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US09612993B2	Dynamically configurable analog frontend circuitry An analog frontend (AFE) interface is dynamically programmable. A single AFE circuit can interface with multiple different analog devices, and dynamically configure its input for efficient interfacing with each different analog device. The AFE receives multiple unprocessed analog input signals and samples the analog input signals. A preprocessor element in the AFE analyzes the input signals and generates control signals based on the analyzing. The control signals dynamically adjust how the AFE samples the analog input signals, and can improve the efficiency of the operation the AFE.
US09612986B2	High performance interconnect physical layer A set of training sequences is generated, each training sequence to include a respective training sequence header, and the training sequence header is to be DC-balanced over the set of training sequences. The set of training sequences can be combined with electric ordered sets to form supersequences for use in such tasks as link adaptation, link state transitions, byte lock, deskew, and other tasks.
US09612973B2	Using shared virtual memory resources for performing memory-mapping Functionality is described herein for memory-mapping an information unit (such as a file) into virtual memory by associating shared virtual memory resources with the information unit. The functionality then allows processes (or other entities) to interact with the information unit via the shared virtual memory resources, as opposed to duplicating separate private instances of the virtual memory resources for each process that requests access to the information unit. The functionality also uses a single level of address translation to convert virtual addresses to corresponding physical addresses. In one implementation, the information unit is stored on a bulk-erase type block storage device, such as a flash storage device; here, the single level of address translation incorporates any address mappings identified by wear-leveling and/or garbage collection processing, eliminating the need for the storage device to perform separate and independent address mappings.
US09612969B2	Demote instruction for relinquishing cache line ownership A computer system processor of a multi-processor computer system having cache subsystem, executes a demote instruction to cause a cache line exclusively owned by the computer system processor to become shared or read-only in the cache subsystem.
US09612968B2	Migration of data to register file cache Methods and migration units for use in out-of-order processors for migrating data to register file caches associated with functional units of the processor to satisfy register read operations. The migration unit receives register read operations to be executed for a particular functional unit. The migration unit reviews entries in a register renaming table to determine if the particular functional unit has recently accessed the source register and thus is likely to comprise an entry for the source register in its register file cache. In particular, the register renaming table comprises entries for physical registers that indicate what functional units have accessed the physical register. If the particular functional unit has not accessed the particular physical register the migration unit migrates data to the register file cache associated with the particular functional unit.
US09612966B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for a virtual machine cache A virtual machine cache provides for maintaining a working set of the cache during a transfer between virtual machine hosts. In response to the transfer, a previous host retains cache data of the virtual machine, which is provided to the new host of the virtual machine. The cache data may be transferred via a network transfer.
US09612963B2	Store forwarding cache A load request is received to retrieve a piece of data from a location in memory and the load request follows one or more store requests in a set of instructions to store a piece of data in the location in memory. One or more possible locations in a cache for a piece of data corresponding to the location in memory is determined. Each possible location of the one or more possible locations in the cache is determined. It is then determined if at least one location of the one or more possible locations contains data to be stored in the location in memory. Data in one location of the at least one location is loaded, the data in the one location is from a store request of the one or more store requests and the store request is closest in the set of instructions to the load request.
US09612955B2	High-performance indexing for data-intensive systems Aspects of the present invention provide high-performance indexing for data-intensive systems in which “slicing” is used to organize indexing data on an SSD such that related entries are located together. Slicing enables combining multiple reads into a single “slice read” of related items, offering high read performance. Small in-memory indexes, such as hash tables, bloom filters or LSH tables, may be used as buffers for insert operations to resolve slow random writes on the SSD. When full, these buffers are written to the SSD. The internal architecture of the SSD may also be leveraged to achieve higher performance via parallelism. Such parallelism may occur at the channel-level, the package-level, the die-level and/or the plane-level. Consequently, memory and compute resources are freed for use by higher layer applications, and better performance may be achieved.
US09612946B2	Using linked data to determine package quality Arrangements described herein relate to determining a quality of a software package. Via linked data, the software package can be linked to at least one test plan and a requirement collection. The software package can be executed in accordance with the test plan using at least one test case. At least one test result of the execution of the software package can be generated. A score can be assigned to the test result and a score can be assigned to the test based at least on the test result. Based at least the scores on assigned to the test result and the test case, a package quality score can be assigned to the software package.
US09612943B2	Prioritization of tests of computer program code A method is provided to prioritize testing of computer program code comprising: determining first test coverages of items within a first source code version for multiple tests; storing in a non-transitory storage device, a first history that indicates the determined first test coverages of the items within the first source code version; identifying occurrences of the items within a second source code version; determining first weights associated with tests, wherein a respective weight associated with a respective test is indicative of a respective number of respective items within the second source code version that are covered by the respective associated test according to the first history; and prioritizing the multiple respective tests based at least in part upon the determined first weights.
US09612941B1	Live data fabrication Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining multiple data fabrication rules, each of the data fabrication rules including a fabrication time and a data operation. a simulation of a software application is initiated, the simulation including a sequence of simulation times, and upon detecting, during the simulation, one or more first given fabrication rules having respective fabrication times matching one or more first simulation times, fabricated data is generated in response to performing the respective data operation of each of the detected one or more first given fabrication rules. Upon detecting, during the simulation, a second given fabrication rule whose fabrication time matches a second simulation time subsequent to the one or more first simulation times, the data operation of the second given fabrication rule is performed on a subset of the fabricated data.
US09612938B2	Providing status of a processing device with periodic synchronization point in instruction tracing system In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for providing status of a processing device with a periodic synchronization point in an instruction tracing system. For example, the method may include generating a boundary packet based on a unique byte pattern in a packet log. The boundary packet provides a starting point for packet decode. The method may also include generating a plurality of state packets based on status information of the processor. The plurality of state packets follows the boundary packet when outputted into the packet log.
US09612933B2	Method for deterministic stress based risk reduction A deterministic risk reduction method for product reliability comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of parameters associated with at least one of a goal concept, desired functionality and performance criteria for said product; performing an analysis of said product, said analysis comprising levels of cause and effect for identifying and quantifying key performance factors and failure mechanisms associated with said product; developing test protocols and subjecting said product to stress tests corresponding to said test protocols to determine at least one operating limit for said product, whereby a relationship between said stress and expected life of said product is provided; and estimating said product life based on said key performance factors and said stress tests.
US09612931B2	System and method for synchronously controlling LED on multiple control modules based on a register synchronized with synchronous packets In an information processing system, plural information processing devices are mutually connected by an SMP connection mechanism. Each of the information processing devices includes a control device (FPGA) having a synchronous register that shows the state of a control signal of the information processing device and an internode communication access control unit that transmits first synchronous packets with the content of the synchronous register reflected to the other information processing devices at predetermined time intervals, receives second synchronous packets from the other information processing devices, and reflects the content of the received second synchronous packets on the synchronous register.
US09612929B1	Efficient validation/verification of coherency and snoop filtering mechanisms in computing systems Embodiments disclose techniques for scheduling test cases without regeneration to verify and validate a computing system. In one embodiment, a testing engine generates a test case for a plurality of processors. Each test case includes streams of instructions. The testing engine also allocates at least one cache line associated with the streams of instructions of the generated test case such that each of the plurality of processors accesses different memory locations within the at least one cache line. The testing engine further schedules the generated test case for execution by the plurality of processors to achieve at least a first test coverage among the plurality of processors. The testing engine further re-schedules the generated test case for re-execution by the plurality of processors to achieve at least a second test coverage among the plurality of processors.
US09612927B1	Managing server processes with proxy files Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for detecting a failed server. The computer-implemented method includes creating a proxy file for each server of a plurality of servers in an active state and assigning a timestamp to each proxy file of each server of the plurality of servers. The computer-implemented method further includes permitting each server to inspect each timestamp of each proxy file of each server of the plurality of servers and determining whether the timestamp assigned to each proxy file of each server of the plurality of servers exceeds a predetermined threshold. The computer-implemented method further includes, in response to a timestamp of a proxy file of a failed server exceeding the predetermined threshold, allowing another server of the plurality of servers to complete remaining work of the failed server.
US09612923B1	High-availability data center Method/system is disclosed for recovering computing capacity and critical applications after a catastrophic failure. The method/system involves distributing the computing capacity over multiple computing clusters, each computing cluster having concurrent access to shared data and software applications of other computing clusters. Sufficient backup computing capacity is reserved on each computing cluster to recover some or all active computing capacity on the other computing clusters. Message traffic throughout the computing clusters is monitored for indications of a catastrophic failure. Upon confirmation of a catastrophic failure at one computing cluster, the workloads of that computing cluster are transferred to the backup computing capacity of the other computing clusters. Software applications that have been designated for recovery are then brought up on the backup computing capacity of the other computing clusters. Such an arrangement allows computing capacity and critical software applications to be quickly recovered after a catastrophic failure.
US09612919B2	Methods and apparatus for storing and transmitting historical configuration data associated with information technology assets Methods and apparatus for storing and transmitting historical configuration data associated with information technology assets are disclosed. The system reads and stores a first version of data with a timestamp. The system then performs a local update by reading a second version of data with a timestamp, replacing the first set of data and timestamp, and storing the changes between the first and second versions of data. The system also may receive update requests from a remote location for the latest version of data. The changes between versions of data are sent to the remote location, where the changes between versions of data are stored and are usable to create the requested latest version of data and/or prior versions of data.
US09612914B1	Techniques for virtualization of file based content Techniques for virtualization of file based content are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for virtualization of file based content comprising creating, using at least one computer processor, a virtual disk containing metadata associated with one or more files of a backup image. The techniques may include receiving an Input/Output (I/O) request associated with a file of the one or more files of the virtual disk, determining whether the Input/Output (I/O) request is directed towards a virtual disk location containing a portion of the metadata of the virtual disk or a virtual disk location indicating file data of the backup image, sending the Input/Output (I/O) request to the backup image to the virtual disk based on the determination.
US09612911B2	Undo stack to explore past actions in business analytics A method for using an undo stack to explore past actions and apply new actions to previous states in a data view. The method includes detecting a change in an application data view. The application then displays an undo stack and stores the data change in the application data view to the undo stack. Upon detecting a selection of the undo stack entry for undo, the application returns the application data view to the state represented by the undo stack entry. The method further includes providing a user interface allowing a user to perform operations on undo stack entries. Responsive to the user utilizing the user interface and making selections, the application then adjusts the application data view state based on the performed actions.
US09612904B2	Memory system and method for securing volatile memory during sleep mode using the same ECC module used to secure non-volatile memory during active mode In one embodiment, a memory system is provided comprising a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and an error correction code (ECC) module. The ECC module is configured to encode, decode, and correct data stored in the volatile memory when the memory system enters and exits a sleep mode and is further configured to encode, decode, and correct data stored in the non-volatile memory when the memory system is in an active mode.
US09612896B1	Prediction of disk failure Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting failure of a hard disk in a storage system. Embodiments are disclosed that predict failure of at least one hard disk in a storage system having a plurality hard disks. A data center reports to a data collection center than a hard disk has reported an initial non-zero medium error count (NMEC). The data collection center stores historic data of initial NMEC for many hard disks, and subsequent failure of those hard disks. From the historic data, the data collection center can report to the data center a prediction of when a hard disk reporting an initial NMEC may fail. Different models of hard disks fail at different times relative to a reported initial NMEC. The data collection center can track historic hard disk data by manufacturer, model of hard disk, and by model of storage system and thus can predict, by hard disk model, a probability of failure of a hard disk.
US09612895B1	Method for prioritizing first failure data capture (FFDC) data for analysis A method for prioritizing First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) data for analysis. The method comprising identifying FFDC data in response to receiving an error message, the FFDC data comprising at least one of: a computer system event which may lead to system failure; a computer system event led to system failure; a computer system condition which may lead to system failure; a computer system condition which led to system failure; determining a relevancy rank for each data value in the FFDC data based on the error message received and a probability a given data value is relevant in resolving a cause of the error message; and sending, in order of relevancy, the data values of the FFDC data to a second server.
US09612887B2	Firmware-related event notification This disclosure is directed to firmware-related event notification. A device may comprise an operating system (OS) configured to operate on a platform. During initialization of the device a firmware module in the platform may load at least one globally unique identifier (GUID) into a firmware configuration table. When the platform notifies the OS, the firmware module may load at least one GUID into a platform notification table and may set a platform notification bit in a platform notification table status field. Upon detecting the notification, an OS management module may establish a source of the notification by querying the platform notification table. The platform notification bit may cause the OS management module to compare GUIDs in the platform notification table and the firmware configuration table. Services may be called based on any matching GUIDs. If no GUIDs match, the services may be called based on firmware variables in the device.
US09612881B2	Method, apparatus, and system for unambiguous parameter sampling in a heterogeneous multi-core or multi-threaded processor environment Apparatuses, methods, and systems are configured to perform unambiguous parameter sampling in a heterogeneous multi-core or multi-threaded environment by masking one or more thread requests; and, in response to bus activity ceasing for the one or more masked thread requests and completing any routine being processed for the one or more masked threads, processing a command by executing at least one of a command routine or a command thread, wherein the command routine or the command thread reads the parameter using thread atomicity with deterministic synchronization. One or more thread requests may be selected for masking by monitoring thread activity for each of a plurality of threads.
US09612878B2	Resource allocation in job scheduling environment According to embodiments of the disclosure, methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed. A computer implemented method of allocating resources in a job scheduling system may include segmenting a workload plan into one or more time slots, determining, prior to each time slot, a job forecast for the time slot, the job forecast based on historical job data, and modifying the resource pool to bring a resource pool parameter within a resource range in response to determining that the job forecast exceeds a job deadline. The workload plan may have one or more jobs for a resource pool, the one or more jobs may be scheduled in at least one of the time slots. The resource pool may have one or more resources.
US09612877B1	High performance computing in a virtualized environment Double-bypass virtualization techniques are provided to enable use of high performance computing (HPC) application in a virtualized environment. In one example, a HPC user space application running on a virtual machine obtains direct access to virtual network interface card (vNIC) on a host-computing device associated to that virtual machine. The HPC user space application is configured to transmit and/or receive one or more data frames via the vNIC while bypassing the operating system of the virtual machine and the virtual machine hypervisor of the host-computing device.
US09612876B2	Method and apparatus for estimating a completion time for mapreduce jobs A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for estimating a completion time for a MapReduce job are disclosed. For example, the method builds a general MapReduce performance model, computes one or more performance characteristics of each one of one or more benchmark workloads, computes one or more performance characteristics of the MapReduce job in the known processing system, selects a subset of the one or more benchmark workloads that have similar performance characteristics as the one or more performance characteristics of the MapReduce job, targets a cluster of processing nodes in a distributed processing system, computes one or more performance characteristics of the subset of the one or more benchmark workloads in the cluster of processing nodes and estimates the completion time for the MapReduce job.
US09612870B2	Inversion of control for executable extensions in a run-time environment A system method and non-transitory computer readable medium implemented as programming on a suitable computing device, the system for inversion of control of executable extensions including a run-time environment configured to push data to one or a plurality of extensions, wherein said one or plurality of extensions are configured to comprise one or a plurality of signatures. Wherein said one or a plurality of extensions are compilable, designable and testable outside of the run-time environment, and wherein the run-time environment may be configured to accept an extension and to push data to that extension as per said one or a plurality of signatures.
US09612866B2	System and method for determining a recommendation on submitting a work request based on work request type Described herein are systems and methods for receiving a recommendation before submitting a work request. As described herein, an indication of a work request, a recommendation request and a set of application server properties are received at a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine processes the recommendation request, and based on the set of application server properties, determines a recommendation on whether to submit the work request and/or whether to schedule the work request for a later time. Thereafter, the recommendation engine generates a recommendation notification that indicates whether to submit/schedule the work request to provide for a proactive approach to submitting the work request.
US09612855B2	Virtual machine migration based on the consent by the second virtual machine running of the target host A system, method, and computer program product for controlling migration of a VM operable on a first site and a second site. The system includes an identify component for identifying the second site; a request component for sending a consent request message to a software component, wherein the consent request message comprises at least one of an identifier of the VM and an identifier of the second site; a calculate component, operable on the software component and responsive to receiving the consent request message, for determining consent for the second site; a send component, responsive to a positive determination, for sending a consent message; and a migrate component, responsive to receiving the consent message, for migrating the VM from the first site to the second site.
US09612851B2	Deploying data-path-related plug-ins A method for deploying a data-path-related plug-in for a logical storage entity of a storage system, the method comprising: deploying the data-path-related plug-in for the logical storage entity, wherein the deploying includes creating a plug-in inclusive data-path specification and wherein the plug-in inclusive data-path specification includes operation of the data-path-related plug-in; and creating a verification data-path specification, wherein the verification data-path specification does not include operation of the data-path-related plug-in and wherein a task executed in a verification data path, having the verification data-path specification, generates verification data that enables validation of given data generated by the task being executed in a plug-in inclusive data-path having the plug-in inclusive data-path specification.
US09612843B1	Heterogeneous core microarchitecture Embodiments relate to a heterogeneous core microarchitecture. An aspect includes binding, by an operating system that is executing on a processor comprising a core comprising a heterogeneous microarchitecture comprising two or more flows, a job that is being executed by the operating system to a flow of the two or more flows. Another aspect includes issuing an instruction corresponding to the job with a tag indicating the binding of the job to which the instruction corresponds. Yet another aspect includes executing the instruction by the flow in the core that is indicated by the tag.
US09612840B2	Method and apparatus for implementing a dynamic out-of-order processor pipeline A hardware/software co-design for an optimized dynamic out-of-order Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) pipeline. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: an instruction fetch unit to fetch Very Long Instruction Words (VLIWs) in their program order from memory, each of the VLIWs comprising a plurality of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction syllables grouped into the VLIWs in an order which removes data-flow dependencies and false output dependencies between the syllables; a decode unit to decode the VLIWs in their program order and output the syllables of each decoded VLIW in parallel; and an out-of-order execution engine to execute the syllables preferably in parallel with other syllables, wherein at least some of the syllables are to be executed in a different order than the order in which they are received from the decode unit, the out-of-order execution engine having one or more processing stages which do not check for data-flow dependencies and false output dependencies between the syllables when performing operations.
US09612838B2	Data processor including prefix instruction selecting a flag out of a plurality of flags generated by a subsequent instruction operating on multiple operand sizes in parallel Instructions for generating flags according to operands' data sizes, and instruction sets handled by a RISC data processor including an instruction capable of executing an operation on operands in more than one data size are disclosed. An identical operation process is conducted on the small-size operand and on low-order bits of the large-size operand, and flags are generated capable of coping with the respective data sizes regardless of the data size of each operand subjected to the operation. Thus, a reduction in instruction code space of the RISC data processor can be achieved.
US09612835B2	MFENCE and LFENCE micro-architectural implementation method and system A system and method for fencing memory accesses. Memory loads can be fenced, or all memory access can be fenced. The system receives a fencing instruction that separates memory access instructions into older accesses and newer accesses. A buffer within the memory ordering unit is allocated to the instruction. The access instructions newer than the fencing instruction are stalled. The older access instructions are gradually retired. When all older memory accesses are retired, the fencing instruction is dispatched from the buffer.
US09612833B2	Handling compressed data over distributed cache fabric Technologies are presented that optimize data processing cost and efficiency. A computing system may comprise at least one processing element; a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processing element; at least one compressor-decompressor communicatively coupled to the at least one processing element, and communicatively coupled to the memory through a memory interface; and a cache fabric comprising a plurality of distributed cache banks communicatively coupled to each other, to the at least one processing element, and to the at least one compressor-decompressor via a plurality of nodes. In this system, the at least one compressor-decompressor and the cache fabric are configured to manage and track uncompressed data of variable length for data requests by the processing element(s), allowing usage of compressed data in the memory.
US09612823B2	User-specific roaming settings Disclosed herein is a roaming settings service that receives an update to roaming settings specific to a user that is initiated by an instance of an application program provisioned according to a first application mode. Upon receiving a request for the roaming settings specific to the user initiated by an instance of the application program provisioned according to a second application model, the roaming settings service retrieves updated roaming settings that reflect the update to the roaming settings. The settings service transfers the updated roaming settings for delivery to the instance of the application program provisioned according to the second application model.
US09612821B2	Predicting the success of a continuous software deployment pipeline A method for predicting deployment success of a continuous deployment pipeline is provided. Initially, a user request may be received for node data from nodes that correspond to steps in the pipeline. The requests for node data may then be distributed to the appropriate nodes in the pipeline based on the received user request. Thereafter, the requested node data may be received as a response from the appropriate nodes in the pipeline and stored in a data repository. Then, a success prediction score may be calculated based on the stored node data and historical data. Finally, the calculated success prediction score may be displayed to the user through a dashboard.
US09612816B2	Method for operating software defined radio application Disclosed is a structure for operating a unified radio application for a software defined radio terminal. The structure for operating a unified radio application according to the present invention can be classified into two types depending on whether a configuration code (configcode) of the radio application is constituted by an executable code or implemented in an intermediate representation (IR) code. With the structure for operating a unified radio application according to the present invention, it is possible to develop and distribute a radio application capable of operating on all radio platforms.
US09612814B2	Network topology-aware recovery automation A computer system may be configured to deploy software to multiple target machines. A controller, based on a request, may select a target machine and an installation job. The controller may be configured to determine a machine location of the target machine. Based on the machine location, the installation job may be routed to a run queue. The run queue may comprise a set of dedicated workers that may service the installation job.
US09612813B2	Method of and apparatus for distributing software objects A method of distributing software objects from a first entity to at least one second entity, the method comprising: using a distribution entity to accept a software object from the first entity, the software object including an identifier for a specific second entity, and wherein the at least one second entity is operable to contact the distribution entity and to enquire if a software object has been deposited for it, and if a software object has been deposited, to accept it from the distribution entity.
US09612800B2	Implementing a square root operation in a computer system A method and computer system are provided for implementing a square root operation using an iterative converging approximation technique. The method includes fewer computations than conventional methods, and only includes computations which are simple to implement in hardware on a computer system, such as multiplication, addition, subtraction and shifting. Therefore, the methods described herein are adapted specifically for being performed on a computer system, e.g. in hardware, and allow the computer system to perform a square root operation with low latency and with low power consumption.
US09612797B2	Method and apparatus for a near field communication system to exchange occupant information A system includes a plurality of antennas, positioned to be capable of receiving a wireless near field communication (NFC) device signal associated with a device located in any one of a driver's back pocket or front pocket, a center console or a passenger seat. The system also includes an NFC reader, in communication with the plurality of antennas. The NFC reader is operable to assign, based at least in part on a number of signals received and a signal strength, one of one or more devices associated with detected signals to a driver. The NFC reader is in communication with a vehicle computing system, operable to retrieve additional information associated with the device assigned to the driver and to apply that information to control vehicle settings.
US09612790B2	Method and electronic device for providing frame information A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of frame information including to a second electronic device having function that can be controlled, determining whether the plurality of frame information have a variance exceeding a predetermined range, and based on the determining, transmitting control information for displaying the plurality of frame information through the second electronic device, by using at least one piece of frame information among transmitted the plurality of frame information.
US09612769B1	Method and apparatus for automated multi site protection and recovery for cloud storage Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a system, and a computer program product for creating volumes with data protection. The method includes receiving parameters for creation of a source volume for a host and creating the source volume with data protection according to the received parameters.
US09612762B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a cell unit including a first and a second selection gate transistor and a memory string provided between the first and second selection gate transistors and composed of a plurality of serially connected electrically erasable programmable memory cells operative to store effective data; and a data write circuit operative to write data into the memory cell, wherein the number of program stages for at least one of memory cells on both ends of the memory string is lower than the number of program stages for other memory cells, and the data write circuit executes the first stage program to the memory cell having the number of program stages lower than the number of program stages for the other memory cells after the first stage program to the other memory cells.
US09612756B1	Data storage system with parallel handling of sub-I/O requests for individual host I/O requests A method in a data storage system includes receiving a host I/O request from a host-side interface that specifies a range of logical block addresses (LBAs) of a mapped logical unit (MLU) of storage that is mapped through a device-side interface to underlying logical units of storage. Mapping information is obtained for extents of the underlying logical units of storage mapped to sub-ranges of the range of LBAs. Sub-I/O requests for the extents are concurrently issued to the device-side interface based on the mapping information. The device-side interface provides transfer initiation responses to initiate transfer of the extents, the responses being received and forwarded to the host-side interface to cause the host-side interface to transfer the extents in a transfer phase. The transfer initiation responses may be re-ordered as necessary to enable the host-side interface to transfer the extents in address order in satisfaction of the host I/O request.
US09612747B2	Performance-based grouping of storage devices in a storage system A computer determines an intrinsic read speed and an intrinsic write speed associated with a first disk and a second disk. The computer receives a request to read a portion of data, wherein the portion of data is stored redundantly on both the first and second disk. The computer identifies a first latency associated with reading the portion of data from the first disk, where the first latency is based on at least the intrinsic read speed and the intrinsic write speed associated with the first disk. The computer identifies a second latency associated with reading the portion of data form the second disk, wherein the second latency is based on at least the intrinsic read speed and the intrinsic write speed associated with the second disk. The computer determines that the first latency exceeds the second latency. The computer selects the second disk to read the portion of data.
US09612746B1	Allocation method for meeting system performance and application service level objective (SLO) An efficient linear technique is used to determine allocation of tiered storage resources among data extents based on system performance and SLOs. Efficiency is achieved by first determining a system performance boundary condition via hardware performance modeling under desirable system performance zones. SLOs are then balanced and SLO achievement improved by exchanging workload activities among SG donors and SG receivers while system performance boundary conditions are maintained. Remaining unutilized capacity is the uniformly distributed to further improve SLO achievement.
US09612733B2	Display apparatus and method capable of performing a remote controlling function A display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display a preset number of units divided from each other, such that some of a plurality of sequentially-arranged content is output; a remote controller configured to receive a control command for outputting others of the plurality of content; a wireless communication unit configured to receive a wireless signal corresponding to the control command; and a controller configured to control the display unit to decrease a size of each unit and to increase the number of units when the wireless signal is consecutively received.
US09612725B1	Nonconformance visualization system A method and apparatus for recording a nonconformance in an aircraft. A model is identified for the aircraft. Sections of the aircraft are displayed in a graphical user interface on a display device. The sections correspond to sections as manufactured for assembly of the aircraft. The sections are selectable. Graphical representations of parts are displayed in a volume in the model in the graphical user interface on a display device from a selection of a section in the sections. The volume corresponds to a location of the nonconformance in the aircraft. The nonconformance for a part is identified from a selection of a graphical representation of the part from the graphical representations of the parts. The nonconformance that was identified is recorded.
US09612722B2	Facilitating interaction between users and their environments using sounds Space interaction (SI) functionality is described herein for assisting a user in interacting with a space. The SI functionality includes a sound generation module that generates three-dimensional sounds in various circumstances. A three-dimensional sound is perceived by a user as emanating from particular location within the space. Different modules may leverage the three-dimensional sounds for different purposes. In one implementation, a path guidance module uses a three-dimensional beat sound to direct the user in a particular direction. An exploration module uses three-dimensional sounds to identify the locations of items of interest that lie within (or are otherwise associated with) a subspace to which an attention of the user is currently directed. An orientation module uses three-dimensional sounds to identify the locations of items of interest that are associated with an entire space around the user.
US09612720B2	Automatic processing with multi-selection interface A multi-selection system allows selection of multiple displayed items in a GUI, and processes an underlying data set based on the selection. Users may utilize swipes or concurrent point interactions with the GUI to co-select items. The system identifies actions to perform for selected items based on selection criteria associated with the selected items, or mapping data that maps the selected items to actions. The system automatically identifies grouping criteria for data returned from performed actions and displays resulting groups for further user selection. The system provides suggestive visual highlights that identify commonly co-selected items in the interface. The system collects instrumentation items, for historical usage data, that record aspects of users' interactions with the system. As such, the system may identify, from the historical usage data, sets of commonly co-selected items, mappings between combinations of items and one or more actions, productive arrangements of items displayed in GUIs, etc.
US09612718B2	Information processing device, information processing method, program, information providing device, and information processing system Systems and methods for controlling presentation of a menu over a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus has a communication unit configured to communicate with an information-providing apparatus over the network, an input unit configured to receive input from a user of the information-processing apparatus, a storage unit storing one or more menus, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive, via the input unit, a selection of information for processing, to retrieve, from the storage unit, a first menu associated with the selected information, to receive, via the communication unit, a second menu associated with the selected information from the information-providing apparatus over the network, and to generate a third menu associated with the selected information based on the first menu and on the second menu.
US09612709B2	Mobile terminal-based virtual game controller and remote control system using the same Disclosed herein are a virtual controller client mobile terminal-based virtual game controller and a remote control system using the same. The remote control system includes a virtual controller server and a virtual controller client. The virtual controller server generates button setting information including mapping relationship between key inputs and virtual input messages, transfers the button setting information, extracts a key input from a virtual input message, and provides the key input to the application. The virtual controller client specifies an arrangement and attributes of virtual buttons based on the button setting information, generates a virtual button screen on the touch screen of the mobile terminal, generates a touch input message based on touch event objects generated based on touch signals for regions corresponding to the virtual buttons, and converts the touch input message into a virtual input message and outputs the virtual input message.
US09612708B2	Systems and methods for polymorphic content generation in a multi-application, multi-tenant environment A computer system, and underlying methodologies, provides a content management system including a page editor. The page editor provides authoring tools to allow not only a developer/designer, but also an end user, to design, create, edit, store, organize and/or publish content. Different levels of permissions may be assigned to different end users. Preferably, the page editor includes a graphical user interface (GUI), which is presented to the end user by the computer system via a client device. The GUI presents development tools to the user to allow the user to design, create, edit, store, organize and/or publish, dynamically generated content that is presented as part of existing applications or pages. Further, the content management system allows the user to expose the page editor, including the GUI and development tools, as part of the user(s) content and to adjust the content-generation experience presented to other users of the application or page.
US09612707B1	Lenses and filters for complete network page content Content lenses are used to manage the display of content in network documents. Lens content objects associated with a content lens are displayed upon activation of the content lens, allowing a user to control the amount of information provided in the network document. Content lenses are activated based on selection of a corresponding lens activation object. An activated content lens remains active as a user views additional network documents.
US09612706B2	Method and apparatus for displaying items related to contents Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying contents-related items. The method includes using a correlation between a first attribute and a second attribute to determine values of the second attribute, wherein the first attribute is one of a plurality of attributes of the contents-related items, the second attribute is one of a plurality of attributes of a plurality of blocks which is a part or a region of a screen, and each one of the plurality of blocks corresponds to each one contents-related item; and displaying the one or more contents-related items by displaying each corresponding block having the determined value of the second attribute on the screen, wherein the first attribute and the second attribute can be quantitatively represented.
US09612705B2	Electroconductive film An electroconductive film includes a transparent conductive layer having a plurality of electrodes which extend in one direction. The electrodes have different electrode widths depending on the site, and are configured of a plurality of polygonal cells formed of fine metal wires. The sizes of the respective cells are not uniform. The average size of the cells is greater than or equal 1/30, and less than 1/3, of the narrowest width of the electrodes. The average size of the cells is uniform in the electrodes overall.
US09612699B2	Capacitive touch panel An on-cell capacitive touch panel is disclosed. Its laminated structure includes a LCD module, a touch sensing module, and a polarizing module. The touch sensing module is disposed on the LCD module. The polarizing module is disposed on the touch sensing module. The touch sensing module includes a touch sensor pattern having a single-layer ITO structure. The touch sensor pattern includes a first pattern unit and a second pattern unit which are the same and both have at least one first electrode, second electrode, and extending electrode. The first electrode is arranged along a first direction and the second electrode is arranged along a second direction. The first direction and second direction are vertical. The first electrode crosses the second electrode via a bridge structure. The extending electrode surrounds the first electrode and it is arranged along the first direction.
US09612698B2	Touch sensing structure A touch sensing structure including a plastic substrate, a buffer layer, an electrode layer, an insulation unit, and a passivation layer is provided. The buffer layer is disposed on the plastic substrate, and the electrode layer includes a first patterned transparent electrode layer and a second patterned transparent electrode layer. The first patterned transparent electrode layer is disposed on the buffer layer, and the second patterned transparent electrode layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The insulation unit insulates the first patterned transparent electrode layer and the second patterned transparent electrode layer, and the passivation layer is disposed on the electrode layer. Twice a total optical path length of the electrode layer and the passivation layer along a direction substantially parallel to a normal direction of the plastic substrate ranges from 1000 nm to 2500 nm.
