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US09776882B2	Preparation method and device for efficiently preparing magnesium hydroxide The present invention relates to a device for efficiently preparing magnesium hydroxide, comprising a material mixing tank, a coordinated pressure control unit I, a reactor, a coordinated pressure control unit II, a condenser, a three-way valve, a material storage tank, a coordinated pressure control unit III and a steam generator. A outlet of the material mixing tank is connected with one end of the coordinated pressure control unit I by a pump; the other end of the coordinated pressure control unit I is connected with an inlet of the reactor; the outlet of the reactor is connected with one end of the coordinated pressure control unit II; the other end of the coordinated pressure control unit II is connected with one end of the condenser; the other end of the condenser is connected with a first port of the three-way valve; a second port of the three-way valve is connected with a material inlet of the material mixing tank; a third port of the three-way valve is connected with the material storage tank; a steam inlet of the reactor is connected with one end of the coordinated pressure control unit III; and the other end of the coordinated pressure control unit III is connected with the steam generator.
US09776876B2	Chunk polycrystalline silicon and process for cleaning polycrystalline silicon chunks The invention provides chunk polycrystalline silicon having a concentration of carbon at the surface of 0.5-35 ppbw. A process for cleaning polycrystalline silicon chunks having carbon contaminations at the surface, includes a thermal treatment of the polycrystalline silicon chunks in a reactor at a temperature of 350 to 600° C., the polycrystalline silicon chunks being present in an inert gas atmosphere during the thermal treatment, and the polycrystalline silicon chunks after the thermal treatment having a concentration of carbon at the surface of 0.5-35 ppbw.
US09776875B2	Method of manufacturing graphene using metal catalyst The present invention relates to a method for producing graphene on a face-centered cubic metal catalyst having a plane oriented in one direction, and more particularly to a method of producing graphene on a metal catalyst having the (100) or (111) crystal structure and a method of producing graphene using a catalyst metal foil having a single orientation, obtained by electroplating a metal catalyst by a pulse wave current and annealing the metal catalyst. The invention also relates to a method of producing graphene using a metal catalyst, and more particularly to a method of producing graphene, comprising the steps of: alloying a metal catalyst with an alloying element; forming step structures on the metal catalyst substrate in an atmosphere of a gas having a molecular weight of carbon; and supplying hydrocarbon and hydrogen gases to the substrate. On unidirectionally oriented metal catalyst prepared according to the present invention, graphene can be grown uniformly and epitaxially. Moreover, a method for producing graphene according to the present invention can form monolayer graphene by epitaxially growing graphene while increasing the growth rate of graphene.
US09776870B2	Producing calcium phosphate compositions The disclosure features methods that include obtaining a first calcium hydroxide solution that includes a first concentration of calcium ions and a second calcium hydroxide solution that includes a second concentration of calcium ions, adding a phosphoric acid solution to the first calcium hydroxide solution to generate a combined solution featuring an aqueous suspension of calcium dihydrogen phosphate particles, and adding the second calcium hydroxide solution to the combined solution to form a product solution that includes an aqueous suspension of particles of a calcium phosphate composition.
US09776864B2	Elemental selenium nanoparticles and production method The invention relates to elemental selenium nanoparticles, especially a product containing selenium nanoparticules, that can be produced from at least one organic compound and at least one selenium source, with a step of drying by atomisation. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a product and to a method for enriching, with elemental selenium nanoparticles, a product which already comprises elemental selenium nanoparticles.
US09776862B2	Hydrogen production apparatus and hydrogen production method Provided is a hydrogen production apparatus enabling reduction of energy needed for separation and collection of CO2 in the hydrogen production. The hydrogen production apparatus includes a reformer, a heating device heating the reformer, a transformer, a hydrogen separation device separating and taking out hydrogen from transformed gas, a CO2 separation device separating and taking out CO2 from off-gas from which hydrogen was separated by the hydrogen separation device, a heat collecting device collecting heat of the reformed gas, heat of the transformed gas, and waste heat from the heating device, and a heat medium supply device supplying the heat medium having absorbed heat collected by the heat collecting device to the CO2 separation device. The absorption liquid having absorbed CO2 in off-gas is heated by the heat medium heated with collected heat, thereby releasing CO2.
US09776860B2	Method of carbon dioxide-free hydrogen production from hydrocarbon decomposition over metal salts A process to decompose methane into carbon (graphitic powder) and hydrogen (H2 gas) without secondary production of carbon dioxide, employing a cycle in which a secondary chemical is recycled and reused, is disclosed.
US09776854B2	Device and method of manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a device is provided. A amorphous metal layer is formed. A metal layer containing metal and having a crystal plane oriented to a predetermined plane is formed on the amorphous metal layer. A first layer containing semiconductor including silicon, and metal identical to the metal contained in the metal layer is formed on the metal layer. The first layer is changed to a second layer containing a compound of the semiconductor and the metal, the compound having a crystal plane oriented to the predetermined plane. A third layer containing polycrystalline silicon-germanium and having a crystal plane oriented to the predetermined plane is formed on the second layer.
US09776848B2	Automatic beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser for providing mixed beverages. The beverage dispenser has a housing containing a plurality of first liquids, a plurality of second liquids, and a water supply, wherein the first liquids comprise liquors, and wherein the second liquids comprise mixer syrup. The beverage dispenser also has an interface, a dispensing spout and a server. The interface is provided on the housing to input variable data and receive variable instructions. The server electrically operates valves to control the flow of first liquids, second liquids and water to the beverage dispenser spout based on instructions entered at the interface and a pouring schema stored in memory.
US09776847B2	Comprehensive worksite and transportation safety system Systems and methods for monitoring safety of work vehicles and worksites. Work vehicles and worksites may be provided with target object sensor units for detecting a condition regarding safety determinative aspects of the work vehicle or worksite. The target object sensor units communicate data regarding the safety determinative aspects to a data acquisition and communication unit that produces safety status data. The safety status data is analyzed to determine whether to issue a notification to a notification unit to alert workers of an unsafe condition. The data acquisition and communication unit transmits the safety status data to a server/processing unit for further analysis. The server/processing unit may track the safety status data regarding each worksite or work vehicle and generate statistical data regarding the safety status data. The server/processing unit may communicate with user interface to display notifications and statistical data.
US09776841B2	Lifting column A lifting column includes a component having an internal thread, as well as a hollow shaft having an external thread, which is in engagement with the internal thread of the component. A threaded spindle is disposed inside the hollow shaft and has an external thread, which is in engagement with an internal thread of the hollow shaft. Furthermore, the lifting column includes a drive device configured to rotate the hollow shaft relative to the threaded spindle and the component. When the hollow shaft rotates, the component and the hollow shaft move in the same axial direction so that the height of the lifting column is changeable.
US09776833B2	Conveyor system for the transport of passengers/goods A conveyor system for displacing passenger/goods formed by a moving endless belt comprising a plurality of pallet assemblies and drive means to transmit a drive movement to the pallet belt. The pallets have a functional surface opposite to the support surface and having first meshing means. The drive means comprise second meshing means designed to interact with the first meshing means, so that the drive pallets, are driven by the drive means by means of a meshing between the first meshing means and the second meshing means and to drive said pallet belt in the movement direction D. The drive means have a linear motor aligned with the movement direction D.
US09776827B2	Elevator system including monitoring arrangement to activate multiple emergency braking procedures associated with different decelerations and method of operating the same The invention relates to an elevator system and also to a method for monitoring the movement an elevator car. In the method a first emergency braking procedure is activated for braking the elevator car at a first deceleration if the speed of the elevator car exceeds the first limit value for permitted speed, and also a second emergency braking procedure is further activated for braking the elevator car at a second deceleration that is greater than the first, if the speed of the elevator car exceeds the second limit value for permitted speed that is greater than the first limit value for permitted speed.
US09776820B2	Paper stock processing device A paper money processing device is provided with: a storage unit for forming a storage space in which paper money is layered and stored; a conveyance mechanism for conveying paper money to the storage unit; and a movable piece capable of emerging and sinking the storage space, the movable piece being provided in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the paper money conveyed by the conveyance mechanism. Conveyance is stopped in a position where the trailing end part of the paper money to be conveyed to the storage unit by the conveyance mechanism is facing the moveable piece, the trailing end part of the paper money in a position facing the moveable piece is thereafter moved to the storage space side and the paper money is layered and stored in the storage space by the emerging/sinking operation of the movable piece.
US09776819B2	Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first detector to detect an angle deviation of a recording medium to a sheet conveying direction, a second detector to detect a lateral shift of the recording medium to a width direction, a third detector to detect at least one of the angle deviation and the lateral shift after correction of the angle deviation detected by the first detector and the lateral shift detected by the second detector, and a rotary body to perform a primary movement by (1) rotating in the sheet conveying direction and returning to a reference position and by (2) moving in the width direction and returning to the reference position, and a secondary movement by performing at least one of (1) and (2) after the primary movement.
US09776817B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading device includes a plurality of driven roller holders arranged in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction. Some of the driven roller holders have a distal end portion extended downstream beyond outer peripheral surface of a driven roller, and some of the driven roller holders do not have the distal end portion extending downstream beyond the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller in the conveying direction.
US09776815B2	Feeding device and recording apparatus including the feeding device A feeding device includes a roller configured to feed an uppermost sheet of a plurality of sheets stacked in a stacking unit, and an inclined separator located downstream of the roller in a feed direction and configured to separate one sheet from another sheet. The inclined separator includes a first separator and a second separator that are arranged along the feed direction. Resistance imparted to each sheet by the first separator is greater than resistance imparted to each sheet by the second separator.
US09776810B2	Method and system for controlling items on a production/distribution line The disclosed method, and corresponding system, for controlling items on a production/distribution line relies on secure identification of items transported arranged according a given disposition along a transport path at different sites of the line and checking operation according to a protocol which allows reducing processing load while ensuring high reliability.
US09776804B2	Vibration device for an apparatus for conveying a metal charge to a melting plant Vibration device for a conveying apparatus (21) to convey a metal charge in a longitudinal direction (X) comprising at least two vibration mechanisms (25, 26) each disposed on opposite sides of the conveying apparatus (21) so as to feed the metal charge. The vibration mechanisms (25, 26) comprise at least a first plurality of eccentric masses (31, 32, 33) having their mass barycenters (B) oriented in parallel directions to each other, and a second plurality of eccentric masses (34, 35) having their mass barycenters (B) disposed angularly offset with respect to the disposition of the barycenters of the first plurality of eccentric masses (31, 32, 33).
US09776802B2	Drive device for belt conveyor device A drive device for a belt conveyor device includes a drive pulley, a first pulley, a second pulley, a support frame, and a drive motor. The drive pulley has a drive shaft direction length less than a plurality of previously set belt widths of the endless belt and has the driving shaft direction length being set to a same length regardless of the plurality of previously set belt widths of the endless belt. Axial lengths of the first pulley and the second pulley are set to the same length as the axial lengths of the head pulley and the tail pulley. The support frame is rotatably attached to the first pulley and the second pulley. The drive motor hung from a lower surface of the support frame in order for the drive pulley to be positioned at an approximately center portion in a width direction of the endless belt.
US09776801B2	System with telescopic conveyor and method therefor A system has a telescopic conveyor 20 and at least one guiding element 40. The at least one guiding element 40 may be fixed at a location by means of securing components 43. The telescopic conveyor 20 can be moved in or counter to the conveying direction of the telescopic conveyor 20 from a parking position into an operating position, with the telescopic conveyor 20 being guided by the at least one guiding element 40, in order to allow operation of the telescopic conveyor 20. The telescopic conveyor 20 can be moved in or counter to the conveying direction of the telescopic conveyor 20, with the telescopic conveyor 20 being guided by the at least one guiding element 40, from an operating position into a parking position in order to clear a space which is occupied by the telescopic conveyor 20 in the operating position.
US09776800B2	Modular conveyor and procedure for assembling a modular conveyor A modular conveyor is assembled from a kit of standard components, said conveyor having a length, width and height, and wherein the conveyor comprises: (a) four end side plates each having an aperture suitable to accommodate a sprocket wheel axle; (b) two sprocket wheel axles wherein at least one axle is suitable to be connected to a drive means, wherein each axle may accommodate one or more sprocket wheels; (c) web elements attachable to one side of the side plates in order to keep pairs of side plates at a determined lateral distance, wherein said web elements further comprise means for supporting an endless conveyor belt; and (d) an endless conveyor belt arranged around the sprocket wheels.
US09776795B2	Curved belt conveyor apparatus A pressing pulley is formed of a tapered roller having an angle same as a taper angle of a head pulley and having a length in a rotation axis direction of a tapered outer tube which is set to be shorter than a length in a rotation axis direction of a taper-shaped outer tube of the head pulley, and the pressing pulley is arranged in a state where a large-diameter-side end portion of the tapered outer tube is positioned in a vicinity of an outer peripheral edge portion of a fan-shaped belt and the pressing pulley is inclined so that a peripheral surface of the tapered outer tube presses a portion close to the outer periphery in a length from a pivot to the outer peripheral edge portion of the fan-shaped belt wound around the head pulley against a peripheral surface of the taper-shaped outer tube of the head pulley.
US09776791B2	Supporting structure for a container cargo A cargo supporting structure made of a liner, mounted inside a container cargo, comprising a plurality of pre-tensioned belts coupled to an elastically deformable and not extensible element shaped like a circular ring, made of composite material and reinforced with steel stiffening elements; and comprising one ratchet tensioning means, mounted on one of the pre-tensioned belts to tension all pre-tensioned belts.
US09776789B2	Food capsule with multiple compartments The present invention concerns a food capsule (100, 300) comprising a cup-shaped capsule body (101, 301) enclosing a cavity (102, 302) with an opening (105, 305) at a first end (103, 303), a second end (104, 304) comprising at least one outlet (106a, 106b, 310, 311) communicating with said cavity (102, 302); an injection wall (112, 314) closing said opening (105, 305); and at least one partition (107, 306) within said cavity (102, 302) extending from said injection wall (112, 314) to said second end (104, 304) of said capsule body (101, 301) and dividing said cavity (102, 302) into a plurality of chambers (108, 109, 308, 309); characterized in that each chamber houses a quantity of an alimentary substance (110, 111, 315, 316) and communicates with at least one outlet comprising an independently-operable closure means (106a, 106b, 310, 311) in said second end (104, 304).
US09776784B2	Packaging system and method A packaging system and method for securing a product within a shipping container includes providing a shipping container appropriately sized for the product, attaching at least a first shock absorption member to the shipping container for serving as a locator for the product and for positioning the product on the shipping container. Attaching at least a second shock absorption member to the shipping container for, together with the at least a first shock absorption member, securing the product on the shipping container. The shipping container is closed about the product, which is itself suspended by the at least a first shock absorption member and the at least a second shock absorption member.
US09776783B2	Foldable sleeve for surgical instrument A foldable sleeve for retaining a surgical instrument is presented. The foldable sleeve includes a first panel having a first set of lock tabs, a second panel hingedly connected to the first panel, the second panel having a first pair of openings and a second pair of openings, and a third panel hingedly connected to the second panel, the third panel having a second set of lock tabs. The first panel and the third panel are each selectively movable over a portion of the second panel to retain the surgical instrument within the foldable sleeve.
US09776778B2	Device for emptying a canister The present invention relates to a device (10) for emptying a canister (12) with a nozzle (14) with a first opening (16), comprising an adapter (18) to be at least partially arranged inside the nozzle (14), in particular inside the first opening (16), a connector (34) connectable to the adapter (18) for connecting a suction machine to the adapter (18), and a reclosable fitment (36) comprising a first fitment part (38) and a second fitment part (40), wherein the first fitment part (36) is arranged on the adapter (18) and the second fitment (40) part is arranged on the connector (34). Thus, the safety of handling an emptied canister (12) with a residue fluid may be increased.
US09776774B2	Container lid and container, and method for producing a container lid The present disclosure relates to a container lid, comprising a lid surface having an area for an outlet opening that is defined by a circumferential edge, a lifting tab for opening the area, said lifting tab being fastened to a top side of the lid surface by a fastening means, possibly in the form of a rivet. The lid surface has a first locking element protruding from the lid surface or protruding into the lid surface, wherein the lifting tab has a second locking element that interacts with the first locking element such that a rotation of the lifting tab about the fastening means is prevented. The fastening means is configured to interact with element and/or the second locking element such that a rotation of the fastening means is prevented. The disclosure further comprises a container and a method for producing a container lid.
US09776773B1	Fastener container The fastener container in the present invention includes a receptacle base and a lid as main components combined together. Said receptacle base and lid are connected by a hinge. So that, the container utilizes the integrally formed receptacle base and lid, the user does not need to worry about that the lid missing during use, and the container can be made in any size and the structure of the container does not affect the use of the user. Moreover, the special structure of receptacle base and lid of this invention can effectively solve the problem that the screws or items fall from the opening on the side of the container to the outside when the locked container be extruded deformation by external force.
US09776771B2	Screw cap lidded container A screw cap lidded container for laboratory use includes a container body defining a chamber, a tubular section of the container body that is connected at the rear to the chamber and has a container opening in the front and an external thread on the outer periphery of the tubular section. There is a circumferential first sealing surface on the tubular section and at least one first projection, which projects from the container body at a peripheral position of the tubular section, and a screw cap having an internal thread on the inner periphery that can be screwed onto the external thread with thread play, a second sealing surface on the screw cap can be brought into sealing contact with the first sealing surface, and at least one second projection, which projects at a peripheral position of the screw cap.
US09776765B2	Medication dispensing system A medication dispensing system includes a fluid and a plurality of pills. A bottle is provided and the fluid is contained within the bottle. The bottle has an outer wall and an inner wall. The inner wall defines a plurality of compartments with respect to the outer wall. Each of the compartments is fluidly discrete from an interior of the bottle. Each of the pills is removably positioned within an associated one of the compartments and each of the pills may be selectively consumed in conjunction with the fluid.
US09776758B2	Stacking box and system A container system includes a first corrugated paper container and a second corrugated paper container. The first corrugated paper container has a slot formed in a first side thereof. The second corrugated paper container is disposed adjacent to the first corrugated paper container. The second corrugated paper container has a retaining tab formed from a side of the second corrugated paper container. The retaining tab extends into the slot of the first container so as to couple the first corrugated paper container to the second corrugated paper container.
US09776736B2	Coupling module A coupling module provides an interface between the cabin of a passenger bridge and an aircraft. The coupling module has a projecting roof and a coupling module floor spanned by the projecting roof, with the coupling module being horizontally separable.
US09776735B2	Very low profile anti collision light A light configured to be coupled to a surface, where the light includes a light source configured to emit light in three dimensions and a lens configured to direct a majority of the light emitted by the light source outwardly from the light source in directions along the surface. The light may be an anti collision light for an aircraft.
US09776730B1	Independently operable flight data capture and transmission device An independently operable flight data capture and transmission device includes an aerodynamically efficient main body having a mounting bracket for securing the device onto the wings, fuselage or strut of an aircraft during flight. A sensor suite is positioned within the main body to independently capture flight data information pertaining to the flight characteristics, statistics, metrics, performance and environment of the aircraft during flight. A control unit is positioned within the main body to selectively control an operation of the sensor suite, store the flight data information within a memory and communicate with a user device. A mobile application displays the flight data information and communicates operating instructions to the device, and a power generation unit generates power for use by the system components during flight.
US09776729B2	Method and system for automatically estimating at least one speed of an aircraft A device including a first data generating unit for determining at least one aerodynamic hinge moment of at least one control surface of the aircraft, a second data generating unit for determining a plurality of data and at least one external static pressure and a model of hinge moment coefficient, a computation unit for computing with the aid of these data at least one speed of the aircraft, namely a Mach number and/or a conventional speed, and a data transmission unit for providing this speed to a user system.
US09776727B2	Method of controlling a cooling system A method of controlling an aircraft gas turbine engine cooling system. The cooling system includes a heat exchanger having a first fluid path through which fan air flows, and a second fluid path through which relatively hot compressor air flows. The cooling system includes a valve configurable between an open position corresponding to a first operating mode, where fan air flows through the first path cooling the compressor air in the second path to a lower temperature, and a closed position corresponding to a second operating mode, where fan air may flow through the first path at a reduced rate, thus the compressor air in the second path could be cooled to a lesser extent. The valve is operated in first mode when the aircraft is in a descent mode, or when turbine entry temperature is above a predetermined amount. Otherwise, the valve is operated in second mode.
US09776718B2	Personal fluid-jet thrust pack which provides rotation for a rider about three axes The present invention provides lightweight fluid-jet thrust pack which provides three rotational axes and reduced restriction of fluid flow to the output nozzles. A first rotational axis is provided by a first rotatable coupling that is concentric with a coupler for a hose supplying pressurized fluid. The top of the first coupling has a splitter which directs incoming fluid into two splayed stub supply pipes. A preformed, reinforced rubber hose connects each stub supply pipe to one of a pair of coaxial rotatable couplings at opposite ends of a tiltable cross arm assembly that is pivotally secured to tower support bracket that is secured to the first rotatable coupling. An outward rotatable portion of each of the coaxial rotatable couplings is equipped with one boot-mounting platform and a downward-projecting jet nozzle that is in communication with the stub receiver pipe of the same rotatable coupling.
US09776716B2	Unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) inter-vehicle communication for hazard handling. For certain example embodiments, at least one machine may: (i) receive one or more flight attributes from a remote UFV, with the one or more flight attributes indicative of one or more flight capabilities of the remote UFV; or (ii) adjust a flight path of a UFV based at least partially on one or more flight attributes received from a remote UFV. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.
US09776703B2	Aircraft fuselage stiffener formed from a sheet folded over onto itself The disclosure herein relates to an aircraft fuselage stiffener including a heel, a flange, and a web connecting the heel and the flange, this stiffener comprising a folded sheet extending along the length of the heel, the web and the flange. In addition, to improve the mechanical behavior of the stiffener, the folded sheet includes on the one hand a main portion extending along the length of the heel, the web and the flange, and on the other hand at least one folded-over portion forming a lining of the main portion over at least part of the web and/or the heel and/or the flange.
US09776702B2	System for supplying liquefied natural gas fuel with leak detection The system heats glycol water using steam generated by a boiler and heating LNG using the glycol water, thereby increasing efficiently the LNG to temperature required for an engine. In addition, the system senses LNG flowing to a glycol tank using a pressure sensor, etc. when the LNG flows to the glycol tank due to pressure difference between a fuel supplying line and a glycol circulation line generated according as a heat exchanger is broken down, and outputs the flowed LNG to the outside. As a result, the glycol circulation line may be returned to original state and stability of the system may be enhanced.
US09776700B2	Outboard motor An outboard motor includes a lower unit and an upper unit that is attachable to the stern of a boat, with the upper unit and lower unit configured to tilt together about a transverse tilt axis. The upper unit includes an engine, a transmission assembly and a drive shaft and the lower unit includes a lower unit housing and a propeller shaft that is connected to the drive shaft. The lower unit housing is configured to pivot relative to the upper unit, about a steering axis that extends coaxially with the drive shaft. The steering axis intersects the propeller axis at an obtuse angle.
US09776697B2	Fluid outlet interface for personal watercraft, associated personal watercraft and propulsion system The invention relates to a fluid outlet interface for a personal watercraft, so that the latter can collect and divert a very small portion of the fluid pressurized by said vehicle and thus create a sufficient Venturi effect to drive the emptying of the bilge of said vehicle. The invention also relates to a personal watercraft, or more generally any floating device delivering a pressurized fluid, comprising such an interface.
US09776692B2	Single-platform integrated aquatic species and habitat sampling system Low or no disturbance sampling can be accomplished such as through a single-platform aquatic species and habitat sampling system with data integration and rapid processing capabilities that can address the need for sampling at variable depths over varied habitats, along with the simultaneous collection of linked physical and biological data. The platform may be based on a 24-36 foot boat, and may include a net mouth opener brace for an adjustable concentrator net and smaller drift net which may be attached to an adjustable sample chamber, perhaps containing variable mesh capture nets as well as cameras, water sampling equipment, and water quality sensors integrated with a fish finder, GPS, and other monitoring and data recording equipment. The depth of the net mouth opener brace and sample chamber may be adjustable using a depth control.
US09776687B2	One-sided cantilevered watercraft canopy A cantilevered canopy structure includes at least one vertical support having a first and second upper support joint. The structure further includes at least one first and second horizontal support. The first horizontal support is affixed to the vertical supports at the first upper support joint. The second horizontal support is affixed to the vertical supports at the second upper support joint. The structure further includes cantilever supports. The cantilever support is affixed to the first and second horizontal supports. The structure further includes at least one horizontal frame member. The horizontal frame member is affixed to the cantilever supports at a cantilever frame joint. The first upper support joint is located higher than the second upper support joint. The first upper support joint and second upper support joints are distal, in opposing directions, from the vertical support.
US09776684B2	Derailleur A derailleur includes a fixed component, a movable component, a linkage component, a deceleration component and a drive component. The fixed component is for being fixed to a bicycle frame. The movable component is for being fixed to a chain guide. The linkage component includes a first linkage and a second linkage. Two ends of the first linkage pivot on the fixed component and the movable component, respectively. Two ends of the second linkage pivot on the fixed component and the movable component, respectively. The deceleration component includes a circular spline, a flex spline and a wave generator. The flex spline is disposed inside the circular spline, for rotating the first linkage and the second linkage relative to the fixed component. The wave generator is disposed inside the flex spline. The drive component is connected to the wave generator, for rotating the wave generator.
US09776683B2	Vehicle height adjustment device A vehicle height adjustment device includes a changer, a detector, and a controller. The changer is configured to change a relative position of a body of a vehicle to an axle of a wheel of the vehicle. The detector is configured to detect the relative position. The controller is configured to control the changer to change the relative position based on a detection value detected by the detector so as to control a height of the body as a vehicle height. The controller is configured to control the changer to maintain the vehicle height when there is a possibility of a malfunction in the detector.
US09776677B2	Lift axle suspension A lift axle suspension for a tandem trailer has first and second suspension air bags for first and second axles. There is a lift air bag that, when pressurized, applies a lifting force to lift the second axle relative to the first axle. A first pneumatic circuit supplies compressed air to the first suspension air bag and a diverter valve and is controlled by a height selector valve that is opened and closed based on the ride height of the trailer. The diverter valve selectively supplies compressed air to the second suspension air bag and a pressure regulator that limits air pressure to a predetermined pressure. A second pneumatic supplies compressed air to the lift air bag and is controlled by a pilot valve.
US09776671B2	Assembling structure of vehicle body An assembling structure of a vehicle body may include side sill members provided in a length direction of a vehicle at both side portions of a lower portion of the vehicle body, respectively, a dash cross member provided in a width direction of the vehicle, both side end portions thereof being assembled to front end portions of the side sill members, center members provided in the length direction of the vehicle between the side sill members and a central portion of the vehicle body, front end portions thereof being assembled to a lower end portion of the dash cross member, and reinforcing members provided in the width direction of the vehicle between the center members and the side sill members, a first end portion of each reinforcing members being assembled to the center members and a second end portion of each reinforcing members being assembled to the side sill members.
US09776670B2	Front vehicle body reinforcing structure and assembling method thereof A front vehicle body reinforcing structure may include a dash panel configured to partition an engine room and a passenger room, front side members deployed at both left and right sides in a width direction of a vehicle, formed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and having rear portions coupled to an outer surface of the dash panel, and a dash upper reinforcing member overlapped with an inner surface of the dash panel to be coupled together with the front side member.
US09776667B2	Trailer moving system A system for supporting a trailer mover in a fixed spatial relationship to the wheels of a trailer is provided. The system has embodiments handling both independent and non-independent suspension; movers mounted either before or aft the wheels; and, movers mounted on either left hand or right hand wheels. The system attaches to the sprung portion of the trailer suspension to provide the fixed spatial relationship. Adjustable components provide longitudinal and lateral adjustment of the position of the trailer mover to cater for different proximal wheel and suspension geometries.
US09776651B2	Cart A cart includes a first side board and a second side board. Each of the first and second side boards has first holes and second holes respectively defined in the upper and lower portions thereof. A first rod unit and a second rod unit are respectively connected to the first holes and the second holes of the first and second side boards. At least two shelves are movably mounted on the first and second rod units between the first and second side boards. A first wheel unit and a second wheel unit are respectively connected to the second holes at the front side and the rear side of the body so as to assemble the cart. The diameter of the second wheel unit is larger than that of the first wheel unit. The cart is light and suitable to move on an uneven surface.
US09776650B1	Hand truck exchangeable tool attachment method A hand truck includes a quick release/attach mechanism operating according to a method for quickly and easily exchanging various tools with the hand truck, the quick release/latch mechanism including biased locking pins movably located within tubular frame members integral to the hand truck and proximal holes in the tubular frame members for receiving a projection member of the tool and spaced a predetermined distance from a hangar portion of the tool and wherein the hangar portion may be hung on a crossbar of the tubular frame and then the projection members of the tool may be coupled with and retained by the locking pins of the tubular frame. The arrangement requires no hand tools such as wrenches or screwdrivers, and no external fasteners such as pins or bolts. The geometry of the cross bars on the hand truck allow tool attachments to be captured or releases simply by tilting the hand truck forward or backward. The tool attachments are then locked to the truck by locking rods and pins that operate inside the two main tubes of the hand truck.
US09776647B2	Input of ETCS data into a rail vehicle A method for inputting ETCS data into a rail vehicle inputs the ETCS data by using an apparatus which is separate from the rail vehicle. The apparatus can, for example, be constructed to be mobile and the ETCS data can be input flexibly at different locations and be transmitted to the rail vehicle, for example, by SMS. The advantage of this approach is that delays resulting from the inputting of ETCS data can be reduced and thus the rail vehicle reaches a “Start of Mission” state more quickly. An apparatus for inputting ETCS data into a rail vehicle and a rail vehicle with an ETCS device are also provided.
US09776646B2	Wheelset bearing for the wheelset of a rail vehicle having an internally mounted truck A wheelset bearing for the wheelset of a rail vehicle having an internally mounted truck that includes one bearing housing per side of the wheelset that encloses the wheelset bearing for the wheelset, where the wheelset bearing and bearing housing are within the wheels in an installed state and a torsion spring serves as a roll stabilizer that is connected to the bearing housing such that the torsion springs are rigidly connected to one bearing housing each on the two ends thereof (without interconnection of draw-pressure rods) so as to implement roll stabilization for the wheelsets in a manner that is as technically simple as possible.
US09776629B2	Method for operating an environment monitoring system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for operating an environment-monitoring system for a motor vehicle, by means of which the positions of objects in the environment laterally adjacent to, in front of, and behind the vehicle are determined. According to the invention, in order to improve the accuracy of the environment-monitoring system, the motion path is determined for a stationary object which the vehicle passes, and said motion path is used to determine the angular deviation with which the motion path determined for the stationary object deviates from the motion path of the vehicle.
US09776626B2	Hybrid electric vehicle controller and method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle Embodiments of the invention provide control means for a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) operable to control first and second actuators of a vehicle to deliver motive torque to drive a vehicle, the control means being operable to control a vehicle to transition between a first mode in which a first actuator is substantially disconnected from a driveline of a vehicle and a second actuator delivers motive torque to drive a vehicle and a second mode in which a first actuator is connected to a driveline by means of a releasable torque transmitting means and the control means controls first and second actuators to deliver respective first and second actuator target torque split values to drive a vehicle thereby to provide a driver demanded drive torque, when a transition from the first mode to the second mode is required the control means being configured to control rotation of a first actuator by means of a speed control means towards a target first actuator speed and to control a releasable torque transmitting means to transition between an actuator disconnected condition and an actuator connected condition thereby to connect a first actuator to a driveline, the control means being further configured to ramp an amount of torque delivered by a first actuator towards a first actuator target torque split value, and to ramp an amount of torque delivered by a second actuator towards a second actuator target torque split value while retaining a total drive torque value provided to a vehicle substantially equal to a driver demanded torque, wherein the target first actuator speed is a speed greater than a speed at which a first actuator would rotate with a releasable torque transmitting means in the actuator connected condition.
