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US09727772B2	Method and apparatus for contact image sensing A contact image sensor having an illumination source; a first SBG array device; a transmission grating; a second SBG array device; a waveguiding layer including a multiplicity of waveguide cores separated by cladding material; an upper clad layer; and a platen. The sensor further includes: an input element for coupling light from the illumination source into the first SBG array; a coupling element for coupling light out of the cores into output optical paths coupled to a detector having at least one photosensitive element.
US09727771B2	Touch device with fingerprint identification function A touch device with fingerprint identification function includes a glass substrate having a first and a second face, a first electrode layer having multiple first electrodes, an insulation layer, a second electrode layer having multiple second electrodes, a wiring layer, a film layer covering the second electrode layer and the wiring layer, and a fingerprint identification sensation layer having multiple fingerprint identification chips and multiple transmission leads. The first face is defined with a touch section and a non-touch section. The first electrode layer is disposed on the second face. One face of the insulation layer covers the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer is disposed on the other face of the insulation layer. The wiring layer is disposed at the non-touch section and selectively electrically connected to the first and second electrode layers. The touch device is able to lower manufacturing cost and enhance fingerprint identification precision.
US09727765B2	RFID system including a reader/writer and RFID tag An RFID system includes an antenna of a reader/writer and an antenna of an RFID tag. Transmission and reception of a high-frequency signal of a UHF band is performed between the antenna of the reader/writer and the antenna of the RFID tag that are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other. A loop antenna including a loop conductor is used as the antenna of the reader/writer, and coil antennas including a plurality of laminated coil conductors are used as the antenna of an RFID tag. In addition, the conductor width of the loop conductor in the loop antenna is greater than the conductor widths of the coil conductors in the coil antennas.
US09727763B2	Modulation index (depth) based grouping, addressing, and fingerprinting RFID tags A method of addressing one or more RFID devices within a group of RFID devices includes transmitting a command to respond to the group at a first modulation depth. The method further includes receiving a response from a first sub-group of RFID devices in the group that have a minimum modulation depth less than or equal to the first modulation depth. The method further includes transmitting the command to respond to the group at a second modulation depth higher than the first modulation depth. The method further includes receiving a response from a second sub-group of RFID devices within the group that have a minimum modulation depth less than or equal to the second modulation depth. The method is also directed to authenticating RFIDs by comparing a measured minimum modulation depth to a known minimum modulation depth.
US09727756B2	Access and protection of I2C interfaces A method, computer program product, and system to implement access control from a master device to a slave device over an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) interface are described. The method includes generating, using a processor, a control block defining the access control to the slave device over the I2C interface. The generating the control block is performed by the trusted code layer and the generating the control block is prohibited by the user-modifiable code layer. The method also includes controlling a command over the I2C interface to the slave device based on a generated command from the trusted code layer and the user-modifiable code layer in accordance with the control block.
US09727746B2	Policy aware configurable data redaction based on sensitivity and use factors The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for document redaction. The disclosed techniques adapt to the needs of different levels of data sensitivity and different needs for disclosure or analysis by using pre-defined templates related to use cases, and mapping those to the relative sensitivity of private data types both in their natural form and after redaction by various redaction types. In this way, data is given the appropriate level of protection within the needs of a given use case.
US09727744B2	Automatic folder access management Methods and systems are provided for decentralizing user data access rights control activities in networked organizations having diverse access control models and file server protocols. A folder management application enables end users of the file system to make requests for access to storage elements, either individually, or by becoming members of a user group having group access privileges. Responsibility for dealing with such requests is distributed to respective group owners and data owners, who may delegate responsibility to authorizers. The application may also consider automatically generated proposals for changes to access privileges. An automatic system continually monitors and analyzes access behavior by users who have been pre-classified into groups having common data access privileges. As the organizational structure changes, these groups are adaptively changed both in composition and in data access rights.
US09727733B2	Risk-based model for security policy management A security policy management solution (such as a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) system) is augmented to enable a user to model and visualize how changes in a security policy may impact (positively or negatively) the effectiveness of a policy configuration as well as the risk associated with its deployment. This technique enables a user (e.g., a security policy administrator) to evolve enterprise information technology (IT) security policies and, in particular, to generate and display “what-if” scenarios by which the user can determine trade-offs between, on the one hand, the effectiveness of a proposed change to a policy, and on the other hand, the risk associated with the proposed change.
US09727727B2	Scanning content items based on user activity In some embodiments, a content management system can initiate a scan of a content item when the content management system detects that activity associated with the content item triggers a scan policy. In some embodiments, a content management system can initiate a scan of a user's account when the content management system detects that activity associated with the content item triggers a scan policy. A scan policy can specify, for example, a number of shares, downloads and/or previews of the content item allowable in a period of time. When the number of shares, downloads, and/or previews exceeds the specified number in the policy in the specified period of time, the content management system can initiate a scan (e.g., virus scan, malware scan, etc.) of the content item and/or the user's account.
US09727726B1	Intrusion detection using bus snooping Remote computing resource service providers allow customers to execute one or more applications in a virtual environment on computer systems provided by the computing resource service provider. The customer applications are generally executed by multiple virtual machine instances working together. The virtual machines may be managed by a hypervisor executing on computer systems operated by the service provider. These computer systems may be vulnerable to intrusions and other malicious attack, thereby exposing the virtual machines and corresponding customer applications executing on the computer systems. A monitoring device may be used in one or more of the computing systems, operated by the service provider, in order to monitor and prevent a variety of different attacks.
US09727720B2	Challenge-response authentication using a masked response value Challenge-response authentication protocols are disclosed herein, including systems and methods for a first device to authenticate a second device. In one embodiment, the following operations are performed by the first device: (a) sending to the second device: (i) a challenge value corresponding to an expected response value known by the first device, and (ii) a hiding value; (b) receiving from the second device a masked response value; (c) obtaining an expected masked response value from the expected response value and the hiding value; and (d) determining whether the expected masked response value matches the masked response value received from the second device. The operations from the perspective of the second device are also disclosed, which in some embodiments include computing the masked response value using the challenge value, the hiding value, and secret information known to the second device.
US09727713B2	Server apparatus, login management system, and non-transitory storage medium having compatibility between automatic logout function and automatic refreshing function The present invention is provided with the page responding unit 33, the login performing unit 31, the logout performing unit 35, the counting unit 37, and the logout managing unit 39. The page responding unit 33 submits a response of a Web page in response to an automatic request or a manual request from a user. The login performing unit 31 performs login by user authentication. The logout performing unit 35 performs logout of the user in a case in which the request from the user who logged in is not received within the login timeout period. The counting unit 37 counts the automatic request upon reception of the automatic request within the login timeout period. The logout managing unit 39 makes the logout performing unit 35 perform logout in a case in which the accumulated refreshing time exceeds the login timeout period.
US09727709B2	Support for secure objects in a computer system A computer system includes a mechanism supporting a Secure Object that includes information that is cryptographically protected so that other software on the computer system cannot access or undetectably tamper with the information, thereby protecting both a confidentiality and an integrity of the Secure Object information from other software while making an unencrypted form of the Secure Object information available to the Secure Object itself during execution of the Secure Object. The Mechanism includes a crypto engine that decrypts and integrity-checks Secure Object information as the Secure Object information moves into the computer system from external storage and encrypts and updates an integrity value for Secure Object information as the Secure Object information moves out of the computer system to the external storage.
US09727701B2	Pharmaceutical storage and retrieval system and methods of storing and retrieving pharmaceuticals A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval system and a method of storing and retrieving pharmaceutical containers from the system. The system includes a pharmaceutical storage and retrieval and a controller operatively coupled to the device to control storage and retrieval functions of the device. The device includes a gantry assembly, a shelving assembly, a user access assembly, and a user authorization system that function in a coordinated manner to carry out the storage and retrieval functions of the device.
US09727697B1	System and approach for integration of parameters from wearable cloud connected access control devices A system and approach for integrating of health parameters from wearable cloud connected access control devices to provide life safety measures, and also for controlling access to facilities. A monitoring system may incorporate a device for a wearer or holder and a sensor at an entrance to or exit from a specified facility, and a processor connected to the sensor. The device may sense a parameter of the wearer or holder selected from a group of items incorporating heartbeat, blood pressure, blood oxygen, pulse rate, and body temperature. If the selected parameter indicates an abnormal or worsening condition, then the wearer or holder may obtain access to a hospital or health care facility. Health professionals may hold or wear a device that permits them to enter a restricted facility to aid a person within the facility needing medical assistance.
US09727693B2	Automated tracking of a medical procedure using macros A system for tracking a medical procedure includes a set of macros, a scanning device, and a control unit. Each macro in the set of macros is associated with instructions that execute a tracking step of a medical procedure. The scanning device is controlled by a user during the medical procedure to select a macro from the set of macros. The control unit executes the instructions associated with the selected macro to track the medical procedure.
US09727691B2	Method for evaluating drug sensitivity and disease vulnerability by analyzing cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein gene The present invention provides a method for evaluating (predicting, etc.) an individual difference (the tendency of every individual) in terms of drug sensitivity and disease vulnerability, comprising using a gene polymorphism of a cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein gene or the like. The method for evaluating drug sensitivity and the method for evaluating disease vulnerability according to the present invention comprise associating a gene polymorphism of a cyclic AMP responsive element binding protein gene or a haplotype constituted by the gene polymorphism with the drug sensitivity and disease vulnerability of an individual.
US09727690B2	Method and system for molecular dynamics simulation with stability control The present invention is applicable in the field of molecular dynamics, said invention consisting of computing methods for predicting the structure and function of biomolecules, and particularly of proteins, by means of simulating the protein folding process and the interaction process of proteins with other biomolecules in a solvent. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and a system for controlling simulation stability and for choosing the timestep used in the numerical integration of the equations of motion. The invention successfully reduces the molecular dynamics simulation time by means of optimizing the timestep choice through an adaptive control or allowing larger timesteps correcting the trajectories based on a power control.
US09727682B2	Designing memories in VLSI design using specific memory models generated from generic memory models Memory optimization of integrated circuit (IC) design using generic memory models is presented. One method includes accessing a register transfer level (RTL) description for the IC design that includes generic memory interface calls to generic memory models for each memory instance. The generic memory call interface includes a set of memory parameters. The method also includes processing the RTL description of the IC design as a step in a design flow for the IC design by processing specific memory models for the memory instances, wherein the specific memory model for each memory instance is generated from the generic memory model using the memory parameters corresponding to the memory instance. The method can also include generating specific memory models (e.g., simulation model, timing model, and layout model) for each memory instance based on a given set of values of memory parameters for the memory instance.
US09727680B2	Structure for reducing pre-charge voltage for static random-access memory arrays A memory cell arrangement of SRAM cell groups may be provided in which in each of the groups multiple SRAM cells are connected to an input of a local read amplifier by at least one common local bit-line. Outputs of the amplifiers are connected to a shared global bit-line. The global bit-line is connected to a pre-charge circuit, and the pre-charge circuit is adapted for pre-charging the global bit-line with a programmable pre-charge voltage before reading data. The pre-charge circuit comprises a limiter circuit which comprises a pre-charge regulator circuit connected to the global bit-line to pre-charge the global bit-line with the programmable pre-charge voltage, and an evaluation and translation circuit connected to the pre-charge regulator circuit and the global bit-line to compensate leakage current of the global bit-line without changing its voltage level.
US09727679B2	System on chip configuration metadata A topology metadata file is identified that describes a topology of a system on chip (SoC) to be created, where the topology includes a plurality of computing blocks to be interconnected by a fabric. A corresponding computing block metadata file is identified for each of the plurality of computing blocks, where each of the computing block metadata files is to describe attributes of the corresponding computing block. The topology metadata file and the computing block metadata files are parsed to identify configuration attributes of the SoC. An intermediate representation of the SoC is generated based on the configuration attributes.
US09727674B2	Method of operating simulator compensating for delay and device for performing the same A simulator includes a memory for storing a first netlist, a timing library, and a standard parasitic exchange format (SPEF) file; and a processor configured to compensate for delay to synchronize digital and analog signals. The processor includes a delay calculator module for generating one of a rising time and a falling time and a standard delay format (SDF) file using the first netlist, the timing library, and the SPEF file; an SDF file converter module for adjusting an interconnect delay description included in the SDF file to compensate for delay using the one of the rising time and the falling time; and a digital simulator module for generating an event using a first driving cell according to a compensated interconnect delay description.
US09727671B2	Method, system, and program storage device for automating prognostics for physical assets In an example embodiment, a method of calculating end-of-life (EOL) predictions for a physical asset is provided. A state-space model for the physical asset is obtained, the state-space model being a physics-based model describing a state of the physical asset at a particular time given measurements or observations for the physical asset. Then a current state of the physical asset is inferred. Then a long-term prediction is derived for the physical asset based on the inferred current state of the physical asset and the state-space model for the physical asset. Then an EOL probability distribution function is generated for the physical asset based on the long-term prediction, the EOL probability distribution function describing a range of estimates of EOL for the physical asset and their corresponding confidence intervals.
US09727670B2	Horizon night view simulation Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are described herein for simulating a view of a horizon at night. The positions of a number of light sources may be determined from the perspective of a viewer location. A number of light attributes associated with the light sources are determined. A horizon view visualization is provided that includes a number of light representations corresponding with the light sources. The light representations are depicted according to the determined positions and light attributes.
US09727663B2	Data store query prediction Predicting a data store query can include receiving a portion of a natural language query including a first set of characters. Predicting a data store query can include generating, based at least in part on the first set of characters, a prediction of a phrase matching meta information associated with at least one of a service component metric, log, and event. Predicting a data store query can include proposing the prediction for completion of the query.
US09727659B2	Speculative actions based on user dwell time over selectable content Methods, systems, and techniques for reducing web page load time are provided. An exemplary method for reducing web page load time includes detecting, in a browser, a cursor in a region of a web page. The region surrounds a selectable item associated with a URL. The exemplary method includes determining whether the cursor is present in the region for a threshold period of time. The exemplary method further includes performing a speculative action when it is determined that the cursor has been present in the region for the threshold period of time, without modifying underlying code of a web page associated with the URL.
US09727629B2	System, methods, and media for compressing non-relational database objects Method, media, and systems for compressing objects, comprising: receiving a request to write a first object including a first key and a first value, wherein the first object is of a given type; receiving a request to write a second object including a second key and a second value, wherein the second object is of the given type; classifying the first object to a compression dictionary according to at least one rule based on a value of the first object and/or the key of the first object; classifying the second object to the compression dictionary according to at least one rule based on a value of the second object and/or the key of the second object; and compressing the first object and the second object based on the compression dictionary.
US09727626B2	Marking local regions and providing a snapshot thereof for asynchronous mirroring Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include conveying first data from local regions of a local volume of a local storage system to a remote storage system having a remote volume with remote regions in a one-to-one correspondence with the local regions. While conveying the first data, a request is received to update a given local region, and the given local region is marked.
US09727621B2	Systems and methods for servicing database events Provided are systems and methods for determining, by a master queue service, that one or more database event records are present in a master input queue, wherein each of the one or more database event records corresponds to an occurrence of an event at a database, causing, by the master queue service, moving of the one or more database event records from the master input queue to a master output queue, determining, by the master queue service, one or more processes associated with the one or more database event records, and causing, by the master queue service, adding of the one or more database event records to one or more process queues for the one or more processes.
US09727620B2	System and method for item and item set matching A matching system and related methods for matching an input item or input item set with stored items and/or stored item sets, and methods for manufacturing and using same.
US09727619B1	Automated search Embodiments described herein are used to automatically generate a list of searchable terms from any text set, as text found in a repository of information, that then can be used in a variety of applications, from providing search results, to analyzing data sets, to building a variety of text generation tools, such as messaging and emails.
US09727617B1	Systems and methods for searching quotes of entities using a database Systems and methods are provided for searching and identifying quotes in response to a query from a user. Consistent with certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more subject entities associated with the query and for identifying, from a database or from search results obtained in response to the query, a set of quotes corresponding to the one or more subject entities. Further, systems and methods are provided for determining quote scores for the identified quotes based on at least one of the relationship of each quote to the one or more subject entities, the recency of each quote, and the popularity of each quote. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for organizing the identified quotes in a rank order based on the quote scores and selecting quotes based on the rank order or based on the quote scores. In addition, systems and methods are provided for transmitting information to display the selected quotes on a display device.
US09727615B2	Sharing item images based on a similarity score Techniques for sharing item images based on a similarity score are described. For example, a machine receives an input item listing for an item from a user device. The machine accesses an existing image that may be associated with one or more existing item listings. The machine identifies a degree of similarity between the input item listing and the one or more existing item listings. The machine generates a similarity score for the existing image based on the degree of similarity. The machine selects one or more existing images corresponding to the one or more existing item listings based on the one or more existing images having corresponding similarity scores that exceed a threshold value. The machine transmits a communication to the user device in response to the receiving of the input item listing. The communication may include the one or more existing images.
US09727614B1	Identifying query fingerprints A method and system for analyzing user behavior as users search for items within an electronic marketplace is provided. A query is submitted by a user of the electronic marketplace, the query is processed to identify a series of actions or behaviors performed by the user in relation to the query and fingerprint information for the query is determined based at least in part on analyzing the actions. A classification for a query is determined based on the fingerprint information. In one embodiment, an electronic marketplace receives a query from a user, accesses a query classification database having fingerprint information, determines a fingerprint for the query based on the fingerprint information and dynamically modifies a user experience for the user based at least in part on the fingerprint information.
US09727609B2	Triggering hard parses Techniques for processing queries are provided. In one approach, an execution plan for a query includes multiple sub-plans, one or more of which are selected at runtime while one or more other sub-plans are not executed during execution of the execution plan. In another approach, data about misestimate is generated and stored persistently for subsequent queries. In another approach, statistics for a database object are generated automatically and efficiently while the database object is created or data items are added thereto. In another approach, a hybrid histogram is created that includes a feature of frequency histograms and a feature of height-balanced histograms. In another approach, computer jobs are executed in such a way to avoid deadlock. In another approach, changes to a database object trigger a hard parse of a query even though an execution plan already exists for the query.
US09727605B1	Query language identification Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying the language of a search query. In one embodiment, the language of each term of a query is determined from the query terms and the language of the user interface a user used to enter the query. In another embodiment, an automatic interface language classifier is generated from a collection of past queries each submitted by a user. In some embodiments, a score is determined for each of multiple languages, each score indicating a likelihood that the query language is the corresponding one of the multiple languages.
US09727603B1	Query refinements using search data Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining query refinements using search data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query and a second query each comprising one or more n-grams for a user session, determining a first set of query refinements for the first query, determining a second set of query refinements from the first set of query refinements, each query refinement in the second set of query refinements including at least one n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the first query and at least on n-gram that is similar to an n-gram from the second query, scoring each query refinement in the second set of query refinements, selecting a third query from a group consisting of the second set of query refinements and the second query, and providing the third query as input to a search operation.
US09727596B2	Scalable visualization of a product and its variants A method for generating a scalable visualization of a hierarchical data structure is provided. The method may include mapping at least one component within a plurality of components to the hierarchical data structure. The method may also include mapping at least one sub-component within a plurality of sub-components to the at least one mapped component. The method may further include mapping at least one variant within a plurality of variants to the hierarchical data structure as an accordion user interface widget. Additionally, the method may include mapping at least one variant component within a plurality of variant components to the at least one mapped variant as an accordion user interface widget. The method may also include mapping at least one variant sub-component within a plurality of variant sub-components to the at least one mapped variant component as an accordion user interface widget.
US09727595B2	Location searching with category indices A map searching system determines locations responsive to a search query. The map searching system parses the search query to generate a set of search tokens and searches a plurality of location category indices using the search tokens. The location category indicies specify indexes of locations according to various location categories, such as points of interest and cross streets. The resulting records selected from the search tokens are scored based on scoring weights specific to the location category index that a record was selected from. After scoring, a number of high-scoring records are selected as the responsive records to the location search.
US09727593B2	Database element versioning system and method This disclosure relates to database systems and, more particularly, to database systems with version controlled data. A version controlled database program resides on a computer readable medium, having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include defining a version object software layer. The version object software layer may be configured to read and write data of a version controlled database to a physical storage medium, maintain one or more versions of at least one element of the data, and provide access to the data. The operations may also include defining a database management software layer. The database management software layer may be configured to read and write data to the version object software layer and provide a database access interface for accessing the data.
US09727588B1	Applying XAM processes A method is used in applying XAM processes. A set of content is received via any of a file system interface, a block based interface, an object based interface to an object addressable data storage system. An object derived from the set of content and having an object identifier is stored in the object addressable data storage system. The object is made available for retrieval via the object based interface using the object identifier.
US09727587B2	Previewing search results Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for previewing search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a query from a client device. One or more image search results are provided to the client device, each of the one or more image search results identifying a corresponding image resource and each of the one or more image search results including an image representation of the corresponding image resource. One or more related queries are provided to the client device, the one or more related queries having been determined to be related to the query, wherein each of the one or more related queries includes a preview image to be displayed at the client device, the preview image representing an image search result responsive to the related query.
US09727584B2	Refining image annotations Methods, systems and apparatus for refining image annotations. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, for each image in a set of images, a corresponding set of labels determined to be indicative of subject matter of the image. For each label, one or more confidence values are determined. Each confidence value is a measure of confidence that the label accurately describes the subject matter of a threshold number of respective images to which it corresponds. Labels for which each of the one or more confidence values meets a respective confidence threshold are identified as high confidence labels. For each image in the set of images, labels in its corresponding set of labels that are high confidence labels are identified. Images having a corresponding set of labels that include at least a respective threshold number of high confidence labels are identified as high confidence images.
US09727579B2	Systems and methods for storing digital content An overlay content distribution network provides a consistent interface to enable the storage and retrieval of digital content at multiple storage providers (210). An allocator component (140) instantiates and destroys location and/or provider specific agent processes (240) which transfer digital content to and from the storage providers (210). Encoding agent processes (250) are geographically located near the storage providers (210) at which the content is to be stored. Content may be stored in a manner which guarantees content availability, each storage provider (210) being periodically probed by a Quality of Service (QoS) probes distributed within the network.
US09727577B2	System and method to store third-party metadata in a cloud storage system A cloud storage system identifies and creates metadata associated with a stored file. On receiving a request to access the file with an application, the cloud storage system generates a metadata category associated only with the application, and creates metadata associated with the generated metadata category and corresponding to the file. On receiving a request to access file metadata, the cloud storage system identifies an application associated with the metadata access request, identifies a set of metadata categories associated with the identified application, filters metadata associated with the file based on the identified set of metadata categories, and provides the filtered metadata to the application.
US09727576B2	Method and system for efficient data synchronization Data synchronization includes establishing a plurality of target data tables based on a source data table in which data to be synchronized is stored, determining a current target data table from the plurality of target data tables, synchronizing the source data table and the current target data table, and directing an application server to access the current target data table upon successful completion of synchronization.
US09727572B2	Database compression system and method A database compression system includes and analyzer, a counting engine, and a mapping engine. The analyzer analyzes a schema of a database by maintaining a list of attributes and corresponding values. The analyzer also analyzes a selection of entries in the database. The counting engine determines a frequency of occurrence of each attribute/value pair in the selection of entries. The mapping engine assigns a condensed code to a character string determined on the basis of the attribute/value pair with a highest frequency of occurrence.
US09727564B2	Annotating content with context metadata A method and corresponding apparatus, computer program instructions, and graphical user interface are provided for annotating content with context metadata. The method includes obtaining by an apparatus a first list of context metadata items for a content item where the context metadata items include information relating to devices which were nearby the apparatus when the content item was created; obtaining a second list of context metadata items, wherein the second list contains some, but not all, of the metadata items of the first list; and annotating the content item with the second list by creating an association between metadata items of the second list and the content item.
US09727562B2	Method and system for performing multi-level program guide category searches A method and system for performing multi-level searches includes a user device and a display associated with the user device. A guide system receives a content provider category for a first content and receives a global guide category different than the content provider category for the first content. A communication network communicates the global guide category and the provider category to the user device. The user device performs a global search and displays on the display the first content in response to the global guide category and displays on the display a provider homepage with the first content displayed under the content provider category.
US09727557B2	System and method for building diverse language models Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for collecting web data in order to create diverse language models. A system configured to practice the method first crawls, such as via a crawler operating on a computing device, a set of documents in a network of interconnected devices according to a visitation policy, wherein the visitation policy is configured to focus on novelty regions for a current language model built from previous crawling cycles by crawling documents whose vocabulary considered likely to fill gaps in the current language model. A language model from a previous cycle can be used to guide the creation of a language model in the following cycle. The novelty regions can include documents with high perplexity values over the current language model.
US09727552B2	Utilizing a dialectical model in a question answering system A method, system or computer usable program product for utilizing a dialectical model for providing an answer to a user query including receiving a query from a user; applying NLP to the query to generate a first set of NLP structures; generating a contrary set of NLP structures contrary to the user query; evaluating the first set of NLP structures to identify a first set of evidence; evaluating the contrary set of NLP structures to identify a second set of evidence; evaluating a first set of hypotheses from the first set of NLP structures based by the first and second set of evidence, and a contrary set of hypotheses from the contrary set of NLP structures based by the first and second set of evidence, to determine a set of answers to the user query; and providing the set of answers to the user.
US09727551B2	Associating conditions to summary table data A method and system associate conditional formats with selected data points or groups of data points within a summary table. In one embodiment, related groups of data are determined based upon currently highlighted cells in a summary table. A user then selects from the groups and identifies conditional formats to be associated with the specified data points. The conditional formats are associated with currently displayed as well as non-displayed data within the summary table. The associated conditions are saved relative to the data points rather than the original cell positions so that the conditions remain associated with the data points following a reorganization of the summary table.
US09727550B2	Presenting a selected table of data as a spreadsheet and transforming the data using a data flow graph The present disclosure includes techniques pertaining to computer implemented systems and methods for transforming data. In one embodiment, data sources are specified by a user and copies of specified data are received in local storage. Data is presented to the user as a spreadsheet of columns and rows and the user manipulates the data in the spreadsheet. The user manipulations are automatically translated into data flow objects and a data flow graph, which is executed to transform the data. The modified data is presented to the user.
US09727548B2	Cloud service for hospital form auto filling system Techniques are provided for acquiring form document data representing a form document; parsing the form document data of the form document to extract one or more data information components; identifying a database that stores one or more text strings in association with one or more data text labels; and generating filled form document data of a filled form document. The generating is performed by: for each data information component, of the one or more data information components of the form document, having an associated data text label: based on, at least in part, the associated data text label, retrieving, from the database, a text string that is associated with the data text label; and inserting the text string into a data text field of the data information component at the data text field location.
US09727547B2	Media interface tools and animations Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for displaying display primary e-book content, note glyphs and margins in an e-book interface according to the size of the e-book interface; animating “peeking pages” and glyph size during and after re-sizing events; selecting text in an e-book, entering a note that will become linked to the selected text, and representing the presence of the note on top of the primary content of the e-book as an interactive glyph according to some embodiments of the present technology; and displaying note objects, editing note objects, and navigating between note objects in a note-view pane of an e-book interface according to some embodiments of the present technology.
US09727546B1	Creating a narrative description of media content and applications thereof This invention relates to creating a narrative description of media content. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method describes content of a group of images. The group of images includes a first image and a second image. A first object in the first image is recognized to determine a first content data. A second object in the second image is recognized to determine a second content data. Finally, a narrative description of the group of images is determined according to a parameterized template and the first and second content data.
US09727544B2	Animating edits to documents A notes system is presented with a content management system. The notes system manages creation and distribution of edits to notes to users sharing the notes. The notes are stored as a series of edits at the notes system. When an edit to a note is received, the edit is propagated to users subscribed to a note by a backend server responsible for managing the note. The shared users are notified through application servers associated with each shared user. The notes server includes various indices for searching the notes and allows notes to be searched quickly to organize viewing by a user of notes and identification of relevant material in the notes. The stored edits are used to display edits to a note to a user by replaying the accessed note to the user.
US09727541B2	Bidirectional hyperlink synchronization for managing hypertexts in social media and public data repository A method for bidirectional hyperlink management of a hypertext associated with an on-line media is provided. The method may include searching the on-line media for at least one keyword associated with the hypertext. The method may also include scanning a website associated with the hypertext based on the search of the at least one keyword. The method may further include locating at least one dead-link uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the scanned website. Additionally, the method may include managing the at least one located dead-link based on a set of pre-defined rules associated with the on-line media.
US09727530B2	Transform design with scaled and non-scaled interfaces Techniques for efficiently performing full and scaled transforms on data received via full and scaled interfaces, respectively, are described and comprise (1) performing a first transform on a block of first input values to obtain a block of first output values by scaling the block to obtain scaled input values, performing a scaled one-dimensional (1D) transform on each row of the block, and performing a scaled 1D transform on each column of the block; and (2) performing a second transform on a block of second input values to obtain a block of second output values by performing a scaled 1D transform on each row of the block, performing a scaled 1D transform on each column of the block, and scaling the block.
US09727529B2	Calculation device and calculation method for deriving solutions of system of linear equations and program that is applied to the same A calculation device for deriving solutions of a system of linear equations, which realizes a solution of the system of linear equations using an iterative method belonging to a Krylov subspace method, includes a plurality of arithmetic units. In the calculation device, a vector sequence xk (k is a natural number containing 0) approximating to the solutions of the system of linear equations is formed by a plurality of components in accordance with an order of the vector sequence xk, and when the vector sequence xk is divided into a plurality of different regions corresponding to the plurality of components and the respective arithmetic units are caused to execute arithmetic processings corresponding to the plurality of different regions in parallel in iterative computation of causing the vector sequence xk to approximate to the solutions, a preconditioned matrix that is used in the iterative computation is a diagonal matrix.
US09727526B2	Apparatus and method of vector unit sharing A reconfigurable vector processor is described that allows the size of its vector units to be changed in order to process vectors of different sizes. The reconfigurable vector processor comprises a plurality of processor units. Each of the processor units comprises a control unit for decoding instructions and generating control signals, a scalar unit for processing instructions on scalar data, and a vector unit for processing instructions on vector data under control of control signals. The reconfigurable vector processor architecture also comprises a vector control selector for selectively providing control signals generated by one processor unit of the plurality of processor units to the vector unit of a different processor unit of the plurality of processor units.
US09727523B2	Remote direct memory access (RDMA) optimized high availability for in-memory data storage A method for RDMA optimized high availability for in-memory storing of data includes receiving RDMA key-value store write requests in a network adapter of a primary computing server directed to writing data to an in-memory key-value store of the primary computing server and performing RDMA write operations of the data by the network adapter of the primary computing server responsive to the RDMA key-value store write requests. The method also includes replicating the RDMA key-value store write requests to a network adapter of a secondary computing server, by the network adapter of the primary computing server. Finally, the method includes providing address translation data for the in-memory key-value store of the primary computing server from the network adapter of the primary computing server to the network adapter of the secondary computing server.
US09727520B2	Systems with virtual universal asynchronous receiver transmitter and methods therefor In one embodiment, a monolithic integrated circuit includes a first UART, a second UART, and a multiplexer. The first UART has a parallel IO interface to couple to a host system to transceive parallel data and a serial IO interface. The second UART has a parallel IO interface and a serial IO interface coupled to the serial IO interface of the first UART. The first and second UARTs convert parallel data into serial data and serial data into parallel data. The multiplexer has an output coupled to the serial input of the first UART, a first input coupled to the serial output of the second UART, a second input coupled to a serial input of a serial communication port, and a select input coupled to a control signal selectively coupling serial interfaces of first and second UARTs together for remote terminal services at a remote computer system over a network.
US09727504B2	Data transfer apparatus, data transfer method, and data transfer program An object of the present invention is to prevent occurrence of data destruction when a transfer source region and a transfer destination region of data overlap with each other and even when transfer is performed using a burst transfer function. The data read from the transfer source region is temporarily written into a ring buffer, and then the data written into the ring buffer is written into the transfer source region. In this case, reading of the data from the ring buffer is controlled, based on a magnitude relation between the number of times of wrap-arounds caused by writing of the data into the ring buffer and the number of times of wrap-arounds caused by reading of the data from the ring buffer.
US09727498B2	Bridge and method for coupling a requesting interconnect and a serving interconnect in a computer system A bridge for coupling a requesting interconnect and a serving interconnect connected to a number of coherent units in a computer system includes a first interface configured to receive a read request and a number of dependent write requests that the read request depends on from the requesting interconnect; and an issuer configured to issue the received number of dependent write requests to the serving interconnect and for issuing the received read request to the serving interconnect after issuing the number of dependent write requests and before receiving write acknowledgments for the issued dependent write requests from the serving interconnect.
US09727493B2	Apparatuses and methods for providing data to a configurable storage area Apparatuses and methods for providing data to a configurable storage area are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may include an extended address register including a plurality of configuration bits indicative of an offset and a size, an array having a storage area, a size and offset of the storage area based, at least in part, on the plurality of configuration bits, and a buffer configured to store data, the data including data intended to be stored in the storage area. A memory control unit may be coupled to the buffer and configured to cause the buffer to store the data intended to be stored in the storage area in the storage area of the array responsive, at least in part, to a flush command.