US09612697B2	Touch control method of capacitive and electromagnetic dual-mode touch screen and handheld electronic device A touch control method of a capacitive and electromagnetic dual-mode touch screen and handheld electronic device are disclosed. The method includes receiving a touch instruction generated on the touch screen; judging whether the touch instruction is a capacitive induction instruction or an electromagnetic induction instruction; processing the touch instruction according to a handwriting input mode if the touch instruction is a capacitive induction instruction, or processing the touch instruction according to a touch control mode if the touch instruction is an electromagnetic induction instruction. By the above method, the invention can fulfill the demand for presenting original handwriting by a user, as well as the requirement for a simple and convenient operation.
US09612693B2	Capacitive touch sensor having correlation with a receiver Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors.
US09612689B2	Method and apparatus for classifying a touch event on a touchscreen as related to one of multiple function generating interaction layers and activating a function in the selected interaction layer A system for classifying touch events of different interaction layers includes a touch screen configured to display an interactive element, one or more vibro-acoustic sensors coupled to the touch screen, a touch event detector configured to monitor the one or more vibro-acoustic sensors and to save vibro-acoustic signals sensed by the one or more vibro acoustic sensors, wherein the touch event detector is further configured to detect touch events in which the interactive element is touched by a first or a second finger part of a user, and wherein the touch events result in generating the vibro-acoustic signals, and a vibro-acoustic classifier is configured to classify the vibro-acoustic signals and activate corresponding functions in the different layers dependent upon which finger part is used.
US09612679B2	Color filter substrate and display apparatus A color filter substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The color filter substrate comprises touch sensing units disposed on a black matrix layer, and each of the touch sensing units comprises driving electrodes and sensing electrodes, and the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes are disposed on the same layer and insulated from each other, and the driving electrodes extend from the driving wire, and the sensing electrodes extend from the sensing wire. At least one wiring unit comprises at least two driving wires and a sensing wire, and each of the driving wires is connected to the driving wire. A multi-touch structure with the monolayer mutual capacitance is achieved for reducing costs, as well as improving yields.
US09612667B2	Human interface apparatus having input unit for pointer location information and pointer command execution unit A human interface apparatus comprising the steps of: receiving text input from a user; switching to input mode for pointing location information; receiving input for pointing location information from the user; and switching the human interface apparatus to a text input mode, wherein the text input area and the pointing location information input area have at least a part of the area in common.
US09612637B1	System and method for controlling parallel legs in a switched mode power supply An improved system and method for controlling multiple, paralleled switching devices in a switching power supply is disclosed. The switching device includes parallel legs between voltage rails on the input where each leg is connected to a common output. Each leg may have a single switching device or pairs of switching devices. According to one embodiment of the invention, the switching device(s) for each leg is enabled during one carrier period and the leg having switching devices enabled is alternated during subsequent carrier periods. According to another embodiment of the invention, the switching device(s) for each leg are enabled during each carrier period; however, the switching device(s) for one leg are enabled within the carrier period prior to the switching device(s) for the other legs and the first leg to be enabled is alternated during successive carrier periods.
US09612635B2	Systems and computer programs for simultaneous process and utility systems synthesis in partially and fully decentralized environments Systems and program code for providing a combined synthesis of cost-effective heat and power (CHP) utility systems and the key process systems are provided. An exemplary system includes a CHP utility and process subsystems analysis and design program computer and program code for identifying the best key design and operating conditions for both subsystems stored in the memory of the computer. The program code, when executed, can cause the computer to perform operations including determining an optimal allocation of steam and power between both process and utility systems for one or more industrial process facilities in both partially and totally decentralized environments.
US09612634B2	Apparatus, system and method for concealed venting thermal solution Some embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for a concealed venting thermal solution. An apparatus may comprise an enclosure arranged around one or more heat generating components, a duct arranged around an internal perimeter of the enclosure and a seam inlet arranged around an external perimeter of the enclosure to allow an airflow to enter the duct. Other embodiments are described.
US09612631B2	Electronic device having security structure A electronic device includes a chassis, a panel, a cover and a security structure. The panel covers a side of the chassis. The cover covers another side of the chassis. The security structure includes a locking component, a positioning component and a linking shaft. The locking component is disposed on the panel and interfered with the chassis to lock the panel. The positioning component is disposed on the cover and interfered with the chassis to position the cover. The linking shaft is disposed between the locking component and the positioning component and stops the positioning component from being separated from the chassis. When a position of the locking component is adjusted to release the interference between the locking component and the chassis, the linking shaft is driven by the locking component to release the positioning component and move along a direction away the panel.
US09612630B2	Flash drive A flash drive including a housing, a carrier, and a storage module is provided. The carrier is movably disposed inside the housing along a first axis. The carrier has an elastic arm being deformable along a second axis. The storage module is assembled to the carrier to move together with the carrier in relative to the housing, so that a connector of the storage module is moved outside the housing or hidden inside the housing. The elastic arm has a contour protruded along a direction away from the storage module when not receiving force.
US09612623B2	Mobile terminal There is disclosed a mobile terminal deformable into a bar type mobile terminal including a main body in which a display unit is mounted in a front surface, and a strap coupled to both sides of the main body in a first direction to form a closed curvature shape with the main body, the strap comprising a pair of curved units, wherein the strap and the main body forming the closed curvature shape together are overlapped with each other to deform the mobile terminal into the bar type, as the curved units are folded.
US09612616B2	Computer docking station A computer docking station for supporting a portable computer includes a body with a cradle portion configured to support a portion of the portable computer, and an arm portion spaced from the cradle portion. A latching member is coupled with the arm portion and movable between a first position relative to the arm portion, in which the portable computer can be removed from the docking station, and a second position relative to the arm portion, in which the portable computer cannot be removed from the docking station. The latching member engages the handle portion of the portable computer in the second position.
US09612603B2	Calibration of voltage regulator A voltage regulator calibrator analyzes voltage regulator output and compares the output with known electrical loads. The calibrator selects a known electrical load, applies the known electrical load to a voltage regulator, receives from the voltage regulator measured output power characteristics of the voltage regulator, compares the known electrical load with the measured output power characteristics, and generates a voltage regulator adjustment value based on the compared values. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include a method for calibrating, the method including selecting a known electrical load, applying the known electrical load to a voltage regulator, receiving measured output power characteristics of the voltage regulator, comparing the known electrical load with the measured output power characteristics, and generating a voltage regulator adjustment value based on the compared values.
US09612599B2	Launching unmanned aerial copter from mid-air An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) copter for consumer photography or videography can be launched by a user throwing the UAV copter into mid-air. The UAV copter can detect that the UAV copter has been thrown upward while propeller drivers of the UAV copter are inert. In response to detecting that the UAV copter has been thrown upward, the UAV copter can compute power adjustments for propeller drivers of the UAV copter to have the UAV copter reach a predetermined elevation above an operator device. The UAV copter can then supply power to the propeller drivers in accordance with the computed power adjustments.
US09612596B2	Hands-off steering wheel governed by pedestrian detection A vehicle may be steered without a driver's hands being on a vehicle steering control mechanism. A presence of an object within a predetermined distance of the vehicle may be detected using data from at least one object detection sensor that provides data to at least one of a passive safety system, a lane control system, a speed control system, and a brake control system. A steering control mechanism hands-on mode can then be enabled based at least in part on the presence of the object.
US09612595B2	Chatter vibration suppressing method and machine tool A chatter vibration suppressing method includes acquiring a moment of inertia of a rotating body, recording a value indicating the acquired moment of inertia into a machining program, and calculating a variable amplitude and a variable period when a rotation speed of the rotating body is varied in order to suppress chatter vibration from the value indicating the moment of inertia recorded in the machining program and the maximum input power of a motor for rotating the rotating body.
US09612589B1	System, method, and computer program for conditioning a building environment based on occupancy estimates The present disclosure provides a system, method, and computer program for conditioning a building environment based on occupancy estimates. In one embodiment, the method includes tracking the user's entries to and exits from the building on a mobile device associated with the user for each of a plurality of users. Entry and exit event data from the users' mobile devices are used to estimate occupancy of the building. The conditioning of the building environment is adjusted in accordance with changes in occupancy estimates. In certain embodiments, where the building has a plurality of zones, each entry and exit event may be correlated with one of the plurality of zones. Occupancy is estimated within each zone using the zone-correlated entry and exit events. Alternately, users' locations within the building may be estimated using an indoor localization technique. Each zone is then conditioned in accordance with the occupancy of the zone.
US09612588B2	Human machine interface (HMI) system having elements with alarm border animation A system manages human machine interface (HMI) applications for industrial control and automation. Software instructions stored on a tangible, non-transitory media and executable by a processor receive data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored and display a user interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored wherein the status is based on the received data.
US09612585B2	Distributed building control system An example of a building automation system utilizes intelligent system elements, some of which are lighting devices having light sources, and some of which are utility building control and automation elements. Some utility building control and automation elements include a controllable mechanism for use in control of some aspect of the building other than lighting. Another intelligent system element may include either a user interface component and be configured as a building controller, or include a detector and be configured as a sensor. Each intelligent system element includes a network communication interface, processor, memory and programming to configure the intelligent system element as a lighting device, utility building control and automation element, controller or sensor. At least one of the intelligent lighting devices is configured as a building control and automation system server. Several examples, however, implement the overall control using distributed processing.
US09612583B1	Packaging management Disclosed are various embodiments for managing packing containers for shipping items. A system obtains a container dimension of a container and an item dimension of an item to be shipped in the container. The system determines a target amount of dunnage based at least upon the container dimension and item dimension, the dunnage being configured to be packed into the container to protect the item during shipment, the dunnage being dispensed by a dispenser. The system instructs the dispenser to dispense the target amount of dunnage for the container.
US09612575B2	Holographic projection device for the enlargement of a visibility region A holographic projection apparatus and a method for magnifying a virtual visibility region, for observing a reconstructed scene with at least one light modulation device and with at least one light source having sufficiently coherent light for generating a wavefront of a scene that is coded in the light modulation device. By means of imaging the wavefront into a viewer plane, it is possible to generate the virtual visibility region for observing the reconstructed scene. The virtual visibility region has at least two virtual viewer windows. In this case, the virtual viewer windows are dimensioned such that the reconstructed scene can always be observed without tracking of the viewer windows upon movement of a viewer in the viewer plane.
US09612568B2	Image forming apparatus in which add-on device is mounted An image forming apparatus includes a housing in which an image forming unit is to be mounted, a support that supports an image reading device in a state where the image reading device is separated from the housing, and a guiding portion in which a guide part, which is formed on a to-be-mounted surface of an add-on device in such a manner as to project, is to be inserted such that the guide part is guided by the guiding portion. Engagement holes with which engagement portions, which are formed on the to-be-mounted surface of the add-on device in such a manner as to project, are to be engaged such that the engagement portions are positioned by the engagement holes are formed in a mounting surface of the housing on which the add-on device is to be mounted.
US09612562B2	Unit pulling-out mechanism and image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a first pullout unit, a second pullout unit, and a first lock mechanism. The first unit is movable along a first axis between a first retracted position where the first unit is fully retracted in the apparatus, and a first exposed position where at least one side surface thereof is fully exposed to the front of the apparatus. The second unit is movable along a second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis, between a second retracted position where the second unit is fully retracted in the first unit, and a second exposed position where the second unit is exposed to a side of the side surface of the first unit. The first lock mechanism prevents movement of the second unit from the second retracted position to the second exposed position when the first unit is not in the first exposed position.
US09612554B2	Liquid development device and image-forming apparatus A liquid development device includes a storage section storing a liquid developer in which toner is dispersed, a development member to which the liquid developer stored in the storage section is applied using an application unit, a removing device that, after an electrostatic latent image in a latent image-holding member is developed, removes the liquid developer remaining on the development member, and a shearing device that is provided in a path through which the liquid developer removed using the removing device is returned to the storage section, and applies a shear force to the liquid developer removed using the removing device by making the liquid developer pass through a contact section of two members at least one of which rotates and that have different velocities from each other.
US09612540B2	Method of operating a microlithographic apparatus A method of operating a microlithographic apparatus comprises the steps of providing an illumination system comprising an array of tiltable mirrors, wherein a light irradiance distribution on the array varies by at least 50% along a first line; specifying a scan integrated target angular light distribution and a target light energy for a point moving through an illumination field along a second line that extends parallel to a scan direction and is an image of the first line; determining a group of those mirrors through which the first line extends; determining tilt angles of the mirrors of the group such that a real angular light distribution and a real light energy for the point approximate the respective target values; producing the illumination field by forming an image of the array on a mask; and imaging a portion of the mask on a surface while the mask moves along the scan direction.
US09612523B2	Structure and method for reflective-type mask A reflective mask includes a substrate; a reflective multilayer formed on the substrate; an absorber layer formed on the reflective multilayer, wherein the absorber layer is patterned to have openings according to an integrated circuit layout; and a protection layer formed over the reflective multilayer within the openings.
US09612520B2	Polarized projection device and polarized projection system using the same A polarized projection device includes a light source, a light modulator, and a lens module. The light source is configured for providing a light beam. The light modulator is configured for modulating the light beam into an image. The lens module is configured for converting the image into a polarized image, and includes a polarized prism group, a first polarized module, a second polarized module, a lens, and a half wave plate. The polarized prism group has an incident surface, a light-emitting surface, a first relay surface, and a second relay surface. The image enters the polarized prism group from the incident surface. The first (second) polarized module is disposed off axis at the first (second) relay surface and includes a first (second) reflector and a first (second) quarter wave plate. The lens is disposed at the light-emitting surface. The half wave plate is partially disposed on the lens.
US09612515B2	Projection apparatus and projection lens thereof capable of reducing focal length and aberration A projection lens including a reflective unit and a refractive unit is provided. The projection lens is disposed between an object side and an image side. The reflective unit is disposed between the object side and the image side and has a negative refractive power. The refractive unit is disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and has a positive refractive power. The refractive unit includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group is disposed between the object side and the reflective unit and includes at least one cemented lens and an aperture stop. The at least one cemented lens is disposed between the object side and the aperture stop. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the reflective unit and includes at least one aspheric lens. A projection apparatus including the projection lens is also provided.
US09612504B2	Capacitively coupled electric field control device A spatially non-uniform electrode structure is proposed for controlling a spatially non-uniform electric field driving a tunable liquid crystal lens. The spatially non-uniform electrode structure enables the generation of a predetermined spatially non-uniform electric field profile where complex capacitive coupling between multiple different electrically floating neighboring electrode segments is employed for the generation of the electrical field of desired form by supplying an initial electric potential to a limited number of electrodes.
US09612500B2	Electro-optic device with conductive seal An electro-optic assembly is provided that includes a first substantially transparent substrate comprising: a first surface, and a second surface. The second surface comprises a first electrically conductive layer and a first isolation area. The assembly further includes a second substrate comprising: a third surface, and a fourth surface. The third surface comprises a second electrically conductive layer. The assembly also includes a primary seal between the second and third surfaces, the seal and the second and third surfaces define a substantially hermetic cavity; and an electro-optic medium at least partially disposed in the cavity. The primary seal comprises a plurality of conductive spacers, the seal disposed in contact with portions of the first and second electrically conductive layers. A substantial portion of the plurality of conductive spacers is in substantial contact with the second and third surfaces.
US09612499B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device using liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device with an increased pixel aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal display device that displays an image with high contrast and high luminance is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first pixel electrode; a second pixel electrode; a transistor; a capacitor; a first insulating film; a second insulating film; and a third insulating film. The transistor includes a gate electrode; a gate insulating film; a first oxide semiconductor film; and a source electrode and a drain electrode. One of a pair of electrodes of the capacitor includes a second oxide semiconductor film. The first insulating film is provided over the first oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film is provided over the second oxide semiconductor film such that the second oxide semiconductor film is sandwiched between the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The third insulating film overlaps with an end of the first pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode is provided over the third insulating film.
US09612484B2	Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulating substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the first insulating substrate; a light blocking member positioned on the plurality of color filters; a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate; and a spacer positioned between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate, wherein the spacer includes a main column spacer and first and second sub-column spacers, and the first and second sub-column spacers are positioned at both sides of the main column spacer.
US09612476B2	Structure of high color gamut liquid crystal display module The present invention provides a structure of a high color gamut liquid crystal display module, which includes a backlight module (1) and a liquid crystal display panel (3) arranged above the backlight module (1). The backlight module (1) includes an LED light source (17) and the LED light source (17) is an LED light source having a wavelength below 460 nm. The liquid crystal display panel (3) includes a TFT substrate (31), a CF substrate (33) arranged above the TFT substrate (31), a liquid crystal layer (35) arranged between the TFT substrate (31) and the CF substrate (33), and a fluorescent powder layer (5) arranged on a lower surface of the TFT substrate (31). The CF substrate (33) includes red, green, and blue sub-pixel units that are arranged in a matrix. The fluorescent powder layer (5) includes at least two of red, green, and blue fluorescent powder units (51, 53, 55), which are arranged to respectively correspond to the blue, green, or blue sub-pixel units. The structure effectively increases color gamut of a liquid crystal display module and provides the liquid crystal display module with high color saturation.
US09612471B2	Display device A display device, having relatively high side visibility and transmittance, includes a first substrate having a plurality of red, green, and blue pixel regions; a lower electrode disposed on the red, green, and blue pixel regions; and an upper electrode disposed on the red, green, and blue pixel regions. The upper electrode is insulated from the lower electrode, and includes a plurality of upper branch electrodes disposed on the lower electrode. A width and height of the upper branch electrode in at least one of the red, green, and blue pixel regions are respectively different from a width and a height of the upper branch electrode in another of the red, green and blue pixel regions.
US09612455B2	Extended wear ophthalmic lens A method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens is provided. In one embodiment, a prepolymer mixture is polymerized in a lens mold in an atmosphere having less than about 10000 ppm oxygen to form a silicone hydrogel contact lens suitable for extended wear as characterized by producing less than 10% corneal swelling after a period of continuous wear of 7 days including normal sleep periods. In one embodiment, the prepolymer mixture comprises at least one oxyperm material containing hydrophilic groups, wherein the at least one oxyperm material is a siloxane-containing macromer or monomer, at least one ionperm material, and a cross-linking agent. In certain embodiments, the polymerization of the prepolymer mixture may be carried out in an atmosphere having less than about 1000 ppm oxygen.
US09612441B2	Glass type terminal Disclosed is a glasses-type terminal including a display, a controller, a power supply, and a frame. The frame includes a main frame configured to mount to a front portion of a head of a user, a first sub frame connected to a first end of the main frame and configured to be received by a first ear of the user, and a second sub frame detachably connected to a second end of the main frame and including the power supply unit, wherein the first sub frame includes the controller and wherein the power supply unit is electrically connected to the controller when the first sub frame and second sub frame are respectively connected to the first end and second end of the main frame.
US09612430B2	Method of manufacturing an electrowetting device A method of manufacturing an electrowetting device including forming a cavity between first and second support plates which narrows towards a constriction. The cavity is at least partly filled with second fluid to provide a reservoir for dispensing second fluid between the first and second support plates.
US09612429B2	Circuit and method for controlling a microscope A circuit for controlling a microscope using a controller includes a slow memory configured to store control information. The controller is configured to control microscope parameters based on the control information. The circuit includes a data loader and at least two fast memories. The data loader is configured such that control information is written from the slow memory alternately into one of the at least two fast memories. The circuit also includes a multiplexer configured to permit access by the controller to one of the at least two fast memories in alternating fashion so as to read control information. The data loader is configured to control the multiplexer in such a way that a write operation by the data loader and a read operation by the controller will not occur simultaneously on the same fast memory.
US09612428B2	Apparatus for confocal observation of a specimen An apparatus for confocal observation of a specimen includes an illumination device. The illumination device generates illumination radiations of at least two different wavelengths. With the aid of a mask device illuminated by the illumination radiations, one mask image is generated per wavelength. An objective serves for imaging said mask images in the specimen. With the aid of a beam splitter device, the emission radiations emitted by the specimen are divided based on the wavelengths, and are detected based on the wavelengths by a detection device.
US09612425B2	Rear attachment lens A rear attachment lens changes a focal-length of an entire lens-system, in which the rear attachment lens has been attached to a main-lens, to a longer focal-length-side than a focal-length of the main-lens by being attached to an image-side of the main-lens. The rear attachment lens consists essentially of a first-lens-group and a second-lens-group in this order from an object-side. The first-lens-group consists essentially of a negative lens and a positive lens in this order from the object-side. The second-lens-group consists essentially of at least one negative lens and at least one positive lens, and a lens closest to an image-side in the second lens-group is a positive lens. When an Abbe number for d-line and a partial dispersion ratio between g-line and F-line of the negative lens in the first-lens-group are νd1 and θgF1, respectively, conditional expression (1): νd1>62 and conditional expression (2): 0.64<θgF1+0.001625 ×νd1<0.69 are satisfied.
US09612408B2	Optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector includes a fiber fixing unit configured for holding the optical fiber, a ferrule configured for receiving an end of the optical fiber, and a housing receiving and connected to the fiber fixing unit and the ferrule. The housing includes side walls, the side walls cooperatively form an end surface adjacent to the fiber fixing unit, the side walls define two opposite releasing slots, the releasing slots penetrate through the side walls along a direction parallel to the end surface and are open at the end surface.
US09612406B1	Optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector comprises a frame and a ferrule connectable together. The frame has a key insert inside an interior passage of the frame for mating with the ferrule. The ferrule has a flange configured to mate with the key insert. The flange includes a number of V-grooves, and the key insert has the same number of tips for mating with the V-grooves. For each of two sides of an individual V-groove, at least a portion thereof forms a substantially-seamless contact with a part of an outer surface of an individual tip during mating. Hence, the individual tip is prevented from making a motion in a direction parallel to flange, thereby resisting an undesired angular displacement between the connector and an optical fiber therein to occur due to an accidental rotational force applied to the connector after the frame and the ferrule are connected.
US09612404B2	Plate system for securing loose fiber tubes A device for retaining a plurality of fiber tubes includes a bottom side, a top side, and outer sidewalls extending between the top and bottom sides. First and second groups of fiber tube receptacles in the top side and extend between first and second opposite facing outer sidewalls. First, second and third anchor points of the device each have a pair of fastener perforations extending through the top and bottom sides. First and second anchor points are arranged outside of the first and second groups of fiber tube receptacles. The third anchor point is arranged between the first and second groups. Each of the fiber tube receptacles has a first diameter in outer longitudinal regions and a second diameter in a central longitudinal region, the central longitudinal region being disposed between the outer regions. The first diameter is greater than the second diameter.
US09612402B2	Integrated sub-wavelength grating system An integrated grating element system includes a first transparent layer formed on an optoelectronic substrate layer which includes at least two optoelectronic components, a first grating layer disposed on the first transparent layer which includes at least two sub-wavelength grating elements formed therein aligned with active regions of the optoelectronic components, and a second grating layer placed at a distance from the first grating layer such that light propagates between a diffraction grating element formed within the second grating layer and the at least two sub-wavelength grating elements.
US09612394B2	Fibre-optic sensor and use thereof The invention relates to a fiber-optic sensor comprising an optical waveguide having at least one first core and a cladding surrounding the first core, wherein the first core extends substantially over the entire length of the optical waveguide, wherein the sensor has at least one second core which is at least partly surrounded by the cladding, wherein the longitudinal extent of the second core is less than the total length of the optical waveguide and at least one Bragg grating is introduced into the second core. Furthermore, the invention relates to a use of the fiber-optic sensor.
US09612388B2	Front light guide module and electrophoresis display having the same A front light guide includes a light guide plate, a light source, a functional material layer and a first adhesive layer. The light guide plate has a side surface, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The light guide plate has a first refractive index. The light source faces the side surface and configured to emit light into the light guide plate. The functional material layer is disposed at a side adjacent to the first surface, and has a third refractive index. The first adhesive layer is interposed between the light guide plate and the functional material layer so as to adhere the light guide plate with the functional material layer. The first adhesive layer has a second refractive index. The first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index, and the second refractive index is greater than the third refractive index.
US09612384B2	Light fitting A light fitting comprises an aperture, a light guide member comprising a curved edge portion and a reflective pattern, and a light source including one or more light emitting diodes arranged with respect to the aperture and the curved edge portion of the light guide member such that a substantial part of the light emitted by the one or more light emitting diodes passes indirectly through the aperture by reflecting from the reflective pattern of the light guide member through the aperture.
US09612379B2	Wire grid polarizer and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a wire grid polarizer includes sequentially forming a conductive layer, a guide layer, and a surface treatment protection layer on a substrate, patterning the surface treatment protection layer and the guide layer, forming a surface treatment film on side surfaces and upper surfaces of the first and second patterns, removing the first and second surface treatment protection patterns from the respective first and second patterns on which the surface treatment film is formed, to expose upper surfaces of the first and second guide patterns and providing a block copolymer of two monomers having mutually different etch rates into a space defined by the conductive layer and the first and second guide patterns, wherein a transfer layer which is hydrophobic to the block copolymer of two monomers is formed on the upper surfaces of the first and second guide patterns.
US09612373B2	Light blocking member applicable to microscope A light blocking member (18) for application, to a microscope is provided. Although it is producible at a sufficiently low cost, it can sufficiently block ambient light, and does not require a special operation when a sample (16) is placed on a stage (2) or the sample is taken out from above the stage.The light blocking member (18) is formed from a soft polymer, has an inner peripheral surface which is cylindrical in at least an upper part thereof, and is held on an objective lens assembly by fitting the upper part onto the outer peripheral surface of the objective lens assembly.
US09612369B2	Red omnidirectional structural color made from metal and dielectric layers A multilayer stack displaying a red omnidirectional structural color. The multilayer stack includes a core layer, a semiconductor layer extending across the core layer, and a dielectric layer extending across the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer absorbs more than 70% of incident white light that has a wavelength less than 550 nanometers (nm). In addition, the dielectric layer in combination with the core layer reflects more than 70% of the incident white light with a wavelength greater than 550 nm. In combination, the core layer, semiconductor layer and dielectric layer form an omnidirectional reflector that reflects a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation with a center wavelength between 550-700 nm, has a width of less than 200 nm wide and a color shift of less than 100 nm when the reflector is viewed from angles between 0 and 45 degrees.
US09612368B2	Light reflector A light modifier that can be used in image capture is described. The light modifier has a planar body having a first surface and a second surface. An aperture is disposed in the planar body. The aperture extends through the first and second surfaces. Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon a review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
US09612363B2	Silicone hydrogel reactive mixtures comprising borates Disclosed in this specification is a method for forming a silicone hydrogel material that is useful for forming contact lens materials. The method includes using an effective amount of a borate additive to reduce the gel time of the silicone hydrogel reactive mixture and/or enhance the optical properties of the resulting cured material.
US09612356B2	Low-temperature superconducting device for measuring gravity A low-temperature superconducting device for measuring gravity, includes a low-temperature container, a cryocooler, a rotor chamber, a superconducting rotor, an upper levitation coil, a lower levitation coil, an upper electrode, an intermediate electrode, a lower electrode, a magnetic shielding chamber and a superconducting quantum interference device. By cooling the whole low-temperature superconducting device using a cryocooler, the intermediate electrode disposed in the body of the magnetic shielding chamber will generate an output voltage when the superconducting rotor is displaced due to a change of gravity. Thus, the superconducting quantum interference device can make the superconducting rotor return to the central balance position by adjusting the operating current of the upper levitation coil or the lower levitation coil. A change of gravity can be determined based on the operating current fed back to the upper levitation coil or the lower levitation coil.
US09612353B2	Detection device, energy receiver, energy transmitter, power transmission system, and detection method A detection device includes a coil configured to be electromagnetically coupled with an outside, and a detection section connected to a circuit including the coil. The detection section is configured to measure a Q value of the circuit using an alternating-current signal at a frequency different from a frequency of an alternating-current signal of contactless power feed.
US09612348B2	Digital air gun A marine air gun generates an acoustic signal in water, for example, during a marine seismic survey. The marine air gun includes digital electronic circuitry. The digital electronic circuitry may control an actuator of the marine air gun, digitize and store data from sensors located on or near the marine air gun, send and/or receive digital communications, store and/or output electrical energy, and/or perform other functions. A marine seismic source system that includes multiple air gun clusters may have a separate digital communication link between a command center and each air gun cluster. Each communication link may provide power and digital communication between the command center and one of the air gun clusters.
US09612344B2	Positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography based on intensity attenuation shadowing methods and effects Methods of a high resolution, stationary imaging detector for use in systems for positron emission tomography or single photon emission tomography that uses shadowing effects from intensity attenuation to provide three dimensional positioning information for a source of activity within a field of view of the detector.
US09612342B2	GNSS positioning system including an anti-jamming antenna and utilizing phase center corrected carrier A carrier phase correction sub-system for use with a GNSS receiver that utilizes an active null and beam steering controlled radiation pattern antenna (CRPA) determines carrier phase corrections that compensate for antenna phase center movements in the carrier phase measurements taken from the CRPA filtered signal. The carrier phase sub-system utilizes measured radiation patterns, angles of incidence of the satellite signals at the CRPA, and the applied weights to determine carrier phase corrections to be applied to the CRPA filtered signals from which the carrier phase measurements are later taken or to the carrier phase measurements depending on the dynamics of the jamming signal. With the carrier phase corrected, the GNSS receiver may utilize known RTK techniques to resolve carrier cycle ambiguities.
US09612337B2	Antenna beam forming for tracking a transmitter signal Receiver using antenna beam forming for tracking a transmitter signal and method for tracking the transmitter signal. The receiver includes a beam forming network comprising at least one beam forming channel for weighting each of N signals received from an N-element antenna array with an assigned weighting factor for forming a beam for tracking a transmitter signal of a certain transmitter, and a calibrator structured and arranged to calibrate the weighting factor (Wi) assigned to a signal (i) selected from the N signals by determining an average phase difference (ΔΦ) between consecutive samples of the selected signal and consecutive samples of a reference signal and structured and arranged to adapt the weighting factor (Wi) of the selected signal depending on the determined average phase difference (ΔΦ), where (i) is a number between 1 and N.
US09612331B2	Laser tracker with functionality for graphical target preparation Some embodiments include a laser tracker having: a base defining a standing axis; a beam steering unit for emitting a measurement radiation; a distance measuring unit for determining the distance to the target; and angle measurement functionality for determining an alignment of the beam steering unit. The beam steering unit can swivel around the standing axis and a tilt axis relative to the base. A measurement axis is defined by an emission direction of the measurement radiation. The laser tracker may include a target-seeking unit having lighting means and at least one target-seeking camera having a position-sensitive detector. The one target-seeking field can be illuminated by means of the lighting means. A search image for the position dependent identification of the target can be detected with the target-seeking camera and at least part of the lighting beam reflected on the target can be determined as a search image position.
US09612329B2	Apparatus, system and method for space status detection based on acoustic signal An apparatus, a system and a method for space status detection based on acoustic signal are provided. The detecting apparatus includes an audio transmitting device, an audio receiving device, a signal processing device and a decision device. The audio transmitting device transmits an acoustic signal into a space. The audio receiving device receives a varied acoustic signal as a sensing signal. The signal processing device is coupled to the audio receiving device to receive the sensing signal and generates a characteristic parameter of a space status according to the sensing signal. The decision device is coupled to the signal processing device to receive the characteristic parameter and detects a change of the space status according to the characteristic parameter.
US09612311B2	Method and apparatus for associating audio objects with content and geo-location An approach is provided for efficiently capturing, processing, presenting, and/or associating audio objects with content items and geo-locations. A processing platform may determine a viewpoint of a viewer of at least one content item associated with a geo-location. Further, the processing platform and/or a content provider may determine at least one audio object associated with the at least one content item, the geo-location, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the processing platform may process the at least one audio object for rendering one or more elements of the at least one audio object based, at least in part, on the viewpoint.
US09612305B2	Shielding for an electronic circuit Shielding for an electronic circuit includes at least one substrate. A metal structure is disposed on at least one side of the at least one substrate. The metal structure includes a number of non-contiguous part areas. Adjacent part areas that are disposed on a same side of the substrate are spaced apart from one another by a boundary line running in a serpentine shape.
US09612302B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with RF coil elements having crossing conductive layers Provided is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. The MRI apparatus includes a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field; a magnetic field coil configured to generate a gradient magnetic field and the magnetic field coil is disposed inside the magnet; and a radio-frequency (RF) coil unit comprising RF coil elements and the RF coil unit is disposed inside the magnetic field coil.