US09776622B2	Power system A power management device of a power system manages the power generation quantity of the whole power system. A power generation control device controls a power generation device using a power generation command value (Ifccon1req) of the power generation device, said power generation command value having been acquired from the power management device via a first signal system, and a parameter (Ibat) that is directly acquired from a parameter acquisition unit via a second signal system.
US09776618B2	Motor vehicle and method A motor vehicle comprises an assembly for charging an energy store, which assembly has: an element for converting radiation energy into electrical energy, a further element for providing electrical energy, the energy store, a control device which is coupled to the conversion element, to the further element and to the energy store, in order to control the charging of the energy store by the conversion element and the further element, as a function of prediction data which comprises weather data, and as a function of a predefined value of the state of charge of the energy store.
US09776614B2	Method and system of monitoring passenger buses A method of monitoring passenger buses includes generating host vehicle information with a navigation unit, the host vehicle information including a host vehicle location and a host vehicle heading, receiving passenger bus information with a receiver, the passenger bus information including an passenger bus status, a passenger bus location and a passenger bus heading, determining with a controller a distance between the host vehicle location and the passenger bus location, determining with the controller whether the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing, and performing a mitigation operation, when the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is decreasing, and the distance between host vehicle location and the passenger bus location is a threshold distance or less.
US09776608B2	Enhanced regenerative braking control method for brake booster pressure build-up delay compensation A regenerative braking control method. An illustrative embodiment of the method includes selecting a vehicle speed at onset of transition from regenerative braking to friction braking of a vehicle, comparing the vehicle speed to a threshold value, applying a delayed regenerative braking torque ramp out to a hybrid powertrain and sending an undelayed regenerative braking torque ramp-out signal to a vehicle brake controller without at onset of transition from regenerative braking to friction braking of the vehicle if the vehicle speed falls below the threshold value.
US09776599B2	Vehicle tracking control systems and methods A vehicle sediment tracking control device includes: a plurality of tread deformation stages, wherein the tread deformation stages are separated from each other by a plurality of thru slats; wherein each of the plurality of tread deformations stages comprise a base section and a pitched surface that defines a continuous cleat, the pitched surface having a peak that includes a serrated edge.
US09776597B2	Vehicle with electronic system intrusion detection In an embodiment of a vehicle, the vehicle comprises: a vehicle network bus; one or more electronic control units coupled to the bus. One electronic control unit comprises: a processor; a memory; an interface to the vehicle network bus; and an intrusion detection program stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The processor utilizes the interface to monitor data on the vehicle network bus and utilizes the intrusion detection program to detect one or more anomalies in the monitored data. The electronic control unit generates an alert upon detection of one or more anomalies.
US09776596B2	Seat belt for vehicle A seat belt for a vehicle comprises a first tongue coupled to a first webbing, the first webbing configured to cover portions of a shoulder, a chest, and an abdomen of a passenger; a first buckle coupled to the first tongue; a second tongue coupled to a second webbing, the second webbing configured to cover portions of the abdomen of the passenger; a second buckle coupled to the second tongue; and an actuator configured to upwardly pull the first tongue and the first buckle, wherein the first buckle is coupled to the second buckle; and upon a collision of the vehicle, the actuator operates to separate the first buckle from the second buckle, and the first webbing moves upward, restricting a movement of an upper body of the passenger.
US09776593B2	Curtain airbag apparatus Disclosed is a curtain airbag which has at least one expandable portion formed at a front side thereof; and a tether panel which is coupled to the curtain airbag so as to be disposed on one surface of the curtain airbag, and tightened as the curtain airbag is inflated, so as to allow the at least one expandable portion to protrude toward the other surface that is directed toward the inside of an interior of a vehicle.
US09776591B1	Actuator subassembly The invention relates to an actuator subassembly for a vehicle safety system having a pin release actuator unit and a cradle bracket for holding the actuator unit and attaching to an airbag module. Further the invention relates to an airbag module with said actuator subassembly and a method of mounting a releasable tether on an airbag module by means of said actuator subassembly.
US09776590B1	Personal protection assembly A personal protection assembly for protection in a side impact collision includes a first pad that is resilient. The first pad is substantially complementary to a seatbelt pulley and a portion of an adjacent column of a vehicle to which the seatbelt pulley is coupled. The first pad is configured to couple to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley. The first pad is positioned to couple to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley and is configured to provide impact protection, in the event of a side impact collision, to a head of a user positioned in a seat fitted with a seatbelt coupled to the seatbelt pulley.
US09776588B2	Control device for an object coupling device of a vehicle, object coupling device for a vehicle and method for dampening an impact of an inertially accelerated object A control device for an object coupling device of a vehicle is configured to actuate a dampening device of the object coupling device such that an object moved by an inertial force from a fixing position along a specified target route to a target impact component of the vehicle can be delayed. The control device is additionally configured to determine a target operating mode of the dampening device from at least two executable operating modes of the dampening device having a different time difference between an exit time of the object from the fixing position and an insert time of a delay of the object to be executed by the dampening device and to control the dampening device into the target operating mode via the at least one control signal.
US09776586B2	Deformable attachment for electrical components An attachment bracket for attaching electrical components is provided in a vehicle. The attachment bracket can have a deformable tab configured to be operatively connected to vehicle structure, such as a floor panel. The deformable tab can include an attachment portion and a connector portion. The attachment portion can have one or more attachment features, such as an aperture, to operatively connect the deformable tab to the vehicle structure. The connector can include different shapes, sizes, and/or configurations to control and/or influence the deformation of the deformable tab under an application of force. The attachment bracket can be used to operatively connect an electrical component to a vehicle structure. For example, the attachment bracket can retain an vehicle airbag ECU to a vehicle floor panel during impacts of the vehicle.
US09776579B1	Hood air extractor and hood assembly incorporating same A hood air extractor includes a support defining a first passageway. A first flap is carried on the support. The first flap is displaceable between a first position closing the first passageway to water passage in a first direction and a second position opening the first passageway to air passage in a second direction. A hood assembly incorporating one or more hood air extractors is also disclosed.
US09776578B2	Clip and pillar garnish fixing structure The clip includes a first engagement hook and a second engagement hook. The first engagement hook engages the body when the clip is in a normal fitting with the body. The second engagement hook prevents the clip from being disengaged from the body when the first engagement hook has been disengaged from the body. When the first engagement hook is disengaged from the body, a member is lifted away from surrounding members to such an extent as can be recognized by sight. Therefore, a state that the clip is not in the normal fitting state with the body is noticeable. Even if the clip is coupled to the body in the non-fitting state or half-fitting state, the second engagement hook prevents the clip from being disengaged from the body.
US09776575B1	Bicycle carrier A bicycle carrier includes a main shaft having a spacer, two upper stands mounted on the main shaft and abutting the spacer, two carrying racks mounted on the main shaft and respectively abutting the upper stands, two lower stands mounted on the main shaft and respectively abutting the carrying racks, and two end caps mounted on the main shaft and respectively abutting the lower stands. The spacer has two ends each provided with a first ratchet ring. Each of the upper stands has a first mounting ring which has two ends each provided with a second ratchet ring. Each of the carrying racks has a second mounting ring which has two ends each provided with a third ratchet ring. Each of the lower stands has a third mounting ring which has two ends each provided with a fourth ratchet ring.
US09776570B2	Work vehicle The purpose of the present invention is to provide a work vehicle with which convenience during boarding/alighting can be improved. Accordingly, provided is a tractor, i.e. a work vehicle, having a step used for boarding/alighting provided in front of a rear wheel thereof. The step is configured from: a receiving part which engages with a foot of an operator; a front support part for supporting a front of the receiving part; and a rear support part for supporting a rear of the receiving part. One end of the front support part is coupled to a cabin frame. Another end of the front support part is coupled to a tractor side end surface of the receiving part. One end of the rear support part is coupled to a front-side end part of a fender of the rear wheel. Another end of the rear support part is coupled to a rear-side end surface of the receiving part.
US09776560B1	Vehicle component including a lighting system A vehicle component includes a housing, a faceplate, an electrical device a photosensor, and a lighting system. The faceplate is attached to the housing, and has a first opening and a second opening. The electrical device is at least partially disposed within the housing so as to be accessible through the first opening, and having an electrical connection configured to receive electrical power from an electrical power supply. The photosensor is at least partially disposed within the housing and within the second opening. The lighting system is configured to be activated by the photosensor and powered by the electrical power supply of the electrical device.
US09776557B2	Dual direction light producing assembly A light-producing assembly is provided herein and includes a first portion of LEDs biased to direct light in a first direction, a second portion of LEDs biased to direct light in a second direction that is different than the first direction, and a controller for selectively activating the first and/or second portions of LEDs.
US09776556B2	Vehicle exterior door handle with lighting module An exterior door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a strap-handle portion pivotally movable to open the vehicle door. A self-contained elongated module includes (i) an elongated housing, (ii) an elongated light-transmitting cover and (iii) a light pipe. The strap-handle portion receives the self-contained elongated module. At least one light emitting diode is disposed proximate an end region of the strap-handle portion. With the door handle assembly mounted at a vehicle door and when the light emitting diode is electrically powered, light emitted by the light emitting diode passes along the light pipe and through the elongated light-transmitting cover so as to be viewable by a person viewing the exterior door handle assembly from outside of the vehicle door.
US09776552B2	Light module for a motor vehicle comprising a light guide A light module for a motor vehicle comprising: a light guide with an input face and at least two branches each extending from the input face according to a specific length and a specific section; at least one light source arranged at the input face of the light guide, the input face being adapted to couple light rays emitted by the light source in the light guide; wherein the two branches are contiguous over a part of their length from the input face to a determined point of separation, the two sections of the branches overlapping over a zone of intersection which is present from the input face to the determined point of separation. The two sections are substantially constant along the branches from the input face over a length greater than or equal to the length of the branches between the input face and the determined point of separation.
US09776547B2	Height adjustable loading ramp A height adjustable loading ramp installed at a tail of a car, for loading or unloading goods, includes: a slope plane and a supporter. The two ends of the slope plane are respectively supported on the ground and the supporter. The supporter includes: two supporting legs adjustable in length, a beam horizontally provided between lower portions of the two supporting legs, wheels for making the loading ramp move conveniently, and a scissor jack for adjusting the height. The scissor jack includes: four scissor jack arms equal in length, and an adjusting-locking device for adjusting and locking the height of the height adjustable loading ramp. In addition, the supporting leg comprises an auxiliary fixing unit for fixing the relative position between the upper and the lower supporting legs and providing an extra security protection, in such a manner that the height of the height adjustable loading ramp is locked.
US09776538B1	Armrest hinge with cable pass-through A vehicle armrest assembly includes a seat frame. An armrest is attached to the seat frame for relative rotational movement about a pivot axis. The armrest includes a hinge that includes a hinge pass-through. The hinge pass-through is located around the pivot axis. The armrest includes an electronic module. A module line extends from the electronic module to a connector mounted on the seat frame. The module line is located partially within the hinge pass-through.
US09776537B2	Air suspended seat having auxiliary air supplies for comfort, dimensional adjustment, and personalized comfort DNA A vehicle seating assembly includes a cushion assembly having a plurality of closed base cells disposed on a seat frame. A plurality of trim cells are disposed on the base cells. An adjustable seatback support panel is disposed behind the base cells. A static base is disposed behind the support panel. Side pivot cells are disposed between the seatback support panel and the base cells that allow for lateral flexibility of a seatback surface relative to the support panel.
US09776536B2	Cargo management system including a vehicle load floor having a cellulose-based core with a cellular structure and made by a composite, compression molding process and having a wood grain finish A cargo management system including a vehicle load floor having a cellulose-based core to compartmentalize a cargo area of the vehicle into an upper compartment and a covered lower compartment is provided. The floor has a wood grain finish. The load floor includes a compression-molded composite panel that includes first and second outer layers of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, first and second sheets of thermoplastic adhesive and a core of cellulose-based material and positioned between the outer layers. The core has a cellular structure. The outer layers are bonded to the core by the first and second sheets and by press molding. The first outer layer having a top surface on which a multi-layer sheet is bonded by the press molding. The multi-layer sheet has a substantially planar upper support surface to support cargo in the upper compartment and to provide the load floor with the wood grain finish.
US09776519B2	System and method for controlling electric power in a plug-in vehicle from an external power source A system and method is provided for controlling electric power in a plug-in vehicle, such as a pure electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle. The electric power is controlled from an external power source to one or more predetermined components in the plug-in vehicle. The power source is external to the vehicle and has a maximum power level. Electric power at a charging level from the external power source is received. Based on the charging level and the maximum power level, an available power level is determined. Based on the available power level, the electric power is controlled from the external power source to the predetermined components in the plug-in vehicle.
US09776518B2	System with battery charging device and vehicle electrical system power supply stage The invention relates to a system (100) with a battery charging device (20) with output terminals and an vehicle electrical system power supply stage (10). The vehicle electrical system power supply stage has a step-up/step-down converter (12), which is designed to raise an input voltage of the vehicle electrical system power supply stage to an intermediate circuit voltage, a direct current intermediate circuit (13), which is coupled to the step-up/step-down converter (12) at intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b), and a vehicle electrical system d.c.-d.c. converter (11), which is coupled to the direct voltage intermediate circuit at the intermediate circuit nodes, and which is designed to convert the intermediate circuit voltage into a direct voltage for a vehicle electrical system (1, 2), the output terminals of the battery charging device (20) being coupled to the direct voltage intermediate circuit (13) via the intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b).
US09776511B2	Vehicle alignment systems for loading docks Example vehicle alignment systems for use at loading docks are disclosed herein. An example vehicle alignment system includes a sensor system to detect a surface of a vehicle, where the sensor system obtains a feedback signal representative of a spatial orientation of the detected surface relative to a reference as the vehicle approaches a doorway of the loading dock. A controller detects a threshold deviation in the spatial orientation of the detected surface of the vehicle relative to the reference based on the feedback signal. A display varies an output signal in response to the detected deviation in the spatial orientation of the detected surface relative to the reference.
US09776507B2	Temperature based fuel management in a vehicle fuel system A vehicle fuel system for use in a vehicle having an engine. The system includes a fuel tank having a fuel pump module area and a bulk area, and a fuel pump mounted in the fuel pump module area, having an inlet and an outlet. A thermostatic valve has a fuel inlet connected to a return fuel line from the engine, a first outlet and a second outlet, with the valve directing fuel through the first outlet when the temperature is below a threshold and directing fuel through the second outlet when the temperature is above the threshold. A cold fuel line connects to the first outlet of the valve and directs fuel to the fuel pump inlet, and a warm fuel line connects to the second outlet of the valve and directs fuel into the bulk area of the fuel tank away from the fuel pump.
US09776495B2	Active mounting system for vehicle transfer case An active mounting system for a transfer case in a vehicle drivetrain is provided. The system includes a chassis movable between a first position and a second position. An engine is pivotally coupled to the chassis. A transmission is coupled to the engine. A prop-shaft is operably coupled to the transmission with a transfer case coupled in between. An active mount is operably coupled to selectively rotate the engine and transmission between a first orientation and a second orientation in response to the chassis being moved from the first position to the second position.
US09776489B2	Vehicle deflector device A deflector apparatus for a vehicle includes a deflector, a support member and a torsion spring. The deflector includes arm portions provided as a pair, and each of the arm portions includes a shaft portion and a cam protruding portion. The support member includes a support recessed portion in which the shaft portion is inserted, a cam recessed portion in which the cam protruding portion is inserted and a support protruding portion. The torsion spring includes a turning portion attached to the support protruding portion, and a first leg portion and a second leg portion each extended in the vehicle front and rear direction from the turning portion. The first leg portion includes a distal end portion which can be in slide contact with the arm portion and the second leg portion includes a distal end portion which can be in slide contact with the support member.
US09776483B2	Electromechanical strut with motor-gearbox assembly having dual stage planetary gearbox An electromechanical strut is provided for moving a pivotal closure member between an open position and a closed position relative to a motor vehicle body. The electromechanical strut includes a drive mechanism having a motor-gearbox assembly that is operable to drive a rotatable power screw. The drive mechanism converts rotary motion of the power screw into linear motion of an extensible member to move the extensible member between a retracted position corresponding to the closed position of the closure member and an extended position corresponding to the open position of the closure member. The motor-gearbox assembly includes a gearbox unit equipped with a dual-stage planetary geartrain that is operably disposed between a motor output and the power screw. The dual-stage planetary geartrain includes a first stage gearset and a second stage gearset sharing a common ring gear.
US09776476B1	Security device for commercial vehicles A security device for a cargo van comprises a sheet metal grill stamped or laser cut to exhibit a plurality of regularly spaced apertures therethrough and surrounded by a solid border having a plurality of notches formed inward of the border into which are fitted clamp members for securing the grill in place against a window of the cargo van to inhibit break-ins and theft of articles carried by the van. The clamp members include U-shaped sockets adapted to cooperate with the notches formed in the border and base members for secure attachment of the clamp members to a frame of the window using self-tapping screws.
US09776470B2	Un-partitioned HVAC module control for multi-zone and high performance operation An automotive HVAC system includes upper and lower mode cases configured to discharge separate streams of temperature-conditioned air into front and rear passenger zones. The system separates the inlet air into separate mixing chambers, and a third stream through a heater core. Blend doors control hot and cold air streams entering their respective mixing chambers. Operation is controlled by reading requested temperature, blower rate and mode for system zone outlet, converting requests to a flowrate, calculating total flowrate as a summation of all requests, employing a math model to calculate total zonal flowrate as a summation of all zonal flowrates, calculating a blower control error as a function of the difference between total blower request and total zonal flowrate, modifying the operating state using the calculated control error, positioning and resetting the mode valves into defrost, heater and vent openings, and resetting the mode valves.
US09776460B2	Pneumatic tire with specified bead core and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a pneumatic tire having laminated reinforcement layers with organic fiber over a polygonal cross-section bead core, and in the layer, a rubber-coated organic fiber cord is tilted to the center line of the bead core in a transverse section and is spirally coiled, in which each organic fiber cord in an inner and outer adjacent reinforcement layers over the bead core extends such that an organic fiber cord in the inner reinforcement layer and an organic fiber cord in the outer reinforcement layer intersect each other relative to the center line of the bead core in the transverse section, in which in the inner reinforcement layer, the cord is coiled with space at least partially in a tire circumferential direction such that the cord does not overlap in the tire circumferential direction, and the outer reinforcement layer is arranged to cover at least a part of the space.
US09776457B2	Tread comprising oblique blocks A tread made of rubber-like material for a tire for winter travel having a plurality of blocks of a height H, each block comprising a contact face designed to come into contact with the ground when the tire travels and at least one lateral face, said lateral face being covered by a layer of covering material over at least 50% of the surface thereof, and a leading zone designed to come into contact first with the ground when the tire travels, and said block has an oblique direction of extension (J) such that the leading zone of said block is a leading corner, and a part which is not covered by the covering material, said covering material having a modulus of elasticity which is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the rubber-like material forming the block, said uncovered part extending from the leading corner over at least ⅓ of the height H of the block.
US09776455B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for providing to a driver of a vehicle carrying a mixture real-time information relating to a characteristic of the mixture Information relating to a change made to a concrete mixture in a concrete mixer truck is obtained. An expected value of a selected characteristic of the concrete mixture is determined based on the change. A representation of the expected value is displayed on a processing device located in a cab of the concrete mixer truck. In one embodiment, the mixture comprises a concrete mixture. The change may comprise an addition of water to the mixture.
US09776446B2	Front face side substrate for thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, and thermal transfer sheet A front face side substrate provided between a supporting member and a receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet. The front face side substrate includes a front face side layer provided on one surface of a substrate layer and a rear face side layer provided on another surface of the substrate layer. The substrate layer includes (A) a propylene-based polymer, (B) calcium carbonate, and (C) titanium oxide, and the weight of (A) is 70% by weight to 94.5% by weight, the weight of (B) is 5% by weight to 28% by weight, and the weight of (C) is 0.5% by weight to 3% by weight, based on the assumption that the total weight of (A), (B) and (C) is 100% by weight. The front face side layer includes a modified propylene-based polymer, and the rear face side layer includes a propylene-based polymer.
US09776443B1	Craftwork tools and kits A craftwork accessory may provide a portable and/or easy-to-use tool to help users' accurately and repeatedly apply stamp impressions and the like to items such as cardstock. The accessory may include a base portion, one or more elevated side portions and a hinged cover portion. The side portions may define a workspace for arranging the item. In operation, the item and stamp may be aligned in the workspace, during which a magnetic removable corner piece may be used to assist with alignment of the item, and the cover portion may be pressed onto the stamp to stick the stamp to the cover portion. The cover may then be opened, the stamp may be inked, and the cover portion may be closed and pressed onto the item to stamp the item. The accessory may also include fastening mechanisms, such as magnetic elements, to facilitate placement of the item and/or stamp.
US09776428B2	Multi-purpose printer It is disclosed a printer comprising a front opening through which one or more documents to be treated could be introduced therein, wherein the printer comprises a first path for transporting said one or more documents from a first position to a second position and back to the first position; wherein the printer further comprises a second path for transporting said one or more documents from said first position to an exit, wherein said second path comprises a flap for deviating said one or more documents towards said exit and a separator for directing the one or more documents to one of a first tray and a second tray.
US09776426B2	Inkjet printing device and printing method An aim is to provide a technique for obtaining a higher quality print image by reducing a banding caused upon printing using a printing head having nozzle rows. As a solution, an activated nozzle row is reselected each time when the activated nozzle row has discharged ink for a preset number of times, and in each scan, an interval by which the activated nozzle row discharges ink in a main scanning direction is set to be an integer multiple of a resolution of an image to be printed on a print medium in the main scanning direction.
US09776425B2	Inkjet print device and inkjet head ejection performance evaluation method The inkjet head ejection performance evaluation method includes: printing a test pattern for examining an ejection condition for each nozzle by an inkjet head having a plurality of nozzles arrayed in a matrix and is read by an image reading device; and measuring a depositing position for each nozzle from the read image to calculate a deposit displacement amount based on the depositing position and pattern information, wherein a position of a center of gravity in a Y direction of nozzles used for calculation for calculating the deposit displacement amount of the nozzle number n is equal to a position of a center of gravity in the Y direction of all nozzles existing in the nozzle range of the nozzles used for calculation, where a direction of relative movement between the inkjet head and a recording medium is the Y direction.
US09776414B1	Print pen capping apparatus A print pen capping apparatus for a printer comprises a cap station carrying one or more caps, wherein the cap station is moveable between a retracted position in which the cap station is arranged at a side of a print media path and a capping position adjacent the media path for capping the print pen.
US09776396B2	Testing a printhead A system and method for testing printheads is disclosed. The system comprises an optical sensor mounted on a movable carriage. The optical sensor is moved past a nozzle to be tested on the printhead while the nozzle ejects ink. The output signal of the optical sensor can be used to determine when the trajectory of the ejected ink is improper.
US09776391B2	Digital printing process A printing process is disclosed which comprises directing droplets of an ink onto an intermediate transfer member to form an ink image, the ink including an organic polymeric resin and a coloring agent in an aqueous carrier, and the transfer member having a hydrophobic outer surface so that each ink droplet in the ink image spreads on impinging upon the intermediate transfer member to form an ink film. The ink is dried while the ink image is being transported by the intermediate transfer member by evaporating the aqueous carrier from the ink image to leave a residue film of resin and coloring agent. The residue film is then transferred to a substrate. The chemical compositions of the ink and of the surface of the intermediate transfer member are selected such that attractive intermolecular forces between molecules in the outer skin of each droplet and on the surface of the intermediate transfer member counteract the tendency of the ink film produced by each droplet to bead under the action of the surface tension of the aqueous carrier, without causing each droplet to spread by wetting the surface of the intermediate transfer member.
US09776379B2	Absorbing solar control interlayers A thermochromic, near infrared (NIR) absorbing interlayer. The interlayer includes a NIR-absorbing substance dispersed or dissolved in a polymer matrix and a thermochromic material or system. The interlayer has an internal visible light transmission above 50% and an internal solar energy transmission below 55% when the interlayer is at 15° C. and an internal visible light transmission below 20% and an internal solar energy transmission below 20% when the interlayer is at 75° C. The internal haze of the interlayer is below 3.5%.
US09776377B2	Shelf talker label, a sheet and a roll of such A laser printable shelf talker label sheet includes one or more removable shelf talker labels. The shelf talker label sheet includes a printable face layer laminated to a support layer, and one or more die cut removable shelf talker labels. The one or more shelf talker labels include at least the printable face layer having a first information portion and a second information portion, the support layer being adhesively attached to the face layer portion corresponding to the second information portion, the support layer portion being detachably attached to the face layer portion corresponding to the first information portion, and the printable face layer including optically transparent, fiber based material. A roll including one or more printable, die-cuttable shelf talker labels is also described.
US09776374B2	Smoothly bendable board A smoothly bendable board including a middle layer, a first outer layer attached to the middle layer and a second outer layer attached to the middle layer is disclosed. The second outer layer has a lower bending stiffness according to ISO 5628 than the first outer layer such that the smoothly bendable board is outwardly bendable only in a direction towards which the second layer faces. A method for producing a smoothly bendable board is also disclosed.
US09776373B2	Method for bending a composite sheet and such a bent composite sheet The invention relates to a method for bending at least one edge of a composite sheet, which has at least two outer metallic layers and an inner plastic layer, in which the edge of the composite sheet is edge-bent in a first step and is bent into the finished form in at least one further method step. In addition, the invention relates to a correspondingly bent composite sheet. The object of making a method for bending a composite sheet available, in which cracks in the metallic layers of the composite sheet can be prevented and, at the same time, in which a seam can easily be provided, is achieved by using an edge-bending punch, a holding-down device and an edge-bending jaw during the edge-bending operation and by the edge-bending punch having a notch running in the bending direction below the bending edge of the edge-bending punch.
US09776371B2	Scoring machine A scoring machine incorporated in a sheet folding apparatus forms scores on sheets according to a folding pattern. The scoring machine comprises upper and lower rotary shafts provided with pairs of convex and concave rollers, and a positioning unit slidably attached to a slide guide. When a rotatable member is arranged at a standing position, the convex roller engages with a groove on one end face of the rotatable member, or the concave roller engages with a projection on the other end face of the rotatable member. A sequence pattern of the pairs of convex and concave rollers on the upper and lower rotary shafts corresponding to the folding pattern is displayed on a display. The positioning unit stops at the specified positions of the pairs of convex and concave rollers while sliding.
US09776368B2	Partial-filled baffle A baffle for sealing a vehicle structure, comprising a carrier with an interior body portion characterized by a plurality of spaced-apart members, providing voids, and an expandable material, that may also have openings, disposed on the carrier which, upon expansion, fills a vehicle cavity and covers the interior body portion and each of the voids.
US09776366B2	Tool for positioning a strip for producing a tire blank The tool which contains: a support, and an arm bearing a strip extrusion member and a strip applicator roller, wherein the arm is articulated with respect to the support about a first axis parallel to a geometric axis of the roller and about a second axis tangential to a circumference of the roller, of the first and second axes at least one passing through a centre of gravity of the arm.
US09776359B2	Imprint mold manufacturing method A method for manufacturing an imprint mold which can prevent accumulation of the transferring resin onto the transferring roll is provided. A method for manufacturing an imprint mold, including: a resin coating step to coat a photo-curing resin composition or a thermosetting resin composition onto a pattern transferring mold having a fine concave-convex pattern; and a transferring step to transfer the resin composition throughout the entire circumference of a cylindrical transferring roll and cure the resin composition so that a reverse pattern of the concave-convex pattern is formed throughout the entire circumference of the cylindrical transferring roll, is provided.
US09776351B2	Injection molding system In an injection molding system, a rack on which a peripheral device can be mounted includes a fixing unit for removably fixing to a machine stool of an injection molding machine and a moving unit for making the rack movable alone. Accordingly, maintenance of the injection molding machine can be performed satisfactorily and positioning work is also made easier so that the rack can be transported easily.
US09776339B2	Microwave drying method of honeycomb formed body A microwave drying method includes: an introduction step of disposing a honeycomb formed body while keeping an axis direction X of cells of the honeycomb formed body vertically and introducing the honeycomb formed body into a drying furnace capable of irradiating with microwaves; a reflector placing step of placing a microwave reflector having a function to reflect the microwaves above and/or below around the honeycomb formed body; and a microwave drying step of irradiating with the microwaves while controlling temperature of an inside of the honeycomb formed body by the microwave reflector so that any one of the end faces (e.g., end face) of the honeycomb formed body reaches 100° C. to dry the honeycomb formed body after the other part of the honeycomb formed body reaches 100° C.
US09776337B2	Punch assemblies and methods for modifying A retain-and-release member, which is coupled to a punch holder of a punch assembly, engages a punch tip against an end of the holder, such that a working portion of the tip extends from the end. A punch guide sidewall of the assembly includes an aperture aligned with an actuation interface of the retain-and-release member, when the punch holder and the engaged punch tip are slidably engaged within a guide bore formed by the punch guide sidewall. The aperture provides access for applying a force, to the actuation interface, in order to disengage the retain-and-release member from the punch tip, while the punch holder remains within the guide bore of the assembly. Following the removal, the same punch tip, or another, may be inserted into the guide bore and into engagement with the retain-and-release member.
US09776336B2	Slicing machine for food products A cutting machine for cutting a food product includes a housing and a blade cover removably mounted to the housing via at least two positive or non-positive fastening points. A circular blade is rotatably disposed in the housing such that the blade cover covers a surface of the circular blade. A carriage is movably mounted parallel to the circular blade and includes a carriage surface for holding the food product. Each of the fastening points are disposed beneath the carriage surface.
US09776330B2	Crawler robot and supporting platform A method and apparatus for installing a fastener in a surface of a structure. A crawler robot may comprise a first movement system and a second movement system. The first movement system may be configured to move the crawler robot and a track system along the surface. The second movement system may be configured to move the crawler robot along the track system on the surface.
US09776329B2	Supporting device, supporting unit system and supporting unit control system A support device includes a supporting main body, a first angle rotation unit, a second angle rotation unit, a height adjustment structure, an absorbing unit and a driver motor unit. The absorbing unit is pivotally connected to the first angle rotation unit. The driver motor unit includes a first driving element, a second driving element and a third driving element. The first driving element drives the first angle rotation unit to adjust a rotation angle of the absorbing unit. The second driving element drives the second angle rotation unit for enabling the supporting main body to rotate around an axial thereof. The third driving element drives the height adjustment structure for enabling the supporting main body to move along the axial thereof. In addition, an support unit system and a support unit control system are also provided.
US09776325B1	Method for tele-robotic operations over time-delayed communication links Described is system for tele-robotic operations over time-delayed communication links. Sensor data is acquired from at least one sensor for sensing surroundings of a robot having at least one robotic arm for manipulating an object. A three-dimensional model of the sensed surroundings is generated, and the sensor data is fit to the three-dimensional model. Using the three-dimensional model, a user demonstrates a movement path for the at least one robotic arm. A flow field representing the movement path is generated and combined with obstacle-repellent forces to provide force feedback to the user through a haptic device. The flow field comprises a set of parameters, and the set of parameters are transmitted to the robot to execute a movement of the at least one robotic arm for manipulating the object.
