containing solution and carbene, and to a solid that can be obtained from the solution, e.g. by means of sublimation.
US09499642B2	Small particle size hypophosphite telomers of unsaturated carboxylic acids The present invention provides compositions comprising particles or agglomerates of one or more phosphorus oxide telomer or cotelomer ((co)telomer) of one or more unsaturated carboxylic acids or anhydrides having a mean average particle size of from 2 μm to 1 mm, preferably from 5 to 500 μm, preferably, comprising at least one carboxylic acid anhydride group. In addition, the present invention provides methods comprising aqueous solution addition polymerizing a monomer mixture of one or more unsaturated carboxylic acid in the presence of a phosphorus oxide acid or salt compound, drying the resulting copolymer at a temperature of from 120 to 230° C. and reducing its particle size to make a phosphorus oxide (co)telomer particle or agglomerate; the methods may further comprise reacting the (co)telomer particle or agglomerate with one or more polyether polyol, alkyl polyether polyol, polyether amine or alkyl polyether amine, with heating, to form a comb polymer useful, e.g. as a superplasticizer or dispersant.
US09499641B2	Alginate monomer structure with metal crystallite embedded, alginate salt structure with metal crystallite embedded and method of producing alginate hydrogel with metal crystallite incorporated An alginate monomer structure with metal crystallite embedded includes a first alginate monomer and at least a first metal crystallite. The first alginate monomer is composed of a first uronate molecule and a second uronate molecule, which are linked linearly to each other. A first carbonyl group is formed on a second carbon atom (C2) of the main ring in the first uronate molecule, a carboxyl group is presented on a sixth carbon atom (C6) of the main ring in the second uronate molecule, and a first intramonomer glycosidic linkage is presented between a first carbon atom (C1) of the main ring in the first uronate molecule and a fourth carbon atom (C4) of the main ring in the second uronate molecule. The first metal crystallite is associated between the first uronate molecule and the second uronate molecule.
US09499633B2	Dabigatran antidotes The present invention relates to antibody molecules against anticoagulants, in particular dabigatran, and their use as antidotes of such anticoagulants.
US09499631B2	Dosages of immunoconjugates of antibodies and SN-38 for improved efficacy and decreased toxicity The present invention relates to therapeutic immunoconjugates comprising SN-38 attached to an antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment. The antibody may bind to EGP-1 (TROP-2), CEACAM5, CEACAM6, CD74, CD19, CD20, CD22, CSAp, HLA-DR, AFP or MUC5ac and the immunoconjugate may be administered at a dosage of between 4 mg/kg and 16 mg/kg, preferably 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, or 16 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the immunoconjugate can reduce solid tumors in size, reduce or eliminate metastases and is effective to treat cancers resistant to standard therapies, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
US09499628B2	Method of boosting the immune response in neonates In an aspect, a method of augmenting an immune response in a subject in need thereof, comprising identifying the subject, and treating the subject to inhibit the immune suppressive effect of CD71+ cells is provided. Further provided is a method of preventing, treating or ameliorating an infection in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an agent that reduces the level of CD71+ cells in the subject.
US09499625B2	Antibodies against human CSF-1R and uses thereof The present invention relates to antibodies against human CSF-1R (anti-CSF-1R antibody), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US09499616B2	Modulated lysine variant species compositions and methods for producing and using the same The instant invention relates to modulated lysine variant species compositions comprising a protein, e.g., an antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, and methods, e.g., cell culture and/or protein purification methods, for producing such modulated lysine variant species compositions. Methods for using such compositions to treat a disorder, e.g., a disorder in which TNFα is detrimental, are also provided.
US09499613B2	Notch1 receptor binding agents and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to compositions and methods for characterizing, diagnosing, and treating cancer. In particular the invention provides the means and methods for the diagnosis, characterization, prognosis and treatment of cancer and specifically targeting cancer stem cells. The present invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to a non-ligand binding membrane proximal region of the extracellular domain of a human Notch receptor and inhibits tumor growth. The present invention further provides a method of treating cancer, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that specifically binds to a non-ligand binding membrane proximal region of the extracellular domain of a human Notch receptor protein and inhibits tumor growth.
US09499608B2	Bispecific monoclonal antibody therapeutics against West Nile virus with improved CNS penetration The plant-based production of a therapeutic antibody against West Nile Virus is disclosed.
US09499604B2	Trail mutant membrane-penetrating peptide-alike and methods of preparation thereof The invention mainly relates to the field of genetic engineering drugs, in particular to a mutant cDNA sequence obtained by mutating valine at position 114, glutamate at position 116, glycine at position 118, proline at position 119 and glutamine at position 120 in an amino acid sequence at positions 114-281 of an extracellular fragment of a wild-type TRAIL protein respectively into arginines, so as to allow amino acids at positions 114-121 of the TRAIL protein to form a 8-consecutive arginine sequence, and then by gene synthesis and PCR mutation and splicing; and the TRAIL mutant has excellent therapeutic effect for a variety of tumors of different types, and is a new generation of promising drug for highly efficiently inducing tumor cell apoptosis.
US09499603B2	PD-1 antibodies A humanised agonistic antibody which binds human PD-1 comprising a heavy chain and a light chain wherein the variable domain of the heavy chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 for CDR-H1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 for CDR-H2 and the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3 and the variable domain of the light chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:4 for CDR-L1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:5 for CDR-L2 and the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7 for CDR-L3. The invention also extends to therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules, compositions and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
US09499602B2	Non-hemolytic LLO fusion proteins and methods of utilizing same The present invention provides recombinant proteins or peptides comprising a mutated listeriolysin O (LLO) protein or fragment thereof, comprising a substitution or internal deletion of the cholesterol-binding domain or a portion thereof, fusion proteins or peptides comprising same, nucleotide molecules encoding same, and vaccine vectors comprising or encoding same. The present invention also provides methods of utilizing recombinant proteins, peptides, nucleotide molecules, and vaccine vectors of the present invention to induce an immune response to a peptide of interest.
US09499599B2	Composition and methods for stimulating gastrointestinal motility The present invention relates to a method of treating a transient impairment of the motility of the gastrointestinal system resulting from postoperative ileus in a patient wherein said method includes the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a peptidyl analog of ghrelin to said patient.
US09499597B2	Methods and compositions for treating Huntington's disease Disclosed herein are compositions comprising non-naturally occurring zinc finger domains, fusion proteins comprising these zinc finger domains, polynucleotides encoding these proteins, cells expressing these proteins and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these proteins or polynucleotides as well as methods of modifying an Htt gene using these compositions for treating or preventing Huntington's Disease.
US09499584B2	GPCR with improved cell surface expression The present invention surprisingly shows that the addition of a heterologous viral-GPCR (G protein-coupled receptor) derived sequence at the amino terminal end of GPCRs improves cell surface expression of such receptors in eukaryotic cells. Transfected cells expressing the above heterologous viral GPCRs on their surface are useful for cell based assays to identify test compounds that increases or modulate activity of a GPCR or a ligand of a GPCR for example for drug discovery, development of novel flavors in the food industry or development of sensors based on odor GPCRs. In addition, membrane extracts derived from transfected cells may be used for example for assays of compounds in drug discovery or for development of sensors comprising such membrane extracts for identification and/or quantification of volatile organic compounds.
