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US09889775B2	Detent fitting for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat A detent fitting for a motor vehicle seat includes a first fitting part (11) and a relatively rotatable second fitting part (12) and catches (16) guided by one fitting part between a locked state and an unlocked state to lock the detent fitting upon interacting with a gear ring of another fitting part. A third fitting part (74) is pivotably mounted and is lockable with a detent plate (115) fixed to the first fitting part or with the first fitting part by a pawl (80) which is mounted in a hinge point on the third fitting part. The third fitting part, a locking cam (90) with a hinge point on the third fitting part, a coupling (98) connected to the locking cam with a hinge point and the pawl with a hinge point define a four-link chain. A vehicle seat with at least one such detent fitting is also provided.
US09889774B2	Release mechanism for seat recliner assembly A seat adjustment mechanism may include a recliner mechanism, a recliner handle, a hub and an unlock lever. The recliner mechanism is operable in an unlocked state permitting relative rotation between a seatback and a seat bottom and a locked state preventing relative rotation between the seatback and the seat bottom. The recliner handle is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions to move the recliner mechanism between the locked and unlocked states. The hub may transmit motion of the recliner handle to the recliner mechanism as the recliner handle moves between the unlocked and locked positions. The unlock lever may move the recliner mechanism between the locked and unlocked states. Rotation of the recliner handle may cause corresponding rotation of the hub and the unlock lever. However, the unlock lever may move the recliner mechanism into the unlocked state without causing corresponding rotation of the hub and the recliner handle.
US09889767B2	Control device for electric rotary machine A MGECU in a control device mounted on a vehicle has a feedback control section, a correction torque calculation section, an instruction torque calculation section. The feedback control section calculates a torque to be used for performing a feedback control of an actual rotation speed to follow a target rotation speed. The correction torque calculation section calculates a correction torque based on a change rate of the target rotation speed and inertia of a rotary body which includes the motor generator. When the target rotation speed is changed to decrease a difference between the target rotation speed and the actual rotation speed, the correction torque calculation section reduces the correction torque. The instruction torque calculation section adds the torque calculated by the feedback control section and the correction torque calculated by the correction torque calculation section in order to obtain the instruction torque to be used for the motor generator.
US09889764B2	Apparatus and method for controlling battery of green car An apparatus for controlling a battery of a green car, the apparatus includes an information collector configured to collect navigation information; a charge amount manager configured to manage a charge amount of the battery; a charger configured to charge the battery; and a controller configured to control the charging according to the charge amount of the battery and to expand a usable state of charge range of the battery based on the navigation information collected by the information collector.
US09889754B2	System and method for reducing leakage flux in wireless electric vehicle charging systems A method and apparatus for reducing leakage magnetic flux in wireless vehicle charging systems are disclosed. A wireless power receiver may be configured to couple to a wireless field generated by a wireless power transmitter. A portion of the wireless field may comprise the leakage magnetic flux. A leakage collector comprising a ferromagnetic material may be positioned at a distance from the wireless power receiver within the wireless field and may be configured to absorb or redirect at least a portion of the leakage magnetic flux away from an outer edge of an electric vehicle.
US09889752B2	Vehicle propulsion system having an energy storage system and optimized method of controlling operation thereof A charging system for a vehicle includes a first energy storage device, a first DC-DC converter coupled between a DC bus and the first energy storage device, and a controller. The controller is programmed to identify charging parameters of a charging source coupleable to the first energy storage device through the first DC-DC converter, apply an optimization algorithm to iteratively define a charging power allocation to charge the first energy storage device using the charging source, and selectively control the first DC-DC converter to recharge the first energy storage device in accordance with the charging power allocation. The charging power allocation optimizes at least one of a state of charge (SOC) and a state of health (SOH) of the first energy storage device.
US09889743B2	Vehicle control device and vehicle control method A vehicle control device includes motors that respectively drive front and rear, left and right wheels independently, wheel speed sensors that detect rotation speeds of the respective wheels, motor rotation speed sensors that detect rotation speeds of the motors corresponding to the respective wheels, a slip determination module that sets, as a base rotation speed, a lowest rotation speed, and performs slip determination on each wheel on the basis of the base rotation speed and the rotation speeds of the motors, a rotation speed control module that performs torque down, and calculates requested torques of the motors from redistributed torques, and a redistribution control module that redistributes a torque down amount of the slipping wheel to a non-slipping wheel to calculate the redistributed torques.
US09889742B2	Detachable high voltage isolation structure of large electric vehicle A large electric vehicle with a detachable high voltage isolation structure is provided. Due to the detachable high voltage isolation structure, the drawbacks of repairing the high voltage components of the large electric vehicle will be overcome. All of the high voltage components are integrated into the detachable high voltage isolation structure. Consequently, the maintenance worker can repair the large electric vehicle in a safe environment.
US09889732B2	Vehicle covering structure This invention relates to a vehicle covering structure having a plurality of tarps to cover an outer body of a vehicle frame and a pair of drag bars to provide a sweeping mechanism for clearing the plurality of tarps. Further, the vehicle covering structure comprises a holding means located on a plurality of edges of each tarp to hold the plurality of tarps. The structure being made of a waterproof material selected from a group of tarpaulin, nylon, poly vinyl chloride canvas, polyester canvas and a combination thereof, to protect the outer surface of the vehicle from hail and other falling objects.
US09889702B2	Writing tool for mounting on a finger and writing tool finger holder The part for mounting on the finger is provided so as to be integral with a linking member; by means of building-in, folding, inserting and removing, and winding, the holder is made deformable to a carried condition when not in use; a necessary shortest dimension of the writing tool in the written condition is divided into at least two sections, i.e., an axis body 1 and a cap 2; and then, the axis body 1 and the cap 2 are overlapped with each other by means of folding or storing to thereby shorten the writing tool in a retained condition, and the writing tool in the written condition is reversibly movable in a predetermined range to thereby make an angle of the writing tool adjustable.
US09889699B2	Unisometric reflection display, information holder using unisometric reflection display A unisometric reflection display having a light transmissivity includes reflectors included in a reflector holding layer of a thin film form. The reflectors incline at a fixed direction and a fixed angle to a plane of the reflector holding layer. Light incident from a first direction is reflected on a front surface of a reflector to be inhibited from transmitting through the reflector holding layer. Light incident from a second direction to a reflector is reflected on a front surface of the reflector and a rear surface of another reflector adjacent the reflector at a front surface side, or reflected this way a plurality of times to transmit through the reflector holding layer.
US09889697B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes a first correction amount acquiring unit and a first correction unit. The first correction amount acquiring unit acquires a first luminance correction amount of each block based on the luminance of each pixel in the block obtained by dividing a first image among multiple processing target images obtained by imaging a target object with multiple sheets bound together while opening the target object. The first correction unit corrects the luminance of each pixel in the multiple processing target images based on the first luminance correction amount of each block acquired by the first correction amount acquiring unit.
US09889692B2	System for applying a design on at least one nail surface A system including apparatus for applying a design to a nail surface, including an optical device scanning the anatomy of the nail surface and acquiring an image of said nail surface;—a print head;—a motor displacing the print head;—a control unit including connection to communicate with the optical device, and a computer application including instructions for controlling the motor to direct the print head. At least one remote server includes a database recording digital data corresponding to designs. The control unit communicates with the remote server and downloads digital data corresponding to the design to be applied on the nail surface. The control unit's computer application includes instructions to—analyze the anatomy of the nail surface scanned by the optical device;—and scale the design to be applied to adjust it to the nail surface scanned.
US09889689B2	Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus includes a carriage on which a print head is mounted and that discharges an ink from the print head while moving the carriage along a predetermined direction and further includes a space width adjustment unit that causes a width of a space above the carriage within the printing apparatus to be larger in an acceleration region in which the carriage is accelerated from a stopped state than in a constant velocity region in which the carriage is moved at a constant velocity after the acceleration region. The space width adjustment unit causes the width of the space above the carriage in the constant velocity region to be smaller than or equal to a paper gap that is a distance between the carriage and a print medium which is below the carriage and which receives the ink discharged from the print head.
US09889688B2	Printing unit and printer A printing unit includes a carriage, a printing head mounted on the carriage, a guide pillar configured to support the carriage to be reciprocatingly movable in the front-back direction, a unit frame configured to support the guide pillar to be movable in the left-right direction, and a line-feed mechanism configured to move the carriage in the left-right direction. The line-feed mechanism includes a line-feed plate supported by the guide pillar to be movable in the front-back direction and a guide member configured to engage with the line-feed plate and guide the line-feed plate in the left-right direction together with the guide pillar according to the movement in the front-back direction of the line-feed plate. The line-feed plate includes a forward-path engaging section with which the carriage engages in a process from a forward-path start point to a forward-path end point in the front-back direction and a backward-path engaging section with which the carriage engages in a process from a backward-path start point to a backward-path end point in the front-back direction.