US09776319B2	Portable work bench A work bench may include a body for supporting a power tool, a first leg connected to a first end of the body, a second leg connected to a second end of the body, the first and second legs being pivotally connected, the first and second legs being movable between a first position where the body is in a lowered position and a second position where the body is in an elevated position, and a spring connecting the first and second legs. The spring provides at least a portion of the force necessary to move the first and second legs from the first position to the second position.
US09776311B2	Fastener extraction ratchet bit system A fastener extraction ratchet bit system for facilitating extraction of stripped fasteners by permitting attachment of extraction bits to an air drive ratchet. The system includes a driving tool and a fitting coupled to and extending from the driving tool. A drill socket is coupled to a drill bit wherein the drill bit is selectively couplable to the fitting such that the driving tool provides a driving force to the drill bit. An extraction socket is coupled to an extraction bit wherein the extraction bit is also selectively couplable to the fitting such that the driving tool provides the driving force to the extraction bit.
US09776310B2	Driving head-changeable tool and sleeve assembly thereof A driving tool is provided, including a tool set and a driving head. The tool set includes a connecting sleeve, an outer sleeve and at least one limitation member. The connecting sleeve has a receiving slot and a driving end. A plurality of protruding ribs extending axially and a plurality of recesses disposed between the protruding ribs are disposed on an inner wall of the receiving slot. The recesses are provided for a polygonal ball head to insert therein. A recessed portion and a protruding portion are disposed on the inner wall. The outer sleeve is slidable between a first position and a second position. When the outer sleeve is at the first position, the limitation member can restrict the polygonal ball head. When the outer sleeve is at the second position, the polygonal ball head is withdrawable from the receiving slot.
US09776306B2	Method for manufacturing an electrodeposited diamond wire saw using patterned non-conductive materials The present invention relates to an electrodeposited diamond wire saw using patterned non-conductive materials in which non-conductive materials are pre-patterned along the outer circumference of a wire on which diamond grit should not be rubbed, before the diamond grit is upset, in order to efficiently improve the manufacturing process, and to a method for manufacturing same. According to one preferred embodiment of the invention, the method for manufacturing an electrodeposited diamond wire saw includes: printing a masking solution on the outer circumference of a wire in a plurality of directions when the wire is inserted for patterning; and upsetting diamond grit on the remaining regions of the outer circumference of the wire, with the exception of the patterned region.
US09776303B2	Abrasive article reinforced by discontinuous fibers An abrasive article has an abrasive portion and chopped strand fibers (CSF) with enhanced strength and/or fracture of toughness. The CSF may be coated with a thermoplastic having a loss on ignition of at least about 2 wt %. The CSF can have a primary coating and a secondary coating on the primary coating. At least some of the CSF can have a length of at least about 6.3 mm.
US09776302B2	Coated abrasive article having rotationally aligned formed ceramic abrasive particles and method of making A coated abrasive article having a plurality of formed ceramic abrasive particles each having a surface feature. The plurality of formed ceramic abrasive particles attached to a flexible backing by a make coat comprising a resinous adhesive forming an abrasive layer. The surface feature having a specified z-direction rotational orientation, and the specified z-direction rotational orientation occurs more frequently in the abrasive layer than would occur by a random z-direction rotational orientation of the surface feature.
US09776297B2	Mower reel grinding system using predetermined bracket positions A mower reel grinding apparatus including at least one bracket moveable in a horizontal plane along a positioning axis to any one of a number of predetermined positions and configured to releasably secure to a pivot mechanism of a plurality of types of mower units, the pivot mechanism having a pivot axis, each type of mower unit including a cutting reel positioned at a known location relative to the pivot axis, and each of the predetermined positions corresponding to at least one type of mower unit of the plurality of types of mower units, wherein the at least one bracket is moved to the predetermined position corresponding to the type of mower unit secured thereto such that the cutting reel is positioned at a desired grinding position along the positioning axis when the pivot axis is secured to the bracket.
US09776294B2	Apparatus for keeping a friction roller The disclosure relates to an apparatus for keeping a friction roller. The apparatus for keeping a friction roller comprises a cylinder provided with a plurality of brackets for storing the friction roller, a friction roller pick-and-place execution unit for picking and placing the friction roller, a cylinder driving unit for driving the cylinder to rotate, a storage sensor unit for sensing whether a friction roller exists on a bracket, a pick-and-place position sensor unit for sensing whether a bracket arrives at a pick-and-place position of the friction roller, and a control unit. The apparatus for keeping a friction roller according to the disclosure may access more friction rollers accurately; and the stroke of the action of picking and placing a friction roller is relatively short, such that the work efficiency of picking and placing a friction roller is also increased very greatly.
US09776280B2	Laser welding method A laser welding method is capable of easily restraining poor welding when spatters adhere to a protective glass of an optical system. The laser welding method includes a step of calculating a decrease-amount of the laser power before laser welding is performed by irradiating a welding portion of a workpiece with the laser beam having a predetermined power. The step of calculating the decrease-amount includes irradiating the welding portion with an inspecting laser beam having a power smaller than the predetermined power, receiving a return beam of the inspecting laser beam, measuring an intensity of the return beam, and comparing the intensity of the return beam with a standard intensity to calculate an amount of decrease in power of the inspecting laser beam at the welding portion.
US09776269B2	Replacement determination device for electrical discharge machining electrode and replacement determination method A replacement determination method: detects the remaining length of the electrode; detects the electrical discharge commencement position, being the position of the electrode when electrical discharge starts; detects the throughole position, being the position of the electrode when the workpiece is pierced; sets the required length for the electrode as required for machining the next throughhole, on the basis of the difference between the detected electrical discharge commencement position and the detected throughole position; compares the detected remaining length and the set required length; and determines whether or not electrode replacement is required.
US09776263B2	Reciprocating saw A power tool includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that is rotated by the motor. The driven gear is vertically-oriented within the housing and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The drive mechanism also includes a connecting rod coupled to the driven gear to translate rotary motion of the driven gear into reciprocating motion, and an output shaft coupled to the connecting rod to reciprocate relative to the housing through a cutting stroke and a return stroke. The drive mechanism further includes a counterweight coupled to the driven gear for rotation with the driven gear. The counterweight moves through the upper portion of the driven gear during the cutting stroke of the output shaft, and moves through the lower portion of the driven gear during a return stroke of the output shaft.
US09776261B2	Table saw with foldable tabletop A table saw assembly in one embodiment includes a base portion, a saw blade opening, a saw assembly and a first extension. The base portion includes a base work piece support surface which defines a support plane. The saw blade opening is defined in the base work piece support surface. The saw assembly includes a saw blade which is positionable to extend upwardly through the saw blade opening. The first extension includes a first extension work piece support surface which is pivotable with respect to the base portion between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first extension work piece support surface is coplanar with the base work piece support surface. In the second position, the first extension work piece support surface is located above the support plane.
US09776260B2	Table saw A table saw has a base assembly, a table assembly supported by the base assembly, and a saw assembly supported by at least one of the table assembly and the base assembly. The saw assembly includes a saw blade extending through the table assembly. The base assembly has at least one tube connected to the table assembly.
US09776253B2	Tool holding structure Provided is a tool holding structure capable of effectively preventing a cutting tool from coming off a chuck portion. An outer fitting portion A is formed in an outer face of a shank portion 2 of a cutting tool T and an inner fitting portion B is formed in an inner face of a chuck portion 12 of a tool holder. A fitting member 20 is provided to be fitted to the outer fitting portion A and the inner fitting portion B respectively. The fitting member 20 includes a protruding portion 22 which protrudes from an outer circumference of the shank portion 2 when fitted to the outer fitting portion A. A guide groove 18 is formed for guiding the protruding portion 22 of the fitting member 20 from an open side of an inner space 13 to the inner fitting portion B. The inner fitting portion B includes a rotation preventing face for preventing relative rotation between a holder body 10 and the cutting tool T in association with contact thereof with the protruding portion 22 and a slip-out preventing face for preventing slip-out of the cutting tool T in association with contact thereof with the protruding portion 22.
US09776249B2	Method of manufacturing silver nanowires A process for manufacturing silver nanowires is provided, wherein the recovered silver nanowires have a high aspect ratio; and, wherein the total glycol concentration is <0.001 wt % at all times during the process.
US09776248B2	Method for synthesizing nanowires and nanofoam A method for making a plurality of metallic nanowires includes combining a metallic precursor with a solvent to form a metallic precursor solution. A quantity of oxalic acid is added to the metallic precursor solution to form a reduction solution. A plurality of nanowires are precipitated out from the reduction solution.
US09776244B2	Forming die assembly A forming die assembly includes an upper die including a first backup member and a first press member that is attached to the first backup member, has an L shape in a vertical sectional view, and is heat-resistant; and a lower die including a second backup member and a second press member that is attached to the second backup member, has an L shape in the vertical sectional view, and is heat-resistant. The first press member and the second press member press upper and lower surfaces of a workpiece accommodated in a press space that is formed between the first press member and the second press member, so as to produce a forged product.
US09776235B2	Can end, double action tab therefor, tooling assembly, and associated method A tab is provided for a can end. The can end includes an end panel and a scoreline defining a tear panel in the end panel for providing an opening in the can end. The tab includes a body having first and second opposing ends, a nose portion located at or about the first end, a lift portion located at or about the second end, and a rivet receiving portion disposed proximate the nose portion. The rivet receiving portion includes a rivet hole. A first rivet extends outwardly from the end panel and fastens the rivet receiving portion of the tab to the can end. A second rivet extends outwardly from the end panel to cooperate with a portion of the body proximate the lift portion.
US09776233B2	Guide pin assembly for metal forming dies and method A guide pin assembly for metal forming dies includes a cylindrical guide pin body with an external retainer groove adjacent one end thereof in which a retainer ring is received. An annular guide pin ring with an outside diameter greater than the pin body, has a counterbore adjacent the outside end thereof and a retainer groove in a medial portion thereof which receives the outer portion of the retainer ring to securely interconnect the pin body and the ring and thereby form an enlarged head at one end of the pin body which positively limits reciprocal motion between two associated die members. A circular guide pin head cap covers the outer end of the head ring, and includes a support collar that is closely received in the counterbore of the ring, and engages the retainer ring to securely hold the same in place.
US09776221B2	Method for managing and device for managing nozzle cleaning period A nozzle cleaning period management device is provided with a cleaning device that cleans suction nozzles that are used in order to perform vacuum retention of an electronic component, a flow rate measurement device for measuring a flow rate that flows through the suction nozzles, a reduction amount calculation device for calculating a unit flow rate reduction amount of the flow rate of the suction nozzle per a number of times of mounting of electronic components on the basis of a flow rate difference before and after cleaning, which is measured by the flow rate measurement device, and an estimation device for estimating a cleaning period, which subsequently cleans the suction nozzles, on the basis of the unit flow rate reduction amount, which is calculated by the reduction amount calculation device, and a flow rate after cleaning.
US09776220B2	Cylinder head cleaning method and cylinder head cleaning device A cylinder head cleaning method capable of cleaning a cylinder head with an enhanced foreign matter removing rate. The method is used to clean a cylinder head (1) having therein a water jacket (15) including a narrow space portion (Z) having a narrow flow path and a large space (Y) having a flow path wider than the narrow space portion (Z), and the cylinder head (1) further having holes (12A-12R, 13, 14, 16A-16C) communicating with the water jacket (15). Cleaning nozzles (28A, 28C) are inserted into the water jacket (15) from the holes (16A, 16C) selected from the holes (12A-12R, 13, 14, 16A-16C), clearing liquid is ejected from the cleaning nozzles (28A, 28C) toward the narrow space portion (Z), and the cleaning liquid flowing from the narrow space portion (Z) to the large space (Y) is discharged to the outside of the cylinder head (1) from the hole (16B) communicating with the space (Y).
US09776210B2	Laser absorbing compounds Various laser marking compositions and related methods are described. The laser marking compositions include a molybdenum metal complex, a tungsten metal complex, or combinations thereof. Marks or other indicia formed on a substrate using the compositions and methods exhibit increased contrast and improved substrate bonding.
US09776205B1	Texturizing a wall or ceiling with non-acoustical joint compound A method of texturing a wall or ceiling with non-acoustical joint compound by providing a collapsible bag having an opening at its top and is adapted to contain non-acoustical joint compound for forming a textured coating on the wall or ceiling and providing a spray nozzle having a low pressure input port, a joint compound suction port attached to the opening at the top of the collapsible bag, and an output port for spraying the non-acoustical joint compound. A low pressure stream of air from an air gun attached to the low pressure input port urges a small quantity of the non-acoustical joint compound to be sprayed out of the spray nozzle when the bottom of the collapsible disposable bag is raised above its top to either allow or force the joint compound to flow into the suction port and into the interior of the spray nozzle.
US09776200B2	Systems and methods for unmanned aerial painting applications Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for applying a liquid to a surface. According to various embodiments, the UAS includes an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) including flight control mechanisms. The UAV is configured to receive first control signals and to adjust an operational configuration of the flight control mechanisms in response to the first control signals. The UAS further includes a delivery assembly coupled to the UAV, where the delivery assembly is configured to receive second control signals and to apply the liquid to the surface located proximately to the UAV in response to the second control signals. The UAS further includes a control unit coupled to the UAV and the delivery assembly, the control unit configured to transmit the first and second control signals to the UAV and the delivery assembly, respectively.
US09776198B2	System for dispensing a mixture of a first product and a second product A system for dispensing a mixture of a first product and a second product has a pump which presents a pump body that is intended to be connected to a bottle which contains the first product. The pump has a piston secured to a push button so as to be actuated in translatory motion in the body. The piston defines within the body a dosing chamber having a feeding inlet formed on a lower part of the body. The pump further has a lower check valve that is slidingly mounted in the dosing chamber between an upper opening position and a lower closing position of the feeding inlet. The system further has an additional container (attached to the body which is intended to contain the second product, an organ for opening the additional container being coupled with the check valve in order to, at least upon the first actuation of the pump, open the additional container by the movement of the lower check valve towards its closing position, the opening being configured for the mixing of the second product with the first product into the bottle.
US09776190B2	Drive for an ultra-high-energy pulsatory-rotary mill The subject of the invention is a drive for an ultra-high-energy pulsatory-rotary mill that can be applied in the laboratory-class equipment.The objective of the invention is the use of the drive for an ultra-high-energy pulsatory-rotary mill which allows to accomplish the three-dimensional milling process in three axes with simultaneous control of amount of the supplied mechanical energy in real time.The rotary-planetary drive comprises an alternating-current motor (1) constituting the rotary motion drive and powered through an inverter (2) connected with the rotary mechanical energy counter (3), and an alternating-current motor (4) driving actuator (5) constituting the pulsatory motion drive and powered by inverter (6) connected with the pulsatory mechanical energy counter (7). Signals from mechanical energy counters (7) and (3) are conveyed to the digital recorder (8).
US09776189B2	Chemical reactor apparatus Support apparatus for a chemical reactor vessel comprises a mounting system comprising a collar device (221) arranged for closure around the chemical reactor vessel, and a mounting unit (200) having a member (212) with a hollow, semi-cylindrical receiving portion arranged to receive and support the chemical reactor vessel when fitted with the collar device. The collar device has three radially outwardly extending lugs (223A, 223B, 223C). An upper surface of the member (212) is provided with recesses for receiving and supporting lugs 223A and 223C. A slot in the hollow, semi-cylindrical receiving portion is arranged to receive and support the lug (223B). A chemical reactor vessel fitted with the collar device may be mounted on the apparatus without the need for manual handling of the apparatus, allowing two hands to be used for lifting and mounting the vessel. The lugs (223A, 223B, 223C), recesses and slot cooperate to prevent rotation of the vessel when mounted on the apparatus.
US09776187B2	Thermal cycler for PCR An instrument for performing highly accurate PCR employing an assembly, a heated cover, and an internal computer, is provided. The assembly is made up of a sample block, a number of Peltier thermal electric devices, and a heat sink, clamped together. A control algorithm manipulates the current supplied to thermoelectric coolers such that the dynamic thermal performance of a block can be controlled so that pre-defined thermal profiles of sample temperature can be executed. The sample temperature is calculated instead of measured using a design specific model and equations. The control software includes calibration diagnostics which permit variation in the performance of thermoelectric coolers from instrument to instrument to be compensated for such that all instruments perform identically. The block/heat sink assembly can be changed to another of the same or different design. The assembly carries the necessary information required to characterize its own performance in an on-board memory device, allowing the assembly to be interchangeable among instruments while retaining its precision operating characteristics.
US09776186B2	Reservoir with variable radius fillet A slot extender includes a reservoir. The reservoir includes a reservoir floor defining a drain opening, a continuous reservoir sidewall extending from the reservoir floor, and a concave fillet running along at least a portion where the reservoir sidewall joins the reservoir floor. The concave fillet has a variable radius.
US09776179B2	Production of fatty olefin derivatives via olefin metathesis In one aspect, the invention provides a method for synthesizing a fatty olefin derivative. The method includes: a) contacting an olefin according to Formula I with a metathesis reaction partner according to Formula IIb in the presence of a metathesis catalyst under conditions sufficient to form a metathesis product according to Formula IIIb: and b) converting the metathesis product to the fatty olefin derivative. Each R1 is independently selected from H, C1-18 alkyl, and C2-18 alkenyl; R2b is C1-8 alkyl; subscript y is an integer ranging from 0 to 17; and subscript z is an integer ranging from 0 to 17. In certain embodiments, the metathesis catalyst is a tungsten catalyst or a molybdenum catalyst. In various embodiments, the fatty olefin derivative is a pheromone. Pheromone compositions and methods of using them are also described.
US09776176B2	Catalyst for selective oxidation of sulphur compounds The present invention is related to a catalyst supported for the selective oxidation of sulphur compounds of the tail gas from the Claus process or streams with an equivalent composition to elemental sulphur or sulphur dioxide (SO2). It is also the object of the present invention, a process for the preparation of a catalyst of this type, as well as the process of selective oxidation of sulphur compounds to elemental sulphur using the catalyst of the invention, as well as the process of catalytic incineration of the tail gas from the Claus process using the catalyst of the present invention.
US09776173B2	Hollow metal nanoparticles The present specification relates to a hollow metal nanoparticle. Specifically, the present specification relates to a hollow metal nanoparticle having a cavity.
US09776140B2	Fabrication of carbon nanotube membranes A process for making an iron oxide impregnated carbon nanotube membrane. In this template-free and binder-free process, iron oxide nanoparticles are homogeneously dispersed onto the surface of carbon nanotubes by wet impregnation. The amount of iron oxide nanoparticles loaded on the carbon nanotubes range from 0.25-80% by weight per total weight of the doped carbon nanotubes. The iron oxide doped carbon nanotubes are then pressed to form a carbon nanotube disc which is then sintered at high temperatures to form a mixed matrix membrane of iron oxide nanoparticles homogeneously dispersed across a carbon nanotube matrix. Methods of characterizing porosity, hydrophilicity and fouling potential of the carbon nanotube membrane are also described.
US09776137B2	Recovery of regenerant electrolyte Methods, systems and compositions for recovery of regenerant ions from spent regenerant solution by utilization of electrodialysis are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for separating spent regenerant using an electrodialysis system comprising selective membranes are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for treating a friable solid ion-removal material to prevent fragmentation during regeneration.
US09776134B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine of the present invention, an exhaust purification catalyst (13) and a hydrocarbon supply valve (15) are disposed in an engine exhaust path, and NOx contained in exhaust gas is purified by injecting hydrocarbon from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) at a predetermined cycle. With respect to the injection amount per unit time of the hydrocarbon from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15), there is a difference provided between the first half and the second half of one injection time period, and in the first-half injection time period (Y), the injection amount per unit time of hydrocarbon is made to be less as compared to the second-half injection time period (X).
US09776130B1	Generation of high pressure oxygen via electrochemical pumping in a multi-stage electrolysis stack An oxygen pump can produce high-purity high-pressure oxygen. Oxygen ions (O2−) are electrochemically pumped through a multi-stage electrolysis stack of cells. Each cell includes an oxygen-ion conducting solid-state electrolyte between cathode and anode sides. Oxygen dissociates into the ions at the cathode side. The ions migrate across the electrolyte and recombine at the anode side. An insulator is between adjacent cells to electrically isolate each individual cell. Each cell receives a similar volt potential. Recombined oxygen from a previous stage can diffuse through the insulator to reach the cathode side of the next stage. Each successive stage similarly incrementally pressurizes the oxygen to produce a final elevated pressure.
US09776125B2	Marine exhaust gas scrubber A vertical scrubber (1) for exhaust gas from a marine vessel is described. An exhaust gas tube (2) is substantially coaxially arranged through the bottom of a lower scrubbing chamber (3) and is released though an exhaust gas outlet (20) being coaxially arranged through the top of an upper scrubbing chamber (13). A lower scrubbing chamber deflection body (4) is arranged above the opening of the exhaust gas tube (2) for redirecting the exhaust gas towards the walls of the scrubber and create turbulent gas flow, where one or more lower chamber water injector(s) (6, 6′) is (are) arranged above the lower scrubbing chamber deflection body (4), to introduce scrubbing water, and where a lower chamber exhaust gas outlet (12) is arranged at the top of the lower scrubbing chamber (3) as a coaxial constriction, for withdrawing the partly scrubbed exhaust gas from the first scrubbing chamber and introducing the gas into the upper scrubbing chamber (13).
US09776122B2	High pressure compressed air/gas/steam filter A high pressure compressed air/gas/steam filter, incorporating a heavy main housing body, flanges that are rigidly secured to the top and bottom of the housing body, the housing body having an inlet, an outlet port, and a central cavity into which the operating filter cartridge element locates. A manifold cage assembly, incorporating a variety of seals, secures with a manifold plate, that likewise connects through the use of tie-rod the filter element in place, for high pressure filtration. Once the top flange is removed, the integrated manifold cage, its manifold plate, and its secured filter, can simply be upwardly removed with bolts or fasteners from the main body housing, the filter element cleansed, or replaced and only these removed components can then be reinserted back into the heavy filter housing body, for retightening of its upper flange in place, readying the high pressure filter for further application.
US09776121B2	Filter element, particularly air filter element, and filter system having a filter element The invention relates to a filter element (10), including a filter body (12) with a self-contained exterior side (50) which surrounds a self-contained interior side (52), at least one filter medium (16) being disposed between exterior side (50) and interior side (52) and the filter body (12) including at least in some areas at least one winding layer (14) with at least one adsorbent. The invention relates furthermore to a filter system (100) with a filter element (10) with a filter body (12) with a self-contained exterior side (50) which surrounds a self-contained interior side (52), at least one filter medium (16) being disposed between exterior side (50) and interior side (52), the filter body (12) including at least in some areas at least one winding layer (14) with at least one adsorbent.
US09776112B2	Candle-type filtering device for preventing back pressure A device for filtering ballast water which performs filtering by installing a filter element having a conical shape in a concentric circle direction inside the device for filtering ballast water that accommodates a filter portion, and introducing ballast water from a lower end of the device for filtering and passing same through the filter element inside the device for filtering, and for discharging backwash water containing foreign substances that are inside a filter by ways of differential pressure, which is created by a driving portion communicating with a filter element by rotating an aspiration portion that is located on the lower end of the device for filtering. In particular, the present invention relates to a candle-type device for filtering ballast water, wherein the driving portion is positioned on a lower portion of the housing so that more filter elements can be accommodated inside the housing.
US09776108B2	Stationary cloth media filtration The present inventions relate to water and wastewater treatment devices including stationary cloth filter media support structures which support structures also form the effluent plenum for the filtered influent.
US09776106B2	Continuous dewatering recirculation system with integral coal combustion residual high flow plate separator The system for a continuous dewatering recirculating for removing particulate such as coal combustion residue from a water stream. The system includes multiple dewatering and recirculation containers, each having a submerged flight conveyor and lamella settlings plate located therein, at least one dewatering and recirculation container receives ash water stream overflow.
US09776098B2	Pillow with toy attachment system A pillow includes a compressible fill material and a flexible shell covering the fill material. A track is at least partially embedded in the flexible shell, and a clip is slidingly engaged with the track. The clip defines an opening for attaching an item to the pillow. Various kinds of items may be attached. In another variation, a slipcover includes a flexible shell configured to conform to an outer shape of a particular pillow, and also includes a track at least partially embedded in the flexible shell. A clip is slidingly engaged with the track and defines an opening.
US09776095B2	Restraint system for use in a vehicle A restraint system for use in a vehicle may include a seat; a belt system having at least one belt and at least one belt-adjusting mechanism; and at least one buckle. The belt-adjusting mechanism may be disposed at a first side of the seat and the buckle may be disposed at a second side of the seat. An end portion of the belt may be connected to the belt-adjusting mechanism; and the belt system may have a locking member for locking with the buckle. The restraint system may also include a belt pretensioner that includes a force transmission member; and an actuator configured to actuate the force transmission member for tightening the force transmission member and/or the belt. The actuator may be configured to be actuated and/or triggered by an operator.
US09776094B2	Mahjong game system using touch panel A mahjong game system using touch panel includes: a computer, and four player consoles in communication with the computer by a wired or wireless communication method. The computer includes a touch panel at the top side for displaying game pictures and a mahjong game program installed therein and providing a speech recognition process for identifying multiple specific voice commands. The four player consoles are individual touch panels having an elongated shape. Each player console defines a tiles-in-hand displaying portion and a command displaying portion. Further, a voice sensor is installed in the computer or each player console.
US09776091B1	Systems and methods for hardware-based matchmaking The present disclosure provides a system for a game application host system and game application that can determine the hardware characteristics of a user computing system for use during online matchmaking in a multiplayer game application. The game application can include a hardware analysis module that can evaluate the user computing system to determine the speed and operational characteristics of the hardware. The hardware characteristics can be used for matchmaking by a matchmaking module of the host application system to select hosts and users for a game match. The hardware analysis module that can run tests, such as a data throughput analysis and a processing analysis, to evaluate and rate the user computing system. The ratings can be incorporated into the matchmaking analysis along with other matchmaking characteristics, such as latency, player skill level, geographical location, and other existing matchmaking characteristics, in order to selects users for game matches.
US09776090B2	Image processing method, avatar display adaptation method and corresponding image processing processor, virtual world server and communication terminal When processing images in a virtual environment in which a plurality of avatars respectively representing associated users evolve, an image processing method is employed comprising the following stages: an adaptation request is received for the display of the avatars on the terminal of a given user, the request comprising at least one adaptation criterion to distinguish the display of the avatars. The data representing the avatars is modified based on the adaptation criterion, and the modified data for an adapted display of the avatars is sent to the terminal of the given user. Additionally, the display of avatars in a virtual environment may be adapted. A corresponding image processing processor, virtual world server and communication terminal for implementing such methods are also provided.
US09776088B2	Apparatus and method of user interaction A method obtains multiple recorded instances of play through a virtual environment and generating the virtual environment through which progress may be made by a player. At a first elapsed time, a position of the player is determined within the virtual environment. At the first elapsed time, data indicating a position within the virtual environment is obtained, and a difference between the obtained position and the determined position of the player is calculated. If the difference exceeds a first threshold, the method searches for a second recorded instance of play meeting criteria where, at the first elapsed time, the data indicates a position within the environment whose difference from the determined position does not exceed a second threshold. If a second recorded instance of play meets the criteria, a graphical element is incorporated into the environment at the position obtained from the first elapsed time within the second recorded instance.
US09776086B2	Method of transforming an image file A computer-implemented method of transforming an image file by an image file transformation apparatus, the method including providing an image file in a pixel-based format having a plurality of pixels, dividing the pixels into a plurality of patches, sampling the pixels to generate boundary conditions relating to each of the patches, deriving Fourier coefficients of a solution to a partial differential equation according to the boundary conditions, and outputting the Fourier coefficients for each of the patches as a transformed image file.
US09776080B2	Gaming controller A controller for interfacing wirelessly with a game console is provided, including the following: a housing defined by a main body, a first extension extending from a first end of the main body, and a second extension extending from a second end of the main body, the first extension and the second extension for holding by a first hand and a second hand of a user, respectively; a touch-sensitive panel defined along the top surface of the main body between the first extension and the second extension; a first set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the first extension and on a first side of the touch-sensitive panel; and, a second set of buttons disposed on the top surface of the main body proximate to the second extension and on a second side of the touch-sensitive panel.
US09776076B2	Systems and methods for generating a compilation reel in game video In some embodiments, a system comprises an interface, a set of compilation rules, a trigger indication selection module, and a compilation reel generation module. The interface may be configured to receive metadata corresponding to gameplay on a digital device. The metadata may include a set of trigger indicators associated with a set of gameplay events occurring during the gameplay. The set of trigger indicators may be based on a set of trigger conditions occurring during the gameplay. The trigger indicator selection module may be configured to select a subset of the set of trigger indicators based on the set of compilation reel rules. The compilation reel generation module may be configured to generate a compilation reel based on the subset of trigger indicators selected by the trigger indicator selection module, the compilation reel including video of the gameplay events corresponding to the subset of trigger indicators.
US09776062B2	Exercise machine rail system An exercise machine rail system for improved exerciser mounting and dismounting, improved functional ergonomics, and reduced risk of exerciser injury when using an exercise machine. The exercise machine rail system generally includes either two rails in close relationship which are linked together via connectors or a singular rail. Bias members are disclosed as either extending along either outer side of the rails, internally to the rail, or underneath the rail. Due to the narrow nature of the rails used by the present invention, an exerciser is able to mount and dismount the exercise machine easily and efficiently.
US09776058B2	Golf club head having optimized ball speed to CT relationship A golf club head comprising a body and a plurality of stiffening members and satisfying the equation Vballnorm≧0.0356x+140.82 is disclosed herein. The body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a crown or return section, and defines a hollow interior. Each of the plurality of stiffening members extends from the crown or return section to the sole section within the hollow interior to reduce stresses placed on the face section during impact with a golf ball. The stiffening members are all located within 1 inch of a rear surface of the face section measured along a plane normal to the center of the face, and are spaced a distance of 0.500 to 2.00 inch from one another within the hollow interior.
US09776042B2	Exercise system and method for controlling a vehicle A vehicular exercise system includes an exercise monitoring apparatus configured to communicate with a vehicle including one or more internal structures including at least one seat and a steering wheel. The at least one exercise monitoring apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to detect one or more exercise activities performed at the one or more internal structures and actuate the vehicle based on the one or more detected exercise activities. The processing circuitry is further configured to monitor one or more physiological parameters of the one or more detected exercise activities, determine a recommendation regarding future exercise activities based on the one or more physiological parameters, and output one or more notifications corresponding to the one or more physiological parameters and the determined recommendation.
US09776038B1	Rowing simulation trainer A rowing simulation trainer includes a base frame, a pulling unit, an inertia wheel unit and a guiding unit. The pulling unit includes a shaft, a first belt wheel, two cord wheels, two pulling cords, two handgrips and two elastic coiled plates. The guiding unit includes two mounting tubes. Each of the two pulling cords extends through one of the two mounting tubes. Thus, the two cord wheels and the two pulling cords cooperate to drive the inertia wheel unit and are respectively operated independently without interfering with each other. In addition, the two pulling cords are limited by the two mounting tubes so that the two pulling cords are kept in line with and will not be deflected from the two cord wheels.
US09776036B1	Upper body exercise device The upper body exercise device is a resistance based training device that is adapted for use by a person. Specifically, the upper body exercise device uses the weight of the exerciser to generate a counterforce that provides resistance to specific upper body exercises. The upper body exercise device comprises a frame, a first resistance system, a second resistance system, and a third resistance system.
US09776034B2	Exercise apparatus Muscle resistance apparatus comprising a framework, at least one resistive force and a movable section. The movable section is linked to a resistive force, wherein a first part of the movable section is attached to the framework by a connection whereby it can be temporarily displaced, and a second part of the movable section is connected to the first part of the movable section by a second connection whereby it can be temporarily displaced. The first and second parts of the movable section are independently movable with respect to one another in an angular and/or linear fashion.
