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US09836624B2	Information processing device and method, to prevent hot insertion and extraction of SIM tray The present technique relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a record medium and a program which can prevent hot insertion and extraction of an SIM card. A removing unit removes a tray storing a storage member. A removal detector detects an operation of starting removal of the tray before the removing unit removes the tray. A power controller stopping power supplying to the storage member when the removal detector detects the operation of starting the removal of the tray may be employed. The present technique may be applied, e.g., to a personal computer.
US09836619B1	Digital vault for music owners There is disclosed a digital vault for music owners having a number of modules. An account management module is for creating accounts with the digital vault for plural music owners. An access control module is for providing the music owners secure access to their respective accounts. The access control module also provides reviewing users access to the songs in a music owner's account. A song upload module is for the music owners to upload songs into the music owners' respective accounts. A sharing module is for the music owners to provide reviewing users with access to their songs. A listening module is for the reviewing users to stream the songs in the digital vault to which the music owners have given them access. A song management module provides the music owners various options for managing the songs in their accounts.
US09836618B2	System and method of authentication of a first party respective of a second party aided by a third party A method and system for authenticating a service to access data respective of a user on a low-end mobile device. The method includes sending, from a telephone-to-web adapter, a first authentication token over a first communication path to the low-end mobile device, wherein the telephone-to-web adapter is a separate entity from the low-end mobile device; receiving, at the telephone-to-web adapter, a second authentication token over a second communication path, wherein the second authentication token is received from a host server hosting the service, wherein the first communication path is performed with a first method of communication and the second communication path is performed with a second method of communication; comparing, at the telephone-to-web adapter, the first authentication token to the second authentication token; and allowing access to data upon determining that the first authentication token matches the second authentication token.
US09836606B2	Secure recovery apparatus and method A system and method is disclosed for recovering a boot image. Hardware instructions initiate a loading of a computer operating system on a computing device. During the loading of the operating system, multiple portions of boot code are verified and a determination is made whether each portion is valid. If a portion of boot code is determined to be invalid, a secure portion of the boot code is loaded to repair the invalid code and the loading of the operating system resumed.
US09836604B2	File integrity preservation In one embodiment of file integrity preservation in accordance with the present description, a file is subdivided into a plurality of subfiles, and a write update originally targeted for a portion of that file contained within one of the subfiles, is instead directed to a temporary copy subfile. As a consequence, the temporary copy subfile which is updated with the write data, may be scanned for viruses or other malware separately from the original file and its corresponding original subfile. If the temporary copy subfile passes the scanning test, the originally targeted file may be updated with the updated contents of the clean temporary copy subfile. Conversely, in the event that the write update introduced malicious software to the temporary copy subfile, the original file and its corresponding original subfile remain uncontaminated by the write update. Other aspects are also described.
US09836602B2	Method and system for offline scanning of computing devices To prepare computing devices (e.g., running Windows NT-based operating systems) for offline scanning, without the need for removable media, such as CDs and USB devices, and for users to modify the BIOS settings, parameters regarding a protected-mode operating system and the computing device are collected and verified while the protected-mode operating system is running on the computing device. A kernel of an alternate operating system (e.g., a Linux operating system) can be mapped to the memory of the device, shutdown of the protected-mode operating system can be initiated, a system environment for the alternate operating system kernel can be prepared, and control of the computing device can be transferred or passed to the alternate operating system kernel.
US09836595B1	Cognitive password pattern checker to enforce stronger, unrepeatable passwords A method for determining a password strength is provided. The method may include receiving a user-entered password. The method may also include identifying a keyboard layout type associated with a keyboard utilized to enter the received user-entered password. The method may further include mapping each character within a plurality of characters in the received user-entered password to a corresponding location on a grid associated with the identified keyboard layout type. The method may also include determining a coordinate sequence associated with the received user-entered password based on the mapped plurality of characters. The method may further include applying a pattern recognition algorithm to the determined coordinate sequence. The method may also include determining a password strength based on the applied pattern recognition algorithm.
US09836588B2	Password fraud protection apparatus A locking apparatus is provided which includes a display including a plurality of characters comprising the predetermined characters of the personal identification code, a pointer for moving along the plurality of characters on the display means and a controller for selecting the predetermined characters of the personal identification code when the pointing means moves along the plurality of characters on the display means. The controller is configured to select a first predetermined character of the personal identification code when the pointing means is configured to move in a first direction on the display means and to pass the first predetermined character and then to stop randomly between the first predetermined character and a first predetermined marker character on the display means. The apparatus provides password fraud protection.
US09836585B2	User centric method and adaptor for digital rights management system A method for managing users' digital rights to documents protected by digital rights management (DRM), comprising the steps of a rights management system (RMS) server receiving a request from a user for accessing a DRM-protected document, and the RMS server executing a user centric adaptor (UCA) module to check in a UCA database under the user's identification (ID) whether one of a limited number of predetermined policies of digital rights is added to the user's ID, whereas if the user's rights to the document is not revoked by deletion of a predetermined policy under the user's ID in the UCA database, then the UCA module does not block granting the user's request.
US09836566B2	Hybrid out of context hierarchical design flow for hierarchical timing convergence of integrated circuits for out of context signoff analysis A computer-implemented method for a hierarchical design flow for deterministic or statistical timing convergence of VLSI circuits enabling design reuse, concurrency and out of context signoff analysis includes: defining, by a computing device, component clock definitions; performing static timing analysis on a lower level component of a circuit design; performing a timing closure for the lower level component based on performing the static timing analysis; generating a timing abstract associated with the lower level component; performing static timing analysis on a higher level component of the circuit design using the timing abstract and the results of the out-of-context timing analysis of the lower level component; generating smart guidance assertions based on performing the static timing analysis on the higher level component; and storing the smart guidance assertions for performing a subsequent timing analysis on the lower level component.
US09836560B1	Computer simulation of probit method of cumulative distribution function determination of energetic sensitivity Embodiments of the invention simulate the actual shape of a cumulative distribution function (CDF) that describes the energetic sensitivity of an energetic composition. Sensitivity tests and historical data are input into an electronic processor. Response data points are obtained through electronic analysis and a best fit curve is produced through the response points and produced as output in a tangible medium.
US09836551B2	GUI for viewing and manipulating connected tag clouds A method of visualizing and interacting with a given term graph for a given group G defined by a set of values d for a set of dimensions D and topic X, may comprise obtaining the term graph associated with the given group G and the topic X; displaying the topic X in a tag cloud; representing each term from the term graph as a tag in the tag cloud, wherein a distance of a given tag from the displayed topic X in the tag cloud represents a distance of a term represented by the given tag from the topic X in the term graph; and visually representing a tag's importance relative to one or more of resources associated with the given group G in the tag cloud.
US09836534B2	Using ontology to discover API requirements An embodiment of the invention is provided for use in discovering a specified API service capability. The embodiment includes generating a search statement related to the specified API service capability. The embodiment further includes constructing a data structure, wherein the data structure includes one or more characteristic nodes that are each associated with data describing a particular API characteristic, and the associated data for respective characteristic nodes is ordered in accordance with one or more API service ontologies. The search statement is used to selectively search the data structure. The embodiment determines whether the search finds a match between data included in the search statement, and particular ontological data associated with one or more of the characteristic nodes of the data structure.
US09836531B1	Systems and methods for determining crowd sentiment based on unstructured data A systems and methods for determining crowd sentiment based on unstructured data are presented. The system includes scrapers that continuously scour a computer network to obtain one or more published documents and stores the documents in a document repository. The system further processes each of the documents through a filter (or percolator) to extract one or more system keywords, links and statistical information such as number of occurrences of the system keyword, rate of change and direction of change for each system keyword and crowd sentiment for the system keyword. The system further includes a keyword cache system for maintaining the system keywords so that up to date crowd sentiment is available upon demand.
US09836528B1	Data constrained resource access Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing data deliver for data constrained user devices. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a user device, requests for resources. For each of the requests, determining whether the user device is currently subject to a data constraint for receiving data responsive to the request. For each request for which the user device is determined to be subject to the data constraint, provide data that causes the user device to display a prompt to choose whether a resource responsive to the request is to be provided in the unrestricted data form or a restricted data form. A resource can be provided in an unrestricted data form has a first data size and provided in a restricted data form has a second data size that is less than the first data size.
US09836525B2	Categorizing hash tags A content item categorizer system retrieves content items from Internet sources. If a retrieved content item includes sufficient information for traditional categorization methods, then the system assigns one or more categories to the content item using such traditional methods. The system creates a metadata model, based on information about traditionally-categorized content items, that maps at least hashtags from the content items to one or more content categories. When the system retrieves a sparse-info item that does not include sufficient information for traditional categorization, the system applies the metadata model to categorize the content item using at least hashtags in the sparse-info item. The metadata model may also include information indicating mappings between categories and coincidence of hashtags and additional content item attributes. Also, the metadata model may provide information for categorizing sparse-info items based on multiple hashtags in the sparse-info item metadata.
US09836523B2	Sharing information between nexuses that use different classification schemes for information access control Systems and methods for sharing information between distributed computer systems connected to one or more data networks. In particular, a replication system implements methodologies for sharing database information between computer systems where the databases use different classification schemes for information access control.
US09836518B2	Modeling recurring events in a data store Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
US09836516B2	Parallel scanners for log based replication Log based replication using parallel scanners is described. An example method includes establishing replication paths from a primary database to a plurality of destination servers. A plurality of scanner threads are spawned to scan a transaction log of the primary database. Specifically, one scanner thread is assigned to each replication path corresponding to each destination server. For each scanner thread, data bound to a replication path associated with the scanner thread is selected from a subset of the transaction log. Accordingly, the data is distributed to a destination server associated with the replication path.
US09836512B1	Systems and methods for identifying similar hosts Systems and methods for identifying potentially compromised devices using attributes of a known compromised device may be provided. In one embodiment, an attribute set can be constructed for the compromised hosts using data from these logs. Weights can be assigned to each attribute in the attribute set initially, and further weights can be learned using audits by a user. This attribute set can be used in the disclosed systems and methods for identifying hosts that are similar to compromised hosts. The similar items can be used as hosts for deception mechanisms, can be taken off the network as being likely compromised or likely to become compromised, or quarantined.
US09836505B2	Star and snowflake join query performance A system and method for processing a database query is described. The method can, in response to detection that a database query involves a star or snowflake join operation, determine a selectivity ratio for each of a plurality of dimension tables. The selectivity ratio having a lower value can correspond to a more restrictive dimension table. Thereafter, a table ordering can be created beginning with a fact table and continuing with each of the dimension tables in ascending order of their corresponding selectivity ratios. Then a query plan involving join operations between successive tables in the table ordering can be created.
US09836500B2	System and method for creating a customized digital image There are provided methods and systems for providing viewers of a digital image with information about identifiable and scenes within the image. In an embodiment, digital images, uploaded to a host website, are customized through the incorporation of some number of selectable informational links and other text based information to provide viewers of the image real-time access to social and advertising related information regarding certain identifiable objects and scenes in the image. The selectable information links are incorporated within and around the digital image in a process referred to herein as image tagging.
US09836497B2	Enabling testing of production systems without affecting customer data sets system and method A method, computer program product, and computer system for matching, at a computing device, one or more parameters of test data to one or more rules. A location of a data store is selected to store results of the test data, wherein the location is selected based upon, at least in part, the one or more rules matched to the one or more parameters of the test data. The results of the test data is separated from results of production data by storing the results of the test data at the location of the data store selected based upon, at least in part, the one or more rules matched to the one or more parameters of the test data.
US09836496B1	Multi-platform alerting system Example embodiments relate to a notification system. The notification system accesses a set of components of a first data object, a user having registered to monitor the first data object for modifications. The notification system compares the set of components of the first data object to a previous set of components of the first data object and determines, based on the comparison, that the set of components of the first data object includes at least one modification from the previous set of components of the first data object. In response to determining that the set of components of the first data object includes at least one modification from the previous set of components of the first data object, the notification system notifies the user of the at least one modification to the first data object.
US09836491B1	Method and apparatus for hardware-implemented AVL tree updates The present disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses for hardware-implemented AVL tree updates. In some aspects, records are accessed as part of a search performed to update an AVL tree. The update may involve inserting a new node into, or removing a node from, the AVL tree. The AVL tree is represented by records stored in memory, each of which represents a node of the AVL tree. During the search, each of the records accessed is read from memory. The records read from memory are then written to an AVL tree rebalancing component implemented in hardware. Once the records are written to the hardware-implemented AVL tree rebalancer, it can modify, without subsequently accessing the memory, those records corresponding to the nodes affected by the update. After those records are modified by the hardware-implemented AVL tree rebalancer, the modified records are written back to the memory effective to update the AVL tree.
US09836482B2	Query categorization based on image results Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for query categorization based on image results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving images from image results responsive to a query, wherein each of the images is associated with an order in the image results and respective user behavior data for the image as a search result for the first query, and associating one or more of the first images with a plurality of annotations based on analysis of the selected first images' content.
US09836479B2	Local storage linked to networked storage system Disclosed are various embodiments for storage of files. A removable memory device is configured to couple to a computing device, and a storage management application is stored in the removable memory device, the storage management application being executable by a processor circuit. The storage management application is configured to send a plurality of files for storage in a networked storage system, the networked storage system being remote to the computing device. The storage management system caches a subset of the files on the removable memory device and maintains a local file directory in the removable memory device. The local file directory lists the files stored in the networked storage system in association with an account linked to the removable memory device.
US09836473B2	Hardware acceleration for a compressed computation database According to embodiments of the present invention, machines, systems, methods and computer program products for hardware acceleration are presented. A plurality of computational nodes for processing data is provided, each node performing a corresponding operation for data received at that node. A metric module is used to determine a compression benefit metric pertaining to performance of the corresponding operations of one or more computational nodes with recompressed data. An accelerator module recompresses data for processing by the one or more computational nodes based on the compression benefit metric indicating a benefit gained by using the recompressed data. A distribution function may be used to distribute data among a plurality of nodes.
US09836465B2	Methods and systems for providing file data for a media file The present invention seeks to provide an improved file system that provides essence data for a media file in a way that does not require the contents of the entire file to be available before any file data can be provided. The present invention is reflected in a method of providing file data for a media file of a pre-determined format from a file system comprising a file record database and a data store, wherein the media file corresponds to a programme. The method comprises the steps of receiving details of the programme including the duration of the programme, and determining the layout of the media file in the pre-determined format from the received details of the programme, the layout including locations for essence data within the file. A file record for the media file is then created in the file record database. In response to a request for the location of essence data within the file, a location given by the determined layout of the media file is returned. Further, a stream of essence data corresponding to the contents of the programme is received and the received essence data is stored in the data store. In response to a request for a portion of essence data from the media file corresponding to a time period of the programme, essence data derived from the received essence data is returned according to the determined layout of the media file.
US09836464B2	Curating media from social connections Media files may be curated for a user based on a location of a client device associated with the user. A user carrying a client device may arrive at a particular location on a given day. A computer-implemented process may include determining whether the given day and/or the particular location is “unique” to the user in some fashion, which may be based on one or more criteria used to quantify or otherwise evaluate uniqueness of the day or location. At least partly in response, media file sharing service may be queried to identify shared media files that were created at the particular location, wherein the shared media files are associated with one or more entities having social connections to the user. A curated subset of the identified media files may be automatically created and a notification may be issued to the user.
US09836463B2	System and method for expressing platform configuration dependencies for local and remote system management A computer implemented method includes identifying a first question that is associated with an object at an information handling system. The first question represents an opportunity to select a first configuration setting having a first value. A second question associated with the object is identified, the second question representing an opportunity to select a second configuration setting having a second value. The method further includes determining that relevance of the second question depends on the first value. A first dependency modifier is associated with the second question based on determining the relevance. The first dependency modifier identifies the first question, the first value, and an action keyword. The action keyword identifies a first action to be associated with a presentation of the second question.
US09836462B2	Extensibility model for document-oriented storage services A document service may be provided by many document service packages, each presenting a particular set of service characteristics (e.g., the performance achievable on various storage device types; the available indexing models; and the types of transactions, scripts, and queries supported by the document service). For a particular project, an administrator may endeavor to select a document service package exhibiting characteristics that match some criteria of the project and to configure or adapt the document service for other criteria, but the range of adaptability for each document service package may be limited. Presented herein are architectures for document services involving a composable set of components respectively providing a service feature with a service characteristic. The document service may be automatically composed by, for each service feature of the document service, selecting a service component for the service feature that matches the service criteria specified in a service level agreement.
US09836461B1	Search relevance using messages of a messaging platform A method and system for searching documents. The method can include: identifying a first set of messages of a messaging platform referencing a document; identifying message text of the first set of messages; associating the message text with the document in a storage repository; receiving, by a computer processor, a search request including a search term provided by a client; calculating, by the computer processor, a relevance score for the document based at least on the search term and the message text; and providing, to the client and based on the relevance score, a reference to the document in response to the search request.
US09836457B2	Machine translation method for performing translation between languages Different forward-translated sentences are generated by translating a received translation-source sentence in a first language into a second language. Backward-translated sentences are generated by backward-translating the different forward-translated sentences into the first language. When an operation for selecting one of the backward-translated sentences is received during output of the backward-translated sentences on an information output device, the forward-translated sentence corresponding to the selected backward-translated sentence is output onto the information output device.
US09836454B2	System, method, and recording medium for regular rule learning A regular rule learning method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include an analyzing circuit configured to analyze a corpus of sentences stored in a database to discover lexical features and conjunctively create a regular set of rules based on the discovered lexical features and syntactical features.
US09836451B2	Dynamic tokens for an expression parser The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for enabling dynamic tokens in an expression parser. An example method includes identifying an expression represented as a natural language input for validation by a parser. Each of the phrases in the expression are iteratively converted into a set of tokens by determining whether a current phrase matches a pre-defined token associated with a known grammar rule, and, in response to determining that the current phrase matches a pre-defined token, generating a token for the current phrase for use in validating the expression. If the current phrase does not match a pre-defined token, the unrecognized string of characters is compared to a plurality of dynamic tokens included in an external pool of tokens to generate a generic token of an identified type. The dynamic token is replaced with the generic token and can be used to validate the expression.
US09836449B2	Information analysis system The problem solved by this invention is to convert text information in a geology report to numerical values which reflects geological characteristics of a well's subsurface. Prior art referred above cannot be applicable to this problem. Since text information in the geology report is in the natural language form. This information is not widely used in this industry, due to the fact that the text information can be hardly extracted and summarized into numerical values and integrated into current physical geology models or statistical models. This invention makes the text information in geology report, which is often in a natural language form, easier to be integrated into current geology physical models or statistical models. Also, the numerical values extracted from the geology report can be integrated with other kinds of data, such as seismic data and well-logging data, to obtain more accurate and comprehensive analysis results.
US09836436B2	Systems, methods, software and interfaces for performing enhanced document processing and document outlining An exemplary method includes accessing a source document where the source document is associated with a citation and copying a selected portion of the source document. Then, in response to copying the selected portion, the method includes generating a referenced element where the referenced element consists of the selected portion and a hyperlink associated with the citation. Finally, the method includes accessing a destination document and inserting the referenced element into the destination document. An additional exemplary method further includes storing a copy of the referenced element in a memory of an access device. Another exemplary method includes annotating the destination document and generating an annotated destination document. Another exemplary method includes printing, within a single print session, the annotated destination document and the source document. Yet another exemplary method includes printing, within a single print session, a non-annotated destination document, the annotated destination document and the source document.
US09836419B2	Efficient data movement within file system volumes Embodiments are directed to efficiently managing data storage and efficiently storing data. In one scenario, a computer system receives a write request addressed to one portion of data storage within a data store. The computer system redirects the received write request to another portion of data storage which includes storage containers, each of which is a logically specified portion of the data store. The computer system determines which storage container the write request is to write to, and identifies a storage container that is to be de-staged from the second portion of data storage to the first portion of data storage. The computer system then de-stages the identified storage containers to the first portion of data storage, the data of the de-staged container being stored on the first portion of data storage in the same order in which the data was stored in the identified storage container prior to de-staging.
US09836417B2	Bridge configuration in computing devices Systems and methods are disclosed for configuring an interface bridge. A computing system includes a device controller, an interface bridge module coupled to the device controller configured to provide bridge functionality according to a first communication standard, a primary communication interface conforming to the first communication standard and coupled to the interface bridge module. The computing system further includes a first non-volatile memory module coupled to the interface bridge module, the first non-volatile memory module storing first stage boot loader code, a second non-volatile memory module coupled to the device controller, and a secondary communication interface conforming to a second communication standard coupled to the device controller. The device controller is configured to receive update package data over the secondary communication interface, the update package data including a firmware image, and write the update package data to the second non-volatile memory module.
US09836416B2	Memory devices and systems including multi-speed access of memory modules A system, comprising: a plurality of modules, each module comprising a plurality of integrated circuits devices coupled to a module bus and a channel interface that communicates with a memory controller, at least a first module having a portion of its total module address space composed of first type memory cells having a first maximum access speed, and at least a second module having a portion of its total module address space composed of second type memory cells having a second maximum access speed slower than the first access speed.
US09836413B2	Maintaining cache consistency in a cache for cache eviction policies supporting dependencies For maintaining consistency for a cache that contains dependent objects in a computing environment, object dependencies for cached objects are managed by defining and maintaining object dependency lists for each one of the cached objects for identifying objects upon which the cached objects are dependent. Maintaining cache consistency for 2 types of cache eviction policies is supported by maintaining an object dependency lists for each one of the cached objects for identifying objects dependent upon the cached object. Each of the objects in an object dependency list is updated when the object is updated.
US09836406B2	Dynamic victim cache policy A method, system, and computer-readable medium for evicting cache lines that includes determining that a first cache line is to be evicted from a first Last Level Cache (LLC) partition of a partitioned LLC, and sending, based on the determination, a first notification to a second LLC partition of the partitioned LLC. The method may also include receiving, in response to the first notification, an available indication indicating that the second LLC partition is available as a designated victim cache partition; performing a selection of the second LLC partition as the designated victim cache partition; and evicting the first cache line to the second LLC partition based on the selection.
US09836404B2	Write mirroring to storage class memory devices Systems and techniques are disclosed for the mirroring of cache data from a storage controller to a storage class memory (“SCM”) device. The storage controller receives a write request, caches the write data, and mirrors the write data to the SCM device instead of to a cache of another storage controller. The SCM device stores the mirrored data in the SCM device. The storage controller acknowledges the write to the host. If the storage controller later fails, an alternate controller assumes ownership of storage volumes associated with the failed controller. Upon receipt of a new read request to the failed controller, the alternate controller checks the SCM device for a cache hit. If there is, the data is read from the SCM device; otherwise, it is read from the storage volume(s). The read data is cached at the alternate controller and then sent on to the requesting host.
US09836402B1	Guest ordering of host file system writes Systems and methods for data storage management technology that enables a guest module of a virtual machine to indicate an order in which a host module should write data from physical memory to a secondary storage. An example method may comprise: identifying, by a processing device executing a host module, a plurality of modifications to physical memory made by a plurality of direct access operations executed by a guest module of a virtual machine; determining, by the host module, an order of the plurality of modifications to physical memory; receiving, by the host module, a synchronization request from the guest module; and responsive to the synchronization request, copying, by the host module, data from the physical memory to a secondary storage in view of the order of the plurality of modifications.
US09836397B2	Direct memory access of dynamically allocated memory Method and apparatus for direct memory access of dynamically allocated memory. The apparatus includes: a state receiving module operable to receive a reallocation state of a dynamically allocated memory; an address receiving module operable to receive a dynamic address of a data segment stored in the dynamically allocated memory; a data access module operable to access the dynamic address via a direct memory access (DMA) protocol; and a determining module operable to determine whether a reallocation state received before access to the dynamic address is identical to a reallocation state received after access to the dynamic address. Also provided, a method for verification of data accessed from a dynamically allocated memory and a method and apparatus for allowing a server to provide access to data from a dynamically allocated memory by a client device.
US09836394B2	Optimizing memory usage across multiple garbage collected computer environments A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector.
US09836393B2	Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining a context stack An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for maintaining a context stack. A monitor module monitors a stack size after each monitor interval for a stack of a plurality of contexts. Each context defines communications between a process and a data set and comprises a pathway for communicating with the data set and a process identifier. A stack module deallocates a context that satisfies a stack policy from the stack if the stack size is within a buffer threshold of a maximum threshold.
US09836391B2	System and method of page buffer operation for memory devices Systems and methods are provided for using page buffers of memory devices connected to a memory controller through a common bus. A page buffer of a memory device is used as a temporary cache for data which is written to the memory cells of the memory device. This can allow the memory controller to use memory devices as temporary caches so that the memory controller can free up space in its own memory.
US09836390B2	Static analysis of computer code to determine impact of change to a code component upon a dependent code component A method is provided to evaluate impact of a change to code of a depended upon component of a system stored in a computer readable storage device, upon a dependent component of the system, the method comprising: identifying a dependency relationship between a first component stored in a computer readable storage device and a second component stored in the computer readable storage device; in response to a determination that the second component depends upon the first component, configuring a computer system to obtain a first property evaluation corresponding to the first component; and in response to obtaining the first property evaluation corresponding to the first component, configuring the computer system to associate the first property evaluation with the second component, and obtain a second property evaluation corresponding to the second component, wherein the second component is associated with the first property evaluation.
US09836384B2	Testing device for real-time testing of a virtual control unit A testing device for real-time testing of at least a part of a virtual electronic control unit with an electronic control unit code is provided. The testing device has a computing unit of a first type, and a computing unit of a second type. The testing of a virtual electronic control unit with electronic control unit code, which is executable on the computing unit of the second type with a second instruction set, is made possible in that a computing unit of the first type executes an emulator for emulating the computing unit of the second type and the emulator executes the electronic control unit code. The emulator also has a simulation environment interface for exchanging data and/or events with the simulation environment.
US09836383B1	Generating stable file location identifiers for reference to locations in a file Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating stable location identifiers. One of the methods includes generating, for each relevant location in an existing file, a signature for the relevant location using at most a predetermined quantity of characters surrounding the relevant location; obtaining, for a first file that includes location information for the existing file, data that identify one or more locatable strings in the existing file and, for each locatable string, a corresponding location within the existing file; determining, for each particular location associated with a locatable string from the one or more locatable strings in the existing file, a respective corresponding signature; and generating the first file that includes, for each locatable string from the one or more locatable strings, the respective corresponding signature that uniquely identifies the relevant location on which the locatable string occurs in the existing file.
US09836382B2	Cognitive platform for troubleshooting system events A method for the cognitive debugging of a managed system includes first receiving an event in an event management system. Thereafter, a context for the event is extracted therefrom and the context is mapped to both one or more components of a managed computing system and also one or more corresponding debug mode commands for each of the components. Consequently, a debug mode is enabled in each of the components and the corresponding debug mode commands are issued for each of the components so as to provoke a generation of one or more log entries. The generated log entries then are matched to a pre-stored log entry amongst a multiplicity of pre-stored log entries and at least one problem resolution document stored in connection with the matched pre-stored log entry is transmitted to an operator of the event management system.
US09836380B2	Systems and methods for testing terminal applications Systems, devices and methods are provided for testing a terminal application. For example, a test component is implanted into a source code program of a terminal application to be tested; one or more preset debugging codes are written into the source code program of the terminal application; one or more function addresses of the debugging codes in the source code program of the terminal application are acquired and registered; compiling and executing the source code program; an application test page is generated on a terminal user interface; and in response to a test execution instruction being triggered by a client on the application test page, the debugging codes is called via the function addresses in the test component to test the terminal application.
US09836379B2	Method and system for generating a memory trace of a program code executable on a programmable target A method of generating an instrumented code from a program code executable on a programmable target is described. The method comprises analyzing the program code to detect a loop nest with regular memory access in the program code, providing a record of static memory address information associated with the loop nest, and instrumenting the program code to provide an instrumented code corresponding to the program code supplemented with an instrumentation instruction to output an information message comprising a dynamic memory address information field formatted to store a dynamic memory address information associated with the loop nest.
US09836376B2	Method and system for automated test of end-user devices A test system, for example for set top boxes or game consoles, includes logic to reformat media signals output by a device under test, logic to receive the reformatted media signals and to analyze them for errors, and a pluggable interface coupling the device under test to the logic to reformat the media signals.
US09836367B2	Trust relationship migration for data mirroring One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for migrating a trust relationship. For example, a first storage cluster and a second storage cluster have a disaster recovery relationship where the second storage cluster provides failover client access to replicated data, replicated from the first storage cluster to the second storage cluster, in the event the first storage cluster fails. The first storage cluster may have a trust relationship with a third storage cluster, such that data is mirrored from a volume of the first storage cluster into a mirrored volume of the third storage cluster based upon the trust relationship. In the event the first storage cluster fails over to the second storage cluster due to a disaster at the first storage cluster, the trust relationship is migrated to be between the second storage cluster and the third storage cluster for non-disruptive mirroring of data to the mirrored volume.
US09836365B2	Recovery execution system using programmatic generation of actionable workflows Programmatic generation of an actionable recovery workflow from data stored inside a Configuration Management Database which may be primarily populated through automated discovery. The programmatic workflow can be sent to an orchestration engine for execution, leveraging underlying automation components.
US09836364B2	In-band recovery mechanism for I/O modules in a data storage system Technology is disclosed for recovering I/O modules in a storage system using in-band alternate control path (ACP) architecture (“the technology”). The technology enables a storage server to transmit control commands, e.g., for recovering an I/O module, to the I/O module over a data path that is typically used to transmit data commands. The control commands are typically transmitted using ACP that is separate from the data path. By enabling transmission of control commands over the data path, the technology eliminates the need for separate medium for ACP, at least in part, to transmit the control commands. The technology can be implemented in a pure in-band ACP mode, which supports recovering an I/O module of a storage shelf in which at least one I/O module is responsive, and/or in a mixed in-band ACP mode, which supports recovery of I/O modules of a storage shelf in which all I/O modules are non-responsive.
US09836360B2	Recovery strategy with dynamic number of volumes A system includes reception of a command to recover a database to a point in time, determining a log backup which covers the point in time, determination of a sequence identifier associated with the log backup, collection of log backups which are older than the determined log backup and associated with the sequence identifier, and a data backup associated with the sequence identifier, and execution of a recovery of the database based on the determined log backup and the collected log backups and data backup.
US09836353B2	Reconstruction of system definitional and state information A determination is made as to whether one of a system definition file data set and a catalog data set is unavailable for orderly restart of an information system. The system definition file data set provides resource definition information for the information system and the catalog data set provides resource state information for the information system. A determination is made that the other of the system definition file data set and the catalog data set is available. The unavailable one of the system definition file data set and the catalog data set is reconstructed by rebuilding the system resource definition and state information used by the unavailable one of the system definition file data set and the catalog data set using system resource information within the other available one of the system definition file data set and the catalog data set.
US09836350B2	Joint decoding of rewriting NVM error sectors Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to an error correction method for non-volatile memory. The error correction method writes data to a first location from a block of user data stored in DRAM. The data written to the first location is verified and errors are identified. Upon determining the number of identified errors exceed a threshold, the block of user data is re-writing to a second location. The data written to the second location is verified and errors are identified. The data written to the first location and the data written to the second location are compared and all discrepancy bits are erased in the comparison. A joint parity check matrix is built with the data written to the first location and the data written to the second location. A code word matrix is built with the comparison. A resultant of the joint parity check matrix and the code word matrix is determined if it is invertible.
US09836348B2	Memory repair method and apparatus based on error code tracking A memory module is disclosed that includes a substrate, a memory device that outputs read data, and a buffer. The buffer has a primary interface for transferring the read data to a memory controller and a secondary interface coupled to the memory device to receive the read data. The buffer includes error logic to identify an error in the received read data and to identify a storage cell location in the memory device associated with the error. Repair logic maps a replacement storage element as a substitute storage element for the storage cell location associated with the error.
US09836340B2	Safe management of data storage using a volume manager A method, system, and computer program product for safe management of data storage using a VM are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An I/O request is received from the VM. A determination is made whether the I/O request requests a data manipulation on the data storage in an address range that overlaps with an address range of a VM signature stored on the data storage. In response to determining that the address range of the data manipulation overlaps with the address range of the VM signature, a determination is made whether an identifier of the VM matches an identifier of a second VM associated with the signature. In response to determining that the identifier of the VM does not match the identifier of the second VM, the I/O request is failed, thereby preventing an unsafe overwriting of the signature on the data storage.
US09836338B2	Method and apparatus for message interactive processing Provided are a message interaction processing method and device. The method includes: a first buffer with a preset size is applied for to a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and/or a chip; and message interaction is performed between the CPU and the chip through the first buffer, wherein the first buffer is used for storing at least two messages. By the disclosure, the problem that frequent switching between states may cause high resource overhead and low message transmission efficiency under the condition of large message interaction between the CPU and the chip is solved, and the effect of remarkably improving message sending and receiving efficiency and performance of network equipment is further achieved.
US09836337B1	Enterprise service bus business activity monitoring system and related methods An enterprise service bus (ESB) business activity monitoring system and related methods. Specific implementations include a message box server, an itinerary server, a business activity monitoring (BAM) server, a message box database, an itinerary database, a BAM database, a web server and a caching server all operatively coupled together. A developer computer and user computer may be coupled with the web server through a telecommunication channel. The first user computer may include a first computer interface and a second computer interface. The first computer interface may be configured to display a real-time status of the selected itinerary process using the web server, the caching server, the BAM server, and the message box server. The data resubmit button may be configured to resubmit the selected itinerary process for processing by the message box server beginning at the error step.