US09727485B1	Metadata rewrite and flatten optimization A system and method for efficiently maintaining metadata stored among a plurality of solid-state storage devices. A data storage subsystem supports multiple mapping tables. Records within a mapping table are arranged in multiple levels. Each level stores at least pairs of a key value and a physical pointer value. The levels are sorted by time. New records are inserted in a created new highest (youngest) level. No edits are performed in-place. A data storage controller determines both a cost of searching a given table exceeds a threshold and an amount of memory used to flatten levels exceeds a threshold. In response, the controller incrementally flattens selected levels within the table based on key ranges. After flattening the records in the selected levels within the key range, the records may be removed from the selected levels. The process repeats with another different key range.
US09727483B2	Tracking memory accesses when invalidating effective address to real address translations According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for invalidating an address translation entry in an effective address to real address translation table (ERAT) for a computer memory can include receiving a first invalidation request. According to some embodiments, the method may also include determining that a first entry in the ERAT corresponds with the first invalidation request, wherein the ERAT has a plurality of entries, each entry in the plurality of entries having an indicator. In particular embodiments, the method may then determine that a first indicator associated with the first entry indicates that the first entry is not being used by any of a plurality of memory access entities (MAE), wherein a first MAE can concurrently use a same entry as a second MAE. The first entry may then be invalidated in response to determining that the first entry is not being used.
US09727481B2	Cache eviction of inactive blocks using heat signature Methods and systems are presented for evicting or copying-forward blocks in a storage system during garbage collection. In one method, a block status is maintained in a first memory to identify if the block is active or inactive, blocks being stored in segments that are configured to be cacheable in a second memory, a read-cache memory. Whenever an operation on a block is detected making the block inactive in one volume, the system determines if the block is still active in any volume, the block being cached in a first segment in the second memory. When the system detects that the first segment is being evicted from the second memory, the system re-caches the block into a second segment in the second memory if the block status of the block is active and the frequency of access to the block is above a predetermined value.
US09727476B2	2-D gather instruction and a 2-D cache A processor may support a two-dimensional (2-D) gather instruction and a 2-D cache. The processor may perform the 2-D gather instruction to access one or more sub-blocks of data from a 2-D image stored in a memory coupled to the processor. The 2-D cache may store the sub-blocks of data in a multiple cache lines. Further, the 2-D cache may support access of more than one cache lines while preserving a 2-D structure of the 2-D image.
US09727475B2	Method and apparatus for distributed snoop filtering An apparatus and method are described for distributed snoop filtering. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a plurality of cores to execute instructions and process data; first snoop logic to track a first plurality of cache lines stored in a mid-level cache (“MLC”) accessible by one or more of the cores, the first snoop logic to allocate entries for cache lines stored in the MLC and to deallocate entries for cache lines evicted from the MLC, wherein at least some of the cache lines evicted from the MLC are retained in a level 1 (L1) cache; and second snoop logic to track a second plurality of cache lines stored in a non-inclusive last level cache (NI LLC), the second snoop logic to allocate entries in the NI LLC for cache lines evicted from the MLC and to deallocate entries for cache lines stored in the MLC, wherein the second snoop logic is to store and maintain a first set of core valid bits to identify cores containing copies of the cache lines stored in the NI LLC.
US09727467B2	Preemptible-RCU CPU hotplugging while maintaining real-time response A grace period detection technique for a preemptible read-copy update (RCU) implementation that uses a combining tree for quiescent state tracking. When a leaf level bitmask indicating online/offline CPUs is fully cleared due to all of its assigned CPUs going offline as a result of hotplugging operations, the bitmask state is not immediately propagated to the root level of the combining tree as in prior art RCU implementations. Instead, propagation is deferred until all tasks are removed from an associated leaf level task list tracking tasks that were preempted inside an RCU read-side critical section. Deferring bitmask propagation obviates the need to migrate the task list to the combining tree root level in order to prevent premature grace period termination. The task list can remain at the leaf level. In this way, CPU hotplugging is accommodated while avoiding excessive degradation of real-time latency stemming from the now-eliminated task list migration.
US09727462B2	Runtime backup of data in a memory module During runtime of a system, a memory controller is caused to relinquish control of a memory module that includes a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. After the triggering, an indication is activated to the memory module, the indication causing a backup operation in the memory module, the backup operation being controlled by an internal controller in the memory module, and the backup operation involving a transfer of data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory in the memory module.
US09727439B2	Tracking application deployment errors via cloud logs A cloud computing environment consists of a cloud deployment platform and a cloud management server configured to manage a plurality of virtual machines deployed in a cloud infrastructure. When a request to deploy an application to the cloud infrastructure is received by the cloud deployment platform, application deployment errors are monitored and tracked. A unique identifier is generated for each virtual machine, and requests to instantiate the virtual machines in the cloud infrastructure are then transmitted. A log containing error records that identify the occurrence of deployment errors is monitored based on the generated virtual machine identifiers, where the deployment errors are detected by the cloud deployment platform or the cloud management server. Based on the monitoring, error messages are generated by the cloud deployment platform.
US09727422B2	Tracking files excluded from backup Techniques to exclude files from backup are disclosed. In various embodiments, a database that includes an exclude set table configured to store data associated with one or more files identified to be excluded from backup is accessed. Data retrieved from the database is used to exclude one or more of said one or more files from a backup. In some embodiments, files are excluded from the backup at least in part by deleting the files from a shadow copy volume created in connection with said backup.
US09727418B2	Configuring a generic computing device utilizing specific computing device operation information A method for execution, when a generic computing device is paired with a specific computing device (SCD) token, begins with the SCD token sending distributed storage network (DSN) access request to DSN memory via the generic computing device, wherein the DSN access request identifies SCD operation information that is stored as one or more of sets of encoded data slices in the DSN memory and wherein the SCD operation information was encoded using a dispersed storage error encoding function to produce the plurality of sets of encoded data slices. Then, the SCD token receives the one or more of sets of encoded data slices from the DSN memory via the generic computing device and decodes the one or more of sets of encoded data slices to retrieve the SCD operation information and enables the generic computing device to function as an SCD in accordance with the SCD operation information.
US09727414B2	Fractional redundant array of silicon independent elements Higher-level redundancy information computation enables a Solid-State Disk (SSD) controller to provide higher-level redundancy capabilities to maintain reliable operation in a context of failures of non-volatile (e.g. flash) memory elements during operation of an SSD implemented in part by the controller. For example, a first computation is an XOR, and a second computation is a weighted-sum. Various amounts of storage are dedicated to storing the higher-level redundancy information, such as amounts equivalent to an integer multiple of flash die (e.g. one, two, or three entire flash die), and such as amounts equivalent to a fraction of a single flash die (e.g. one-half or one-fourth of a single flash die).
US09727407B2	Log analytics for problem diagnosis In a set of problem log entries from a computing system, a subset of the set of problem log entries are identified, which pertain to a failed request. The subset is compared to a reference model which defines log entries per request type under a healthy state of the computing system, to identify a portion of the subset of problem log entries which deviate from corresponding log entries in the reference model. In the portion of the subset, at least one high-value log entry is identified. The at least one high-value log entry is output.
US09727406B2	Mitigating crashes of an application server executing a monitoring agent A software circuit breaker observes an amount of free memory available in an application server and a duration of a garbage collection process performed by the application server. The application server executes an agent comprising a plurality of processes for monitoring performance of the application server. Based on the amount of free memory and duration of the garbage collection process, the circuit breaker anticipates a likely crash of the application server. In response to anticipating the likely crash, the circuit breaker disables one or more processes of the agent.
US09727405B2	Problem determination in distributed enterprise applications Problem determination in an enterprise computer system in a distributed environment is provided. Information is obtained regarding the enterprise applications, and high-level information is presented to a user, with one or more prompts provided to the user for more detailed information. In response to a request from a user for more detailed information about the application, more detailed information is provided to the user. Several levels of more detailed information about applications, including information as to individual threads, is available. The method also includes the steps of receiving instructions from an administrator to establish an account for a user, associating one or more servers with the account, and providing access to the corresponding user only to the associated servers. In the method, searches may be conducted for strings and requests, and identified strings and requests may be sorted by a variety of criteria.
US09727402B1	Transceiver parameter solution space visualization to reduce bit error rate Techniques and mechanisms provide a solution space visualization of bit error rates (BER) for combinations of parameter settings of transceivers. Different types of visualizations may be generated.
US09727395B2	Robust and adaptable management of event counters Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for verifying a counter design. A method includes receiving a plurality of events within the counter design. The plurality of events can include a context event and a design event. The method also includes determining a tolerance window in response to the receiving of the context. The tolerance window is defined around the context event and includes a first portion before an occurrence of the context event and a second portion after the context event. The method further includes performing a verification algorithm to identify whether the design event is within the tolerance window and should be accounted for by a design model counter of the counter design.
US09727390B1	Invoking a firmware function A computer system firmware is provided that includes functionality for allowing a calling application to invoke firmware functions through the use of firmware services for getting and setting firmware variables. Firmware functions may be defined and mapped to firmware variable names. When a request is received by the firmware to get or set a value for a particular firmware variable, the firmware determines whether a custom firmware function has been defined that corresponds to the requested firmware variable. If a custom function has been defined that corresponds to the requested firmware variable, then the corresponding custom function is executed rather than the requested get or set operation. A firmware setup application might utilize this mechanism to obtain information from a firmware for use in modifying the configuration of a computer system that would not otherwise be available to the setup application.
US09727382B2	Parallelization method and electronic device based on profiling information A parallelization method includes: obtaining profiling information for each job step of a job by performing profiling of the job to be executed on an electronic device; determining at least one job step to be parallelized on a central processing unit (CPU) and at least one heterogeneous unit of the electronic device among a plurality of job steps of the job based on the profiling information; determining a unit to process each unit data among the CPU and the heterogeneous unit based on the profiling information, with respect to the determined at least one job step; and determining a unit to process each task among the CPU and the heterogeneous unit based on the profiling information, with respect to at least one job step including a plurality of separately executable tasks in the determined at least one job step.
US09727380B2	Global register protection in a multi-threaded processor Global register protection in a multi-threaded processor is described. In an embodiment, global resources within a multi-threaded processor are protected by performing checks, before allowing a thread to write to a global resource, to determine whether the thread has write access to the particular global resource. The check involves accessing one or more local control registers or a global control field within the multi-threaded processor and in an example, a local register associated with each other thread in the multi-threaded processor is accessed and checked to see whether it contains an identifier for the particular global resource. Only if none of the accessed local resources contain such an identifier, is the instruction issued and the thread allowed to write to the global resource. Otherwise, the instruction is blocked and an exception may be raised to alert the program that issued the instruction that the write failed.
US09727359B2	Virtual machine function based sub-page base address register access for peripheral component interconnect device assignment A value stored in a guest device register is received from a virtual machine. A hypervisor generates a page table including a first mapping between the value stored in the guest device register and a first address of the host operating system and a second mapping between a second address of the guest operating system and a third address of a virtual machine function on the host operating system. The hypervisor modifies a first access status of the first mapping to include rendering memory of the host device referenced by the value stored in the guest device register accessible to the virtual machine function, and a second access status of the second mapping to include rendering the virtual machine function accessible to the virtual machine. The hypervisor initializes code on the virtual machine function to access the memory of the host device.
US09727352B2	Utilizing history of changes associated with software packages to manage computing systems An administrator system can utilize a history generated by a tagging tool to determine the current configuration of computing systems. The administrator system can utilize the current configuration to verify that the computing systems have been configured properly and verify, over time, that the computing systems maintain the desired configuration. The administrator system can compare the current configuration with the desired configuration for the computing systems.
US09727349B2	Display control apparatus, display control method, and storage medium An apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an input operation from a user performed on an accepting unit displayed on a display unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not detailed information set in the accepting unit is displayed on the display unit in accordance with the input operation received by the receiving unit, and at least one of a display state of the accepting unit and an input area of the input operation in the accepting unit; and a display control unit configured to control a display of the accepting unit displayed on the display unit in accordance with a determination result provided by the determination unit.
US09727348B2	Providing a context-aware help content using a transparent overlay on a touch sensitive screen Objects shown on a display interface can be collected for a running application. Identifications (IDs) representing the objects can also be collected. A determination can be made concerning whether there are object identifications of objects with help contents associated. A transparent layer can be displayed on the display interface. All the objects associated with help contents of the layer can be visually indicated in the transparent layer. The visual indicators can indicate that help is available for a corresponding object. When no help is available, no visual indicator is shown in the transparent layer proximate to corresponding object.
US09727341B2	Control flow in a thread-based environment without branching A method for computing in a thread-based environment provides manipulating an execution mask to enable and disable threads when executing multiple conditional function clauses for process instructions. Execution lanes are controlled based on execution participation for the process instructions for reducing resource consumption. Execution of particular one or more schedulable structures that include multiple process instructions are skipped based on the execution mask and activating instructions.
US09727338B2	System and method for translating program functions for correct handling of local-scope variables and computing system incorporating the same A system and method of translating functions of a program. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a local-scope variable identifier operable to identify local-scope variables employed in the at least some of the functions as being either thread-shared local-scope variables or thread-private local-scope variables and (2) a function translator associated with the local-scope variable identifier and operable to translate the at least some of the functions to cause thread-shared memory to be employed to store the thread-shared local-scope variables and thread-private memory to be employed to store the thread-private local-scope variables.
US09727336B2	Fine-grained instruction enablement at sub-function granularity based on an indicated subrange of registers Fine-grained enablement at sub-function granularity. An instruction encapsulates different sub-functions of a function, in which the sub-functions use different sets of registers of a composite register file, and therefore, different sets of functional units. At least one operand of the instruction specifies which set of registers, and therefore, which set of functional units, is to be used in performing the sub-function. The instruction can perform various functions (e.g., move, load, etc.) and a sub-function of the function specifies the type of function (e.g., move-floating point; move-vector; etc.).
US09727334B2	Vector exception code Vector exception handling is facilitated. A vector instruction is executed that operates on one or more elements of a vector register. When an exception is encountered during execution of the instruction, a vector exception code is provided that indicates a position within the vector register that caused the exception. The vector exception code also includes a reason for the exception.
US09727326B2	Providing customized notifications for security software updates A method of providing customized software update notifications for a device is described. The method receives information for a set of available system software updates from an update server. The set of available system software updates includes a set of security updates. Each security update includes a set of metadata. The method also receives information for a set of available application software updates. The method determines the total number of available application and system software updates. The method generates a customized update notification string based on the received metadata and the total number of available software updates. The method displays the generated customized update notification string.
US09727322B2	Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to deploy software applications Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to deploy software applications are disclosed. A disclosed example includes query a user for a first parameter indicative of a capacity level needed for a software system and a second parameter indicative of a set of software applications to be installed for the software system, determine a group of components of the software system to be installed on the computer system based on the first parameter and the second parameter, determine a computer hardware requirement based on the set of software applications, compare the determined computer hardware requirement to a computer hardware configuration, indicate that the computer hardware configuration is sufficient when the computer hardware configuration at least meets the determined computer hardware requirement, and when the computer hardware configuration is sufficient, configure the set of software applications by installing the determined group of components of the set of software applications.
US09727320B2	Configuration of provisioning servers in virtualized systems A software provisioning environment can include several provisioning servers for providing software provisioning to one or more target machines. In the environment, one of the provisioning servers can initiate a replication action. The replication action can transfer and apply the metadata from one provisioning server to another provisioning server. Additionally, the replication action can transfer and apply portions of an inventory of provisioning objects from one provisioning server to another provisioning server. During the replication action, the provisioning server can utilize the interfaces and protocols of standard provisioning processes to transfer the metadata and portions of the inventory.
US09727318B2	Techniques to identify and purge unused code An apparatus to identify and purge unused code may comprise a processor circuit on a device and a storage component configured to store a codebase including one or more portions of programming code. The apparatus may further comprise a sampling component, a profiling component, and a purge component. The sampling component may sample the codebase and generate one or more leads identifying portions of programming code from the codebase determined to be unused during a sampling period. The profiling component may receive the one or more leads and profile programming code identified therein during a profiling period and to identify portions of programming code determined to be unused during the profiling period. The purge component may receive identification of the portions of programming code determined to be unused during the profiling period and initiate a purging process thereon. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09727301B2	Gesture-based prioritization of graphical output on remote displays The disclosed embodiments provide a system that drives a remote display from an electronic device. The electronic may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and/or a portable media player. During operation, the system uses the electronic device to obtain user input associated with a transition in graphical output on the electronic device and the remote display. Next, the system identifies a region of interest in the remote display based on the user input and a usage context associated with the graphical output. Finally, the system facilitates viewing of the transition on the remote display by prioritizing transmission of the graphical output from the electronic device to the remote display based on the region of interest.
US09727289B2	Information processing apparatus and method performing printing to a printer with a charging function An object of the present invention is to appropriately control a display relating to charging accompanying printing processing in accordance with the situation on the side of a printing apparatus in an information processing apparatus that is connected to the printing apparatus. The present invention is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a printing apparatus that is specified as an output destination by a user and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not to present charging information relating to printing based on the acquired information on a printing apparatus.
US09727282B2	Job processing apparatus to display screens based on interrupt and logged in user A job processing apparatus includes an execution unit that carries out a job and a display unit. The display unit displays, when a first interrupt factor is generated in the job being carried out, a first screen regarding an operation for resuming the job which the first interrupt factor has impacted, and displays, when a second interrupt factor is generated, a second screen regarding an operation for resuming the job which the second interrupt factor has impacted. Based on the first interrupt factor, the display unit displays the first screen while the previous user is logging in to the job processing apparatus and while a different user from the previous user is logging in. Based on the second interrupt factor, the display unit displays the second screen while the previous user is logging in and does not display the second screen while the different user is logging in.
US09727281B2	Image processing apparatus, computer readable medium, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, an executing unit, a log information generating unit, a holding unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives and installs one or more program information items for executing a preset process. The executing unit executes the preset process on the basis of at least one of the installed one or more program information items. The log information generating unit generates log information regarding the preset process based on the one or more program information items executed by the executing unit. The holding unit holds a transmission destination of the log information in association with each of the one or more program information items. The transmitting unit transmits the log information to the transmission destination associated with the executed one or more program information items.
US09727279B2	Storage control apparatus controlling issuable number of requests and storage control method thereof A storage control apparatus including a storage unit and a processor. The processor is configured to set an issuable number with respect to a logical volume on basis of a configuration of storage devices constituting the logical volume and performance of the storage devices. The issuable number is a number of requests issuable to the logical volume during a unit time period. The processor is configured to receive a request requesting access to the logical volume. The processor is configured to accumulate the received request in the storage unit. The processor is configured to issue requests accumulated in the storage unit to the logical volume while limiting a number of issued requests during the unit time period to a range of the issuable number.
US09727274B2	Cloning live virtual machines A system and method are disclosed for cloning a live virtual machine (i.e., a virtual machine that is running). In accordance with one example, a computer system prepares an area of a storage device for a clone of a live virtual machine, and a transaction is then executed that comprises: creating the clone of the live virtual machine based on a live snapshot of the live virtual machine, copying the clone to the area of the storage device, and mirroring a change to a virtual disk of the live virtual machine that occurs after the live snapshot is created, wherein the mirroring is via one or more write operations to the virtual disk and to a replica of the virtual disk associated with the clone.
US09727258B1	Two-terminal memory compatibility with NAND flash memory set features type mechanisms Operating characteristics associated with NAND flash memory can be modified and/or emulated to support corresponding operating characteristics for two-terminal memory. As a result, NAND flash memory modules included in conventional NAND flash memory devices (e.g., memory cards, solid-state drives, etc.) can be replaced with two-terminal memory without substantial changes to manufacturing infrastructure associated with the manufacture of these NAND flash memory devices.
US09727248B2	Dynamic IO operation timeout assignment for a solid state drive A storage system having an input-output (IO) component, a solid state drive (SSD) with multiple logical units (LUNs), e.g., flash storage units, and a controller coupled to the IO component and the SSD. The controller can cause the storage system to receive an operation request, determine various operational throughputs associated with outstanding commands of the SSD (e.g., read or write commands to be performed by the SSD), determine a time required for the SSD to process the outstanding commands based in part on the operational throughputs, and assign a timeout value to the received operation request. The timeout value may correspond to the time required for the SSD to process the outstanding commands. Any of the operational throughputs may be throttled when a die temperature of any of the SSD's LUNs exceeds an operating temperature threshold, or when an ambient temperature affecting SSD exceeds an ambient temperature threshold.
US09727247B2	Storage device and method, and storage medium In order to enable an improvement in the access performance of a storage, a storage includes first and second storage devices respectively including first and second storage units to and from each of which data can be written and read, the speed of the first storage device is higher than or equal to that of the second storage device, the first storage device further includes a first storage area for storing management information for access control and management of the second storage unit, the second storage device further includes a second storage area for storing management information for access control and management of the second storage unit, and the storage includes an access control unit which retrieves the management information relating to the second storage unit and used for access to the second storage unit from the first storage area of the first storage device, and retrieves the management information relating to the second storage unit from the second storage area of the second storage device when the management information is not stored in the first storage area, and a capacity control unit which variably sets the allocation between the capacity of the first storage unit and the capacity of the first storage area in the first storage device.
US09727245B2	Method and apparatus for de-duplication for solid state disks (SSDs) In accordance with a method of the invention, host data, accompanied by host LBA, is received from a host. If the host data is determined not to be a duplicate host data, an available intermediate LBA (iLBA) is identified and the host LBA is linked to the identified iLBA. During writing of the received host data to the SSDs, an available SLBA is identified and saved to a table at a location indexed by the identified iLBA. Accordingly, the next time the same host data is received, it is recognized as a duplicate host data and the host address accompanying it is linked to the same iLBA, which is already associated with the same SLBA. Upon this recognition, an actual write to the SSDs is avoided.
US09727223B2	Apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling Disclosed is an apparatus and method of providing items based on scrolling.An apparatus for processing data of a non-volatile memory according to an aspect of the invention includes a scrolling detecting unit detecting scrolling for one or more items that are displayed on a screen, a screen region control unit dividing the screen into one or more regions according to the detected scrolling, and controlling the sizes of the divided regions, and an item control unit controlling at least one of the sizes and the number of items according to the sizes of the divided regions.
US09727221B2	System and method for creating photo products using video A system and method are described for creating photo stories using video. The method includes receiving a user request to upload a user-specified video stream; determining whether the video stream meets one or more predetermined requirements, uploading the video stream; analyzing the video stream to select video frames for extraction based on a set of predetermined frame selection criteria; extracting the selected video frames from the video image; selecting a story book template to be used with the video images; and generating a preview of the story book template with the video images within a graphical user interface, the user editing the story book template with text and/or moving or modifying the video frames within the preview.
US09727220B2	Device having touch panel, radar apparatus, plotter apparatus, ship network system, information displaying method and information displaying program A touch panel device includes a display unit, a detector, and a controller. The display unit displays an image (nautical chart) on a display screen. The detector detects touches at two positions on the display screen and touched positions thereof. The controller displays a distance and azimuths between the touched positions, based on the two touched positions that are detected by the detector and either one of coordinates on the image corresponding to the touched positions and information associated with the coordinates (positional information).
US09727203B2	Foldable display, flexible display and icon controlling method A foldable display, a flexible display and an icon controlling method are provided. The icon controlling method may include the following steps. A detecting unit detects a displaying area of a display panel. A controlling unit changes a grouping level of multiple icons according to the displaying area.
US09727202B2	Vessel display device and vessel information display method A vessel display device displays information on a vessel. The vessel display device includes an information acquirer that acquires the same type of information on a plurality of propulsion machines included in the vessel, a display information generator that generates, based on the information acquired by the information acquirer, display information which displays information on the plurality of propulsion machines on a single scale, and a display that displays the display information generated by the display information generator. The display information generator may generate display information which displays the same type of information on the plurality of propulsion machines in a different format on a single scale. The display information generator may generate display information which sequentially displays the same type of information on the plurality of propulsion machines on a single scale.
US09727201B2	Contextual help Contextual help is provided in an unobtrusive manner. The optimum point in time for displaying a help notification is determined by triggers associated with each help notification. The triggers may take into account various factors, such as the action currently being performed by the user, whether the tip has been presented to the user before, the user's past experience with the feature, and so forth.
US09727195B2	Touch panel and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a touch panel includes forming a routing and pad pattern group on a substrate to include first and second routing lines, first pad electrodes connected to the first routing line, and second pad electrodes connected to the second routing line, by using a first mask, forming a sensor electrode pattern group on the substrate having the routing and pad pattern group formed thereon to include first sensor electrodes formed in a first direction, second sensor electrodes formed in a second direction, and connection portions that each connects adjacent first sensor electrodes, by using a second mask, forming a first insulating layer to include contact holes to expose portions of the second sensor electrodes, respectively, by using a third mask and forming bridges that each connects adjacent second sensor electrodes through the contact holes and a second insulating layer on the bridges, by using a fourth mask.
US09727189B2	Touch panel structure, method for manufacturing touch panel structure and method for manufacturing display apparatus In a lead-out wiring area, a protective conductive film is formed on a bottom surface and a side surface of a first contact hole including a surface of a first low resistance conductive film, and a part of a surface of an upper interlayer insulating film, and a second protective conductive film is formed on a bottom surface and a side surface of a second contact hole including a surface of a second low resistance conductive film, and a part of the surface of the upper interlayer insulating film. Then, a lower layer terminal part for a lower layer wiring line is formed of a laminated structure of the first low resistance conductive film and the first protective conductive film, and an upper layer terminal part for an upper layer wiring line is formed of a laminated structure of the second low resistance conductive film and the second protective conductive film.
US09727182B2	Wearable haptic and touch communication device This disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses enabling a wearable haptic and touch communication device. The techniques enable users to interact with their mobile devices using haptics, both to receive information from their devices and to make selections for their devices. The techniques may also enable users to interact with mobile devices without the aid of visual display or audio output.
US09727178B2	Opaque white coating with non-conductive mirror An opaque cover is provided for a capacitive sensor. The cover includes a transparent substrate, and at least one white coating layer including white pigments disposed over at least one portion of the transparent substrate. The cover also includes a non-conductive mirror structure disposed over the at least one white coating layer. The non-conductive mirror structure includes a number of first dielectric layers having a first refractive index interleaved with second dielectric layers having a second refractive index. The first and second dielectric layers have dielectric constants below a threshold.
US09727174B2	Methods and systems for a virtual input device The present application discloses systems and methods for a virtual input device. In one example, the virtual input device includes a projector and a camera. The projector projects a pattern onto a surface. The camera captures images that can be interpreted by a processor to determine actions. The projector may be mounted on an arm of a pair of eyeglasses and the camera may be mounted on an opposite arm of the eyeglasses. A pattern for a virtual input device can be projected onto a “display hand” of a user, and the camera may be able to detect when the user uses an opposite hand to select items of the virtual input device. In another example, the camera may detect when the display hand is moving and interpret display hand movements as inputs to the virtual input device, and/or realign the projection onto the moving display hand.
US09727169B2	Embedded display screen having touch detection function, terminal device, and touch detection method An embedded display screen and a terminal device having touch detection function, and a touch detection method are disclosed. The touch screen includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal display layer, and a common electrode. The common electrode is divided into multiple sub-electrodes arranged as a matrix to form a touch detection electrode. The driving selector is correspondingly connected with the multiple sub-electrodes one by one through multiple lead wires. The touch controller is disposed outside the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and is connected with the driving selector through selection signal line and scanning signal line. A total number of the selection signal line and the scanning signal line is less than a total number of the lead wires. The touch controller sends a selection signal to the driving selector through the selection signal line. Accordingly, the number of the lead wires is reduced.
US09727168B2	Simultaneous touch sensor scanning and display refreshing for display-embedded touch sensors In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to refresh a display for a refresh period, wherein the display is coupled to a touch sensor operable to detect touch input at the display. During a first phase of the refresh period, a first portion of the display is refreshed while the touch sensor a second portion and a third portion of the display is activated. The second portion and the third portion are a half screen distance apart. During a second phase of the refresh period, the second portion of the display is refreshed while the touch sensor at a fourth portion and a fifth portion of the display is activated. The fourth portion and the fifth portion are a half screen distance apart.
US09727158B2	Touch sensing type liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate.
US09727157B2	Touch sensitive device providing a tactile feedback, display device comprising the same and method of driving the same A touch sensitive device, a display device including the touch sensitive device and a method of driving the same are discussed. The touch sensitive device can include an electroactive layer including an electroactive polymer; and one or more first electrodes and one or more second electrodes are disposed on only one surface of the electroactive layer, in which the first and the second electrodes include a conductive material. The first and the second electrodes of the touch sensitive device can be disposed only on one surface of the electroactive layer, a driving voltage of the touch sensitive device can be reduced and transmissivity can be improved.
US09727156B2	Method for recognizing biometrics information and electronic device thereof An apparatus and a method for recognizing bio-data in an electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting an input via a sensor module, outputting guide information for bio-data recognition corresponding to the detected input, and detecting bio-data by using a bio-data detecting module.
US09727155B2	In-cell touch panel and touch display device An In-Cell touch panel is disclosed. The panel includes a color filter substrate, a common electrode disposed on the color filter substrate, and an array substrate disposed opposite to the color filter substrate. The panel also includes an Integrated Circuit disposed on the array substrate, a plurality of data lines on the array substrate, and a plurality of gate lines on the array substrate. The gate lines are perpendicular to the data lines, the common electrode is divided into a plurality of common electrode lines, the common electrode lines are configured to function as drive electrodes or sense electrodes, the IC is configured to perform a timesharing function for providing display signals and touch drive signals. In addition, the IC is also configured to detect touch signals.
US09727125B2	Power supply system with a plurality of power supply circuits and control method of the same A power supply system includes a plurality of power supply circuits connected to a common output node and a control unit that controls outputs of the plurality of power supply circuits such that an output value at the output node follows an output target value at the output node. The control unit is configured to change the output of part of the plurality of power supply circuits when there is a deviation smaller than or equal to a predetermined value between the output value and the output target value.
US09727124B2	Power saving application update in a portable electronic device A power savings mode for data updates is provided. The power savings mode prevents data updates to occur while a screen of a portable electronic device is turned off and the device is in a sleep state. The power savings mode waits until the screen is turned on and the portable electronic device is in a wake state before allowing applications and widgets to update data from network repositories. By preventing applications and widgets from updating data while the portable electronic device is in a sleep state, the power savings mode conserves battery life and network bandwidth by limiting possibly unnecessary data transmissions.
US09727123B1	Configurable and power-optimized integrated gate-driver for USB power-delivery and type-C SoCs Techniques for power Field Effect Transistor (power-FET) gate drivers are described herein. In an example embodiment, a device comprises a Universal Serial Bus (USB) subsystem that is disposed in a monolithic integrated circuit (IC). The USB subsystem comprises a gate-driver circuit configured to selectively control an external N-channel power-FET or an external P-channel power-FET.
US09727116B2	Method and arrangement for remote controlling a power consumption state of a network device The instant invention improves the control of a low-power consumption state of network devices linked to a network switch by a suitable network such as an optical network. It allows for the sleep mode also to shut down the power supplies of the components of the network device necessary for the normal data link layer network communication according to the OSI model and the higher layers of the communication protocols. In the same way, the invention prevents that a disruption of the optical network leads to a sleep mode of the network device. Further, even in a freeze state, it is possible to activate the network device and bring it in a sleep mode. For this purpose, a special communication protocol is provided.
US09727113B2	Low power computational imaging The present application discloses a computing device that can provide a low-power, highly capable computing platform for computational imaging. The computing device can include one or more processing units, for example one or more vector processors and one or more hardware accelerators, an intelligent memory fabric, a peripheral device, and a power management module. The computing device can communicate with external devices, such as one or more image sensors, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or any other suitable sensor devices.
US09727106B2	Semiconductor device having active mode and standby mode In an active mode, a VDD line receives an internal power supply voltage from an external regulator. A VDD_RAM line receives an internal power supply voltage from an internal regulator. A PMOS switch includes a first PMOS transistor having a source and an N-type well connected to the VDD line, and a second PMOS transistor having a source and an N-type well connected to the VDD_RAM line and a drain connected to a drain of the first PMOS transistor. The first PMOS transistor is controlled based on a control command from a system control circuit and a voltage of the VDD_RAM line. The second PMOS transistor is controlled based on the control command and a voltage of the VDD line.
US09727105B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting connection speed of USB device A method for adjusting connection speed of a USB device includes determining connection speed of the USB device connected to the electronic device, recognizing whether an enhancement event for the connection speed of the USB device is generated, and enhance the connection speed of the USB device when the enhancement event occurs. An electronic device includes the at least one processor configured to determine a connection speed of the USB device connected to the electronic device, recognize whether an enhancement event for the connection speed of the USB device occurs, and enhance the connection speed of the USB device when the restoration event occurs.
