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US09880928B1	Storing compressed and uncompressed data in blocks having different allocation unit sizes Improved techniques for storing data involve storing compressed data in blocks of a first AU size and storing uncompressed data in blocks of a second AU size larger than the first AU size. For example, when a storage processor compresses a chunk of data, the storage processor checks whether the compressed chunk fits in the smaller AU size. If the compressed chunk fits, then the storage processor stores a compressed chunk in a block having the smaller AU size. Otherwise, the storage processor stores the uncompressed chunk in a block having the larger AU size. Advantageously, the improved techniques promote better disk and cache utilization, which improves performance without disrupting block mapping.
US09880927B2	Functionally expandable vehicle control device and method for supplementing the functionality of a vehicle control device A vehicle control device for supplementing/changing the functionality of a vehicle control device. A vehicle control device is created having at least one processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a plurality of application modules, and at least one communication interface for interchanging data with other vehicle control devices or an external vehicle device. Also disclosed is a method for supplementing/changing the functionality of a vehicle control device.
US09880925B1	Collecting structured program code output A system may obtain an executable code segment of program code. The executable code segment may be associated with an emitter, and the program code, when executed, may be associated with a plurality of execution states. Each execution state, of the plurality of execution states, may correspond to a state of execution at a point in the execution of the program code that causes an event, of the plurality of events. The system may execute the executable code segment. The system may receive, from the emitter and based on executing the executable code segment, a program state corresponding to the particular execution state. The emitter may emit the information based on a particular event caused by executing the executable code segment. The system may collect the program state and information describing the particular event.
US09880922B1	System and method for automatically generating a graphical model from a text-based program A system and method automatically generates graphical model from an object-oriented, textual program, and verifies the performance of the graphical model to the textual program. The textual program may include a plurality of system objects having properties. The objects may be mapped to graphical model blocks that have parameters. The properties of the system objects may be mapped to the parameters of the graphical model blocks.
US09880918B2	Mobile and remote runtime integration An application program may be analyzed to identify candidate classes or methods that may be executed using a remote computing node. Candidate classes or methods may be translocated to the remote computing node based on performance characteristics of the device on which the application program is running, the environment in which the device operates, and on the performance and availability of the remote computing node. An application program publisher may be assigned instances of virtual machines that may be dedicated to hosting translocated classes and methods.
US09880914B2	Device, method and program for performing system testing In an approach for testing the operations of a host system during a host system migration, a terminal agent exchanges messages already exchanged between the current host system and a terminal with the new host system. A manual operation replay unit replays messages generated by manual operations among the messages sent to the current host system by the terminal. An automatic response unit automatically generates a response message for messages received from the new host system. The automatic response unit also generates screen data for a screen displayed on the terminal on the basis of messages received from the new host system. A comparison unit compares and evaluates screen data generated by the automatic response unit and screen data from a screen generated by the terminal on the basis of messages received from the current host system.
US09880907B2	System, method, and computer program product for dynamic volume mounting in a system maintaining synchronous copy objects In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to receive, from a host, a command directed to a volume, the command including a parameter. The logic is further configured to cause the processor to evaluate a policy associated with the host, and, based on the evaluation of the policy associated with the host, determine a value of the parameter included in the command. Still yet, the logic is configured to cause the processor to open two copies of the volume in response to the parameter including a first value, and open only one of the two copies of the volume in response to the parameter including a second value.
US09880904B2	Supporting multiple backup applications using a single change tracker Supporting multiple backup applications using a single change tracker includes receiving, from a backup application, a request to associate with a backup map, replicating the backup map to create a replica backup map associated with the backup application, and updating the replica backup map based on changes in the backup map.
US09880890B2	Extensible service execution framework with data mapping architecture A service description associated with a service is received. An input data mapping rule from a first caller context to a service context associated with the service is automatically determined at least in part by transforming the service description. A service binding data consumer based at least in part on the service description is created. The service and the input data mapping rule between the first caller context and the service context is automatically executed.
US09880886B2	Framework to improve parallel job workflow Embodiments of the inventive subject matter include receiving, in a distributed computing environment, a plurality of files for execution. Embodiments further include identifying, by parsing the plurality of files, code segments contained in each of the plurality of files. Embodiments further include determining, based on a comparison of the code segments and definitions contained in a distributed computing basic function library, a first group of the code segments that include configuration tasks and a second group of the code segments that include computational tasks. Embodiments further include combining the first group of the code segments to form a super configuration task. Embodiments further include creating an executable code, wherein the executable code comprises the super configuration task and the second group of code segments. Embodiments further include allocating the executable code to one or more nodes. Embodiments further include executing the executable code on the one or more nodes.
US09880872B2	Post-copy based live virtual machines migration via speculative execution and pre-paging The method includes post copy migrating a guest virtual machine from a migration source host to a migration target host, executing the instruction stream of the guest virtual machine on the migration target host, and determining, by the migration target host, when the guest virtual machine encounters the page fault. When the guest virtual machine encounters the page fault, the method includes requesting, by the migration target host, the not-present page from the migration source host for loading on the migration target host, and emulating, on an emulator executing on or in communication with the migration target host, continued execution of the instruction stream of the guest virtual machine. The method also includes identifying, by the emulator, future page references to future pages from the emulated continued execution of the instruction stream, and requesting the future pages from the migration source host in parallel with the not-present page request.
US09880871B2	Protection from guest interrupts in a virtual machine function An example method for secure virtual machine access to a protected virtual machine function includes storing a first virtual machine function instruction, which is executable to configure access privileges of a guest according to a trampoline view, as a last instruction on a first trampoline page. The method also includes storing a clear interrupt flag instruction as a first instruction on a second trampoline page. The method further includes storing a second virtual machine function instruction, which is executable to configure access privileges of the guest according to a protected view, as a last instruction on the second trampoline page. The method also includes in response to detecting an extended page fault violation while the trampoline view is active, clearing the interrupt flag of the guest and entering execution on an instruction following the clear interrupt flag instruction on the second trampoline page.
US09880869B2	Single computer-based virtual cross-domain solutions Three embodiments of one-way cross-domain systems for transferring information from a client in a first security domain to a server in a second separate security domain are disclosed. In addition, three embodiments of bilateral cross-domain systems for transferring first information from a client in a first security domain to a server in a second separate security domain and second information from the server in the second separate security domain to the client in the first security domain are also disclosed. Each of the one-way and bilateral cross-domain systems is based upon a single computer server which employs a number of virtual machines to implement send and receive servers. The single computer server also implements one (for the one-way cross-domain systems) or two (for the bilateral cross-domain systems) virtual one-way data links in either virtual machines or within the hypervisor portion of the operating system.
US09880867B2	Method and subsystem for data exchange between a guest operating system and a virtualization layer The current document is directed to methods and subsystems for communication between virtualization layers and guest operating systems. A hardware baseboard management controller (“BMC”) provides an out-of-band communications link and management interface to a computer system that can be accessed by a system administrator through a remote console. A virtualization layer may provide a virtualized BMC (“vBMC”) that provides a data-and-command-exchange medium between a guest operating system and the virtualization layer. The virtualization layer may transmit commands, query status and configuration information, and transfer data through this data-and-command-exchange medium to the guest operating system.
US09880866B2	Cryptographically attested resources for hosting virtual machines Approaches to enable the configuration of computing resources for executing virtual machines on behalf of users to be cryptographically attested to or verified. When a user requests a virtual machine to be provisioned, an operator of the virtualized computing environment can initiate a two phase launch of the virtual machine. In the first phase, the operator provisions the virtual machine on a host computing device and obtains cryptographic measurements of the software and/or hardware resources on the host computing device. The operator may then provide those cryptographic measurements to the user that requested the virtual machine. If the user approves the cryptographic measurements, the operator may proceed with the second phase and actually launch the virtual machine on the host. In some cases, operator may compare the cryptographic measurements to a list of approved measurements to determine whether the host computing device is acceptable for hosting the virtual machine.
US09880863B2	Methods and systems for increasing processor speed by creating rule engine rules from unstructured text A method of manufacturing an aircraft. A plurality of documents, each comprising corresponding unstructured text and each being from a different source, is received at a processor, a particular document being in the plurality of documents. The particular document is selected by the processor based on a policy. The corresponding unstructured text for the particular document is converted by the processor into a structured language. The structured language is compiled by the processor into rules for a rules engine comprising software stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The rules for the rules engine are parsed by the processor into a set of rules. The aircraft is constructed according to the set of rules.
US09880850B2	Age based fast instruction issue In an approach for selecting and issuing an oldest ready instruction in an issue queue, one or more processors receive one or more instructions in an issue queue. Ready to execute instructions are identified. An age of the instructions are represented in a first age array. One or more subsets of the instructions are generated for subset age arrays that each hold an age of the instructions in a subset. A major signal is generated that identifies an oldest ready instruction in the first age array and a subset signal is simultaneously generated that identifies an oldest ready instruction in each subset age array. A candidate instruction is selected with each subset signal that is represented in the subset age array of the subset signal, wherein a candidate instruction is an oldest ready instruction in the subset age array. A candidate instruction is selected with the major signal and issued.
US09880826B2	Installing of application resources in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service (PaS) system A mechanism for automatic installing and scaling of application resources in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment in a cloud computing system is disclosed. A method includes creating, by a processing device of an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform, an image package corresponding to a node host on a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system. The image package comprises an image file including a script file having a plurality of software updates and run time configuration files. The image package is stored in a storage memory of the IaaS platform and is accessible by a virtual machine (VM) instance. The method also includes retrieving, from the storage memory, the script file from the image package and causing a boot process of the VM instance to download the script file into the PaaS system.
US09880824B2	On demand resources A computer-implemented method for building a software application is disclosed. The method includes: generating a plurality of application resources; creating a plurality of tags; applying one of the tags on each of the plurality of application resources; grouping the application resources by their tags to form at least two asset packs, each identifiable by at least one tag shared by all application resources in the asset pack; and creating an asset pack manifest comprising a location of each of the asset packs and an order in which the asset packs are to be downloaded.
US09880815B2	SQL visualizer A SQL Visualizer including means for transforming a textual SQL statement into a graphical diagram which represents the textual SQL statement.
US09880814B1	Dynamic generation of plugins based on user-customized catalogs Embodiments are directed towards dynamically generating a plugin module based on a customizable catalog. A plurality of application features may be determined based on a catalog of available application features of a visitor computer. One or more templates may be generated that lists application features. A plugin client and a corresponding plugin core that include application features listed in the one or more templates may be generated. The plugin client may then be provided to the host computer and the corresponding plugin core may be installed on the visitor computer. Information that may be associated with actions performed by users of the plugin client may be obtained from the host computer. Application features included in the plugin core may be determined based on the information obtained from the host computer. And, operations may be performed on the visitor computer based on the obtained information and the plugin core.
US09880811B2	Reproducible stochastic rounding for out of order processors A method for generating a random number for use in a stochastic rounding operation is provided. The method includes executing an instruction that causes at least two operands to produce an intermediate result and incrementing a state of a random number generator. The method d further includes causing the random number generator to generate a random number in accordance with the state and producing a final result by utilizing the random number to determine a rounding of the intermediate result.
US09880807B1	Multi-component viewing tool for contact center agents Various embodiments of the invention provide a tool for reviewing the content of communications conducted between parties. A communication is analyzed between a first and second party to determine the words present. A set of keywords are developed that represent a subset of the words determined to be present in the communication. Occurrences of the keywords in the communication are mapped to times at which they occur. An interface is provided to a user that displays a representation of the communication comprising an identifier, such as an icon, representing a particular occurrence of a keyword with respect to a timeline. The user can search, locate and review a corresponding portion of audio containing the occurrence of the keyword. This may involve playing the corresponding portion of the audio containing the occurrence of the keyword and/or displaying the corresponding portion of a transcript of the audio portion.
US09880805B1	Workout music playback machine A workout music playback device for playing workout music during a workout with given workout parameters by arranging and assembling song segments of original musical recordings in accordance with workout parameters. The device has a media output manager configured to receive said workout parameters and prepare audio output information on arranging a sequence of song segments into an edited song recording. It has an instruction relay module configured to receive said audio output information, and transmit said workout audio output instructions. The device has a media output generator configured to receive said audio output instructions from said instruction relay module, retrieve and assemble said song recording data of said original musical recording from said memory in accordance with said audio output instructions, and transmit a data stream of workout music corresponding to said workout parameters.
US09880804B1	Method of automatically adjusting sound output and electronic device A method of automatically adjusting sound output is disclosed. The method includes the following the steps of: receiving a sound message via a microphone; analyzing the sound message to determine whether the sound message is a voice message; controlling a sound player to stop playing sound or to lower volume of the sound if the sound message is a voice message.
US09880798B2	Method and electronic device for controlling displayed content based on operations A display method and an electronic device are disclosed in the application. The method includes: detecting, by a first acquisition unit, operation data, while displaying a first part of an output content on a display unit; acquiring, by a second acquisition unit, first focus data of an object user within a set range watching the output content, wherein the focus data indicates a position of the display unit corresponding to a focus of the object user; and displaying a second part of the output content, based on the operation data and the first focus data, wherein the second part is different from the first part.
US09880782B2	Managing temperature of solid state disk devices A solid state disk (SSD) device has a set of data transfer parameters which regulate I/O operations of the SSD device. The temperature of the SSD device is monitored using temperature readings from a temperature sensor. The temperature of the SSD device satisfies a temperature threshold. A data transfer modification is determined. The data transfer modification is capable of modifying one or more data transfer parameters of the set of data transfer parameters. The set of data transfer parameters is modified using the data transfer modification in response to the temperature of the SSD satisfying the temperature threshold. One or more I/O operations are completed with the SSD device using the modified set of data transfer parameters.
US09880781B2	Storage device and operating method of storage device A storage device is provided which includes a nonvolatile memory and a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the storage device. The temperature sensor is configured to output temperature information. The storage device includes a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to access the nonvolatile memory in response to a request of an external host device. The memory controller is configured to obtain the temperature information from the temperature sensor according to a first period in a first mode. The temperature sensor is configured to obtain the temperature information from the temperature sensor according to a second period in a second mode. The second period is shorter than the first period.
US09880774B2	Methods for automatic data storage device assignment during system initialization and devices thereof A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and storage node computing device that reserves one of a plurality of data storage devices that is designated as a coordinator data storage device. A section of the storage cluster that is unowned is identified. Ownership of a subset of the data storage devices that is in the section of the storage cluster is obtained. A determination is made when the subset of the data storage devices includes the coordinator data storage device. The reservation of the coordinator data storage device is released, when the determining indicates that the subset of the data storage devices does not include the coordinator data storage device.
US09880772B2	Systems and methods for providing file information in a memory system protocol A memory device includes a memory component and controller circuitry. The memory component stores data and the controller circuitry receives, from a host electronic device, one or more commands of a memory system protocol. The one or more commands include at least one write command, the write command comprising one or more blocks of data to be stored in the memory component. Further, the one or more commands include metadata, attributes, or both related to the one or more blocks of data. The controller circuitry interprets and executes the one or more commands. Accordingly, the blocks are stored in the memory component. Further, the controller circuitry of the memory device has access to the metadata, attributes or both.
US09880765B2	Copy processing management system and copy processing management method [Object] Copy processing time is reduced by selecting an optimum copy method according to the content of difference data and the status of a system.[Solution] When the primary disk storage apparatus and the secondary disk storage apparatus are separated from each other after dual writing operation and a copy pair regarding which data is written to only the primary disk storage apparatus is to be resynchronized, the host computer selects either host-computer-based copy processing executed via the host computer or inter-disk-control-device copy processing executed between the first disk control device and the second disk control device, on the basis of information about copy processing including a difference data amount between the primary disk storage apparatus and the secondary disk storage apparatus, a data transfer amount between the respective apparatuses, and performance information of each apparatus.
US09880762B1	Compressing metadata blocks prior to writing the metadata blocks out to secondary storage A technique manages file system metadata and is performed in a data storage system that maintains a file system on behalf of a set of host computers. The technique involves modifying a first metadata block of the file system in response to a file system change, the first metadata block containing file system metadata. The technique further involves performing a compression operation to generate a compressed metadata block in volatile storage from the first metadata block, the compressed metadata block having a size that is smaller than a size of the first metadata block. The technique further involves writing the compressed metadata block from the volatile storage (volatile cache memory) to non-volatile storage (e.g., flash memory).
US09880761B2	Restorable memory allocator Various embodiments manage dynamic memory allocation data. In one embodiment, a set of memory allocation metadata is extracted from a memory heap space. Process dependent information and process independent information is identified from the set of memory allocation metadata based on the set of memory allocation metadata being extracted. The process dependent information and the process independent information at least identify a set of virtual memory addresses available in the memory heap space and a set of virtual memory addresses allocated to a process associated with the memory heap space. A set of allocation data associated with the memory heap space is stored in a persistent storage based on the process dependent information and the process independent information having been identified. The set of allocation data includes the process independent allocation information and a starting address associated with the memory heap space.
US09880747B2	Apparatus, system, and method of logical address translation for non-volatile storage memory A fast and lean way of performing logical-to-physical address translation is presented. A logical address is divided into a most significant bits portion and a least significant bits portion. Instead of using the entire logical address to locate an entry in an address translation table, only the most significant bits portion of the logical address is used, which substantially reduces the size of the address translation table. The entry includes a most significant bits portion of a physical volatile memory address and a most significant bits portion of a physical non-volatile memory address. The actual physical volatile memory address and the actual physical non-volatile memory address can be derived by combining the most significant bits portions of the addresses stored in the address translation table entry with the least significant bits portion of the logical address.
US09880746B1	Method to increase random I/O performance with low memory overheads In response to a request from a client to store a data block in a storage system, the data block is segmented into a plurality of subblocks. Each of the plurality of subblocks is individually compressed into a compressed subblock. The compressed subblocks are packed into a compressed data block. The compressed data block having the individually compressed subblocks therein is stored in a persistent storage device. Metadata of the compressed data block is stored in an index entry in an index of the storage system, including storing subblock locators indicating locations of the compressed subblocks. Each of the subblocks can be individually accessed based on a corresponding subblock locator without having to access remaining subblocks.
US09880741B2	Generalized storage allocation for multiple architectures A method for managing storage allocation includes adaptively determining, by a storage device processor, a region width across disk spaces for a group of storage devices that is inversely proportional to a number of nodes sharing a particular storage device. An adaptive storage device allocation region of the particular storage device is created based on the determined region width across the disk spaces for the group of storage devices.
US09880736B2	Systems and methods for determining a symbol input by a user from two sets of symbols on a multi-layer keyboard A method may include providing for display a first set of touch-screen keys corresponding to a first set of symbols. The method may also include providing for display at least partially underneath the first set of touch-screen keys a second set of touch-screen keys corresponding to a second set of symbols. At least a portion of the second set of touch-screen keys are visible through the first set of keys. The method may also include detecting a touch gesture by the user over the first and second sets of keys intending to input a symbol. The method may also include determining a context of the input by the user. The method may also include selecting based at least in part on the context a symbol in the first set of symbols or a symbol in the second set of symbols as the symbol that the user intended to input.
US09880732B2	Method for detecting an angular variation of a control path on a touch surface and corresponding control module The invention relates to a method for determining the elementary angle of a control path on a touch surface, characterized in that it comprises measuring two elementary movement values (\|dX\|, \|dY\|) along two perpendicular axes (X, Y) for a predetermined duration (dT), comparing said values (\|dX\|, \|dY\|) with unitary value ranges of elementary movements (Xu, Yu) of a reference data table and allocating a reference data representative of an angle to an elementary angle (dθ) of the control path. The invention also relates to a method for detecting an angular variation of a control path on a touch surface, characterized in that it comprises implementing the above method for determining the elementary angle of a control path on a touch surface and storing the elementary angle (dθ) allocated during an elementary step, repeating the elementary step, and assembling in series the allocated elementary angles (dθ) in order to determine an angular variation of the control path. The invention further relates to a control module including a touch surface (1), characterized in that it comprises a processing unit for implementing the method for detecting an angular variation of a control path as described above.
US09880731B1	Flexible modular screen apparatus for mounting to, and transporting user profiles between, participating vehicles A modular flexible-screen apparatus allowing a user to transport personal preferences or settings between participating vehicles of transportation. The user can carry the preference-holding screen apparatus to and from the same vehicle, and between other vehicles the user owns, and/or to shared, taxi, or rental vehicles.
US09880725B2	Methods, systems, and apparatuses for accurate measurement and real-time feedback of solar ultraviolet exposure System and methods for accurate measurement and real-time feedback of solar ultraviolet exposure for management of ultraviolet dose. The systems can include a wearable device and a mobile device, the system performing accurate measurement of UV exposure.
US09880712B2	In-application customization In-application customization is provided where users can both use and customize the application. Within a graphical user interface of an application developed by an original author, an interaction from a customizer user of the application can be received to make a modification to the application from a set of available modifications that the original author did not create for the application. The modification can be performed using functionality made available through a developer program service.
US09880708B2	User interface An example implementation involves a control device displaying on a graphical user interface, an indicator positioned with respect to a particular multimedia item in a displayed list of a plurality of multimedia items. After displaying the indicator on the graphical user interface for a first predefined time, the control device displays on the graphical user interface, an information panel obstructing a portion of the displayed list, the information panel providing information associated with the particular multimedia item that is not shown in the displayed list. After displaying the information panel for a second predefined time, the control device terminates display of the information panel.
US09880704B2	Email user interface Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a reply or forward command for a selected email message in an email user interface, determine that the email user interface is in full screen mode and that the selected email message is at least partially outside of a visible area of the email user interface, and display a composition window in response to the command, wherein the displaying includes a sequence of images to create the illusion of the composition window sliding up from the bottom of the screen. In an example, a user interface includes a collapsible panel of mailboxes and folders, and a separate and independent favorites bar including a plurality of the mailboxes and folders. One of the mailboxes and folders in the favorites bar may be a hierarchical folder that includes a subfolder that is accessible via a drop down menu from the hierarchical folder in the favorites bar.
US09880701B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates the use of a terminal in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to detect a direct touch and a proximity touch and a controller outputting at least one or more icons through the touchscreen, the controller detecting the proximity touch to a 1st icon for running a prescribed application among the outputted at least one or more icons, the controller, if a duration time of the detected proximity touch reaches a 1st time, outputting a 2nd icon by changing the outputted 1st icon into the 2nd icon, the controller, if the direct touch to the 2nd icon is detected, running a prescribed function of the prescribed application. Accordingly, it is able to access various functions of the mobile terminal using a proximity touch.
US09880698B2	Three-dimensional space interface apparatus and method A three-dimensional (3D) space interface apparatus and method are provided. The 3D space interface apparatus provides an interface in which a user may directly touch and transform a 3D virtual object of a 3D space, which is shown in various ways depending on a position of the user. The 3D space interface apparatus may provide for manipulation of the 3D virtual object by the user using a sensing signal that senses the position and movement of a manipulation object the user. Specifically, an interface unit of the apparatus verifies, using the sensing signal, whether a predetermined movement of the manipulation object has occurred or whether a contact between the 3D virtual object and the manipulation object has been made, and generates a predetermined reaction corresponding to the predetermined movement or the contact.
US09880695B2	Changing a controlling device interface based on device orientation According to one embodiment, a method for changing a graphical user interface is provided. The method may include identifying one or more devices. The method may include determining product information associated with the one or more devices, whereby the product information includes at least one of a type, a model number, and a brand. The method may include determining one or more applications associated with the one or more devices based on the product information, whereby the one or more applications allow for operation of the one or more devices. The method may include retrieving the one or more applications. The method may include determining that the computer is oriented toward a first device of the one or more devices. The method may include displaying a first graphical user interface corresponding to a first application of the one or more applications that allows for operation of the first device.
US09880694B2	Shop order status visualization system A method and apparatus for visualizing an assembly of parts for an aircraft. A shop order instance is identified for the assembly of parts for the aircraft. A volume is identified for the shop order instance. The assembly of parts is displayed within the volume in context with a number of assemblies of other parts within the volume.
US09880691B2	Device and method for synchronizing display and touch controller with host polling Devices, systems, and methods are provided for coordinating the interaction between a touch screen controller and a display controller in an electronic device of the type including a host processor, a touch screen controller configured to acquire capacitive measurements from a touch screen, and a display controller configured to update a display at a refresh frequency and phase. The method includes: sharing a synchronization signal between the display controller and the host processor, the synchronization signal indicative of the refresh frequency and phase; polling the touch screen controller, by the host processor, based on the synchronization signal; and in response to the polling, acquiring the capacitive measurements by the touch screen controller at a sampling rate and phase determined by the refresh frequency and phase.
US09880685B2	Portable electronic device including keyboard and method of controlling same An electronic device includes a plurality of keycaps, first magnets disposed on an underside of the keycaps, each first magnet of the plurality of first magnets being associated with a respective one of the keycaps and moveable therewith relative to the back of the device, and electromagnets disposed between the back of the keyboard and the first magnets, each electromagnet being associated with a respective one of the first magnets and a respective one of the keycaps. The electronic device also includes a controller coupled to the electromagnets to control each electromagnet to maintain a magnetic field to repel the first magnet and to reverse the polarity in response to detecting an external applied force on the keycap that meets a threshold value to facilitate movement of the respective keycap from a first position, toward the back of the keyboard, to a second position.
US09880682B2	Device adapted for emulating tactile contacts on a capacitive screen The invention relates to a device (CD) comprising a capacitive keyboard (KB) constituted of a plurality of keys (KY), each key comprising an active electrode (AEL) and an active ground plane (AGP), a microcontroller (MC) connected to said keyboard (KB) through active electrode (AEL) and active ground plane (AGP). Said microcontroller (MC) is adapted for managing said keyboard (KB) in a reverse manner for emulating a sequence of tactile contacts on a capacitive screen.
US09880677B2	Touch display device A touch display device includes: a touch display panel including a display region and a non-display region; gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define a pixel region in the display region; a thin film transistor in the pixel region and connected to the corresponding gate and data lines; a touch block having a plurality of pixel regions; a touch line connected to the touch block; a touch display driver IC that supplies a gate signal, a data signal and a common voltage to the pixel region, and supplies a touch scan signal to the touch block; a flexible printed circuit board that transfers timing signals and image data from an external system to the touch display driver IC; and a memory mounted on the flexible printed circuit board.
US09880671B2	Damping vibrational wave reflections A touch input detector is disclosed. The touch input detector includes an acoustic transmitter for transmitting an acoustic wave across a touch input medium. The touch input detector also includes an acoustic receiver for receiving the transmitted acoustic wave, wherein the timing of the incidence of the acoustic wave on the acoustic receiver indicates at least a portion of a touch input location on a surface of the touch input medium. The touch input detector further includes an acoustic dampening material coupled to the touch input medium to dampen reflections of the transmitted acoustic wave.
US09880670B2	Gesture control having automated calibration A basis image is captured by an image capture device and transmitted to a computing unit. A gesture of a user of the computing unit is identified by the computing unit based on the basis image. An action is determined and executed by the computing unit depending on the identified gesture. The action is determined by the computing unit for at least one of the gestures in addition in dependence on a relative position of the image capture device relative to a display device. No later than upon capturing the basis image, an additional image is captured by at least one additional image capture device and transmitted to the computing unit. On the basis of the additional image, the relative position of the image capture device relative to the display device is determined by the computing unit.
US09880661B2	Touch control driving method, touch control driving apparatus and touch control display device The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch control driving method, a touch control driving apparatus and a touch control display device, capable of reducing power consumption of a touch screen. The method comprises: inputting a touch control driving signal at a first scan frequency for touch control scan; detecting a writing frequency of a Random Access Memory (RAM) and a duration for the writing frequency; and reducing the first scan frequency to a second scan frequency when the writing frequency of the RAM is larger than or equal to a first threshold and the duration for the writing frequency is larger than or equal to a second threshold. The method can be applied in a process of touch control driving.
US09880659B2	Touch control display panel and manufacturing method thereof, display device The touch control display panel comprises an array substrate and an alignment substrate arranged in alignment with the array substrate. The alignment substrate comprises a black matrix arranged on a first substrate. The black matrix protrudes from the first substrate, and the orthographic projection of a side of the black matrix away from the first substrate on the first substrate covers an orthographic projection of a side of the black matrix close to the first substrate on the first substrate. The first substrate is further provided with a plurality of touch control electrode groups formed using the black matrix as a mask plate. The present invention can effectively reduce the number of mask plates and the process steps as well as the production cost, which can further reduce the thickness of the touch control display panel and facilitates the manufacture of light and thin products.
US09880653B2	Pressure-sensing touch system utilizing total-internal reflection A pressure-sensing touch system that utilizes total-internal reflection of light is disclosed. The touch system includes a transparent sheet having a surface. At least one light source and at least one detector are operably arranged relative to the transparent sheet respective to transmit light through the sheet and to detect the transmitted light. A touch event at the top surface of the transparent sheet causes light to scatter from the transparent sheet, thereby changing the amount of light received at the detector. Since the amount of scattered light generated at the touch event location is a function of the applied pressure at the touch event, the change in the detector signal is used to determine the relative amount of applied pressure. Embodiments that include multiple waveguides and channel waveguides, as well as force-sensing devices, are also disclosed.
US09880651B2	Integrated touch control display panel and touch display device The present disclosure provides an integrated touch control display panel, including a substrate, a plurality of stripe shaped common electrodes sequentially arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a plurality of common electrode slits located between any two adjacent stripe shaped common electrodes. Each section of the common electrode slit includes a first slit, a second slit, and a connection slit located between the first slit and the second slit. An orthogonal projection of a center line of the connection slit on the substrate is located inside or coincides with a triangle formed by an orthogonal projection of the intersection point of center lines of the first and second slits, the intersection point of center lines of the first and connection slits, and the intersection point of center lines of the second and connection slits on the substrate.
US09880648B2	Touch pad input device A touch pad input device includes a touch pad having a touch area formed on an upper surface thereof; a switch installed under the touch pad to generate a signal when a downward external force more than a reference value is applied; a restoring means configured to support elastically upward a lower surface of the touch pad; and a housing in which the touch pad, the switch and the restoring means are installed. Even when only one switch is installed under the touch pad, the switch can be stably operated when each area of the touch pad is pushed, and since the separate printed circuit board for transmitting the pushing signal of the switch is omitted, it is possible to provide a simple internal structure and to reduce a manufacturing cost, and all functions of a mouse and an arrow key can be performed.
US09880646B2	Addressable electro-optic display A writing implement is described that dispenses a liquid colorant and produces a magnetic field. The magnetic field may be directed to an electronically driven display having a particle that is responsive to a magnetic field, such as an electrophoretic display, thereby changing an optical state of the display.
US09880642B2	Mouse function provision method and terminal implementing the same A touch panel-equipped mobile terminal is configured to be used as a mouse according to a mouse function provision method. The mouse function provision method includes displaying a mouse operation image on a screen of the display unit in response to a mouse host application execution request; detecting a touch gesture made with a touch input tool on the mouse operation image; determining, when movement of the touch input tool is detected, whether a touch hold time counted from the detection of the touch gesture is greater than a first hold threshold; and transmitting, when the touch hold time is greater than the first hold threshold, an object move command to an output terminal and, when the touch hold time is not greater than the first hold threshold, a pointer move command.
US09880641B2	Managing displayed content on a reshaped flexible display A computer-implemented method manages displayed content on a reshaped flexible display. One or more processors detect a location of a bend in a flexible display, where the bend reshapes the flexible display to define at least two sections of the flexible display. One or more processors identify a type of application being used to generate content that is displayed on the flexible display, and then divide the content into a first content portion and a second content portion, based on the type of application being used. One or more processors then display the first content portion on a first section of the flexible display and the second content portion on a second section of the flexible display.
US09880605B2	Method and system for throttling power consumption Systems, methods, and/or devices are used to manage a storage system. In one aspect, the method includes receiving, from a host to which a storage device of the storage system is operatively coupled, a request to perform a first memory operation on one or more memory devices of the storage device. The method includes determining a count of credits corresponding to the first memory operation. If a current count of credits in the first credit pool is greater than or equal to the count of credits corresponding to the first memory operation and a current count of credits in the second credit pool is greater than or equal to the count of credits corresponding to the first memory operation, the method includes: performing the first memory operation; and decrementing the first and second credit pools according to the count of credits corresponding to the first memory operation.
US09880596B2	Power management mechanism An integrated circuit includes a global power supply node. A first power domain has a first power management circuit, which includes a local power supply node. A first power control circuit is capable of receiving an input signal. A second power control circuit has a higher current capacity than the first power control circuit. The first power control circuit and the second power control circuit are coupled to the local power supply node and the global power supply node. The input signal is configured to initiate a power sequence, e.g., a power up process or a power down process, in the first power control circuit. A first control signal generated by the first power control circuit is configured to initiate a power sequence in the second power control circuit.
US09880578B2	Power demand forecast device, method and system and power failure detection system Disclosed herein is a power demand forecast device including: an absence detection section adapted to detect whether a consumer is absent at a given location; and a power demand forecast section adapted to forecast a power demand on a forecasted date and time in future based on an absence detection result obtained by the absence detection section.