US09499561B2	Fused pyrimidine compound, and preparation method, intermediate, composition, and uses thereof Disclosed are a fused pyrimidine compound as represented by formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate and solvate thereof, an optical isomer or a prodrug thereof, as well as a preparation method, an intermediate, a composition and uses thereof. The fused pyrimidine compound according to the present invention can inhibit activity of PI3 kinase, and can be used to treat diseases such as cancer caused by abnormal activity of the PI3 kinase, or can be used to prepare medicine for treating these diseases.
US09499551B2	Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines for treating cancer or inflammatory diseases Disclosed herein are substituted pyrrolopyridine and pyrrolopyrazine compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of TAK mediated diseases, such as cancer, having the structure of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the detailed description. Methods of modulation of TAK activity in a human or animal subject are also provided, providing therapeutic benefit to subjects with disease conditions, especially cancer.
US09499544B2	Nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds Compounds of Formula (I), their preparation and use in preventing or treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US09499542B2	Arylpyrrolopyridine derived compounds as LRRK2 inhibitors The present invention is directed to arylpyrrolopyridine derivatives of formula (A) (A). The compounds are considered useful for the treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 such as Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease cancer.
US09499541B2	Piperidinone carboxamide indane CGRP receptor antagonists The present invention is directed to piperidinone carboxamide indane derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
US09499534B2	Thiazole-substituted aminopyrimidines as spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitors The invention provides certain thiazole-substituted aminopyrimidine compounds of the Formula (I) (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, and the subscripts r, s, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions mediated by Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (Syk).
US09499528B2	Class of near infrared molecular probes for biological applications Methods for preparing 2,5-Bis(benzoxazol-2′-yl)benzene-1,4-diol derivatives (Zinhbo derivatives) are provided. Zinhbo derivatives are used to detect zinc ions and have particular application in vivo and in vitro. Zinhbo derivatives upon excitation give a florescence response emission that can be used to determine the presence of zinc cation in solution. Zinhbo derivatives complexed with zinc cations upon excitation can produce a florescence response emission in the visible and near infrared range. Zinhbo derivatives complexed with zinc cations exhibit a large stoke shift between the excitation and emission wavelengths.
US09499524B2	Insecticidal compounds The present invention relates to novel triazole derivatives of formula (I) having insecticidal activity, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal or molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode or mollusc pests.
US09499515B2	Method for producing 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline derivatives and production intermediates of same Provided are an efficient method for producing 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline derivatives and useful production intermediates thereof. Provided is a method for producing 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline derivatives represented by general formula (1), comprising converting a compound represented by general formula (3) in the presence of acid after reacting with an aniline derivative, or converting a compound represented by general formula (3) by reacting with an aniline derivative in the presence of an acid.
US09499514B2	Antiproliferative compounds and methods of use thereof Compounds of formula I for treating, preventing or managing cancer are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating, preventing or managing cancer, such as leukemia, comprising administering the compounds. In certain embodiments, the method of treatment comprise administering a compound provided herein in combination with a second agent. Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms comprising the compounds are also disclosed.
US09499512B2	Process for producing a cyclic acetal in a heterogeneous reaction system A process for producing a cyclic acetal is disclosed. According to the process, a formaldehyde source is combined with an aprotic compound and contacted with a heterogeneous catalyst which causes the formaldehyde source to convert into a cyclic acetal such as trioxane. The catalyst, for instance, may comprise a solid catalyst such as an ion exchange resin. In one embodiment, the process is used for converting anhydrous formaldehyde gas to trioxane. The anhydrous formaldehyde gas may be produced form an aqueous formaldehyde solution by an extractive distillation.
US09499504B2	Crystalline form of vortioxetine hydrobromide The present invention is directed to a crystalline compound comprising a hydrobromide acid (HBr) salt of a compound of formula (I) (1-{2-[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)sulfanyl]phenyl}piperazine, INN: vortioxetine), having an XRPD pattern with characteristic peaks (expressed in 2θ±0.2° 2θ (CuKα radiation)) at 5.5°, 14.8°, 16.7° and 20.0° and processes for obtaining the same.
US09499503B2	Mitotic kinesin inhibitors and methods of use thereof This invention relates to inhibitors of mitotic kinesins, particularly KSP, and methods for producing these inhibitors.
US09499498B2	Process for the preparation of triazine carbamates This invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazine carbamates by reacting a mixture of an aminotriazine A having at least two amino groups per molecule, an organic carbonate C which is preferably an acyclic carbonate, and a mixture B of bases comprising at least two basic metal compounds B1 and B2 individually selected from the group consisting of hydrides, amides, alkoxides, and arylalkoxides of metals, wherein the metal in B1 is not the same as the metal in B2.
US09499494B2	Pyrimidine-2,4,6-triones for use in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis The present invention relates to the identification of inventive pyrimidine-2,4,6-triones (PYT compounds) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also provides methods of preparing the inventive PYT compounds.
US09499492B2	4-(ortho)-fluorophenyl-5-fluoropyrimidin-2-yl amines containing a sulfoximine group The present invention relates to 4-(ortho)-fluorophenyl-5-fluoropyrimidin-2-yl amine derivatives containing a sulfoximine group of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, and methods for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders, in particular of hyper-proliferative disorders and/or virally induced infectious diseases and/or of cardiovascular diseases. The invention further relates to intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of said compounds of general formula (I).
US09499490B2	Fluorophenyl pyrazol compounds The present invention provides a compound of the Formula: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of, R is selected from the group consisting of H and CH3; R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, F, Cl, OCH3, C(O)OH, C(O)NH2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09499489B2	Myxovirus therapeutics, compounds, and uses related thereto This disclosure relates to antiviral compounds disclosed herein and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions. Typically, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a compound of formula I: Formula I, or salt, prodrug, or ester thereof wherein X, Y, and R1 and R10 to R13 are described herein.
US09499477B2	Hydroxamic acid derivative Provided is a novel compound which is useful as a pharmaceutical composition by inhibiting an LpxC activity, thereby exhibiting potent antimicrobial activity against gram-negative bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its drug resistant bacteria. Provided is a hydroxamic acid derivative represented by the following general formula [1] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09499470B2	Process for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether Process for preparing methyl acetate by the carbonylation of dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen and a zeolite catalyst. In a first step, the carbonylation is conducted with a carbon monoxide to hydrogen molar ratio of at least 1 and, in a second and subsequent step, the carbonylation is conducted with a hydrogen to carbon monoxide molar ratio of greater than 1.
US09499468B2	3-acyloxymethyl-3-butenyl carboxylate compound and method for producing 4-alkyl-3-methylenebutyl carboxylate Provided is a simple, selective and efficient method for producing 4-alkyl-3-methylenebutyl carboxylates such as 7-methyl-3-methylene-7-octenyl propionate. More specifically provided is a method for producing a 4-alkyl-3-methylenebutyl carboxylate compound, the method comprising a diacyloxylation step of subjecting a 4-halo-2-halomethyl-1-butene compound (6) to diacyloxylation to obtain a 3-acyloxymethyl-3-butenyl carboxylate compound (3), and a coupling step of subjecting the 3-acyloxymethyl-3-butenyl carboxylate compound (3) to a coupling reaction with an organometallic reagent (4) to obtain the 4-alkyl-3-methylenebutyl carboxylate compound (5).