US09727097B2	Length-adjustable storage device A storage device includes a base board and a memory chip package. The base board includes, on a first edge, a connector that is connectable to a host device and through which the storage device communicates with the host device, on a second edge that is opposite to the first edge, a first engaging portion by which the base board is fixable to the host device, and in an intermediate portion that is located between the first edge and the second edge, a second engaging portion by which the base board is fixable to the host device when an end portion of the base board between the second edge and the intermediate portion is removed. The memory chip package is disposed on a surface of the base board and between the first edge and the intermediate portion.
US09727091B2	Electronic device This application discloses an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a first body including an A surface and a B surface that are opposite to each other; a second body including a C surface and a D surface that are opposite to each other; and a connecting piece by means of which the first and the second bodies are connected and the first body is rotatable relative to the second body. A further rotation of the first body around the connecting piece is prevented by the second body when the first body is rotated relative to the second body, by means of the connecting piece, such that the electronic device is at a first posture that is a relative positional posture where value of an angle between the A surface and the D surface is a first angle value within the range of greater than 0° but less than or equal to 90°.
US09727080B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus having a display module which may be selectively set to a flat surface state or a curved surface state. The display apparatus having a display module includes a bendable display panel configured to display images, a first frame provided at a front of the display panel, and a second frame provided at a back of the display panel. The second frame includes a first bracket positioned at a back of the display panel, and a second bracket provided to be slidable with respect to the first bracket.
US09727075B2	Power-supply voltage sensing circuit A power-supply voltage sensing circuit includes a switch circuit having an input connected to a power supply and an output connected to a main circuit, a first circuit that outputs a first signal controlling ON/OFF of the switch circuit in accordance with a power-supply voltage supplied by the power supply, a second circuit that delays the first signal and outputs the delayed first signal as a second signal, a first transistor that outputs a first voltage in accordance with the second signal from the second circuit, a third circuit that outputs a reference voltage when supplied with the power-supply voltage, and a comparison circuit that outputs a third signal that controls whether or not the main circuit is operated in accordance with the first voltage and the reference voltage.
US09727071B2	Facilitating revenue generation from wholesale electricity markets based on a self-tuning energy asset model The apparatus, systems and methods herein facilitate generation of energy-related revenue for an energy customer of an electricity supplier. The apparatuses and methods herein can be used to generate suggested operating schedules for the energy assets that including a controllable energy asset, using an objective function. The objective function is determined based on a dynamic simulation model of the energy profile of the energy assets. The dynamic simulation model is adaptive to physical changes in the energy assets based on a parametric estimation using at least one model parameter. The model parameter is at least one of an operation characteristic of the controllable energy asset, a thermodynamic property of the energy assets, and a projected environmental condition. Energy-related revenue available to the energy customer is based at least in part on a wholesale electricity market or on a regulation market.
US09727070B2	Apparatus and method for supplying different output currents or powers to an illuminant by selectable resistances at output stage An apparatus for supplying power to an illuminant can be configured for use for different illuminants, a configuration can be chosen by a resistor on a secondary side of the apparatus. A primary side has at least one switch and a control device. The control device is set up to bring about clocked switching of the at least one switch in an operating phase in order to take a measured variable captured during the operating phase on the primary side, the measured variable is dependent on the resistor, as a basis for identifying a configuration stipulated by the resistor. The control device is set up in order to control the apparatus in a further operating phase on the basis of the identified stipulated configuration. A method for controlling the apparatus is also provided.
US09727058B2	System for determining the position of a vehicle, vehicle therewith, and method therefor A system for determining the position of a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors for measuring the magnetic field strength of a magnet, means and is configured for determining the position of the magnet with respect to a plurality of sensors wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged in a two-dimensions array.
US09727053B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and recording medium An information processing apparatus comprises an obtaining unit configured to obtain sensing data on an area including an installation target component; a detection unit configured to detect a position/orientation of the installation target component as a component position/orientation based on the sensing data; a setting unit configured to set, based on the component position/orientation and shape data on the installation target component, a candidate gripped portion of the installation target component to be gripped by a hand mechanism; a calculation unit configured to calculate, as a candidate hand position/orientation, a position/orientation of the hand mechanism in which the candidate gripped portion can be gripped; and a generation unit configured to generate candidate teaching data for gripping operation by the hand mechanism by associating the candidate gripped portion and the candidate hand position/orientation with each other.
US09727045B2	Method and system for a meta-recipe control software architecture A method and system for computerized coordination of multiple operations to be performed by components of machines are provided. The computer system includes a memory device for storing data and a computer-controlled machine that includes a processor in communication with the memory device wherein the processor is programmed to read a recipe file from the memory device, the recipe file including operating parameter values for controlling the operation of the machine, extract a name of a meta-recipe file from the recipe file, the meta-recipe file including a first portion including parameter properties of operating parameter values used by the meta-recipe file, receive values for the meta-recipe having the parameter properties specified in the first portion, and operate the machine using code from a second portion of the meta-recipe and the received values.
US09727042B2	Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder.
US09727039B2	Facility management device, facility management system, facility management method, and program A facility management device manages communication data that is transmitted and received between remote controllers and an outdoor unit and/or indoor units. A temporary-memory controller stores communication data that was received by a communicator, and transmission-waveform data that was acquired by a transmission-waveform data acquirer for a specified amount of time in a temporary memory. An abnormality determiner determines whether or not there is abnormality in the communication data that is stored in the temporary memory. When it is determined that there is abnormality in the communication data stored in the temporary memory, a data copier stores all of the data that is stored in the temporary memory in an abnormal-data memory.
US09727025B1	Celestial instrument adapted for use as a memorial or sun dial clock A celestial instrument as a memorial sun dial or star clock has a flat plate body or a spherical body that includes two hemispheres facing one another and spaced apart by a circular gap allowing sunlight to pass through the gap in the instrument. A planar date ring containing graphics surrounds the flat plate or the sphere. Upper and lower gnomons are rotatably secured to the plate or to the hemispheres. A stand includes a holder for a latitude arm that supports the gnomons. When the gap is placed in alignment with the ecliptic, sunlight can pass through a gap parallel to the plate or through a lens within the spherical body focusing a spot of light onto a display surface. A pointer on a rotatable shadow arm indicates the time on a 24-hour clock face.
US09727022B2	Image forming apparatus having air cooling system An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device to form an image on a recording medium, a casing to accommodate the image forming device, a sheet discharging port through which the recording medium having the image is discharged from the casing, a sheet stacker to stack the recording medium output through the sheet discharging port and opening on one side of the apparatus body and surrounded by outer walls including an outer wall having the sheet discharging port, an air guide opening disposed within a sheet passing range in a width direction of the recording medium in a sheet conveying path through which the recording medium having the image passes from the image forming device to the sheet discharging port, and an air suction fan to discharge air passing through the air guide opening to an outside of the casing.
US09727007B2	Rotary device and image forming apparatus A rotary device includes a rotary shaft, a rotary body that is supported by the rotary shaft, and rotates about the rotary shaft, and at least one plate-like member having a central point that serves as a center of rotation when the plate-like member rotates, the plate-like member having an outer peripheral portion, the plate-like member including at least one cutout formed by cutting out the outer peripheral portion of the plate-like member at positions that are symmetric with respect to a straight line passing through the central point, the plate-like member being secured to the rotary shaft to rotate together with the rotary body as the rotary shaft rotates.
US09726996B2	White toner, white toner set, and colored toner set A white toner includes white toner particles and black toner particles, wherein a content of the black toner particles is from 0.01% by number to less than 1% by number with respect to a total number of an entirety of toner particles.
US09726993B2	Electrostatic charge image developing toner, electrostatic charge image developer, and toner cartridge An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having a volume average particle diameter of 3 μm to 16 μm, wherein, when the toner particles having a particle diameter of 1.0 μm to 30.0 μm are set as T1, the toner particles having a particle diameter of 1.0 μm to 2.5 μm are set as T2, a rate of T2 to the toner particles is set as A, the toner particles having a particle diameter of 1.0 μm to 5 μm is set as T3 and a rate of T3 to the toner particles is set as B, the rate of T2 occupying T1 is from 10% by number to 40% by number and a fine particle ratio C represented by A/B is from 0.18 to 0.40.
US09726972B2	Mask blank, transfer mask, and method for manufacturing transfer mask A mask blank wherein damage to a light semitransmissive film due to dry etching for removing a light shielding film is inhibited. Mask blank 100 has a light semitransmissive film 2 and light shielding film 4 laminated on a main surface of a transparent substrate 1. Film 2 can be dry etched with a fluorine-based gas. Film 4 has laminated lower layer 41 and upper layer 42. Lower layer 41 contained tantalum and id substantially free from hafnium, zirconium, and oxygen. Upper layer 42 contains tantalum and one or more of hafnium and zirconium and is substantially free from oxygen excluding the surface layer of the upper layer 42. Between the light semitransmissive film 2 and lower layer 41 is an etching stopper film 3 having etch selectivity with respect to the lower layer 41 in dry etching with an etching gas containing the chlorine-based gas and no oxygen gas.
US09726965B2	Projection device, image correction method, and computer-readable recording medium A projection device includes a projection unit including a display element in which pixel lines each formed by pixels arranged in a first direction are arranged in a second direction and an optical system that projects light emitted from the display element and projecting an image based on input image data, a first correction unit for correcting a scale of each line data of the image data that corresponds to each of the pixel lines, a second correction unit for correcting a second-direction scale of each pixel data of the image data after the correction performed by the first correction unit, and an image cutting-out unit for cutting out image data of an area, which is projected from the projection unit, of the image data after the correction performed by the second correction unit and input the image data of the area to the projection unit.
US09726960B2	External lighting device and system for handheld smart devices Provided herein are devices for enhancing the quality of photo shooting using a camera integrated into a handheld smart device, such as a smartphone. An external lighting device comprises a base plate removably securable to a mount on the smart device, a connecting structure disposed at the edge of the top surface of the base plate and a ring-like turntable rotatably connected on the base plate via the connecting structure and a plurality of LED lights on the top surface of the turntable. When secured on the body of the smart device, the ring-like turntable rotates to a position where the LED lights surround the cameras to provide adjustable lighting. Further provided is a handheld camera system comprising a smart device, the external lighting device as described above and a protective case with a mount to attached to the lighting device.
US09726956B2	Display device including a COA substrate having a photoresist plug on an ITO film A COA substrate manufacturing method including: forming a TFT on a base substrate; forming a second insulation layer on the TFT; forming a color resist layer on the second insulation layer; forming a third insulation layer on the color resist layer; forming a through hole which reveals the drain electrode of the TFT; forming an ITO film layer on the third insulation layer; forming a photoresist layer on the ITO film layer; performing a light-shielding process to the photoresist layer on the vias-region ITO film layer and an exposure process to the photoresist layer on the non vias-region ITO film layer; developing the photoresist layer on the vias-region ITO and the non vias-region ITO film layers to obtain a photoresist layer plug covered on the vias-region ITO film layer. The present invention utilizes the photoresist to fill the through hole which can improve the quality of a display device.
US09726953B2	Active matrix substrate and liquid-crystal display device A TFT substrate (10) includes a substrate (10a); a TFT (11) supported by the substrate; a scanning line (12); a signal line (13); a first interlayer insulating layer (15) provided so as to cover the TFT; a pixel electrode (16) electrically connected to a drain electrode (11d) of the TFT; and a transparent storage capacitor electrode (17) provided so as to overlap at least a part of the pixel electrode. At least the first interlayer insulating layer has a contact hole (CH) formed therein through which the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain electrode. The scanning line includes a first area (R1) in which the scanning line is branched into two branched lines (12a). The contact hole is located between the two branched lines.
US09726948B2	Image display device There is provided an image display device that includes a display in which a background is transparently seen from a front surface side, and has a high degree of freedom at the time of installation. A liquid crystal panel (32) for adjusting transparency/light-emission adjusts, for each pixel, a ratio between transmitted light-source light and ambient light by respectively controlling a polarization direction of a reflected polarization component of the light-source light irradiated to a reflection-type polarization plate (20) from a light guide plate (180) and a polarization direction of a transmitted polarization component of the ambient light incident to the reflection-type polarization plate (20) from a rear surface side of the display, based on transparent/light-emitting pixel information. Accordingly, when the image display device is viewed from the front surface side of the display, an image is seen for each pixel, a background is transparently seen, or the background is seen so as to be superimposed on the image. Since it is not necessary to attach the image display device to a case filled with light, the image display device is widely used without limitation of use.
US09726945B2	Liquid crystal display device The implementation of a superhigh-definition liquid crystal display device with a diagonal of 30 inches or more and a resolution of 100 ppi or more is facilitated. There is provided a direct-view-type liquid crystal display device that includes a display portion in which a plurality of pixels are placed in a matrix, the display portion whose diagonal is 30 inches or more, in which the resolution of the display portion is 100 pixels or more per inch, the plurality of pixels include first to fourth pixels, and one of the first to fourth pixels is an RG-type formed of a red subpixel and a green subpixel and another of the first to fourth pixels is a BH-type formed of a blue subpixel and a green, yellow, or white subpixel.
US09726943B2	Display panel comprising a common electrode having first and second main slits that correspond with first and second light shielding portions, respectively A display panel including a first substrate, scan lines, data lines, active devices, color filter patterns, pixel electrodes and a light shielding pattern disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the second substrate and the pixel electrodes and a common electrode disposed on the second substrate is provided. The light shielding pattern is located between two adjacent color filter patterns to shield a gap between the two adjacent color filter patterns. The common electrode has common electrode patterns and a main slit. The common electrode patterns are disposed correspondingly to the pixel electrodes. The main slit is disposed correspondingly to the light shielding pattern.
US09726939B2	Transflective type blue phase liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display module of the same A transflective type blue phase liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display module of the same are disclosed. The transflective type blue phase liquid crystal display module includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and blue phase liquid crystal molecules. Pixel electrodes and common electrodes are disposed alternately and disposed at intervals on an upper surface of each solid protrusion structure. Electric fields that are in parallel with a surface of each solid protrusion structure are generated in order to drive the blue phase liquid crystal molecules. Slope inclination angles provided at the upper portion and the lower portion of each solid protrusion structure are different such that optical delay properties at the transmissive region and the reflective region are identical.
US09726938B2	Liquid crystal display device Red pixels (R), blue pixels (B) and green pixels (G) are formed in parallel. First columnar spacers 10 and second columnar spacers 20 are formed on a first substrate. The distance between the first substrate and a second substrate in a normal state is determined by the first columnar spacers 10. The diameter of a light blocking film corresponding to each first columnar spacer 10 is greater than the diameter of a light blocking film corresponding to each second columnar spacer 20. The first columnar spacer 10 is not formed at a boundary between a green pixel (G) and a red pixel (R) or a boundary between a green pixel (G) and a blue pixel (B). The second columnar spacer 20 is formed at a boundary between pixels irrespective of the pixel color. Thus, appropriate color balance can be attained with ease without having a drop in the luminance.
US09726925B2	Method for producing a multiple glazing unit with variable diffusion by PDLC layer and a multiple glazing unit with a PDLC layer produced according to said method A method for producing a multiple glazing unit with variable diffusion by liquid crystals can include applying a pre-seal on an internal face of a first substrate to form a strip delimiting a space. The method can further include depositing a liquid crystal composition containing liquid crystals in a polymer matrix on the delimited space. In some examples, the first substrate is assembled with a second substrate and calendared or pressed. Thereafter, the resulting assembly is irradiated and/or heated to simultaneously cross-link the pre-seal and polymerize the liquid crystal composition.
US09726924B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof An exemplary embodiment discloses a display device including: a substrate including at least one of pixels; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a common electrode disposed on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed on the common electrode overlapping the common electrode; an insulating layer interposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; at least one roof layer disposed spaced apart from the common electrode and the pixel electrode to form a microcavity therebetween, the microcavity including an injection hole; a liquid crystal layer disposed in the microcavity; at least two adjacent first touch sensing electrode disposed on the at least one roof layer; an auxiliary electrode disposed between the two adjacent first touch sensing electrodes; an overcoat disposed to cover the first touch sensing electrodes and the injection hole, the overcoat sealing the microcavity; and a second touch sensing electrode disposed on the overcoat.
US09726914B2	Optical signal generator Preferable simultaneous achievement of the target characteristics with respect to both of the modulation bandwidth and the extinction ratio in the optical intensity modulation using the electro-absorption optical modulator is realized with a simple circuit configuration. The modulator integrated semiconductor laser element includes a plurality of EA modulators disposed in series in an optical signal path, and each adapted to absorb light in accordance with an applied voltage. The modulator driver for supplying the EA modulator with the applied voltage is provided for each of the EA modulators. The plurality of modulator drivers generates the applied voltage common to the plurality of EA modulators in accordance with a control signal. The modulator lengths of the plurality of EA modulators are set so that the closer to the light source the EA modulator is, the shorter the modulator length is.
US09726911B2	Method for estimating a reference posture The invention relates to a method for estimating a reference posture of a subject with a view to taking measurements in order to determine the parameters for manufacturing a vision correction device, including, for a plurality of instances in which the head reaches a target reference posture from at least one deviated posture, the steps of: measuring the actual reference posture to thus obtain a plurality of sets of actual reference posture data, and storing said sets of data in a memory; and processing said sets of actual reference posture data using a digital processing unit in order to obtain an optimal reference posture.
US09726906B2	Polymers and nanogel materials and methods for making and using the same Provided are articles such as medical devices which comprise at least one water soluble, crosslinked copolymer. The primary polymer chains of the copolymer are hydrophilic and independently have a degree of polymerization in the range of about 10 to about 10,000. The water soluble, crosslinked copolymers of the present invention are free from terminal substrate associating segments. The copolymers may be incorporated into a formulation from which the article is made or may be contacted with the article post-formation.
US09726890B2	Light beam expanding device, image display device, and optical device An image display device includes an image generating device, a light guide unit, and a light beam expanding device. The light guide unit includes a light guide plate, a first deflector, and a second deflector. The light beam expanding device expands a light beam incident from the image generating device along the Z direction and outputs the light beam to the light guide unit when the incident direction of light incident on the light guide plate is defined as the X direction and the propagation direction of light in the light guide plate is defined as the Y direction. The light beam expanding device is composed of a first reflective mirror on which light from the image generating device is incident and a second reflective mirror on which light from the first reflective mirror is incident and that outputs light to the light guide unit.
US09726886B1	Adjustable reflector of head-up display and head-up display comprising the same An adjustable reflector of a head-up display includes a base, a supporting frame, a control module, a pivot member, an adjusting frame and a reflecting element. A first end of the supporting frame is fixed to the base. The control module includes a flexible transmission member and a driving unit for driving the flexible transmission member to move. The pivot member is configured to move with the flexible transmission member. A first end of the adjusting frame is pivoted to the pivot member, and a second end of the adjusting frame is rotatable around the first end of the adjusting frame. A first side of the adjusting frame is slidably connected to a second end of the supporting frame. The reflecting element is arranged on a second side of the adjusting frame for reflecting a light beam generated by an image source to an optical combiner.
US09726884B2	Displaying apparatus unit and projection type displaying apparatus The displaying apparatus unit according to the present invention includes a first holder configured to hold a displaying element, a second holder configured to hold an optical operating plate which operates on light from the displaying element, a first dustproof cover member disposed between the first holder and the second holder, and configured to cover a whole side surface of the displaying element, and a second dustproof cover member disposed between the first dustproof cover member and the second holder, wherein the first dustproof cover member is in contact with the first holder, the second dustproof cover member is in contact with the second holder, the first dustproof cover member and the second dustproof cover member are in contact with each other, and the first dustproof cover member has a hardness higher than that of the second dustproof cover member.
US09726876B2	Machine vision inspection system and method for obtaining an image with an extended depth of field A method for operating an imaging system of a machine vision inspection system to provide an extended depth of field (EDOF) image. The method comprises (a) placing a workpiece in a field of view; (b) periodically modulating a focus position of the imaging system without macroscopically adjusting the spacing between elements in the imaging system, the focus position is periodically modulated over a plurality of positions along a focus axis direction in a focus range including a workpiece surface height; (c) exposing a first preliminary image during an image integration time while modulating the focus position in the focus range; and (d) processing the first preliminary image to remove blurred image contributions occurring in the focus range during the image integration time to provide an EDOF image that is focused throughout a larger depth of field than the imaging system provides at a single focal position.
US09726875B2	Synthesizing light fields in microscopy A light field representation of a sample is synthesized or simulated based on bright field image data and phase image data acquired by a microscope such as a quantitative phase microscope. The light field representation may be utilized to render three-dimensional representations of the sample.
US09726865B2	Zoom lens system A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, a negative fourth lens group, and a positive fifth lens group having a plurality of lens elements. During zooming from the short to long focal length extremities, at least the first, third and fifth lens groups move in an optical axis direction. A surface closest to the image side of the zoom lens system is a concave surface facing the image side. The following condition (1) is satisfied: 0.52<(m345t/m345w)/(ft/fw)<0.70 (1), wherein m345w and m345t designate, at the short and long focal length extremities, respectively, the combined lateral magnification of the third, fourth and fifth lens groups when focused on an object at infinity; and fw and ft designate the focal length of the zoom lens system at the short and long focal length extremities, respectively.
US09726860B2	Optical image lens system An optical image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein at least one surface of the fifth lens element is aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens element is aspheric, and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point thereon.
US09726859B1	Optical assembly for a wide field of view camera with low TV distortion An optical assembly for a wide field of view digital camera includes, from object end to image end, first and second optical groups separated by an aperture stop. The optical assembly is configured to provide images with TV distortion that is less than 16. The first optical group includes two or more lens elements, including a first lens element having a largest diameter among the multiple lens elements to collect light at said wide field of view. The second optical group includes a doublet, which is configured to compensate for oblique aberrational error, and an aspheric lens element, which is configured to compensate for astigmatism error.
US09726855B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have positive curvature radii. Each of the first to sixth lenses has an Abbe's number within a specific range.
US09726844B2	Lighted tip for flexible rods In one aspect, a lighted tip for attachment to a flexible rod comprises a tip body having proximal and distal ends, a mechanical connector at the proximal end, a lens connected to the distal end, a light source that emits light through the lens, and a holder coupled to the light source and the lens. A circuit is completed or interrupted as the holder moves in relation to the tip body, thereby switching the light source on or off. In another aspect, a lighted tip for attachment to a flexible rod comprises a lens forming a distal end of the lighted tip. The lens is cylindrical over at least some of its length, and the tip further includes a light source at least partially within the cylindrical lens portion and a mechanical connector at a proximal end if the lighted tip, for connecting the tip to the flexible rod.
US09726843B2	Variable lay stranding An optical cable includes a core member and a plurality of strands wound around the core member in an SZ configuration, the SZ configuration having at least two reversal sections and a helical section extending along a longitudinal length between the at least two reversal sections. A helical lay length of the wound strands is variable along the longitudinal length of the helical section. A method of forming an optical cable includes providing a core member and surrounding the core member with a plurality of strands by winding the strands in an SZ configuration that includes a helical section extending longitudinally between at least two reversal sections.
US09726839B2	Bidirectional optical communication module There is provided a bidirectional optical communication module including a bidirectional optical communication chip configured to include an optical circuit board in which a light receiving element constituting a receiving section, a transmitting element constituting a transmitting section, and a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) filter that divides transmission signal light and reception signal light from each other are hybrid-integrated, a reflecting section configured to direct a propagation direction of the transmission signal light output from the transmitting section and the reception signal light received by the receiving section to a direction orthogonal to the optical circuit board, and an optical coupling element configured to spatially optically-couple an input-output port for the transmission signal light and the reception signal light provided at the bidirectional optical communication chip to an input-output port of an optical fiber.
US09726836B2	Micromechanically aligned optical assembly An optical assembly includes a combination of laser sources emitting radiation, focused by a combination of lenses into optical waveguides. The optical waveguide and the laser source are permanently attached to a common carrier, while at least one of the lenses is attached to a holder that is an integral part of the carrier, but is free to move initially. Micromechanical techniques are used to adjust the position of the lens and holder, and then fix the holder it into place permanently using integrated heaters with solder.
US09726833B2	Interconnection systems between signal switching circuit boards An optical interconnection assembly for the mutual connection of a plurality of signal switching circuit boards that may be coupled to a common planar support, backplane, includes a planar support frame, adapted to receive an ordered arrangement of connectors, which includes a series of first connectors arranged to face corresponding signal transmission ports of said boards, and a series of second connectors arranged to face corresponding signal reception ports of the boards. The support frame is adapted to guide the deployment of an interconnection circuit between corresponding pairs of first and second connectors. The interconnection circuit includes a plurality of arrangements of aggregated interconnection optical fibers extending along a longitudinal axis of the arrangement; and controlled deformation guide formations of the optical fiber arrangements, arranged to establish a plurality of non-intersecting coplanar paths of the optical fiber arrangements between corresponding pairs of first and second connectors.
US09726827B2	Reconfigurable diffractive optical switch and method for operating the same Optical switch based on a micro-minor device such as a DMD configured to simultaneously switch light from N inputs to M outputs with switching times of about 10 microseconds, where N and M are generally greater than one. The minors of the device are oriented according to a pattern calculated based on a Fourier Transform of spatial distribution of M outputs such as to form, in diffraction of light incident on the device, and diffraction light pattern that in the output plane is substantially congruent with the spatial distribution of M outputs. The device can be configured as a modulator of amplitude and/or a modulator of phase of incident light wavefront.
US09726816B2	Multi-core optical fiber, optical cable, and optical connector An MCF of the present embodiment has eight or more cores. A diameter of a common cladding is not more than 126 μm. Optical characteristics of each core are as follows: a TL at a predetermined wavelength of 1310 nm is not more than 0.4 dB/km; an MFD at the predetermined wavelength is from 8.0 μm to 10.1 μm; a BL in a BR of not less than 5 mm or in the BR of not less than 3 mm and, less than 5 mm is not more than 0.25 dB/turn at the predetermined wavelength; λ0 is from 1300 nm to 1324 nm; λcc is not more than 1260 nm; an XT or XTs at the predetermined wavelength is not more than 0.001/km.
US09726811B2	Circuit board and lighting device having the circuit board Provided is a circuit board including: a support substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices mounted on the support substrate; and a device protection portion surrounding one of the light emitting devices, or three or more surfaces of the plurality of light emitting devices.
US09726802B2	Integrated back light unit A light emitting device includes a support having an interstice and at least one LED located in the interstice and at least one of a waveguide or an optical launch having a transparent material encapsulating the at least one LED located in the interstice.
US09726800B2	Illumination module having light diffusing fiber An illumination module includes a light source and a light diffusion fiber coupled to the light source. The light diffusion fiber defines a plurality of indent cuts at an outer sidewall thereof. An arrangement density of the indent cuts gradually decreases along a direction away from the light source.
US09726794B2	High index contrast grating structure for light manipulation and related method A high index contrast grating (HICG) structure is disclosed. The HICG structure includes plurality of gratings fabricated from a high refractive index layer. The high refractive index layer is situated over a low refractive index substrate, wherein the high refractive index layer is patterned after determining a period and a duty cycle of each of the plurality of gratings for a desired reflection phase profile based on a lookup table. The low refractive index substrate includes sapphire. The plurality of gratings includes polycrystalline or amorphous silicon. The HICG structure includes subwavelength gratings for incident wavelengths of equal to or greater than 2.5 microns. An exemplary method for forming the HICG structure is also disclosed.
US09726792B2	Low refractive index layer having a plurality of voids Retroreflective articles and constructions are disclosed. One exemplary retroreflective article or construction includes a retroreflective layer and a low refractive index layer. In one exemplary embodiment, the low refractive index layer is adjacent to at least a portion of a retroreflective structured major surface of the retroreflective layer.
US09726787B2	Method for the production of an optical article with improved anti-fouling properties The present invention is dedicated to a method for the manufacture of an optical article comprising the following steps: providing a substrate having two main faces and bearing —OH functions on at least one of its faces, successively exposing one face of the substrate bearing —OH functions to at least 2 distinct materials named M1 and M2, M1 having a weight average molecular weight higher than M2, in a vacuum chamber under conditions resulting in the deposit of those materials on the surface of the substrate, and wherein: M1 is a substituted silane comprising: at least one function X1 bonded to a silicon atom, wherein the Si—X1 group is capable of forming a covalent bond with a —OH group of the substrate and/or a covalent bond with M2, and at least one fluorine containing group, M2 is a substituted silane having a number average molecular weight inferior or equal to 900 g/mol, comprising: at least one function X2 bonded to a silicon atom, wherein the Si—X2 group is capable of forming a covalent bond with a —OH group of the substrate and/or a covalent bond with M1, and at least one hydrophobic and/or oleophobic group, or at least one hydrophilic group, wherein the difference between the weight average molecular weight of M1 and the weight average molecular weight of M2 is higher than or equal to 600 g/mol.
US09726785B2	Photochromic polyurethane laminate Photochromic polyurethane laminates and methods for the formation of same wherein the photochromic polyurethane layer of the laminate has been crosslinked with a isocyanate-active prepolymer using a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent is formulated to have at least three functional groups that are reactive with functional groups of the polyurethane or of the isocyanate-active prepolymer.
US09726783B2	Methods and systems for thermal printing of photonic crystal materials, and thermally printable photonic crystal materials and assemblies Methods and systems for thermal printing of thermally printable photonic crystal materials and assemblies. The photonic crystal materials and assemblies are responsive to thermal stimuli, wherein temperatures above a thermal threshold results in an optically detectable change in the appearance of the materials and assemblies. Heat is selectively applied to one or more portions of the materials and assemblies, in order to thermally print a graphic onto the materials and assemblies.
US09726776B2	Towable transient electromagnetic survey device A towable transient electromagnetic survey device for connection to a land, water based or an airborne towing vehicle is provided. The towable transient electromagnetic survey device includes a central body structure and a number of booms extending therefrom to interconnect the central body structure to the towing vehicle and suspend a transmitter loop for generating a primary electromagnetic field. Receiving loop(s) and transmitter loop(s) may also be housed in the central body structure. The central body structure may also be configured for switching in and out of connection of various transmitter and receiver loop configurations. In particularly preferred arrangements, the location of a transmitter loop or a pair of transmitter loops relative to a receiver loop is effective for substantially nulling mutual inductance between the transmitter loop(s) and the receiver loop.
US09726774B2	System and method for control of marine seismic streamer during maintenance A method of controlling a marine seismic streamer towed by a vessel includes deploying a workboat next to a section of the streamer and receiving, at the vessel, from the workboat, a command to enter a maintenance mode. In response, a locking command is transmitted via a streamer data link to direct a bird attached to the streamer to lock movable surfaces thereof. A user interface on the vessel is locked so that control of the bird is no longer available therethrough. A control apparatus for marine seismic operations includes the user interface, a receiver to receive commands from the workboat, a streamer interface to command the birds, a memory recording locations and identifiers of the birds, and a processor configured to carry out the method steps. A marine seismic detection system includes the streamer, a maintenance controller in the workboat, and an integrated navigation system controller in the vessel.
US09726773B2	Subaqueous underground survey system and subaqueous underground survey method A subaqueous underground survey system using a reflection seismic survey method includes: multiple sound sources 1 for generating sound waves in the water; a controller 2 for controlling phases of the sound waves; a geophone 3 for receiving reflected waves of the sound waves; and an observation ship 4 equipped with the sound sources 1, wherein the controller 2 controls phases of the sound sources 1 so that the sound waves generated from the respective sound sources 1 have a phase difference at a water bottom surface B, thereby controlling generation of shear waves to propagate into the ground.
US09726768B2	Plasma panel based ionizing-particle radiation detector A position-sensitive ionizing-particle radiation counting detector includes a first substrate and a second substrate generally parallel to the first substrate and forming a gap with the first substrate, with a discharge gas contained within the gap. The detector includes a first electrode electrically coupled to the second substrate, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode and defining at least one pixel with the first electrode. The detector further includes an open dielectric structure pattern layered over one of the first or second electrodes and a current-limiting quench resistor coupled in series to one of the first or second electrodes. The detector further includes a power supply coupled to one of the first or second electrodes and a first discharge event detector circuitry coupled to the one of the first or second electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode.
US09726765B2	Tight optical integration (TOI) of images with GPS range measurements A method of determining the position of a user in 3D space is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises utilizing range measurements from one or more GPS satellite vehicles, angular information of a camera located at the user position, and a camera image associated with one or more known markers. The method further comprises determining the angular information of the camera by determining a direction cosine matrix between a camera frame of reference and an earth frame of reference, and designating unit vectors that individually extend from a position within the camera image associated with one of the known markers through the camera focal point to the respective known marker The method also includes integrating into an ordinary least squares matrix, the GPS range measurements, the angular information of the camera, and the unit vectors, and calculating the user position by solving the ordinary least squares matrix.