US09880573B2	Method and apparatus for DC-DC converter with boost/low dropout (LDO) mode control A low dropout (LDO) device with improved linear mode comprising an error amplifier, a programmable attenuation factor circuit coupled to said error amplifier, a feedback network whose input is electrically connected to said programmable attenuation factor circuit and whose output is electrically coupled to the negative input of said error amplifier, a high side (HS) pre-drive circuit whose input is a high impedance (HiZ) mode signal, a low side (LS) pre-drive circuit whose input is a low pull-down input mode signal, a high side (HS) output stage element electrically coupled to said high side (HS) pre-drive circuit, a low side (LS) output stage element electrically coupled to said low side (LS) pre-drive circuit, and a high side sense (HSENSE) output stage element whose gate is electrically coupled to said high side (HS) pre-drive circuit, and whose gate and source are electrically connected to the output of said error amplifier.
US09880568B2	Pressure regulators for feeding fuel, and fuel-supplying system comprising a regulating unit that consists of said pressure regulators A pressure control for a fuel supply device to supply fuel from a reservoir to a user includes at least two flow paths between a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber, and an operable closure unit for opening and closing of the at least two flow paths.
US09880563B2	Geographic survey system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operation, including: receiving from a customer a first data request, the first data request having: a first geographic coverage area; and a refresh rate for the first geographic coverage area; planning a first plurality of flight missions to accomplish the first data request; uploading flight missions data representing the first plurality of flight missions into a UAV pod; and deploying the UAV pod.
US09880558B2	Travel control device A travel control device which allows a vehicle to travel along a lane of a travel path recognizes lane markers on the right and left of a lane, sets a travel area of the vehicle between the lane markers, selects a travel path candidate having high straightness among a plurality of travel path candidates with priority and determines the selected travel path candidate as a target travel path, and performs travel control according to the target travel path.
US09880552B1	Wireless remote control to operate a radiometric camera mounted to an aerial vehicle A wireless remote control assembly which includes a wireless remote control in communication with an aerial vehicle. A radiometric camera can be mounted to the aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle can have a radiometric camera processor. A display can be in communication with an aerial vehicle processor. A remote control data storage can be in communication with a remote control processor. A power supply can be in further communication with the aerial vehicle processor. Computer instructions located in the remote control data storage can capture data from the remote control processor to the radiometric camera for a target. Furthermore, computer instructions in the remote control data storage can instruct the radiometric camera processor to perform aerial thermography to view different wavelengths simultaneously.
US09880549B2	Dynamic batch size and internal transportation Embodiments of the invention relate to statistical and mathematical optimization techniques to predict completion time of parts and subassemblies in one production line. A real-time visibility of products and work-in-process is produced. Optimization techniques are utilized to allow for dynamic modification of a transportation schedule and/or batch size, thereby reducing transportation costs.
US09880543B2	Method for transferring data between MPU and memory in a PLC using access signal buffer and input buffer controlled in response to an address signal A method for transmitting and receiving data between a micro processing unit (MPU) and a memory operating with different operating voltages in a programmable logic controller (PLC) is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes outputting, by the MPU, a chip select (CS) signal and an address signal to read requested data from the memory, outputting, by an OR gate, an activation signal for activating a data input buffer, the OR gate receiving the CS signal and the address signal, and outputting, by an access signal output buffer, a memory access signal for operation of the memory, the access signal output buffer receiving the CS signal and the address signal. The method further includes outputting the requested data to the data input buffer, and outputting, by the data input buffer, the requested data to the MPU when the requested data is received by the data input buffer from the memory.
US09880536B1	Autonomous control in a programmable system A programmable system includes a programmable analog system that is reconfigurable to perform various analog operations, and includes a programmable digital system that is reconfigurable to perform various digital operations. The programmable system also includes a microcontroller capable of reconfiguring and controlling the programmable analog system and the programmable digital system. The programmable digital system is configured to control the programmable analog system autonomously of the microcontroller.
US09880531B2	Adaptive control of ambience settings The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus that enables the ambience of e.g. hospital rooms to adapt according the scheduled or non-scheduled activities throughout the day. The ambience generated by lights, sound devices, image, movie displays and other devices is controlled by an ambience controller (100) in dependence of day phases defined by a patient's day schedule or in dependence of other non-scheduled phases which may have been initiated in dependence of a trigger signal (215, 216) generated in response to activities such as the entering of a caterer.
US09880530B2	Systems and methods for industrial automation device awareness An industrial automation component that may receive data associated with at least one other industrial automation component in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation component may contextualize the data with respect to the industrial automation system and recognize a relationship between the industrial automation component and the at least one other industrial automation component based on the contextualized data. The industrial automation component may then store the relationship between the industrial automation component and the at least one other industrial automation component in a memory.
US09880512B2	Image forming apparatus including an outer cover and a subsidiary cover An image forming apparatus includes an electric wire and an electric box. The electric box extends substantially horizontally and includes a wire connector coupled to the electric wire. A body face exposes the wire connector. An outer cover covers the body face. The outer cover includes a slot and a wire accommodator. The slot is disposed opposite the wire connector to expose the wire connector to an outside of the image forming apparatus. The wire accommodator accommodates the electric wire.
US09880497B2	Image forming device, position shift correction method, and recording medium An image forming device includes a plurality of image formation units each configured to form an image of one of a plurality of colors, and a patch image transfer unit configured to control transfer conditions during transferring a patch group that is a pattern for detecting a position shift and formed on an intermediate transfer belt onto a secondary transfer belt. The patch image transfer unit is configured to transfer patches of at least single color for which a band of transfer efficiency is narrowest, of the patch group, onto the secondary transfer belt under transfer conditions for the color, and during transition to the transfer conditions for the color from other transfer conditions or during transition from the transfer conditions for the color to the other transfer conditions, patches of a color other than the color, of the patch group is transferred onto the secondary transfer belt.
US09880496B2	Transfer roller, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A transfer roller is provided and includes a support body, a foaming elastic layer that is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the support body, and a surface resin layer that contains polyimide or polyamide-imide and covers an outer circumferential surface of the foaming elastic layer, in which circumferential lengths of both end portions of the surface resin layer in a roller axial direction is shorter than that of a center portion of the surface resin layer in the roller axial direction.
US09880490B2	Semiconductive roller for image developing roller A nonporous semiconductive roller is provided, which constantly ensures proper image formation substantially without image density unevenness attributable to the roughness of an outer peripheral extrusion surface thereof when being used as a developing roller. The semiconductive roller (1) is made of a nonporous crosslinking product of a rubber composition which contains a rubber component including only four types of rubbers including an epichlorohydrin rubber, a chloroprene rubber, a butadiene rubber and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber.
US09880479B2	Toner, toner stored unit, image forming apparatus, and image forming method Toner that includes a polyester resin, fluorine and aluminum. The toner satisfies formulae (1) and (2), 1.00≧AB/B≧0.50 (1) 0≦(A−AB)/A≦0.25 (2) where A represents an area where the fluorine exists measured by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), B represents an area where the aluminum exists measured by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and AB represents an overlapping area between A and B. Toner stored unit, image forming apparatus, and image forming method.
US09880476B2	Method for producing a capping layer composed of silicon oxide on an EUV mirror, EUV mirror, and EUV lithography apparatus A method for producing a capping layer (18) composed of silicon oxide SiOx on a coating (16) of a mirror (13), the coating reflecting EUV radiation (6) e.g. for use in an EUV lithography apparatus or in an EUV mask metrology system. The method includes irradiating a capping layer (18) composed of silicon nitride SiNx or composed of silicon oxynitride SiNxOy for converting the silicon nitride SiNx or the silicon oxynitride SiNxOy of the capping layer (18) into silicon oxide SiOx. An associated mirror (13) includes a capping layer comprised of silicon oxide SiOX, and can be provided in an associated EUV lithography apparatus.
US09880475B2	Lithography apparatus, lithography method, lithography system, storage medium, and article manufacturing method Provided is a lithography apparatus that includes a plurality of patterning devices each of which is configured to perform patterning for a substrate supplied from a preprocessing apparatus; and a controller configured to control the plurality of patterning devices such that a plurality of substrates respectively belonging to a plurality of lots is subjected to parallel processings by the plurality of patterning devices based on a plurality of recipe information respectively corresponding to the plurality of lots, and transmit information regarding a schedule of the parallel processings to the preprocessing apparatus.
US09880473B2	Surface treatment method for dielectric anti-reflective coating (DARC) to shrink photoresist critical dimension (CD) A KrF (248 nm) photoresist patterning process flow is disclosed wherein photoresist patterns having a sub-100 nm CD are formed on a dielectric antireflective coating (DARC) thereby lowering cost of ownership by replacing a more expensive ArF (193 nm) photoresist patterning process. A key feature is treatment of a DARC such as SiON with a photoresist developer solution that is 0.263 N tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) prior to treatment with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) in order to significantly improve adhesion of features with CD down to about 60 nm. After the HMDS treatment, a photoresist layer is coated on the DARC, patternwise exposed, and treated with the photoresist developer solution to form a pattern therein. Features that were previously resolved by KrF patterning processes but subsequently collapsed because of poor adhesion, now remain upright and intact during a subsequent etch process used to transfer the sub-100 nm features into a substrate.
US09880472B2	Pattern formation method, pattern, and etching method, electronic device manufacturing method, and electronic device using same There is provided a pattern formation method comprising: a step (i) for forming a first negative type pattern by performing the specific steps on a substrate; a step (iii) for forming a lower layer by embedding the specific resin composition (2) which contains a second resin in a region of the substrate in which no film part with the first negative type pattern is formed; a step (iv) for forming an upper layer on the lower layer using the specific actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition (3); a step (v) for exposing the upper layer to light; a step (vi) for developing the upper layer using a developer which includes an organic solvent and forming a second negative type pattern on the lower layer; and a step (vii) for removing a portion of the lower layer, in the stated order.
US09880470B2	Composition for forming a coating type silicon-containing film, substrate, and patterning process A composition for forming a coating type silicon-containing film, containing one or more silicic acid skeletal structures represented by the formula (1) and one or more silicon skeletal structures represented by the formula (2), wherein the composition contains a coupling between units shown in the formula (2). There can be provided a composition capable of forming a silicon-containing film that has excellent adhesiveness in fine patterning, and can be easily wet etched by a removing liquid which does not cause damage to a semiconductor substrate and a coating type organic film or a CVD film mainly of carbon which is required in the patterning process.
US09880469B2	Resins for underlayers Polymeric reaction products of certain substituted tetraarylmethane monomers are useful as underlayers in semiconductor manufacturing processes.
US09880468B2	Radiation-sensitive resin composition and electronic device A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising a binder resin (A), radiation-sensitive compound (B), cross-linking agent (C), and silane coupling agent (D) represented by the following general formula (1) is provided. In the general formula (1), R1 to R3 respectively independently are a monovalent alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R4 is a divalent alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R5 is a hydrogen atom or monovalent alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R6 to R10 are a hydrogen atom or monovalent alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
US09880465B2	Photoresist composition and color filter manufacturing method The present invention provides a photoresist composition and a color filter manufacturing method. The photoresist composition of the present invention includes a first solvent, a second solvent, a photo initiator, a monomer, a polymer, an additive, and a pigment. After heating, phase separation occurs between the first solvent and the second solvent. After the phase separation, the first solvent is located above the second solvent. At least one of the photo initiator, the monomer, the polymer, and the additive has solubility in the second solvent that is higher than that in the first solvent so as to alleviate the wrinkling issue caused by different degrees of solidification between upper and lower layers of the photoresist during a manufacturing process of a color filter.
US09880461B2	Method for manufacturing master mold, master mold manufactured thereby, method for manufacturing transparent photomask, transparent photomask manufactured thereby, and method for forming conductive mesh pattern using transparent photomask The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a master mold, a master mold manufactured by the method, a method for manufacturing a transparent photomask, a transparent photomask manufactured by the method, and a method for manufacturing a conductive mesh pattern by using the transparent photomask.
US09880460B2	Enhanced EUV lithography system The present disclosure provides a semiconductor lithography system. The lithography system includes a projection optics component. The projection optics component includes a curved aperture. The lithography system includes a photo mask positioned over the projection optics component. The photo mask contains a plurality of elongate semiconductor patterns. The semiconductor patterns each point in a direction substantially perpendicular to the curved aperture of the projection optics component. The present disclosure also provides a method. The method includes receiving a design layout for a semiconductor device. The design layout contains a plurality of semiconductor patterns each oriented in a given direction. The method includes transforming the design layout into a mask layout. The semiconductor patterns in the mask layout are oriented in a plurality of different directions as a function of their respective location.
US09880459B2	Photomask blank and method for preparing photomask In a photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate, a resistance layer, and a conductive layer, the resistivity and thickness of the conductive layer and the resistivity and thickness of the resistance layer are selected so as to meet a specific equation (1). In EB lithography, a ground can be established at a necessary fully low resistance value, and EB writing be carried out at a high accuracy.
US09880455B2	Light source unit having a case for fixing optical members therein There is provided a light source unit including a light source case into which a plurality of optical members are incorporated, wherein the light source case has fixing portions for fixing the optical member which are provided in a position on a main body bottom plate of the light source case and in both side positions of the optical member above the main body bottom plate, and an upper fastening plate which presses down the optical member accommodated in the light source case, and wherein the fixing portions include a lower fixing portion where a primary positioning portion is formed on the main body bottom plate and side fixing portions where a pair of secondary positioning portions are formed which are brought into abutment with a surface of the optical member which is opposite to a surface thereof which is brought into abutment with the primary positioning portion.
US09880451B2	Quick-release ball-and-socket joint camera mount A camera mounting system has an upper mount component, a lower mount component, and a base mount component. The upper mount component secures the camera and has a ball protrusion that reciprocally couples with a socket of the lower mount component. The upper mount component can rotate 360 degrees relative to the lower mount, and can pivot 90 degrees or more relative to the lower mount component. The lower mount component couples with the base mount component in a plurality of orientations. This camera mounting system allows for a large range of motion for the camera relative to the mounting system.
US09880440B2	Electrochromic devices and related products and methods An electrochromic device may be switchable between a transparent state and at least one reflective state. A lithium-containing reflective feature may form when the electrochromic device is switched from the transparent state to the reflective state. Various products and methods may involve the electrochromic device.
US09880438B2	Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a thin-film transistor, a transparent conductive pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor, a first common electrode, a first insulating film disposed between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, a second insulating film, a second common electrode that includes a plurality of slits, and a third insulating film. A space between two closely adjacent boundaries of a pair of pixel electrodes that are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of gate lines overlaps the first common electrode and the second common electrode in a plan view.
US09880431B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a stacked conductive layer. The stacked conductive layer includes a first conductive layer formed of material containing aluminum, and a second conductive layer provided on the first conductive layer, formed of material different from material of which the first conductive layer is formed, and having a higher visible-light absorptivity than that of the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a side wall formed of an oxide film.
US09880423B2	Manufacturing method of alignment layer and manufacturing method of display substrate A manufacturing method of an alignment layer and a manufacturing method of a display substrate are provided. The manufacturing method of the alignment layer includes: providing a display substrate on which a patterned structure is formed; applying the entire display substrate with wetting fluid, wherein the wetting fluid can be fused with alignment liquid; transferring the alignment liquid on the display substrate applied with the wetting fluid by a transfer roller; and curing the alignment liquid to form an alignment layer. The manufacturing method is used for producing the alignment layer on the display substrate.
US09880420B2	Optical film, method for manufacturing same, and liquid crystal display including same Disclosed are an optical film, a method for preparing the same, and a liquid crystal display including the same. The optical film is a single film of a non-liquid crystalline thermoplastic resin, and includes: first and second surface part placed on both surfaces of the film in a thickness direction; and an inner part of the film placed between the first and second surface part, wherein the first and second surface part are not aligned with a tilt in the thickness direction, and the inner part of the film is aligned with a tilt in the thickness direction.
US09880415B2	Liquid crystal display module The present invention provides a liquid crystal display module, which comprises a bottom substrate, one or more reflective member, an array bump-structure layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a top substrate. The array bump-structure layer comprises one or more first bump region and one or mode second bump region. The second bump region is disposed on the reflective member correspondingly. By using the reflective member, the problem of complicated fabrication of the array bump layer having a plurality of sloping angles according to the prior art can be avoided.
US09880414B2	Array substrate, liquid crystal display panel and display device An array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate, a data line and a gate line intersecting with each other on the base substrate, a plurality of pixel regions defined by the data line and the gate line on the array substrate and arranged in array, and a wire grid polarizing film arranged in respective pixel regions and configured for changing natural light passing therethrough into linearly polarized light; wherein, the wire grid polarizing film in the respective pixel regions has a grating structure, so the wire grid polarizing film plays a role of polarizer, and therefore, a process of separately attaching a polarizer after cell-assembling is omitted, which can improve production efficiency, save production cost, and be conducive to thinning the display panel.
US09880403B2	Magnetic-free non-reciprocal devices exhibiting non-reciprocity through angular momentum biasing A non-reciprocal device incorporating metamaterials which exhibit non-reciprocity through angular momentum biasing. The metamaterial, such as a ring resonator, is angular-momentum biased. This is achieved by applying a suitable mechanical or spatio-temporal modulation to resonant inclusions of the metamaterial, thereby producing strong non-reciprocity. In this manner, non-reciprocity can be produced without requiring the use of large and bulky magnets to produce a static magnetic field. The metamaterials of the present invention can be realized by semiconducting and/or metallic materials which are widely used in integrated circuit technology, and therefore, contrary to magneto-optical materials, can be easily integrated into the non-reciprocal devices and large microwave or optical systems. The metamaterials of the present invention can be compact at various frequencies due to the enhanced wave-matter interaction in the constituent resonant inclusions. Additionally, by using the metamaterials of the present invention, the power consumed in the biasing network is drastically reduced.
US09880400B2	Ophthalmic lens for correcting astigmatism An ophthalmic lens to be worn on or in a human eye for refractive correction of astigmatism. The lens has an anterior surface and a posterior surface shaped such that at least a zone of the lens said lens has a first dioptric power over a first main meridian, a second dioptric power different from the first dioptric power over a second main meridian intersecting the first meridian, and a dioptric power between the first dioptric power and said second dioptric power over each meridian between the first and second main meridians, the optical power continuously varying from meridian to meridian. The main meridians and at least one meridian between the main meridians each have a different Coddington shape factor and a different asphericity that is related to the Coddington shape factor of the respective meridian in accordance with a relationship providing aberration neutral refraction for the respective meridian.
US09880395B2	Display device, terminal device, and display method Movement of a display device is detected, and an image is displayed in stereoscopic display or planar display depending on the detected movement.
US09880393B2	Nano-optic refractive optics A vertical dipole array structure includes a substrate that supports a film, which is not comprised of a negative-index metamaterial. The film includes a plurality of tilt-oriented portions and apertures. At least two of the tilt-oriented portions are separated by an aperture, and the tilt-oriented portions are configured such that incident radiation is redirected into a negative or positive refraction direction.
US09880391B2	Lens array modules and wafer-level techniques for fabricating the same A lens module includes a substrate, a first array of passive optical elements on the substrate, and a second array of passive optical elements separate from the first array. The optical elements of the first array and the optical elements of the second array form multiple optical channels, in which at least one optical channel is a catadioptric optical channel including a reflective optical element and a refractive optical element. The reflective optical element is arranged to reflect light toward the refractive optical element, each optical channel has a corresponding field-of-view, and the lens module has an overall field of view defined by the range of angles subtended by the field-of-view of the plurality of optical channels.
US09880388B2	Virtual image display apparatus By arranging cables, which transmit video signals to a pair of video image display elements arranged on the right side and the left side, along a frame for supporting a pair of right and left light guiding devices, it is possible to concentrate the cables on one of the right and left sides. That is, it is possible to integrally form the cables. By accommodating the cables in a cable cover portion, which extends along the frame, in a cover inside, it is possible to suppress an increase in size which accompanies cable arrangement and to implement the apparatus as a whole in a small body.
US09880382B1	Exterior vehicle camera protection and cleaning mechanisms A vehicle camera protection and cleaning system is disclosed in which at least one wiper is positioned on an underside surface of a camera cover to clean a lens of a vehicle camera. In one embodiment, the system includes an inner ring fixedly attached to an underside surface of the cover, and a plurality of aperture members pivotally connected to the inner ring on one end and pivotally connected on another end to an outer gear that is movable relative to the inner gear, where at least one of the plurality of aperture members comprises a wiper configured to clean a lens of the camera when the aperture members are moved over the lens. In other embodiments, the wiper may be positioned on an underside surface of a cover of the camera that either rotates in a circular manner or translates over the lens of the camera.
US09880375B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same Provided is a zoom lens, including: a negative first lens unit; an aperture stop; and a positive second lens unit, in which the first and second lens units are configured to move so that an interval between the first and second lens units is changed in an optical axis direction, in which the second lens unit includes a positive lens and a negative lens, and in which, when refractive indices of a material with respect to a wavelengths of 400 nm, 1,050 nm and 1,700 nm are respectively represented by Ns, Nm and Nl, and a relative partial dispersion θ of the material is expressed as: θ=(Ns−Nm)/(Ns−Nl), an average value θIR(G2p)AVE of relative partial dispersions of materials of the positive lens in the second lens unit, and an average value θIR(G2n)AVE of relative partial dispersions of materials of the negative lens in the second lens unit are appropriately set.
US09880374B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus The present invention provides a zoom lens that is compact in general and has an F-number to implement brightness even in the telephoto end side, and an imaging apparatus equipped with the zoom lens. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; a third lens group having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. At the time of zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state, the third lens group moves so that the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group decreases.
US09880371B2	MEMS electrical contact systems and methods A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device may be provided with one or more sintered electrical contacts. The MEMS device may be a MEMS actuator or a MEMS sensor. The sintered electrical contacts may be silver-paste metalized electrical contacts. The sintered electrical contacts may be formed by depositing a sintering material such as a metal paste, a metal preform, a metal ink, or a metal powder on a wafer of released MEMS devices and heating the wafer so that the deposited sintering material diffuses into a substrate of the device, thereby making electrical contact with the device. The deposited sintering material may break through an insulating layer on the substrate during the sintering process. The MEMS device may be a multiple degree of freedom actuator having first and second MEMS actuators that facilitate autofocus, zoom, and optical image stabilization for a camera.
US09880366B2	Hermetic optical subassembly A hermetic optical subassembly includes an optical bench having a mirror directing optical signals to/from an optical waveguide, a carrier supporting a photonic device, and an intermediate optical bench having a mirror directing optical signals between the photonic device and the optical bench. The optical bench and the intermediate optical bench optically aligns the photonic device to the waveguide along a desired optical path. In one embodiment, the photonic device is an edge emitting laser (EML). The mirror of the optical bench may be passively aligned with the mirror of the intermediate optical bench. The assembled components are hermetically sealed. The body of the optical benches are preferably formed by stamping a malleable metal material to form precise geometries and surface features. In a further aspect, the hermetic optical subassembly integrates a multiplexer/demultiplexer, for directing optical signals between a single optical fiber and a plurality of photonic devices.
US09880360B2	Optical connector apparatus An optical connector apparatus includes a connector which is connected to an electro-optical composite cable including an optical fiber and a metal conductor, and a connection object to be connected. The connector is provided with a ferrule which has a conductive portion on at least a part of the surface thereof. The connection object to be connected is provided with an electrically conductive connection member to be connected to the ferrule. The ferrule and the cable are connected by a crimping structure. When the ferrule is inserted in the connection member, the connector and the connection object to be connected are electrically and optically connected to each other. Provided is also an optical connector apparatus which comprises a connector having a plurality of ferrules having distances between the end of the ferrules and the conductive portions so that the timing of the connection of the connector to the object to be connected is delayed, and thus the optical connector apparatus is capable of hot swapping. The connection object to be connected can be a combination of an adapter and a mating connector, or an optical element and an adapter which holds the same, etc.
US09880359B2	Adapter tip and microscope system for inspection of fiber-optic connector endface There is provided an adapter tip to be employed with an optical-fiber inspection microscope probe and an optical-fiber inspection microscope system suitable for imaging the optical-fiber endface of an angled-polished optical-fiber connector deeply recessed within a connector adapter. The adapter tip or microscope system comprises a relay lens system having at least a first relay lens which is disposed so as to directly receive light reflected from the optical-fiber endface during inspection, the lens axis of the first relay lens being offset relative to the optical-fiber endface so as to deviate light reflected from the optical-fiber endface towards the optical-fiber axis of the connector.
US09880358B2	Mechanical fiber switch A switch for selectively coupling light from two input fibers to a selected two of plurality of output optical fibers. The switch was designed to handle standard Fiber optical connectors which have been polished and meet the specifications for the optical performance. The duplex mechanical switch creates a method to physically switch two fibers (Duplex) to another two fibers (Duplex). The performance regarding insertion losses, back reflection, crosstalk, immunity against backscattering of light and insensitivity to the wavelength of the light is consistent with this mechanical switch.
US09880356B2	Apparatus for coupling to high-index micro-resonators with tapered optical fibers Tapered waveguides made of high-index material attached to a tapered optical fiber are provided, enabling access to the optical modes of large, high-index resonators. In some embodiments, an optical fiber having a central axis, a tapered portion, and an untapered portion is provided. The tapered portion is configured to expose an evanescent field. An elongated waveguide is optically coupled to the optical fiber along the tapered portion and parallel to the central axis of the optical fiber. The elongated waveguide has a substantially triangular cross section perpendicular to the central axis of the optical fiber.
US09880352B2	Compound semiconductor photonic integrated circuit with dielectric waveguide A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is grown by epitaxy on a substrate. The PIC includes at least one active element, at least one passive element, and a dielectric waveguide. The at least one active and passive elements are formed over the substrate and are in optical contact with each other. The dielectric waveguide is formed over the substrate, and is in optical contact with the at least one active and passive elements. The at least one active and passive elements each are formed using a III-V compound semiconductor material.
US09880351B2	Directly-modulated multi-polarization optical transmitters The present invention relates to optical transmitters, transceivers, and transponders used for transmission of information or data in any form through a physical medium dependent (PMD) network. The speed of such networks depends, in part, on the density of information that can be transmitted through the physical medium. Optical transmitters or transceivers can be used to transmit multiple independent signals simultaneously through the same medium using different directions or axes of polarization, where the difference in the directions or axes of polarization can be used to distinguish the multiple signals at the receiver. In this invention, we use a master laser (l0) to synchronize two slave lasers (l1 and l2) by its x-polarization and y-polarization components of carrier, respectively, so that two slave lasers can be enforced to lock on exactly the same wavelength l0 with perpendicular polarization directions.
US09880350B2	Display device including lower frame having accomodation portion extended from bottom portion A display device includes: a display panel which display an image using light; a light source which generates and provides the light to the display panel; a circuit board on which the light source is mounted; a fixation frame on which the light source and the circuit board are disposed; and a lower frame on which the display panel is disposed and in which the light source, the circuit board and the fixation frame are disposed. The lower frame defines: a bottom portion thereof overlapping the display panel, and an accommodation portion thereof extending from an end portion of the bottom portion and on which the light source, the circuit board and the fixation frame are disposed. The circuit board extends to cover the accommodation portion.
US09880341B2	Light diffusion with edge-wrapped light-generating sources Described herein are techniques related to orienting a plurality of light-generating sources of a lightguide to illuminate a backlit a device, such as a display or keyboard, with soft, even light. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09880340B2	Light guide plate, light source device, light guide plate manufacturing apparatus, and method for manufacturing light guide plate A light guide plate according to the present invention includes a light guide member having a first and second main surfaces and a diffusing member next to at least one of the first and second main surfaces of the light guide member. A plurality of recesses are formed in one of the two main surfaces of the diffusing member that is opposite to the main surface next to the light guide member to diffuse light incident to the light guide member at the recesses. The recesses may include a first recess and a second recess. Preferably, when viewing the first main surface of the light guide member in a normal direction, a distance between a light incident surface and the second recess is greater than that between the light incident surface and the first recess, and the second recess is larger than the first recess.
US09880332B2	Decorative microsphere articles with information layer Multilayer stacks that can be used as decorative microsphere articles. The decorative microsphere articles can be a durable and aesthetically pleasing substitute for anodized aluminum and other matte metallic surfaces. The decorative microsphere articles are durable and can have a bright diffused appearance of any desired color, for example white, gold, silver, red, or other colors, while being capable of being manufactured using a roll-to-roll process. The decorative microsphere articles can also provide novel optical effects than can change at different viewing angles, including, for example, changing color with view angle, changing sharpness or clarity of an image or icon with view angle, and the like, that may allow customers to differentiate their products.
US09880326B2	Surface structure and fresnel lens and tool for production of a surface structure The invention relates to a surface structure and a Fresnel lens which has at least one such surface structure. Furthermore, the invention relates to a tool for production of a surface structure and a method for production of a surface structure or Fresnel lens. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of a Fresnel lens.
US09880324B2	Colored ink for pad transfer printing of silicone hydrogel lenses The present invention provides an ink and a method of using the ink for making colored contact lenses. The ink comprises at least one colorant, a silicone-containing binder polymer, a solvent, a vinylic-monomer mixture, and optionally a photoinitiator or thermal initiator. The silicone-containing binder polymer is a copolymerization product of a polymerizable mixture including (i) at least one hydrophilic vinylic monomer; (ii) at least one functionalizing vinylic monomer containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group —OH, amino group —NHR (wherein R is hydrogen or C1 to C8 alkyl), carboxylic group —COOH, epoxy group, amide group —CONHR, and combinations thereof; (iii) at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromere.
US09880311B2	Wear resistant electrodes for downhole imaging Devices and methods for well logging using a wear resistant electrode are provided. A downhole device may include a drill bit, a gauge pad mounted on the drill bit, and a first electrode mounted in the gauge pad. An insulating polycrystalline diamond (PCD) material may surround at least a portion of the first electrode. Additionally, the first electrode may include an electrically conductive wear resistant contact point that maintains constant contact with a wall of a wellbore. Additionally, the first electrode may measure an impedance of a geological formation during a drilling operation.
US09880305B2	Method of passive acoustic depth determination in shallow water A method of acoustic depth determination in shallow water. At least one standard acoustic sensor located below an ocean thermocline is provided. The at least one acoustic sensor operates at a first frequency regime and at a second frequency regime. The first frequency regime is above a cut-off frequency. The second frequency regime is below the cut-off frequency. Acoustic data from a moving broadband noise source is recorded at the at least one acoustic sensor. A plot of acoustic intensity as a function of frequency versus time is generated from the acoustic data. A first waveguide invariant density distribution for the first frequency regime and a second waveguide-invariant density distribution for the second frequency regime is generated from the plot using curve detection. Whether the noise source is located below the thermocline is classified based on the first and second waveguide-invariant density distributions.
US09880304B2	Method for determining fracture proppant spatial distribution using passive seismic signals A method for determining spatial distribution of proppant incudes using signals detected by seismic sensors disposed proximate a formation treated by pumping fracturing fluid containing the proppant. Origin time and spatial position of seismic events induced by pumping the fracturing fluid are determined. Volume and orientation of at least one fracture in the subsurface formation associated with each induced seismic event are determined. Spatial distribution of a volume of the pumped fracturing fluid is determined using the volume and orientation of each fracture. A length of ellipsoidal axes is selected using a surface defined by a selected fractional amount of the total volume of frac fluid pumped into the formation. Spatial distribution of the proppant is determined using proppant mass, specific gravity and expected proppant porosity in the fractures, and spatially distributing a volume of the fractures within an ellipsoid defined by the ellipsoidal axes.
US09880302B2	Identifying reservoir drainage patterns from microseismic data A method and system for identifying reservoir drainage patterns from microseismic data for illustrating flow paths towards ports. The method includes: determining moment tensor data for each of a plurality of microseismic events in the reservoir; inferring crack formation data in the reservoir in dependence on the moment tensor data; and calculating stream lines that represent predicted flow of fluids through the reservoir in dependence on the inferred crack formation data.
US09880296B2	Photodiode and other sensor structures in flat-panel x-ray imagers and method for improving topological uniformity of the photodiode and other sensor structures in flat-panel x-ray imagers based on thin-film electronics A radiation sensor includes a scintillation layer configured to emit photons upon interaction with ionizing radiation and a photodetector including in order a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a photon-transmissive second electrode disposed in proximity to the scintillation layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to generate electron-hole pairs upon interaction with a part of the photons. The radiation sensor includes pixel circuitry electrically connected to the first electrode and configured to measure an imaging signal indicative of the electron-hole pairs generated in the photosensitive layer and a planarization layer disposed on the pixel circuitry between the first electrode and the pixel circuitry such that the first electrode is above a plane including the pixel circuitry. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlaps the pixel circuitry and has a surface inflection above features of the pixel circuitry.
US09880295B2	Integrated coupling of scintillation crystal with photomultiplier in a detector apparatus A scintillator type radiation detector package is provided including a scintillation crystal directly coupled to the window of a photomultiplier. A scintillator package is also provided having a longer life at wellbore temperature with minimal deterioration of a hygroscopic scintillation crystal(s). Direct optical coupling of the scintillator to the photomultiplier reduces the amount of light lost at coupling interfaces and improved detection resolution over the conventional structures having separate packages for crystal and photomultiplier.
US09880294B2	Rare-earth halide crystal scintillator with polished sensitive face A single-crystal scintillator material can include at least 50 wt % of rare-earth halide and comprising a polished first face. This material is integrated into an ionizing-radiation detector comprising a photoreceiver, the photoreceiver being optically coupled to the material via a face other than the polished first face. The material provides a good energy resolution and a high light intensity. The polishing may be carried out whatever the crystal orientation of the crystal. Loss of material due to this orientation is therefore prevented.