US09499465B2	Synthesis of biobased and substituted terephthalic acids and isophthalic acids Methods for producing bio-terephthalic acid and bio-isophthalic acid are provided. The methods comprise a cycloaddition reaction to produce bio-4-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, and bio-3-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic from bio-isoprene and bio-acrylic acid. An aromatization reaction produces bio-para-toluic acid and bio-meta-toluic acid from the bio-4-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, and bio-3-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic. An oxidation reaction produces the bio-terephthalic acid and iso-phthalic acid from the bio-para-toluic acid and bio-meta-toluic acid.
US09499461B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising POH derivatives The present invention provides for a derivative of monoterpene or sesquiterpene, such as a perillyl alcohol derivative. For example, the perillyl alcohol derivative may be a perillyl alcohol carbamate. The perillyl alcohol derivative may be perillyl alcohol conjugated with a therapeutic agent such as a chemotherapeutic agent. The present invention also provides for a method of treating a disease such as cancer, comprising the step of delivering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a derivative of monoterpene (or sesquiterpene). The route of administration may vary, and can include, inhalation, intranasal, oral, transdermal, intravenous, subcutaneous or intramuscular injection.
US09499459B2	Materials for organic electroluminescent devices The present invention relates to substituted benz[a]anthracene derivatives, to the preparation and use thereof in organic electroluminescent devices, and to organic electroluminescent devices, in particular blue-emitting devices, in which these compounds are used as matrix material or dopant in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-transport material.
US09499456B2	Tetramerisation of ethylene A process for the tetramerisation of ethylene under solution phase conditions is carried out in the presence of an activated catalyst at a temperature above 80° C. and up to a temperature of about 115° C. The activated catalyst is provided by combining a source of chromium, a diphosphine ligating compound and optionally a catalyst activator or combination of catalyst activators. The process forms at least 30% 1-octene and a polyethylene co-product that, together with any other reaction products, remains substantially dissolved in the liquid phase. The polyethylene co-product has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of less than 200 000 g/mol, a number average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 3 000 g/mol, and a melt flow index of more than 20 g/10 minutes.
US09499455B2	Process for the selective dimerisation of ethylene to 1-butene The invention concerns a process for the selective dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene employing a catalytic composition comprising at least one alkoxy or aryloxy titanium compound, at least one additive selected from ether type compounds and at least one aluminium compound.
US09499454B2	Reductive dehydroxylation of vicinal polyols to olefins using an iodine-based catalyst having enhanced solubility Olefins may be produced by the reductive dehydroxylation of vicinal polyols and/or their respective esters, in an aqueous reaction medium, under a hydrogen atmosphere, under suitable conditions, and in the presence of a halogen-based, preferably iodine-based, catalyst, wherein a solubility enhancing agent is employed to increase the solubility of the iodine-based catalyst in the aqueous reaction medium.
US09499447B2	Stable organic-carrier-based microbial inoculants and cultures The present invention relates to methods for producing microbial preparations for crop production and microbial preparations produced through such methods. The formulations contain microbial inoculants like Azospirillum spp. which are grown in a complex medium, lyophilized with powdered milk and further supplemented with minerals and vitamins, starch and inert substances such as talc, chalk and diatomaceous earth. The products manufactured by such methods have shelf-lives of more than 3 years. They are used to inoculate seeds, seedlings and planting materials among different agriculture and forestry species for enhancing root, root hair an shoot formation, enabling plants to efficiently use soil nutrients, supplying plants with nitrogen from the air, tolerating drought and protecting plants from root pathogenes.
US09499436B2	Light scattering coating for greenhouse applications, and/or coated article including the same Certain example embodiments relate to a sunlight-scattering thin-film coating disposed on a substrate for greenhouse applications. The surface morphology of the coating promotes a better and more uniform light distribution. For instance, at least one thin-film layer disposed on a substrate may be textured so as to create surface features on the order of 0.1-5 microns, with the surface features being sized to cause (a) light having a wavelength of greater than or equal to about 800 nm incident thereon to primarily scatter to angles less than 30 degrees relative to a major surface of the substrate and (b) light having a wavelength of less than or equal to about 700 nm incident thereon to primarily scatter to angles greater than 20 degrees relative to the major surface of the substrate. This arrangement may advantageously direct beneficial light towards plant life while directing parasitic light away from the plant life.
US09499426B2	Device for manufacturing a hollow glass article comprising a mold intended to receive a parison A device for forming a hollow glass article from a parison is provided. The hollow glass article includes a ring extending around an axis, a body and at least one shoulder extending between the ring and body. The device includes a mold including a plurality of portions movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The closed configuration defines a first imprint for forming the body of the article. The device also includes a blowing head movable between a blowing position and a rest position. In the blowing position, the blowing head injects at least one gas jet into an inside of the parison. The blowing head includes at least one face defining a second imprint for forming at least one portion of the at least one shoulder in the blowing position. A method and hollow glass article are also provided.
US09499423B2	Electrobiochemical reactor and related method to enhance microbial/enzyme function in transforming or removing contaminants from a liquid A method for supplying freely available electrons to microorganisms and/or enzymes includes applying a voltage and amperage to electrodes to create a free electron field between the electrodes, thus directly supplying electrons to the microorganisms and/or enzymes to enhance the effectiveness of the microorganisms and/or enzymes. Supplying the microorganisms and/or enzymes with electrons enhance their effectiveness in transforming and/or removing one or more target compounds from the liquid to be treated.
US09499417B1	Adjustable water softener with closed-pressure aeration A water conditioning system that both softens and improves the smell of water by removing dissolved ferrous iron and hydrogen sulfide from the water includes: a water softening tank, a cation exchange media situated in the water softening tank, a brine tank, a programmable control valve which regulates flow through the system and the periodic rejuvenation of the cation exchange media using flow from the brine tank, a valve that assists in providing a flow of aerated, pressurized water to the system, and an adapter with a bottom portion and a flow control valve that control the volume of the gaseous pocket that is created in the top portion of the water softening tank.
US09499409B2	Metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve with RHO framework structure, and method for preparing the same The present invention relates to a metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve MeAPSO with a RHO framework structure and a preparation method thereof. The metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve is characterized in that: the metal atoms are at least one of vanadium, copper, molybdenum, zirconium, cobalt, manganese, magnesium, iron, nickel and zinc. The chemical composition of said metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve in anhydrous state is expressed as: mR.nMe.(SixAlyPz)O2, where R represents template existed in molecular sieve micropores, m is the molar number of said template per one molar of (SixAlyPz)O2, m=0.1˜0.5; Me represents metal atom entering into said metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve framework, n is the molar number of Me per one molar of (SixAlyPz)O2, n=0.001˜0.30. Said metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve has ion exchange performance and adsorption performance. The catalyst prepared from said metal silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve can be applicable to multiple hydrocarbon reactions, such as catalytic cracking, reforming, polymerization, alkylation, transalkylation, isomerization, dehydrogenation, hydrogenation and the like.