US09889687B2	Printer A printer includes a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium; a winding unit that winds the printing medium on which the printing is performed by the printing unit; and a frame unit which is positioned between the printing unit and the winding unit on a feeding path of the printing medium, in which in a case where the printing medium is not wound by the winding unit, a receiving member for receiving the printing medium is detachably mounted to the frame unit, and in a case where the printing medium is wound by the winding unit, the receiving member is detached such that the frame unit comes in contact with the printing medium.
US09889658B2	Bonded member, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus A bonded member includes at least two members. The at least two members include a first member and a second member bonded to each other. The first member has a bonded face bonded to the second member. The bonded face has a recessed portion at an outer periphery of the bonded face, to retain an adhesive. The recessed portion is open at the bonded face and an outer peripheral face of the first member. In a plan view from a direction vertical to the bonded face, an outer edge of a bottom face of the recessed portion is disposed at an inner position in an in-plane direction of the bonded face than an outer edge of the outer peripheral face of the first member.
US09889654B2	Liquid ejection head, liquid ejection unit, and liquid ejection device A liquid ejection head includes structures arrayed in a predetermined direction, each structure including a nozzle to eject liquid, a pressure chamber in communication with the nozzle, and an ejection drive unit to increase pressure of the liquid in the pressure chamber. The ejection drive unit includes a diaphragm to form a wall of the pressure chamber, and an electromechanical transducer element including an electromechanical transducer film, the diaphragm being convex toward the pressure chamber. When an amount of curvature of the diaphragm for the pressure chamber is defined by a radius of curvature, a difference between minimum and maximum radii of curvature of the diaphragm for 20 channels of the pressure chambers is equal to or less than 1500 μm, the 20 channels being counted from one of the pressure chambers at each of end portions of the structures in the predetermined direction.
US09889638B2	Electrical heating-joining device and method An electrical heating bonding device 1 bonds a member M1 to be bonded, which is made of a metal, and a member M2 to be bonded, which is made of a resin. The electrical heating bonding device 1 includes: an upper electrode 11 and a lower electrode 12 which sandwich the member M1 to be bonded, and are electrically conductive with the member M1 to be bonded; a pressurizing unit 20 which applies pressure to a bonding surface between the member M1 to be bonded and the member M2 to be bonded; a temperature sensor 30 which detects a temperature of the member M1 to be bonded; and a control unit 40 which controls the pressurizing unit 20 to apply the pressure to the bonding surface, after the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 30 reaches a predetermined set temperature Ts.
US09889634B2	Formable light weight composites The present invention relates to light weight composite materials which comprise a metallic layer and a polymeric layer, the polymeric layer containing a filled thermoplastic polymer which includes a thermoplastic polymer and a metallic fiber. The composite materials of the present invention may be formed using conventional stamping equipment at ambient temperatures. Composite materials of the present invention may also be capable of being welded to other metal materials using a resistance welding process such as resistance spot welding.
US09889630B2	Polishing equipment having discontinuous adhesion points and method for making the sheet The sheet of a polishing equipment of the present invention includes a buffer layer, an adsorption layer, and an adhesion layer. The adhesion layer is disposed between the buffer layer and the adsorption layer. The adhesion layer has a plurality of adhesion points to bind the buffer layer and the adsorption layer together. The adhesion points are discontinuous and have gaps in between. Consequently, when the sheet is pressed, air can be vented out through the gaps between the adhesion points, so that the adsorption force is increased.
US09889621B2	Press and method for pressing workpieces A press for pressing workpieces can have a) at least two pressing tools and at least one slide that performs working movements with an associated working stroke, b) at least one hydraulic slide drive unit for the slide, which separates a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber of a working chamber, and c) at least one slide position measurement device. Additionally, the press can include d) at least one medium reservoir, e) at least one first hydraulic delivery device connected to the first sub-chamber and to the medium reservoir, and f) at least one second hydraulic delivery device. The press can further include g) at least one controllable hydraulic valve, and h) a control device that checks the volumetric flows, pressures, and flow direction of hydraulic medium as a function of the measured slide position and stored or desired movement profiles of the slide and/or of input information from users.
US09889620B2	Devices and methods for the production of microfibers and nanofibers Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers, that include additives that modify one or more properties of the produced fibers. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create fibers are also described. Fiber producing devices with features that enhance fiber production and adaptability to different types of fiber are described.
US09889608B2	Matching the scale of independent objects or intelligently scaling objects when 3D printing A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method includes identifying a first data file that includes first dimensions that may be used by a three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of a first object, identifying a second data file that includes second dimensions that may be used by a three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of a second object, determining a proportionality factor between the first dimensions and the second dimensions, multiplying the dimensions in the second data file by the proportionality factor, and causing the three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of the second object using the scaled dimensions.
US09889599B2	Multi-temperature contact applicator An applicator for applying two materials to a substrate includes a central module configured to receive a first material, a tee block configured to receive a second material, a pair of outer modules spaced from and disposed on opposite sides of the central module, each outer module fluidically connected to and configured to receive the second material from the tee block, and a slot die assembly disposed in fluid communication with the central module and the pair of outer modules, the slot die assembly configured to receive the first and second materials from the central and outer modules, respectively, and discharge the first material over a first width and the second material over a second width greater than the first width.
US09889598B2	Adhesive thread system A system for forming a waterproof seam between to sewn materials. The seam is formed using an adhesive coated thread. A thin strip of adhesive is placed between the two materials at the seam line. As the coated thread is sewn into the seam heat and pressure are simultaneously applied, melting the adhesive coating thereby filling the needle punctures. The melted adhesive coating will also flow into the areas between the needle punctures and between the materials. The heat and pressure applied to the coated thread will also melt the adhesive strip, causing additional adhesive to flow into the needle punctures and the areas between needle punctures.
US09889594B2	Multi-layer tube and process of making the same A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. The vessel includes an inner layer arranged to define the interior region and an outer layer. The vessel is formed using a blow-molding process in which a multiple layer parison is blow molded to form the vessel. The multiple layer parison is formed in an extrusion process in which a number of extruders are arranged to co-extrude associated inner and outer parisons to establish the multiple layer parison.
US09889592B2	Extrusion die with curved face The present disclosure provides a flow device including a body disposed in an extrusion apparatus. The body is defined along a plane and has a first side and a second side. The second side is disposed opposite the first side. The flow device also includes a first face formed at the first side and a second face formed at the second side. The body has a thickness defined between the first face and second face. A plurality of feedholes is defined in the body between the first side and the second side. In addition, at least a portion of the first face or second face forms a curvature that extends outwardly from the plane.
US09889589B1	Apparatus and method of manufacturing and labeling plastic wares An apparatus and method of manufacturing and labeling plastic wares comprising durable acrylic labels that are integrated into a surface of the plastic wares.
US09889586B2	Low pressure molded strain relief for coaxial connector interconnection A strain relief for a coaxial cable and coaxial connector interconnection is provided as an injection moldable polymer material surrounding the interconnection. The injection moldable material fills a solder pre-form cavity between an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and an inner diameter of a bore of the connector body, strengthening and environmentally sealing the interconnection.
US09889585B2	Glass encapsulation structure and injection molding device A glass encapsulation structure and an injection molding device are provided. The encapsulation structure includes: a guide piece; and an encapsulation component, wherein the guide piece is fixed to a side surface of a glass through the encapsulation component, wherein the guide piece includes a strip part, a bump and a positioning hole, wherein the strip part has a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface and facing an interior of a vehicle body when the guide piece is mounted onto the vehicle body, the bump is located on and perpendicular to the first surface, the positioning hole is formed in the bump, an axis of the positioning hole is perpendicular to the side surface of the glass, and the positioning hole matches a positioning pin in an injection molding device in an injection molding process. A yield of encapsulation structures may be improved.
US09889584B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing crash pad An apparatus for manufacturing a crash pad having a foam layer by injecting and foam-molding a foam liquid between a base and a skin may include a first mold and a second mold which mold the base by injecting molten resin into a base forming space formed in a mold-closed state and a vacuum mold for vacuum-molding the skin, in which when the vacuum mold to which the formed skin may be attached may be mold-closed with the first mold, a foam space may be formed between the skin and the base of the first mold, and an injection channel for injecting the molten resin into the base forming space and a foam liquid injection channel for injecting the foam liquid into the foam space may be provided in the first mold, such that the first mold may be used as a foam mold, together with the vacuum mold.
US09889579B2	Gypsum wallboard and method of making same Compositions for gypsum board are disclosed, comprising a mixture of a gypsum slurry and a pre-generated foam and a coalescing agent. The coalescing agent comprises one or more coalescing agents that are added to the composition singly, separately or in combination to change the size and distribution of the air bubbles in the foamed gypsum slurry. The resulting gypsum cores have increased nail pull resistance and an improved facer/gypsum core bond.