US09880292B2	Apparatus and method of manufacturing radiation detection panel According to one embodiment, an apparatus of manufacturing a radiation detection panel, includes an evaporation source configured to evaporate a scintillator material and emit the scintillator material vertically upward, a holding mechanism located vertically above the evaporation source, and holding a photoelectric conversion substrate, and a heat conductor arranged opposite to the holding mechanism with a gap.
US09880289B2	Method of measuring radioactive material of ingot using NaI gamma scintillator Disclosed is a method of measuring radioactive material of an ingot, in which an ingot having a volume produced by subjecting metal waste generated in nuclear fuel processing or production facilities to melting decontamination undergoes gamma spectroscopy using a NaI detector to measure gamma rays of U-235 (185.72 keV, 57.2%) among uranium isotopes, followed by performing detector calibration using a certified reference material and self-absorption correction depending on the density of a medium using MCNP computer code, and which enables rapid determination of whether the ingot subjected to melting decontamination may be self-disposed of or not.
US09880288B2	Semiconductor biosensors The present application relates to semiconductor devices, in particular to a device for monitoring a cell signal such as an electrical signal produced by living cells in response to external stimulation, optionally in real time, comprising (a) at least one discrete area comprising a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT); and (b) non-excitable cells attached to said HEMT (HEMT element) for example, fibroblasts, HEK, CHO cell lines, keratinocytes, etc. Preferably, the HEMT is an AlGaN/GaN FET. Accordingly, the device can be applied in uses and methods for monitoring a cell signal such as an electrical signal produced by living cells in response to external stimulation, optionally in real time. Likewise, the device can be applied for screening compounds that reverse, protect from and/or shield cells from external stimuli which cause damage to cells. Also, kits comprising the device are disclosed.
US09880285B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first layer that is stacked on the substrate and includes an inductor; and a bump group that is arranged above the first layer, wherein the bump group includes a plurality of bumps that are arranged under a predetermined rule, and at least one bump that is different from the plurality of bumps and whose center does not overlap the inductor when the semiconductor device is viewed in a plan view from a direction vertical to a plane on which the bump group is provided.
US09880283B2	System, apparatus and method for locating and/or tracking assets A system is provided for tracking an asset within a geographic area. The system includes an antenna mast supportable by, and extending upward from, an object configured to move or facilitate movement of the asset. The antenna mast is capable of supporting a plurality of wireless locating units of a plurality of geo-spatial positioning systems, which are configured to locate a respective one or more locating units, and thereby the asset, within the geographic area. The system also includes a controller positionable on the object and configured to control operation of the wireless locating units. The controller is further configured to direct transmission of data to a host via one of the locating units or another wireless transmitter, and in a manner that accounts for a wireless link between the respective locating unit or other wireless transmitter and the host.
US09880281B2	LADAR sensor for landing, docking and approach A system for landing or docking a mobile platform is enabled by a flash LADAR sensor having an adaptive controller with Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Range gating in the LADAR sensor penetrates through diffuse reflectors. The LADAR sensor adapted for landing/approach comprises a system controller, pulsed laser transmitter, transmit optics, receive optics, a focal plane array of detectors, a readout integrated circuit, camera support electronics and image processor, an image analysis and bias calculation processor, and a detector array bias control circuit. The system is capable of developing a complete 3-D scene from a single point of view.
US09880279B2	Object sensing using dynamic threshold hysteresis A method and device for object detection are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises transmitting a plurality of signals into a region; measuring a noise level during a noise measurement time interval corresponding to each respective one of the plurality of transmitted signals; generating a threshold signal dependent on the noise level; and comparing a first plurality of signals received by a sensor, each of the received signals corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of the transmitted signals, with the respective threshold signal. In another aspect, a device comprising components adapted to carry out the steps of object detection is disclosed. In one example, a thresholding circuit is adapted to generate a threshold signal have a level corresponding to substantially a peak-to-peak level of the measured noise level.
US09880278B2	Object determination using a radar sensor A method for determining an object in a surroundings of a motor vehicle includes: scanning a far range, which extends as of a predetermined minimum distance from the radar sensor, using a radar sensor for scanning the far range; detecting objects in the far range based on reflections of a radar signal emitted by the radar sensor; and determining a crossing object in a close range, which lies between the radar sensor and the far range, if a previously detected object is no longer able to be detected in the far range using the radar sensor.
US09880273B2	Object detection apparatus and object detection system An object detection apparatus mounted to a vehicle includes a transmitter, a receiver, a filter, a threshold calculator, and an object determinator. The transmitter transmits a probe wave in pulse form. The receiver receives a reflected wave of the probe wave. The filter passes, among the received reflected wave, only frequencies that are at least smaller than a pulse frequency of the probe wave. Based on an output of the filter, the threshold calculator calculates an objection determination threshold for determining presence and absence of an object. The object determinator determines the presence and absence of the object by using the objection determination threshold calculated by the threshold calculator.
US09880262B2	Radar apparatus A radar apparatus includes: a transmitting antenna including a first antenna and a second antenna that transmit transmission waves; a signal processor configured to determine a mounted state of the radar apparatus on the vehicle; and a phase adjuster that adjusts at least one of phases of transmission signals output to the first antenna and the second antenna of the transmitting antenna. The signal processor controls the phase adjuster to adjust the at least one of the phases of the transmission signals based on the mounted state determined by the signal processor.
US09880261B2	Loopback techniques for synchronization of oscillator signal in radar The disclosure provides a radar apparatus for estimating a position and a velocity of a plurality of obstacles. The radar apparatus includes a slave radar chip. A master radar chip is coupled to the slave radar chip. The master radar chip includes a local oscillator that generates a transmit signal. The slave radar chip receives the transmit signal on a first path and sends the transmit signal back to the master radar chip on a second path. A delay detect circuit is coupled to the local oscillator and receives the transmit signal from the slave radar chip on the second path and the transmit signal from the local oscillator. The delay detect circuit estimates a routing delay from the transmit signal received from the slave radar chip on the second path and from the transmit signal received from the local oscillator.
US09880258B2	Location estimation in a communication network A method, apparatus and computer program are provided for estimating a characteristic static location of a user equipment in a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of network nodes for transmitting radio signals. Each network node has an associated cell corresponding to a predicted geographical coverage area of a corresponding transmitted radio signal. Location event data for the user equipment provides a cell-specific location for the user equipment at a point in time. A plurality of event frequencies is determined for the user equipment, each corresponding to a cumulative number of received location events locating the user equipment in a respective cell/sector in a given time interval. A characteristic static location is calculated using a combined measure of at least two non-zero values of the plurality of event frequencies corresponding respectively to at least two different cells or sectors.
US09880254B2	Detecting a blood sample An apparatus for detecting presence of a blood sample is presented where the apparatus has a housing having an aperture that can receive a user's body part such that a camera in the housing can capture images of the user's body part. A processor, also in the housing, controls operation of the camera receive and determines from the captured images whether a predetermined quantity of blood is present on the surface of the user's body part.
US09880248B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and method are provided. The MRI apparatus includes a first interpolator configured to generate a plurality of first interpolation data by performing calibration on a plurality of undersampled K-space data obtained from a plurality of channel coils in a radio frequency (RF) multi-coil, respectively, and a second interpolator configured to generate a plurality of second interpolation data by performing calibration on a plurality of filtered data obtained by filtering the first interpolation data using a plurality of high-pass filters.
US09880246B2	Linear transform for diffusion MRI Samples of a Fourier transform of a signal may be received that are distributed in a generally spherically-shaped pattern on a surface of at least one sphere. The samples may be assembled to form a profile function having a domain that is a surface of at least one sphere. Information indicative of at least one property of the signal may be determined by applying a spherical linear transform to the profile function. The spherical linear transform may use more than just an equator of the profile function for each of multiple orientations.
US09880244B2	Method and apparatus for separating chemical species in magnetic resonance imaging A method that includes obtaining an MRI gradient echo train of at least three echo data sets at differing phase angles; producing a plurality of phase error maps among the at least three echo data sets; and imaging at least three distinct chemical species based on the plurality of phase error maps.
US09880235B2	Magnetic substance detection device A magnetic substance detection device includes elongated magnets and ferromagnetic thin film magnetoresistance elements. The magnets extend in parallel with a Y-axis direction and are magnetized opposite to each other in a Z-axis direction. The ferromagnetic thin film magnetoresistance elements have respective linear segments extending substantially along the Y-axis direction on a plane of a substrate disposed in a path of lines of magnetic force between the magnets and change their resistances in response to a change in a magnetic field directed in a direction orthogonal to the Y-axis direction in the plane of the substrate. The magnets apply bias magnetic fields lower in intensity than a saturated magnetic field of the ferromagnetic thin film magnetoresistance elements to the ferromagnetic thin film magnetoresistance elements, respectively, in the direction orthogonal to the Y-axis direction in the plane of the substrate.
US09880234B2	Current sensor positioning error correction using auxiliary hall cells A current sensor may comprise a first Hall cell, a second Hall cell, a third Hall cell, a fourth Hall cell, and a fifth Hall cell to a set of magnetic field values associated with a magnetic field generated by a current passing through a current rail. The second Hall cell may be positioned at a first distance from the first Hall cell, and the third Hall cell may be positioned at a second distance from the first Hall cell such that the third Hall cell is positioned between the first Hall cell and the second Hall cell. The fourth Hall cell may be positioned adjacent to the first Hall cell, and the fifth Hall cell may be positioned at a third distance from the fourth Hall cell. The magnetic field values may be used to determine an amount of current associated with the current passing through the current rail.
US09880219B2	Sensing structure of alignment of a probe for testing integrated circuits A sensing structure is presented for use in testing integrated circuits on a substrate. The sensing structure includes a probe region corresponding to a conductive region for connecting to the integrated circuit. A first sensing region at least partially surrounds the probe region. A plurality of sensing elements connects in series such that a first of the plurality of sensing elements has two terminals respectively connected to the first sensing region and the probe region. And a second of the plurality of sensing elements has two terminals respectively connected to the probe region and a first reference potential.
US09880216B2	Locking confirmation device of multiple electrode contacts and locking confirmation device for detecting fault electrode contacts of nodes of multiple electrodes A locking confirmation device of multiple electrode contacts includes an electrode, a terminal bolt, a sensing unit and a positioning bolt. The electrode includes an electrode thread and a positioning thread. The terminal bolt is used for locking a conductor and the electrode thread. The terminal bolt includes a positioning recess. The sensing unit includes an insulated cover, a first contact, a second contact, an elastic member and an voltage signal input connector. When the elastic member is extruded, a circuit is formed for returning a voltage signal of a node of the electrode. The positioning bolt is used for fixing a detection sensor assembly on the positioning thread. When a head portion of the positioning bolt is received within the positioning recess, the terminal bolt is led to a locking state by the head portion of the positioning bolt. Therefore, a fault of an electricity system is prevented.
US09880200B2	Method and apparatus for non-contact measurement of forward voltage, saturation current density, ideality factor and I-V curves in P-N junctions Non-contact measurement of one or more electrical response characteristics of a p-n junction includes illuminating a surface of the p-n junction with light of a first intensity having a modulation or pulsed characteristic sufficient to establish a steady-state condition in a junction photovoltage (JPV) of the p-n junction, measuring a first JPV from the p-n junction within the illumination area, illuminating the surface of the p-n junction with light of an additional intensity, measuring an additional photovoltage from the portion of the p-n junction within the illumination area, determining a photocurrent density of the p-n junction at the first intensity. The non-contact measurement further includes determining the forward voltage, the saturation current density, the ideality factor or one or more I-V curves with the measured first photovoltage, the measured additional photovoltage and/or the determined photocurrent density of the p-n junction.
US09880187B2	Motion analysis method and motion analysis apparatus A motion analysis method includes: specifying plural operations included in a motion operation using an output from an inertial sensor; calculating an operating time of each of the plural operations; adjusting a time axis of each operating time; and outputting operation information of the operation based on the adjusted time axis.
US09880184B2	Pipettor system Various embodiments include a system having: a pipetting chamber; a set of pipettor cartridges docked in the pipetting chamber; a gantry system mounted on a ceiling within the pipetting chamber, the gantry system including: at least one stationary track aligned in a first direction; and a movable track aligned in a second direction distinct from the first direction, the movable track coupled to the at least one stationary track; and a carrier configured to transport each of the set of pipettor cartridges to a pipetting location within the pipetting chamber, the carrier configured to move each pipettor cartridge in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions.
US09880183B2	Method for controlling a test apparatus in response to external room conditions and reaction device storage conditions A test apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The test apparatus may receive information about a reaction device, information about a storage environment, and external environment information from a storage storing a sample and a sensor sensing the external environment of the test apparatus. The test apparatus may perform a variety of control actions for testing the sample based on a temperature of and around the reaction device, resulting in increased reliability of the test result.
US09880174B2	Device and method for analyzing target The present invention provides a novel sensor for detecting a target. The nucleic acid sensor of the present invention includes a nucleic acid element that includes a catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) that exerts a catalytic function and a binding nucleic acid molecule (A) that binds to a target. The nucleic acid element is a double-stranded nucleic acid element including a first strand and a second strand. The first strand (ss1) includes the binding nucleic acid molecule (A), a loop-forming sequence (L1), and the catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) linked in this order. The second strand (ss2) includes a stem-forming sequence (SA), a loop-forming sequence (L2), and a stem-forming sequence (SD) linked in this order. In this nucleic acid element, in the absence of a target, the catalytic function of the catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) is inhibited by stem formation in each of the stem-forming sequences (SA) and (SD), and in the presence of ATP/target, the stem formation is released by a binding of the binding nucleic acid molecule (A) with the target, and the catalytic function is exerted.
US09880165B2	Detection of worsening renal disease in subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus Methods for the detection of active lupus nephritis (LN) and worsening renal disease activity and/or active LN in patients diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, using a panel of biomarkers including transferrin (Tf), ceruloplasmin (Cp), alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP1), lipocalin-like prostaglandin D synthetase (L-PGDS), and urinary neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (UNGAL).
US09880161B2	Device and method for analyzing streptavidin The present invention provides a novel sensor for detecting streptavidin (SA). The nucleic acid sensor for analyzing SA of the present invention includes the following nucleic acid element that includes a catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) that exerts a catalytic function and a binding nucleic acid molecule (A) that binds to SA. The nucleic acid element is a double-stranded nucleic acid element including a first strand and a second strand. The first strand (ss1) includes the binding nucleic acid molecule (A), a loop-forming sequence (L1), and the catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) linked in this order. The second strand (ss2) includes a stem-forming sequence (SA), a loop-forming sequence (L2), and a stem-forming sequence (SD) linked in this order. In this nucleic acid element, in the absence of SA, the catalytic function of the catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) is inhibited by stem formation in each of the stem-forming sequences (SA) and (SD), and in the presence of SA, the stem formation is released by a binding of the binding nucleic acid molecule (A) with the SA, and the catalytic function of the catalyst nucleic acid molecule (D) is exerted.
US09880158B2	Methods, reagents and kits for flow cytometric immunophenotyping The invention relates to the field of flow cytometry and more particularly to a panel of antibody reagents conjugated to fluorescent compounds. Provided are reagent compositions, comprising at least eight distinct fluorochrome-conjugated antibodies comprising a set of at least three identification antibodies for the identification of a leukocyte population of interest and at least four characterization antibodies for further characterization and/or classification of said leukocyte population. Also provided are kits and methods related to the reagent compositions.
US09880155B2	System, method, and article for detecting abnormal cells using multi-dimensional analysis A system, method, and article for diagnosing a test set of biological cells. For example, in one embodiment a normal set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry. A centroid and radius are defined for a set of clusters in an n-dimensional space corresponding to a normal maturation for a cell lineage in the normal set of cells. A test set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry and the characterization is compared to the set of clusters.
US09880143B2	Sensor system, mote and a motes-system for sensing an environmental parameter The invention provides a sensor system, mote and a motes-system. The sensor system is configured for being contained in a container having a maximum outer dimension less than 10 millimeter and for sensing at least one environmental parameter (T, P, pH, ρ). The sensor system includes at least one sensor configured for measuring the at least one environmental parameter and for generating a sensed value (xT, xP). The sensor system includes a storage element and a timer in which the at least one sensor is configured to measuring the at least one environmental parameter at each time triggers (t1, t2, . . . ) from the timer and for storing a sensed value (xT, xP). The sensor system further includes an energy storage comprising a chargeable capacitor being chargeable via electro-magnetic radiation of a predefined frequency, and wherein the sensor system is configured to initiate a sequence of sensed values when the energy storage is charged or is being charged.
US09880142B2	Photonic sensor for in situ selective detection of components in a fluid A photonic sensor system includes: a photodetector; a signal processor coupled to the photodetector; and a sensor structure configured to provide fluid-response selectivity, spatially distribute light, and to receive light from a light source and convey light to the photodetector. The sensor structure includes a plurality of fluid sensitive interferometric nanostructure layers manufactured on a substrate; wherein the plurality of fluid sensitive interferometric nanostructure layers includes alternating high and low porosity layers.
US09880139B2	CO2-concentration sensor for interior use A sensor arrangement for determining the CO2 concentration in an interior space has an NDIR sensor unit that can determine the number of CO2 molecules on an optical measuring section and therefrom the CO2 concentration in an interior space. The sensor arrangement further has an evaluation unit that can calculate the air pressure from measurement values of the NDIR sensor unit and that can carry out an air-pressure compensation on the basis of the value calculated for the air pressure or of an air pressure correction value calculated therefrom for the measurement value of the CO2 concentration determined by the NDIR sensor unit.
US09880132B2	Environmental measurement apparatus and environmental measurement method An environmental measurement apparatus includes an operation unit which calculates a first change in a first oscillation frequency of a first QCM sensor and a second change in a second oscillation frequency of a second QCM sensor. The operation unit corrects the second change based on the first change in a first period and the second change in the first period.
US09880125B2	Micromechanical sensor device A sensor device for detecting and/or measuring gases includes two electrodes. A thin-layered proton-conductive material is fitted between the two electrodes. The gas can be detected and/or measured by a proton gradient that arises due to different gas concentrations.
US09880120B2	Electric field sensor According to embodiments, an electric field sensor having a sensor electrode is constructed of an electrically conductive material and having one or more outwardly protruding pillars. A screen electrode overlies the sensor electrode and has one or more openings which register with the one or more pillars on the sensor electrode. At least one piezoelectric actuator is connected to the screen electrode so that, when excited by a voltage signal, the piezoelectric actuator modulates the screen electrode toward and away from the sensor electrode at the frequency of the periodic voltage signal. An output circuit configured to detect a voltage, a current output, or both, between the sensor electrode and the screen electrode which is proportional in magnitude to the strength of the electric field.
US09880119B2	Apparatus for identifying a value of a property of a fluid which is to be measured, method for operating an apparatus for identifying a value of a property of a fluid which is to be measured, and method for manufacturing an apparatus for identifying a value of a property of a fluid which is to be measured An apparatus is provided for identifying a property value of a fluid which is to be measured, a method for operating such an apparatus, and a method for manufacturing such an apparatus. The apparatus encompasses: a measurement capacitor device bringable into contact with the fluid, the measurement capacitor device having a first electrode, a second electrode, a first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer; a first dielectric constant of the first dielectric layer being dependent, in a context of contact with the fluid, on the property of the fluid to be measured; a second dielectric constant of the second dielectric layer being substantially independent of the property of the fluid which is to be measured; a compensation capacitor device that has the second dielectric layer, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode; the compensation capacitor device connected in parallel, or connectable in parallel, with the measurement capacitor device.
US09880118B2	Planar Probe and system for measuring dielectric properties of biological materials A probe sensor has a printed circuit comprising a coplanar transmission line, a ground plane, a plated-through contact via, and a part-circular ring of ground vias surrounding the contact via. The coplanar transmission line and ground plane are formed on a first layer of the printed circuit, and the contact via and part-circular ring of ground vias are plated with a conductive biocompatible material on a second layer of the printed circuit. A system uses a network analyzer with the probe to measure electrical properties of biological tissue. Also described is a method of using the system to determine qualities of stored blood.
US09880115B2	Method for characterizing a material A method for characterizing a material, comprising: arranging a piece of the material near a source of ionizing photons and a detector; irradiating the piece with photons and acquiring, via the detector, two energy spectra of a photon flux that has been diffused into the material at various depths, the ratio of the photon paths in the material before and after diffusion remaining constant; determining a combined attenuation function with the spectra and the paths; selecting a plurality of energy ranges from said function; calculating, in each range, a quantity that is representative of the function; and estimating, from at least two of said quantities, a physical characteristic of the material by comparison with the same quantities obtained from known materials.
US09880103B2	Measuring device and measuring method A measuring device (10) and a measurement method measure a concentration of gaseous/aerosol components of a gas mixture. A reaction carrier (14) has a flow channel (42) defining a reaction chamber (46) having a optically detectable reaction material (48), that reacts with a gas mixture component or with a reaction product. The measuring device (12) includes a gas-conveying assembly (2) with a gas-conveying apparatus (28) conveying the gas mixture and a detection assembly (3), which has a lighting apparatus (37) for lighting the reaction chamber (46), an optical sensor (38) for sensing the optically detectable reaction, and an evaluating unit (4) evaluating sensor data and determining a concentration of the component of the gas mixture. The detection assembly (3) senses a speed of a reaction front (6) propagating in the flow direction in the reaction chamber (46) and determines a preliminary concentration from the speed of the reaction front (6).
US09880091B2	Method and system for ultrasonic cavitation cleaning in liquid analysis systems A method and system for automated ultrasonic cavitation cleaning in a liquid analysis system and measurement of a process liquid contained inside a container or flowing in a process line by means of an inline or side-stream optical system. The method and system can be used in high pressure subsea conditions by means of an automated piston driven system for isolating the analysis chamber and achieving low pressure conditions inside the analysis chamber during the cavitation cleaning mode.
US09880087B2	Remaining service life evaluation method for metal pipe suffering from creep damage A remaining service life evaluation method for evaluating a remaining service life of a metal pipe suffering from creep damage on a basis of a master curve that is prepared in advance that includes wrapping a steel strip around an outer peripheral face of the metal pipe under same conditions as those during an internal pressure creep test and evaluating a remaining service life of the metal pipe on a basis of a degree of deterioration of the steel strip.
US09880072B2	Tire holding device and tire testing system A tire holding device includes a guide which is provided between a pair of conveyors in a plan view and is provided on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side of any one of an upper rim and a lower rim in a tire transport direction, and the guide guides a tire so that the center of the tire is coincident with the center of any one of the upper rim and the lower rim in the tire transport direction as the tire approaches any one of the upper rim and the lower rim by means of a lifting device.
US09880062B1	Environment sensor for acoustic instrument A system and method for enabling measurement of desired environmental criteria of an instrument during storage, including in some situations storage within a closely conforming instrument case. A humireader includes a planar body forming a “T” with a support face. The support face enables a user to suspend and support the body between a pair of adjacent strings allowing the body to extend through a sound hole. An environment sensing system disposed within the body collects environment data of the instrument and presents it to the user using an output system (e.g., a display) that is part of the support face.
US09880052B2	Methods, systems, and apparatuses for accurate measurement and real-time feedback of solar ultraviolet exposure Systems and methods for accurate measurement and real-time feedback of solar ultraviolet exposure for management of ultraviolet dose. The systems can include a wearable device including a proximity sensor, the proximity sensor used to initiate an alert that the proximity sensor is covered. The systems can include a visible light sensor, the visible light sensor used to enter into a sleep, or night, mode.
US09880050B2	Optical transmission module An optical transmission module includes: a package; a plurality of light-emitting elements each emitting light in the interior of the package; a beam splitter splitting the light into transmitted light and split light; a plurality of light-receiving elements each including a light-receiving surface on which the split light is incident in the interior of the package, for monitoring light outputs of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a first light-shielding film provided between the plurality of light-emitting elements and the beam splitter and including a plurality of first holes for the light to propagate to the beam splitter, wherein the plurality of light-receiving elements are disposed with the light-receiving surfaces facing the beam splitter.
US09880041B2	High-speed volume measurement system Disclosed is a volume sensor having a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis, each axis including a laser source configured to emit a beam; a parallel beam generating assembly configured to receive the beam and split the beam into a first parallel beam and a second parallel beam, a beam-collimating assembly configured to receive the first parallel beam and the second parallel beam and output a first beam sheet and a second beam sheet, the first beam sheet and the second beam sheet being configured to traverse the object aperture; a first collecting lens and a second collecting lens; and a first photodetector and a second photodetector, the first photodetector and the second photodetector configured to output an electrical signal proportional to the object; wherein the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis are arranged at an angular offset with respect to each other.
US09880039B1	Method and apparatus for collecting and providing sensor data According to a method and apparatus disclosed herein, an electronic register advantageously logs raw sensor data without converting the raw sensor data into physical-domain measurements, and without need for being configured to understand or process such data, or account or compensate for any sensor installation particulars. Instead, the electronic register advantageously stores conversion data in association with each sensor interface circuit being used to collect raw sensor data from a corresponding external sensor, and it provides the conversion data to an external device, in association with read-out of the raw sensor data logged by the electronic unit. The conversion data provides the mathematical expression, along with any compensation or adjustment values needed, to convert the raw sensor data into corresponding physical-domain measurements.
US09880037B2	Method and system for monitoring emissions from an exhaust stack There is described a method for remotely monitoring an exhaust plume emitted by an exhaust stack, the method comprising: determining a velocity of a flow of the exhaust plume at an output of the exhaust stack, the exhaust plume comprising one molecule; propagating a first light within the exhaust plume, the first light being propagated in close proximity to the output of the exhaust stack; detecting a second light emitted by the exhaust plume and measuring an energy of the second light, the second light resulting from an interaction of the first light with the exhaust plume; and determining a mass emission rate of the at least one molecule using the measured energy of the detected second light, the velocity, and a surface area of the exhaust plume at the output of the exhaust stack, the surface area being orthogonal to a direction of the flow of the exhaust plume.
US09880036B2	Vacuum-cavity-insulated flow sensors A vacuum-cavity-insulated flow sensor and related fabrication method are described. The sensor comprises a porous silicon wall with numerous vacuum-pores which is created in a silicon substrate, a porous silicon membrane with numerous vacuum-pores which is surrounded and supported by the porous silicon wall, and a cavity with a vacuum-space which is disposed beneath the porous silicon membrane and surrounded by the porous silicon wall. The fabrication method includes porous silicon formation and silicon polishing in HF solution.
US09880028B2	Absolute encoder An absolute encoder includes: a scale on which plural marks are arrayed; plural detecting devices each configured to detect a mark group of the plural marks and output a signal corresponding to the mark group; and a processor configured to obtain a coordinate of the scale based on outputs of the detecting devices. The plural marks are arrayed such that a signal obtained by adding plural signals respectively output from the detecting devices includes a periodic signal corresponding to plural periods. The processor obtains first position data based on a magnitude of at least one signal of the plural signals, obtains second position data having a resolution higher than that of the first position data based on a phase of the periodic signal, and generates data representing the coordinate based on the first and second position data.
US09880014B2	Navigation system with session transfer mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: establishing a navigation session for routing from a starting point to a destination on a device; setting a transfer condition for continuing the navigation session between the device and a further device; and transferring the navigation session when the transfer condition is satisfied for routing with the further device for displaying on the further device.
US09880012B2	Hybrid road network and grid based spatial-temporal indexing under missing road links Embodiments of the present invention provide efficient and dynamic systems and methods for building a hybrid road network and grid based spatial temporal index to handle big trajectory data. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to satisfy the issue of low indexing and compression rate of big trajectory data, and to improve the efficiency of index queries, while also providing a mechanism to account for missing road links in a map.
US09880008B2	Indoor positioning method and indoor positioning system The disclosure relates to an indoor positioning method performed by an indoor positioning system installed on an object inside of a building. The indoor positioning system includes a gyroscope, a digital compass, an accelerometer, a distance sensor and a processor; an indoor map of the building is stored in the processor. Dead reckoning is performed to obtain an estimated position of the object on the map. An target area around the estimated position is selected on the map. Several measurements between the object and walls of the building are performed to obtain an actual distance data. The unique point inside the target area which matches the actual distance data is used the actual position of the object.
US09880007B2	Navigational aid system for fishermen A navigational aid system for fishermen comprises a computer that is connected to the Internet. The computer accesses a high resolution map in the vicinity of a fishing boat. The map depicts the ocean temperature and depth profile in relation to marked latitude and longitudinal indicators. A specialized GPS system in communication with the computer depicts the latitudinal and longitudinal position of the fisherman's boat. The computer executes a separate program that has a transparent window overlaying the map. A user selects two points, one point at a time, on the map and enters corresponding latitude and longitude bearings consistent with those shown on the map. The separate program receives the GPS data and plots the boat position in an orthogonal coordinate system based on the two points selected and their corresponding coordinates. The map is optionally provided with data concerning weather and buoy or wreck hazards in the vicinity of the boat, together with details concerning the coastline.
US09880006B2	Autonomous vehicle navigation system and method An autonomous vehicle is improved with a navigational system having both cameras and echolocation sensors, each including overlapping fields of view. The cameras and echolocation sensors may be part of an optical and echolocation system, respectively, that may work in conjunction with a global positioning system to determine a course for the autonomous vehicle to reach an objective while detecting and avoid obstacles along the course.
US09879999B2	Gyro sensor and electronic apparatus A gyro sensor includes a substrate, and a first function element, a second function element and a third function element which are arranged above the substrate. With respect to function elements next to each other of the first function element, the second function element and the third function element, the direction of vibration of a vibrating body of one function element is different from the direction of displacement of a movable body of the other function element, and the direction of displacement of a movable body of the one function element is different from the direction of vibration of a vibrating body of the other function element.
US09879993B2	Enhanced bundle adjustment techniques Novel tools and techniques that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of photogrammetric tools, such as bundle adjustment. One set of techniques can include a photo-observable backsight operation, in which a position of target point can be observed non-photographically, and this observed position can be used to constrain a pixel coordinate location of the same target point in a bundle adjustment operation. Using another technique, a photo-observable check shot operation, the observed position of another target point can be used to verify the validity of a bundle adjustment calculation. Such techniques can be used together or separately.
US09879990B2	Position reference system and method for positioning and tracking one or more objects Position reference system and method for positioning and tracking one or more objects which in addition to range and azimuth also provides the elevation angle of the target relative to the instrument axes of the sensor platform. The system and method is based on a near IR laser radar transceiver and one or more active or passive retroreflectors placed on the objects to be positioned. The present invention further includes an internal beam stabilization mechanism protected from the environment and utilize a cylindrical window which is transparent for the near IR laser radiation, but absorbs all visible and UV radiation and thus protects the optical parts from ambient solar radiation. In addition, the cylindrical window protects all internal mechanical parts, notably the rotating and moving parts, from a corrosive and freezing/icing environment.
US09879989B2	Methods and systems for inspecting a wind turbine blade A method of inspecting a connection joint including a first side coupled to an opposite second side along a bond, extending along an edge. The method includes generating at least one first sound wave at a first location on the first side, wherein the first location is at a first distance from the edge. The method also includes receiving the at least one first sound wave at a plurality of sensors coupled to the second side and determining that the bond is present at the first location. The method further includes generating at least one second sound wave at a second location on the first side, wherein the second location is offset a predetermined distance from the first location. The method also includes receiving the at least one second sound wave at the plurality of sensors and determining a width of the bond.
US09879978B2	Method and apparatus for optically checking by interferometry the thickness of an object being machined A method for optically checking by interferometry the thickness of an object (2) being machined comprises a phase of direct checking wherein the spectrum of the result of interference between primary reflected radiations (R1) generated by reflection of incident radiations (I) on an external surface (16) and secondary reflected radiations (R2) generated by reflection on an internal surface of discontinuity (17) of the object is analyzed, and a preliminary phase wherein information relative to the variation of a virtual thickness (D) delimited and defined by a reference surface (18) and the external surface of the object, indicative of thickness variations of the object being machined. In the preliminary phase, the processing is based on the analysis of the spectrum of the result of interference between primary reflected radiations and reference reflected radiations (Rref) generated by the reflection of the incident radiations on the reference surface, that defines the length of a reference optical path. An apparatus that implements such method for optically checking includes an optical probe (6) that receives and detects the primary, secondary and reference reflected radiations, and a spectrometer (5) that analyzes the spectrum of the result of interference.
US09879963B2	Systems to measure yaw, spin and muzzle velocity of projectiles, improve fire control fidelity, and reduce shot-to-shot dispersion in both conventional and airbursting programmable projectiles Kits or sub-systems that include sensors to measure a projectile's condition at muzzle exit. The kits or sub-systems are coupled to ballistic calculators or fire control systems that calculate aiming and programming solutions to improve shot placement, reduced dispersion and improve terminal performance. Where airburst munitions are used, the projectile is programmed when reaching a programming station beyond the barrel and the projectile is programmed with a solution that adjusts the burst location based on the measured muzzle velocity. Sub-systems, processes and sub-routines optimize “post-shot” programming using certain non-linear methods that are incorporated into fire control systems and ballistic calculators. These non-linear sub-routines are useful in establishing the optimum terminal effect of such airburst projectiles. The sub-systems are used separately or are incorporated into the weapons, to reduce dispersion and improve the terminal effects of the projectiles.
US09879946B2	Modular scalable plate system for personnel protection Body armor includes a first armor plate having a concave rear surface, a second plate having a convex front surface, and optionally, a separate coupling layer configured to fit between the first ceramic armor plate and the polymer plate. The contours of the coupling layer are formed by pressing the coupling layer between the polymer plate and the armor plate into a shape that fills gaps or voids between the concave rear surface of the armor plate and the convex front surface of the polymer plate, such that the armor plate, the polymer plate, and the coupling layer form a matched set. In operation, the ceramic armor plate can be used alone, the polymer plate can be used alone, or the hard armor layer and the polymer plate can be used together with the optional coupling layer positioned between them.