US09836334B2	Scheduling application tasks only on logical processors of a first set and operating system interferences in logical processors of a second set A method, information processing system, and computer program product are provided for managing operating system interference on applications in a parallel processing system. A mapping of hardware multi-threading threads to at least one processing core is determined, and first and second sets of logical processors of the at least one processing core are determined. The first set includes at least one of the logical processors of the at least one processing core, and the second set includes at least one of a remainder of the logical processors of the at least one processing core. A processor schedules application tasks only on the logical processors of the first set of logical processors of the at least one processing core. Operating system interference events are scheduled only on the logical processors of the second set of logical processors of the at least one processing core.
US09836333B2	Multi-function button for wearable device A multi-function button is provided for a wearable device. A method includes associating, by at least one processor of the wearable device, operation of a button of a user interface of the wearable device with a quick-launch function of a computer program application stored in the wearable device, wherein operation of the button in a state where the computer program application is not being executed and where an icon identifying and enabling launch of the computer program application is not being displayed causes launch of the computer program application; and detecting, by the at least one processor while the computer program application is being executed, operation of the button and, in response to the detection, causing execution of a function of the computer program application.
US09836328B2	System and method for improving memory usage in virtual machines at a cost of increasing CPU usage An apparatus includes at least one processor executing a method for managing memory among a plurality of concurrently-running virtual machines, and a non-transitory memory device that stores a set of computer readable instructions for implementing and executing said memory management method. A memory optimization mechanism can reduce a memory usage of a virtual machine at a cost of increasing a central processing unit (CPU) usage. Information on a memory usage and a CPU usage of each virtual machine is periodically collected. When a first virtual machine exhibits high memory use, at least one second virtual machine with an extra CPU capacity is identified. A memory optimization mechanism is applied to the second virtual machine to reduce memory used by the second virtual machine, thereby providing a portion of freed memory that is then allocated to the first virtual machine.
US09836322B1	Methods and apparatus for virtualizing switch control plane engine In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a scheduler disposed at a control device of a switch fabric system. The scheduler is configured to receive a control plane request associated with the switch fabric system having a data plane and a control plane separate from the data plane. The scheduler is configured to designate a control plane entity based on the control plane request and state information of each control plane entity from a set of control plane entities associated with the control plane and instantiated as a virtual machine. The scheduler is configured to send a signal to a compute device of the switch fabric system in response to the control plane request such that the control plane entity is instantiated as a virtual machine at the compute device.
US09836320B2	Collecting performance metrics from java virtual machines Embodiments include methods, and computing systems, and computer program products for collecting performance metrics from Java virtual machines. Aspects include: setting up a virtual storage structure of a collector on a computing system for collecting performance metrics data from one or more Java virtual machines, pushing, at each of Java virtual machines through a corresponding performance monitoring Java agent, performance metrics data collected by the Java virtual machine to the virtual storage structure of collector, pulling, at a performance monitoring system through a collector API, the performance metrics data collected by the plurality of Java virtual machines from the virtual storage structure of the collector, analyzing the performance metrics data pulled from the virtual storage structure of the collector by the performance monitoring system, and generating, at the performance monitoring system, a performance alert when the performance metrics data analyzed indicates one or more system abnormalities.
US09836316B2	Flexible acceleration of code execution Technologies for performing flexible code acceleration on a computing device includes initializing an accelerator virtual device on the computing device. The computing device allocates memory-mapped input and output (I/O) for the accelerator virtual device and also allocates an accelerator virtual device context for a code to be accelerated. The computing device accesses a bytecode of the code to be accelerated and determines whether the bytecode is an operating system-dependent bytecode. If not, the computing device performs hardware acceleration of the bytecode via the memory-mapped I/O using an internal binary translation module. However, if the bytecode is operating system-dependent, the computing device performs software acceleration of the bytecode.
US09836306B2	Parallelizing boot operations The present disclosure describes apparatuses and techniques for parallelizing boot operations. In some aspects, an operation transferring a boot image from a non-volatile memory to a volatile memory is initiated prior to completion an operation validating another boot image previously-transferred into the volatile memory. This can be effective to enable transfer operations and validation operations of boot images to be performed in parallel. By so doing, delays between the transfer and validation operations can be minimized thereby reducing device boot times.
US09836298B2	Deployment rule system One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a deployment recipe generator to generate a plurality of deployment recipes; a deployment test engine to test each of a plurality of deployment configurations, each deployment configuration corresponding to a respective deployment recipe; and data analysis logic to determine a deployment rule based, at least in part, on deployment heuristics.
US09836291B1	Reconfiguration of address space based on loading short pointer mode application A short pointer mode application has been loaded. Based on determining that the short pointer mode application has been loaded, an address space configured for a long pointer mode environment is reconfigured. The address space has one portion addressable by short pointers of a defined size and another portion addressable by long pointers of another defined size, and the reconfiguring includes obtaining a long pointer library, and loading the long pointer library in the one portion of the address space addressable by short pointers.
US09836288B2	Eager and optimistic evaluation of promises The invention relates to a method for generating executable code from application source code. The method steps include determining a programmatic expression using the application source code and determining a first value for the programmatic expression. The method steps further include compiling the programmatic expression into a first optimized code portion using the first value, an assumption, and an expression scope. The method steps further include executing the application source code. The method steps further include determining that the programmatic expression is modified outside of the expression scope, invalidating the assumption, and de-optimizing the first optimized code portion.
US09836287B2	Storage optimization in computing devices Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine-readable storage mediums for selectively performing storage optimization processes in a computing device. In at least some embodiments, a method includes monitoring access patterns in association with data of one or more files accessed by a user of the computing device, determining a classification of the computing device, and utilizing the user access patterns and the device classification in determining execution of a storage optimization process based on a storage optimization policy. The storage optimization policy can specify downsampling, lossy compression, lossless compression, or a combination thereof to be applied to the files based on thresholds associated with the user access patterns and/or the device classification. Utilization of the storage optimization policy can enable the computing device to have an infinite local storage capacity.
US09836286B2	Co-existential wrapping system for mobile applications A computer program product according to some embodiments causes a processor to perform operations including disassembling executable code of an application program to provide disassembled code, identifying first wrapping code in the disassembled code, receiving second wrapping code, generating a consolidated application wrapper that manages operation of both the first wrapping code and the second wrapping code, inserting the second wrapping code and the consolidated application wrapper into the disassembled code to form modified disassembled code, and assembling the modified disassembled code to form modified executable code.
US09836284B2	HTML5 graph layout for application topology A user may create a blueprint that specifies an application's architecture, including virtual machines (VM) nodes, software services and application components within the VM nodes. To do so, the user manipulates a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered by a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) layout engine. The SVG layout engine parses declarative layout configurations and translates the declarative layout into SVG elements that visually represent the blueprint. The SVG layout engine dynamically calculates absolute positions and sizes of child elements based on the declarative layout.
US09836282B2	Separation of concerns between information technology services models Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for exchanging information between information technology (IT) services. An architecture provides separation of concern between the models by separating the models for IT services into an operation model and a structural model that are linked by a service model. The service model can be configurable to extend the operation model. Configuration of the operation model includes defining messages exchanged between the IT services. Configuration of the structural model includes capturing a structure of the IT services. The service model has an association with the structural model, the association making the structural model opaque to the operation model.
US09836280B2	Arrangement and method for checking the entropy of a random number sequence According to one embodiment, an arrangement for checking the entropy of a random number sequence is described including a random source configured to provide a random input sequence, a post-processing circuit configured to receive the random input sequence and to generate a random number sequence from the random input sequence by performing a post-processing and a decimation of the random input sequence, an inverse post-processing circuit configured to receive the random number sequence from the post-processing circuit and to generate a processed random number sequence by a processing of the random number sequence that is inverse to the post-processing performed by the post-processing circuit, and an entropy checker configured to check the entropy of the random number sequence based on the processed random number sequence.
US09836275B2	User device having a voice recognition function and an operation method thereof A user device having a voice recognition function and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method includes detecting whether there is an input from at least one sensor in response to execution of an application which may use voice recognition and activating or inactivating the voice recognition in response to the detection of the input.
US09836272B2	Audio signal processing apparatus, method, and program An audio signal processing apparatus that includes a band division section, an analysis section, a gain adjustment amount calculation section, and a gain adjustment section. The band division section is configured to generate a resonance in-band signal by band division on an audio input signal. The analysis section is configured to extract an amount of features from each of the resonance in-band signal and the input signal. The gain adjustment amount calculation section is configured to calculate a gain adjustment amount for a resonance frequency band in the input signal, the gain adjustment amount being calculated based on the amount of features of the resonance in-band signal and the amount of features of the input signal. The gain adjustment section is configured to perform a gain adjustment on the resonance frequency band in the input signal based on the gain adjustment amount.
US09836269B2	Device and method for generating audio data, and device and method for playing audio data An apparatus and method for generating audio data and an apparatus and method for playing audio data may be disclosed, in which the apparatus for playing the audio data may extract a descriptor related to a multichannel audio signal from a bitstream generated by the apparatus for generating the audio data, and play the multichannel audio signal, based on the extracted descriptor, and the descriptor may include information on an audio signal included in the multichannel audio signal.
US09836260B2	Communication apparatus, terminal apparatus, control methods thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium According to the present invention, when a terminal apparatus is brought close to a printing apparatus serving as a processing apparatus, the terminal apparatus uses its own NFC unit to acquire, from the printing apparatus, information for communicating with each of one or more network connection units provided in the printing apparatus. Then, using a communication unit, the terminal apparatus then searches for the printing apparatus on a network in accordance with the acquired information. In the case where the terminal apparatus has successfully identified the printing apparatus as being present on the network, the terminal apparatus transmits a processing request to the printing apparatus successfully identified on the network via the communication unit.
US09836258B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium A problem is solved by providing an information processing apparatus having a processing unit for performing processing based on device information acquired by acquisition processing performed at a time of connection with an external device, when performing the processing based on the device information is determined and the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device by a first connection method, and performing the processing based on the device information acquired by the acquisition processing performed after performing the processing based on the device information is determined, when performing the processing based on the device information is determined and the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device by a second connection method.
US09836255B2	Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing operation control program, and operation control method Provided are an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operation control program and an operation control method. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a server processing unit, and a group management unit that manages one or more of other image forming apparatuses each including a server processing unit as a first apparatus group, and manages one or more of other image forming apparatuses chosen as a second apparatus group. The image forming apparatus further includes a judgement unit that judges whether the image forming apparatus is in a state capable of executing processing at a processing request received, and a proxy execution control unit that, on judging that the image forming apparatus is not in the state, requests an image forming apparatus belonging to the first or second apparatus group for proxy execution of the processing, according to the kind of processing request.
US09836252B2	Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image forming apparatus that analyzes and prints a job including a plurality of documents, comprises: a management unit configured to obtain information of a page to be printed, which is designated in the job, and manage the information as a print range; and an analysis unit configured to analyze each of the plurality of documents included in the job, wherein the analysis unit calculates the number of pages of each of the plurality of documents, and based on the number of pages of each of the plurality of documents, specifies the page to be printed indicated by the print range out of the plurality of documents.
US09836251B2	Image formation apparatus, terminal apparatus, and information processing apparatus for remotely controlling an image formation apparatus within an image processing system In an image processing system including a plurality of MFPs, it is assumed that a terminal apparatus accepts a request for connection to an MFP from a user. When a remote operation of the MFP through the terminal apparatus cannot be performed, the terminal apparatus requests of another MFP different from the MFP for connection and receives transfer of representation information for displaying an operation screen from another MFP. The terminal apparatus transfers operation information representing an operation by the user onto the operation screen to another MFP. When the processing based on the operation information is processing of a print job by the user in the MFP, another MFP transfers the print job to the MFP.
US09836245B2	Non-volatile RAM and flash memory in a non-volatile solid-state storage A non-volatile solid-state storage is provided. The non-volatile solid state storage includes a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) addressable by a processor external to the non-volatile solid state storage. The NVRAM is configured to store user data and metadata relating to the user data. The non-volatile solid state storage includes a flash memory addressable by the processor. The flash memory is configured to store the user data responsive to the processor directing transfer of the user data from the NVRAM to the flash memory.
US09836244B2	System and method for resource sharing across multi-cloud arrays A system for resource sharing across multi-cloud storage arrays includes a plurality of storage arrays and a cloud array storage (CAS) application. The plurality of storage resources are distributed in one or more cloud storage arrays, and each storage resource comprises a unique object identifier that identifies location and structure of the corresponding storage resource at a given point-in-time. The cloud array storage (CAS) application manages the resource sharing process by first taking an instantaneous copy of initial data stored in a first location of a first storage resource at a given point-in-time and then distributing copies of the instantaneous copy to other storage resources in the one or more cloud storage arrays. The instantaneous copy comprises a first unique object identifier pointing to the first storage location of the initial data in the first storage resource and when the instantaneous copy is distributed to a second storage resource, the first unique object identifier is copied into a second storage location within the second storage resource and the second storage location of the second storage resource is assigned a second unique object identifier.
US09836235B2	Low power distributed memory network A digital signal processing (DSP) system includes an analog to digital converter, program random access memory (PRAM), N switching devices, and a control module. The analog to digital converter is configured to convert samples of an analog signal into digital samples. The PRAM includes: N PRAM blocks, where N is an integer greater than one; and code for M digital signal processing functions stored in the N PRAM blocks, where M is an integer greater than one. The N switching devices are configured to connect and disconnect the N PRAM blocks, respectively, to and from a power source. The control module is configured to: control the N switching devices; and execute selected ones of the M digital signal processing functions on the digital samples to produce an output.
US09836218B2	Computing reduction and prefix sum operations in memory The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for computing reduction and prefix sum operations in memory. A number of embodiments include processing circuitry configured to compute a reduction operation on data stored in a group of memory cells by splitting the data into a plurality of elements, copying each of the plurality of elements into elements that are wider than before being copied, and performing a logical operation associated with the reduction operation on each of the copied elements.
US09836205B2	Activating a camera function within a content management application One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content management system that allows a user to easily activate a camera while viewing digital content. For example, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface that includes a scroll element that allows a user to navigate through digital content. In addition, a user can interact with the scroll element to activate a camera. For instance, a user can activate a camera by scrolling the scroll element to and/or beyond a particular position.
US09836199B2	User interface device and display object operating method A user interface device includes: a display unit which displays a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional display object in a display space; a sensor unit which measures 3D coordinates of fingers of a user in the display space; a motion detecting unit which detects motion of the fingers of the user relative to the display object based on the 3D coordinates of the fingers of the user measured by the sensor unit; and a display control unit which changes display content displayed by the display unit, according to a detection result obtained by the motion detecting unit.
US09836196B2	Method for realizing user interface using camera and mobile communication terminal for the same A method for realizing a user interface using a camera module and a mobile communication terminal for the same. If a user makes a predetermined motion in a state in which the camera module of the mobile communication terminal is activated, the mobile communication terminal performs a predetermined action according to the motion pattern by recognizing the user motion and patterning the motion. In this case, the action performed according to the motion pattern corresponds to mouse control in a mouse mode, game control in a game mode, and character input in a character input mode.
US09836194B2	Desktop information processing apparatus and display method for the same In accordance with one embodiment, a desktop information processing apparatus allowed to be simultaneously used by a plurality of users comprises a plurality of operation display sections and a control section. The plurality of operation display sections, each of which has a display surface on the top plate of the desktop information processing apparatus, detect touch operations of users, respectively. Further, the operation display sections are allocated to each user. The control section conducts a control to display same file data in a pre-defined first display area on all the operation display sections. The control section conducts a control to display, when a user carries out a touching and moving operation on the file data on one of the plurality of operation display sections, the track of the movement on the touched operation display section but not on the other operation display sections.
US09836193B2	Automatically capturing user interactions and evaluating user interfaces in software programs using field testing A method includes analyzing, on a first computing device, data from second computing device(s) of user interaction with a user interface of an application previously executed on the second computing device(s). The data corresponds to events caused by the user interaction with the user interface of the application. The first computing device generates representation(s) of the analyzed data and outputs the representation(s) of the user interaction. Another method includes capturing and logging, by a computing device, events caused by user interaction with a user interface of an application when the application is executed on the computing device. In response to a trigger, data comprising the captured and logged events is sent toward another computing device. Another method includes instrumenting a measurement library into an application to create an instrumented version of the application, and sending the instrumented application to computing device(s). Methods, apparatus, software, and computer program products are disclosed.
US09836187B2	Semantic card view Architecture that enables a card interaction model that can present cards in different ways. When a user performs tasks, new stacked cards (one card on top of another card) corresponding to those tasks open in a left pane over the top of a background canvas (a card overlay of the underlying canvas). Users can scroll through the card stack of the card overlay to retrieve previous cards. Additionally, in an alternative viewing mode, a user can interact with the card overlay via an interactive affordance (an interactive object made available to facilitate a potential action) to enable viewing (e.g., an overview) of the cards in a side-by-side card overlay manner to further enable the opening and quick navigation to one of the previous cards. The architecture has applicability to mapping systems where searches range over many different geographical sites.
US09836181B2	Widget control of an electronic device An electronic device comprises an executing module, a display module, and a display controller. The display controller makes the display module display a first display screen containing information about execution of a certain function during execution. The executing module starts execution of a widget for making the display module display information included in the first display screen while the certain function is executed and thereafter when execution of the certain function is finished, the executing module finishes execution of the widget When the display controller makes the display module display a display screen different from the first display screen while the widget is executed, the display controller incorporates widget execution information into a partial region of the different display screen based on execution of the widget. The widget execution information includes at least part of the information on the first display screen.
US09836180B2	Systems and methods for performing content aware video editing A method implemented in a video editing device comprises retrieving media content and generating a user interface comprising a graphical representation of the retrieved media content on a first timeline component. The method further comprises analyzing the retrieved media content to extract attributes associated with the media content and generating a second timeline component in the user interface. At least a portion of the extracted attributes is arranged along the second timeline component with respect to time, and each of the portion of extracted attributes is represented by a corresponding graphical representation. Furthermore, each attribute corresponds to a segment in the media content. The method further comprises retrieving, based on the displayed attributes arranged along the graphical timeline component, a selection of at least one segment of the media content.
US09836176B1	Optically transparent conductive material Provided is an optically transparent conductive material which is suitable as an optically transparent electrode for capacitive touchscreens, the optically transparent conductive material not causing moire even when placed over a liquid crystal display, having a favorably low pattern conspicuousness (non-conspicuousness), and having a high reliability. The optically transparent conductive material has, on an optically transparent support, an optically transparent conductive layer having optically transparent sensor parts electrically connected to terminal parts and optically transparent dummy parts not electrically connected to terminal parts, and in this optically transparent conductive material, the sensor parts and the dummy parts are formed of a metal thin line pattern having a mesh shape, and in the plane of the optically transparent conductive layer, the contour shape of each of the sensor parts extends in a first direction, the dummy parts are arranged alternately with the sensor parts in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the sensor parts are arranged at a cycle of L in the second direction, at least part of the metal thin line pattern in the sensor parts has a cycle of 2L/N in the second direction (wherein N is any natural number), and the metal thin line pattern in the dummy parts has a cycle longer than 2L/N or does not have a cycle in the second direction.
US09836167B2	Electrode layout for touch screens A device includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of sense electrodes. The drive electrodes run generally in a first direction and have multiple projections along their length. The sense electrodes run generally in a second direction transverse to the drive electrodes. The sense electrodes have multiple projections interleaved with the multiple projections of the drive electrodes.
US09836166B2	Augmented optical waveguide for use in an optical touch sensitive device An optical touch-sensitive device is able to determine the locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors coupled with an optical coupler assembly through a waveguide on the surface on the optical-touch sensitive device. Each emitter produces optical beams which propagate in the waveguide via total internal reflection and are received by the detectors. Touch events disturb the optical beams, and are determined based on the disturbances. The waveguide has at least one dead zone on its surface. The dead zone is formed with a cover layer having a top surface and a bottom surface where the bottom surface of the cover layer is directly coupled to the top surface of the waveguide. The cover layer preserves optical beam propagation in the waveguide and makes the dead zone insensitive to touches on the top surface of the cover layer.
US09836165B2	Integrated silicon-OLED display and touch sensor panel An integrated Silicon-OLED display and touch sensor panel is disclosed. The integrated Silicon-OLED display and touch sensor panel can include a Silicon substrate, an array of transistors, one or more metallization layers, one or more vias, an OLED stack, color filters, touch sensors, and additional components and circuitry. Additional components and circuitry can include an electrostatic discharge device, a light shielding, a switching matrix, one or more photodiodes, a near-infrared detector and near-infrared color filters. The integrated Silicon-OLED display and touch sensor panel can be further configured for near-field imaging, optically-assisted touch, and fingerprint detection. In some examples, a plurality of touch sensors and/or display pixels can be grouped into clusters, and the clusters can be coupled to a switching matrix for dynamic change of touch and/or display granularity.
US09836162B2	Mobile terminal performing a different operation based on a type of a tap applied to a display and control method thereof A mobile terminal including a display; a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input on the display; and a controller configured to activate the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with a first period; deactivate the display in response to a predetermined condition and periodically drive the touch sensor with a second period greater than the first period; detect a first tap input applied on the touch sensor in state of the deactivated display; determine a region of the display that corresponds to the first tap input; detect a second tap input applied on the touch sensor in state of the deactivated display within a predefined time period from the first tap input; determine if the second tap input is applied within the region; in response to the second tap input being applied within the region of the display that corresponds to the first tap input, activate the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with the first period; and in response to the second tap input being applied to a spot outside the region of the display that corresponds to the first tap input, maintain the deactivation of the display and periodically drive the touch sensor with the second period.
US09836158B2	Touch and hover sensor compensation Compensation for sensors in a touch and hover sensing device is disclosed. Compensation can be for sensor resistance and/or sensor sensitivity variation that can adversely affect touch and hover measurements at the sensors. To compensate for sensor resistance, the device can gang adjacent sensors together so as to reduce the overall resistance of the sensors. In addition or alternatively, the device can drive the sensors with voltages from multiple directions so as to reduce the effects of the sensors' resistance. To compensate for sensor sensitivity variation (generally at issue for hover measurements), the device can apply a gain factor to the measurements, where the gain factor is a function of the sensor location, so as to reduce the sensitivity variation at different sensor locations on the device.
US09836157B2	Acoustic user interface apparatus and method for recognizing touch and rubbing An acoustic user interface apparatus and method can detect physical touch contacting a sensing surface and improve the accuracy of direction recognition of a touch or rubbing without any complicated algorithm. The user interface apparatus and method use one microphone to detect and analyze sound waves which are generated by collisions between bumps formed in a top plate or bottom plate of the interface apparatus and the opposing bottom plate or top plate when a user is touching or rubbing the sensing surface.
US09836147B2	Color filter substrate and touch display device The present disclosure provides a color filter substrate, including: a base, a wiring layer disposed on the base, and a color filter layer disposed on the wiring layer, wherein the color filter layer includes a plurality of color filters, the wiring layer includes a plurality of wirings, the plurality of wirings extend along a first direction and an edge of each of the wirings is in a non-straight line shape in the first direction.
US09836135B2	Electromagnetic-type touch panel, method for driving and detecting electromagnetic-type touch panel, and coordinate input device An touch panel detecting a touch position of an electromagnetic stylus is disclosed. The touch panel includes first and second coils, and drive and detection circuits. The first coils include a plurality of subgroups of first coils, which includes a first group of first coils and a second group of first coils. The first group of first coils includes at least one subgroup of first coils, and the second group of first coils includes at least one subgroup of first coils. In addition, subgroups of the first and second groups of first coils are alternately arranged. The first group of first coils receive a signal from the drive circuit and emit signals, the second group of first coils receive signals from the stylus and generate induction signals, and the detection circuit determines a value of a coordinate of the touch position of the stylus based on the induction signals.
US09836130B2	Operation input device, operation input method, and program A hand/finger image detector (112) detects a hand/finger image presenting a hand or finger of an operator from a frame image captured by a camera. An operation region specifier (113) specifies an operation region from a field of view of the camera based on the position or size of the hand/finger image in the entire frame image A region map maker (114) maps the specified operation region on a display region. Then, an operation input signal creator (115) detects change in the position, size, or shape of the hand/finger image in the mapped operation region, and creates and outputs an operation input signal based on the change.
US09836117B2	Autonomous drones for tactile feedback in immersive virtual reality A “Tactile Autonomous Drone” (TAD) (e.g., flying drones, mobile robots, etc.) supplies real-time tactile feedback to users immersed in virtual reality (VR) environments. TADs are not rendered into the VR environment, and are therefore not visible to users immersed in the VR environment. In various implementations, one or more TADs track users as they move through a real-world space while immersed in the VR environment. One or more TADs apply tracking information to autonomously position themselves, or one or more physical surfaces or objects carried by the TADs, in a way that enables physical contact between those surfaces or objects and one or more portions of the user's body. Further, this positioning of surfaces or objects corresponds to some real-time virtual event, virtual object, virtual character, virtual avatar of another user, etc., in the VR environment to provide real-time tactile feedback to users immersed in the VR environment.
US09836115B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program Provided is an information processing device including a retrieval unit configured to retrieve a data record in which a marker detected in an image acquired by a terminal device is associated with a function of the terminal device, and a calling function determination unit configured to determine the function to be called in the terminal device based on the data record found through the retrieval. The data record includes information generated based on a calling history of the function in which the marker in the terminal device is used.
US09836108B2	Memory system and controller In a memory system in an embodiment, in a case of normal operation, a control unit returns a write completion response upon completion of reception of write data from a host, and writes the write data into nonvolatile memory in a multiple values. In a case of unordinary power-off, changeover to operation using a backup battery is conducted and the control unit writes dirty data that is not completed in writing into the nonvolatile memory, into the nonvolatile memory with two values. When next boot, the control unit reads the dirty data from the nonvolatile memory into the volatile memory, and thereafter writes the dirty data into the nonvolatile memory in a multiple values.
US09836096B1	Alignment members Example alignment members are provided herein. In one example, the alignment member includes a frame member, a stiffener member, a bracket member, and a spring member. The frame member includes a set of roller bushings. The stiffener member includes a set of cam members. The bracket member to receive the stiffener member. The spring member is connected to the stiffener member. The spring member to expand and contract based on the position of the set of roller bushings.
US09836091B2	Shock mount for circuit board A shock mount assembly is provided for mounting a circuit board in a housing of a handheld computer. The shock mount assembly comprises a frame, configured to receive the circuit board, and a clamp, configured to secure the frame to the housing. The frame comprises a plurality of tabs, each of the tabs sheathed in a shock-absorbent material and configured to be received by corresponding pockets in the housing. The clamp comprises receiving portions shaped to receive a corresponding tab of the frame. When the frame is secured to the housing by the clamp, the pocket of the housing and the receiving portion of the clamp encapsulate the corresponding tab of the frame, thereby restricting its movement. A frame and a housing are also provided.
US09836090B2	Electronic device and method for controlling the same The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, capable of solving the problem that the screen of the electronic device is fragile in use. The electronic device comprises a display unit having an electro-deformable layer provided on its surface. The method comprises: detecting a state parameter of the electronic device; determining whether the electronic device is in a predetermined state based on the state parameter; and applying, upon determining that the electronic device is in the predetermined state, a predetermined current to the electro-deformable layer, such that a strength of the electro-deformable layer is increased from a first, default strength to a second strength.
US09836084B2	Inferred undocking for hybrid tablet computer In an example, there is disclosed a hybrid tablet computing device comprising a tablet member configured to dock to a base member. The base member may include peripherals and other elements to augment the functionality of the tablet member. While docked, the base and tablet may operate in a cooperative mode, while undocking the tablet from the base places the tablet in an independent mode. A user's intent to undock may be inferred by natural interactions, including for example a user gripping the tablet along its top edge while simultaneously placing a hand over a trackpad on the base. If an undocking intent is inferred but the user does not complete the docking process within a timeout period, the tablet may redock and enter the cooperative mode.
US09836083B2	Complete wearable ecosystem Methods and systems for a complete wearable ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and interactive wearable device ecosystem. The wearable device ecosystem may comprise a number of wearable devices. Each wearable device may comprise a body and a shell. Any number of different shells may be interconnected interchangeably to the body. In one embodiment, the shell is decorative. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete wearable ecosystem.
US09836081B2	Display device housing and form-fitted configuration A display device may be mounted at a predetermined angle via a free-standing display housing. In one example, the display device bracket may include at least two spring loaded tabs and a display monitor affixed to the display device bracket. A base mount may be on a resting surface with at least one side that is configured to make contact with the display device. A rear housing cover may also be included with at least two receiving tabs form-fitted to receive the spring loaded tabs and provide a secure spring-loaded locking position that maintains the display device bracket in a locked position and in an upright predefined angled viewing position.
US09836075B2	Method and apparatus for generating a direct current bias A voltage detector operates to detect a system power supply voltage and generate a trigger signal. A control signal generator responds to the trigger signal and generates a control signal. A DC bias generator responds to the control signal by generating a DC bias. The control signal controls the DC bias to have a first value when the power supply voltage is a first voltage and have a second value when the power supply voltage is a second voltage different from the first voltage, wherein the first value is different from the second value. A dynamic DC bias is generated which can not only support a larger voltage scope, but also significantly improves signal to noise ratio. The system power supply detection may concern stop/start operation of an automobile engine.
US09836070B2	Regulator with low dropout voltage and improved stability The regulator with a low dropout voltage comprises an error amplifier comprising a differential pair of input transistors and a circuit with folded cascode structure connected to the output of the said differential pair, an output stage connected to the output node of the error amplifier, and a Miller compensation capacitor connected between the output stage and the cascode node on the output side (XP) of the cascode circuit; the error amplifier furthermore comprises at least one inverting amplifier module in a feedback loop between the said cascode node and the gate of the cascode transistor of the cascode circuit connected between the said cascode node and the said output node.
US09836069B1	Devices and methods for protecting unattended children in the home A method performed at a computer system includes: receiving occupancy data for a room in a dwelling from one or more sensors in the room, the room including one or more unused electrical outlets and/or one or more electronically-controlled door handles; determining, based at least in part on the received occupancy data for the room, whether a predetermined child-protection condition is met; in accordance with a determination that the predetermined child-protection condition is met, disabling or sending instructions to disable at least one of the one or more unused electrical outlets and/or at least one of the one or more electronically-controlled door handles in the room.
US09836066B2	Vortex diffuser for rotating/stationary interfaces In hydraulic systems having rotating-stationary component interfaces, a bore pressure regulating mechanism is provided to interact with the hydraulic fluid in a control volume to maintain a hydraulic fluid pressure in a longitudinal shaft bore at or approximately equal to a supply pressure when a gear shaft rotates within the control volume. In one aspect, the bore pressure regulating mechanism minimizes vortex flow of the hydraulic fluid induced by the rotation of the gear shaft. In another aspect, the bore pressure regulating mechanism provides a direct feed of pressurized hydraulic fluid proximate an opening of the longitudinal shaft bore through an end surface of the gear shaft, and thereby minimizes the opportunity for the hydraulic fluid to be forced into vortex flow by the gear shaft in the area of the longitudinal shaft bore.
US09836065B2	Distributed airborne transportation system Embodiments of the present invention provide an alternative distributed airborne transportation system. In some embodiments, a method for distributed airborne transportation includes: providing an airborne vehicle with a wing and a wing span, having capacity to carry one or more of passengers or cargo; landing of the airborne vehicle near one or more of passengers or cargo and loading at least one of passengers or cargo; taking-off and determining a flight direction for the airborne vehicle; locating at least one other airborne vehicle, which has substantially the same flight direction; and joining at least one other airborne vehicle in flight formation and forming a fleet, in which airborne vehicles fly with the same speed and direction and in which adjacent airborne vehicles are separated by distance of less than 100 wing spans.
US09836063B1	Selection between explore mode and control mode for aerial vehicle Example implementations may relate to selection between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode may involve (i) directing an aerial vehicle (e.g., in an aerial network including a plurality of aerial vehicles) to navigate to each of a plurality of altitudes and (ii) determining respective wind-related data at each respective altitude. Whereas, the second mode may involve (i) selecting at least one altitude based on the determined wind-related data and (ii) directing the aerial vehicle to reposition to the at least one selected altitude. As such, a control system may determine flight data for the aerial vehicle. Based on the flight data, the control system may make a selection between the first mode and the second mode. And based on the selection, the control system may then operate the aerial vehicle according to the first mode or may operate the aerial vehicle according to the second mode.
US09836062B1	Analyzing telematics data to determine travel events and corrective actions A computer-implemented method of using telematics data associated with an originating vehicle at a destination vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving telematics data associated with the originating vehicle by (1) a mobile device, or (2) a smart vehicle controller associated with a driver, and analyzing the telematics data to determine that a travel event exists. If the travel event exists, the method may determine if the travel event presents an issue or problem for the vehicle (or driver) by determining that a GPS location of the travel event is located along the current travel route of the vehicle and, if so, automatically taking a preventive or corrective action that alleviates a negative impact of the travel event on the driver or vehicle to facilitate safer or more efficient vehicle travel. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the risk mitigation or prevention functionality, or usage thereof.
US09836059B2	Autonomous travel working vehicle In order to adjust the sensitivity of an obstacle detection means and improve detection accuracy when an obstacle is actually present although the obstacle detection means detects no obstacle or when no obstacle is actually present although the obstacle detection means detects an obstacle, an autonomous travel working vehicle is provided with a position calculation means for measuring the position of a vehicle body using a satellite positioning system, and a control device for automatic travel and work along a set travel path. The autonomous travel working vehicle is provided with an obstacle sensor, an alarm means, and a false report switch, and if, although an obstacle has been detected and an alarm has been issued, an operator does not recognize the obstacle and activates the erroneous report switch, the control device cancels the alarm.