US09889576B2	Apparatus for slicing rolled up crepes The bite slicer apparatus, an apparatus to slice up a crepe on a paper plate, consists of three main parts the mainboard (1) the knife-unit (9) and the bite-stabilizer (14) consisting of the mainboard (1) has been designed in the shape of a U-profile with the lower handle (7) fitted on one side and the bearings (2) fitted on the opposite side, inside the bearings (2) is situated the axis (3), the knife-unit (9) which is made up of a number of blades (11) swings 125° on the axis (3), the bite-stabilizer (14) which is made up of a number of D-rings (15) swings 160° on the axis (3).
US09889570B2	Razor with attached shaving aid A razor having an attachment portion and a shaving aid is provided. The attachment portion includes a blade body. The shaving aid is provided with a deformable portion that deforms when contacted by the skin surface. When the razor is used, the shaving aid itself deforms to decrease the frictional resistance between the shaving aid and the skin surface. This improves the tactile sensation on the skin surface and thus the shaving sensation.
US09889565B2	Method for calibrating a robot and a robot system A system for calibrating a robot having a movable part with a calibration marker including: positioning the calibration marker along an optical line of a camera unit; imaging the calibration marker along the optical line to establish line positions P1 . . . PN within a tolerance k, while monitoring joint values j1 . . . jM of the robot; establishing an error function based on resulting calculated robot positions P′1 . . . P′N, for the calibration marker for joint values j1 . . . jM at each line position P1 . . . PN for the calibration marker; identifying a set of robot kinematic parameters by solving an optimization problem based on the error function; and updating a kinematic model of the robot via the identified set of robot kinematic parameters.
US09889554B2	Apparatus for human arm supporting exoskeleton An arm supporting exoskeleton comprises a shoulder base coupled to an arm link mechanism. The arm link mechanism comprises a proximal link and a distal link configured to rotate relative to each other about a rotating joint; at least one arm-coupler adapted to couple a user's arm to the distal link; a tensile force generator coupled to the proximal link and the distal link, and providing a torque to flex the distal link relative to the proximal link; and a protrusion located substantially at the rotating joint. When the distal link extends past a toggle angle, the protrusion constrains the tensile force generator, and the torque provided by the tensile force generator remains substantially small. When the protrusion does not constrain the tensile force generator, the torque tends to flex the distal link relative to the proximal link, thereby reducing human shoulder forces and torques required to raise the user's arm.
US09889552B2	Apparatus for securing a work piece An apparatus for securing work pieces includes a body member, a first passageway, and a second passageway. The body member is configured to engage an open end of a vessel. The body member includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface that enclose an interior portion. The first passageway is formed within the interior portion along a first chord of the body member extending in a first plane parallel to the top surface and the bottom surface. The first passageway terminates in a first entry aperture and a first exit aperture in the side surface. The second passageway is formed within the interior portion along a second chord of the body member extending in a second plane parallel to the top surface and the bottom surface. The second passageway terminates in a second entry aperture and a second exit aperture in the side surface.
US09889551B2	Apparatus for coupling and decoupling button and loop connections of a garment An apparatus for coupling and decoupling button and loop connections of a garment. The apparatus includes a longitudinally extending body member having a handle member extending from a first end and a pair of prongs extending from an oppositely disposed second end. One prong has a hook on its distal end and the other prong has an expanded end member on its distal end. The prongs are generally parallel with one another forming a gap therebetween such that upon insertion of the prongs into a loop, the prongs cooperate to open the loop and position the loop relative to a button such that rotation of the apparatus about an axis of rotation defined through the prongs proximate the hook and the expanded end causes the loop to be moved relative to the button, thereby coupling or decoupling the loop and the button.
US09889544B2	Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench includes a head with a ratchet wheel rotatably received therein. A positioning unit is located in the head and is cooperated with a pawl which is engaged with the ratchet wheel. A collar is located in the head and has two notches defined in a peripheral wall of the collar. A curved groove is defined through the collar. Two toothed racks are formed along the groove. Two clamp members are located in the ratchet wheel which has two guide slots. Each clamp member has two guide rods which are located in the guide slot corresponding thereto. An engaging unit extends through the groove and is pivotably connected to a lever to securely position the clamp members when clamping an object. The two clamp members are adjusted to securely clamp the object by rotating the collar, and the object can be rotated by the ratchet wrench.
US09889543B2	Clamping tool A clamping tool is provided which includes a base, a clamping arm articulated to the base for pivotal movement about a first pivot axis, a handle articulated to the clamping arm or base for pivotal movement about a second pivot axis, a bridge element articulated to the handle or the clamping arm for pivotal movement about a third pivot axis, a first wedge element having a first wedge surface, and a second wedge element having a second wedge surface facing towards the first wedge surface. In a first positional range of the handle, the wedge surfaces are spaced apart. In a second positional range of the handle, the second wedge surface is supported on the first wedge surface, displacement of the first wedge element driving a displacement of the second wedge element. The bridge element is articulated to the first wedge element for pivotal movement about a fourth pivot axis.
US09889539B1	Converting residual surface stress in internal opening of additively manufactured component Methods include converting a residual surface stress in a component made by a metal powder additive manufacturing process. The component includes a body having an external surface and an internal opening passing at least partially through the body, the internal opening including an unused metal powder from the additive manufacturing process therein. Residual surface stress is converted in at least a portion of a body about the internal opening by applying a pressure in the internal opening using a non-compressible fluid and the unused metal powder. The method is advantageous for use with gamma primed hardened superalloys. An additively manufactured component including the stress-converted internal opening is also disclosed.
US09889533B2	Cloth taking-up device The invention provides a cloth taking-up device including: a platform, on which glue/cloth to be taken-up are disposed; and a clamp part movable with respect to the platform, which can clamp a roller and roll the glue/cloth to be taken-up successively onto the roller. An outside surface of the platform has an included angle of 0°-180° with respect to the horizontal plane, on which the glue/cloth to be taken-up are disposed, and the clamp part can keep the roller in parallel with the outside surface. The cloth taking-up device can avoid uneven pressure applied to the glue/cloth to be taken-up in the down-press manner, improving uniformity of taken-up glue/cloth. Meanwhile, the foreign matters on the glue/cloth to be taken-up can easily fall off, and the foreign matters on the rollers cannot drop onto the glue/cloth to be taken-up with the rotation, thereby ensuring glue/cloth taking-up quality.
US09889530B2	Clamp mounting system A single mounting device is provided for each trolley riser for use with a set of shims in order to accurately align and secure a clamp to a datum. In another aspect, a generally polyhedron-shaped clamp body is used with a mounting plate to secure a clamp in different orientations relative to a manufacturing plant locator.
US09889529B2	System and method for preloading tension in a stud using an anti-seizure spacer for tapered thread connections A system for preloading tension in a stud using an anti-seizure spacer for tapered thread connections is provided. The system comprises a hydraulic tensioning device including a nut configured for threadably engaging the stud, a foot, a cylinder having a first bore defined therein and a surface for engaging the foot, and a piston movably positioned within the first bore, wherein a hydraulic cavity is defined therebetween. The device further includes a puller screw including male tapered threads configured for being threadably coupled with female tapered threads on the stud. The puller screw includes a head configured for engaging a surface of the piston. The system also includes a spacer positioned between the male tapered threads of the puller screw and the female tapered threads of the stud. A method for preloading tension in a stud using the spacer is also provided.
US09889527B2	Methods and apparatus to provide a protective barrier to fuel tank coupling apparatus Methods and apparatus to provide a protective barrier to fuel tank coupling apparatus are described. An example method includes coupling a barrier to an outer surface of the fuel tank, where the barrier includes a support surface and a wall protruding from the support surface to define a cavity; providing a weld pad within the cavity such that a first side of the weld pad engages the support surface; disposing a valve within the cavity of the barrier after the barrier is coupled to the outer surface such that a flange portion of the valve engages the weld pad and at least a portion of the valve is positioned in the fuel tank; and heating the weld pad and the flange portion of the valve to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of a material of the flange portion and the weld pad.
US09889515B2	Electrochemical machining tool, electrochemical machining system, and method for manufacturing perforated member An electrochemical machining tool (3) includes a tool body (10) which has an electrode (11) which is made of a flexible conductive material having a cylindrical shape extending along an axis (O), and inside which an electrolyte (W) flows toward a leading end (10a) side, and an insulating layer (12) coated on an outer circumferential surface of the electrode (11) to expose a leading end surface of the electrode (11), wherein a non-insulation section (15) which exposes the outer circumferential surface of the electrode (11) is formed on the tool body (11), and the non-insulation section (15) is surrounded by the insulating layer (12) from an axial (O) direction.