US09612294B2	Programmable sensors Disclosed are methods, systems, devices, sensors, and other implementations, including a programmable sensor system that includes a variable voltage source (“VVS”) to receive an external input voltage and provide a variable output voltage from the input voltage, the VVS configured to be controlled to adjust behavior of the VVS, and a programmable sensor coupled to an output of the VVS to receive the variable output voltage. The sensor is configured to be programmed when a programming voltage of at least a predetermined level is provided by the VVS to power the sensor, and to perform regular sensor operations when regular-operation voltage is provided by the VVS to power the sensor. The sensor system further includes a controller to cause controllable adjustment of the VVS to provide the programming voltage for a predetermined period of time to power the sensor so as to cause the sensor to be programmed.
US09612292B1	Method for small-signal stability assessment of power systems using source side and load side perturbations and unit circle criterion A novel method for real-time small-signal stability analysis for power electronic-based components in a power system. The method may be used to monitor a power system in real-time by perturbing the source side of an electronic-based component of the power system of about 0.5 to 1 percent of a nominal current of the power system at the source side, and perturbing the load side of the power electronic-based component by varying the voltage at the load side. Time-domain results of the simultaneous perturbations may be transferred to frequency-domain results and the stability of the power system may be monitored by obtaining a Nyquist contour and employing unit circle criterion.
US09612291B2	System and method for measuring internal resistance of battery A system and method for more accurately measuring an internal resistance of a battery for a vehicle are provided. The method includes measuring, by a controller, current-voltage pairs for the battery and calculating a correlation between current and voltage in the measured current-voltage pairs. In addition, the internal resistance of the battery is measured using the current-voltage pairs having the correlation equal to or greater than a preset threshold.
US09612287B2	Non-sequential monitoring of battery cells in battery monitoring systems, and related components, systems, and methods Non-sequential monitoring of battery cells in battery monitoring systems, and related components, systems, and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a battery monitoring system control unit is provided. The battery monitoring system control unit is configured to control battery monitoring devices. Each battery monitoring device is configured to be coupled to a subset of battery cells electrically connected in series in a sequential order to form a battery. The battery monitoring system control unit is further configured to instruct the battery monitoring devices to test an ohmic value of each battery cell of the battery cells of the battery in a non-sequential order. In this manner, heat generated in the battery monitoring devices from the testing may be more effectively dissipated, which can also allow for the battery monitoring devices to be employed in higher operating temperature environments.
US09612284B2	System and method for hybrid board-level diagnostics A method for diagnosing a faulty board includes generating a table of debug knowledge in accordance with predefined debug rules, and configuring a diagnostic engine in accordance with the table of debug knowledge. The method also includes subjecting the faulty board to the diagnostic engine to generate a suggested repair, receiving feedback regarding an effectiveness of the suggested repair, and reconfiguring the diagnostic engine in accordance with the feedback regarding the effectiveness of the suggested repair.
US09612283B2	Blocking the effects of scan chain testing upon a change in scan chain topology A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
US09612281B2	High-speed flip-flop with robust scan-in path hold time A flip-flop is provided that includes a master latch clocked according to a first delay during a normal mode of operation and clocked by a smaller second delay during a scan mode of operation.
US09612278B2	Wafer prober integrated with full-wafer contacter Methods and apparatus for testing unsingulated integrated circuits on a wafer include adapting a wafer prober for use with full-wafer-contacter disposed on the wafer. Some embodiments include placing wafer on a chuck of the prober, aligning the wafer to a full-wafer contacter incorporated in the wafer prober; removably attaching the wafer to the full wafer contacter, separating the wafer from the chuck, and making electrical contact to one or more integrated circuits of the wafer by making physical contact with a surface of the full-wafer contacter that faces away from the wafer.
US09612275B2	Power device including current transformer and method for compensating of current transformer A power device having a current transformer according to an embodiment includes: first to Nth current transformers; an integrated measurement panel connected to the first to Nth transformers and configured to measure actual current values of locations where the first to Nth transformers are installed using current values detected by the first to Nth transformers, wherein the integrated measurement panel stores compensation values for compensating errors of linearity characteristics of the first to Nth current transformers, and measures the actual current values by applying the stored compensation values.
US09612274B2	Probe card and test apparatus including the same A probe card including a multi-layered substrate, a plurality of needles, and a temperature controlling unit may be provided. The multi-layered substrate may include a test pattern through which a test current passes. The needles may be provided on the multi-layered substrate. The needles may be electrically connected to the test pattern and may be configured to contact an object so that the test current may be supplied to the object. The temperature controlling unit may provide the multi-layered substrate with at least one of a first temperature and a second temperature, the first temperature being higher than the second temperature. Thus, a time for setting a test temperature may be shortened. As a result, thermal deformation of the probe card and/or the object may be reduced or suppressed, and thus reliability of test result may be improved.
US09612273B2	Distributed wafer inspection A system and method for inspecting a surface with cloud based processing, comprising: generating surface data by inspecting a surface; transferring said surface data from a client to a cloud, wherein said cloud comprises multiple interconnected computing nodes that are remotely located from said client; computing surface properties using said surface data on said cloud; generating surface analytics from said surface properties and a prior information set, with said prior information set comprising surface properties previously stored in said cloud; and transferring said surface properties and said surface analytics from said cloud to said client, whereby said surface properties and said surface analytics are generated with processing power, memory, and storage that are scalable, reliable, and upgradable on demand. A method for improving production yield of an article with cloud based processing, comprising: storing said process information in said cloud; transferring functional results to said cloud, with said functional results comprising identifying information of said articles that have failed a functional test and identifying information of said articles that have passed said functional test; generating a probable cause list from said process information in said cloud, wherein said probable cause list comprises a list of differences between said process information of one or more failed articles and said process information of one or more passed articles; and generating a root cause list from said probable cause list in said cloud, wherein said root cause list comprises process information responsible for failure in failed articles, whereby root causes of failures are analytically determined with processing power, memory, and storage that are scalable, reliable, and upgradable on demand.
US09612261B2	Processor device for processing signals in an electrical installation A signal processor device comprising: first input means intended to be connected, via a measurement sensor, to a high-voltage signal of an electrical installation; and processor means for analyzing the signal measured by said sensor; the device further comprising: changeover means that are configured to cause the operation of the device to change between a test mode in which the device is disconnected from said high-voltage signal so as to be connected to a test signal, and an operating mode in which the device is disconnected from said test signal so as to be reconnected to said high-voltage signal; and second input means that are connected to said processor means, said processor means being configured to actuate said changeover means so that the device operates in test mode or in operating mode depending on whether the second input means are activated or de-activated respectively.
US09612260B2	Method and system for counting socket insertions of electronic integrated circuits A method and electronic device for identifying when to replace/clean a probe card or socket are provided. The method includes receiving an ID of the probe card or socket from a tag associated with the probe card or socket before performing an insertion on a test system. For the received ID, there is determined a count of insertions performed on the probe card, and an indication to replace/clean the probe card or socket is generated when the count of insertions equals the threshold value.
US09612253B2	Impact and sound analysis for golf equipment Golf performance and equipment characteristics may be determined by analyzing the impact between a golf ball and an impacting surface. In some examples, the impacting surface may be a golf club face. The impact between the golf ball and the surface may be measured based on sound and/or motion sensors (e.g., gyroscopes, accelerometers, etc.). Based on motion and/or sound data, various equipment-related information including golf ball compression, club head speed and impact location may be derived. Such information and/or other types of data may be conveyed to a user to help improve performance, aid in selecting golf equipment and/or to insure quality of golfing products.
US09612238B2	High-throughput screening for compounds modulating expression of cellular macro-molecules A method of screening for compounds that module expression of specific macromolecules, the “target”. The method is particularly useful in that it does not require separation of target-bound and excess ligand and therefore enables, but is not limited to, High Throughput Screening for compounds that increase or decrease the levels or amounts of a target present in a biological sample. The method can also be used for high-throughput diagnosis of a condition leading to an increase or decrease of a cellular macromolecule.
US09612235B2	Herbicidal compound screening The instant disclosure provides methods to identify herbicidal compositions that consist of a combination of compounds that inhibit the growth of or kill undesired plant species in a synergistic manner. Also provided are herbicidal compositions identified using this method.
US09612230B2	Water quality measuring device A water quality measuring device comprises a measurement cell (10), a sample water supply unit (80), a reagent supply unit (30), an agitating unit (17), a measuring unit (20) and a control unit (90). The sample water supply unit (80) includes an inlet channel (12) configured to supply the measurement cell (10) with sample water and an outlet channel (13) configured to discharge sample water from the measurement cell (10). The inlet channel (12) is connected to a flow channel (2) configured to supply sample water, and includes a filter (13) and an electromagnetic valve (15). The control unit (90) opens the electromagnetic valve (15) for supplying sample water to allow sample water, from which foreign substances are removed by the filter (13), to flow into the measurement cell (10).
US09612229B2	Method and measuring apparatus for determining physical properties of gas A method for determining physical properties of combustion including: flowing a gas a critical nozzle and past a microthermal sensor wherein the mass flow of the gas through the critical nozzle is the same as the mass flow through the microthermal sensor; measuring the pressure drop in a reservoir of gas flowing to the nozzle; determining a first gas property factor based on the measured pressure drop; determining a second gas property factor based on a flow signal generated by the microthermal sensor; determining a thermal conductivity of the gas using the microthermal sensor; and determining a physical property of the combustion based on a correlation of the first and/or second gas property factors and the thermal conductivity.
US09612227B2	Ultrasonic probe A probe that is inserted into a body cavity, wherein an inner unit (inner assembly) comprises an oscillator unit, an intermediate substrate, an electronic circuit substrate, and a backing member. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to an area at the perimeter of the rear surface of the electronic circuit substrate. The exhaust heat sheet comprises a main body part and a plurality of wings that extend to the outside from the main body part. The plurality of wings include a right wing and a left wing. The wings are inserted into two slits formed in a probe head case (heat radiating shell), and the end parts of the wings are accommodated in and adhered to two recessed sections formed in the outer surface of the probe head case. Thus, heat generated inside the probe head case can be directly transferred to the outer surface of the probe head case.
US09612218B2	Method for determining whether acidic aqueous solution is usable This method for determining whether an acidic aqueous solution is usable or not comprises: a first detection step (S21) in which the solution concentration of an acidic aqueous solution resulting from pickling is determined; a second detection step (S23a, S23b) in which the concentration of a specific metal in the acidic aqueous solution resulting from pickling is determined, the metal having been contained in the coating layer; a concentrated-solution addition step (S25b) in which in cases when the solution concentration is equal to or less than a predetermined first threshold, a concentrated acidic aqueous solution is newly added; and a determination step (S24a, S24b) in which in cases when the concentration of the specific metal is equal to or higher than a predetermined second threshold, it is determined that the acidic aqueous solution is unusable.
US09612214B2	X-ray fluorescence analyzer An X-ray fluorescence analyzer includes: a measurement device having: an X-ray source that emits an X-ray; an irradiation area restricting member that restricts an area of a measurement sample to be irradiated with the X-ray as a primary X-ray; and a detector that detects a secondary X-ray generated from the measurement sample. The analyzer further includes: a sample stage that holds and moves the measurement sample between a measurement position at which the measurement sample is irradiated with the primary X-ray to detect the secondary X-ray by the detector and a first retracted position at which the measurement sample is retracted from the measurement position; and a calibration sample moving mechanism that holds a calibration sample for calibrating the measurement device and moves the calibration sample between the measurement position and a second retracted position at which the calibration sample is retracted from the measurement position.
US09612209B2	Apparatus and methods for detecting defects in vertical memory Disclosed are methods and apparatus for inspecting a vertical memory stack. On an inspection tool, incident light having a first wavelength range is used to detect defects on a surface of the vertical memory stack. On the inspection tool, incident light having a second wavelength range is used to detect defects on both the surface and throughout a depth of the vertical memory stack. The defects detected using the first and second wavelength range are compared to detect defects only throughout the depth of the vertical memory stack, excluding defects on the surface, as well as to detect defects only on the surface.
US09612208B2	Apparatus and method of testing a stick An apparatus of testing a stick includes a tension unit that applies tension to a stick having openings formed therein and fixes the stick in place, a first testing unit that is spaced apart from the stick and tests a surface of the stick, a light dispersion unit that reflects light emitted from the first testing unit, a distance measurement unit that measures a third distance from a bottom surface of the stick to the light dispersion unit, and a control unit that calculates a second distance from a starting point of a protrusion of the stick tested by the first testing unit to the light dispersion unit, calculates a difference between the second distance and the third distance so as to calculate a height of the protrusion and determines whether the stick is defective or not, based on the height of the protrusion.
US09612206B2	Cash validator and method for detecting tape on a document A device and a system for detecting a tape or a piece of glue on a document and methods for detecting a tape or a piece of glue on a document are described. The device comprises at least one light source, at least one light receiver and at least one light barrier. The at least one light source is arranged on a first side of the at least one light barrier and the at least one light receiver is arranged on a second side of the at least one light barrier opposite to the first side. The light barrier is configured to come into contact with a document to prevent or reduce light emitted from the light source on the first side of the light barrier to be transmitted to the light receiver on the second side of the light barrier.
US09612201B2	Surface-enhanced raman scattering element A surface-enhanced Raman scattering element comprises a substrate having a principal surface; a molded layer having a support part formed on the principal surface of the substrate so as to extend along the principal surface and a fine structure part formed on the support part; and a conductor layer formed on the fine structure part and constituting an optical functional part for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; the molded layer being relatively thinner in a direction intersecting the principal surface of the substrate at an outer edge part of a fine structure area formed with the fine structure part in the molded layer than at a center part of the fine structure area.
US09612199B2	System for imaging captured cells A system for imaging captured cells comprising: an illumination module configured to illuminate a target object; a platform configured to position the target object in relation to the illumination module; a filter module configured to filter light transmitted to the target object and/or to filter light received from the target object, an optical sensor configured to receive light from the target object and to generate image data; and a focusing and optics module configured to manipulate light transmitted to the optical sensor. The system can further comprise one or more of: a control system configured to control at least one of the illumination module, the platform, the focusing and optics module, the filter module, and the optical sensor; a tag identifying system configured to identify and communicate tag information from system elements; a thermal control module configured to adjust temperature parameters of the system; and an image stabilization module.
US09612195B1	Gas detector and method for monitoring gas in a confined space A gas detector for use in a confined space is described. The gas detector includes a plurality of gas sensors, a location module, at least one geometry sensor, a communication module, and a processing unit. The processing unit receives gas data from the plurality of gas sensors, location data from the location module, and geometry data from the at least one geometry sensor. The processing unit further calculates space data based on at least one of the gas data and the geometry data. The communication module transmits a signal based on at least two selected from the group consisting of the gas data, the location data, the geometry data, and the space data.
US09612188B2	Method for monitoring and purifying air An air purifier is presented with a sensor controlling a motorized fan, wherein the sensor continuously and automatically adjusts the sensitivity setting of the sensor as the quality of air being purified changes. The average air quality readings of the air passing through an air purifier are monitored over a designated time period and, as the quality fluctuates, the sensitivity of the sensor is automatically adjusted. If the air quality is poor (i.e. a high particulate count), the sensitivity of the sensor will be adjusted to a less sensitive setting (i.e. allowing higher fan speeds so that more air can be moved through the filter) and, if the air quality is good (i.e. a low particulate count), the sensitivity of the sensor will be adjusted to a more sensitive setting (i.e. setting a lower maximum fan speed because not as much air needs to move through the filter).
US09612183B2	Modular capillary bridge viscometer A capillary bridge viscometer (120), comprises at least two at least generally balanced bridge arm conduits (R1, R2) a bulkhead supporting structure (122,134) supporting removable connection portions for each of a plurality of the arms in a bridge configuration, a bridge supporting structure (124,136) supporting the bridge arm conduits (R1,R2) and supporting two further removable connection portions (132) for each of the bridge arm conduits, wherein each of the further removable connection portions (132) supported by the bridge supporting structure are positioned to mate with a corresponding one of the removable connection portions (130) supported by the bulkhead supporting structure concurrently to hydraulically connect the bridge arm conduits in the bridge configuration; and a balance detector having hydraulic connections for connection between first and second differential detection points in the bridge when the removable connection portions on the bridge are mated to corresponding ones of the removable connection portions supported by the bulkhead supporting structure.
US09612177B2	Ferrule-core concentricity measurement systems and methods Systems and methods of measuring ferrule-core concentricity for an optical fiber held by a ferrule are disclosed. The method includes: generating ferrule distance data by measuring distances to a ferrule outside surface as a function of rotation angle using a distance sensor and rotating either the ferrule or the distance sensor about an axis of rotation that is off-center from the true ferrule axis; aligning the axis of rotation with the fiber core; using the ferrule distance data to determine a position of the true ferrule center relative to the optical fiber core; and measuring the concentricity as the distance between the true center of the ferrule and the optical fiber core.
US09612170B2	Transparent strain sensors in an electronic device One or more strain sensors can be included in an electronic device. Each strain sensor includes a strain sensitive element and one or more strain signal lines connected directly to the strain sensitive element. The strain sensor(s) are used to detect a force that is applied to the electronic device, to a component in the electronic device, and/or to an input region or surface of the electronic device. A strain sensitive element is formed or processed to have a first gauge factor and the strain signal line(s) is formed or processed to have a different second gauge factor. Additionally or alternatively, a strain sensitive element is formed or processed to have a first conductance and the strain signal line(s) is formed or processed to have a different second conductance.
US09612161B2	Phase measurement by phase transfer The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for measuring a phase difference between a first set of photons and a second set of photons. The techniques can include directing the first set of photons to a first parametric downconverter, directing the second set of photons to a second parametric downconverter, directing photons output from an exotic photon source to the first downconverter and directing photons output from the first parametric downconverter to a first beam splitter, directing photons output from an exotic photon source to the first beam splitter, directing photons output from the second parametric downconverter to a second beam splitter, directing photons output from the first beam splitter to the second beam splitter, detecting photons output from the second beam splitter, deriving, from the detecting, a phase difference between the first set of photons and the second set of photons, and outputting the phase difference.
US09612157B2	Apparatus and method for navigation An apparatus and system for use in determining location of a celestial body are presented. The apparatus comprises: a polarizer comprising an array of polarized light filter cells and a light sensor array. The array of polarized light filter cells comprises at least a first polarization direction and a second polarization direction different from said first polarization direction. And the polarizer thereby produces polarized light of at least first and second different polarizations. The light sensor array is configured to receive the polarized light from the polarizer and produce data indicative of a pattern of at least one of light polarization intensity and direction. The pattern is indicative of at least one of azimuth and elevation of the celestial body to be located.
US09612150B2	Load cell weigh module hat limits horizontal floating movement of the top plate A weigh module (1) includes a load cell (2), a base plate (3), a top plate (6), a force-transmitting member (8) serving to transmit the weighing force from the top plate (6) to the load cell (2), and movement-restricting means (9, 10) which serve to limit the horizontal floating movement of the top plate (6) relative to the base plate (3) within a confined range of free play and to transmit lateral force components directly from the top plate (6) to the base plate (3). One part of the movement-restricting means (9, 10) has the form of a channel whose top edges (11) are rigidly connected to the top plate (6) and whose flat bottom extends parallel to the base plate (3) at a clear distance from the latter. The other part of the movement-restricting means (9, 10) is a bolt whose shaft (15) is anchored in the base plate (3) and passes with all-around clearance through a passage (14) in the channel bottom (13), and whose head (16) is larger than the passage (14) and arranged above the channel bottom (13) with a vertical clearance gap from the latter.
US09612147B2	Radar level gauge system with multiple receiver branches The present invention relates to a radar level gauge system comprising a first receiver branch for converting a reflection signal to a first digital measurement signal, and a second receiver branch configured to convert the reflection signal to a second digital measurement signal. The first receiver branch modulates an amplitude of the first measurement signal according to a first gain function, and the second receiver branch modulates an amplitude of the second measurement signal according to a second gain function different from the first gain function. The radar level gauge system further comprises processing circuitry configured to determine the filling level based on the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal.
US09612144B2	Method and arrangement for measuring flow rate of optically non-homogenous material A method and arrangement are disclosed for measuring a flow rate of optically non-homogeneous material in a process pipe. The non-homogeneous material can be illuminated through a window. Images are taken with a camera, through a window, of illuminated non-homogeneous material. Correlation between temporally successive images determines travel performed by the non-homogeneous material in the process pipe between capture of temporally successive images. Velocity of the non-homogeneous material is determined by the time difference between the successive images and the travel.
US09612137B2	Instrument housing with embedded liquid crystal display within plastic layer A process transmitter has a housing that contains transmitter circuitry. The transmitter circuitry is configured to provide a display output and is also configured to couple to a process control loop. A LCD display is embedded within a transparent or translucent polymeric layer in the housing. The LCD display is coupled to the display output and is configured to display information through the polymeric layer.
US09612125B2	System and method for storing and providing routes In one aspect, a system and method is provided whereby map-related requests from mobile devices are used to store and aggregate routes. The routes are then used to determine optimum directions in response to subsequent requests.
US09612121B2	Locating position within enclosure Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for locating a position within an enclosure. In one example, known global coordinates (e.g., GPS coordinates of latitude/longitude) associated with the position within the enclosure may be transformed into local coordinates (e.g., x/y coordinates) for the position. The local coordinates may be used for tracking a location of the position within the enclosure. In another example, known local coordinates of the position within the enclosure may be transformed into global coordinates for the position, which may be used for tracking a location of the position within the enclosure. In another example, a blueprint image of the enclosure may be used to track a location of the position within the enclosure. In this way, location tracking may be provided for objects within indoor spaces (e.g., a mapping application may track a current position of a mobile device within a building).
US09612115B2	Target-correlated electronic rangefinder A viewing device includes a laser rangefinder circuit configured to capture range data associated with a target within a view area and at least one sensor configured to capture orientation data associated with an aim-point of the laser rangefinder circuit concurrently with capturing the range data. The viewing device further includes a controller coupled to the laser rangefinder and to the at least one sensor and configured to automatically determine a range to the target from the range data based on the orientation data and a target location within the view area.
US09612113B2	Method and apparatus for generating shape information of object A method and an apparatus for generating shape information of an object. The method of generating the shape information of the object includes identifying a bend location of a flexible display apparatus surrounding the object; identifying a bend angle of the flexible display apparatus; and generating the shape information of the object based on the bend location of the flexible display apparatus and the bend angle of the flexible display apparatus.
US09612104B2	Displacement detecting device A displacement detecting device includes a light source that performs irradiation with light, a light-beam splitting section, a reflection/transmission section, a phase plate, a transmission-type diffraction grating, a light-beam combining section, a light-receiving section, and a relative position information output unit. The reflection/transmission section transmits or reflects a first light beam, and causes the beam to enter a member to be measured. Furthermore, the reflection/transmission section guides the first light beam to a specific position of the member to be measured in the case where the member to be measured is in a reference position. Moreover, an optical path of the first light beam reflected by the member to be measured again overlaps with an optical path of the first light beam reflected at a specific position of the member to be measured.
US09612101B2	Touch sensor for non-uniform panels A two-dimensional capacitive touch sensor having a cover layer of varying thickness arranged on top of its electrode structure. An array of sensing nodes is formed between edge portions of the receiver electrodes and adjacent portions of the transmitter electrodes. To compensate for the varying thickness of the cover layer, the length of the edge portions per sensing node is varied to equalize node sensitivity across the sensor and thus suppress the systematic variation in node sensitivity which would otherwise arise as a result of the varying thickness of the cover layer.
US09612100B2	Touch emulator A touch emulator is provided. The touch emulator, for example, includes a substrate, a plurality of conductors, a plurality of switches, a plurality of capacitors, and a control unit. The conductors are disposed on the substrate. Each of the switches is coupled to one of the conductors, respectively. One end of each of the capacitors is respectively coupled to one of the switches, while the other end of each of the capacitors is grounded. The control unit is coupled to each of the switches. The control unit controls at least one of the switches to turn on or turn off according to a control timing sequence, so as to generate a multi-point touch input operation with a preset distribution pattern.
US09612090B2	Textile made from chains and process for its manufacture A system and method is described for easily creating textiles out of chains connected by thread. A dissolvable or removable substrate on which chains can be set is used whereby the thread stitching passes through the substrate. After the textile stitching is completed, the substrate is then removed, including by use of a dissolving solvent or by melting.
US09612085B2	Payload launch system and method A payload launch system includes a launch tube, payload, rocket tube, pressurized motor assembly, and control system. The motor assembly has a launch actuator and an accumulator housing containing compressed gas. The accumulator housing defines a vent opening having a closure. The control system transmits an actuation signal to the actuator in response to a launch request signal to open the closure and cause a discharge of pressure into the launch tube. This causes the rocket tube to launch from the launch tube to a threshold altitude in a single gaseous thrust phase. A method includes deploying a launch system, transmitting a launch actuation signal to the launch actuator via a control system, and opening a closure to allow compressed gas to enter the launch tube, thereby launching the rocket tube from the launch tube to a threshold altitude in the single gaseous thrust phase.
US09612084B2	Modular stock for a firearm This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a barrel support for a for a firearm stock. In one example, the barrel support has an elongate frame with a longitudinal axis extending between a fore portion and an aft portion, a first concave barrel recess shaped to support a first barrel, the first concave barrel recess positioned on a first side of the elongate frame. The exemplary barrel support also has a second concave barrel recess shaped to support a second barrel, the second concave barrel recess positioned on a second side of the elongate frame. In this example the first barrel is a tapered barrel, and the second barrel is a straight barrel.
US09612079B2	Rubber band gun, method of use, and method of assembly An elastic rubber band launching toy gun that uses a new method to launches 24 elastic bands in rapid succession using a simple assembly of only 13 individual parts, and featuring an optional, adjustable, sliding shoulder support stock. It is designed to resemble a Heckler & Koch MP5 firearm, as manufactured by Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. The rubber band gun includes a slideable, lockable stock which can be slid and locked into multiple lengths away from the butt of the firearm.
US09612074B2	Less-lethal force device impact ratio Improvements in a less-lethal force device are disclosed. The less-lethal projectile device generally comprising a projectile, such as a rubber-encapsulated metal block, that is mated to a docking base by way of a mounting pins or base. The projectile may be made with a cavity located in its rearward section for enabling the projectile to fit onto the mounting pins portion of the docking base through compression or interference fit. The projectile captures a fired bullet and is propelled along the original path of the bullet at a less lethal velocity. The disclosed system results in converting a normally lethal weapon into a less-lethal blunt impact system. The mounting pins are configured to provide clearance to the sighting mechanism on the firearm.
US09612072B2	Automatic or semi-automatic rifle An upper receiver for a firearm, the upper receiver having: a hand guard section removably connected to the upper receiver via a locking mechanism pivotally mounted to the hand guard section for movement between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein the locking mechanism requires only a single movement in one direction to move from the locking position to the unlocking position, wherein the hand guard section has peripheral device mounting rails located at a six o'clock position with respect to a centerline of the barrel and wherein the hand guard section is capable of being completely detached and removed from the upper receiver after the locking mechanism has been moved into the unlocking position; and a plurality of integrally formed rails located above the hand guard section and at three, nine and twelve o'clock positions with respect to the centerline of the barrel.
US09612070B2	Cartridge loading device An apparatus for loading cartridges into a firearm magazine, including a hopper for intake of one or more cartridges, a hopper slide attached to the hopper, a cassette attached to the hopper slide, and a frame for fixturing the apparatus.
US09612058B2	Heat exchanger apparatus for converting a shell-side liquid into a vapor In one aspect, the invention can be a heat exchanger comprising: a shell having an inner surface forming a cavity, the shell comprising an inlet for introducing the shell-side liquid into the cavity and an outlet for allowing the vapor to exit the cavity; a tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes for carrying a tube-side fluid located in the cavity and having a longitudinal axis; a shroud circumferentially surrounding the tube bundle and positioned between the tube bundle and the inner surface of the shell so that an annular space exists between the shroud and the inner surface; an opening in a bottom portion of the shroud that forms a passageway between the annular space and the tube bundle; and an opening in a top portion of the shroud that forms a passageway between the annular space and the tube bundle.
US09612050B2	Simplified LNG process A simplified method for production of a commercial supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplied in a pressurized vessel includes taking a supply of natural gas including contaminants from a stranded well or from a pipe line and extracting from the supply gas water vapor and CO2 in a fixed bed absorption system. In a first stage the supply gas is separated into first and second streams where the first stream contains all the cold energy available from the feed stream and sufficient of the contaminants are removed to meet a product specification for the composition of the LNG supply. In a second stage the first stream is liquefied by the available cool energy for commercial pressurized supply container The second stream contains natural gas which is as much as 75% of the feed stream together with substantially all the contaminants and is used as a natural gas supply.
US09612043B2	Mixed hydrocarbon refrigeration system with reduced work-energy requirements using a hybrid compression/adsorption heat cycle A refrigeration method reduces compressor energy usage in a hydrocarbon refrigeration system by incorporating a distillation/adsorption cycle. The method and related systems can use waste or other heat sources to replace a portion of the mechanical energy of the compression cycle in a novel process scheme easily adapted to either new or existing refrigeration systems. The present hybrid vapor compression-adsorption cycle combines both the refrigerant and adsorption medium in the compression cycle and separates these components using conventional multi-stage distillation to then separate them for the refrigeration and adsorption cycles.
US09612042B2	Method of operating a refrigeration system in a null cycle A refrigeration system having a cooling circuit, a heating circuit, a pressurizing receiver tank circuit, a pilot circuit and a liquid injection circuit wherein the hot gas line includes a solenoid valve that connects an outlet of a compressor to an outlet of a receiver tank, and wherein the liquid injection circuit includes a liquid injection solenoid that connects the outlet of the receiver tank to an outlet of an economizer.
US09612037B2	Gas water heater control alternate power source Systems, circuits, and methods for providing operating power to a gas control circuit board are disclosed. A first power source for a gas control circuit board is derived from a utility supplied AC source while a backup supply is provided based on current flowing through an anode rod associated with the water heater as defined by Faraday's Law of Electrolysis. The backup supply based on anode current flow provided operating power for the gas control circuit in case of loss of power from the utility supplied AC source.
US09612036B2	Housing unit for a heating system A housing unit (22) for a heating device with two heating circuits, one for space heating and another for service water heating, includes a pump housing (23) for a recirculation pump (8). The housing unit (22) encompasses a switching valve for switching the heating circuits, and in its rear installation position exhibits at least one port to directly connect a plate heat exchanger (6) for heating service water. An opening (29) for the return of the space heater is arranged on one side of the housing unit. The housing unit incorporates an inlet chamber (28), which is adjoined by the inlet mouth (26) of the pump (8), and into which two channels empty, of which one or the other can be optionally closed by a valve body (32), and of which one channel leads to the line port (30) for the return, and the other channel leads to a port of the plate heat exchanger (6).
US09612034B1	Air conditioner water drop noise blocker Eliminating a noise from water dropping on an air conditioner unit is disclosed. This device has an upper panel with a layer of plastic material on a surface, a lower panel having a layer of plastic material on a surface, and a hinge. The lower panel includes a plurality of magnets for attachment to the air conditioner unit. The upper and lower panels are bent at a certain angle so water droplets slide on the upper panel surface, in embodiments of the invention.
US09612028B2	Air check valve system and method of mounting same An air check valve system configured to be mounted for fluid communication with a fan can include a ring having a generally circular inner diameter that defines an air passage through a plane of the ring. A first and a second flange can extend from the ring. A rod can have a first end mounted to the first flange and a second end mounted to the second flange. The rod can define a pivot axis. A first and a second damper plate can be mounted to the rod for rotation around the pivot axis between an open and a closed position.
US09612027B2	Cooling system for forming a mist and methods of repairing or replacing a component thereof Cooling system and method suitable for cooling a blast furnace with a cooling fluid during its operation. The cooling system includes a source of a gaseous fluid that feeds the gaseous fluid to multiple flow paths. A liquid is atomized into each of the multiple flow paths, within which the atomized liquid is mixed with the gaseous fluid to form a mist. The system further includes means for selectively closing each of the multiple flow paths while at least one other of the multiple flow paths remains open.
US09612022B2	Teppanyaki assembly A teppanyaki assembly includes a platform including a cooking plane, an air pump installed in the platform, and an air filter connected to the air pump. The air filter has a housing with an air room defined therein connecting to an air channel of the air pump and a filter screen slantwise disposed within the air room for increasing an area available for filtering air and oil fumes, thereby facilitating an increase in transient air flow, a decrease in wind resistance, and an efficient oil fumes interception to prevent the problem of air pollution. An additional arrangement of a cleaning door on the housing also allows the filter screen to be promptly taken out for following washing and maintaining proceedings, which increases the using convenience.