US09836058B2	Attributed roadway trajectories for self-driving vehicles An attributed roadway trajectory comprises at least one ordered series of attributed roadway trajectory points, which are spaced along a curve that is defined in a terrestrial coordinate frame and tracks an along-roadway physical feature of a real-world roadway segment portrayed in a point cloud. Any arbitrary attributed roadway trajectory point on the curve passes a predetermined proximity test for proximity to point cloud points discriminated as representing part of the along-roadway physical feature. Each attributed roadway trajectory point has at least one attribute value representing a characteristic of the real-world roadway segment at a position on the real-world roadway segment spatially associated with the attributed roadway trajectory point. A control system of a self-driving road vehicle can use the attribute value(s) to adjust control of the self-driving road vehicle based on sensor-independent roadway data (e.g. where the position of the attributed roadway trajectory point(s) remains outside of sensor range).
US09836052B1	Change detection using curve alignment Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining whether a feature of map information. For example, data identifying an object detected in a vehicle's environment and including location coordinates is received. This information is used to identify a corresponding feature from pre-stored map information based on a map location of the corresponding feature. The corresponding feature is defined as a curve and associated with a tag identifying a type of the corresponding feature. A tolerance constraint is identified based on the tag. The curve is divided into two or more line segments. Each line segment has a first position. The first position of a line segment is changed in order to determine a second position based on the location coordinates and the tolerance constraint. A value is determined based on a comparison of the first position to the second position. This value indicates a likelihood that the corresponding feature has changed.
US09836049B1	Relay drone system Systems and methods are provided for a network of relay drones utilized as a set of relays or linkages between a base station and a working drone controlled by the base station. The relay drones in the network may augment a communication link or communication signal between the base station and working drone. Relay drones may augment the communication link by acting as nodes that relay communication between the base station and the working drone by boosting the communication signal at each node to compensate for loss of signal power over a traveled distance and/or providing a path with a direct line of sight between the base station and working drone. Directional antennas may be utilized when a direct line of sight is established, which may improve communication signal efficacy when compared with omnidirectional antennas.
US09836043B2	Harness sub-assembly rationalization This application discloses a system implementing tools and mechanisms to generate a structured bill of materials for a wire harness described in a harness design, identify variable parameter corresponding to a physical characteristic for a first sub-assembly in the structured bill of materials for the wire harness, and substitute the first sub-assembly in the structured bill of materials for the wire harness with a second sub-assembly based, at least in part, on the variable parameter for the first sub-assembly.
US09836042B2	Electronic component mounting system and equipment unit management method for electronic component mounting system Necessary unit data indicative of the type and number of equipment units used in component mounting operation is obtained on the basis of production plan data, mounting data, and component library for each of production lots in advance. New allocation processing for allocating an equipment unit necessary for production execution of a new production lot to be newly produced on an electronic component mounting line for the new production lot on the basis of the necessary unit data is executed, and component reservation processing for registering the allocation result as the inventory data is conducted by a unit reservation unit.
US09836033B2	Method for controlling a system A method for controlling a system consisting of at least two control units, namely a first control unit and a second control unit. The system includes least one actuator and at least one sensor. The control units generate control data for the actuator on the basis of the information from the sensor. The method includes receiving, with the actuator, both the control data of the first control unit and the control data of the second control unit. The method also includes deciding, with the actuator, whether to use the control data of the first or second control unit to carry out an actuator function with the actuator.
US09836030B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device (biological information measurement device) is attachable to or detachable from a cradle and includes a USB terminal portion connected to a terminal provided in the cradle, an initial start-up unit that initially starts up the biological information measurement device, a connection determination unit that determines whether the connection has been released after the USB terminal portion has been connected to a terminal portion of the cradle, and a resetting unit that causes the initial start-up unit to initially start up the biological information measurement device when it is determined by the connection determination unit that the connection has been released after the cradle has been connected to the USB terminal portion.
US09836024B2	Timepiece resonator with crossed strips A timepiece or watch includes at least one resonator, which includes at least one weight that oscillates with respect to a connecting element fixed to a structure of a timepiece movement. The weight is suspended from the connecting element by resilient crossed strips which extend at a distance from each other in two parallel planes. The projections of the strips on one of the parallel planes intersect at a virtual pivot axis of the weight, and define a first angle which is the apex angle opposite which there extends the portion of the connecting element that is located between the attachments of the crossed strips to the connecting element. The first angle is between 68° and 76°.
US09836023B2	Apparatus and method for generating wide-angle coherent light and display apparatus using wide-angle coherent light A method and apparatus for generating coherent light, and a display apparatus using coherent light are provided. A wide-angle coherent light generation apparatus may focus parallel light onto a focal point, and may generate coherent light at a wide angle, using an optical device.
US09836020B2	Process cartridge with force receiving portion configured to receive a force to move a developing roller An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion for mounting a process cartridge, the process cartridge including a first unit having an image bearing drum, and a second unit having a developing roller, the second unit being movable between a contact position in which the roller contacts the drum and a spaced position in which they are mutually spaced; an engageable member engageable with a force receiving portion provided on the second unit; wherein the engageable member is movable between a first position for maintaining the second unit in the spaced position by engaging with the force receiving portion, a second position for permitting movement of the second unit from the spaced position to the contact position; and a third position for permitting the process cartridge to be mounted, by being pressed by the process cartridge to retract, when the process cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.
US09836018B2	Replaceable unit for an image forming device having a retainer assembly having positioning features for processing circuitry A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device includes an electrical contact positioned within a pocket on a first side of a housing of the replaceable unit. The pocket has an opening facing a front of the housing to permit an electrical connector of the image forming device to enter the pocket and mate with the electrical contact. A first guide wall and a second guide wall are each positioned outside the pocket on the first side, in front of the opening. The first and second guide walls each include an inclined surface that inclines outward from the first side of the housing in a direction from the front to a rear of the housing to move the electrical connector of the image forming device toward the circuit board during insertion of the replaceable unit into the image forming device.
US09836006B2	Sheet post-processing apparatus and image forming system According to one embodiment, a sheet post-processing apparatus includes a standby unit, a processing unit, and a discharge unit. The standby unit puts a sheet on standby. The processing unit is disposed below the standby unit. The processing unit includes a conveyance reference plane, a distance between which and a conveyance reference plane for the sheet in the standby unit changes to decrease from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a conveying direction of the sheet. The processing unit processes the sheet supplied from the standby unit. The discharge unit is disposed on the downstream side in the conveying direction of each of the standby unit and the processing unit. The discharge unit is provided with an opening section for causing the sheet discharged from the standby unit or the processing unit to pass.
US09836003B2	Transport device A transport device includes a body unit, an accommodating unit that accommodates a recording medium and is mounted to be reciprocal with respect to the body unit, a pair of guide members that come in contact with end portions, in a width direction, of the recording medium to position the recording medium, the width direction intersecting with a transport direction of the recording medium, a first rail that is attached to the accommodating unit and guides reciprocation of the accommodating unit, and a second rail that is attached to the body unit to be movable in a direction, which intersects with a reciprocation direction of the accommodating unit, the second rail being assembled to the body unit to be slidable with respect to the first rail.
US09836002B2	Image forming apparatus with selectable disabling of fixing operation An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a long paper sheet conveyed along a conveyance path extending from a paper feeding side to a paper discharging side includes: an image forming unit configured to transfer a toner image onto the long paper sheet; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image onto the long paper sheet; a paper existence determining unit configured to determine whether the long paper sheet exists along the conveyance path; a temperature determining unit configured to determine whether a fixing temperature of the fixing unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature when the paper existence determining unit determines that the long paper sheet exists along the conveyance path; and a state setting unit configured to disable a fixing operation of the fixing unit when the temperature determining unit determines that the fixing temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature.
US09835992B2	Image forming apparatus for setting standby temperature of a fixing device of the image forming apparatus, method for controlling image formation, and recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, and a processor. The fixing device fixes an image formed on a recording medium at a fixing temperature. The fixing device includes a heater to heat the fixing device with power from a power supply. The processor detects a voltage value of the power supply, sets a standby temperature of the fixing device based on the detected voltage value of the power supply, and controls operation of the heater to heat the fixing device from the standby temperature to the fixing temperature in response to receiving an instruction for forming an image.
US09835991B2	Image forming apparatus and erasing apparatus According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus performs an image forming process to form an image on a sheet, and performs an image erasing process to erase an image formed on a sheet. A conveying device conveys the sheet. A heater heats the sheet conveyed by the conveying device. A cooling device cools the heater. A processor controls the cooling device so that the cooling device cools the heater between an interval of heating the sheet by the heater.
US09835986B2	Image transfer product including a phase change material An image transfer product is provided which includes a phase change material in one or more layers of the product to regulate the temperature of the product during printing operations. The image transfer product may be in the form of a printing blanket, printing sleeve, electrophotographic/xerographic transfer blanket, image transfer belt, or roller which includes a print surface layer and at least one layer underlying the printing surface layer. The phase change material may be included in any of the layers of the image transfer product, but is not present at the upper surface of the print surface layer. The phase change material may be in the form of a powder, fibers, capsules, or combinations thereof.
US09835985B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a member-to-be-cleaned, a first cleaner unit including a first attracting member, a first rotatable member and a first blade member, a second cleaner unit including a second attracting member, a second rotatable member and a second blade member, and a feeding member. The feeding member rotates around its rotational axis and is provided vertically below a first position where a toner drops by gravitation and a second position where the toner drops by gravitation. The feeding member is disposed such that vertical lines passing through the first position and the second position cross the feeding member.
US09835983B2	Method and system for converting a toner cartridge printer to a double white toner printer A method of converting a printer to print with white toner comprises the steps: providing a color toner printer; wherein the color toner printer may comprise a plurality of drum cartridges and a plurality of toner cartridges; wherein the plurality of toner cartridges may comprise a cyan toner cartridge, a yellow toner cartridge, a magenta toner cartridge, and a black toner cartridge; wherein the plurality of drum cartridges may comprise a cyan drum cartridge, a yellow drum cartridge, a magenta drum cartridge, and a black drum cartridge; removing the cyan toner cartridge, the magenta toner cartridge, the cyan drum cartridge, and the magenta drum cartridge; disassembling the cyan drum cartridge and the magenta drum cartridge; emptying and cleaning the cyan toner cartridge, the magenta toner cartridge, the cyan drum cartridge, and the magenta drum cartridge; priming the cyan drum cartridge and the magenta drum cartridge with a white toner; filling the cyan toner cartridge and the magenta toner cartridge with the white toner; and installing the white toner filled cartridges and the white toner primed drums into the printer.
US09835979B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith A developing device includes a developing container, a first stirring member, a second stirring member, and a developer discharge port. The developing container has a first and a second transport chamber. The first stirring member has a rotary shaft and a first helical blade. The second stirring member has a rotary shaft and a second helical blade. Through the developer discharge port, surplus developer inside the developing container is discharged. On the second stirring member, a restricting portion for restricting movement of developer toward the developer discharge port is formed downstream of the second helical blade. The restricting portion has two or more turns of a restricting blade wound in the direction opposite to the second helical blade, and the restricting blade has an increasingly large outside diameter from upstream to downstream with respect to the developer transport direction inside the second transport chamber.
US09835969B2	Image forming apparatus having a plurality of selectively charged photosensitive bodies and controlling method for same An image forming apparatus is provided with a first photosensitive body, a second photosensitive body, a first charger configured to charge the first photosensitive body, a second charger configured to charge the second photosensitive body, a voltage outputting circuit, a voltage dropping circuit, and a controller. The controller is configured to selectively execute a first charging control to apply a first voltage to the first charger and the second charger, the first voltage being an output of the voltage outputting circuit, and a second charging control to apply the first voltage to the first charger a second voltage to the second charger, the second voltage being less than the first voltage, the first voltage being an input of the voltage dropping circuit and the second voltage being an output of the voltage dropping circuit.
US09835968B2	Toner cartridge printer devices, systems, and methods for over printing and under printing A method of converting a CMYK color toner printer to a CMYX color toner printer for under print printing in a single pass, comprising the steps: providing a color toner printer with four toner printing cartridges: a cyan toner printing cartridge, a magenta toner printing cartridge, a yellow toner printing cartridge, and a black toner printing cartridge; wherein the black toner printing cartridge is in a first toner cartridge position; removing the back toner printing cartridge from the first toner cartridge position; providing a non-standard toner printing cartridge; installing the non-standard toner printing cartridge into the first toner cartridge position; providing a raster image processor software; wherein the raster image processor software is configured to remap the four toner printing cartridges of the color toner printer and allows the color toner printer to print a layer of non-standard toner under an image in a single pass; and wherein the image is printed from at least one of a cyan toner, a yellow toner, and a magenta toner.
US09835960B2	Lithographic apparatus A lithographic apparatus includes a first table to support a substrate; a second table, not being configured to support a substrate, including a sensor unit to sense a property of a patterned beam of radiation from a projection system, the second table to move under the projection system when the first table is moved out from under the projection system during a substrate exchange, the first and second tables being independently movable from each other; and a liquid supply system to supply a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate, the first table, and/or the second table, wherein the second table is configured to provide a confining surface at a bottom of a liquid confinement structure when the first table is removed from under the projection system so as to prevent the liquid from leaking out into the remainder of the lithographic apparatus.
US09835958B2	Carrier method, exposure method, carrier system and exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with illumination light via an optical system. A stage disposed below the optical system has a holder to hold the substrate. A carrier system disposed above the stage has a first support member that supports the substrate in a noncontact manner from a surface side of the substrate, which is irradiated with the illumination light. A second support member different from the first support member supports the substrate in a contact manner from a rear surface side. A drive system coupled to the first and the second support members moves at least the second support member so that relative movement between the first and the second support members and relative movement between the second support member and the holder are performed at least in a vertical direction. The second support member carries the substrate from the first support member to the holder.
US09835956B2	Apparatus and method for overlay measurement The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for overlay measurement. An exemplary overlay measurement apparatus includes an illuminating unit configured to generate illuminating light to illuminate a first overlay marker formed on a wafer to generate reflected light; and a first measuring unit configured to receive the reflected light from the first overlay marker to cause the reflected light to laterally shift and shear to generate interference light, to receive the interference light to form a first image, and to determine existence of an overlay offset and an exact value of the overlay offset, according to the first image.
US09835952B2	Systems and methods for a narrow band high transmittance interference filter The present disclosure provides an interference filter, a lithography system incorporating an interference filter, and a method of fabricating an interference filter. The interference filter includes a transparent substrate having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of alternating material layers formed over the front surface of the transparent substrate that form a bandpass filter, and an anti-reflective structure formed over the back surface of the transparent substrate. The alternating material layers alternate between a relatively high refractive index material and a relatively low refractive index material.
US09835941B2	Imprint apparatus, imprint method, and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides an imprint apparatus for performing an imprint process of molding an imprint material on a substrate with a mold to form a pattern on the substrate, the apparatus including a supply device configured to supply, to a space between the imprint material on the substrate and the mold, a penetrating gas that penetrates at least one of the mold, the imprint material and the substrate and a condensable gas that is liquefied by pressure rise due to the molding, and a controller configured to control the supply device so as to change at least one of a supply amount of the penetrating gas and a supply amount of the condensable gas based on information on a recipe for the imprint process.
US09835940B2	Method to fabricate mask-pellicle system A method for fabricating a pellicle assembly includes forming a release layer over a carrier. A membrane layer is fabricated over the release layer. A pellicle frame is attached to the membrane layer. After attaching the pellicle frame to the membrane layer, a release treatment process is performed to the release layer to separate the carrier from the membrane layer. A pellicle assembly including the pellicle frame and the membrane layer attached to the pellicle frame is formed.
US09835925B1	Electro-optic displays, and processes for the production thereof Improvements in the production of electro-optic displays include: (a) use of a masking film to keep a selected area of a backplane (such as a front electrode contact) free from electro-optic material; (b) spray coating of electrophoretic capsules on to a substrate under controlled conditions; (c) forming a monolayer of capsules on a substrate by prior deposition of a water-swellable polymer; and (d) overcoating a layer of electro-optic material with a solvent-free polymerizable liquid material, contacting this layer with a light-transmissive electrode layer, and polymerizing the liquid material to adhere the electrode layer to the electro-optic material.
US09835918B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing the same A display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate facing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and the non-display area includes a first non-display area disposed adjacent to a side portion of the display area and a second non-display area other than the first non-display area. The first non-display area overlaps the opposite substrate. The array substrate and the opposite substrate have the same or substantially the same area and a wire member is disposed under the array substrate to be connected to an external circuit module. Accordingly, the display panel does not need an extra space for the wire member, and thus the non-display area is reduced.
US09835917B2	Baseplate circuit and display panel A baseplate circuit is disclosed. The baseplate comprises an IC region, a plurality of WOA regions, a plurality of GOA regions, and a plurality of switches. Each WOA region comprises a plurality of baseplate conducting wires, each of the baseplate conducting wires is electrically connected with the IC region. Each GOA region comprises a plurality of gate lines, each of the gate lines is electrically connected with one of the baseplate conducting wires. Each of the switches is used to electrically connect one of the gate lines and one of the baseplate conducting wires.
US09835896B2	Liquid crystal display device and color filter substrate A liquid crystal display device having a touch panel function includes an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal molecule, and a color filter substrate positioned over the array substrate via the liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, first and second transparent electrode layers, a color filter formed on the first transparent electrode layer and including a red filter, a green filter and a blue filter, and a transparent resin layer formed on the color filter. The color filter and the transparent resin layer have a total thickness in a range of approximately from 2.5 μm to 9 μm. The liquid crystal molecule has negative dielectric anisotropy and an initial state alignment which is parallel to a substrate surface. The liquid crystal molecule rotates within a plane parallel to the substrate surface when a liquid crystal drive voltage is applied.
US09835892B2	Protective sheet for liquid crystal display screens and liquid crystal display including the same A protective sheet includes a base layer, an interfacial layer, and a skin layer stacked in order. The base layer includes an aromatic polycarbonate resin, the interfacial layer includes an aliphatic polycarbonate resin; and the skin layer includes a cycloolefin polymer (COP) resin.
US09835889B2	Display device with compact integrated structural design A display device with compact integrated structural design in a portable information handling system may have a narrow or no border. The display device with compact integrated structural design may include a combined display assembly that is fixed to an A-cover using selected means of attachment. The combined display assembly may internally integrate a backplate, a backlight, a liquid crystal display (LCD) cell, and a cover glass. The cover glass may be direct bonded to the LCD cell without direct attachment to the A-frame.
US09835887B2	Display system with independently controlled transmissive and reflective subpixels and method of use A device (100) includes a display (102, 800) that is suitable for use under widely ranging lighting conditions. The display includes separately operable transmissive light modulator subpixels (402, 404, 406, 502, 504, 506, 602, 604, 606, 702, 704, 706, 808, 810, 812, 1036, 1136, 1204, 1304, 1404, 1504, 1716, 1916) that can be provided in at least three colors to provide a full color display but also includes separately operable reflective light modulator subpixels (408, 508, 608, 708, 814, 1038, 1138, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1714, 1914) that provide basic readability when light levels are so high (e.g., bright summer day) that the image presented by the transmissive light modulators would be difficult to discern. The reflective light modulators may be provided with in-pixel memory (526) so as to reduce the energy cost of providing always-on functioning for displaying certain time sensitive information.
US09835886B2	Liquid crystal display with switchable viewing angle and method of viewing angle control An LCD includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate is provided with a first electrode. The first electrode is provided with a plurality of first elongated electrodes. The second substrate is provided with a second electrode and a third electrode. The second electrode is a common electrode and the third electrode is a pixel electrode. The second electrode is provided with a plurality of second elongated electrodes. The first elongated electrodes and the second elongated electrodes are arranged alternately, and the first elongated electrodes have no overlap with the second elongated electrodes. When no bias voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, the LCD is displayed with a wide viewing angle; and when a bias voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, the LCD is displayed with a narrow viewing angle.
US09835884B2	Array substrate and method for manufacturing the same, a display panel and method for testing the same, and a display apparatus There are provided an array substrate and method for manufacturing the same, a display panel and method for testing the same, and a display apparatus. The array substrate comprises a display region and at least one bond region located outside of the display region; wherein a plurality of signal lines are disposed within the display region, and a plurality of wiring terminals connected to multiple ones of the plurality of signal lines through a plurality of first lead wires are disposed within each bond region; the array substrate further comprises one or more test regions corresponding to arbitrary one or more of the at least one bond region; wherein a plurality of test terminals are disposed within each test region, and the plurality of test terminals within any one of the one or more test regions are connected with the plurality of wiring terminals within a respective one of the at least one bond region through a plurality of second lead wires. The present invention implements a lead wire open test for a display panel for which the lead wire open test cannot be implemented in a traditional test mode.
US09835882B2	Semiconductor device A low reflectance film with a second reflectance (50% or lower) lower than a first reflectance is formed between an optical directional coupler and a first-layer wiring with the first reflectance. Thus, even when the first-layer wiring is formed above the optical directional coupler, the influence of the light reflected by the first-layer wiring on the optical signal propagating through the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide of the optical directional coupler can be reduced. Accordingly, the first-layer wiring can be arranged above the optical directional coupler, and the restriction on the layout of the first-layer wiring is relaxed.
US09835880B2	Driver and capacitive load integration A circuit that may include a circuit network and a transmission line coupled to the circuit network. The circuit network may include an electro-optic modulator and various inductors. The electro-optic modulator may be a capacitive load having a predetermined capacitance. The circuit may further include a resistor coupled to the circuit network. The resistor may have a resistance value configured to produce a first impedance with the circuit network. The first impedance may be configured to match substantially with a second impedance in the transmission line. The circuit may further include an electric driver couple to the transmission line. The electric driver may be configured for transmitting a driving voltage to the electro-optic modulator. The driving voltage may be configured to generate a predetermined voltage swing across the electro-optic modulator.
US09835879B2	Mounting systems for glasses frames A system for attaching a device to a glasses frame includes a spring clip that applies pressure to two sides of the glasses frame, and a magnet for attaching the device thereto. The device may attach directly to the magnet, or via a slide-on attachment piece. The spring clip may include a spring arm having distal ends that assist the spring clip in applying pressure to the glasses frames.
US09835878B2	Wearable eyeglass device Disclosed herein is a wearable eyeglass device including: an optical communication module receiving a first optical signal and transmitting a second optical signal; a display module displaying information corresponding to at least one of the first and second optical signals; and a control module controlling the display module to display first information corresponding to the first optical signal at the time of receiving the first optical signal and controlling the optical communication module to transmit the second optical signal corresponding to second information.
US09835876B2	Methods and apparatus for ophthalmic devices including cycloidally oriented liquid crystal layers This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. A liquid crystal layer may be used to provide a variable optic function and in some examples, an alignment layer for the liquid crystal layer may be patterned in a cycloidally dependent manner. The patterning may allow for a polarization dependent lens in some examples. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some examples, an ophthalmic lens is cast-molded from a silicone hydrogel. The various ophthalmic lens entities may include electroactive liquid crystal layers to electrically control optical characteristics.
US09835862B1	Graphic interface for real-time vision enhancement Imaging systems can often gather higher quality information about a field of view than the unaided human eye. For example, telescopes may magnify very distant objects, microscopes may magnify very small objects, and high frame-rate cameras may capture fast motion. The present disclosure includes devices and methods that provide real-time vision enhancement without the delay of replaying from storage media. The disclosed devices and methods may include a live view user interface with two or more interactive features or effects that may be controllable in real-time. Specifically, the disclosed devices and methods may include a live view display and image and other information enhancements, which utilize in-line computation and constant control.
US09835857B2	High brightness head-up display device A high brightness head-up display device where a spherical half-transparent mirror is provided on an upper end of a case, a projector unit is provided on a lower end thereof, and a spherical reflection screen is provided on a front of the projector unit. A projection distance of the projector unit corresponds to a focal distance of the spherical reflection screen and the spherical half-transparent mirror is provided on a front of the spherical reflection screen where a reflection rate of the spherical reflection screen is 2-80% and the interval between spherical reflection screen and the spherical half-transparent mirror is disposed at a focal distance of the spherical half-transparent mirror. A shielding film is attached to a rear of the spherical half-transparent mirror, which shields external light and permits 80% of light to be transmitted to outside from inside.
US09835856B2	Adaptive optic having meander resistors An A liquid-crystal adaptive optics actuator comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels (14), wherein each pixel (14) is connected to a control circuit by means of a control line signal path (16, 20) that comprises an electrical interconnection (16) and a meandering resistor (20), each resistor having a resistance value selected to equalize the RC time constant of each control line signal path associated to each pixel. Each control line is thus capable of carrying one or more control signals and the control line signal path is configured such that all the pixels respond to the control signals with a uniform response time.
US09835852B2	Scanner for two-dimensional optical scanning, manufacturing method thereof, and medical imaging apparatus using the same Provided are a scanner for two-dimensional optical scanning capable of implementing two-dimensional driving by one input signal without an additional structure for modulating a resonance frequency using modulation of the resonance frequency through asymmetry of the scanner itself, and a manufacturing method thereof. In addition, there is provided a manufacturing method of a scanner for two-dimensional optical scanning capable of implementing compact packaging through a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) process to miniaturize the scanner, such that it may be used in a micro-miniature system such as an endoscope and capable of increasing precision of the scanner and manufacturing the scanner in various shapes and at a low cost. Further, there is provided a medical imaging apparatus using a scanner for two-dimensional optical scanning capable of providing a medical image having improved quality without crosstalk between axes through separation of resonance frequencies.
US09835848B2	Electrowetting display device with stable display states An electrowetting display device comprising a first support plate including: a surface; and a first electrode, a second support plate; and a protrusion having a protrusion surface. The protrusion is formed as part of at least one of the first or second support plates. The protrusion has an elongate shape extending from one to the other of the first or second support plates. The device further comprises a first fluid adjoining at least one of the protrusion surface or the surface of the first support plate; a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid; a second electrode in electrical contact with the second fluid; and a third electrode.
US09835846B2	Ocular lens, headset display optical system, and headset device An ocular lens uses a single positive lens having a first surface convex to a light emission direction and a second surface convex to a light incident direction. The surfaces are both aspherical and satisfy the following surface-type parameters and relationships: an absolute value of a radius of the first surface is r1, with a quadratic term coefficient being k1; an absolute value of a radius of the second surface is r2, with a quadratic term coefficient being k2; a thickness of the positive lens is d; a total focal length of the optical system corresponding to the positive lens is f; wherein, 49
US09835844B2	Visual target acquisition scope system In a visual target acquisition scope system for an adjustable connection is provided between a unity magnification scope producing 1× magnification image viewed by one eye of the user and a photographic lens/viewfinder of a photographic camera viewed by another eye of the user. According to the system, while the user is looking at an object through the unity magnification scope with one eye and looking at the object through the photographic camera lens with the second eye, the target visible with the first eye is also visible with the second eye.
US09835843B2	Three-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus and focal plane scanning and aberration correction unit Provided is a 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus which is manufactured by combining a confocal microscope and an optical tweezers technique, wherein a pair of lenses for focal plane displacement where one lens is movable in the optical axis direction is arranged between a fixed objective lens and a fluorescent light imaging camera, and the 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus also includes a mean which corrects the aberration of a fluorescent confocal image obtained by the fluorescent imaging camera. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus which can acquire a 3-dimensional image of a specimen during a manipulation of the specimen using optical tweezers without affecting an optical trap.
US09835840B2	Methods for optical amplified imaging using a two-dimensional spectral brush An apparatus and method for ultrafast real-time optical imaging that can be used for imaging dynamic events such as microfluidics or laser surgery is provided. The apparatus and methods encode spatial information from a sample into a back reflection of a two-dimensional spectral brush that is generated with a two-dimensional disperser and a light source that is mapped in to the time domain with a temporal disperser. The temporal waveform is preferably captured by an optical detector, converted to an electrical signal that is digitized and processed to provide two dimensional and three dimensional images. The produced signals can be optically or electronically amplified. Detection may be improved with correlation matching against a database in the time domain or the spatial domain. Embodiments for endoscopy, microscopy and simultaneous imaging and laser ablation with a single fiber are illustrated.
US09835839B2	Apparatus and method for transmitted light illumination for light microscopes and microscope system An apparatus and method for transmitted light illumination for light microscopes having changing effective entrance pupil of an objective. The apparatus has a light source for emitting an illuminating light beam, wherein a beam path of the illuminating light between a diaphragm edge and a sample held by a holding device is free from adjustable beam focussing components. In order to adapt the beam path of the illuminating light to the effective entrance pupil of the objective, the diaphragm edge may be variably positioned in the direction of the optical axis, wherein a position of the diaphragm edge in the direction of the optical axis can be varied irrespectively of a position of the diaphragm edge transversely to the optical axis.
US09835834B2	Optical lens An optical lens, comprising a first to an eighth lens (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8) coaxially arranged in sequence along the direction of transmission of an incident light ray. The first lens (L1) is a negative meniscus lens, and the curved surface of the first lens (L1) is convex to the object side; the second lens (L2) is a positive biconvex lens; the third lens (L3) is a negative biconcave lens; the fourth lens (L4) is a positive meniscus lens and the curved surface of the fourth lens (L4) is convex to the object side; the fifth lens (L5) is a negative meniscus lens and the curved surface of the fifth lens (L5) is convex to the object side; the sixth lens (L6) is a positive biconvex lens; the seventh lens (L7) is a negative meniscus lens and the curved surface of the seventh lens (L7) is convex to the image side; and the eighth lens (L8) is a negative meniscus lens and the curved surface of the eighth lens (L8) is convex to the image side; the fourth lens (L4) and the fifth lens (L5) are respectively positioned on the two sides of an optical diaphragm (200) of the optical lens; the second lens (L2), the third lens (L3), and the fourth lens (L4) form a first cemented lens set; and the fifth lens (L5), the sixth lens (L6), and the seventh lens (L7) form a second cemented lens set. The present optical lens has a relatively large field-of-view, and obtains high-definition zero distortion imaging results.
US09835827B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, wherein at least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force, the fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point, and wherein the lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses whereby the optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09835825B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The fifth lens and the sixth lens have a specific composite focal length. The first lens is disposed away from the second lens by a specific distance on an optical axis thereof. The second lens is disposed away from the third lens by a specific distance.
US09835818B2	Lens driving apparatus with wire accommodating recess The present invention provides a lens driving apparatus including: a driving coil for driving a lens holder; and a leaf spring configured to absorb an impact on the lens holder; wherein the driving coil is electrically connected to the leaf spring, and a particularly bent portion and a recess for accommodating the bent portion are provided at a joint where the driving coil and the leaf spring are connected so as to improve the mechanical stability of the apparatus.
US09835798B2	Planar optical waveguide device, polarization multiplexing 4-value phase modulator, coherent receiver, and polarization diversity A planar optical waveguide device includes: a substrate; and an optical waveguide that includes a core and a cladding. The core forms a preceding-stage mode conversion section and a subsequent-stage mode conversion section, the preceding-stage mode conversion section being configured to convert a mode of input light, the subsequent-stage mode conversion section being configured to convert a mode of light output from the preceding-stage mode conversion section. Sectional shapes of the first core portion and the second core portion are not congruent with each other at an input end of the preceding-stage mode conversion section, the sectional shape or size of at least one core is continuously changed along a light waveguide direction, and sectional shapes of the first core portion and the second core portion are congruent with each other at an output end of the preceding-stage mode conversion section.
US09835793B2	Display backlight with adhesive attachment layers A display may have a backlight. The display backlight may have a light guide plate. An array of light-emitting diodes may emit light into the edge of the light guide plate. The array of light-emitting diodes may be mounted to a flexible printed circuit. A layer of adhesive tape may attach the light guide plate to the flexible printed circuit. The tape layer may have upper and lower adhesive layers on a carrier film. The carrier film may be formed from a metal-coated polymer layer, a high-low dielectric stack, a metal foil, or other reflective or non-reflective structures. A stiffener may be provided to facilitate handling of the adhesive tape.
US09835786B2	Display backlight with diffractive and refractive light scattering structures An electronic device display may have display layers that provide images for a user. Backlight structures may provide backlight for the display layers. The backlight structures may include a light source such as an array of light-emitting diodes. A light guide plate in the backlight structures may be used to distribute the light from the light-emitting diodes throughout the display. The light guide plate may have a main rectangular area that overlaps the display. The main rectangular area may have refractive light scattering structures such as a layer containing clear beads. The refractive light scattering structures may scatter light from the light guide plate for use as backlight. A strip of light diffracting structures such as holographic structures or grating structures may be used to mix light from the light-emitting diodes along the border of the light guide plate.
US09835784B2	Illuminating device comprising quantum dot tube, backlight module, and LCD The present invention proposes an illuminating device having a quantum dot tube. The illuminating device includes: a transparent tubular encapsulation device including a light incident surface and a light emergent surface and a quantum dot. Bumps and grooves are disposed on the light incident surface and/or the emergent surface at intervals. The quantum dot is encapsulated in the transparent tubular encapsulation device. When an excitement light shines the quantum dot, the quantum dot is excited to emit light through the light incident surface. By using the illuminating device, light cannot leak from the gaps among the LEDs and the QDs and among the QDs and the LGPs, which is good for enhancing light availability. Additionally, the present invention also proposes a backlight module and a liquid crystal display using the illuminating device having the quantum dot tube.
US09835778B1	Apparatus and method for a diamond substrate for a multi-layered dielectric diffraction grating The present invention provides a method and apparatus for fabricating a grating on a silicon substrate, and the resulting grating device. In some embodiments, the apparatus method includes providing a silicon substrate; growing a diamond layer on the substrate; removing most of the silicon substrate and polishing an obverse face of the silicon to leave a very thin layer of polished silicon on the diamond layer; depositing a stack on the diamond layer, wherein the stack includes a plurality of pairs of dielectric layers on the thin layer of polished silicon, wherein each pair of the plurality of pairs of dielectric layers includes a first layer having a first index of refraction value and a second layer having a second index of refraction value that is different than the first index of refraction value; and forming a diffraction grating on an outer surface of the stack.