US09889511B2	Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method of producing machined product using the same A cutting insert comprises a first surface sequentially including a first and second inclined surface. The first inclined surface is inclined toward the second surface, going inward from the edge at a first inclined angle on a basis of a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between the first surface and a second surface. The second inclined surface, located more inward than the first inclined surface, is inclined toward the second surface at a second inclined angle different from the first inclined angle on the basis of the perpendicular plane. An intersecting part of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface includes a first part located at a highest position in a region of the intersecting part along the second side surface. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of producing a machined product using the cutting tool are provided.
US09889510B2	Variable rake fatigue enhancing orbital drilling cutter Within examples, systems and methods for forming a hole through at least one layer of a material are provided. An example cutting tool for forming such a hole may include a body, and a first portion of the body having a first diameter and a first radial rake angle. The cutting tool also includes a second portion of the body adjacent the first portion, the second portion having a second diameter and a second radial rake angle, wherein the second diameter is different than the first diameter, and wherein the second radial rake angle is different than the first radial rake angle.
US09889508B2	Magnetically mountable portable drill assembly A magnetically mountable portable drill assembly includes a magnetic base adapted to be mountable to a working surface, a housing coupled to the magnetic base, a motor coupled to the housing, an arbor coupled to the motor for rotation by the motor, a cutter coupled to the arbor for rotation with the arbor and adapted to cut the working surface or a workpiece supported on the working surface, the magnetic base having a front surface facing the cutter, and an illuminator coupled to the magnetic base to emit light from the front surface of the magnetic base for illuminating an end of the cutter and either one of the working surface and the workpiece.
US09889505B2	Mounting device for cutting tool, tool body and cutting tool A cutting insert mounting system adapted for a cutting tool in which, by using a tightening screw, a cutting insert is detachably mounted on an insert mounting seat. A central axis of a screw hole of the insert mounting seat is inclined with respect to a normal direction of a bottom wall surface of the insert mounting seat. When the cutting insert is placed on the insert mounting seat, on a virtual plane defined to expand the bottom wall surface, a central axis of the screw hole is shifted from the central axis of a through hole of the cutting insert to the side of one of two side wall surfaces of the insert mounting seat. On the virtual plane, an axis shift direction of the central axis of the screw hole and an inclination direction of the central axis of the screw hole are different.
US09889503B2	Fireproof ceramic impact pad The invention relates to a fireproof (refractory) ceramic impact pad (also called impact pot, German: Pralltopf), which is typically installed along the bottom of a vessel treating metallurgical melts at an area where the metal melt, poured into the vessel, normally hits the vessel bottom. Insofar the impact pot has the task to protect the refractory bottom of the metallurgical vessel (to reduce its wear) and/or to distribute the metal melt within the vessel.
US09889500B2	Die casting machine and control method of die casting machine A die casting machine and a control method for avoiding damage to devices by performing operation control of a hydraulic operating means and an electric servomotor, that are adapted as drive sources in an injection step, separately and not performing coordinate control. The die casting machine includes a tubular injection sleeve, an injection plunger, an electric servomotor and a hydraulic operating means that are used as a drive source of an injection step, and a control means which controls the electric servomotor and the hydraulic operating means separately, when injecting and filling the cavity of the mold, which has been closed, with the molten metal by the advancing of the injection plunger, during a low-speed injection step and a high-speed injection step which is performed at a higher speed than the low-speed injection step, in the injection step.
US09889496B2	Method for manufacturing metal fitting, method for manufacturing spark plug, and method for manufacturing sensor A method of manufacturing a metal fitting having a tool engagement portion engageable with a tool. The manufacturing method includes a cold forging process, wherein the cold forging process includes: a step (a) of forming a body portion having a first maximum length and a butt portion being continuous to the body portion and having a second maximum length larger than the first maximum length; and a step (b) of drawing at least a part of the butt portion in the axis direction, thereby forming the tool engagement portion.
US09889489B2	Apparatus for closing Pittsburgh seams associated with duct assemblies and other box-shaped members A vertical Pittsburgh Seam closing apparatus having a base supporting surface, a track mechanism for moving a carriage assembly which holds seam forming members used to close a Pittsburgh Seam, a pair of upper and lower guide members for guiding the duct section into a proper vertical position, and upper and lower clamping members positioned inside the duct section and adjacent the inside portion of the Pittsburgh Seam to be closed, the upper guide members and clamping member being selectively movable and adjustable for accommodating different duct section lengths. In one embodiment, the seam forming assembly includes three roller members mounted in vertical arrangement to each other, one roller member being V-shaped in configuration and the other two roller members being substantially cylindrical in shape. The V-shaped roller member may also include one or more projecting members for forming dimples in the closing process to prevent shifting and/or slipping of the closed seam.
US09889488B2	Peening device and peening method A peening device is provided with: peening impact pins that impact on a surface to be worked; a device main body that uses vibration to move the peening impact pins back and forth with respect to the surface to be worked; servo motors (22x, 22y) that adjust the inclination of the device main body with respect to the surface to be worked; laser displacement gauges (20A, 20B, 20C, 20D) that detect the device angle; and a vibration sensor (18) that detects the vibration state of the device main body. Furthermore, a control device (40) for the peening device controls the servo motors (22x, 22y) such that the vibration state detected by the vibration sensor (18) is a predetermined vibration state. Thus, the peening device carries out excellent peening by conforming to the surface to be worked, the shape of which changes from moment to moment because of the peening.
US09889486B2	Manufacturing method of press-formed article and press forming apparatus A manufacturing method of press-formed article according to the present invention includes a step of placing a flat plate member between a first die and a second die, and a step of causing a first press portion and a second press portion approach each other, thereby pressing the flat plate member. In the step of placing, the flat plate member is placed so that a first main surface and a second main surface align with a vertical direction. In the step of pressing, the flat plate member is vertically pressed by causing the first press portion and the second press portion to approach each other in the vertical direction, and a thick portion is formed on the flat plate member by causing a part of a material of the flat plate member in the vertical direction to flow into a thickened portion-forming section formed on a first opposing surface.
US09889483B1	Paintless vehicle dent repair tool A paintless vehicle dent repair tool for repairing dents, such as dents caused by hail damage, in the top of a vehicle. The repair tool includes an elongated, annular shaped, tool body. The tool body includes a concave, wedge-shaped end portion for engaging and removing glue from a dent and a hollow opposite end portion. The hollow opposite end portion is used for holding a removable spray bottle of alcohol. A spray of alcohol is used for helping release dried glue from a raised dent on a vehicle.
US09889477B2	Method and apparatus for enhanced cleaning and inspection A cleaning and inspection system includes a cleaning chamber and retaining structure disposed within the cleaning chamber and configured to secure an article to be cleaned within the cleaning chamber. The cleaning and inspection system also includes a gas distributor disposed within the cleaning chamber and configured to distribute a turbulent flow of gas into the cleaning chamber that facilitates removal of foreign particles from a surface of the article. Further, the system includes a particle collection surface positioned to collect foreign particles removed from the surface of the article.
US09889475B2	Adhesive material for use in residue confirmation, and method for confirmation of residue remaining on object to be cleaned after cleaning using the same A residue remaining on an object to be cleaned after cleaning is easily detected and observed on the object. Adhesive materials for use in residue confirmation, which are applied in advance to an object to be cleaned for confirmation of a residue remaining on the object after cleaning, are formed by coloring chips produced during cutting work. The adhesive materials are preferably formed by coating and coloring the chips with paint, the paint emitting visible light in an excited state.
US09889474B2	Spraying device and use thereof A spraying device comprises: a conveyer comprising a mesh crawler belt configured to carry an object to be sprayed; a baking chamber for heating the object to be sprayed; a spraying chamber having at least one atomizing nozzle disposed within the spraying chamber, the atomizing nozzle being configured to uniformly spray a coating solution on a surface of the object to be sprayed; a cleaning chamber for cleaning the mesh crawler belt and recycling the coating solution carried by the mesh crawler belt; and a solution storage apparatus for storing the coating solution that the spraying chamber needs for spraying; wherein the mesh crawler belt passes successively through the baking chamber, the spraying chamber and the cleaning chamber. The device of the present invention can ensure uniformity of the thickness of a coating layer on the magnet. In addition, the device can improve spraying efficiency and save raw material.
US09889472B2	CMUT device and manufacturing method Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a device (1) comprising a plurality of micro-machined ultrasonic transducer cells (100) in a first region (10) on a substrate (30) and a plurality of interconnects (200) in a second region (20) on said substrate, each of said cells comprising a first electrode (110) separated by a cavity (130) from a second electrode (120) supported by a membrane (140), the method comprising forming a dielectric layer stack (11, 13, 15, 17) over the substrate, said dielectric layer stack defining the respective membranes of the micro-machined ultrasonic transducers in the first region; reducing the thickness of the dielectric layer stack in the second region by partially etching away the dielectric layer stack in the second region; etching a plurality of trenches (22) in the reduced thickness portion of the dielectric layer stack, each of said trenches exposing a conductive contact (210) in the second region; and filling said trenches with a conductive material. A device manufactured in accordance with this method and an apparatus including the device are also disclosed.