US09499404B2	System and method for syngas clean-up A system and method for processing unconditioned syngas first removes solids and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC), then removes volatile organic compounds (VOC), and then removes at least one sulfur containing compound from the syngas. Additional processing may be performed depending on such factors as the source of syngas being processed, the products, byproducts and intermediate products desired to be formed, captured or recycled and environmental considerations.
US09499400B2	Optical devices and methods of controlling propagation directions of light from the optical devices An optical device may include a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate, at least one first nano-structure in the layer, and at least one second nano-structure in the layer. The at least one first nano-structure may include a light source. The at least one first and second nano-structures may be spaced apart. A method of controlling a propagation direction of light output from an optical device that includes a metal layer on a substrate may include disposing first and second nano-structures in the layer; disposing at least one light source in the first nano-structure; and controlling the propagation direction of the light output from the at least one light source by changing at least one of a shape of the first nano-structure, a shape of the second nano-structure, a size of the first nano-structure, a size of the second nano-structure, and an interval between the first and second nano-structures.
US09499389B2	Liquid transportation A liquid transportation system includes a loading station where a liquid is loaded into a container of a delivery vehicle, and a drop off location where the delivery vehicle transfers the liquid into a storage tank. The storage tank includes a tank marker including a first identification device that generates a first signal. The first signal identifies a type of liquid to be stored in the storage tank. The delivery vehicle includes a product marker having a control system and a second identification device. The second identification device identifies a type of liquid contained in the container. The control system receives the first signal and the second signal and determines whether the type of the liquid stored in the container is the same as the type of liquid to be stored in the storage tank.
US09499378B2	Process and structure for servicing a vehicle A support and a process for a non-automotive vehicle to be lifted by a car lift and allow for servicing of the vehicle. The support can include a support surface that has an engine access opening and a rolling mechanism attached to the support surface that affords for the support surface to roll into a service area that has a car lift. The car lift can be a two-post car and the support spans the distance between lift arms of the car lift. Once the support with a vehicle thereon is lifted above a service area floor vehicle, the engine of the vehicle can be serviced through the engine access opening. In this manner, non-automotive vehicles can be easily and quickly serviced in traditional automotive service areas, shops, etc.
US09499377B2	Adjustable hydraulic jack with a slider locking structure An adjustable hydraulic jack with a slider locking structure that includes a chassis, hydraulic assembly, boom assembly, and handle lever. The boom assembly includes a bracket, a fore arm, and a rear arm. The bracket includes a pull handle, left and right bracket side-plates, and a bracket-fixing pin. The bracket is connected to one end of the fore arm, the other end of the fore arm is connected to one end of the rear arm, and the other end of the rear arm is connected to the chassis. The left and right bracket side-plates have left and right side-plate sockets on their respective bottoms; the fore arm has left and right sliding chutes and a spring-loaded fixing pin fixed on its upper end. A slider locking device is arranged between the bracket and the fore arm, and includes left and right sliders, a spring and at least one pin shaft.
US09499374B2	Wire reels, components thereof, and related methods Embodiments provide reels comprising covers, wire hubs, and winding levers. The covers removably attach to casings and close spool apertures of the casings. The hubs spool wire into/out of the apertures via windows of the casings. Moreover, the hubs couple to the covers. Some levers operably couple to the covers. When stowed, the levers are within the perimeters of the covers. When deployed, the levers extend beyond the perimeters. The reels can also comprise the casings. Mounting bases of some reels can removably attach to the casings. Furthermore, some levers can pivot about hinges on the covers. Levers can comprise wind knobs at their ends and the covers can define apertures through which the knobs extend when stowed. Detents which retain the levers in the stowed position can be provided. Moreover, hubs can comprise the detents for engaging the levers when the levers are stowed.
US09499367B2	Device for applying a product to skin A device is provided for applying a product to the skin. The device includes a tape with a layer of the product disposed on a surface of the tape. The device includes a support. A portion of the tape passes over the support such that the tape is between the support and the product. When the tape moves across the skin, the product transfers from the tape to the skin and the tape advances.
US09499365B2	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a sheet storage unit, a driving unit, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a control unit. The sheet storage unit includes a tray on which a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets is to be stacked. The driving unit lifts up the tray. The first detection unit detects, at a predetermined position, a top surface of the sheet bundle stacked on the tray and lifted up. The second detection unit detects whether a sheet is stacked on the tray. The control unit controls, while the first detection unit has not detected the top surface of the sheet bundle, the driving unit to lift up the tray at a first speed until the second detection unit detects the sheet, and to lift up the tray at a second speed lower than the first speed after the second detection unit detects the sheet.
US09499358B2	Device for combining an auxiliary stack with a main stack and sheet-fed printing press or sheet punching machine having the device A device for combining an auxiliary stack with a main stack includes an auxiliary stack carrier which holds the auxiliary stack and which can be moved out of the stack area for combining the stacks. A holding device firmly holds a lower sheet of the auxiliary stack and an upper sheet of the main stack as the auxiliary stack carrier is moved out of the stack area, in order to maintain a good stack structure. A sheet-fed printing press or sheet punching machine having the device is also provided.
US09499354B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for operation of a pneumatic tube system Provided herein are various apparatuses, systems, and methods for improving pneumatic tube system operating efficiency and facilitating secure access to pneumatic tube carriers. In particular, a system is provided that includes a magazine that has a first carrier chamber and a second carrier chamber and a pneumatic tube operably coupled to the magazine, where the pneumatic tube is configured to be in fluid communication with one of the first carrier chamber or the second carrier chamber. The magazine may be configured to be moved relative to the pneumatic tube between a first position in which the first carrier chamber is in fluid communication with the pneumatic tube and a second position in which the second carrier chamber is in fluid communication with the pneumatic tube. The first carrier chamber and the second carrier chamber may each be individually accessible to a user.
US09499349B2	Picking station and method for picking articles The invention relates to a method and to a picking station (5) for picking of articles from source loading aids (2) by an order picker into destination loading aids (6), wherein the loading aids (2, 6) are conveyed via a first conveyor system (18) to the picking station (5) and at the picking station (5) are provided for picking the articles and after a picking operation are discharged from the picking station (5) again via a second conveyor system. A control device can co-ordinate the conveying movements of the source loading aids (2) and destination loading aids (6) in such a manner that the source loading aids (2) and destination loading aids (6) required for processing a picking order are brought together before the picking operation in the picking station (5) onto a common picking conveyor (25) of the first conveyor system (18) passing through a working area (30) for the order picker, and are presented to the order picker arranged next to one another as a picking group on the picking conveyor (25).
US09499347B2	Drive connection with integrated chain tensioning apparatus for face conveyors A drive connection is disclosed. The drive connection may be configured to be interconnected between a main driving unit and a main gear unit of a driving device configured to drive a chain of a conveyor of a longwall device. The drive connection may have a housing configured to be connected to the main driving unit and to the main gear unit. The drive connection may also have a drive shaft disposed within the housing and configured to transmit torque from the main driving unit to the main gear unit. In addition, the drive connection may have a chain tensioning apparatus disposed within the housing. The chain tensioning apparatus may have a worm drive interacting with the drive shaft. The chain tensioning apparatus may be configured to drive the drive shaft for tensioning the chain of the conveyor when the main driving unit is in a non-operative state.