US09835772B2	Lens array and image forming apparatus A lens array comprises a plurality of lenses disposed on a transparent substrate, and a light-shielding film disposed on the transparent substrate around the plurality of lenses, wherein the light-shielding film comprises a cured uv-curable ink containing a thermal acid generator. A method of manufacturing a lens array includes forming a plurality of lenses on a transparent substrate, depositing a uv-curable ink on the transparent substrate around the plurality of lenses, and curing the uv-curable ink to form a light-shielding film disposed on the transparent substrate around the plurality of lenses, wherein the inside of the light-shielding film is heated after the uv-curable ink is cured.
US09835770B2	Functional polarizing film and organic light-emitting display apparatus including the same A functional polarizing film includes a polarizing layer, at least one moisture-binding layer on a first surface of the polarizing layer, and at least one moisture-blocking layer disposed on a first surface of the moisture-binding layer.
US09835766B2	Optical film and preparation method thereof Disclosed are an optical film and a preparation method thereof. The optical film comprises a base layer, a plurality of polymer particles disposed in the base layer, and voids formed in the base layer and enclosing the respective polymer particles, wherein the polymer particles comprise a crosslinked polymer. The optical film has uniform voids, enhanced processing and dimensional stabilities, as well as improved optical properties such as whiteness, hiding power, reflectance and the like. Thus, the optical film can be useful for a reflector sheet for a BLU of an LCD device, and the like.
US09835762B2	Petrophysical rock characterization A full petrophysical rock characterization of a rock sample in a single workflow uses a separator containing two immiscible fluids. The fluids form a fluid interface. A video camera monitors the height of the fluid interface. Current electrodes and potential electrodes are electrically connected to the rock sample. An impedance meter makes measurements across the current electrodes and the potential electrodes. A tubing is attached to one end of the rock sample and to one end of the separator and transports one of the immiscible fluids therebetween. Another tubing is attached to the other end of the rock sample and to the separator and transports the other immiscible fluid therebetween. Yet another tubing transports an immiscible mixture of the immiscible fluids from the rock sample to the separator. Pressure gauges measures the pressures in the tubings. Pumps are disposed inline with the certain tubings.
US09835760B2	Tritium-tritium neutron generator and logging method A well logging tool includes a neutron generator to generate and emit energetic neutrons using substantially exclusively a T-T fusion reaction. The well logging tool can include measuring instrumentation for measurement and logging of formation parameters based on elastic scattering in subsurface formations of neutrons emitted by the neutron generator. The neutron generator can have a concentric layout, in which a cylindrical target structure loaded with tritium particles is located co-axially in an elongate cylindrical housing, with mobile tritium ions being accelerated radially inwardly into impact with the target structure. Production of the mobile tritium ions may be by field ionization through operation of a nano-structure field ionization array.
US09835759B2	Neutron-induced gamma-ray spectroscopy that accounts for environmental dependence of inelastic gamma-ray emission spectra A method and system for analyzing constituent elements in bulk media wherein neutrons are emitted into the bulk media to produce inelastic neutron interaction in the bulk media, and a gamma-ray spectrum resulting from the inelastic neutron interaction in the bulk media is detected. A set of standard spectra are used as part of spectral analysis that processes the standard spectra and the derived gamma-ray spectrum to determine a number of yield coefficients for the constituent elements as part of the bulk media. The standard spectra or the spectral analysis is configured to account for at least one environmental condition that affects detected gamma-rays that result from the inelastic neutron interaction in the bulk media.
US09835756B2	Dual mode X-ray vehicle scanning system A variable mode X-ray transmission system is provided that can be operated in low or high dose rate modes depending upon the area or portion of the vehicle to be screened. In one embodiment, variable dose rate is achieved by use of a novel collimator. The systems disclosed in this application enable the scanning of a vehicle cab portion (occupied by people, such as a driver) at low dose rate, which is safe for human beings, while allowing the scanning of the cargo portion (unoccupied by people) at a high dose rate. Rapid switching from low dose rate to high dose rate operating mode is provided, while striking a balance between high material penetration for cargo portion and low intensity exposure that is safe for occupants in the cab portion of the inspected vehicle.
US09835753B2	Gain compensated tensor propagation measurements using collocated antennas A method for obtaining full tensor gain compensated propagation measurements includes processing a full tensor voltage measurement to obtain a fully gain compensated tensor quantity. An electromagnetic logging tool including at least first and second axially spaced transmitters and at least first and second axially spaced receivers is rotated in a subterranean borehole. A plurality of voltage measurements are acquired while rotating to obtain a full tensor voltage measurement which is in turn processed to obtain the fully gain compensated tensor quantity.
US09835751B2	Proximity sensor and keyless entry device including the same In a proximity sensor including a circuit board on which a detection circuit is printed, and a first drive electrode and a lock electrode mounted on one surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the detection circuit, the first planar drive electrode and the planar lock electrode are formed in a standing manner on one surface of the circuit board to face each other. A second planar drive electrode and a planar unlock electrode are formed in a standing manner on the other surface of the circuit board to face each other. The proximity sensor is used in a keyless entry device of vehicle, and the controller that controls driving of an actuator for locking or unlocking a vehicle door based on detection of the proximity sensor determines that the proximity sensor is turned on when decrease in output of the proximity sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US09835744B2	Virtual electrode current injection using seismic focusing and seismoelectric conversion The present invention relates to acoustic wavefields produced using sources appropriately delayed in time and focused at known positions and times in a heterogeneous medium. Seismoelectric conversion occurs if the acoustic focus point coincides with a discontinuity in electrical and hydrological medium properties, thus generating a current density. The current generates a potential difference, which can be observed at a distance by an array of monitoring electrodes. Since the acoustic wavefield is precisely located at a position and time, this electrical source behaves like a controlled virtual electrode whose properties depend on the strength of the acoustic wavefield and on the medium properties. This procedure can be used to increase the robustness and resolutions of electrical resistivity tomography and to identify hydrological parameters at various points in the medium by scanning the medium by changing the position of the acoustic focus.
US09835740B2	Apparatus and method for PET detector A PET detector and method thereof are provided. The PET detector may include: a crystal array including a plurality of crystal elements arranged in an array and light-splitting structures set on surfaces of the plurality of crystal elements, the light-splitting structures jointly define a light output surface of the crystal array; a semiconductor sensor array, which is set in opposite to the light output surface of the crystal array and is suitable to receive photons from the light output surface, the semiconductor sensor array comprises a plurality of semiconductor sensors arranged in an array.
US09835733B2	Apparatus for detecting X-rays An apparatus for detecting X-rays and converting the detected X-ray intensities into digital signals is disclosed. The apparatus places Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC) chips directly under a scintillator array along the X-ray beam direction and uses a shield that is placed between a photodiode substrate and an Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC) chip to block X-rays from directly reaching the dies of the ADC chips, which are sensitive to X-rays. Also an X-ray CT system utilizing the disclosed apparatus for detecting X-rays is provided.
US09835723B2	Radar ambiguity resolving detector Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for determining the velocity of an object using radar system having a processor, including: receiving, by a processor, a first digital signal corresponding to a first transmit signal; receiving, by the processor, a second digital signal corresponding to a second transmit signal; processing the first digital signal to produce a first range/relative velocity matrix; detecting objects in the first range/relative velocity matrix to produce a first detection vector; unfolding the first detection vector; processing the second digital signal to produce a second range/relative velocity matrix; interpolating the second range/relative velocity matrix in the relative velocity direction wherein the interpolated second range/relative velocity matrix has a frequency spacing corresponding to the frequency spacing of the first range/relative range velocity matrix in the relative velocity direction; detecting objects in the second range/relative velocity matrix to produce a second detection vector; unfolding the second detection vector; and determining a true velocity of the detected objects based upon the unfolded first and second detection vectors.
US09835713B2	Device having a voltage-controlled oscillator and a switching arrangement for self-calibration A device, particularly a radar sensor, has a voltage-controlled oscillator for generating a high-frequency signal which has an actual frequency, a voltage adjusting device to control the oscillator, and a calibration device operable for adjusting a voltage value which is assigned to a value of a target frequency. The calibration device is operable for finding a difference between a frequency and the target frequency corresponding to the voltage set at the oscillator. The calibration device is also operable for generating a low-frequency signal from the high-frequency signal, determining the oscillation period of the low-frequency signal, calculating an auxiliary frequency from the oscillation period of the low-frequency signal, wherein the auxiliary frequency corresponds to the actual frequency of the high-frequency signal, and for adjusting the voltage value assigned to the target frequency according to the frequency difference between the auxiliary frequency and the target frequency.
US09835712B2	Vehicle radar diagnostic arrangement A vehicle radar system (3, 3′, 3″) and method which including a microcontroller unit (21), MCU, and a plurality of Analog to Digital Converters (9, 10, 11, 12), (ADCs), arranged to convert the received signals to a digital form and to transfer the converted digital signals to a first and second Digital Signal Processor (DSP) (18, 19), DSP. The MCU (21) is arranged to control the DSPs (18, 19) such that for one time frame (n), the first DSP (18) functions as a Master DSP and the second DSP (19) functions as a Slave DSP, and such that for the next time frame (n+1), the first DSP (18) is configured to function as a Slave DSP and the second DSP (19) functions as a Master DSP. The MCU compares the raw target data from the first and second DSPs (19) to determine a degree of functionality for the DSPs (18, 19).
US09835711B2	Device and method for positioning a star tracker on a structure A device for positioning a functional trihedron of a star tracker in a reference trihedron tied to a structure on which the star tracker is mounted comprises: a fixing interface to connect the device to the star tracker, a set of geometric markers configured to, by means of an optical measurement instrument tied to the structure, position a marker tied to the device in the reference marker tied to the structure, an optical simulator comprising a set of optical markers to be measured by the star tracker, making it possible to position the functional trihedron of the star tracker in the trihedron tied to the device, the measurements of position of the functional trihedron in the trihedron tied to the device, and of position of the trihedron tied to the device in the reference trihedron, making it possible to position by calculation the functional trihedron in the reference trihedron.
US09835706B2	Method and apparatus to acquire magnetic resonance image data In a method and apparatus to acquire magnetic resonance image data; an examination subject is positioned in a magnetic resonance apparatus to acquire magnetic resonance image data of the examination subject with a magnetic resonance sequence, and sequence parameters of the magnetic resonance sequence are established. First control commands of the magnetic resonance sequence are generated using the established sequence parameters. The first control commands are optimized so as to generate an optimized magnetic resonance sequence, the optimization of the first control commands including a conversion of the first control commands into optimized control commands. A test to review the optimized magnetic resonance sequence is implemented, the test including a comparison of the first control commands with the optimized control commands. The optimized magnetic resonance sequence is executed to acquire the magnetic resonance image data with the optimized control commands depending on the result of the test.
US09835700B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to carry out magnetic resonance imaging of a patient using a transmitting QD coil that allows at least one of phase and amplitude of a radio-frequency transmit pulse on at least one input channel of the transmitting QD coil to be adjusted independently of each other, and an adjustment unit arranged to adjust at least one of the phase and the amplitude of the radio-frequency transmit pulse according to imaging conditions.
US09835698B2	Devices and process for high-pressure magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance A high-pressure magic angle spinning (MAS) rotor is detailed that includes a high-pressure sample cell that maintains high pressures exceeding 150 bar. The sample cell design minimizes pressure losses due to penetration over an extended period of time.
US09835692B2	Magnetic detection device A magnetic field component in a Z direction is guided by a magnetic field guide layer and applied to a magnetic sensor in an X direction that is the same as a sensitivity axis direction thereof, and a detection output is obtained. A bridge circuit is formed with a plurality of magnetic sensors and configured such that an output is not provided for a magnetic field component in the X direction. However, when an external magnetic field in the X direction is drawn to the magnetic field guide layer, variation of sensitivity for the X direction may occur. Thus, soft magnetic characteristics of a first portion of the magnetic field guide layer are deteriorated to decrease the magnetic permeability of the first portion.
US09835690B2	AC inrush current testing device An AC inrush current testing device is disclosure. The AC inrush current testing device includes a grid voltage peak point calculator, a grid voltage period and timing detector, a switch, an autotransformer, and a main relay. The grid voltage period and timing detector is connected to an AC power source and the grid voltage peak point calculator. A movable contact of the switch is connected to the AC power source. A first winding of the autotransformer is connected to the AC power source, a second winding of the autotransformer, and a first stationary contact of the switch. A third winding of the autotransformer is connected to a second stationary contact of the switch and the second winding. The main relay is electrically connected to the grid voltage peak point calculator, the second winding, and the third winding. A method for testing AC inrush current is further disclosed.
US09835682B2	Debugging system and method A debugging system includes an embedded device and a terminal computer. The embedded device includes a memory unit, and the memory unit includes a first buffer, the embedded device is configured for executing at least one instruction to generate at least one real-time debugging information, and writing the real-time debugging information into the first buffer. The terminal computer is connected to an in-circuit emulator (ICE) via a first interface, and the ICE is connected to the embedded device via a second interface. The terminal computer uses polling to read the real-time debugging information stored in the first buffer via the ICE, and deletes the real-time debugging information stored in the first buffer afterwards.
US09835680B2	Method, device and computer program product for circuit testing A method performed at least partially by a processor includes performing a test sequence. In the test sequence, a test pattern is loaded into a circuit. The test pattern is configured to cause the circuit to output a predetermined test response. A test response is unloaded from the circuit after a test wait time period has passed since the loading of the test pattern into the circuit. The unloaded test response is compared with the predetermined test response.
US09835677B2	Method and system for producing a signal with a power change determined by a phase or frequency difference between two signal sources A system and method for determining the linearity of a device-under-test combine a first periodic signal and a second periodic signal to produce a combined signal, wherein the second periodic signal has at least one of a phase difference and a frequency difference with respect to the first periodic signal, and applying the combined signal to an input of the device-under-test. The linearity of the device-under-test is determined from an output signal of the device-under-test based on the at least one of the phase difference and frequency difference between the first periodic signal and the second periodic signal.
US09835671B2	Method of detecting wiring mismatch of resolver According to the present disclosure, there are provided a method of determining which one of first and second input signals Rez+ and Rez− is shorted to ground based on a magnitude of a Lissajous signal, a method of determining which one of first and third output signals S1 and S3 is shorted to any one of the first and second input signals Rez+ and Rez− based on an average magnitude value of the third output signal S3, and a method of determining which one of second and fourth output signals S2 and S4 is shorted to the first input signal Rez+ based on an average magnitude value of the fourth output signal S4.
US09835663B2	Capacitive measurement system and method A capacitance measurement system precharges first terminals (21-0 . . . 21-k . . . 21-n) of a plurality of capacitors (25-0 . . . 25-k . . . 25), respectively, of a CDAC (capacitor digital-to-analog converter) (23) included in a SAR (successive approximation register) converter (17) to a first voltage (VDD) and pre-charges a first terminal (3-j) of a capacitor (CSENj) to a second voltage (GND). The first terminals are coupled to the first terminal of the capacitor to redistribute charges therebetween so as to generate a first voltage on the first terminals and the first terminal of the capacitor, the first voltage being representative of a capacitance of the first capacitor (CSENj). A SAR converter converts the first voltage to a digital representation (DATA) of the capacitor. The capacitance can be a touch screen capacitance.
US09835659B2	Power distribution management method, voltage determination method, and recording medium for determining transmission voltage of substation A power distribution management apparatus (10) includes acquiring the amount of demand obtained by forecasting the amount of power to be used by load equipment of a customer, and the amount of power generation obtained by forecasting the amount of power to be generated by power generation equipment of the customer, and setting a plurality of voltage values as a plurality of candidates for a transmission voltage from a substation of a power distribution system, and calculating a voltage at a connection point of the load equipment of the customer and equipment of the power distribution system at each of the plurality of candidates by utilizing a difference between the demand amount and the power generation amount of each customer, and determining the transmission voltage of the substation from the plurality of candidates based on a result of the calculating.
US09835657B2	Accessory presence detection Disclosed is an electronic circuit with a first terminal for connecting an accessory thereto, and with a functionality for detecting the presence of an accessory connected to the first terminal.
US09835654B2	Current-measurement device A device for measuring very low current closes to femto Ampere using an integration, includes a first operational amplifier connected as an integrator, and a second operational amplifier connected as an original current generator which can compensate for leakage current in the circuit measurement state and reset the QO charge of the integration capacitor in the reset state.
US09835642B2	High speed image processing device A scene measurement assembly includes a first illuminator assembly having multiple grids of coplanar illuminators, a first system-on-chip light sensing device having sensors disposed to receive reflected light emitted by the first illuminator assembly, a second illuminator assembly having plural grids of coplanar illuminators, each of the plural grids of coplanar illuminators being disposed in different planes relative to each other, and a second system-on-chip light sensing device that receives reflected light emitted by the second illuminator assembly. Each of the multiple grids of coplanar illuminators of both illuminator assemblies is disposed in different planes relative to each other. The first and second system-on-chip light sensing devices each have a sampling rate of greater than 10,000 frames per second relative to performing on-chip image data processing. The system-on-chip light sensing devices are each disposed at a scene to be measured at locations having different perspectives of the scene.
US09835640B2	Automated storage modules for diagnostic analyzer liquids and related systems and methods Example automated storage modules for analyzer liquids are described herein. An example apparatus includes a refrigerated storage module having a plurality of shelves (to store a plurality of carriers) and a loading bay having an array of slots to receive one or more of the carriers. The loading bay is accessible by a user for manual loading or unloading of the carriers. The example apparatus includes a first carrier transporter coupled to the storage module to transfer the carriers between the shelves and a first transfer location and a second carrier transporter movable along a track connecting the storage module to an automated diagnostic analyzer. The second carrier transporter is to transfer a first carrier between the first transfer location and a slot in the loading bay and a second carrier between the first transfer location and a second transfer location accessible by the automated diagnostic analyzer.
US09835636B2	Serological markers for detecting colorectal cancer and their application for inhibiting colorectal cancer cells Embodiments relate to serological markers for detecting the colorectal cancer and applications of the serological markers. A phospholipid scramblase1 (PLSCR1), a stomatin-like protein 2 (STOML2) or a transport protein Sec61β (SEC61β) increases expression in the blood at the earlier stage of the colorectal cancer. Detecting the expression of the PLSCR1, STOML2 or SEC61β protein or an induced autoantibody of each protein in a blood sample is used to diagnose the colorectal cancer. Moreover, the serological marker improves the detection efficiency and the sensitivity in detecting the colorectal cancer and is used to predict the prognosis. The serological markers are applied in preparing a detection device or inhibiting the growth of the colorectal cancer cells.
US09835633B1	Compositions and methods for identifying agents for treating apoE-related diseases The present disclosure provides methods of identifying a candidate agent for treating an apoE-associated neurodegenerative disorder. The methods involve contacting a PCSK1 or a PCSK2 polypeptide with an apolipoprotein E polypeptide in the presence of a test agent.
US09835631B2	Combined biomarker measurement of fibrosis Provided herein is a sandwich immunoassay for detecting cross-linked PIIINP that has at least two strands of PIIINP joined together by inter-strand cross-linking each having a C-terminal neo-epitope of PIIINP that is generated by N-protease cleavage of intact type III procollagen. A biological sample having the cross-linked PIIINP is contacted with a first surface-bound monoclonal antibody and then by a second monoclonal antibody, both specifically reactive with a neoepitope in the C-terminal sequence of PIIINP, and then binding of the second monoclonal antibody is determined. Also provided is a method for evaluating the efficacy of an antagonist drug targeting lysyl oxidases via the immunoassay and a kit containing a solid support binding the first monoclonal antibody and containing the second monoclonal antibody.
US09835630B2	Methods and compositions for assessing lung grafts A method of classifying a lung graft subjected to normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), during perfusion and/or after perfusion, the method comprising: a) collecting a test sample from the lung graft; b) measuring a polypeptide level of a negative transplant predictor gene product selected from CCG predictor gene products M-CSF, IL-8 SCGF-beta, GRO-alpha, G-CSF, MIP-1 alpha, and/or MIP-1beta, endothelin predictor gene products endothelin 1 (ET-1) and/or big ET-1, and/or apoptosis predictor gene products cytokeratin 18 (CK-18), caspase 3 and/or HMGB-1 in the sample and/or determining a metabolite profile of the sample for lung grafts that are from donors where the death was due to cardiac death (DCD); c) identifying the graft as a good candidate for transplant or a poor candidate for transplant wherein an increased polypeptide level of one or more negative transplant outcome predictor gene products compared to an outcome control or a reference metabolic profile is indicative the graft is a poor candidate for transplant.
US09835623B2	Method and system of microfluidic immunoassay using magnetic beads A microfluidic Western blot method and system including a microfluidic western blot method for immunoassay of proteins, the method including introducing a sample including the proteins onto a chip; electrophoretically separating the proteins; binding the separated proteins to beads to form protein-attached beads, the beads being magnetic; flowing the protein-attached beads into a magnetic holding region; applying a magnetic field to the magnetic holding region to fix the protein-attached beads in place within the magnetic holding region; binding primary antibodies to target proteins on the protein-attached beads; binding secondary antibodies to the bound primary antibodies; and detecting the bound secondary antibodies.
US09835622B2	Signal amplification in solution-based plasmonic specific-binding partner assays The present invention relates to analyte detection devices and methods of using such devices to detect minute quantities of a target analyte in a sample. In particular, the invention provides a method of detecting a target analyte in a sample comprising mixing the sample with a first detection conjugate and a second detection conjugate in solution, wherein the first and second detection conjugates comprise metallic nanostructures coupled to binding partners that are capable of specifically binding to the target analyte if present in the sample to form a complex between the first detection conjugate, the analyte, and the second detection conjugate, wherein a change in an optical signal upon complex formation indicates the presence of the target analyte in the sample. Methods of preparing nanostructures and nanoalloys, as well as nanostructures and nanoalloys conjugated to binding partners, are also described.
US09835608B2	Method for assessing ablation modulai of mudcakes to predict ease of mudcake removal or cleaning efficiency of cleaning/washing/spacer fluids Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining an ablation modulus of a mudcake on a wellbore wall. According to various embodiments of the invention, the method includes preparing a mudcake, forming a mudcake assemblage comprising the prepared mudcake, screen, and a filter paper, and submerging and securing the mudcake assemblage in a container filled with a fluid. The fluid includes one of a native fluid and a foreign fluid to the mudcake. The method further includes agitating the fluid for a plurality of time intervals, removing the mudcake assemblage from the container after expiration of each time interval, and drying the mudcake assemblage. Further, the method includes weighing the mudcake assemblage to determine an interval weight for each time interval, and determining the ablation modulus of the mudcake on the wellbore wall by graphically correlating the determined interval weights of the remaining mudcake in the mudcake assemblage as a function of time. The ablation modulus of the mudcake is defined by a slope of a tangent of an initial portion of the graphical correlation between the determine interval weights and cumulative time.
US09835605B2	Hydrofluorocarbon detection device The present technology provides an illustrative hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) detection device that includes a decomposition component, a charged particle filter, and a sensing component. The decomposition component is configured to irradiate a gas sample with a radioactive element to decompose HFC gas under conditions sufficient to form hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas and one or more ionized particles. The charged particle filter is configured to filter the one or more ionized particles, and the sensing component is configured to detect the HF gas.
US09835597B2	Device capable of pressurization and associated systems and methods Exemplary embodiments are directed to devices, methods and systems capable of pressurization, generally involving a flow system that includes a pressurized reservoir, at least one pump including a pump control valve, an outlet port, a shut-off valve and a vent valve. The flow system is configured to be pressurized. The shut-off valve is disposed between the pressurized reservoir and the at least one pump. The vent valve is disposed between the at least one pump and the outlet port. The shut-off valve, the vent valve and the pump control valve of the at least one pump are configured to actuate in a coordinated manner to control a pressurization of the flow system. Exemplary embodiments are further directed to devices, methods and systems for column switching, generally including at least a first column, a second column and a column switching valve.
US09835587B2	Electrophoresis running tank assembly An electrophoresis running tank assembly uses two opposed rows of LEDs to illuminate DNA-containing gel on a transparent tray positioned between the rows. A respective cylindrical lens is positioned horizontally between each row and a respective edge of the tray. The optical axis of the illumination light is midway between a bottom surface of the gel tray and a top surface of the gel.
US09835575B2	Ratiometric device One example discloses a ratiometric device, including: a current source having a first current, a second current different from the first current, and a current-select program; a sensor device responsive to a gas and having a sensor-cold temperature T(cold,sens) in response to the first current and a sensor-hot temperature T(hot,sens) in response to the second current; a reference device having a reference-cold temperature T(cold,ref) in response to the first current and a reference-hot temperature T(hot,ref) in response to the second current; and wherein the ratiometric device includes a temperature difference ratio output based on T(cold,sens), T(hot,sens), T(cold,ref) and T(hot,ref).
US09835566B2	Adaptive nuisance filter Methods and systems for generating inspection results for a specimen with an adaptive nuisance filter are provided. One method includes selecting a portion of events detected during inspection of a specimen having values for at least one feature of the events that are closer to at least one value of at least one parameter of the nuisance filter than the values for at least one feature of another portion of the events. The method also includes acquiring output of an output acquisition subsystem for the sample of events, classifying the events in the sample based on the acquired output, and determining if one or more parameters of the nuisance filter should be modified based on results of the classifying. The nuisance filter or the modified nuisance filter can then be applied to results of the inspection of the specimen to generate final inspection results for the specimen.
US09835565B2	Inspection device of display device and inspection method of display device An inspection device of a display device includes a first illumination unit providing a first incident light to the display device at a first incident angle, a second illumination unit providing a second incident light to the display device at a second incident angle, a third illumination unit providing a third incident light to the display device at a third incident angle, and a defect detector receiving at least one of a first reflection light obtained from the first incident light reflected by the display device at a first reflection angle, a second reflection light obtained from the second incident light reflected by the display device at a second reflection angle, and a third reflection light obtained from the third incident light reflected by the display device at a third reflection angle to detect defects of the display device.
US09835564B2	Multi-camera pipe inspection apparatus, systems and methods A camera head for inspecting pipes or cavities including an array of two or more imaging elements with overlapping Fields of View (FOV) is disclosed. The camera head may include one or more light source elements, such as LEDs, for providing illumination in dimly lit inspection sites, such as the interior of underground pipes. The imaging elements and LEDs may be used in conjunction with a remote display device, such as an LCD panel of a camera control unit (CCU) or monitor in proximity to an operator, to display the interior of a pipe or other cavity.
US09835558B2	Aggregation-induced emission luminogen having an peptide sequence and its uses thereof A fluorescence molecular probe having a hydrophilic polypeptide backbone conjugated with a hydrophobic alkyl chain and a function group with aggregation induced emission is disclosed. The hydrophilic peptide sequence renders DNA binding capacity and the hydrophobic alkyl chain provides capacity for embedding within cell membrane. The aggregation induced emission renders real time tracking for live cell function studies. The synthesis of the probe is simple and easy for purification.
US09835547B2	Method and an apparatus for identifying a content property of foodstuff The present invention relate to an apparatus for processing of foodstuff. The apparatus comprises an element for processing of the foodstuff. The apparatus further comprises a light source that is arranged to emit light having at least two wavelengths or wavelength ranges, the light source further being arranged to direct the light to a surface of at least the foodstuff, and a detector positioned to detect at least a portion of light reflected from the surface of the foodstuff, and arranged to generate an output indicative of the detected intensity. In addition, the apparatus comprises a component for identifying a content property of the foodstuff, the component being arranged to determine a relation between a generated output for one of the at least two wavelengths or wavelength ranges and a generated output for the other or another one of the at least two wavelengths or wavelength ranges, the component further being arranged to compare the determined relation with predetermined data to generate information indicative of the content property of the foodstuff. The apparatus is arranged such that processing of the foodstuff is controlled using the information indicative of the content property of the foodstuff.
US09835545B2	Flow cell and method of manufacturing flow cell A flow cell includes a transparent planar member having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface. The planar member has a through-hole that has a circular cross-sectional shape and that penetrates through the first principal surface and the second principal surface. The flow cell further includes a first lens element having a through-hole that has a circular cross-sectional shape. The first lens element is disposed on the first principal surface of the planar member such that the through-hole in the planar member communicates with the through-hole in the first lens element. The flow cell further includes a second lens element having a through-hole that has a circular cross-sectional shape. The second lens element is disposed on the second principal surface of the planar member such that the through-hole in the planar member communicates with the through-hole in the second lens element.
US09835544B2	Bonding strength test device for electronic components and method for bonding strength test According to an embodiment, a bonding strength test device measures bonding strength between a flexure of a suspension of a hard disk drive and microactuators mounted on a gimbal of the flexure. The bonding strength test device includes a clamp, dummy, and device body. The clamp fixes the flexure. The dummy is adhered to the microactuators. The probe is engaged in the dummy. The device body measures a tensile load applied to the probe while the probe is pulled toward a direction to be apart from the flexure.
US09835541B2	Enhancing flow cytometry discrimination with geometric transformation In flow cytometry, particles (2) can be distinguished between populations (8) by combining n-dimensional parameter data, which may be derived from signal data from a particle, to mathematically achieve numerical results representative of an alteration (48). An alteration may include a rotational alteration, a scaled alteration, or perhaps even a translational alteration. Alterations may enhance separation of data points which may provide real-time classification (49) of signal data corresponding to individual particles into one of at least two populations.
US09835539B2	Biopolymer separation using nanostructured arrays A technique relates sorting biopolymers. The biopolymers are introduced into a nanopillar array, and the biopolymers include a first population and a second population. The nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to have a gap separating one from another. The biopolymers are sorted through the nanopillar array by transporting the first population of the biopolymers less than a predetermined bumping size according to a fluid flow direction and by transporting the second population of the biopolymers at least the predetermined bumping size according to a bumped direction different from the fluid flow direction. The nanopillar array is configured to employ the gap with a gap size less than 300 nanometers in order to sort the biopolymers.
US09835538B2	Biopolymer separation using nanostructured arrays A technique relates sorting biopolymers. The biopolymers are introduced into a nanopillar array, and the biopolymers include a first population and a second population. The nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to have a gap separating one from another. The biopolymers are sorted through the nanopillar array by transporting the first population of the biopolymers less than a predetermined bumping size according to a fluid flow direction and by transporting the second population of the biopolymers at least the predetermined bumping size according to a bumped direction different from the fluid flow direction. The nanopillar array is configured to employ the gap with a gap size less than 300 nanometers in order to sort the biopolymers.
US09835525B2	Multiphase sample container and method The invention provides a sample container arrangement for collecting multiphase samples of gas and liquid, particularly oil in water samples that are representative with respect to oil concentration, oil droplet size and oil droplet size distribution, the sample container arrangement comprises a sample container with an upper end, a lower end and a container volume for sample collection, such as a standing cylinder, distinctive in that the container arrangement further comprises: one inlet connected to the upper end or part of the container volume, one outlet with a valve with bleeding function, connected to the upper end or part of the container volume, and one outlet connected to the lower end of the container volume.
US09835520B2	Spatial-mode optical power measurement method and apparatus Light output from a light source is distributed to intensity modulators that are associated with different spatial modes and that have different modulation conditions. An operation for receiving modulated light from each of the intensity modulators is performed for SDM fibers of different lengths while the light source is in operation, and pieces of optical power information are determined for respective spatial modes to be measured, from difference information regarding the lengths and the received optical powers.
US09835519B2	Handheld apparatus for measuring lens surface power This invention discloses a handheld apparatus for measuring surface power or radius of prescription ophthalmic spectacle lenses, optical lenses or molds blocked with or without chuck during Rx production, and after comparing measurement results with designed data, providing correction data to the processing machines via wireless connection for correction processing if needed. The handheld apparatus integrates an optical measurement head into a monolithic optical system.
US09835505B2	Rolling bearing temperature measurement system in a railway axle-box and associated method A measurement system including: a radial external hole on a cover of a railway axle-box on the side of an edge of the cover facing towards a rolling bearing of the axle-box; a smaller axial hole made on the edge of the cover facing towards a ring of the bearing and opening in the radial hole; a cup-shaped body accommodated in the radial hole; a fork shaped spring integrally carried by a bottom wall of the cup-shaped body, projecting in front of the axial hole; a temperature probe slidingly accommodated within the axial hole and including a tubular element incorporating an electrical temperature sensor and an electric cable protruding from a first end of the tubular element accommodated within the cup-shaped body; and an abutting element removably coupled to the first end to cooperate with the spring, which pushes a second end of the probe out of the axial hole.
US09835499B2	Semiconductor device The present invention provides a semiconductor device having a sensor capable of improving precision while suppressing increase in occupation area. A semiconductor device has: a first counter; and a second counter (time measuring circuit) measuring time until a count value, which is obtained by counting a first signal having a frequency corresponding to a first voltage, reaches a largest count value which can be counted by the first counter. The first counter obtains a piece of digital information corresponding to the first voltage on the basis of a count value obtained by counting a second signal having a frequency corresponding to a second voltage, which is different from the first voltage, on the basis of the time measured by the time measuring circuit.
US09835492B2	Spectroscopic image acquiring apparatus and spectroscopic image acquiring method A spectroscopic camera is provided with a wavelength variable interference filter including a pair of reflection films and an electrostatic actuator for changing a size of a gap between the reflection films; an imaging unit including a plurality of imaging pixels; and a filter control unit for controlling the electrostatic actuator based on light-received wavelength data in which a control amount for receiving light of a target wavelength is recorded with respect to each of the imaging pixels of the imaging unit. An acquisition order of the target wavelength emitted from the wavelength variable interference filter is set for each of the imaging pixels, and the acquisition order is set in a descending order of the driving amount of a gap, and thus a value for emitting the light of the target wavelength in the set acquisition order is recorded as the light-received wavelength data.