US09889468B2	Method for manufacturing coated can lids The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing coated can lids from aluminum strip, and is based on the finding that flexible, easily formable coatings having high abrasion resistance result from the use of water-based lacquers containing a copolymer or a copolymer mixture of at least one aliphatic, acyclic alkene with at least one α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid in water-dispersed form, and a curing system. In a preferred embodiment of the method, the application of a primer coating can be dispensed with entirely when water-soluble compounds of the elements Zr and/or Ti in the lacquer are used as the curing system.
US09889459B2	System and apararatus for cost effective automated preparation and coating for large surfaces An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns. Travel of the system along the work surface is accomplished by a reference track, which may be virtual or actual along which an unmanned platform travels. An articulated computer controlled arm is carried by the unmanned platform which in turn carries the assemblage. Other tools may be selectively operatively connected to the arm for cleaning the hull before a coating is applied thereto.
US09889453B2	Centrifugal separation apparatus having a plurality of separators arranged and moveable in a base and centrifugal separation method A centrifugal separation apparatus includes a plurality of centrifugal separators each comprising a rotator which supports a plurality of sample containers containing a sample therein, a base in which the centrifugal separators are arranged in columns and stages and a route is defined therein, the centrifugal separators being movable inside the base, and a movement mechanism that sequentially move the centrifugal separators along the route in the base.
US09889443B2	Sample analyzer and sample analyzing method A sample analyzer including a reagent reservoir configured to store a plurality of reagent containers; a first reagent dispenser configured to aspirate reagent of a first type from the reagent reservoir and dispense the aspirated reagent into a reaction container disposed at a first dispensing position; a second reagent dispenser configured to aspirate reagent of a second type from the reagent reservoir and dispense the aspirated reagent into a reaction container disposed at a second dispensing position; and a support member configured to support the first and the second reagent dispensers; wherein the first and the second reagent dispensers are supported by the support member so as to be movable independently of each other between each dispensing position and the reagent reservoir is disclosed. A sample analyzing method executed by a sample analyzer is also disclosed.
US09889442B2	Reagent preparation and dispensing device A reagent preparation and dispensing device includes a body having a reaction chamber for a reagent and a solution reservoir for a solution. The solution reservoir is isolated from the reaction chamber. A plunger is movably coupled with the body. Movement of the plunger from a starting position to a seated position pushes the solution into the reaction chamber. A dispensing path extends from the reaction chamber out of the body. The dispensing path is configured to dispense a reagent mixture formed from the solution and the reagent. A vent path extends from the reaction chamber, the vent path vents reaction chamber gas displaced by the addition of the solution to the reaction chamber throughout movement of the plunger from the starting position to the seated position.
US09889439B2	High light received heavy oil catalytic cracking catalyst and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to a heavy oil catalytic cracking catalyst having a high yield of light oil and preparation methods thereof. The catalyst comprises 2 to 50% by weight of a magnesium-modified ultra-stable rare earth type Y molecular sieve, 0.5 to 30% by weight of one or more other molecular sieves, 0.5 to 70% by weight of clay, 1.0 to 65% by weight of high-temperature-resistant inorganic oxides, and 0.01 to 12.5% by weight of rare earth oxide. The magnesium-modified ultra-stable rare earth type Y molecular sieve is obtained by the following manner: the raw material, a NaY molecular sieve, is subjected to a rare earth exchange, a dispersing pre-exchange, a magnesium salt exchange modification, an ammonium salt exchange for sodium reduction, a second exchange and a second calcination. The catalyst provided in the present invention is characteristic in its high conversion capacity of heavy oil and a high yield of light oil.
US09889435B2	Catalysts for the dehydration of hydroxypropionic acid and its derivatives Hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof are dehydrated using a catalyst and a method to produce bio-acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof. A method to produce the dehydration catalyst is also provided.
US09889432B2	Method for producing catalyst for exhaust gas removal and catalyst obtained by the production method An objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a catalyst for exhaust gas removal having excellent heat tolerance and purification performance within a wide range of atmospheres and a catalyst obtained by the production method.The present invention relates to a method for supporting catalyst metal particles, comprising: (a) adding an iridium precursor and a palladium precursor to a solvent containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone, N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, and ethylene glycol; (b) adding a reducing agent to the obtained catalyst metal colloid; (c) obtaining a concentrated solution containing catalyst metal particles by subjecting the obtained solution to heat reflux; and (d) supporting the catalyst metal particles on a carrier, wherein the iridium content of the catalyst metal particles accounts for 3% to 10% by mass of the total mass of iridium and palladium.
US09889426B2	Hygroscopic particles Hygroscopic particles including a crosslinked polymer containing 6.0 to 12.0 meq/g of carboxyl groups and 0.1 to 2.0 meq/g of sulfonic acid groups and/or sulfonate groups, 80% or more of the carboxyl groups being neutralized to a potassium salt.
US09889420B2	Fluid injection nozzle for fluid bed reactors A feed injector for a circulating fluid bed reactor is fitted with a discharge nozzle with a circular, radially notched discharge orifice to improve the surface-to-volume ratio of the spray pattern formed by the nozzle. The feed injector is useful for injecting fluids into various types of circulating fluid bed reactors in which good contact between the components of the fluidized bed and the injected fluid is required. It is particularly useful in fluid coking reactors.
US09889408B2	Filter system A filter system comprises a hollow fiber membrane filter having pores; and an electrostatic adsorption filter partially or wholly having positive charges to be ion adsorbed with nanoparticles of negative charges by an electrostatic attraction, the nanoparticles which exist in the water, and the electrostatic adsorption filter configured to remove in advance the nanoparticles from the water to be supplied to the hollow fiber membrane filter, to prevent a water passing amount of the hollow fiber membrane filter from being rapidly reduced. According to the present invention, the viruses existing in raw water may be removed in accordance with a size exclusion mechanism of the hollow fiber membrane filter, and the nanoparticles, which cause the reduction of the water passing amount of the hollow fiber membrane filter, may be removed using the electrostatic adsorption filter.
US09889407B2	Device suitable for treatment of a fluid as well as a method and machine suitable for the manufacture of such a device A device, which is suitable for the processing of at least one fluid, is provided with at least one elongated foil, which is formed in a number of reciprocating foil layers. Between two opposite layers of foil, a spacer is situated that is permeable at least parallel to the foil layers. The foil layers and interposed spacers extend spirally around a central axis, wherein folding lines between two foil layers extend substantially parallel to the central axis. Each spacer is coupled to at least an end near the central axis with a support extending parallel to the central axis where, of the supports near the central axis, first supports are situated between two foil layers, which foil layers are connected to one another near the central axis, whereas second supports are situated between two successive first supports.
US09889403B2	Solid ammonia storage and delivery material Disclosed is a method for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx in waste/exhaust gas by using ammonia provides by heating one or more salts of formula Ma(NH3)nXz, wherein M represents one or more cations selected from alkaline earth metals and transition metals, X represents one or more anions, a represents the number of cations per salt molecule, z represents the number of anions per salt molecule, and n is a number of from 2 to 12, the one or more salts having been compressed to a bulk density above 70% of the skeleton density before use thereof.
US09889397B2	Air passage device An air passage device for installation into a mounting opening in a wall of a housing for components generating waste heat, such as a switching box, has a base housing with a fan support for a fan and a design cover with a fan grid having sheet elements. At least one swivellable sheet element or at least one flexible, tongue-shaped side wall section, separated from the remaining side wall surface of the side walls of the design cover by slits running transversely to the longitudinal direction of the side wall, is formed in the region of the upper side wall of the design cover facing away from the swivel axis for swivelling the design cover. The sheet element and the tongue-shaped side wall section are constructed as a detachable and lockable detent connection, able to be actuated by a finger, between the design cover and the base housing.
US09889396B2	Geosynthetic composite for filtration and drainage of fine-grained geomaterials A geocomposite with a geonet and a geotextile. The geotextile has a nonwoven fabric layer and a woven fabric layer, with the nonwoven fabric connected by needle-punching to the woven fabric whereby fibers of the nonwoven fabric extend through and beyond the woven fabric, and the woven fabric and fibers of the nonwoven fabric extending through the woven fabric are bonded to one side of the geonet.