US09612019B2	Method and system for increasing the safety of gas-operated cooking appliances A safety system for gas-operated cooking appliances which include at least one burner which is connected to the mains gas network via a distributor, the gas flow of which is controlled by a manually operated gas tap, includes a position switch, a flame detection device, an electrically controlled control valve which is installed in the mains gas network, a manually actuated restoring switch in operable communication with the control valve, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to open the control valve after the latter was shut off by the flame detector of the burner only when the control circuit simultaneously receives a signal from the restoring switch and the position switch. The safety system serves as a child safety measure which prevents an inadvertent re-activation of a gas flow system that has been shut off.
US09612015B2	Oxy-combustor operable with supercritical fluid An oxy-combustor is provided which comprises a combustion vessel including at least one solid fuel slurry inlet port, at least one oxygen inlet port and at least one supercritical fluid inlet port, wherein the combustion vessel is operable at an operating pressure of at least 1,100 psi; an interior of the combustion vessel comprises a combustion chamber and a supercritical fluid infusion chamber surrounding at least a part of the combustion chamber, the supercritical fluid infusion chamber and the combustion chamber are separated by a porous liner surrounding the combustion chamber, and the supercritical infusion chamber is located between the porous liner and an outer casing of the combustion vessel.
US09612010B1	Enhanced torch top burner A torch burner cap includes a wick holder, an indention defined in the cap and surrounding the wick holder, and a mesh insert at least partially situated within the indention in the cap and surrounding the wick holder.
US09612007B2	Light system for building structures There is provided embedded light guiding parts that allow for light, signals or live images to appear on its surface. Specifically there is provided a light system having an array of rods made in a hard transparent or translucent polymer material embedded in a building material. The tapered rods are held together by a back-bone that connects the bases of the tapered rods to achieve an evenly distributed array of tapered rods, preferably having the same orientation, wherein the rods are adapted to receive a light input at the base ends and to transmit the light output at the front ends of the rods.
US09612000B2	Light source device including phase matching element for measuring the degree of oxygen saturation in blood This light source device includes one light emission unit from which light is emitted, plural light source units, a photo coupler, and a control unit. The plural light source units output outgoing lights with mutually differing wavelengths. The photo coupler connects the light emission unit and plural light source units. The control unit controls the plural light source units via a driver. Each of the plural light source units includes a light emitting element and a wavelength conversion unit. The wavelength conversion unit converts the wavelength of light output from the light emitting element, thus generating the outgoing light.
US09611997B2	LED projection module An LED projection module (1) includes two or more LED light sources which each consist of one or more light-emitting diodes that couple light via a light coupling-in point associated therewith into an optical waveguide. Light exits from the optical waveguides via a light decoupling point. The exiting light is projected by a projection lens to form at least one light distribution. The optical waveguides for the individual LED light sources are arranged laterally side by side in a horizontal plane and border one another directly such that light can pass over between adjacent optical waveguides. The individual light outlet surfaces are arranged side by side and form a total-light light outlet surface. One or more indentations are provided in the total-light light outlet surface, between the individual light outlet surfaces, and in each case extend at least over part of the vertical extension of the total-light light outlet surface.
US09611992B2	Lamp retrofitting assembly A lamp retrofitting assembly decorates a ceiling lamp having a bulb socket and a socket thread design to receive a threaded electrical contact surface of a light bulb therein. The lamp retrofitting assembly includes a socket extender having a male threaded electrical contact surface to threadingly engage the socket thread and a female threaded electrical contact surface that receives the threaded electrical contact surface of the light bulb. The lamp deflector is removably securable to the socket extender. The lamp deflector includes an inner circumference defining an extender hole and an outer circumference. The lamp deflector also includes an uninterrupted deflecting surface extending between the inner and outer circumferences. The lamp deflector receives the socket extender within the extender hole. A retainer is securable to the socket extender. The retainer retains the decorative lamp deflector to the socket extender.
US09611989B1	Systems and methods for modular indirect lighting A lighting system can comprise a frame, a material attached on a front facing surface of the frame and a plurality of LEDs mounted within the frame. Light emitted from the LEDs is directed to the material from behind the front facing surface of the frame. In some of these embodiments, the material passes a portion of the emitted light thereby causing the transmitted emitted light to appear as if light reflects or emanates from a front surface of the material. A controller is described that controls color of the emitted light to form patterns on the front surface of the material. The plurality of LEDs can include different colored LEDs, multi-color LEDs and RGB LEDs. The RGB LEDs can be controlled to respond to a video signal, thereby displaying a video image on the material. The material comprises a textured material and may possess a three-dimensional profile.
US09611976B2	System and method for improved fixation of flats sequencing system linear actuator A system of mitigating force in a mechanical system, the system comprising a frame member, a first rail connected to the frame member, a second rail connected to the frame member and extending along the frame member in parallel to the first rail, an assembly movably engaging the first and second rails, and a first bracket located between the first and second rails, with at least one first bracket attachment secured to the frame member, the first bracket sharing an upper edge with a lower edge of the first rail, such that a downward force applied on the first rail is distributed to the first bracket and the frame member via the at least one first bracket attachment.
US09611973B2	Process for coating the interior surface of water service lines Methods, processes, compositions and systems for preventing leaching effects from water pipes (such as lead, steel and copper) having an inner diameter of at least approximately 12 mm. 2-part thermoset resin coating is applied to the inner surfaces of the pipes where the curing agent can be a phenol free and plasticizer free adduct type. The coating can reduce heavy metals, such as lead, from leaching from installed pipes to less than approximately 10 μg/L (10 ppb). When cured, specific leachates, Bisphenol A and Epichlorohydrin from the coatings will be (less than)<1 μg/L (1 ppb) with overall TOC levels measured at (less than)<2.5 mg/L (2.5 ppm). Pipes can be returned to service within approximately 24 hours, and preferably within approximately 4 hours.
US09611970B2	Pipe cap A pipe cap comprising a body; a close-ended bore defined by the body, being sized and dimensioned to accept and rigidly retain an end of a pipe section; an end connector wherein the bore extends out through the end connector; a gasket well in the internal surface of the bore; a gasket for sealing the body to the end of the pipe section, and preventing fluids from flowing out the end of the pipe section; a gasket retaining ring within the gasket well, comprising a shoulder and retaining the gasket within the gasket well; and a gripper washer disposed in the internal surface of the bore, the gripper washer retained between the end connector and the gasket retaining ring, the outer periphery of the gripper washer is in contact with, or in close proximity to, the shoulder of the gasket retaining ring.
US09611960B2	Cut-in fitting for connecting pipe A cut-in fitting has a flange hub, a flange ring, a central body, a first gasket, a second gasket, a split flange hub, a split flange ring and a band clamp.
US09611958B1	Combination mechanical/fusion pipe fitting with push connect coupling arrangement A pipe coupling system includes first and second polymeric, thermoplastic pipes secured to each other by a pipe coupling. The pipe coupling includes a mechanical sealing surface adapted to receive a mechanical seal, a fusion seal, or both. The pipe coupling includes a pipe coupling body with an outer surface and a first end and an oppositely positioned second end. First and second respective threads are respectively defined about the first and second ends. A nut is used in the pipe coupling system when the mechanical seal is used to join the pipe first ends to seal against the coupling inner surface. A mechanical capture ring is also included, which defines a central aperture having inwardly angled engagement prongs that are sized to capture the respective first ends of the pipe. The engagement prongs are configured to each include a sloping face.
US09611956B1	Apparatus and method for welding steel boiler tubes Apparatus and method for welding steel boiler tubes in a space restricted area using a pulsed-arc welding process. The process includes the use of a consumable insert ring having a T-shaped profile and flux material to provide deep weld penetration by a GTAW welding machine. Notches in the consumable weld ring allow for visual inspection of tube fit prior to weld.
US09611954B2	Construction conduit securing device A conduit fixture comprising one or more connection segments each with a first planar portion and a second planar portion extending substantially orthogonally from said first planar portion, and a conduit holder extending from the second planar portions that is configured to hold a portion of wiring conduit extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the plane of the first planar portions.
US09611952B2	Reduced cavitation oilfield choke A choke with reduced cavitation and/or flashing due to a high pressure fluids passing through the choke includes a housing having a high pressure inlet port and a low pressure outlet port, and a cage positioned within the housing and having a passage for passing fluid therethrough. A plurality of beads are each positioned in the cage, such that fluid flows between the cage and the beads and between the beads when passing through the cage. Fluid pressure is reduced by the fluid passing through the cage, thereby reducing cavitation.
US09611951B2	Solenoid valve A solenoid valve has: a valve body; a moving core with a valve body on one end; a guide tube slidably enclosing the moving core; a stationary core disposed in an inner circumference of an opposite end portion of the guide tube so as to face an opposite end of the moving core; a valve spring to urge the moving core in a direction away from the stationary core; an electromagnetic coil disposed to enclose the guide tube; and a magnetic plate disposed on an opposite end of the guide tube having a caulked portion. The guide tube has a caulked portion formed to fix in position the stationary core by engagement of the caulked portion with a recessed groove formed on an outer periphery of the stationary core. When the stationary core is fixed in position by the caulked portion, that surface of the stationary core which faces the magnetic plate is either flush with, or is protruding beyond, the opposite end of the guide tube.
US09611939B2	Gate valve with equalizer port A gate valve is comprised of a gate movable between open and closed positions within a valve body, and gate having defined through it the gate an equalizer port or passageway between opposite sides of the gate with fixed side walls. The equalizer passageway being is opened and closed by an internal gate. The internal gate is in a close fitting engagement with each of a pair of opposing valve seats mounted with the gate and is shiftable by a carrier that does not constrain movement of the internal gate as it sits between the valve seats.
US09611937B2	Superelastic nickel-titanium alloy downhole seals, wellbore tools including such seals, and related methods A superelastic metal seal for use in a downhole tool, wherein the superelastic metal seal may be formed from a superelastic Ni—Ti alloy. The superelastic Ni—Ti alloy may be prestrained with a permanent strain. Superelasticity may be imparted to the superelastic Ni—Ti alloy through a thermal treatment process or through prestraining the superelastic Ni—Ti alloy. The superelastic Ni—Ti alloy may exhibit superelastic behavior. The superelastic Ni—Ti alloy may not exhibit shape memory behavior.
US09611930B2	Lubrication of power train components A lubrication apparatus for lubrication of one or more components is described. The apparatus may include a housing with an internal housing cavity containing lubrication fluid. A catchment feature may be located on an internal portion of the housing, the catchment feature having a lip and a reservoir, with the lip extending into the internal housing cavity above, at least in part, a lubrication fluid sump level of the internal housing cavity. A first lubrication passage may extend from the catchment feature into the housing. The lip and the reservoir of the catchment feature may catch lubrication fluid splashed above the lubrication fluid sump level. The first lubrication passage may direct lubrication fluid from the catchment feature to the one or more components.
US09611928B2	Unidirectional coupling damping pulley A unidirectional coupling damping pulley includes a threaded central spindle extending into a pulley hub, a friction stopper ring and a positioning sleeve pressed against the inner wall of the pulley hub, a protruding ring formed on the outer diameter of the central spindle, in which the central spindle is sleeved with a damping washer forming a step on one side of the damping washer, the central spindle is sleeved with a damping spring, the damping washer is sleeved and in rotation fit with a friction sliding ring, a friction spring is sleeved around the damping spring, the friction spring locks up with the friction stopper ring and the friction sliding ring through friction, and the friction spring can be separated from the friction stopper ring and the friction sliding ring alternately.
US09611927B2	Worm gearing with harmonic drive or strain wave gearing primary A gear system wherein a harmonic drive or strain wave gearing set is efficiently and effectively coupled to a worm drive, where the harmonic drive or strain wave gearing serves as the input and the worm drive serves as the output. By using the harmonic drive or strain wave gearing set as the primary, a very large reduction ratio is achieved in a right angle package with high torsional stiffness. Further, at high worm ratios, the system can be non-back driving. At low ratios, worm gearing can be highly efficient. This, combined with the harmonic drive or strain wave gearing set being used as the primary, provides a high ratio, highly efficient gear system.
US09611926B2	Motion controlled actuator A device can have an outer frame and an actuator. The actuator can have a movable frame and a fixed frame. At least one torsional flexure and at least one hinge flexure can cooperate to provide comparatively high lateral stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame and can cooperate to provide comparatively low rotational stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame.
US09611919B1	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle Eight or more forward speeds and at least one reverse speed is achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle including an input shaft, an output shaft, three planetary gear sets respectively having three rotation-elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotation elements.
US09611917B2	Transmission A transmission for transmitting a motive power of an engine includes a counter shaft that receives a motive power from a crank shaft of an engine, a drive shaft that is connected to the crank shaft and configured to output the motive power, a multi-stage gear train that has a plurality of unit gear trains each having a drive gear and a driven gear, a plurality of jaw clutches each of which is movably provided between adjacent ones of the unit gear trains, a plurality of shift forks each of which is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of jaw clutches, and a shift cam that moves the plurality of jaw clutches via the plurality of shift forks to select one unit gear train in the multi-stage gear train that is to be used to transmit the motive power from the counter shaft to the drive shaft.
US09611914B2	Adjusting device for a damp adjustment cylinder and a vehicular shock absorber including the same An adjusting device includes a connecting member having a chamber. The connecting member further includes first and second openings defined in two ends thereof and communicated with the chamber. The connecting member further includes a first assembling portion in the chamber and a threaded portion in the second opening. A through-hole extends from an inner periphery through an outer periphery of the connecting member and communicates with the chamber. An adjusting member includes a pivotal end having a second assembling portion for assembling with the first assembling portion. The adjusting member further includes a passage having first and second openings respectively in two ends thereof. The first opening of the adjusting member is located in the pivotal end. A sealing cap is in threading connection with the threaded portion. A damper and a damp adjustment cylinder can be coupled to the adjusting device to form a vehicular shock absorber.
US09611904B2	Centrifugal clutch apparatus A centrifugal clutch apparatus can include a driving-side rotational member rotatable around a shaft member connected to a driving device; clutch devices mounted on the driving-side rotational member and movable radially-outward of the driving-side rotational member. A driven-side rotational member rotatable independent from the driving-side rotational member can be arranged for covering the driving-side rotational member and can have an inner circumferential surface to engage with the clutch devices. Friction members can be adapted to be abutted against the inner circumferential surface so as to transmit the driving power of the driving device to the driven-side rotational member. The inner circumferential surface of the driven-side rotational member can be formed with a groove and a tensioning member formed as a ring-shaped member can be snap-fitted into the groove and held therein under a radially-outward biasing force.
US09611902B2	Coupling for a belt tensioner A controllable clutch (18) for a belt tensioner (16) comprises a drive member (32), a driven element (24) and a clutch pawl (40) that is movably supported on the input side (30) between a home position and an engaged position and in the engaged position couples the drive member (32) to the driven element (24), wherein the clutch pawl (40) is tension-loaded in the engaged position.
US09611899B2	Wedge clutch with axially displaceable wedge plate A wedge clutch, including: an inner race; an outer race with a first inner circumferential surface sloping radially outward in a first axial direction; a wedge plate disposed between the inner and outer races in a radial direction and including a first outer circumferential surface sloping radially outward in the first axial direction; a first displacement element engaged with the wedge plate and arranged to urge the wedge plate in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, to close the clutch to non-rotatably connect the inner and outer races; and a second displacement element arranged to displace the wedge plate in the first axial direction to open the clutch to enable relative rotation between the inner and outer races.
US09611887B2	Flexible insulating liner for bearings A flexible insulating liner strip or member comprises an elongated flexible structure that can be cut to length and positioned between a race of a bearing and a bearing housing to electrically insulate the bearing race from the bearing housing and/or other components. The flexible insulating liner strip may be segmented to provide flexibility, and one or more portions of the flexible insulating liner strip may be curved to accommodate variations in the dimensions of bearing housings and races. The flexible insulating liner strip provides a cost-effective way to electrically insulate bearings.
US09611882B2	Back-out resistant fastener A fastener is provided having a cylindrical shaft with a generally constant diameter located between a head and a tapered point. The fastener has a thread integrally extending from the shaft and extending along a portion of a length thereof that terminates at an end of the shaft proximate the head with a back-out discontinuity. At least one ring integrally extends from the shaft in an area of the shaft between the back-out discontinuity and the head. The at least one ring has an outside diameter that is less than an outside diameter of the thread.
US09611878B2	Tethered fastener A tethered fastener assembly includes a first connector portion, a second connector portion, and a tether portion. The tether portion couples the first connector portion to the second connector portion and includes a first releasable holding feature, a first cooperating releasable holding feature, a second releasable holding feature, and a second cooperating releasable holding feature. The first releasable holding feature is engageable with the first cooperating releasable holding feature. The second releasable holding feature is engageable with the second cooperating releasable holding feature. The first releasable holding feature engages the first cooperating releasable holding feature, and the second releasable holding feature engages the second cooperating releasable holding feature, to retain the tether portion in a folded configuration.
US09611873B2	Pressure control for partial stroke tests A method of testing a valve actuator coupled to a process control device includes the steps of: controlling, with the process control device, a pressure within the valve actuator to ramp from an initial pressure towards a pre-determined pressure limit; monitoring a position of the valve actuator to detect a travel of the valve actuator; and upon one of the pressure within the valve actuator reaching the pre-determined pressure limit or detecting the travel of the valve actuator, controlling the pressure within the valve actuator to return to the initial pressure.
US09611864B2	Centrifugal compressor A centrifugal compressor that includes an impeller, a diffuser and a shroud. One of the diffuser and shroud includes a plurality of recesses and the other of the diffuser and shroud includes a plurality of radial vanes. The shroud covers the impeller and diffuser such that each radial vane projects into a respective recess.
US09611862B2	Air bleed having an inertial filter in the tandem rotor of a compressor The invention relates to a secondary air system for a compressor of centrifugal or mixed type including a rotor presenting an axis of rotation, said compressor being adapted to compress an oxidizer gas. The secondary air system includes an oxidizer gas bleed system arranged in the rotor.
US09611861B2	Washing machine A washing machine having a centrifugal fan which may increase a discharge flow rate. The washing machine includes a centrifugal fan adapted to cool a motor, wherein the centrifugal fan comprises a circular plate connected to a shaft of the motor, and a plurality of blades radially arranged around a center of the circular plate, each of the blade includes an inlet portion extending to form an inlet for external air passing therethrough, and a guide bent and inclined from the inlet portion, and an outlet portion bent from the guide to form an outlet for the external air.
US09611849B2	System including high-side and low-side compressors A system may be operable to circulate a working fluid between first and second heat exchangers. The system may include a suction line, a low-side compressor, a high-side compressor and a discharge line. The low-side and high-side compressors may both be in fluid communication with the suction and discharge lines.
US09611845B2	Equipment for continuous regulation of the flow rate of reciprocating compressors Equipment for continuous regulation of the flow rate of fluid in a reciprocating compressor which has a compression chamber with a piston reciprocally movable therein. The compression chamber has an inlet valve and an outlet valve which delivers fluid to a reservoir. A translation device is movable to open the valve and allow closing of the valve. An actuator engages the translation device and includes a rod. The rod has a magnitizable central element located between solenoids of an electromechanical device. The central element is located in a prefixed position with respect to the solenoids under the resilient loading of a resilient device. Detectors are provided for detecting the position of the piston, the pressure in the reservoir and the position of the actuator.
US09611844B2	Reciprocating pump valve assembly with thermal relief A reciprocating pump comprises a cylinder, an inlet check valve, a piston, an outlet check valve and a purge circuit. The cylinder has a first end and a second end. The inlet check valve is disposed proximate a first end of the cylinder. The piston is disposed within the cylinder between the inlet check valve and the second end. The outlet check valve is disposed within the piston. The purge circuit extends across the inlet check valve and the outlet check valve to fluidly couple the first end and the second end.
US09611838B2	Fracturing shape memory mechanical actuators and systems A mechanical actuator is disclosed. The mechanical actuator can comprise an interface portion configured to interface with an object, a spring configured to exert a force on the interface portion, and a shape memory member coupled to the interface portion. The shape memory member can be configured to fracture at a predetermined temperature range. Upon fracture of the shape memory member, the force of the spring can cause the interface portion to act on the object.
US09611836B2	Wind turbine power conversion system The invention refers to a multilevel topology power converter (I) for electrical adaption of a low voltage alternating current (LVAC) of an electrical wind power generator (1) and a medium voltage (MV) transmission level for a transmission link to each other, the power converter (I) comprising for each phase: a switching unit (9) for adapting the low voltage (LV) and the medium voltage (MV) to each other, the switching unit (9) being controlled by a controller (15), whereby the controlled switching unit (9) separately switches n+1 terminal potentials along terminals of an electrical series of n>1 capacitors C1 . . . Cn (7); a current converter (5) for providing or using a direct current (DC) through the plurality of n>1 capacitors C1 . . . Cn (7) connected in series.
US09611834B2	Method and arrangement for controlling a wind turbine A method of controlling a wind turbine having a rotor to which at least one rotor blade is connected, is provided herein. The method includes operating the rotor according to a first rotational speed reference; and operating the rotor according to a second rotational speed reference above the first rotational speed reference, if a fluctuation of an actual rotational speed of the rotor decreases below a fluctuation threshold and/or if a blade pitch angle of the rotor blade increases above a blade pitch angle threshold. The method may further include wherein the rotor is operated according to the first rotational speed reference, if the fluctuation of an actual rotational speed of the rotor increases above another fluctuation threshold which is above the fluctuation threshold and/or if the blade pitch angle of the rotor blade decreases below another blade pitch angle threshold which is below the blade pitch angle threshold.
US09611828B2	Water turbine A water turbine includes a base and an axle extending upwardly relative to the base. A body is provided having an axle receiving bore positioned along a longitudinal rotational axis. The axle is positioned in the axle receiving bore, such that the body rotates about the longitudinal rotational axis. A weight bearing roller assembly is positioned between a lower end of the body and the base to facilitate the body rotating relative to the base. Vanes extend radially from the body, such that flowing water striking the vanes imparts a rotational force to the body.
US09611824B2	Process for manufacturing an injector body A process for manufacturing an injector body includes a) machining a metal blank to desired outer dimensions of the injector body; b) machining the metal blank along a first axis to define a spray hole within the metal blank; and c) machining the metal blank along a second axis to define an internal cavity in fluid communication with the spray hole.
US09611822B2	Air filter and silencer Air filter and silencers comprise an air filter element having an annular body with openings at opposed ends. A top is attached over one of ends, has an outer flange sealed to the element, and includes a central section extending across the air filter element end. The top central section has a convex-shaped geometry with a radius of curvature projecting outwardly and away from the air filter element. The top central section includes a sound deadening material directed towards the air filter element. The top central section has a radius of curvature greater than the radius of an inside diameter of the air filter element. The air filter and silencer is used with an air filter assembly that includes a housing removably attached to the air filter and silencer, and that has an internal chamber projecting axially into the air filter and silencer with a sound deadening material disposed therein.
US09611820B2	Intake structure for internal combustion engine The intake structure for an internal combustion engine includes: a collision surface configured to face an inlet of a carburetor; a deflecting surface configured to deflect a blowback flow, which is to diffuse after colliding against the collision surface, in one direction along the collision surface; a receiving surface configured to receive the blowback flow deflected by the deflecting surface; and a fuel-accumulating surface formed below the collision surface. A first clearance between an air-guiding direction distal end of the deflecting surface and the receiving surface is brought into communication to a downstream side of a filter of an air cleaner in a fresh-air intake direction so as to act as a main intake passage for fresh air.
US09611816B2	System and method for improving canister purging Systems and methods are provided for controlling a purging operation of a fuel vapor canister in a boosted engine. One method comprises purging stored fuel vapors from the fuel vapor canister to an inlet of the compressor via an ejector while bypassing a canister purge valve, the ejector being fluidically coupled to the fuel vapor canister by a distinct passage and motive flow through the ejector being regulated by a shut-off valve. The shut-off valve is temporarily closed in response to an operator tip-in event to discontinue the purging operation.
US09611811B2	Control device for cooling system The influenced of condensed water on an EGR device is alleviated. A device (100) that controls a cooling system including adjusting means for being able to adjust a circulation amount of coolant in a first flow passage, including an engine cooling flow passage, an EGR cooling flow passage and a radiator flow passage, and a second flow passage, including the engine cooling flow passage, the EGR cooling flow passage and a bypass flow passage and not including the radiator flow passage, includes: measuring means for measuring a temperature of the coolant; limiting means for limiting circulation of the coolant at starting an internal combustion engine; and control means for circulating the coolant preferentially through the second flow passage via control over the adjusting means based on the measured temperature in a period in which circulation of the coolant is limited.
US09611810B2	Gaseous fuel mixer with exhaust gas recirculation A mixing device for introducing gaseous fuel and recirculated exhaust gas into an intake passage of an engine, the mixing device including a body, an annular channel, the body defining a fuel inlet opening, and a plurality of gaseous fuel injectors fluidly coupled to the fuel inlet opening such that gaseous fuel from the plurality of gaseous fuel injectors is conveyed into the annular channel through the fuel inlet opening. The mixing device further includes a diffuser at a position of the annular channel to diffuse gaseous fuel from the annular channel into the intake airflow in the intake passage, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) inlet opening defined by the body and in fluid communication with the intake passage, and an exhaust gas recirculation supply pipe coupled to the EGR inlet opening and configured to direct recirculated exhaust gas from the engine into the intake passage.
US09611809B2	Contra-rotating propeller system for an aircraft turbine engine A contra-rotating propeller system for an aircraft turbine engine, including a free power turbine including a first rotor and a second rotor contra-rotating relative to the first rotor, a first contra-rotating propeller and a second contra-rotating propeller to be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the propeller system relative to a stator of the system, and a mechanical transmission device. The mechanical transmission system is provided between the first propeller and the second propeller.
US09611791B2	Application of probabilistic control in gas turbine tuning for fuel flow-power output parameters, related control systems, computer program products and methods Various embodiments include a system having: at least one computing device configured to tune a set of gas turbines (GTs) by performing actions including: commanding each GT in the set of GTs to a base load level, based upon a measured ambient condition for each GT; commanding each GT in the set of GTs to adjust a respective fuel flow to match a nominal fuel flow value, and subsequently measuring an actual power output value for each GT; and adjusting an operating condition of each GT in the set of GTs based upon a difference between the respective measured actual power output value and a nominal power output value at the ambient condition.
US09611790B2	Aero compression combustion drive assembly control system A control system for an aero compression combustion drive assembly, the aero compression combustion drive assembly having an engine member, a transmission member and a propeller member, the control system including a sensor for sensing a pressure parameter in each of a plurality of compression chambers of the engine member, the sensor for providing the sensed pressure parameter to a control system device, the control system device having a plurality of control programs for effecting selected engine control and the control system device acting on the sensed pressure parameter to effect a control strategy in the engine member. A control method is further included.
US09611789B2	Reduction gearbox for a gas turbine engine The described reduction gearbox of a gas turbine engine includes a first gear reduction stage having an input gear adapted to be driven by a turbine output shaft. The input gear transfers power received from the turbine output shaft laterally away from the input gear to an input speed gear. Each input speed gear engages an output speed gear to define a main speed reduction gear set, and the main speed reduction gear sets are laterally spaced apart from one another to define a gap. The gearbox has a second gear reduction stage driven by the output speed gears, the second stage adapted to drive an engine output shaft.
US09611788B2	Multi-shaft gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine is disclosed with a first spool having a first turbine connected to a first compressor through a first rotatable shaft; a second spool having a second turbine connected to a second compressor through a second rotatable shaft; and a gearbox having a power input port coupled to each of the first and second shafts and a power output port connected to a third shaft, wherein the rotational speed of the third shaft is lower than the rotational speed of each of the first and second shafts.
US09611785B2	System and method for high efficiency power generation using a nitrogen gas working fluid A method of power production using a high pressure/low pressure ratio Brayton Power cycle with predominantly N2 mixed with CO2 and H2O combustion products as the working fluid is provided. The high pressure can be in the range 80 bar to 500 bar. The pressure ratio can be in the range 1.5 to 10. The natural gas fuel can be burned in a first high pressure combustor with a near stoichiometric quantity of pressurized preheated air and the net combustion gas can be mixed with a heated high pressure recycle N2+CO2+H2O stream which moderates the mixed gas temperature to the value required for the maximum inlet temperature to a first power turbine producing shaft power.
US09611782B2	Engine warming system A system for warming the engine of a water-cooled vehicle by exchanging coolant with a warm vehicle or a storage tank of warmed coolant. The system utilizes a fitting that, in one position, allows for normal function of the cooling system of a vehicle, and in another position the fitting allows for fluid exchange with an outside source, such as another vehicle. The outside source can be a second vehicle equipped with a fitting or a standalone heater. Fluid transfer hoses are connected to each fitting to exchange coolant between vehicles.
US09611779B2	Active air flap and electric thermostat integration control method and control apparatus for vehicle An active air flap and electric thermostat integration control method for a vehicle may include a first control step of controlling opening and closing of an active air flap (AAF) depending on whether the vehicle starts-up, a second control step of controlling opening and closing of an electric thermostat (ETS) and the opening and closing of the AAF according to an engine temperature, a third control step of controlling the opening and closing of the ETS and the opening and closing of the AAF according to an engine load, a fourth control step of controlling the opening and closing of the ETS and the opening and closing of the AAF depending on whether a brake is operated, and a fifth control step, by the ECU, of controlling the opening and closing of the ETS and the opening and closing of the AAF according to a coolant temperature.
US09611778B2	Vehicle engine cooling system A vehicle engine cooling system may include a high temperature radiator in which a high temperature coolant for cooling an engine by using ambient air flows, a low temperature radiator in which a low temperature coolant for cooling a water-cooled condenser by using ambient air flows, an integrated cooler configured to cool a low pressure EGR gas and air which has passed through a turbocharger, a high temperature radiator circulation line provided to allow the high temperature coolant to circulate the high temperature radiator, the engine, and the integrated cooler, a low temperature radiator circulation line provided to allow the low temperature coolant to circulate the low temperature radiator, the condenser, and the integrated cooler, and a plurality of control valves provided on the high temperature radiator circulation line and the low temperature radiator circulation line.
US09611774B2	Catalyst with improved hydrothermal stability A catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions is disclosed. The catalyst can comprise ceria-alumina particles having a ceria phase present in a weight percent of the composite in the range of about 20% to about 80% on an oxide basis, an alkaline earth metal component supported on the ceria-alumina particles, wherein the CeO2 is present in the form of crystallites that are hydrothermally stable and have an average crystallite size less than 160 Å after aging at 950° C. for 5 hours in 2% O2 and 10% steam in N2.
US09611773B2	Zoned catalysed substrate monolith A zoned catalyzed substrate monolith comprises a first zone and a second zone that are arranged axially in series. The first zone comprises a platinum group metal loaded on a support and a first base metal oxide or a first base metal loaded on an inorganic oxide. The first base metal oxide is iron oxide, manganese oxide, copper oxide, zinc oxide, nickel oxide, or mixtures thereof. The first base metal is iron, manganese, copper, zinc, nickel, or mixtures thereof. The second zone comprises copper or iron loaded on a zeolite and a second base metal oxide or a second base metal loaded on an inorganic oxide. The second base metal oxide is iron oxide, manganese oxide, copper oxide, zinc oxide, nickel oxide, or mixtures thereof. The second base metal is iron, manganese, copper, zinc, nickel, or mixtures thereof. The second base metal is different from the first base metal.
US09611770B2	Exhaust pipe structure for vehicle It is possible to simplify an internal structure of a silencer and it is possible to improve silencing performance while suppressing the increase of the size of the silencer. An exhaust pipe structure is constituted by an exhaust pipe (45) which is connected to an engine (4), and a silencer (43) which is disposed under the engine. A silencer inlet (43a) through which exhaust gas is introduced into the silencer is provided in the silencer and at the rear of a vehicle body. The exhaust pipe has a rear portion reversal pipe (62) by which a direction of an exhaust stream flowing rearward is reversed into a frontward direction. A downstream end side of the rear portion reversal pipe is connected to the silencer inlet. A silencer outlet (43b) through which exhaust gas is discharged from the silencer is provided in the silencer. The silencer outlet is provided at the front of the vehicle body. Thus, exhaust gas can flow inside the silencer unidirectionally from the rear toward the front.