US09835485B2	Method for functional testing of arrangement for dynamic fuel consumption measurement For the functional testing of an arrangement for dynamic fuel consumption measurement, at least two reference flows are produced through successive operation, at different frequencies, of a system pump (6) provided in any case for the regulated fuel flow, and the gradient determined from the reference measured values obtained is compared with the known gradients of the characteristic curve of the system pump (6).
US09835481B2	Multichannel correlation analysis for displacement device Methods, systems and devices for estimating a parameter of interest in a borehole. The apparatus may include a displacement device configured for displacement responsive to the parameter of interest and environmental noise; a detector array configured to provide information comprising a first signal and a second signal both relating to the displacement; and at least one processor configured to mitigate effects of the environmental noise on the information by determining correlated portions of each corresponding signal representative of effects of common mode elements of the environmental noise on each corresponding signal. The displacement device may be an optical displacement device configured to receive a first electromagnetic beam with a first value of a beam property and a second electromagnetic beam with a second value of the beam property, which comprises a displacement element configured for displacement responsive to the parameter of interest and the environmental noise.
US09835480B2	Multiturn rotary encoder A multiturn rotary encoder includes: a single-turn unit, including a code carrier that is able to be scanned by a single-turn scanner in order to generate single-turn position signals, and a single-turn evaluation unit for processing the single-turn position signals to form at least one single-turn code word that indicates the absolute position of an input shaft within one revolution; a first multiturn unit dependent on a power supply, including at least a first multiturn code carrier that is able to be scanned by a first multiturn scanner in order to generate first multiturn position signals, and a first multiturn evaluation unit for processing the first multiturn position signals to form a first multiturn code word that indicates the number of revolutions executed by the input shaft; and a second multiturn unit independent of a power supply, including at least a second multiturn code carrier that is able to be scanned by a second multiturn scanner in order to generate second multiturn position signals, and a second multiturn evaluation unit for processing the second multiturn position signals to form a second multiturn code word which likewise indicates the number of revolutions executed by the input shaft. The value of the first multiturn code word of the first multiturn unit in an initialization phase after the power supply of the multiturn rotary encoder has been switched on is able to be referenced with the value of the second multiturn code word.
US09835475B2	Inductive sensor for measuring the position of a shaft of a vehicle An inductive sensor for measuring the position of a shaft of a vehicle in a first direction (X) and a second direction (Y), from a target mounted on the shaft. The sensor (20) includes a printed circuit board (21) including at least one first receiving coil (23), at least one second receiving coil (24) and at least one transmitting coil (22) surrounding the first receiving coil and the second receiving coil. The first receiving coil and the second receiving coil each include a plurality of N portions (23A, 23B, 23C, 24A, 24B, 24C) that are electrically connected to one another and are disposed side by side on the printed circuit in the second direction, each portion extending on the printed circuit in the first direction in such a way as to determine the position of the target both in the first direction and in the second direction.
US09835474B2	Method for producing a sensing device A sensor for detecting a position of an encoder magnet in a direction of motion, including: a first coil extending in the direction of motion, a second and third coil, which are aligned with the first coil and which are arranged symmetrical to each other with respect to a point of symmetry as observed in the direction of motion and which accordingly form a first and second transformer with the first coil, the transformation ratio of which transformers depends on the position of the encoder magnet, and a magnetic asymmetry, which changes the transformation ratio of one of the transformers with respect to the other transformer.
US09835471B2	Sensor module and method for operating the same Disclosed are a sensor module and a method for operating the same. The sensor module includes a module unit including a first body having a cavity and a module substrate received in the first body; and a sensor unit including a second body detachable from the cavity of the module unit and a sensor received in the second body, wherein the module unit reads an output signal from the sensor unit to generate sensing information and wirelessly outputs the sensing information.
US09835458B2	Ship assignment device, ship assignment method, program, and recording medium A ship assignment device acquires voyage schedule information including an operation time schedule and a sailing route of a voyage. The ship assignment device acquires, from a database, weather information related to the operation time schedule and the sailing route included in the schedule information. The ship assignment device acquires information regarding variations in fuel consumption rate from a database that stores the information for each of plural ships. On the basis of the acquired weather information and acquired information regarding each ship, the ship assignment device calculates the fuel consumption for when each ship sails on the sailing route included in the acquired voyage schedule information in accordance with the operation time schedule included in the voyage schedule information. On the basis of the calculation result, the ship assignment device outputs information identifying plural ships.
US09835457B2	Rock climbing navigational watch Embodiments are disclosed to calculate and store rock climbing navigational data using a rock climbing watch including a sensor array configured to measure an orientation of the rock climbing watch and a processor configured to calculate an angle between two rock face locations along a rock climbing route based upon an orientation of the rock climbing watch when it is pointed from a current rock face location towards another rock face location. A processor may determine route segments for traversing the rock climbing route. A processor may convert route climbing navigational data into a three-dimensional wireframe rock climbing navigational map including rock face locations, calculated distances and angles between rock face locations, and a rock climbing route. The rock climbing watch may present information to guide the user along a rock climbing route by displaying a graphical directional indicator and a distance to the next rock face location.
US09835449B2	Surface measuring device and method thereof A surface measuring device includes a rotary platform, a shifting lever, a measuring module, and a control module. The rotary platform carries an object under test and rotates the object under test at a rotating speed. The shifting lever is above the rotary platform. The measuring module disposed on the shifting lever moves to measurement positions on the shifting lever and performs a surface height measurement at a sampling frequency to sampling points on a surface of the object under test when located at one measurement position. The control module selectively adjusts the rotational speed for the rotary platform or the sampling frequency for the measuring module according to the measurement position of the measuring module on the shifting lever in order to fit a distance between the sampling points on at least one part of the surface of the object under test to a sampling rule.
US09835447B2	Periodic patterns and technique to control misalignment between two layers A method and system to measure misalignment error between two overlying or interlaced periodic structures are proposed. The overlying or interlaced periodic structures are illuminated by incident radiation, and the diffracted radiation of the incident radiation by the overlying or interlaced periodic structures are detected to provide an output signal. The misalignment between the overlying or interlaced periodic structures may then be determined from the output signal.
US09835442B2	Methods for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface A method for determining a shape of a substantially cylindrical specular reflective surface includes the step of obtaining calibration data and the step of obtaining target data about a target structure. The method further includes the step of defining a target line from the target data, where the target line represents a feature of the target structure and the step of capturing a reflected image of the target structure in the specular reflective surface. The method further includes the step of obtaining reflected data from the reflected image and the step of defining a reflected line from the reflected data, where the reflected line represents a reflection of the feature of the target structure. The method also includes the step of determining a correspondence between the target line and the reflected line and using the correspondence and the calibration data to determine the shape of the specular reflective surface.
US09835440B2	Methods for monitoring turbine components Methods for monitoring a components include locating a plurality of naturally occurring surface features on the component, locating at least one reference point, measuring a plurality of first distances between the plurality of naturally occurring surface features and the at least one reference point.
US09835439B2	Method for electronic control of a measurement stand The invention relates to a method for the electric control of a measurement stand (11) having a drive movement of at least one measurement probe (26) from an initial position (31) into a measurement position (32), in particular for the measurement of the thickness of thin layers in which a motor (34) is controlled for the drive movement of the measurement probe (26), said motor (34) moving a ram (23), to which the measurement probe (26) is fastened, back and forth via a drive device (35) at least for the implementation of a measurement, wherein before a first measurement with the measurement probe (26), a learning routine is carried out, and for the subsequent implementation of one or more measurements, the measurement probe (26) is transferred from the initial position (31) into the measurement position (32), and the drive path of the measurement probe (26) from the initial position (31) into the measurement position (32) is divided into a fast speed and, before the setting of the measurement probe (26) on the measurement object (14), a slow speed, wherein the number of pulses for the fast speed is reduced by the number of pulses for the slow speed, originating from the total number of the determined pulses of the drive path and the number of pulses for the drive path at the fast speed is a multiple of the number of pulses of the drive path at the slow speed.
US09835429B2	Shock attenuation device with stacked nonviscoelastic layers A shock attenuation device is used to reduce the effect of a blast shock by both disrupting the propagation of the shock and by spreading, deflecting, and/or redirecting the shock. The device includes multiple layers of different materials, having different shock transmission impedances, stacked in a direction in which the blast shock travels through the device. At least one of the layers includes a material that crumples in response to the shock, undergoing an inelastic deformation in response to the shock. Also, at least one of the layers includes a material that has a directional shock transmission impedance that provides different shock transmission impedance within different directions within the material. The directional shock transmission material may be oriented such that the preferred direction of shock transmission within the material is oriented away from the direction of in which the multiple layers of material are stacked.
US09835423B2	Polymer ammunition having a wicking texturing One embodiment of the present invention provides a polymeric ammunition cartridge having a wicking texturing at the projectile aperture.
US09835420B2	Optronic device The invention relates to an optronic device (16) capable of emitting a plurality of wavelengths comprising: an observation camera (24), and a laser unit (26) for each wavelength of the plurality of wavelengths, wherein each laser unit (26) comprises a laser source (36) capable of emitting a laser beam at the wavelength and an optical system (38) having a maximal transmission coefficient for the wavelength.
US09835418B2	Composite materials and applications thereof Embodiments of the present invention relate to composite materials. In one embodiment, a composite material comprises an inorganic ceramic matrix comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first outer surface and generally parallel to the first outer surface. At least one open weave fiber glass fabric is disposed in the inorganic ceramic matrix between the first surface and the second surface. In another embodiment, a composite material comprises a first inorganic ceramic matrix comprising pieces of stone, a second inorganic ceramic matrix attached adjacent to the first inorganic ceramic matrix, and at least one open weave fiber glass fabric disposed in the second inorganic ceramic matrix.
US09835408B2	Firearm carrying apparatus with expandable portion The invention is a two-point firearm carrying apparatus attachable to a long gun having a first arm and a second arm. A spring with hooked ends attached to D rings on the arms is covered by a canvass sheath. The spring compresses and expands to allow sighting and use of the gun, and also to hold the sling against the chest when being transported. The first and second arms are adjustable in length depending upon the height and girth of the user.
US09835406B2	Toy gun A toy gun includes: a nail arm which is rotated around a nail arm rotating shaft placed in a position opposite to the cartridge with a trigger rotating shaft in between and is substantially in an L shape; a guide as a long hole which is provided in the nail arm and guides a terminal; a nail which is attached to a tip of the nail arm and can be engaged with a cartridge loading portion; and a link which is attached to a cover capable of being abutted against a cartridge loading portion and slides the cover to the cartridge side or the side opposite to the cartridge by bringing the terminal into or out of abutment.
US09835400B2	Integrally suppressed barrel for firearm An integrally suppressed barrel in one embodiment includes a rear barrel portion defining an axial projectile bore and forwardly extending sleeve affixed to thereto. The sleeve includes vertically stacked tubular upper and lower longitudinal chambers holding a complementary configured horizontal stack of sound suppression baffles. The chambers are in fluid communication via a waist, which may be smaller in width than the chambers. A rod extending from a front end cap on the sleeve to and threadably the rear barrel secures the baffles inside the sleeve. The stack of baffles is removable from the sleeve as a self-supporting unit in one embodiment. The baffles may include upper and lower chambers which are in fluid communication to provide additional volume for gas expansion and sound suppression. The upper chambers include an asymmetrically shaped flow cone configured to direct gas from the upper to lower chambers.
US09835379B2	Hot water distribution system and method for a cooling tower A cooling tower with a hot water distribution system includes a distribution lateral disposed above a hot water basin. The distribution lateral discharges fluid into the hot water basin, which in turn, releases the fluid through a plurality of orifices. As the fluid is released, it falls on heat-exchanging fill material that assists in increasing the cooling rate of the fluid. The distribution lateral is configured structurally to discharge the fluid through a plurality of outlets at one or more angles (as compared to the horizontal) into the hot water basins. In one embodiment, the outlets are arranged into one or more rows that extend along a substantial length of the distribution lateral. Discharging the fluid in this manner enhances and promotes a more even fluid flow within the hot water basin, which results in a more even fluid flow over and onto the fill material, thereby increasing thermal efficiency.
US09835377B2	Support device for a plurality of wafers for a vertical oven A support device that has a central axis and includes three uprights extending substantially parallel to the central axis, a plurality of series of support members spaced along the central axis, each series of support members comprising three support members adapted to support one wafer of the plurality of wafers and extending in different essentially longitudinal directions transverse to the central axis, each support member being mounted directly on a separate upright, this support device being remarkable in that the directions of the three support members of each series of support members are concurrent at a point on the central axis.
US09835376B2	Station and method for transferring a metal melt from a melting furnace to a transport crucible, and arrangement having such a station The invention relates to a station for transferring a metal melt from a melting furnace into a transport crucible. The station includes a docking chamber, which has a docking opening and is designed to be docked to a filling opening of the transport crucible a suctioning device, which is designed to suction a gas from the docking chamber or from the transport crucible docked to the docking chamber, and a suction pipe, which has a suction channel extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The inlet opening is arranged outside the docking chamber and the outlet opening is arranged in such a way that a metal melt flowing through the suction channel and exiting from the outlet opening passes through the docking opening.
US09835375B2	Hybrid continuous flow grain dryer Grain flow paths have an upper portion which is a mixed flow portion and which includes a preheat zone and a lower portion which is an undulating moisture equalizer portion and which includes a heat zone. Mixed flow grain diverters extend across the grain flow path substantially perpendicular to longitudinal side walls, and substantially parallel to transverse end walls of the grain flow path. Upper airflow openings are associated with each of the upper diverters. Moisture equalizer lower grain diverters extend along the longitudinal sides grain flow path substantially parallel to the longitudinal side walls, and substantially perpendicular to the transverse end walls of the grain flow path. The burner is positioned outside the airflow path to feed ambient air into the recirculating airflow path, without recirculating airflow passing through the burner.
US09835373B2	Integrated cascade process for vaporization and recovery of residual LNG in a floating tank application Methods and systems for vaporizing and recovering LNG are provided. One method includes: a) heating at least a portion of the LNG to provide a boil-off gas stream and a liquid quench stream; b) routing the boil-off gas stream and the liquid quench stream to a quench system, wherein the quench system cools the boil-off gas stream to provide a quenched stream; and c) compressing the quenched stream to provide a compressed quenched stream.
US09835372B2	Under mount roller for crisper system A refrigerator is provided that includes a crisper system having one or more moveable and removable drawers. The drawers include rollers extending downwardly and outwardly from the drawers to provide maximum storage volume. The rollers are configured to work with channels formed in a support system, which may be integrally formed with a bottom floor of a compartment of the refrigerator. Therefore, the rollers and channels of the support system provide easy access and removability of the drawers of the crisper system.
US09835367B2	Cooler having removable wheel assembly A cooler includes a main body which includes a base, an upper rim, and one or more cooler walls extending therebetween. The cooler in some embodiments further includes a removable wheel assembly which includes two coaxial wheels, and an axle. The two coaxial wheels are removably securable to the axle. The cooler still further comprises a wheel fastening system configured to secure the removable wheel assembly to the base of the main body which includes a mount, a clip hingedly connected to the mount, and a locking clasp configured to lock the clip into a closed position to secure the wheel assembly. The cooler yet further comprises a lid including two wheel storage recesses, each being sized and dimensioned to receive and retain one of the coaxial wheel of the wheel assembly, and an axle storage recess sized and dimensioned to receive and retain the axle of the wheel assembly.
US09835366B2	System for calibration of a compressor unit in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system The present invention provides for a system for calibrating operation of a compressor unit in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. A measuring device measures an operating parameter of the HVAC system at a position where the measuring device is mounted on a refrigerant line of the HVAC system. The measuring device switches states when the value of the measured operating parameter reaches a switching value. A controller estimates a value of the first operating parameter at the position where the first measuring device is mounted on the refrigerant line, and the controller determines whether the estimated first operating parameter is within a threshold percentage of the switching value.
US09835354B2	Adjustable regulator and lock device for ductwork damper An adjustable regulator and lock device for a pivotally rotatable damper adapted for installation in an air duct of an HVAC system is disclosed, which includes a pivot rod rotatably attached to the air duct and arranged for rotation with the damper. The pivot rod has coupled to it, a lockdown member having a plurality of radially extending teeth extending outwardly therefrom. A plate member is fixedly spaced from the air duct and has a plurality of correspondingly shaped and dimensioned tooth-shaped cutouts adapted to receive the teeth of the lockdown member to selectively lock the rotational position of the pivot rod and the damper in a selected angular orientation. The teeth of the lockdown member are biased by a coil spring toward engagement with the cutouts of the plate member, and yet selectively releaseable therefrom. The invention provides secure and locked positioning of the damper.
US09835352B2	Method for saving energy efficient setpoints Techniques for saving energy efficient setpoints are described herein. A computing device can detect a change in a setpoint schedule based on setpoint data from a client computing device. The computing device can determine that the change in the setpoint schedule decreases energy consumption for a corresponding utility customer associated with the client computing device. The computing device can generate a notification including an indication that the change in the setpoint schedule decreases energy consumption for the corresponding utility customer. The computing device can further send the notification to the client computing device to cause a prompt to be displayed on a user interface of the client computing device, in which the prompt includes the sent notification. The computing device may cause a prompt to be displayed on the client computing device that includes options including an option to adopt the change in the setpoint schedule using the setpoint data.
US09835351B1	Air conditioner controlling method An air conditioner controlling method includes: deciding on a supply-air temperature Ts and a return-air temperature Tr as specified design values; deciding that the total heat-exchange efficiency η is zero; selecting two or more stepped levels of the outdoor-air volume percentage α; deriving a linear function which expresses a relation between an outdoor-air temperature To and a mixed-air temperature Tm for each level of the outdoor-air volume percentage α by using the return-air temperature Tr and the total heat-exchange efficiency η; and deciding on the range where the mixed-air temperature Tm is lower than the supply-air temperature Ts for each of the linear functions and the range where the mixed-air temperature Tm in each linear function comes closest to the supply-air temperature Ts as compared with the mixed-air temperatures Tm in the other linear functions.
US09835349B2	Extremum-seeking control for airside economizers A method for controlling an economizer in a building HVAC system includes providing a manipulated variable as an input to a control process, holding the manipulated variable at a first extremum during a first portion of an evaluation period, and applying a dither signal to the manipulated variable during a second portion of the evaluation period. The dither signal causes the manipulated variable to deviate from the extremum. The method further includes monitoring a variable of interest output by the control process during the first and second portions of the evaluation period and switching the manipulated variable to a second extremum opposite the first extremum in response to the variable of interest moving toward an optimal value during the second portion of the evaluation period.
US09835348B2	Systems and methods for controlling humidity An HVAC system has a plurality of humidity sensors and a controller configured to selectively control which of the plurality of humidity sensors affects operation of the HVAC system. A method of controlling humidity includes providing a plurality of humidity sensors, assigning one of the plurality of humidity sensors as a humidity priority sensor, and affecting a humidity in response to feedback from the humidity priority sensor. A system controller for an HVAC system has an interface configured to present a plurality of humidity sensors and the system controller is configured to allow a user to select which of the plurality of humidity sensors affects operation of the HVAC system.
US09835346B2	Air conditioner and method for controlling the same The present disclosure provides an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes a compressor; a sensor for measuring the compressors state configured to detect compressor state information that includes at least one of a pressure value and a saturation temperature of the compressor; and a controller configured to control air flow on the side of an indoor unit by comparing the compressor state information measured from the sensor and a threshold.
US09835333B2	System and method for utilizing cooling air within a combustor A system for utilizing cooling air within a combustor includes a fuel nozzle having an axially extending center body, a burner tube that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the center body and a premix passage defined between the center body and the burner tube. The system further includes a combustor cap assembly having a first cooling air plenum defined between a cap plate and a first partitioning plate, a second cooling air plenum defined upstream from the first cooling air plenum between a second partitioning plate and the first partitioning plate, and a tube that provides for fluid communication from the first cooling air plenum, through the second cooling air plenum and through the second partitioning plate. The system provides a method for utilizing the cooling air within the combustor.
US09835329B2	Method and apparatus for converting hydrocarbons into clean energy and co-producing valuable by-products, while preventing the discharge of pollutants into the atmosphere The present invention is an improvement in a number of ways of two issued patents identified in the preamble of the Specification which follows. Such improvement will yield a more reliable process that uses coal and other hydrocarbons but avoids the discharge of hazardous pollutants into the atmosphere and lowers investment costs. This invention offers a unique and comprehensive solution that makes possible the prevention of the ill-effects to health and environment while at the same time would also prevent the closure of badly needed power generation facilities that still provide some 40% of the electricity generated in this country. The herein comprehensive solution converts six pollutants into valuable co-products while low-cost, efficient, electric power is generated to result in attracting industries that will help keep badly needed jobs. This invention is also applicable to other disciplines.
US09835325B2	Evaporative gas generating device, method for producing evaporative gas, hydrogen bromide production device, and method for producing hydrogen bromide An evaporative gas generating device and a method for producing evaporative gas. A hydrogen bromide production device and a method for producing hydrogen bromide are also disclosed. The hydrogen bromide production device is provided with an evaporative gas generating device (1) that generates bromine gas, and a reactor (3) that reacts the bromine gas with hydrogen gas to form hydrogen bromide. The evaporative gas generating device (1) is provided with a container (10) that accommodates liquid bromine (B), and heating jackets (35, 36) that supply heat to a wall surface of the container (10), and heat and evaporate the liquid bromine (B) within a liquid accommodating part (15) of the container (10) to raise the temperature of the bromine gas within the evaporative gas accommodating part (16).
US09835323B1	Device and method for an illuminated balloon A device for an illuminated balloon includes a light emitting diode. A holder is connected to the light emitting diode, the holder having a first side, an opposite second side, and a hole which receives the light emitting diode, the hole extending from the first side to the second side. The holder is connectable to the inside surface of the balloon, so that the light emitting diode points out from the balloon. When so connected to the balloon, the longitudinal axis of the light emitting diode is oriented substantially perpendicular to the surface of the balloon. In an embodiment the holder is disc shaped, is fabricated from foam, and is connected to the inside surface of the balloon by an adhesive.
US09835318B2	Luminaire A luminaire is provided that includes a power circuit that supplies power to a light source, an antenna that at least one of transmits and receives a wireless signal, and a metal housing that contains the antenna and the power circuit. The metal housing has an opening, such that the antenna and the opening are arranged to cause a polarization plane of an electric wave most strongly radiated from the antenna, and a polarization plane of an electric wave most strongly radiated from the opening, to substantially coincide with each other.
US09835317B2	Luminaire utilizing waveguide According to one aspect, an optical waveguide comprises a plurality of coupling cavities for directing light into a waveguide body spaced from a particular point. Further, each of the coupling cavities comprises a dimension that varies with distance from the particular point.
US09835302B1	Sun/electric hybrid lighting system (SEHLS) The Sun Sky/Electric Hybrid Lighting System (SEHLS) is the fully integrated sun lighting system that can be connected through out multiple rooms to bring natural sun stereophonic lighting into a home or office. SEHLS is a dual capable system that was designed for energy savings with both sun power and low energy lighting. The SEHLS system has four major lighting systems that fit any room's needs. Each unit has been designed with the same common usage and capability. In this Patent, the Sun Sky/Electric Reflective Lite System (SERLS) will be Patented as an example. The SERLS is a dual usage system that can be placed in medium-spaced room such as a bedroom, hallway or office to provide sun light luminance capability.
US09835299B2	Hands free illumination assembly A hands free illumination assembly includes a harness that may be worn. A plurality of flashlights is provided and each of the flashlights is movably coupled to the harness. Thus, each of the flashlights may illuminate an area when the harness is worn. Each of the flashlights is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the harness. Each of the flashlights may direct light onto a selected area.
US09835292B2	Natural gas time fill post system A natural gas filling system may include a nozzle, a container including an internal manifold, wherein the manifold may be connected to a natural gas supply line, a first line may be operably connected to the manifold, wherein natural gas may be supplied to the nozzle, and a vent, wherein the vent is a second line may be operably connected to the nozzle that may release natural gas into the atmosphere.
US09835289B1	Display support A display support for supporting objects may comprise at least two elongated support elements connected together and movable between a collapsed storage condition with a relatively reduced overall length and an extended use condition with a relatively increased overall length. At least two hooks may be mounted on the support elements with at least one of the hooks being mounted on each of the support elements such that the hooks are moved toward each other in the collapsed condition and away from each other in the use condition.
US09835285B1	Pivoting support assembly A pivoting support assembly with a selective position locking capability may comprise a base, a first support arm movable with respect to the base, a first pivot joint pivotally mounting the first support arm to the base, and a first position locking assembly configured to lock a selected position of the first support arm with respect to the base. The first position locking assembly may comprise a first hydraulic motor mounted on the first pivot joint and having a fluid input and a fluid output with a fluid path defined therebetween such that fluid movement on the fluid path between the fluid input and the fluid output operates the first hydraulic motor. The first position locking assembly may comprise a first lock valve in communication with the first hydraulic motor and configured to selectively block fluid movement through the fluid path of the motor.
US09835283B2	Polymeric device to protect pipe coupling A polymeric device for protection of the connecting pipe coupling contains a stepped bushing having a medium part with an increased diameter and two lateral parts with a smaller outside diameters, which is installed between end faces of pipes with a conic thread, and connected by means of a coupling and having sealing rings made of an elastomer, which are on parts of the bushing with the small diameter. The device has an additional stepped bushing, and the first stepped bushing has a constant outside diameter and two parts with small and large internal diameters, and the second stepped bushing has a constant internal diameter and two parts with small and large diameters.
US09835281B2	No-tools spread faucet assembly, kits and methods A spread faucet assembly, an installation kit, and an installation method are described herein. The spread faucet assembly has a spout assembly with a spout, a tailpiece, and at least one fluid inlet conduit. It also include at least one valve assembly having a shank, an fluid inlet conduit, a fluid outlet conduit and a valve cartridge, wherein the shank has an inner surface having a fluid receiving area in fluid communication with the valve cartridge and the fluid outlet conduit, the inner surface defines an opening in fluid communication with the valve cartridge and valve assembly fluid inlet conduit, and the valve cartridge is positioned in the opening. A connector is also included for coupling the at least one valve assembly fluid outlet conduit with the at least one spout assembly fluid inlet conduit. A self-turning nut assembly is also provided having a nut with an outer surface and a tightening sleeve having an outer surface with at least one outwardly extending projection for securing the nut to a fluid supply connection.
US09835277B2	Axial-restraint pipe coupling with individual grip elements A pipe coupling includes an annular seal disposed in an annular clamp housing, which has an opening for inserting therein a pipe and which includes clamp members and tightening elements operative to fasten and tighten the clamp members towards each other in a direction transverse to an axial length of the annular clamp housing so as to apply a radially-inward clamping force on the pipe. Grip elements are located about an inner perimeter of the opening. Each of the grip elements includes a static wedge, which is fixed to the annular clamp housing, and a movable wedge, which is covered by a grip member having gripping teeth, arranged to slide axially relative to the static wedge.
US09835274B2	Pipe adapter device A pipe adapter including an inner tube member, a fastener member, an outer sleeve member, a compressible sleeve member, and a fitting member. The fastener member may have threads on an inner diameter adapted to matingly engage a threaded portion of the inner tube member along a proximal section thereof. The outer sleeve member may girdle the inner tube member and connect to and extend outwardly from the fastener member. The compressible sleeve member may be configured as at least one ring positioned to overlie the outer tube member. The fitting member may connect to a distal section of the inner tube member. At least a portion of at least one of the fitting member and the compressible sleeve member may be positionable within a portion of a pipe. The compressible sleeve member may extend outwardly from a longitudinal axis of the inner tube member toward the pipe.
US09835270B2	Pipeline termination arrangement A pipeline termination arrangement to be mounted to a pipeline end section to support a pipeline hub of the pipeline end section during and after a subsea connection of the pipeline hub to a spool piece hub fixed to a spool piece termination structure is provided. The pipeline termination arrangement includes a landing structure for supporting the spool piece termination structure; a connection porch fixed to the landing structure; and a support structure which is fixed to the pipeline end section and provided with a guide frame. The guide frame slidably supports the landing structure so as to allow the landing structure and the connection porch to slide along the guide frame from a first position, in which the connection porch is located in front of and at a distance from the pipeline hub, to a second position, in which the connection porch is in contact with the pipeline hub.
US09835269B2	Pipe support systems Disclosed is an apparatus for suspending an object from an anchor point positioned, in use, above it, comprising: an elongate rod (200) having at least one waisted portion (220); a rod-engaging member (400); and a lock member (300), wherein the rod-engaging member (400) comprises: a substantially cylindrical main body (410) having a longitudinal slot (460) running along its entire length; a circumferential ridge (420) disposed around the cylindrical main body (410), arranged to engage with a complementary recess (130) provided in the object to be suspended; and a portion (430) comprising at least one elongate element having an inwardly facing projection (470), arranged to engage with the waisted portion (220) of the elongate rod (200).
US09835268B2	Marine pipeline installation system and method A marine pipeline installation system for laying an offshore pipeline and/or installing a subsea riser includes a pipeline launch tower, a pipeline guide provided at an elevated position for guiding said pipeline to the pipeline launch trajectory along said tower, one or more tensioners, an abandonment and recovery (A&R) system including at least one A&R cable and associated A&R winch and a sheave arrangement with one or more sheaves supported by the pipeline launch tower at an upper position thereof. An auxiliary trolley is provided which is adapted to support the weight of the launched pipeline and which is movable along a rail in the pipeline launch trajectory when the one or more tensioner frames are in the retracted non-operable position, from a position above the uppermost tensioner to a position below the lowermost tensioner, the rail being supported by the pipeline launch tower.
US09835265B2	Valve with actuator diagnostics A system for detection of degradation of a valve mechanism by measuring, for example, the time between powering an actuator and opening of the valve or the time between un-powering the actuator and closing of the valve. Time measurements may be compared with a predetermined threshold or previous measurements. An indication of a gradual degradation of the valve may be detected by an evaluation of a trend of measurements. Thus, a user may be notified of an impending failure before an actual failure of the valve. Diagnostic analysis may be of one or more items selected from a group consisting of combinations of time delays and distances of valve movement upon application and removal of power to the actuator, and one or more performance issues may be correlated for each of many combinations.
US09835261B2	Check valves A check valve comprises a valve housing defining a valve opening and a pair of posts arranged on opposed sides of the valve opening. A hinge pin is mounted between the posts. A pair of flapper elements are pivotally mounted to the hinge pin for rotation between a closed position in which they close the valve opening to prevent fluid flow through the opening, and an open position in which they permit fluid flow through the opening. The check valve further comprises a unitary element having at least one washer portion received on the hinge pin and at least one stop portion for forming a stop for engaging the flapper elements in their open position.
US09835258B2	Close only expansive gate valve A system, including a first flow control element configured to couple to a stem, and a second flow control element coupled to the first flow control element, wherein the first and second flow control elements are configured to expand relative to one another to create a seal in a closed position between a chamber and a flow path in a valve body, and wherein the first and second flow control elements are configured to enable fluid flow between the chamber and the flow path in an open position.
US09835257B2	Flow control valve A valve in which the flow control element includes a fixed disk and a rotatable disk, and a Venturi nozzle for measuring flow through the valve, arranged in a straight configuration.
US09835256B2	Self-aligning valve seal A valve includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a poppet assembled with the valve body. The poppet includes an axially extending poppet stem and a radially extending poppet sealing surface. The poppet is axially movable between a closed position and an open position. The poppet sealing surface is defined by a sealing member disposed on the poppet stem. The sealing member is laterally movable on the poppet stem. When the poppet is moved from the open position to the closed position, the sealing member is laterally moved to align the sealing surface with the seating surface.
US09835255B2	Relief valves and methods for installing the same A relief valve can include a valve body, a valve member, a valve stem, and a magnetic member. The valve body can define a flow path that extends between a first port and a second port. The valve body can include a valve seat disposed between the first port and the second port. The valve member can be disposed between the valve seat and the second port of the valve body. The valve member can move along an actuation axis. The valve stem can be coupled to the valve member. The valve stem can extend from the valve member towards the first port. The magnetic member can be coupled to the valve member and can generate a magnetic force that urges the valve member to seal with the valve seat of the valve body.
US09835254B2	Sealed bearing assembly with swing and movement A sealed bearing assembly comprises a bellows to allow a shaft swing and move, and maintains the sealing under stringent conditions.
US09835251B2	Sealing strand and method for producing same A sealing strand for producing a seal by connection of the sealing thread with a strand seat that extends along a gap to be sealed, wherein the sealing strand has a tape region provided for bonding to the strand seat. During stretching of the sealing strand in the longitudinal direction of the strand, the tensile stress corresponding to the stretching in the tape region is at least partly compensated or capable of being compensated. This is achieved by the strand region being connected under compression with the remaining sealing strand.
US09835246B2	Control plate The present invention relates to a control plate as it is for instance used in pneumatic or hydraulic controls. An example of such a control plate is a transmission control plate with which automatic transmissions are controlled hydraulically.
US09835244B2	Planetary gear train for a wind power plant and method A planetary gear train for a wind power plant includes a planetary stage rotating in a gear train housing, a spur gear stage downstream of the planetary stage, a sun wheel shaft which is non-rotatably connected to a sun wheel of the planetary gear stage, and a hollow shaft which is coaxially surrounded by a spur gear of the spur gear stage and is non-rotatably connected to the spur gear. The sun wheel shaft and the hollow shaft are non-rotatably connected to each other by a toothed coupling, with an outer toothing of the sun wheel shaft meshing with an inner toothing of the hollow shaft. The planetary gear train includes oil-guide ducts which produce a connection between an oil inlet connected to the gear train housing, on the one hand, and the toothed coupling and the axial contact surface, on the other hand.