US09889393B2	Filtration apparatus A plurality of hollow filter sheets have a suction pipe inserted therethrough to be stacked with a ring-shaped packing clamped therebetween. Therefore, a gap between the hollow filter sheet and the suction pipe is watertightly sealed. In the hollow filter sheet, a hollow portion is provided between two filters, and then a spacer with a surface having pits and projections is provided in the hollow portion. A narrow passage space allowing liquid to pass through is provided between the filter and the spacer by pressing the two filters against surfaces of the spacer with the packings and causing the filters to be deformed into a shape according to the surfaces of the spacer. The narrow passage space is smaller than a drainage space between the filters and the spacer that are not clamped by the packings.
US09889392B2	Grease separator A grease separator incorporating a vessel having an upper opening and an interior space, the vessel further having a floor, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall; a water ejection port positioned at the front wall; left and right flow ports respectively positioned at the left and right walls; a separator baffle and a damping baffle; slide channels adapted for alternatively positioning the separator baffle at the left and right ends of the vessel's interior, the slide channels being further adapted for positioning the damping baffle oppositely from the separator baffle; and a submersible pump having a water intake port positioned at the lower end of the vessel's interior, the submersible pump having an output communicating with the water ejection port.
US09889391B2	Degasser and method of stripping gas from a liquid A degasser includes a vessel having a series of chambers. Liquid containing a gas is directed through the vessel and the chambers therein. A stripping gas is injected into the vessel and moves through the vessel in a counter-current direction relative to the flow of liquid. More particularly, the stripping gas moves from one chamber to another chamber in an upstream direction (relative to the flow of the liquid) and is mixed with the liquid in each chamber, causing gas in the liquid to be displaced. Displaced gas is vented from the vessel at a location near where the liquid enters the vessel.
US09889387B2	Water parcourse with a suspension system A water parcourse has a suspension system and exercise elements. Each exercise element is attached for arrangement in a predetermined position of use below, on, or above a water surface or in a predetermined rest position spaced apart from the water surface on the suspension system above the water surface. The exercise elements are movable from the position of use into a rest position and back. The suspension system is provided with at least one support structure and, arranged on the support structure, at least one of the components of a group that includes a shaft on which one or several winches are rotatably arranged; a pull rod system; and one or several deflection rollers, wherein for transfer of the exercise elements from the position of use into the rest position and back the support structure or the pull rod system can be changed in relation to a spatial position by means of at least one drive, with which the support structure or the pull rod system is in operative connection.
US09889386B2	Connection structure for toy track A connection structure for a toy track, comprising at least two groups of tracks, each group of tracks being formed by splicing a plurality of track units, sides of adjacent groups of tracks being spliced by an immediately detachable connecting member. By splicing sides of a plurality of groups of tracks by connecting members in an immediately detachable manner, a lot of consumption of material of large size may be avoided, and especially for wooden toys, the selection range of wood raw material is increased while effectively reducing the cost, which is advantageous for sustainable development; in addition, mating toy modules such as guideboards, signal lamps, building modules and natural landscape modules may be spliced together, and those modules not only play a role of decoration, but also greatly improve the attractiveness of this toy track.
US09889384B2	Controller device and controller system An example terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, an LCD provided on the front side of the housing, analog sticks, and first and second buttons. The analog sticks are provided respectively in left and right portions of the LCD above the center of the housing. The first and second buttons are provided on the back side of the housing so as to generally correspond to the analog sticks on the front side of the housing.
US09889380B1	Adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information This disclosure relates to adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information. In implementations, information relating to prospective usage of the online game is used to classify users according by user type, and content made available to the users is customized accordingly. Information relating to prospective usage may include predictive information such as demographic and geographic information, as well as game usage information for the users. User types may include resource collection, player versus player, and player versus environment. Customized content may include content made available to the users through the users in-game actions, such as exploring a map, researching a technology or skill, purchasing an in-game item, and completing an in-game achievement, including in-game items, in-game powers, in-game skills, in-game technologies, in-game pets, in-game transportation units, in-game units, and in-game buildings.
US09889376B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing system When an acquisition unit acquires image data of a game being played on another information processing apparatus, a display processing unit displays, using the acquired image data, an image of game play. A participation processing unit allows a user to join the game being played on the other information processing apparatus, and a transmission unit transmits operation information from the user to the other information processing apparatus. When the acquisition unit acquires image data in which the transmitted operation information is reflected in the progress of the game in the other information processing apparatus, the display processing unit displays, using the image data, an image of game play in which the operation information is reflected.
US09889372B2	Hidden object lottery game Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing an electronic lottery scratchcard game. In particular, disclosed are electronic Hidden Object Puzzle games that combines the existing lottery mechanic of scratchcard games with the existing social genre of Hidden Object games. In a traditional scratchcard puzzle, a series of covered squares are scratched by the player to reveal symbols such as letters of the alphabet. In a Hidden Object game, a graphical user interface contains hidden objects that reveal symbols such as letters of the alphabet when selected by the user. Specific combinations of symbols such as words award monetary prizes.
US09889371B1	Bet spot indicator on a gaming table The invention generally pertains to a system and method for determining if a player has placed a bet in a bet spot on a gaming table, such as, for example, a main bet spot or a progressive or proposition bet spot. By way of example, the tabletop of a gaming table has a plurality of player positions having one or more bet spots positioned in proximity to each player position on the top surface. The tabletop has a light sensor associated with each bet spot and positioned beneath the gaming table layout to detect light intensity through the layout. A plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are associated with each light sensor. The plurality of LEDs are located beneath the gaming table layout so as to illuminate through the material of the gaming table layout. More specifically, the LEDs are configured to illuminate through the layout when a gaming chip is detected in the bet spot, which causes a change in the light intensity detected by the light sensor associated with the bet spot because the bet spot is covered by a gaming chip.
US09889370B2	Packing box for shuffled playing cards A packing box of shuffled playing cards has, in an assembled state, a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with six faces, namely, a front face, a rear face, a left side face, a right side face, a top face, and a bottom face so as to encase the shuffled playing cards. The packing box includes zippers provided in two locations at a predetermined interval, each of which includes zipper-shaped cut lines arranged in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a central band in the central portion defined by the zippers provided in the two locations. A configuration is achieved in which by removing the two zippers along the cut lines formed by zipper lines or a straight slit, the left and right side faces of the packing box are removed such that the side faces of the shuffled playing cards would be exposed.
US09889364B1	Golf ball landing simulator The present invention generally relates to portable golf ball launching device for analyzing golf balls for short game performance attributes. The preferred golf ball launcher is able to shoot a golf ball at the ground at preselected speed, spin rate and angle.
US09889363B1	Power jump exercise equipment An exercise method and an exercise device providing rebounding for the lower body, punching bag training for the upper body, and a combination of the two, with additional optional devices. The exercise device includes a rebounding device having a rebounding surface and a housing, a frame about the rebounding device having a support member extending horizontally above the rebounding device, and at least three double-ended punching bags. The punching bags can be positioned in a triangular configuration, as viewed from above. The exercise method includes positioning oneself between the three punching bags, bouncing on the rebounding device while punching the punching bags, and shuffling on the rebounding device to avoid being hit by one or more of the punching bags rebounding from being punched. While shuffling on the rebounding device to avoid being hit by a rebounding punching bag, a user continues to punch the punching bags.
US09889358B2	Systems and methods utilizing a ball including one or more sensors to improve pitching performance A ball, and in particular a baseball or softball, including one or more sensors such as accelerometers and/or inertial measurement units, and systems and methods using the same to improve a pitcher's pitching performance are described herein. In some embodiments, the ball may include one or more inertial measurement units and/or accelerometers capable of monitoring motion of the ball while it is thrown. Various types of pitches may be selected, and in response to the inertial measurement unit(s) and/or accelerometer(s) detecting certain parameters corresponding to a selected pitch, one or more indicators may be caused to perform an action. For example, one or more illuminating elements located on the ball may turn a first color in response to detecting parameters corresponding to the selected pitch.
US09889353B2	Groove pattern for a putter head A putter head is provided. The putter head includes a putter face defining a groove pattern extending in a heel-to-toe direction of the putter face. The groove pattern includes multiple sets of grooves spaced apart from one another in a vertical direction of the putter face. The sets of grooves have different cross-sectional configurations to adjust a launch angle of a golf ball based on an impact location of the golf ball along the vertical direction of the putter face.
US09889342B2	Golf ball In a multi-piece solid golf ball having a core, a cover and an intermediate layer therebetween, letting Hc be the JIS-C hardness at the core center, H12 be the JIS-C hardness at a position 12 mm from the core center and Ho be the JIS-C hardness at the core surface, the core has a hardness profile which satisfies the conditions 0≦H12−Hc≦15, 15≦Ho−H12≦30, (Ho−H12)−(H12−Hc)≧10 and 20≦Ho−Hc≦40. Also, letting A be the value represented by (Ho−H12)−(H12−Hc), the spin index of the ball, defined as the dynamic coefficient of friction for the ball multiplied by A, is at least 3.0. This golf ball can satisfy at a high level the flight and control performance relied on by professional golfers and skilled amateurs.