US09776023B2	Respiratory mask having a nose support extension A respiratory mask body having a nose region including a seal and a support extension is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the mask body has a nose region including a support extension which extends in a direction away from the seal and is configured to contact a user's nose at a position beyond the seal.
US09776021B2	Anhydrous dyeing composition and process for dyeing hair The present invention relates to an anhydrous liquid dyeing composition comprising one or more oil liquid at 20° C., one or more oxidative dye precursor, at least one anionic and at least one nonionic surfactant for achieving intensive homogeneous colors on hair.
US09776007B2	Method and system of quick neurostimulation electrode configuration and positioning A model of an implantable lead is provided via a graphical user interface. The implantable lead is configured to deliver electrical stimulation to a patient via a plurality of electrodes located on the implantable lead. The graphical user interface also provides a plurality of predefined electrode activation patterns that include a coarse pattern and a refined pattern. The coarse pattern corresponds to a first group of electrodes located in a first region of the implantable lead. The refined pattern corresponds to a second group of electrodes located in a second region of the implantable lead. The second region is smaller than, and is a subsection of, the first region. A coarse testing process is performed by selectively activating the first group of electrodes belonging to the coarse pattern. Thereafter, a refined testing process is performed by selectively activating the second group of electrodes belonging to the refined pattern.
US09775999B2	System comprising a cochlear stimulation device and a second hearing stimulation device and a method for adjustment according to a response to combined stimulation There is provided a system comprising a first device for neural stimulation of a cochlea of a patient's ipsilateral ear; a second hearing stimulation device selected from the group consisting of a device for neural stimulation of the cochlea of the patient's contralateral ear, a device for acoustic stimulation of the patient's ipsilateral ear and a device for acoustic stimulation of the patient's contralateral ear and comprising means for stimulation of the respective ear; and a fitting device for adjusting at least one of the first stimulation device and the second stimulation device according to a response of the patient to combined stimulation by the first stimulation device and the second stimulation device.
US09775994B2	System and method for biphasic transdermal iontophoretic delivery of therapeutic agents for the control of addictive cravings Embodiments of the invention provide methods for the transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of addictive cravings e.g., nicotine compounds for the treatment of nicotine cravings from tobacco use. An embodiment of a method for such delivery comprises positioning at least one electrode assembly in electrical communication with a patient's skin. The assembly includes a solution comprising a therapeutic agent which passively diffuses into the skin. A dose of agent is delivered from the assembly into the skin during a first period using a first current having a characteristic e.g., polarity and magnitude, to repel the agent out of the assembly. During a second period, a second current having a characteristic to attract the agent is used to retain the agent in the assembly such that delivery of agent into skin is minimized. A dose of agent may be delivered on demand by an input from the patient.
US09775991B1	Endovascular electrode system for tissue stimulation with embedded generator A system to generate and sense electrical energy to and from tissue within a mammalian body. The system includes a flexible shaft and an electrical generator disposed on or embedded within the flexible shaft. Radially displaceable arcuate arm members forming electrodes are displaceable responsive to actuation of the electrical generator.
US09775989B2	Lead delivery device and method A medical apparatus includes a guidewire and a fixator catheter. The fixator catheter comprises a tubular body with a distal portion and a proximal portion, and further includes a distal opening, a fixator secured to the distal portion, and a body opening arranged between the fixator and the proximal portion. The guidewire passes through the body opening and the distal opening of the fixator catheter. The fixator is movable between a compact configuration and an expanded configuration and, in the expanded condition, is capable of anchoring the guidewire and fixator catheter in a lumen of a blood vessel.
US09775983B2	Methods for making and using improved leads for electrical stimulation systems A method for manufacturing a lead includes pre-forming at least one relief section along a length of an elongated conductor having a first end and an opposing second end. The conductor with the pre-formed relief section is inserted into a conductor lumen defined along a length of an elongated lead body. The lead body has a first end and an opposing second end. An electrode is disposed at the first end of the lead body. The first end of the conductor is electrically coupled to the electrode. A terminal is disposed at the second end of the lead body. The second end of the conductor is electrically coupled to the terminal.
US09775978B2	Drug delivery device and methods having a retaining member Various embodiments of a device, a kit and method for delivering a drug depot are disclosed. The device comprises a housing including a lower body, an upper body, a ring member; and a drug cartridge. The lower body defines a lower body channel. The upper body defines an upper body channel. The drug cartridge defines a depot channel. The ring member is disposed extending upward from an annular step surface of the lower body toward a housing upper end. The ring member includes indicia indicating a characteristic of one or more drug depots in the drug cartridge. A plunger has a push rod for expelling the drug depot through the cannula to a site in the patient. A kit comprises the above components. A method includes assembling the components including selecting a ring member having indicia corresponding to one or more drug depots in the drug cartridge.
US09775974B2	Corrosion-resistant magnetic article A magnetic article with a corrosion resistant barrier formed from a poly(tetrafluoro-p-xylene) conformal coating or from a parylene conformal coating having a melting point of at least about 430° C. and a moisture vapor transmission less than about 0.5 g-mm/m2/day at 90% RH and 37° C., the conformal coating being covered with a polysulfone thermoplastic overlayer.
US09775971B2	Wraps Wraps configured to cover a user's body portion having a tube that is at least partially external the user's body and that is in fluid communication with one or more internal systems of the user's body are disclosed. The wraps may include a fabric panel sized and shaped to wrap around and cover the user's body portion. The wraps may additionally include a coupling assembly connected to the fabric panel and configured to secure the fabric panel to one or more portions of the user when the fabric panel is wrapped around the user's body portion. The wraps may further include a holder assembly configured to secure a portion of the tube to the fabric panel.
US09775970B2	Apparatus and methods facilitating the repositioning of implanted medical devices Dislodging an anchor sleeve from an implanted device may be accomplished with a tool that includes a support portion and a sleeve dislodging element, wherein a collar of the support portion engages a distal end of the anchor sleeve while the dislodging element, positioned at a proximal end of the sleeve, is moved toward the collar to dislodge the anchor sleeve. The tool preferably includes a handle member held in sliding engagement with a base member, for example, by a snap-fit, wherein the support portion is part of the handle member, and a distal segment of the base member is terminated by the dislodging element. A tool kit may include a plurality of base members, each one including a different type of dislodging element, from which an operator may select for snap-fitting to a handle member of the kit.
US09775969B2	Reentry catheter and method thereof The invention generally relates to method and apparatus for crossing an obstruction in a tubular member, and more particularly to a medical device method for crossing of a chronic occlusion in a subintimal or interstitial space of an artery.
US09775968B2	Magnetically controlled stiffness of materials A system and method for the use of magneto-rheological fluids (MRF) and magnetically controlled elastomers (MCE) for use in fluid control and distribution apparatus which are responsive to control by a magnetic field are disclosed.
US09775962B2	System for inducing a subject to fall to sleep An assistance system for visually handicapped persons with visual impairment in a part of their visual field includes body-worn sensors to inform them actively about objects or movements in the visually impaired sides.
US09775960B2	Endotracheal tube for mechanical ventilation The present invention relates generally to medical devices, methods, and kits. More particularly, the present invention relates to improved endotracheal tubes or patient ventilation tubes which prevent the leakage of proximal secretions to the distal airways.
US09775956B2	Needle assembly for mixing of substances In one aspect of the invention, a needle assembly is provided, including: a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel located therebetween, the body being configured to be mounted to an injector; a needle fixed to the body, the needle having proximal and distal ends, the distal end extending distally from the distal end of the body and being formed for insertion into a patient, the proximal end of the needle being in communication with the channel; and, a filter disposed in the channel proximally of the proximal end of the needle. Advantageously, a needle assembly is provided which permits mixing of at least two substances in preparation for injection, without modification to the associated injector.
US09775955B2	Needle shield assembly Described is a needle shield assembly comprising an inner body adapted to receive a needle and an outer body coupled to the inner body. The inner body comprises a proximal portion having a first outer diameter (D4) and a distal portion having a second outer diameter. The first outer diameter is larger than the second outer diameter. The outer body has a third outer diameter (D3) substantially equal to or less than the first outer diameter.
US09775954B2	Pen-type injector The present invention relates to injectors, such as pen-type injectors, that provide for administration of medicinal products from a multidose-cartridge and permit a user to set the delivery dose. The injector may include a housing, a piston rod adapted to operate through the housing, a dose dial sleeve located between the housing and the piston rod, and a drive sleeve located between the dose dial sleeve and the piston rod. The dose dial sleeve may have a helical thread of first lead and the drive sleeve may have a helical groove of second lead. The first lead of the helical thread and the second lead of the helical groove may be the same.
US09775943B2	Cannula ingress system A cannula ingress system may include a tip stabilization mechanism having a tip stabilization mechanism distal end and a tip stabilization mechanism proximal end, a fixation mechanism, a hypodermic tube having a hypodermic tube distal end and a hypodermic tube proximal end, and a tip having a tip distal end and a tip proximal end. The tip may be disposed within the hypodermic tube wherein the tip distal end extends from the hypodermic tube distal end. The fixation mechanism may be disposed within a fixation mechanism channel of the tip stabilization mechanism. The tip stabilization mechanism may be disposed over the tip and the hypodermic tube distal end.
US09775937B2	User interfaces for dialysis devices In general, a dialysis device includes a first processing device for monitoring dialysis functions of the dialysis device, a second processing device, a display device, and memory. The memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the dialysis device to provide, on the display device, a first display region and a second display region, where the first display region is associated with the first processing device and the second display region is associated with the second processing device. At least a portion of the first display region cannot be obscured by the second display region.
US09775935B2	Instructional medical treatment system The present invention discloses an appliance for administering medical treatment to a person, as well as methods of using the appliance. In various embodiments, the appliance may be comprised of a medical device, an electronic processor, an electronic display (such as a liquid crystal display (LCD)), an audio output device (such as a piezoelectric speaker/microphone), electronic controls for controlling the operation of the electronic processor, and an electronic input receptacle (such as a DVD drive or USB port) adapted to receive and electronically access an electronic storage device (such as a DVD or flash memory device). The electronic processor or electronic storage device or both have information related to use and operation of the medical device digitally stored therein, so that the user of the appliance has ready access to instructional materials. Thus, the appliance includes an internal system for instructing the user in the use of the medical device.
US09775934B2	Immobilizer preform, immobilizer device, and method of forming the same Aspects of the invention include preforms used to be formed into an immobilizer for use with a patient. The preform includes a preform member that is formed from a thermoplastic material and a filler material. The preform member is relatively rigid at a first temperature and formable at an elevated second temperature. The preform member is opaque at the first and second temperatures. The preform also includes at least one indicator associated with the preform member. The at least one indicator is formed from a thermoplastic material and is opaque at the first temperature and translucent at the second temperature. The at least one indicator can provide a visual indication of readiness to form the preform into the immobilizer upon heating the preform member to the second temperature at which the indicator is translucent.
US09775910B2	Stable aqueous suspension An aqueous suspension of a hydrophobic nutrient is disclosed. In particular, the nutrient, in ester form, is combined with a selected dispersion aid and a dispersion agent(s), and then dispersed in an aqueous medium to form the suspension.
US09775902B2	Compounds and methods for treatment of stroke The present invention relates to methods and agents useful for the treatment of stroke, including ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. In particular, methods and agents for treating stroke in a subject are provided, wherein the agent is administered prior to diagnosis of the stroke as an ischemic stroke or a hemorrhagic stroke.
US09775896B2	Tissue targeted antigenic activation of the immune response to treat cancers The invention provides in part methods of treating cancers of a specific organ or tissue by administering a composition that is antigenically specific for one or more microbes that are pathogenic in the specific organ or tissue in which the cancer is situated.
US09775888B2	Treatment with factor ix-albumin fusion protein The present invention encompasses albumin fusion proteins. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the albumin fusion proteins of the invention are also encompassed by the invention, as are vectors containing these nucleic acids, host cells transformed with these nucleic acids vectors, and methods of making the albumin fusion proteins of the invention and using these nucleic acids, vectors, and/or host cells. Additionally the present invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising albumin fusion proteins and methods of treating, preventing, or ameliorating diseases, disorders or conditions using albumin fusion proteins of the invention.
US09775874B1	Method for treating symptoms of hormone imbalance In a new supplemental combination and method of treatment, the herbs Vitex agnus-castus (chasteberry), green tea, and arginine treat premenstrual syndrome, premenstrual tension, as an alternative to conventional women's hormone replacement therapy, and to offset the problems related to sub-optimal hormone balance or decline resulting from age, genetics, stress, or environmental influences. Furthermore, the combination may be enhanced with a phytoestrogen and/or a progesterone-receptor enhancing agent.
US09775863B2	Isolated liver stem cells A method of treating liver-based inborn, metabolic deficiencies is disclosed by treatment of an individual, such as a patient suffering from liver-based inborn, metabolic deficiencies, with human progenitor or stem cells, a cell population or their progeny. The cells used in the treatment have the following characteristics. They are positive for vimentin, α-smooth muscle actin (ASMA), and for at least one mesenchymal marker such as CD90, CD29, CD73, and CD44. They are positive for at least one hepatocyte marker such as albumin, alpha-fetoprotein, alpha-1 antitrypsin, HNF-4 and MRP2 transporter. They express at least one hepatocyte-like property or function such as G6P, CYP1B1, CYP3A4, TDO, TAT, GS, GGT, CK8, and EAAT2. They are negative for at least one marker such as cytokeratin-19, CD45, CD34, CD49f, CD133, HLA-DR, and CD117. They have mesenchymal-like morphology. They originate from human adult liver cells.
US09775859B2	Methods and compositions for preventing and treating a disease related to glycan dysregulation Contemplated compositions and methods are directed to prevent and/or treat various autoimmune diseases that are typically associated with glycan dysregulation, and especially autoimmune demyelinating diseases. Further especially contemplated aspects include animal models and systems for screening compounds to treat and/or prevent such diseases.
US09775851B1	Topical formulations comprising a steroid The application provides formulations for the topical administration of an active agent comprising at least one steroid, in the form of topical sprays that are propellant-free, and/or substantially non-foaming, and/or alcohol-free. The present application also provides processes for preparing such compositions and methods of using them in management of skin diseases or disorders such as psoriasis, dermatoses, and other associated skin diseases or disorders.
US09775836B2	Antitumor agent Pharmaceuticals which are effective for treatment, prevention, and the like of cancer and have less side effects are disclosed. The antitumor agent of the present invention comprises as an effective ingredient at least one leukotriene inhibitor. Examples of the leukotriene inhibitor includes leukotriene production inhibitors and leukotriene receptor antagonists, and preferred specific examples of the leukotriene inhibitor include montelukast, zafirlukast, pranlukast, and zileuton; pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds; and pharmaceutically acceptable solvates of these compounds and the salts. The leukotriene inhibitor can also be used as a relieving agent for pain accompanying a tumor(s), and as a stromal hyperplasia inhibitor.
US09775835B2	Small molecule inhibitors of viral protein interactions with human t-RNA Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods of their use to treat HIV/AIDS disease in a subject in need thereof, wherein the compositions comprise small molecule inhibitors that inhibit viral preparation or viral recruitment of human tRNA3Lys.
US09775834B2	Regimen for supressing organ rejection The present invention relates to a method of suppressing organ rejection in a patient receiving an organ transplant by initiating oral treatment with a once-daily extended release tacrolimus dosage form, for example, at an initial dose of from about 0.15 to about 0.20 mg/kg/day within 24 or 48 hours following transplantation. The once-daily extended release tacrolimus dosage form (i) provides low fluctuation and/or swing of tacrolimus, (ii) provides a significantly lower Cmax than an immediate release formulation of tacrolimus while providing the same or greater area under the curve (AUC), (iii) releases the tacrolimus substantially in the colon and/or the lower ileum, (iv) releases at most 63.5% of the tacrolimus in the dosage form at the 12 hour time point, or (v) any combination of any of the foregoing.
US09775827B2	Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity and useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and the like.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US09775825B2	Method of managing chemotherapy induced alopecia or cachexia or both The present disclosure is related to management of chemotherapy induced side effects namely cachexia and alopecia by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising pentameric type A procyanidin flavonoid, trimeric procyanidin flavonoid and tetrameric procyanidin flavonoid, optionally along with pharmaceutical excipients.
US09775820B2	Solid solution compositions and use in chronic inflammation The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US09775814B2	Enteric soft capsule compositions Described herein are enteric soft capsules comprising gastric resistant polymers and gelatin and methods for manufacturing the same. The enteric soft capsules described herein have enhanced enteric and elastic properties and are simpler to manufacture and produce.
US09775813B2	Separable capsule The present disclosure relates to a separable hard capsule for containing a medication. The capsule may be opened by finger force and used, for example, by pediatric and geriatric patients.
US09775811B2	Tamper resistant dosage forms The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.
US09775801B2	Composition and method for management of diabetes or pre-diabetes A drink for moderating blood glucose levels produced by a meal in a human subject suffering diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) the drink comprising: at least one water soluble or water dispersible compound selected from the group consisting of amino acids, peptides and proteins in a total amount of at least 8g on a dry weight basis per serving of drink; aqueous liquid in an amount of from 70 ml to 400 ml (preferably in an amount of from 100 ml to 250 ml and more preferably from 125 ml to 175 ml) per serving, and wherein the drink exhibits shear banding when subject to the shear banding test herein described.
US09775797B2	Personal care composition The present invention relates to a personal care composition for topical application having skin lightening application. It is an object of the present invention to provide for a personal care composition that comprises fractions obtained from natural sources that gives enhanced skin lightening as compared to known fractions from natural sources.
US09775795B2	Copolymers in cosmetic compositions The present invention concerns the use of a specific copolymer to homogenize compositions that include coloring pigments and/or pearlescent pigments and film-forming polymers, as well as the cosmetic compositions containing said copolymer.
US09775793B2	Prolonged delivery of certain fragrance components from personal care compositions A personal care composition is provided having a highly volatile fragrance which incorporates alpha pinene, beta pinene, hexyl acetate, limonene, (+)-citronellal, dihydromyrcenol, alpha citronellol, beta citronellol, genaniol, lilial or combinations thereof in conjunction with tricyclodecane amide. The tricyclodecane amide functions to prevent fast volatilization of the highly volatile fragrance components when the personal care composition is applied to skin or hair of the human body.
US09775791B2	Method of manufacture of antiperspirant salts A UHT process for the manufacture of an aqueous antiperspirant composition comprising the steps of: (i) mixing aluminium-containing antiperspirant salt, water soluble calcium salt, amino acid, and water, (ii) heating the mixture to a temperature of greater than 100° C. at a pressure of greater than 1 Bar (100,000 Pa) and (iii) restoring the mixture to ambient temperature and pressure.
US09775790B2	Method and compositions for whitening teeth A tooth whitening method applies a light transmitting oxidizing composition to teeth in an oral cavity, after which a hand-held LED light source with a light transmitting lens and a cup forming a chamber having an open end is moved over the teeth so that the cup distributes the oxidizing composition while the teeth are exposed to light transmitted through the lens. This not only ensures intimate contact of the teeth with the oxidizing composition, but also maintains a more or less constant spacing between the light source and the tooth surfaces for optimum results. A sealant is then applied to the teeth to resist moisture contamination of the oxidizing composition.
US09775787B2	Zinc oxide particle, method for producing the same, ultraviolet shielding agent, and cosmetic It is one of the objects of the present disclosure to provide hexagonal prism-shaped zinc oxide particles having improved ultraviolet shielding ratio at the wavelength of 400 nm or less without impairing the direct transition properties of electronic excitation thereof and having remarkably improved ultraviolet shielding ratio for UV-B radiation and UV-A radiation; and a zinc oxide particle containing a solid solution of a Ti element and/or a Fe element and a Zn element in at least a portion thereof, and having a hexagonal prism shape.
US09775770B2	Device for applying stimulation to the foot or feet of a person A device for stimulating the Meissner's Corpuscles along the front plantar portion of the foot or feet of a person is provided. The device has a platform disposed upon motion guides for movement up and down with respect to a base. The platform has a shaped surface for ease of placement of at least the front plantar portion of at least one foot of a person seated in front of the device in which the back or heel portion of the foot is disposed away from the device. One or more inertial actuators are attached to the platform underneath its surface. A controller controls operation of the actuator(s), via signals to a driver, to move the platform with respect to the base in a sinusoidally varying motion at a user selectable stimulation level. The stimulation level may be set wirelessly via an external device, or by manually tilting the device.
US09775764B1	Rear chain stretcher An exercise device for stretching the calf muscles and Achilles tendon of a user. The exercise device includes a rod with a pair of grips, a pair of straps, and a foot platform. The pair of straps has two ends; or a first end and a second end. The first end of each strap is affixed to opposing distal ends of the rod. The second end of the pair of straps is affixed to distal, or outside, ends of the foot platform. The exercise device can have a rotatable sleeve with a plurality of surface protuberances on the sleeve. The rotatable sleeve is mounted on the rod between the pair of grips. The rotatable sleeve can be used as a massager by rolling the sleeve over a muscle while gripping the grips on either side of the sleeve.
US09775756B2	Wheelchair structure and suspension assembly The present invention relates to wheelchair improvements and, in particular, to a wheelchair including a monocoque structural skin according to one aspect, and a suspension assembly according to another aspect.
US09775754B1	Convertible wheelchair The convertible wheelchair is similar to a conventional wheelchair, but includes a reclining back support and an additional leg support plate. As the back support is pivoted, with respect to the seat, into a reclining position, the leg support plate is driven to pivot upward. When the back support is pivoted into a fully reclining position, the seat, the back support and the leg support plate are positioned parallel and co-planar with respect to one another. Similar to a conventional wheelchair, the convertible wheelchair includes a frame, the seat, which is secured to an upper end of the frame, the back support, which is secured to a rear end of the frame and is pivotally coupled to the seat, a pair of rear wheels rotatably secured to the rear end of the frame, and a pair of front wheels rotatably secured to the front end of the frame.
US09775750B2	Signal layer for an absorbent article A signal layer for an absorbent article provided to absorb menstrual fluid includes a pattern of capillary channels allowing capillary action such that discharged menstrual fluid that comes across one of the openings in the capillary channels enters into the capillary channels and is retained therein due to the capillary force. The color of the retained menstrual discharge dyes or colors the pattern for signaling purpose, and the pattern is directly or indirectly visible to an observer.
US09775737B2	Finger trigger splint for joint immobilization and flexion inhibition Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a splint for resolving the symptoms of trigger finger/thumb. The splint may include a t-shaped main body, wherein a stem of the Tshape is rigid and includes a support bar configured to at least partially immobilize a user's finger and a top of the T-shape is rigid with a flexible portion configured to wrap around the finger. The splint may further include a securement strap extending from the top of the T-shape, the securement strap configured to engage with the top of the T-shape to secure the top of the Tshape around the finger. In embodiments where the splint is used on a thumb, the splint may further include a thumb securement strap configured to wrap around the user's hand/wrist to secure the splint in place.
US09775736B2	Ankle brace An ankle brace has a stirrup with a flat bottom portion and a first and second upright leg. Each of the first and second upright legs has an upper end and a lower end, the upper end having a circular opening therethrough and the lower end attached to the flat bottom portion. First and second pivot legs, each having a circular opening therethrough, are releasably and rotatably connected to the first and second upright legs respectively. When connected, the circular openings in the pivot legs overlap the respective circular openings in the upright legs, and each pivot leg is rotatable about an axis through and perpendicular to the pivot leg circular opening. The circular openings in the first and second upright legs are positioned and sufficiently large to allow at least a portion of the malleolus bone of an ankle to protrude therethrough.
US09775709B2	Implant having multiple adjustable mechanisms Apparatus includes an annuloplasty structure, including: (i) a tubular body portion that is configured to be disposed at an annulus of a valve of a heart, and is shaped to define a perimeter; (ii) a flexible member, disposed within the tubular body portion; (iii) a first adjustment mechanism, attached to the tubular body portion and to the flexible member such that reversible actuation of the first adjustment mechanism reversibly adjusts a first dimension of the body portion by adjusting tension of the flexible member; (iv) a second adjustment mechanism, coupled to the tubular body portion, and reversibly actuatable to reversibly adjust a second dimension of the body portion. The apparatus further includes one or more elongate tools, reversibly couplable to the first and second adjustment mechanisms, and configured to independently actuate the first and second adjustment mechanisms by applying force thereto while the heart is beating.
US09775708B2	Heart valve prosthesis A heart valve prosthesis has an annular body (2) and with several flap elements (4) which are movably connected to the annular body (2) via joints (10). The joints (10) engage on the flap elements (4) at their ventricular surface (18).
US09775701B2	Distal protection devices having controllable wire motion A distal protection device for use in a body lumen includes a functional element, which may be a filter or an occlusive element. The device includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member carried by the first elongate member, and the functional element carried by the second elongate member. Motion of the first elongate member can be independent of the motion of the functional element.
US09775697B2	Fluid dispenser Described herein is a dispenser for dispensing fluid that, integrated into one hand piece, comprises a variable volume chamber with a plunger disposed within the chamber and a chamber inlet and outlet. The inlet and outlet communicate directly with a common chamber volume and the plunger translates in a linear direction relative to the chamber along a common longitudinal axis to expel fluid from the chamber (expel stroke) and/or draw fluid into the chamber (drawing stroke). The plunger is linked to a controller, a power source and a motor that drives translation movement of the plunger. The dispenser described herein offers a variety of advantages over the art including accurate dosing without the user having to manually regulate the dose amount—the amount to be dosed is related to the volume of fluid in the chamber which can be pre-set or varied automatically using sensors and controllers.
US09775694B2	Material deposition device and method of use A material deposition device includes a solution supply component, a gas supply component, and a co-axial discharge mechanism. The co-axial discharge mechanism includes a solution discharge mechanism, and a gas discharge mechanism co-axial with the solution discharge mechanism. The material deposition device further includes an alignment component that aligns the solution discharge mechanism in a center of the gas discharge mechanism; and an orifice plate with a number of turbulence inducing structures that induce turbulence in gas exiting the gas discharge mechanism.
US09775692B2	Oral irrigator with variable pressure An oral irrigator including a fluid reservoir, a pumping assembly, a pressure control assembly, and a nozzle. The pumping assembly comprises a power source, a motor in electrical communication with the power source, and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir. The pressure control assembly is in fluid communication with the pump; mechanically varies a pressure of a fluid exiting the nozzle to change the outlet pressure of the oral irrigator a high pressure to a low pressure and vice versa.
US09775689B2	Adjustable dental implant An adjustable dental implant comprises an implant body, a connecting structure, and two wings. The implant body comprises a fixture and an abutment. The fixture comprises a top, a bottom, a peripheral surface connected between the top and the bottom, and a joining portion formed on the peripheral surface. The abutment is set on the top of the fixture. The connecting structure is set between the fixture and the abutment. The wings are pivotally connected with two opposite sides of the connecting structure. Or, one of the wings is pivotally connected with the connecting structure, and the other wing is fixed with the connecting structure. The wing or the wings may be adjusted to fit the surface of the cortical bone. Dental posts are allowed to penetrate the alveolar bone entirely to secure the fixture.
US09775687B1	Magnetic tooth alignment devices and related methods A magnetic tooth alignment device includes a first magnetizable element configured to be adhered to a tooth. The magnetizable element may be a magnet, a metal, or another magnetizable material. An aligner tray is configured to partially encase a plurality of teeth and the first magnetizable element. A secondary magnet holder is configured to partially encase the aligner tray. The secondary magnet holder includes a secondary magnet configured to magnetically interact with the first magnetizable element when the secondary magnet holder is partially encasing the aligner tray. An inner wall of the aligner tray includes a cavity and the inner wall is configured to stop movement of the tooth when the first magnetizable element enters the cavity and contacts the inner wall of the aligner tray. The aligner tray in implementations couples with the plurality of teeth using only a friction fit.
US09775684B2	Generating images for at least two displays in image-guided surgery A system, in particular for image-guided surgery, comprising: at least two display devices; a position determinator for determining the relative position of the display devices; and an image generator for generating images, which are to be displayed by the display devices, in accordance with the determined relative position.
US09775680B2	Patient-adapted and improved articular implants, designs and related guide tools Methods and devices are disclosed relating improved articular models, implant components, and related guide tools and procedures. In addition, methods and devices are disclosed relating articular models, implant components, and/or related guide tools and procedures that include one or more features derived from patient-data, for example, images of the patient's joint. The data can be used to create a model for analyzing a patient's joint and to devise and evaluate a course of corrective action. The data also can be used to create patient-adapted implant components and related tools and procedures.
US09775679B2	Adapter identification of a reprocessing device for surgical instruments An adapter device for use in a reprocessing device for reprocessing surgical instruments. The adapter device including: at least one first fluid attachment, on an inlet side for connection to a coupling device of the reprocessing device; at least one second fluid attachment, on an outlet side for connection to the surgical instrument, the at least one second fluid attachment being adapted geometrically to an attachment of the surgical instrument; and an adapter identification feature that is detectable by the reprocessing device. Also provided is a reprocessing system having a reprocessing device for reprocessing surgical instruments and having the adapter device. The reprocessing device including: the coupling device for connecting to the adapter device; and a detection device which detects, with the adapter device connected to the reprocessing device, the adapter identification feature of the adapter device.
US09775678B2	Surgical instrument arrangement and drive train arrangement for a surgical instrument, in particular a robot-guided surgical instrument, and surgical instrument A surgical instrument arrangement has a modular motor drive unit which has a drive arrangement having at least one output element, an instrument shaft that can be detachably connected to the drive unit, and a drive arrangement having at least one input drive element. The output drive arrangement and the input drive arrangement can be coupled to each other by a mechanical interface that has at least one single-sided linkage, a pin, and a cut-out, wherein the pin can be radially expanded in the cut-out. Alternatively, a gap may be formed between the pin and the cut-out, which gap is wavy in the radial direction, and in which a radially displaceable, axially fixed intermediate element arrangement is arranged. The surgical instrument arrangement may also include a sterile barrier, which is provided to envelop the drive unit and to be arranged between the drive unit and the instrument shaft.
US09775677B2	Medical treatment tool and manipulator including the same Provided is a medical treatment tool, the distance between a first advance and retraction axis, and a tip end is shorter than the length of the first link member, and the length when a line segment connecting the base end and the center of a forceps rotation shaft is projected on the first advance and retraction axis is shorter than the length is projected on the first advance and retraction axis. The distance between a second advance and retraction axis, and a tip end is shorter than the length of the second link member, and the length when a line segment connecting the base end and the center of a forceps rotation shaft is projected on the second advance and retraction axis is shorter than the length projected on the second advance and retraction axis.
US09775666B2	Medical handpiece with automatic power switching means A medical instrument includes a handpiece, an electromechanical transducer disposed in the handpiece, and an electrical circuit disposed at least partially in the handpiece for supplying alternating electrical current of a predetermined frequency to the transducer. A probe is operatively connected to the transducer for transmitting vibrations generated by the transducer to an operative site in a patient. A switching device is mounted to the handpiece and is operatively connected to the circuit and the transducer for enabling the supply of power to the transducer during a motion of the probe in a preselected direction relative to the handpiece and for disabling the supply of power to the transducer upon a termination of motion of the probe in the preselected direction.
US09775664B2	Systems and methods for treating tissue with radiofrequency energy A device for applying radiofrequency energy for sphincter treatment comprising a flexible outer tube, an expandable basket having a plurality of arms movable from a collapsed position to an expanded position, and a plurality of electrodes movable with respect to the arms from a retracted position to an extended position. An advancer is slidably disposed within the outer tube to move the plurality of electrodes to the extended position. An actuator moves the advancer from a first position to a second position to advance the plurality of electrodes. An aspiration tube extends within the outer tube. An assembly includes an aspiration disabler having a first position to enable aspiration from a distal portion of the aspiration tube to a proximal portion and a second position to disable aspiration.