US09835242B2	Transmission A vehicle-use transmission includes a transmission case accommodating a transmission mechanism; and a power extraction case linked to a side wall of the transmission case and accommodating a gear type power extraction mechanism linked to a power extraction shaft of the transmission mechanism. The power extraction case includes: a gear accommodation chamber for accommodating the gear type power extraction mechanism; and an intermediate transmission chamber for establishing fluid communication between the gear accommodation chamber and the inside of the transmission case. The power extraction case is provided with an oil communication passage for establishing fluid communication between the inside of the transmission case and the gear accommodation chamber.
US09835239B2	Composite gearbox housing A housing that includes a polymer, a reinforcing material, and a thermally conductive filler. A first housing component is defined by the polymer such that the reinforcing material and a thermally conductive filler are embedded within the polymer. The thermally conductive filler is configured such that heat can be passively conducted through the first housing component. The housing can be configured to be an aircraft gearbox housing.
US09835236B2	Linear actuator assembly A linear actuator assembly (30) having an inner sleeve (100) which moves in a first direction or in an opposite second direction relative to a fixed outer sleeve (90) between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position. The linear actuator assembly (30) includes a stop mechanism (99, 112) limiting the movement of the inner sleeve (100) relative to the outer sleeve (90) in the extended position, the stop mechanism (99, 112) having a first portion (99) associated with said outer sleeve (90) and a second portion (112) associated with said inner sleeve (100) with the first (99) and second (112) portions abutting each other when said inner sleeve (100) is in the extended position to define a hard stop.
US09835229B2	Multi-stage transmission for vehicle A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an output shaft, first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear devices disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear devices having three rotary elements, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices.
US09835223B2	Bearing A bearing having at least two rubber bushings, each having a vertical axis of rotation, the rubber bushings being functionally connected in parallel.
US09835219B2	Vibration damper for shielding plate The invention relates to a vibration elimination system, comprising a shielding plate (2) for a motor component, at least one vibration elimination element (10) that is fastened to the shielding plate (2), wherein each vibration damping element (10) comprises a spring-mass system that is capable of vibration, the spring force and mass of which are dimensioned such that said spring-mass system is matched to a predetermined vibration frequency of the shielding plate (2).
US09835205B2	Friction clutch In an electromagnetic clutch, a rotor includes a cover portion that covers a radially outer end of an armature from a radially outer side. The cover portion, the radially outer end of the armature, and a wall of the rotor define a discharge passage that is formed into a ring shape centered on a rotating shaft and is open on a first end side in an axis line direction for discharging abrasion powder generated by friction between walls. The cover portion includes a tapered surface that is shaped such that an area in a cross sectional plane of the discharge passage which is orthogonal to an axis of the rotating shaft becomes larger toward the first end side in the axis line direction.
US09835202B2	Magnetic fluid sealed bearing The present invention provides a magnetic fluid sealed bearing having a stable sealing performance and allowing easy build-in of a magnetic sealing mechanism into the bearing. A magnetic fluid sealed bearing according to the present invention includes: an inner ring and an outer ring; a plurality of rolling members disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a ring-shaped polar plate mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring such that a gap is produced between the ring-shaped polar plate and an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring; a ring-shaped magnet attached to an axially inner side surface of the ring-shaped polar plate, the ring-shaped magnet forming magnetic circuits on both the outer ring side and the inner ring side; and an inner ring magnetic fluid retained in the magnetic circuit on the inner ring side for sealing the gap.
US09835199B2	Metal matrix self-lubricating composite and manufacturing method therefor A metal matrix self-lubricating composite and a manufacturing method therefor. The metal matrix self-lubricating composite comprises a metal matrix and a mixture layer compounded on a surface of the metal matrix, the mixed layer comprising a copper alloy and a self-lubricating material. The method for manufacturing the metal matrix self-lubricating composite comprises the following steps: a) sintering copper alloy powder on a surface of a metal matrix to form a copper alloy layer on the surface of the metal matrix; b) blade-coating or dip-coating a lubricating material on a surface of the copper alloy layer, and performing vacuumization to obtain a metal plate, and drying the metal plate; c) repeating step b) for multiple times; and d) sintering the metal plate obtained in step c) to obtain the metal matrix self-lubricating composite. In the present invention, a vacuumization mode is used and vacuumization operations are repeated, so that a dense mixture layer on which a self-lubricating material is dispersed on a copper alloy is formed, and the metal matrix self-lubricating composite has good lubricity and abrasion resistance.
US09835194B2	Steel wire for bolt, bolt, and manufacturing processes therefor A steel wire for high-strength bolts is used for a non heat-treatment bolt with an excellent cold forgeability for which quenching and tempering steps have been omitted after bolt formation, and which has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more and an excellent delayed fracture resistance. The steel wire includes C, Si, Mn, P, S, Cr, Al, N, and B, at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, and Nb with the balance consisting of iron and inevitable impurities. The steel wire has a microstructure wherein ferrite and perlite have a total area rate of 98% or more, perlite lamellar spacing is 250 nm or less, and an area rate of the perlite is more than 40%, and 80% or less. The steel wire has a tensile strength of 1300 MPa or less.
US09835193B2	Fastener system comprising an externally threaded bolt and an internally threaded nut for the avoidance of cross-threading of the mating threads during assembly A threaded fastener system, incorporating a bolt and a nut assembly, wherein the bolt has a threaded lead entry point whose pitch and helix angle are of a higher magnitude than that of those on the body/shank of the bolt.
US09835186B2	Hydraulic flushing system and method A hydraulic flushing system comprises a hydraulic machine including a case drain, a gearbox having a cavity, and a flushing valve. The case drain is included in a hydraulic pump or a hydraulic motor. The flushing valve is fluidly connected to the case drain, fluidly connected to the cavity, and fluidly positioned between the case drain and the cavity. The flushing valve is configured to selectively allow hydraulic fluid to flow from the case drain to the cavity.
US09835180B2	Hydraulic drive system for construction machine An object of the invention is to achieve a travel speed known in the art during travelling operation, improve energy efficiency by reducing energy loss, and obtain favorable travel operability less susceptible to effects from variations in a travel load and changes in a pump delivery pressure when travelling operation is performed through operation of a travel lever over a half stroke range or less. A variable restrictor valve 80 is disposed in parallel with a flow sensing valve 50 of an engine speed sensing valve unit 13. A travel pilot pressure is adapted to act in an opening direction of the variable restrictor valve 80. The variable restrictor valve 80 is set to have a continuously increasing opening area from a full closure to a maximum with an increasing travel pilot pressure. Travel flow control valves 6d and 6e have an opening area that allows a predetermined flow rate QT required for traveling to be obtained even when a target LS differential pressure is decreased to a second specified value Pa3 when the travel lever is fully operated. In a first half of a spool stroke, the travel flow control valves 6d and 6e have an opening area approximate to an opening area of comparative example 1.
US09835179B2	Hydraulic valve arrangement A hydraulic valve arrangement (1) is provided comprising comprising a supply port arrangement having a high pressure port (2) and a low pressure port (4), a working port arrangement having two working ports (6, 7), a first valve (13) arranged between said high pressure port (2) and said working port arrangement (6, 7), a second valve (14) arranged between said low pressure port (4) and said working port arrangement (6, 7), a controller (19) for controlling said first valve (13) and said second valve (14), said controller (19) having an input connection (20) for receiving a signal of an operator input device, and a regenerative flow path which can be established by means of at least one of said first valve (13) and said second valve (14). The function of such a hydraulic valve arrangement should be enhanced. To this end said controller (19) said controller interrupts said regenerative flow path when a feed pressure at said working port arrangement (6, 7) exceeds a predetermined pressure level.
US09835173B2	Thermoelectric cooling devices on electrical submersible pump An electric submersible well pump assembly includes a pump and an electrical motor filled with a dielectric lubricant. A capsule extends around a portion of the motor, defining a chamber between the capsule and the motor. A port through a side wall of the motor communicates the lubricant within the motor to the chamber. Thermoelectric devices are located within the chamber. Voltage supplied to the thermoelectric devices cools the lubricant.
US09835170B2	Vacuum pump with fiber-reinforced resin cylinder Provided is a vacuum pump in which the flexing of a rotating cylinder made of a fiber-reinforced resin can be reduced as much as possible to sufficiently reduce the gap between the rotating cylinder and a fixed cylinder, and exhaust performance can thereby be improved to great effect. A vacuum pump comprising a thread groove pump portion equipped with a fixed cylinder portion (2) having a spiraling thread groove portion (1) provided in an internal peripheral surface, and a rotating cylinder portion (3) placed inside the fixed cylinder portion (2), the thread groove pump portion exhausting through a spiraling exhaust flow channel due to the rotating cylinder portion (3) being caused to rotate, and the exhaust flow channel being formed from the thread groove portion (1) and an external peripheral surface of the rotating cylinder portion (3). The rotating cylinder portion (3) is configured by stacking a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers, and the outermost fiber-reinforced resin layer is thicker than the adjacent layer.
US09835160B2	Systems and methods for energy optimization for converterless motor-driven pumps A converterless motor-driven pump system includes an off-grid prime mover, an electric power generator driven by the off-grid prime mover to generate a power output, an electric submersible pump (ESP) system, and a system controller. The ESP system includes a motor coupled to the electric power generator to receive the power output, and a pump driven by the motor to pump a fluid. The system controller includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system controller to control the off-grid prime mover as a function of an operational parameter of the ESP system to maintain a desired operating point of the pump, and control the electric power generator to reduce the power output generated by the electric power generator while the desired operating point of the pump is maintained.
US09835156B2	Sealing arrangement for semi-hermetic compressor A sealing arrangement (40) is provided for sealing an interface between a casing main body (12) and a casing end cover (16). A circumferential lip (42) on the casing main body (12) defines a first radially facing circumferential surface (46) and the end cover (16) has a circumferential lip (50) defining a second radially facing circumferential surface (52). The sealing arrangement (40) includes a first circumferentially extending groove (55) formed in one of the first and second circumferential surfaces (46,52) and a sealing member (56) disposed within the first groove (55) in sealing contact with the one of said first groove (55) and in sealing contact with the other one of the first and second circumferentially extending surfaces (46,52).
US09835149B2	Methods and apparatus to calibrate rod pump controllers Methods and apparatus to calibrate rod pump controllers are described. An example method includes obtaining initial values related to a pumping unit, determining parameters based on the initial values, the parameters including at least one of a leaked off load value, a residual friction value, and a buoyant rod weight value, and based on one or more of the initial values and the parameters, calculating one or more dimensions of a rod string, the one or more dimensions to be used to determine a pump card of the pumping unit.
US09835143B2	Ocean thermal energy conversion method and system The invention is an ocean thermal energy conversion method and a system in which a motive fluid having predetermined characteristics is circulated in a closed loop between a cold source in cold deep ocean water and heat sources in warm surface water. The motive fluid is compressed between the cold source and a first primary warm water heat source resulting in the motive fluid being substantially totally vaporized at an outlet of the warm water heat source. The motive fluid is heated downstream from the primary heat source by a secondary heat source. The thermal energy of the heated motive fluid is recovered from a turbine and the motive fluid is condensed in the cold source.
US09835134B2	Method and computing module for determining pitch angle adjustment signals of a wind turbine based on the maximum rotational speed A method and corresponding arrangement are provided for determining pitch angle adjustment signals for adjusting a pitch angle of a rotor blade connected to a rotation shaft of a wind turbine. The method includes obtaining a first maximal speed signal indicative of a first desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft. The method also includes deriving a first pitch angle adjustment signal based on the first maximal speed signal. The method further includes obtaining a second maximal speed signal indicative of a second desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft different from the first desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft. Further, the method includes deriving a second pitch angle adjustment signal based on the second maximal speed signal. The second pitch angle adjustment signal is different from the first pitch angle adjustment signal.
US09835121B2	System for supplying fuel to an engine A fuel-supply system has a fuel pump, a pressure controller, a signal output device and a power switch. The pressure controller adjusts the observed fuel pressure of the fuel and may electronically communicate with a motor driving the fuel pump to regulate the supply of fuel from a fuel tank of the fuel-supply system to an engine. In detail, the pressure controller performs feedback control of a voltage applied to the motor such that the pressure of a fuel pumped from the fuel pump approaches to have a first target and/or ideal fuel pressure value. Further, the signal output device outputs the first target fuel pressure value to the pressure controller. Activation of the power switch supplies power, from a power source, to the pressure controller, the motor and the signal output device. Further, the pressure controller may perform feedback control based on a second target fuel pressure value.
US09835120B2	Integral purge ejector tee arrangement in a turbocompressor A turbocompressor boost purge ejector tee includes a first passage formed into a housing along a common axis from a first direction, the first passage including an outlet in communication with an inlet area of the turbocompressor. A second passage is formed into the housing along the common axis from a second direction and includes a boost air inlet in communication with a turbocompressor high pressure internal outlet area and fluidly coupled to the first passage. The first and second passages of the housing defining a first flow path from the internal outlet area to the inlet area. An inlet port is associated with the housing and intersects the first passage, the housing defining a second flow path from the inlet port to the outlet, and the second flow path intersecting the first flow path upstream of the outlet. A nozzle is positioned in the second passage.
US09835117B2	Fuel reforming system Provided is a fuel reforming system that can convert gasoline into alcohol in a vehicle. Provided is a fuel reforming system (1) equipped with a reformer (15) having a reforming catalyst (152) that uses air to reform gasoline to produce alcohol, a mixer (14) which mixes gasoline and air and supplies the mixture to the reformer (15), and a condenser (16) which separates the gas produced in the reformer (15) into a gas phase and a condensed phase of which reformed fuel is the primary constituent; wherein the fuel reforming system (1) is characterized in that the reforming catalyst (152) is configured including a main catalyst for extracting hydrogen atoms from the hydrocarbons in the gasoline to produce alkyl radicals, and a catalytic promoter for reducing alkyl hydroperoxides produced from the alkyl radicals to produce alcohol.
US09835115B2	Common shut-off valve for actuator vacuum at low engine power and fuel vapor purge vacuum at boost Methods and systems are provided for generating vacuum via an ejector arranged in a compressor recirculation flow path and an aspirator arranged in a throttle bypass path, where a suction port of the ejector is coupled with a canister purge valve having two outlet ports. In one example, the canister purge valve may include only a single flow restriction, the flow restriction arranged in a path coupling a fuel vapor purge system with the intake manifold when a solenoid of canister purge valve is open, such that a path coupling the fuel vapor purge system with the suction port of the ejector does not include any flow restrictions upstream of the suction port.
US09835109B2	Fuel injection apparatus for internal combustion engine Fuel in a fuel tank is supplied by a low-pressure pump to intake passage injectors mounted on an intake manifold via a low-pressure fuel supply pipe and a low-pressure fuel distribution pipe. A high-pressure pump is provided on the low-pressure fuel supply pipe. The pressure of the fuel is boosted by the high-pressure pump, and then is supplied to in-cylinder injectors via a high-pressure fuel distribution pipe. In an intake passage injection (MPI) mode, excitation of a solenoid is stopped and operation of an electromagnetic spill valve is stopped so as reduce vibration and noise caused by the seating of the electromagnetic spill valve in a valve seat.
US09835101B2	System and method for selective cylinder deactivation Embodiments for operating an engine with skip fire are provided. In one example, a method comprises during a skip fire mode or during a skip fire mode transition, port injecting a first fuel quantity to a cylinder of an engine, the first fuel quantity based on a first, predicted air charge amount for the cylinder and lean of a desired air-fuel ratio, and direct injecting a second fuel quantity to the cylinder, the second fuel quantity based on the first fuel quantity and a second, calculated air charge amount for the cylinder.
US09835097B1	Apparatus and methods for performing variable displacement control for a vehicle engine A variable displacement controller for deactivating one or more cylinder assemblies of a vehicle engine can include a processor for performing various operations and the operations can include: receiving data indicative of a requested torque and vehicle speed, determining a torque variable timer threshold value based on the received data indicative of requested torque and vehicle speed, initiating a timer, comparing the timer value to the variable timer threshold value, and selectively activating/deactivating at least one of the engine cylinder assemblies based on the comparison between the timer value and the variable timer threshold value. At least one of the engine cylinder assemblies is activated if the timer value is less than the variable timer threshold value, and at least one of the engine cylinder assemblies is deactivated if the timer value is greater than or equal to the variable timer threshold value.
US09835096B2	Apparatus and methods for performing variable displacement control for a vehicular engine Some embodiments are directed to a variable displacement controller for use with a vehicular engine. The controller can receive data indicative of ambient temperature and data indicative of at least one of engine speed and vehicle speed. The controller can determine engine torque value based on the engine speed, and determine a torque limit based on the ambient temperature and at least one of the determined engine torque value and the data indicative of vehicle speed. The controller can compare the engine torque value to the torque limit, and selectively activate/deactivate an engine cylinder based on the comparison between the engine torque value and the torque limit, such that the engine cylinder is deactivated if the engine torque value is less than the torque limit, and the engine cylinder is activated if the engine torque value is greater than or equal to the torque limit.
US09835094B2	Feed forward exhaust throttle and wastegate control for an engine Controlling an exhaust gas temperature of an engine. An electronic control unit receives a parameter setpoint command, monitors parameters of an engine using a plurality of sensors, receives measured engine states based on the monitored engine parameters from the plurality of sensors, generates measured engine state estimates and controlled engine state estimates using an engine observer model, determines an observer error based on a difference between the measured engine states and the measured engine state estimates, generates model corrections based on the observer error, generates a desired exhaust throttle valve position using an inverse engine model based on the parameter setpoint command, the controlled engine state estimates, and the model corrections, and adjusts a position of the exhaust throttle valve based on the desired exhaust throttle position.
US09835091B2	Multiple piece shroud feedthru enclosure A system has a surface intended to separate two chambers within the system. The surface has an aperture for allowing passage of at least one communication conduit. A shroud is positioned on the surface at the aperture, and has at least two portions defining a central opening to allow the communication conduit to pass through the aperture and shroud. The two portions of shroud have mating clamp ears in contact with each other. Securement members tighten the clamp ears against each other to provide a seal at an end of the shroud remote from the surface.
US09835084B2	Method to arrange combustion air / cooling air for an engine or a motor in warm inner space A method and system to arrange combustion air for a combustion engine or cooling air for an electric motor that are situated in warm indoor space. A started combustion engine or a combustion engine to be started or the air intake equipment of an electric motor has in immediate closeness at least one air intake box where there is connected or will be connected an air channel that reaches the outdoor space and then the outdoor air flows through the air channel to the air intake box and further to the engine air intake equipment. The aspects of the disclosed embodiments are used in the air intake of the lorries, trailer trucks and busses and also power tools and the cooling air of the electric motors.
US09835079B2	Engine control method The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine (1) provided with at least one working cylinder (3a-3d) each with an associated auxiliary cylinder (5a-5d), which engine (1) is operable in spark ignition and compression ignition modes. Each working cylinder (3a-3d) comprises a working piston (7a-7a) connected to a first crankshaft (9), and each auxiliary cylinder (5a-5d) comprises an auxiliary piston (10a-10d) connected to a second crankshaft (12). The first crankshaft (9) is connected to the second crankshaft (12) to drive the second crankshaft (12) at half the rotational speed of the first crankshaft (9). A device for controlling the phase angle is arranged between the first and second crankshafts. The method involves controlling the phase shift device in order to retain residual exhaust gas and increase the compression ratio. A current combustion phasing timing is determined, and the combustion phasing timing is corrected by increasing or decreasing the phase angle to achieve a desired combustion phasing timing.
US09835073B2	Secondary-air system and method for checking the operability of the secondary-air system A method for checking the operability of a secondary-air system of an internal combustion engine includes measuring a first pressure between a first secondary-air pump and a first master secondary-air valve as well as a second master secondary-air valve, measuring a second pressure between a second secondary-air pump and a first slave secondary-air valve and a second slave secondary-air valve, controlling the first master secondary-air valve and the first slave secondary-air valve together, and controlling the second master secondary-air valve and the second slave secondary-air valve together. A secondary-air system includes a first control and a second control, wherein a first master secondary-air valve and a first slave secondary-air valve are controllable together by the first control and wherein a second master secondary-air valve and a second slave secondary-air valve are controllable together by the second control.
US09835070B2	Breather hose for aqueous urea solution tank A pressure-releasing breather hose 1 mounted on a urea water tank 2 is dividably constituted by a flexible joint portion 1a with an end capable of being fitted over a hose joint 3 on the tank 2, and a vertical portion 1b connected to the other end of the joint portion 1a and suspending downward along a side surface of the tank 2. The joint and vertical portions 1a and 1b are constituted by a rubber hose made of ethylene propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) and a polyethylene pipe (resin pipe) made of high density polyethylene (HDPE), respectively.
US09835068B2	Mixer device The present invention relates to a mixer device for distributing and evaporating a liquid introduced into a gas flow, in particular into an exhaust-gas flow, wherein the mixer device comprises at least one mixer vane (14a) which influences the flow direction of the gas flow. The mixer vane has a first vane (14a′) portion and a second vane portion (14a″) which are arranged in series in the flow direction of the gas flow, which vane portions are designed so that the first vane portion diverts the gas flow approaching the mixer device such that said gas flow has a first swirl component imparted thereto, and so that the second vane portion subsequently diverts the gas flow such that said gas flow has a second swirl component imparted thereto, wherein the first swirl component and the second swirl component oppose one another.
US09835066B2	Efficiency and emissions improvements for natural gas conversions of EMD 2-cycle medium speed engines A prechamber assembly includes a cylinder head including a coolant cavity, a prechamber body located within the cylinder head, the prechamber body including a nozzle, and an annular sleeve radially surrounding a portion of the prechamber body. The sleeve includes a plurality of coolant inlet holes. A portion of the prechamber body is radially spaced from the sleeve to form a coolant sleeve annulus extending along a length of the prechamber body above the coolant inlet holes. The coolant cavity and the coolant sleeve annulus are in fluid communication through the plurality of coolant inlet holes.
US09835062B2	Vehicle combustion noise-masking control apparatus and method using the same A vehicle combustion noise-masking control method includes: receiving driving information of a vehicle; estimating a frequency of a combustion noise generated in the vehicle using the driving information; and outputting a masking sound when the frequency is equal to or larger than a predetermined frequency.
US09835050B2	Aircraft propulsion assembly comprising an air flow valve with a variable flow rate A propulsion assembly having a heat exchanger and a system for supplying cold air including an air inlet in a stream of air, an air duct connecting the air inlet fluidly to the exchanger, and an air flow valve with a variable flow rate inside the duct, the valve including a hub having blades projecting radially from the hub forming a helix, each blade having a root mounted rotatably on the hub, the valve comprising an electric motor to drive the hub by a motor shaft, and structure for varying pitch angle of the blades, the extremity of each blade being flush with a wall of the duct, the valve controllable to a closed configuration where pitch angle of the blades is 0° and the valve prevents passage of air, an open configuration where pitch angle is 90°, and/or a charge configuration where pitch angle is between 0° and 90°.
US09835043B2	Guided binding-resistant actuation apparatus and method An air modulating system for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed plate with a fluid passage inlet, a floating plate with a first side adjacent to the fluid passage inlet, an actuated mount configured to move the floating plate relative to the fixed plate, and a linkage element for connecting the floating plate to the actuated mount. The linkage element includes a mounting flange configured to slidably engage the floating plate.
US09835028B2	Device for sampling fluid under pressure for geological site development monitoring The invention relates to a fluid sampling device comprising a sample chamber (01) including a lower piston (05), an upper piston (02) and an intermediate piston (28). Intermediate piston (28) is moved so as to guarantee a substantially constant volume for chamber (01) when closing the chamber.
US09835027B2	System, method, and computer program product to determine placement of fracture stimulation points using minerology Systems and related methods to alter and optimize the placement of fracture initiation points through utilization of mineralogy.
US09835018B2	Rotary isobaric pressure exchanger system with lubrication system A system including a frac system with a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, and a lubrication system configured to lubricate the rotary isobaric pressure exchanger.
US09835016B2	Method and apparatus to deliver a reagent to a downhole device In one aspect, a downhole device for use in a downhole environment is disclosed, including: a first material with a first degradation rate in the downhole environment and at least one cavity, wherein the at least one cavity contains a second material to degrade the first material at a second degradation rate when the second material is exposed to the downhole environment and the first material, the second degradation rate being higher than the first degradation rate. In certain embodiments, the second material is a solid second material. In certain embodiments, the second material is a gel second material. In certain embodiments the downhole device further includes a protective material to control exposure of the second material to the downhole environment.
US09835015B2	Wellbore gun perforating system and method A wellbore perforating system and method with reliable and safer connections in a perforating gun assembly is disclosed. The system/method includes a gun string assembly (GSA) deployed in a wellbore with multiple perforating guns attached to plural switch subs. The perforating guns are pre-wired with a cable having multi conductors; the multi conductors are connected to electrical ring contacts on either end of the perforating guns. The switch subs are configured with electrical contacts that are attached to the electrical contacts of the perforating guns without the need for manual electrical connections and assembly in the field of operations. The system further includes detonating with a detonator that is positioned upstream of the perforating gun. The detonator is wired to a switch that is positioned downstream of the perforating gun.
US09835006B2	Wellbore plug isolation system and method A wellbore plug isolation system and method for positioning plugs to isolate fracture zones in a horizontal, vertical, or deviated wellbore is disclosed. The system/method includes a wellbore casing laterally drilled into a hydrocarbon formation, a wellbore setting tool (WST) that sets a large inner diameter (ID) restriction sleeve member (RSM), and a restriction plug element (RPE). The WST is positioned along with the RSM at a desired wellbore location. After the WST sets and seals the RSM, a conforming seating surface (CSS) is formed in the RSM. The CSS is shaped to engage/receive RPE deployed into the wellbore casing. The engaged/seated RPE isolates heel ward and toe ward fluid communication of the RSM to create a fracture zone. The RPE's are removed or left behind prior to initiating well production without the need for a milling procedure. A large ID RSM diminishes flow constriction during oil production.
US09835002B2	Downhole apparatus and associated methods A method and downhole apparatus including a downhole indexer for cyclically varying a configuration or operational mode of a downhole tool according to a predetermined sequence. The apparatus includes tubular body, an indexing member, and a balance piston. The indexing member is selectively moveable relative to the tubular body between a first axial position and a second axial position in response to a signal. The balance piston supports the indexing member at the second position.
US09834989B2	Ladder leg shoe hinges 90 degrees and slides up Improvements to the leg extension of an adjustable ladder leveler and, more generally, improvements to ladder legs. A shoe with a claw that folds to be parallel to the ladder leg and then slides upward with respect to the leg thereby becoming locked into position so that it cannot move away from being parallel so long as weight is applied on the ladder. If the shoe is on an extension, as the shoe slides up, it engages a safety bar that prevents release of the extension.
US09834982B2	Door, method of making door, and stack of doors A door, method of making a door, and stack of doors includes providing a door having front and back skins that have differing, but complementary profiles, one for the front side of the door and one for the back side of the door where each allows and fits onto the other, while still providing direct contact in the stile and rail zones of the door permitting conventional door layup practices.
US09834973B2	Opening and closing apparatus and image forming apparatus There is provided an opening and closing apparatus, including: a main body; an openable body pivoting between a closed position and an open position; a connecting part connecting an end of the main body and an end of the openable body; a rack provided in one of the main body and the openable body; and an arm, wherein a part, of a pitch line of the rack, which makes contact with a pitch circle of the pinion in a state that the openable body is positioned in the vicinity of the closed position is an inclined line which is inclined to approach the other of the main body and the openable body having no rack, as the inclined line is farther away from the connecting part with the openable body being in the closed position.
US09834968B2	Shower door hinge limiter A hinge for a door, such a glass shower door, including a back plate attachable to a surface, a hinge block extending from the back plate, a clamp rotatably coupled to the hinge block for receiving the glass shower door, and a hinge limiter attached to one of a front or a back exterior surface of the hinge block. The hinge limiter may have a length equal to or less than a length of the hinge block and a width less than a width of the hinge block. The clamp may include a stop plate on an interior surface, adjacent to a distal end of the hinge block, adapted to contact the hinge limiter upon rotation of the clamp.
US09834967B2	Hinge constructions A hinge construction includes a hinge bracket that includes a hinge pin supporting plate and at least one opening extending through the hinge pin supporting plate. Also included in the hinge construction is a hinge pin that is held at the at least one opening. The hinge pin includes a hinge pin outer surface, a hinge pin bore extending through the entire length of the hinge pin and a hinge pin slot extending along the entire length of the hinge pin from the hinge pin outer surface to within the hinge pin bore. The at least one opening can be tapered, and the hinge pin outer surface can include a hinge pin outer surface first portion that also is tapered so as to be congruent with the at least one tapered opening. The hinge construction allows elements such as electrical wiring to be routed through the hinge construction.
US09834960B2	Wheeled board and accessories rack A rack to hold skateboards, longboards, scooters, motorcycle helmets, purses, umbrellas and other implements or accessories. The rack is adapted to be mounted on a wall or surface. The rack is formed of a lip extending from a rear support. The lip is formed of a series of rounded protrusions. Items to be held by the rack can be received over the protrusions. In one embodiment, each protrusion is angled at a predetermined angle from the front. This helps keep a received skateboard, scooter or other accessory at an appropriate angle such that the wheels or surface of the accessory will remain off an affixed wall to avoid damage to wall. The rack can also include a locking mechanism for locking adjacent protrusions. The rack is designed for safety by having rounded edges on all areas that protrude from the wall.
US09834958B2	Padlock A padlock having a key intended to unlock another lock. The other lock can be a padlock or some other locking structure. The key is inserted into a bore made in the body of the padlock, intended for one end of the shackle. To fit the key into the bore, its blade section is pivotable relative the shank of the key, and the blade section is adapted, in a first position of the blade section, to be at least partially received into the bore. The shank of the key can be received into the bore as well.
US09834956B2	Safety mechanism for door handle A mechanism for selectively coupling a first moving part with a second moving part. The mechanism includes and engaging member that is movable between a detent position, a uncoupled position, and a coupled position in which the load transferring surface is within the aperture. A biasing member biases the engaging member into the detent position or coupled position. The engaging member overrides the biasing force and moves out of the detent position into the uncoupled position when first and second moving parts move relative to each other. When the engaging member is in the coupled position, the first and second moving parts are coupled for movement together. One embodiment of the invention is a child safety door handle rotating on a spindle. Other embodiments include water faucets, stove or burner controls, or any other rotatable or movable parts.
US09834952B1	Awning assembly Various embodiments of an awning assembly, specifically an angled gear motor are provided. Present embodiments provide a motor for an awning assembly, wherein the motor is positioned in the awning hardware. Specifically, the motor may be supported by the awning hardware. The awning assembly may also have an angled transmission connected to the motor. The transmission and motor provide rotating movement of the awning roller tube.
US09834942B2	Floor underlayment having self-sealing vapor barrier A flooring material having a textile pad substructure with a density of greater than 10 pounds per cubic foot is provided. The textile pad has reinforcement and binding fibers. The binding fibers are thermoplastic and are used to bind the reinforcement fibers together. The pad is created by heating and compressing a fibrous textile batt so that it has a density of greater than 13 pounds per cubic foot.
US09834941B1	Thermal break system for wall panels secured to an existing wall A thermal break system for securing wall panels to an existing wall includes a furring member connected between the existing wall and the wall panels, the furring member including at two foot walls adapted to be connected to the existing wall, at least one spacing wall having one end connected to the foot walls and extending in a direction transverse to the at least one foot wall and the existing wall, and a connection wall connected to an opposite end of the at least one spacing wall and extending in a direction transverse to the at least one spacing wall for connection either directly to adjacent wall panels or indirectly to adjacent wall panels through at least one intermediary member; and a thermal insulation cover positioned at least between the at least one foot wall and the existing wall.
US09834936B2	Gutter debris preclusion device with multiple manipulations and patterns thereof A gutter debris preclusion device for use with a gutter attached to a building, comprising a screen having a plurality of manipulations, which cause resting debris to be elevated off the surface of the screen. The elevated debris resultingly become more rapidly dried and more easily removed by the wind.
US09834929B2	Polyester laminated building boards with improved surface characteristics This disclosure relates to using polyester films on building boards to enable improved surface coatings. The polyester film is preferably applied to a glass mat via an adhesive to form a laminate. This laminate is then bonded to the exterior surface of a gypsum board. The polyester film is advantageous because it allows for exterior surface coatings to be applied. In one embodiment, an exterior acrylic coating is applied to the polyester film. Boards constructed in accordance with this disclosure allow for exterior finishings to be achieved without the need for excessive finishing materials or steps.
US09834920B2	Plastic floor drain Embodiments include plastic floor drains or sinks. Embodiments also include plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder located along the width of each side at approximately ⅓ the distance from the top to the bottom of the body. Embodiments also include a plastic floor drain which comprises an approximately square receptor having an open top with a notch and a rim at the open top, an outlet at the bottom, and four sides. Each side has a shoulder having a bottom side and located along the width of each side at approximately ⅓ the distance from the top to the bottom of the receptor. There are a multiplicity of seepage holes in the receptor arrayed along the top sides of the shoulders. A four-sided anchor flange is adhesively connected to the shoulder. A flashing clamp is attached by connectors to each side of the flashing clamp, each flashing clamp being capable of retaining a membrane between the anchor flange side and the flashing clamp.
US09834916B1	Disposable filter for a sink A disposable filter for a sink including a substantially inverted disposed conical filter having a rounded conical apex and a continuous horizontally disposed circular bottom rim. A circular top rim is continuously disposed on a top surface of the bottom rim of the filter. A concave-shaped indentation is continuously disposed through each of an exterior edge of the bottom rim and an outer surface of the top rim. A plurality of tabs is attached to the outer surface of the top rim. An adhesive layer is disposed on a bottom surface of the bottom rim of the filter. The filter is removably disposed atop an exterior surface of a sink, with an exterior edge of the indentation disposed around an exterior surface of a base of a faucet.