US09889339B2	Exercise device with first and second trampoline mats at different heights A stepping device includes a first step tread at a first step height and defining a first opening, and a first trampoline mat suspended within the first opening. The stepping device also includes a second step tread at a second step height which is spaced apart at a single riser height from the first step height. The second step tread defines a second opening and a second trampoline mat is suspended within the second opening.
US09889335B2	Fully collapsible exercise device An exercise device with a crank housing supporting a pedal crank having a pair of opposing pedals that are pivotally mounted to the pedal crank. A first strut extends from the crank housing and is jointed to a second strut by a coupling that selectively allows the struts to rotate relative to each other so that the device may be folded into a planar configuration or extended and locked into place for use of the pedal crank. A cross-member is positioned at the end of each strut to form legs for supporting the pedal crank in an upright position. A strap may be coupled to one of the pair of legs for additionally securing the exercise device to an airline seat. A tensioner is associated with the crank housing for selectively increasing and decreasing the force needed to turn the pedal crank.
US09889333B2	High-incline treadmill A treadmill which utilizes provides for a connection between the floor stand and the treadbase which is toward the front end of the treadbase and provides for generally improved support of the front end of the treadbase at higher angles by providing that the lift mechanism is attached to the treadbase at two fixed points a fixed distance from each other. The lift mechanism then utilizes two different motions, the extension of an extension arm and the rotation of a rigid arm, to produce lift. The rotation of the rigid arm generally utilizes a wheel in an enclosed raceway attached to the floor stand.
US09889321B2	Agents for dyeing keratin fibers, containing at least one dimeric, ring-bridged azo dye The present disclosure relates to agents for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human hair, containing, in a cosmetic carrier (a) at least one direct dye of formula (I), wherein Het 1, Het 2 represent a cationic heterocycle, and A1, A2, independently of one another, represent a grouping of formulas (VIII) or (IX), wherein n represents a whole number of between 2-6, and m, p, independently of one another, represent the numbers 2 or 3.
US09889315B2	Oral treatment device An oral treatment device that emits light onto a user's teeth. The oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece comprising: a lamp comprising: a flexible sheet body having a front surface and a rear surface; and a plurality of light emitting diodes embedded within the flexible sheet body that generate light which is emitted from the rear surface of the flexible sheet body. The flexible sheet body comprises: a flexible lens plate formed of a biocompatible material. The plurality of light emitting diodes are printed to the front surface of the flexible lens plate, the rear surface of the flexible lens plate forming the rear surface of the flexible sheet body. The rear surface of the flexible sheet body of the lamp having a concave curvature and being exposed so as to form a light emitting surface of the mouthpiece.
US09889307B2	Interleaving power and data in a transcutaneous communications link The present invention is related to an implantable medical device. The medical device comprises an implantable component having a receiver unit; an external charging module having a power transmitter unit; and a data module having a data transmitter unit. The units are configured to establish a transcutaneous communication link over which data and power is transmitted on a single frequency channel via a time interleaving scheme comprising successive frames each divided into at least two time slots, and wherein one or more of the time slots in each frame is allocated to the data transmitter unit, and wherein one or more of the time slots in each frame is allocated to the power transmitter unit, and wherein data and power are transmitted by the transmitter units during their allotted time slots.
US09889306B2	Hermetically sealed feedthrough with co-fired filled via and conductive insert for an active implantable medical device A hermetically sealed feedthrough for attachment to an active implantable medical device includes a dielectric substrate configured to be hermetically sealed to a ferrule or an AIMD housing. A via hole is disposed through the dielectric substrate from a body fluid side to a device side. A conductive fill is disposed within the via hole forming a filled via electrically conductive between the body fluid side and the device side. A conductive insert is at least partially disposed within the conductive fill. Then, the conductive fill and the conductive insert are co-fired with the dielectric substrate to form a hermetically sealed and electrically conductive pathway through the dielectric substrate between the body fluid side and the device side.
US09889300B2	Cochlear implant system including an implantable battery An exemplary cochlear implant system includes 1) a cochlear implant configured to be implanted within a patient, 2) a sound processor configured to be located external to the patient and to direct the cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of one or more audio signals to the patient, and 3) an implantable battery configured to be implanted within the patient and to provide operating power for the cochlear implant. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09889298B2	Electrode sling for treating stress and urge incontinence Apparatus is provided, including an implantable mechanical support comprising a mesh shaped to support a portion of a urethra of a patient. One or more electrodes, coupled to the mesh, so as to contact tissue of the patient when the mechanical support (26) is implanted in the patient. A control unit drives the electrodes to apply a current to the tissue. Other embodiments are also described.
US09889293B2	Implantable medical lead for stimulation of multiple nerves In various examples, an apparatus includes a stimulation lead including an elongate body including a distal end and a proximal end. At least one first electrode is disposed proximate the distal end of the elongate body and is configured to stimulate a first target nerve. At least one second electrode is disposed between the at least one first electrode and the proximal end of the elongate body and is configured to stimulate a second target nerve. At least one first fixation structure is disposed between the at least one second electrode and the proximal end of the elongate body. The at least one first fixation structure is configured to anchor the stimulation lead proximate the sacrum, wherein the at least one first fixation structure is located on the elongate body and spaced a first distance proximally along the elongate body from the at least one first electrode.
US09889282B2	Implement for a skin treatment device A brush implement for the use with a skin treatment device, the brush implement having bristles of a first type and bristles of a second type, wherein the bristles of the first type are longer than the bristles of the second type and are positioned closer to the outer contour of the brush implement and the bristles form at least three distinguishable sectors.
US09889279B2	Vascular medical devices with sealing elements and procedures for the treatment of isolated vessel sections Devices for the isolation of a selected portion of a vessel are described. In some embodiments, the device has an introducer sheath and a sealing catheter that are movable relative to each other to create an isolated volume with adjustable size and location. The methods for the treatment of vascular aneurysms using the devices are described. The treatment is achieved through the delivery of an effective amount of stabilization agent to an isolated volume that encompass the aneurysm. The device optionally has an aspiration device to improve the effectives of the treatment.
US09889278B2	Methods for manufacturing a guide wire utilizing a cold worked nickel-titanium-niobium ternary alloy Guide wire devices fabricated from a linear pseudo-elastic Ni—Ti alloy and methods for their manufacture. The Ni—Ti alloy that includes nickel, titanium, and about 3 atomic % (at %) to about 30 at % niobium (Nb). Cold working the Ni—Ti alloy stabilizes the alloy's martensitic phase and yields a linear pseudo-elastic microstructure where reversion to the austenite phase is retarded or altogether blocked. The martensitic phase of cold worked, linear pseudo-elastic Ni—Ti—Nb alloy has an elastic modulus that is considerably higher than the comparable cold worked, linear pseudoelastic binary Ni—Ti alloy. This yields a guide wire device that has better torque response and steerability as compared to cold worked, linear pseudoelastic binary Ni—Ti alloy or superelastic binary Ni—Ti alloy.
US09889274B2	Skive-less sheath An introducer sheath that is coupled to or integrated with a secondary device insertion hub, such as a hemostasis valve hub, wherein the secondary device insertion hub is received within a proximal portion of the introducer sheath. The introducer sheath may include one or more pull wire lumens, and the secondary device insertion hub does not cover or obstruct the proximal opening of each of the one or more pull wire lumens when coupled to or integrated with the introducer sheath. In this configuration one or more pull wires are free to exit the one or more pull wire lumens through a proximal face of the introducer sheath instead of a skive in a wall of the elongate body.
US09889273B2	Methods and apparatus for an adjustable stiffness catheter Apparatus and methods for an endovascular catheter that can be inserted within tortuous body anatomies and then selectively stiffened and fixed in place. In a particular embodiment, this stiffness is reversible. The stiffness or a comparable mechanical characteristic of the catheter assembly may be adjusted to a relatively low value during insertion (so that it easily navigates a guide wire or the like), and then subsequently adjusted to a relatively high value in situ to keep the catheter assembly substantially fixed in place (i.e., during delivery of an interventional device).
US09889263B2	Fluid dispenser device A fluid dispenser device including a body, an elongate flexible strip supporting a plurality of reservoirs, each containing a dose of fluid or powder; an reservoir-opening mechanism for opening a reservoir on actuation; a first displacement mechanism for causing the flexible strip to advance before, during and/or after actuation, so as to bring a full reservoir into register with the reservoir-opening mechanism; and a second displacement mechanism for displacing a full reservoir against the opening mechanism each actuation. The leading end of the flexible strip is fastened to a rotary receiver element, the receiver element including a set of peripheral teeth that co-operates with a movable traction member, a stressed spring acting on the movable traction member so as to displace it, the displacement of the movable traction member causing the receiver element to turn, such that the receiver element exerts a traction force on the elongate strip.