US09726761B2	Target rotation determination by differential doppler evaluation Systems and corresponding methods for use in measuring rotation characteristics (e.g., rotation magnitude and direction) of remote targets are provided. A laser light of a known frequency is incident upon the target and reflected. A portion of the reflected laser light is directed to detector field of view, where it is measured and analyzed. The detector field of view is divided into multiple segments, each capable of independently measuring the intensity and frequency of laser light incident thereon. The rotation magnitude of the target may be correlated with the width of the total Doppler spread of reflected light incident upon the detector. The rotation direction of the target may be correlated to a difference in the Doppler spreads measured for corresponding halves of the detector.
US09726759B2	Process and system to determine temporal changes in retransmission and propagation of signals used to measure distances, syncronize actuators and georeference applications The proposed solution includes the use of four reference bases on the ground at known positions, with a coded time signal transmitted by one of them which is retransmitted by the repeater station and received by each of the reference bases. Using two distinct sets of three reference bases it is possible to calculate the differences between two positions for the repeater station, assigning to the later changes in time, phase or frequency as well as temporal changes due to the signal propagation in the medium, for the respective elevation angles found for the repeater. It can be then identified which values attributed to the temporal changes produces a minimum difference between the two respective positions of the repeater station. The identified temporal change can be used for the correct determination of the repeater station and its use on pertinent applications.
US09726758B2	Apparatus and method for detecting target using radar The present invention suggests a target detecting apparatus and method using a radar which detect a target using a recursive modified cell average-constant false alarm rate (RMCA-CFAR) detector without having a sorting process. The present invention provides a target detecting apparatus using a radar, the apparatus including: a data selecting unit which compares reference data with at least one of previous data and subsequent data which are located at both sides of the reference data, from a received signal including information on a distance and a speed for multiple targets, to select specific data; a cell average calculating unit which calculates an average of cells extracted using a sliding window including the specific data; a CFAR data detecting unit which detects CFAR data based on the average of the extracted cells; and a target detecting unit which detects the target based on the CFAR data.
US09726753B2	Circuit configuration for radar applications A circuit configuration for radar applications having a printed board and semiconductor modules mounted on it, each of the semiconductor modules including an integrated circuit, a rewiring layer for connecting the integrated circuit to the printed board and at least one antenna element integrated into the semiconductor module and connected to the integrated circuit for transmitting and/or receiving radar signals, the integrated circuit including at least one HF oscillator and a frequency splitter connected to the HF oscillator, the circuit configuration including phase-locked loops for controlling the HF oscillators, each of the phase-locked loops having the frequency splitter and a phase detector for comparing a split-frequency signal of the HF oscillator with a reference signal, and the reference signals may be fed to the phase-locked loops via the printed board.
US09726749B2	System and method for proximity detection The present invention is for a system and method for determining the proximity of a mobile device to a location without the use of a satellite based or other location awareness system, nor a stationary beacon of any kind. Instead, the mobile device monitors radio frequency broadcast identification codes from nearby mobile devices, and determines if the set of detected identification codes is sufficiently similar to a weighted set of identification codes attributed to specified location. If the calculation of similarity meets the confidence conditions of the system, notification is made that the customer or visitor has arrived. The invention utilizes a combination of confidence interval computation, machine learning, and fault tolerance mechanisms to optimize the success of correctly detecting that the device is near the relevant location.
US09726745B2	Phantoms and associated methods for calibrating imaging systems Embodiments of the present invention provide phantoms, and associated methods of calibration which are suitable for use in both medical resonance imaging and radiographic imaging systems. A phantom for calibration of a medical imaging system, comprises a first component having a first outer shape, a portion of which defines part of at least one pocket; and a second component coupled to the first component and having a second outer shape, a portion of which defines another part of the at least one pocket. At least one of the first and second components comprises a reservoir, the reservoir having a shape at least a portion of which locates a center of the at least one pocket.
US09726739B2	Method and apparatus for optimization of a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance system In a method and a pulse sequence optimization device to optimize a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance system, wherein pulse sequence includes at least one refocusing pulse, a readout gradient pulse temporally situated after the refocusing pulse, and at least one readout spoiler pulse, the pulse duration of the readout gradient pulse is shortened while keeping the readout gradient moment constant, and the pulse shape of the readout spoiler pulse is adapted without changing a total spoiler moment. An optimally shortened pulse duration of the readout gradient pulse is achieved when, with the adaptation of the pulse shape of the readout spoiler pulse, a maximum amplitude of the readout spoiler pulse equals to the amplitude of the readout gradient pulse, and an edge steepness of the readout spoiler pulse is minimized.
US09726735B2	NMR probe head with improved centering of the sample vial An NMR probe head (3) has a coil system (9) and a radial centering mechanism for a sample vial (4) having two centering devices spaced axially from each other to center the sample vial in the radial direction only. The first centering device (5) is disposed above the receiver coil system and at least one further centering device (6) is disposed axially above the coil system with an axial spacing (d) above the first centering device. The first and second centering devices restrict the radial scope for movement of the sample vial to such an extent that the sample vial cannot touch an endangered space (7) during the entire duration of transport of the sample vial to its measuring position, thereby precluding damage to the probe head components in the endangered space by the sample vial.
US09726726B2	Single-pole, single current path switching system and method One embodiment describes a three-phase electromechanical switching device, which includes three single-phase switching devices mechanically and electrically coupled in parallel with one another, each single-phase switching device including a direct current electromagnetic operator that in operation receives a direct current control signal for switching of the device, stationary contacts disposed in a respective device housing, and a movable assembly that in operation is displaced by energizing the operator and that include movable contacts that open and close, with the stationary contacts, a single current carrying path through the respective single-phase switching device; in which each of the single-phase switching devices receives control signals from control circuitry coupled to the operators of the respective single-phase switching devices to cause at least one of the single-phase switching devices to open or close the single current carrying path at a desired time coordinated with a current zero-crossing or a predicted current zero-crossing of a phase of three-phase power.
US09726719B2	Semiconductor automatic test equipment A backing apparatus for use in a semiconductor automatic test equipment including: a probe card holder configured to rigidly affix one or more first portions of a flexible probe card to the probe card holder, wherein a respective back side of each of the one or more first portions is adjacent to the probe card holder when the one or more portions are rigidly affixed to the probe card holder; linear actuators; and a rigid backing plate configured to rigidly affix a second portion of the flexible probe card to the rigid backing plate, wherein one side of the rigid backing plate is adjacent to a back side of the second portion when the second portion is rigidly affixed to the rigid backing plate, wherein each linear actuator is configured to provide backing of another side of the rigid backing plate against the probe card holder.
US09726718B2	Modular test fixture A modular test fixture for testing electronic devices. In some embodiments, such a modular test fixture can include a support frame having a base, and a substrate having a plurality of test components, with the substrate being coupled to the base. The modular test fixture can further include an upper support positioned above the support frame, and a plurality of suspension elements that each extend between the upper support and the support frame. The suspension elements can couple the upper support to the support frame, and the upper support can be movable relative to the support frame. The modular test fixture can further include a daughterboard module coupled to the upper support, and a daughterboard having a test device interface. The daughterboard can be coupled to the daughterboard module and be operatively coupled to the plurality of test components.
US09726717B2	Testing system with differing testing slots A testing environment may have at least one controller connected to at least first and second testing slots positioned in a housing. The first testing slot can be configured with a first thermal range capability and the second testing slot may be configured with a second thermal range capability that differs from the first thermal range capability.
US09726700B2	Method for operation of a self-powered power sensor (SPPS) having a reservoir capacitor Methods of operation of a self-powered power sensor (SPPS) are provided for the measurement of the likes of current, power, power factor, and other parameters related to the power consumption, at points of interest, such as circuit breakers, machines, and the like. Each SPPS is enabled to communicate its respective data, in an environment of a plurality of such apparatuses, to a management unit which may further process the data sent thereto, as well as communicate back to the SPPS for the purpose of synchronization of, for example, clocks of the SPPS and the management unit.
US09726696B2	Precision reference circuit and related method In one form, a reference circuit includes a measurement circuit and a determination circuit. The measurement circuit has an output for providing a ratio of a difference in base-to-emitter voltage (VBE) of a bipolar device at different current densities to a VBE of the bipolar device at a first current density. The determination circuit has an input coupled to the measurement circuit, and an output for providing a digital value of a parameter in response to the ratio. In another form, the reference circuit further includes a voltage generation circuit having an input coupled to the determination circuit, and an output, for modulating an analog voltage using the digital value to provide a reference voltage to the output, wherein the reference voltage is temperature compensated over a temperature range.
US09726694B2	Test systems with a probe apparatus and index mechanism A probe apparatus has probe wires with a contact pattern on one side. The contact pattern is for contacting a respective contact pattern on another test equipment or component, such as a circuit board. The probe wires have tips that probe a device desired for testing. Signals are transmitted through the probe wires from the probe card, for example, through a circuit board to other diagnostic equipment. The contact of the probe card with the circuit board allows signals to be transferred through the probe wires to the other diagnostic equipment. On another side of the probe card is a connector structure. The connector structure includes a retainer that can allow the probe card to be replaced from a test system, such as allowing it to be connected and disconnected from a holder.
US09726686B2	Encoding scheme embedded into an automation track surface An automation system for an in vitro diagnostics environment includes a plurality of intelligent carriers that include onboard processing and navigation capabilities. A central scheduler can communicate wirelessly with the carriers to direct the carriers to carry a fluid sample to testing stations along a track within the automation system. The carriers can utilize landmarks and distance encoding to reach destinations accurately and quickly, including, for example within less than the time for a single operation cycle of an automated clinical analyzer. The distance encoding can include optical marks repeated at regular intervals (pitch), where the intervals are conveyed to the carriers wirelessly or via optical encoding. The pitch of the encoding can differ for different sections of track depending on the position precision desired.
US09726674B2	PIIINP neo-epitope assay Provided is a monoclonal antibody specifically reactive with a C-terminal neo-epitope of PIIINP comprised in a C-terminal amino acid sequence CPTGXQNYSP-COOH (SEQ ID NO: 4) in which X is Gly or Pro, and where the monoclonal antibody does not recognize or bind an elongated version of the C-terminal amino acid sequence CPTGXQNYSPQZ-COOH (SEQ ID NO: 5), in which Z is absent or is one or more amino acids of the sequence of collagen type III. Also provided is a method of immunoassay for detecting in a biological sample the C-terminal neo-epitope of PIIINP generated by N-protease cleavage of intact type III procollagen, by contacting the sample with the monoclonal antibody, and determining the amount of binding of the antibody.
US09726667B2	Point of care assays to detect the status of tuberculosis infection Point of care methods to detect the probability or status of tuberculosis infection in individuals by determining presence or absence of one or more peptide of SEQ ID NOS:1-22 in a biological fluid of a subject are described. These methods may be assays based on affinity reagents specifically reactive with these peptides.
US09726659B2	CMPF as a biomarker for diabetes and associated methods Provided are methods for identifying or monitoring a subject having, or at risk of developing, impaired glucose homeostasis. Carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid (CMPF) is shown to be a biomarker for impaired glucose homeostasis and/or conditions characterized by β-cell dysfunction. Comparing a test level of CMPF in a subject to a control level identifies subjects having, or at risk of developing, impaired glucose homeostasis. Also provided are methods of causing impaired glucose homeostasis or β-cell dysfunction and methods of screening for compounds that affect the activity of β-cells. Also provided are methods for the treatment of β-cell dysfunction by reducing the physiological levels of CMPF in a subject as well as the use of a OAT modulator for the treatment of β-cell dysfunction.
US09726649B2	Chromatographic medium A chromatographic medium having a separating agent layer, which is used to separate target substances, and a permeation layer, which is laminated so as to face the separating agent layer and which is used to enable permeation of the target substances separated by the separating agent layer, wherein a region in which the permeation layer is not laminated is present on a part of the separating agent layer, the separating agent layer exhibits a separating property for the target substances and exhibits an optical responsiveness to ultraviolet rays, and the permeation layer exhibits an optical responsiveness that is different from those of the target substances and the separating agent layer.
US09726645B2	Vibration detection apparatus and vibration detection method A vibration detection apparatus includes a ring laser resonator, a fiber Bragg grating and a detection system. The ring laser resonator generates a laser beam propagating a ring shaped optical path. The fiber Bragg grating is disposed in the ring laser resonator such that the laser beam enters the grating, and has a transmittance distribution characteristic of transmitted light in a wavelength direction, which changes in accordance with vibration of an object. The detection system detects the vibration based on the transmitted light through the fiber Bragg grating.
US09726643B2	Gate valve real time health monitoring system, apparatus, program code and related methods Systems, apparatus, and program code, and methods for monitoring the health and other conditions of the valve, are provided. An exemplary system for monitoring the condition of the gate valve includes a logic module configured to perform the operations of receiving sensor data providing an acoustic emission, vibration, and/or stream level signature and determining the level of lubricity, level of friction, level of surface degradation, and leakage rate at a gate-valve seat interface. An exemplary method for monitoring the condition of the gate valve includes receiving sensor data providing an acoustic emission, vibration, and/or stream level signature and determining the level of lubricity, level of friction, level of surface degradation, and leakage rate at a gate-valve seat interface.
US09726639B1	Apparatus for detecting magnetic flux leakage and methods of making and using same An apparatus and method for detecting magnetic flux leakage in an object. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, a sensor bar and a U shaped magnetic circuit consisting of first and second magnet and steel pieces 44, 46 and 42 connecting the magnets. The sensor bar is connected to the frame assembly and includes a plurality of coils and at least one sensor operatively connected to at least one of the plurality of coils. The first magnet and the second magnets are connected steel pieces and to the frame assembly. They form a U shaped magnetic circuit which is completed by the steel plate being inspected. The sensor bar is placed between the tips of the U shaped magnetic circuit.
US09726638B2	Apparatus for in real time detecting biological particle and non-biological particle in the atmosphere and method for detecting biological particle and non-biological particle using the same The present invention relates to apparatus for in real time detecting biological particles and non-biological particles in the atmosphere, the apparatus comprising: an impactor adapted to sort the biological particles and non-biological particles absorbed from the outside by size; a charger adapted to charge the biological particles and non-biological particles sorted by means of the impactor to specific charge (positive or negative charge); a separator adapted to introduce the biological particles and non-biological particles charged by the charger thereinto and to sort the biological particles and non-biological particles charged to different charge quantities from each other; and a particle measurement sensor adapted to measure the concentrations of the particles discharged from an outlet.
US09726637B2	Gas analyzer with fuel cell The invention relates to gas analyzers, especially mobile ion mobility spectrometers or mass spectrometers which are operated at atmospheric pressure to detect dangerous substances. The invention uses a fuel cell to generate the electric operating power of the gas analyzer, and the waste heat from the fuel cell is used to regulate the temperature of modules of the gas analyzer.
US09726627B2	Electrochemical sensor and method of using same A chemical sensor may include an electrode array for electrically interfacing with a fluid sample. The sensor can apply an electrical potential to the sample in order to effect a current flow within the sample. The sensor can measure the resulting current through the sample and determine characteristics about the fluid sample from the current measurement. In one mode of operation of the sensor, the applied electrical potential can be controlled to cause desired electrochemical reactions, such as oxidation or reduction, to occur within the sample to determine the concentration of the oxidized or reduced sample constituent. In another mode of operation, the applied electrical potential causes a current to flow simply due to the conductivity of the sample. In various embodiments, the sensor comprises a controller and a switch for switching between various modes of operation and applying appropriate electric potentials to the sample.
US09726625B2	Method and system for performing EDS analysis The disclosure provides methods and systems for identifying materials using charged particle beam systems combined with x-ray spectroscopy systems.
US09726622B2	Non-destructive inspection device An accurate non-destructive inspection of a moving subject is conducted using a radiation source unit that irradiates radioactive rays toward gratings. Each grating includes a plurality of grating members. A radioactive ray detector unit detects the radioactive rays diffracted by the plurality of grating members. The plurality of grating members are arranged with a predetermined phase difference such that moiré pattern images respectively formed by the radioactive rays transmitted through first to third partial areas have a phase difference between the moiré pattern images.
US09726615B2	System and method for simultaneous dark field and phase contrast inspection An inspection apparatus for simultaneous dark field (DF) and differential interference contrast (DIC) inspection includes an illumination source and a sample stage configured to secure a sample. The inspection apparatus includes a first sensor, a second sensor and an optical sub-system. The optical sub-system includes an objective, one or more optical elements arranged to direct, through the objective, illumination from the one or more illumination sources to a surface of the sample. The objective is configured to collect a signal from the surface of the sample, wherein the collected signal includes a scattering-based signal and/or a phase-based signal from the sample. The inspection apparatus includes one or more separation optical elements arranged to spatially separate the collected signal into a DF signal and a DIC signal by directing the DF signal and the DIC signal along a DF path and DIC path respectively.
US09726614B2	Analysis apparatus An analysis apparatus is provided with: a light emitting part, a light dispersing part, a light detecting part, a storage unit, and a control unit. The light dispersing part disperses first reflected light reflected from a food product when the food product has been irradiated with light from the light emitting part. The light detecting part: generates first detection data by detecting the first reflected light dispersed; and, when a food product sample containing known ingredients is irradiated with light from the light emitting part, generates second detection data by detecting second reflected light reflected from the food product sample and dispersed by the light dispersing part. The storage unit stores a regression formula computed using the second detection data as a parameter. The control unit estimates the ingredients contained in the food product using the first detection data and the regression formula stored in the storage unit.
US09726613B2	Liquid activated color change ink and methods of use Liquid activated ink formulations comprising a liquid activated dye, a hydrochromic ionic compound, an opacifier, and a solvent.
US09726607B2	Systems and methods for detecting multiple optical signals To minimize cross talk in systems and methods for detecting two or more different optical signals emitted from each of a plurality of reaction receptacles, an excitation signal associated with each of the optical signals has a known excitation frequency, and any detected signal having a frequency that is inconsistent with the excitation frequency is discarded. The receptacles are moved relative to optical sensors configured to detect each unique optical signal from an associated receptacle, and to further minimize cross talk, the optical sensors are arranged so that only one reaction receptacle at a time is in a signal detecting position with respect to one of its associated optical sensors, and the optical sensors are grouped by the optical signal they are configured to detect so that a first optical signal is detected from each of the reaction receptacles before a second optical signal is detected from the reaction receptacles.
US09726605B2	Fluorescence immuno-chromatography, kit and test strip for the same The invention is directed to a fluorescence immunochromatography method carried out by illuminating a fluorescent substance in a membrane with excitation light and detecting fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance, by applying a sample to a test strip having a membrane and a transparent film attached to the surface of the membrane, wherein the transparent film satisfies Formula (1) Formula (1) nFf>nWf (nFf: refractive index of transparent film at wavelength λf of the fluorescence) (nWf: refractive index of analyte liquid at wavelength λf of the fluorescence), and wherein the membrane contains a fluorescent labeling reagent which binds to target substance contained in the sample; binding the fluorescent labeling reagent to the target substance; immobilizing the fluorescent labeling reagent bound to the target substance in the membrane; detecting the presence of target substance.
US09726603B2	Grating pattern element, target material measuring apparatus, and target material measuring method A grating pattern element includes peaks which are periodically arranged and valleys provided between the peaks, and at least one of the peaks and at least one of the valleys includes an adsorbing material on a surface thereof which adsorbs a target material.
US09726601B1	NDIR interference control in liquids NDIR is used to determine a concentration of a chosen molecule M in a liquid sample which contains one or more interfering molecules MJ which absorb radiation at the signal wavelength used in the NDIR process by addition of an interference source. M is calculated by electronics which use Rave(t) from a pulsed signal and reference channel output and a calibration curve which is validated by use of RJave(t2) from a pulsed interference and reference channel output. Signal, interference and reference sources are pulsed at a frequency which is sufficiently fast so that a given molecule of M or MJ will not pass in and out of the liquid sampling matrix within the pulsing frequency.
US09726593B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for optical systems in flow cytometers The present set of embodiments relate to a system, method, and apparatus for an optical configuration in a flow cytometer that allows for independent adjustment of focusing for each light source. Such systems, methods, and apparatuses require a final focusing element to be moved near the beginning of the optical train and for each optical element coming after the final focusing element to be configured to accommodate converging light beams while minimizing the introduction of aberrations into those beams.
US09726590B2	Suspended sediment meter The application provides a device for measuring at least one parameter value of a suspended sediment of a fluid. The device includes a backscattering transducer module, a storage unit, and a calculation unit. The backscattering transducer module comprises a source module and a receiver module. The source module transmits at least three acoustic signals with different fixed characterizing measurement frequencies while the receiver module measures at least three echo level values of echo signals, which correspond with the at least three acoustic signals. The storage unit stores a data set of pre-determined echo level values with a data set of pre-determined suspended sediment parameter values. The calculation unit derives at least one suspended sediment parameter value from the data sets and the at least three echo level values.
US09726589B2	Apparatus and method to measure a property of wellbore fluid A method includes disposing an open end of a housing in a wellbore fluid, flowing the wellbore fluid into the housing though the open end, rotating an impeller disposed within the housing at a first rotational speed with a motor coupled to the impeller, and determining at least one of viscosity and rheology of the wellbore fluid based on the rotating an impeller. An apparatus includes a housing, a mechanical agitator disposed in the housing, a motor operatively coupled to the mechanical agitator, a first sensor coupled to at least one of the mechanical agitator and the motor, and a second sensor disposed in the housing and configured to measure a fluid property or characteristic.
US09726584B2	Sample imaging apparatus A sample imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging section for imaging a stained sample including a stained cell to generate a cell image relating to the stained cell included in the stained sample; and a staining abnormality detector for detecting an abnormality relating to staining of the stained sample on the basis of the cell image generated by the imaging section, is disclosed. A sample imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging section for imaging a stained sample to generate a cell image relating to a cell included in the stained sample; and an imaging abnormality detector for detecting an abnormality relating to the imaging section on the basis of the cell image generated by the imaging section, is also disclosed.
US09726582B2	Sample introduction system A sample port system/device associated with a fluid collection device is provided and is configured to receive fluid-containing devices of varying diameters. A method of improving the work flow and safety involved in acquiring and/or testing fluid samples using such sample port system/device is also provided.
US09726581B2	Sequential lateral flow capillary device for analyte determination Disclosed is a lateral flow capillary device and uses thereof comprising a unipath capillary flow matrix and a plurality of reservoirs each in fluid communication with the capillary flow matrix. The device includes one or more pressure delivery systems configured to urge capillary flow matrix toward a portion of the housing in which it resides, such that a substantially uniform pressure is applied over a portion of the capillary flow matrix.
US09726573B2	Optical frequency domain reflectometry, optical frequency domain reflectometer, and device for measuring position or shape using the same To eliminate a need for polarization adjustment, to simplify a configuration, and to make a configuration at low cost. Wavelength swept light is provided to a measurement-target optical fiber having an FBG with a chirped grating interval. A polarization multiplexing unit generates polarization multiplexed reference light by multiplexing first reference light and second reference light, which are swept in a wavelength in the same manner as wavelength swept light and have polarizations orthogonal to each other. Polarization multiplexed reference light is input to combine means along with reflected light from measurement-target optical fiber and is made to interfere with reflected light. A signal processing unit performs Fourier transform processing on the digital signal by dividing a time domain into a plurality of periods, and synthesizes the Fourier transform results on a distance axis to obtain a measurement result of orthogonal polarization components of reflected light.
US09726561B2	Differential pressure sensor with a capacitive read out system A differential pressure sensor comprises a cavity having a base including a base electrode and a membrane suspended above the base which includes a membrane electrode, wherein the first membrane is sealed with the cavity defined beneath the first membrane. A first pressure input port is coupled to the space above the sealed first membrane. A capacitive read out system is used to measure the capacitance between the base electrode and membrane electrode. An interconnecting channel is between the cavity and a second pressure input port, so that the sensor is responsive to the differential pressure applied to opposite sides of the membrane by the two input ports.
US09726556B2	Method for calibrating a temperature sensor of a vapour compression system A method for calibrating a temperature sensor arranged in a vapor compression system is disclosed. The opening degree of an expansion device is alternatingly increased and decreased. Simultaneously a temperature of refrigerant entering the evaporator and a temperature of refrigerant leaving the evaporator are monitored. For each cycle of the opening degree of the expansion device, a maximum temperature, T1, max, of refrigerant entering the evaporator, and a minimum temperature, T2, min, of refrigerant leaving the evaporator are registered. A calibration value, ΔT1, is calculated as ΔT1=C−(T2, min−T1, max) for each cycle, and a maximum calibration value, among the calculated values is selected. Finally, temperature measurements performed by the first temperature sensor are adjusted by an amount defined by ΔT1, max.
US09726553B2	Optical temperature sensor and use of same A thermometer includes a substrate; an optical resonator disposed on the substrate and including an optical resonance, the optical resonator being configured to receive a resonant frequency corresponding to the optical resonance; and a waveguide disposed on the substrate proximate to the optical resonator to receive input light, to communicate the resonant frequency to the optical resonator, and to transmit output light; wherein an aperture is interposed between: the substrate and the optical resonator, the substrate and the waveguide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and the thermometer is configured to change the optical resonance in response to a change in temperature of the optical resonator.
US09726550B2	Digital thermometer of antimicrobial copper Digital Thermometer of antimicrobial copper, meant for medical use, consisting externally of the body (1), the battery cover that is the removable part through which the battery is inserted into the thermometer (2), the power button i.e. ON-OFF button (3), the display (4) and the tip, that is the sensor for measuring temperature (5) and is characterized by the fact that the outer surface of these components except of the display, is made of antimicrobial copper, or bears antimicrobial copper.Due to the antimicrobial-bacteriostatic properties of copper and its alloys with antimicrobial properties, it is achieved naturally—without any further interference, i.e. without disinfectants use—the neutralization of pathogenic microbes that infest the thermometer body, therefore it is achieved limitation of their further dispersion.
US09726547B2	Microbolometer devices in CMOS and BiCMOS technologies A microbolometer device integrated with CMOS and BiCMOS technologies and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a microbolometer unit cell, comprises damaging a portion of a substrate to form a damaged region. The method further includes forming infrared (IR) absorbing material on the damaged region. The method further includes isolating the IR absorbing material by forming a cavity underneath the IR absorbing material.
US09726546B2	Distributed optical sensing with two-step evaluation According to an embodiment there is provided a distributed optical sensing apparatus for determining of a primary quantity along a waveguide, the distributed optical sensing apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic radiation source adapted for coupling electromagnetic radiation into the waveguide to thereby generate in the waveguide (e.g. by interaction with the waveguide) a first response radiation and a different second response radiation; a detector device adapted for providing a first measurement signal indicative of the first response radiation and a second measurement signal indicative of the second response radiation; an evaluation unit adapted for deriving a secondary quantity (e.g. a loss) based on the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal; the evaluation unit being further adapted for deriving the primary quantity based on the secondary quantity and at least one of the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal.
US09726544B2	Method and system for passive tracking of moving objects A system for detecting and tracking motion in a given area, including a first passive motion detection sensor operable for passively detecting motion in any of a first multiplicity of detection zones and, responsive thereto, for providing a first detection output signal including an indication of a first detection zone in which the motion was detected, a second passive motion detection sensor operable for passively detecting motion in any of a second multiplicity of detection zones, each of the second multiplicity of detection zones at least partially overlapping each of the first multiplicity of detection zones, and, responsive thereto, for providing a second detection output signal including an indication of a second detection zone in which the motion was detected, and a processor operable for receiving the first and second detection output signals and, responsive thereto, for providing an indication of a location of the motion.
US09726542B2	Multi-mode imaging spectrometer A multi-mode imaging spectrometer that incorporates two orthogonally positioned entrance slits and is configurable between a first mode in which the system produces images of relatively wide spatial coverage with moderate spectral resolution, using a first one of the two slits, and a second mode in which the system produces images of a smaller spatial area with fine spectral resolution, using the other one of the two slits.
US09726541B2	Electromagnetic radiation sensor for monitoring a medium A sensor for monitoring a medium has an electromagnetic radiation source, mirrors, and a detector for electromagnetic radiation arranged inside a cup-shaped housing part. The cup-shaped part has flat, angularly arranged wall areas defining a cavity in which, outside of the housing, the medium is contained. The flat wall areas are transparent for electromagnetic radiation and arranged in the beam path from the electromagnetic radiation source to the detector so that the electromagnetic radiation passes through first wall, medium in the cavity, and second wall. The first and second wall areas and the medium form a refracting prism. A cover closes off the cup-shaped part so that electromagnetic radiation source, detector, and mirrors are enclosed in the housing. A data processing system is connected to electromagnetic radiation source and detector so that electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths is refracted in the prism and the resulting spectra are detected and evaluated.
US09726537B2	Systems and methods for determining ambient illumination having a bypass switch Systems and methods are provided for measuring an ambient light level in a volume that is lighted by a pulsating light source. A first light sensor is configured to generate a first signal based on an amount of light detected in the volume. A bypass switch is configured to bypass the first light sensor at a first point in time when the light source is on and to not bypass the first light sensor at a second point in time when the light source is off. A second sensor is configured to generate a second signal based on an environment in the volume, and a difference circuit is configured to determine a difference magnitude between the second signal and the first signal to generate an ambient light signal.
US09726536B2	Fiber optical superconducting nanowire single photon detector A fiber optical superconducting nanowire detector with increased detector efficiency, fabricated directly on the tip of the input optical fiber. The fabrication on the tip of the fiber allows precise alignment of the detector to the fiber core, where the field mode is maximal. This construction maximizes the coupling efficiency to close to unity, without the need for complex alignment procedures, such as the need to align the input fiber with a previously fabricated device. The device includes a high-Q optical cavity, such that any photon entering the device will be reflected to and fro within the cavity numerous times, thereby increasing its chances of absorption by the nanowire structure. This is achieved by using dedicated cavity mirrors with very high reflectivity, with the meander nanowire structure contained within the cavity between the end mirrors, such that photons impinge on the nanowire structure with every traverse of the cavity.
US09726530B2	Flowmeter design for large diameter pipes An in-line flowmeter for large diameter pipes includes an outer pipe with a diameter equal to that of the pipe to which it is coupled and an inner measuring tube carrying a portion of the flow, the flow through the measuring tube being sensed by a flowmeter associated with the measuring tube and with the total combined flow rate out of the in-line flowmeter calculated from the sensed flow through the measuring tube.
US09726521B2	Signal processing apparatus for processing time variant signal with first and second input signals comprising a weighting integrator, a magnitude detector and a gain-adjustable amplifier A signal processing apparatus comprising: a first gain-adjustable amplifier receiving the first input signal and generating a first output signal according to a gain; a first magnitude detector receiving the first output signal and generating a first magnitude signal; a first adder for subtracting the first magnitude signal from a reference value, thereby generating a first sampling signal; and a first weighting integrator receiving the first input signal, the second input signal and the first sampling signal, and generating the first integrated signal to control the gain of the first gain-adjustable amplifier.
US09726518B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for detection of metal objects in a predetermined space This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for detecting foreign objects. In one aspect an apparatus for detecting a presence of an object is provided. The apparatus includes a resonant circuit having a resonant frequency. The resonant circuit includes a sense circuit including an electrically conductive structure. The apparatus further includes a coupling circuit coupled to the sense circuit. The apparatus further includes a detection circuit coupled to the sense circuit via the coupling circuit. The detection circuit is configured to detect the presence of the object in response to detecting a difference between a measured characteristic that depends on a frequency at which the resonant circuit is resonating and a corresponding characteristic that depends on the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit. The coupling circuit is configured to reduce a variation of the resonant frequency by the detection circuit in the absence of the object.
US09726513B2	Navigation system and method A non-scaled, linearly compressed pictographic mapping system is provided for the visual display of information in a navigational aid. Unlike today's road maps which use a point-arc-polygon paradigm, the new mapping uses a non-scaled, linearly-compressed pictographic design that shows roads as linear pictograms. The display has a columnar layout, whereby the descriptive elements are grouped together by type, and displayed one above the other in columns. The maps may also contain icons representing points of interest. In this manner, the mapping paradigm also serves to increase traveler safety, provide navigation assistance during address-less trips, create valuable advertising space and new promotional opportunities, and dramatically increases the travelers' communications and entertainment options.
US09726507B2	Route calculation system, route calculation method, and route calculation program Route calculation systems, methods, and programs extract from stored past routes, past routes that at least partly pass through a departure point area and at least partly pass through a destination area, and calculate, for each extracted past route, a new departure point side section route and a new destination side section route. The systems, methods, and programs calculate, for each extracted past route, a new candidate route that sequentially passes through the calculated new departure point side section route, a past section route, and the calculated new destination side section route. The systems, methods, and programs compute a cost of each calculated new candidate route and set the new route as the new candidate route having the smallest computed cost.
US09726505B2	Methods and systems for generating a horizon for use in advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) A method of generating a horizon for use by an ADAS of a vehicle involves using digital location-based data, driver data and/or vehicle data to determine the likelihood that different outgoing paths are taken at a decision point along a currently traversed road segment, and deriving a probability that each path may be taken. The probability may be based on one or more of: an angle of the path relative to the incoming path, the road class of the path, a speed profile of the path, historical paths taken by vehicles at the decision point, and historical paths taken at the decision point by the individual driver or vehicle.