US09499343B2	Conveying system, and use of a chamber extending inwardly with respect to a plastic module in a conveying system The invention relates to a conveying system. The conveying system comprises a conveying track, an endless conveyor mat for conveying products in a conveying direction, a drive for driving the conveyor mat, and a return guide provided at the conveying track for guiding the conveyor mat upon circulation. The return guide extends substantially transversely to the conveying direction. The conveyor mat comprises a number of plastic modules, which are provided at their bottom side with a track guide surface, while at least a part of the plastic modules at the location of the respective track guide surface comprise at least one chamber extending inwardly with respect to the module for being in a contact with the return guide during circulation of the module around the return guide. The chamber is formed such that the contact upon circulation consists of a first line contact and a second line contact.
US09499340B2	Gravity conveyor A gravity conveyer, including an inlet, an outlet, a multi-loop spiral belt connecting the inlet and the outlet, the belt being installed around a vertical axis and designed as a ferroconcrete surface, each loop of the belt being square shaped, a plurality of gravity driven carts movable along the belt, a plurality of overhead manipulators detached from the carts and mounted on the belt, a first guide formed on a lower surface of the belt and defining a travel route for the overhead cart manipulators, a second guide formed on an upper surface of the belt and defining a travel route for the carts, and a plurality of stations, located along the belt along the second guide such that the carts and the overhead manipulators can arrive at the stations.
US09499334B2	Modular shipping apparatus and system A cargo container system, comprising: a base; at least four end frame supports attached substantially perpendicular to the base and having a substantially closed square portion with four sides and having outer extensions extending from two of the four sides and an additional support extending from the junction of the remaining two of the four sides of the substantially closed square portion, the additional support having two substantially L-shaped portions that are substantially parallel to the outer extensions and each of the at least four end frame supports having a corner support that is substantially parallel to the junction; at least three panels having two S-shaped ends, with at least one S-shaped end interposed between one of the two substantially L-Shaped portions; at least three rectangular frames removably attached to a corner support; a top; at least one door attached to one of the outer extensions.
US09499332B2	Electrically heated smoking system An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.
US09499328B2	Methods and apparatus for dispensing solid articles A dispensing apparatus for dispensing articles includes a housing and a drive system. The housing defines a hopper chamber to hold the articles, a dispensing outlet, and a dispensing path between the hopper chamber and the dispensing outlet. The drive system includes a belt and a belt actuator operable to drive the belt. The dispensing apparatus is configured such that articles disposed in the hopper chamber are directed onto the belt and the belt, when driven by the belt actuator, conveys the articles received from the hopper chamber in a dispensing direction along the dispensing path toward the dispensing outlet to be dispensed.
US09499320B2	Container carrier A package for unitizing a plurality of containers that includes a flexible carrier having an array of container receiving apertures formed in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks wherein each container receiving aperture engages with a respective container of the plurality of containers and includes an outer band having a sufficiently narrow width to result in permanent yield following stretching engagement with and application to a respective container and a secondary package positioned with respect to the carrier and containers to form a unitized package.
US09499319B2	Method of forming a carton with article protection feature A method of forming a carton. The method includes obtaining a blank having at least one panel and at least one article protection flap foldably connected to the at least one panel. The method includes positioning the at least one panel to at least partially form an interior space of the carton, loading at least one article in the interior space, and folding the at least one article protection flap relative to the at least one panel after the loading the at least one article. The folding includes moving the article protection flap from a first position that is substantially parallel to the at least one panel to a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded relative to the at least one panel.
US09499315B1	Bottle with storable flexible spout A bottle has a flexible spout and a cap/cover configuration that effectively seals the spout from leakage and stores it under the cover. The flexible spout is folded or bent in two locations as it is secured within the cover. The flexible spout is folded over from an extended orientation and then around a fold partition. The cover is detachably attached to the cap. A diaphragm extends under the cap and seals liquid within the enclosure. In one embodiment, the cover and cap are configured with a ratchet mechanism that allows the cover to rotate in only one direction. In one embodiment, the bottle comprises two enclosures, and the enclosures may be detachably attached to each other or to a handle.
US09499311B1	Tamper evident crown cap system and method A crown cap is adapted to be removably coupled to a bottle. The crown cap has a circular central region and a downwardly extending side wall in a generally cylindrical configuration. The side wall having a circular periphery with a plurality of recesses to facilitate shaping of the side wall, side wall terminating in an inwardly scrolled lower edge. The central region of the crown cap radially terminates in an upwardly extending exterior projection. The crown cap has a downwardly extending interior projection radially interior of the exterior projection. An adhesive is provided in the exterior projection.
US09499310B2	Combination child-resistant package and collapsible tube, and method of using same A combination includes a child-resistant package and a collapsible tube removably positionable therein. A sidewall of a body of the package has an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. A cavity is defined by the body. An opening is positioned proximate an open first end of the body. A bottom wall is positioned proximate an open second end of the body. A cap is removably mounted onto at least a portion of the first end of the body. The collapsible tube is surrounded by the body, the bottom wall and the cap when the cap is mounted onto at least a portion of the first end of the body. The collapsible tube includes a generally flexible housing defining a cavity for holding a substance to be dispensed from the housing. A closure is removably mounted onto the housing.
US09499308B2	Gusset grip containers and methods for the manufacture thereof Containers and methods for their manufacture are provided. Containers include first and second panels connected at first and second edges, a bottom panel connecting the first and second panels at a third edge, a panel area defined by a seal extending from the first edge and having a first aperture at a first corner of the container, and a pour feature disposed at least partially at a second corner diagonally opposite the first corner, wherein the bottom panel or the first edge comprises a gusset. Methods include forming such container and forming at least one aperture in the panel area.
US09499302B2	Preform container having a coiled handle attached at two attachment points A method of forming a container from bi-axially orientable plastics material and having an integral handle with the steps of forming a preform having a neck portion and an expandable portion below the neck portion, with the neck portion including a locating ring above the expandable portion and a handle molded to the non expandable at one end and molded to the expandle portion at the other end. Where the molded-in handle is the approximate length of the handle of the finished container. The unblown preform of orientable plastics is inserted into a blow molder and thereafter stretched by a stretch rod. During the stretch process the handle on the preform unbends rather than stretching to form the approximate shape of the handle in the finished container. The blow mold then closes on the stretched preform thus capturing the handle. Blow gas is then injected into the interior.
US09499295B2	Eco-friendly liquid container The present disclosure provides an environmentally friendly container for liquids that is designed to use few materials and, upon disassembly, may easily be separated into recyclable elements. The container includes a housing, a flexible storage bag within the housing, and a lid positioned over an end of the housing, wherein the flexible storage bag is held between the lid and the housing. Further, the container includes a shrink-wrap film surrounding at least a portion of the housing and lid, wherein the shrink-wrap film secures the lid to the housing.