US09775661B2	Devices and methods for bone restructure and stabilization Devices and methods for restructure and stabilization of a fractured or weakened head of a bone are disclosed herein. A device includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, an inner void for passing at least one light sensitive liquid, and an inner lumen; an expandable member releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter; and a light conducting fiber sized to pass through the inner lumen of the delivery catheter and into the expandable member. The expandable member moves from a deflated state to an inflated state when the light sensitive liquid is passed to the expandable member. When the light conducting fiber is in the expandable member, the light conducting fiber is able to disperse the light energy to initiate hardening of the light sensitive liquid within the expandable member to form a photodynamic implant.
US09775659B2	Method and system for storing and inserting an implant An implant storage and insertion system for a shape memory orthopedic implant allows the implant to be constrained in a deformed state, protected, insulated, held for insertion, and properly positioned in bone. The implant storage and insertion system includes a restraining block having an impact surface. The restraining block engages an implant at a first end, and further a medical instrument engages the restraining block and positions the restraining block at a bone such that the impact surface may be impacted to insert a second end of the implant into the bone.
US09775658B2	Bone plate system The invention relates to a bone plate system with a bone plate, a pressure plate, and a bone screw. The bone plate comprises a through-hole, said through-hole having a seat surface with a variable angle for the bone screw. In the connected state of the system, the bone screw is inserted into the through-hole. The head of the bone screw is enclosed between the bone plate and the pressure plate. The pressure plate is fixed to the bone plate via a screw connection which has two securing screws. The axes of the securing screws spread apart such that the distance between the axes of the securing screws increases in the screw-in direction. The head of the bone screw is thereby reliably fixed between the pressure plate and the bone plate.
US09775653B2	Method for surgically attaching a vertebral laminar reconstructive plate A method for attaching a laminar plate to a vertebra during spinal surgery, especially minimally invasive spinal surgery, to reconstruct the lamina of the vertebra after it has been removed during the surgery and prevent bone re-growth material from entering the spinal canal. The laminar plate can be coupled to, or proximate to, and between a facet and the spinous process by screwing the plate to the bone.
US09775650B2	Screw clamp orthopedic device and methods of implementation A screw-clamp apparatus is disclosed that includes a first clamp component comprising at least one hook, a second clamp component comprising at least one hook, a bone-screw hole located on the first clamp component, a bone screw configured to be inserted through the bone-screw hole and to be inserted into bone and a spacer-receiver located on the first clamp component. The second clamp component can be pivotably attached relative to the first clamp component. A portion of the bone screw can be configured to engage the second clamp component upon insertion to cause the second clamp component to pivot toward the first clamp component. The spacer-receiver can be configured to secure a spacer.
US09775636B2	Devices, systems, and methods for treating heart failure The present teachings provide devices and methods for percutaneously removing internal tissue. Specifically, one aspect of the present teachings provides a tissue incising element with a sharp cutting edge and a longitudinal lumen and a tissue stabilizer slidably disposed within the longitudinal lumen of the tissue incising element. The tissue incising element has a deployed configuration during tissue cutting and a small collapsed configuration during the percutaneous delivery and removal. The tissue stabilizer includes a tissue supporting/gripping element configured to support tissue during incising and capture the removed tissue.
US09775635B2	Handle for medical treatment device and medical treatment device A handle includes a first operation input body provided on a handle main body and configured to rotate in first and second directions to operate a first end effector; an interlock body rotatable relative to the first operation input body; an engaging portion provided in the interlock body and configured to be engaged with the handle main body and to restrict rotation of the first operation input body in the second direction when the first operation input body is rotated in the first direction; and a second operation input body configured to rotate to operate a second end effector, and disengage the engaging portion from the handle main body by pressing the interlock body.
US09775632B2	Method and device for recanalization of total occlusions An apparatus, system and method for re-canalization or opening a passage through an occlusion in a blood vessel is disclosed. The apparatus and method, which are appropriate for both cardiovascular as well as peripheral vessels, use hydraulic pressure to drive a vibratable member, and the system includes a control unit to permit the frequency or amplitude of oscillation of the vibratable member to be adjusted to suit the morphology or hardness of the target occlusion. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting the force of vibration.
US09775631B2	Gel sweeper for residual stone fragment removal Systems and methods for performing medical procedures in body lumens are described. Embodiments of the methods include forming a plug to partially or fully occlude the lumen and moving the plug through a surgical field. Embodiments of the systems include an elongate body graspable by a surgical instrument or by a surgeon that are adapted to anchor to the plug.
US09775629B1	Apparatus for osteotomy and graft preparation Surgical tools that increase surgical accuracy for orthopedic procedures involving long bone osteotomy with or without supplementation with allograft or autograft. Two clamps on the operative side are rigidly interconnected to one another with an adjustable rod that is locked into place, preserving length and rotation of the bone. A graft preparation device is used on the operative table. It enables alignment of the graft to preserve the desired mechanical and anatomic axes and to provide rigid fixation of the graft for cutting. Adjustable jigs ensure exact cuts.
US09775627B2	Systems and methods for creating curved paths through bone and modulating nerves within the bone System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at or near the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, and having a curved distal end configured to be extended laterally outward from the distal opening in a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured allow a probe to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path.
US09775620B2	Composite detachment mechanisms Described herein are composite detachment mechanisms for implantable devices and assemblies comprising these devices. Also provided are methods of using the detachment mechanisms and assemblies.
US09775619B2	Compression and decompression control system and vascular strengthening method Provided are a method for strengthening blood vessels with extreme ease and a compression and decompression control system used for performing the method. A compression and decompression control system 1 includes a band adapted to be placed around a particular part of a limb of a user and to apply a compression force to the particular part and a controller for controlling the compression force applied to the particular part with the band. The controller controls the compression force applied with the band in a manner that a compression operation applying a predetermined compression force to the particular part and a decompression operation completely removing the compression force applied to the particular part by the compression operation are alternately repeated. Repetition of the compression operation and the decompression operation allows the vascular endothelial cells of blood vessels of the user to generate a larger amount of nitric oxide, thereby strengthening the blood vessels.
US09775618B2	Staple buttress retention system A surgical stapling instrument is provided having systems for securing buttress material to the anvil and staple containing cartridge associated with the surgical instrument. The system includes a retainer configured to engage the anvil or the staple containing cartridge and capture the buttress material between the retainer and the anvil or staple containing cartridge. The disclose retainer engages the anvil or staple containing cartridge in snap fit or friction fit fashion. The buttress material includes a circumferential perforation line enabling the center of the buttress material to be stapled to tissue while the remainder of the buttress material remains with the anvil or staple containing cartridge.
US09775609B2	Tamper proof circuit for surgical instrument battery pack A surgical instrument includes a shaft, an end effector extending distally from the shaft, and a housing extending proximally from the shaft. The housing includes a motor configured to generate at least one motion to effectuate the end effector, and a power source configured to supply power to the surgical instrument, wherein the power source includes a casing, a data storage unit, and a deactivation mechanism configured to interrupt access to data stored in the data storage unit. In addition, the power source includes a battery pack and a deactivation mechanism configured to deactivate the battery pack if the casing is breached.
US09775607B2	Indicators for surgical staplers A surgical stapler including one or more visual indicators is provided. The surgical stapler includes a body and a stapling assembly positioned at a distal portion of the body. The stapling assembly includes a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. An alignment pin is mounted on the stapling assembly and configured to engage the anvil assembly. A visual indicator of engagement of the alignment pin with the anvil assembly, clamping and/or stapling can be provided.
US09775605B2	Knotless suture anchor with unthreaded nose A suture anchor has a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough with one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole. These are preferably screw threads. A distal nose of the suture body has a smooth exterior surface. A length of suture passes down along the exterior surface over the purchase enhancements, over the distal nose, and up into the bore. The smooth exterior surface of the distal nose allows tension of the suture to be held by the engagement of the nose within the bone hole thus making it easier to obtain proper tension as the remaining portion is engaged into the bone hole to provide final fixation.
US09775604B2	Suction fixation device and method In one embodiment, a medical device includes a tissue suction housing and a moveable member disposed in the tissue suction housing. The tissue suction housing has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end has an opening and the tissue suction housing has at least two suturing device openings. The tissue suction housing is configured to pull up bodily tissue through the opening in the distal end when placed under a vacuum and to receive a suturing device through one of the suturing device openings.
US09775602B2	Devices and methods for continuous surgical suturing A machine constructed and configured for automatic continuous suturing for reduced or minimized scarring and reduced suturing time, including methods of using the same. A device for continuous suturing. A device, method and suture for subcuticular suturing.
US09775601B2	Laparoscopic surgical system A laparoscopic port closure device is described. The device allows for the deployment of a suture internally into an abdominal wall and the subsequent use of that deployed suture to effect a closing of the wound that was used for the port. The deployed suture may be used during the surgical procedure to effect a securing or anchoring of the device.
US09775586B2	Urine hat flush water capture device The present invention relates to a urine specimen capture device comprising a capture bowl to capture a urine specimen, a mounting frame connected to the capture bowl to support the capture bowl within a toilet bowl and one or more flush water capture flange for capturing flush water emitted from a toilet bowl rim during a toilet flush cycle and diverting the flush water to the capture bowl to rinse the capture bowl of the urine specimen.
US09775582B2	Medical image photographing apparatus and method of processing medical image Provided is a medical image photographing apparatus, including: an X-ray generator configured to radiate an X-ray toward an object that is located in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual grid space which includes a plurality of voxels; an X-ray detector comprising a plurality of detecting elements and configured to detect the X-ray that has propagated through the object; and an image processor configured to process projection image data corresponding to the detected X-ray based on a volume of a first region within the plurality of voxels, through which the X-ray propagates.
US09775573B2	Peroperative sensing head adapted to be coupled to an ablation tool A peroperative probe for guiding a manual excision tool. The probe includes a detection head, an optical fiber for the reception and guidance of a signal emitted by radioactive tracers and fluorescent molecules in a tissue area, a photo-detector for converting the emitted signal into an electrical signal, a transmitter for transmitting information carried by the electrical signal to an analysis equipment, and a fastener for attaching the probe onto the manual excision tool, so that the excision tool can be used to remove a portion of tissue from the tissue area emitting the signal.
US09775569B2	Electronic fetal monitoring applications and display Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for displaying on a user display device alarm-triggering events detected by the medical device based on the location of the user display device. The method comprises receiving alarm-triggering patient data from a medical device and determining the physical location of first and second user display devices. The method further comprises determining that the physical location of the first user display device is designated to have an alarm displayed, and that the physical location of the second user display device is not designated to have an alarm displayed. In response to these determinations, the content of the alarm is displayed on the first user display device.
US09775565B1	Device and system for monitoring operator biometric condition and blood alcohol presence to prevent driving of a vehicle by an alcohol or otherwise impaired operator A new system monitors ethanol alcohol levels of a vehicle operator by collecting sweat from the operator's hands, and detecting the presence, if any, of ethanol in the sweat. The system can then be used, if ethanol is present, to take action, such as immobile vehicle disablement, in the event of intoxication caused by an impermissibly high levels of ethanol of the operator. The system includes devices, referred to as pods in the description, which are sweat-collecting devices that are attached to the steering wheel of the vehicle. If the measurable ethanol in collected moisture from the operator's hands exceeds a preset threshold, the system could be configured to warn the operator to park the vehicle thereafter to disable operation of the vehicle, but if the operator does not so discontinue operation of the vehicle hazard warning lights and audible warnings within and without the vehicle will be activated alerting near vehicles of a dangerous vehicle being operated in close proximity. Likewise the new system monitors for pulse rate and oxygen levels of the operator can be used to recommend operator action when the pulse rate and/or oxygen levels are outside of the normal range for an operator. When the pulse rate and or oxygen levels of the system are outside of the normal parameters for an operator, the system will warn the operator to park the vehicle and thereafter to disable operation of the immobile vehicle, but if the operator does not so discontinue operation of the vehicle the hazard warning lights, on board video, and audible warnings within and without the vehicle will be activated alerting near vehicles of a dangerous vehicle being operated in close proximity, and alarms will be sent to real time recording and monitoring devices.
US09775557B2	Quantifying breast tissue changes with spectrally selective MRI and MRS Systems and methods for magnetic resonance analysis and imaging are provided. IN particular, pulse sequences for DWI, APT, and MRS analysis and imaging are provided which rely on an RF excitation pulse for the signal of interest, followed by one or more refocusing pulses and acquisition steps, based on the type of imaging.
US09775556B2	Apparatus and method for uroflowmetry The present invention generally pertains to an apparatus and a method for uroflowmetry. Uroflowmetry can generally be defined as the collection and measurement of a patient's urination for the purpose of determining urine flow data that are necessary to analyze the patient's urination by comparing the patient's urine flow data to standardized urine flow data of healthy individuals. The present invention allows medical professionals to non-invasively diagnose a patient's urination by collecting, measuring and computing urine flow data to determine if any medical conditions and symptoms that affect urine flow are present. The within invention is designed and constructed in such a manner as to allow for the collection and measurement of urination to be done quickly, easily and at a reduced cost.
US09775550B2	Cord blood collection vessel and method of using same An apparatus and method for collecting blood from the umbilical cord of a newborn into a standard vacuum collection tube is disclosed wherein the apparatus comprises a vessel in the general shape of a cup with an open top, a receiving cavity and a tapered bottom surface wherein the taper of the tapered bottom surface is away from the receiving cavity; a pick up tube with open top end and closed bottom, and side tabs, a needle inserted through an opening in the closed bottom of said tube wherein the diameter of the opening is of sufficient size to only allow the tip of the needle to be inserted, and a means for providing an air tight seal between the inserted needle and said opening.
US09775547B2	System and method for storing and providing patient-related data According to various embodiments, a regional oximetry sensor may include a light emitting element configured to emit light, a light detector configured to receive the light, and a memory device configured to store a baseline. The baseline stored by the memory device enables a regional oximetry monitor to display the baseline on a display of the regional oximetry monitor.
US09775537B2	Bio signal measuring apparatus and user monitoring system including the same A bio signal measuring apparatus is provided which includes a sampling unit, and a processing unit. The sampling unit samples a portion of a pulse included in a pulse signal penetrating a person to be measured, and portions sampled from a plurality of pulses included in the pulse signal are different from each other. The processing unit processes a sampled signal and measures a bio signal of the person to be measured based on at least one of a center frequency, a bandwidth, or amplitude of a reconstruction pulse obtained through the sampling.
US09775534B2	Biological signal management Systems and techniques for managing biological signals. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a cardiac biological signal that includes information describing events, determining a merit of each event based on one or more of a severity of a cardiac condition associated with the event and a quality of the event, and handling a subset of the events that meet a merit criterion. The subset can be handled for medical purposes.
US09775533B2	System and method of determining a risk score for triage The present disclosure provides a system and method of determining a risk score for triage. In particular, a system is provided for providing an assessment of risk of a cardiac event for a patient, for example an incoming patient to a hospital emergency department complaining of chest pain. In the disclosure, the system includes an input device for measuring physiological data based vital signs parameter of the patient, a twelve-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) device for establishing an ECG obtained from results of the electrocardiography procedure, and determining an ECG parameter and a heart rate variability (HRV) parameter therefrom. An ensemble-based scoring system is further provided, establishing weighted classifier based on past patient data and where the vital signs parameter, the ECG parameter and the HRV parameter are compared to corresponding weighted classifiers to determine a risk score. A corresponding method to determine a risk score for triage is also provided.
US09775531B2	Sensor device, processing device, and measurement system for acquiring a biopotential A measurement system for acquiring biopotentials is provided, which comprises a sensor device and a processing device, which are electrically connected to cooperate during use. The measurement system may be capable of simultaneous measurement of biopotentials by the sensor device and wireless transmission of amplified biopotentials by the processing device, and may be provided with means for preventing the measurements from being disturbed by the transmissions. Also disclosed are (i) a sensor device for measuring a biopotential having at least one sensor with a measurement electrode for measuring the biopotential at a measurement portion of a body and (ii) a processing device for processing biopotentials that has at least one sensor input for receiving the amplified biopotentials measured by a sensor of the sensor device.
US09775523B2	Pressure sensing guidewire and methods for calculating fractional flow reserve Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example method may include a method for calculating fractional flow reserve including providing a pressure sensing guidewire, advancing the pressure sensing guidewire through a blood vessel to a first position distal of an intravascular occlusion, determining a distal pressure within the body lumen with the pressure sensing guidewire, proximally shifting the pressure sensing guidewire to a second position proximal of the occlusion, determining a proximal pressure within the body lumen with the pressure sensing guidewire, measuring an aortic pressure, and calculating a pressure drift. The pressure drift may be the difference between the aortic pressure and the proximal pressure. The method may also include calculating a drift-compensated fractional flow reserve. The drift-compensated fraction flow reserve may correspond to (the distal pressure+the pressure drift) divided by the aortic pressure.
US09775517B2	Hand-held medical-data capture-device having optical detection of vital signs from multiple filters and interoperation with electronic medical record systems In one implementation, an apparatus estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point is described, estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer, or determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer and estimates body core temperature from an infrared measurement of an external source point using a cubic relationship between the body core temperature and the measurement of an external source point; after which the estimated and/or determined information is transmitted to an external database.
US09775504B1	Controlling an intraoral mirror with an integrated camera, and applications thereof Disclosed embodiments integrate a camera into an intraoral mirror. Integrating a camera into an intraoral mirror provides an efficient way to record and display what is visible to the healthcare provider in the mirror.
US09775483B2	Vacuum cleaner having cyclonic separator A vacuum cleaner including a debris separator having a cyclonic separator including a cylindrical wall having a first end and a second end, the cylindrical wall located in within the housing, the cyclonic separator further including a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, an end wall at the first end of the cylindrical wall, and a debris outlet adjacent the second end of the cylindrical wall. The debris separator further includes a lid coupled to an upper end of the housing, a debris collection chamber located within the housing and in fluid communication with the debris outlet of the cyclonic separator, and a door coupled to a lower end of the housing to empty the debris collection chamber through the lower end of the housing. A portion of the cyclonic separator is removable from the housing through the lower end of the housing.
US09775477B2	Cleaning nozzle for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner nozzle having a rotatable member for picking up particles from a surface to be cleaned, and an external cleaning apparatus for removing articles entangled to the rotatable member. The nozzle includes a support surface provided on a radially projecting member of the rotatable member, and a cleaning member provided on the external cleaning apparatus. During rotation of the rotatable member, the cleaning member co-operates with the support surface to remove entangled articles from the rotatable member.
US09775474B2	Body drying and inspection apparatus A body drying and personal inspection apparatus is provided for air drying and for providing the user with several inspection and data input devices. The apparatus comprises a base platform and an upright member with one or more handles to support the user. A blower assembly forces air through the base platform and through an elongated blower tube handled by the user. Further provided is an inspection camera coupled to the blower tube and a foot camera within the base platform, both used to capture images of the user's body while on the platform. A display and processing system is also provided that allows images to be processed and displayed, for input to be received via a user input device, and optionally for data to be transmitted to a third party over a network. The base platform also provides weight measuring capabilities for measuring the weight of the user thereon.
US09775470B2	Sink accessory A sink accessory comprising a wire-form attachment structure and a supporting structure. The wire-form attachment structure is configured to be secured to a section of a divider of the sink to support the sink accessory. The attachment structure includes a base, a first leg, and a second leg spaced apart from the first leg. The supporting structure is coupled to and extends from one of the first and second legs. The supporting structure is also configured to extend offset from and adjacent to the divider.
US09775466B2	Automatic stir-fryer Disclosed is an automatic stir-fryer comprising: a machine stand (1); a base (2) pivotably provided on the machine stand (1); a rotary shaft (211) providing rotary power and connected to a stir-frying rotary tank (22) containing foodstuffs; a stove unit (3) disposed on the base (2) and situated right below the stir-frying rotary tank (22); a tilting unit (4) pivotably disposed on the base (2); a receiving tank (5) provided in the machine stand (1) for receiving the cooked foodstuffs; a cleaning unit (6) assembled on the machine stand (1) and corresponding to the stir-frying rotary tank (22) after tilting by the tilting unit (4) for water cleaning the stir-frying rotary tank (22); a control unit (8) vertically disposed on the machine stand (1) and provided with an control panel (81) for controlling the operating time of the automatic stir-fryer and the temperature of the stove unit (3).
US09775462B2	Cooking device with egg cooking insert An egg cooking insert can be used with a cooking device having a lower cooking plate and an upper cooking plate connected to the lower plate with a floating hinge, with the egg cooking insert including a base portion having an upper surface defining a cooking surface. A wall extends upwardly about a periphery of the upper surface to define a cavity above the cooking surface. The base portion may have a thickness greater than a thickness of the wall. A bottom surface of the base portion may be angled with respect to the cooking surface. A plurality of grooves may be formed in the bottom surface of the base portion.
US09775456B2	Fashion accessory and method of operating a zipper A fashion accessory and a method of operating a zipper are provided. The fashion accessory includes a flexible elongated element, a hook, and an attachment point disposed on the flexible elongated element. The fashion accessory is convertable between a configuration for wearing and a configuration for operating the zipper. The method involves wearing the fashion accessory in a configuration and converting the fashion accessory to allow the fashion accessory to engage a zipper.
US09775455B2	Mobile no spill coaster The instant disclosure may provide a coaster that can be used with articles including fluid containers to mitigate and/or preclude undesired transmission of liquids by collecting condensation and dripped fluids and directing them to a contained reservoir within the coaster. An upper flange of the coaster may act as a unidirectional valve, directing fluid into the reservoir and preventing the escape of stored fluid even while the cup on which the coaster is mounted is tilted, as when tilted for drinking purposes. The coaster may be installed and removed with one hand, may move with the cup, and may provide improved cup-on-surface stability.
US09775454B2	Baby bottle blender A baby bottle blender includes a baby bottle having a top collar with external threads and a bottom collar with external threads. A nipple has an anti-colic air vent. The nipple cap is internally threaded to be removable threaded onto the top collar of the baby bottle and holds the nipple extending through a central aperture of the nipple cap onto the top collar. A top cover snaps over the nipple cap and covers the nipple. An agitating unit is centrally retained within a bottom attaching cap of the baby bottle. Next, a base member has a top recess to engage with the agitating unit in the bottom attaching cap on the baby bottle. An electrical mechanism in the base member is for operating the agitating unit, so that the agitating unit will mix formula within a liquid placed through the top collar of the baby bottle in approximately seven (7) seconds to thoroughly blend the formula.
US09775452B2	Multi-component body pillow and methods A pillow system includes a head pillow having a top end, a bottom end, and a connector disposed at the bottom end. A leg pillow has a top end, a bottom end, and sides extending between the top end and the bottom end. The leg pillow also includes a top connector at the top end, and a side connector at one of the sides. The connector of the head pillow is configured to be coupled to the top connector of the leg pillow. The pillow system also includes a torso pillow having a top end, a bottom end and two sides, and a connector disposed at one of the sides. The connector of the torso pillow is configured to be coupled to the side connector of the leg pillow.
US09775442B2	Pocketed spring assembly comprising strings of springs having non-linear separating seams A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly comprising a plurality of parallel strings of individually pocketed springs. The strings of springs may extend from head-to-foot or side-to-side of the product. Adjacent individually pocketed springs are separated from each other by at least one separating seam. Each of the separating seams comprises a pair of Y-shaped or U-shaped seams which may be joined together or spaced apart.
US09775440B1	Adjustable leg pillow An adjustable pillow intended to support a user's knees or legs is provided. The pillow may include a cover sized to fit around a plurality of support pieces, including a front support piece, a back support piece, and one or more middle support pieces. The cover includes an aperture adapted to allow at least a middle support piece to be inserted or removed. The aperture is securable by a zipper or other fastening means. The support pieces may be made of a soft material, such as foam. The middle support pieces may comprise a material that is of greater density and of lower firmness than the front and back support pieces.
US09775439B2	Buoyant pool float A buoyant pool float for floating in water is disclosed. In one embodiment, the buoyant pool float includes a hingedly connected upper flotation member and lower flotation member. In a deployed position, the buoyant pool float provides an open unfolded engagement between the upper flotation member and the lower flotation member such that a continuous human reclining surface is provided from the upper end of the upper body to the lower end of the lower body. In a storage position, the buoyant pool float provides a closed folded-flat engagement between the upper flotation member and the lower flotation member such that the lower flotation member is nested against the upper flotation member.
US09775437B2	Anchor system for extruded columns An anchoring system for extruded columns which is useful in supporting structures in a way that does not require drilling or screwing into the column structure. The anchoring system is comprised of brackets which are mounted against extruded columns by inserting a bracket blade into place between a gasket and a structural medium. The anchoring brackets are preferably composed of two pieces which link together for increased support. The anchoring system can support a variety of mountings which can be either physically attached to the anchoring brackets or rest atop the anchoring brackets.
US09775436B2	Shelf A shelf (1) for mounting on a substantially rectangular load carrier having four identical columns arranged in the corners thereof. On the shelf a holder (3,3; 3″, 3′″) is mounted that can be inserted into complementary slots in the columns of the load carrier, said slots being configured with a carrier face by which the holder is capable of engaging in such a manner that the holder supports on the column. The holders are configured from an elastic material with a shock-absorbing part which is provided with a bend extending in the transverse direction of the shelf, said shock-absorbing part being anchored in the shelf to the effect that forces applied to the holder in a direction extending in the longitudinal direction of the shelf can be absorbed elastically in the bend.
US09775434B2	Drive device for moveable furniture component A drive device for a movable furniture component, particularly for a drawer, includes an ejection device having an ejection force accumulator for ejecting the movable furniture component into an open position, and a retraction device having a retraction force accumulator for retracting the movable furniture component from an open position into a closed position. The ejection force accumulator can be charged by the retraction force accumulator during retraction of the movable furniture component.
US09775433B2	Coupling member and ready-to-assemble shelving that uses same A coupling member (1) includes a pair of support members (11a, 11b) that are linked at one end so that an opening is formed at the opposite end, and the back sides thereof are situated opposite to each other, and a pair of engagement holes (12a, 12b) that are respectively formed in the support members (11a, 11b) in the thickness direction so as to extend from the back sides, and are situated opposite to each other, the outer side (a to d) of each of the support members (11a, 11b) forming a tapered surface that gradually slopes outward in the downward direction. An assembly shelf utilizes the coupling member (1). The assembly shelf utilizes an L-shaped angle, and is configured so that a shelf board member is not provided with a protrusion, a tool is unnecessary during assembly, and a middle shelf board can be removed conditionally.
US09775414B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device is provided, including a main body, a C-shaped member, and a hinge module, wherein the main body includes a display surface and the C-shaped member includes an opening. The hinge module pivotally connects the main body with the C-shaped member. When the main body is situated in a first position, the main body covers the opening. When the main body rotates from the first position around an axis to a second position relative to the C-shaped member via the hinge module, the main body is away from the opening. An acute angle is formed between the axis and the display surface.
US09775404B2	Custom article of footwear and method of making the same The present invention teaches a method of making a custom article of footwear. Further, the article of footwear can include a knitted upper and means for cushioning. In addition, the components of the article of footwear can be selected from a wide range of options, and can be easily removed and replaced, as desired.
US09775400B2	Foot arch support device A foot arch support device includes a base seat, a movable unit, high and low heel members, and an actuating unit. The base seat includes a first base plate. The movable unit includes a movable plate that is movable relative to the first base plate between high and low curvature positions. When the low heel member is coupled to the base seat, the movable plate is at the low curvature position. When the high heel member is coupled to the base seat, a support part of the high heel member abuts against the movable plate, and the movable plate is pushed by the high heel member to the high curvature position. The actuating unit is operable for permitting removal of a selected one of the high and low heel members from the base seat.
US09775399B2	Transitional shoe with screw-on heel A shoe including an upper comprising an outersole, a toe portion, and a rigid plate; and a heel comprising a threaded shaft upwardly extending therefrom, wherein the rigid plate comprises a threaded barrel comprising a lower open end and an upper closed end opposite therefrom, and wherein the heel is removably attached to the upper based on the threaded shaft threading into the threaded barrel from the lower open end to the upper closed end, and wherein the rigid plate extends over the heel when the heel is removably attached to the upper, and wherein the rigid plate extends past the heel towards the toe portion along the outersole.
US09775395B2	Headgear shroud assembly In one aspect, a shroud assembly for headgear includes a frame formed of a polymer material having a shape that matches a contour of the headgear. An insert is formed of metal or metal alloy and is attached to a front side of the frame. The insert is configured for removable attachment to a mounting assembly. The frame includes first and second spaced flexible walls disposed on the front side of the frame on opposite sides of the insert. The first and second flexible walls are spaced a sufficient distance apart to provide an interference fit between the mounting assembly and the first and second flexible walls. In another embodiment, the shroud assembly further includes a friction pad disposed on a rear surface of the frame for increasing friction between the shroud assembly and the headgear. In another aspect, a method for attaching a mounting assembly to headgear is provided.
US09775381B2	Touch battery A touch battery has a short contact member, an insulating ring, an intermediate threaded connector, a PCBA control panel, a touch member, a tail membrane, a battery pole having a battery provided therein, and a tobacco rod. The battery supplies input power for the PCBA control panel. The PCBA control panel is electrically connected to the short contact member and the touch member, respectively. The battery pole is disposed in the tobacco rod. The tobacco rod is connected to the short contact member via the intermediate threaded connector. The short contact member is disposed inside the intermediate threaded connector via the insulating ring. The tail membrane is connected to the touch member. The battery is allowed to output normally in a constant-voltage touch manner, so that the conventional manual output with keys is avoided, and the demands of consumers for multiple selections are met.
US09775380B2	Electrically heated smoking system An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.
US09775379B2	Method and system for drug delivery There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a device and a method for controlled extraction of at least one active substance from at least one type of plant matter by application of heat, the device comprising: a heating element adapted to apply heat to an area of the plant matter to extract the substance; and a mechanism adapted for moving the plant matter relative to the heating element. Optionally, the active substance is a restricted substance. There is also provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method of monitoring and controlling inhalation of a restricted substance. There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method of manufacturing a tape of plant matter comprising an active substance.
US09775369B2	Fire braising process for meat A fire searing process for meat comprises cooking meat in an oven and then at least crust-freezing the meat in a freezer. The oven has a temperature of at least 1500° F., and the meat is cooked in the oven for approximately 10 seconds to 3 minutes. The meat is cooked to a depth of approximately 0.25 to 25% of the meat extending into an inner surface of the meat from an outer surface of the meat to form a crust-like portion proximate the outer surface of the meat. The meat is then at least crust-frozen in a freezer having a temperature of approximately −35 to 0° F. for approximately 1 to 6 minutes. The freezer prevents the meat from being further cooked to preserve the crust-like portion proximate the outer surface of the meat.
US09775366B2	Process for producing cream cheese The present disclosure relates to a process for producing cream cheese using a specific combination of milk and milk fractions. It further relates to cream cheese which is characterized by a unique combination of levels of minerals, lactose and protein and which may be obtained by the process of the present disclosure.
US09775353B2	Pesticidally active heterocyclic derivatives with sulphur containing substituents Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
US09775352B2	Method of controlling pest Provided is a method which exerts an excellent effect in controlling a pest in a field of soybean, corn or cotton, using a SDHI compound and a PPO-inhibiting compound. A method of controlling a pest (a weed and/or a plant pathogen) in a field of soybean, corn or a cotton, including treating a field before, at or after seeding with a seed of soybean, corn or cotton treated with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of SDHI compounds, with one or more PPO-inhibiting compounds selected from the group consisting of flumioxazin, sulfentrazone, saflufenacil, oxyfluorfen, fomesafen and a compound of the formula:
US09775350B2	Micronized wood preservative formulations in organic carriers Provided is a composition for the preservation of wood and other cellulosic materials. The composition comprises a dispersion of micronized inorganic compounds and/or organic biocides in an organic carrier. Also provided is a method for making the composition.