US09726504B2	Computing system with structure vertical-tier mechanism and method of operation thereof A computing system includes: a control circuit configured to: determine environment measurements representing conditions measured about a building structure located at a geographic location; generate a map based on the environment measurements for mapping a tier of the building structure along a vertical direction; and a storage circuit, coupled to the control circuit, configured to store the map for representing the building structure.
US09726487B2	Geometric referencing of multi-spectral data A sensing device for obtaining geometric referenced multi-spectral image data of a region of interest in relative movement with respect to the sensing device, includes a first two dimensional sensor element and a spectral filter. The sensing device obtains subsequent multi-spectral images during the relative motion of the region of interest with respect to the sensing device, thus providing spectrally distinct information for different parts of a region of interest using different parts of the first sensor. A second two dimensional sensor element, using the second sensor element, provides an image of the region of interest for generating geometric referencing information to be coupled to the distinct spectral information.
US09726481B2	Method of analogue measurement scanning on a machine tool A method of building up a measurement data set for a surface of an object using an analog measurement probe mounted on a machine tool apparatus which obtains scanned measurement data of the surface over a plurality of offset traverses. Subsequent traverses are offset from previous traverses such that over a series of traverses the analog probe's surface detecting region progresses i) laterally across the object, and/or ii) away from or towards the object. The course of relative motion for at least one subsequent traverse is generated and/or updated based on data obtained during at least one previous traverse.
US09726480B2	Recognition method for a battery cell package and structure thereof A recognition method for a battery cell package and a structure thereof includes: a) providing a plurality of battery cells arranged in a stack or in a wrapped roll; b) providing a tape, an isolation film or an electrode slat having a shape recognition structure; c) providing a packaging bag; d) placing the tape, the isolation film or the electrode slat at an outer layer of the battery cells; and e) placing the plurality of battery cells into the packaging bag and drawing an air out of the packaging bag such that an outer surface of the packaging bag reveals the shape recognition structure of the tape, the isolation film or the electrode slat. Therefore, the specifications and models of the battery cell packages can be determined with ease to facilitate the categorization and storage of the battery cell packages.
US09726476B2	Fiber optic instrument orientation sensing system and method An instrument system that includes an image capture device, an elongate body, an optical fiber and a controller is provided. The elongate body is operatively coupled to the image capture device. The optical fiber is operatively coupled to the elongate body and has a strain sensor provided on the optical fiber. The controller is operatively coupled to the optical fiber and adapted to receive a signal from the strain sensor and to determine a position or orientation of the image capture device based on the signal.
US09726470B2	Identifying a position of transmission/reception coils of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner with labels read in motion A method and a device for identifying a position of a local coil of a magnetic resonance imaging scanner relative to a position of a patient couch are provided. The device includes at least one reading unit that is configured to determine a position of at least one label at the local coil relative to the at least one reading unit. The device also includes a position determination apparatus that is configured to determine the position of the patient couch relative to the magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The device includes a position determination apparatus that is configured to determine the position of the local coil relative to the patient couch based on the determined position of the at least one label and the determined position of the patient couch.
US09726467B1	Powder measure cover apparatus A cover provided for a powder measure that includes a tubular sleeve to fit over hopper reservoir walls. The cover may include an informational card slot, and/or a moral patch. The cover may also include a viewing window slit or slits to provide viewing information on the fill level of the hopper while the cover is applied.
US09726461B2	ROV terrain disruptor A terrain disruption device includes an air or gas flow generation device mounted on a remote operated vehicle having an extendible arm, wherein the air or gas flow generation device includes an elongate (optionally detachable) ducting arrangement to direct the air or gas flow and an optional nozzle. The air or gas flow generation device and/or the elongate ducting arrangement may be mounted on the extendible arm. Preferably, the air or gas flow generation device is powered by a fan, more preferably an electric ducted fan.
US09726452B1	Modular survival tool A modular survival tool including a tool body having a tomahawk axe selectively disposed on a top end thereof, a storage compartment therein, a pair of forward protrusions to which a pair of limb members forming a bow are selectively mounted for storage, a pair of angled rearward protrusions are disposed on a rear side of the tool body and the limb members attached thereto to form the bow, and a bow string attached to upper ends of the rearward protrusions. A modular arrow has connectable components stored within the storage compartment but assemble into an arrow for use with the bow. At least one arrow rest is disposed on one of a right side and a left side of the tool body to assist in aiming the arrow. A fire starting surface is disposed on a removable cap over the bottom end, which provides access to the storage compartment.
US09726451B2	Modular slingshot The above objectives are accomplished according to the present invention by providing A modular slingshot comprising: a handle having a spring recess; a spring attached to the handle being received in the spring recess having a serrated portion and spring tab; a fork removably attached to the handle having a tab recess for receiving the spring tab to secure the fork on the handle; and, band securing assembly including plugs that are attached to the forks.
US09726450B2	Firearm stabilization apparatus The present disclosure provides a firearm stabilization apparatus having (1) a main body further having a stopped dado which forms a depression on a front surface of the main body; a first magnet positioned within the depression; a slot along a edge of the main body; and a second magnet positioned within the slot; and (2) a firearm further with a third magnet.
US09726435B2	Method and apparatus for using light emitting diodes for curing The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using light emitting diodes for curing in various applications. The method includes a novel method for cooling the light emitting diodes and mounting the same on heat pipe in a manner which delivers ultra high power in UV, visible and IR regions. Furthermore, the unique LED packaging technology of the present invention that utilizes heat pipes performs far more efficiently in much more compact space. This allows much more closely spaced LEDs operating at higher power and brightness.
US09726432B2	Air cooling unit An air cooling unit is an air cooling unit used in a Rankine cycle system and includes an expander and a condenser. The expander recovers energy from a working fluid by expanding the working fluid. The condenser cools the working fluid using air. The air cooling unit includes a heat-transfer reducer that reduces heat transfer between the expander and an air path.
US09726427B1	Liquid nitrogen production An improved process for liquid nitrogen production by cryogenic air separation using a distillation column system to enhance the product recovery.
US09726423B1	Sliding shelf assembly for a refrigerator appliance A sliding shelf assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The sliding shelf assembly includes a shelf support frame that is slidably mounted inside the chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance. A connecting arm couples the shelf support frame to the door such that the shelf support frame slides out of the chilled chamber as the door is opened. Moreover, the shelf support frame slidably receives refrigerator shelves that may slide independently of the shelf support frame. The sliding shelf assembly thereby simplifies storage on the refrigerator shelves, improves accessibility of the chilled chamber, and improves consumer satisfaction with the refrigerator appliance.
US09726420B2	Apparatus for defrosting a plurality of heat exchangers having a common outdoor fan A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus includes multiple refrigeration cycles each including a compressor, a four-way valve, an indoor heat exchanger, a pressure reducing device, and an outdoor heat exchanger which are connected by a pipe, each refrigeration cycle being configured to be capable of performing a cooling operation and a heating operation, an outdoor fan configured to send air for heat exchange with the outdoor heat exchangers of the refrigeration cycles, multiple indoor fans arranged corresponding to the respective indoor heat exchangers of the refrigeration cycles, and a controller configured to defrost the outdoor heat exchanger of the at least one refrigeration cycle, control a rotation speed of the indoor fan corresponding to the refrigeration cycle performing the defrosting operation such that a temperature of air mixed by air-sending through the indoor fans reaches a predetermined temperature.
US09726410B2	Portable refrigerant charge meter and method for determining the actual refrigerant charge in HVAC systems A refrigerant charge meter and a method for determining the actual refrigerant charge in HVAC systems are described. The meter includes means for determining an optimum refrigerant charge from system subcooling and system component parameters. The meter also includes means for determining the ratio of the actual refrigerant charge to the optimum refrigerant charge. Finally, the meter includes means for determining the actual refrigerant charge from the optimum refrigerant charge and the ratio of the actual refrigerant charge to the optimum refrigerant charge.
US09726404B2	Cooling system with a plurality of subcoolers A cooling system, in particular for use on board an aircraft, includes a cooling circuit allowing circulation of a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, an evaporator disposed in the cooling circuit, and a condenser disposed in the cooling circuit. A plurality of subcoolers is arranged in series in the cooling circuit downstream of the condenser.
US09726395B2	Air freshening system and method The present invention supports an airflow register accessory comprising an accessory having an outer and an inner surface and defining vents, a fastening mechanism located on the inner surface of the accessory, and a scented component located on the inner surface adjacent and accessorizing the vents. In a preferred embodiment, the accessory may be easily attached to and detached from the room-facing surface of an airflow register. Upon air flow from an HVAC system through the airflow register and airflow register accessory, a pleasant scent may be imparted to the room via release of scent from the scented component.
US09726393B2	System for coordinated flow control of fluids through a heat exchanger A system includes a heat exchanger; a variable actuator in operative communication with the heat exchanger and configured to vary a flow of a first fluid through the heat exchanger in a continuous manner; a discrete actuator in communication with the heat exchanger and configured to vary a flow of a second fluid through the heat exchanger at one of at least two discrete rates; and a controller in communication with the variable actuator and the discrete actuator, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the position of the variable actuator within a range dependent upon a current position of the discrete actuator.
US09726391B2	Ventilation devices and methods Devices are provided for ventilating and/or removing volatile chemicals from liquid (e.g. water) stored in a liquid-containing storage tank (e.g. water-storage tank). The devices include a first fluid flow path that is physically isolated from a second fluid flow path and a convection device for moving a first fluid along the first fluid flow path toward at a desired destination and for exhausting the first fluid at the desired destination at a desired velocity. Methods are also provided for ventilating and/or removing volatile chemicals from liquid (e.g. water) stored in liquid-containing storage tanks (e.g. water-storage tanks). The methods involve blowing a first fluid through a ventilation device into a liquid-containing storage device at a velocity sufficient to achieve a desired mass transfer rate of volatile chemicals from the liquid in the liquid-containing storage device to air in the headspace and flowing the contaminated air back through the ventilation device.
US09726373B2	Heat storage type waste gas purification apparatus Disclosed is a heat storage type waste gas purification apparatus which comprises: a combustion chamber configured to combust and decompose a component contained in waste gas; a plurality of heat storage chambers each having one end communicating with the combustion chamber and each comprising a heat storage body; a plurality of supply inlets each equipped with an on-off valve and each provided at the other end of a respective one of the heat storage chambers to selectively supply waste gas thereto; a plurality of discharge outlets each equipped with an on-off valve and each provided at the other end of a respective one of the heat storage chambers to selectively discharge treated waste gas therefrom; a discharge passage connected to the discharge outlets to discharge the treated waste gas to an outside of the apparatus therethrough; a plurality of bypass passages each connecting between the combustion chamber and the discharge passage, wherein each of the bypass passages is connected to the combustion chamber at a position directly above a respective one of the heat storage chambers, and equipped with an on-off valve; and a control section operable, when a temperature of one of the heat storage chambers becomes equal to or greater than a given value, to open one or more of the on-off valves of the bypass passages so as to discharge a part of waste gas in the combustion chamber via the opened one or more bypass passages.
US09726365B1	Low profile light A luminaire is providing comprising a heat spreader and a heat sink thermally coupled to the heat spreader, an outer optic retained relative to at least one of the heat spreader and the heat sink, a light source in thermal communication with the heat spreader and comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are disposed on the heat spreader such that the heat spreader dissipates heat from the plurality of LEDs, and a power conditioner configured to receive AC voltage and deliver DC voltage to the plurality of LEDs, the power conditioner being disposed on a same side of the heat spreader as the plurality of LEDs. A combination defined by the heat spreader, the heat sink and the outer optic is so dimensioned to cover an opening defined by a nominally sized can light fixture and cover an opening defined by a nominally sized electrical junction box.
US09726363B2	Light-emitting device In a first aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a light-emitting device includes a magnetic circuit including a magnetic gap; a movable member including a coil that is electrically connectable to an alternating current power source and arranged in the magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit; and a light source including a light-emitting diode and arranged above the movable member, and the movable member is able to be activated with a voltage falling in a range of one to five percent of an entire voltage range that is applicable to the light-emitting device.
US09726357B2	Light-emitting device In a light-emitting device (30), a wiring pattern including conductor wirings (160, 165) and electrodes (170, 180) is formed on a substrate (110), and an Au layer (120) is formed on the wiring pattern.
US09726355B2	Adjustable dual optic directional lamp assembly A light fixture includes an adjustable bracket, a pivot plate, a lamp bracket, and a lamp. The adjustable bracket is rotatable about a first axis. The pivot plate is connected to the adjustable bracket and rotatable about a second axis different from the first axis. The lamp bracket is removably connected to the pivot plate. The lamp is connected to the lamp bracket.
US09726346B2	Light module and method for generating wavelength-converted light in the red spectral range, and method for providing a wavelength conversion element A light module includes a wavelength conversion element and an excitation radiation source to emit excitation radiation having the first wavelength and arranged such that excitation radiation emitted by the excitation radiation source can be radiated onto the wavelength conversion element. The element has an emission spectrum having a red spectral component and a second dominant wavelength, which is less than a first dominant wavelength of the wavelength spectrum of the light to be generated by a predefinable value. The light module includes a long-pass filter arranged such that light emitted by the element can be radiated onto the long-pass filter. The long-pass filter is designed to filter the light emitted by the element and radiated onto the long-pass filter such that the filtered light has the wavelength spectrum of the light to be generated having the predefinable dominant wavelength.
US09726342B2	Optical member and display device having the same The exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a driving substrate, a light source arranged on the driving substrate, a luminous flux control member arranged on the light source, and lug members arranged at a bottom surface of the luminous flux control member and extended to a direction of the light source.
US09726340B2	Semiconductor light-emitting apparatus and vehicle headlight A reliable semiconductor light-emitting apparatus and a headlight using the light-emitting apparatus provided with a light source module including a semiconductor light-emitting device and a wavelength converting module including a wavelength converting layer. The wavelength converting module can include a base having a mounting board, which mounts the wavelength converting layer via metallic bumps, and the base can be configured to attach the light source module directly or via a connecting guide including an optical fiber, and therefore can transmit light emitted from the light-emitting device towards the wavelength converting layer while efficiently radiating heat generated from the wavelength converting layer. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide reliable semiconductor light-emitting apparatuses having a high thermal resistance that can emit various color lights having favorable optical characteristics, which can also include the optical fiber, and which can be used for the headlight that can provide a favorable light distribution pattern.
US09726337B2	Light fixture for indirect asymmetric illumination with LEDs A light fixture optimized for directional lighting, including LED lighting, includes a fixture housing, further including a lighting element shelf and a window opening; a reflector, which is configured with a special parabolic shape, a lighting element which is mounted on an inside surface of the lighting element shelf, such that light emitted from the lighting element will reflect at least one time on the reflector, before exiting the light fixture via the window opening as a wide and uniform field of asymmetric indirect illumination. The light fixture can be configured in versions suitable for wall illumination, conference room illumination, ceiling illumination, ground surface illumination, and related illumination applications for interior and exterior use.
US09726334B2	Lighting device, lighting unit, and support A lighting unit includes a board on which a light emitting portion having a semiconductor light emitting device is arrayed on an upper side along the longitudinal direction. The lighting unit also includes a reflector which is disposed on the upper side of the board, and has a reflection portion inside the reflector for reflecting a light from the light emitting portion, as well as covering the light emitting portion. The lighting unit further includes a case disposed so as to support the board and the reflector from the top and the bottom.
US09726332B1	Networked LED lighting system An improved LED lighting system is provided for overhead ceiling lighting, as well as for other uses. The LED lighting system comprises elongated linear lamps having an LED luminary as a source of illumination and configured to operate as a node of an automated networked lighting system. The linear LED lamps have internal modular network connectors and control components so that they can receive control data and power signals over a single network cable according to a standardized power and data network communications architecture such as Ethernet. The system includes connector assemblies designed to securely mount the networkable linear LED lamps to conventional tube lamp lighting fixtures or to another support housing and to provide integrated power and data connectivity to internal components of the lamps. In one form, the disclosed system includes a network enabled snap-fit connector assembly mounted to a lighting fixture and configured to provide Ethernet power and data connectivity to the lamp. The LED lamps have first and second mechanical connectors at opposite ends of the lamp body, and the snap-fit connectors are configured to secure the lamps to an overhead lighting fixture or other support structure as an incident of the lamp ends moving relative to the mounting connectors in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position. The snap-fit connectors are also configured to form a network connection with an internal modular network connector associated with the lamp with the lamp mounted in its operative state on a support. In another form, a clipping mechanism is provided for mounting linear networkable LED lamps to an overhead grid ceiling system.
US09726326B2	Method of constructing a storage tank for cryogenic liquids A new procedure for constructing cryogenic storage tanks involves erecting a freestanding metal liner. The liner is sized and configured to withstand the hydraulic forces the concrete wall of the tank being poured without the need for temporary stiffeners on the inside surface of lower portions of the liner. Lateral tension ties can be connected to anchor ties on an outward surface of the liner and used to tie the liner to outer formwork. These ties may be spaced up to about 2 m apart. Studs can also be provided on the outer surface of the liner, and a cylindrical ring of cryogenic steel can be integrated into the liner.
US09726325B2	Composite tube assemblies and methods Composite tubes comprising a compression sleeve coupled to an inner surface of a composite tube, a carbon extrusion member disposed within the composite tube, and an end fitting comprising a locking feature, wherein the end fitting is coupled to an inner surface of the compression sleeve and the locking feature is configured to engage the carbon extrusion member are disclosed. Methods comprising coupling a compression sleeve to an inner surface of a distal end of a composite tube, placing a carbon extrusion member inside the compression sleeve and the composite tube, and disposing an end fitting on the distal end of the composite tube, wherein the end fitting comprises a locking feature configured to interact with the carbon extrusion member are also disclosed.
US09726323B2	Fluid containment apparatuses and wall supports for fluid containment apparatuses A fluid containment apparatus with a floor and a side wall is provided. A wall support is included that supports the side wall and can be moved between a supporting position and a collapsed position. The side wall is movable from a containment position to a collapsed state to allow access for vehicles or other objects to the floor. The wall support and side wall are subsequently movable back to their containment and supporting positions.
US09726321B2	Inbuilt component fixing structure of resin tank An inbuilt component fixing structure of a resin tank includes: a fastening seat that is provided to the inbuilt component, that is formed with a through-hole configured to fasten and fix the inbuilt component to the resin tank, and that has a contact face that contacts an inner face of the resin tank; a fixing section that projects out from the inner face and pierces through the through-hole, the fastening seat being fastened and fixed by being sandwiched between a jutting-out portion formed at a portion of the fixing section that has pierced through the through-hole, the jutting-out portion jutting out to a peripheral portion of the through-hole; and a weak portion that is formed at the fastening seat, that is thinner than a general portion of the fastening seat, and that has a lower rigidity in a removal direction of the fastening seat than the fixing section.
US09726320B2	Device for elastic suspension of an assembly of reservoirs on the underbody of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a device for elastic suspension of an assembly of reservoirs (50, 60) on the underbody of a motor vehicle. The reservoirs (50, 60) are mounted substantially in parallel and have a substantially cylindrical general shape terminated by two shaped end pieces (50A, 50B; 60A, 60B). Said novel suspension device comprises two flanges (10, 11), which fit closely to the shaped end pieces (50A, 50B; 60A, 60B) of the reservoirs (50, 60) and are linked together by tie rods (30) gripping said reservoirs (50, 60), and a plurality of arms (40A, 40B, 40C, 40D) which link the flanges (10, 11) to a plurality of elastic connection points of the suspension device on the vehicle body.
US09726319B2	Combinable hanger apparatus An extendable hanger apparatus to which or through which an electrical feed can be connected includes a support base, the support base has a containing groove and at least one support posts. Locating devices and a fastening component are provided on the containing groove, the locating devices configured to fixing the support base on a fixed structure, and fastening components are installed at the two end portions of the support base. The fastening components are configured to enable chaining, and the support post has a support component, the support component is configured to connect with an object for hanging.
US09726317B2	Movable seat and rail device with the movable seat A movable seat and a rail device. The movable seat includes a main body; an air passage, an air sucking passage and an air intake passage formed in the main body; a sucker disposed under bottom face of the main body and an operation/control member mounted on the main body. When the operation/control member is positioned in a locking position, the air passage or the air intake passage keeps in a communication state and make the sucker a sucking force. When the operation/control member is positioned in a releasing position, the air passage or the air intake passage is blocked. By means of easy operation, the movable seat can create sucking force and locate or stop providing sucking force. One or more movable seats can be connected with multiple beams to form the rail device, which can be quickly located or moved.
US09726315B2	Branch pipe tee with integral volume for short cars A branch pipe tee for a rail car having a length that is below standard. The branch pipe tee has a standard mount for connecting to the brake pipe and branch pipe as well as integral volume that compensates for the reduced brake pipe length of the rail car. The integral volume is dimensioned to make the effective brake pipe length of rail car fall within standard ranges so that the braking system of the rail car can perform normally and avoid the need for additional equipment to compensate for the length of the rail car.
US09726298B2	Valve A valve for use in conjunction with an application device having a valve housing and a valve spindle which bears a sealing element at a first free end outside the valve housing and, within the valve housing, is mounted displaceably between a closed position and a release position. The valve spindle includes at least one first piston element and at least one second piston element, wherein the first piston element is guided in a first piston space and the second piston element is guided in a second piston space, said piston spaces being bounded by the valve housing. A pressure fluid can be supplied in each case to the first piston space and to the second piston space in such a manner that a force acting in the same direction is exerted on the first piston element and on the second piston element.
US09726297B1	Pressure relief valve for railroad tank cars A relief valve configured to allow content held within a vessel to be release under pressure is disclosed. The relief valve is configured to expose a release outlet when pressure within the vessel exceeds a release pressure, and the relief valve is further configured to maintain exposure of the release outlet after pressure within the vessel falls below the release pressure.
US09726292B2	Seal rings A seal ring including a body having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a first side surface, and a tab extending from the body and adapted to prevent rotation of the seal ring relative to a component receiving the tab, wherein the tab extends radially inward beyond the inner surface and axially beyond the first side surface. In an embodiment, the seal ring further includes a relief portion adapted to accommodate a tab of an adjacent sealing ring such that the first side surface of a seal ring directly contacts the second side surface of the adjacent seal ring. In an embodiment, the tab locks the seal ring from rotational movement in relation to a first component.
US09726281B2	Range switching apparatus A compact and lightweight range switching apparatus is provided by suppressing the increase in the size of components in the range switching apparatus. The range switching apparatus includes: a motor mounted in a housing; a pinion placed on a shaft of the motor; a sector-shaped gear wheel having an opening inside which a gear engaging the pinion is formed; and an output shaft rotatably supporting the gear wheel in the housing.
US09726280B2	Transmission calibration tool A transmission calibration tool automatically generates a detailed gearbox model based on a user input transmission topology description. During transmission calibration, the tool accepts inputs from transmission speed and torque sensors and estimates component torques for each gear element and each shift element. Following a shift or other transmission event, the calibration tool plots the component torques as a function of time, permitting the calibration engineer to better understand what is occurring during the event, and thus reducing the time required for calibration. The calibration tool also adapts several transmission component models and outputs the adapted models to provide insight into actual transmission component behavior.
US09726271B2	Hardened silver coated journal bearing surfaces and method An article comprises a metal alloy substrate and a plated wear interface layer disposed over a surface of the metal alloy substrate. The wear interface layer has a chemical composition including between about 0.005 wt % and about 0.050 wt % of antimony (Sb), and the balance silver (Ag) and incidental impurities.
US09726265B2	Transmission device for controlling the translational movement of an organ and brake system equipped with such a transmission device forming a brake booster A transmission device for controlling the translational movement of an element includes: an exterior planetary gear equipped interiorly with teeth; an interior planetary gear connected to the controlled element and bearing a rack in the direction of translation; a satellite carrier having satellites with helical teeth engaged with the interior teeth; and a stationary housing accommodating the exterior planetary gear, the interior planetary gear, the satellite carrier. The rack is used to control the translational movement of the interior planetary gear. The transmission device is driven by a motor with a transmission acting either on the exterior planetary gear or the satellite carrier.
US09726262B1	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first shaft, a second shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft selectively connectable to the second shaft, and directly connected to the input shaft, a fifth shaft, a sixth shaft, a seventh shaft selectively connectable to the second shaft, and an eighth shaft selectively connectable to the third shaft, and directly connected to the output shaft.
US09726259B1	Planetary gear type transmission A first carrier rotates integrally with an input shaft. A third sun gear and a fourth sun gear rotate integrally with a first intermediate shaft. A third carrier rotates integrally with a second ring gear. A fourth carrier rotates integrally with a third ring gear, and outputs power. A first clutch couples a first ring gear and a second sun gear to the first intermediate shaft. A second clutch couples the first carrier to a second carrier. A third clutch couples the second carrier to the first intermediate shaft. A first brake brakes rotation of a first sun gear. A second brake brakes rotation of the second ring gear and the third carrier. A third brake brakes rotation of a fourth ring gear.
US09726256B2	Multi-speed transmission The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The plurality of planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the five torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US09726245B2	Profiled bar, and vehicle spring produced therefrom A vehicle spring for a spring system, includes a spring body (20) and is produced, in particular rolled, from a profiled bar (1) made of a flat steel bar, in particular spring steel, in a hot deformation process. The profiled bar (1) or the spring body (20) has at least one material recess (6) which is provided over the length of the profiled bar or the spring body at least in some regions. The cross-sectional shape of the profiled bar (1) can be the same over the entire length of the profiled bar, whereas the cross-sectional shape in the spring body (20) can vary over the length of the spring body.
US09726244B2	Braking system equipped with cooling means The invention relates to a braking system (1) including: a dynamic brake (10), including a hydraulic ram (11), including a cylinder (12), a piston (13) movable in the cylinder (12), and a chamber (14) capable of being filled to displace the piston within the cylinder and actuate the brake, a circuit (20) for feeding the brake, including a reservoir (21) a pump (22) and a brake feed line (26), a brake control device (30), including a fluid pressure regulating valve (32) in the brake chamber, and progressive control (31), the valve including a path connected to the feed line, a path connected to the reservoir, and a path connected to the brake chamber, and being designed to selectively connect the path connected to the chamber to one or the other of the other paths, to deliver a predetermined pressure into the chamber according to a degree of actuation of the control, the braking system being characterized in that it further includes a chamber cooling line (40), designed to renew the fluid contained in the chamber to ensure cooling of said chamber.
US09726240B2	Method and system for detecting and clearing battery power failure of electric clutch actuator Methods and systems for detecting and clearing battery power failure of an electric clutch actuator (ECA) include use of a capacitor connected to the ECA. The capacitor is connected to the ECA such that when the ECA and a battery configured to output a battery voltage are connected together a capacitor voltage matches the battery voltage and when the ECA and the battery are disconnected from one another the capacitor voltage differs from the battery voltage. A loss of battery connection is detected upon a difference between the capacitor voltage and the battery voltage exceeding a threshold.
US09726239B2	Clutched power transmitting device with reduced lag time for actuation A power transmitting component can include a friction clutch, a ram, a pump, a fluid storage device and a valve. The ram can have a piston chamber and a piston movable therein between a first and second position to engage the friction clutch. A first inlet/outlet of the pump can be fluidly coupled to a reservoir. The fluid storage device can hold pressurized hydraulic fluid. The valve can be fluidly coupled with the piston chamber, a second inlet/outlet of the pump, and the fluid storage device. When in a first mode, the valve can permit fluid communication between the pump and the fluid storage device, inhibit fluid communication between the piston chamber and the pump, and inhibit fluid communication between the piston chamber and the fluid storage device. When in a second mode, the valve can permit fluid communication between the pump, the fluid storage device, and the piston chamber.
US09726230B2	Lever system A lever system for actuating at least one clutch, comprising at least one pivotable lever that has a certain bending stiffness. The lever has at least one flexurally elastic zone which is designed and/or arranged in such a way that the bending stiffness of the lever varies in accordance with an actuation path of the clutch.
US09726219B2	Thrust washer A thrust washer for a flange half-bearing may include a semi-annular panel having an inner edge and an outer edge. A plurality of hooking lugs may project inwardly from the inner edge of the panel. The hooking lugs may have at least one latching edge configured to engage with a corresponding opening in a bearing shell received by the thrust washer and prevent disconnection of the thrust washer and the bearing shell without deformation of the bearing shell. The hooking lugs may have a hooking lug inner portion proximate to a central part of the thrust washer around the inner edge of the panel for engaging against an edge of the corresponding opening of the bearing shell, and a hooking lug outer portion remote from the central part around the inner edge of the panel. The hooking lug inner portion may be thinner than the hooking lug outer portion.
US09726217B2	Connecting rod cracking mandrel Exemplary connecting rod cracking mandrels and methods are disclosed. A mandrel may include a pair of jaw elements slidably mounted relative to one another and separated from each other. Each one of the jaw elements has a pair of opposing side portions and a center portion disposed between the opposing side portions. Each one of the side portions is configured to contact an inner diameter surface of a bore of a connecting rod when the jaws are moved away from one another within the bore so as to break the connecting rod. The center portion is configured to be spaced apart from the inner diameter surface of the bore when the jaws are moved away from one another within the bore, such that the opposing side portions contact the connecting rod bore.
US09726210B2	Assembled product and a method of assembling the product An assembled product, such as an assembled product, such as a furniture component or a furniture, such as a drawer, a cupboard, bookshelves, a wardrobe, a kitchen fixture, or a box for storing or transporting including at least three panels arranged in three different planes. Also, a set of panels for an assembled product and a method of assembling the product.
US09726201B2	Cooling device utilizing internal synthetic jets A synthetic jet cooling device (1) for cooling an object (5), comprising: a transducer (10) adapted to generate velocity waves, and an enclosure (4) arranged to receive the velocity waves via an actuated aperture (8). The enclosure (4) is sufficiently large to generate, at the actuated aperture (8), an internal synthetic jet inside the enclosure (4). Furthermore, the enclosure (4) is arranged to contain the object (5), thereby enabling cooling of the object (5) by the internal synthetic jet. The arrangement typically permits multifunctional use of an existing enclosure, containing the object to be cooled, both for its original purpose (e.g. a reflector in a lamp, or a LED backlight module) and as an enclosure generating internal synthetic jets, why the cooling device typically requires virtually no extra space and weight, and can be provided at a low cost.
US09726196B2	System and cooling for rapid pressurization of a motor-bearing cooling loop for a hermetically sealed motor/compressor system A system and method for rapid pressurization of a motor compartment and cooling system during a shutdown, a surge, and/or other situations in which the suction pressure significantly varies. A motor/compressor arrangement includes a seal gas system fluidly communicating with the motor compartment via a motor pressurization line, with the outlet of the compressor, and with a shaft seal. A motor pressurization valve is coupled to the motor pressurization line and a controller is configured to open the motor pressurization valve at start-up of the motor-compressor to supply seal gas to the motor compartment and to pressurize the motor compartment when a difference between the seal gas supply pressure and the suction pressure is indicative of the seal gas supply pressure being insufficient.
US09726194B2	Universal housing for a centrifugal gas compressor A universal housing for a centrifugal gas compressor is disclosed. The universal housing includes a body, a suction port extending from the body, a discharge port extending from the body, and a first compartment within the body. The first compartment includes a suction inlet in flow communication with the suction port and a discharge outlet in flow communication with the discharge port. The first compartment is configured to receive more than one staging length for the staging. The staging inlet is in flow communication with the suction inlet and the staging outlet is in flow communication with the discharge outlet.
US09726188B2	Motor cap assembly for reducing internal temperatures Disclosed is an end cap for a motor housing containing an electric motor, including a tubular structure defining an interior space, including an open first end connectable to the motor casing; a second end, including a first planar surface; a second planar surface offset from the first planar surface and substantially parallel to the first planar surface; and at least one air grate surface substantially perpendicular to the first planar surface and the second planar surface, positioned between and attached to the first planar surface and the second planar surface, and wherein the at least one air grate surface includes at least one air grate configured to permit air flow into and/or out of the interior space.
US09726186B2	Method for optimizing the speed of a twin-spool turbojet engine fan, and architecture for implementing same A method and system improving energy efficiency of a turbojet engine by optimizing rotating speed of a fan and operability of an engine, by freeing the fan from exclusive control of a low-pressure (LP) shaft by providing combined control with a high-pressure (HP) shaft when cruising power has been reached. The turbojet engine include at least one LP turbine and one HP turbine coupled to coaxial LP shafts and HP shafts, respectively, which can drive LP and HP compressors, respectively. The LP compressors include a fan that forms a first primary air-intake compression stage. The LP and HP shafts are mounted on one of two driving mechanisms, an inner ring gear, and a planet carrier for a planetary gear train for driving the fan, the HP shaft being mounted on a disengagement mechanism and the fan being coupled to the planetary gear train via an outer driven ring gear.