US09834915B2	Sink assembly The present invention is directed to a sink assembly that can separate particulate contaminants from a liquid in which they are suspended. The sink assembly includes a master trap and at least a first trap with a riser and valve assembly to collect particulates and prevent overflow from the master trap. The sink assembly provides a simple maintenance and cleaning solution.
US09834901B2	Support device and method for the application thereof The present disclosure relates to a support device. The support device can include a hollow elongate member being in the form of a pile, a substantially fluid tight confined space within the hollow elongate member with at least a first seal at a distance above ground level, wherein a first fluid is arranged in the confined space, and at least one damping means is arranged in pressure connection with the first fluid in the confined space. Furthermore, the disclosure provides a method for the application of the support device.
US09834899B2	Arrangement on flowing bodies of water An arrangement on flowing bodies of water in the area of a transverse structure and/or water structure, in the form of a fish migration bypass (13) for transporting aquatic animals, in particular fish, between tail water (4) and head water (5), provided with a substantially vertical shaft (17). The water level in the shaft 17 is variable between the tail water and the head water level. A basket-like transport container (15), which can be moved in the shaft (17) and which is provided on the shaft for transport of aquatic animals, is equipped with floats (16), which are filled with air so that water rises/falls in the shaft (17) from the tail water (4) to the head water (5) and from the head water (5) to the tail water (4).
US09834897B2	Standing shovel A tool adapted to collect, lift, and move material has a lifting structure attached to a collection element and at least one handle attached to the lifting structure. The lifting structure may have two or three segments. Each segment may have rails spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other with at least one cross member disposed there-between. The segments are oriented relative to one another to reduce the amount of bending required to lift material in the collection element. Adjacent segments in the lifting structure may be pivotally attached to each other. This tool can be free standing when used as a dustpan.
US09834892B2	Pneumatic roadway energy recovery system The pneumatic roadway energy recovery system generates power from the weight of vehicles, pedestrians and the like traveling on a roadway surface. The pneumatic roadway energy recovery system includes a plurality of pneumatic pumps in fluid communication with one another and that are arrayed beneath a roadway surface. The pneumatic pumps are in fluid communication with a storage tank. The vehicles, pedestrians and the like traveling on the roadway surface compress the plurality of pneumatic pumps as they pass over the pumps, generating pressurized air, which is received by and stored in the storage tank. Preferably, a turbine, such as a Pelton wheel or the like, is in fluid communication with the storage tank. Selective release of the pressurized air in the storage tank drives the turbine, which, in turn, is connected to an electrical generator for generating usable electrical power.
US09834889B2	Toner cleaning sheet and method of manufacturing same A toner cleaning sheet includes at least one type of fiber selected from among different thermoplastic fibers formed of thermoplastic resin with a melting point of 265° C. or more and at least one type of fiber selected from among different cellulose fibers, wherein at least part of the aforementioned thermoplastic fiber is fusion-bonded to neighboring thermoplastic fiber filaments. The toner cleaning sheet can be produced by a method that includes at least one type of fiber selected from among different thermoplastic fibers formed of thermoplastic resin with a melting point of 265° C. or more and at least one type of fiber selected from among different cellulose fibers, the method including a bonding step in which at least part of the aforementioned thermoplastic fiber is fusion-bonded to neighboring thermoplastic fiber filaments.
US09834878B2	Embroidery machine able to sew cord material A needle bar case has a plurality of needle bars. As a main shaft is rotated by a main shaft motor (first drive source), the needle bars are driven in an up-down direction so that a sewing operation is carried out in a conventionally-known manner. Ascending/descending bars are supported on the needle bar case in corresponding relation to the needle bars, and each of the ascending/descending bars is driven in the up-down direction by a motor (second drive source). A cord guide member for guiding a cord material onto a workpiece is mounted to the lower end of any of the ascending/descending bars, in place of a conventional presser foot. Cord sewing or loop sewing of cord material can be performed selectively by changing an ascending/descending stroke of the ascending/descending bar. Thus, cord sewing and loop sewing of the chord material can be performed selectively with a simple construction.
US09834877B2	Sewing machine having upper feed halting mechanism A sewing machine is provided, which has lower feed teeth which feed a sewing object by a lower feed drive mechanism having a lower drive shaft 92 as a drive source and upper feed teeth which are driven by an upper feed shaft that is coupled to and driven by the lower feed drive mechanism. The sewing machine is provided with an upper feed lower shaft 1 which is supported rotatably on a machine main body and is coupled to the lower feed drive mechanism, an upper feed coupling section which transmits movement of the upper feed lower shaft to the upper feed shaft, and a transmission control section which controls halting and restarting of transmission of movement of the upper feed lower shaft. The upper feed coupling section is held at a movement transmission halt position by operation of the transmission control section.
US09834864B2	Process for producing a fibrous bundle via a spinning nozzle A spinning nozzle which has a perforated part in which ejection holes have been arranged in a density as high as 600-1,200 holes/mm2. This process for producing a fibrous bundle comprises ejecting a spinning dope having a viscosity as measured at 50° C. of 30-200 P from the ejection holes of the spinning nozzle to produce a fibrous bundle. This fibrous bundle has a single-fiber fineness of 0.005-0.01 dtex. By the wet-process direct spinning, a mass of nanofibers which are stably uniform and continuous can be produced at a high efficiency.
US09834863B2	Group III nitride bulk crystals and fabrication method Bulk crystal of group III nitride having thickness greater than 1 mm with improved crystal quality, reduced lattice bowing and/or reduced crack density and methods of making. Bulk crystal has a seed crystal, a first crystalline portion grown on the first side of the seed crystal and a second crystalline portion grown on the second side of the seed crystal. Either or both crystalline portions have an electron concentration and/or an oxygen concentration similar to the seed crystal.The bulk crystal can have an additional seed crystal, with common faces (e.g. same polarity, same crystal plane) of seed crystals joined so that a first crystalline part grows on the first face of the first seed crystal and a second crystalline part grows on the first face of the second seed crystal. Each crystalline part's electron concentration and/or oxygen concentration may be similar to its corresponding seed crystal.
US09834852B2	Enhancement of electrolyte hydrodynamics for efficient mass transfer during electroplating The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for electroplating one or more materials onto a substrate. In many cases the material is a metal and the substrate is a semiconductor wafer, though the embodiments are no so limited. Typically, the embodiments herein utilize a channeled plate positioned near the substrate, creating a cross flow manifold defined on the bottom by the channeled plate, on the top by the substrate, and on the sides by a cross flow confinement ring. During plating, fluid enters the cross flow manifold both upward through the channels in the channeled plate, and laterally through a cross flow side inlet positioned on one side of the cross flow confinement ring. The flow paths combine in the cross flow manifold and exit at the cross flow exit, which is positioned opposite the cross flow inlet. These combined flow paths result in improved plating uniformity.
US09834849B2	Method of preparing corrosion resistant coatings A method for preparing thin double-structured composite corrosion resistant and/or passivating coatings that consist of a thin metal oxide-hydroxide subcoating prepared by anodizing the metal substrate materials near-surface part and then provided with an atomic layer deposition (ALD) topmost nanocoating, of e.g. oxide, nitride, carbonate, carbide etc. or their mixes or laminates, or laminates with ceramic and metallic layers, or laminates with inorganic or organic polymers and ceramic layers.
US09834842B2	Slotted seal plates and slotted preforms for chemical vapor deposition densification A method of making a fibrous part is provided. The method may comprise forming a porous structure with an annular geometry. A first entrance channel and a second entrance channel may be formed with the entrance channels defined by a surface of the preform. The entrance channels may also extend in a radial direction from an inner diameter of the annular porous structure partially across the surface. An exit channel may be formed between the entrance channels and defined by the surface. The exit channel may extend in a radial direction from an outer diameter of the annular porous structure partially across the surface.
US09834836B2	Rolling body, method for producing rolling body, and dynamic force transmission device A high durability roller, a manufacturing method thereof and a power transmission device with the high durability roller are provided. The roller for a power transmission device that comprises a plurality of rollers in contact with each other directly or with lubricant between them, includes: a metal base having a Young's modulus of 220 GPa or less; and a coating that is formed on a surface of the metal base, includes hard particles and a metal component composed of at least either simple metal or alloy, and has a Young's modulus of 250 GPa or more. The power transmission device includes the roller. The method of manufacturing the roller includes: forming the coating on the surface of the metal base by thermal spraying using a thermal spray material that comprises the hard particles and the metal component composed of at least either simple metal or alloy.
US09834835B2	Fire containment coating system for titanium A coated substrate comprises: a metallic substrate; a bondcoat atop the substrate; and a ceramic barrier coat atop the bondcoat. The bondcoat has a combined content of one or more of molybdenum, chromium, and vanadium of at least 50 percent by weight.
US09834832B2	Classes of steels for tubular products The present disclosure is directed and formulations and methods to provide alloys having relative high strength and ductility. The alloys may be provided in seamless tubular form and characterized by their particular alloy chemistries and identifiable crystalline grain size morphology. The alloys are such that they include boride pinning phases. In what is termed a Class 1 Steel the alloys indicate tensile strengths of 700 MPa to 1400 MPa and elongations of 10-70%. Class 2 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 800 MPa to 1800 MPa and elongations of 5-65%. Class 3 Steel indicates tensile strengths of 1000 MPa to 2000 MPa and elongations of 0.5-15%.
US09834819B2	Methods for diagnosing autism spectrum disorders The invention generally relates to methods for diagnosing autism spectrum disorders. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for diagnosing presence or increased risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder in a subject.
US09834815B2	Discriminatory positive/extraction control DNA The present teachings generally relate to methods and kits incorporating a discriminating positive control for determining whether a particular microorganism or group of microorganisms are present in a sample, for example but not limited to a food, environmental, agricultural, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, or water sample. According to certain methods, at least part of a starting material, for example but not limited to, a food, environmental, agricultural, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, or water sample can be combined with a culture medium and incubated under conditions suitable for microbial growth followed by extracting microorganism and added control nucleic acids for analysis. The extracted nucleic acids are amplified and the amplified nucleic acids are detected, directly or indirectly, and the fidelity of the methods and the presence or absence of the corresponding microorganism is determined because the discriminating positive control provides both confirmatory results for the methods used but eliminates false positive results.
US09834814B2	Spatial molecular barcoding of in situ nucleic acids This disclosure provides, among other things, a method for analyzing a planar cellular sample. In some embodiments, the method comprises: (a) indirectly or directly attaching nucleic acid tags to binding sites in a planar cellular sample; (b) contacting the planar cellular sample with a solid support comprising an array of spatially addressed features that comprise oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide comprises a molecular barcode that identifies the feature in which the oligonucleotides is present; (c) hybridizing the nucleic acid tags, or a copy of the same, with the oligonucleotides to produce duplexes; and (d) extending the oligonucleotides in the duplexes to produce extension products that each comprises (i) a molecular barcode and (ii) a copy of a nucleic acid tag. Other embodiments, e.g., kits and the like, are also described.
US09834811B2	Transposon nucleic acids comprising a calibration sequence for DNA sequencing Transposon nucleic acids comprising a transposon end sequence and a calibration sequence for DNA sequencing in the transposon end sequence. In one embodiment, the transposon end sequence is a Mu transposon end. A method for the generation of DNA fragmentation library based on a transposition reaction in the presence of a transposon end with the calibration sequence providing facilitated downstream handling of the produced DNA fragments, e.g., in the generation of sequencing templates.
US09834808B2	Methods for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing The present invention relates, in part, to methods and kits for rapidly determining antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms.
US09834804B2	Fungal cells and fermentation processes The present invention provides an isolated fungal cell that is capable of producing one or more biomass-degrading enzymes and that exhibits increased or decreased expression or copy number of a polynucleotide encoding a PtaB-like protein. Also provided is a fermentation processes for producing one or more biomass-degrading enzymes comprising a fungal cells exhibiting increased or decreased expression or copy number of a polynucleotide encoding a PtaB-like protein. The biomass-degrading enzymes produced by the isolate fungal cell and fermentation processes of the present invention may be used in a process to produce soluble sugars from biomass.
US09834801B2	Methods for the synthesis of chiral kynurenine compounds Provided are methods for synthesizing compounds, including chiral kynurenine compounds. The methods are suitable for large-scale manufacture and produce the chiral kynurenines compounds in high chemical purity and high chiral purity.
US09834772B2	Aptamers bound human serum albumin and glycated human serum albumin This invention is about the selection and development of aptamers that specifically bound HSA and GHSA. HSA and GHSA are associated with diabetes mellitus. The length of selected aptamers are around 46-106 bases, in which aptamers against HSA are consisting of 46-106 bases and aptamers against GHSA are consisting of 49-71 bases. All selected aptamers against HSA and GHSA can be potentially applied for detection and monitoring of diabetes mellitus in combination with blood glucose and HbA1C level. They also can applied in the drug development and drug delivery system in the diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer disease. In addition, chemical or fluorescence labeled these aptamers can be used for study function and location of HSA and GHSA.
US09834765B2	Sequence tags Provided herein is a new class of nucleic acid tagging molecules which are essentially free of homopolymer stretches. The tagging molecules can tag a plurality of individual target molecules for detection with a high degree of accuracy. The tagging molecules can be used to tag at least 105 or 106 individual target molecules. The tagged individual target molecules can be subjected to high throughput sequence analysis.
US09834756B2	Methods for increasing isolation yields of cellular products Methods of isolating cellular products, such as pancreatic islets, may be used in diabetes research and therapeutic transplantation. The methods may involve providing a donor tissue having desired cells and undesired cells, perfusing the donor tissue with a perfusion solution, developing edema during perfusion of the donor tissue to form a swelled tissue, and separating the desired cells from undesired cellular material to obtain a cellular product. The methods may also include disrupting the tissue, and separating the desired cells from undesired cellular material to obtain the cellular product. The methods may result in an increased yield of cellular product that retains sufficient functional integrity to be useful as a transplantation resource.
US09834750B2	Cell-to-cell communication without exchange of mediating diffusible factors or using any physical contact between cells The present invention departs from using traditional modes of cell-to-cell communication and concerns exerting influence on a first cell or cell population by bringing a second cell or cell population into proximity with the first cell population without the use of mediating diffusible factors. Cell to cell communications traditionally occur by way of a variety of mechanisms including, for example, by direct coupling through gap junctions using antigen presentation or using ligand receptor interactions.
US09834744B2	Use of an oxidising alkaline gel to remove a biofilm on a surface of a solid substrate The use of a gel consisting of a colloidal solution comprising, preferably consisting of: 5% to 30% by weight, preferably 5% to 25% by weight, more preferably 8% to 20% by weight relative to the weight of the gel, of at least one inorganic viscosifying agent; a mineral base selected from among hydroxides of alkaline metals, hydroxides of alkaline-earth metals and the mixtures thereof, said mineral base being present in a proportion of 0.05 to 10 mol/L of gel, preferably in a proportion of 0.1 to 5 mol/L of gel; an oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium selected from among permanganates, persulfates, ozone, hypochlorites and the mixtures thereof, said oxidizing agent stable in a basic medium being present in a proportion of 0.05 to 5 mol/L of gel, preferably 0.1 to 2 mol/L of gel; 0.1% to 2% by weight relative to the weight of the gel, of at least one surfactant; and a solvent; the gel not containing any super-absorbent polymer, to remove a biofilm present on a surface of a solid substrate.
US09834743B2	Removing pets urin, odor and mildew out of hand made rugs This invention relates to isolating and removing mildew, harmful bacterial and pets urine out of handmade wool and silk rugs.The invention consist of three procedures that describes each step of work, chemicals mixture and timing used to achieve the this process.It saves handmade rugs from being discarded, it describes a new safe and healthy approach in cleaning handmade rugs.
US09834740B2	Photoactivators Photoactivators comprise a photoactive moiety and a hydrophilic moiety. The photoactivators preferably comprise less than about 35%, by weight of the photoactivator, of the photoactive moiety. The photoactivators can be activated to a photo-excited state by excitation with incident radiation of a wavelength between about 350 nm and 750 nm, preferably between about 350 nm and about 420 nm. The photoactivators further encompass those having certain chemical formulations.
US09834738B2	Octahydro-1H-4,7-methano-indene-5-aldehydes and their use in perfume compositions The present invention is directed to a novel fragrance compound of octahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene-5-acetaldehyde.
US09834736B2	Lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engines of passenger and commercial four-wheeled vehicles A lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engines of passenger and commercial four-wheeled vehicles is provided which can exhibit excellent fuel efficiency performance and wear resistance reliability. The lubricating oil composition includes a base oil and a complex polyester mixture. The base oil includes at least one of poly-α-olefin, an ester-based base oil, or a partially hydrogenated mineral oil. The complex polyester mixture includes a polyester obtained by condensing a polyhydric alcohol, a polycarboxylic acid, and a monohydric alcohol having an oxyalkylene group. The content of the complex polyester mixture is 0.01% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the lubricating oil composition, the high-temperature shear viscosity (HTHS viscosity) at 150° C. is 1.0 mPa·s to 2.6 mPa·s, and the NOACK evaporation amount is 40% or less.
US09834721B2	Compositions of and methods for using hydraulic fracturing fluid for petroleum production A hydraulic fracturing fluid for use in oilfield applications, the hydraulic fracturing fluid includes a spherical bead-forming liquid composition, the spherical bead-forming liquid composition comprised of a primary liquid precursor and a secondary liquid precursor, the primary liquid precursor comprises a micellar forming surfactant, a bead-forming compound, and a non-solids bearing liquid solvent; and the secondary liquid precursor comprises one or more curing agents, and one or more co-curing agents.
US09834718B2	Ecofriendly lubricating additives for water-based wellbore drilling fluids Some examples of producing water-based drilling fluids including ecofriendly lubricating additives are described. A raw material oil including fatty acids with a short chain alcohol is esterified in the presence of a catalyst to produce alkyl ester products and triglycerides. The alkyl ester products are washed and heated to remove any residual water or the short chain alcohol. A first quantity of the alkyl ester products is mixed with a second quantity of a water-based wellbore drilling fluid.
US09834717B1	Drilling fluid additive composition and pseudo oil-based drilling fluid suitable for horizontal shale gas wells The present invention relates to the well drilling field in petrochemical industry, and discloses a drilling fluid additive composition comprising a nano-plugging agent, a bionic wall bracing agent, a bionic shale inhibitor, an emulsifier, and an amphiphobic wettability reversal agent, wherein, the nano-plugging agent is modified silicon dioxide nano-particle, and its modifying group includes a modifying copolymer chain; the bionic wall bracing agent is carboxymethyl chitosan with a dopamine-derived group grafted on its main chain; the bionic shale inhibitor is composed of structural units of arginine and structural units of lysine; and the amphiphobic wettability reversal agent is a dual-cation fluorocarbon surfactant. The present invention further provides a pseudo oil-based drilling fluid suitable for horizontal shale gas wells containing the above composition. When the water-based drilling fluid contains the drilling fluid additive composition provided in the present invention, the water-based drilling fluid would have high temperature-resistance, high plugging and high inhibition performance, is environment friendly, especially have high density, and is especially suitable for horizontal shale gas well mining.
US09834700B2	Polylactide/silicon-containing block copolymers for nanolithography The present invention includes a diblock copolymer system that self-assembles at very low molecular weights to form very small features. In one embodiment, one polymer in the block copolymer contains silicon, and the other polymer is a polylactide. In one embodiment, the block copolymer is synthesized by a combination of anionic and ring opening polymerization reactions. In one embodiment, the purpose of this block copolymer is to form nanoporous materials that can be used as etch masks in lithographic patterning.
US09834688B2	Aqueous carbon filler dispersion coating liquid, conductivity-imparting material, electrode plate for an electrical storage device, manufacturing method therefore, and electrical storage device A water-based, carbon filler-dispersed coating formulation for forming a conductive coating film contains (1) a hydroxyalkyl chitosan as a resin binder, (2) a conductive carbon filler, and (3) a polybasic acid or its derivative in a water-based medium containing at least water as a polar solvent. In 100 parts by mass of the coating formulation, the hydroxyalkyl chitosan (1) is contained in a range of from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass, and the conductive carbon filler (2) is contained in a range of from 1 to 30 parts by mass. An electricity-imparting material, an electrode plate for an electricity storage device, a process for producing the electrode plate, and the electricity storage device are also disclosed.
US09834687B2	Transparent heat reflective coatings and methods of their manufacture and use A nano-composite material for coating glass, as well as methods of its manufacture and use, are disclosed. The composite may be composed of a first metal oxide bridging a silicone oil moiety and an anionic surfactant moiety, and a second metal oxide bound to the silicone oil moiety. The composite may be fabricated by heating a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide with silicone oil, followed by the addition of a mixture of the surfactant and an oxidizing solution. The composite may be mixed with a suitable solvent and applied to a hot glass sheet. A glass coated with such a composite may transmit visible light, absorb some ultraviolet light, and reflect some near infrared light. The optical characteristics of the coated glass may be used to reduce heat in a glass-enclosed area by reducing the amount of infrared and ultraviolet light transmitted through the glass.
US09834681B2	2,7-disubstituted cephalosporin derivatives as beta-lactamase substrates and methods for their use for the diagnosis of tuberculosis β-Lactamase substrates and methods for using the substrates to detect β-lactamase and to diagnose tuberculosis.
US09834674B2	Easily-plated PC/ABS alloy and its preparation method The present invention relates to an easily-plated PC/ABS alloy and its preparation method. The PC/ABS alloy includes following components: 30-70 parts by weight (pbw) of PC resin, 15-65 pbw of ABS resin, 5-10 pbw of PEO resin, 0.1-1 pbw of antioxidant, and 0.1-1 pbw of lubricant. For preparation, blending the PC resin, ABS resin, PEO resin, antioxidant and lubricant in a mixer; and putting a mixture in a twin-screw extruder for granulation, thus producing easily-plated PC/ABS alloy. The method is simple and practicable. PEO resin makes PC/ABS surface have the property of hydrophilicity, which makes the etching solution easier to wet the surface when under etching, so that the etching becomes much easier. The binding force of hydrophilic group on the surface of PEO to the metal is strong. The binding force of PC/ABS alloy material is improved due to the combination between the chemical bond and physical force.
US09834666B2	Polyolefin-based resin composition and molded body Provided is a polyolefin-based resin composition including a hydrogenated block copolymer (A) and a polyolefin-based resin (B), the hydrogenated block copolymer (A) being a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including a polymer block (a) composed of a constitutional unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (b) containing 1 to 100% by mass of a constitutional unit (b1) derived from farnesene and 99 to 0% by mass of a constitutional unit (b2) derived from a conjugated diene other than farnesene; a mass ratio of the polymer block (a) and the polymer block (b) [(a)/(b)] being 1/99 to 55/45; 50 mol % or more of carbon-carbon double bonds in the polymer block (b) being hydrogenated; and a mass ratio of the polyolefin-based resin (B) and the hydrogenated block copolymer (A) [{polyolefin-based resin (B)}/{hydrogenated block copolymer (A)}] being 1/99 to 99/1. The polyolefin-based resin composition is favorable in flexibility and molding processability, excellent in weather resistance and whitening resistance, and also excellent in rigidity.
US09834658B2	Rubber composition and tire obtained using same The present invention provides: a rubber composition obtained by mixing 30 to 80 parts by mass of carbon black, whose DBP absorption value and CTAB adsorption specific surface area satisfy the following relational formulas (I) and (II), into 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein macrodispersion D(%) of the carbon black in the rubber composition is 1% or more and less than 10%, and the rubber composition has high performance and excellent processability such as roll workability and the like; and a rubber product such as a tire having reduced rolling resistance and excellent fatigue resistance and abrasion resistance. DBP absorption value(cm3/100 g)<3.0×(CTAB adsorption specific surface area(m2/g))−270 (I) DBP absorption value(cm3/100 g)<115 (II) CTAB adsorption specific surface area(m2/g)<230 (III).
US09834654B2	Method of making a foam A method of making a foam comprising the following steps. A mixture is created comprising (i) a first reactant comprising triglyceride having acrylate functionality, (ii) a second reactant comprising diacrylate, and (iii) a blowing agent. The mixture is expanded to create a froth. The first and second reactants of the froth are reacted to create the foam.
US09834653B2	Method for producing monodisperse, amido-methylated vinyl-aromatic bead polymers The invention relates to a method of producing monodisperse amidomethylated vinylaromatic bead polymers, to ion exchangers prepared from these monodisperse amidomethylated vinylaromatic bead polymers by alkaline hydrolysis, to the method of using said monodisperse amidomethylated vinylaromatic bead polymers in the manufacture of ion exchangers and chelating resins, and also to the method of using these ion exchangers in the removal of heavy metals and noble metals from aqueous solutions or gases.
US09834648B2	Photoactivatable system for inhibiting hydrosilylation The present invention relates to a hardenable silicone composition including an irradiation-activated system for temporarily inhibiting the hydrosilylation reaction. Said system includes at least one inhibitor selected from among α-acetylenic alcohols, α-α′-acetylenic diesters, conjugated ene-yne compounds, α-acetylenic ketones, acrylonitriles, maleates, fumarates, the mixture thereof, at least one photoinitiator, and tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (TTMSS). The invention also relates to a method for preparing a silicone coating and hard elastomer materials provided comprising said silicone composition.
US09834645B2	Thermoplastic resin composition and thermoplastic resin molded article prepared therefrom Provided are a thermoplastic resin composition having high environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR) as well as excellent impact resistance and transparency and a thermoplastic resin molded article prepared therefrom. The thermoplastic resin composition includes a graft copolymer (A), in which a (meth)acrylic acid ester, a vinyl cyan-based compound, and an aromatic vinyl compound are graft polymerized with a conjugated diene-based rubber latex; and a copolymer (B) of a (meth)acrylic acid ester-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyan-based compound in a weight ratio of 35:65 to 70:30. A difference in refractive indices of the graft copolymer (A) and the copolymer (B) of the (meth)acrylic acid ester-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyan-based compound is less than 0.003 when irradiated with light having a wavelength of 450 nm to 680 nm, and a melt index is 4.0 g/10 min or less when the melt index is measured in accordance with ASTM D1238.
US09834643B2	Continuous polyamidation process—II A continuous process for the manufacture of a polyamide, the process comprising the steps of: (i) flowing a stream A comprising a moltendicarboxylic acid, or a molten dicarboxylic acid-rich mixture comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine, through a first stage and at least one more reaction stage of a vertical multistage reactor, wherein the first stage is at the top of the reactor; (ii) counter-currently flowing a stream B comprising a diamine as either a vapor or a diamine-rich liquid through at least one of the stages below the first reaction stage of said vertical multistage reactor; (iii) accumulating a liquid phase material P comprising polyamide at and/or below the final stage of said reactor; wherein said reactor is equipped with internal features suitable for effecting contact between counter-currently flowing streams A and B; and wherein the process further comprises controlling the viscosity of said liquid phase material P by directly controlling the chemical equilibrium of the polyamidation reaction or by controlling stream B so that the amounts of diamine and dicarboxylic acid introduced into the reactor during the process are stoichiometrically imbalanced. The invention further provides a vertical multistage reactor configured to implement said process.
US09834639B2	Curing agent for moisture-curing compositions The present invention relates to a curing agent for moisture-curing compositions which includes at least one aqueous emulsion of at least one epoxy resin. Curing agents according to the invention are especially used for the accelerated curing of moisture-curing compositions which are based on polyurethane polymers that have isocyanate groups or of silane-functional polymers.
US09834634B2	Acrylic resins and powder coating compositions and powder coated substrates including the same An epoxy functional acrylic resin having a Tg of greater than 85° C. and a calculated solubility parameter from about 9.20 to about 9.30 (cal/cm3)1/2, powder coating compositions including the same and coated substrates coated with the powder coating composition is described. The resin includes, as copolymerized monomers, from about 10 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of one or more epoxy functional unsaturated monomers; from about 10 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of one or more hydrophobic acrylic monomers, and from greater than 50 wt. % to about 75 wt. % of at least one nonionic copolymer that is different from the hydrophobic acrylic monomers ii), each monomer wt. % based on the total weight of copolymerized monomers in the resin.
US09834629B1	Dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization and method for producing vinyl resin A dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization is provided that includes a vinyl alcohol-based polymer (A), wherein a 0.1 mass % concentration aqueous solution of the polymer (A) has an absorbance (a1) of less than 0.25 at a wavelength of 280 nm, the aqueous solution has an absorbance (a2) of less than 0.030 at a wavelength of 320 nm, the polymer (A) has a degree of saponification of not less than 68 mol % and not more than 98 mol %, the polymer (A) has a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of more than 1500 and less than 4500, and the polymer (A) in powder form has a YI value of not less than 5. The dispersion stabilizer is capable of producing a vinyl-based resin that is excellent in polymerization stability, has a small particle size, and has an improved bulk density.
US09834627B2	Polymers derived from norbornadiene and maleic anhydride and use thereof Embodiments encompassing a series of compositions containing polymers of norbornadiene and maleic anhydride monomers which are useful in forming a variety of photopatternable structures are disclosed and claimed. The compositions are useful as permanent dielectric materials. More specifically, embodiments encompassing compositions containing a series of ter- and tetrapolymers of a variety of norbornadiene, maleic anhydride, maleimide and norbornene-type cycloolefinic monomers in which maleic anhydride is fully or partially hydrolyzed (i.e., ring opened and fully or partially esterified), and a photoactive compound are disclosed, which are useful in forming permanent dielectric materials having utility in a variety of electronic material applications, among various other uses.
US09834625B2	Amine-containing polyalkenyl coupling agents and polymers prepared therefrom A coupling agent having at least two alkenylbenzene groups each covalently bonded with a nitrogen of an amine compound. The coupling agent can have the structure I: wherein Z is an amine; R1-R10 are each, independent of one another, H, an organic functional group or a terminal alkene, wherein at least one terminal alkene is on each benzene ring; m is an integer from 1 to 8.
US09834622B2	Polyisobutylenes and process for making same The present invention generally relates to alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene (PIB) compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds that can be used to synthesize polyurethanes, to polyurethane compounds made via the use of such polyisobutylene compounds, and to processes for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol-terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary alcohol termini and to a process for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to primary terminated polyisobutylene compounds having two or more primary termini selected from amine groups or methacrylate groups.
US09834618B2	Process for the production of water and solvent-free polymers The present invention relates to water and solvent-free polymers, in particular water and solvent-free synthetic rubber products like non-halogenated and halogenated butyl rubber products as well as a process for the production thereof. The invention further relates to a device suitable to accomplish said process.
US09834617B2	Method for immobilizing biologic molecules on solid surfaces The invention provides a method for immobilization of biological molecules such as nucleic acids, peptides and proteins onto the surface of a glass or plastic solid support.
US09834606B2	Anti-PD1 antibodies and their use as therapeutics and diagnostics Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) and inhibit PD1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD1-mediated functions.
US09834601B2	Antagonists of IL-17 isoforms and their uses The invention relates to antagonists of IL-17 isoforms and their uses in diagnosis and therapy, especially for the treatment or prevention of cancers or autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases.
US09834595B2	Amino acid sequences directed against envelope proteins of a virus and polypeptides comprising the same for the treatment of viral diseases The present invention relates in part to amino acid sequences that are directed against and/or that can specifically bind to an envelope protein of a virus, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
US09834593B2	IgG stimulated remyelination of peripheral nerves The present invention is based on the discovery of polyclonal IgG's ability to promote Schwann cell maturation, differentiation, and myelin production. Methods for treating non-idiopathic, demyelinating peripheral neuropathies in mammals, where the neuropathy is not immune-mediated or infection-mediated, through the administration of polyclonal IgG are provided. Types of demyelinating peripheral neuropathies treatable with the present invention include peripheral nerve trauma and toxin-induced peripheral neuropathies. Alternatively, a composition of polyclonal IgGs can be applied directly to a peripheral nerve cell to induce maturation, differentiation into a myelinating state, and myelin expression or promote cell survival.
US09834590B2	Chimeric receptors with 4-1BB stimulatory signaling domain The present invention relates to a chimeric receptor capable of signaling both a primary and a co-stimulatory pathway, thus allowing activation of the co-stimulatory pathway without binding to the natural ligand. The cytoplasmic domain of the receptor contains a portion of the 4-1BB signaling domain. Embodiments of the invention relate to polynucleotides that encode the receptor, vectors and host cells encoding a chimeric receptor, particularly including T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and methods of use.
US09834581B2	Cell penetrating peptides for intracellular delivery of molecules A cell-penetrating peptide characterized in that it comprises an amino acid sequence consisting of XWXRLXXXXXX (SEQ ID No: 5), wherein X in position 1 is beta-A or S; X in positions 3, 9 and 10 are, independently from each other, W or F; X in position 6 is R if X in position 8 is S, and X in position 6 is S if X in position 8 is R; X in position 7 is L or none; X in position 11 is R or none, and wherein X in position 7 is L if X in position 11 is none.
US09834580B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising selective peptide-based agonists of melanocortin 1 receptor Short tri- and tetrapeptides according to the following Formula I Ar(CH2)mX1—X2—CO—X3—X4—X5-(Trp)n-NX6R are potent, selective agonists of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R). Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions including Formula I peptide agonists of MC1R and methods of treating skin diseases and disorders that include administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutic amount of a Formula I peptide. The peptides, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods described herein are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders that benefit from agonism of MCIR, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, porphyria, polymorphous light eruption, vitiligo, and solar urticaria.
US09834579B2	Crystalline forms of s-acetyl glutathione, their preparations and uses in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical formulations Disclosed are two novel crystalline forms of S-acetyl glutathione (SAG) called Form A and Form B, obtained by crystallization of SAG from mixtures of water-acetone, water-ethanol or water acetone under controlled conditions. Forms A and B can be advantageously used as ingredients of pharmaceutical or nutraceutical formulations.