US09775347B2	Methods to convert lignin to phenolic and carboxylate compounds A method of converting lignin to phenolic compounds and dicarboxylates in high yield is described. The method involves the use of peroxy acids to react with lignin at a moderated treatment conditions. The peroxy acids can be used along or in combination of other catalysts that have the capability to lower the molecular weight of lignin. A phenolic compounds yield is achieved (>60%) and these phenolic compounds represents high value precursors for various applications include but not limited to antioxidants, health improvement agents, anticorrosive agents, liquid fuel components and performance enhancing agents, resin and adhesives. Dicarboxylic acids can be used for polymer applications or hydrodeoxygenation to hydrocarbon fuel.
US09775341B2	Composite material including a thermoplastic polymer, a pest food material and a pesticide Composite materials that are palatable to a wood-destroying pest species and also pesticidal to the pest species can be used in pest control devices and can be used as wood substitutes for structural components, which are resistant to destruction by wood-destroying pests. The composite materials include a thermoplastic polymer, a food material for the pest and a pesticide. The composite material is formed by mixing a thermoplastic polymer, wood fragments or other cellulosic materials and a quantity of pesticide, and thereafter creating a molten material within a mixer, compounder, extruder or the like. The molten material is extruded or molded to form the desired shape.
US09775332B2	Human artificial chromosome vector A human artificial chromosome vector comprising a gene encoding a human antibody heavy chain, a gene encoding a human antibody light chain, and a gene encoding an IgM heavy chain constant region derived from a nonhuman animal.
US09775331B2	Rodent comprising mouse artificial chromosome vector Disclosed is a mouse artificial chromosome vector, comprising: a natural centromere derived from a mouse chromosome; a mouse-chromosome-derived long-arm fragment formed by deleting a long-arm distal region at a mouse chromosome long-arm site proximal to the centromere; and a telomere sequence, wherein the vector is stably retained in a cell and/or tissue of a mammal. In addition, disclosed are cells or non-human animals comprising the vector, and use of the cells or non-human animals.
US09775329B1	Automatic chicken coup door An automatic drive unit for a door assembly of the type having a frame with an opening, a door positionable within the opening between an open position and a closed position, and a door actuator for moving the door between the open and closed positions, includes a controller circuit having a power source, a timing circuit for reporting the date and time to a processor, a non-volatile memory, a programmed set of instructions, and a display. The programmed set of instructions are adapted for receiving input of a location and open and close offset times, and storing such information in the memory. The controller circuit executing the instructions determines based on its location and the date a sunrise time and a sunset time, opens the door at the sunrise time plus the open offset time, and closes the door at the sunset time plus the close offset time.
US09775325B2	Automated system for applying disinfectant to the teats of dairy livestock A spray tool coupled to a robotic arm that extends between the legs of dairy livestock, comprises a linear member and a plurality of spray nozzles. The linear member rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to the robotic arm, and has a perimeter that lies within an outer perimeter of the robotic arm when the robotic arm extends between the legs of a dairy livestock. The plurality of spray nozzles are coupled to the linear member.
US09775309B2	Rotating, soil filled internally irrigated geotropic response limiting growing apparatus for use in accomplishing water, space, labor, energy and nutrient efficient agricultural production The present invention is an apparatus and associated methods for more efficiently managing factors critical to the efficient production of beneficial plant life. The apparatus in one embodiment is a cylinder filled with a plant growth medium. The cylinder receives seedlings by the use of baskets that are inserted into the external surface of the cylinder. The seedlings are irrigated by fluids received along the axis of the cylinder. The axis of the cylinder is oriented perpendicular to the force of gravity (parallel to the earth's surface) and rotates along the cylinder axis.
US09775300B2	Plant growth weight measurement instrument and method thereof The weight measurement instrument includes a support frame, a plant holder, and a load cell. The plant holder is assembled with the support frame and has an upper opening and a lower opening, a hydroponic plant can be planted in the plant holder and grow towards the upper opening and the lower opening; the load cell is fixed with the support frame and is used for measuring the total weight of the hydroponic plant automatically. A method for measuring the total weight of the hydroponic plant automatically is also provided.
US09775295B2	Drive system for the reel of a crop harvesting header A crop harvesting header includes a cutter bar arranged across a forward edge of a header frame structure, a draper or auger transport arrangement for transporting the cut crop for further processing, and a reel with a reel drive mechanism for driving rotation of the reel including a variable speed drive motor and a drive transmission having two different drive ratios for high and low speed reel operation. The transmission is mounted in a housing with a readily removable cover part allowing access to a chain and sprocket drive system where the chain can be loosened to allow it to be transferred from one set of cooperating sprockets to another. The reel shaft is movable to release the chain tension and adjusted by a cam and ratchet arrangement.
US09775294B2	Modular gathering platform for grain harvesters A modular gathering platform for grain harvesters is provided for coupling to the front of a grain harvester or processor which can gather plants previously prepared in one or more rows by at least one central belt conveyor with functional side by side coupling to other equal harvesting conveyor belts. The platform includes a transversal mounting structure having an internal opening, at least one central harvesting conveyor belt having front and rear extremities and two side couplings, additional harvesting conveyor belts coupled to the sides of the central belt, an anti-jamming roll and a rotating guiding roll. The central harvesting conveyor belt and additional side harvesting conveyor belts, the anti-jamming rolls, and the guiding roll are synchronized by an actuation assembly, and the guiding roll moves the harvested plants towards the exit. The platform advantageously allows for the gathering of a crop that has been prepared in rows.
US09775293B2	Harvest sweeper attachment system A harvest sweeper attachment system (10) is provided for attaching to a harvester machine (12) having a collection aperture (14), for use in propelling desired objects (11), such as nuts, toward the collection aperture (14). The system (10) preferably has two sweep units (20) mounted on each side of the harvester machine (12) at a forward angle, each including a rotating rake subassembly assembly (34). The rake subassembly (34) is characterized by having three axially spaced freely rotating tine bars (88), each having a depending array of tines (90), mounted between a proximal rake plate (74) and a distal rake plate (76). The proximal and distal rake plates (74, 76) are mounted at about a forty-five degree angle such that the rake subassembly (34) has an offset parallelogram aspect.
US09775290B2	Look-ahead crop mass predictive sensor A crop mass predictive sensor, comprising an imaging device, a laser-based device such as a LIDAR, a first radar emitting a frequency of energy that is absorbed by plant mass, and a second radar emitting a frequency of energy that passes through plant mass without being absorbed, wherein the imaging device, laser-based device, first radar, and second radar are focused on the crop material in front of an agricultural vehicle, and the information gathered from the imaging device, laser-based device, first radar, and second radar is used to calculate an estimated mass for the crop material that is about to enter the agricultural vehicle.
US09775289B2	Collapsible grass ejection chute for a rotary lawnmower A rotary blade lawnmower grass ejection chute device having a capability of folding up from a fully open and operating position to a partially closed or a fully closed position when the leading edge comes in contact with a fixed object. This grass ejection chute device then has the capability of re-opening up to a full operating position when the lawnmower has cleared the fixed object. This grass ejection chute device also has the capability of being fully closed and in a locked position blocking cut grass from being ejected through the lawnmower deck ejection port to allow a mulching process of cut grass clippings to take place.
US09775287B2	Wide cut rotary header having vertically intermeshed crop conveying discs A harvesting header has an outer impeller fixed to an outermost outboard cutter for rotation therewith to convey cut crop material laterally inwardly toward the center of the header. The outer impeller has a lower disc member forming the bottom of an impeller cage and an upper stationary grass ring. An intermediate impeller is located between the axes of rotation of the two outboard cutters, wherein the intermediate cage-like impeller is suspended on the harvesting header above the cutting plane and not fixed to any of the cutters and rotates in the same direction as the outboard impeller. The outboard and intermediate impellers have a plurality of crop conveying discs, wherein the crop conveying discs on the outboard impeller are offset vertically and overlap horizontally with the crop conveying discs on the intermediate impeller to form an intermeshing region between the two impellers.
US09775275B2	Agricultural rotary tillage machine A facility agricultural laser measure and control motor rotary tillage flattening machine includes a front axle part, a lifting equipment, a rotary tillage component, a battery pack, a rear axle steering part, a rotary flattening component and a rack. A front axle housing connects with the rack. The rotary tillage component comprises a DC motor, a gearbox and a rotary tillage blade. The DC motor connects with the gearbox through transmission. An output shaft of the gearbox connects with the rotary tillage blade. The rear axle steering part includes a rotary seat, a rotary shaft, a steering handlebar, a rear axle stand and squirrel-cage hubs. An upper end of the rotary shaft is equipped with a steering handlebar. The rear axle stand is equipped with two squirrel-cage hubs through a supporting axle. The rotary flattening component connects with the rack through an electromotive handspike and a flexible torsion bar.
US09775272B1	Auxiliary handle attachment for a material-moving tool An auxiliary handle accessory attaches to a shovel's handle-shaft via a folding “clamshell” type clamp, with an intermediate stem member attached to the clamp, and a grip handle screwed into this intermediate stem member, completing the assembly. The intermediate stem member has a ball-knob at the bottom that becomes entirely enclosed by half-sphere “cups” in each of the clamshell clamp halves. When these clamshell-halves close together, they form a simple yet robust socket around the ball, and comprise a ball-and-socket joint. Advantageously, the clamshell-clamp halves are bolted together, insuring a strong and robust connection. This design accommodates the “to-and-fro” motion in the vertical axis during shoveling.
US09781869B2	Energy conversion device The present invention relates to energy conversion device which contains one or more collection units (10) suitable for receiving environmental energy as well as a conversion unit (30) in an electrically conducting connection with the collection unit (10) with the help of a cable (20), at least one of the collection units (10) is formed by a set of metal material pipe members (11), while the conversion unit (30) has a condenser part-unit (32) consisting of metal armored plates (32a, 32a′) separated from each other by a gap (T) and located in the cover (31), as well as a frequency-setting part-unit (33) cooperating with the condenser part-unit (32), where the frequency-setting part-unit (33) has a reception space (35) located within the cover (31) of the conversion unit (30) and enclosed by a delimiting shell (34) in the vicinity of the condenser part-unit (32) and a charge (40) located in the reception space (35), and the charge (40) contains an organic component and an inorganic component distributed in a carrier medium (36).
US09781868B2	Protector A compact protector is unlikely to be affected by electromagnetic noise and provides excellent workability when being assembled, despite having a configuration in which twisted electrical wires are not used. The protector includes first and second plate members that respectively have a plurality of parallel slits that have a depth that is approximately half a length of wiring areas in a widthwise direction of the wiring areas. First and second linear conductors are respectively supported by the first and second plate members such that the first and second linear conductors have an approximately wave-like shape that is bent in a lengthwise direction, a widthwise direction, and a thickness direction of the first and second plate members. The first and second plate members are laterally fitted to each other such that respective bottom parts of each pair of parallel slits that face each other are brought close to each other.
US09781863B1	Electronic module with cooling system for package-on-package devices An apparatus for cooling a POP stacked package within a small form factor electronic module by configuring the enclosure of the module to come into direct contact with the device on the top surface in addition to the bottom surface to create two thermal conduction paths for the POP device to the enclosure. The enclosure itself then acts as the heat sink to draw heat from the device and into the surrounding air external to the optical module.
US09781862B2	Subsea unit with conduction and convection cooling A subsea unit includes a housing containing a dielectric liquid, a first heat generating component and a second heat generating component. The first heat generating component is arranged in thermal connection with the housing and the second heat generating component is arranged at a distance from the housing. A method of cooling heat generating components contained in a housing of a subsea unit is also presented.
US09781859B1	Cable routing for movable trays Cable-routing systems can be provided for a tray configured for movement between an extended position and a stowed position. The cable-routing system can include a biasing mechanism and a pivot. The pivot can receive a bend of a cable about the pivot. The pivot can be coupled with the biasing mechanism. Movement of the tray toward the extended position can pull the cable away from a stored state against a biasing force of the biasing mechanism. The cable can be biased into the stored state by the biasing force of the biasing mechanism when the tray is in or moved toward the stowed position.
US09781854B1	Second modular mount rack frame A second modular mount rack frame for storing devices is described herein. One mount rack frame can comprise two modular rigid support structures in which bolts reversibly insert to laterally increase or decrease the horizontal dimension available for a computer related device. Rigid modular support structures stack, align vertically, and mechanically attach to each other to increase storage in a vertical dimension. A second modular mount rack frame can also exhibit wheels or coasters so the entire frame can smoothly and easily move across a flat supporting surface.
US09781852B2	Cable pass-through panel for electronic equipment enclosure An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and at least one panel secured to the frame structure. The at least one panel includes one or more panel knockouts arranged therein. Each panel knockout is configured to be removable from the at least one panel to provide a pass-through opening for a cable. The at least one panel further includes a split brush assembly seated in place of a removed one of the one or more panel knockouts.
US09781849B2	Electronic control device An electronic control device (10) includes a housing having a plurality of housing members (1) joined together, a housing vent hole (2) formed through the housing member (1) so as to extend in a thickness direction of the housing member, a protection wall (3) covering an outer opening (2b) of the housing vent hole (2), with a gap (3b) left between the protection wall (3) and the outer opening (2b), a protection-wall vent hole (3a) formed in the protection wall (3) at a position apart from the housing vent hole (2) so as to extend from the gap (3b) in a radial direction of the housing vent hole (2), and an air-permeable waterproof membrane (5) fixed to an inner opening (2a) of the housing vent hole (2). A vent passage (6) with a bent part (6a) is formed between the air-permeable waterproof membrane (5) and the protection-wall vent hole (3a).
US09781848B2	Drive apparatus Plug having common specifications are arranged on the side surfaces of each of the devices of different types included in the drive apparatus that controls an electric motor, and the plugs are positioned such that the side surfaces of the devices are in close contact with each other by connecting the plugs and the devices of different types are integrated.
US09781846B2	Electronic device assembly Apparatus and methods for assembling an electronic device and components thereof are provided. The electronic device may include a housing and a cover inserted into an opening in the housing. The electronic device may also include a first assembly that may be inserted into the housing through a first end, and a second assembly that may be inserted into the housing through a second end. The electronic device may also include end cap assemblies. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include an input mechanism coupled to the housing and a plate coupled to the housing. In some embodiments, a connector of the electronic device may be mounted on a circuit board by inserting a fixture into the connector, mounting the connector to a portion of the circuit board, removing the fixture from the connector, and separating the portion of the circuit board from another portion of the circuit board.
US09781845B2	Semi-finished product for the production of a printed circuit board and method for producing the same In a semi-finished product for the production of a printed circuit board, the semi-finished product comprising a plurality of having multiple insulating layers of a prepreg material and conductive layers (2, 2′) of a conductive material and further comprising having at least one electronic component embedded in at least one insulating layer the at least one electronic component is attached to a corresponding conductive layer by the aid of an Anisotropic Conductive Film and the Anisotropic Conductive Film as well as the prepreg material are in an unprocessed state. The method for producing a printed circuit board comprises the following steps: Providing at least one conductive layer (2), Applying an Anisotropic Conductive Film on the conductive layer, Affixing at least one electronic component on the Anisotropic Conductive Film, Embedding the electronic component in at least one insulating layer of prepreg material to obtain a semi-finished product, Laminating the semi-finished product to process the prepreg material and the Anisotropic Conductive Film.
US09781834B1	Magnetically-coupled inductors on integrated passive devices and assemblies including same An integrated passive device and assemblies containing the same are disclosed. The integrated passive device can include a thin-film magnetic inductor. Various configurations of electrically connecting an integrated passive device to a processor and/or an interposer such as a chip-scale package are also disclosed. An inductor on an integrated passive device can configured and arranged such that it is magnetically coupled to an inductor on a structure such as a processor chip or a system on a chip.
US09781833B2	Method of making a microelectronic device This invention relates to a method for producing an electrical system comprising a support (1) bearing on a first face at least one device; with the device comprising at least one electronic component (2) provided with at least one electrical connector (21, 22), with the method comprising: a step of setting in place of a cover (6) positioned above the component; said cover (6) comprising at least one passage (61, 62) according to a dimension in thickness of the cover (6) in such a way as to form an access space to the at least one electrical connector (21, 22), a step of forming a sealing seam (71) in such a way that the component is encapsulated in a sealed cavity (9) delimited by the first face of the support (1), the first face of the cover (6) and the sealing seam (7). The method comprises a step of filling with a conductive material of is at least one passage (61, 62) of the cover (6) in such a way as to establish an electrical continuity between the conductive material and the at least one electrical connector (21, 22), formant a tapping (81, 82) and in that the sealing seam (7) comprises a dielectric material.
US09781832B2	Laminated multi-conductor cable A laminate body includes a plurality of dielectric sheets laminated together. A first ground conductor is provided in or on the laminate body. A second ground conductor is provided in or on the laminate body and located on a different layer from the first ground conductor. A signal line is provided between the ground conductors and with respect to a direction of lamination. A signal line is provided between the ground conductors and with respect to the direction of lamination and located closer to the second ground conductor than the signal line is, and the signal line has a portion extending along the signal line in a parallel-lines area when viewed from the direction of lamination. The first ground conductor has openings in the parallel-lines area, and the openings are arranged over the signal line when viewed from the direction of lamination.
US09781826B2	Foldable display A foldable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a flexible display panel including a folding region at which the flexible display panel is configured to be folded and a rigid plane region. The display further includes a heat dissipation sheet attached to one side of the plane region and configured to dissipate heat generated by the flexible display panel. The heat dissipation sheet is not attached to the folding region.
US09781819B2	Multifunctional components for electronic devices and related methods of providing thermal management and board level shielding Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of multifunctional components for electronic devices. In an exemplary embodiment, a multifunctional component generally includes a base component, such as a smart phone case (e.g., a back cover, etc.), an inner plate (e.g., a screenplate, a mid-plate, etc.). A heat spreader may be disposed on the base component. Thermal interface material and electromagnetic interference shielding may be disposed on area(s) of the heat spreader. The area(s) may correspond in mirror image relation to component(s) of a circuit board with which the multifunctional component is configured to be joined. During operation of the electronic device, the multifunctional component may draw waste heat from one area and transfer/spread the waste heat to one or more other areas of the electronic device, which may increase a temperature of these one or more other areas. This, in turn, may make device temperature more uniform.
US09781816B2	Interchangeable power contact for a plasma arc cutting system A power contact for a liquid-cooled plasma arc cutting system is provided. The cutting system includes a torch body and a lower torch assembly. The power contact comprises a substantially hollow body including an upper portion and a lower portion, and an external surface of the upper portion of the hollow body configured to matingly engage the torch body. The power contact further includes a thread region disposed on an internal surface of the hollow body. The thread region is configured to retain an electrode holder of the lower torch assembly of the plasma arc cutting system to matingly engage the lower torch assembly and secure the lower torch assembly to the torch body.
US09781800B2	Driving several light sources A device for driving several light sources is provided, wherein the several light sources are arranged in a matrix structure; wherein the several light sources of the matrix structure are connected to a semiconductor device; wherein a portion of the semiconductor device corresponds to a light source of the matrix structure, wherein the portion of the semiconductor device comprises a diagnosis function which when activated is arranged for supplying an output diagnosis signal.
US09781794B1	System and method for optimizing lighting in response to online weather data A distributed lighting network has its lights scheduled based on weather forecast information. A lighting controller stores a lighting schedule for distribution to the distributed lighting network and transmits the lighting schedule to the network. The lighting controller receives from a subscription weather server, short-term or long-term weather forecast datasets. The lighting controller generates lighting control information to modify the lighting schedule, based on the received customized weather forecast datasets, and transmits the lighting control information to the distributed lighting network to modify the lighting schedule, based on the customized weather forecast datasets. The system also enables the lighting schedules to modulate human circadian rhythms if necessary to further promote public health and safety during weather events.
US09781792B1	Low cost LED light string for pre-lit christmas trees A series-wired LED light string formed of a plurality of LEDs connected in series with a current limiting resistor. A resistive component is electrically connected across each LED and serves as a shunt to electrically bypass a failed LED to keep the remaining LEDs in the light string fully illuminated. The LED light string has only two wires and is powered by a full wave rectified voltage, generated external to the light string.
US09781791B2	Lighting device Disclosed is a light emitting device having a configuration that, when a magnitude of an input voltage is greater than a minimum light emitting voltage, all light emitting devices are turned on regardless of the magnitude of the voltage. As the magnitude of the voltage is smaller, the light emitting devices are connected in parallel. As the magnitude of the voltage is greater, the light emitting devices are serially connected.
US09781788B1	Reducing power dissipation in driver circuits In one example, a method includes generating, by a current source of a device, a first portion of a power signal that drives one or more load elements. In this example, a second portion of the power signal is generated by one or more components that are external to the device and are in parallel to the current source such that the second portion of the power signal does not flow through the current source.
US09781784B2	Control of illumination devices using DC-DC converters In an embodiment, method of controlling an illumination device by an output signal of a DC-DC converter is disclosed. The output signal is controlled by a PWM signal. The method includes receiving a feedback signal corresponding to variation in the output signal with respect to a pre-determined output signal, and determining a target duty cycle of the PWM signal based on the feedback signal. The PWM signal of the target duty cycle is capable of enabling the DC-DC converter to generate the pre-determined output signal. The method includes providing the PWM signal of an effective duty cycle equal to the target duty cycle over N switching pulses of the PWM signal to the DC-DC converter. The method provides the PWM signal by providing M switching pulses of a first PWM signal of a first duty cycle, and N−M switching pulses of a second PWM signal of a second duty cycle.
US09781780B1	Apparatus, method, and system for galvanically isolated control and monitoring of LED drivers A system, apparatus, and method for operating one or more drivers of light sources, such as can be used with LED lighting fixtures, wherein main power to the drivers is galvanically isolated from communication functionalities to and from the drivers. In one example, a controller can receive information or send information to the drivers in a galvanically isolated manner. The galvanic isolation can be accomplished in different ways and configurations for high flexibility of design.
US09781770B2	Method to address infrequent transmission Communication systems, such as an evolved packet system, may benefit from methods for addressing infrequent transmissions. In particular, certain communication systems in which machine type communication devices are deployed may benefit from a machine type communication feature for infrequent transmission. A method for providing such a feature can include negotiating at least one characteristic of a bearer. The method can also include deactivating the bearer based on the at least one characteristic.
US09781767B2	Method for achieving fast dormancy of user equipment (UE) in Cell—PCH or URA—PCH state in UMTS A method and a system which enables a User Equipment (UE) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UTMS) to achieve fast dormancy in least possible time are provided. The method reduces the signalling burden on UE and Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) by eliminating the need of SCRI procedure by introducing cause value as ‘end of user data’ in Cell update cause Information element which can be used in cell update message in a Paging Channel (Cell_PCH) state and a UTRAN registration area (URA_PCH) states indicated to the network. The method reduces the time and signalling to transition the UE to an idle mode time and the method is energy efficient.
US09781763B2	Radio link reestablishment method and controller Embodiments of the present invention relate to a radio link reestablishment method and a controller. The method includes: if after sending downlink signaling or downlink data for designated times, a controller receives no corresponding acknowledgment returned by a user equipment in a cell dedicated channel state, or the controller receives a radio link failure indication message sent by a base station corresponding to the user equipment, the controller instructs the user equipment to re-search for a cell to trigger a cell update procedure, thereby improving reliability of a communications service, and ensuring normal running of the communications service.
US09781762B2	Technique for connection attempt handling in a circuit switched fallback situation A technique for handling mobile terminating connection attempts for a mobile terminal for which a change of an association from a first routing node to a second routing node is accompanied by a Circuit Switched (CS) fallback is described. In one exemplary embodiment, a method may be performed by a Circuit Switched Fallback Interworking Function (CSFB-IWF) for handling mobile terminating connection attempts for a mobile terminal for which a change of an association from the CSFB-IWF to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) is accompanied by a Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB). The method may include receiving a mobile terminating connection attempt to the mobile terminal. In response to receiving the mobile terminating connection attempt, the method may include paging the mobile terminal using a Mobility Management Entity (MME). In response to paging the mobile terminal, the method may include triggering the mobile terminal to initiate a CSFB procedure. Further, the method may include determining an identity of the MSC based on a message received by the CSFB-IWF from the MSC. Also, the method may include transmitting, to the MSC, a second mobile terminating connection attempt for a CS connection to the mobile terminal.
US09781750B2	Automatic wireless mode switching Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to automatic wireless mode switching in wireless communication devices and systems, and methods of automatic wireless mode switching. In one example embodiment, a wireless communication device generally includes a wireless communication interface configured to transmit data to a remote device via wireless communication, and a controller configured to control a mode of operation of the wireless communication device and to automatically switch the mode of operation of the wireless communication device between at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The first mode of operation is one of a client mode of operation, an access point mode of operation, an ad hoc mode of operation, a dual mode operation and a tri-mode operation. The second mode of operation is one of a dual mode operation and a tri-mode operation.
US09781749B2	Communication control device, communication control method, program, and communication control system Provided is a communication control device for controlling wireless communication among a plurality of communication apparatuses, including an identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a first object corresponding to a first communication apparatus of the plurality of communication apparatuses, first identification information for identifying the first communication apparatus, and to acquire, from a second object corresponding to a second communication apparatus of the plurality of communication apparatuses, second identification information for identifying the second communication apparatus, an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action of coupling the first object with the second object, and a connection control unit configured to perform communication between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus corresponding to the coupled first object and second object, respectively, based on the acquired first identification information and second identification information to connect the first communication apparatus to the second communication apparatus through wireless communication.
US09781742B2	Method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same Disclosed are method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same. A communication method performed in a first station, the communication method comprises receiving, through a channel from an access point, a first frame notifying a first period for transmission or reception of a frame; and processing the first frame, wherein a second period exists between the first frame and the first period, and wherein the second period is a contention period during which stations are allowed to contend for the channel. Therefore, performance of WLAN can be enhanced.
US09781741B2	Device and method for controlling slot-based channel access in wireless LAN system, and slot-based channel access terminal in wireless LAN An apparatus and a method of controlling slot-based channel access by an access point (AP) to manage a network in a wireless local area network (WLAN) environment and a slot-based channel access terminal are disclosed. A slot-based channel access control apparatus of a WLAN system according to an exemplary embodiment determines one of each terminal and a group of terminals as a slot allocation target, allocates a slot defined in a beacon interval to the determined terminal or group to distinguish channel access time, and transmits a beacon including information on the allocated slot.
US09781733B2	Method, system and central unit for organizing random access resources A method for organizing random access (RA) resources, comprising: forming a device group including a plurality of group members and at least one group representative; providing the at least one group representative with priority access to RA resources; sending, by the at least one group representative, a primary event message to a central unit in said RA resources; and sending, by the central unit, a response message, responsive to the primary event message, to the group members for managing access of the group members to the RA resources.
US09781726B2	System and method for using a super bin for radio resource requirement assessment Embodiments are provided for assessing radio resource requirements using virtual bin virtualization. An embodiment method includes receiving a service request from a user equipment (UE) in a geographical bin. Resource requirements are then obtained, from a lookup table (LUT), for a serving radio node and neighbor radio nodes associated with the geographic bin of the UE. The LUT comprises a plurality of entries that map combinations of path losses of wireless links for the serving radio node and neighbor radio nodes to corresponding combinations of resource requirements. The entries of the path losses further include one or more service specific and network node parameters for the serving radio nodes and neighbor radio nodes, which are also mapped to the resource requirements. The obtained resource requirements are then assessed, including deciding whether to serve the UE according to the resource requirements and to resource availability.
US09781722B2	Method and apparatus for accessing channel in WLAN system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. The method for accessing a channel from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving from an access point (AP) a first frame including a traffic indication map (TIM) and a restricted access window (RAW) parameter set component; determining a RAW in which channel access of the STA is permitted, on the basis of the RAW parameter set (RPS) component; and transmitting a second frame to the AP from within the RAW that is determined, wherein the RAW includes at least one slot, the RPS component includes at least one RAW allocation field, each of the at least one RAW allocation field includes a RAW duration field and a slot duration field, and wherein an index of a slot which is allocated to the STA can be determined on the basis of an association identifier (AID) of the STA and the number of the slots in the RAW.
US09781720B2	Component carrier (de)activation in communication systems using carrier aggregation A method for a user equipment, UE, and apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation are provided. The UE includes a radio entity on which at least one component carrier is served by a network node. The method includes the steps of receiving a first indication from the network node for updating the at least one component carrier having an order which requires a retuning the radio entity and receiving at least a second indication for updating the at least one component carrier having an order which requires a retuning the radio entity. Further the method includes the steps of combining all orders to reduce the retuning steps of the radio entity and retuning the radio entity in accordance with the combined orders.
US09781719B2	Multichannel wireless communication system, base station, and method for using channel The present invention introduces a multichannel MAC into a white-space-using system. A base station and a terminal station are each configured from a plurality of wireless communication units and centralized control units thereof. Each of the wireless communication units wirelessly transmits/receives for one channel. The base station operates one or more channels according to white-space-channel status, and is assigned to a terminal station. When operating a plurality of channels, it is possible to select a redundancy mode for assigning data by duplicating the terminal-station data in a plurality of channels, and a high-speed mode for dividing the data and distributing the data among the plurality of channels.
US09781715B2	Wireless communication system, base station device, terminal device, wireless communication method, and integrated circuit According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication system that performs communication of a first base station device and a second base station device with a terminal device through a plurality of cells, in which the first base station device notifies the second base station device of a request message including information regarding whether or not a data path for user data of the terminal device has been changed, and the second base station device changes the data path for the user data of the terminal device, based on the information regarding whether or not the data path has been changed.
US09781713B2	Method and radio network node for enabling switch of transmission mode for a User Equipment A method and a radio network node (800) for enabling a switch between transmission modes for sending downlink signals to a User Equipment, UE. A switching unit (800a) selects a first transmission mode when downlink signal quality in the UE is above a switching threshold (Th), and selects a second transmission mode when the downlink signal quality is below the switching threshold. An obtaining unit (800c) obtains a first performance level when the first transmission mode is used and the downlink signal quality is within a specific vicinity range from the switching threshold, and obtains a second performance level when the second transmission mode is used and the downlink signal quality is within the specific vicinity range. An adjusting unit (800d) then adjusts the switching threshold (Th) based on a deviation between the first performance level and the second performance level. Thereby, the adjusted switching threshold may be more or less optimized and used to achieve the best possible performance under the currently prevailing circumstances regardless of the downlink signal quality. (FIG. 8)
US09781706B2	Sending and reducing uplink feedback signaling for wireless transmission of data A wireless transmit/receive unit includes at least one processor that receives a high speed physical downlink shared channel, and in response, transmits at least one random access channel preamble followed by ACK/NACK and channel quality indicator (CQI) information. The at least one random access channel preamble is selected from a set of random access preambles reserved for the ACK/NACK and CQI information.
US09781705B2	User terminal radio base station and radio communication method In order to control feedback control information in uplink transmission appropriately even when using carrier aggregation in HetNet, the present invention provides a user terminal that is able to communicate with a plurality of radio base stations having overlapping coverage areas by using carrier aggregation, the user terminal comprising: a reception section that receives downlink shared channel signals using component carriers of a primary cell and a secondary cell; a generating section that generates transmission acknowledgement signals in response to the downlink shared channel signals; and an allocating section that allocates the transmission acknowledgement signals to predetermined uplink control channel resources, wherein the allocating section allocates the transmission acknowledgement signals to either or both of uplink control channel resources of the primary cell and uplink control channel resources of the secondary cell in accordance with contents of the transmission acknowledgement signals and/or an uplink control channel format.