US09879942B1	Rail lock riser A rail lock riser assembly comprising a rail interface having a cutout, top surface with a through-hole, and shoulders; a first collar portion having a top outer tongue and a groove, a bottom outer tongue and a groove, mounting shoulders and a through-hole in the top outer tongue; a second collar having a top inner tongue and a groove, a bottom inner tongue and a groove, mounting shoulders and a through-hole in the top inner tongue; and a locking bolt. The collar portions are joined at the top outer tongue and groove and the bottom outer tongue and groove. The combined tongues of the first and second collar portions is inserted into the cutout of the rail interface and secured by the locking bolt.
US09879938B1	Reverse style crossbow having four cable pulleys A reverse style crossbow having four pulleys preferably includes a barrel, a riser, a first limb, a second limb, a first cam and a second cam. The riser is attached to the barrel. The first and second limbs extend from opposing ends of the riser. The first and second cams are rotatably retained on distal ends of the first and second limbs. First and second barrel pulleys are rotatably retained on opposing sides of the barrel. A first limb pulley is rotatably retained by the first limb and a second limb pulley is rotatably retained by the second limb. One end of a first cable is attached to the first cam and the other end is attached to the barrel. One end of a second cable is attached to the second cam and the other end is attached to the barrel. A single cable may also be used.
US09879933B2	Barrel nut mounted integral firearm sound suppressor Disclosed is an integral firearm sound suppressor, comprising a barrel, a first tube, and interior connector, a baffle tube, and at least one baffle. The barrel has an axial bore, a chamber end, and a muzzle end. The chamber end is attachable to a receiver by the barrel nut. The first tube extends forwardly of the barrel nut to define an annular first chamber at least partially surrounding the barrel and having a closed forward end. The barrel has at least one port providing fluid communication between the bore and the first chamber. The interior connector supports the muzzle end of the barrel. The baffle tube extends forwardly of the muzzle end of the barrel and has a forward end wall defining an exit opening. The at least one baffle is positioned in the baffle tube and spaced forward of the muzzle end of the barrel.
US09879919B2	Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing same A heat exchanger includes a pair of end plates closing opposite ends of a cylindrical core case, and a plurality of heat exchange tubes each supported at opposite end portions by the end plates. The end plates have support holes, and opposite ends of the tubes are inserted into corresponding support holes in the end plates. Each of the tubes is formed by bending a plate material so that opposite side edge portions of the bent plate material are superimposed on each other, one of the superimposed side edge portions, located inward of the other of the superimposed side edge portions, forming an inner plate portion, the other of the superimposed side edge portions forming an outer plate portion, and then welding a weld bead through the thickness of one of the inner and outer plate portions to fuse to the other plate portion.
US09879914B2	Injecting gas into a vessel An apparatus for injecting gas into a vessel is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a gas flow duct from which to discharge gas from the duct, an elongate central structure extending within the gas flow duct, and a plurality of flow directing vanes disposed about the central structure adjacent the forward end of the duct to impart swirl to a gas flow through the forward end of the duct. The apparatus also comprises cooling water flow passages in the vanes that have inlets at the forward ends of the vanes and outlets at the rear ends of the vanes.
US09879911B2	Coat drying device and coat drying method A coat drying device dries a coated film that is coated on a continuously transported coating object having first and second parts, where the second part has a greater heat capacity than the first part. The coat drying device includes a drying furnace, a hot air supply device and a control unit. The coating object is conveyed inside of the drying furnace main body. The hot air supply device heats the coating object by blowing hot air to the drying furnace. The control unit controls the hot air supply device based on a heat capacity of the coating object. The control unit controls the hot air supply device such that, when heating the second part, hot air with a greater amount of heat is supplied to the second part than an amount of heat in the hot air that is supplied to heat the first part.
US09879908B2	System and method of removing moisture from fibrous or porous materials using microwave radiation and RF energy A system and method for removing moisture from a fibrous material includes applying microwave radiation combined with RF to the fibrous material to heat and evacuate moisture from the fibrous material during a heating cycle and optionally alternating heating cycles with drying/cooling cycles. The fibrous material can be, for example, sawn or dimensional lumber. The application of alternating microwave and RF in a controlled and continuous process advantageously mimics the heating, rewetting and drying cycles of a conventional kiln without the need for batch processing. Accordingly, a faster and more cost-efficient drying process is possible with no defects imparted to the wood in the process.
US09879904B2	Liquefaction process for producing subcooled LNG A variable speed liquid LNG expander (X1) and a variable speed two-phase LNG expander (X2) in line, downstream from X1. The rotational speed of both expanders can be controlled and changed independent from each other. The speed of expander X1 and expander X2 is determined in such way that the amount of liquid LNG downstream from the PHS compared to the feed gas supply is maximized and the amount of vapor and boil-off downstream of X2 is minimized.
US09879900B1	Column cabinet construction and method for door construction A refrigerated appliance having a cabinet defining at least one interior compartment, the cabinet having a metal inner liner, a framed thermal break member having four corner joinery elements coupled to four side thermal breaks, and a cabinet face plate. The refrigerated appliance also has a door coupled to the cabinet where the door has a framed profile having four corner joints coupled to four side profiles, an inner panel, two or more ladders, a gasket, and an outer door panel. The framed thermal break member is coupled to the metal liner and the cabinet face plate. The framed profile is coupled to the inner panel, two or more ladders, the gasket, and the outer door panel.
US09879898B2	Insulated ice compartment for bottom mount refrigerator with controlled damper A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment. The control system provides for energy efficient control and operation through various means, including by monitoring state of an ice maker associated with the ice compartment and controlling temperature within compartments of the refrigerator based on the ice maker state. A damper controls air flow between the fresh food and freezer compartments. The control system can direct heat to the damper if the damper becomes frozen.
US09879896B2	Ice making system and method for a refrigerator Ice making system and method for a refrigerator is disclosed. The ice making system includes an ice making unit that makes ice cubes, a cold air generator that cools air inside a cooling duct so as to produce cold air, a cold air circulation unit that supplies the cold air from the cold air generator to the ice making unit, and discharges the cold air from the ice making unit to the cold air generator, and a cold air guiding unit that circulates the cold air inside the ice making unit.
US09879876B2	Insulated HVAC transition box and assembly for insulating An insulated HVAC duct component such as a transition box includes a first insulation layer and a second, different insulation layer. The transition box includes at least four sidewalls and one of a top and a back wall, the transition box further including a first access port and a second access port, the first access port having a different cross section than the second access port, one of the access ports being spaced from a nearest sidewall by less than 2 inches. The first insulation layer is located along an inside surface of the box. The second different insulation layer overlies the first insulation layer, the second different insulation layer having an air impervious surface, wherein the combined thickness of the first insulation layer and the second different insulation layer is less than 2 inches.
US09879872B2	Air-conditioning management device, air-conditioning management method, and program A standard schedule creator creates a standard schedule that makes it possible to achieve a target presented by target data. A seasonal schedule updater, monthly schedule updater, weekly schedule updater, and current day schedule updater update the created standard schedule using the corresponding weather forecast data to create an operation schedule of an air conditioner in which the weather forecast is properly reflected.
US09879869B2	Partition member for total heat exchange element, total heat exchange element using this member, and total heat exchange type ventilation device A partition member for total heat exchange element (14) includes an ultrafine fiber portion (17) on a porous sheet (18). The ultrafine fiber portion (17) is impregnated with or coated with a moisture permeable substance (21), and water-insolubilized.
US09879864B2	Movable cooking appliance A movable cooking appliance comprises a structure which is adapted to be placed on a kitchen worktop appliance or inside a cooking oven appliance and includes a heating element and releasable connector assembly for making electrical connection with power supply connectors. The heating element is an induction heating element and an electronic driving unit is mounted on the appliance. The releasable connector assembly comprising a plug connector having a plurality of terminals designed in order to provide a disconnection signal to the electronic unit before the power supply connectors are fully extracted.
US09879862B2	Gas turbine engine afterburner An afterburner is disclosed for use with a gas turbine engine and, in one form, is structured to receive a bypass air. The afterburner can be situated in a bypass duct and can be a toroidal combustor or a can combustor. In one embodiment, the afterburner includes a combustor arranged to receive bypass air and a plurality of vanes distributed downstream of a turbine of the gas turbine engine. The vanes can include one or more exit apertures through which hot combustion flow from the afterburner combustor can be injected. The exit apertures can be protrusions or slots in some forms. In one embodiment, a cooling passage is arranged around the exit apertures. An upstream vane portion can be positioned to inject fuel to be combusted via interaction with hot flow that is discharged through the exit apertures.
US09879858B2	Inertial electrode and system configured for electrodynamic interaction with a flame An inertial electrode launcher may be configured to project charged particles or a voltage comprising an inertial electrode proximate a flame or combustion gas produced by the flame.
US09879856B2	Gas combustor The present invention provides a gas combustor which includes a gas container having a discharging nozzle, a fuel gas controlling device, and a piston disposed between the gas container and the fuel gas controlling device and capable of being reciprocally moved; through the pressure applied by a second spring provided in the fuel gas controlling device to the piston being greater than the pressure of a first spring and the fuel gas in the discharging nozzle and the pressure applied by the second spring to the piston being smaller than the pressure for vaporizing fuel in a vaporization chamber, the piston is enabled to be reciprocally and axially moved for opening or closing the discharging nozzle, thus the liquid gas can be effectively and fully vaporized and the combustion efficiency can be greatly enhanced.
US09879847B2	Decorative lighting apparatus having two laser light sources A decorative lighting apparatus including first laser light source providing a first light and a second laser light providing a second light, a switch, and a motion assembly. The switch including a first setting corresponding to the first light source being in an on condition and the second light source being in an off condition, and a second setting corresponding to the first light source and the second light source being in an on condition. The motion assembly being configured to secure at least one optical element in the path of the first light or second light being generated by the first and second laser light sources, and including a motor being coupled to the articulating element such that a movement generated by the motor is imparted to the optical element.
US09879846B2	Power cable with motion-activated light A cord assembly includes a first end including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C connector, a second end including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C connector, a flexible, electrically-conductive cord connecting the first and second ends, an LED light disposed at the first end, an accelerometer configured to generate a signal in response to a predetermined amount of movement of the accelerometer, and a controller coupled to the light and the accelerometer. The controller is configured to, when the second end is connected to a power source and when the first end is not connected to a device, in response to receipt of the signal generated by the accelerometer in response to movement of the accelerometer, control supply of power to the light to illuminate the light.
US09879832B1	LED dent repair and detail light A paintless dent removal LED light module has a plurality of selectively illuminated LED strips. There is a small gap between a generally planar diffuser panel and the LED strips, so an image formed upon the diffuser panel has parallel bright strips separated by dark regions. The LED strips are supported upon a tray bottom surface, the tray also having a circumferential and vertically rising side wall, and a lip defining a second plane generally parallel with but displaced from the tray bottom. The diffuser panel rests upon the lip, and is secured by a band having an elastomeric exterior. The tray bottom may incorporate one or more ribs to provide additional strength and rigidity. A power supply has an entirely non-marring exterior with a supporting suction cup. A ball and socket neck having an entirely non-marring exterior mechanically and electrically couples the PDR light to the power supply.
US09879827B2	Compressor system A compressor system includes a first compressor having a first variable diffuser having a diffuser area; a second compressor having a second variable diffuser having a diffuser area; a third compressor configured to compress fluid discharged by the second compressor; a fourth compressor configured to compress fluid discharged by the third compressor; a fifth compressor configured to compress fluid discharged by the fourth compressor; a first channel configured to connect an outlet of the second compressor to an inlet of the third compressor; a first valve provided to the first channel; a second channel configured to connect the outlet of the second compressor to the inlet of the third compressor; a second valve provided to the second channel; a first intercooler; a second intercooler and a controller configured to control the first valve, the second valve, the first variable diffuser, and the second variable diffuser.
US09879826B2	Method for producing a tank, in particular a motor vehicle tank A method is provided for producing a tank, in particular a motor vehicle tank, for storing a fuel in a low-temperature state. The tank has an inner tank receiving the fuel, an outer skin surrounding the inner tank and an insulating layer arranged between the inner tank and the outer skin. The method i) introduces fuel into the inner tank, a temperature of 30° C. to 120° C., preferably of 70° C. to 85° C., being obtained by the fuel in the inner tank, and ii) generates negative pressure in an insulating layer arranged between the inner tank and the outer skin.
US09879825B2	High-pressure tank and manufacturing method of high-pressure tank A high-pressure tank configured to store a fluid includes: a liner; and a fiber-reinforced resin layer configured to cover surface of the liner. The liner includes: a cylindrical liner portion in a cylindrical shape; and dome liner portions in a dome shape, each dome liner portion being connected with the cylindrical liner portion, such that an outer surface of the dome liner portion is inclined at a predetermined angle to an outer surface of the cylindrical liner portion. The fiber-reinforced resin layer includes a hoop layer provided by hoop winding that winds the fiber substantially perpendicularly to a central axis of the cylindrical liner portion. The hoop layer is formed, such that an outer surface of the hoop layer has a smaller angle than the predetermined angle to the outer surface of the dome liner portion at a boundary between the hoop layer and the dome liner portion.
US09879819B1	Accessory mounting track An accessory mounting track provides quick and easy removable attachment and positioning of various devices. The method of attachment of devices to the accessory mounting track may be compatible with the attachment of these devices to other mounting systems, allowing the accessory mounting track to be used interchangeably with those systems.
US09879815B2	Methods for providing prophylactic surface treatment for fluid processing systems and components thereof The invention relates to a method for creating a diffused thin film surface treatments on one or more interior surfaces of closed or partially closed fluid transport or processing systems providing improved surface prophylaxis against fouling. The method involves contacting the interior surfaces to be treated with a metal compound composition, and converting the metal compound composition to metal oxide for example by heating the surfaces to the desired temperature after all or a part of the system has been assembled. Embodiments of the present invention can be performed in situ on existing fluid processing or transport systems, which minimizes the disruption to the surface treatment created by welds, joints, flanges, and damage caused by or during the system assembly process.
US09879814B1	Pigging support system A pig support system for a pipe includes a saddle having a flange integral with a ring extending therefrom, the ring forming an opening configured to provide passage to an inner channel formed by the pipe; a plurality of ribs disposed within the ring, the plurality of ribs having longitudinal lengths and configured to extend along the inner surface of the pipe; and, a lateral pipe configured to engage with the ring, the lateral pipe creating a second passage in fluid communication with the opening of the ring, the lateral pipe being configured to extend relatively perpendicular to the pipe.
US09879809B2	Coupling with safety valve function A coupling which can enhance safety will be provided, when the coupling, a hose, and the like are exposed to high pressure for some reasons or other while in use, by leaking the high pressure fluid to the outside to open a sealing portion of the coupling at a stage where the coupling condition between the couplings is maintained, and decreases the pressure. Further, the coupling can warn the operator or the like of the abnormality by ejecting a fluid from a leak path or a fluid ejection port.
US09879806B2	Device and method for connecting a hydraulic hose to a connecting nipple A hydraulic connection includes a connecting nipple, preferably of steel or of another metal, whereby, on the nipple's tube-shaped extension, a hydraulic hose is held by compression by means of a fitting. A swelling element is arranged between the extension and the hydraulic hose, the element being swellable in the hydraulic fluid. If hydraulic fluid were to advance through to the swelling element, the element will swell and block the path to more hydraulic fluid. Furthermore, by swelling, the element deforms the hydraulic hose in a radially outward direction. In this region, the hydraulic hose is held by a fitting in the form of a metal sleeve so that the hose may not be displaced. In this manner, the force of pressure on the hydraulic hose is increased in an annular zone.
US09879805B2	Pipe coupling device and construction method therefor A pipe coupling device includes a joint body, a C-shaped retaining ring that includes a flange part radially protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the retaining ring, a pressing plate that includes a recessed part configured to house the flange part, and includes a front wall configured to face a rear end of the flange part. The joint body, the retaining ring, and the pressing plate are coupled together in an axial direction. The flange part has a substantially rectangular shape extending along the axial direction, and an inclined surface is formed on at least one of the rear end and the front wall. An inner end of the inclined surface is positioned closer to the joint body than an outer end thereof. The inner end is closer to a center axis of the joint body than the outer end. A gap is formed between the rear end and the front wall.
US09879804B2	Duct coupler devices, systems, and related methods Coupler devices, systems, and related methods for coupling ducts are provided. In some aspects, a duct coupling device includes a hollow body, at least one coupler seal disposed about an outer surface of the body, and a plurality of apertures extending through the body for facilitating the passage of a fluid and/or any other medium therethrough. A duct coupling system includes a duct coupling device with a sealing member, coupler transitions adapted to receive the duct coupling device, and a sealing member. The sealing member is configured to seal an annular space disposed between a first surface of the duct coupling device and a surface of one of the first and second ducts. A method of coupling ducts includes providing a first coupler transition on a first duct, providing a second coupler transition on a second duct, and providing a duct coupling device between the first and second coupler transitions.
US09879803B2	Connectable cable organizer A connectable cable organizer includes an organizing body, an organizing adapter having a through hole formed at the bottom side of the organizing body, two positioning panels upwardly and inclinedly extended from two sides of the bottom side of the organizing body for receiving a cable between the positioning panels, and two locking heads integrally and upwardly extended from top edges of the positioning panels. The cable is disposed at a cable retention space between the positioning panels, such that the cable is clamped between the positioning panels while the cable is slidable and rotatable at the cable retention space. Two connectable cable organizers are detachably coupled with each other by inserting the locking unit of one connectable cable organizer into the through hole of another connectable cable organizer to hold the cables side-by-side.
US09879799B2	Pressure regulator A system including a pressure regulator configured to regulate a flow of pressurized fluid in a hydrocarbon extraction system, the pressure regulator, including a housing having a chamber, a biasing system configured to provide a biasing force, a sensing piston disposed within the chamber, wherein the sensing piston is responsive to pressure within the chamber and the biasing force from the biasing system, and a supply seal plate comprising a first fluid supply passageway configured to reduce oscillations of the sensing piston.
US09879786B2	Rotary machine A rotary machine includes turbine moving blades (50); a casing (10) covering the turbine moving blades (50) so as to define a gap at an outer circumferential side of the turbine moving blades; a leaf seal (70) having a seal body (71) that is disposed in the gap so as to protrude radially inward from the casing (10) and is capable of coming into contact with the turbine moving blades (50), and a high-pressure-side plate member (73) that is disposed along a face facing a high pressure side of the seal body (71); and a swirling flow inhibitor (80) that is provided on the high pressure side of the leaf seal (70) in the gap and inhibits a swirl flow flowing through the gap in a circumferential direction.
US09879776B2	Parking device When an oil temperature Toil is equal to or lower than a threshold Toref, and when a vehicle is predicted to stop while traveling (a shift position is predicted to be operated to a parking position), restricted discharge processing is executed in which a magnetic lock device is turned ON and an on-off solenoid valve is turned OFF. Thus, discharge of hydraulic oil in an oil chamber is started while movement of a piston rod is restricted by the magnetic lock device. Then, when the vehicle stops and the shift position is changed to a parking position, the restriction on the movement of the piston rod is removed by turning OFF the magnetic lock device.
US09879772B2	Power transfer device A transaxle case with an overhanging portion that overhangs outward relative to a vertical line (a tangential line) that extends upward from a 90-degree rotated portion at a location rotated from the vertically lower portion of a differential ring gear by 90 degrees, and an extending rib that extends from the overhanging portion toward the center of rotation of the differential ring gear to the vicinity of the outer periphery of the differential ring gear, and the overhanging portion and the extending rib constitute a splattering space. The lower surface of the extending rib is formed as an inclined surface such that working oil is pushed toward a converter housing when working oil splattered to the splattering space collides against the lower surface. Consequently, working oil is caused to be splattered to the splattering space, collides against the lower surface of the extending rib, and pushed toward the converter housing.
US09879769B2	Torque converter clutch slip control A powertrain includes a torque generative device and a torque converter having an impeller, a turbine and a torque converter clutch. A method to control torque converter slip includes a feedforward component and a feedback component. The feedforward component includes monitoring a reference slip, and actual slip, and a turbine speed of the torque converter, determining a desired turbine torque based upon the reference slip and the turbine speed, determining an actual turbine torque based upon the actual slip and the turbine speed, determining a feedforward torque converter clutch pressure command based upon the desired turbine torque, the actual turbine torque, a torque generative device torque, and a TCC gain, and determining feedforward torque converter clutch pressure command. The feedback component modifies the feedforward command pressure based on proportional plus integral plus differential (PID) slip feedback terms.
US09879768B2	Multi-electric motor driven synchronous gearbox assembly with motor failure mechanism A multi-electric motor driven gearbox assembly includes a main gear coupled to at least two pinion gears. Each pinion gear is connected via an associated secondary shaft to corresponding secondary shaft pulleys that are adapted to be driven by an electric motor. A one-way bearing is coupled to each pinion gear and disposed so as to allow the pinion gear to decouple relative to the secondary shaft pulley when the associated electric motor fails and to do so without creating drag on the main gear during decoupling.
US09879766B2	Rotary transmitting assembly, device for converting rotary motion to linear motion, and motor A rotary transmitting assembly may include a housing having a bearing surface sustaining a bearing; a hollow shaft coupled to the housing, wherein the hollow shaft has an outer circumferential stepped shaft portion and an inner circumferential stepped shaft portion; a rod member coupled to the housing and having a contacting portion and a protruding part, wherein the contacting portion contacts a part of the hollow shaft and the protruding part abuts the inner circumferential stepped shaft portion. The bearing may include a circular inner support part and a circular outer support part supporting the hollow shaft and the rod member, wherein the circular inner support part abuts the outer circumferential stepped shaft portion and the circular outer support part abuts the bearing surface of the housing. A stopper member may be fixed to the rod member, wherein the stopper member abuts the circular inner support part.
US09879735B2	Shear pin An Agricultural baler having a flywheel that is driven via a drive shaft. The flywheel is connected to a pressing component of the baler via a central shaft, wherein the flywheel is mounted over the central shaft via bearings. Further mounted on the central shaft is a shear pin flange which is connected via a shear pin to the flywheel for the purpose of transmitting a rotation movement of the flywheel to the central shaft, wherein the flywheel is held over the central shaft via first fixing component and wherein the shear pin flange is connected to the central shaft via second fixing component.
US09879734B2	Torque coupling The torque coupling has a shaft, a hollow shaft and a plurality of levers. The bearings of the levers are non-rotatably connected to the shaft and the levers are spring-loaded so as to be pressed against the hollow shaft. The levers are bent from a steel strip.
US09879731B2	Gear spindle and rolling mill provided with same A gear spindle (3) obtained by inclining the axis of a spindle inner tube (10) provided at one end with an external cog inner tube gear section (40) at 0.6 degrees to 1.6 degrees with respect to the axis of a spindle outer tube (20) provided with an internal cog outer tube gear section (50) that meshes the inner tube gear section (40). On the teeth of the inner tube gear section (40) having a face width (B), a crowning of radius (Cr) is provided so that the center in the face width direction is expanded and both tooth ends are thin. The face width (B) and the crowning radius (Cr) are set within an area that is enclosed by graphs of (Cr)=1200 [mm], (Cr)=4000 [mm], (B)=0.0272×(Cr)+28 [mm], (B)=59.04×exp (0.0005×(Cr)) [mm], and (B)=32×(Cr)0.274 [mm].
US09879714B2	Connecting rod A connecting rod for a reciprocating piston machine may include a hollow-cylindrical connecting rod bushing for receiving a piston pin and a hollow-cylindrical connecting rod bearing having a bearing axis running parallel to a cylinder axis of the connecting rod bushing for mounting a crank pin. An elongated shaft may extend perpendicularly to the bearing axis and be disposed between the connecting rod bushing and the connecting rod bearing for connecting the connecting rod bushing to the connecting rod bearing. The connecting rod bearing may include a connecting rod saddle which is materially connected to the shaft and a connecting rod cap which is materially separated from the shaft. A connecting rod joint may connect the connecting rod saddle to the connecting rod cap. The connecting rod joint may define a Hirth serration between the connecting rod saddle and the connecting rod cap.
US09879699B2	Venturi devices with dual Venturi flow paths Venturi devices and systems incorporating the Venturi devices are disclosed. The Venturi devices have a body defining a passageway that has a motive section and a discharge section spaced a distance apart from one another to define a Venturi gap. Both the motive section and the discharge section converge toward the Venturi gap. Also, the body defines a first suction port and a second suction port generally opposite one another that are each in fluid communication with the Venturi gap. The Venturi gap is generally wider proximate both the first suction port and the second suction port than at a generally central point therebetween. In a system, the Venturi device has its motive section fluidly connected to a source of motive pressure and one or both of the first and second suction ports in fluid communication with a device requiring vacuum.
US09879693B2	Exhaust gas turbocharger shaft having an impeller An exhaust gas turbocharger shaft has an impeller connected to the exhaust gas turbocharger shaft in a form-locking manner and is connected to a shaft nut provided on an outer shell surface of the exhaust gas turbocharger shaft. The shaft nut is inserted into a central bore of the impeller in such a way that the impeller forms a form-locking connection with the shaft nut in the radial direction and the circumferential direction.
US09879690B2	Compressor having hollow shaft A shaft of a compressor may include a first shaft section defining a first cavity axially extending therein and a second shaft section defining a second cavity axially extending therein. A plurality of inlet holes may be defined on an outer surface of the first shaft section, and a plurality of outlet holes may be defined on an outer surface of the second shaft section. The plurality of inlet holes may be in fluid communication with the first cavity and the plurality of outlet holes may be in fluid communication with the second cavity. The first cavity and the second cavity may form a passageway fluidly coupling the plurality of inlet holes and the plurality of outlet holes.
US09879689B2	Turbocharger rotating assembly A system can include a shaft and turbine wheel assembly that includes a seal portion; a bearing assembly that includes an outer race and rolling elements that rotatably support the shaft and turbine wheel assembly; a sleeve that includes an outer diameter and a through bore that includes a first inner diameter that accommodates an outer diameter of the outer race of the bearing assembly and a second, smaller inner diameter that accommodates an outer diameter of the seal portion of the shaft and turbine wheel assembly; and a center housing that includes a compressor side, a turbine side and a bore that includes a turbine side bore diameter that accommodates the outer diameter of the sleeve.
US09879683B2	Gas blower A gas blower includes a housing, a motor and a resilient sealing member for safety improvement. The housing has a receiving space and receives a fan wheel inside the receiving space, and the housing has an inlet and an outlet in communication with the receiving space. The motor has a base and a shaft. The base couples with the housing, and the shaft rotatably couples with the base and firmly connects with the fan wheel. The resilient sealing member is arranged between the housing and the base and is in a ring shape. The resilient sealing member has a central through hole for the shaft to extend through, a radial extending portion extending in radial directions of the shaft, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, with the first and second surfaces abutting against the housing and the base respectively.
US09879678B2	Scroll compressor An object is to enable suppression of degradation of reliability by supporting a flange portion of a crankshaft with a bearing while downsizing a scroll compressor by reducing the size of the flange portion of the crankshaft. A scroll compressor includes: a fixed scroll fixed to a frame; an orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber by performing an orbital motion with respect to the fixed scroll; an electric motor that drives the orbiting scroll via the crankshaft; and a bearing part provided on the lower side from the flange portion of the crankshaft that rotatably supports a main shaft part of the crankshaft. The scroll compressor furthers has a thrust stopper, provided between the flange portion and the bearing part, in contact with the flange portion on the upper side and in contact with the bearing part on the lower side. Assuming that the outer diameter of the flange portion 12d is φDt and the outer diameter of the thrust stopper is φDs, φDt<φDs holds.
US09879665B2	Portable electric inflator A portable electric inflator includes an electric air compressor, a pressure gauge, and a box for accommodating the electric air compressor and the pressure gauge. The box defines therein a generally L-shaped space for accommodating a cooling fan, a motor, a main frame with a transmission mechanism, a cylinder with a piston body, and an air storage tank of the electric air compressor. The motor defines two openings at its surrounding wall and multiple downstream through holes at its bottom wall. The main frame is provided with a peripheral wall and beveled radial braces and defines two through holes to facilitate the airflow passing through the main frame. The cooling fan can draw outside air to enter the box and smoothly flow along the generally L-shaped space to quickly dissipate the heat generated by the electric air compressor, whereby the performance and safety of the inflator can be increased.
US09879658B2	Thermostatic valve with anti-failure provisions Embodiments include eyewash valves in which the temperature of the water emerging from the valve is thermostatically controlled by a wax motor which regulates the flow of hot and cold water through the valve. Embodiments include provisions for continuing water flow through the valve despite failure of the hot water supply. Embodiments also include provisions for water flow through the valve despite failure of the wax motor in the upper position or in the lower position.
US09879655B1	Attachment apparatus for an aerial vehicle An apparatus is provided that includes a top clamshell having a first contoured surface that is configured to capture at least a portion of a top surface of a wing of an airborne wind turbine (AWT). The apparatus further includes a bottom clamshell having a second contoured surface that is configured to capture at least a portion of a bottom surface of the wing. The first contoured surface and the second contoured surface are configured to restrain the wing between the top clamshell and the bottom clamshell. The top clamshell is configured to be coupled to the fuselage attachment via a fastener at an aft end of the attachment apparatus.
US09879654B2	System and method for controlling offshore floating wind turbine platforms A method for controlling an inclination of a floating wind turbine platform comprising a generator, a set of turbine blades connected to a shaft inside a turbine nacelle, the turbine nacelle being mounted onto a tower, and at least three stabilizing columns is presented. Each of the at least three stabilizing columns have an internal volume for containing ballast. Position data associated with an orientation of the floating wind turbine is received. A heel angle in reference to the floating wind turbine platform is determined based on the position data. A first signal for adjusting at least one of a blade pitch of the set of turbine blades, and a torque of the generator is sent based on the determined heel angle. A second signal for distributing the ballast among the at least three stabilizing columns is also sent. The second signal for distributing the ballast is based on the determined heel angle and the first signal.
US09879647B2	Electricity generator with undulating membrane An electricity generator that derives energy from a membrane undulating in a longitudinal direction. The generator having electricity generation modules carried on the membrane, each module having a fixed frame, a movable frame, a coil, and at least one permanent magnet carried by one of the frames in order to generate a voltage when the membrane undulates. The fixed frames are connected to the membrane and the movable frames are disposed at a distance from a neutral axis of the membrane so that, when the membrane undulates in the longitudinal direction, the moveable frame of each electricity generation module slides in a rectilinear movement with respect to the fixed frame so as to generate electrical voltages in the coils of each module.
US09879645B2	Control valve bounce limiting mechanism for fuel injectors A fuel injector control valve assembly is provided that comprises a valve actuating mechanism, a cage member that is operatively connected to the valve actuating mechanism, a poppet valve member that is operatively connected to the cage member and that defines a perimeter and a longitudinal axis, a valve sleeve member that is disposed about the poppet valve member, a shim that includes an upper surface that at least partially makes uninterrupted contact with the cage member and a lower surface that at least partially makes uninterrupted contact with the sleeve member, thereby providing a fluid seal about the perimeter of the poppet valve member, and a bounce limiting mechanism that is adjacent the shim and that is interposed between the cage member and at least one of either the poppet valve member and the valve sleeve member.
US09879643B2	Fuel pump mounting structure for engine In a structure for mounting, on a cylinder block, a fuel pump including a fuel pump drive shaft which is rotated by receiving a driving force of a crankshaft, and a fuel pump body which is operated as the fuel pump drive shaft is rotated for pumping fuel, the cylinder block includes a flange portion, on an end portion of the cylinder block in the crankshaft direction, projecting from a surface of the end portion along the crankshaft direction in a direction orthogonal to the crankshaft direction. The flange portion includes a bearing portion which rotatably supports the fuel pump drive shaft, and a pump accommodating hole portion which accommodates the fuel pump body. The fuel pump drive shaft is rotatably supported on the bearing portion, and the fuel pump body is accommodated in the pump accommodating hole portion.
US09879642B2	Straddle type vehicle In a straddle type vehicle including a body frame, a power unit supported to the body frame, and a throttle body connected to the power unit and adjusting the intake air amount, a gyro sensor for detecting behavior of the vehicle is arranged in the throttle body.
US09879634B2	Engine block for an internal combustion engine An engine block for an internal combustion engine including a cylinder coolant channel provided with a coolant inlet conduit. The coolant inlet includes a baffle for dividing the coolant inlet conduit into two passageways both in communication with the cylinder coolant channel.
US09879631B2	Fuel supply system, marine propulsion device and outboard motor A fuel supply system includes a sub fuel tank, a booster pump, a fuel pipe, a fuel pressure sensor and a controller. The sub fuel tank stores a fuel supplied thereto from a main fuel tank. The booster pump is disposed inside the sub fuel tank. The fuel pipe has a returnless structure and supplies the fuel with a pressure increased by the booster pump to a fuel injection device of an engine. The fuel pressure sensor detects the pressure of the fuel inside the fuel pipe. The controller is configured or programmed to perform a feedback control of the booster pump based on a value of the pressure of the fuel detected by the fuel pressure sensor such that the pressure of the fuel inside the fuel pipe becomes greater than or equal to a first threshold.