US09499293B2	Bottle with insulative body A bottle includes at least one radially outwardly facing first surface, a radially outwardly facing second surface radially smaller than the first surface, a radially outwardly facing third surface radially larger than the second surface and established collectively by radially outwardly facing projection surfaces of a plurality of projections that project radially outwardly from the third surface.
US09499292B2	Method for operating a labelling machine A method for operating a labelling machine includes, at a first inspection unit, detecting feature coordinates of a design feature of a container, transferring the feature coordinates to a second inspection unit that follows a labelling assembly, and at the second inspection unit, while synchronizing the feature coordinates of the design feature, inspecting the container for correct label seating by tracking the feature coordinates of the design feature along a conveying path from the first inspection unit to said second inspection unit.
US09499287B2	Tray gripper head A method and device for unstacking a stack of trays, each tray having pockets and edge portions. A holder frame above the stack has suction heads which engage the eggs of the uppermost tray of the stack. A carrier unit above the holder frame has oppositely opposed grippers which engage sides of the uppermost tray. The holder frame is connected to the carrier unit by one or more spacer rods which are freely moveable in a channel in the carrier unit so as to permit three degrees of movement relative thereto. The carrier unit may also be moveably suspended in a second carrier unit above it. Support rods may extend downwardly from the carrier unit to engage the tray.
US09499270B2	Supply module for passenger transport vehicles A supply module is provided for a passenger transport vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a first supply unit for supplying passengers with a first supply medium in a first supply area and a second supply unit for supplying passengers with a second supply medium in a second supply area. Furthermore, the supply module includes, but is not limited to a control unit which is configured to activate the first supply unit in a first subregion of the first supply area and to activate the second supply unit in a second subregion of the second supply area, based on a predeterminable seating configuration.
US09499256B2	Landing gear storage compartment of aircraft, and aircraft To provide a landing gear storage compartment of an aircraft which can protect accessories installed around a landing gear by blocking jet blast and dust etc. while suppressing the weight and the cost. A landing gear storage compartment 3 of an aircraft 1 includes: a storage bay 31 that stores a landing gear 2 for use in takeoff and landing; and a shielding wall 32, inside of which a wheel assembly 21 of the landing gear 2 stored in the storage bay 31 is arranged, and whose lower side, through which the wheel assembly enters and exits, and whose upper side are opened. An upper opening 32C of the shielding wall 32 is covered with a partition wall 13 that separates a cabin 12 located above the storage bay 31, and the storage bay 31.
US09499246B2	Paddle assembly A paddle assembly includes a tubular shaft that is configured to be coupled to a blade of the paddle assembly. The shaft has a shaft length, a first flexural rigidity at a first location along the shaft length and a second flexural rigidity at a second location along the shaft length. The ratio of the first flexural rigidity to the second flexural rigidity can be at least approximately 1.20. The shaft is substantially linear along the shaft length. The shaft has a shaft midpoint. The first location and the second location are substantially equidistant from and on opposite sides of the shaft midpoint. The shaft can have a tubular configuration. The shaft has a plurality of layers of material at each of the first location and the second location. The orientation of the layers of material at the first location is different than the orientation of materials at the second location. A modulus of elasticity of the materials used to form the shaft varies along the shaft length. The shaft can be formed at least partially from carbon fiber materials.
US09499240B2	Floating marine structure The invention provides a sub-structure (2) comprising at least one leg (4) having first buoyancy means (4a) arranged in a lower part of the at least one leg to provide a first buoyancy, and a float element (3) having second buoyancy means to provide a second buoyancy, wherein the sub-structure and the float element are constructed to allow relative wave induced motion with respect to each other in a substantially vertical direction wherein the leg is movable from a pre-installation position to an installation position by a substantially downwards movement of the leg with respect to the float element, and wherein during at least a second part of the downwards movement of the leg towards the installation position and/or in the installation position the first buoyancy means are substantially located below a wave zone to substantially decrease heave action on the first buoyancy means.
US09499237B1	Lashing rod assembly A lashing rod assembly includes a lashing rod and a hook member. The lashing rod is displaceable between upper and lower positions. The hook member includes a weight segment, a power segment, a hook, and a flange. The weight segment is configured to extend into an inner space of a corner casting of a shipping container. The power segment extends into a through hole of the lashing rod. The hook is configured to be in abutting engagement with an inner surface of the corner casting when the lashing rod is displaced to the lower position. The flange has an interior fulcrum area configured to bear on a shoulder region of the through hole so as to permit the weight segment to be angularly movable during downward displacement of the lashing rod.
US09499236B1	Equipment protection sleeves A protective sleeve for a piece of equipment, such as a marine deck or dock structure, which is intended for contact with wire rope is disclosed. The protective sleeve comprises at least one sleeve section shaped to conform to a portion of a peripheral surface of the equipment. The at least one sleeve section may comprise a first end portion, a second end portion, and a means for connecting the at least one sleeve section in end-to-end relation by connecting at least the first end portion of a first sleeve section to the second end portion of the same sleeve section or an adjacent sleeve section. In certain embodiments, the protective sleeve may be composed of a durable polymer material having a Shore D hardness of greater than about 60 or a Shore A hardness of greater than about 85.
US09499233B2	Mechanism for transmitting a rotary movement with variable transmission ratio A control mechanism (800) for setting a transmission ratio between a traction means (812), in particular chain, and a wheel set that is rotatable about a wheel axle and includes two or more wheel blades (810, 820, 830), in particular sprocket blades, adjusts the wheel rim sectors relative to a fixed plane of the traction means in a direction transverse to the plane of alignment. At least one of the wheel blades is composed of a plurality of independently adjustable wheel rim sectors (802, 803). By means of a control component (807) mounted decoupled from a rotary movement of the wheel set, a plurality of co-rotating thrust elements (804, 805) are each displaced via rotation-free couplings between a first and a second position at least in the axial direction, wherein each of the wheel rim sectors is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a respectively associated thrust element. The first position of a thrust element corresponds to the position of the associated wheel rim sector outside the plane of alignment, whereas a thrust element located in the second position exerts on the respective wheel rim sector, at least as long the latter is outside the plane of the traction means, a force for displacing the respective wheel rim sector into the plane of alignment, thus shifting the same into the plane.
US09499231B2	Pedal and cleat assembly Pedal and cleat assemblies are described. The pedal has first and second retainers biased to an engagement position for coupling the cleat. The cleat comprises first and second portions configured to be secured by the first and second retainers. The second portion has first and second urging surfaces. Either one or both of the first and second retainers is/are urged to permit the first and second portions to be secured by the first and second retainers. Either one or both of the first and second retainers is/are urged to permit the secured second portion to be released from the second retainer when a force or contact is applied by the second urging surface onto a lateral surface of the second retainer. At least one of the second urging surface and the lateral surface of the second retainer is made of a material having a measure of hardness that is greater than hardened steel. Preferably, the material is a carbide.
US09499229B2	Bicycle for transporting a child with increased stability The aim of the invention is to improve the stability of bicycles fitted with at least one seat for transporting children, by re-centering and lowering the centre of gravity of the child via a specific frame structure, optionally in combination with a choice of reduced wheel diameters and/or an increase in the spacing of the pedals. The location for the feet (31) of the child is inside the supporting structure (9, 10′) of the bicycle linking the seat tube (4′) to the rear wheel axle (14).