US09611765B2	Method for operating a valve train of an internal combustion engine and corresponding valve train A method and apparatus for operating a valve train of an internal combustion engine having a main camshaft for which at least one rotationally-fixed cam carrier is provided that can be shifted between two axial positions is disclosed. An actuator cooperates with at least one shift gate to axially shift the cam carrier into a target position. The actuator comprises a driver that is extended in the direction of at least one sliding slot of the shift gate to shift the cam carrier. The sliding slot has an ejection ramp in an ejection region that ejects the driver out of the sliding slot until the conclusion of the shift. A voltage induced in the actuator by the ejection is detected, the induced voltage is integrated across a rotational-angle range associated with the ejection region, and a confirmation signal is generated when the integrated voltage exceeds a threshold level.
US09611757B2	Turbocharger air bearing An air bearing assembly includes a split bearing with a first portion and a second portion configured to join and form a female tapered section with distal ends of a larger diameter than a joining central portion. A shaft with a male section including distal ends of a larger diameter than a central portion mates with the female tapered section formed by the joined split bearing. In order to provide adequate lubrication, support, and cooling, one or more an passages in the split bearing fluidly communicates a supply of pressurized air to the shaft. The air pressure provides a cushion of air for the shaft to float on during operation.
US09611752B2	Compressor start bleed system for a turbine system and method of controlling a compressor start bleed system A compressor start bleed system for a turbine system includes a compressor section. Also included is a turbine section disposed downstream of the compressor section. Further included is at least one duct fluidly coupled to the compressor section, wherein the at least one duct is configured to route a start bleed extraction from the compressor section to a location downstream of the turbine section. Yet further included is at least one control device of the at least one duct configured to actively modulate the start bleed extraction during a part speed operation of the turbine system.
US09611750B2	Turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger In a turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger with a turbine casing comprising a housing space for the turbine wheel of a turbine with guide vanes arranged upstream of the turbine wheel in a radial direction of the turbine wheel so as to be stationary relative to the turbine casing for guiding exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, and with an actuating element by which an inlet flow cross-section of the turbine through which the exhaust gas flows is variably adjustable and which is movable in the axial direction of the turbine between a blocking position restricting the flow cross-section and an open position clearing the flow cross-section relative to the turbine casing, the actuating elements extend through conforming openings formed in the guide walls between the guide vanes into the spaces defined between the guide vanes for controlling the turbine inlet flow cross-section.
US09611738B2	Ventilated mine roof support A longitudinally yieldable support for underground roof support includes an elongate outer shell filled with a solid compressible filler material. At least one air ventilation tube extends between opposite sides of the support to allow a flow of air through the support as the support yields.
US09611737B2	Method for determining regions for stimulation along a wellbore within a hydrocarbon formation, and using such method to improve hydrocarbon recovery from the reservoir A method for determining along a length of a wellbore situated in an underground hydrocarbon-containing formation, regions within the formation to inject a fluid at a pressure above formation dilation pressure, to stimulate production of oil into the wellbore. An initial information-gathering procedure is conducted prior to formation dilation/fracturing, wherein fluid is supplied under a pressure less than formation dilation or fracture pressure, to discrete intervals along the wellbore, and sensors measure and data is recorded regarding the ease of penetration of such fluid into the various regions of the formation. Regions of the formation exhibiting poor ease of fluid penetration or regions of higher oil saturation, are thereafter selected for subsequent stimulation or dilation, at pressures above formation dilation pressures. Where initial fluid pressures and/or formation dilation pressures are provided in cyclic pulses, a downhole tool is disclosed for such purpose.
US09611734B2	Connecting fiber optic cables Mitigating back reflection in fiber optic cables when coupling two fiber optic cables, for example, for implementing in harsh environments including wellbores. As described below, light from a source can travel toward a target through a first fiber optic cable and a second fiber optic cable coupled to the first fiber optic cable using a coupling system. The two fiber optic cables can be coupled such that all or a portion of back reflection at the coupling part is absorbed rather than permitted to travel back toward the source through the first fiber optic cable.
US09611732B2	Horizontal directional drilling system including sonde position detection using global positioning systems A locator device and methods of use are disclosed. The locator device includes a first locating system configured to generate to sense an electromagnetic field emanating from a sonde associated with a drill head, and a second locating system including a global positioning system. The locator device includes a display on the locating system configured to display a map of the area in which the locator device resides based on a location detected by the global positioning system. The locator device also includes control electronics configured to, upon receipt of an input from a user, record location data in a memory associated with the locator device for use by a horizontal directional drilling control system.
US09611731B2	Determination of formation dip/azimuth with multicomponent induction data The disclosure describes enhanced determination of dip and strike/azimuth for real-time MCI data processing in some difficult conditions such as low-dip and low-anisotropy formations using formation properties from surrounding layers. The method is effective for the enhanced determination of dip and azimuth to enhance the inversion accuracy of formation dip and azimuth if the formation anisotropic ratio is low and so reduce the uncertainty of the inverted dip and azimuth.
US09611725B2	Reduced outer diameter expandable perforator An apparatus and method for establishing communication between the interior of a downhole tubular string and a surrounding annulus is disclosed. A downhole perforator includes a perforator housing. An inner profile of the perforator housing has a first section having a first diameter and a second section having a second diameter, where the first diameter and the second diameter are different. The downhole perforator also includes a mandrel slidably disposed within the perforator housing having an upper connector coupled to a linear actuator. The mandrel also includes a slot. A penetrator is disposed within the slot and rotatably coupled to the mandrel. Additionally, a platform is disposed along a wall of the perforator housing and abuts the mandrel. A pivot pin is coupled to the perforator housing and interfaces with the penetrator and rotates the penetrator about the mandrel.
US09611720B2	Valve arrangement and method of operating the same A valve arrangement for controlling the flow of an injection fluid from a well annulus into a hydrocarbon well, includes a valve body being insertable into a side pocket mandrel, an injection fluid valve for controlling the flow of the injection fluid through the valve arrangement and a bellows arrangement including a first pressure member, a second pressure member and at least one bellows element. A control line port is arranged in the valve body for fluid communication with a control line of the well and a control fluid chamber in fluid communication with the control line port comprises a hydraulic control fluid for biasing the injection fluid valve towards the open position.
US09611719B2	Downhole tool A downhole tool comprising an inner sleeve with a plurality of sleeve ports and a housing positioned radially outwardly of the inner sleeve and having a plurality of housing ports, with the housing and inner sleeve partially defining a space radially therebetween. The space is occupied by a shifting sleeve. A fluid path extends between the interior flowpath of the tool and the space. A fluid control device, such as a burst disk, occupies at least portion of the fluid path. In one state, the shifting sleeve is in a first position between the housing ports and the sleeve ports to prevent fluid flow between the interior flowpath and exterior of the tool. The fluid control device may selectively permit fluid flow, and thus pressure communication, into the annular space to cause a differential pressure across the shifting sleeve. When a sufficient differential pressure is reached, the shifting sleeve is moved to a second position, which opens the communication paths through the housing and sleeve ports between the interior flowpath and exterior flowpath of the tool.
US09611709B2	Closed loop deployment of a work string including a composite plug in a wellbore An apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed. The apparatus includes a downhole tool coupled to a wireline for conveying the downhole tool into the wellbore and for providing a data communication between the downhole tool and a surface device. The downhole tool further includes a settable device, a setting tool for setting the settable device in the wellbore, a sensor that provide measurements relating to downhole parameter, and a controller for determining the downhole parameter from the measurements and in response thereto altering an operation parameter.
US09611708B2	Packer setting and/or unsetting Linear movement via a sliding mandrel configured to translate axially is converted into radial movement to compress a packer. The packer is configured to seal an item of oilfield equipment typically in a subsea environment. The packer may also be used to return or reverse the radial movement and/or the linear movement.
US09611707B2	Tong system for tripping rods and tubulars The present disclosure provides a tong system which includes a tong assembly and at least one string gripping device. The tong assembly is configured to engage a rod or tubular string at the junction between a first rod or tubular and a second rod or tubular of a rod or tubular string and unthread the first rod or tubular from the second rod or tubular. The tong assembly can also thread the first rod or tubular onto the rod or tubular string. The string gripping device is configured to hold a tubular string for at least a portion of the time. The tong system further holds the rod or tubular string against torque applied onto the first rod or tubular by the tong assembly.
US09611698B2	Hole opener bearing arrangement The present disclosure provides a back reamer roller cone that is configured so that the bearings assemblies therein can be relatively easily removed and replaced. Methods of replacing the bearing assemblies in a back reamer are also provided.
US09611674B2	Door latch interlock for a lined bulk material container An interlock assembly for a door latch mechanism of a door in a container for bulk material that has an interior lined with a membrane for holding fluid. The interlock assembly includes a plunger in an aperture formed through the door, which moves between an extended position, where the plunger extends into the interior of the container, and a locked position, where the plunger is urged outwardly from of the interior of the container. A spring is positioned to apply a force to urge the plunger to the extended position. A lock member is connected to move with the plunger between the extended position and the locked position. The spring force is selected to enable the membrane, under static pressure of fluid within the container, to urge the plunger to the locked position, thereby engaging the lock member to interlock against operation of the door latch.
US09611669B2	Tent stake A tent stake that may be easily driven into and removed from various types of ground surfaces. The tent stake generally includes a shaft having a lower end portion and an upper end portion opposite of the lower end portion, a first connector attached to the upper end portion of the shaft and a second connector attached to the upper end portion of the shaft. The shaft is constructed of a rigid angle iron material to prevent bending or breakage during installation and removal.
US09611666B1	Utility pole repair plate systems and methods The disclosed technology includes utility pole repair plates for repairing a pole, such as a utility pole. One or more utility pole repair plates may be attached to a utility pole in an interconnected fashion to cover a portion or the entire circumference of a utility pole. A utility pole repair plate may include multiple substantially planar interconnected plate segments disposed at angles designed to accommodate a particular pole geometry.
US09611662B2	Anchoring mechanisms for a Binishell Described is an assembly for erecting a reinforced structure of a hardening building material using a pneumoform. The assembly includes an anchor bar having a first portion secured to a foundation and a second portion; a clamp bar configured to be aligned with the second portion of the anchor bar; a fixation element configured to extend through the clamp bar and the second portion of the anchor bar; and a pneumoform having an outer perimeter incorporating a keder. The outer perimeter of the pneumoform is positionable within a space between the second portion of the anchor bar and the clamp bar such that upon locking the clamp bar to the anchor bar with the fixation element the keder is captured by the clamp bar creating a first seal and forming a fluid-tight internal volume configured to be inflated. Related assemblies and methods are described.
US09611660B2	Vehicle corner rail assembly A corner rail assembly (156) is adapted to be coupled to a corner section (114) of a recreational vehicle (100). The assembly includes a jacket (158) having a main body (160), first leg (162) and second leg (164). A metal insert (180) is formed within an extrusion of said jacket (158). A securing tape (188) in the form of a VHB tape secures the jacket (158) to a front wall (110) of the vehicle (100). A further tape (190) located on an inner side of said first leg (162) affixes the first leg (162) to the side wall (112) of the vehicle (100). A vinyl gimp (192) is releasably coupled to the corner rail assembly (156). A further embodiment of the corner rail assembly (200) includes a mushroom cap insert (216) in place of the vinyl gimp (192).
US09611655B2	Interlocking floor panels with high performance locking profiles A floating floor system includes a plurality of floor panels, each of the floor panels comprising a base layer, a wear layer forming an uppermost surface of the floor panel, a first locking edge portion having a first locking profile that includes a first channel having a first channel floor, the first locking edge portion being formed by the wear layer and the base layer, the first locking profile further comprising a first channel bed thickness measured between the uppermost surface and the first channel floor, and wherein the wear layer forms at least 5% of the first channel bed thickness, and a second locking edge portion having a second locking profile that includes a second vertical ridge, the second locking edge portion located opposite the first locking edge portion.
US09611645B1	Stay-in-place insulated concrete forming system A method of tensioning concrete is disclosed.
US09611640B2	Wall framing system A wall framing system for supporting an interior wall in spaced proximity to an exterior wall includes one or more stud members extending between upper and lower frame channel members, which are configured to self-locate in relation to the exterior wall in a manner which establishes a moisture and air barrier between the exterior wall and the interior wall supported by the wall framing system. The interior wall supported by the wall framing system is resistant to moisture degradation, and maintains desired R-value insulation properties throughout the wall.
US09611636B2	Mobile water reclaiming system A vacuum truck for dispensing water into a sewer or similar location and receiving recovered water from the sewer that includes debris to be removed therefrom. The vacuum truck includes a debris tank that receives the recovered water and retains debris removed from the recovered water. A primary and a secondary filter are positioned in the debris tank for separating debris from the recovered water. A water pump draws the recovered water through the secondary filter and provides the water to a tertiary filter that removes smaller debris from the recovered water. The recovered water from the tertiary filter is provided directly to a jetting water pump without being accumulated in a water holding tank. The vacuum truck includes a water storage tank that includes potable water for cleaning the truck or when recovered water is not available from the debris tank.
US09611632B2	Toilet controls Controls for use in association with the main tank of a toilet include a container which is disposed in the main tank and holds a body of water. A float is movable in the container to expel water from the container and effect operation of an inlet valve from a closed condition to an open condition. Water flows into an inlet compartment and into the main tank when the inlet valve is in the open condition. Water flows into an outlet compartment after a predetermined quantity of water has accumulated in the inlet compartment. Water flows from the outlet compartment into the container.
US09611625B2	Industrial machine component detection and performance control An industrial machine that includes a plurality of components, an identification tag reader, an actuator, and a controller. The plurality of components is installed in the industrial machine and each of the plurality of components includes an identification tag. The identification tag reader is receives a signal from each of the plurality of identification tags, and each signal received from the plurality of identification tags is specific to a respective one of the plurality of components. The controller identifies the plurality of components that is installed in the industrial machine based on the signals from each of the plurality of identification tags, compares the identified plurality of components to a predetermined list of components that are expected to be installed in the industrial machine, and modifies an operational setting of an operating parameter when the identified plurality of components does not match the predetermined list of components.
US09611624B2	Construction machine An electric power storage device (19) disposed on a revolving frame (6) located closer to an upstream side in a flow direction of cooling air (F) than a heat exchanger (18) is provided on an upper revolving structure (4). The electric power storage device (19) has a box-shaped casing (20) forming an outer wall and a battery module (29) provided in the casing (20) and accommodating an electrolyte. An electrolyte discharge pipe (30) for discharging an electrolyte mist and/or electrolyte injected out of the battery module (29) at abnormality of the battery module (29) to an outside of the upper revolving structure (4) is provided on the casing (20).
US09611623B2	Apparatuses for use with an excavator for separating liquids and solids Apparatuses for separating liquid from liquid-solid mixtures, particularly for use attached to excavators and in the petroleum industry. Embodiments include apparatuses for separation through compression and rotation.
US09611620B2	Apparatus and method for enhanced grading control A method of operating a digging machine, including damping the response of a boom hydraulic cylinder operationally connected to a boom arm and actuating a bucket hydraulic cylinder operationally connected to a bucket.
US09611615B2	Apparatus and method for stabilizing a slab foundation A method for stabilizing a slab foundation comprises a narrow, vertical moisture barrier assembly spaced outside and surrounding the perimeter grade beam of the slab foundation by a predetermined distance, and extends to preferably five feet below surface grade. The narrow trench for the barrier is preferably less than three inches wide. A membrane formed of a synthetic composition forms a moisture barrier against one wall of the narrow trench, and is held in place by back fill. The moisture barrier is intended for use in expansive soils that are subject to shrinking and swelling.
US09611613B2	Method and apparatus for sealing and structurally renewing a wall of a manhole An apparatus and method is provided for structurally renewing and sealing a wall of a manhole. The apparatus includes a tubular sleeve impregnated with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic material capable of expanding when in contact with water, and a liner impregnated with a resinous material capable of curing and hardening. The apparatus is positioned in a manhole and inflated, which forces the tubular sleeve and the liner into contact with the wall of the manhole. The hydrophilic or hydrophobic material is forced into defects of the wall, thus sealing the wall, while the liner is allowed to cure and harden, thus structurally renewing the wall of the manhole.
US09611611B2	Grout plug assembly to facilitate grouting during pipe piling placement A grouting assembly receives grout and delivers the grout to a pipe assembly for delivery to underground soil. The grouting assembly may have a drive shaft assembly with a rotary output shaft and a drive socket, a grout tube, a drivable coupler, and a grout plug assembly. The grout plug assembly inserts into the drivable coupler and accepts the grout tube in sealed engagement. The rotary output shaft, grout tube, and grout plug assembly define a conduit that provides an unobstructed flow path for the grout into the pipe assembly. The bottom-most pipe segment of the pipe assembly is designed to receive grout introduced through the pipe assembly so that the grout can be emitted through grout ports during the driving of the pile assembly into soil. The emitted grout forms a grout/soil mixture jacket within the disturbed soil along an exterior of the pipe pile assembly which adds appreciably to the overall stability, and particularly the lateral stability, of the pipe pile column created.
US09611594B2	Artificial lawn Artificial lawn, in particular an artificial grass sports field, comprising a substrate as well as artificial fibers extending from said substrate, whereby the substrate is formed such that it extends between the artificial grass fibers.
US09611592B2	Non-solidifying rubberized asphalt composition for providing inpermeable intermediate drainage layer and method for providing inpermeable intermediate drainage layer with single paving process using the same The present invention relates to a paving method of forming an intermediate layer, where a non-solidifying rubberized asphalt penetrates, on an asphalt mixture for base layer or a cement concrete to provide a permeable layer and an impermeable (intermediate) layer simultaneously with a single paving process for surface layer. The waterproofing and draining functions of the non-solidifying rubberized asphalt layer completely block water or moisture from penetrating into the underlying layer and protect the roads from damage due to freezing temperature with the moisture penetrating into the group in winter. The non-solidifying rubberized asphalt layer constituting the intermediate layer has the non-solidifying rubberized asphalt melt down and move upwards under the paving temperature and pressure applied during the paving process of forming a surface layer and firmly bind with the base layer, thereby completing an integrated pavement structure with enhanced water resistance and durability.
US09611589B2	Method of increasing paper surface strength by using polyaluminum chloride in a size press formulation containing starch Size press formulations and methods of treating a substrate using the size press formulations. The size press formulations may include solids. The solids may include a polyaluminum chloride compound, starch, an optical brightening agent, and a salt. Suitable polyaluminum chloride compounds include phosphated polyaluminum chloride, sulfated polyaluminum chloride, polyaluminum chloride, polyaluminum silica sulfate chloride, and any combination thereof.
US09611588B2	Method for providing a substrate with a barrier and a substrate comprising a barrier The invention relates to a method for providing a surface of a fiber based substrate with a barrier layer wherein the barrier layer is formed by depositing nanofibers on the surface by the use of electrospinning or meltspinning and wherein the film is formed by post treatment of the substrate. The invention further relates to a substrate comprising such a carrier layer.
US09611580B2	Debris guard for a washing machine A washing machine appliance including a tub, a basket rotatably mounted within the tub, and an agitation element is provided. The agitation element defines a perimeter lip extending along an axial direction of the washing machine appliance towards a bottom wall of the basket. The bottom wall of the basket defines a ridge extending along the axial direction towards the agitation element. The ridge may be positioned inwardly of and proximate to the perimeter lip along a radial direction of the wash machine appliance to hinder debris from reaching a cavity defined between the agitation element and a bottom wall of the basket.
US09611578B2	Modular laundry system A modular laundry system includes at least one laundry appliance and at least one laundry module below the laundry appliance. Both the laundry appliance and the laundry module have a single width. The laundry module has a height that is less than the height of the laundry appliance and performs a washing function to wash laundry.
US09611577B1	Dry cleaning systems and methods The present invention provides a method for cleaning fabric articles which comprises the steps of: washing the fabric articles with a cleaning solvent in a rotatable drum; rotating the drum at a high spin speed for a high spin period of time after the performance of said washing step; and heating the fabric articles for at least a period of time during the performance of said rotating step. During the heating step, at least some of the cleaning solvent is removed from the fabric articles in both liquid and vapor phases. Heating the fabric articles decreases attractive forces between the liquid phase cleaning solvent and the fabric articles, facilitating the separation and hence removal of additional quantities of the cleaning solvent from the fabric articles.
US09611576B2	Method of creating a frictional washing surface The present invention relates to a method of concurrently creating a frictional washing surface and joining the frictional washing surface to the surface of a housing material for a sealable waterproof bag for washing one or more textile items, the method including: i) applying a quantity of a polymer to the surface of the housing material for the sealable bag; ii) positioning a tool on the quantity of the polymer, the tool including a void region containing depressions and/or projections complementary to the shape of the frictional washing surface; and iii) applying heat and/or a current and/or a frequency to the tool to soften the polymer and allow it to form the shape of the frictional washing surface and concurrently join the frictional washing surface to the housing material for the sealable bag.
US09611572B2	Dimensionally stable nonwoven fibrous webs, and methods of making and using the same Dimensionally stable nonwoven fibrous webs include a plurality of fibers formed from one or more thermoplastic polyesters and an antishrink additive, preferably in an amount greater than 0% and no more than 10% by weight of the web. The webs have at least one dimension which decreases by no greater than 12% in the plane of the web when heated to a temperature above a glass transition temperature of the fibers. The webs may be used as wipes.
US09611571B2	Shoe upper and method for producing shoe upper A shoe upper that suppresses a partial stretch of an upper main body with a means different from an inlay knitting yarn is provided. A shoe upper (100) including an upper main body (1) configured by a sole cover (2) and an instep cover (3) is provided, the shoe upper including a right side additional knitted fabric (4R) connected to a part of an edge portion (5e) of the shoe opening (5) in the instep cover (3) by knitting, which part is on a right side of a center line dividing the shoe opening (5) to right and left, and a left side additional knitted fabric (4L) connected to a part of the edge portion (5e) on a left side of the center line by knitting. The sole cover (2) and the instep cover (3) are integrally knitted in a seamless manner, and at least one part of the right side additional knitted fabric (4R) and at least one part of the left side additional knitted fabric (4L) are fixed to the upper main body (1), and the partial stretch of the upper main body (1) is suppressed by such additional knitted fabrics (4R, 4L).
US09611567B2	Method for controlling donor concentration in Ga2O3-based and method for forming ohmic contact Provided is a method for controlling a donor concentration in a Ga2O3-based single crystal body. In addition, an ohmic contact having a low resistance is formed between a Ga2O3-based single crystal body and an electrode. A donor concentration in a Ga2O3-based single crystal body is controlled by a method which includes a step wherein Si, which serves as a donor impurity, is introduced into the Ga2O3-based single crystal body by an ion implantation method at an implantation concentration of 1×1020 cm−3 or less, so that a donor impurity implanted region is formed in the Ga2O3-based single crystal body, the donor impurity implanted region having a higher donor impurity concentration than the regions into which Si is not implanted, and a step wherein Si in the donor impurity implanted region is activated by annealing, so that a high donor concentration region is formed.
US09611566B2	Method for manufacturing single-crystal silicon Single crystal silicon ingots are grown by the multi-pulling method in a single crucible with minimization of dislocations by incorporating barium as a quartz crystallization inhibitor in amounts proportional to the diameter of the Czochralski crucible in which the crystal is grown. In at least one of the crystal pulling steps, a magnetic field is applied.
US09611559B2	Nano-structure and method of making the same A nano-structure includes an oxidized layer, and at least two sets of super nano-pillars positioned on the oxidized layer. Each of the at least two sets of super nano-pillars includes a plurality of super nano-pillars, where each set is separated a spaced distance from each other set.
US09611554B2	Production of hydrocarbons from plant oil and animal fat Oils from plants and animal fats are hydrolyzed to fatty acids for a Kolbe reaction. The invention relates to a high productivity Kolbe reaction process for electrochemically decarboxylating C4-C28 fatty acids derived from sources selected based on their saturated and unsaturated fatty acid content in order to lower anodic passivation voltage during synthesis of C6-C54 hydrocarbons. The C6-C54 hydrocarbons may undergo olefin metathesis and/or hydroisomerization reaction processes to synthesize heavy fuel oil, diesel fuel, kerosene fuel, lubricant base oil, and linear alpha olefin products useful as precursors for polymers, detergents, and other fine chemicals.
US09611550B2	Formaldehyde free electroless copper plating compositions and methods The copper electroless baths are formaldehyde free and are environmentally friendly. The electroless copper baths include one or more sulfinate compounds as reducing agents to replace formaldehyde. The electroless baths are stable and deposit a bright copper on substrates.
US09611546B2	Solid precursor delivery system A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure and a solid precursor delivery system for a semiconductor fabrication is provided, the method including: providing a solid precursor having a first average particle size; solving the solid precursor in an organic solvent into an intermediate; recrystallizing the intermediate to form solid granules, wherein the solid granules has a second average particle size larger than the first average particle size; vaporizing the solid granules to form a film-forming gas; and depositing the film-forming gas on a substrate to form a resistance film.
US09611544B2	Plasma activated conformal dielectric film deposition Methods of depositing a film on a substrate surface include surface mediated reactions in which a film is grown over one or more cycles of reactant adsorption and reaction. In one aspect, the method is characterized by intermittent delivery of dopant species to the film between the cycles of adsorption and reaction.
US09611542B2	Film deposition system having a substrate carrier and a cooling device A film deposition system includes a substrate carrier, a film deposition device, a transport device and a cooling device. The substrate carrier includes a carrier body that defines an isolated space therein, and a phase transition material that is filled into the isolated space and that has a melting point ranging between 18° C. and 95° C. The phase transition material is capable of absorbing thermal energy from the carrier body as latent heat to change the phase of the phase transition material from solid to liquid. The cooling device is configured to absorb thermal energy from the substrate carrier so as to change the phase of the phase transition material from liquid to solid.
US09611537B2	Target shaping A target for a physical vapor deposition system includes a top, a bottom, and a base. The base essentially is defined by the surface of the target to be sputtered. A first, inner ring and a second, outer ring extend from the base. Each ring has an inner side and an outer side, wherein sputtering is concentrated on the outer sides by means of a magnet arrangement adjacent to the target.
US09611535B2	Groove manufacturing method A method for forming a profile having at least three consecutive concave surfaces in an internal surface of a metal part includes piercing the metal part to create at least three consecutive concave surfaces. First, second and third concave surfaces respectively have first, second and third radii of curvature. The second concave surface is between the first and third concave surfaces. The second radius of curvature is different from the first and third radii of curvature. The method includes carburizing the metal part, grinding the second concave surface, and linear broaching the first and third concave surfaces with an abrasive-covered broach. A method for forming a groove in a surface of a metal part includes broaching the surface to create a groove having a groove surface, carburizing the metal part, and broaching a portion of the groove surface with an abrasive-covered broach after carburizing the metal part.
US09611534B2	Molten-salt bath for nitriding mechanical parts made of steel, and implementation method A molten-salt bath for nitriding mechanical steel parts, essentially consisting of the following (the contents being expressed in wt %): 25 to 60 wt % of alkali-metal chlorides; 10 to 40 wt % of alkali-metal carbonates; 20 to 50 wt % of alkali-metal cyanates; and a maximum of 3 wt % of cyanide ions (formed during the use of the bath), wherein the total of the contents is 100 wt %. Preferably, the bath contains: 25 to 30 wt % of sodium cyanate; 25 to 30 wt % of sodium carbonate and lithium carbonate; 40 to 50 wt % of potassium chlorides; and a maximum of 3 wt % of cyanide ions (formed during the use of the bath), the total of the contents being 100 wt %.
US09611532B2	Coating additive Various methods including applying a coating material with an additive to an article are disclosed. The coating material may be in a powder form before a thermal spraying used to apply the coating material. The coating material may comprise a chromium nitride, a chromium carbide, a chromium silicide, or a tungsten carbide. Additional materials may be added, e.g., a molybdenum alloy such as molybdenum-chromium. In one aspect, thermal spraying includes melting the coating material, propelling the molten coating material toward the article to be coated, and coating the article with the molten coating material. In another aspect, the coated article is one or more piston rings.
US09611531B1	Textured spray coatings for decorative and functional surfaces and method of applying same A method of coating and finishing an article includes applying a coating to the article using a spray-coating technique such that the applied coating has an as-sprayed surface porosity, and reducing the as-sprayed surface porosity of the coating to a finished surface porosity using a vibratory finishing process.
US09611529B2	Microfluidic surface processing device and method The present invention is notably directed to a microfluidic surface processing device including a microfluidic probe head with at least one aperture, on a face, including at least an outlet aperture; and a surface processing structure extending outward and perpendicular with respect to the face, the processing structure being further dimensioned and located with respect to the outlet aperture such that it can intercept a flowpath of liquid dispensed via the outlet aperture. The present invention is further directed to related apparatuses and methods.
US09611528B2	Microfluidic surface processing device and method The present invention is notably directed to a microfluidic surface processing device including a microfluidic probe head with at least one aperture, on a face, including at least an outlet aperture; and a surface processing structure extending outward and perpendicular with respect to the face, the processing structure being further dimensioned and located with respect to the outlet aperture such that it can intercept a flowpath of liquid dispensed via the outlet aperture. The present invention is further directed to related apparatuses and methods.
US09611527B2	Method for the hot-dip coating of a flat steel product containing 2-35 wt.% of Mn, and a flat steel product A method by which a flat steel product containing 2-35 wt. % of Mn can be provided with a coating of Zn which adheres well by annealing at an annealing temperature Ta of 600-1100° C. for an annealing time of 10-240 s under an annealing atmosphere which has a reducing effect on the FeO present on the flat steel product and an oxidizing effect on the Mn contained in the steel substrate thereby forming a layer of Mn mixed oxide which covers the flat steel product at least in sections and then cooling the flat steel product to a temperature for bath entry and conveying it through a bath of molten Zn saturated within iron at a temperature of 420-520° C., within a dip time of 0.1-10 s.
US09611520B2	Base metal recovery A method for plasma treatment of wet metal-containing wastes in which a plasma treatment unit comprises an electrically conductive hearth for holding a layer of slag and optionally a layer of metal produced by the plasma treatment. A graphite electrode is arranged above the hearth, so that, in use, a plasma arc is formed between the electrode and the hearth. One or more inlets for the particulate metal-containing waste are arranged adjacent to the electrode and sufficiently close to the electrode so that, in use, the particulate metal-containing waste fed into the plasma treatment unit falls close to the arc formed between the electrode and the hearth and is heated by the plasma arc before contacting the slag layer such that moisture present in the particulate metal-containing waste is completely volatilized in a head space of the furnace.
US09611511B2	Complex miRNA sets as novel biomarkers for an acute coronary syndrome The present invention relates to single polynucleotides or sets of polynucleotides for detecting single miRNAs or sets of miRNAs for diagnosing and/or prognosing of an acute coronary syndrome in a blood sample from a human. Further, the present invention relates to means for diagnosing and/or prognosing of an acute coronary syndrome comprising said polynucleotides or sets of polynucleotides. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing and/or prognosing of an acute coronary syndrome based on the determination of expression profiles of single miRNAs or sets of miRNAs representative for an acute coronary syndrome compared to a reference. In addition, the present invention relates to a kit for diagnosing and/or prognosing of an acute coronary syndrome comprising means for determining expression profiles of single miRNAs or sets of miRNAs representative for an acute coronary syndrome and at least one reference.
US09611509B2	Materials and methods for detection of nucleic acids Assays using non-natural bases are described. In one embodiment, the method involves contacting a sample suspected of containing the target nucleic acid with a polymerase and first and second primers; amplifying the target nucleic acid by PCR using the first and second primers to generate an amplification product having a double-stranded region and a single-stranded region that comprises the non-natural base; contacting the sample with a reporter comprising a label and a non-natural base that is complementary to the non-natural base of the single-stranded region; annealing at least a portion of the reporter to the single-stranded region of the amplification product; and correlating a signal of the label with the presence of the target nucleic acid in the sample. The invention also provides corresponding kits for use in detecting target nucleic acids in a sample.
US09611499B2	Method for producing soluble recombinant interferon protein without denaturing The present invention relates to the field of recombinant protein production in bacterial hosts. It further relates to extraction of soluble, active recombinant protein from an insoluble fraction without the use of denaturation and without the need for a refolding step. In particular, the present invention relates to a production process for obtaining high levels a soluble recombinant Type 1 interferon protein from a bacterial host.