US09879630B2	Intake oxygen sensor rationality diagnostics Rationality diagnostic techniques for an intake oxygen sensor are utilized to detect sensor malfunction. A non-intrusive diagnostic technique includes passively detecting when an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve position crosses low/high position thresholds, whereas an intrusive diagnostic technique includes actively commanding the EGR valve to predetermined low/high positions. During a period after the EGR valve position reaches/crosses at least one of the low/high positions/position thresholds, respectively, maximum and minimum intake oxygen concentration is monitored. When the EGR valve position has crossed both the low/high positions/position thresholds and a difference between the maximum and minimum oxygen concentrations is less than a respective difference threshold, a malfunction of the intake oxygen sensor is detected. A malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) could be set to indicate the malfunction. The intrusive technique is additionally or alternatively implemented, such as part of a verification or backup to the non-intrusive technique.
US09879626B1	Engine condensation control system and method A system and method for controlling condensation formation in an engine having EGR and forced induction includes a controller for determining a water vapor mass fraction of an exhaust stream based on a water vapor mass fraction of an intake stream and water vapor from combustion. An estimated condensation temperature (CT) is determined for a current EGR level based on the water vapor mass fractions and is compared to an intake stream temperature upstream of the compressor inlet. The controller commands the current EGR level as a maximum EGR level upon determining the intake stream temperature is less than the CT, and an increase in the current EGR level upon determining the intake stream temperature is greater than the CT. An air charge temperature (ACT) of the forced induction system may be controlled based on utilizing a target ACT as the CT to be controlled by a coolant pump.
US09879617B2	Control apparatus of engine A control apparatus of an engine comprises: fuel injection control device that controlling injection amounts of fuel injected from a first fuel injection valve, which injects fuel into an intake path of the engine, and a second fuel injection valve, which injects fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine, in accordance with the operating state of the engine; and valve control device that changes the open/closed state of the waste gate valve in accordance with the injection amounts of fuel injected from the first fuel injection valve and the second fuel injection valve. The fuel injection control device increases the injection amount of fuel injected from the second fuel injection valve in accordance with an increase in the load or speed of the engine. The valve control device changes the open/closed state of the waste gate valve in the sequence of an opening direction, a closing direction, and an opening direction as the injection amount of fuel injected from the second fuel injection valve increases.
US09879616B2	System and method for adjusting the lift state of a valve actuator and for adjusting the number of active cylinders in an engine to improve fuel economy A system according to the present disclosure includes a cylinder deactivation module and a valve lift control module. The cylinder deactivation module selectively deactivates a first cylinder of an engine while a second cylinder of the engine is active. When the first cylinder is deactivated, the valve lift control module selectively adjusts a target lift state of a valve actuator of the engine to a first lift state to lift at least one of an intake valve of the second cylinder and an exhaust valve of the second cylinder by a first amount. The valve lift control module selectively adjusts the target lift state of the valve actuator to a second lift state to lift at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve by a second amount. The first and second amounts are greater than zero and the second amount is greater than the first amount.
US09879611B2	Bleed valve resonance augmentations Bleed valve assemblies in a gas turbine engine are disclosed herein. A bleed valve assembly in a low pressure compressor may include a bleed valve and a resonator chamber. A manifold may allow passage of air from a bleed duct into the resonator chamber. The resonator chamber may alter resonation properties of the bleed duct in order to prevent damage to components in the low pressure compressor.
US09879608B2	Oil loss protection for a fan drive gear system A fan drive gear system includes at least one intermediate gear that includes an axial gear passage for receiving and conveying a fluid suitable for cooling and/or lubricating. At least a first axial end of the intermediate gear includes a first fluid storage trap for capturing fluid entering and/or exiting the gear passage and storing the fluid therein during powered operation of the fan drive gear system. The fluid is capable of being passively supplied to the intermediate gear passage during an interrupted power event.
US09879607B2	Sealing of turbine engine enclosures produced by brush seal and labyrinth A sealing device for an enclosure of a turbine engine formed by an assembly of juxtaposed rotating and/or static bodies is provided. The sealing device includes at least one brush seal having a brush body, carried by at least one first member, and bristles extending from the brush body and arranged so as to rub against at least one second member rotatable relative to the first member, so as to produce a pressure difference between the inside of said enclosure and its outer environment. The device further includes a labyrinth-type seal, the labyrinth being positioned in series with the brush seal between the inside of the enclosure and its outer environment.
US09879601B2	Gas turbine engine component arrangement A gas turbine engine component is provided that can be cooled with a cooling media such as air using a variety of passages. In one form, cooling fluid is routed through a hole that exits at least partially through a pedestal formed between walls. A plurality of cooling holes can be provided through a trench face and in some forms can include a diffusion through a divergence in the hole exit. J-Hook passages can be provided through a trench face, and, in some forms, multiple trenches can be provided. A cooling hole having a neck portion can be provided, as can a cooling hole with one or more turns to reduce a total pressure. In one form, a corrugated cooling passage can be provided.
US09879586B2	Abnormality detection device for exhaust gas purification apparatus An object of the present invention is to distinguish and detect an abnormality of SCRF and an abnormality of a diffusing device in a system in which a diffusing device is provided for an exhaust gas passage between a filter (SCRF) including an SCR catalyst carried thereon and a reducing agent addition valve. In the present invention, it is judged that which one of abnormalities of any clogging-up of SCRF caused by PM, any breakage of SCRF, and any abnormality of a diffusing device occurs, on the basis of at least any one of a difference between a NOx purification rate of an SCR catalyst carried on SCRF and a predetermined NOx purification rate and a difference between a PM amount flowing out from SCRF and a predetermined outflow PM amount, when a difference, which is provided between an exhaust gas pressure difference as a difference between an exhaust gas pressure on an upstream side from a reducing agent addition valve and an exhaust gas pressure on a downstream side from SCRF and a predetermined exhaust gas pressure difference, exceeds a certain amount.
US09879577B2	Variable valve mechanism of internal combustion engine A variable valve mechanism of an internal combustion engine includes a plurality of swing members and a variable device that displaces a control shaft to displace a plurality of slider gears of the swing members at a time, thereby changing valve lifts of the plurality of swing members at a time by meshing of helical splines. The swing members include a first swing member for a predetermined cylinder of a plurality of cylinders and a second swing member for a cylinder other than the predetermined cylinder, and a helix angle of the helical splines varies between the first and the second swing members. The variable device displaces the control shaft to a predetermined normal position to perform a normal operation, and displaces the control shaft to a predetermined cylinder cutoff position to perform a cylinder cutoff operation in which the second swing member does not drive a valve.
US09879576B2	Adjustable camshaft An adjustable camshaft for an internal combustion engine may have a support shaft that extends along a rotational axis; a cam pack having a cam element that is received on the support shaft such that the cam pack can be displaced along the rotational axis, wherein the cam pack can be latched on the support shaft in at least two axial latching positions; a latching element that is prestressed by way of a spring element; and a latching element receptacle disposed on the support shaft. The latching element can latch into the latching element receptacle in the latching positions. The spring element and the latching element may be received in the cam pack.
US09879575B2	System for lubricating valve assembly of engine A system for lubricating a valve assembly of an engine. The system includes a valve bridge having a base portion is disposed on a guide rod. The guide rod is received within a hole defined in the base portion of the valve bridge to define a chamber and to receive lubricant in the chamber. The valve bridge includes an arm that is engaged with a valve stem. The valve bridge includes a passage in fluidly communicating with the chamber and an end of the arm. The system includes a valve disposed around the valve stem and valve stem guide. The valve seal includes a lip member that abuts an outer surface of the valve stem to control a flow of the lubricant from the passage to a gap defined between the valve stem and the valve stem guide.
US09879572B2	Continuous variable valve lift apparatus and engine provided with the same A continuously variable valve lift apparatus may include a camshaft, a cam portion on which a cam is formed and into which the camshaft is inserted, a slider housing into which the cam portion is rotatably inserted and a position thereof is rotatable around a pivot shaft, a control portion configured to selectively push the slider housing to be rotated, a spring guide connected to the slider housing for elastically supporting the slider housing, a rotation deliverer configured to transmit rotation of the camshaft to the cam portion, an output portion rotatable around the pivot shaft and onto which a valve shoe is formed, and a valve unit configured to be driven by the valve shoe.
US09879568B2	Method for energy saving Method for coupling a first heat-requiring industrial process to a second cold-requiring industrial process, whereby a first circuit for energy recovery (1) from the first industrial process transfers heat to a second circuit for cold production (2) for the second industrial process, wherein the first circuit for energy recovery (1) the energy carrier is a binary mixture of water and ammonia that has two-phases and is compressed by a compressor (7) specifically suitable for compressing a two-phase fluid such as a compressor with a Lysholm rotor or equipped with vanes, whereby all or part of the liquid phase evaporates as a result of compression such that overheating does not occur and such that less working energy must be supplied.
US09879566B2	Turbine engine couplings and methods for manufacturing turbine engine couplings A coupling apparatus for use in sealingly connecting a first fluid flow path to a second fluid flow path. The coupling apparatus includes a rigid fluid flow channel having a first end and a second end, wherein the fluid flow channel is substantially rigid in an axial direction and a radial direction, a first sealing terminus that is rigidly connected to the first end and that is configured for sealing with the first fluid flow path, and a second sealing terminus that is slidingly disposed about the second end such that the second sealing terminus is configured for relative movement with respect to the second end, and wherein the second sealing terminus is further configured for sealing with the second fluid flow path. The coupling apparatus further includes a flexible coupler connected to both the first sealing terminus and the second sealing terminus and surrounding the fluid flow channel, wherein the coupler is relatively more flexible in the axial direction and the radial direction as compared to the fluid flow channel.
US09879561B2	Turbomachine comprising a plurality of fixed radial blades mounted upstream of the fan A bypass turbine engine including: an inner casing, an inter-duct casing and an outer casing so as to define a primary duct between the inter-duct casing and the inner casing, and a secondary duct between the inter-duct casing and the outer casing; a rotary shaft including, at an upstream end, a movable fan with radial blades of which the free ends face the outer casing to compress an air flow at least in the secondary duct; a plurality of variable-pitch radial stator vanes mounted upstream of the movable fan so as to deflect the incident axial air prior to it being axially rectified by the movable fan in the secondary duct; and a system for individually adjusting the pitch of the radial vanes including a single control ring and rods for connecting the control ring to each of said radial vanes, is provided.
US09879558B2	Low leakage multi-directional interface for a gas turbine engine An interface within a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of segmented components, each with a segment flange with a multiple of apertures, at least one of the multiple of apertures a first slot aperture. A full ring component with a ring flange that defines a multiple ring of apertures, at least one of the multiple of ring apertures a second slot aperture, the second slot aperture transverse to the first slot aperture.
US09879557B2	Inner stage turbine seal for gas turbine engine A turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes a seal that extends between a vane platform and a Blade Outer Air Seal.
US09879556B2	Cooled finger seal An air seal for a gas turbine engine platform comprises a flow path platform, a seal retention ring, a finger seal. The seal retention ring is situated radially adjacent the flow path platform. The finger seal is retained by the seal retention ring between the flow path platform and the seal retention ring. The finger seal comprises a first ply with first keyhole slots, a second ply with second keyhole slots circumferentially offset relative to the first keyhole slots, and a foil layer. The foil layer is disposed between the first and second plies. The finger seal has a series of cooling holes in the outer circumferential segment to cool the outer diameter of the seal. In addition, leakage between the finger seal and the flow path platform cools the inner diameter of the seal.
US09879553B2	Fixed blade assembly usable in exhaust pump, and exhaust pump provided with same Provided are a stator blade assembly advantageous for improving the evacuation performance by shortening the evacuation time, and an exhaust pump provided with such a stator blade assembly. Inner and outer stator blade bases of a plurality of stator blades are supported by frames. A projecting portion protruding from the frame supporting the inner stator blade base, or from the frame supporting the outer stator blade base, or from both of the frames is provided in a gap in the vicinity of the inner or outer stator blade base between one of the supported stator blades and the stator blade transversely adjacent thereto.
US09879548B2	Turbine blade damper system having pin with slots A damper system for a turbine having adjacent turbine bucket platforms including opposing slash faces having opposing grooves is provided. The system includes a pin having a substantially cylindrical-shaped body configured for positioning in the opposing grooves. A set of slots are provided in an outer surface of the pin and at spaced axial locations therealong. The set of slots face in a radially outward direction relative to the turbine bucket platforms.
US09879546B2	Airfoil cooling circuits An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets.
US09879544B2	Turbine rotor blades with improved tip portion cooling holes A turbine rotor blade is provided for a turbine section of an engine. The turbine rotor blade includes a platform and an airfoil extending from the platform into a mainstream gas path of the turbine section. The airfoil includes a first side wall; a second side wall joined to the first side wall at a leading edge and a trailing edge; a tip cap extending between the first side wall and the second side wall; a first parapet wall extending from the first side wall; and a first cooling hole through the tip cap and the first parapet wall configured to deliver cooling air. The first cooling hole has a closed channel section and an open channel section. The open channel section forms a slot.
US09879541B2	Rotor blade with a segmented supporting structure and method for manufacturing the rotor blade A rotor blade with a supporting structure, wherein the rotor blade has a rotor blade base section and a rotor blade tip section, is provided. The supporting structure includes a first supporting segment for supporting the rotor blade base section and at least a second supporting segment for supporting the rotor blade tip section. Furthermore, the supporting structure includes the first supporting segment and the second supporting segment along the rotor blade longitudinal direction. The first supporting segment is joined to the second supporting segment in a supporting structure transition section, wherein the supporting structure transition section is located in between the rotor blade base section and the rotor blade tip section. Finally, the first supporting segment and/or the second supporting segment include a fiber material. A method for manufacturing the rotor blade is also provided.
US09879539B2	Engine airfoils and methods for reducing airfoil flutter A method is provided for designing an airfoil. The method includes considering a baseline airfoil having a first camber distribution and a first aerodynamic efficiency; reducing the first camber distribution to result in a reduced camber airfoil with a second camber distribution and a second aerodynamic efficiency such that the second aerodynamic efficiency is approximately equal to the first aerodynamic efficiency; and producing the airfoil with the second camber distribution.
US09879536B2	Surface treatment of turbomachinery Embodiments of the present disclosure provide surface treatment tools, methodologies, and/or treated turbomachine components. A surface treatment tool according to the present disclosure can include a lathe assembly having a lathe chuck for receiving a component thereon, wherein the lathe chuck rotates the component about a first axis of rotation, and wherein the component includes an exposed axial target surface; and a sander or burnishing tool coupled to the lathe assembly and including a sanding or burnishing surface thereon, coupled to a drive system, wherein the sanding or burnishing surface is oriented along a second axis substantially non-parallel with the first axis of rotation, such that the sanding or burnishing surface selectively contacts the target surface of the component to yield a polished target surface.
US09879533B2	Spring return apparatus for an axial piston machine of swash plate design for elastically prestressing sliding pads against the swash plate, and axial piston machine having a spring return apparatus of this type A spring return apparatus for elastically prestressing sliding pads against a sliding bearing face of an axial piston machine. The sliding pads are positioned on working pistons mounted axially movably in cylinders of a cylinder barrel that drives a drive shaft including a spring plate and a supporting plate. The spring plate includes a ring region surrounding a central opening, and levers extending radially from the ring region. The levers are arranged spaced apart or distributed uniformly in the circumferential direction, and are elastically flexible and/or elastically pivotable in the axial direction. Every two adjacent levers delimit a receiving region for receiving a tapered section of a working piston or a sliding pad. The supporting plate has a circular ring-shaped supporting region configured to support radially outer end sections of the levers if the supporting plate is arranged concentrically with respect to and axially adjacently to the spring plate.
US09879524B2	Lag calculation with caving correction in open hole A gas analyzer system that can detect atmospheric air gasses in drilling mud is used to calculate an actual lag time in a well. The calculated lag time and a theoretical lag time may be compared to estimate a caving percentage in an open hole section of the well.
US09879523B2	Determining stuck point of tubing in a wellbore An example method includes introducing a string of tubing into a wellbore to perform a primary operation, the string of tubing including at least one sensor for measuring strain and at least one device operatively associated with the at least one sensor. The method further includes translating the string of tubing relative to the wellbore, imparting a load on the string of tubing when the tubing becomes stuck in the wellbore at a stuck point, and thereby generating strain in the string of tubing above the stuck point. Additionally, the method includes measuring the strain with the at least one sensor, transmitting data indicative of the strain to a surface location with the at least one device, and determining a position of the at least one sensor in the wellbore, as based on the strain, relative to the stuck point.
US09879518B2	Intelligent reamer for rotary/sliding drilling system and method A downhole intelligent reamer controller detects the difference between rotary drilling and sliding drilling, responds appropriately and quickly to multiple changes between rotary drilling and sliding drilling that may occur several times each stand of pipe. Additional controls prevent deployment of reamer members at inappropriate times such as when drilling out cement, testing, and running in and out of the wellbore. In one embodiment, a separate modular control sub is disclosed that may be utilized with and/or removably secured to an expandable reamer and/or other types of downhole tools.
US09879516B2	Multi-well solution mining exploitation of an evaporite mineral stratum A method for in situ solution mining of a mineral from an underground evaporite stratum using a set of wells in fluid communication with at least one mineral cavity with some wells operated in solvent injection mode and other wells operated in brine production mode and optionally with some inactive wells, comprising switching the operation mode of one or more wells. The evaporite mineral preferably comprises trona. The at least one cavity may be formed by directionally drilled uncased boreholes or by lithological displacement of the evaporite stratum at a weak interface with an underlying insoluble stratum by application of a lifting hydraulic pressure to create an interfacial gap. The extracted brine can be processed to make valuable products such as soda ash and/or any derivatives thereof. This method can provide more uniform dissolution of mineral in the cavity, minimize flow channeling, minimize sodium bicarbonate blinding for solution mining of incongruent trona ore, and/or may avoid uneven deposit of insolubles.
US09879510B2	Pump and control system for distributing fluid A pump and control system for distributing a fluid from a source location to one or more remote locations. At least one of the remote locations can be at an elevation higher than that of the source location. The system may have a power source, a controller, and one or more fluid storage vessels. The system also may have a distribution piping and one or more monitoring devices to sense fluid pressure corresponding to fluid fill levels in the one or more fluid storage vessels. The system additionally can have a pump that automatically provides fluid to the one or more fluid storage vessels at the remote locations through the distribution piping.
US09879506B2	Transverse flow downhole power generator An example well system includes a base pipe having an interior and defining one or more flow ports, the base pipe being positionable within a wellbore adjacent a subterranean formation. A flow path for a fluid extends between the interior of the base pipe, through the one or more flow ports, and to an exterior of the base pipe. A transverse turbine is positioned in the flow path, the transverse turbine including a rotor and a plurality of blades positioned to receive a flow of the fluid perpendicular to a rotational axis of the rotor. A generator includes one or more magnets rotatable with rotation of the transverse turbine and one or more coil windings mounted on a stator. The flow of the fluid rotates the transverse turbine and rotation of the transverse turbine generates electrical power in the generator.
US09879482B2	Expandable diameter drill bit An expandable diameter drill bit includes a cutting blade having receiving and contacting ends, the receiving end having a pivot shaft and the contacting end having a tip. A drill bit includes a drill head body having an upper attachment portion and a lower body portion, the lower body portion defining a blade opening for receiving the receiving end of the cutting blade and a bolt receiving hole on opposing sides transverse the blade opening. The drill bit includes a torsion spring, a first blade leg, and a second body leg. The blade bolt passes through the bolt receiving holes and the pivot shaft and secured with a set screw. The first blade leg is coupled to the cutting blade with a spring retainer bolt, the second body leg is coupled to the drill head body, and the torsion spring biases the blade outwardly from the drill head body.
US09879480B2	Locking joint for collapsible ladders and other structures A rigid structure such as a ladder is disclosed having rotating hinges that allow the ladder to fold up and/or be disassembled and assembled. The hinge or hinges can be provided between ladder sections with one ladder section having a male hinge element, and another having a female hinge element. A cam element provided with the female hinge element can be moved between an unlocked position in which the ladder sections can rotate with respect to each other, and a locked position in which the structure is rigid.
US09879475B2	Remote controlled motorized wand for controlling blinds A motorized wand system is presented for connecting to conventional horizontal and vertical blinds. The motorized wand system includes a housing that houses a motor, a gear box and a motor controller. The wand is twistably connected to the housing. An extender is removably connected to the lower end of the wand to extend the length thereof. The motorized wand system is connected to a conventional horizontal blind by a hook member connected to the tilt knob of the blind and adhering a mounting flange to the head rail of the blind. The motorized wand system is connected to a conventional vertical blind by a mounting member connected to a clip and tilt knob of the vertical blind and a bellows that connects the mounting member and upper end of the motorized wand system. The motorized wand system is controlled individually, or in groups, by twisting, or by a remote.
US09879458B2	Easily displaceable sliding door An easily displaceable sliding door configured to be installed in an opening of a partition wall includes a shutter having an upper edge, a carriage secured to the shutter at the upper edge, a guiding member configured to be secured to the opening substantially parallel to the upper edge to allow sliding of the carriage, a magnetic unit having a lower portion integral with the shutter and an upper portion configured to be secured to the guiding member to reduce the weight force of the shutter to facilitate displacement, wherein the upper and a lower portions are separated by an air gap. The guiding member is of linear type and includes a straight cavity with an upper wall for supporting the upper portion of the magnetic unit, the upper edge and the a carriage being entirely embedded in the cavity to be hidden from external view.
US09879451B2	Handle device having a mechanical return mechanism The invention relates to a handle device (10) for a lock unit (12) for a movable door (11) or the like on a vehicle, comprising a handle part (51) which is movably mounted relative to a door (11) of the vehicle and which can be displaced between a rest position (Ia) and an operating position (Ib,c), the handle part (51) being flush with the exterior of the door (11.5) in the rest position (IA) and projecting from the exterior of the door (11.5) in the operating position (Ib,c). The handle part (51) can be actuated to open the door (10) when in the operating position (Ib,c). An actuating unit (33) is used to transfer the handle part (51) at least from the rest position (Ia) to a first operating position (IB). According to the invention, the actuating unit (33) is pivotably mounted.
US09879446B2	Door locking mechanism A locking system for an enclosure, including a control bracket mounted to a door of the enclosure and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction along a guide rod running through a pin bracket of the control bracket. The control bracket further includes a latching pin to secure the door of the enclosure. A handle mechanism has a push rod that causes the control bracket to slide along the longitudinal direction, also causing the latching pin to move into a position that secures the door.
US09879444B2	Post support device The present invention relates to a post support device (1) for a post (10) adapted to be inserted substantially vertically in the ground. The post (10) has a top end (10A) and a bottom end (10B). The support device comprises a support member (2,3) adapted to engage the post below ground level at a point remote from the post bottom end, and at least two pairs of fins (2A,2B; 3A,3B), each pair of which extend from and form a triangulated structure with the support member and/or post. In use, with the post with the support device attached thereto is inserted substantially vertically in the ground, and the fins provide lateral resistance to prevent the post from displacing the soil and tilting towards the horizontal.
US09879441B2	Modular monopole tower foundation A portable and modular foundation that can be utilized to support a monopole includes a central hub and a plurality of legs. A proximal end of each leg is removably attached to the central hub. A plurality of floor panels extends from proximate the hub to a perimeter of the foundation and define a substantially uninterrupted floor. With the plurality of floor panels attached to the legs, the foundation can optionally be buried where the soil or other material is positioned on top of the floor panels to provide the necessary ballast to allow the foundation to retain a monopole with a piece of equipment in an elevated position. Alternatively, if the foundation is to be utilized above ground, a plurality of wall panels can be attached to the floor panels and the legs with braces to retain the wall panels in a substantially vertical position. The plurality of wall panels forms a substantially continuous wall about a perimeter of foundation such that ballast can be placed therein.
US09879440B2	Fiber reinforced resin polymer mortar pole Poles of this invention have an annular body with a wall structure comprising a number of fiber reinforced resin layers, which can be positioned to form an inside and/or outside portion of the wall structure. A portion of the layers are oriented longitudinally within the wall structure, and the wall structure also includes radially-oriented fiber reinforced resin layers. The pole includes one or more layers or a core of a composite material or polymer mortar disposed within one or more locations of the wall structure, e.g., as an intermediate layer and/or as part of the wall inside and/or outside portion. The pole can include an outside surface resistant to ultra violet radiation. Poles of this invention can be formed using a continuous process on a rotating mandrel, making use of differently positioned stations to form the different portions of the pole as the fabrication is moved axially along the mandrel.
US09879434B2	Flooring module A flooring module (100) for forming a temporary access floor comprises a base component (1) defining a cruciform channel formation (3, 4) for receiving cabling or the like. The channels (3, 4) have a floor (1A) defined by the base component and a removable channel cover (2). The channel cover (2) comprises one or more channel cover components for covering the channel formation, such that the channel formation and channel cover may combine to provide a closed channel for the cabling or the like. Removal of the cover (2) allows access to the channel formation from above, in use. The sides of the base component (1) define module connector clips (20, 21) for engaging with corresponding module connector clips on adjacent modules to lock the modules together in an array. The base component (1) defines retaining formations (13, 14) for engaging with and retaining the channel cover components over the channel formation. The channel cover (2) engages against one or more of the module connector clips (20, 21) when in the clips are in the closed position so as to limit deflection of the module connector clips (20, 21) and thus prevent disengagement of the module clips from the module clips of an adjacent flooring module in an array of flooring modules. The sides of the module preferably also include a plurality of levelling clips (41, 42) which define upward and downward facing engagement faces to prevent vertical misalignment of the modules.
US09879416B2	Composite thermal isolating masonry tie fastener Cavity walls include fasteners that provide a thermal break. A cavity wall assembly includes a support structure, insulation, and an outer wythe. The insulation is mounted on the support structure. The outer wythe is spaced apart from the insulation, such that a cavity is formed between the insulation and the outer wythe. A tie is attached to the outer wythe. A fastener extends through a portion of the tie, through the insulation, and into the support structure to attach the tie to the support structure. The fastener provides a thermal break between the support structure and the tie. At least a portion of the thermal break is disposed within a width of the insulation.
US09879410B2	Cold bathing water to toilet diverting apparatus A cold bathing water to toilet diverting apparatus includes a diverter that is configured to be fluidly couplable to a bathing water conduit. The diverter is positionable between a shut off valve and a spout each fluidly coupled to the bathing water conduit. An outlet conduit is fluidly coupled to the diverter. The diverter diverts water from the bathing water conduit and into the outlet conduit when the diverter detects water in the diverter having a temperature less than a threshold temperature. A storage tank is fluidly coupled to the outlet conduit to receive water from the diverter. An auxiliary conduit is fluidly coupled to the storage tank and is configured to be fluidly coupled to a toilet's water tank to allow the storage tank to supply water to the water tank through the auxiliary conduit.
US09879403B2	Hydraulic hybrid swing drive system for excavators A hydraulic machine includes an undercarriage; a rotating structure rotatably mounted on the undercarriage and configured to rotate with and with respect to the undercarriage; a first controller configured to receive user input and configured; a user interface configured to accept commands from a user and output a command signal to the controller; and a first gyroscope fixed to the rotating structure and electrically connected to the controller and configured to provide a data signal of rotation information of the rotating structure to the controller. An axis of rotation of the gyroscope is parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotating structure. The controller is configured to generate a control signal to control the rotating structure and cause the rotating structure to rotate with respect to the undercarriage based on the command signal from the user interface and the data signal from the first gyroscope.
US09879401B2	Oil and gas well and field integrity protection system The present invention relates in general to a system to protect and monitor production and non-production oil and gas wells. The present invention provides an oil or gas well and field integrity system for a well which passes through at least one subterranean formation containing pressurized formation fluids. The system comprising at least one oil or gas well located within a designated oil or gas field; and at least one bund wall formed within a target zone of the at least one subterranean formation, each bund extending along at least a portion of a perimeter surrounding the oil or gas field or along at least a portion of a section surrounding one or more oil or gas wells within the oil or gas field to assist in maintaining hydrostatic pressure on at least one side of the bund wall within the target zone thereby reducing the possibility of subsidence within the oil or gas field.
US09879395B2	Versatile multipurpose jackup unit A versatile multipurpose jackup unit comprises a hull with a top platform; and a configurable and detachable cantilever installation system comprising a plurality of longitudinal working groups; wherein each longitudinal working group comprises a stern pad, and more than one fixed cantilever hold-down modules.
US09879393B2	Flood wall protection system A system and method for constructing any desired length of height linear cellular chain for use as a protective wall system, including a chain of fabric bulk bags, each having an open upper end, and interconnected along their sidewalls to define the cellular chain; and a fabric channel formed on the upper ends of each of the adjoining bags sidewalls for engaging a bag support and filling system, which includes a first metal frame member having a pair of arm members for threading through two adjacent fabric channels; the frame supported by a base member resting on the ground; a second metal frame member for receiving the distal ends of each of the arm members of the first metal frame member, at a level so that the bulk bag is supported by the arm members; bulk material to be poured into the supported bulk bag, to a level that the bag is substantially filled and no longer requires the support of the frame, so that the frame can be removed and positioned onto the next pair of fabric channels to fill the next empty bag.
US09879392B2	Ground working machine, as well as method for milling ground surfaces or traffic surfaces In a ground working machine for working ground surfaces or traffic surfaces, in particular cold recycler or soil stabilizer as a self-propelled machine or attachment unit, featuring a machine frame, featuring a milling/mixing drum rotating transversely to the working direction of the machine frame, featuring a drum housing enclosing the milling/mixing drum and resting on the ground surface during the milling operation that forms a mixing chamber for crushing the milled material and/or mixing the milled material with additives, where the milling/mixing drum is height-adjustable for adjustment of a selectable milling depth, featuring a pivotable drum flap arranged, as a minimum, at the front end of the drum housing as seen in working direction, and featuring a controller for, as a minimum, the working process, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the drum flap is, as a minimum, of two-part design and comprises no less than one upper part and one lower part, in which design no less than one part is pivotable and no less than one further part is adjustable in a telescoping fashion linearly or in the shape of an arc.
US09879388B2	Pavement coating system with strainer configured for manual cleaning A coating applicator vehicle is configured to selectively discharge a flow of liquid emulsion and aggregate onto a roadway. The vehicle includes a rolling chassis and a powered spraying assembly supported by the chassis. The spraying assembly includes a strainer enclosure and a strainer basket that cooperatively define a manifold axis along which the strainer basket is manually slidable into and out of a passage of the enclosure.
US09879380B2	Modified of improving dry strength and/or drainage of a paper or paperboard A method of improving dry strength and/or drainage of a paper or paperboard by adding to a paper or paperboard furnish, a graft copolymer composition of a vinyl monomer and a functionalized vinylamine-containing base polymer graft copolymer.
US09879373B2	Automated selection of settings for an ironing device Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
US09879368B2	Laundry recirculation and filtration system A laundry system can have a washing machine that receives a wash mixture and at least one laundry item to be laundered during a washing operation. The washing machine may wash the at least one laundry item in the wash mixture during the washing operation to separate one or more contaminants from the at least one laundry item. The laundry system also can have an extraction system in communication with the washing machine, which extraction system can include a filtration system with a plurality of filtration stages. Each filtration stage of the plurality of filtration stages may comprise one or more filters that filter at least part of the wash mixture during the washing operation.
US09879364B2	Polymer compositions for staple and multifilament fibers The invention relates to a fiber comprising a polymer blend of (a) from about 90 to about 99 wt % of a propylene polymer and (b) from about 1 to about 10 wt % of a polymer blend modifier, comprising a first propylene-based polymer wherein the first propylene-based polymer is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin and a second propylene-based polymer wherein the second propylene-based polymer is a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin, wherein the second propylene-based polymer is different than the first propylene-based polymer and wherein the polymer blend modifier has a MFR of greater than about 1,000 g/10 min to less than about 10,000 g/10 min; and wherein the propylene polymer has a MFR of less than about 15 g/10 min.
US09879361B2	Surface enhanced pulp fibers, methods of making surface enhanced pulp fibers, products incorporating surface enhanced pulp fibers, and methods of making products incorporating surface enhanced pulp fibers Various embodiments of the present invention relate to surface enhanced pulp fibers, various products incorporating surface enhanced pulp fibers, and methods and systems for producing surface enhanced pulp fibers. Various embodiments of surface enhanced pulp fibers have significantly increased surface areas compared to conventional refined fibers while advantageously minimizing reductions in length following refinement. The surface enhanced pulp fibers can be incorporated into a number of products that might benefit from such properties including, for example, paper products, paperboard products, fiber cement boards, fiber reinforced plastics, fluff pulps, hydrogels, cellulose acetate products, and carboxymethyl cellulose products. In some embodiments, a plurality of surface enhanced pulp fibers have a length weighted average fiber length of at least about 0.3 millimeters and an average hydrodynamic specific surface area of at least about 10 square meters per gram, wherein the number of surface enhanced pulp fibers is at least 12,000 fibers/milligram on an oven-dry basis.
US09879358B2	Heat shield ring for high growth rate EPI chamber A heat shield assembly for an epitaxy chamber is described herein. The heat shield assembly has a heat shield member and a preheat member. The heat shield member is disposed on the preheat member. The heat shield member has a cutout portion that exposes a portion of the preheat member. The preheat member has a recessed portion to receive the heat shield member.