US09499228B2	Self-balancing vehicle frame A self-balancing vehicle frame includes two side frame units and a bearing unit interconnecting the side frame units such that each of the side frame units can tilt independently against the other of the side frame units. Each of side frames is mounted with a wheel, a driver, and a self-balancing electric system integrated with a pedal and handle. Through operation of hands and feet, each of the side frame units is operable to tilt the corresponding components forwardly and rearwardly. As such, a user can operate the vehicle using hands and/or feet to control travelling and turning of the vehicle.
US09499225B2	Flexible hand guard A protective hand guard for use on a vehicle with handlebars. The disclosed protective hand guard is attached at one end to the end of the handlebars and at another end to a clamping structure. The attachment to the clamping structure, which is on the inside end of the handlebars is by a cable which allows some movement when placed under pressure. The cable can be a steel cable, a pair of steel cables or other structures which are generally rigid but provide a small amount of flexion. The outer end of the hand guard can be attached to the outer tip of the handlebar in a rotating mount.
US09499221B2	Integrated duct step garnish assembly An integrated duct step garnish assembly for a vehicle includes a deck member defining a stepping area on an upper side thereof and an underside member secured to an underside of the deck member for defining an air duct between the underside member and the deck member. The air duct extends along a longitudinal length of the deck member and the underside member for delivering conditioned airflow to a rear of the vehicle.
US09499217B2	Variables spoiler apparatus for vehicle A variable spoiler apparatus for a vehicle may include a driving portion including a gear set configured to provide a predetermined speed reduction ratio, wherein a driving motor and a driving shaft for supplying rotational force of the driving motor may be connected to the gear set, and a linkage, wherein a base bracket to which the driving shaft of the driving portion may be connected may be provided on the linkage, wherein the linkage includes a plurality of links that may be connected to a spoiler bracket connected to the driving shaft, the base bracket and a spoiler, and wherein the plurality of links may be rotated together with the driving shaft when the driving motor of the driving portion operates thereby to draw out or stow the spoiler such that angle and height of the spoiler may be varied.
US09499214B2	Motor vehicle plastic body panel A motor vehicle plastic body panel is disclosed having an opaque plastic panel and a plastic window pane formed as an integral part of the plastic body panel by co-molding it with the opaque plastic panel. A lightweight motor vehicle body panel made completely from plastic is therefore provided. The plastic body panel requires no window seals due to the integration of the plastic window pane as part of the plastic body panel.
US09499207B2	Front structure arrangement of a vehicle The present disclosure relates to a front structure arrangement of a vehicle including a side member and an outer side member arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at a left-side portion or a right-side portion of a front portion of the vehicle, the outer side member being located laterally outward of and vertically above the side member. A spring tower is attached to the side member and to the outer side member, and the spring tower is adapted to support a suspension of the vehicle. The spring tower is attached to the side member by an attachment means, which is arranged such that the spring tower is adapted to detach progressively from the side member during bending of the side member when the front structure arrangement is subjected to a substantially longitudinal force.
US09499203B1	Composite under body structure A system for supporting the bed of a utility vehicle, the system adapted to be mounted on the underbody frame of the utility vehicle, the system comprising: a generally planar unitary support formed from a composite material, the support having a first surface and a second vertically offset surface; a plurality of connecting members extending from the first surface to the offset surface, the members providing strength to said support; a generally rectangular panel fabricated from a composite material, the panel adhesively attached to said offset surface, the panel adapted to serve as a loading surface for the bed of the utility vehicle; a bracket secured to the support for mounting the support to the frame of the utility vehicle; and a backing plate secured to the support, wherein the plate and the bracket sandwich the support to secure it to the frame of the vehicle.
US09499201B2	Vehicular travel control device A vehicular steering control device which comprises a rudder angle varying device which changes a relationship between an operational position of steering wheel operated for steering by a driver and a rudder angle of front wheels; and a rudder angle control device which performs an automatic steering control of the front wheels for a trajectory control of a vehicle by controlling the rudder angle varying device. The rudder angle control device performs a termination control which removes a deviation in the relationship between an operational position and a rudder angle of the front wheels, namely, an N deviation when the automatic steering control is terminated. A speed of removing the N deviation is lowered when a magnitude of a steering operation speed is small, compared to when a magnitude of a steering operation speed is large.
US09499199B1	Hybrid vehicle A hybrid zero turn vehicle is disclosed, having an internal combustion engine supported on a frame and an operator platform located adjacent to the rear of the frame. An upright riser is disposed on the frame. The vehicle uses an electrical generating device driven by the engine and first electric drive motors or transmissions to drive the output wheels. An electrical bus or controllers may be mounted on a panel of the upright riser and offset vertically above the engine to assist in providing a compact design. A pair of drive levers is mounted on the upright riser for controlling the output of the vehicle.
US09499189B2	Snowmobile ski assembly A snowmobile ski assembly has a ski defining a slot, a ski runner disposed in the slot and being translatable in the slot between a first position and a second position, and a runner adjustment assembly connected to the ski runner. The runner adjustment assembly selectively translates the ski runner between the first and second positions. A snowmobile having the snowmobile ski assembly and a ski runner are also disclosed.
US09499183B2	System and method for stopping trains using simultaneous parameter estimation A method for stopping a train at a range of predetermined positions, first acquires a measured state of the trains, and then updates, in a parameter estimator, estimates of unknown parameters and a reliability of the unknown parameters, based on a comparison of a predicted state of the train with the measured state of the train. An excitation input sequence reference generator acquires dynamics of the train to determine a sequence of excitation inputs based on a current estimate of system parameters, the measured state of the train, and a set of constraints on an operation of the train. A model predictive controller (MPC) receives a control-oriented cost function, a set of constraints, the sequence of excitation inputs, the estimate of the unknown parameters and the reliability of the estimate of the unknown parameters to determine an input command for a traction-brake actuator of the train.
US09499181B2	Zipline braking system A zipline braking system comprising a zipline cable and a destination supporting member; a rider carrier coupled to the zipline cable for movement towards the destination supporting member, such movement generating kinetic energy; a damper having a posterior end and an anterior end and connected to the destination supporting member at the posterior end; a tension line; a stopping member coupled to the zipline cable and the tension line; and the tension line for transferring the kinetic energy to the damper upon the rider carrier engaging the stopping member in movement to the destination supporting member.
US09499180B2	Locomotive headlamp A locomotive headlamp comprising one or more light emitting diode (“LED”) bulbs, wherein the headlamp is ideally suited for reducing the parasitic load of the locomotive by up to about 86 percent, and which is designed and installed in a locomotive's headlight housing to cause the heat generated by the one or more LED bulbs to prevent snow and ice impaction around the locomotive headlamp, and to prevent damage to the electronics and/or circuitry used to operate the one more LED bulbs from the locomotive's power source.
US09499179B2	Railroad vehicle provided with low roof structure A railroad vehicle where an air conditioner can be installed in an upper part of a roof thereof includes a roof structure having an opening, and a low roof main body having a recessed part provided in the opening, and recessed in a cross section, the air conditioner being able to be placed on the recessed part, and an edge part of the low roof main body which is continuously formed from the low roof main body and joined to the roof structure. The low roof main body and the edge part of the low roof main body are made of plastic.