US09611498B2	Method for producing stevioside compounds by microorganism The present invention provides a method for producing stevioside compounds by microorganism, comprising carrying out heterologous biosynthesis of stevioside compounds from geranyl geranyl pyrophosphate synthase (GGPPS), Copalyl pyrophosphate synthase (CDPS), Kaurene synthase (KS), dual-function kaurene synthase (CPS/KS), kaurene oxidase (KO), a cytochrome P450 redox protein (CPR), kaurenoic acid-13[alpha]-hydroxylase, UGT85C2 glycosyltransferase and UGTB1/IBGT glycosyltransferase (optionally comprising UGT74G1 glycosyltransferase and/or UGT76G1 glycosyltransferase).
US09611497B2	Crude biological derivatives competent for nucleic acid detection The invention relates to methods for the detection of a specific sequence of RNA in a cell or tissue sample. The invention also relates to methods to enzymatically manipulate the RNA in a crude cell lysate in a number of applications.
US09611494B2	Use of carbonium ion scavengers in the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass The disclosure describes a process for the production of a cellulosic feedstock for enzymatic hydrolysis and/or a lignin fraction for chemicals production, characterized in that a) the raw material is lignocellulosic biomass b) the biomass is treated in hot water c) at least one carbonium ion scavenger is present in the treatment.
US09611490B2	Biological method for producing cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid A method for producing cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid is described. A gene recombinant microorganism enabling direct production of cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid can be used in the method. Also described is a gene recombinant microorganism. In particular, it is described that a gene recombinant microorganism having DNAs encoding proteins involved in the biosynthesis of L-pipecolic acid and a DNA encoding a protein having the L-pipecolic acid cis-5-hydroxylase activity is cultured in a medium, and cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid is collected from the medium.
US09611487B2	Cell-free system for converting methane into fuel and chemical compounds The present disclosure relates, in some aspects, to cell-free methods and systems for large-scale conversion of methane to isobutanol, comprising combining, in a bioreactor at elevated pressure, methane, oxygen, and cell lysates containing methane monooxygenase, methanol dehydrogenase, and enzymes that catalyze the conversion of formaldehyde to isobutanol, to form a cell-free reaction mixture, and incubating under suitable conditions the cell-free reaction to convert methane to isobutanol.
US09611484B2	In vivo assembly of transcription units Methods of providing gene suppression DNA in a eukaryotic organism comprising introducing a first DNA segment and at least one second DNA segment into the genome of the organism. One of the DNA segments contains a promoter and a transcribable DNA. Another DNA segment contains at least part of the transcribable DNA. When inserted in tandem, the DNA segments are assembled in vivo forming a recombinant transcription unit. RNA transcribed from the transcription unit can form double-stranded RNA.
US09611471B2	Antisense oligonucleotide directed removal of proteolytic cleavage sites from proteins Described are means and methods for removing a proteolytic cleavage site from a protein, the method comprising providing a cell that expresses pre-mRNA encoding the protein with an anti-sense oligonucleotide that induces skipping of the exonic sequence that encodes the proteolytic cleavage site, and allowing translation of mRNA produced from the pre-mRNA.
US09611463B2	Cellobiohydrolase variants and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to variants of a parent cellobiohydrolase II. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US09611459B2	Polypeptides having peroxygenase activity The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having peroxygenase activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. A polynucleotide encoding a peroxygenase was isolated from Myceliophthora fergusii.
US09611457B2	Triazine derivatives as differentiation catalysts A method of inducing differentiation of mammalian cells into cardiomyocyte-like cells by contacting the mammalian cell with a triazine compound of formula (I), wherein X is independently —NR4—or —O—, R4 is hydrogen or C1-6-alkyl; R1 is hydroxy, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, carboxy, C1-6-alkoxycarbonyl, halo, cyano, nitro, formyl, amino, C1-6-alkylamino, or di-C1-6-alkylamino, the C1-6-alkyl or -alkoxy residue being optionally substituted with one or more R5 substituents selected from hydroxy, halo, cyano, and nitro; n is 0 to 5; R2 is hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, or C1-6-alkyl, the aryl or heteroaryl residue being optionally substituted with one or more R1 substituents, and where the C1-6-alkyl is optionally further substituted with one or more R5 substituents; and R3 is selected from hydrogen, halo, NR4R7, OR7, SR7, and R7, where the same options apply for R7 as for R2; with the proviso that the compound of formula (I) is not 3-[(4,6-diphenoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]benzoic acid.
US09611448B2	Alkaline cleaning compositions for non-horizontal surfaces The present invention relates to cleaning compositions suitable for cleaning and disinfecting non-horizontal surfaces. The invention comprises an ether carboxylate or ether sulphate in combination with an amphoteric surfactant and with a non-ionic surfactant at a certain ratio which can be applied preferably in the form of foam at room temperature, preferably for the use in industrial and institutional cleaning products.A cleaning composition comprises: (a) One or more compounds of formula (I) R1—O—(CH2—CH(R2)—O)n(CH2CH2O)m—X−(A)1/zz+ (I) wherein X− is a CH2COO− group or a SO3− group, preferably a CH2COO− group, R1 is linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl chain having from 4 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 is a C1-C3 linear or branched alkyl chain, A is a suitable countercation, n and m are 0 or an integer number between 1 to 30, wherein the sum of m+n is at from 0 to 30, preferably from 1 to 15, and z is 1, 2, or 3; (b) one or more amphoteric surfactants (c) a non-ionic surfactant (d) water up to 100 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition wherein the molar ratio between the sum of the components (a) and (b) and component (c), that is ((a)+(b))/(c), is from 3 to 16.5, preferably from 3.7 to 15.9.
US09611435B2	Method for selective hydrogenation of unsaturated compound The present invention relates to a method for the selective hydrogenation of an unsaturated compound, particularly a method in an unsaturated compound or a mixture containing unsaturated compounds for increase of the light sulphides weight, hydrogenation of a polyunsaturated compound and isomerization of a monounsaturated compound. The method uses a supported catalyst. The supported catalyst contains at least one Group VIB non-noble metal oxide and at least one Group VIII non-noble metal oxide deposited on a carrier; and the catalyst has an optimized acid distribution on the surface of the catalyst, and more preferably has an optimized Group VIII/VIB metal ratio and a Group VIII non-noble metal density per unit of catalyst surface area.
US09611430B2	Method of handling a solvent-containing solids stream in a non-aqueous oil sand extraction process The present invention provides a method of handling a solvent-containing solids stream in a non-aqueous oil sand extraction process, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a solvent-containing solids stream at a first pressure; (b) depositing the solvent-containing solids stream provided in step (a) as a bed in a vessel; (c) discharging the solvent-containing solids stream from the vessel at a second pressure via an outlet, thereby obtaining a depressurized solvent-containing solids stream; wherein the solvent-containing solids stream in the vessel in step (b) is at a temperature above the boiling point of the solvent in the depressurized solvent-containing solids stream at the second pressure in step (c).
US09611422B2	Methods of obtaining hydrocarbons using suspensions including organic bases Suspensions comprising an organic base and at least one carrier fluid. The organic base comprises an amine group and at least one hydrophobic group attached to the amine group. The at least one hydrophobic group may be functionalized with one or more functional groups. Methods of extracting and obtaining a hydrocarbon material from a subterranean formation or bitumen using the suspension are disclosed.
US09611420B2	Crosslinking chitosan for reducing permeability in a well A composition including: (a) an aqueous phase; (b) a chitosan-based compound dispersed or dissolved in the aqueous phase; and (c) a crosslinker dispersed or dissolved in the aqueous phase, wherein the crosslinker has at least two functional groups independently selected from the group consisting of aldehyde, carboxylic acid, and carboxylate. A method including the step of introducing a composition according to the invention into a treatment zone of a well.
US09611415B2	Composite heat-dissipation substrate and manufacturing method of the same The present disclosure provides a composite heat-dissipation substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The composite heat-dissipation substrate includes a first ceramic layer having insulating properties, a second porous ceramic layer and a metal layer, wherein the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer are continuously connected to each other so as not to form an interface therebetween, and the metal layer is infiltrated into plural pores of the second ceramic layer to be coupled to the ceramic layers, whereby interfacial coupling force between the ceramic layers and the metal layer is very high, thereby providing significantly improved heat dissipation characteristics.
US09611412B2	Process for coating diamond with refractory metal carbide and metal The invention relates to method of depositing refractory metal carbide onto part of a surface of a body comprising diamond, the method including adhering directly onto part of the surface a refractory precursor material comprising a compound including oxygen and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W; the refractory precursor material being reducible in the presence of carbon on the application of heat to form at least one compound comprising metal carbide or mixed metal carbide; and reducing the refractory precursor material by the application of heat. The invention further relates to a body comprising diamond, part of the surface of the body having directly adhered thereto a metal carbide and part of the surface of the body having directly adhered thereto a metallic material and the content of diamond being greater than 80 volume percent of a volume of the body.
US09611406B2	Polishing composition, and polishing method and substrate production method using same A polishing composition of the present invention contains abrasive grains each having a surface with protrusions. Parts of the abrasive grains have larger particle diameters than the volume-based average particle diameter of the abrasive grains, and the average of values respectively obtained by dividing a height of each protrusion on the surface of each abrasive grain belonging to the parts of the abrasive grains by the width of a base portion of the same protrusion is 0.170 or more. Protrusions on the surfaces of abrasive grains belonging to the parts of the abrasive grains that have larger particle diameters than the volume-based average particle diameter of the abrasive grains have an average height of 3.5 nm or more. The polishing composition has a content of an organic alkali of 100 mmol or less per kilogram of the abrasive grains in the polishing composition.
US09611405B2	Method for producing a stable dispersion of nano-particles, dispersion produced, and use thereof The present invention relates to a method for producing a stable dispersion of nano-particles, comprising the steps: a) mixing a suspension of nano-particles with an aqueous solution of gelatine hydrolysate; and b) adding an aqueous solution of gelatine to the mixture. Furthermore, the invention relates to a stable dispersion of nano-particles as well as the use thereof.
US09611403B2	Fluorescent security enabled ink for digital offset printing applications An ink composition useful for digital offset printing applications comprises a fluorescent colorant and a plurality of curable compounds. The compounds have Hansen solubility parameters as described herein, and the resulting ink composition is both compatible with certain dampening fluids and has certain rheological properties, including a low viscosity. The fluorescent ink composition is useful for printing security features at high speed in short runs with customized data to produce anti-counterfeit packaging.
US09611401B2	Inkjet compositions and processes for stretchable substrates Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate.
US09611400B2	Ink system for cure under low-energy conditions UV-curable ink formulations are provided that are capable of being cured under low-energy conditions, such as with a conventional mercury vapor lamp operating at half or less of the lamp's nominal wattage or using an LED lamp. Methods for forming a printed ink image on a substrate using the ink are also provided, which permit maintenance of relatively high line speeds while consuming less energy due to the use of lower-wattage lamp settings.
US09611397B2	Flame-applied resin powder coating for swimming pool and recreational surfaces Application of a resin to a pool surface to provide a colored finish that is ultraviolet resistant. The resin may be a powder that can be melted at a fairly low temperature and applied to the pool surface. A first later of resin may be applied (thermally sprayed) to an epoxy layer that is applied to the pool surface after the epoxy has become tacky and before it has cured to provide better adhesion and cause the resin and the epoxy to blend into a single layer. An additional layer of resin may be applied after the epoxy and the first layer of resin fully cured. After the second layer of resin has cured an additional layer may be applied to provide designs and/or markings. The designs/markings may be produced with tape and/or stencils and the next layer may be applied to the non-covered areas to provide the desired look.
US09611394B2	Floor board A floor board includes a board unit that includes a substrate and a coating unit. The substrate has a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, a male engaging part extending outwardly from the first side surface, and a female engaging part indented inwardly from the second side surface. The male engaging part corresponds in shape to the female engaging part. The coating unit is formed on the first and second side surfaces, and the male and female engaging parts, and includes a far-infrared radiating material.
US09611392B2	Self-assembly coating material, heat sink and method of forming heat sink A self-assembly coating material including carbon particles and polymer shells is provided. The polymer shells respectively cover and are bonded to the carbon particles, wherein each polymer shell has both a first functional group for adsorbing on a surface of a substrate and a second functional group for self cross-linking. The first functional groups include thiol groups. The second functional groups include epoxy groups or carboxylic groups. The self-assembly coating material can be applied to a metal substrate to form a heat dissipation layer.
US09611391B2	Coating methods and coated articles One aspect of the present invention includes an article. The article includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating includes a plurality of cermet particles bonded along their prior particle boundaries. The plurality of cermet particles have a median particle size less than about 5 microns and less than 25 percent of the plurality of cermet particles include melted and re-solidified particles. Gate valves are also presented.
US09611389B1	Method, composition for the preparation and cleaning of photochromic dyes resulting in a product suitable for use on human skin A method and composition of an organic manufactured photochromic dye that is free of carcinogens, non-mutagenic, non-toxic to human skin in any concentration, and suitable for application to, and absorbable by, human skin. The photochromic dye is suitable to be applied directly to human skin, and which dye is configured to indicate exposure to UV rays. The composition is configured to change color upon exposure to UVA, UVB and/or UVC rays. The composition can be used with other compositions, such as sunscreen, and be applied to human skin prior to application of the sunscreen, or, formulated with the sunscreen such that when the active ingredients of the sunscreen diminish, the photochromic dye will change color to generate a visual indicator of this condition.
US09611379B2	Preparation of cellulose ether powder Cellulose ether powder is prepared in a safe and easy way by first adding a surfactant solution to surfaces of water-soluble cellulose ether particles, and then adding a tannin solution thereto. The powder thus prepared is free of bitterness and readily dissolvable in cold water without forming clumps.
US09611372B2	Narrow-gap flip chip underfill composition An underfill composition comprises a curable resin, a plurality of filler particles loaded within the resin, the filler particles comprising at least 50 weight % of the underfill composition. The filler particles comprise first filler particles having a particle size of from 0.1 micrometers to 15 micrometers and second filler particles having a particle size of less than 100 nanometers. A viscosity of the underfill composition is less than a viscosity of a corresponding composition not including the second filler particles.
US09611364B2	Method of making alkoxysilane stabilized polymers, and polymer compositions A method of making a polymer with stable Mooney viscosity is described. A conjugated diolefin is reacted in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an initiator to form a polymer. After forming the polymer, alkoxysilane terminal functionalizing groups are bonded to the polymer. An alkoxysilane stabilizing agent is then added to the polymer in the presence of hydrocarbon oil. The polymer is then desolvatized, resulting in a polymer with stable Mooney viscosity, even over prolonged periods of time. Compositions and articles containing the polymer are also described.
US09611362B2	Cationic organopolysiloxanes Inventive organopolysiloxanes and consumer product compositions comprising such organopolysiloxanes. Such compositions can deposit effectively onto target substrates to deliver consumer-desired benefits such as conditioning, anti-wrinkle, softness, and anti-static.
US09611355B2	Powder compositions and methods of manufacturing articles therefrom Powder compositions and articles and methods of forming articles from powder compositions are provided. The powder compositions include at least one powder that preferably includes an amount of one or more branched polymers such as, for example, one or more branched polyamide polymers. The powder composition is preferably capable of being formed, via a layer-by-layer sintering process such as, for example, selective laser sintering, into a three-dimensional article.
US09611353B2	Drug loading pentablock polymers Novel pentablock polymers having a PCL-PLA-PEG-PLA-PCL or PCL-PGA-PEG-PGA-PCL configuration, wherein PEG is polyethylene glycol, PCL is poly(8-caprolactone), PGA is poly(glycolic acid), and PLA is poly(lactic acid), and methods of making nanoparticles from the pentablock polymers, are disclosed. The invention is also directed to a method for preparing nanoparticle compositions comprised of polymers with high levels of bioactive or diagnostic agents.
US09611346B2	Highly crosslinked polymer dielectric films for improved capacitor performance New polymeric dielectric materials are provided for high power capacitors, especially for mobile and weapons applications. These materials utilize aminoplast crosslinking in their polymeric structure. The aminoplast crosslinking ability of these materials allows them to be customized for a number of applications, but also allows the materials to have a higher crosslinking density, leading to higher dielectric constants, higher breakdown voltage, and higher thermal stability. These materials can be incorporated into current capacitor manufacturing schemes with little to no processing changes.
US09611340B2	High performance Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems, processes for producing such catalyst systems, and use thereof A catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins may include a first solid catalytic component and a second solid catalytic component. The first solid catalytic component may include: a spherical MgCl2-xROH support; a group 4-8 transition metal; and a diether internal electron donor. The second solid catalytic component may include: a spherical MgCl2-xROH support; a group 4-8 transition metal; and a diether internal electron donor. The first solid catalytic component produces a propylene homopolymer having a Xylene Solubles (XS) value of greater than 2 wt %; and the second solid catalytic component produces a propylene homopolymer having a XS value of less than 2 wt %. The second catalytic component may act as an external electron donor during use, and embodiments herein do not require use of any additional external electron donors to control polymerization and reliably vary the properties of the resulting polymer.
US09611337B2	Chain transfer agent, photosensitive composition, cured product of photosensitive composition, and method for curing photosensitive composition There are provided a photosensitive composition, and a cured product of the photosensitive composition, the photosensitive composition being an ultraviolet curable composition that is curable in a short time while a portion of the photosensitive composition such as a dark portion where radicals are not generated at all is curable. A cured product is obtained by curing a photosensitive composition by ultraviolet irradiation, the photosensitive composition containing an ultraviolet curable material, and a chain transfer agent that contains an ingredient (a) that is a compound containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a urethane bond, a urea bond and an isocyanate group, and an ingredient (b) that is a metal-containing compound, wherein a portion of the composition where irradiation light does not reach is curable.
US09611333B2	Methods for preparing alkali cellulose and cellulose ether The invention is a method for efficiently preparing alkali cellulose having a uniform alkali distribution therein. More specifically, pulp and an excess alkali metal hydroxide solution are introduced continuously in a screw conveyor type contactor and brought into contact with each other in the screw conveyor type reactor. By changing at least one factor selected from the group consisting of a rotation speed of the screw conveyor, a screw pitch and a length of immersion zone, a ratio of an alkali to cellulose in the alkali cellulose obtained by draining is controlled. The alkali cellulose thus obtained is etherified into the corresponding cellulose ether.
US09611318B2	Anti-plasmodium parasite antibodies The technology provided herein relates to novel human antibodies against Plasmodium parasites, in particular against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The present disclosure pertains to antibodies against merozoite surface protein 10 (MSP10). These antibodies have high affinity e.g. to Plasmodium falciparum schizonts and merozoites, inhibit the reinvasion of merozoites into erythrocytes and thereby neutralize parasitic multiplication.
US09611314B2	Functional peptide analogs of PEDF The invention provides compositions and methods relating to bioactive peptide analogs of PEDF.
US09611313B2	Antibody-endostatin fusion protein and its variants Methods of inhibiting the growth of tumors comprising administering chimeric fusion molecules comprising endostatin mutants and all or a portion of anti-Her2 or anti-EGFR antibodies.
US09611310B2	Systems for factor VIII processing and methods thereof The present invention provides methods of reducing nonprocessed Factor VIII or a chimeric polypeptide comprising Factor VIII comprising co-transfecting in a host cell a polynucleotide encoding Factor VIII with a polynucleotide encoding a protein convertase, where the endogenous processing enzymes of the host cell are insufficient to convert all of the Factor VIII to its processed isoform; expressing a proprotein convertase from a second polynucleotide in the host cell; and reducing the nonprocessed Factor VIII by processing with said proprotein convertase.
US09611308B2	Compositions and methods for enhancing odorant receptor activity The present invention relates to polypeptides capable of modulating odorant receptor activation. In particular, the present invention provides polypeptides (e.g., type 3 muscarinic actetylcholine receptor M3) capable of enhancing odorant receptor activation. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of ligands specific for various odorant receptors. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of screening for polypeptide polymorphisms and mutations associated with odorant receptor activation (e.g., polymorphisms and mutations associated with muscarinic actetylcholine receptor polypeptides (e.g., M1, M2, M3, M4, M5)), as well as methods of screening for therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of such proteins.
US09611307B2	Method for increasing granulocyte number in a patient by administering superactive IL-33 fragments The present invention discloses novel active polypeptide fragments of human IL-33 corresponding to natural forms generated by the proteases of human neutrophils (cathepsin G, elastase 2, proteinase 3), as well as the use thereof as a drug, in particular for the treatment of infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, or cancer.
US09611299B2	Method for highly expressing recombinant protein of engineering bacteria and use thereof Provided are methods for highly expressing recombinant protein of engineering bacteria and the use thereof. The method comprises the following steps: (1) engineering bacteria of Escherichia coli with pET system are transfected with recombinant mutated plasmid to obtain positive monoclonal colonies; (2) the positive monoclonal colonies are enriched to obtain a seed bacteria solution, and the seed bacteria solution is induced to enrichment and growth in a large amount; and (3) the bacteria supernatant containing the recombinant protein as the expression target is separated, and then the recombinant protein in the bacteria supernatant is extracted and purified. The method is characterized in that the engineering bacteria of Escherichia coli with pET system are E. coli B834 (DE3). The components of the mass enrichment medium and the protein purification steps are also optimized such that a significant improvement in the yield and purity of the protein is achieved and the method is suitable for applying to the large-scale production of recombinant protein expressed by the engineering bacteria of Escherichia coli.
US09611290B2	Trypsin-like serine protease inhibitors, and their preparation and use The invention provides compounds that are effective as inhibitors of human plasmin and plasma kallikrein, and that are useful for the prevention of blood loss and as components of fibrin adhesives. The invention further provides methods of making and using the compounds.
US09611284B2	Prostaglandin-bisphosphonate conjugate compounds, methods of making same, and uses thereof The invention provides in part, conjugate compounds. The invention also provides synthesis methods for making the compounds, and uses of the compounds.
US09611283B1	Methods for inhibiting cell proliferation in ALK-driven cancers The invention features a method for treating patients who have an ALK-driven cancer, which is, or has become, refractory to one or more of crizotinib, CH5424802 and ASP3026, or which bears an ALK mutation identified herein, by administering a compound of formula (I) to the patient. The invention also features methods, kits, and compositions for characterizing ALK-driven cancers to determine whether they express an ALK mutant.
US09611279B2	Zinc complex A zinc complex characterized in exhibiting an octahedral structure and being configured from repeating units represented by general formula (I): wherein L represents a linker region, and R1 represents a C1-4 alkyl group, which can have a halogen atom.
US09611278B2	Soluble guanylate cyclase activators A compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are capable of modulating the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (“cGMP”) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for their use in the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09611266B2	Compounds and anti-tumor NQO1 substrates Compounds of Formula (I) can be selectively lethal toward a variety of different cancer cell types. The compounds are useful for the management, treatment, control, or adjunct treatment of diseases, where the selective lethality is beneficial in chemotherapeutic therapy.
US09611265B2	Tropomyosin-related kinase (TRK) inhibitors Tropomyosin-related kinase inhibitors (Trk inhibitors) are small molecule compounds useful in the treatment of disease. Trk inhibitors can be used as pharmaceutical agents and in pharmaceutical compositions. Trk inhibitors are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disease, defects of bone metabolism and/or cancer, and are particularly useful in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), pain, and pain associated with OA. Trk inhibitors are also useful for inhibiting tropomyosin-related kinase A (TrkA), tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB), tropomyosin-related kinase C (TrkC), and/or c-FMS (the cellular receptor for colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1)).
US09611260B2	Compositions and methods for inhibition of the JAK pathway Disclosed are compounds of formula I, compositions containing them, and methods of use for the compounds and compositions in the treatment of conditions in which modulation of the JAK pathway or inhibition of JAK kinases, particularly JAK 2 and JAK3, are therapeutically useful. Also disclosed are methods of making the compounds.
US09611256B2	Alkyne-, azide- and triazole-containing flavonoids as modulators for multidrug resistance in cancers A triazole bridged flavonoid dimer compound library was efficiently constructed via the cycloaddition reaction of a series of flavonoid-containing azides (Az 1-15) and alkynes (Ac 1-17). These triazole bridged flavonoid dimers and their precursor alkyne- and azide-containing flavonoids were screened for their ability to modulate multidrug resistance (MDR) in P-gp-overexpressed cell line (LCC6MDR), MRP1-overexpressed cell line (2008/MRP1) and BCRP-overexpressed cell line (HEK293/R2 and MCF7-MX100). Generally, they displayed very promising MDR reversal activity against P-gp-, MRP1- and BCRP-mediated drug resistance. Moreover, they showed different levels of selectivity for various transporters. Overall, they can be divided into mono-selective, dual-selective and multi-selective modulators for the P-gp, MRP1 and BCRP transporters. The EC50 values for reversing paclitaxel resistance (141-340 nM) of LCC6MDR cells, DOX (78-590 nM) and vincristine (82-550 nM) resistance of 2008/MRP1 cells and topotecan resistance (0.9-135 nM) of HEK293/R2 and MCF7-MX100 cells were at nanomolar range. Importantly, a number of compounds displayed EC50 at or below 10 nM in BCRP-overexpressed cell lines, indicating that these bivalent triazoles more selectively inhibit BCRP transporter than the P-gp and MRP1 transporters. Most of the dimers are notably safe MDR chemosensitizers as indicated by their high therapeutic index values.
US09611252B2	Therapeutic inhibitory compounds Provided herein are heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for inhibiting plasma kallikrein. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of diseases wherein the inhibition of plasma kallikrein inhibition has been implicated, such as angioedema and the like.
US09611250B2	Process for preparing 4-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-N-(3,5-dichloro-1-oxido-4-pyridyl)-5-methoxypyridine-2-carboxamide The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing the compound 4-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-N-(3,5-di-chloro-1-oxido-4-pyridyl)-5-methoxypyridine-2-carboxamide of formula (1), in base or hydrate form or in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and also to several novel synthetic intermediates that are useful in this preparation process.
US09611249B2	1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta inhibitors The present invention relates to the 1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds having the following general formula (I) as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3β) inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of GSK-3p-related disorders such as, for example, (i) insulin-resistance disorders; (ii) neurodegenerative diseases; (iii) mood disorders; (iv) schizophrenic disorders; (v) cancerous disorders; (vi) inflammation, (vii) substance abuse disorders; (viii) epilepsies; and (ix) neuropathic pain.
US09611248B2	Chemical compounds The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and A are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
US09611243B2	Method of producing beraprost An improved method is described for making single isomers of synthetic benzoprostacyclin analogue compounds, in particular the pharmacologically active 314-d isomer of beraprost. In contrast to the prior art, the method is stereoselective and requires fewer steps than the known methods for making these compounds.
US09611234B2	Choline cocrystal of epalrestat The invention relates to a novel choline cocrystal of 5-[(1Z,2E)-2-methyl-3-phenylpropenylidene]-4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-thiazolidineacetic acid. The preparation and characterization of the novel choline cocrystal according to various embodiments of the invention is described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel choline cocrystal and the therapeutic use of the novel choline cocrystal to treat and/or prevent various conditions, including treating and/or preventing diabetic complications, treating and/or preventing homocystinuria reducing levels of homocysteine in blood serum, inhibiting aldose reductase, and affording cardioprotection in non-diabetic patients.
US09611226B2	Preparation method for azoxystrobin Disclosed in the present invention is a preparation method of azoxystrobin having a structure as shown by formula (1), the method comprising: a) performing an etherification reaction by reacting the compound having a structure shown by formula (2) with 2-cyanophenol and/or a salt thereof under the catalysis of an azabicyclo tertiary amine compound and/or a salt thereof as the catalyst in a butyl acetate medium to obtain a butyl acetate solution containing azoxystrobin; and b) cooling the butyl acetate solution containing azoxystrobin to precipitate Azoxystrobin having a structure as shown by formula (1) from the butyl acetate solution. Using the method provided by the present invention to prepare azoxystrobin can significantly improve the yield of azoxystrobin, and can obtain azoxystrobin products having high purity.
US09611220B2	Inhibitors of histone demethylases The present application discloses compounds capable of modulating the activity of histone demethylases (HDMEs), which are useful for prevention and/or treatment of diseases in which genomic dysregulation is involved in the pathogenesis, such as e.g. cancer. The present application also discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and the use of such compounds as a medicament. The compounds take the form
US09611218B2	Metal-organic materials and method for preparation The present invention provides metal-organic materials, more specifically organometallic polymers, comprising polypyridyl organic ligands such as tetrakis(4-(pyridin-4-ylethynyl)phenyl)methane, tetrakis(4-(2-(pyridin-4-yl)vinyl)phenyl)methane,3,5,7-tetrakis(4-(pyridin-4-ylethynyl)phenyl)adamantane or 1,3,5,7-tetrakis(4-(2-(pyridine-4-yl)vinyl)phenyl)adamantine, and metal ions structurally coordinated with said ligands, and having three-dimensional crystalline micro or sub-micro structure; as well as a method for the preparation thereof. These metal-organic materials are useful as adsorbents in processes for gas adsorption or separation.
US09611217B2	Synthetic processes of carprofen Methods and intermediates for the synthesis of carprofen and its derivatives starting from cyclohexanone are disclosed.
US09611216B2	Compound with branching alkyl chains, method for preparing the same, and use thereof in photoelectric device The invention discloses a compound having branching alkyl chains, the method for preparing the same and use thereof in photoelectric devices. By applying the branching alkyl chains as the solubilizing group to the preparation of organic conjugated molecules (for example, organic conjugated polymers), the number of methylenes between the resultant alky side chains and the backbone, i.e., m>1, which can effectively reduce the effect of the alkyl chains on the backbone π-π stacking, thereby ensuring the solubility of the organic conjugated molecule while greatly increasing the mobility of their carriers. It is suitable for an organic semiconductor material in photoelectric devices such as organic solar cells, organic light emitting diodes and organic field effect transistors, etc.
US09611197B1	Method of removing undesirable solid components from a renewable or non-renewable feed and apparatus used in same A filter media for the removal of undesirable solid components from a fuel feedstock contains biomass and a catalyst used from the thermocatalytic conversion of biomass into bio-oil.
US09611192B2	Integration of N-C4/N-C4=/BD separation system for on-purpose butadiene synthesis A process for the production of butadiene is presented. The process combines the separation of butenes and butadienes extracted from a non-oxidated dehydrogenation process with the separation of butenes and butadienes from an oxidative dehydrogenation process to increase the butadiene yields and reduce the equipment for the recovery of a butadiene product.
US09611191B2	Reactor for carrying out an autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation A reactor for gas-phase dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon-comprising stream with an oxygen-comprising stream over a monolithic heterogeneous catalyst. Catalytically active zone(s) comprising monoliths packed next to one another and/or above one another and a mixing zone having fixed internals upstream of each catalytically active zone. Feed line(s) for the hydrocarbon-comprising gas stream to be dehydrogenated at the lower end of the reactor. Independently regulable feed line(s), which supply distributor(s), for the oxygen-comprising gas stream into each of the mixing zones and discharge line(s) for the reaction gas mixture of the autothermal gas-phase dehydrogenation at the upper end of the reactor. The interior wall of the reactor is provided with insulation. The catalytically active zone(s) is accessible from the outside of the reactor via manhole(s). The catalytically active zone(s), mixing zone, independently regulable feed line(s), and distributor(s), may be designed as one component which can individually be mounted and removed.
US09611184B2	Heavy ANFO and a tailored expanded polymeric density control agent The present invention is directed to an explosive composition comprised of heavy ANFO and expanded polymeric beads that have a density that is less than the density of the heavy ANFO. The expanded polymeric beads have a size that is determined or based on the size of ammonium nitrate prills used in the heavy ANFO portion of the composition. In one embodiment, the expanded polymeric beads that are utilized in the composition are at least 70% of the lower limit of the mesh size of the predominant ammonium nitrate prill mesh size. In another embodiment, the expanded polymeric beads are at least 70% of a size that is related to the average mesh size of the ammonium nitrate prills.
US09611175B2	Surface-modified calcium oxide The present invention relates to methods for producing surface-modified calcium oxide particles having the production steps according to claim 1, novel calcium oxide particles obtained according to these methods, and uses thereof.
US09611171B2	Heating element and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a heating element that includes: a transparent substance; a conductive heating line that is provided on at least one side of the transparent substance; bus bars that is electrically connected to the conductive heating line; and a power portion that is connected to the bus bars, wherein 30% or more of the entire area of the transparent substance has a conductive heating line pattern that is formed of closed figures where a distribution is continuous and a ratio (area distribution ratio) of a standard deviation in respects to an average value of areas of the closed figures is 2% or more, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US09611165B2	Method and apparatus for bending a glass sheet and an electronic device casing A method of bending a glass sheet includes placing the glass sheet on a support and heating the entire glass sheet to a first viscosity. A band of heat is applied and translated along the selected region of the glass sheet in which a predetermined is to be formed over a time period to form the predetermined in the selected region. The band of heat sectionally heats the selected region to a second viscosity that is lower than the first viscosity. An actuated force is applied to the glass sheet to incrementally form the predetermined bend in the selected region according to the location of the band of heat in the selected region.