US09879356B2	Method for delamination of ceramic hard material layers from steel and cemented carbide substrates In order to improve a method for decoating of ceramic hard material layers from steel and cemented carbide substrates having a ceramic hard material layer on part of the surface thereof and to make it amenable to further applications, it is proposed that the workpieces (10) to be decoated be inserted—preferably with a part thereof without a ceramic hard material layer—into guard elements, preferably protective plugs, which fit in diameter and height, and be pressed into a holder (50), the holder with the workpieces (10) to be decoated be contacted with the plus pole of the current pulse driver, an either acidic or basic electrolytic bath be selected, the contacted holder be placed into the selected electrolytic bath (30), at least one electrode (20) be positioned at a predetermined distance from the holder and the latter be contacted with the negative pole of the power pulse generator (40), the decoating is performed by means of the current pulse driver, with endpoint detection being performed continuously or a control for decoating being conducted at time intervals.
US09879354B2	Electrochemical process for water splitting using porous Co3O4 nanorods The present invention discloses an electrochemical process for water splitting for production of oxygen using porous Co3O4 nanorods with a considerably low overpotential and high exchange current density. The present invention further discloses a simple, industrially feasible process of for preparation of said nanostructured porous cobalt oxide catalyst thereof.
US09879351B2	Method for protecting components of a primary system of a boiling water reactor in particular from stress corrosion cracking A method for protecting the components of the primary system of a boiling water reactor, especially against stress cracking corrosion, includes feeding a reducing agent into the primary coolant in order to reduce the number of substances having a oxidizing effect or in order to modify the electrochemical potential of the component surfaces covered with an oxide layer to negative values. An alcohol that can be oxidized in the conditions of a reactor is fed in as a reducing agent, preferably in a liquid form, into the primary coolant. The component surfaces are provided with a blank coating or a single intrinsic oxide coating.
US09879342B2	Lateral flow atomic layer deposition apparatus and atomic layer deposition method using the same A lateral flow atomic layer deposition (ALD) apparatus has two gas inflow channels and two gas outflow channels that are connected to two gas outlets that are symmetrically formed based on a substrate in which a thin film is deposited, thereby differently guiding a flow direction of a gas flowing on the substrate. Therefore, uniformity of a deposited film is improved, compared with the conventional lateral flow ALD apparatus in which a supplied source gas and reaction gas constantly flow in only one direction on the substrate.
US09879334B2	Abrasion resistant steel plate or steel sheet excellent in resistance to stress corrosion cracking and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an abrasion resistant steel plate or steel sheet, suitable for use in construction machines, industrial machines, and the like, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel plate or steel sheet has a composition containing 0.20% to 0.27% C, 0.05% to 1.0% Si, 0.30% to 0.90% Mn, P, S, 0.005% to 0.025% Nb, 0.008% to 0.020% Ti, 0.1% or less Al, and 0.0010% to 0.0060% N on a mass % basis, the composition further containing one or more of Cr, Mo, W, and B, the composition containing one or more of Cu, Ni, V, an REM, Ca, and Mg as required, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities. After being heated, a semi-finished product having the steel composition is hot-rolled and is subjected to reheat-quenching or direct quenching.
US09879328B2	Mechanisms of antimicrobial susceptibility Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for determining the presence or absence of a mechanism of antimicrobial resistance in a sample.
US09879311B2	Method for efficient isolation of microbial DNA from blood A method allows the simultaneous isolation of bacterial and fungal DNA from blood. The method uses the enzymatic, mechanical and thermal lysis.
US09879310B2	Nano/microscale vehicles for capture and isolation of target biomolecules and living organisms Techniques, systems, devices and materials are disclosed for capturing, isolating and transporting target biomolecules and living organisms. In one aspect, a device includes a tube structured to include a large opening and a small opening that are on opposite ends of the tube, and a tube body connecting the openings and having a cross section spatially reducing in size from the large opening to the small opening, in which the tube includes a layered wall including an inner layer having a catalyst material that is reactive with a fuel fluid to produce bubbles exiting the tube from the large opening to propel the tube to move in the fuel fluid and an external layer formed of a material capable of being functionalized, and a molecular layer functionalized onto the external layer of the tube and structured to attach to a targeted molecule in the fuel fluid.
US09879309B2	Methods and compositions for base calling nucleic acids The invention provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. The methods of the invention include correcting one or more phenomena that are encountered during nucleotide sequencing, such as using sequencing by synthesis methods. These phenomena include, without limitation, sequence lead, sequence lag, spectral crosstalk, and noise resulting from variations in illumination and/or filter responses.
US09879299B2	Method for monitoring and controlling cellular growth The present disclosure is drawn to a device for monitoring and controlling live cells and associated methods. In an example, the device can include a plurality of elongated nanostructures affixed to a substrate. The elongated nanostructures can each have an attachment end and a free end opposite the attachment end. The free end includes a metal and the attachment end is affixed to the substrate. The device can further include a functionalization layer that is coated on the free end of at least a portion of the plurality of elongated nanostructures. The functionalization layer can be formulated to retain live cells, and the device can be configured to be used in conjunction with a detector, such as a Raman spectrometer, in order to monitor growth of live cells.
US09879295B2	Bacterial cellulose and bacterium producing it [Problem]To provide a bacterial cellulose which is highly dispersible in a liquid, shows excellent molding properties and high miscibility with other materials when applied to materials, and, therefore, has a high applicability as a practical material, and a bacterium which produces the bacterial cellulose.[Solution]A bacterial cellulose, water that contains said bacterial cellulose at a final concentration of 0.1±0.006 (w/w) showing a light transmittance at a wavelength of 500 nm of 35% or greater, and a bacterium producing the bacterial cellulose. According to the present invention, the bacterial cellulose that is uniformly dispersible in a liquid such as water can be obtained. The bacterial cellulose shows excellent molding properties and high miscibility with other materials and, therefore, can contribute to the improvement in the qualities of a final product or production efficiency thereof or to the reduction of production cost.
US09879293B2	Enzymatic transamination of cyclopamine analogs The invention relates to the preparation of amino-cyclopamines by the enzymatic transamination of a corresponding keto-cyclopamines in the presence of a cofactor and an amino donor.
US09879291B2	Continuous production of biodiesel fuel by enzymatic method A method for continuously producing a fatty acid ester of the present invention comprises (a) mixing and agitating an oil and fat starting material and a lower alcohol, and supplying a mixture to one of the catalyst reaction tubes filled with a lipase; (b) producing a fatty acid ester and glycerin in the catalyst reaction tube; (c) introducing an outflowing liquid from the catalyst reaction tube into a glycerin separation tank, thereby collecting the glycerin; (d) adding a lower alcohol to a separated liquid obtained by separating the glycerin from the outflowing liquid, mixing and agitating an obtained material, and supplying a mixture to a following catalyst reaction tube; (e) repeating the steps (b) to (d) until supply to a last catalyst reaction tube is performed; and (f) collecting a fatty acid ester from the separated liquid obtained from the last catalyst reaction tube. According to the method of the present invention, the concentration of a lower alcohol can be strictly controlled and by-product glycerin can be automatically removed.
US09879280B2	Baculovirus system for expressing proteins forming virus-like particles The present invention may be included in the field of biotechnology and it covers the improved production of recombinant proteins in insect cells or insect larvae as biofactories by a novel expression cassette. This expression cassette comprises nucleic acid sequences such as promoters, homologous regions (hr) as enhancers, and sequences encoding transcriptional regulators, for example, the baculovirus Ac-ie-01 cDNA, or any combination thereof, which are able to increase the quality and production efficiency of the recombinant proteins. Moreover, the present invention is also directed to the vectors themselves comprising the above mentioned nucleic acid sequences of the invention, cells or insects infected, transformed or transfected with those sequences or vectors, and methods for producing the recombinant proteins by using the aforesaid sequences, vectors, cells or insects.
US09879268B2	Recombinant Mycobacterium as a vaccine The invention relates to a recombinant Mycobacterium cell for use as a vaccine.
US09879266B2	Methods and compositions for selecting siRNA of improved functionality Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. Be selecting particular siRNAs by rational design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. Methods compositions, and kits generated through rational design of siRNAs are disclosed, including those directed to the nucleotide sequences for HAO1.
US09879265B2	Oligonucleotide conjugates The present invention relates to oligomeric compounds and conjugates thereof that target Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) PCSK9 mRNA in a cell, leading to reduced expression of PCSK9. Reduction of PCSK9 expression is beneficial for a range of medical disorders, such as hypercholesterolemia and related disorders.
US09879250B2	Protein-stabilizing agent and protein-stabilizing method There is provided a protein stabilizer containing a compound represented by Formula (1) as an active ingredient. The protein stabilizer is capable of stabilizing a protein in a solution state for a long period of time without affecting an assay system, the protein being not limited to enzymes, labeling substances such as fluorescent substances and chemiluminescent substances, and assay target substances. There is also provided a protein stabilization method containing making the protein coexist with the compound represented by Formula (1) in a water-containing solution. In Formula (1), X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n is an integer of 3 to 17.
US09879243B2	Culture medium for cell growth and transfection The present invention is directed generally to cell culture media useful for introducing macromolecules and compounds (e.g., nucleic acid molecules) into cells (e.g., eukaryotic cells) in the presence of said media. Cells containing introduced materials can be further cultured in the media. In particular, the invention allows introduction of nucleic acid molecules (e.g., vectors) into cells (particularly eukaryotic cells) and expression of proteins encoded by the nucleic acid molecules in the cells. The invention obviates the need to change the cell culture medium each time a different procedure is performed with the cells (e.g., culturing cells vs. transfecting cells). The invention thus provides efficient and high throughput methods to transform/transfect culture and cells avoiding the need for multiple manipulations and transfers of cells during transfection and expression studies.
US09879242B2	Polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US09879235B2	Wheat plants having increased resistance to imidazolinone herbicides The present invention is directed to wheat plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants containing one or more IMI nucleic acids such as an Einkorn IMI cultivar. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.
US09879232B2	Attenuated vaccinia virus KVAC103 strain The attenuated vaccinia virus strain KVAC103 was obtained by subculturing a vaccinia virus strain 103 times in VERO cells. The attenuated vaccinia virus strain KVAC103 has significantly low toxicity, shows reduced skin lesions, and, at the same time, induces effectively immune responses to poxvirus. Thus, it can be used as a poxvirus vaccine while causing less side effects.
US09879229B2	Method of viral production in cells A method of using a cell to produce virus is provided involving growing cells under hyperosmotic conditions during a growth phase of the cells, infecting or transfecting the cells grown under hyperosmotic conditions with a virus, and maintaining the infected or transfected cells under less stressful conditions during a production phase of the infected or transfected cells to produce more of the virus. Viral productivity is improved by this method.
US09879220B2	Duplex reactor system for removal of tebuconazole and method thereof Implementations herein relate to systems and methods for removal of tebuconazole from water using a duplex reactor. Water samples containing tebuconazole enter a double sandwich of the duplex reactor, and then enter a reactor inner shell of the duplex reactor through a water distributor. In the duplex reactor, the tebuconazole is removed by adsorption resins loaded with microorganisms. After the removal, a concentration of the tebuconazole in adsorption effluent is below the standard limit of the national pesticide wastewater discharge. The microorganisms loaded on the resins use organic carbon (e.g., tebuconazole) in water as a carbon source and degrade tebuconazole that is absorbed by the resins. The systems and methods not only solve problems associated with conventional techniques (e.g., poor water quality fluctuations and lacking of time long degradation), but also address issues associated with resin adsorption methods (e.g., secondary pollution derived from resins regeneration).
US09879217B2	Cryopreservation bags and method of use thereof for closed system, high capacity cell-banking The disclosure provides a cell freezing and storage bag assembly and a method for using the assembly in banking eukaryotic cells for later seed train expansion. The bag is constructed principally of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) fabric, and is designed to be filled such that the cell suspension has a very thin cross-section. The bag design includes at least an inlet conduit and an outlet or inoculation conduit, which can be sterilely welded to the source of the eukaryotic cells. The use of at least two sterile-weldable conduits allows for “closed system” filling of the bags, which significantly reduces the risk of contamination relative to other cell-banking methods. The bag also include a sleeve, which can be thermo-welded to form an enclosure, which protects the inlet and outlet conduits against contamination and mechanical damage during freezing, storage and subsequent thawing. In the method, once each bag is filled, its corresponding inlet conduit is sealed, and both the inlet and outlet conduits are enclosed within the bag's sleeve. This closed system method obviates the need for sterile environments (e.g. laminar flow unit).
US09879214B2	Method and culture device for detecting yeasts and molds A thin film culture device for detecting yeast and mold microorganisms in a sample is provided. The culture device comprises a body comprising a self-supporting substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface; a first adhesive composition disposed on a portion of the first major surface of the substrate; a substantially dry, cold-water-soluble first hydrogel-forming composition adhered to the first adhesive composition; and a plurality of indicator agents. The plurality of indicator agents comprises three indicator agents for detecting distinct glycosidase enzyme activities, an indicator agent for detecting an alkyl esterase enzyme activity, and an indicator agent for detecting a phosphatase enzyme activity, wherein each of the plurality of indicator agents comprises a detectable reporter group. A method of using the culture device is also provided.
US09879211B2	Large horizontal device for continuous methane fermentation and method thereof A large-type horizontal device and a method for continuous methane fermentation. The whole distribution of a fermentation compartment uses a U-shape plane layout, which is a snap-back type and uses a material propeller. The material propeller has two axes and two blades and is constantly occluded with counter rotation. The irreversible propulsion of materials can be realized through counter rotation of two occluded blades. The propeller is set at the bottom of the main partition of the fermentation compartment. The propel ability of propeller can be changed through changing of rotation speed. Counter rotation of two occluded blades can realize material propeller without material reverting. The inlet and outlet entrances of the reactor in the disclosure are near to the ground and can be operated conveniently. The homogeneous output of materials and entire plug-flow can be realized at the same time without material mixing in the whole process.
US09879204B2	Liquid cleaning compositions with lower freezing point A cleaning composition according to one embodiment includes a surfactant system comprising a nonionic surfactant in combination with an anionic surfactant; and an amine neutralized organic acid (ANOA). A concentrated composition according to yet another embodiment includes an amine neutralized organic acid (ANOA) present in an effective amount to lower a freezing point of the concentrated composition, wherein the ANOA is present at no more than about 5 wt % based on a total weight of the concentrated composition. A concentrated cleaning composition in yet another embodiment includes a surfactant system having an invert structure, the surfactant system comprising a nonionic surfactant in combination with an anionic surfactant; an organic acid present in a concentration of greater than 0 to about 5 wt % based on a total weight of the cleaning composition; and an alkaline component. Methods of making are also disclosed.
US09879201B2	Engine oil composition An engine oil composition includes a star polymer (A) and a poly(alkyl (meth)acrylate) (B) as a viscosity index improver, and has a viscosity index of 185 to 230, the star polymer (A) having a star structure and having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000, the star structure being a structure in which polymer chains branch from a center of the polymer, the polymer chains being obtained by copolymerization and hydrogenation of an aromatic vinyl compound monomer and a conjugated diene monomer, the poly(alkyl (meth)acrylate) (B) having a weight average molecular weight of 200,000 to 600,000, the content (MA) of the star polymer (A) in the engine oil composition being 0.10 to 2.00 mass % based on the total mass of the engine oil composition, the content (MB) of the poly(alkyl (meth)acrylate) (B) in the engine oil composition being 0.50 to 6.00 mass % based on the total mass of the engine oil composition, and the ratio “MA/MB” being 0.10 to 1.00. The engine oil composition can significantly improve fuel efficiency, and is suitably used for a diesel engine.
US09879194B2	Method for reforming coal using palm residue Provided is a method of economically modifying low rank coal (LRC) to be high grade coal having minimized water re-absorption and minimized spontaneous ignition possibility while saving energy by coating heavy oil directly on coal without using solvent oil. Provides is a method of modifying coal using palm oil residue, including milling the coal, homogenously mixing the palm oil residue with the milled coal, melting the palm oil residue mixed with the coal so as to be coated on a surface of the coal, and simultaneously drying moisture in the coal, cooling the dried coal, and briquetting the cooled coal.
US09879185B2	Device and method for increasing the internal surface of a compact coke charge in a receiving trough A device for increasing the interior surface of a compact coke charge in a receiving trough, which device increases the interior surface of a coke cake or coke leaving the coking chamber by mechanically breaking apart or roughening it, resulting in a break-up of the coke structure and the formation of crevice-type cavities in the compacted coke charge so that an increased amount of water can flow into the interior of the coke charge during the subsequent quenching step through these crevices, resulting in a high profitability of the method due to reduced quenching times and lower water consumption. A method for increasing the interior surface of a compact coke charge in a receiving trough, which serves to break up a fresh coke cake or to roughen the coke in order to reduce water consumption during quenching is disclosed.
US09879180B2	Nematic liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device using the same A liquid crystal composition of the present invention is used for a liquid crystal display device of an active matrix driving mode which is required to have fast response. The liquid crystal composition has negative dielectric anisotropy, a large absolute value thereof, and low viscosity. Also, the liquid crystal composition has excellent liquid crystallinity that does not decrease Δn and Tni, and the like, and exhibits a stable liquid crystal phase within a wide temperature range. Further, the liquid crystal composition is chemically stable to heat, light, water, and the like and is thus suitable for use in a liquid crystal display device in which display defects are suppressed in large-size application requiring high reliability. A liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition can be suitably used as a liquid crystal display device of a VA mode or the like.
US09879171B2	Drilling mud composition with Aloe vera particles and a fracking process using the same A drilling mud composition including Aloe vera particles with a largest dimension of 75-600 μm, an aqueous base fluid, and a viscosifier, where the Aloe vera particles are present in the drilling mud composition at a concentration of less than 150 ppm, relative to the total weight of the drilling mud composition. A process for fracking a geological formation, whereby the drilling mud composition is injected into the geological formation through a well bore at a pressure of at least 5,000 psi to fracture the geological formation.
US09879163B2	Composition for bonding windings or core laminates in an electrical machine, and associated method A curable composition for bonding windings or core laminates in an electrical machine is presented. The curable composition includes: (A) about 10 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of a polyfunctional cyanate ester; (B) about 35 weight percent to about 65 weight percent of a first difunctional cyanate ester, or a prepolymer thereof; (C) about 15 weight percent to about 40 weight percent of a second difunctional cyanate ester, or a prepolymer thereof. An associated method is also presented.
US09879162B2	Method for formation and application of adhesive An improved approach toward the formation of an adhesive comprising a separated liquid component and solid component and application of the adhesive to a substrate immediately upon mixing the liquid and solid components.
US09879147B2	Thermochromic micro particles and thermochromic ink composition, writing apparatus and smart window using the same The present invention relates to thermochromic micro particles capable of stably implementing a high chromogenic property and a decolorization property and having an improved erasing property, thermal resistance, and chemical resistance, and a thermochromic ink composition, a writing apparatus, and a smart window using the same. The thermochromic micro particles comprise a core part including a phase change material, a dye, and a developer, the phase change material including at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one chain hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 8 or more, a hydrated inorganic salt, alcohol having a carbon number of 3 or more, and polyalkyleneglycol; and a shell layer including a polymer resin.
US09879145B2	High-quality/high-definition screen printing ink composition for glass substrate, printed product obtained by screen printing said ink composition, and manufacturing method for said printed product An ink composition for screen printing for a glass substrate includes a solvent with a boiling point at least 170° C. at least at 70 mass % of the total solvent and a prepolymer or polymer with a weight-average molecular weight of at least 2000 at least at 2 mass % with respect to total ink composition, and with a viscosity of 5 to 180 Pa·s measured with a BH-type rotating viscosimeter at 25° C. and thixotropic index (TI value) of 2.0 to 8.0, the measured flow radius value being 13.0 to 24.0 mm after 1 minute from start of measurement by a flow property measuring method using a spread meter at 25° C. according to JIS K5701-1:2000, satisfying “F60”−“F45”≦1.0 mm, where “F60” and “F45” are measured flow radius values after 1 minute and 45 seconds, respectively, from start of measurement, and containing a coupling agent compound.
US09879141B2	Tunable materials One or more techniques are disclosed for a method for functionalized a graphitic material comprising the steps of: 1) providing a graphitic material; 2) providing a first molecule comprising a first group, a spacer, and a second group; 3) providing a second molecule comprising a third group, a spacer, and a fourth group, wherein the third group is a different group from the first group; and 4) bonding the first molecule and the second molecule to the graphitic material. Also disclosed is a tunable material composition comprising the functionalized carbon nanotubes or functionalized graphene prepared by the methods described herein.
US09879139B2	Process for manufacturing calcium carbonate materials having a particle surface with improved adsorption properties The invention relates to a process for manufacturing calcium carbonate materials having a particle surface with improved adsorption properties of dispersant, using at least one lithium ion-containing compound, the calcium carbonate material obtained by this process, the use of the calcium carbonate materials in paper, paints and plastics, as well as the use of the lithium ion-containing compounds in the manufacturing process.
US09879134B2	Modified heterophasic polyolefin composition A heterophasic polymer composition comprises a propylene polymer phase, an ethylene polymer phase, and a compatibilizing agent. The compatibilizing agent comprises (i) at least one tertiary carbon-hydrogen bond having a bond-dissociation energy of about 380 kJ/mol or less and (ii) at least one acyclic carbon-carbon double bond. A method of making a heterophasic polyolefin polymer composition comprises the steps of (a) providing a propylene polymer phase and an ethylene polymer phase, (b) providing a compatibilizing agent, and (c) mixing the propylene polymer phase, the ethylene polymer phase and the compatibilizing agent, in the presence of free carbon radicals. The compatibilizing agent reacts with propylene polymers and ethylene polymers thereby bonding propylene polymers to ethylene polymers.
US09879130B2	Additive for rubber, and rubber composition obtained by blending same The present invention pertains to: an additive for rubber, comprising (A) a hydrocarbon-based oil and (B) a styrene/diene block copolymer; and a rubber composition obtained by blending the additive for rubber into rubber. The present invention makes it possible to provide an additive for rubber which has little impact on the environment or the human body and enables the provision of rubber having excellent heat resistance and spring properties, as well as a rubber composition obtained by blending the same.
US09879125B2	Thermoplastic polyurethane foamed articles comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane composition and an epoxy, functional styrene acrylic copolymer A thermoplastic polyurethane foamed article has a plurality of bubbles distributed throughout the thermoplastic polyurethane foamed article and comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane composition and an epoxy-functional styrene acrylic copolymer which are foamed in the presence of a blowing agent. The epoxy-functional styrene acrylic copolymer is present in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 5% of the total combined weight of the thermoplastic polyurethane composition and the epoxy-functional styrene acrylic copolymer. The thermoplastic polyurethane foamed article has an average diameter of the plurality of bubbles ranging from 50 to 120 μm with at least 75% of the plurality of bubbles having a diameter of less than 200 μm.
US09879124B2	Method for manufacturing water-insoluble molded article and water-insoluble molded article A process for producing a water-insoluble shaped material, including a step of treating a raw material shaped material containing a water-soluble salt of a polyanionic polysaccharide with a treatment liquid containing an acid anhydride to insolubilize the raw material shaped material in water, and the process makes it possible to simply produce a water-insoluble shaped material in which intrinsic characteristics of the polyanionic polysaccharide being a raw material are retained, which has a high safety in that a chemical crosslinking agent is not required, and which is useful as a medical material, a food material, a cosmetic material, and the like.
US09879119B2	Lignin product and process for making same There is provided a process for recovery of lignin from black liquor that contains either soluble or dispersed lignin, generating a “liquid-lignin” at high yield. Lignin at elevated pH is precipitated by reducing the pH of the black liquor stream with carbon dioxide, at elevated temperature and pressure, creating two bulk fluid phases: a dense liquid-lignin phase and a light lignin-depleted phase. The dense liquid-lignin phase is separated and washed with a strong acid to displace metal cations from the lignin, creating a low-salt, randomly shaped lignin. If needed, especially for lignin recovered from kraft papermaking black-liquor streams, an oxidation step is included to eliminate negative odor for high value green chemistry applications.
US09879118B2	Polymers from stabilized imines The disclosure describes new compositions and methods related to polyaminals and related polymers. The compositions are useful as therapeutic/drug conjugates, self-healing materials, reversible crosslinking materials, degradable hydrogels, protective coatings, and as metal scavenging agents. New atom efficient synthetic schemes are disclosed, which yield previously unobtainable high molecular weight polyaminals.
US09879116B2	Bromine-containing polyether polymers and methods for producing the same The present invention relates to a polymer including repeating units of the following general formula (1): wherein R1, R2, m, k and the asterisks are as defined in the specification and the claims, and wherein the bromine content in the polymer being 45 to 80 wt %, as well as to a method for producing such polymers.
US09879114B2	Process for the production of low molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyols This invention relates to a semi-batch process for producing low molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyols. These polyoxyalkylene polyols are characterized by hydroxyl numbers of from 200 to 500. In accordance with the invention, the first alkylene oxide block used to activate the DMC catalyst comprises from 50% to 100% by weight of propylene oxide and from 0% to 50% by weight of ethylene oxide; and the second alkylene oxide block comprises from 50% to 100% by weight of propylene oxide and from 0% to 50% by weight of ethylene oxide. A continuously added starter is present. Optionally, a third alkylene oxide block can be added. The addition of the second alkylene oxide block and of the third alkylene oxide block when present is completed with a space time yield of greater than or equal to 250 kg/m3/hr.
US09879112B2	Polymer network material comprising a poly(glycidyl ether) structure, method of its production and use The present invention is related to novel preparative methods to a novel class of polymer network materials with a highly branched poly(glycidyl ether) (PGE) structure. Said polymer networks are prepared by a simple procedure involving ring-opening polymerisation and the method is applicable to a wide range of glycidyl ether containing monomers. The method comprises the step of copolymerising (A) at least one multi-topic glycidyl ether comprising at least three glycidyl ether groups with (B) at least one glycidyl ether component comprising at least one glycidyl ether group by ring opening polymerisation, wherein the multi-topic glycidyl ether (A) is glycerol glycidyl ether (GGE) having the Formula (I) and the glycidyl ether component (B) is selected from monoglycidyl ethers comprising one glycidyl ether group and diglycidyl ethers comprising two glycidyl ether groups.
US09879111B2	Resin mixture based on vinyl ester urethane resin and use thereof A resin mixture comprises a vinyl ester urethane resin as the base resin, wherein the vinyl ester urethane resin can be obtained by reacting a dianhydrohexitol compound with a diisocyanate to obtain a product and reacting the obtained product with a hydroxy substituted (meth)acrylate. The resin mixture can be used to produce a reactive resin mortar containing that resin mixture and inorganic aggregates, organic aggregates or a mixture thereof. The reactive resin mortar can be used for chemical fastening.
US09879110B2	Block copolymers An AB-type block copolymer for use in printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication is provided having a structure represented by the following formula: wherein R1 is a silane pendant group that includes a silicon-containing moiety capable of bonding to a glass surface, and wherein R2 is a matrix-reactive pendant group that includes at least one moiety (e.g., a vinyl-, allyl-, amine-, amide- or epoxy-containing moiety) capable of reacting with a base polymer.
US09879100B2	Catalyst system for the polymerisation and/or oligomerisation of olefins and process utilizing the catalyst system The present invention relates to a synergistic dual olefin copolymerization catalyst system comprising a solid support material having, on its surface, two or more catalytic metal complexes wherein the two or more catalytic metal complexes comprise at least one first transition metal complex and a second transition metal complex different from the first transition metal complex; use of such a system as a catalyst; a process for producing a polymer of an olefin utilizing the catalyst system.
US09879095B2	Bispecific antibodies comprising a disulfide stabilized-Fv fragment The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US09879091B2	Assays for TIMP2 having improved performance in biological samples The invention provides TIMP2 immunoassays with improved clinical performance, particularly when used in the evaluation of renal injuries. The immunoassays rely on the selection and use of antibodies and antibody pairs that exhibit improved assay performance when used in complex clinical specimens such as biological fluids, and particularly when used in rapid assay formats such as lateral flow test devices.
US09879089B2	Use of ADCC-optimized antibodies for treating low-responder patients The invention concerns the use of human or humanized chimeric monoclonal antibodies which are produced in selected cell lines, said antibodies bringing about a high ADCC activity as well as a high secretion of cytokines and interleukins, for treating underpopulations of so-called weak-response patients exhibiting CD16 FCGR3A-158F homozygote or FCGR3A-158V/F heterozygote polymorphism.
US09879084B2	Modified immunoglobulin molecules that specifically bind human VEGF and DLL4 The present invention relates to VEGF-binding agents, DLL4-binding agents, VEGF/DLL4 bispecific binding agents, and methods of using the agents for treating diseases such as cancer. The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind human VEGF, antibodies that specifically bind human DLL4, and bispecific antibodies that specifically bind human VEGF and/or human DLL4. The present invention further provides methods of using the agents to inhibit tumor growth. Also described are methods of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effect amount of an agent or antibody of the present invention to a patient having a tumor or cancer.
US09879081B2	Protein complex, bispecific antibody including the protein complex, and method of preparation thereof A protein complex comprising a first polypeptide comprising a first antigen-binding region; a second polypeptide comprising a second antigen-binding region; anda linker connecting the first polypeptide and the second polypeptide, wherein the first antigen-binding region is a single stranded polypeptide comprising a first light chain antigen-binding region and a first heavy chain antigen-binding region, the second antigen-binding region is a single stranded polypeptide comprising a second light chain antigen-binding region and a second heavy chain antigen-binding region, and the linker connects the C-terminal of the first polypeptide and the N-terminal of the second polypeptide, and comprises a tag including a cleavable amino acid sequence at one terminal or both terminals of the linker; as well as a bispecific antibody derived from the protein complex, and related compositions and methods.
US09879077B2	Anti-serum albumin Fab-effector moiety fusion construct, and a method of preparing the construct The present invention relates to antigen-binding fragment (Fab) and a Fab-effector fusion protein or (poly)peptide comprising thereof. The Fab of the present invention specifically binds to serum albumin and thereby has extended in vivo half-life. The Fab of the present invention is characterized by not having cysteine residues that are responsible for the interchain disulfide bond in CH1 domain and CκL domain as well. The Fab-effector fusion protein or (poly)peptide of the present invention can be produced in periplasm of E. coli with high yield, and has increased in vivo half-life. Further, the present invention provides E. coli strain which produces various kinds of Fab-effector fusion proteins or (poly)peptides, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the fab-effector fusion proteins or (poly)peptides.
US09879074B2	Antibodies to IL-6 and use thereof The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as an Ab1 antibody or antibody fragment having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat disease or to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level, reduced serum albumin level, elevated D-dimer or other coagulation cascade related protein(s), cachexia, fever, weakness and/or fatigue prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, and others.
US09879066B2	Influenza A H7N9 virus therapies The present invention provides anti-influenza A virus antibodies effective at binding, neutralizing, and treating influenza A H7N9 virus, compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of using the same.
US09879064B2	Compositions comprising receptor-associated protein (RAP) variants specific for CR-containing proteins and uses thereof The present invention relates generally to receptor-selective variants of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-associated protein (RAP) and compositions thereof, methods of generating such variants and methods of using such receptor-selective RAP variant compositions for therapeutic purposes.
US09879056B2	Insecticidal protein Provided are an artificially designed and modified insecticidal protein or a segment thereof. The insecticidal protein belongs to a Vip3A-type insecticidal protein. The protein or the segment thereof has an insecticidal activity against a pest, especially a lepidoptera pest. Also provided are a nucleic acid for coding the protein or the segment thereof, an insecticidal composition, a DNA constructor, and a transformed microorganism or a plant comprising the nucleic acid, and a method for controlling a pest, especially a plant pest.
US09879055B2	Vegetative insecticidal proteins useful for control of insect pests DIG-657 vegetative insecticidal toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. The invention includes DIG-657 variants, fragments and analogs.
US09879052B2	Integrin-blocking polypeptides and uses thereof A series of integrin blockers that present strong angiogenesis inhibiting performance, high integrin affinity and integrin-bonding capacity is provided. This series of integrin blockers can be adopted in treatment of solid tumors and rheumatoid arthritis. Specifically, said series of integrin blockers include polypeptide I, polypeptide II and polypeptide III (see SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3) that can be adopted in treatment of solid tumors and rheumatoid arthritis. This invention also relates to application of these three integrin-blocking polypeptides in preparation of anti-tumor drugs, wherein the tumors that can be treated include those primary or secondary cancers originated from head and neck region or other organs such as brain, thyroid, esophagus, pancreas, lung, liver, stomach, breast, kidney, gallbladder, colon, rectum, ovary, cervix, uterus, prostate, bladder and testicle, as well as melanoma and sarcomas.
US09879049B2	Glycopeptide antibiotic analogs effective against vancomycin-resistant bacterial strains The invention is directed to glycopeptide antibiotics and their aglycones that are engineered to overcome bacterial resistance by replacement of a single, specific peptide carboxamide group in the core peptide of the glycopeptide antibiotic with an amidine group. The amidine pseudopeptide analog of the glycopeptide is effective in killing vancomycin-resistant bacteria at therapeutically achievable concentrations in a patient. For example, a [Ψ[C(═NH)NH]Tpg4]-vancomycin aglycon designed to exhibit the dual binding to D-Ala-D-Ala and D-Ala-D-Lac needed to reinstate activity against vancomycin-resistant bacteria has been shown to overcome a common mode of bacterial resistance to the “last resort” antibiotics of the glycopeptide class. The pseudopeptide amidine analogs can be prepared from corresponding pseudopeptide thioamide analogs, which can be prepared synthetically, semi-synthetically, or biosynthetically.