US09499172B2	Detecting road weather conditions Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to detecting road weather conditions. Vehicle sensors including a laser, precipitation sensors, and/or camera may be used to detect information such as the brightness of the road, variations in the brightness of the road, brightness of the world, current precipitation, as well as the detected height of the road. Information received from other sources such as networked based weather information (forecasts, radar, precipitation reports, etc.) may also be considered. The combination of the received and detected information may be used to estimate the probability of precipitation such as water, snow or ice in the roadway. This information may then be used to maneuver an autonomous vehicle (for steering, accelerating, or braking) or identify dangerous situations.
US09499159B2	Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus uses a travel mode selection unit to select between an EV travel mode, an engine travel mode, and an engine generation mode depending on comparisons between an engine generated power cost, an EV effect, and a surplus electric energy. In such manner, according to a travel condition of a vehicle, an appropriate travel mode is selected for an improvement of fuel consumption efficiency. The vehicle control apparatus also computes a fuel consumption decrease or a fuel consumption increase for each of a plurality of travel modes based on an engine efficiency and an MG-INV efficiency. In such manner, fuel consumption increase/decrease for every travel mode may be computed.
US09499149B2	Brake hydraulic pressure generator First main and second hydraulic pressure paths, master cut valves configured to open and close the first and second main hydraulic pressure paths, respectively, a slave cylinder that operates in accordance with an operation amount of a brake operator, a first communication path that communicates from the slave cylinder to the first main hydraulic pressure path, and a second communication path that communicates from the slave cylinder to the second main hydraulic pressure path are provided. The slave cylinder includes a single hydraulic pressure chamber. The slave cylinder communicates with the first and second communication paths through a common flow path connected to the hydraulic pressure chamber. The slave cylinder is configured to be able to increase a pressure on a downstream side of the first or second main hydraulic pressure path. An on-off valve is provided in at least one of the first and second communication paths.
US09499146B2	Hydraulic braking device Provided is a hydraulic braking device wherein the heat of a driving coil can be absorbed by a base body, and the heat radiation performance is excellent. The hydraulic braking device having a base body that includes therein a fluid passage for brake fluid, includes: a solenoid valve disposed on one surface of the base body; and a driving coil attached around an axis of the solenoid valve, wherein the one surface of the base body is provided with a wall surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the driving coil. A lower surface of the driving coil is in contact with the one surface of the base body, and a clearance is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the driving coil and the wall surface.
US09499140B2	Method for reducing jerk when completing an automatic braking maneuver An automatic braking system for a vehicle is disclosed that includes an electronic brake system capable of applying wheel brakes to decelerate the vehicle and a controller for actuating the brake system in a manner that reduces jerk at the termination of an automatic braking maneuver.
US09499138B2	Connecting pin assembly support fixture A connecting pin fitting assistive device that prevents erroneous fitting in which, instead of a proper connecting pin, another connecting pin that is larger in length than the proper connecting pin is erroneously fitted, at the time of connecting a prescribed connecting member to a pedal arm via a connecting pin by passing the connecting pin through a connection hole formed in the pedal arm and retaining the connecting pin with use of a retaining member, the connecting pin fitting assistive device having a contact face disposed in a vicinity of the connection hole of the pedal arm and located at a position apart from a side face of the pedal arm by a protrusion restriction dimension S, and the connecting pin fitting assistive device bringing a distal end of the connecting pin passed through the connection hole into contact with the contact face, so that a protruding dimension by which the connecting pin protrudes from the side face of the pedal arm is restricted to the protrusion restriction dimension S, and retention of the connecting pin by the retaining member is inhibited when the other connecting pin is used.
US09499132B2	Device for detachably linking a wiper blade with a driven wiper arm A wiper blade assembly for a windshield wiper. In one embodiment, the wiper blade assembly includes a connector mounted on a blade support element. The connector has a receiving portion shaped to receive a first part of the end portion of a wiper arm and further has a securing portion shaped to secure a second part of the end portion of the wiper arm.
US09499119B2	Airbag apparatus for a driver's seat In a driver seat airbag apparatus, an airbag includes a belt member and a vent mechanism. The belt member includes two connecting sections extending from opposite sides of a cover portion for covering a vent hole. The vent mechanism includes an outer panel that has a vent hole and is located outside of the cover portion, an inner panel that has an inner opening and is located on an inner side of the cover portion, and a guide. The connecting sections run through the guide and move toward the vent hole for letting the cover portion open the vent hole. The guide holds the connecting sections such that the connecting sections serve as the tethers. A joint of the tethers to the driver side wall is located toward a center of the driver side wall relative to the vent hole as viewed from a side of the driver side wall.
US09499105B1	Safe tank The present invention relates to a tank holder system that does not substantially restrict alternative uses of truck bed space when the tank holder system is not in use. The tank holder system includes a tank holder and a base, which receives the tank holder and secures the tank holder during transportation. The tank holder includes an arcuate cradle formed to accept cylindrically-shaped tanks and fasteners that secure such tanks in the arcuate cradle. When the tank holder is not in use, it can be removed from the base. The base remains attached to the truck bed. This allows the space in the truck bed to be used for alternative purposes when the tank holder is disengaged from the base, while allowing the tank holder to be quickly and easily re-engaged to the base.
US09499103B2	Display room mirror Provided is a display room mirror, including a room mirror disposed in an inner part of a vehicle to detect a rear situation of the vehicle; and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel formed in a part or an entire part of a front surface of the room mirror, thereby improving a contrast and a reaction velocity and reducing a thickness and a weight of the room mirror.
US09499102B2	Method of forming an exterior mirror reflector sub-assembly with auxiliary reflector portion A method of forming a mirror reflector sub-assembly suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes providing a glass substrate and physically removing glass from a portion of a second surface of the glass substrate to form a curved recess locally thereat, and coating via a vacuum deposition process the second surface of the glass substrate with a mirror reflector to form a mirror reflective element suitable for use in an automotive exterior rearview mirror assembly. The method includes forming a mirror back plate in a plastic molding operation and providing a heater pad and disposing the heater pad between the coated second surface of the glass substrate and the first side of the mirror back plate. The heater pad is adhered to the coated second surface of glass substrate and to the first side of the mirror back plate.
US09499097B2	Wing pointer illumination A pointer arm for a gauge of a motor vehicle is provided. The pointer arm includes first and second light reflecting surfaces and an an arm portion extending from the first and second light reflecting surfaces. The pointer arm may be supported for rotation about an axis of rotation relative to a scale, and a shroud may be used to support the pointer arm. A cap may be supported on the pointer arm. The cap may include a pin extending into an opening within the pointer arm. The light reflecting surfaces are configured to propagate light around the opening and through the pointer arm.
US09499093B1	Retractable running board with long-persistance phosphor lighting A lighting system of a vehicle is provided herein. The lighting system includes a running board having a step pad and a photoluminescent structure coupled thereto. A light assembly is configured to excite the photoluminescent structure when the running board is in a stowed position. The photoluminescent structure luminesces in response to light excitation and continues to luminesce for a period of time after the running board is moved to a deployed position and excitation light ceases to be provided.

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