US09726185B2	Centrifugal compressor with casing treatment for surge control A centrifugal compressor for compressing a fluid comprises a compressor wheel having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a compressor housing in which the compressor wheel is mounted. The compressor housing includes an inlet duct through which the fluid enters in an axial direction and is led by the inlet duct into the compressor wheel, and a wheel shroud located radially adjacent the tips of the blades. The wheel shroud has a port for bleeding off a portion of air flowing through the compressor. The bleed air enters an annular space, flows forward, and is injected back into the inlet flow through a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots defined through the wheel shroud. The slots are open at a leading edge of the wheel shroud.
US09726184B2	Safety vacuum release system Some embodiments of the invention provide a pumping system for at least one aquatic application. The pumping system includes a pump, a motor coupled to the pump, a user interface associated with the pump designed to receive input instructions from a user, and a controller in communication with the motor. The controller determines a power parameter associated with the motor and compares the power parameter to a predetermined threshold value. The controller triggers a safety vacuum release system based on the comparison of the power parameter and the threshold value.
US09726181B2	Centrifugal pump An impeller includes a disk-shaped hub and a plurality of vanes provided radially on the surface of the hub. The plurality of vanes are formed in a whirling pattern about the center of rotation of the impeller, and each of the vanes has an outer peripheral surface facing the inner peripheral surface of the volute. A rotational-direction rear end portion of the outer peripheral surface of each of the vanes has a recessed step surface formed thereon. The rotational-direction rear end of the recessed step surface of each of the vanes is formed to define an edge shape with respect to a rotational-direction rear end surface of the vane.
US09726175B2	Scroll compressor having a back pressure plate and a gasket coupled to a fixed scroll plate by at least one coupling member A scroll compressor is provided. The scroll compressor may include a casing, a discharge cover to partition an inside of the casing into suction and discharge spaces, a first scroll, a second scroll that defines compression chambers together with the first scroll and includes an intermediate pressure discharge hole that communicates with a compression chamber having an intermediate pressure of the compression chambers, a back pressure plate that defines a back pressure chamber that accommodates a refrigerant discharged from the intermediate pressure discharge hole, a floating plate that defines the back pressure chamber together with the back pressure plate, and a gasket disposed between the back pressure plate and the second scroll and having an intermediate pressure communication hole that allows the intermediate pressure discharge hole to communicate with the intermediate pressure suction hole. The gasket may block communication between the back pressure chamber and the suction and discharge spaces.
US09726168B2	System and method for multi-component mixture control A system for controlling the mixing ratio of a multi-component mixture including a first pump connectable to a source of a first component and a second pump connectable to a source of a second component. The first and second pump being associated with at least one linear sensor for generating an output indicative of actual pump speed or shaft displacement of the pump. The system further includes a control circuit operative to utilize the output of the linear sensor of one of the pumps to generate a control signal for controlling the output of the other pump.
US09726156B2	Method and apparatus for harvesting energy based on the random occurrence of common direction molecules An energy collecting device is disclosed. For example, the energy collecting device comprises a plate layer having a plurality of perforations for receiving a plurality of molecules, a molecular energy collecting layer, coupled to the plate layer, having an impacting structure for receiving the plurality of molecules, and a substrate layer, coupled to the molecular energy collecting layer, having a conductor wire coil for collecting electrons that are generated when the plurality of molecules impacts the impacting structure.
US09726152B2	Rotation driving mechanism for windmill A rotation driving mechanism for windmill (1) includes an annular track part (2), a rotation driving part (11), and a plurality of swinging parts (15). The annular track part (2) is disposed on one of a base-side structure and a rotation-side structure, and has a circumferential wall part (4) and first teeth (7). The rotation driving part (11) is fixed on the other of the base-side structure and the rotation-side structure. Each swinging part (15) has a swinging part body (16a) and second teeth (16b). When a rotating shaft (13) of the rotation driving part (11) is rotated so that the swinging parts (15) are swung with maintaining a predetermined phase difference thereamong, the swinging parts (15) are relatively moved with respect to the annular track part (2).
US09726150B2	Units and methods for energy storage The invention relates to a pumped storage power plant (1) comprising at least one lower storage space (11) that is arranged underground and at least one upper storage space (12) that is separate from the lower storage space and arranged above ground or underground, wherein the lower storage space (11) is arranged in a greater depth than the upper storage space (12), and comprising at least one liquid line (15, 16) that is/are guided within the upper storage space (12) and within the lower storage space (11) respectively and that is/are connected to at least one hydraulic force and/or work machine (26, 27) of the pumped storage plant or can be connected via switchable valves (28, 29), and comprising at least one pressurized gas line (17, 18) that is/are guided within the upper storage space (12) and within the lower storage space (11) respectively and that is/are connected to a pressurized gas force and/or work machine (21, 22) of the pumped storage power plant or can be connected via switchable valves (24, 25), wherein the pumped storage power plant is configured for transporting a liquid medium (5, 7) from the upper storage space (12) into the lower storage space (11) and vice versa through the liquid lines (15, 16) and the hydraulic force and/or work machine (26, 27), and the pressurized gas force and/or working machine (21, 22) is configured for optionally producing a pressurized gas pressure of a pressurized gas (4, 6) at least in the lower storage space (11), which gas pressure can differ from a gas pressure in the upper storage space (12). Furthermore, the invention relates to a power plant and to methods for energy storage.
US09726140B2	Internal combustion engine control apparatus An internal combustion engine control apparatus includes: an ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil that are magnetically coupled to each other; a first switch element for turning on and off a current to the primary coil; and a spark plug, for igniting an air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine by using a spark discharge caused by switching the first switch element from the ON state to the OFF state. The internal combustion engine control apparatus is configured to: determine occurrence of one of an abnormality in a discharge voltage and a misfire of the spark plug, when the calculated time duration in which a voltage of the primary coil after the switching of the first switch element from the ON state to the OFF state is above a predetermined comparison reference voltage does not fall within an allowable range.
US09726139B2	System and method for controlling a firing sequence of an engine to reduce vibration when cylinders of the engine are deactivated A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a vibration prediction module and a firing sequence module. The vibration prediction module predicts a modal response of a vehicle based on a firing sequence of an engine when a cylinder of the engine is deactivated. The firing sequence module adjusts the firing sequence of the engine based on the predicted modal response of the vehicle.
US09726130B2	Fuel injection assembly A fuel injection assembly comprising a fuel injector (19) having an injection outlet (19) and a fuel rail (17) in which the fuel injector is adapted to be supported. The fuel injector (19) has a tip (37) having an end from which fuel issuing from the outlet of the fuel injector is discharged. The tip (37) is adapted for location in an injection port (21), the tip being of flexible construction to accommodate some misalignment between the fuel rail (17) and the injection port (21).
US09726127B2	Fuel injection device A fuel injection valve includes a valve body, a coil, an inner fixed iron core that is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the coil, and an outer fixed iron core that is arranged on an outer peripheral side of the coil. The fuel injection valve also includes a movable element that is configured to be attracted to the inner fixed iron core and the outer fixed iron core, wherein the movable element is configured to be separable from the valve body and is configured to move the valve body.
US09726120B2	Vaporized fuel processing apparatus A vaporized fuel processing apparatus has a canister capable of adsorbing vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank, a vapor path connecting the canister to the fuel tank, a closing valve provided in the vapor path, a purge path connecting the canister to an intake path of an engine, a pressure sensor for detecting the inner pressure of the fuel tank, and an electric control unit controlling the vaporized fuel processing apparatus. When the inner pressure of the fuel tank is in excess of the measurement range of the pressure sensor, the learning of the valve opening start position is prohibited, and pre-learning depressurization control is performed through change of the stroke amount of the closing valve in the valve opening direction until the inner pressure of the fuel tank is within the measurement range of the pressure sensor.
US09726117B2	Mixing valve A mixing valve includes a housing having, arranged therein: a first flow duct having a first flap mounted rotatably in the first flow duct and configured to influence the throughflow cross section of the first flow duct, and a second flow duct, the second flow duct issuing into the first flow duct, and having a second flap mounted rotatably in the second flow duct and configured to influence the throughflow cross section of the second flow duct. The first flow duct has, downstream of the issue of the second flow duct, as seen in the flow direction, a region with at least two cross-sectional widenings, and at least one stationary guide element, projecting into the first flow duct, is arranged in the region with the at least two cross-sectional widenings.
US09726109B2	Piston for an internal combustion engine A piston for an internal combustion engine may include an encircling ring section in a region of a piston crown. The piston may include a convection region, which has at least one cavity containing a heat transfer medium for dissipation of heat from the piston crown to an underside of the piston. The piston may include a heat insulating region, which is arranged between the ring section and the convection region and thermally insulates the ring section.
US09726107B2	Fuel injection control system for a single-cylinder diesel engine and control method therefor Disclosed is a fuel injection control system for a single-cylinder diesel engine, comprising: a set of operating condition sensors including an accelerator pedal position sensor and a cooling water temperature sensor, an input signal interface capable of receiving an input signal from the operating condition sensors, a control unit connected to the input signal interface, and a rotational speed sensor provided at a camshaft or starting shaft of the single-cylinder diesel engine. The rational speed sensor is connected to the control unit via a rotational speed correction circuit. The control system can easily and quickly determine the rotational speed and operating stroke of the single-cylinder diesel engine, so as to quickly determine the fuel injection quantity and injection timing of the single-cylinder diesel engine in real time.
US09726103B2	Fuel injection amount control apparatus for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection amount control apparatus comprises an air-fuel ratio sensor disposed between an exhaust gas merging portion and an upstream catalyst. The control apparatus performs a feedback correction on an amount of fuel to be injected by the fuel injection valve so that an air-fuel ratio represented by the output value of the upstream air-fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to a target air-fuel ratio set at stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The control apparatus obtains an air-fuel ratio imbalance indicating value, which becomes larger as a difference in air-fuel ratio of each of the mixtures supplied to each of the combustion chambers among the cylinders becomes larger, and performs an increasing correction to the instructed fuel injection amount in such a manner that an air-fuel ratio determined by the instructed fuel injection amount becomes richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio as the obtained air-fuel ratio imbalance indicating value increases.
US09726102B2	Method of limiting maximum speed of vehicle A method of limiting a maximum speed of a vehicle comprises steps of changing a set speed of the vehicle; tuning a fuel injection map according to the change in the set speed; changing the amount of injected fuel to a predetermined percentage of the maximum amount of injected fuel based on the fuel injection map when the driving speed of the vehicle reaches the set speed level; and changing the speed of the vehicle according to a gradient of a road or whether the vehicle is loaded.
US09726101B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine which has a plurality of cylinders is comprised of an exhaust purification catalyst, a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor, and a control device which controls the average air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas and the combustion air-fuel ratios of the cylinders. The control device performs average air-fuel ratio control where it alternately controls the average air-fuel ratio between the rich air-fuel ratio and the lean air-fuel ratio and inter-cylinder air-fuel ratio control where it controls the combustion air-fuel ratios of the cylinders so that the combustion air-fuel ratio becomes the rich air-fuel ratio at least at one cylinder among the plurality of cylinders even when the average air-fuel ratio is controlled to the lean air-fuel ratio by average air-fuel ratio control. In average air-fuel ratio control, the average air-fuel ratio is controlled so that the lean shift amount when controlling the average air-fuel ratio to the lean air-fuel ratio becomes smaller than the rich shift amount when controlling the average air-fuel ratio to the rich air-fuel ratio.
US09726098B2	Intake air mass estimation apparatus for motorcycle An intake air mass estimation unit is provided that sets predetermined degrees of crank angle to an angle that can divide an intake stroke into a plurality of sections, measures at every the predetermined degrees of crank angle the pressure downstream of the throttle valve and the time taken for the predetermined degrees of crank angle rotation, estimates the intake air mass flowing from the upstream to downstream of the throttle valve at every the predetermined degrees of crank angle, using the pressure downstream of the throttle valve and the time taken for the predetermined degrees of crank angle rotation measured at every the predetermined degrees of crank angle, and integrates the intake air mass at every the predetermined degrees of crank angle for 720 degrees of crank angle rotation, thereby estimating the intake air mass needed for one combustion.
US09726094B2	System for managing catalytic converter temperature Various methods and arrangements for controlling catalytic converter temperature are described. In one aspect, an engine controller includes a catalytic monitor and a firing timing determination unit. The catalytic monitor obtains data relating to a temperature of a catalytic converter. Based at least partly on this data, the firing timing determination unit generates a firing sequence for operating the engine in a skip fire manner. Another aspect of the invention relates to an engine exhaust system that can help expedite the heating of a catalytic converter.
US09726092B2	Methods and systems for boost control Methods and systems are provided for surge control in an engine system having multiple staged charge boosting devices. In one example, responsive to a drop in driver torque demand, compressed air is continued to be provided by operating a downstream intake compressor while accelerating an upstream compressor to reduce flow through the first compressor. By increasing the compressor pressure ratio at the first compressor via operation of the second compressor, surge is reduced without degrading boosted engine performance.
US09726088B2	System and method for obtaining an adjustable accelerator pedal response in a vehicle powertrain The disclosed system and method changes a traction torque request in a vehicle powertrain with a driver-controlled vehicle accelerator pedal. A desired transfer function parameter in a powertrain control module is chosen by the driver to obtain a desired functional relationship between a traction torque request or a power plant torque request and accelerator pedal position.
US09726087B2	Flapper assembly for a throttle valve A method of forming a flapper assembly (200) for a throttle valve (100) is provided. The method includes steps of forming a flapper (110) comprised of hub (112) having an opening (114) and at least one vane (116a,b) coupled to the hub (112), disposing a shaft (210) in the opening (114), and pressing a punch (P) into an outer surface (112a) of the hub (112) such that a torque dimple (118) extends from the hub (112) into the shaft (210) to fasten the flapper (110) to the shaft (210).
US09726086B2	Failure diagnosis device for exhaust brake On the basis of absolute values α and β of variations, before and after actuation of an exhaust brake, of fuel-injection and intake-air amounts, respectively, an exhaust brake is determined to normally operate when the absolute values α and β of the variations of the fuel-injection and intake-air amounts are not less than fuel-injection and intake-air variation thresholds, respectively; the exhaust brake is determined to have failure when the absolute values α and β of the variations of the fuel-injection and intake-air amounts are less than the fuel-injection and intake-air variation thresholds, respectively.
US09726076B2	Internally cooled high compression lean-burning internal combustion engine An internally cooled internal combustion piston engine and method of operating a piston engine is provided, with the combination of liquid water injection, higher compression ratios than conventional engines, and leaner air fuel mixtures than conventional engines. The effective compression ratio of the engines herein is greater than 13:1. The engines may employ gasoline or natural gas and use spark ignition, or the engines may employ a diesel-type fuel and use compression ignition. The liquid water injection provides internal cooling, reducing or eliminating the heat rejection to the radiator, reduces engine knock, and reduces NOx emissions. The method of engine operation using internal cooling with liquid water injection, high compression ratio and lean air fuel mixture allow for more complete and efficient combustion and therefore better thermal efficiency as compared to conventional engines.
US09726072B2	Motor vehicle and adaptation method An engine system for a motor vehicle is provided. The engine system includes a first exhaust-gas turbine in a first turbocharger driven by exhaust gas from the engine, a second exhaust-gas turbine in a second turbocharger driven by exhaust gas from the engine, a bypass coupled upstream and downstream of the first exhaust-gas turbine, and a pneumatic charge pressure control device including a bypass valve positioned in the bypass and a charge pressure control valve pneumatically coupled to the bypass valve and an intake line downstream of a first compressor included in the first turbocharger, the pneumatic charge pressure control device further including an adaptation unit pneumatically coupled to the bypass valve and an exhaust line upstream of the second exhaust-gas turbine.
US09726067B2	Method for adjusting a grille shutter opening Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a grille shutter opening based on an estimated amount of fuel in oil dilution. In one example, a method may include adjusting a grille shutter opening to a closed position in response to an oil dilution amount above a threshold, the position determined based on the oil dilution amount in addition to each of engine coolant temperature and acceleration/deceleration.
US09726064B2	Mixer for use in a vehicle exhaust system A mixer for a vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer body defining a mixer central axis and having an inlet configured to receive engine exhaust gas and an outlet. The mixer further includes an upstream baffle positioned within the mixer body and a downstream baffle positioned within the mixer body to be spaced from the upstream baffle in a direction along the mixer central axis. A doser defines a doser axis and is positioned to spray a reducing agent into an area between the upstream baffle and the downstream baffle such that a mixture of reducing agent and exhaust gas exits the outlet. The mixture moves through a rotational flow path that is at least 360 degrees before exiting the outlet.
US09726058B2	Idle speed GPF regeneration Systems and methods are described for coordinating the regeneration of a gasoline particulate filter to a time duration when engine output falls below a predetermined load threshold selected to indicate a low power state of the engine. In one particular example, the engine is configured to adjust engine operations to regenerate the particulate filter responsive to engine output falling below a predetermined low power threshold, the regeneration further based on an estimated duration that the output falls continuously below the low power threshold. The system and methods described advantageously allow for either full or partial regeneration events to be performed based on the estimated duration of the engine output below the low power threshold.
US09726044B2	Consumable assembly mistake proofing tool for a gas turbine engine A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes locating a consumable assembly tool clip within the engine.
US09726042B2	Gas turbine duct casing A gas turbine duct casing, in particular for an aircraft engine, is disclosed. The duct casing has a first wall segment and a second wall segment which is connected to the first wall segment by a clamp arrangement. The clamp arrangement has at least one clamp and one bolt which passes through a hole in the clamp and is screwed to a nut on a side of the clamp facing away from the wall segments. The nut braces at least one first leg of the clamp against the first wall segment, in particular by an intermediate element, and braces at least one second leg of the clamp against the second wall segment. The bolt has a head which is guided in a form-fitting manner in a groove on the outside of the first wall segment facing away from the gas duct.
US09726040B2	Fluid delivery system for a gas turbine engine A fluid delivery assembly for delivering fluid to a component in a gas turbine engine includes a rotating shaft having a central bore and at least one fluid exhaust in communication with the central bore for centrifugally expelling fluid, and a delivery scoop disposed around the rotating shaft and spaced apart from the rotating shaft by an annular gap. The delivery scoop includes an annular body having at least one impingement surface facing the at least one fluid exhaust and configured to scoop the fluid expelled by the at least one fluid exhaust. The impingement surface has at least one outlet for delivering the scooped fluid to the component. A method of delivering pressurised fluid in a fluid system is also presented.
US09726028B2	Ductile alloys for sealing modular component interfaces A vane assembly (10) having: an airfoil (12) and a shroud (14) held together without metallurgical bonding there between; a channel (22) disposed circumferentially about the airfoil (12), between the airfoil (12) and the shroud (14); and a seal (20) disposed in the channel (22), wherein during operation of a turbine engine having the vane assembly (10) the seal (20) has a sufficient ductility such that a force generated on the seal (20) resulting from relative movement of the airfoil (12) and the shroud (14) is sufficient to plastically deform the seal (20).
US09726023B2	Airfoil support and cooling scheme In various embodiments, an airfoil used as a turbine blade for a turbine wheel in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil may comprise a root, a tip, and a body. The root may have a first area. The tip may have a second area. The body may have a chord bounded by the root and the tip. The body may also define a cooling chamber. The cooling chamber may have a first rib substantially perpendicular to the chord. The cooling chamber may also have a second rib extending partially between the root and the tip.
US09726017B2	Horizon monitoring for longwall system A method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, wherein the shearing mining machine includes a shearer having a first cutter drum and a second cutter drum, includes receiving, by a processor, shearer position data over a shear cycle. The horizon profile data includes information regarding at least one of the group comprising of a position and angle of the shearer, a position of the first cutter drum, and a position of the second cutter drum. The method also includes analyzing the shearer position data, by the processor, to determine whether a position failure occurred during the shear cycle based on whether the computed horizon profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle, and generating an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle.
US09726012B2	Systems and methods for optical fluid identification approximation and calibration Systems and methods for optical fluid identification approximation and calibration are described herein. One example method includes populating a database with a calculated pseudo optical sensor (CPOS) response of a first optical tool to a first sample fluid. The CPOS response of the first optical tool may be based on a transmittance spectrum of a sample fluid and may comprise a complex calculation using selected components of the first optical tool. A first model may be generated based, at least in part, on the database. The first model may receive as an input an optical sensor response and output a predicted fluid property. A second model may also be generated based, at least in part, on the database. The second model may receive as an input at least one known/measured fluid/environmental property value and may output a predicted pseudo optical sensor response of the first optical tool.
US09726010B2	Estimation of multichannel mud characteristics The disclosure is directed to method and apparatus for communication through a fluid. The method includes measuring signals in the fluid at at least two spaced apart positions; estimating a subset of a separation matrix; and using the estimated subset and the signals to estimate a signal sent by the message source. The apparatus may include a message source on a bottom hole assembly; sensors disposed at least two spaced apart locations; and at least one processor configured to: estimate a subset of a separation matrix based on the signals and use the subset to estimate a message signal set by the message source.
US09726009B2	Wellbore servicing tools, systems and methods utilizing near-field communication A wellbore servicing system comprising two or more sensing, tool nodes is disclosed herein. Each of the sensing, tool nodes are configured to selectively allow, disallow, or alter a route of fluid communication between an axial flowbore thereof and an exterior thereof via one or more ports. Each of the sensing, tool nodes is further configured to monitor at least one parameter. The system also includes a logging controller node wherein the logging controller node communicates with the sensing, tool nodes via a near field communication (NFC) signal.
US09726005B2	Positioning method and tool for determining the position of the tool in a casing downhole The invention relates to a positioning method for determining a position of a downhole tool moving at a velocity in a casing in a well, comprising the steps of measuring a magnitude and/or direction of a magnetic field by means of a first sensor several times over a time period while moving along a first part of the casing manufactured from metal, determining a manufacturing pattern of the casing along the first part from the measurement measuring a magnitude and/or direction of a magnetic field by means of the first sensor several times over a time period while moving along a second part of the casing manufactured from metal, determining the velocity of the tool along the second part, adjusting the determined velocity of the tool along the second part based upon the manufacturing pattern.
US09726001B2	Method for adaptive optimizing of heterogeneous proppant placement under uncertainty Apparatus and methods for delivering and placing proppant to a subterranean formation fracture including identifying control variables and uncertain parameters of the proppant delivery and placement, optimizing a performance metric of the proppant delivery and placement under uncertainty, calculating sensitivity indices and ranking parameters according to a relative contribution in total variance for an optimized control variable, and updating a probability distribution for parameters, repeating optimizing comprising the probability distribution, and evaluating a risk profile of the optimized performance metric using a processor. Some embodiments may deliver proppant to the fracture using updated optimized values of control variables.
US09725994B2	Flow control assembly actuated by pilot pressure A flow control assembly can include a pilot-operated valve and a pilot control valve. The pilot-operated valve includes a closure element between inlet port and outlet ports of the pilot-operated valve and an actuating element adjacent to the closure element. The closure element can move between an open position allowing fluid flow between the inlet and outlet ports and a closed position preventing fluid flow between the inlet and outlet ports. A pilot pressure communicated to the actuating element can cause the actuating element to apply force that moves the closure element to the open position. The pilot control valve can include a closure element between inlet port and outlet ports of the pilot control valve. Communicating an actuation pressure to the closure element of the pilot control valve can open the pilot control valve. Opening the pilot control valve can allow communication of pilot pressure to the pilot-operated valve.
US09725989B2	Sand control screen having improved reliability A sand control device is used for restricting the flow of particles from a subsurface formation into a tubular body within a wellbore during production operations. The sand control device is divided into compartments along its length that provide redundancy for particle filtration. Each compartment first comprises a base pipe. The base pipe defines an elongated tubular body having a permeable section and an impermeable section within each compartment. Each compartment also comprises a first filtering conduit and a second filtering conduit. The filtering conduits comprise filtering media and generally circumscribe the base pipe. The filtering conduits are arranged so that the first filtering conduit is adjacent to the non-permeable section of the base pipe, while the second filtering conduit is adjacent to the permeable section of the base pipe.
US09725988B2	Exterior drain tube for well screen assemblies A well screen system for use in a wellbore has an elongate base pipe and a screen encircling the base pipe. The screen is configured to filter against passage of particulate into a center bore of the base pipe. The base pipe has a fluid impermeable portion exterior to the screen. A cover sleeve resides over the fluid impermeable portion of the base pipe. A drain tube with a fluid permeable sidewall resides exterior to the base pipe and screen, affixed to the cover sleeve. The drain tube is adapted to communicate fluid from the wellbore around the fluid impermeable portion to the screen.
US09725979B2	Swellable article A swellable article, including a matrix material and an exfoliatable graphene-based material disposed in the matrix material. The exfoliatable graphene-based material is operatively arranged to facilitate swelling of the swellable article upon exposure to a selected fluid by sorbing particles in the fluid. The swelling enables the swellable article to engage an adjacent structure. Methods of making and using a swellable article are also included.
US09725978B2	Telescoping joint packer assembly A packer assembly for dynamically sealing against an inner tubular of a telescoping joint including axially activated packers. The assembly includes an inner housing positionable about the inner tubular of the telescoping joint, the inner housing assembly comprising a packer configured to dynamically seal against the inner tubular of the telescoping joint, and an outer housing assembly positionable about the inner tubular of the telescoping joint and axially below the inner tubular housing, the outer housing comprising a packer configured to dynamically seal against the inner tubular of the telescoping joint.
US09725977B2	Retractable cutting and pulling tool with uphole milling capability Cutter blades extend and stay extended as long as pressure on a piston is continued. The blades either open fully in open hole or cut through the wall of a tubular and then mill in an uphole direction to take out a piece of the tubular. The piston that held out the blades when pressure was applied is acted on by a return bias when the pressure is removed so that the blades can retract and the tool removed through the cut tubular. As a backup a plug can be dropped to obstruct a through passage in the piston so that pressure from the surface can be used to force the piston back to retract the blades. Continued drilling operations or the cut and milled portion can be then blocked off such as with cement for a plug and abandonment of the well.
US09725952B2	Motorized shade with transmission wire passing through the support shaft A roll shade system is disclosed. The roll shade system includes a motor configured to remain stationary during operation of the motor, a support shaft supporting the motor wherein the support shaft is configured to remain stationary during operation of the motor, and a roll shade tube configured to be rotatable about the motor and the support shaft during operation of the motor. The roll shade system further includes stationary components including a wiring connector, an input wiring system, a bearing, an antenna, a coaxial cable, a motor controller, a counterbalance spring. The roll shade system also includes rotatable components including a bearing housing and one or more O-rings.
US09725944B2	Vehicle door open-close control device A detector includes a plurality of sensors and is configured to detect a user in preliminarily set detection areas. The sensors are arrayed horizontally at a rear portion of a vehicle such that the detection areas of the adjacent sensors overlap with each other. If any one of the sensors detects the user and outputs a detection signal (first detection signal), a threshold for a detection signal of one of the sensors adjacent to the sensor (second detection signal) is raised and the first and second detection signals are converted to first and second binary signals, respectively. A rear door is opened if the second binary signal has an output period that is contained in an output period of the first binary signal.
US09725927B1	System for intelligent door knob (handle) A door lock system includes a knob and an apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy. A bolt is coupled to a door, an input rod and an output rod. At least one of an interior or exterior knob is coupled to the bolt and the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy. An energy source is coupled to the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy. The mobile device provides authorization to engage the apparatus that controls transmission of displacement or rotational mechanical energy and allows a door user to manually open the door.
US09725924B2	Drawer slide and electronically actuated locking mechanism An electrically actuated locking mechanism may include a microprocessor for control of the locking mechanism, and the locking mechanism may be used to lock a drawer slide in a closed position. The microprocessor may be in a housing of the locking mechanism, and the microprocessor may command a motor to operate in a first direction to drive lock components to a locked status and command the motor to operate in a second direction to drive the lock components to an unlocked state.
US09725917B2	Restorative waterproofing membrane and method of forming the same Disclosed is a method, process and system for sealing cracks in concrete substrates such as walls and floors. A plurality of holes are drilled through the concrete substrate, with at least one hole on each opposing side of the crack. Then a polymer rubber gel that is thick enough to not flow at room temperature (e.g. comprising 99% solids) is heated in a tank to an elevated temperature (e.g. 120-200° F.). Next, the heated polymer rubber gel is pumped in the heated state through one of the holes in the concrete. The pumping continues until the polymer rubber gel is observed exiting a second drilled hole that is spaced apart from the injecting hole. The polymer rubber gel rapidly cools and solidifies, thereby forming a waterproofing membrane that seals the crack(s).
US09725908B2	Gutter cleaning device The gutter cleaning device removes wet or dry debris in the gutter after being attached to a leaf blower, and is designed to be used while standing on the around to reach gutters at the first, second and even third story levels without the need for a ladder. The gutter cleaning device includes a nozzle arranged at an angle to the gutter so that the flow of air drives debris in a direction away from the operator, and a fluid-driven agitation device powered simply by air pressure to mechanically stir up heavy debris in the gutter or to prevent the debris from clogging the nozzle. In addition, the gutter cleaning device includes a plough that protrudes forward relative to the nozzle and mechanically lifts compacted debris from the gutter to be blown away by the same flow of air that is used to drive the agitation device.
US09725900B2	Building blocks and rear interlock connector therefor An interlock connector interlocks building blocks that are assembled so as to provide a wall structure. The building blocks have respective front surfaces for defining a front façade of the wall structure and respective rear surfaces with at least one respective horizontal groove. The interlock connector comprises first and second bodies. The first body is inserted in the rear surface horizontal groove of a first building block. The second body is inserted in the rear surface horizontal groove of a second building block adjacent the first building block. Insertion of the first and second bodies in the respective rear surface horizontal grooves of the first and second building blocks provides for interlocking the first and second building blocks.
US09725888B2	Dual check backflow preventer A backflow preventer that includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet adapted to be mounted in a liquid flow configuration in a liquid supply circuit. An upstream check disc assembly is positioned in the housing downstream of the inlet, and includes an upstream check plate supporting a downstream diaphragm. An upstream check disc is positioned downstream of the diaphragm and integrally formed with an upstream stem mounted in an aperture in a central hub formed in the check plate for movement between an normally open, flow position and a closed position preventing backflow of liquid through the inlet. A downstream check disc assembly is positioned in the housing downstream from the upstream check disc assembly. A vent discharges liquid to atmosphere upstream of the downstream check disc assembly.
US09725887B2	Siphon aid for siphoning grey water Disclosed herein is a device for facilitating siphoning of greywater (graywater) or gently used water. An adapter is designed to fit onto the end of a hose or tube. The adapter is manually held tightly or attached by friction to a spigot or faucet. The faucet is turned on and running water primes the hose. The adapter is then placed under the surface of a collection of greywater in a sink, tub, clothes washer and the like. Greywater is then allowed to flow to a garden, lawn, cistern or other place where the greywater can be put to use instead of shunting it into a sewer. The device includes a funnel-shaped portion and a threaded portion. The device is made from a pliant material such as a silicone rubber or plastic.
US09725885B2	Hydraulic construction machinery Disclosed is a hydraulic construction machinery capable of operating a travel apparatus and a swing apparatus, when same are to be operated in combination, by means of working fluids supplied at the maximum discharge flow rate from a plurality of hydraulic pumps. A hydraulic construction machinery according to the present invention comprises: first and second hydraulic pumps; travel and swing motors connected to the first hydraulic pump; a hydraulic actuator connected to the second hydraulic pump; a main control valve comprising a first control valve and a second control valve, the first control valve controlling a working fluid supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the travel and swing motors, and the second control valve controlling the working fluid supplied from the second hydraulic pump to the hydraulic actuator; a first regulating valve, disposed on the most upstream side of a supply channel of the second hydraulic pump, for switching when the travel and swing motors are operated simultaneously so that the working fluid of the first hydraulic pump is supplied to the travel motor and the working fluid of the second hydraulic pump is supplied to the swing motor; a second regulating valve, disposed on the most downstream side of a supply channel of the second hydraulic pump, for switching when the travel and swing motors are operated simultaneously so as to close the most downstream opening of the supply channel of the second hydraulic pump; and an electronic proportional valve for outputting a control signal, corresponding to a control signal from a controller, to the first and second regulating valves when a manipulation signal, sensing whether the travel and swing motors are manipulated, is entered in the controller.
US09725884B2	Hydraulic circuit for construction machine and control device for same A hydraulic circuit of a construction machine including center bypass passages, into which a pressurized oil from hydraulic pumps is supplied, includes a directional control valve group in tandem with the center bypass passages; a bleed-off valve on a downstream side of each center bypass passage; and a merging circuit that merges the pressurized oil supplied into one center bypass passage and that in another center bypass passage, wherein each directional control valve includes a first internal passage that flows the pressurized oil into the center bypass passages, and a second internal passage that supplies the pressurized oil to a hydraulic actuator, wherein the center bypass passages and the first internal passage form a parallel passage, wherein an opening area of the bleed-off valve is changed, wherein the merging circuit includes a merging directional control valve that controls an inflow direction of the pressurized oil to be merged.