US09879048B2	Isolation, identification, and uses of antifungal compounds In one aspect, the invention relates to isolated compounds useful as antifungal agents, for example, compounds having a structure represented by a formula: wherein R1 is hydrogen or hydroxyl; wherein R2 is hydrogen, a-xylose or β-xylose; and wherein R3 and R4 are each hydrogen or together oxygen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; methods of isolating and purifying same; pharmaceutical compositions comprising same; agricultural compositions comprising same; and methods of treating and/or preventing fungal infections using same. In one aspect, R2 is not hydrogen or β-xylose when R1 is hydroxyl and R3 and R4 are together oxygen. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09879045B2	Processes for the preparation of dehydroepiandrosterone and its intermediates The present application relates to a regioselective and stereoselective processes for the preparation of dehydroepi-androsterone (DHEA) and processes for its intermediates.
US09879044B2	Methods, compositions, and kits using heterogeneous catalysts Described herein are methods, compositions and kits utilizing heterogeneous metal catalysts for the preparation of cycloaddition compounds, such as triazoles and biomolecules.
US09879039B2	Tetradentate and octahedral metal complexes containing naphthyridinocarbazole and its analogues Tetradentate and octahedral metal complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent or delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.
US09879031B2	Compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase inhibitors This invention relates to important intermediates in the preparation of a compound which is an inhibitor of acyl coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1).
US09879020B2	GABAA agonists and methods of using to control airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in asthma Novel methods of treating inflammation and airway constriction using GABAergic compounds with reduced benzo-diazepine-like CNS activity are provided. Novel compounds which selectively target alpha-4 and alpha-5 GABAA receptors and methods of using those compounds to treat bronchoconstriction and inflammation are provided herein.
US09879011B2	Amorphous form of linagliptin and process for preparation thereof The present invention relates to an amorphous form of linagliptin and processes for the preparation thereof. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an amorphous form of linagliptin and use of the composition for treatment of diabetes especially type-I or type-II, prediabetes or reduction of glucose tolerance.
US09879006B2	Azaindole acetic acid derivatives and their use as prostaglandin D2 receptor modulators The present invention relates to azaindole acetic acid derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are as described in the description, and their use as prostaglandin receptor modulators, most particularly as prostaglandin D2 receptor modulators, in the treatment of various prostaglandin-mediated diseases and disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and to processes for their preparation.
US09879005B2	Composition and methods for the treatment of CaMKK2-mediated disorders The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating ocular disorders in mammals especially in and not limited to humans and mice. The present disclosure further provides methods of treating cancer and appetite suppression using the compositions which are novel small molecule inhibitors of CaMKK2. In addition, these derived compositions can regulate non-ocular disorders, such as cancer and appetite suppression by modulating and inhibiting CaMKK2 and the regulation of the macrophage mediated diseases.
US09879004B2	Substituted acetylene derivatives and their use as positive allosteric modulators of mGluR4 The present invention relates to novel acetylene derivatives as positive allosteric modulators for modulating metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4) and/or altering glutamate level or glutamatergic signalling.
US09878991B2	TRPV1 antagonists including dihydroxy substituent and uses thereof The invention relates to compounds of formula IA and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain, UI, an ulcer, IBD and IBS, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula IA or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.
US09878985B2	Benzocyclobutane(thio) carboxamides The present invention relates to novel benzocyclobutane(thio) carboxamides, to processes for preparing these compounds, to compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use thereof as biologically active compounds, especially for control of harmful microorganisms in crop protection and in the protection of materials.
US09878982B2	Pyridine derivatives and anti-mycobacterial use thereof Disclosed are a method for preparing a series of novel pyridine derivatives and a use thereof. Such derivatives can be used in the treatment of related diseases caused by mycobacteria, in particular diseases caused by pathogenic mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium marinum.
US09878976B2	Method for producing cationic surfactant The present invention provides a method for producing a high quality cationic surfactant, which is prevented from smelling and coloring, and has favorable storage stability.The production method includes the following step 1, step 2, step 3, and step 4: step 1: a step of obtaining an alkanolamine ester by reacting an alkanolamine with a fatty acid or a fatty acid alkyl ester without using hypophosphoric acid or a salt thereof; step 2: a step of obtaining a cationic surfactant by quaternizing the alkanolamine ester obtained in the step 1 with a dialkyl sulfate; step 3: a step of performing an oxidation treatment of the cationic surfactant obtained in the step 2; and step 4: a step of performing a reduction treatment of the cationic surfactant subjected to the oxidation treatment obtained in the step 3.
US09878973B2	Catalytic processes for preparing estolide base oils Provided herein are processes for preparing estolides and estolide base oils from fatty acid reactants utilizing catalysts. Further provided herein are processes for preparing carboxylic esters from at least one carboxylic acid reactant and at least one olefin.
US09878972B2	Compounds and methods for delivery of prostacyclin analogs This invention pertains generally to prostacyclin formulations and methods for their use in promoting vasodilation, inhibiting platelet aggregation and thrombus formation, stimulating thrombolysis, inhibiting cell proliferation (including vascular remodeling), providing cytoprotection, preventing atherogenesis and inducing angiogenesis.
US09878965B2	Process for the preparation of butadiene The present invention relates to a gas-phase process for the preparation of butadiene comprising (i) providing a gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol; (ii) contacting the gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol with a catalyst, thereby obtaining a gas stream G-2 comprising butadiene, wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, as well as to a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, wherein the zeolitic material displays a specific X-ray powder diffraction pattern, and to its use.
US09878964B2	Process and plant for producing olefins from oxygenates A process for producing olefins from oxygenates comprises the following steps: (i) heterogeneously catalyzed conversion of at least one oxygenate to an entire stream containing propylene, aromatics and cyclic olefins; (ii) olefin interconversion of at least a part of the entire stream; (iii) separation of a stream rich in aromatics from the reaction product of the olefin interconversion; and (iv) hydrogenation of the stream rich in aromatics.
US09878955B2	Ceramic material and capacitor comprised thereof The invention relates to a ceramic material for capacitors. In order to achieve reduced self-heating on assembly of the material into multilayer capacitors with antiferroelectric properties and a high dielectric constant, a ceramic material of formula ┌Pb(1-r)(BaxSryCaz)r┘(1-1.5a-1.5b-0.5c)(XaYb)Ac(Zr1-dTid)O3 is proposed, where X and Y both represent a rare metal earth selected from the group consisting of La, Nd, Y, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and/or Yb; where A represents a monovalent ion; x+y+z=1; x and/or y and/or z>0; 0
US09878937B2	Heat ray-absorbing glass plate and method for producing same A heat-absorbing glass plate containing iron, tin, selenium, cobalt and sulfur, where the mass ratio of divalent iron as calculated as Fe2O3 to total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 is at least 55%, the ratio Tv/Te of the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate to the solar transmittance Te as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, is at least 1.5, the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) is higher than 65% as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, and the excitation purity Pe is at most 7% as defined in JIS Z8701 (1999) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate.
US09878934B2	Methods and apparatus for conveying a glass ribbon Methods of conveying a glass ribbon are provided that each includes the step of conveying the glass ribbon over a support device with a cushion of fluid supporting the glass ribbon over the support device. Each method further includes the step of monitoring a physical contact event between the glass ribbon and the support device by detecting an acoustic signal associated with the physical contact event. In further examples, glass ribbon conveying apparatus are provided that each includes a support device configured to support a glass ribbon over the support device with a cushion of fluid. Each apparatus further includes an acoustic sensor configured to monitor a physical contact event between the glass ribbon and the support device by detecting an acoustic signal associated with the physical contact event.
US09878931B2	Device for artificial wetland sewage treatment and method for treating sewage thereof A device for artificial wetland sewage treatment, which comprises a vertical flow artificial wetland bed body with an openmouthed upper portion, a vertical flow sewage treatment artificial wetland arranged on the vertical flow artificial wetland bed body, a diversion canal formed at one end of the vertical flow artificial wetland bed body, a draining ditch formed at the other end of the vertical flow artificial wetland bed body, a baffle wall dividing into a first wetland unit and a second wetland unit, an upper water conduit with an upper water conduit inlet valve at one end. It ensures the service life of the vertical flow sewage treatment artificial wetland and avoids pipe blockage; has the lasting purification treatment capacity; has a simple structure and can achieve the low cost of construction and convenient operation management; and has a long-term stable use effect.
US09878926B2	Devices and methods for monitoring water flow through a chlorine-generating or other assembly Assemblies designed to facilitate detection of water flow in low water flow situations. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a channel that narrows from an inlet end of the assembly to an outlet end of the assembly to increase the velocity of water flowing through the channel. In some embodiments, the assembly may also include a water delivery mechanism that delivers water flowing through the channel to a flow sensor and enables the detection of water flow, even in low flow situations.
US09878919B2	Potassium fluotitanate manufacture and device background The invention provides a Potassium Fluotitanate (K2TIF6) manufacture process. The Potassium Fluotitanate (K2TIF6) manufacture process includes steps: A. providing titanium ferrum powder to a reaction furnace and adding HF and peroxide solution to react with the titanium ferrum powder sufficiently to manufacture H2TiF6, B. filtrating the sufficiently mixed solution of step A and adding it to another reaction furnace, and then after the H2TiF6 cools off, adding Potassium Chloride (KCl) solution to react with the mixed solution to manufacture Potassium Fluotitanate (K2TiF6); C. adding K2CO3 solution to the remaining solution of step B and react with the remaining solution and controlling the pH value, the element Fe is recycled by a form of Fe(OH)3 flocculent precipitate and the Potassium Chloride (KCl) and KF solution are recycled. This invention has these advantages: adding peroxide to the titanium ferrum powder can oxidize Fe2+ into Fe3+ and adding K2CO3 solution to clean element Fe out by a form of Fe(OH)3 flocculent precipitate, and the hydrofluoric acid (HF) can be recycled which can realize the HF zero polluting discharge.
US09878914B2	Polycrystalline diamond and manufacturing method thereof Nano polycrystalline diamond is composed of carbon and a plurality of impurities other than carbon. A concentration of each of the plurality of impurities is not higher than 0.01 mass %, and the nano polycrystalline diamond has a crystal grain size (a maximum length) not greater than 500 nm. The nano polycrystalline diamond can be fabricated by preparing graphite in which a concentration of an impurity is not higher than 0.01 mass % and converting graphite to diamond by applying an ultra-high pressure and a high temperature to graphite.
US09878913B2	Graphene formation Technologies are generally described for forming graphene and structures including graphene. In an example, a system effective to form graphene may include a chamber adapted to receive graphite oxide. The system may also include a source of an inert gas and a source of hydrogen, which may both be configured in communication with the chamber. A processor may be configured in communication with the chamber, the inert gas source and/or the hydrogen source. The processor may be further configured to control the flow of the inert gas from the first source through the chamber under first sufficient reaction conditions to remove at least some oxygen from the atmosphere of the chamber. The processor may also be configured to control the flow of the hydrogen from the second source to the graphite oxide in the chamber under second sufficient reaction conditions to form graphene from the graphite oxide.
US09878906B2	Method for producing organometallic framework materials containing main group metal ions The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous metal-organic framework by reacting at least one metal compound in which the metal is Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al, Ga or In with at least one at least bidentate organic compound and also the use of such porous metal-organic frameworks.
US09878899B2	Method and apparatus for reducing in-process and in-use stiction for MEMS devices The present disclosure involves forming a method of fabricating a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) device. A plurality of openings is formed in a first side of a first substrate. A dielectric layer is formed over the first side of the substrate. A plurality of segments of the dielectric layer fills the openings. The first side of the first substrate is bonded to a second substrate that contains a cavity. The bonding is performed such that the segments of the dielectric layer are disposed over the cavity. A portion of the first substrate disposed over the cavity is transformed into a plurality of movable components of a MEMS device. The movable components are in physical contact with the dielectric the layer. Thereafter, a portion of the dielectric layer is removed without using liquid chemicals.
US09878895B2	Test port for fuel dispenser A permanent test port mounting in a conventional gasoline/diesel fuel dispenser to provide a technician access to the fuel line and perform various tests that enables testing to occur at a highline point in the line system to include all or at least more of the line system head pressure than has been possible before. In particular, the test port has a quick connect/disconnect fitting disposed in a collar intermediate a mounting for a filter in a conventional gasoline/diesel fuel dispenser and the filter to provide a technician access to the fuel line and perform various tests. The quick connect/disconnect fitting may also be coupled to a hose for draining fuel under pressure into a safety can to prevent spillage during replacement of the filter. The safety can may be emptied into the fuel tank to conserve the fuel, prevent polluting the environment and as a safety measure.
US09878892B2	Vertical beverage dispensing manifolds, dispensers including the same, and methods of dispensing a beverage Vertical beverage dispensers including a vertical dispensing manifold for dispensing a beverage. The vertical dispensing manifold may include an input port coupled to one end of a vertical shaft and a dispensing nozzle coupled to the other end of the vertical shaft. The vertical shaft may include a hollow interior and a plurality of orifices for introducing ingredients into the hollow interior formed in the sidewall of the vertical shaft. The vertical shaft may define a vertical flow path for the flow of a base liquid from the input port, through the vertical shaft to combine with one or more ingredients, and to the dispensing nozzle. The flow of base liquid and ingredients within the vertical shaft may be uniform.
US09878890B2	Universal container capper/decapper A universal container capper/decapper includes a capper/decapper assembly, and an axial actuator. The capper/decapper assembly comprises a capper/decapper housing, and at least one gripper arm. The capper/decapper housing has an axis of rotation. Each gripper arm has a driven end, a gripper end, and a knee portion intermediate the driven end and the gripper end. Each gripper arm is pivotally coupled to the housing proximate the knee portion. The axial actuator is coupled to each driven end and is configured to drive each gripper end in a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation by rotating each gripper arm about the respective knee portion relative to the housing.
US09878889B2	Mast lift using multi-stage mast module A multi-stage mast module is cooperable with a mast lift. The mast lift includes a base supporting the multi-stage mast module and a platform coupled with the multi-stage mast module. The multi-stage mast module includes a mast unit including a plurality of telescoping mast sections, and a multi-stage drive connected between the telescoping mast sections of the mast unit. Gas springs are connected between the telescoping mast sections of the mast unit. The gas springs act between the adjacent ones of the telescoping mast sections.
US09878886B2	Electronically controlled hydraulic swing system A hydraulic circuit for use on a construction machine includes a first valve, a second valve, and at least a third valve. The second and third valve each includes at least one inlet port connected to a first outlet port of the first valve. The first outlet port of each of the second and third valves are configured to reduce a first pressure to a second pressure and/or a third pressure downstream of the second valve and the third valve, respectively. The second valve and the third valve also include at least a second outlet port connected to a reservoir tank. A hydraulic motor is connected to the first outlet port of the second valve, which operates the hydraulic motor in a first direction. The hydraulic motor also is connected to the first outlet port of the third valve, which operates the hydraulic motor in a second direction.
US09878885B2	Crane controller The present invention shows a crane controller for the semi-automatic control of a rotary crane, the crane comprising at least a slewing actuator for creating a slewing motion of the crane and/or a luffing actuator for creating a luffing motion of the crane, the crane controller comprising an input unit which can be operated by a operator to provide a desired slewing speed and/or a desired luffing speed as an operator input and a model-predictive reference trajectory planning module comprising an optimization unit for calculating a reference trajectory that obeys the system dynamics and follows the operator input, and a feedforward-controller using the reference trajectory for controlling the slewing actuator and/or the luffing actuator. Further, the optimization unit takes into account the deflection of the rope in the tangential and/or radial direction when solving the optimization problem that provides the reference trajectory.
US09878883B2	Moving walkway safety system A safety system for a moving walkway having a continuous loop of steps driven by a drive system and missing step detector adapted to detect a missing step from the loop of steps. The safety system comprises: an interrupt unit adapted to control the drive system to disable automatic movement of the loop of steps upon detection of a predetermined event and adapted to subsequently control the drive system to enable automatic movement of the loop of steps only after a safety procedure has been completed without a missing step being detected by the missing step detector. The safety procedure comprises causing a step to traverse an entire loop under manual control of the drive system.
US09878879B2	Supersized elevator for use in building large ship or offshore plant A supersized elevator for use in building a large ship or an offshore plant is provided. The supersized elevator includes an elevator structure (100), an elevator cage (200) configured to accommodate passengers and heavy articles, a counterweight (230) configured to maintain a weight balance with the elevator cage (200), a wire rope (220) configured to interconnect the elevator cage (200) and the counterweight (230), and a winding machine (210) configured to wind the wire rope (220). A wind shield module (800) configured to prevent a tail cable (910) from being affected by a strong wind is vertically installed on one inner side surface of the elevator structure (100).
US09878878B2	Elevator An elevator comprisingan elevator car;a plurality of belt-shaped ropes connected to the car, each having a width larger than thickness as measured in transverse direction of the rope; and at least one rope wheel, around which the belt-shaped ropes pass; wherein the rope wheel comprises a plurality of circumferential rope contact areas distributed in axial direction thereof, one of said ropes passing against each circumferential rope contact area, the elevator further comprising a sensing arrangement for sensing displacement of one or more of said ropes, comprising a sensing member for sensing displacement of one or more of said ropes radially outwards from the rope wheel, extending in axial direction of the rope wheel along its surface at a radial distance therefrom, whereby a gap is formed between the sensing member and each rope contact area, the height of the gap being more than thickness of the belt-shaped ropes and less than 2.2 times the thickness of the belt-shaped ropes; sensing member being displaceable by a rope colliding into contact with it, and the sensing arrangement is arranged to trigger one or more predefined action in response to displacement of the sensing member.
US09878876B2	Elevator demand entering device Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a demand entering device configured to receive an elevator destination command, a request for at least one of: statistical data regarding use of at least one elevator, and field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with the at least one elevator, and obtaining, by the demand entering device, at least one of the statistical data and the field data in response to the request.
US09878860B2	Elevation conveyance system and method An elevation conveyance system for transporting a payload substantially vertically and transversely to a preselected release location. The system includes a track assembly comprising a substantially vertical track, one or more bin assemblies in which the payload is receivable, and one or more car assemblies configured for movement along the track. The car assembly includes a housing subassembly having a means for engaging the track to permit movement of the car assembly along the track, and a conveyor subassembly for transporting the payload substantially transversely relative to the track. The bin assembly is receivable in the housing subassembly and configured to release the payload onto the conveyor subassembly for substantially transverse transportation of the payload to the preselected release location.
US09878843B2	Capsule including actuation element, method and device for processing said capsule A capsule used in the production of a beverage, includes an actuation element that is displaced by an actuation force. The actuation element is configured with a section of passageway and controls the moments of entry and exit of a pressurized flow through the capsule. The actuation element includes a flow accumulation chamber provided on a side of the zone facing the flow downstream, and at least one flow exit passage for discharge of the flow out of the accumulation chamber and of the capsule, at least in part as a result of flow accumulation in the flow accumulation chamber.
US09878842B2	Plant imaging and spectral scanning system and method A system and method is disclosed for imaging and scanning a plurality of plants to capture information related to plant performance. Plants move through the system on a conveyor belt in specialized plant container pot holders.
US09878817B2	Enhanced strength partitioned container An enhanced strength partitioned container containing a plurality of individual compartments, i.e, a crate, formed from mated slotted transverse panels and slotted longitudinal panels. A system of exterior panels surrounds the interlocking panels to form the outside of the partitioned container. Alternatively, an exterior panel with an overlapping section surrounds the interlocking panels, secures to itself, and forms the outside of the partitioned container. Portions of the slotted panels are adhered to and extend over a greater area of the exterior panel(s) to provide additional structural support. A lid and tray may complete the partitioned container.
US09878816B2	Systems for compensating for vacuum pressure changes within a plastic container A plastic container comprises an upper portion including a finish adapted to receive a closure, a lower portion including a base, and a sidewall extending between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper portion, the lower portion, and the sidewall define an interior volume for storing liquid contents. The plastic container further comprises a pressure panel located on the container and moveable between an initial position and an activated position. The pressure panel is located in the initial position prior to filling the container, and is moved to the activated position after filling and sealing the container. Moving the pressure panel from the initial position to the activated position reduces the internal volume of the container and creates a positive pressure inside the container. The positive pressure reinforces the sidewall. A method of processing a container is also disclosed.
US09878806B2	On-orbit assembly of communication satellites A spacecraft including a main body structure and at least a first deployable element is reconfigured from a launch configuration to an on-orbit configuration. In the launch configuration, the first deployable element is mechanically attached with the spacecraft main body structure by way of a first arrangement. In the on-orbit configuration, the first deployable element is mechanically attached with the spacecraft main body structure by way of a second arrangement. Reconfiguring the spacecraft includes detaching the first deployable element from the first arrangement, moving the first deployable element with respect to the spacecraft main body structure; and attaching the first deployable element to the second arrangement.
US09878805B2	Space vehicle with customizable payload and docking station A “black box” space vehicle solution may allow a payload developer to define the mission space and provide mission hardware within a predetermined volume and with predetermined connectivity. Components such as the power module, radios and boards, attitude determination and control system (ADCS), command and data handling (C&DH), etc. may all be provided as part of a “stock” (i.e., core) space vehicle. The payload provided by the payload developer may be plugged into the space vehicle payload section, tested, and launched without custom development of core space vehicle components by the payload developer. A docking station may facilitate convenient development and testing of the space vehicle while reducing handling thereof.
US09878795B2	De-icing arrangement and method for de-icing a structural element A de-icing arrangement and method for de-icing a structural element. The arrangement includes at least one electromagnetic actuator, a capacitive storage bank, a control unit arranged to provide an excitation pulse to the at least one electromagnetic actuator, and a charging circuit arranged to charge the capacitive storage bank. The at least one electromagnetic actuator is arranged to expand in at least one direction when fed with the excitation pulse. The at least one electromagnetic actuator is placed in relation to the structural element so as to apply a mechanical force caused by the expansion on the structural element. The capacitive storage bank includes a plurality of selectable capacitors of different size. The control unit is arranged to select at least one capacitor for charging having a size such that current discharge of the capacitive storage bank into the at least one electromagnetic actuator generates a desired distribution between heat and mechanical power.
US09878791B2	Overhead luggage compartment for aircraft An overhead luggage compartment for aircraft can be constructed as a fixed luggage compartment with a stationary housing and a pivotable flap, or as a lowerable luggage compartment with a lowerable tray, a stationary part having side walls and a movable part which is pivotable between a closed and an open position and has a closure element for retaining the movable part in the closed position. Those parts define a luggage-receiving space. Two fastening devices for fastening to a supporting structure of the aircraft on the side walls of the stationary part are disposed on the stationary part. At least one further fastening device is disposed in the region of the lower side of the rear side of the stationary part. The fastening devices are the same for the fixed luggage compartment and for the lowerable luggage compartment.
US09878790B2	Method and device for fitting out an aircraft nose compartment in an avionics bay Method of device for installation of avionics cabinets, electrical master boxes and IFE bays includes relocating at least some of the systems cabinets toward the front of the aircraft by making use of the space available in the area around the landing gear compartment. To do so, systems cabinets are used which incorporate a structural function. The use of such system cabinet designs thus allows a reduction in the aerodynamic drag and mass of the aircraft, thereby positively impacting fuel consumption and performance of the aircraft.
US09878788B2	Aircraft An aircraft is provided that is convertible in flight between a rotary wing configuration and a fixed wing configuration. In its fixed wing configuration the aircraft resembles a Blended Wing Body (BWB) having a swept wing angle β. Conversions from the fixed wing configuration to the rotary wing configuration, and vice versa, are accomplished by flipping an outboard portion of one wing through 180° to reorient the leading edge of the outboard portion by an angle of 2β to establish a reverse sweep. In its rotary configuration, the entire aircraft is rotated.
US09878787B2	System and method for operating unmanned aircraft A system and method for repowering an unmanned aircraft system is disclosed. The system and method may comprise use of a utility transmission system configured to function as power system/source for UAV/aircraft and UAV/aircraft configured to interface with the power source/system. Systems and methods provide access and for administrating, managing, and monitoring access and interfacing by UAV/aircraft with the power system/source. UAV/aircraft system can be configured and operated/managed to interface with and use the power system/source (e.g. network of power lines from a utility transmission system) to enhance range and utility (e.g. for repowering and/or as a flyway or route). The system comprises an interface between the aircraft and the power source for power transfer; a monitoring system to monitor the aircraft; and an administrative/management system to manage interaction/transaction with the aircraft. The power source for power transfer may be a power line; power transfer to the aircraft may be by wireless power transfer (capacitive or inductive or optical) of an aircraft while at or operating along the power line. The aircraft may comprise a connector configured to interface with the power source/line; the power line may be configured to interface with the connector/aircraft. Data communications between the aircraft and system may be facilitated for interaction/transaction.
US09878784B2	Propeller alignment devices A propeller alignment device is described. The propeller alignment device can include a second retainer attached to a propeller and a motor. The propeller alignment device can also include a first retainer that does not rotate, but that is aligned with the second retainer. The first retainer can include two or more magnets oppositely orientated relative to each other. The second retainer can also include two or more magnets oppositely orientated relative to each other. As the second retainer rotates relative to the first retainer, the magnets may alternatingly align with each other. In the absence of a current applied to the motor, the magnets may magnetically bias the second retainer into a predetermined orientation relative to the first retainer. The predetermined orientation can be predetermined to correspond to an alignment of the propeller that is desirable (e.g., that minimizes aerodynamic drag on the propeller).
US09878768B1	Marine transmission with synchronizer to shift into high speed gear A marine transmission includes a synchronizer on a counter rotating shaft to shift into a high speed gear. The synchronizer includes friction surfaces on both sides of the gear body for the high speed gear. The high speed gear mesh is helical and generates axial force that enhances the torque carrying capacity of synchronizing friction surfaces, thereby enabling the shifting into the high speed gear without torque interrupt.
US09878767B2	Method of operating a power system in a marine vessel and a supervising arrangement for a power system in a marine vessel A method of operating a power system in a marine vessel, which power system is operable with at least two operational modes, includes providing a restriction information map by assigning geographical areas with one or more predetermined operational restrictions set for the power system, comparing the location information of the vessel and the restriction information map, and in case the restriction information map includes one or more restrictions assigned to the current location, initiating an intensified supervision operation of the power system, during which data logging operation is initiated and maintained which comprises recording at predetermined interval at least current location information of the vessel, and a specification of used operational mode of the power system at the location and saving the recorded items in a memory media.
US09878751B1	Three-piston ankle mechanism of a legged robot and associated control system An example robot includes a first actuator and a second actuator connecting a first portion of a first member of the robot to a second member of the robot. Extension of the first actuator accompanied by retraction of the second actuator causes the first member to roll in a first roll direction. Retraction of the first actuator accompanied by extension of the second actuator causes the first member to roll in a second roll direction. A third actuator connects a second portion of the first member to the second member. Extension of the third actuator accompanied by retraction of both the first and second actuators causes the first member to pitch in a first pitch direction. Retraction of the third actuator accompanied by extension of both the first and second actuators causes the first member to pitch in a second pitch direction.
US09878748B2	Drive unit for tracked vehicle and vehicle provided with drive unit A drive unit for a tracked vehicle includes a track support beam, at least one drive wheel, a set of support wheels and an endless track, the drive wheel being arranged to drive the endless track running over the drive wheel and the set of support wheels. The drive wheel and the support wheels are rotatably attached in the track support beam. The drive unit further includes and electric motor attached to the drive wheel and integrated in the track support beam, and a support beam integrated lubrication system having a pump unit arranged for pressurized supply of lubricant to parts of the drive unit in need of lubrication.
US09878747B2	Fastener for fastening a spare wheel cradle to an underbody An assembly for holding a spare wheel of a motor vehicle includes a cradle, a cradle support, and a holding member. The cradle accommodates a spare wheel and is mounted pivotably between a closed position and an open position. The cradle support includes a link area fixed to the underside of the vehicle and a part forming a pivot for the cradle. The holding member of the cradle support or of the cradle includes an adjustment portion extending under the link area of the cradle support or of the cradle when the motor vehicle is in the driving position.
US09878746B2	Diffuser arrangement A diffuser arrangement (1, 101, 201) for a motor vehicle has an air inlet region (3, 103, 203) and a diffuser channel (2, 102, 202, 303, 403). A first adjustable control element (4, 104, 204, 301, 401) and a second adjustable control element (5, 105, 205, 302, 402) are arranged in the diffuser channel (2, 102, 202, 303, 403). The first adjustable control element (4, 104, 204, 301, 401) controls the air flow through the diffuser channel (2, 102, 202, 303, 403). The second adjustable control element (5, 105, 205, 302, 402) selectively blocks the air inlet region (3, 103, 203) of the diffuser channel (2, 102, 202, 303, 403).
US09878744B2	Wood flooring with reinforced thermoplastic underlayer An example reinforced wood flooring for use in forming a truck trailer or container floor may include a wood member. The wood member may include a plurality of wood strips that are attached together. The wood member may also have a top surface and a bottom surface. An essentially water impermeable fiber-reinforced thermoplastic underlay may be adhered to the bottom surface of the wood member.
US09878734B2	Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that a motor frame (20), a housing (25) and a plate (21) are integrally formed in such a way as to be concentric with an output axle (28) of a motor (11) and in that at least one of the motor frame (20), the housing (25), and the plate (21) is formed of magnesium or magnesium alloy.
US09878730B2	Dolly for track welder-cutter A transporting apparatus for track-mounted machines, also capable of aiding lifting, includes a pair of wheel assemblies. Each wheel assembly consisting of (i) a pair of wheels rotatably attached adjacent ends of an axle; (ii) a pair of parallel spaced-apart axle braces each rotatably engaged to the axle at a distal end of the axle braces; and (iii) a receiver member having a predetermined height and width. This receiver member has at least one bottom member and two spaced-apart substantially parallel side walls fixed to a proximal end of the axle braces.
US09878726B2	Carrying structure of a rail vehicle A carrying structure of a rail vehicle upon which a carriage body is supported by coupling elements, where at least one coupling element is connected to the carrying structure via a positive and/or non-positive connection, and where at least a part of the carrying structure below or above the connection or at least one surface upwardly delimiting the coupling element is configured as a supporting element such that the coupling element can be attached at any desired location on the rail vehicle with little effort.
US09878725B2	Locomotive natural gas storage and transfer system An enclosure for containing cylinders includes an upper surface, a lower surface, opposing side walls spanning the upper and lower surfaces, and an end surface spanning the upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface, lower surface, side walls, and end surface defining an enclosed space. A plurality of inner walls divides the enclosed space to define bays. A removable door panel is opposite the end surface and includes dividers defining portions of the door panel corresponding to the bays. The enclosure includes a plurality of first contact pads, a plurality of first mounting plates, a plurality of second contact pads, and a plurality of second mounting plates. At least one first contact pad and at least one second contact pad is positioned in a corner of each bay and each portion, respectively, at an angle that is neither parallel or perpendicular to either the side walls or the upper surface.
US09878720B2	Control of a requested torque in a vehicle Disclosed is a system for regulation of torque demanded from a prime mover of a vehicle, which prime mover responds to the torque demanded by delivering a dynamic torque. This dynamic torque is related by a gear ratio to a dynamic wheel torque which a power train comprising the prime mover imparts to at least one tractive wheel of the vehicle. The system regulates the torque demanded in such a way that a difference between the torque demanded and the dynamic torque is actively limited by employing feedback of the dynamic torque at an earlier time. The torque demanded at a time (t) for the regulation is limited to a maximum value which exceeds the dynamic torque at an earlier time by an offset value. The torque demanded is continuously varied according to the dynamic torque, so that power train oscillations in the vehicle are reduced in number and/or magnitude.
US09878718B2	Coordination of vehicle actuators during firing fraction transitions A variety of methods and arrangements are described for controlling transitions between firing fractions during skip fire and potentially variable displacement operation of an engine. In general, actuator first transition strategies are described in which an actuator position (e.g., cam phase, TCC slip, etc.) is changed to, or close to a target position before i corresponding firing fraction change is implemented. When the actuator change associated with a desired firing fraction change is relatively large, the firing fraction change is divided into a series of two or more firing fraction change steps. A number of intermediate target selection schemes are described as well.
US09878716B2	Overheat preventing method of clutch for vehicle An overheat preventing method of a clutch for a vehicle may include a first comparing, by a controller, of comparing a temperature of a clutch with a first set temperature, as a result of performing the first comparing, when the temperature of the clutch is higher than the first set temperature, accelerator pedal map increasing, by the controller, of controlling a gain of an accelerator pedal map to be increased, after the accelerator pedal map increasing, a second comparing, by the controller, of comparing the temperature of the clutch with a second set temperature set to be lower than the first set temperature, and as a result of performing the second comparing, when the temperature of the clutch is lower than the second set temperature, an accelerator pedal map recovering, by the controller, of controlling the gain of the accelerator pedal map to be recovered to a reference value.
US09878712B2	Apparatus and program for assisting drive of vehicle In an apparatus, a first obtainer obtains a first travelling-condition parameter of a target vehicle. The first travelling-condition parameter shows one or more conditions under which the target vehicle is travelling on the road. A second obtainer obtains a second travelling-condition parameter of a preceding vehicle travelling on the road immediately ahead of the target vehicle. The second travelling-condition parameter shows one or more conditions under which the preceding vehicle is travelling on the road. A deviation calculator calculates a deviation between the first and second travelling-condition parameters. A behavior determiner determines a recommended behavior of the target vehicle in response to the calculated deviation. A controller controls a device, which is associated with a behavior of the target vehicle, according to the recommended behavior.