US09781697B2	Localization using converged platforms In one aspect of the invention, a method for determining the location of a device is described. The method involves using one or more signal emitting platforms, which are capable of performing a wide variety of operations. In some embodiments, for example, the signal emitting platform is capable of physical movement. Various embodiments relate to signal emitting platforms, devices, systems, servers, computer code, methods and techniques for determining the location of a device.
US09781694B2	Extension of location status event A processor in a mobile wireless device communicates detailed state information about attachments to a user identity module card embedded in the mobile wireless device. The processor detects a change in an attach state of the mobile wireless device for at least one of a plurality of attachment types. The processor determines the attach state of the mobile wireless device for each of the plurality of attachment types and sends a status message to the user identity module card indicating the determined attach states. The plurality of attachment types can include at least a circuit switched attachment and a packet switched attachment. The processor can wait until completion of circuit switched and packet switched attachments of the mobile wireless device to the wireless network prior to sending the status message.
US09781685B2	Self-adaptive coverage of wireless networks Both uplink spectral efficiency and downlink spectral efficiency are improved through adjustments made to various parameters that would otherwise be treated as static type parameters. Variations in respective performance of two or more cells can be considered during the adjustment. Further, variations of respective cell performance based on time of day/week are considered and compensated for through various adjustments. Such timely adaptations are applied in order to improve the performance of each cell, during each time of day/week.
US09781680B2	Terminal apparatus, communication system, communication method for transmitting the measured positional information A collection unit collects the identification information on each terminal apparatus and the remaining amount information on a remaining amount of battery by having each terminal apparatus mutually communicate the identification information on each terminal apparatus and the remaining amount information on the remaining amount of battery by way of a second communication unit. The collection unit also collects the identification information on its own terminal apparatus and the remaining amount information on the remaining amount of battery of the own terminal apparatus. A selector selects a single terminal apparatus, based on the remaining amount information collected. When the selector selects the own terminal apparatus, the positional information on the own terminal is acquired and the acquired positional information and the identification information collected by the collection unit are transmitted by the first communication unit to the base station apparatus.
US09781671B2	Power save with end of data indication A particular method includes receiving a first frame from a station at an access point indicating that the station is to enter a power save mode. The method also includes transmitting one or more data frames from the access point to the station. The one or more data frames were buffered for transmission prior to receipt of the first frame. The method further includes transmitting an end of data frame to the station. Another particular method includes transmitting a first frame from the station to the access point indicating that the station is to enter the power save mode. The method also includes refraining from entering the power save mode until an end of data frame is received from the access point.
US09781670B2	Method and device for implementing power saving in wireless LAN system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and, more particularly, a method and device for implementing power saving in a wireless LAN system are disclosed. A method of implementing power saving by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include the steps of: receiving a plurality of frames from an access point (AP) by means of the station STA that is changed from a sleep state to an awake state; determining whether each of the plurality of frames has an error; and transmitting a response frame representing the presence and absence of the error to the AP. Even if each of the plurality of frames includes information instructing the AP to stop transmitting to the station to the station STA, it is possible to maintain the awake state when at least one of the plurality of frames has an error.
US09781666B2	Communication control method, base station and user terminal A communication control method for linking a cellular communication system with a wireless LAN system comprises: in a cellular base station, a step of storing location information of a wireless LAN access point; a step of acquiring location information of a user terminal connected to the cellular base station; a step of determining, on the basis of the respective location information of the wireless LAN access point and the user terminal, whether or not the user terminal is connected to the wireless LAN access point; and a step of transmitting a scan instruction for the wireless LAN access point to the user terminal when it is determined that the user terminal is connected to the wireless LAN access point.
US09781664B2	Cost-effective mobile connectivity protocols Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or motor vehicle, e.g.).
US09781663B2	Reference signal design for cell search in an orthogonal wireless communication system Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficient cell acquisition in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a reference signal for use in cell acquisition can be constructed in a bandwidth-agnostic manner such that it contains a common central portion in a predetermined frequency band that is independent of a bandwidth utilized by an associated wireless communication system. The central portion can be constructed as a two-dimensional block in time and frequency that spans a default cell search bandwidth, a predetermined bandwidth specified by synchronization codes or other signals, or another suitable bandwidth. A reference signal can then be constructed form the central portion by tiling or expanding the central portion such that it spans the entire system bandwidth.
US09781656B2	Method and apparatus for modifying call admission control thresholds Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for modifying call admission control thresholds. One embodiment of a method includes modifying one or more call admission control thresholds provided to base stations by a radio access network in response to a mismatch between a wireless access capacity of the base stations and a backhaul capacity between the base stations and the radio access network.
US09781635B2	Base station providing handover among small cells A source base station method, a source base station, a target base station method, a target base station and computer program products are disclosed. The source base station method comprises: in response to receiving an identification message from a user equipment being served by the serving base station identifying a target base station detected by the user equipment, transmitting a prepare message to the target base station requesting the target base station allocate but not utilise resources to support communication with the user equipment; and transmitting an active set update message to the user equipment instructing the user equipment to add the target base station to its active set. In this way it can been seen that functionality employed during hard handover is used in order to provision the target base station, but that soft handover procedures are used towards the user equipment. This means that the target base station is able to be rapidly handed over to when required, since it has already been provisioned and configures the user equipment to be expecting transmissions from the target base station when required. This enables a more simplified base station to be provided which need not provide all the functionality for soft handover. Also, because no soft handover is required, limited additional resources are required over the backhaul, and the processor and memory requirements are less intensive.
US09781620B2	Radio measurement collection method and radio terminal A radio measurement collection method according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: sending IdleMDTConfiguration message for setting a plurality of measurement triggers from E-UTRAN including a radio base station eNB to a radio terminal UE; setting the plurality of measurement triggers in the radio terminal UE by the radio terminal itself according to the IdleMDTConfiguration message from the E-UTRAN; measuring a radio environment for each of the plurality of measurement triggers by the radio terminal UE in an idle mode; and storing, by the radio terminal UE, each measurement result obtained at the measuring step in association with the measurement trigger corresponding to the measurement result.
US09781618B2	Radio terminal, radio station, radio communication system, and methods implemented therein A radio terminal (2) is provided that can be used in a radio communication system (100) and can communicate with a radio station (1). The radio terminal (2) includes a measurement unit (20). The measurement unit (20) operates to perform, using a terminal measurement procedure for executing a first terminal measurement corresponding to radio access technology applied to the radio communication system (100), a second terminal measurement of a shared frequency shared by a plurality of radio systems including the radio communication system (100).
US09781615B2	Link adaptation and device in active scanning method Disclosed are a link adaptation method and device in an active scanning method. The link adaptation method transmits a the probe request frame comprising null data packet announcement (NDPA) information elements, transmits a null data packet (NDP) frame comprising only a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header after transmitting the probe request frame, and receives a the probe response frame comprising feedback information elements measured based on the NDP frame. Therefore, the invention is capable of improving data transmission efficiency by using a modulation coding scheme (MCS) suitable for a channel state from initial connection.
US09781608B2	Method for configuring a wireless network The invention relates to method for configuring a first wireless network that includes at least one access point. In order to optimize the configuration of the first wireless network, the method comprises a step of configuring at least one parameter of the at least one access point of the first wireless network on the basis of at least a portion of the linking balance of a second wireless network including at least two nodes, the nodes being positioned in a predetermined physical space.
US09781607B2	Network resource optimization in communication networks System(s) and method(s) for network resource optimization in a service area of a communication network are described. The method includes dividing a service area into a plurality of sub-areas, where each of the plurality of sub-areas is serviced by at least one network resource from a pre-determined number of network resources. The method further includes determining a locally optimal deployment solution comprising at least one local allocation attribute for the at least one network resource in each of the plurality of sub-areas, to meet a plurality of objectives for network resource optimization. The method further includes obtaining a globally optimal deployment solution comprising at least one global allocation attribute for allocation of the pre-determined number of network resources in the service area, based on the locally optimal deployment solution to meet the plurality of objectives.
US09781606B2	Spectrum sharing for small cells in multi-operator networks The exemplary embodiments include at least a method and apparatus sending by a second network operator a request to use sub-frames muted by macro cells of a first network operator for use by at least one small cell of the second network operator; receiving information for the use of the muted sub-frames; synchronizing a use of the muted sub-frames; and sending an indication of the synchronized use. In addition, a method and apparatus receiving by a first network operator a request to use sub-frames muted by macro cells of the first network operator for use by at least one small cell of a second network operator; sending information for the use of the muted sub-frames; and receiving an indication of the synchronized use of the muted sub-frames.
US09781604B1	Systems and methods for detecting illegitimate devices on wireless networks The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting illegitimate devices on wireless networks may include (1) identifying a baseline signal strength for a wireless network, (2) monitoring a signal strength of the wireless network to obtain at least one additional signal strength measurement, (3) determining that the additional signal strength measurement varies from the baseline signal strength beyond a threshold, (4) determining, in response to determining that the additional signal strength measurement varies from the baseline signal strength, that an illegitimate device is present on the wireless network, and (5) initiating, in response to determining that the illegitimate device is present on the wireless network, a security action. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09781603B1	Combined network and physical security appliance The present disclosure describes a combined network and physical security appliance. The appliance may be wired to or communicate with automation systems, IoT devices, physical sensors, computing devices and servers on an internal or local network, and other computing devices on an external network. By combining network security and physical security into a single device, a combination security appliance may correlate physical sensor signals with packet inspection results, providing enhanced protection against network threats to physical security systems, and physical protection against network threats.
US09781602B1	Geographically based access management for internet of things device data The proliferation of IOT devices has led to an increase in sensitive, cloud-stored data. To provide further protection, IOT device data may be secured by geographically based access controls as a supplement to or in place of traditional password protection. A geographically based access control restricts data accessibility to designated geographical areas. In this manner, a requesting device may not access geo-fence protected IOT device data unless the requesting device is located within a designated geographical area. Geo-fence parameters utilized for creation of a geo-fence policy may be pre-specified or generated based on operating conditions. For example, a user may provide location data, such as an address or geographical coordinate, and a radial distance from the location for which data access is permissible. Additionally, geo-fence parameters can be automatically determined based on criteria such as an IOT device type or data usage characteristics.
US09781598B2	Personal digital identity device with fingerprint sensor responsive to user interaction A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.
US09781592B2	Method and apparatus for performing membership verification or access control in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for performing a membership verification or an access control in a wireless communication system is provided. A mobility management entity (MME) performs the membership verification or the access control of a user equipment (UE), and transmits verified UE membership information to a target HeNB.
US09781589B1	Systems and methods for using roaming transmissions for providing alternate SMS and MMS service across multiple networks Methods and systems for providing alternate SMS/MMS traffic to a user using alternate wireless and network service. Aspects of the disclosed systems and methods allow existing wireless customers to continue using their normal wireless phone and phone number for SMS/MMS traffic while still easily avoiding large roaming and texting charges, all while nearly transparently maintaining the full range of normal wireless voice, text, and SMS/MMS services.
US09781577B2	Method and apparatus for using metadata to provide location information A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In an aspect, method operations for broadcasting a first signal comprising a first expression code in association with availability of location information of a UE; determining the location information associated with the UE; determining a second expression code associated with the location information; and broadcasting a second signal comprising the second expression code and the location information, independent of the first signal. In another aspect, a method includes the operations of receiving, from a second UE, a first signal comprising a first expression code associated with the second UE; determining a second expression code based on the received first signal; receiving a second signal from the second UE, the second signal comprising the second expression code; and determining a location of the second UE based on the received second signal and the determined second expression code.
US09781572B2	Positioning database management applied to server-based positioning system Systems and methods are provided for positioning determination for mobile devices. A system includes: a database configured to store positioning data associated with one or more base stations in a network, and a data management component configured to compare the parameters with one or more parameter thresholds, and update the positioning data based at least in part on the comparison of the parameters and the parameter thresholds. The updated positioning data is used for positioning determination of a mobile device.
US09781564B2	Calibration of WLAN access points for location services Wireless access points within a GPS-Unavailable environment can provide location services to user equipment devices within the environment provided that the access points are aware of their precise locations. In order to calibrate the locations of the wireless access points, a user equipment is moved to specific locations within the environment. At each of those locations, the user equipment transmits calibration signals that include the transmission location as well as a timestamp of the transmission time. Upon receipt by the access points, these signals are timestamped with a reception timestamp by a clock that is synchronized with the clock of the user equipment. After accumulating sufficient calibration information from a sufficient number of calibration locations, the access points can accurately determine their locations using trigonometric and other functions.
US09781559B2	Apparatus and method for establishing communication link A method for a communication link establishing device to establish a communication link in a targeted communication system is provided. A source terminal transmits a source terminal's identification information and threshold value information for selecting a relative angle measurement target to neighboring terminals including a target terminal, and transmits a relative angle measurement request signal to the target terminal and the neighboring terminals. Upon receipt of a response signal for the relative angle measurement request signal from at least one of the neighboring terminals including the target terminal, a communication link with the selected communication target's terminal is established based on the information contained in the response signal.
US09781541B2	Facilitating communication between a user device and a client device via a common services platform A server may receive provisioning information for a client device; provision, based on the provisioning information, the client device to prepare the client device to gather data to form a data record and communicate with a user device, via the server, to receive or transmit information relating to the data record; and receive a communication request from the user device via a first network. The communication request may include a request to transmit the information relating to the data record to or from the client device. The server may communicate with the client device via a second network, on behalf of the user device, to process the communication request based on authorizing the user device. The second network may be different from the first network. The server may provide a response to the communication request to the user device. The response may include the information relating to the data record.
US09781536B2	Audio-data transmission system and audio-data transmission method The present invention provides an audio-data transmission system including a channel encoder, a data modulator and a speaker. The channel encoder is utilized to receive and encode a bit signal and generates an encoding signal. The data modulator is utilized to receive the encoding signal and modulates it to an audio signal whose frequency is on a frequency band. The audio signal includes at least four different sub-audio signals. The frequency band includes at least four sub-frequency bands with different frequencies. The frequencies of the at least four sub-audio signals are respectively on the at least four sub-frequency bands. The speaker is utilized to transmit the audio signal including the at least four different sub-audio signals.
US09781532B2	Playback device calibration Examples described herein involve calibrating a playback device. An example implementation involves causing a network device to display a guide to calibrate at least one playback device, the guide comprising an indication that the network device is to be moved during a given time. The example implementation also involves detecting, via the network device during the given time, an audio signal played by the at least one playback device. The example implementation further involves causing, via the network device, identification of an audio processing algorithm based on data indicating the detected audio signal.
US09781520B1	Passive mode carbon nanotube underwater acoustic transducer A passive carbon nanotube transducer is provided. The passive carbon nanotube transducer includes shells as protective walls for the top and bottom housing of the transducer with carbon nanotube sheets affixed between the shells. The shells act as acoustic windows that match the surrounding acoustic medium. A gasket encloses the shells and carbon nanotube sheets of the transducer. Each carbon nanotube sheet has an electrode at both ends. Multiple carbon nanotube sheets are capable of sensing sound induced environment temperature deviations and converting electric voltage or current for passive acoustic detection.
US09781519B2	Molded interconnect mircoelectromechanical system (MEMS) device package A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device package for encapsulating a MEMS device a molded package spacer that connects to a conductive lid and to a substrate. The molded package spacer forms either side walls or a divider of the MEMS device package and is adapted to route electrical connections from the MEMS device to either the substrate or a second MEMS device package via the substrate.
US09781515B2	Loudspeaker diaphragm, and loudspeaker, electronic device and mobile device including the diaphragm A loudspeaker diaphragm includes a base layer and a coating layer. The base layer contains natural fibers. The coating layer is composed of bamboo cellulose nanofibers and is formed at least on the first side of the base layer. The coating layer has a thickness in the range of 3% to 15%, both inclusive of the sum of the thicknesses of the base layer and the coating layer.
US09781511B2	Operation device operating a reproduction control system The DJ controller 10 has a load operation member 82 that loads audio signals to each channel, a synchronization button 84 that realizes a beat synchronization function, and a channel fader 85 that reproduces the loaded audio signals by the fader start function corresponding to each channel.
US09781507B2	Audio apparatus An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least two groups of at least two audio signals; a first audio former configured to generate a first formed audio signal from a first of the at least two groups of at least two audio signals; a second audio former configured to generate a second formed audio signal from the second of the at least two groups of at least two audio signals; an audio analyzer configured to analyze the first formed audio signal and the second formed audio signal to determine at least one audio source and an associated audio source signal; and an audio signal synthesizer configured to generate at least one output audio signal based on the at least one audio source and the associated audio source signal.
US09781506B2	Earphone having a controlled acoustic leak port An earphone comprising an earphone housing having a wall comprising (1) a front side that joins (2) an end portion in which a primary sound output opening is formed, which joins (3) a face portion in which a secondary output opening is formed, which joins (4) a back side which joins the front side and encloses a driver, wherein the face portion and the front side form a tapered portion of the earphone housing that is dimensioned to be inserted into, and contact, an ear of a wearer, wherein the primary output opening is dimensioned to output sound generated by a diaphragm of the driver contained within the earphone housing into the ear, the secondary output opening is dimensioned to vent the ear to a surrounding environment, and wherein the primary output opening and the secondary output opening face different directions and are positioned over a sound output face of the driver.
US09781505B2	Top port microphone apparatus A microphone includes a microphone base that has a first surface and a second surface. The microphone also includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device coupled to the first surface of the microphone base. The microphone also includes a cover coupled to the first surface of the microphone base, such that the cover divides the first surface into a covered portion where the cover encloses the MEMS device, and a non-covered portion extending away from the cover. The microphone also includes one or more pads on the uncovered portion of the first surface of the base. The microphone also includes a port extending through the base from the first surface to the second surface.
US09781504B2	Voice signal return type earphone for smart device An earphone connected to a smart device is provided. The earphone connected to a smart device includes a voice signal input and output function that returns a sound generated by the smart device itself as well as a sound generated from the exterior into the smart device as a high-quality sound. The voice signal is extracted from a wire that connects the smart device and the ear receiver and inputs the extracted voice signal into the input terminal of the microphone of the smart device.
US09781497B1	Integrated cosmetic audio driver An accessory device suitable for use with an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include an audio assembly designed to generate acoustical energy. The audio assembly may use certain components of the accessory device to generate the acoustical energy. For example, the accessory device may include a shell, or rigid body, that provides structural support for the accessory device. The accessory device may also include a flexible layer, such as silicone, disposed over the shell. The audio assembly may use part of the shell and acoustically drive that part of the shell to generate the acoustical energy. Further, the audio assembly may use part of the flexible layer as a “surround” to allow part of the shell to move relative to other parts. The electronic device may electrically couple with the accessory device, thereby providing a means for providing an audio signal.
US09781494B1	Systems and methods for activity monitoring A activity monitoring computing system includes a network circuit exchanging information over a network and an evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit receives, over the network via the network circuit, sensor data from a monitoring device indicative of physiological and movement characteristics of a monitored individual during performance of an assigned task. The evaluation circuit determines productivity information based on a comparison of the physiological and movement characteristics of the monitored individual and expected physiological and movement characteristics associated with the assigned task. The evaluation circuit transmits, over the network via the network circuit, the productivity information to at least one of a display device and the monitoring device.
US09781483B2	Digital over-the-air entertainment system and method for operating the same A system and method of distributing electronic content includes a network operations center communicating national feeds to an over-the-air broadcast center through a satellite. The over-the-air broadcast center receives the national feeds from the satellite and broadcasts the national feeds to a user device through a cellular tower wireless transmitter.
US09781478B2	System and method for personalized TV A Personal TV System receives a plurality of video segments constituting a TV program and information describing each segment, and controls the display of the segments to a viewer in accordance with preferences of the viewer and with the description of each segment. Segments may be omitted or replaced with substitute segments. The viewer may review his preferences and edit or replace them. In a multi-viewer household, the system may prompt a viewer to confirm her preferences. A TV program may contain interactive segments, and when the viewer chooses to interact with a particular segment, the system automatically stores all subsequently received segments for later viewing while the viewer interacts with the selected segment. The system may present TV program choices to the viewer selected and arranged in accordance with her preferences.
US09781476B2	Automatic learning channel customized to a particular viewer and method of creating same Various embodiments facilitate generation, distribution, and presentation of a video program on a virtual channel. In one embodiment, an electronic program guide (“EPG”) manager is provided for execution on a receiving device, such as a set-top box. The EPG manager receives from a program distributor a video stream that has plurality of video programs having program content. Each program has been preassigned for presentation on a particular channel. A virtual channel is linked to one or more users. The EPG manager tracks the types of programs that a user watches and records metadata associated with the programs that the user actually views. When sufficient data is stored in the data base, the virtual channel is provided that program that a user will likely wish to view based on this past viewing history.
US09781475B2	Information processing method, system and electronic device An information processing method, a system and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a first motion locus with the first electronic component, where the first motion locus is generated by the first part from a first time instant to a second time instant; and acquiring a second motion locus with the second electronic component, where the second motion locus is generated by the second part from the first time instant to the second time instant. The first electronic device may obtain and execute a first control instruction corresponding to the first motion locus and the second motion locus. With the method and electronic device, an advantage of precisely recognizing a slight local action of the user is achieved.
US09781474B2	Content playback information estimation apparatus and method and program A content playback information estimation apparatus, for estimating a state on playback of content, that is provided between a distribution server and a terminal in a system in which the distribution server distributes the content to the terminal via a network and the terminal plays the content, the content playback information estimation apparatus including: a unit configured to obtain packet data distributed from the distribution server to the terminal and to store the packet data in a storage unit; a unit configured to estimate a data amount in a buffer of the terminal based on obtained packet data; and a unit configured to estimate a state on playback at each time of the content in the terminal by comparing the estimated data amount with a predetermined threshold.
US09781469B2	Method and apparatus for managing a presentation of media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions to present a plurality of unassociated media programs from a single presentation device having overlapping presentation periods, and cause the single presentation device to present a user interface for one of the plurality of unassociated media programs responsive to detecting a request for the user interface. Each of the plurality of unassociated media programs can be viewable only with a viewing apparatus. The viewing apparatus can be configured for viewing one of the unassociated media programs at a time. Other embodiments are disclosed and contemplated.
US09781467B2	Remote controller, control method thereof and image processing apparatus having the same A remote controller of an image processing apparatus includes: a touch screen which displays an input menu; a menu processor which processes the touch screen to display respective input menus corresponding to at least two modes among a control mode of the image processing apparatus, a character input mode and a handwriting mode; and a controller which controls the menu processor to display the input menu of the mode corresponding to a selection signal when the selection signal for the mode is received.
US09781462B2	Technique for providing a virtual digital video recorder service through a communications network In response to a request initiated by a user at a user terminal, selected entertainment programming content, when broadcast, is recorded at a location remote from the user terminal. The request is communicated through a communications network, e.g., cable TV network, which is also used for transmission of entertainment programming content to user terminals. The recorded programming content is stored in a storage space at the remote location, which is allocated to the user terminal. In response to a review request from the user terminal, the recorded programming content is retrieved from the storage space allocated thereto, and transmitted to the user terminal through the communications network. The presentation of the recorded programming content may be manipulated by the user to perform rewinding, pausing and fast-forwarding thereon.
US09781461B1	Traffic system and method for handling advertisements with content broadcast networks including responsiveness to changes in programming parameters A computer-implemented system and method for providing information to a traffic system allowing a traffic system operator to make faster and better decisions related to whether or not to import specific break structure files. The system, via a dashboard, permits the traffic system operator to select a single network, a group of specific networks or all networks for importation of the specific break structure files. The system and method are configured to handle changes in any of three important programming categories, namely windows, breaks and programming content. The programming categories are separated into easy-to-read columns listing the number of changes for a given future time period allowing the traffic system operator to easily locate the changes. Such a system and method solves the problem of traffic system operators having to “blindly” import data.
US09781458B2	Dynamic generation of on-demand video In the dynamic generation of video, a video service provider receives a video request from a video player over a data network. The video service provider matches the video request with a given video descriptor record of a plurality of video descriptor records. a video media file including a plurality of cue slots is generated according to the given video descriptor record using the video request. A plurality of video clip files in a video clip library is selected for the plurality of cue slots, and the plurality of video clip files are copied to the plurality of cue slots in the video media file. The video service provider then sends the video media file to the video player.
US09781448B2	Method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using adaptive filter Provided is a method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction comprises the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring block; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply the second filter.
US09781441B2	Method for encoding and decoding coding unit Initial value is selected when motion estimation is performed using predicted motion vector in video codec in which multiple references are allowed, and coding amount of motion vectors is reduced using predicted motion vector. Motion vector encoding apparatus includes predicted motion vector generator that generates adjacent motion vectors of current block with respect to each of reference pictures and generates each predicted motion vector of the current block from the generated adjacent motion vectors, motion estimator that determines final motion vector of the current block and final reference picture corresponding to the final motion vector with regard to search regions of the reference pictures, differential unit that obtains difference between the final motion vector of the current block and final predicted motion vector corresponding to the determined final reference picture among the predicted motion vectors, and unit for encoding information about the final reference picture and the difference.
US09781412B2	Calibration methods for thick lens model The thick lens calibration method enables better calibration of complex camera devices such as devices with thick lens systems. The thick lens calibration method includes a two step process of calibrating using the distance between a second nodal point and an image sensor, and calibrating using the distance between the first and second nodal point.
US09781409B2	Portable terminal device and program A 2D/3D conversion processing section converts 2D contents (television broadcast program) received by a television broadcast receiving section to contents for the right eye and contents for the left eye for 3D, and the contents for 3D obtained by conversion are subjected to 3D display on a display section. When switching is made from 2D display to 3D display, a central control section suppresses display of data-broadcast data regarding television video data. Consequently, even if video display of the television broadcast is switched from 2D to 3D, video of television broadcast can be displayed in 3D as effectively as possible.
US09781401B2	Reproduction device, reproduction method, and recording medium The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium capable of displaying graphics with a broader dynamic range of luminance and appropriate brightness.An optical disc records STN_table associating HDR graphics, which are graphics having a second luminance range different from and broader than a first luminance range, with tone_mapping_info including HDR information indicating a luminance characteristic of the HDR graphics and tone_mapping_info, which is tone mapping definition information used when luminance conversion from the HDR graphics to STD graphics which are graphics having the first luminance range is performed, the HDR graphics, and the tone_mapping_info. The present technology is applicable to a recording medium recording graphics.
US09781397B2	Projector and projector system A projector according to the present disclosure includes: a projection unit, a lens unit, an imaging unit, and a computing unit. The projection unit displays a first image. The lens unit projects the first image that is displayed by the projection unit. The imaging unit images a second image, which is projected by another projector, through the lens unit. The computing unit computes a distance between a surface on which the second image is projected and the another projector. Such the distance is computed from imaging data of the second image imaged by the imaging unit, and from spacing information on a spacing between the projector concerned and the another projector.
US09781395B2	Projection system, image processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium A projection system includes a plurality of projection units configured to project an image as a whole; a receiver configured to receive an instruction for shifting reference points that define a projection target area onto which the plurality of projection units project the whole image on an occasion of an initial calibration processing; a storage unit configured to store the reference points of the projection target area used in the initial calibration processing; a controller configured to start a recalibration processing in response to an event; a setting unit configured to reset the projection target area based on the reference points stored in the storage unit on an occasion of the recalibration processing; and a correction coefficient calculator configured to calculate correction coefficients for the plurality of projection units based on the projection target area that is reset by the setting unit.
US09781389B2	Pre-event repository associated with individual privacy and public safety protection via double encrypted lock box A method substantially as shown and described the detailed description and/or drawings and/or elsewhere herein. A circuitry substantially as shown and described the detailed description and/or drawings and/or elsewhere herein.
US09781388B2	Method and system for enhancing user experience during an ongoing content viewing activity A method and system for providing immersive user experience in a social experience (SE) environment by allowing users to create content Bookmarks. The SE environment amalgamates content received from various sources available in the network. The method streams the amalgamated content to the users through an SE server. The SE server provides enhanced experience service to the users by allowing the users to store, retrieve, and share the created Bookmarks with other users.
US09781383B2	Media stream from sender seen on receiver side before confirming receipt of media stream The present disclosure relates to electronic communication devices, and more specifically to streaming media between the electronic communication devices. The present disclosure relates to a method for setting up a media stream connection between a sending device 100, 110 and at least one receiving device 200, 210. The method comprises sending a session initiation message S10 to the at least one receiving device, sending a request S20 for a list of IP-addresses of the at least one receiving device and receiving S30 the list of IP-addresses from the at least one receiving device. The method further comprises setting up uni-directional or bi-directional connection between the sending device 100, 110 and the at least one receiving device 200, 210 by using the received list of IP-addresses and sending the media stream S50 via the uni-directional or bi-directional connection to the at least one receiving device.
US09781379B2	Media recording for audio visual entertainment A media recorder is operable to receive broadcast media data from a media data source. The media recorder comprises a storage element for storing at least a portion of the media data, and a receiver for receiving a sequence of video images from a video camera. The media recorder further comprises a user detector for detecting whether a user is attending to a presentation of the media data, and a media presentation status detector operable to detect whether the presentation of the media item has ended. If the user detector detects that the user is not attending to the presentation, the user detector is operable to cause the storage element to store the media data. If the media presentation status detector detects that presentation of the media item has ended, the media presentation status detector is operable to cause the media recorder to enter a stand-by mode.
US09781375B2	Television receiving apparatus and television receiving method A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives expected waves, and a control unit that sets the receiving unit to an operational state that has a lower electricity consumption within a range in which reception performance is allowed, depending on interference waves with respect to the expected waves that the receiving unit receives.
US09781369B2	Image sensor and image processing system including the same An image sensor which operates in a global shutter mode is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, a timing generator configured to generate row driver control signals which controls an integration period of a pixel of the plurality of pixels to include at least two sub integration periods, and a row driver configured to generate a plurality of row control signals which controls each of the rows in the pixel array based on the row driver control signals, wherein the timing generator is further configured to control a single image frame to include the integration period and a readout period of the pixel, based on the row driver control signals.
US09781367B2	Image sensor and image capturing apparatus having an arrangement of pixels and well contacts An image sensor includes an image sensing plane in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged and at least a portion of a region thereof has a curved shape, and a plurality of well contacts that fix a well potential and are connected to a portion of pixels from among the plurality of pixels. The well contacts are arranged such that an arrangement density thereof in the image sensing plane is different in each region according to the curved shape of the image sensing plane.
US09781365B2	Method, apparatus and system providing adjustment of pixel defect map A method, apparatus and system that allows for the identification of defective pixels, for example, defective pixel clusters, in an imager device. The method, apparatus and system determine, during use of the imager device, that a pixel defect, e.g., cluster defect, exists and accurately maps the location of the defective pixel. By analyzing more than one frame of an image, the method increases the accuracy of the defect mapping, which is used to improve the quality of the resulting image data.
US09781351B2	Zooming control device and method for controlling zooming control device A zooming control device includes a first determination unit configured to determine whether a current state is a specific image capturing state in which a photographer can perform self photographing, a zooming control unit configured to, in a case in which it is determined that an image does not satisfy a predetermined composition condition, perform zooming control so as to satisfy the predetermined composition condition, and a reception unit configured to receive a predetermined operation for instructing an image capturing preparation operation. The zooming control unit performs the zooming control in a first state in which the predetermined operation is not received, and in a case in which the first determination unit determines that the current state is the specific image capturing state, the zooming control unit continues the zooming control even in a second state in which the predetermined operation is received.