US09834577B2	Process for the preparation of gemcitabine-[phenyl(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)] phosphate The present invention provides a process for the preparation of gemcitabine-[phenyl(benzoxy-L-alaninyl)] phosphate of Formula I in high yield and purity.
US09834575B2	Cancer therapy The present application relates to compositions and methods for treating a proliferative disorder by administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition of a dual kinase inhibitor metabolite. Catecholic butane metabolites can serve as dual kinase inhibitors for purposes of methods described herein.
US09834574B2	Crystalline 3-O-fucosyllactose Crystalline 3-O-fucosyllactose, useful in a pharmaceutical composition and a nutritional formulation, is disclosed.
US09834573B2	Crystalline form of benzylbenzene SGLT2 inhibitor Provided are crystalline forms of a compound having an inhibitory effect on sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter SGLT2. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the crystalline compound, and methods of using the crystalline compound, independently or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases and conditions which are affected by SGLT or SGLT2 inhibition.
US09834568B2	Kinase inhibitors and their uses The present disclosure provides compounds that inhibit protein kinases, such as JAK, Axl, or Syk kinases, compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds to inhibit protein kinase and treat and/or prevent diseases associated with inappropriate kinase activity.
US09834567B1	Crystalline form of cefamandole nafate compound, preparation and preparing method thereof A novel crystalline form is defined by diffraction angle 2θ° of X-ray powder diffraction pattern and characteristic peak of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The novel crystalline form of Cefamandole Nafate is prepared as follows: adding Cefamandole Nafate in solid state to an organic solvent to form a suspension with a concentration of 0.04˜0.3 g/ml, stirring the suspension at 40˜50° C. for a period of time, and then cooling to 5˜15° C. at certain cooling rate, continuing to stir for a period of time, then suction filtrating the obtained suspension, the resulting filer cake is Cefamandole Nafate as wet product, which is dried to constant weight to provide the novel crystalline form of Cefamandole Nafate as final product.
US09834566B2	Pyrazolopyrimidine macrocycles as inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV integrase, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection.
US09834565B2	Tricyclic heterocycles as bet protein inhibitors The present disclosure relates to tricyclic heterocycles which are inhibitors of BET proteins such as BRD2, BRD3, BRD4, and BRD-t and are useful in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US09834556B2	Process of preparing 3-(3-(4-aminocyclobutyl)phenyl)-5-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-B]pyridin-2-YL)pyridin-2-amine The present invention is directed to a processes for the synthesis of 3-(3-(4-(1-aminocyclobutyl)phenyl)-5-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amine:
US09834555B2	Method for treating pain syndrome and other disorders The present invention provides the use of certain compounds to treat peripheral or central pain syndrome and other disorders associated with the T-type calcium ion channels.
US09834547B2	Molecules having certain pesticidal utilities, and intermediates, compositions, and processes related thereto This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in phyla Nematoda, Arthropoda, and/or Mollusca, processes to produce such molecules and intermediates used in such processes, compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such molecules against such pests. These molecules may be used, for example, as nematicides, acaricides, insecticides, miticides, and/or molluscicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”).
US09834539B2	Pyridin-2(1H)-one quinolinone derivatives as mutant-isocitrate dehydrogenase inhibitors The invention relates to inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase (mt-IDH) proteins with neomorphic activity useful in the treatment of cell-proliferation disorders and cancers, having the Formula: where A, U, W1, W2, W3, R1-R6, and R9 are described herein.
US09834527B2	Macrocyclic urea derivatives as inhibitors of TAFIa, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals The present invention relates to macrocydic urea derivatives of the formula I (I) in which R1, R2, R3, V and Y are as defined below. The compounds of the formula I are inhibitors of the enzyme TAFIa (activated thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor). The invention further relates to the process for the preparation of the compounds of formula I and to the use thereof as medicaments.
US09834524B2	Isoxazoles, a process for their preparation and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel isoxazoles, a process for their preparation and their use in the preparation of technical textiles and PPE's (Personal Protective Equipments), namely in the preparation of UV-protective and anti-infective textiles and garments.
US09834523B2	Method for preparing 3-trifluoromethyl chalcones Disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula 1 wherein Q and Z are as defined in the disclosure comprising distilling water from a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 2, a compound of Formula 3, a base comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal hydroxides of Formula 4 wherein M is Ca, Sr or Ba, alkali metal carbonates of Formula 4a wherein M1 is Li, Na or K, 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, and an aprotic solvent capable of forming a low-boiling azeotrope with water. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula 2 comprising (1) forming a reaction mixture comprising a Grignard reagent derived from contacting a compound of Formula 5 wherein X is Cl, Br or I with magnesium metal or an alkylmagnesium halide in the presence of an ethereal solvent, and then (2) contacting the reaction mixture with a compound of Formula 6 wherein Y is OR11 or NR12R13, and R11, R12 and R13 are as defined in the disclosure. Further disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula 7 wherein Q and Z are as defined in the disclosure, using a compound of Formula 1 characterized by preparing the compound of Formula 1 by the method disclosed above or using a compound of Formula 1 prepared by the method disclosed above.
US09834521B2	Choline kinase inhibitors This invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I): in which the variable groups are as identified herein, and to preparation and use of the compounds.
US09834518B2	Compounds for inhibiting cell proliferation in EGFR-driven cancers The invention features compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating patients who have an EGFR-driven cancer of formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US09834517B2	Method for producing halohydantoin compound and halohydantoin compound A method for producing a halohydantoin compound according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) providing, in a dryer, a composition containing (i) at least one component selected from the group consisting of water, an organic solvent, and elemental halogen and (ii) a halohydantoin compound; and (b) drying the composition under reduced pressure in the dryer, the reduced pressure being reduced to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure while introducing an inert gas from an outside source into the dryer.
US09834512B2	(22E)-2-methylene-26,27-cyclo-22-dehydro-1α-hydroxy-19-norvitamin D3 derivatives Cyclopropane-containing vitamin D analogs of formulas I and IV are provided. Such compounds may be used in preparing pharmaceutical compositions and are useful in treating a variety of biological conditions.
US09834510B2	Aromatic ionizable cationic lipid What is described is a compound of formula I wherein X is an ethene, or an unsubstituted or substituted arene or heteroarene; Y is a bond, an ethene, or an unsubstituted or substituted arene or heteroarene; Z is S or O; L is a linear or branched alkylene of 1 to 6 carbons; R1 and R2 are independently a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl of 1 to 18 carbons; R3 and R4 are independently a linear or branched alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons; n is 0 to 6; and m, p, q, and r are independently 1-18; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09834509B2	Metal-catalyzed oxidative coupling of thiols Disclosed are methods for preparing disulfide compounds through oxidative coupling of thiol compounds. Thiols are oxidized to the corresponding disulfide compound in high yield in presence of a base and a metal salt. The method uses low catalyst loadings and provides organic disulfide compounds with little to no byproducts.
US09834487B2	Highly concentrated phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamide formulation The present disclosure relates to a novel highly concentrated phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamide formulation with enhanced stability against crystallization or freezing under extended exposure to low temperature of 0° C. or below. It also provides a method to make and use such formulations.
US09834483B2	Soil conditioner compositions containing lignocellulosic biomass fermentation process syrup Syrup produced in a lignocellulosic biomass fermentation process is used as a binder for soil conditioning materials to make an agricultural composition that is easily handled and applied. The syrup binds powdery soil conditioning materials such as lime and gypsum to form pellets or granules.
US09834467B2	Method and apparatus for making a profiled tubing and a sleeve An apparatus (100) for making glass tubing (200) of a desired non-circular cross-sectional profile (cf FIG. 3) includes a mandrel (101) adapted for positioning proximate heat-softened tubing. The mandrel (101) has a nose (102) and a nozzle section (120) with a chosen profile that will define a final cross-sectional profile of the tubing. The nozzle section (120) has a feed chamber (140) for receiving a gas from a source (207) and a porous and/or foraminous circumferential surface (132,134) through which the gas can be discharged to an exterior of the mandrel. The gas discharges to the exterior of the mandrel, forming a film of pressurized gas in the gap (314, 318) between the porous circumferential surface (132,134) and the heat-softened tubing (200). A method of forming tubing having a non-circular cross-sectional profile using the apparatus is also provided. A glass sleeve made from the reshaped or formed tubing is also disclosed: a monolithic sleeve made of parallel, opposite, flat and smooth front and back covers for use in an electronic device (cf FIG. 13). Some glass-ceramic materials may also be suitable for the tubing, such as transparent beta spodumene.
US09834457B2	Method for solidifying floating oil in food waste water The invention relates to a method for solidifying a floating fat and oil in a food waste water, the method being capable of solidifying floating oil by uniformly mixing and aging the floating oil having a high content of water generated during the process of treating high concentration waste water generated during a food waste treatment process or generated from a food company, slaughterhouse and the like.
US09834454B2	Hybrid solar desalination system A hydro-thermal exchange unit (HTEU) for desalinating feed water in accordance with a humidification-dehumidification includes feed water, fresh water and gas conduit circuits for transporting feed water, fresh water, and gas, respectively. The unit also includes an evaporator through which a portion of the feed water conduit and the gas conduit pass. The evaporator causes evaporation of a portion of the feed water to produce vapor that is transported through the gas conduit. The unit also includes a condenser through which a portion of the gas conduit and the fresh water conduit pass. The condenser has input and output ports for coupling the gas and fresh water conduit circuits. The condenser extracts moisture from the vapor transported therethrough by the gas conduit. The extracted moisture is discharged through the fresh water conduit. The unit also includes a heat exchanger through which a portion of the fresh water conduit and the feed water conduit pass to thereby extract residual heat from the fresh water such that the residual heat heats the feed water.
US09834451B2	Chemical monitoring devices and methods Implementations of this disclosure are directed to systems, devices and methods for monitoring parameters associated with a body of liquid. In one embodiment, a device includes a container configured to be partially submerged in a liquid and includes sensors disposed within a submerged portion of the container to measure parameters associated with the liquid. An electronic component disposed within an unsubmerged portion of the container transmits information related to the parameters based upon which one or more actions related to treatment of the body of liquid are suggested.
US09834445B2	Porous graphene member, method for manufacturing same, and apparatus for manufacturing same using the method Disclosed are a porous graphene member having through-holes formed therein, a method for manufacturing the porous graphene member, and an apparatus for manufacturing the porous graphene member using the method. The method comprises: introducing a carbon source and a substitution reaction source into a deposition furnace; thermally decomposing the carbon source and the substitution reaction source simultaneously to generate carbon atoms and substitution atoms, respectively, wherein the carbon atoms are deposited on a substrate present within the deposition furnace to form a graphene film consisting of a monoatomic layer structure, and during the deposition of carbon atoms, the substitution atoms not only interfere with covalent bonds between the carbon atoms to cause crystal defects, but also substitute for parts of the carbon atoms to in situ form through-holes in the graphene, thereby creating the porous graphene member; and releasing the porous graphene member from the substrate.
US09834437B2	Method for manufacturing MEMS torsional electrostatic actuator A method for manufacturing an MEMS torsional electrostatic actuator comprises: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first silicon layer, a buried oxide layer and a second silicon layer that are laminated sequentially; patterning the first silicon layer and exposing the buried oxide layer to form a rectangular upper electrode plate separated from a peripheral region, wherein the upper electrode plate and the peripheral region are connected by only using a cantilever beam, and forming, on the peripheral region, a recessed portion exposing the buried oxide layer; patterning the second silicon layer and exposing the buried oxide layer to form a back cavity, wherein the back cavity is located in a region of the second silicon layer corresponding to the upper electrode plate, covers 40% to 60% of the area of the region corresponding to the upper electrode plate, and is close to one end of the cantilever beam; exposing the second silicon layer, and suspending the upper electrode plate and the cantilever beam; and respectively forming an upper contact electrode and a lower contact electrode on the second silicon layer.
US09834432B2	Microelectromechanical and/or nanoelectromechanical structure with a variable quality factor Inertial sensor comprising a fixed part and at least one mass suspended from the fixed part and means of damping the displacement of the part suspended from the fixed part, said damping means being electromechanical damping means comprising at least one DC power supply source, one electrical resistor and one variable capacitor in series, said variable capacitor being formed partly by the suspended part and partly by the fixed part such that displacement of the suspended part causes a variation of the capacitance of the variable capacitor.
US09834424B2	Tapping device for a bag-in-box package and actuating apparatus and cartridge therefor The invention relates to a tapping device for at least one bag-in-carton package equipped with a tapping valve. The tapping device has a housing for receiving the bag-in-carton package and an actuating unit which corresponds with the tapping valve and which has a valve-receiving bearing and at least one actuating portion for actuating the tapping valve. The actuating portion is articulated on the valve-receiving bearing by a pivot pin, has an upwardly directed lever arm and is arranged completely within the housing. Upstream of a contact region which is situated above the pivot pin on the lever arm there is arranged an actuating portion which engages through the housing and acts on the lever arm in the contact region in order to actuate the tapping valve by way of the actuating portion and can be actuated manually from outside the housing. The invention further relates to the actuating unit and to a cassette for the tapping device.
US09834415B2	Elevator system for a building under construction The invention relates to an elevator system (10) for a building under construction, comprising a vertical shaft (12), in which a temporary machine compartment (14) is retained, a driving device (18), which is arranged in the temporary machine compartment (14) and which is coupled by means of a supporting cable (21) to a car (23) that can be moved vertically up and down in the shaft (12), and a speed limiter (30), which interacts with a speed limiter cable (34) arranged in the shaft (12). According to the invention, in order to develop the elevator system in such a way that the speed limiter cable (34) can be extended in a simple manner when the temporary machine compartment (14) is moved without said action leading to permanently increased energy consumption of the elevator system (10), the speed limiter (30) is arranged on the car (23) or on a counterweight (25) connected to the car (23) by means of the supporting cable (21), and that the speed limiter cable (34) has a first and second cable section (32, 52), wherein the first cable section (32) is clamped in a stationary manner between a cable retainer (46) connected to the temporary machine compartment (14) in a stationary manner and a releasable clamping device (50) arranged in a lower shaft region (48) and the second cable section (52) is connected to the first cable section (32) in the lower shaft region (48) and is stored in a storage region.
US09834413B2	Door coupler with flexibly positionable coupler elements A device for synchronously actuating and locking elevator doors, which are situated essentially one behind the other in the passage direction—such as a car door and a shaft door; the device includes entraining skids that are fastened to a first door by means of an entraining skid support and whose spacing relative to one another can be changed in order to be able to couple the first door to the second door and move the two doors together and the device is coupled to a linear drive unit that moves the doors in the opening and closing directions, characterized in that the entraining skid support has a plurality of first openings that make it possible to mount at least one, preferably both, of the entraining skids on the entraining skid support in different functional positions.
US09834411B2	Apparatus, system, and method for pipe modular lift system In one embodiment, there is a unique heavy lifting system capable of transporting vertically heavy loads from grade to any elevation required by the project.
US09834396B2	Sheet conveyance apparatus, image recording apparatus and feed tray A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a support member having a support surface configured to support sheets, a feed unit configured to feed the sheets stacked on the support surface in a feed direction, a guide member provided on the downstream side of the support member in the feed direction, and a separating member projecting from an inclined surface of the guide member toward the support surface. The inclined surface is curved such that a separating area where the separating member is provided comes closest to the side of the support surface. The support surface has a first support surface located on the immediate upstream side in the feed direction to correspond to the separating area, and second support surfaces arranged respectively on both sides of the first support surface in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction to be lowered than the first support surface.
US09834389B2	Methods and apparatus for fabricating glass ribbon of varying widths Methods and apparatus provide for sourcing a glass web, the glass web having a length and a width transverse to the length; continuously moving the glass web from the source to a destination in a transport direction along the length of the glass web; and cutting the glass web at a cutting zone into at least first and second glass ribbons as the glass web is moved from the source to the destination, the first glass ribbon having a first width and the second glass ribbon having a second width, where the first and second widths are not equal.
US09834383B2	Sound dampening conveyor chain flight A conveyor flight for a chain comprising at least two spaced apart links, and two side plates that connect the links, with each side plate including two spaced apart extension pins extending from the side plate. The flight comprises a metal support, and the metal support includes two spaced apart cylindrical portions adapted to receive the two spaced apart extension pins. The flight also includes a flexible casing surrounding the metal support.
US09834378B2	Loader and buffer for reduced lot size A system comprising a load port and a transfer module. In one embodiment, the load port includes a plate having a first opening and a second opening, a first workpiece access port, a second workpiece access port and at least one storage location. The storage location(s) may be located either beneath the second workpiece access port or above the first workpiece access port. The transfer mosule, which is located adjacent the load port, includes a load arm for moving the workpiece containers between the first workpiece access port, the second workpiece access port, any of the storage shelves and a material transport system.
US09834376B1	Closure components for securing a bag to a container Closure component for securing a bag to a support in a container includes an annular portion including an upper wall, and inner and outer circumferential walls extending downward from an inner and outer edge region of the upper wall, respectively. A channel is defined on an underside of the annular portion by the inner, outer and upper walls. A pinch is on the inner or outer wall and includes a pair of slots extending upward from a lower edge of that wall and which are spaced apart from one another to enable a solid portion of that wall to temporarily flex outward relative to the channel. The upper wall includes an opening above each pinch. An optional extension portion extends radially outward from the outer wall and engages with attachment structure. The closure component is pivotable relative to the support via engagement of the extension portion with the attachment structure.
US09834375B2	Waste management deposit and compaction station with wireless capability A multipurpose refuse receptacle comprising an outer shell defining an inner chamber, a receiving assembly disposed within the inner chamber, and a door assembly. The door assembly is movable between an open position and a close position. The receptacle has a basket carrier and a basket, the basket being disposable within the basket carrier. Further, a hydraulic lift assembly is operably coupled to the basket carrier, the hydraulic lift assembly having a pump assembly. A mechanism is operably coupled to the pump assembly and the door assembly, the mechanism being movable in a first direction. Wherein, when the mechanism is moved in the first direction the door assembly moves to the open position. Further wherein, when the mechanism is moved in the first direction, hydraulic pressure is generated by the pump assembly.
US09834364B2	Molten salts insulated storage tank Disclosed is a storage tank for molten salts, preferably of the thermocline type. The tank is provided with an insulation on the inside, which is provided by molten salts captured and retained in an appropriate metal structure. The metal structure has openings allowing molten salts to flow into it, and may consist of metal supports that hold elements which allow retaining molten salts, such as a structured packing, metal boxes, or gutter wall.
US09834360B2	Implement for constant-temperature storage and storage container housing the same An implement for storage at a constant temperature has two housings (21 and 22) that accommodate heat storage agents. One heat storage agent (41) is irremovably accommodated in one housing (21), and a hook-and-loop fastener (30) for installation in a storage container is provided on the outer surface of the other housing (22).
US09834357B2	Packing device A packing device includes: a packing box with an internal space capable of storing a packing target object with a protection target part, and with a packing box inner surface that is at least one inner surface positioned to face the protection target part of the packing target object; and a holding material configured to, when stored in the internal space together with the packing target object, maintain a space between the protection target part and the packing box inner surface by coming into contact with the packing box inner surface and a contact surface of the packing target object facing the packing box inner surface, while staying out of contact with the protection target part of the packing target object.
US09834355B2	Packaging unit having improved sealing, and a method for forming such a packaging unit A packaging unit for hygiene articles is formed from a sheet having a folding axis dividing the sheet into first and second regions. One of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion of the edge zone of the first region is provided with resealable adhesive, thus forming a first adhesive zone. The other of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion is adhesive-free. The inner edge portion or the outer edge portion of the edge zone of the second region corresponding to the adhesive-carrying edge portion of the first region is adhesive-free, such that when the sheet is folded about the folding axis, the edge portions carrying resealable adhesive in the first region are brought in contact with the adhesive-free edge portions in the second region. A distance between the at least one first folding axis and the first adhesive zone is 1-20 mm.
US09834353B2	Flexible package with reclose region A reclosable flexible package is described that includes an inner film layer, an outer film layer laminated to the inner film layer, and reclose region defined in a portion of package film layers. The reclose region includes pressure sensitive adhesive disposed between the inner and outer film layers. A number of cut lines are provided in the outer film layer in the reclose region, such that the user, by manipulating the package film layers at the reclose region, can reveal the underlying layer of pressure sensitive adhesive. Once the pressure sensitive adhesive of the reclose region is exposed, the action of the user can serve to adhere the pressure sensitive adhesive to itself and/or other portions of the film, such that the package is cinched in the area of the reclose region and maintains the remnants of the package contents within the reclosed package for later use.
US09834343B2	Closure device with cup-shaped valve for containers A closure device for containers comprises a lid having a spout (4) with holes (4a), a valve body (9) attached to the lid (4) and operable on the spout (4). The valve body (9) comprises a cup-shaped element (10) having a blind bottom wall (10a) and a side wall (10b) that emerges from the bottom wall (10a) and delimits an upper opening, the side wall (10b) of the cup-shaped element (10) being made of a resilient material, and at least partially contacting a first sleeve (5) of the lid (2), which is in fluid communication with the spout (4). The side wall (10b) of the cup-shaped element (10) contacts the first sleeve (5) in a fluid-tight manner and moves away from the first sleeve (5) in response to a negative pressure introduced through the spout (4).
US09834335B1	Nesting container and nesting container assembly An interlocking or mating container and container system are presented herein. In particular, the system includes a plurality of adjacently disposed (side-by-side, end-to-end and stacked) containers that are dimensioned to maximize the available space on a pallet, for example, a 463-L Pallet, HCU-6/E Pallet or other pallet. The containers include enlarged wheels, one or more support feet, and a handle assembly. The containers are configured to include a plurality of interlocking or mating portions such as one or more wheel assembly receiving portions, one or more foot receiving portions, outer extensions or engaging portions, and a handle engaging portion. The Interlocking or mating portions are configured to matingly engage or abut corresponding portions of an adjacent container and at least partially restrict movement there between.
US09834330B2	Shrink-wrap labelling of crustacean claws A labelling system includes a dispensing apparatus to present respective cut and opened sleeves of shrink-wrap label stock material for insertion of claws of crustaceans, and a heating apparatus to apply heat to the sleeves to shrink the sleeves around the claws. A related method includes inserting a claw of a crustacean into a sleeve of shrink-wrap label stock material, and applying heat to the sleeve to shrink the sleeve around the claw. Another method involves providing a dispensing apparatus to present respective cut and opened sleeves of shrink-wrap label stock material to receive claws of crustaceans, and providing a heating apparatus to apply heat to the sleeves to shrink the sleeves around the claws. A seafood product may include a crustacean having a claw, the claw carrying a shrink-wrap label.
US09834323B2	Automated scanning systems for non-destructive inspection of curved cylinder-like workpieces Systems and methods for high-speed non-destructive inspection of a half- or full-barrel-shaped workpiece, such as a barrel-shaped section of an aircraft fuselage. Such workpieces can be scanned externally using a mobile (e.g., translating) arch gantry system comprising a translatable arch frame disposed outside the fuselage section, a carriage that can travel along a curved track carried by the arch frame, a radially inward-extending telescopic arm having a proximal end fixedly coupled to the carriage, and an NDI sensor unit coupled to a distal end of the telescoping arm. The stiffeners of the fuselage sections can be scanned using a mobile scanner platform disposed inside the fuselage section, which platform comprises a radially outward-extending telescopic arm rotatably coupled to a mobile (e.g., holonomic or linear motion) platform and an NDI sensor unit coupled to a distal end of the telescoping arm. The scan data is matched with position data acquired using any one of a plurality of tracking systems to enable the display of NDI features/flaws on a three-dimensional representation of the workpiece.
US09834321B2	Aircraft launching device An apparatus for launching an aircraft secured to a balloon by a tether includes a support member and a launch arm connected to the support member and rotatable relative to the support member about an axis. At least one mechanism releasably connects the aircraft to the launch arm and has a first condition securing the aircraft to the launch arm when the aircraft has a first orientation relative to the launch arm. The release mechanism has a second condition automatically releasing the aircraft from the launch arm when the aircraft has a second orientation relative to the launch arm different from the first orientation.
US09834318B2	Lightning strike protection for composite components Systems and methods for lightning strike materials are disclosed. The material may include a carbon fiber tow. Carbon nanotubes may be grown on carbon fibers within the carbon fiber tow. The carbon nanotubes may cause the carbon fibers to separate, decreasing a carbon tow fiber volume fraction of the tow. The growth of the carbon nanotubes may be controlled to select a tow fiber volume fraction of the tow. The lightning strike material may transmit electricity to decrease damage to the composite structure in case of a lightning strike.
US09834309B2	Air transmission system for flexible passenger supply units An air supply system for passengers includes an air supply line with a plurality of laterally situated air outlets, an individual air panel with at least one air nozzle and an air inlet opening. The individual air panel can be variably positioned along the air supply line in such a way that the air inlet opening faces one of the air outlets. A plurality of magnetic valves is arranged at the air outlets of the air supply line. One of the magnetic valves may be magnetically actuated by the individual air panel, when the air inlet opening of the individual air panel faces said one magnetic valve, so that air can flow out of the air supply line through the air outlet and the air inlet opening to the air nozzle.
US09834307B2	High altitude, long endurance, unmanned aircraft and methods of operation thereof Embodiments include one or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft capable of persistent station-keeping having one or more electromagnetic (IR/Visual/RF) sensor elements or suites for purposes of survey and/or signal gathering. Embodiments include one or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft capable of persistent station-keeping having a directable laser. Embodiments include a group of four or more high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft configured as GPS repeaters.
US09834306B2	Emergency unmanned aerial vehicle and method for deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle An emergency unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a method for employing a UAV. The method includes storing a digital elevation model (DEM) and associated data including locations of communication networks, updating the locations of communication networks in the associated data via a wireless transceiver, and storing position information determined by a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. The method includes detecting a predetermined condition using electronic sensors, determining whether the UAV is within a communications range of any communication network via the wireless transceiver, and determining a path to a communication network using the DEM and the associated data. The method also includes causing the UAV to become airborne and fly along the path, and transmitting a distress message via the wireless transceiver to the communication network, the distress message including position information corresponding to a location where the UAV detected the predetermined condition.
US09834293B2	Steering assembly for docking a marine vessel having at least three propulsion units A steering system for a marine vessel comprises a first propulsion unit, a second propulsion unit, and a third propulsion unit. There is a hydraulic actuator for imparting steering motion to the first propulsion unit and a hydraulic actuator for imparting steering motion to the second propulsion unit. A tie bar couples a tiller of the third propulsion unit to the hydraulic actuator of the first propulsion unit. A joystick is used to input user steering commands to the steering system. Movement of the joystick actuates the said hydraulic actuators to impart steering motion to the first propulsion unit and the second propulsion unit. The third propulsion unit is put in neutral when the joystick is used to input user steering commands.
US09834291B2	Large outboard motor for marine vessel application and related methods of making and operating same An outboard motor for a marine vessel application, and related methods of making and operating same, are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the outboard motor includes a horizontal-crankshaft engine in an upper portion of the outboard motor, positioned substantially positioned above a trimming axis of the outboard motor. In at least another embodiment, first, second and third transmission devices are employed to transmit rotational power from the engine to one or more propellers at a lower portion of the outboard motor. In at least a further embodiment, the outboard motor is made to include a rigid interior assembly formed by the engine, multiple transmission devices, and a further structural component. In further embodiments, the outboard motor includes numerous cooling, exhaust, and/or oil system components, as well as other transmission features.
US09834290B2	Autonomous unmanned sailing vessel An unmanned, autonomous, ocean-going vessel including a primary hull and a rigid wing rotationally coupled with the primary hull that freely rotates about a rotational axis. At least one of the primary hull and the rigid wing includes at least one selectively floodable compartment configured to selectively flood to submerge the primary hull and at least a portion of the rigid wing. The vessel further includes at least one controller configured to maintain a desired heading. The vessel further includes a control surface element configured to aerodynamically control a wing angle of the rigid wing based on a force exerted by wind on the control surface element. The vessel further includes a rudder. The at least one controller is further configured to determine a rudder position and generate a signal to position the rudder. The vessel further includes a keel coupled with the primary hull.
US09834288B1	Hydraulic drives for use in charging systems, ballast systems, or other systems of underwater vehicles An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes at least one generator configured to receive flows of the refrigerant between the tanks and to generate electrical power based on the flows of the refrigerant. The apparatus further includes first and second hydraulic drives associated with the first and second tanks, respectively. Each hydraulic drive includes a first piston within the associated tank, a channel fluidly coupled to the associated tank and configured to contain hydraulic fluid, and a second piston within the channel and configured to move within the channel in order to vary an amount of the hydraulic fluid within the associated tank and vary a position of the first piston within the associated tank. The channel of each hydraulic drive has a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the associated tank.
US09834275B2	Non-overlapping frame folding bike A folding bike designed such that when the bicycle is folded, the front and rear frame structural members bypass each other in a non-overlapping manner except at folding and fastening positions using an axis of rotation at or near the seat tube, wherein the folding bicycle maintains a rigid riding position using an innovative fastening mechanism positioned to fasten by actuation of a member located not above the uppermost surface of the front frame, and which may be equipped with primary and secondary retention wherein the secondary retention may automatically engage when the bike is unfolded to the operative riding position.
US09834273B2	Extended and lowered frame arrangement for motorcycle A motorcycle includes an extended and lower frame arrangement, a front wheel coupled to the extended and lower frame arrangement via a front wheel extension member to frontwardly extend a distance between the extended and lower frame arrangement and the front wheel, a rear wheel coupled to the extended and lower frame arrangement via a widen hub assembly to rearwardly extend a distance between the extended and lower frame arrangement and the rear wheel, such that the front wheel and the rear wheel are shifted far from the extended and lowered frame arrangement to lengthen a distance between the front wheel and the rear wheel so as to further lower a center of gravity of the motorcycle.
US09834270B2	Kick scooter A kick scooter includes a frame having a head tube for supporting handlebars and a front fork, an elongated frame member extending along a length of the frame, the frame member having a first end attached to the head tube and a second end configured for attachment to a rear wheel, the frame member being angularly disposed relative to the head tube. The frame includes support member coupled to the frame member for adjustable movement along a length of the frame member, a knee pad is attached to the support member for supporting a rider's knee and shin. The support member is movable relative to the frame member for adjusting a position of the knee pad relative to the head tube and a riding surface. The kick scooter further includes front and rear wheels, and a handlebar attached to the frame.
US09834269B2	Traveling wind intake structure for saddled vehicle A traveling wind intake structure for a saddled vehicle, comprising a meter visor covering a meter from above; and a wind screen covering the meter visor from above, wherein an introduction portion for introducing a traveling wind rearward of the wind screen is formed between a lower end of the wind screen and a vehicle body, a gate-type louver member is provided between the wind screen and the meter visor, and is formed by a plate-shaped guide member for guiding rearward the traveling wind introduced through the introduction portion, and leg members extending downward from left and right end portions of the guide member in a vehicle width direction, and the leg members are each provided with a shaft portion extending along the vehicle width direction and supporting the louver member in a frontward and rearward swingable manner.
US09834256B2	Vehicle lower portion structure A vehicle lower portion structure that includes: a suspension member that does not have a section that interconnects, in a vehicle width direction, a vehicle front-side end portion of a side rail placed on one vehicle width direction side and a vehicle front-side end portion of a side rail placed on the other vehicle width direction side; and a pair of right and left coupling portions that respectively interconnect the vehicle front-side end portion of the side rail placed on the one vehicle width direction side and a heat exchanger support lower member and interconnect the vehicle front-side end portion of the side rail placed on the other vehicle width direction side and the heat exchanger support lower member.
US09834252B2	Profile strip of a vehicle body A profile strip of a vehicle body is provided, wherein the profile strip is configured with at least one shell component made of fiber-reinforced plastic material and with at least one pultrusion component. The profile strip is subjected to bending in a bending direction and the pultrusion component is arranged alongside the shell component, as seen in the bending direction. The pultrusion component is configured with an outer shell and with at least one inner crosspiece, which is coupled to the inside of the outer shell. The at least one inner crosspiece extends in the bending direction and the at least one shell component has additional inner ribs, which extend likewise in the bending direction.
US09834243B1	Collapsible baby carriage A collapsible baby carriage includes a pair of middle pushing rod, a pair of upper pushing rod, a pair of T-rod, a pair of front wheel rod, a pair of bending-extension rod, a pair of side sliding rod, a pair of handle and a pair of seat side bending rod at two sides thereof. A top pushing rod, a seat bottom rod, a bottom connecting rod, a front wheel bottom rod and a rear wheel bottom rod are also between two sides of the baby carriage. The baby carriage includes a folding mechanism. The folding mechanism turns the upper pushing rod upward and the middle pushing rod and the front wheel rod downward. The flipping mechanism flips the seat side bending rods, the bending-extension rods, the front wheel rods, the front wheels, the handles, the T-rods and the rear wheels inward, forming a flat and rectangular body.
US09834242B2	Smart dolly A smart dolly includes a running mechanism and a body, the running mechanism comprises an equipment box and a rear axle housing, the equipment box is disposed on the rear axle housing, a battery, electric motor and control computer are provided in the equipment box, the battery and the electric motor are both electrically connected to the control computer, the equipment box has a charging plug thereon, the charging plug is electrically connected to the battery, the rear axle housing is provided with a differential clutch and an axle therein, the differential clutch and the axle form a transmission, the differential clutch is driven by the electric motor, the electric motor is provided with an electromagnetic braking device and a heat dissipation fan, and the external ends of the axle are connected to wheels; the body comprises an upper, middle and lower support rods.

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