US09878706B2	Modular hybrid transmission with torque converter baffle An assembly includes, among other things, a front module housing an electric machine and an engine disconnect clutch, a transmission aft of the front module, a torque converter axially between the front module and the transmission, and a baffle radially between the torque converter and the transmission.
US09878705B2	Hybrid vehicle A plurality of virtual gear positions are established by an electric continuously variable transmission, and the number of speeds of the virtual gear positions is equal to or larger than the number of speeds of mechanical gear positions of a mechanical stepwise variable transmission. One virtual gear position or two or more virtual gear positions is/are assigned to each mechanical gear position, and the mechanical gear position is shifted in the same timing as shift timing of the virtual gear position. The virtual gear positions assigned to each mechanical gear position when the mechanical gear position is upshifted are different from the virtual gear positions assigned to each mechanical gear position when the mechanical gear position is downshifted. Thus, the amount of heat generated in frictional engagement elements of the mechanical stepwise variable transmission is prevented from being increased.
US09878704B2	Vehicle shifting control method A shifting control method of a vehicle includes inhibiting, by a controller, a line pressure from being increased when the controller senses a power-off upshift condition of the vehicle, calculating, by the controller, a target speed of a motor after the inhibiting step, synchronizing, by the controller, the motor to the target speed after the calculating step, and increasing, by the controller, an oil pressure of an engagement side clutch of a transmission to complete shifting after the synchronizing step.
US09878699B2	Throttle disk of a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system In a throttle disk of a dynamic throttle of a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system, with at least one disk surface which is formed by a rigid material, a layer of elastic material is at least partially formed on the disk surface.
US09878692B2	Model-based optimal control for stall margin limit protection in an aircraft engine A control system for a gas turbine engine, a method for controlling a gas turbine engine, and a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The control system may include a hybrid model predictive control (HMPC) module, the HMPC module receiving power goals and operability limits and determining a multi-variable control command for the gas turbine engine, the multi-variable control command determined using the power goals, the operability limits, actuator goals, sensor signals, and synthesis signals. The control system may further include system sensors for determining the sensor signals and a non-linear engine model for estimating corrected speed signals and synthesis signals using the sensor signals, the synthesis signals including an estimated stall margin remaining. The control system may further include a goal generation module for determining actuator goals for the HMPC module using the corrected speed signals and an actuator for controlling the gas turbine engine based on the multivariable control command.
US09878686B2	Apparatus for operating a gas generator for a safety device for a vehicle An apparatus for operating a gas generator for a safety device for a vehicle includes: a first terminal and a second terminal for furnishing a triggering voltage for triggering the safety device; a firing device configured to fire in response to a firing current, in order to open a closure element; an electrical coil configured to actuate, in response to a coil current, a closure device for controlling a gas flow through the outlet opening, the coil being connected in series with the firing device between the first terminal and the second terminal; and an electrical component having a voltage-dependent resistance and connected in parallel with the firing device.
US09878684B2	Coated fabric and method for producing same The present invention addresses the problem of providing a cloth which, when used as an air bag main body cloth, does not undergo the damage caused by a high-temperature gas generated from an inflater, and therefore has high heat resistance and is suitable for an air bag. The means for solving the problem is a coated cloth for an air bag, which is produced by applying an elastomer resin layer on at least one surface of a three-dimensional woven fabric in an amount of 50 to 500 g/m2 per one surface, said coated cloth being characterized by having void spaces formed therein, wherein the void content in the coated cloth is 15 to 60%. Preferably, the coated cloth is used in applications in which the coated cloth is attached onto the periphery of an inflater connection opening in an air bag.
US09878682B2	Multiple vehicular charge sources and loads A charge controller for a vehicle passive energy system employs an interface to a plurality of charge sources including intermittent sources, such as vehicle mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and the vehicle engine and alternator, and an interface to a plurality of charge loads, such as a comfort heating ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning (HVAC) system and auxiliary vehicle loads. Charge logic computes which of the plurality of sources will supply the charge current and which of the plurality of loads will receive the charge current, and a switch responsive to the charge logic will direct the charge current from at least one of the plurality of sources to at least one of the loads, the plurality of charge sources mutually exclusive from simultaneously powering a common load.
US09878676B2	Lift storage device for a vehicle A storage device for a vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, the storage device has an exterior housing, an interior container, and a scissor lift mechanism. The scissor lift mechanism is located within the exterior housing and is operatively connected to the interior container. The scissor lift mechanism has a raised position and a lowered position. The interior container is within the exterior housing when the scissor lift mechanism is in the lowered position. The interior container is at least partially located outside the exterior housing when the scissor lift mechanism is in the raised position.
US09878675B2	Ramp bracket A ramp bracket assembly for selectively storing a ramp in a rear of the vehicle is disclosed. The ramp bracket includes a mounting plate, a support plate, and a retaining channel. The mounting plate is spaced away from and fixedly connected to the support plate. The mounting plate further includes a key member that engages with a mounting bracket connectable to the vehicle sidewall. The retaining channel, which selectively receives a ramp, is fixedly connected to the support plate.
US09878671B2	Motor vehicle having a stowable storage apparatus A motor vehicle having a stowable storage apparatus is disclosed having a large deployed-to-stowed volume ratio thereby providing a useful carry capacity while being easy to package. The stowable storage apparatus includes a rigid first end wall and two flexible vertically disposed spaced apart side walls. The first end wall and the two side walls define, when the stowable storage apparatus is in a deployed state, three sides of an enclosure for storing one or more small objects.
US09878657B2	Projected laser lines/graphics onto the road for indicating truck platooning/warning to other drivers of presence of truck platoon A system and method are provided and include a light source projector with a positional actuator mounted on a subject vehicle that projects a laser line on a roadway upon which the subject vehicle is traveling. A controller is in communication with a platoon vehicle traveling in front of or behind the subject vehicle in a platoon and controls the positional actuator to project the laser line on the roadway between the subject vehicle and the at least one platoon vehicle.
US09878653B2	Tie down strap system for vehicles A tie down strap system for securing a vehicle to a platform of a transport medium comprises a first strap member, a second strap member, a connecting means having a first slot and a second slot and an attachment means at the second strap member. A front end of the first strap member is connected to a clamp member of the transport medium using a first securing means. A rear end of the first strap member is passed through the first slot to suspend therefrom and a first end of the second strap member is looped through the second slot and a second securing means and sewn thereon and a second end of the second strap member extends and suspends from the second securing means. When the vehicle is loaded on the platform, the first and second strap members secure the vehicle firmly to the platform of the transport medium.
US09878652B2	Tailgate with integrated loading ramp system A cargo bed tailgate may include an extension configurable between a plurality of positions to enable oversized cargo to be securely carried on a cargo bed as well accommodate a deployable set of loading ramps which are storable within the tailgate and deployable to attach to the cargo bed extension after the cargo bed extension is moved and locked for the loading and unloading of a payload into or out of the cargo bed of the vehicle.
US09878650B2	Side-by-side vehicle A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame assembly extends generally along a longitudinal axis of the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle further includes a front seating section coupled to the frame. The front seating section is configured to support an operator and a first passenger. Additionally, the utility vehicle includes a rear seating section coupled to the frame. The rear seating section is configured to support a second passenger and a third passenger. The rear seating section has an angled panel configured as a dead pedal for the second and third passengers, and a portion of the rear seating section extends forwardly into the front seating section.
US09878643B2	Juvenile vehicle seat with headrest adjustor A child restraint includes a juvenile vehicle seat and a headrest. The headrest is mounted for up-and-down movement on a seat back included in the juvenile vehicle seat. A releasable lock is provided to retain the headrest in more than one selected position on the seat back.
US09878642B2	Safety belt clip The present invention relates to a safety belt clip (1) that is adapted to be coupled to a seat base (110) of a child safety seat (100) and to engage with a lap portion (10a) of a safety belt (10). The safety belt clip (1) comprises a guiding element (2) comprising an engaging element (2a) and a positioning component (2b). The positioning component (2b) is adapted to position the engaging element (2a) at a distance from the seat base (110) and the engaging element (2a) is adapted to engage with the lap portion (10a) of the safety belt (10). Furthermore, the guiding element (2) is configured to drive the lap portion (10a) of the safety belt (10) towards the pelvic region (230) of an occupant (200) secured in the child safety seat (100) with the safety belt (10).
US09878636B2	Levitation and distribution system and method A system and method in at least one embodiment provides magnetic levitation to a vehicle above and/or partially about a rail or track using a flux field generator having a plurality of members having mated waveform patterns. In a further embodiment, the magnetic levitation also uses a distribution system. In a further embodiment, the plurality of members forms a disk-pack turbine. In a further embodiment, the flux field generator is not vehicle based.
US09878629B2	Method and apparatus for electric vehicle charging station load management in a residence An electric vehicle charging station that is installed in a residence is coupled with a main circuit breaker in an electrical service panel. The charging station includes a charging point connection that couples an electric vehicle to a set of service drop power lines that provide electricity from a power grid to the residence; a current control device coupled to control the amount of electric current that can be drawn from the set of service drop power lines by an the electric vehicle through the charging point connection; a receiver to receive energy readings from one or more current monitors that indicate an amount of current is being drawn from the set of service drop power lines; and a set of control modules to cause the current control device to control the amount of current that can be drawn by the electric vehicle through the charging point connection based on the received energy readings to avoid tripping the main circuit breaker.
US09878628B2	Power supply device, vehicle and non-contact power supply system A non-contact power supply control unit supplies power in a non-contact manner from a power transmission coil to a power reception coil to charge a battery of a vehicle. A contact power supply unit is electrically connected via a cable to a connection terminal of the vehicle to supply power to its battery. A controller controls the non-contact power supply control unit and the contact power supply unit. When the battery of a first vehicle is being charged by one non-contact power supply system of the non-contact power supply control unit and the contact power supply system of the contact power supply unit, and there is a request from a second vehicle for a power supply by another power supply system, the power supply by one power supply system is continued and the power supply by the other power supply system is put on standby.
US09878622B2	Power supply apparatus for eco-friendly vehicle A power supply apparatus of an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The power supply apparatus includes a battery that is configured to supply electric power for driving a vehicle and an inverter that is configured to drive a motor of the vehicle. A power converter is configured to correct a power factor of AC power applied from exterior, or to supply power of the battery to the inverter. A DC converter is configured to convert a power output from the power converter to a charging power for charging the battery. A first relay is configured to turn a power transmission between the battery and the power converter on/off and a second relay is configured to turn the power transmission between the battery and the power converter on/off.
US09878618B2	Information playback system and method for information playback An information playback system in a vehicle having a processor designed to generate a video or control signal and provide this signal to a display device so that the video or control signal causes a playback of at least two different contents in two adjoining subsurfaces of a display surface in a display device. The processor generates the video or control signal so that a boundary between the two subsurfaces can be shifted based on a selection detected by the display unit, or based on an approach detected by a display unit, or based on a predefined movement detected by an input device, resulting in modification of the ratio of the surface portions of the two subsurfaces on the display surface of the display device.
US09878616B2	Hybrid vehicle drive system and method using split shaft power take off A hybrid vehicle drive system for use with a first prime mover and a transmission driven by the first prime mover. The system includes a second prime mover coupled to a rechargeable energy source, a split shaft PTO, and an accessory coupled to the split shaft PTO. The split shaft PTO is configured to couple to the second prime mover, and the accessory is configured to receive power from the second prime mover through the split shaft PTO.
US09878604B2	Liquid-sealed antivibration device [Problem] To provide a liquid-sealed antivibration device capable of improving the position accuracy of an outer fitting member and a diaphragm.[Solution] Since a cylindrical outer fitting member 11 with an outer edge part of a diaphragm 10 connected thereto is externally fitted on a partition member 20 at an area on an inner peripheral surface of the outer fitting member 11 where the diaphragm 10 is not connected, that is, since the diaphragm 10 is not interposed between the partition member 20 and the outer fitting member 11, the position relation of the outer fitting member 11 to the partition member 20 can be stabilized, so that the outer fitting member 11 can be restrained from inclining relative to the partition member 20.
US09878601B2	Automobile two pull windshield sunshade protector system An automobile windshield shade system of multiple retractable sun visors is disclosed. The system includes a base, the base dimensioned to fit around an automobile sun visor and attaching thereto; a first sun visor tube, the first sun visor tube connected to the base by a first telescoping slide rail and containing a first retractable sun visor; a second sun visor tube, the second sun visor tube connected to the base by a second telescoping slide rail and containing a second retractable sun visor; and a third sun visor tube, the third sun visor tube connected to the base and containing a third retractable sun visor. The second sun visor tube extends along the second telescoping slide rail linearly to distance from the automobile sun visor. The first sun visor tube extends along the first telescoping slide rail linearly to a distance beyond the second sun visor tube. The third sun visor tube remains in a static relationship with the automobile sun visor. The system is deployed by two movements by a user. The first movement extends the first sun visor tube, which engages the second sun visor tube and extends it also. The second movement pulls the second retractable sun visor downward, bringing with it by its connection through rings to the first and third retractable sun visors.
US09878598B2	Windshield setting system A device for facilitating the removal and installation of a windshield by a single technician without use of heavy equipment includes a base plate, a slide plate and a deck plate. The base plate may be secured to a wiper blade post. The slide plate is secured to the base plate and may be slidably adjusted to a desired position. A deck plate may be secured to the slide plate. The deck plate has a roller or other channel within which the edge of windshield may easily slide in order to position the windshield and support most of its weight as it is manipulated by a technician.
US09878583B2	Vehicle alertness control system A vehicle alertness control system that executes alertness control to increase an alertness level of a driver of a vehicle includes an alertness level determination unit, an alertness controller, and a conversation controller. The alertness level determination unit is configured to determine an alertness level of the driver. The alertness controller is configured to select a level of a stimulus applied to the driver based on the determined alertness level. The conversation controller is configured to select a conversation category corresponding to the selected stimulus level from conversation categories categorizing a content of utterance in correspondence with each stimulus level and control conversation with the driver through a speaker and a microphone.
US09878575B2	Wheel for vehicles and method for manufacturing the same A wheel for vehicles may include a rim coupled to a tire, and a spoke-shaped disc including a spoke and a vent hole, the spoke-shaped disc being coupled to a side surface of the rim to support the rim, in which a coupling zone between the spoke of the spoke-shaped disc and the rim and a coupling zone between a portion of the spoke-shaped disc formed with the vent hole and the rim have a height difference in a wheel axis direction, to allow the spoke-shaped disc to support the rim at an interior and an exterior of the rim.
US09878574B2	Security foil and method A non-embossed security foil formed by a first taggant and a second taggant each positioned on a metallic surface and optically reactive to different stimuli for confirming the authenticity of important documents is provided. Each taggant defines a different color when exposed to an associated optical stimulus such as an infrared (IR) laser pen, allowing for the creation of multiple color, in register indicia or images that are covertly embedded into official documents and which are otherwise invisible to the naked eye. A method of utilizing taggants that are optically reactive to stimuli of different wavelengths is also provided.
US09878569B2	Media composition Described herein is a media composition. The media composition includes a substrate and an ink receiving layer that includes binder that includes an ethylene-vinyl alcohol co-polymer with a glass transition temperature of 75 degrees Celsius or less, a melting point temperature of 175 degrees Celsius or less, and/or a crystallization temperature of 150 degrees Celsius or less. The ink receiving layer can be applied to a substrate using extrusion techniques.
US09878564B2	Digital printing machine having a printing bar for inkjet printing A digital printing machine includes a printing bar for inkjet printing. The printing bar is mounted to be movable into a working position and into a retracted position. An adjustable roll and a spring-mounted roll form a first assembly and are disposed opposite one another. A rail forms a second assembly and is located between the adjustable roll and the spring-mounted roll when the printing bar is in the working position and is not located between the adjustable roll and the spring-mounted roll when the printing bar is in the retracted position. One of the two assemblies is disposed on the printing bar and the other of the two assemblies is separate from the printing bar.
US09878550B2	Fluid container A container for holding a volume of fluid includes a housing defining an interior for retaining the volume of fluid, a vent system disposed at an upper portion of the interior adjacent to a fluid chamber to vent air to atmosphere. The vent system includes an air chamber in fluid communication with the fluid chamber through an air inlet and disposed within the interior. The air chamber includes a bottom surface angling from the air inlet towards a distal end of the air chamber.
US09878540B2	Liquid ejecting method A liquid ejecting method includes ejecting droplets of an oil-based ink containing an oil-based medium onto a recording medium by using an ink jet head having a plurality of nozzles under the conditions satisfying relationships (1): f×D≧4800; and relationship (2): 5≦ρVd/η≦30. In the relationships (1) and (2), D represents the nozzle pitch in dpi of the ink jet head, f represents the maximum ejection frequency in kHz, V represents the velocity in m/s of droplets ejected from the ink jet head, d represents the diameter in μm of the droplets of the oil-based ink, ρ represents the density in g/cm3 of the oil-based ink, and η represents the viscosity in mPa·s of the oil-based ink.
US09878521B2	Method for producing resin molded body and graphite sheet laminate In order to prevent positional displacement of a graphite sheet laminate during production of a resin molded product obtained by integrally molding the graphite sheet laminate and a resin, the present invention uses a graphite sheet laminate having a structure in which a first fixing layer having a modulus of elasticity of not less than 7.0×104 Pa and not more than 5.0×107 Pa at 250° C. is in contact with a graphite sheet on at least one of principal surfaces of the graphite sheet.
US09878520B2	Adhesive sheet An adhesive sheet having a substrate and an adhesive layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the substrate, and which has an anti-static performance, is described. At least one of the adhesive layers contains an adhesive and a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1), and contains the compound (1) in an amount of from 0.1 to 100 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the adhesive. In the formula, R1 is a (meth)acryloyl group; R2 is a C1-4 alkylene group; and n is an integer of from 1 to 20, such as 4 to 16.
US09878518B2	Joined body A joined body 20 includes a first member 21 which is a ceramic containing Si, a second member 22, and a joining portion 30 which is formed of an electrically conductive oxide containing a Fe3O4 phase and which joins the first member 21 and the second member 22. In the joined body 20, no reaction layer is preferably formed at a joining interface between the electrically conductive oxide and the first member 21. The joining portion 30 is preferably formed to have a multilayer structure in which from the first matter 21 to the second member 22, a first layer containing a first oxide of a transition metal, a second layer containing an electrically conductive oxide of a transition metal having a low valence as compared to that of the first oxide, and a mixed layer containing a transition metal and an oxide thereof are formed.
US09878517B2	Voluminous nonwoven composite and method for producing same A voluminous nonwoven composite includes a first layer of melt spun endless filaments, which are randomly deposited, and a second layer of crimped staple fibers and a method produces same. The endless filaments have a fineness of 0.8 to 1.8 dtex, preferably of ≦1.3 dtex, particularly preferably of 1.0 to 1.2 dtex, the crimped staple fibers have a fineness of 2.2 to 15 dtex, preferably of 4 to 10 dtex, and the layers are stabilized and intimately connected with one another exclusively by water jets, to form the voluminous nonwoven composite.
US09878515B2	Packaged hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive The present invention relates to a packaged hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition and a coextrusion coating consisting of neat low density polyethylene, neat polypropylene, or neat ethylene vinyl acetate. The present invention further relates to the use of the packaged adhesive formed as individual forms in an adhesive application process, and the use of the packaged adhesive in the production of laminated articles, including nonwoven hygiene articles, disposable medical drapes, and also laminate constructions such as tapes and labels.
US09878514B2	Apparatus and method for producing a thatch roofing material for building construction To produce a thatch roofing material from waste plastic bottles, an apparatus includes a device for cutting the bottles into one or more strips. The device may include a decontouring unit that removes contours from the bottles and a heated clamp that fuses the strips together lengthwise to create a plastic tape. A bottle may be formed into rectangular stock by removing the top and bottom and longitudinally cutting the middle part. The rectangular stock may be cut into the cut strips, such as with a wire cutter. The plastic tape may be used to create folded thatch components by cutting, from the plastic tape, one or more slats and one or more thatch roofing material strips, and folding and attaching the thatching roofing material strips to the slats. Serrated ties may be cut from the plastic tape and used to fasten the folded thatch components to a building structure.
US09878511B2	Rubber bales and apparatus and method for making same Improved bales may be formed using methods that include baling equipment with multi-component bolster assemblies that may ease installation and removal, reduce wear and tear and maintenance, and/or improve efficiency by reducing material waste, imperfections, and/or contamination. The bolster assemblies may include a plurality of coupling portions that engage a hydraulic rod and may enable the bolster assembly to self-center within a press chamber during normal baling operations. The bolster assemblies also may include an island portion that may be attached to the coupling portions and to a bolster cap, and the latter may be attached using retainer bolts having substantially flat, non-circular heads. The bolts may reduce irregularities in the bale and/or prevent material seepage into the bolster assemblies. During maintenance, an operator may remove only the bolster cap island assembly for cleaning, substantially reducing the time and strength needed to clean and/or repair the baler and reduce downtime.
US09878509B2	Shoe mold structure A shoe mold structure contains: a base, a lower part, an upper part, a mold core, and two connecting rod assemblies. The base includes a movable space, and the lower part includes a lower cavity, a through orifice, and two guiding slots. The upper part includes an upper cavity and at least one feeding orifice, and a connecting face of the upper part and the lower part flushes with a connection section of a body and a sole of a shoe. The mold core includes a molding portion, an extension, a holding plate, and two guide plates, wherein the extension extends to the movable space from the molding portion via the through orifice. Each connecting rod assembly couples with each of the two side surfaces of the upper part and said each guide plate.
US09878504B2	Manufacture of a root section having supporting rods and fibers therebetween A supporting rod holding arrangement for manufacturing a root section of a rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided. The supporting rod holding arrangement includes an assembly of a plurality of supporting rods, each having an interface section for connecting to a hub interface of the wind turbine in an essentially circular shape such that there are gaps between the supporting rods, a plurality of first fibers in the gaps which plurality of first fibers are physically and/or chemically compatible with an injection material, and a holding device which holds the supporting rods in the essentially circular shape.
US09878496B2	System and method for mixing a stereolithography resin The invention is a package (1) for stereolithography comprising a container (2) filled with stereolithography resin (3), provided with an access opening (4), and a mixer element (5) arranged in a removable manner in the container (2) and provided with at least one magnet (6).
US09878495B2	Three-dimensional printing of large objects A variety of techniques are disclosed for visual and functional augmentation of a three-dimensional printer.
US09878485B2	Method and apparatus for producing embossed structures in radiation-curing materials For the production of embossed microstructures in radiation-curing materials, use is made of a micro embossing form fixed to a reflective or scattering cylinder surface. Via a press nip, the micro embossing form comes into contact with the substrate guided over a cylinder or a deflection roller. The radiation-curing material is acted on in one or both pockets, before or after the press nip, with radiation which penetrates into the press nip by reflection or scattering.
US09878482B2	Apparatus for conveying containers made of plastic material An apparatus for conveying a container made of plastic material comprising a supporting frame (3), sliding along a predetermined path; a longitudinal rod (20), defining an axis (X), adapted to translate along axis (X) and/or to rotate about axis (X) through guide-holes (24′, 25′) provided in the supporting frame; a gripping device (22), fixed to the longitudinal rod, for picking and withholding an end of the container to be conveyed; wherein the translation strokes of the longitudinal rod (20) and of the gripping device (22) can be adjusted along axis (X) so that the gripping device (22) can operate at three working levels or positions: a resting position (L0), a gripping position (L1) and a releasing position (L2).
US09878473B2	Multilayer contact lens and production process therefor A method for manufacturing a contact lens having a multilayer structure using a mold, includes: (a) charging a first polymerizing composition into a space formed by combining a first mold with a second mold, and polymerizing a first semi product having a thinner thickness and a smaller outer diameter than those of a contact lens immediately before being removed from the molds after all polymerizing processes; (b) opening the first and second molds; and (c) charging a second polymerizing composition into a space formed by combining a third mold with one of the first and second mold, the first semi product fixed onto the one of the first and second molds, and polymerizing the second polymerizing composition.
US09878471B2	Foam gasket and bonding tape based on polyurethane dispersions A polymer sheet includes a polyurethane core. The polyurethane core has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The polymer sheet can have at least one functional layer overlying a major surface. The polymer sheet has a thickness tps. The polyurethane core has a thickness tpc. In embodiments tpc can be at least 0.3 tps. The polyurethane core can have at least one of the following property: (i) a Scratch Resistance Rating, as further described herein, of not greater than about 10 wt %, (ii) an elongation at break of at least 200%, (iii) a tensile strength at break of at least 0.3 MPa, (iv) a loss of tensile strength of not greater than about 30% when exposed to UV light according to standard SAE J1960 (Rev. August 2003). The polymer sheet can be used for gaskets or bonding tapes.
US09878465B2	Molds for producing concrete blocks with roughened surfaces; blocks made therefrom; and methods of use A mold for making dry cast concrete blocks includes a pair of vertical shoulder forming sections, one along each of the opposite sides of the mold to form vertical front shoulders of a block. Each shoulder forming section has a shoulder roughening arrangement to result in molded, roughened shoulders of the block. Methods of making such blocks and the resulting block are included.
US09878464B1	Preservation of cellulosic materials, compositions and methods thereof The disclosure relates to compositions for preservation of cellulosic materials and methods of applying compositions for preservation of cellulosic materials. The compositions comprise a pre-polymer and optional nonionic surfactants and other additives. Compositions of optional nonionic surfactant mixtures and pre-polymers can be used advantageously in methods to preserve cellulosic materials by application of the material with preservatives at ambient atmospheric pressures.
US09878456B2	Knife The invention relates to a cutting device comprising a housing (14) and a blade carrier (15) to which a blade (16) is secured. Said blade carrier (15) can be moved by means of a lever element (26) of an actuation device at least between a secure position and a cutting position. In the secure position, said blade (16) is accommodated in the housing (14) so that it is inaccessible to the user and in the cutting position, it protrudes out from the housing (14) through a housing opening (32). The invention is characterized in that an extension (12) is arranged between a first handle (24) and the blade carrier (15).
US09878455B1	Folding knife assembly A folding knife assembly includes a blade system which is disposable between an open configuration and a closed configuration using a single hand. The blade system includes a fixed blade portion and a movable blade portion, wherein the fixed blade portion and moveable blade portion are cooperatively structured to engage one another in an interlocked configuration when the blade system is disposed in an open configuration. The folding knife assembly also includes a positioning assembly structured to facilitate disposition of the blade system between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A locking assembly is provided and is structured to operatively engage at least a portion of the positioning assembly to releasably secure the blade system in the open configuration, and to operatively disengage the positioning assembly to permit disposition of the blade system into a closed configuration.
US09878454B1	Flexible clamping device The present disclosure provides a flexible clamping device, which is composed of a housing, a shaft I, a sleeve I, a cylinder, a connector, a shaft II, a clamping spring, a protective pad, a pressure block, a shaft III, a sleeve II and a bottom plate. The bottom plate is provided with two steps on which wheels having different sizes are fixed respectively. When the large-sized wheel is put on the bottom step, the cylinder drives the connector to move right in a plane, the protective pad on the pressure block presses the hub of the wheel, and the function of compacting the large-sized wheel is thus realized; when the small-sized wheel is put on the bottom step, the cylinder drives the connector to continuously move right in the plane, the protective pad on the pressure block presses the hub of the wheel, and the function of compacting the small-sized wheel is thus realized. The flexible clamping device in use can meet the requirement of mixed-line high precision clamping in the wheel burr brushing process, has the characteristics of ideal effect, high efficiency, safety and reliability in work and high degree of automation, and is particularly suitable for batch production on production lines.
US09878452B2	Grasp assist device with automatic mode control logic A system includes a glove, sensors, actuator assemblies, and controller. The sensors include load sensors which measure an actual grasping force and attitude sensors which determine a glove attitude. The actuator assembly provides a grasp assist force to the glove. Respective locations of work cells in the work environment and permitted work tasks for each work cell are programmed into the controller. The controller detects the glove location and attitude. A work task is selected by the controller for the location. The controller calculates a required grasp assist force using measured actual grasping forces from the load sensors. The required grasp assist force is applied via the glove using the actuator assembly to thereby assist the operator in performing the identified work task.
US09878448B2	Omnidirectional moving robot device, and system and method for object conveyance using the same Provided are an omnidirectional moving robot device, and a system and method for object conveyance using a plurality of moving robot devices. The omnidirectional moving robot device includes a sensor, a traveling unit including an omnidirectional wheel disposed in a housing, and a control unit configured to transmit a traveling command signal to the traveling unit by using data measured by the sensor.
US09878443B2	Adjustment assembly for marking gauge A tool for acting on a workpiece includes a body and an adjustable element movably attached to the body. A tool member on the adjustable element is disposed on the adjustable element to act on the workpiece. The adjustable element is configured to move between a plurality of predetermined adjustment positions to locate a portion of the adjustable element a selected distance from the body. The adjustable element is resiliently biased against movement out of the predetermined adjustment positions. A micro adjustment mechanism provides for micro adjustment of a position of the adjustable element relative to the body once the adjustable element is moved to a selected predetermined adjustment position. The micro adjustment mechanism is configured for moving the adjustable element to an intermediate adjustment position located between the selected predetermined adjustment position and an immediately adjacent predetermined adjustment position for precise position adjustment of the adjustable element.
US09878442B2	Device, system, and method for holding one or more structural long objects A device, system, and method for holding one or more structural long objects includes a plurality of adjacent flat membranes that are in direct contact with each other. The membranes have been slit to produce tabs that meet near a center of the membranes to hold the structural long object(s) more effectively than could be accomplished with a single flat membrane with tabs. The membranes are held in the body of the device or system by a retaining device located on one side of the membranes and a retaining feature of the body on the other side of the membranes.
US09878435B2	Power rotary tool and impact power tool A rotary power tool, such as an oil pulse driver, includes: a motor, a pinion rotated by the motor, planet gears that mesh with the pinion, an internal gear that meshes with the planet gears and a shaft that is rotationally driven by the planet gears and disposed frontward of the planet gears. The internal gear comprises an internal gear part and an internal gear retaining part for holding the internal gear part. An oil unit bearing is disposed frontward of the internal gear part, and the oil unit bearing is held at a front part of the internal gear retaining part.
US09878424B2	Profiled plane abrading tool for tire repairs The present invention includes methods and apparatus for controlling the abrasion of a tire surface. Particular embodiments provide an abrading tool for abrading a surface of a tire, the tool comprising means for rotating an abrading wheel, an abrading wheel rotatably attached to the means for rotating, and a depth guide secured to the means for rotating, wherein the depth guide includes a pair of freely rotatable, spaced apart guide wheels. Further embodiments include a depth guide configured for use with an abrading tool which includes a abrading wheel and a means for rotating the abrading wheel, the depth guide comprising a mounting member securable to the means for rotating and a pair of freely rotatable, spaced apart guide wheels rotatably attached to the mounting member. Particular embodiments further include a method for preparing a portion of a tire for repair.
US09878422B2	Multi-angle automated polishing system and polishing method A multi-angle automated polishing system comprises a workbench, a holding unit, a polishing unit, and a control unit. The holding unit comprises a holding component for holding an object, a transverse drive configured to drive the holding component to move transversely along the plane of the workbench, a translational drive configured to drive the holding component to move translationally along the plane of the workbench, and a rotary drive configured to drive the holding component to rotate transversely along the plane of the workbench. The holding unit further comprises a rotating unit and a rotating drive configured to drive the rotating unit to rotate. The polishing unit comprises a polishing component and a polishing drive configured to drive the polishing unit in operation. The control unit is connected to the transverse drive, the rotary drive, the rotating drive, and the polishing drive.
US09878420B2	Method of chemical mechanical polishing of alumina A CMP method uses a slurry including colloidal metal oxide or colloidal semiconductor oxide particles (colloidal particles) in water. At least one particle feature is selected from (i) the colloidal particles having a polydispersity >30%, and (ii) mixed particle types including the colloidal particles having an average primary size >50 nm mixed with fumed oxide particles having average primary size <25 nm. A substrate having an alumina surface is placed into a CMP apparatus, and CMP is performed with a rotating polishing pad and the slurry to polish the alumina surface. The polydispersity is determined by a polydispersity formula for a distribution width (w) involving width w1 and width w2 at a second larger particle size. The polydispersity formula=(w2−w1)×100/dav which includes 63% of a total of the colloidal particles by volume and day is an average particle size of the colloidal particles.
US09878406B2	Independent phase-change heat-transfer-type heat tube and manufacturing method thereof An independent phase-change heat-transfer-type heat tube and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the heat tube comprises a housing of which an outer surface is provided with a coating, the housing is provided with an evaporating end and a condensing end opposite to the evaporating end, an inner groove is provided between the evaporating end and the condensing end, a side groove, being separated from the inner groove, is provided in the evaporating end and the condensing end respectively, the inner grooves are separated from each other, the side groove and the inner groove form a plurality of independent cavities which are filled with a working medium.
US09878396B2	Bearing component and its manufacturing method A bearing component and a method to form a bearing component. The bearing component comprises a first and a second metallic material wherein the first material presents a first carbon content and the second material presents a second carbon content, wherein the first material and the second material have been joined by a diffusion welding process. The diffusion welding process has resulted in a transition zone with a varying carbon content between the first material and the second material. The varying carbon content in the transition zone is essentially within an interval, wherein the interval end points are defined by the carbon content of the first material and the second material.

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