US09611164B2	Glass-melting installation comprising two furnaces The invention relates to a process and to an installation for preparing a final glass, comprising a main furnace with electrodes and/or overhead burners, which is fed with main batch materials generating a main molten glass, and a submerged-combustion auxiliary furnace, said auxiliary furnace being fed with auxiliary batch materials, the auxiliary molten glass feeding the main furnace toward its upstream end in the first third of its length, the auxiliary glass being substantially of the same composition as the main glass. The downstream zone of the main furnace is thus used to remove both gases coming from the main glass and gases coming from the auxiliary glass, in order to finish melting the batch stones and impurities contained in the auxiliary glass and to homogenize the two glass streams from their redox standpoint, when this is necessary.
US09611161B2	Circulating water utilization system A circulating-water utilization system (1) to be constructed in a specific area includes; a circulation channel (2) having a closed loop shape through which circulating water flows; a discharge channel (4) through which wastewater discharged from a water consumer (3) is discharged to the circulation channel (2), the water consumer (3) being composed of water consuming members; a purifying unit (8) configured to purify the circulating water containing the wastewater flowing through the circulation channel (2); a supply channel (6) configured to supply the circulating water purified by the purifying unit (8) to the water consumer (3); water intake parts (10) for intake of the circulating water from the supply channel (6), disposed on the respective water consuming members; and sterilizing units (11) disposed on the respective water intake parts (10), and configured to individually sterilize the circulating water to be supplied to the respective water consuming members.
US09611136B2	MEMS having a cutout section on a concave portion between a substrate and a stationary member A functional element includes a substrate which is provided with a concave section; a stationary section connected to a wall section that defines the concave section of the substrate; an elastic section which extends from the stationary section and is capable of stretching and contracting in a first axis direction; a movable body connected to the elastic section; a movable electrode section which extends from the movable body. The concave section includes a cutout section which is provided on the wall section. The stationary section includes an overlap section which is spaced with the substrate, and overlaps the concave section when seen in a plan view. At least a portion of the overlap section overlaps the cutout section when seen in the plan view, and the elastic section extends from the overlap section.
US09611132B1	Vortexing liquid dispenser and method of use A bottle hanger is configured to extend around a bottle and suspend the bottle for manually creating a vortex liquid for dispensing from the bottle. A bottle is configured with a dispenser that is configured on the bottom of the bottle when the bottle is in a dispense orientation, or hanging from a support within the bottle hanger. A user may rotate the bottle manually to cause the liquid within the bottle to rotate within the bottle until a vortex is formed. The user may then open the dispenser valve and dispense the vortexing liquid from the bottle. A bottle cover may be configured over a portion of the bottle to block light and reduce organism growth. A bottle cover assembly may have a translucent or transparent window for viewing the liquid within the bottle.
US09611130B2	Method and apparatus for providing a base for a jack An apparatus including a lifting jack having a beam, and a base having a first section with a first opening configured to receive the beam. The base may further include one or more foundation plates connected to the first section in a manner so that each of the one or more foundation plates can be rotated with respect to the first section. The one or more foundation plates may include a first, second, third, and fourth foundation plates. The first foundation plate and the second foundation plate may be about the same size and shape. The third foundation plate and the fourth foundation plate may be about the same size and shape. The first foundation plate and the third foundation plate may be substantially different in size. Each of the one or more foundation plates may have a bottom surface, from which protrude a plurality of protrusions.
US09611124B2	Optical fiber screening test method and optical fiber screening test apparatus An optical fiber screening test method in which while continuously travelling, an optical fiber passes a tension applying section which applies tension and the optical fiber which has passed the tension applying section is continuously wound by a winding bobbin is provided. The method includes running the optical fiber to which the tension has been applied along a first pulley and a second pulley sequentially, winding the optical fiber by the winding bobbin, and stopping rotation of the winding bobbin when the optical fiber is broken by applying the tension, and performing an adjustment so that an already-wound outer circumferential surface of the winding bobbin on which the optical fiber is already wound is not positioned on an extension line of a linear optical fiber travelling path from the first pulley to the second pulley at a time when the rotation of the winding bobbin is stopped.
US09611117B2	Medium processing device and medium transaction device An operation knob that turns a drum is exposed at the outer side of a left side face of a temporary holding section, and a knob cover is disposed at the outer side of the operation knob. When an opening guide of the temporary holding section is in a closed state and is closed onto the upper side of the drum, the knob cover is put into a covering state, via a stud, preventing operation of the operation knob. When the opening guide of the temporary holding section is turned in an opening direction from the closed state and opens apart from the upper side of the drum, the knob cover is turned in an exposing direction by the action of a spring and put into an exposing state.
US09611113B2	Flange, holding device for holding roll medium, and recording device for performing recording on roll medium A flange includes: an attaching section to which a roll medium is attached; and an outer circumferential section that has a placing section and that assumes a first state and a second state into which the outer circumferential section is transformed from the first state and in which the placing section projects.
US09611112B2	Storage module with stacking and unstacking functions A storage module (1) comprises a storage zone (3) for storing flat articles (2) by accumulation in a stack and on edge, a main conveyor (9) that extends transversely to the storage zone, a stacking function for transferring an article from the main conveyor to the storage zone and for stacking it at the back of the stack of articles in the storage zone, and an unstacking function for extracting an article from the stack of articles and for transferring it to the main conveyor. The unstacking function comprises an unstacking plate (7) having a perforated belt and controlled suction and disposed between the main conveyor and the storage zone, said unstacking plate having a first segment parallel to the stack of articles and a second segment that is adjacent to the first segment and that extends slantwise relative to the first segment, said controlled suction being disposed in the slantwise second segment of the unstacking plate.
US09611100B2	Load-bearing roller and conveying device using same A load-bearing roller for conveying items includes an outer cylinder and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes a bushing rotatably mounted in an end of the outer cylinder, a transmission member, and a retracting member. The transmission member includes a transmission wheel and a toothed gear non-rotatably coupled to the transmission wheel. The transmission wheel is positioned outside the outer cylinder. The toothed gear is positioned in the bushing. The retracting member is mounted in the bushing. A free end of the retracting member engages with the gear teeth to urge rotation of the bushing and the outer cylinder. When the roller is jammed or prevented from rotating, the retracting member retracts over the teeth of the toothed gear so as to prevent overload of a prime mover. The disclosure also includes a conveying device using the load-bearing roller.
US09611099B2	Material processing apparatus with deployable feed conveyor A material processing apparatus comprising a body, and a conveyor that is movable between a deployed state and a transport state. The conveyor comprises a feed end, a discharge end and conveying means configured to carry material from the feed end to the discharge end. The discharge end is coupled to the body and, in the deployed state, the conveyor extends from the body with the feed end being spaced apart from the body by the conveying means. In the transport state, the conveyor is folded with respect to the body.
US09611093B2	Debris disposal system A debris disposal system mountable to an upwardly facing supporting surface such as a floor or bench top. A first container is fixedly mounted to the supporting surface and receives a removable second container having a lid which when open allows the debris to be swept into the second container.
US09611092B2	Recycling information tool A recycling receptacle provides a physical example of items to be recycled as part of a recycling receptacle. The recycling receptacle includes a container portion for storing material to be recycled in a chamber and a communication portion for communicating what material should be recycled. The communication portion includes an opening in fluid communication with the container portion chamber and a visible cell that contains examples of materials that should be recycled.
US09611091B2	Flexible intermediate bulk container with induction control A method, apparatus and system is provided for both (1) decreasing electrostatic discharges to reduce the potential for incendiary discharges caused by electrostatic charges in flexible containers such as flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs) and (2) decreasing the induction on isolated conductors nearby the container to reduce the potential for incendiary discharges from the isolated conductors.
US09611090B1	Open access water tank truck body A water truck body comprising a floor, two side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall, a plurality of cylindrical baffle bodies with open bottom ends, a top plate situated on top of each of the cylindrical baffle bodies so that the cylindrical baffle body is centered underneath the top plate, and a tubular support structure. Each of the plurality of cylindrical baffle bodies comprises a plurality of apertures configured to permit liquid to flow through them. The tubular support structure is configured to hold the top plates and provide structural stability to the side walls, front wall and rear wall.
US09611085B2	Arrangement of a plurality of moist pads in a packaging container for dispensing to the end user A plurality of moist pads are arranged in two stacks (36,40) such that the pads (32,34) of the stacks (36,40) overlap in a partial region in such a manner that a pad (24) of a second stack (40) protrudes into the partial region (74) between two pads (32) of a first stack (36). The pads (32) of the first stack (36) and the pads (34) of the second stack (40) each have a material cut-out (50) at the edge in order to form a gripping aid, and the pads (32) of the first stack (36) and of the second stack (40) are each oriented in such a manner that the material cut-outs (50) of the pads (32) of the first stack and the material cut-outs of the pads of the second stack jointly define the partial region.
US09611082B2	Seal ring for foil-sealing a container A seal ring for sealing a container. A seal ring has a base including a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and having a top surface, an undersurface opposite the top surface, and a projection extending from the undersurface in an axial direction. The projection is configured to be received by a complementary opening in the container. The seal ring may he part of a package that also includes a container having a mouth, an axially-facing sealing surface, and an opening in the sealing surface, and a foil sealingly and removably coupled to the base of the seal ring.
US09611080B1	Dropper with a light The present invention provides a dropper having a light that can be switched on and off. The light provides illumination when liquid is being dispensed from a hollow tube of the dropper. The light helps to see how much of the liquid is being dispensed so that liquid would not be wasted.
US09611079B2	Fitment and overcap therefor A closure assembly (20) that includes a cap or overcap (28) and a fitment (24) for a container is provided wherein the fitment (24) has a laterally projecting shear member (40), and the overcap (28) has an aperture (74) for initially receiving the shear member (40) when the overcap (28) and fitment (24) are in an initially assembled orientation or condition. The aperture (74) and the shear member (40) cooperate in the initially assembled orientation such that when subjected to a flow of a sterilizing gas, turbulence is created in the sterilizing gas flow to enhance sterilization of the combination. The closure assembly (20) may, instead, or additionally, be provided wherein the overcap (28) has an elongate, hollow plug (58) for establishing a first seal between the fitment (24) and the overcap (28) in the initially assembled orientation, and the wherein overcap (28) has a skirt (50) for establishing a second seal between the fitment (24) and the overcap (28) in the initially assembled orientation.
US09611078B2	One-piece food container with rim A food container has a temporary rim formed in one-piece structure on the edge thereof. It has as first sealing rim and a second sealing rim as the surface for a sealing film to be heat-sealed thereon. When the outer rim is torn off, an irreversible tear-off structure on the sealed cover would leave the trace, allowing the consumers and the sellers to decide whether to purchase or dispose of the goods simply by visual judgments; in other words, it has a tamper-proof function. In addition, when the outer rim is removed from the container, the sealing film would detach from the first sealing rim but still stick on the second sealing rim, providing a reusable sealed cover for the container that ensures more safety of food hygiene.
US09611062B2	Method and device for application of a label to an object A method and a device for application of a label to an object, comprising: moving the object from a storing position to a labeling position; back-feeding and printing a label arranged at a continuous liner; moving the liner across a peeling edge, whereby the label is peeled off from the liner; transferring the label from the liner to the object; and removing the object from the labeling position to a removal position.
US09611060B2	Method and device for supplying spout attachment bags A method and device for supplying spout attachment bags, in which one vertical plane is set as a reference plane N, and the center line (C) of a corner-spout attachment bag (2) positioned at the distal end of a conveyor magazine (7) is located in the reference plane N. A suction cup (28) picks up the bag and is rotated by a specific angle (θ) centered on a vertical rotational axis (O) when being transferred. When the suction cup picks up the positioned bag, the rotational axis is set to a position where a corner opening vertical line (M) that passes through the center of a corner opening (3) of the bag intersects the reference plane N. The bag held by the suction cup is sent to a positioning conveyor and positioned by stoppers (52, 53) with the corner opening vertical line being in the reference plane.
US09611053B2	Method of facilitating the approach to a platform A method of facilitating the approach to a platform by an aircraft. The value of the required position integrity performance (RNP) is determined for a localization system. During an approach stage, this position integrity performance (RNP) is compared with a position integrity radius (HPL) resulting from the use of a GNSS localization system, and an alert is generated if the position integrity radius (HPL) is greater than the position integrity performance (RNP).
US09611047B2	Arrangement for a tank between a nacelle cowling and a turbomachine An arrangement of a tank of lubrication liquid for an aircraft turbomachine, under a nacelle cowling covering the turbomachine, is provided. The tank is arranged in the volume located between the turbomachine and the nacelle cowling. The nacelle cowling includes an opening for access to the volume. The tank is fastened to an internal face of a panel closing off the opening. The unit formed by the panel and the tank is added onto the nacelle cowling and is able to be mounted and dismounted from the nacelle cowling.
US09611034B1	Wide fuselage aircraft with increased boundary layer ingestion An arrangement for reducing drag on the body of an aircraft with a relatively wide fuselage comprises a gas turbine engine. At least one duct is selectively moveable between a closed position and an open position, such that the at least one duct allows airflow to move toward a fan rotor in the gas turbine engine in the open position, but blocks airflow when in the closed position. An aircraft body is also disclosed.
US09611020B2	Mechanically-adjustable pitch propeller The present invention relates to a mechanically-adjustable pitch marine vessel propeller attached to a shaft driven by an engine of a marine vessel, comprising a substantially cylindrical hollow hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub and being capable of rotating around an axis being in a radial direction relative to the hub. The propeller according to the present invention comprises an actuator movable linearly along the axis of the hub and at least one motion transmission means communicating with the actuator and each blade for converting the linear motion of the actuator into the rotational motion of each blade in a radial direction relative to the axis of the hub.
US09611014B2	Device for launching a subsurface mining vehicle into a water mass and recovering the same from the water mass A device for launching subsurface mining vehicle into a water mass from a docking well of a floating vessel, and/or recovering said vehicle from the water mass is disclosed. The device comprises a docking frame that is hinge mounted to the vessel, and that comprises first mining vehicle engaging means for guiding the mining vehicle along a longitudinal direction of the frame into the water. The docking frame operatively engages with drive means for tilting the frame in a vertical plane between a substantially horizontal mining vehicle docking position and a substantially vertical mining vehicle launching or recovery position. The device further comprises third engaging means for guiding the mining vehicle when the vehicle extends at least partly underneath a base of the vessel. The device allows lowering or recovering subsurface mining vehicle in a controlled manner.
US09611004B2	Electric-powered self-balancing unicycle with steering linkage between handlebars and wheel forks A one-wheeled vehicle may include electric motors, a self-balancing system, and steering mechanism, wherein the electric motors and self-balancing system are disposed within the wheel of the one-wheeled vehicle. A computational resource such as a microprocessor-based controller receives input signals indicative of operation of a twist throttle and brake, and produces signals to adjust the tilt angle relative to the acceleration and thereby reduce the need for a rider to lean forward or backwards.
US09610999B2	Dual steerable vehicle A tricycle may be operable between a first mode of operation steerable by a tricycle rider, and a second mode of operation steerable by an individual pushing the tricycle. In both such first and second modes, the frame of the tricycle is configured to rotatably support the rear wheels and configured to support the head tube at a distance from the rear wheels such that a distance between the head tube and rear wheels need not necessarily be changed even when the front wheel axis location is changed from one mode to another.
US09610995B2	Motorcycle passenger bar A passenger bar for motorcycles is disclosed. The passenger bar is affixed to the gas tank of a motorcycle forward of the motorcycle driver such that a passenger behind the motorcycle driver with arms wrapped around the driver may grip the passenger bar to secure himself/herself while the motorcycle is accelerating, decelerating, or experiences lateral forces. The passenger bar comprises a mounting plate, in one embodiment, and a handle inclined away from the mounting bracket.
US09610992B2	Overhead conveying device having a securing element An overhead conveying device includes a conveying device mounted on supporting framework. The supporting framework and the conveying device form a conveying corridor. At least one securing element can be arranged at an input point and/or output point of the supporting framework, and the securing element can be moved between a securing position and an opening position. The securing element functions in the securing position as fall protection and at least partially blocks the initial cross-section and/or terminal cross-section of the conveying corridor. In the opening position, the securing element releases the initial cross-section and/or terminal cross-section of the conveying corridor for the transport of components with the help of the conveying device.
US09610983B2	Floor structure of a motor vehicle body with a lightweight construction A floor structure of a motor vehicle body is disclosed which respect includes a side skirt profile extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (x) and a tunnel edge profile extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, The tunnel profile is spaced apart from the side skirt profile in the transverse direction of the vehicle (y). Two side skirt profiles run essentially parallel along the outsides of the floor structure. The tunnel edge profile extends in approximately a concentric manner to the side skirt profiles. A transmission hump is provided in the middle of the floor structure and typically extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is situated, fastened and/or reinforced thereon.
US09610975B1	Hitch angle detection for trailer backup assist system A system for detecting a hitch angle between a vehicle and a trailer is provided herein. An imaging device is configured to capture images of the trailer and a controller is configured to process images captured by the imaging device. The controller derives a template image having a trailer contour and matches the template image to a search image. The hitch angle is determined based on a positional relationship between the template image and the search image.
US09610967B2	Steering wheel assembly for a vehicle A steering wheel assembly includes an armature, and a plurality of exterior shell sections. Each of the exterior shell sections include an inner layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer layer, and have a counterpart or corresponding exterior shell section. The armature may include a hub, a generally U-shaped rim and at least two spokes connecting the hub and the generally U-shaped rim. The first layer of each of the plurality of exterior shell sections includes a protrusion that extends into and conforms to the generally U-shaped rim. Also, the intermediate layer of each of the plurality of exterior shell sections is molded over the inner layer. Each of the plurality of exterior shell sections and its counterpart are interlocking.
US09610964B2	Display element for displaying information on a push handle A display element for displaying information on a push handle of a shopping cart that can be pushed by hand. The display element includes a main body having a region which is covered by a transparent cover that is separably mounted on the main body. A two-dimensional information medium can be arranged between the main body and the cover. The main body is formed with a groove into which one end edge of the information medium can be inserted and the inserted end edge is retained in the groove by frictional locking.
US09610961B2	Method and device for measuring speed in a vehicle independently of the wheels A method for determining the speed of a vehicle is described. In this method, at least one object present in the environment of the vehicle is detected and a relative speed of the detected object in relation to the vehicle is measured. In addition, the speed of the vehicle is determined on the basis of the relative speed of the object.
US09610957B2	Controlling vehicle systems with mobile devices Embodiments are disclosed for an in-vehicle system and methods of controlling vehicle systems with a mobile device in communication with the in-vehicle system. In one embodiment, an in-vehicle system includes a display device and an interface system communicatively connected to one or more vehicle sensors. The interface system may be configured to receive sensor signals from the one or more vehicle sensors, transmit the sensor signals to a mobile device, receive control signals from the mobile device, and transmit the control signals to a target vehicle system, the control signals responsive to the one or more vehicle sensors.
US09610956B2	Rear zone module and rear zone controller Described herein is a rear zone module and rear zone controller that minimizes wire gauge and current draw. The rear zone module shares outputs amongst several functions including rear windshield wiper, heated back window, power liftgate controller and the like. These outputs can be shared because not all functions are required to be active at the same time. For example, a vehicle includes a rear zone module (RZM) that includes at least a power liftgate (PLG) module, heated back window module, and a rear window wiper module. The vehicle also includes a controller configured to selectively control current with respect to at least the PLG module, heated back window module, and a rear window wiper module. The interconnections between the RZM and controller are minimized by sharing the interconnections as the PLG module operates mutually exclusively from the heated back window and rear window wiper module.
US09610948B2	Movement detection system and method A system and method for detecting movement of a vehicle and/or for changing operating modes of the vehicle switch between transitional operating mode of the vehicle at a first vehicle speed and a moving mode of the vehicle at a second vehicle speed. Movement of the vehicle is controlled to maintain a speed and/or location of the vehicle within designated limits during operation of the vehicle in the transitional operating mode. Movement of the vehicle is controlled to keep an operating parameter of the vehicle below a designated limit during operation of the vehicle in the moving mode. The vehicle switches between the transitional operating mode and the moving mode based at least in part on the vehicle speed, a distance from the target stopping location, an environmental condition, a vehicle characteristic, and/or a route occupancy condition.
US09610941B2	Drive control device for hybrid vehicle A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The hybrid vehicle is selectively placed in a plurality of drive modes according to respective combinations of engaged and released states of the clutch and the brake. The drive control device comprises: a substitutive drive control portion configured to alternately implement a vehicle driving control and a battery charging control in the event of a failure of one of the first and second electric motors, the vehicle driving control being implemented to operate the other of the first and second electric motors, for generating a vehicle drive force, and the battery charging control being implemented to charge a vehicle driving battery with the other electric motor.
US09610938B2	Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle A control apparatus, which is configured to control a hybrid vehicle, is provided with: a device configured to determine whether or not there is a response delay of the supercharger; a device configured to control torque of the rotary electric machine to compensate for an insufficiency of torque of a drive shaft if there is the response delay when an output limit value of the battery is greater than or equal to a predetermined value; a device configured to estimate a NOx storage amount in the NOx storage/reduction catalyst; and a device configured to control an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine to be rich if the NOx storage amount is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, or if there is the response delay when the output limit value of the battery is less than the predetermined value.
US09610932B2	Brake control apparatus Disclosed is a brake control apparatus including a master cylinder that generates a hydraulic braking pressure in response to operation of a brake pedal, an electric motor that drives the master cylinder, a housing in which the master cylinder and the electric motor are assembled, and a control unit adapted to perform drive control of the electric motor. The control unit has a bottom formed at least partially integral with the housing and includes a circuit board mounting thereon drive elements to drive the electric motor. The brake control apparatus includes a heat radiating seat located on an inner surface of the bottom of the control unit at a position apart from the electric motor and closer to the master cylinder than the electric motor and brought into thermal contact with the circuit board so as to radiate heat of the drive elements toward the housing.
US09610930B2	Vehicle brake system A vehicle brake system comprises an electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling a vehicle brake arrangement, and an electric machine operating as a motor and a generator. The ECU controls valves and the electric machine so that, when a brake pedal is actuated, hydraulic fluid is supplied to a wheel brake from a master cylinder to generate a brake pressure. After a corresponding brake pressure is attained, the supply of hydraulic fluid is disabled, wherein the brake pressure effected by the hydraulic fluid is gradually dissipated, and, correspondingly, the electric machine is operated increasingly as a generator. Upon an increase of driver braking demand, hydraulic fluid is additionally supplied from the master cylinder to the wheel brake, and with decreasing vehicle speed, the electric machine is operated decreasingly as a generator, and, correspondingly, hydraulic fluid is supplied to the wheel brake from an intermediate accumulator and/or from the master cylinder.
US09610928B2	Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus A vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus installed in a vehicle changing a drive torque transferred to a wheel during a halt, includes vehicle holding section for performing vehicle holding control that holds an actual brake hydraulic pressure applied to the wheel during a halt and storage section for storing a holdable hydraulic pressure capable of holding the halt state of the vehicle before and after the drive torque changes during a halt, in which when determining that the actual brake hydraulic pressure is less than the holdable hydraulic pressure (first hydraulic pressure P1) at a start (time t1) of the vehicle holding control, the vehicle holding section increases the actual brake hydraulic pressure to the holdable hydraulic pressure and holds the holdable hydraulic pressure.
US09610926B2	Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus One embodiment provides a vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus configured to perform a vehicle hold control which controls a brake hydraulic pressure when a vehicle comes to a halt. The vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes: a behavior determination section configured to determine whether or not a behaving amount in a lateral direction of the vehicle is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and an operation determination section configured to determine whether or not a control member provided to control the vehicle is operated. Further, the vehicle hold control is canceled at least when the behavior determination section determines that the behaving amount is equal to or larger than the first threshold and the operation determination section determines that the control member is operated.
US09610921B2	Vehicle intrusion detection system and vehicle intrusion detection method The present invention relates to a vehicle intrusion detection system and vehicle intrusion detection method, which are capable of effectively detecting various types of vehicle intrusions, minimizing incorrect detections, and lowering manufacturing costs of a system, and the vehicle intrusion detection system comprises: a first sensor unit which detects it signal or light reflected off an object to generate a first detection signal, and which outputs the generated first detection signal; a control unit which controls an operation of the first sensor unit and receives the first detection signal from the first sensor unit; and a second sensor unit which detects a rotation, an inclination, or impact of the vehicle to generate a second detection signal, and which inputs the generated second detection signal to the control unit, wherein the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit are mounted on a single module.
US09610920B2	Webbing take-up device In a pretensioner mechanism of a webbing take-up device, a sealing member seals a communicating hole of a piston. When a force limiter mechanism is operated and rotating of a spool in a pull-out direction is allowed, the piston is moved to an upper side in a state in which the sealing member is pressed and contacted against a cylinder. As a result, the sealing member is turned and the sealing of the communicating hole by the sealing member is released. In consequence, a number of components may be reduced and assembly characteristics of the pretensioner mechanism may be improved.
US09610909B2	Crash-resistant structural part for automobile and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a crash-resistant structural part for an automobile, the crash-resistant structural part including a beam element for receiving an impact force during a crash of the automobile is provided. The method comprises a step of arranging at least one layer of fibers having a length of 100 mm or more, and a step of mixing components required to form a thermoplastic polymer resin, the components including a reactive monomer, thereby forming a liquid precursor mixture of the thermoplastic polymer resin. At least one layer of fibers is impregnated with the liquid precursor mixture, and the beam element is formed by an in-situ polymerization reaction of the liquid precursor mixture having impregnated the at least one layer of fibers.
US09610908B2	Device for setting at least one operating parameter of at least one vehicle system in a motor vehicle A device sets at least one operating parameter of at least one vehicle system of a motor vehicle. The device has at least one movement detection apparatus for determining the movement of at least one person located inside or in the vicinity of the motor vehicle, which movement detection apparatus is designed to determine at least one person-specific movement information item using at least one person-specific movement signal which is supplied by a person-side movement sensor system and relates to the movement of the person. The device is designed to set the at least one operating parameter of the at least one vehicle system using the person-specific movement information item. The device also has a memory in which certain settings of an operating parameter of a vehicle system are assigned to certain person-specific movement information items.
US09610900B1	Apparatus for levelly supporting objects over an inclined surface An apparatus supports objects on a level support plane above an underlying inclined surface, such as a vehicle seat. It comprises three or more substantially rectangular panels that are rotatably interconnected so as to form an isosceles triangular profile, in which the equal sides serve as support panels, and the shortest side is an elevation panel. Each support panel can incorporate one or more container retention structures on both its obverse and reverse surface. The apparatus is configurable, through the rotation of its panels, so that either surface of each support panel can provide the level support plane that supports objects.
US09610891B2	In-vehicle illuminating apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image displaying system A plurality of light sources to assist in image capturing is attached to a vehicle at low cost and simplicity. Three light sources that illuminate a side area in the same direction of the vehicle are fixed to and accommodated in the same housing in a state where light axes of the light sources are directed to different directions from each other. Through this, the three light sources are integrated into a side camera unit by the housing. Accordingly, by attaching the side camera unit only, the light sources can be attached to the vehicle at a time. As a result, the light sources for widely illuminating the side area of the vehicle can be mounted on the vehicle at low cost and simplicity.
US09610889B2	Procedure and steering mechanism to control main headlights with adjustable vertical cut-off line to reduce the glare of objects A control device for vehicle headlights with adjustable light distributions and with an adjustable vertical cutoff line in at least one light distribution, with access to the programming of information about the location of objects located in front of the vehicle with glare needing to be reduced, with a processing medium, operable for generating variables to set an adjustable light distribution on at least one main headlight and/or operable for generating variables to set a vertical cut-off line on a light distribution installed on the main right headlight and a vertical cut-off line installed on the main left headlight, with an outlet on which variables for setting up a light distribution and/or the vertical cut -off lines can be deployed, whereby the control device has a memory to store the light strengths of locations in front of the main headlights for the adjustable light distributions.
US09610888B2	Auxiliary light mount assembly for tubular bumpers A clamp assembly adapted for attachment to a tubular beam includes first and second grips, with each grip having and at least four curved fingers projecting radially from the central portion and curving generally in the same direction to respective distal ends. The grips are secured together in a complementary relationship with the distal ends of the fingers of the first grip aligning with the distal ends of the fingers of the second grip to define a first generally cylindrical aperture extending through the fingers in a first direction and a second generally cylindrical aperture extending through the fingers in a second direction. The first cylindrical aperture has a diameter that substantially corresponds to the diameter of the tubular beam to which the clamp assembly is to be clamped. The clamp assembly generally includes a flange for attaching auxiliary equipment to the clamp assembly.
US09610884B1	Vehicle and cargo ratcheting tie down apparatus and system A ratcheting tie down apparatus and system. Embodiments include a ratchet assembly affixed to a tie down shaft having a longitudinal axis, the ratchet assembly including a ratchet gear, a ratchet head, a ring pawl between the ratchet gear and the ratchet head, and a compression spring between the ring pawl and the ratchet head. A plurality of ramped protrusions of the ring pawl engage a plurality of ramped indentations in a back surface of the ratchet gear, such that when the ratchet head is rotated in a first direction, the ring pawl engages the ratchet gear so that the ratchet head and ratchet gear rotate as a single unit, and when the ratchet head is rotated in a second direction the ring pawl disengages from the ratchet gear such that the ratchet head and ratchet gear rotate independently.
US09610866B2	Vehicle child safety seat and harness cover A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a shoulder pad placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness; and a harness cover formed in a pouch shape, having paired insertion holes through which the shoulder harness is passed so that the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness, accommodating the shoulder pad therein, and having an opening so that the shoulder pad is put in and out via the opening in a state where the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness.
US09610864B2	Vehicle seat and utility motor vehicle comprising a vehicle seat The invention relates to a vehicle seat, in particular a utility motor vehicle seat, having a seat part, having a backrest comprising a lower backrest part and an upper backrest part, and having a holding device, by means of which the upper backrest part is mounted displaceably with respect to the lower backrest part, the holding device comprising a guide roller device, by means of which the upper backrest part is arranged laterally displaceably with respect to the lower backrest part along a displacement curve so as to mount the upper backrest part displaceably at least in part past the side edge of the lower backrest part.
US09610862B2	Seat position sensing and adjustment A vehicle seat includes a seat foundation coupled to a floor of a vehicle, a seat bottom coupled to the seat foundation to move back and forth along a longitudinal axis relative to the floor, and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom. The seat back pivots about an axis relative to the seat bottom.
US09610857B2	Power management in electric vehicles Various techniques described herein relate to electric vehicle power management system for managing a plurality of battery modules in a battery pack. Such electric vehicle power management system may include a plurality of battery management systems corresponding to a plurality of battery modules, and an energy management system for managing the plurality of battery management systems. The energy management system and the plurality of battery management systems may adopt master-slave wireless communication, and may use a single wireless frequency channel or a plurality of assigned wireless frequency channels.
US09610856B2	Network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles A network-controlled charge transfer device for electric vehicles includes a control device to turn electric supply on and off to enable and disable charge transfer for electric vehicles, a transceiver to communicate requests for charge transfer with a remote server and receive communications from the remote server, and a controller, coupled with the control device and the transceiver, to cause the control device to turn the electric supply on based on communication from the remote server.
US09610855B2	Slow charging method and on-board charger for environmentally-friendly vehicle using the same A slow charging method of a vehicle and an on-board charger using the same are provided that improve charging efficiency and thus save a charging cost by adjusted charging output of the on-board charger based on temperature thereof. The method includes detecting, by a controller, a charging request and detecting temperature of the on-board charger in response to detecting the charging request. The controller is configured to determine whether the temperature of the on-board charger is within a predetermined temperature range and adjust charging an output of the on-board charger to a predetermined value when the temperature of the on-board charger is within the predetermined temperature range. The controller is then configured to charge a battery of the vehicle with the adjusted charging output of the on-board charger.