US09725882B2	Device and method for controlling flow rate in construction machinery A flow control apparatus and a flow control method for a construction machine are disclosed, which can perform ground leveling work for smoothing the ground by the self weight of a boom without supplying hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic pump to a hydraulic cylinder. The flow control method for a construction machine including a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator connected to the hydraulic pump, a control valve controlling a flow direction of hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic actuator, a work mode switching valve installed in a flow path between the control valve and the hydraulic actuator to perform switching between a normal work mode and a floating mode, a detection means for detecting a boom-down operation amount of an operation lever operated by a user, an electronic proportional valve controlling a discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump, and a controller, the flow control method including a first step of determining whether the present mode is switched to the floating mode; a second step of changing the discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump corresponding to the boom-down operation amount detected by the detection means if the present mode is switched to the floating mode; and a third step of outputting an electrical control signal to the electronic proportional valve so that the hydraulic pump can discharge the hydraulic fluid at the changed flow rate corresponding to the boom-down operation amount.
US09725879B2	Portable power supply system for an electrically driven work machine and a work machine equipped with such a power supply system The invention concerns a portable power supply system (30) intended to supply a remotely controlled, electrically driven work machine (1) with electrical power, where the work machine is of the type that demonstrates a propulsion means that includes continuous tracks (8b) and is equipped with a maneuverable arm (10) intended to carry a tool at its free end, and electric motor (19) that is connected to a hydraulic pump (20) and is intended to supply the operating means (8c, 10a) of the machine with a hydraulic medium, whereby the work machine is intended to be connected under normal operation to a primary source of power (30a) via an electrical cable (2′), which primary source of power includes a fixed alternating current electricity distribution grid at the location. In order to be able to supply the current that is required it comprises a DC energy-storage arrangement (29) that, including a secondary source of power (30b), can store energy and, when necessary, supply energy in electrical form; a coupling arrangement (31, 33, 34, 34′) that makes it possible to choose between connecting the primary (30a) or the secondary (30b) source of power to the electric motor in order to drive the same.
US09725876B2	Dredged soil transport system and its control method thereof The present invention provides a dredged soil transport system including a pipe module wound with a coil applying an electromagnetic field to an internally flowing dredged soil and including a plurality of pipelines, a pump module configured to provide a transport pressure for transport of dredged soil to the pipe module, database stored with flow information on flow velocity and flow form in response to physical properties of liquefied unit, and a control module communicating with the pipe module, the pump module and the database wiredly and wirelessly and applying, to the coil, a current of waveform matching to a flow waveform of the dredged soil transported inside the pipeline, and a control method thereof.
US09725874B2	Area limiting excavation control system for construction machines An area limiting excavation control system for construction machines including a control unit (9) that performs area limiting control by controlling at least one of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (3a, 3b, 3c) on the basis of a posture and a position of each of a boom (1a), an arm (1b), and a bucket (1c). The control system includes an angle sensor group (8) that detects rotational angles of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c), and a tilting angle sensor group (81) that detects ground angles of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c). The control unit (9) selects, from among the angle sensor group (8) and the tilting angle sensor group (81), a sensor to be used for calculating a posture and a position of each of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c) in accordance with a magnitude of speed of at least one of the boom (1a), the arm (1b), and the bucket (1c).
US09725869B2	Building assembly for greenhouses and other buildings This disclosure relates to a building assembly including a first upright, a first pivot mechanism, a second pivot mechanism, a first structure, and a second structure. The first upright is pivotally movable with the first pivot mechanism relative to the first structure. The first upright is also pivotally movable with the second pivot mechanism relative to the second structure.
US09725865B2	Drive point for a pile A drive point for a substantially tubular, in particular hollow cylindrical, driven pile having a pile core through which concrete can be introduced into the driven pile, wherein the drive point can be fitted onto a pile end of the driven pile, wherein at least one first supporting web with a first contact surface for an end face of the pile end is arranged on an inner wall of the drive point, wherein starting from a plane of a first bearing surface the drive point has a cavity which extends at least partially in a driving direction and into which concrete can be introduced through the pile core when the driven pile is fitted, wherein at least one concrete outlet channel is provided which connects the cavity to an upper edge of the drive point.
US09725862B2	Submersible isolation enclosure apparatus Submersible isolation enclosure apparatus constructed of flexible, water resistant to water proof fabric or sheeting for enclosing and isolating selected areas of water bottom and water volume from surrounding water with access to the isolated bottom area exposed within a Base Member through one or more closed wall, tubular Access Member(s) connected to the Base Member and accessible from the water surface. Center-radial and perimeter portions of the Base Member fitted with attachment points and one or more tubular, closed wall Sleeve Members to allow for use of floatation, internal supporting rods or piping, and weights, to assist in the movement, positioning, shaping and securing of the apparatus to the selected water bottom area. Flexible fabric and weighting system allows the lower perimeter of the Base Member to conform to bottom structure.
US09725853B2	Soft through air dried tissue A multi-layer through air dried tissue including a first exterior layer comprised substantially of hardwood fibers, an interior layer comprised substantially of softwood fibers, and a second exterior layer comprised substantially of hardwood fibers. The interior layer includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant.
US09725852B1	Pneumatic dust hood with plug preventer A pneumatic hood for a tissue—or papermaking machine is disclosed. The hood has an inlet to admit dust and air. The inlet is defined, in part, by an inlet flap that is hingedly connected to the body of the hood. The inlet flap is connected to one or more linear actuators, such as pneumatic cylinders, by a linkage such that the linear actuators drive the inlet flap between positions in which the inlet is wider and positions in which the inlet is narrower. Thus, the size of the inlet can be increased to clear large obstructions.
US09725851B2	Transport device for paper, and paper processing device Described is a transport device for paper which includes a metal conveyor belt through which air can flow and which is guided over at least two rollers, with the upper section of the belt forming the transport section and its lower section forming the returning section. A vacuum generator is arranged below the upper section. The conveyor belt is a metal mesh so as to be easy to produce and install.
US09725836B2	Cutting eye needle Cutting eye needle comprising an elongated portion, a tip portion, and an eye portion comprising a frictionally engaged cutting edge, with adjacent surfaces (14) and (15) intersecting at edge (17) at an angle that creates a frictionally engaged cutting edge, which threads and sews like a conventional hand sewing needle, which is suitable for cutting one or more threads, in professions including the medical field and surgery, and in needlecraft operations particularly suited to quilting, where ends of thread are cut while located inside the cavities of a quilting project, while simultaneously reducing the probability of skin contact of an operator are disclosed.
US09725832B1	Weaving multilayer products using multiple warp columns and heddle columns An apparatus for weaving a multilayer product that has one or more warp columns for placing warp fibers and one or more heddle columns for heddles for lacing the warp fibers. The weaving apparatus has a numerical ratio of warp columns and heddle columns that is a fractional number. And a portion of the warp fibers are laceable through heddles on one or more heddle columns based on the fractional number. A method for weaving a multilayer product where adjacent warp fibers are segmented and laced through heddles on the heddle columns based on the fractional number.
US09725824B2	Graphite wafer carrier for LED epitaxial wafer processes A graphite wafer carrier for LED epitaxial wafer processes, having a plurality of wafer pocket profiles above the carrier for carrying the epitaxial wafer substrate. The inner edge of the wafer pocket profile is a concave step with a plurality of inward-extended support portions; and also has a graphite wafer carrier edge and an axle hole at the center of the graphite wafer carrier. The pocket profiles of different quantities and sizes can be arranged on the basis of different process parameters. The disclosed structure can reduce or eliminate airflow interference and improve the wafer edge yield.
US09725817B2	System and method for electropolishing or electroplating conveyor belts An electropolishing or electroplating system and method for metal conveyor belts is described. In some embodiments, the system has a metal conveyor belt held in constant tension; a tank for holding an electrolytic fluid, the tank having an interior space suitable to contain the fluid, a metal plate and the metal conveyor belt; and an electrical current supply. In an electropolishing application, the current passes from the metal conveyor belt, through the fluid and into the metal plate. In an electroplating application, the current passes from the metal plate, through the fluid and into the metal conveyor belt.
US09725815B2	Electrolysis apparatus A removable electrode module for engagement with an electrolysis chamber comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a suspension structure. The suspension structure comprises a suspension rod coupled to the first electrode. The second electrode is suspended or supported by the suspension structure, which comprises at least one electrically-insulating spacer element for retaining the second electrode in spatial separation from the first electrode.
US09725810B2	Plating method, plating apparatus and storage medium A liquid displacement is performed by supplying a plating liquid onto a substrate 2 while rotating the substrate 2 at a first rotational speed in a state that a pre-treatment liquid remains on a surface of the substrate 2 (liquid displacement process (block S305)). Then, an initial film is formed on the substrate 2 by stopping the rotation of the substrate 2 or by rotating the substrate 2 at a second rotational speed while continuously supplying the plating liquid onto the substrate 2 (incubation process (block S306)). Thereafter, a plating film is grown by rotating the substrate 2 at a third rotational speed while continuously supplying the plating liquid onto the substrate 2 (plating film growing process (block S307)). Here, the first rotational speed is higher than the third rotational speed, and the third rotational speed is higher than the second rotational speed.
US09725807B2	Nano imprinting with reusable polymer template with metallic or oxide coating Methods and systems are provided for fabricating polymer-based imprint lithography templates having thin metallic or oxide coated patterning surfaces. Such templates show enhanced fluid spreading and filling (even in absence of purging gases), good release properties, and longevity of use. Methods and systems for fabricating oxide coated versions, in particular, can be performed under atmospheric pressure conditions, allowing for lower cost processing and enhanced throughput.
US09725800B2	Vaporizing system According to one embodiment, a vaporizing system comprises first and second tanks that can accumulate liquid source and first, second, and third pipes. The first pipe allows first gas to be sent out of the first tank. The second pipe allows second gas to be sent out of the second tank. The third pipe is connected to the first and second pipes and allows the first and second gas to be sent out to an external apparatus. The first tank is placed on an upper side of the second tank in a stacked manner.
US09725798B2	Apparatus for manufacturing display device and method of manufacturing display device An apparatus for manufacturing a display device and a method of manufacturing a display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a guider configured to guide a substrate on which a display portion is formed, a plasma sprayer configured to be spaced apart from the display portion and configured to spray plasma onto the substrate and a mask configured to be arranged over the substrate and cover the display portion. The mask includes a body portion configured to face the display portion and a protrusion portion formed at an end of the body portion and configured to extend towards the substrate.
US09725793B2	Tantalum based alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion A tantalum or tantalum alloy which contains pure or substantially pure tantalum and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Jr, Pt, Mo, W and Re to form a tantalum alloy that is resistant to aqueous corrosion. The invention also relates to the process of preparing the tantalum alloy.
US09725783B2	Steel for machine structure use excellent in cutting tool lifetime and machining method of same Steel for machine structure use excellent in tool lifetime in a broad range of cutting speeds regardless of continuous machining, intermittent machining, or other systems and further in various machining environments such as use of a cutting fluid or a dry, semidry, and oxygen enriched environment, having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.01 to 1.2%, Si: 0.005 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 3.0%, P: 0.0001 to 0.2%, S: 0.0001 to 0.35%, N: 0.0005 to 0.035%, and Al: 0.05 to 1.0%, satisfying [Al %]−(27/14)×[N %]≧0.05%, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and forming an Al2O3 coating on the surface of a cutting tool by machining using a cutting tool coated on the surface contacting the machined material by metal oxides with a value of a standard free energy of formation at 1300° C. of that value of Al2O3 or more, and a machining method of the same.
US09725776B2	Method to produce water-soluble sugars from biomass using solvents containing lactones A process to produce an aqueous solution of carbohydrates that contains C6-sugar-containing oligomers, C6 sugar monomers, C5-sugar-containing oligomers, C5 sugar monomers, or any combination thereof is presented. The process includes the steps of reacting biomass or a biomass-derived reactant with a solvent system including a lactone and water, and an acid catalyst. The reaction yields a product mixture containing water-soluble C6-sugar-containing oligomers, C6-sugar monomers, C5-sugar-containing oligomers, C5-sugar monomers, or any combination thereof. A solute is added to the product mixture to cause partitioning of the product mixture into an aqueous layer containing the carbohydrates and a substantially immiscible organic layer containing the lactone.
US09725768B2	Methods for producing high-fidelity autologous idiotype vaccines The present invention concerns methods for selecting and producing idiotype vaccines, and in particular methods for selecting and producing an idiotype vaccine for treatment of a B-cell derived malignancy in a subject based on the clonal profile (clonotype) of the malignancy; a method for producing an updated idiotype vaccine matched to a B-cell derived malignancy exhibiting a shifting clonal profile; and the high-fidelity idiotype vaccines produced using the methods. The invention also includes idiotype vaccines produced using the described methods and methods of treating B-cell derived malignancies using the produced vaccines.
US09725764B2	Method of determining the nucleotide sequence of oligonucleotides and DNA molecules The present invention relates to a novel method for analyzing nucleic acid sequences based on real-time detection of DNA polymerase-catalyzed incorporation of each of the four nucleotide bases, supplied individually and serially in a microfluidic system, to a reaction cell containing a template system comprising a DNA fragment of unknown sequence and an oligonucleotide primer. Incorporation of a nucleotide base into the template system can be detected by any of a variety of methods including but not limited to fluorescence and chemiluminescence detection. Alternatively, microcalorimetic detection of the heat generated by the incorporation of a nucleotide into the extending template system using thermopile, thermistor and refractive index measurements can be used to detect extension reactions.
US09725757B2	Target detection and signal amplification The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of target molecules, and the amplification of detectable signals generated by detection assays. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods utilizing catalytic nucleic acid enzymes to generate and/or amplify a signal indicative of the presence of target molecules (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins), and compositions for use in the methods.
US09725756B2	Treatment of ‘C terminus of HSP7O-interacting protein’ (CHIP) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to CHIP The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of ‘C terminus of HSP70-Interacting Protein’ (CHIP), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of ‘C terminus of HSP70-Interacting Protein’ (CHIP). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of CHIP.
US09725750B2	Protein production method This invention relates to a method for producing a protein of interest, comprising introducing a protein expression vector which comprises a gene fragment a gene fragment comprising a DNA encoding a protein of interest and a selectable marker gene and transposon sequences at both terminals of the gene fragment, into a suspension mammalian cell; integrating the gene fragment inserted between a pair of the transposon sequences, into a chromosome of the mammalian cell to obtain a mammalian cell capable of expressing the protein of interest; and suspension-culturing the mammalian cell; and a suspension mammalian cell capable of expressing the protein of interest.
US09725749B2	Glycoside hydrolases having multiple hydrolase activities Glycoside hydrolases having at least two different hydrolytic activities are provided. In one embodiment, an isolated recombinant hydrolase having at least two activities selected from a group including asparagine derivatives, glutamine derivatives, and histidine derivatives is provided. Further, a method of generating free sugars from a mixture comprising asparagine derivatives, glutamine derivatives, and histidine derivatives is provided.
US09725748B2	Method for producing fructose-added carbohydrate [Problem]To provide a production method capable of simply and efficiently producing a fructose-added carbohydrate using β-fructofuranosidase.[Solution]A method for producing a fructose-added carbohydrate, said method having a step in which a receptor substrate and a hydrate containing terminal fructose residue are brought into contact with: Escherichia coli expressing an anchor protein for expression on a cell surface and β-fructofuranosidase as one polypeptide, a composition including dead cells of the expressing Escherichia coli, or a polypeptide obtained from the expressing Escherichia coli and including an amino acid sequence of β-fructofuranosidase.
US09725745B2	Process for biodiesel production from a yeast strain Disclosed herein are methods and compositions related to the production and extraction of oils and biodiesel from oleaginous yeast, such as a new yeast isolate of the genus Pichia. Also disclosed herein are methods for providing fermentation conditions for the production of yeast in high density using inexpensive raw materials including crude glycerol and corn steep liquor.
US09725729B2	SB-actin terminator sequence for gene expression in plants The present invention discloses polynucleotide sequences that can be used to regulate gene expression in plants. Terminator sequences from Sorghum bicolor that are functional in plants are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression constructs, plants and seed comprising these terminator sequences are further disclosed.
US09725726B2	Filamentous fungi having an altered viscosity phenotype Described are compositions and methods relating to variant filamentous fungi having altered growth characteristics. Such variants are well-suited for growth in submerged cultures, e.g., for the large-scale production of enzymes and other proteins for commercial applications.
US09725724B2	Neutral nucleic acid ligands The invention generally relates to isolated nucleic acid ligands that are neutral under physiological conditions.
US09725715B2	Signal activatable constructs and related components compositions methods and systems Provided herein are signal activatable molecular constructs for delivery of molecules and related components, compositions, methods, and systems, having a 17 to 30 bp targeting domain duplex RNA, at least one protection strand having a protection segment and linker segment and a sensor strand having a displacement segment and a toehold segment, in which in an inactive conformation the protection segment and the displacement segment form a sensor domain duplex polynucleotide covalently attached to the targeting domain and presenting the toehold segment for binding to a signal molecule. In an active conformation the sensor strand is bound to the signal molecule and is detached from the at least one protection strand and from the targeting domain; and the targeting domain attaches the at least one protection strand in a configuration allowing processing by Dicer and/or an Argonaute enzyme.
US09725709B2	Intracellular delivery and transfection methods and devices Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multistage procedure for treatment of biological samples (e.g., living cells with membranes, and the like) with a substance (e.g., a drug, DNA, RNA, plasmids, and other biomolecules or materials) to achieve more efficacious intracellular delivery and transfection.
US09725707B2	3-epimerase A protein comprising a polypeptide sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:4. The protein has ketose 3-epimerase activity.
US09725705B2	Animal product free system and process for purifying a botulinum toxin Chromatographic processes and systems for purifying a botulinum toxin from an APF fermentation medium.
US09725702B2	Laccase from ganoderma lucidum capable of enhancing enzymatic degradation of lignocellulolytic biomass The invention addresses the need for enzymes that can enhance the yield of fermentable sugar from the hydrolysis of lignocellulose biomass, for example sugar cane bagasse, barley straw and wheat straw, such that the use of this biomass can become economically viable. The invention provides methods for the hydrolysis of biomass using a laccase derived from Ganoderma lucidum. Further, the invention provides an enzyme composition comprising a laccase derived from Ganoderma lucidum which may be combined with one or more cellulases, and for its use in enhancing lignocellulose biomass hydrolysis.
US09725700B2	Artificial three-dimensional microenvironment niche culture and methods of using the same The present invention provides three-dimensional microenvironment niches prepared from biomaterial compositions that supports growth and self renewal of stem cells. The invention also provides methods for inducing pluripotency in a somatic cell using chemical compounds, as well as methods for screening for compounds that can induce pluripotency in a somatic cell.
US09725698B2	Trophoblast-derived mesenchymal stem cells (T-MSCs) produced from human embryonic stem cells, methods and uses thereof The disclosure provided herein relates generally to mesenchymal-like stem cells “hES-T-MiSC” or “T-MSC” and the method of producing the stem cells. The method comprises culturing embryonic stem cells under conditions that the embryonic stem cells develop through an intermediate differentiation of trophoblasts, and culturing the differentiated trophoblasts to hES-T-MSC or T-MSC, T-MSC derived cells and cell lineages “T-MSC-DL” are also described. Disclosed also herein are solutions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the T-MSC and/or T-MSC-DL, methods of making the T-MSC and T-MSC-DL, and methods of using the T-MSC and T-MSC-DL for treatment and prevention of diseases, specifically, T-MSC and T-MSC-DL are used as immunosuppressive agents to treat multiple sclerosis and autoimmune diseases.
US09725695B2	Stem cell defined media for xeno-free and feeder free conditions and uses thereof The invention provides a defined low protein culture medium for maintaining cells in an undifferentiated state, the medium comprising: a basal medium, an organic acid from the tricarboxylic acid cycle, nonessential amino acids, a combination of growth factors selected from the group consisting of FGF-2 protein, an IGF-1 protein or insulin, a Transferrin protein, and a TGF beta 1 protein, wherein the medium is essentially feeder-free, essentially xeno-free, essentially free of beta-mercaptoethanol, and essentially free of animal-derived or human-derived proteins.
US09725668B2	Process for clarifying biofuels Haze may be removed from a biofuel or biofuel intermediate by using a clarifier. The clarifier includes copolymer prepared using a formulation comprising an alpha olefin and maleic anhydride. The clarifier may also be used with admixtures of biofuels, biofuel intermediates, or biofuel feedstocks with conventional hydrocarbons.
US09725667B2	Method and composition for preventing oxidation A composition for inhibiting oxidation including an anionic, hydrophilic, water soluble polymer, wherein the polymer is chosen from the group consisting of anionic polyacrylamide, methylcellulose, xanthan gum, guar gum, and lignin sulfonate, an anionic surfactant, a co-solvent, and water is herein disclosed.
US09725662B2	Method and membrane module for the energy-efficient oxygen generation during biomass gasification Disclosed are a method and a membrane module for the separation of oxygen from air during biomass gasification. The method comprises employing a membrane module as disclosed herein and using gas exiting the membrane module to heat incoming fresh air, more than 50% of heat energy contained in the gas exiting the membrane module being utilized to preheat the fresh air. The fresh air is further heated to a temperature of from 800° C. to 900° C. by directly feeding combustion gas or synthesis gas from the biomass gasification into a combustion space of the membrane module.
US09725661B2	Upgrading raw shale-derived crude oils to hydrocarbon distillate fuels Integrated processes for upgrading crude shale-derived oils, such as those produced by oil shale retorting or by in situ extraction or combinations thereof. Processes disclosed provide for a split-flow processing scheme to upgrade whole shale oil. The split flow concepts described herein, i.e., naphtha and kerosene hydrotreating in one or more stages and gas oil hydrotreating in one or more stages, requires additional equipment as compared to the alternative approach of whole oil hydrotreating. While contrary to conventional wisdom as requiring more capital equipment to achieve the same final product specifications, the operating efficiency vis a vis on-stream time efficiency and product quality resulting from the split flow concept far exceed in value the somewhat incrementally higher capital expenditure costs.
US09725660B2	Oil/bitumen emulsion separation In one implementation, a method for recovery of crude oil from a production fluid comprising an oil-water emulsion is provided. The method comprises adding a solid hydrophilic compound to the production fluid to form a production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture. The method further comprises separating the production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture to produce an oil phase containing the heavy crude oil and a water phase containing the solid hydrophilic compound. The production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture may be separated by centrifuging the production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture to produce the oil phase and the water phase. After separation, the oil phase may be analyzed to determine at least one of: oil composition, physical properties, and geochemical analysis. The crude oil comprises at least one of heavy crude oil, bitumen or combinations thereof.
US09725657B2	Process for enhancing feed flexibility in feedstock for a steam cracker Provided is a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock. The process having the steps of (a) continuously passing the feedstock through a vapor-liquid separator in which the feedstock is separated into a volatile stream and a non-volatile stream; (b) continuously passing the non-volatile stream to a cracker; and (c) continuously recycling a portion of the volatile stream to the feedstock. There is also an apparatus for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock.
US09725653B2	Device and method for preparing oxygen-containing liquid fuel by bio-oil catalytic conversion Devices and methods for preparing oxygen-containing liquid fuel by bio-oil catalytic conversion. A device includes a biomass fast thermal cracking system for preparing bio-oil, a bio-oil oil-water separating system for separating the bio-oil into oil phase bio-oil and water phase bio-oil that is output to an oil phase bio-oil chemical chain hydrogen production system, and a water phase bio-oil catalytic hydrogenation system. The hydrogen production system outputs produced hydrogen to the water phase bio-oil catalytic hydrogenation system to prepare a liquid fuel. A method includes the steps: thermally cracking the biomass to prepare bio-oil, separating the water phase and the oil phase, producing hydrogen from the oil phase bio-oil through a chemical chain method so as to provide a hydrogen source for the water phase bio-oil to carry out two-stage catalytic hydrogenation in a slurry bed, and separating and purifying the hydrogenated products to obtain an oxygen-containing liquid fuel.
US09725642B2	Complexation of calcium ions in the presence of quaternized amine compounds while acidizing a subterranean formation Acidizing operations in subterranean formations that contain both a siliceous material and a source of calcium ions can often be problematic due to the generation of calcium-containing precipitates, particularly calcium fluoride. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a treatment fluid having a pH ranging between about 1 and about 4.5 and comprising a chelating agent, hydrofluoric acid or a hydrofluoric acid-generating compound, and a compound having two or more quaternized amine groups; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation containing a siliceous material and a source of calcium ions; dissolving at least a portion of the siliceous material in the subterranean formation with the hydrofluoric acid or the hydrofluoric acid-generating compound; and complexing at least a portion of the calcium ions in the subterranean formation with the chelating agent.
US09725638B2	Composition and method for gelling fracturing fluids Described herein are compositions for use in treating subterranean formations where the compositions include a water soluble polymer and an ionic surfactant. In preferred compositions, the polymer and surfactant are oppositely charged. Methods of using the compositions also are disclosed.
US09725624B2	Process for manufacture of polymer film graphics The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of polymer film graphics comprising providing a continuous substrate having a release layer thereon; applying an image layer in the shape of a graphic letter or design to the release layer; depositing an adhesive layer to the image layer and which has the same shape as the image layer graphic letter or design; curing the adhesive and image layers; and winding the polymer film graphics onto rolls. The invention further relates to a polymer film graphic comprising a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a release layer overlying the upper surface of the substrate; an image layer in the shape of a graphic letter or design overlying the release layer; an adhesive layer overlying the image layer, the adhesive layer having the same shape as the image layer graphic letter or design.
US09725622B2	Adhesive tape for jacketing elongate material such as especially cable looms and jacketing method An adhesive tape has a preferably textile carrier and of a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is applied on at least one side of the carrier and is in the form of a dried polymer dispersion. The polymer being synthesized from (a) 5% to 25% by weight, preferably 10% to 22% by weight, of ethylene, (b) 30% to 69% by weight, preferably 40% to 60% by weight, of alkylacrylic ester having C4 to C12 alkyl radicals, (c) 20% to 55% by weight, preferably 28% to 38% by weight, of vinyl acetate, (d) 0% to 10% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated compounds, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising between 15 and 100 parts by weight of a tackifier (based on the mass of the dried polymer dispersion).
US09725608B2	Ink jet recording ink, ink jet recording ink set, recording method, recorded matter and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording ink has excellent dispersion stability and ejection stability and is capable of providing images free from bleeding. Such an ink exhibits excellent color development and rubbing resistance. The ink jet recording ink comprises a pigment dispersed by a polymer; water; at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an acetylene glycol surfactant and an acetylene alcohol surfactant; and 1,2-hexanediol. The pigment dispersed by the polymer is produced by a phase conversion emulsification, an emulsion polymerization, an acid deposition or a forced emulsification. The ink has a surface tension between 25 mN/m and 45 mN/m.
US09725607B2	Waterproof paint formula and a pen device for using the same A waterproof paint formula and a pen device for using the same. The concentration of the formula may be adjusted by changing the weight percentage of the aqueous solution and cooperate with different outlet diameter of the nibs to make the waterproof paint smoothly flow out for painting on the writings. Simultaneously, the weight percentage of Ethyl Alcohol may be adjusted to control the air-dried speed of the waterproof paint to achieve the effects of waterproof and preventing the inks or colors from diffusion.
US09725599B2	Surface-mineralized organic fibers The present invention relates to surface-mineralized organic fibers comprising organic fibers having a length in the millimeter range, the surface of which is at least partially coated with finely divided alkaline earth carbonate nanoparticles by means of binders based on copolymers comprising as monomers one or more dicarboxylic acids and one or more monomers from the group of diamines, triamines, dialkanolamines or trialkanolamines and epichlorohydrin, a method for producing such surface-mineralized organic fibers, aqueous slurries thereof, their use in papermaking, in surface finishing of paper, plastic, cement and clay surfaces, in paints and varnishes and the use of the inventive binders for coating the organic fibers with nano alkaline earth carbonates.
US09725592B2	Components for vehicles, electric/electronic products, home appliances, office equipments or household items Provided are components for vehicles, electric/electronic products, home appliances, office equipments or household items, which are manufactured using a high heat resistant polymer resin composition capable of providing an environmentally friendly biomass-containing synthetic resin which exhibits improved chemical resistance. Provided are components for vehicles, electric/electronic products, home appliances, office equipments or household items, which are manufactured using a high heat resistant polymer resin composition having excellent chemical resistance, the composition including a polyester copolymer containing a residue of a dicarboxylic acid component containing terephthalic acid and a residue of a diol component containing dianhydrohexitol; one or more copolymers selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated nitrile-diene-based rubber-aromatic vinyl graft copolymer, an alkylmethacrylate-diene-based rubber-aromatic vinyl graft copolymer, and an alkylmethacrylate-silicone/alkylacrylate graft copolymer; and polytrimethylene terephthalate.
US09725591B2	Reinforced resin composition for plating base, molded article, and electroplated component The present invention relates to a reinforced resin composition for plating bases having excellent moldability, mechanical strengths, and plating ability, as well as being capable of improving the surface appearance of the molded article after plating. The reinforced resin composition for plating bases of the present invention includes: graft copolymer (A) in which a graft chain (A2) is grafted to a rubber polymer (A1) a matrix polymer (B) which includes one or more types of polymers selected from the group consisting of a vinyl-based copolymer (B-1), a polycarbonate resin (B-2), and a polyester resin (B-3); an inorganic filler (D); and a glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E). The content of the rubber polymer (A1) is from 5 to 25% by mass, relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component of (A) and the component of the matrix polymer (B).
US09725583B2	Method for preparing cellulose nanofiber capable of being stably dispersed A method for preparing stably dispersed cellulose nanofibers comprises the following steps: 1) mixing cellulose and an organic solvent, the percentage of the cellulose being 1% to 15% in weight; 2) adding an esterification agent into the resultant mixture of step 1), the molar ratio of the esterification agent to the cellulose being from 1:0.1 to 4; and 3) physically breaking the resultant mixture of step 2) until a suspension liquid with stably dispersed cellulose nanofibers of 2-1000 nm in diameter and 10-100 μm in length is obtained, an esterification reaction of hydroxyl group(s) on the surface of cellulose fibers occurring at the time of the breaking. Also disclosed are dispersed cellulose nanofibers with improved compatibility to the matrix than the untreated cellulose and an improved strength of the composite materials.
US09725579B2	Stabilizing compositions for stabilizing materials against ultraviolet light and thermal degradation Stabilizer compositions for stabilizing materials against degradation due to thermal and ultraviolet light exposure are disclosed herein. In some instances, the stabilizer compositions include an ortho-hydroxyl tris-aryl-s-triazine compound; a hindered amine light stabilizer compound; a hindered hydroxybenzoate compound; a phosphite compound, an acid scavenger and/or thioester; and a hindered phenol antioxidant compound.
US09725573B2	Monobenzoate useful as a plasticizer in plastisol compositions A unique monobenzoate useful as a plasticizer in polymeric dispersions, such as plastisols and melt compounds. The monobenzoate comprises 3-phenyl propyl benzoate, a benzoate ester heretofore known as a flavoring and fragrance agent, but not previously utilized as a plasticizer in polymeric applications. Depending on the application, the advantages rendered by the use of the inventive monobenzoate include, among other things, excellent solvating properties, low viscosity, viscosity stability, and improved rheology, as well as health, safety and environmental advantages over traditional plasticizers. The monobenzoate may be used alone or in combination with a variety of plasticizers, including but not limited to phthalates, terephthalates, dibenzoates, other monobenzoates, or 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylate esters, and mixtures thereof.
US09725563B2	Fiber reinforced thermoset composites and methods of making Methods of making a fiber-reinforced composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one of a curing agent or an accelerator for a resin composition. The sized fibers may be contacted with the resin composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the resin composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curing agent and the accelerator that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced composite.
US09725548B2	Polylactic acid (PLA) with low moisture vapor transmission rates by grafting through of hydrophobic polymers directly to PLA backbone Polylactic acid-backbone graft and bottlebrush copolymers with low moisture vapor transmission rates are synthesized by polymerizing a lactide-functionalized hydrophobic macromonomer using ring-opening polymerization (ROP). In some embodiments of the present invention, the macromonomer is a lactide-functionalized hydrophobic polymer that may be synthesized by, for example, polymerizing a hydrophobic monomer (e.g., a fluorinated vinyl monomer such as 2,2,2-trifluroethyl methacrylate) capable of undergoing radical polymerization (e.g., styrenic, vinylic, acrylic, etc.) using a brominated lactide initiator via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The brominated lactide initiator may be 3-bromo-3,6-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione prepared by, for example, reacting lactide with N-bromosuccinimide in the presence of benzoyl peroxide.