US09781346B2	Image capturing control apparatus, image capturing apparatus and storage medium storing image capturing control program for driving a movable element when motion vectors have mutually different magnitudes The image capturing control apparatus to control an image capturing apparatus that performs still image capturing of a moving object with drive of a movable element movable in a direction other than an optical axis direction of an image capturing optical system. The control apparatus includes a vector acquisition unit to acquire multiple motion vectors respectively detected in multiple object areas of a captured moving image produced by the image capturing apparatus, and a control unit to control the still image capturing with a drive control of the movable element. The control unit causes the image capturing apparatus, when the multiple motion vectors have mutually different magnitudes, to perform the still image capturing multiple times with the drive controls of the movable element while changing a drive amount of the movable element on the basis of the respective multiple motion vectors.
US09781341B2	Image processing system, information processing device, information storage device, and image processing method An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction that is a moving direction of an imaging section during capture, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the consecutively acquired still images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction that differs from the first camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of a still image among the consecutively acquired still images based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image.
US09781337B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and recording medium for trimming an image based on motion information An image processing apparatus may include a trimming-decision processing to determine a trimming of an image based on motion information of an object appearing in the image and motion information of the image processing apparatus.
US09781328B2	Image pickup element for detecting saturation and outputting the result of saturation detection in association with pixel signal, method for controlling image pickup element, and image pickup apparatus An image pickup element including an image pickup unit including an array of a plurality of unit pixels, each of the plurality of unit pixels including a plurality of pixels; a saturation detection unit configured to detect a saturated pixel based on a plurality of pixel signals of a subject image output from the plurality of pixels of each of the plurality of unit pixels; a first image signal generation unit configured to generate a first image signal of the subject image by combining the plurality of pixel signals output from each of ones of the plurality of pixels; and an output unit configured to output information indicating a result of detection of the saturated pixel conducted by the saturation detection unit and the first image signal.
US09781299B2	Function executing device with two types of wireless communication interfaces In a case where a first information including an execution request of a specific function via a first type of interface is received, a function executing device may execute a change process for changing an interface for communicating with a terminal device from the first type of interface to a second type of interface in a case where a state of the function executing device is determined as a non-error state. The function executing device may not execute the change process in a case where the state of the function executing device is determined as an error state. The specific function may include a communication process for communicating object data with the terminal device. The function executing device may execute the specific function including the communication process via the second type of interface in a case where the change process is being executed.
US09781298B2	Image processing apparatus communicable with mobile information terminal An image processing apparatus includes a job processing portion, a first communication portion, a second communication portion, a job control portion. In the image processing apparatus, the first communication portion performs first wireless communication being proximity-type wireless communication. The second communication portion performs second wireless communication whose communicable distance is longer than that of the first wireless communication and whose communication speed is faster than that of the first wireless communication. After the first communication portion automatically establishes communication connection between the first communication portion and a transmission source of the signal through the first wireless communication, the first communication portion hands over the communication connection to second wireless communication. The image processing apparatus transmits information of a settable condition to a mobile information terminal through the second communication portion, and causes the job processing portion to execute a job in according to a job execution request.
US09781295B2	Image processing apparatus, a method for performing specific process on an image processing apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium for a program to be executed by an image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a processor having a plurality of cores, each having different specifications. The image processing apparatus further includes a first estimator that estimates a processing capability of each of the plurality of cores, a second estimator that estimates, based on the processing capability of each of the plurality of cores, a required time for each of the plurality of cores to perform a specific process, and a controller. The plurality of cores comprises one or more candidate cores. The required time for each of the one or more candidate cores is equal to or less than a threshold. The controller controls one of the one or more candidate cores to perform the specific process. The required time of the candidate core that performs the specific process is the longest among the one or more candidate cores.
US09781288B2	Photoelectric conversion element, image reading device, and image forming apparatus A photoelectric conversion element comprises: a plurality of photodetectors that perform photoelectric conversion per pixel to output an analog image signal, and that are arranged on a straight line; and wirings that are formed on a wiring layer, and that are enabled to be used as at least one of a signal line used in a peripheral circuit of the photodetector, a power source, and a ground, wherein the photodetector is formed to have a first shaded region and a second shaded region in which light is shaded by the wirings that are positioned on the straight line sandwiching an opening, respectively, when light that has passed through the opening that opens being sandwiched by the wirings positioned on the straight line is incident perpendicularly on a light receiving surface of the photodetector.
US09781284B2	Image reading device including reading unit coupled with flat cable An image reading device includes a housing, a reading unit, a flat cable, and a support member. The reading unit is movably provided in the housing and configured to reciprocally move from a start position to an end position in a reading range. One end of the flat cable is coupled with the reading unit and a predetermined portion thereof on the other end side is fixed to the housing. The flat cable is stored in a bent state in the housing. The support member is provided in the reading unit and configured to support the flat cable and displace, in response to a movement position of the reading unit, a support point of the flat cable in an up-down direction with respect to a coupling portion coupling the one end of the flat cable with the reading unit.
US09781282B2	Optical scanning device The present invention roughens at least a partial region of an outer planar surface of at least one of an optical case and a lid of a laser scanner; thus, electrification of the optical case to be caused by friction with another member or a person is reduced, and damage to an electronic component is prevented.
US09781276B1	Reliably communicating information associated with mobile device accounts A computing platform enables the reliable delivery of message data (e.g., virtual airtime credits) into the accounts of mobile device users. The computing platform facilitates a large network of integrations (communication channels) with mobile network operators and reseller, preferably via a statistically-based message routing technique that uses a continuously updated estimate of the probability that a particular request over each integration will succeed. Requests are then routed over an integration picked using this information; if the request fails, the attempt is then retried using another integration until either it succeeds or the system believes the request will never succeed. The success or failure of each request is also used to update the probability estimate, preferably continuously, so that the system adjusts automatically as the reliability of each integration changes over time.
US09781272B2	System and methods for enhanced multimedia in VoIP networks Calls placed to a call recipient bypass the terminating messaging system, creating an enhanced message in the call originator's messaging system and delivering the enhanced message using alternate routing information. A caller creates enhanced messages for a call recipient even when the call recipient's messaging system does not support such functionality. The caller also embeds stored content and/or use links in the enhanced messages to allow the message to be modified and/or deleted before it is accessed by the call recipient.
US09781264B1	Best time to communicate with parties having multiple contacts Technologies are disclosed for determining a best time to contact a party over a plurality of contact periods of time to achieve at least one of a desired outcome and a desired result. In various embodiments, the party has multiple contact types that can be utilized to contact the party. Accordingly, an optimal contact type for the party for each contact period is selected that identifies the contact type with a probability having the highest likelihood of achieving at least one of the desired outcome and the desired result by utilizing the contact type to contact the party during the contact period. A best time to contact the party is then identified as one of the contact periods based on the optimal contact types selected for the party for each contact period and associated probabilities.
US09781255B1	Authentication of phone call origination A method of authenticating a call origination directed to an enterprise call center. The method comprises receiving a first call origination message from a communication network by a computer system, wherein the first call origination message comprises an automatic number identification (ANI) storing a first phone number, determining by the computer system that the first phone number is not associated with an originator of the first call origination message, and responsive to determining that the first phone number is not associated with the originator of the first call origination message, dropping the first call origination message by the computer system and not answering the associated call, whereby the enterprise call center reduces its vulnerability to call origination spoofing.
US09781253B2	System and method for geo-location based media recording for a contact center A system and method for recording media for a contact center includes establishing via a processor in a first geographic location, a communication session between first and second communication devices. The processor determines that media exchanged during the media session is to be recorded. The processor identifies a second geographic location associated with a resource involved in the media session, and identifies a media controller associated with the second geographic location. The media controller bridges the media path between the first and second communication devices, and the media exchanged during the media session is recorded.
US09781252B2	Information processing method, system and mobile terminal The invention provides an information processing method, system and a mobile terminal, which can detect a motion trajectory of the mobile terminal after the mobile terminal receives a call request, and execute a first process when the motion trajectory meets a preset condition. It can be seen that, in the invention, whether a user will answer the call request is determined by the judgment to the motion trajectory of the mobile terminal after the call request is received. After it is determined that the user will answer the call request, the processes, such as automatically answering the call request, closing a screen touching function of a touch screen, or adjusting screen brightness, can be executed, so that the user does not need to perform any manual operation, which on one hand, improves execution efficiency, and on the other hand, avoids a misoperation caused by a manual operation.
US09781250B2	Methods, devices and systems supporting driving without distraction Methods, devices and systems support focused driving, working, and studying without distraction. A method of operating a mobile phone includes setting the phone into a driving focused mode and keeping the phone in the driving focused mode while the phone is moving, wherein in the focused mode certain features of the mobile phone are modified or at least partially disabled.
US09781248B2	Telecommunications emergency device Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for recording and conveying information/data by a device. The device may record and store data associated with a catastrophic or emergency event. The device may transmit and convey data to facilitate locating the device after a catastrophic event. In some embodiments, a device may be configured to be ejected from a vehicle before or during a catastrophic event.
US09781245B2	Networking systems, protocols, and methods for controlling target devices Systems and methods are provided for controlling electric and electronic devices. The devices may communicate with each other in a many-to-many, peer-to-peer network to provide control functionality without the need for a central controller. Device-to-device control messages may be implemented over short range, wireless broadcast messages.
US09781242B2	Setting systems and setting methods A setting system including a mobile terminal having an interface with an external device so as to transmit and receive information therebetween; and a display device having the interface with the mobile terminal so as to transmit and receive information therebetween, a display section whose screen size is larger than the mobile terminal, and an input section to which the user can input information. When the mobile terminal and the display device are connected through the interface, the mobile terminal and the display device display a setting screen that includes a setting item that sets at least the state of the mobile terminal such that the user can change a setting for the mobile terminal on the setting screen.
US09781238B2	Housing and loudspeaker module A housing (1) is provided which in particular is suitable for a mobile phone and, in addition to the customary loudspeaker housing (2) for accommodating a loudspeaker (4), comprises an additional housing (3) enclosing an additional volume of air (16) and being arranged in a preferential direction (V) for sound emission of the loudspeaker housing (2). Further, a loudspeaker module comprising the housing (1) as well as a loudspeaker (4), a microphone (8) and a control unit for active noise suppression is provided.
US09781237B2	Dual connector coupling for accessory device and electronic device using the same An electronic device includes an analog connector and a digital connector. The analog connector has one or more analog signal contacts and at least one other contact. A signal detector detects signals at the other contact. A switch is coupled to the other contact to, where analog signals are at the other contact, to cause the switch to transition a connection to other contact from a common node of the device to a signal node of the device, thereby allowing a user to use either a four-wire accessory device or five-wire accessory device with a four-wire analog connector.
US09781235B2	Subframe format indication field Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for indicating a subframe format. For example, the apparatus may generally include a processing system configured to generate a subframe of a data unit, the subframe comprising a first field that indicates a presence or absence of at least one of a source address (SA) or destination address (DA) in the subframe. The apparatus may also include a transmitter configured to transmit the subframe to another apparatus using frame aggregation.
US09781234B2	Electronic device, network relay device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium An electronic device that relays an IPv4 packet includes circuitry configured to process the IPv4 packet in each of a first mode operating as a router and a second mode operating as a bridge, set one of the first mode and the second mode as a mode of the electronic device, terminate an IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel, and perform a communication test through the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel with respect to another electronic device, and the another electronic device is connected with the electronic device via the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel and terminates the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel, and set the first mode as the mode, when a result of the communication test shows that communication is available.
US09781232B2	Server apparatus and information processing apparatus An apparatus includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a reply unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a request for service information from an information processing apparatus via a network. The determining unit is configured to determine the service information based on the request, where the service information includes information associated with accessing a service and display object information on a display object corresponding to the service. The reply unit is configured to send the service information to the information processing apparatus.
US09781230B2	Broadcast-based update management A method for providing software updates to a client computing device, includes, responsive to sending a broadcast message requesting available updates addressed from a client computing device network address of the client computing device, receiving at the client computing device network address a response message comprising the update service network address. The method may also include responsive to sending an update request message addressed to an update service associated with an update service network address, receiving at the client computing device network address information for updating software on the client computing device.
US09781229B2	Roaming profiles and application compatibility in multi-user systems Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are disclosed for roaming profiles and application compatibility in multi-user systems. In an embodiment, a user profile exists on a plurality of client computers. Each client computer executes a roaming profile client that intercepts a change to an application's settings. The roaming profile client sends this change to a roaming profile server that stores it. When the user profile logs on to a second client computer, the roaming profile server sends an indication of the change to a second roaming profile client on the second client computer. This roaming profile client alters the settings for the application on the second client computer such that, when the user session executes the application on the second client computer, the application reflects the change.
US09781227B2	Lockless distributed redundant storage and NVRAM caching of compressed data in a highly-distributed shared topology with direct memory access capable interconnect A system for data storage includes multiple servers, which are configured to communicate over a network with multiple multi-queue storage devices and with at least one storage controller, to store on the storage devices compressed data belonging to a user volume, to specify storage locations, in which the compressed data is stored on the storage devices, in a shared data structure that is shared and modified by the servers using remote direct memory access, and to coordinate access to the compressed data by the servers by querying the shared data structure, without executing code on a processor of the storage controller.
US09781225B1	Systems and methods for cache streams Various embodiments of systems and methods to efficiently use a compute element to process a plurality of values distributed over a plurality of servers using a plurality of keys. In various embodiments, a system is configured to identify (or “derive”) the various server locations of various data values, to send requests to the various servers for the needed data values, to receive the data values from the various servers, and to process the various data values received. In various embodiments, requests are sent and data values are received via a switching network. In various embodiments, the servers are organized in a key value store, which may optionally be a shared memory pool. Various embodiments are systems and methods with a small number of compute elements and servers, but in alternative embodiments the elements may be expanded to hundreds or thousands of compute elements and servers.
US09781222B2	Method, system and server device for transmitting a digital resource in a client-server communication system The present invention relates to transmitting a digital resource in a client-server communication system. A disclosed method comprises at a main server device: receiving a request for a main resource from a client device; determining at least one missing secondary resource, wherein the at least one missing secondary resource is at least one resource associated with said requested main resource and missing at the main server device; and requesting a secondary server device to push the at least one missing secondary resource to the client device. Thanks to the push initiated by the main server device, the secondary resources required by the main resource become available at the client device before the latter discovers that they are required to exploit or display the main resource.
US09781218B2	Managing information about user states in a social networking system When a social networking system receives content describing a user via a client device associated with the user, the social networking system determines a state describing a characteristic of the user from the content. One or more options for generating a content item associated with the determined state are provided to the client device for presentation to the user, and the options may be based in part on the determined state. Based on the state and selection of one or more of the options, a content item is generated and provided to one or more client devices for presentation to social networking system users. By interacting with the content item, users may view additional information about the state or perform actions associated with the state.
US09781216B2	Location based content aggregation and distribution systems and methods In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a content posting from a device associated with a first user, the content posting including data representative of a content instance and an associated geographic location; determining that a second user is associated with the geographic location; and enabling communications associated with the content instance between a client device associated with the first user and a client device associated with the second user.
US09781213B2	Machine to machine architecture A machine-to-machine communication platform provides a flexible system for device control and solution hosting. In particular, the communication platform hosts and manages third party vertical solutions that interact with external devices. A third party gateway provides the third parties with access to the communication platform so that the third parties may define, configure, and monitor custom vertical solutions that are locally hosted in the communication platform. The communication platform provides a communication manager that implements a device independent communication facility for communicating with the external devices. As a result, the communication platform connects to, communicates with, and controls virtually any external device.
US09781212B2	Method and apparatus for collecting and disseminating information over a computer network The apparatus comprises at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user, at least one links module for the first user and for the second user, at least one manipulations module and at least one display device for respectively displaying at least said linked digital information wherein said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said second user when that information is manipulated, and wherein said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said first user when that information is manipulated.
US09781211B2	Storage device having master and slave storage device modes A storage device is operable to be coupled to a host electronic device. The storage device includes a memory operable to store an operating system, applications and to provide mass storage functionality, a processor operable to run the operating system and execute the applications on the storage device and an interface is operable to couple the storage device to the host electronic device. The interface provides a data communication path and a power communication path between the storage device and the host electronic device. The storage device has a master storage device mode in which the storage device is operable to control at least one slave function of the host electronic device and a slave storage device mode in which at least one slave function of the storage device is controlled by the host electronic device.
US09781200B2	System, apparatus, and method for measuring number of user steps A system for counting shoe and uploading data to a centralized server. The system includes a shoe that counts the number of steps a user takes during a predefined period of time. When the number of steps are greater than a predefined number, e.g., a target, the shoe displays a message congratulating the user. For example, when the target is reach, the display will show a winner message on the shoe. The shoe may be placed on a charging (or docking) station, allowing the shoe to be charged. The charging station may also download the data from the shoe, and transmit the data to a central server.
US09781197B2	Methods and apparatus for selection of content delivery network (CDN) based on user location Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Internet Protocol (IP)-based services. A service request message is received from a user. The service request message includes user location information. The CDN is selected in accordance with the user location information. The service request message is transmitted to the CDN for connection of a corresponding delivery function module of the CDN to the user.
US09781194B2	Application-specific assessment of hosting suitability of multiple clouds In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method of performing application-specific assessment of hosting suitability of multiple clouds is disclosed. The method may include defining, in a synthetic application definition, a plurality of resource consumptions, wherein the plurality of resource consumptions are equivalent to consumptions by a candidate application. The method may further include consuming a first plurality of quantities of resources of a plurality of nodes of a first computing system and consuming a second plurality of quantities of resources of a plurality of nodes of a second computing system. The method may also include recording a performance of the first and second synthetic application, and comparing the first computing system and the second computing system based upon the first performance and the second performance. The present disclosure additionally includes associated systems and apparatuses.
US09781192B2	Device management service Systems and methods are described that comprise receiving at a platform an enrollment request from a client device. The enrollment request comprises a request key and device data of the client device. Device identification is generated and issued to the client device in the absence of a previous enrollment event. A response to the client device is generated, and the response is a response to the enrollment request that includes the device identification. Subsequent sessions between the client device and the platform are controlled with the device identification.
US09781187B2	Attribute scoping and hierarchy Downloadable pluggable services and methods of distributing the same are described. The downloadable pluggable services may correspond to communication services that can be downloaded to upgrade a communication system. The downloadable pluggable services may include a number of component parts that can be distributed among various servers in the communication system being upgraded along with instructions that enable the component parts to instruct each server in the communication system to operate in a coordinated fashion so as to provide the downloaded service.
US09781182B2	Monitoring of IP multicast streams within an internet gateway device Apparatus and methods for reporting stream loss in internet gateway devices. One embodiment comprises an internet gateway device for installation at a customer premises. The internet gateway device identifies a request to join an IP multicast stream identified by a group address, and monitors for packets directed to the group address. The internet gateway device detects a stream loss responsive to a failure to receive a packet directed to the group address during a time interval, and reports the stream loss for the group address to a management system.
US09781178B2	Crowdsourced content publication platform A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for creating a crowdsourced content publication. Layout information defining a layout of elements of a crowdsourced content publication is received. Contribution privilege information identifying a group of users of a social networking service as contributors to the crowdsourced content publication is received. The group of users may belong to a common organization as defined by a social graph maintained by the social networking service. Content criteria information specifying one or more criteria for selection of content included in the crowdsourced content publication is then received. The layout information, contribution privilege information, and content criteria information are then processed to generate a template for the crowdsourced content publication.
US09781177B2	Dynamic conferenced communications A system for dynamic conferenced communications, comprising a communication application server that handles interactions between conference participants, a communications bridge that receives interactions from participants via the Internet or other data networks, and a telephony switch that receives and handles interactions from participants via a telephone network, and a method for providing dynamic communications conferencing.
US09781173B2	System and method for providing enterprise voice call continuity An improved system and method are disclosed for providing voice call continuity in an enterprise network. For example, an enterprise public branch exchange (PBX) may be configured with a pilot number that is used to provide VCC services when called by a client. Digit collection via DMTF signaling or other means may be used to collect destination information from the client. The enterprise network may use the collected digits to establish a communication session with another device that corresponds to the destination information.
US09781158B1	Integrated paronymous network address detection Improved techniques involve comparing paronymous addresses received in transaction data with trusted sets of paronymous data stored in a database by both a trusted client computer and a trusted server computer. Along these lines, the trusted client computer sends data packets to the trusted server computer that contain network addresses and a secure identifier. In response, the trusted server computer sends acknowledgment data packets containing encrypted network addresses and the secure identifier. Upon sending the acknowledgement data packets, the server computer communicates the network addresses to an aggregator. When the client computer receives the acknowledgement data packets, the client computer communicates the network addresses to the aggregator. Once the aggregator receives transaction data containing paronymous addresses, the aggregator compares the paronymous addresses to those communicated to it by the trusted server and client computers. Based on the comparison, the aggregator determines the likelihood that the paronymous addresses are legitimately synonymous.
US09781153B2	Local applications and local application distribution Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for local applications and local application distribution. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an application authority system can receive a local application for distribution to a local router. The application authority system can perform an application approval process to approve the local application for distribution to the local router. The application authority system can cause the local application to be distributed to the local router. The local router can receive the local application and can distribute the local application to one or more devices via a local network.
US09781138B2	Method and device for providing a security breach indicative audio alert A device for providing a security breach indicative audio alert. The device includes: a security monitor adapted to detect a security breach in device and a loudspeaker, the device wherein including a secure audio alert generating hardware, adapted to participate, in response to the detection of the security breach, in a generation of a security breach indicative audio alert. The secure audio alert generating hardware is connected to an audio mixer that is adapted to mix the security breach indicative audio alert signal with audio signals generated by a software controlled audio source to provide a mixed signal. The audio mixer is further adapted to provide the mixed signal to the loudspeaker that reproduces the mixed signal as sound.
US09781137B2	Fake base station detection with core network support The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and computer program product relating to fake base station detection with core network support. The present invention includes receiving, at a core network, context information from a user equipment, receiving, at the core network, context information from at least one network element, and determining, at the core network, whether the context information received from the user equipment coincides with the context information received from the network element.
US09781133B2	Automatic stability determination and deployment of discrete parts of a profile representing normal behavior to provide fast protection of web applications A system for automatic stability determination and deployment of discrete parts of a profile representing normal behavior to provide fast protection of web applications is disclosed. The system, in response to a sensor collecting from HTTP requests sent by the clients to the web application installed on the protected device, automatically creates for a web application a profile with discrete parts that will represent normal behavior so that deviations from the profile can be considered anomalous. The system automatically determines that a first of the discrete parts of the profile has become stable. The system then automatically deploys the first discrete part of the profile to the sensor that now will compare with the first discrete part of the profile subsequent HTTP requests sent by the clients to the web application to detect deviations from the normal behavior represented by the first discrete part.
US09781115B2	Systems and methods for authenticating nodes To authenticate nodes, a connection between a first node and a second node may be identified. A first set of nodes having connections with the first node and assigned to a first plurality of clusters may be identified. A second set of nodes having connections with the second node and assigned to a second plurality of clusters may be identified. A first distribution of clusters may be generated based on the first set of nodes. A second distribution of clusters may be generated based on the second set of nodes. The first distribution and the second distribution may be analyzed. An authenticity metric for at least one of the first node and the second node may be generated based on the analyzing the first distribution and the second distribution.
US09781096B2	System and method for out-of-band application authentication Application-to-Application authentication features using a second communication channel for out-of-band authentication separate from a communication channel of a request from a client to a server. Authentication information is associated with a component of the system such as the request or the client application, while being collected independent of interaction with the client application initiating the request. Implementations provide improved security over existing solutions using in-band or other means of collecting authentication information.
US09781093B2	Authentication of a secure electronic device from a non-secure electronic device The application relates in particular to a method for authentication of a secure electronic device (BNK_SRV) from a non-secured electronic device (PC, SP) comprising an input peripheral (KBD, MS, TS, CAM), an output peripheral (SCR, SPK, PRN) and a secure electronic circuit (TPM).The application also relates to a secure electronic circuit (TPM), a computer program and a storage medium arranged to implement such a method.
US09781091B2	Provisioning for smart navigation services Techniques for provisioning a smart navigation service are presented. The provisioning can be performed by a name owner, by the smart navigation service itself, or by a third-party keyword service. The provisioned information can include an entity name, a keyword, and possibly other data correlated to at least one network locator. The navigation service electronically stores in navigation service persistent memory a rule correlating the entity name, the keyword, and, if used, the other data, to the at least one network locator, such that when the navigation service receives, from a client computer communicatively coupled to the navigation service, command data that includes the entity name, the keyword, and possibly other data, the navigation service responds to the client computer with the at least one network locator.
US09781090B2	Enterprise computing environment with continuous user authentication Continuous user authentication includes receiving authentication event information including (1) transaction information describing authentication transactions, the transaction information received from authentication providers and including identification of users and instances of authentication of the users by the authentication providers, and (2) user identification and activity information describing presence and state (e.g. location) of the users, this information received from (a) mobile sensing devices in physical proximity of users independent of user location, and (b) stationary sensing devices at fixed locations of the users. The authentication event information is stored in an authentication event database and is provided to the authentication providers in a continual manner to enable the authentication providers to (a) establish new authentications of the users for accessing services of the computing system, and (b) maintain and revoke previously established authentications of the users based on the authentication event information and authentication policies.
US09781089B2	Authenticating a user account with a content management system Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for authenticating a user account with a content management system are disclosed. A synchronized content management system may receive an identifier via a first access platform. The identifier may be associated with a device. The content management system can generate a link based on the identifier and the device. The link may be then send to the device by using the identifier. When accessed by the device, the link may authenticate a user account associated with the device at a second access platform.
US09781071B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing automatic delivery of information to a terminal An apparatus for providing automatic delivery of information to a terminal includes a communication element, a registry element and a proxy element. The communication element is configured to receive information corresponding to new content associated with a particular service. The registry element is configured to retrieve an identifier of an publisher associated with the particular service in response to receipt of the information. The proxy element is configured to push an indication of the new content to a receiving terminal having the identifier in a contact list of the receiving terminal in response to receipt of the information.
US09781070B2	Resolver-based data storage and retrieval system and method System and method for associating general data with an end-user based on the domain name system (DNS) resolver that the end-user uses to map the canonical domain names of internet services to their associated network addresses. The present invention elegantly addresses concerns of scale regarding the key-space, for example the global number of distinct DNS resolvers, and the data-space, for example the number of distinct geographical areas to associate.
US09781068B2	Messaging media to go viral Systems and techniques are disclosed for transmitting a message via one or more platforms, the messages being associated with media content and/or related media content. A related media content may be identified based on the media content and a platform may be selected based on a platform selection criteria. The message may correspond to the related media content and may be transmitted to the platform.
US09781066B2	Terminal device, server, and method of providing messaging service A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes an input unit configured to receive an input of a user command inviting a non-subscriber of a messaging service to join a messaging group, and a communication unit configured to transmit a request for invitation information to a server, when the invitation information is received from the server, to transmit an invitation message including the invitation information and an application installation Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to a non-subscriber terminal, and when a join result of the non-subscriber joining the messaging service is received, to transmit a request for an invitation of the non-subscriber to the messaging group.
US09781065B2	Lightweight application integration for mobile cloud computing Disclosed herein are technologies to provide lightweight software applications deployable on mobile devices that allow users and intermediary solution providers to receive specific data or information from application or solutions. In accordance with one aspect, a configuration file is uploaded and an input message is received from a user. The input message is mapped to one or more commands related to the configuration file, and the one or more mapped commands is run in order to extract data requested by the input message.
US09781057B1	Deadlock avoidance techniques Described are techniques for avoiding deadlock. Each consumer is assigned a priority level denoting a number of resource allocation requests that have been currently granted to the consumer. The priority level is incremented for each resource allocation request granted to the consumer. A set of common resource pool(s) and a reserved resource pool are provided. A wait list of pending resource requests made by the consumers is maintained. If no allocated resources of the set of common pool(s) have been released for at least a threshold amount of time and there is at least one request on the wait list, first processing is performed which includes selecting, in accordance with one or more criteria, a first pending resource request from the wait list that was made by a first consumer, and assigning the first consumer exclusive use of the reserved pool for a lifetime of the first consumer.
US09781047B2	Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method A wireless communication terminal includes a processor; and a non-transitory memory storing thereon a program which is executed by the processor, the program causing the processor to: transmit a first interest packet requesting transmission of an index of content to a plurality of communication devices via a content-oriented network; receive a first data packet from a first communication device among the plurality of communication devices in response to the first interest packet, wherein the first data packet includes i) the index and ii) first remaining battery level information indicating a remaining battery level of the first communication device, and determine to transmit to the first communication device a second interest packet requesting for transmission of the content to the wireless communication terminal when it is determined that the first remaining battery level information is more than a predetermined threshold value.
US09781045B2	Method and apparatus for providing multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) in wireless communication system A method for receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system; the UE therefore; a method for transmitting an MBMS by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system; and the BS therefore are discussed. The method for receiving an MBMS by a UE according to one embodiment includes transmitting one or more system information blocks (SIBs); receiving a first MBMS interest indication message indicating whether MBMS reception is prioritized above unicast reception, when a predetermined SIB related to MBMS service continuity is included in the one or more SIBs; and receiving a second MBMS interest indication message according to a change of priority between the MBMS reception and the unicast reception.
US09781039B2	Times-sliced design segmentation Systems and methods for multi-channel signal processing by a series of single processing core logic circuitries in time-slicing. A first logic circuitry is configured to process multiple data streams from multiple channels in a first cycle-based time-sliced schedule. A time slice in the first cycle-based time-sliced schedule comprises a predetermined number of clock cycles allocated to a corresponding data stream. A second logic circuitry is coupled to the first logic circuitry and configured to process the data streams in a first fragment-based time-sliced schedule. A time slice in the first fragment-based time-sliced schedule is determined based on a predetermined boundary associated with the data fragment and is allocated to process a data fragment of the data streams.
US09781029B2	Loop detection and prevention Various systems and methods for preventing loops. For example, one method involves receiving a multicast data packet at a node. The node is coupled to a local area network (LAN). An internet protocol (IP) prefix is assigned to the LAN. The method involves determining whether a source address included in the packet is covered by the IP prefix. Depending on the direction of travel of the multicast data packet and whether or not the source address is covered by the IP prefix, the node determines whether a loop exists.
US09781012B2	Behavior monitoring and compliance for multi-tenant resources The behavior of multiple users with access to a multi-tenant resource can be monitored and compliance enforced by monitoring state information for each user. The state information can be captured across a level of a network environment, such that any activity across that layer can be monitored and the data aggregated to give a global view of user behavior. If user behavior is determined to fall outside an acceptable range of behavior, any of a number of remedial actions can be taken, which can include notifying the user, billing the user for the inappropriate behavior, or modifying that behavior outside of the control of the user.
US09781003B2	Migration of profiles between virtual connect domains Migration of profiles between virtual connect domains is described. In an example, a plurality of validations are performed on a profile from a first virtual connect domain virtualizing devices using a first configuration. The profile is updated based on a second virtual connect domain virtualizing devices using a second configuration. The profile is moved for use by a device in the second virtual connect domain.
US09780992B2	Method for managing the startup of instances of applications on virtual machines of a distributed network The present invention relates to a method for selecting a virtual slot to start up an instance of an application in a distributed system comprising a plurality of physical machines distributed on a network, each physical machine housing at least one virtual machine, and each virtual machine comprising at least one virtual slot for running an application instance in said virtual machine.The method according to the invention comprises selecting an application slot to start up an instance of an application including the following steps: determining a set of free application slots, i.e., those not occupied by an application instance in use, computing a score for each free application slot, the score computation depending on at least one constraint, selecting the application slot to start up the considered application instance, said selected application slot being that having the best score.

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