US09610850B2	Vehicle charging unit A vehicle charging unit includes a lid box inserted into a first hole in the body of a vehicle from outside of the vehicle and attached to the body, and an inlet fixed to the lid box. The lid box includes an attachment portion, a bottom having a second hole formed therein, and a sidewall. The bottom has a stud bolt protruding toward inside of the vehicle in a state in which the lid box is attached to the body. The inlet includes a barrel portion capable of receiving a charge connector from outside of the vehicle and a collar portion positioned around the barrel portion. The barrel portion is inserted into the second hole from inside of the vehicle and the collar portion is fixed with the stud bolt, whereby the inlet is fixed to the lid box.
US09610836B2	Venting system for a diesel exhaust fluid filler pipe A venting system for a filler pipe coupled to a diesel exhaust fluid tank in a vehicle is provided. In one example approach the venting system comprises a plurality of cut-outs in an interior surface of the filler pipe along the interior diameter of the filler pipe in a top surface of the filler pipe.
US09610834B2	Vehicle cover device A vehicle cover device including a flexible cover sheet and a car cover compartment configured to be operably attachable to the vehicle including disposed within a bumper of the vehicle. The car cover compartment includes a longitudinally extending cover sheet housing, which is configured to house the flexible cover sheet when in a stored state. The car cover compartment includes a cover-sheet cleaning and retraction mechanism, which includes a striker bar that repeatedly strikes the cover sheet when the cover sheet is retracted into the housing to a non-deployed storage position.
US09610826B2	Air-conditioning control device for vehicle A blower fan is driven, and conditioning air flows down through an evaporator and then is supplied into a vehicle compartment. An idling-stop condition in a roof-open state is set to make an idling stop to be relatively easily attained, compared to a roof-closed state, so that a fuel economy can be improved. When an outside-air temperature is a specified temperature or higher or a solar-radiation intensity is a specified degree or greater at an engine's automatic stop, the blower fan is driven, so that the conditioning air is supplied toward a passenger in a manner of an electric fan. The evaporator through which the conditioning air flows down is sufficiently cool at the timing right after the automatic stop of the engine. Accordingly, it is preferable to configure such that the sufficiently-cooled conditioning air is supplied for a properly-long period of time.
US09610825B2	Motor vehicle climate control system A vehicle climate control system includes a thermal-adsorption heat pump driven by engine exhaust heat, the heat pump including two adsorbers asynchronously switching between adsorbing and desorbing modes, each adsorber coupled with a corresponding antifreeze tank via a plurality of refrigerant-containing wick chambers. Cold heat transfer fluid (HTF) flows through the adsorber during the adsorbing mode which causes evaporation of refrigerant from the wick chambers, thereby cooling antifreeze, whereas hot HTF flows through the adsorber during the desorbing mode which causes condensation of refrigerant at the wick chambers, thereby heating antifreeze. In this way, the thermal-adsorption heat pump may condition cabin air independent of engine coolant and without exerting a load on the engine.
US09610823B2	Vehicle HVAC temperature control system A vehicle having an HVAC system with a particular ventilation housing design and method for making the same are described. The ventilation housing has a common mode door for defrost and floor panels and allows efficient use of components to provide effective operation in bi-level and other modes. In bi-level mode, the mode doors can be operated to form flow path such that floor outlet is virtually on the upstream side of the panel outlet.
US09610818B2	Ring link assembly A ring link assembly is configured to securely link a first component to a second component. The assembly may include a first housing defining a first passage having a first center, and a second housing defining a second passage having a second center. The first and second centers may reside in a common plane. A connecting beam connects the first housing to the second housing. The connecting beam may be canted with respect to the common plane. One or both of the first and second housings may connect to the connecting beam through an arcuate transition joint. A cant of the connecting beam and/or a curvature of the arcuate transition joint may be configured to reduce mechanical interference between the assembly and one or both of the first and second components.
US09610809B2	Barometric pressure compensation for tire pressure monitoring system tool At a portable low frequency (LF) tool, a sensor reading of a tire pressure is received. A determination is made of a barometric pressure adjustment based upon received inputs. The adjustment is applied to the reading of the tire pressure to form an adjusted pressure. The adjusted pressure is presented to a user at the portable LF tool.
US09610799B2	Housing for electroic device and method for making same A housing includes a base defining at least one receiving cavity and at least one embedding member corresponding to the at least one receiving cavity. The at least one embedding member is embedded into the at least one receiving cavity. The at least one embedding member includes a pattern layer formed on the ceramic body. The pattern layer includes at least one pattern having a color. The least one pattern changes the color thereof according to changes of temperature.
US09610798B2	Trophy mount and skull clamp A trophy mount and a skull clamp are disclosed. The trophy mount can comprise a skull coupling feature configured to interface with and support a skull, and a positioning device configured to provide rotation of the skull coupling feature in at least two rotational degrees of freedom to facilitate positioning of the skull. The skull clamp can comprise a first jaw configured to extend into a foramen magnum of an occipital bone of a skull toward a nose end of the skull, and a second jaw operable with the first jaw to clamp the occipital bone and secure a bottom of the skull.
US09610797B2	Ergonomic and versatile writing instrument A writing instrument has a front body with an ergonomic grasping segment asymmetrical relative to a first longitudinal plane, and a rear body asymmetrical relative to a second longitudinal plane. The rear body is capable of rotating relative to the front body about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a line of intersection between the first longitudinal plane and the second longitudinal plane, between a position adapted to gripping with a right hand and a position adapted to gripping with a left hand. The present invention also relates to a method of using this writing instrument.
US09610796B2	Loose-leaf folder device A loose-leaf folder device includes a pair of main components. First half retaining rings and second half retaining rings are arranged on the housing of the main components. Two main components can be combined with or separated from each other. When combined together, the first half retaining ring can be combined with the first half retaining ring of the other main component to form a closed retaining ring to retain loose-leaf paper. When separated from each other, the main component along with loose-leaf paper retained by it can be separated from the other main component to form two independent parts. The second half retaining ring on the housing can rotate and can form a closed retaining ring with the corresponding first half retaining ring to retain loose-leaf paper.
US09610794B2	Thermal transfer film, and organic electroluminescent device prepared using same The present invention relates to a thermal transfer film and to an organic electroluminescent device prepared using same, wherein the thermal transfer film includes a base film and an outermost layer which is formed on the base film and has 2% or more of a thickness change ratio expressed by formula 1.
US09610791B2	Print head mounting structure A print head mounting structure includes a beam that extends along a scan axis y of the print head; and a carriage adapted to be driven for reciprocating movement along the beam. The carriage includes a print head carrier for carrying the print head, a cable guide carrier and a link. The print head carrier has a first runner block arranged to guide the print head carrier along the beam. The cable guide carrier is connected to a flexible cable guide that extends along the beam and has a second runner block arranged to guide the cable guide carrier along the beam independently of the print head carrier. The link connects the print head carrier and the cable guide carrier for joint movement along the beam, wherein the link is rigid and play-free in the direction of the scan axis y and is resilient in all remaining degrees of freedom.
US09610790B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a carriage which can move in a reciprocating direction, in which the carriage is provided with an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, a circuit board which inputs a signal to the ejecting unit, and a fan which can blow air toward the circuit board, and includes a separator which separates a path through which mist which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit reaches the fan.
US09610785B2	Tape printer Disclosed is a tape printer including a feed portion, a feed path, a print portion, and a cut portion. The feed portion performs pre-print feed to feed a tape before a print process and post-print feed to feed the tape after the print process. In addition, the feed portion feeds the tape forward as the post-print feed such that the upstream-side end of an image printed on the tape is positioned on the downstream side of a cut position and the tape backward as the pre-print feed when the cut portion has not performed a cut operation after the post-print feed at the time of starting the following print process.
US09610781B2	Image forming device and method for manufacturing can body on which image is formed A printing device (1) is provided with: a can body conveying mechanism (100) for sequentially conveying can bodies (10); and a can body moving mechanism (200) for moving the can body (10) while forming an image onto the outer circumferential surface of the can body (10) conveyed by the can body conveying mechanism (100). The can body moving mechanism (200) is provided with a rotating member (210) formed in a disc shape and rotating in a clockwise direction in the drawing. The can body moving mechanism (200) is also provided with plural image forming units (220) provided on the rotating member (210) and forming an image onto the outer circumferential surface of the can body (10) while moving the can body (10). The image forming units (220) are each provided with plural ink ejection devices for ejecting ink onto the outer circumferential surface of the can body (10). This provides an image forming device capable of increasing the number of can bodies on each of which an image can be formed per unit time.
US09610769B2	Liquid injection head, method of manufacturing liquid injection head, and liquid injection device An individual electrode formed on an inside surface of a dummy channel, a common electrode formed on an inside surface of a discharge channel, an individual pad formed in a connection groove of an actuator plate, connecting the individual electrodes opposed in an X direction across the discharge channel, and to which an FPC is connected, a shallow groove portion opened toward a rear side on the actuator plate, a common pad formed in the shallow groove portion, and connecting the common electrode and the FPC through the shallow groove portion, and a dividing groove formed in a corner portion made by a surface and a rear-side end surface of the actuator plate, and dividing the common pad from the individual pad.
US09610758B2	Method of making demountable interconnect structure A method for making an interconnect structure includes applying a first metal layer to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises at least one I/O contact and the first metal layer is located on a surface of the I/O contact; applying a removable layer to the electronic device. The removable layer is adjacent to the first metal layer. An adhesive layer is applied to the electronic device or to a base insulative layer. The electronic device is secured to the base insulative layer using the adhesive layer. The first metal layer and removable layer are disposed between the electronic device and the base insulative layer.
US09610757B2	Adhesive bond using different adhesives A method for adhesively bonding shaped elements made from wood-based materials to flexible film substrates, in which i) the side that is to be bonded is mechanically processed, ii) a reactive one- or two-component polyurethane adhesive is applied to the center regions of this side, iii) an aqueous adhesive based on EVA, PVAc, PVOH is applied at least to the outer region of this side, and iv) this side is bonded to a flexible substrate as an edge coating.
US09610737B2	3D thermoplastic composite pultrusion system and method A 3D thermoplastic pultrusion system and method based upon a 3D variable die system and including one or more sets of 3D thermoplastic forming machines to continuously produce thermoplastic composite pultrusions with at least one of varying cross-section geometry and constant surface contours, varying cross-section geometry and varying surface contours, and constant cross-section geometry and varying surface contours.
US09610736B2	Method for manufacturing a composite using a degradable membrane A method for manufacturing a composite is provided herein, including laying at least one reinforcement layer onto the inner surface of a mold, positioning a degradable membrane onto the outermost reinforcement layer of the at least one reinforcement layer, applying suction between the inner surface of the mold and the degradable membrane to press the at least one reinforcement layer towards the inner surface of the mold, covering the degradable membrane with at least one vacuum film, generating a vacuum in the region between the vacuum film and the mold, injecting resin into this region by means of vacuum, and letting cure the resin, initiating a degradation of the degradable membrane by provoking a physical or chemical change of the membrane material after having generated a vacuum in the region between the vacuum film and the mold and before the resin has cured completely.
US09610732B2	Lamination molding apparatus A lamination molding apparatus 10 includes a powder layer forming apparatus 20, a recoating head 30, a servo motor 16, a laser irradiating device 40, a numerical control apparatus 52, a laser control apparatus 54 and a computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system 56. The blade 31 moves in the horizontal axis direction so as to form the powder layer on a predetermined molding region. The laser control apparatus 54 controls the laser irradiating device 40 and calculates an irradiation range of a laser beam for every powder layer. The numerical control apparatus 52 obtains data of the irradiation range from the laser irradiating device 40 and outputs a move command such that the blade 31 moves at a feed speed faster than a pre-set feed speed adapted for recoating, in the molding region outside of the irradiation range.
US09610724B2	Device for injection molding a preform A preform-molding device has a nozzle section including three cylindrical layer-forming flow channels, which include an inner flow channel and an outer flow channel for forming the substrate layers of the main resin, and a middle flow channel for forming the intermediate layer, and also includes a predetermined number of vertical blocking rib pieces disposed at a downstream end of the middle flow channel, in parallel in the circumferential direction, so that the intermediate layer would be segmented in the circumferential direction into a predetermined number of vertically running streams, wherein flow behavior of the intermediate-layer resin flowing through the middle flow channel is adjusted by positioning the vertical blocking rib pieces in the circumferential direction so as to minimize a difference in height between a maximum height point and a minimum height point that appear in a leading edge of the intermediate layer of the preform.
US09610720B2	Injection-molding station for the manufacture of multilayer preforms An injection-molding station for the manufacture of multilayer preforms comprises an injection-molding machine (2), at least one multi-component nozzle (3), at least two melt accumulators (4, 5) constructed as cylinder accumulators and connected thereto, at least two plasticizer units (6, 7) for charging them and a control unit (8). The multi-component nozzle has slides (17, 19), which are associated with the melt channels (9, 10) and which are separately activated by the control unit independently of one another in such a way that the respective melt channels have an infinitely variable passage cross section. Proportional actuators (26, 27) that can be activated by the control unit are associated with the pistons (22, 23) of the cylinder accumulators. The control unit comprises a memory unit for coordinated movement or position profiles of the at least two closing slides and the at least two melt-accumulator pistons.
US09610717B2	Composite of resin and other materials and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing composite of resin and other materials includes the following steps. A shaped piece made by materials different with resin is provided, and is degreased and cleaned. A resist layer with a lot of location holes is formed on the surface of the heterogeneous member by nano-imprint lithography, and a lot of small holes are formed on the surface of the heterogeneous member while the resist layer is removed. Then the heterogeneous member is inserted in an injection mold, and molten crystalline thermoplastic resin is injected into the mold, thus the resin embedded into the holes and bonding with the shaped piece. The method is environmentally friendly and suitable for mass production.
US09610716B2	Connector housing A connector housing (1) is molded by using a resin material essentially containing a polybutylene terephthalate reinforced with fibers, the polybutylene terephthalate having properties with a flexural modulus of 5000 to 7000 MPa as measured by ASTM D790 and a bar flow length of 80 to 130 mm.
US09610715B2	Dispensing system with material spill prevention system A material spill prevention system with feed location sensing system to reduce the possibility of material spillage relative to the film being utilized for bag formation. The material spill prevention system monitors whether there is a proper film feed situation and, if not, precludes the release of material from the dispenser as in by precluding a flow controller opening and the release of material to the bag intended to receive the release chemical (e.g., a foam packaging bag). The prevention system is applicable to a variety of film feed arrangements as in a C-fold film drawn by a nip roller arrangement from a roll source with the dispenser mechanism positioned intermediate the nip and film source relative to film travel. An embodiment of the spill prevention system also features an absolute position transducer for monitoring position of a flow controller which controls output of material from the dispenser.
US09610709B2	Tool management system The present invention provides a method and system for the management of multiple heated mould tools (302, 304) in a facility with limited resource, by monitoring energy usage of a first mould tool (302), and starting a second mould tool (304) when enough energy is available.
US09610706B2	Powdered lignin Lignin-containing mixtures and methods for making and using same. The lignin-containing mixture can include one or more lignin materials and one or more phenol-aldehyde resins. The mixture can include less than 10 wt % of water.
US09610703B2	Method and apparatus for producing figured veneer A method for making a piece of figured veneer comprises softening lignin in a sheet of veneer, and advancing the sheet of veneer between a first roller having a semi-flexible outer surface and a second roller. Apparatus for making a piece of figured veneer comprises a device for softening lignin in a sheet of veneer, and first and second rollers between which the sheet of veneer is pressed. The first roller has a semi-flexible outer surface.
US09610702B2	Chain saw cutter links Embodiments of chain saw cutter links, and related apparatuses and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a cutter link may include a top plate, a sharpened surface having an upper end and a lower end, and a depth gauge having a top surface. The sharpened surface may define a reference line tangent to the sharpened surface at the upper end such that the reference line extends between the top plate and the sharpened surface, a sharpened width may be defined by a minimum distance between the reference line and the lower end of the sharpened surface, an opening width may be defined by a minimum distance between the reference line and the top surface of the depth gauge, and the sharpened width may be greater than the opening width.
US09610691B2	Robot cleaner and method for controlling the same A robot cleaner and a control method thereof according to the present disclosure select a seed pixel in an image of an area in front of a main body, obtain a brightness difference between an upper region and a lower region obtained by dividing a predetermined detection area including each of neighboring pixels of the seed pixel and select a pixel belonging to a detection area having a largest brightness difference as a pixel constituting the boundary between objects indicated in the image. Accordingly, the boundary between objects present within a cleaning area can be detected rapidly and correctly through an image.
US09610683B2	Marking machine for hull block sections A marking machine for sections of vessels, including: a marking device and a gantry. The gantry includes rail wheels, horizontal beams, and upright columns. The horizontal beams include an upper beam, middle beams, and lower beams. The marking device is disposed on the upper beam of the gantry. The marking device includes a trolley and a marking arm. The trolley hangs on the upper beam. The marking arm includes a plumbing arm, a swing arm, a first universal joint, a second universal joint, a first Z-shaped steering knuckle, a second Z-shaped steering knuckle, a telescopic arm, and a penholder. The plumbing arm is fixedly connected to the lower part of the trolley. The first universal joint is disposed on the plumbing arm. The first Z-shaped steering knuckle is connected to the first universal joint.
US09610681B1	Tool holder A tool holder is provided for at least one connection rod to be assembled thereto. Each connection rod has a body portion and a tubular portion greater than the body portion in radial dimension, and a stepped portion is formed between the tubular and body portions. The tool holder includes a main body and a positioning member. The main body includes a hanging portion, an assembling portion and an abutting portion, the assembling portion includes at least one engaging block for one said tubular portion to be engaged therewith, and the abutting portion is for radially abutting against the body portion. The positioning member is assembled to the main body, a side of the positioning member facing the abutting portion is for radially abutting against the body portion, and an end of the positioning member facing the assembling portion is for abutting the stepped portion.
US09610675B2	Clamp system for welding applications A welding clamp system using a fixture plate with a bulkhead that allows the clamp system to be coupled to a robotic arm. The robotic arm supplies air and electricity through pneumatic and electrical ports, enabling operation of the clamp system. The air is routed to pneumatic cylinders, which power a pneumatic clamp mechanism that moves sliding clamp fixtures along tracks. The sliding clamp fixtures press a work piece against immobile clamp fixtures, allowing a work piece to be secured and held during welding. Presence of a work piece is detected by proximity sensors which are mounted into the fixture. The clamp system allows a robotic arm to grab a work piece from a supply area, initiate and complete welding of the work piece, and then release the work piece onto a discharge station for removal of the completed work piece.
US09610665B2	Stamping-face plate holder A stamping-face plate holder is provided. The stamping-face plate holder comprises a plate holding member formed with a positioning recess for receiving and positioning a stamping-face plate and a film for covering the stamping-face plate held in the plate holding member. The stamping-face plate is made of a porous material impregnated with ink. The plate holding member consists of a top paper board and a bottom paper board, both boards being integrated by adhering and the positioning recess is formed in the top paper board. The film covers the whole surface of the top paper board and adheres to the top paper board excepting the stamping-face plate held therein.
US09610660B2	Tire mounting method using a tire mounting device A tire mounting method for automatically mounting tires onto hub bolts of a motor vehicle using a tire mounting device having a first working mechanism and a second working mechanism. The method includes feeding the motor vehicle intermittently so that hub bolts of a front wheel and hub bolts of a rear wheel are successively positioned in a tire mounting station. Tires are gripped by a tire gripping unit of the first working mechanism, and nuts are successively temporarily tightened onto hub bolts of front and rear wheels to which the tires are mounted. The nuts, which have been temporarily tightened, are then fully tightened using the second working mechanism.
US09610653B2	Method and apparatus for separation of workpieces and articles produced thereby The present invention is a method for separating a workpiece from a common substrate. It includes the steps of providing the workpiece, generating, within a beam source, a beam of laser pulses configured to modify a portion of the workpiece, determining a depth for creating a modified region based upon a characteristic of the workpiece and modifying a plurality of regions within the workpiece to form a plurality of modified regions. Modifying the plurality of regions includes directing the beam of laser pulses from an output of the beam source onto the workpiece, causing relative motion between the workpiece and the output of the beam source while directing the beam of laser pulses onto workpiece, and modifying a characteristic of the pulses of the beam upon generating a number of pulses which generally correspond to creating the modified regions to the determined depth.
US09610651B2	Square pulse laser lift off A laser lift-off method includes generating a plurality of solid state laser pulses, converting the plurality of solid state laser pulses to an ultraviolet frequency, adjusting the transverse spatial intensity profile of the plurality of laser pulses across perpendicular transverse axes to be rectangular in shape with the shape along each transverse axis corresponds to a super-Gaussian of order eight or higher, and scanning the plurality of laser pulses across the target along a direction parallel to one of the transverse axes in order to produce laser lift-off on the target. Systems for laser lift-off are also disclosed.
US09610642B2	Process and apparatus for manufacturing an abrasive wire A process for manufacturing an abrasive wire formed by abrasive particles held on a central core by a binder comprises depositing abrasive particles on the central core, each particle comprising a magnetic material that has a relative permeability greater than 50 and that represents at least 1% of the volume of the abrasive particle, and depositing binder on the central core to keep the abrasive particles attached to it. The core has south poles and north poles alternating along either its circumference or its length.
US09610635B2	Methods for manufacturing thin walled enclosures and related system and apparatus A manufacturing system is provided. The manufacturing system may include a manufacturing apparatus and a dispensing apparatus. The dispensing apparatus may be configured to dispense a support material to act as a temporary fixture to support a component during manufacturing operations conducted thereon. The dispensing apparatus may dispense the support material in a liquid phase, and the support material may thereafter transition to a solid phase to support the component. After completion of the manufacturing operations, the component may be returned to the dispensing apparatus, wherein the component may be dipped in a heat transfer fluid that may cause the support material to transition back to the liquid phase for reuse. Related apparatuses and methods are also provided.
US09610633B2	Crankshaft and method for producing the same In a crankshaft 200, one hole 213L formed in a crankpin 213 has a bottom surface having a larger area and a depth from a surface of the crankpin less than those of another hole 213M. In forming the hole 213L and the hole 213M, a preformed product 200 of the crankshaft having a shape smaller than that of a cavity is disposed in a die set and punches are simultaneously inserted into the crankpin 213. By this operation, the hole 213L and the hole 213M are simultaneously formed in each crankpin 213 of the preformed product 200.
US09610624B2	Method for bending metal sheet and device for regulating residual stress A device for regulating a residual stress is comprised of: input means; a residual stress database; a process condition database; first searching means for searching a residual stress (σ0) from the residual stress database; a calculator for calculating a first bending moment (Mrs) in a ridge line originated from the residual stress, and a second bending moment (Mz) in the ridge line originated from bending to obtain a total bending moment (Mrs−Mz) and calculating a camber curvature (ρz) of the workpiece originated from the total bending moment (Mrs−Mz); comparing a difference (\|ρz−ρz0\|) between the camber curvature (ρz) and a target value (ρz0) with a tolerable value (ρ); second searching means for searching a process condition satisfying a tolerable condition (\|ρz−ρz0\|≦ρ) from the process condition database when (\|ρz−ρz0\|>ρ); and regulating means for regulating a residual stress.
US09610623B2	Method and device to control the section sizes of a rolled product A method controls the section sizes of a rolled product in a segment of a rolling line between at least two rolling stands, wherein each is provided with its own drive members, in which at least a detector located between the two rolling stands detects a characteristic size of the rolled product. A control unit compares the characteristic size of the rolled product with a reference size and acts on said drive members in order to hold the rolled product in an optimal drawing condition. The method includes setting a predefined value of an electric quantity of at least one of the drive members, measuring the reference size, and verifying the characteristic size of the rolled product in transit. If a deviation is detected between the characteristic size and the reference size, returning the characteristic size of the rolled product to the reference size.
US09610621B2	Apparatus for deforming a metal bar having a rectangular section up to obtaining a metal bar having a trapezoidal or hexagonal section, and a system and a method for realising a spiral, starting from a metal bar having a rectangular section An apparatus (1) for deforming a metal bar (2) having a rectangular section up to obtaining a metal bar (2) having a trapezoidal section or a hexagonal section, the metal bar (2) having a rectangular section comprising a first lateral wall (3) and a second lateral wall (4) which are opposite one another, and a third lateral wall (5), the apparatus comprising: a first rotatable roller (11) which has a first conical wall (12); a second rotatable roller (13) which has a second conical wall (14); the first roller (11) and the second roller (13) being arranged with respect to one another such that: the first conical wall (12) and the second conical wall (14) are facing one another; and when the metal bar (2) having a rectangular section crosses a spatial region comprised between the first conical wall (12) and the second conical wall (14) with the relative third lateral wall (5) facing externally, they can press respectively against the first lateral wall (3) and the second lateral wall (4), deforming the metal bar (2) until it takes on a trapezoidal or hexagonal shape; guide means for deformation (15) which are arranged with respect to the first roller (11) and the second roller (13) such as to abut the third lateral wall (5) of the metal bar (2) and for guiding the deformation of the metal bar (2) in such a way that the metal bar (2) maintains a straight development, the guide means for deformation (15) being mobile in a distancing-nearing direction with respect to the first roller (11) and the second roller (13).
US09610620B2	Manufactured composite having synthetic vegetation and impermeable geomembrane, and capping system using same A manufactured composite comprising synthetic turf and impermeable geomembrane is used in a single-layer capping system as the single layer to provide permanent, impermeable and functional aesthetic cover for land reclamation. During installation of composite pieces at a job site, an edge portion of a tufted section of a second composite piece is overlaid onto an edge untufted section of the first composite piece already laid and anchored over foundation soil to form a reinforced overlapping seam, through which the two composite pieces are physically and permanently joined together. As composite pieces are joined together, the continuity of synthetic grass and the continuity of impermeability are extended and realized over the entire site to form permanent, impermeable and functional aesthetic cover for land reclamation.
US09610617B2	Megasonic multifrequency apparatus with matched transducer A megasonic processing apparatus matches the fundamental resonant or higher-level harmonic frequencies of megasonic thickness-mode transducers to the fundamental resonant or higher-level harmonic frequencies of a plate or other mounting structure upon which the transducers are mounted. The multifrequency transducers are piezoelectric transducers operating in thickness mode at different operating frequencies. The thickness of the mounting plate at the transducer locations is selected to provide a resonant or harmonic frequency matched to that of its corresponding transducer. Two or more megasonic transducers are bonded to the same radiating surface.
US09610610B2	Method for making gloves An embodiment is disclosed of a method of making gloves, more particularly polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coated gloves. The method comprises providing a liner, and coating at least a part of the liner with a PVC paste to form a coating having an outer layer, applying particles of a soluble solid to the outer layer of the coating and curing the outer layer. Preferably, the method further comprises gelling the outer layer after applying the particles and contacting the gelled outer layer with a solvent before curing. Preferably, the soluble solid comprises a solid acid.
US09610604B2	Multi-bead applicator A system for applying a two-part adhesive to a substrate includes a prime mover for providing an output torque, a first pump connected to the prime mover for receiving the output torque, the first pump having an inlet and an outlet, a second pump connected to the prime mover for receiving the output torque, the second pump having an inlet and an outlet, a first compound in communication with the inlet of the first pump, a second compound in communication with the inlet of the second pump, a first accumulator in communication with the outlet of the first pump, a second accumulator in communication with the outlet of the second pump, a first manifold in communication with the outlet of the first pump, and a second manifold in communication with the outlet of the second pump. A plurality of applicators is included.
US09610603B2	High pressure waterblasting nozzle manipulator apparatus A high pressure nozzle manipulator includes a wheeled chassis, a pair of parallel manipulator elevator rails supported by an elevator rail rotator fastened to the chassis, a horizontal extensible arm rail disposed between and carried by the manipulator elevator rails, a rotary actuator fastened to a distal end of the horizontal extensible arm rail, and a linear actuator fastened between the first rotary actuator and a hinged nozzle support bracket. This bracket holds a high pressure cleaning nozzle. The linear actuator is configured to rotate the nozzle and the bracket through an arc. The elevator rail rotator is configured to rotate the elevator rails through an arc of about 180 degrees about a horizontal axis. The rotary wrist actuator is configured to rotate the hinged nozzle support bracket about a horizontal axis through the extensible arm rail.
US09610595B2	Rotatable shroud for directional control of application area A controlled droplet application (CDA) nozzle has a CDA nozzle cone having a first axis of rotation in a first position and, after adjustment, a second axis of rotation in a second position orthogonal to the first. A rotationally adjustable directional shroud surrounds at least a portion of the cone, the directional shroud blocking at least a portion of a lip of the cone regardless of whether the cone is positioned in the first or second axis of rotation.
US09610589B2	Electrostatic particle collector with improved features for installing and/or removing its collector plates An electrostatic particle collector may generally include a housing having sidewalls extending lengthwise between a first end and a second end. The housing may define a plate slot that extends heightwise within the housing between a top end and a bottom end. The housing may further include a plate access window that provides access to the bottom end of the plate slot. The collector may also include a collector plate configured to be installed within the plate slot that extends heightwise between a top edge and a bottom edge. Additionally, when the collector plate is installed within the plate slot, the bottom edge of the collector plate may be accessible from an exterior of the housing via the plate access window so as to allow the bottom edge of the collector plate to be moved relative to the housing to facilitate removal of the collector plate from the housing.
US09610587B2	Electrostatic collection device of particles in suspension in a gaseous environment An electrostatic collection device of particles in suspension in a gas including a collecting chamber with a collecting wall, part of which forms a collecting electrode. The collecting electrode faces a discharge electrode in the form of a wire, so as to create a corona discharge between the discharge electrode and the collecting electrode, the collecting wall extends to the periphery of the discharge electrode. The discharge electrode is maintained at a first end by a first holder and at the second end by a second holder, both holders made of electrically insulating material(s). At least one traversal wall protrudes from the collecting wall, and has a shape adapted to deflect the path of a liquid present in the gas and flowing on the collecting wall to the transversal wall such that it does not come into contact with the second holder.
US09610579B2	Fluid delivery devices, systems, and methods This document provides devices, systems, and methods for delivering fluids. In some cases, the devices, systems, and methods include a deformable reservoir being at least partially defined by rigid plastically-deformable web. An actuator can press against said rigid plastically-deformable web to plastically deform said web. In some cases, a controller is adapted to receive a cartridge including a deformable reservoir and control the pressing of an actuator against a rigid plastically-deformable web to deliver fluid from the deformable reservoir.
US09610578B2	Methods and apparatus for microfluidic perfusion In illustrative implementations of this invention, microfluidic perfusion tubing is easily and precisely inserted into a microfluidic device. The tubing is inserted in a manner that aligns one or more holes in the perfusion tubing with one or more channels in the microfluidic device. For example, a hole in the tip of a perfusion tube may open into a channel in the microfluidic device. Or, multiple holes in a tube may open into different channels in a microfluidic device. The system may include a microfluidic device, two or more couplers, and a support frame. The microfluidic device may be inserted into a recessed region of the support frame, and the couplers may be attached to the support frame. The effect of doing so is to fix the position of the components relative to each other, and to precisely align holes in the tubes with channels in the microfluidic device.
US09610577B2	Closures which contain reservoirs and allow acoustic ejection In an aspect of this invention, a closure for a well plate is provided which has a reservoir. The closure has openings through which acoustic ejection of fluid droplets can take place without removing the closure. The reservoirs in the closure may help to maintain acceptable levels of solvent in the wells of the well plate despite the evaporation which may occur during the course of ejection.
US09610576B2	Hydrolytically stable ion-exchange stationary phases and uses thereof The invention provides novel ion-exchange media and related methods for their preparation and use. Ion-exchange stationary phases according to the invention are suitable for chromatographic separation of a variety of biomolecules. Distinguishing characteristics of ion-exchange media according to this invention includes, for example, their ability to separate variants of monoclonal antibodies via cation-exchange liquid chromatography using porous substrates with particle sizes <5 μm. The ion-exchange stationary media include a hydrolytically stable layer, which inhibits surface degradation of the particles in 100% aqueous media. Another unique feature is low molecular weight building blocks used to functionalize the particles with ion-exchange groups.
US09610574B2	Supported composition and the use thereof in methods for the hydroformylation of unsaturated compounds The present invention relates to a composition comprising: a) at least one support material; b) at least one metal selected from transition group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements and c) at least one compound of the formula (I) R′-A-R″ (I), where A, R′ and R″ are each an organic radical, where R′ and R″ have the structural element —O—P(—O—)2 with trivalent P and are bonded covalently to the A radical via the latter, with the proviso that R′≠R″, to a process for producing such a composition, to the use of the composition and to a process and an apparatus for hydroformylation in which the composition is used.

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