US09725542B2	Process for producing fluorinated polymer Provided is an effective process for producing a fluorinated polymer excellent in adhesion, by using a polymerization medium having a low ozone layer destruction potential. The process includes polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a fluorinated monomer and a polar functional group containing monomer (excluding one having a fluorine atom) in a polymerization medium that contains a medium compound represented by CmH2m+1−xFx—O—CnH2n+1−yFy, m is an integer of from 1 to 6, n is an integer of from 1 to 6, x is from 0 to (2m+1), y is from 0 to 2n, and (x+y) is at least 1), and wherein a solution obtained by dissolving the polar functional group-containing monomer in the polymerization medium is continuously or intermittently added to a polymerization reaction system.
US09725537B2	High activity catalyst supportation This invention relates to single site catalyst supportation methods involving high temperature treatment (≧40° C., e.g., 100-130° C.) to improve catalyst activity for olefin polymerization, e.g., propylene polymerization, and to the supported catalyst systems obtained by the methods, e.g., single site catalyst systems supported on a support having high average particle size (PS≧30 μm), high surface area (SA≧200 m2/g), low pore volume (PV≦2 mL/g), and a mean pore diameter range of 1≦PD≦20 nm.
US09725535B2	Multi-metallic Ziegler-Natta procatalysts and catalysts prepared therefrom for olefin polymerizations Novel catalyst compositions comprising three or more transition metals are effective in increasing catalyst efficiency, reducing polydispersity, and increasing uniformity in molecular weight distribution when used in olefin, and particularly, linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), polymerizations. The resulting polymers may be used to form differentiated products including, for example, films that may exhibit improved optical and mechanical properties.
US09725533B2	Metallocene compound, a catalyst composition comprising the same, and a method of preparing an olefinic polymer by using the same The present invention relates to a novel metallocene compound, a catalyst composition including the same, and a method of preparing an olefinic polymer by using the same. The metallocene compound according to the present invention and the catalyst composition comprising the same can be used for producing olefinic polymers, have outstanding polymerizing ability, and can produce olefinic polymers of ultra high molecular weight. In particular, when the metallocene compound according to the present invention is employed, an olefinic polymer of ultra high molecular weight can be obtained because it shows high polymerization activity even when it is supported on a carrier and maintains high activity even in the presence of hydrogen because of its low hydrogen reactivity.
US09725532B2	Aqueous solution of cationic copolymers derived from acrylamide, preparation method and use The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer solution containing at least one cationic or amphoteric (co)polymer, comprising the following steps: Hofmann degradation reaction on a (co)polymer based on at least one non-ionic monomer chosen from the group including acrylamide, methacrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, and acrylonitrile; post-processing of the resulting aqueous polymer solution of viscosity V1; characterized in that the post processing comprises the following successive steps: obtaining of an aqueous polymer solution containing at least one cationic or amphoteric (co)polymer derived from the Hofmann degradation reaction; post-processing of this aqueous polymer solution; characterized in that the post processing comprises the following successive steps: (a) adjustment of the pH of the aqueous polymer solution to a value greater than or equal to 5.5; (b) decrease of the pH of the aqueous polymer solution to a value between 2 and 5. The invention also concerns the use of this polymer solution as a flocculant, retention and/or drainage agent, and dry strength resistance in a paper manufacturing process.
US09725529B2	Compositions and methods for making and using multifunctional polymerized liposomes According to some embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and methods for making and using multifunctional polymerized liposomes finding relevant application in medical sciences, particularly in bioimaging, diagnostics, drug delivery, and drug formulation. The compositions and methods involve lipids that are both polymerizable and have a “clickable” group that provides the ability to functionalize via a click reaction with various functional moieties useful for the above-listed applications.
US09725527B2	Modified conjugated diene polymer, method for preparing same, and rubber composition containing same Disclosed are a modified conjugated diene-based polymer represented by specific Chemical Formula and a method of preparing the same.
US09725526B2	Modified conjugated diene polymer, modified rubber composition comprising same, and method for producing modified conjugated diene polymer Disclosed are a method of preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared thereby, and a rubber composition and a tire, including the modified conjugated diene-based polymer. The method of preparing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes (a) polymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diene monomer using an organo-alkali metal compound in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent, thus forming an active polymer having an alkali metal end and (b) coupling or linking the active polymer having the alkali metal end with a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1.
US09725523B2	Mutant bacterial strains of the genus sphingomonas deficient in production of polyhydroxybutyrate and a process of clarification of sphingans and compositions thereof The invention relates to mutant strains of the genus Sphingomonas which have a mutation in at least one gene encoding a protein involved in polyhydroxybutyrate (“PHB”) synthesis that allows the mutant strains to produce PHB-deficient Sphingans. The invention is also directed to a process for preparing a clarified Sphingan solution comprising heating aqueous Sphingan solution, in particular PHB-deficient Sphingan solution, to a clarification temperature of about 30° C. to about 70° C., and treating the solution with a clarification agent and enzymes. In addition, the invention is directed to a food or industrial product comprising a PHB-deficient and/or clarified Sphingan. One particular embodiment of the invention is directed to a clarified, PHB-deficient high-acyl gellan and the processes of making thereof.
US09725516B2	Bacterial host strain expressing recombinant DSBC The present invention provides a recombinant gram-negative bacterial cell comprising an expression vector comprising a recombinant polynucleotide encoding DsbC and one or more polynucleotides encoding an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof specifically binding to CD154.
US09725515B2	Prolactin receptor binding proteins and uses thereof The present invention encompasses PRLR binding proteins. Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies that are chimeric, CDR grafted and humanized antibodies. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for hPRLR and neutralize hPRLR activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hPRLR and for inhibiting hPRLR activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hPRLR activity is detrimental. Also included in the invention are anti-PRLR antibody drug conjugates (ADCs).
US09725513B2	Fusion polypeptide inhibiting VEGF-C, VEGF-D and/or angiopoietin-2, and use thereof A fusion polypeptide capable of binding simultaneously to angiopoietin 2, VEGF-C and VEGF-D; or capable of binding simultaneously to VEGF-C and VEGF-D, and methods for the preparation and use thereof.
US09725505B2	Methods of treatment using anti-GDF15 antibodies Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit the activity of human GDF15 are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat body weight loss, including cachexia, associated with the over-expression of human GDF15.
US09725503B2	Peptide-hinge-free flexible antibody-like molecule The present invention provides an antibody that can bind to targets with greater affinity. A flexible antibody-like molecule having a nonpeptide hinge part comprising: a group having a nonpeptide hinge part represented by a general formula (I): XY-Asp-Lys-Thr-His-Thr (SEQ ID No. 1)—wherein X represents an amino acid or a peptide composed of 2 to 50 amino acid residues, and Y represents for a group having an alkyleneoxide; and an antibody Fc fragment bound to the group having a nonpeptide hinge part.
US09725490B2	ERAP1-derived peptide and use thereof Provided is a novel cancer-treating agent which can be used as a novel choice for the treatment of cancer. Specifically provided are: a peptide that inhibits binding of ERAP1 polypeptide to PHB2 polypeptide, which comprises a binding site of the ERAP1 polypeptide to the PHB2 polypeptide, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptide. In addition, provided is a method for screening a drug candidate for treating and/or preventing cancer using inhibition of the binding of the ERAP1 polypeptide to PP1α polypeptide, PKA polypeptide or PKB polypeptide as an index.
US09725487B2	Compositions and methods for measles virus inhibition The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a measles virus infection. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a polypeptide in a biocompatible pharmaceutical carrier, in which the polypeptide consists of at least a portion of SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 6. A method embodiment comprises administering the polypeptide (preferably in a biocompatible pharmaceutical carrier) to a subject suffering from a measles infection.
US09725481B2	19-nor C3, 3-disubstituted C21-C-bound heteroaryl steroids and methods of use thereof Provided herein are 19-nor C3,3-disubstituted steroids of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein, , R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, and R4b are as defined herein, and A is a carbon bound substituted or unsubstituted 5-to6-membered heteroaryl ring as defined herein. Such compounds are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, disorders of memory and/or cognition, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, pain, traumatic brain injury, vascular diseases, substance abuse disorders and/or withdrawal syndromes, and tinnitus.
US09725479B2	5′-end derivatives The present invention provides compounds of formula (1). Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of inhibiting the expression of a gene in call, the method comprising (a) contacting an oligonucleotide of the invention with the cell; and (b) maintaining the cell from step (a) for a time sufficient to obtain degradation of the mRNA of the target gene.
US09725473B2	Anthracene-9, 10-dione dioxime compound prodrugs and their uses Chemical agents, such as disulfonamide derivatives of fluorene, anthracene, xanthene, dibenzosuberone and acridine, and similar heterocyclic ring structures; including, salts thereof that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.
US09725469B2	Amino-oxazine and amino-dihydrothiazine compounds as beta-secretase modulators and methods of use The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the modulation of Beta-secretase enzyme activity and for the treatment of Beta-secretase mediated diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related conditions. In one embodiment, the compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, L, R2, R7, X, Y and Z of Formula I are defined herein. The invention also includes use of these compounds in pharmaceutical compositions for treatment, prophylactic or therapeutic, of disorders and conditions related to the activity of beta-secretase protein. Such disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia and other central nervous system conditions related to and/or caused by the formation and/or deposition of plaque on the brain. The invention also comprises further embodiments of Formula I, intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
US09725465B2	Biaryl acetamide compounds and methods of use thereof Biaryl acetamide compounds and compositions and their methods of use are provided for modulating the activity of class III receptor tyrosine kinases and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease of disorder mediated by class III receptor tyrosine kinases.
US09725464B2	Process for preparing tetracyclic heterocycle compounds The present invention is directed to a process for preparing Tetracyclic Heterocycle Compounds of formula (I): which are useful as HCV NS5A inhibitors. The present invention is also directed to compounds that are useful as synthetic intermediates for making the compounds of formula (I).
US09725458B2	Nalmefene salts as medicaments for reducing alcohol consumption or for preventing excessive alcohol consumption The present invention relates to new nalmefene salts which salts fall within at least one of the two following categories: non-hydrate forming salts and non-solvate forming salts. In particular, the invention relates to the hydrogen adipate salt, the hydrogen malonate salt, the lactate salt, the hydrogen fumarate salt, the hydrogen succinate salt, the benzene sulfonate salt, the hydrogen maleate salt and the salicylate salt of nalmefene. The present invention also relates to such salts for use in therapy.
US09725455B1	Crystalline forms of a bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor Described herein is the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, including crystalline forms, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the Btk inhibitor, as well as methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09725442B2	Heterocyclic derivative having PGD2 receptor antagonist activity The present invention is related to a compound represented by formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, R5, R6, R7, R8, n, p, q, ring A and ring B are as described in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09725440B2	Modulators of CFTR Compounds of the present invention, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating CFTR mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
US09725439B2	Quinazoline derivative and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to a quinazoline derivative shown in formula (I) and a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound shown in formula (I), and an application of the compound in preparing drugs for curing and preventing tumors. The compound of the present invention can irreversibly prevent EGFR phosphorylation, and effectively depress signal transduction of cancer cells, and accordingly has higher anti-tumor activity in vitro and in vivo.
US09725429B2	Furanyl-imine and thiofuranyl-imine compounds for stabilizing ryanodine receptors from aberrant levels of calcium release Disclosed herein are methods and compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) capable of normalizing neuronal calcium dyshomeostasis. Also disclosed are methods comprising these compounds for treating neuronal or neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, fronto-temporal dementia, Pick's disease, chronic traumatic encepholopathy, traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebellar ataxia, multiple sclerosis, Down syndrome, and aging-related CNS disorders.
US09725420B2	Processes This invention relates to methods of making a compound of formula (I) and intermediates for same the compounds of formula (I) being useful for treating cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis.
US09725410B2	N-hydroxylsulfonamide derivatives as new physiologically useful nitroxyl donors The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives release NHO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives.
US09725407B2	HDAC inhibitors Compounds of formula (I) inhibit HDAC activity: wherein A, B and D independently represent ═C— or ═N—; W is a divalent radical —CH═CH— or CH2CH2—; R1 is an ester group; R2 is the side chain of a natural or non-natural alpha-amino acid; z is 0 or 1; and Y, L1, and X1 are as defined in the claims.
US09725398B2	Benzene-based diphosphine ligands for alkoxycarbonylation The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) where m and n are each independently 0 or 1; R1, R2, R3, R4 are each independently selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl; at least one of the R1, R2, R3, R4 radicals is a —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl radical; and R1, R2, R3, R4, if they are —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl or —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, may each independently be substituted by one or more substituents selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl-(C6-C20)-aryl, —O—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —S—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —S—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —COO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CONH—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CONH—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —N—[(C1-C12)-alkyl]2, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COOH, —OH, —SO3H, —NH2, halogen; and to the use thereof as ligands in alkoxycarbonylation.
US09725396B2	Active material, and sodium ion battery and lithium ion battery using the same Provided is an active material used for a sodium ion battery or a lithium ion battery, the active material including: (COONa)3-trioxotriangulene represented by the following Formula (1) or (COOLi)3-trioxotriangulene represented by the following Formula (2). In Formulae (1) and (2), a double line including a solid line and a broken line represents a single bond or a double bond.
US09725377B2	Hydroalkylation catalyst and process for use thereof This invention relates to process for producing biphenyl esters, the process comprising: (a) contacting a feed comprising toluene, xylene or mixtures thereof with hydrogen in the presence of a hydroalkylation catalyst to produce a hydroalkylation reaction product comprising (methylcyclohexyl)toluene, wherein the hydroalkylation catalyst comprises: 1) binder present at 40 wt % or less (based upon weight of final catalyst composition), 2) a hydrogenation component present at 0.2 wt % or less (based upon weight of final catalyst composition), and 3) an acidic component comprising a molecular sieve having a twelve membered (or larger) ring pore opening, channel or pocket and a largest pore dimension of 6.0 angstroms or more present at 60 wt % or more, (based upon weight of final catalyst composition); (b) dehydrogenating the hydroalkylation reaction product using a dehydrogenation catalyst to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising a mixture of methyl-substituted biphenyl compounds; (c) contacting at the dehydrogenation reaction product with an oxidizing gas to convert the methyl-substituted biphenyl compounds to biphenyl carboxylic acids; and (d) reacting the biphenyl carboxylic acids with one or more C1 to C14 alcohols to produce biphenyl esters.
US09725375B2	Method for preparing a light olefin with an oxygen-containing compound A method for improving the light olefin yield in the process of preparation of a light olefin using an oxygen-containing compound, more specifically, in which, a multi-stage dense phase fluidized bed comprising k secondary pre-carbon deposition zones (k≧1) and n secondary reaction zones (n≧1) is used as a reactor, and a multi-stage dense phase fluidized bed regenerator comprising in secondary regeneration zones (m≧2) is used as a main equipment, and by re-refining hydrocarbons with four or more carbons obtained in the separation section, or adding naphtha, gasoline, condensate oil, light diesel oil, hydrogenation tail oil or kerosene in the reaction zone, the method primarily solves the problems in the prior art of the uniformity of carbon deposition amount and the carbon content of the catalyst being difficult to control, and the light olefin yield being low.
US09725363B2	Lignocellulosic biomass fermentation process co-product fuel for cement kiln A fuel made from co-products derived from a lignocellulosic biomass fermentation process is used to fuel a cement production process. Filter cake and syrup co-products are mixed and dried, then burned in a cement kiln to create the temperatures needed for cement production.
US09725355B2	Liquid composition and its production process, and glass article To provide a liquid composition capable of forming a coating film which has sufficient ultraviolet-absorbing ability and infrared-absorbing ability.A liquid composition for forming a coating film comprising an infrared absorber selected from indium tin oxide, antinomy tin oxide and a composite tungsten oxide, an ultraviolet absorber selected from a benzophenone compound, a triazine compound and a benzotriazole compound, a dispersing agent having an acid value and/or an amine value, a binder component and a liquid medium, wherein the dispersing agent is contained in a content such that the product of the sum (mgKOH/g) of the acid value and the amine value of the dispersing agent, and the mass ratio of the dispersing agent to the infrared absorber, is from 2 to 30 (mgKOH/g).
US09725335B2	Removal of copper from aqueous streams using an iron promoted activated alumina Techniques for reduction of copper from aqueous streams using an iron promoted activated alumina are disclosed. An adsorbent media composition that reduces copper levels in an aqueous feed stream includes an iron containing activated alumina. A process for reducing copper levels in an aqueous fluid using an iron promoted activated alumina sorption media includes contacting the aqueous fluid containing a copper contaminant with the iron promoted activated alumina to achieve reductions in copper from the aqueous fluid.
US09725330B2	Production of high purity precipitated calcium carbonate The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of precipitated calcium carbonate comprising the steps of a) providing and calcining calcium carbonate comprising material; b) slaking the reaction product obtained from step a) with an aqueous ammonium chloride solution; c) separating insoluble components from the calcium chloride solution obtained from step b); d) carbonating the calcium chloride solution obtained from step c); e) separating the precipitated calcium carbonate obtained from step d); the precipitated calcium carbonate obtained by this process, as well as uses thereof.
US09725329B2	Process for obtaining precipitated calcium carbonate The present invention provides a process for preparing a precipitated calcium carbonate product. The process comprises the steps of preparing an aqueous suspension of precipitated calcium carbonate seeds by carbonating a suspension of Ca(OH)2 in the presence of 0.005 to 0.030 moles of Sr, in the form of Sr(OH)2, based upon moles of Ca(OH)2 prior to or during carbonation; forming an aqueous suspension of a precipitated calcium carbonate product by carbonating a slurry of Ca(OH)2 in the presence of 0.5 to 5% by dry weight of the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds, wherein the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds have a D50 that is less than the D50 of the precipitated calcium carbonate product and the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds have an aragonitic polymorph content greater than or equal to the precipitated calcium carbonate product.
US09725328B1	Molecular sieve SSZ-104, its synthesis and use Disclosed herein is a new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-104, its synthesis in the presence of a structure directing agent comprising N-cyclohexylmethyl-N-ethylpyrrolidinium cations, and its use as an adsorbent and a catalyst.
US09725319B2	Mixed metal oxide catalyst and production of nitric oxide by oxidation of ammonia The present invention provides a catalyst for production of nitric oxide from ammonia and oxygen. The catalyst has the composition A3-xBxO9-y, wherein A and B are selected from the group Mn, Co, Cr, Fe and Al, x is between 0 and 3 and y is between 0 and 6. The catalyst has a high selectivity towards nitric oxide and a low ignition temperature in the reactor. Further the present invention relates to a method for the production of gas comprising nitric oxide by the catalyst of the present invention. The produced gas has a low content of nitrous oxide.
US09725316B2	Hydrogen generator with replaceable fuel unit and a method of producing hydrogen gas Disclosed are a hydrogen generator and a method of producing hydrogen gas therefrom. A fuel unit containing a fuel that releases hydrogen gas when heated is removably disposed in a cavity within a housing having a door. A heater assembly for heating the fuel unit is disposed in the hydrogen generator. A mechanism retracts the heater assembly from the fuel unit when the door is opened and extends the heater assembly to contact the fuel unit when the door is closed. When the heater assembly is retracted, more space is available into which the fuel unit can be inserted to prevent damage to the heater assembly and the fuel unit, and when the heater assembly is extended, good contact is provided between the heater assembly and the fuel unit for efficient heating. A cam bar can move the heater assembly normal to the lateral motion of the cam bar.
US09725315B2	Nanochannel arrays and near-field illumination devices for polymer analysis and related methods Provided are devices and methods for polymer analysis, in which labeled polymers are translocated along nanochannels that have illuminated detection regions within. As a labeled polymer translocates along the nanochannel and the labels pass over the illuminated detection regions, the labels become detectable (e.g., where different labels fluoresce in response to different wavelengths present at different illumination regions), and the user generates a spatial map of the location of the various labels along the length of the polymer. The location of the labels is then correlated to one or more structural characteristics of the polymer.
US09725310B2	Micro electromechanical system sensor and method of forming the same A micro electromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a MEMS section attached to a substrate, and a cap bonded to a first surface of the substrate. The MEMS device further includes a carrier bonded to a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface, wherein the carrier is free of active devices, and the cap and the carrier define a vacuum region surrounding the MEMS section. The MEMS device further includes a bond pad on a surface of the carrier opposite the MEMS section, wherein the bond pad is electrically connected to the MEMS section.
US09725306B2	MEMS device with sealed cavity and method for fabricating same Disclosed is a MEMS device having lower and upper chambers with a similar pressure and/or a similar gaseous chemistry. The MEMS device includes a top MEMS plate and a bottom MEMS plate. The MEMS device also includes a lower chamber between the bottom MEMS plate and the top MEMS plate, and an upper chamber between the top MEMS plate and a sealing layer. The top MEMS plate includes at least one segment that is narrower than the bottom MEMS plate, thereby causing the lower and upper chambers to have a similar pressure and/or a similar gaseous chemistry. In another implementation, the top MEMS plate has at least one through-hole, thereby causing the lower and upper chambers to have a similar pressure and/or a similar gaseous chemistry.
US09725298B2	CMOS integrated moving-gate transducer with silicon as a functional layer A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprises forming a dielectric layer above a substrate, the dielectric layer including a fixed dielectric portion and a proof mass portion, forming a source region and a drain region in the substrate, forming a gate electrode in the proof mass portion, and releasing the proof mass portion, such that the proof mass portion is movable with respect to the fixed dielectric portion and the gate electrode is movable with the proof mass portion relative to the source region and the drain region.
US09725292B2	Refuelling stand A refuelling stand that is lightweight and easily portable which includes A refuelling stand for conveying fuel from a fuel source into a fuel receptacle comprising: a funnel which is optionally collapsible; a conduit having a first end for removable attachment to the funnel, and a second end for engagement with the fuel receptacle; and three or more support legs, wherein each of the support legs is independently movable from a first use mode to a second storage mode. The conduit can be made of flexible material which may be rolled up for storage alongside the support or may be formed of inflexible tubing. The refuelling stand may optionally include at least one stabilizing element.
US09725291B2	Refueling auxiliary device A capless refueling mechanism includes a fill opening side shut-off valve disposed near the fill opening, and a fuel tank side shut-off valve disposed nearer to a fuel tank than the fill opening side shut-off valve. The refueling auxiliary device has a guide pipe section and a funnel section, and pressing of the fill opening side shut-off valve and the fuel tank side shut-off valve via an end of the guide pipe section causes a valve element to be moved away from a seat portion and insertion of a nozzle into the funnel section allows refueling. The outer circumferential surface of the guide pipe section is provided with an enlarged diameter section that regulates a valve opening degree of the valve element of the fuel tank side shut-off valve.
US09725282B2	Elevator load bearing assembly including different sized load bearing members An elevator system (20) load bearing assembly (30) includes a plurality of load bearing members (32-38). At least one of the load bearing members (32-38) has a load carrying capacity that is different than at least one other of the load bearing members (32-38). A disclosed example includes equal numbers of load bearing members (32, 38) having a first load carrying capacity and equal numbers of load bearing members (34, 36) having a second, different load carrying capacities. Another example includes at least three different load carrying capacities. With the disclosed examples, the aggregate load carrying capacity of an elevator load bearing assembly (30) can more closely meet the load carrying requirements for a given elevator system without over-roping the system.
US09725280B2	Connecting device for measurement tapes in elevator devices In order to be able to increase safety in elevator systems, a connecting device for connecting a transmission device for transmitting information is provided, wherein the transmission device is attached to a measurement tape for determining the position of a cab in an elevator shaft and wherein the connecting device is designed as a guide bracket for guiding and/or supporting the measurement tape, so that the guide bracket at least partially surrounds the measurement tape, and wherein the guide bracket has at least one opening for reading out the marking unit, and wherein the connecting device has two connection contacts for connecting to one of the communication lines and/or supply lines and an interruption device for interrupting one of the communication lines and/or supply lines, wherein the interruption device is situated in such a way that the interruption occurs between the two connection contacts.
US09725277B2	Winding machine A take-up winding machine continuously coils a plurality of threads. The take-up winding machine has a plurality of rotatably mounted winding turrets which, in each case, support two protruding winding spindles and which are held beside one another in a machine frame so as to be spaced apart by a pitch. The take-up winding machine further has a plurality of traversing units and a plurality of contact rollers which together with the winding turrets form a plurality of coiling positions. The winding turrets are assigned one common turret drive. The winding turrets are configured so as to be drivable in the same direction. The contact rollers and the traversing units are held on the machine frame along one machine longitudinal side so as to be symmetrical to the pitch of the winding turrets.
US09725274B2	Sheet processing apparatus sheets with an adhesive A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet holding unit, a sheet conveying unit configured to convey a plurality of sheets one by one onto the sheet holding unit during sheet processing, wherein the plurality of sheets including a first sheet and a second sheet that is conveyed immediately after the first sheet and is a last of the plurality of sheets that is conveyed, an adhesive applying unit configured to apply an adhesive material, and a control unit configured to control the adhesive material applying unit to apply the adhesive material on the first sheet held on the sheet holding unit before the second sheet is conveyed onto the first sheet and cause the adhesive material applying unit to not apply the adhesive material on the second sheet after the second sheet is conveyed onto the first sheet.
US09725272B2	Paper post-processing device A paper post-processing device includes: a base tray 112 configured to stack paper transferred from an image-forming device; a paper transferring unit including a paper gripper configured to grip a rear end of a paper bundle stacked on the base tray 112, a paper transferring unit configured to transfer the paper gripper; and a stacker tray 103 configured to stack paper transferred from the paper transferring unit, wherein the paper gripper includes an ejector 202 to be fixed, and a gripper 106 rotatably configured about a predetermined angle to the ejector 202, and the paper gripper is configured to grip the several sheets of paper by the ejector 202 and the gripper 106, further including a grip release unit configured to release a grip by the ejector 202 and the gripper 106.
US09725271B2	Tension control method, and printing device A method includes, a first step of starting rotation of a rotating axle, which is configured to detachably support a web, in a direction in which the web is wounded onto the rotating axle, a second step of detecting a tension applied to the web after the first step, a third step of performing open loop control on torque applied to the rotating axle until the tension greater than a designated value is detected with the second step, and a fourth step of performing feedback control on the torque applied to the rotating axle based on the detection value of the tension applied to the web after the tension greater than the designated value is detected with the second step.
US09725260B2	Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets is provided on a cover openably/closably supported on an apparatus body. The sheet stacking portion is guided between a first position and a second position along the cover by a guide portion. A sheet staked on the sheet stacking portion at the first position is fed via a sheet feeding portion. The sheet stacking portion is moved in conjunction with a cover closing action from the first position to the second position not interfering with the sheet feeding portion via a moving portion. A first end side of the moving portion is turnably supported on the apparatus body and a second end side is connected to the sheet stacking portion.
US09725256B1	Automatic staged object feeding and discharging system An automatic staged object feeding and discharging system includes a table, feeding device, staged feeding and discharging device and robotic arm; the staged feeding and discharging device has a feeder and distributing device in such a way to adjust a feeding and discharging angle of the distributer in a two-stage manner upon object feeding and discharging, allowing the robotic arm to grip material pieces conveniently, thereby decreasing the cost and increasing the processing speed.
US09725249B2	Movable processing apparatus for mineral material processing An apparatus for mineral material processing including a movable frame and a side conveyor which is attached to the frame and a pivot joint for the side conveyor which pivot joint is attached between the side conveyor and the frame, and the side conveyor is pivotable horizontally around the pivot joint to one or more operating positions at least on one side of the processing apparatus and to a transportation position.
US09725246B2	Flow restricted positioner control apparatus and methods Particular embodiments of the inventive technology disclosed herein relate to the use of a dynamic valve to reduce motion caused by impulse force applied to a positioned component. Typically, the inventive technology finds application in an internally pressurized positioning system. At times, use of the inventive technology may lead to cost savings by, e.g., allowing for the use of smaller diameter positioner actuators and/or a reduced internal pressure.
US09725237B2	Inflatable hatch sealing device Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for constructing, installing, and using an inflatable hatch sealing device in environmentally sealing a manhole. In particular, the inflatable hatch sealing device has a sealing assembly with a directed inflatable air bladder, and the sealing assembly is rotatable relative to a contact disc.
US09725234B2	Proppant discharge system and a container for use in such a proppant discharge system A proppant discharge system has a container with an outlet positioned in a bottom thereof and a gate affixed adjacent the outlet so as to be movable between a first position covering the outlet to a second position opening the outlet, and a support structure having an actuator thereon. The container is removably positioned on the top surface of the support structure. The actuator is engageable with gate so as to move the gate from the first position to the second position. A conveyor underlies the container so as to receive proppant as discharged from the container through the outlet. The container can be a ten foot ISO container.
US09725227B2	Laundry hamper system configured to maintain a level of contained items at or near an opening The present disclosure relates to a laundry hamper system configured to maintain a level of contained items at or near an opening of the container. The laundry hamper system comprise one or more of a receptacle, a receptacle lid, a coupling mechanism, one or more sensors, a controller, a user interface, a platform, a lift mechanism, one or more wheels, a power source, and/or other components. One or more sensors may be configured to facilitate the lift mechanism to maintain the level of the one or more items contained by the receptacle at or near the opening by moving the platform away from the opening responsive to the one or more items contained by the receptacle breaching the threshold level, moving the platform toward the opening responsive to the one or more items contained by the receptacle failing to breach the threshold level, and/or other operations, in accordance with some implementations.
US09725224B2	Vacuum sealing lid for food storage container A system for enabling the efficient evacuation of air within a food container. A bellows-enabled lid fits into a respective container in an air-tight relationship. A bellows mechanism having plural resilient members and dual one-way valves provides efficient manual operation and resulting air evacuation from the container interior. A lid-mounted release valve with associated resilient member enables efficient release of vacuum conditions within the container. Plural ornamental configurations of the container with associated bellows-enabled lid are illustrated.
US09725220B2	Flexible connector A flexible strap connector is disclosed. The connector comprises a strap having a buckle head at one end and a tongue at the opposite end. Ratchet teeth extend on one side of the strap and the ratchet teeth cooperate with the buckle head to permit movement of the strap in a first direction and to prevent movement of the strap in a second direction. A second slot is formed in the strap itself and it is a non-locking slot. When the strap is in the second slot, the strap is free to move further into the slot and free to be withdrawn from the slot. Embodiments where the buckle head and ratchet teeth are replaced with hook and loop fasteners are also disclosed.
US09725206B2	Package as well as a slide and a housing suitable for such a package A package (1, 101, 201, 301, 401) comprises a housing (2, 102, 202) and a slide (3, 103, 203) which is slidably accommodated in the housing in a sliding direction (PI). The slide comprises a bottom wall (17), side walls (18-21) connected to the bottom wall as well as at least one flange-shaped upper edge (22) spaced from the bottom wall, which is connected to the side walls. The housing is provided with at least one recess (14, 15), in which at least one projection connected to the slide can be positioned for at least locking the slide in position in the housing. The projection can be moved out of the recess against spring force, after which the slide can be moved in the sliding direction in the housing. The flange-shaped upper edge comprises two parts that extend parallel to the sliding direction, wherein each part is provided with at least one hook-shaped element (27, 327), while the housing comprises two side walls (5, 6), wherein each side wall is provided with at least one recess, wherein a recess and a hook-shaped element located at a first side wall are staggered, seen in the sliding direction, relative to a recess and a hook-shaped element located at a second side wall. The hook-shaped elements of the flange-shaped upper edge can be moved out of the recesses against the spring force of the flange-shaped upper edge.
US09725203B2	Cap-free neck end for a filler neck A cap-free closable neck end for a filler neck of a tank of a motor vehicle, the cap-free closeable neck including an upper entry space forming an insertion region for a fuel nozzle and being surrounded by a side wall, a lower sealing flap arranged in the upper entry space and closing mechanism arranged above the lower sealing flap. The closing mechanism includes an upper filling opening and an upper cover, which in a closed state at least partially covers the upper filling opening and being embodied in such a manner that the upper cover is displaced by inserting an outlet pipe of a fuel nozzle into the upper entry space for releasing the upper filling opening so as to allow for the insertion of the outlet pipe through the upper filing opening and the lower sealing flap. When used for forming a protection against a filling with unsuitable fuel, the upper cover, in its closed state, is blocked by a locking element and wherein the locking element is embodied in such a manner that it is unlocked as a function of a type-specific shape of the outlet pipe of the fuel nozzle, only when the tank is filled with suitable fuel.
US09725198B2	Customizable shrink wrap Shrink wrap films that are customized to have a shape matching a shape of a particular part or parts are disclosed. The shrink wrap films can be formed using unique manufacturing techniques that involve heating the part or parts prior to applying the shrink wrap film. The resultant part or parts will have substantially wrinkle-free and defect-free shrink wrap film applied thereon. In some embodiments, additional functional and cosmetic features are formed in the shrink wrap film. In some embodiments, a laser cutting procedure is used to form the features in the shrink wrap film. Methods can be used to provide visually and tactilely smooth and aesthetically appealing shrink wrapped consumer products.

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