US09889238B2	Biodegradable stent with adjustable degradation rate A biodegradable polymeric stent made from poly(L-lactide) and a low concentration of L-lactide monomer is disclosed. The concentration of L-lactide is adjusted to provide a degradation behavior that is suitable for different treatment applications including coronary, peripheral, and nasal.
US09889237B2	Medical device having a surface comprising nanoparticles A medical device has a surface intended for contact with living tissue, wherein the surface comprises nanoparticles comprising a non-toxic post-transition metal such as gallium and/or bismuth, said nanoparticles having an average particle size of 500 nm or less. The nanoparticles may provide an antimicrobial effect, and thus the risk for infection may be reduced.
US09889232B2	Implantable liposome embedded matrix composition, uses thereof, and polycaprolactone particles as scaffolds for tissue regeneration In various embodiments, the present invention describes materials and methods for the local reprogramming of cells in a location where the treatment is applied. The invention can be used to replace lost cells or to restore function to tissue damaged due to disease, injury or genetic defect. In various embodiments, the treatment includes a semisolid hydrogel embedded with liposomes. The liposomes can contain an effector molecule or molecules. When phagocytic cells such as monocytes infiltrate the hydrogel, they encounter the liposomes and incorporate the liposomes carrying the effector molecules into the cells. In some embodiments, the effector molecules can induce angiogenesis. The matrix can contain other effector molecules designed to attract specific cells to the matrix. The cells can also remain in the matrix and secret molecules such as proteins and hormones that will diffuse through the matrix material to the surrounding tissue.
US09889229B2	Surface modification of implant devices The present invention provides implant devices comprising nanoscale structures on the surface thereof and methods of manufacturing such implant devices. In some embodiments, methods of manufacturing an implant device comprise exposing a surface of the implant device to an oxidative hydrothermal environment for a duration sufficient to generate nanoscale structures on the exposed surface(s) of the implant device.
US09889228B2	Cultured cell sheet, production method, and tissue repair method using thereof The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cultured cell sheet having a superior tissue adhesiveness and an excellent flexibility. The problems can be solved by producing the cultured cell sheet in which cells are cultured in the presence of a surfactant protein or a cross-linking inhibitor on a surface of a cell culture support that is coated with a temperature responsive polymer having an upper or lower critical solution temperature ranging from 0° C. to 80° C. in water, including steps of: adjusting the temperature of the culture medium to a temperature below the lower critical solution temperature or above the upper critical solution temperature; and detaching the cultured cell sheet.
US09889217B2	Device and method for the decontamination of hollow objects such as container caps using UV radiations A device is provided for the decontamination of hollow objects with a cavity such as caps, including: (i) a first exposure apparatus including at least a UV radiation source and a reflector oriented toward the cavity of the positioned objects, able to produce a direct exposure to UV radiations of surfaces inside the cavity, (ii) a second exposure apparatus including at least a UV radiation source placed on the opposite side relative to the cavity of the positioned objects, the second exposure apparatus being able to expose surfaces inside the objects cavity to UV radiations by diffusion and/or transmission of UV radiations through the walls surrounding the objects cavity, and the first and second exposure apparatus cooperating for producing a global exposure to UV radiations of the surfaces inside the objects cavity. A method is also provided for the decontamination of hollow objects.
US09889203B2	Chemical crosslinkers Disclosed herein are methods of chemical conjugation comprising contacting a lysosomal enzyme with a first crosslinking agent to introduce aldehyde groups; contacting a lysosomal targeting peptide with a second crosslinking agent to introduce a hydrazide group at the N-terminal residue; contacting the lysosomal enzyme with aldehyde groups of step a. with the lysosomal targeting peptide with a hydrazide group at the N-terminal residue of step b; and forming a lysosomal enzyme-lysosomal targeting peptide conjugate.
US09889181B2	Bacteriophage lysin and antibiotic combinations against gram positive bacteria The present invention provides compositions and methods for prevention, amelioration and treatment of gram positive bacteria, particularly Staphylococcal bacteria, with combinations of lysin, particularly Streptococcal lysin, particularly the lysin PlySs2, and one or more antibiotic, including daptomycin, vancomycin, oxacillin, linezolid, or related antibiotic(s).
US09889180B2	Method of treating cancer The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EZH2 (enhancer of zeste homolog 2) inhibitor and an enhancer of interferon-gamma receptor activity. The invention also relates to method of treating a patient having cancer, comprising administration of the pharmaceutical composition.
US09889172B2	Therapeutic patch Therapeutic patches are presented including: a non-permeable sealing layer; a pressure sensitive adhesive layer bonded along the non-permeable sealing layer, where the pressure sensitive adhesive layer includes a formulation of a pressure sensitive adhesive and a heat sensitive homeopathic formulation, where the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is processed at a temperature less than approximately 1000 F; and a releasable layer attached along the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. In some embodiments, the therapeutic patch detectably reduces nausea associated symptoms and menstrual cramping. In some embodiments, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer includes at least approximately 15% by weight of the heat sensitive homeopathic formulation. In some embodiments, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer includes at least approximately 5 to 20% by weight of the heat sensitive homeopathic formulation.
US09889162B2	Prophylactic use for prevention of infections The present invention concerns the field of nutritional compositions and concerns a nutritional composition, especially an infant formula containing whey protein/milk protein concentrate solids rich in phospholipids, rich in MFGM for use in the prophylaxis and prevention of infectious morbidity, especially otitis. At the same time the use of antipyretics has diminished.
US09889161B2	Genetically-modified cells comprising a modified human T cell receptor alpha constant region gene Disclosed herein is a genetically-modified cell comprising in its genome a modified human T cell receptor alpha constant region gene, wherein the cell has reduced cell-surface expression of the endogenous T cell receptor. The present disclosure further relates to methods for producing such a genetically-modified cell, and to methods of using such a cell for treating a disease in a subject.
US09889149B2	Preparation for use of aspartate for regulating glucose levels in blood The invention relates to the use of specific protein and/or peptide fractions having a high aspartate content for regulating plasma glucose concentrations and increasing insulin sensitivity in a mammal. The invention relates to a complete food fortified with aspartate equivalents as well as a supplement rich in aspartate equivalents that is given simultaneously with or even minutes up to an hour prior to the consumption of a meal comprising glucose. The nutritional or pharmaceutical composition contains at least one protein having a high aspartate content, preferably of soy or dairy origin, which is further enriched with aspartate equivalents from another protein and/or free aspartate equivalents. The protein fraction comprises glutamate equivalents in a weight ratio of aspartate equivalents to glutamate equivalents (asp:glu) between 0.41:1 and 5:1.
US09889142B2	Prostamide-containing intraocular implant Prostamide-containing biodegradable intraocular implants, prostamide compounds, prostamide-containing pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for making and using such implants and compositions for the immediate and sustained reduction of intraocular pressure and treatment of glaucoma in an eye of a patient are described.
US09889139B2	Method of treating inflammatory bowel disease comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 6-aminopyridin-3-ol compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient to a subject Provided is a method of treating inflammatory bowel disease comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a 6-aminopyridin-3-ol compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient to a subject, which inhibits colitis in a model of inflammatory bowel disease, and accordingly, they may be suitable for use as a drug for the prevention or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
US09889138B2	Method for treating cancer The present invention provides a method for treating or alleviating a symptom of a disorder, e.g., immune evasion, cancer-cell induced immune dysfunction, reduced immune response, lowered inflammation, decreased expression of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or cancer, characterized by aberrant, misregulated, or increased Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) activity in a cell or subject in need thereof by contacting the cell or administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an EZH2 inhibitor.
US09889129B2	Method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase A method of modulating ribonucleotide reductase activity in a neoplastic cell includes administering to the cell an amount of a ribonucleotide reductase allosteric modulator (RRAmod), the amount being effective to inhibit neoplastic cell growth.
US09889119B2	Amorphous tecovirimat preparation Disclosed are methods for the preparation of amorphous N-[(3aR,4R,4aR,5aS,6S,6aS)-3,3a,4,4a,5,5a,6,6a-octahydro-1,3-dioxo-4,6-ethenocycloprop[f]isoindo1-2(1H)-yl]-4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzamide for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases caused by the orthopoxvirus. Also disclosed are methods for the preparation of amorphous solid dispersion of N-[(3aR,4R,4aR,5aS,6S,6aS)-3,3a,4,4a,5,5a,6,6a-octahydro-1,3-dioxo-4,6-ethenocycloprop[f]isoindo1-2(1H)-yl]-4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzamide.
US09889116B2	Use of equol for treating androgen mediated diseases Equol (7-hydroxy-3(4′hydroxyphenyl)-chroman), the major metabolite of the phytoestrogen daidzein, specifically binds and blocks the hormonal action of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro and in vivo. Equol can bind circulating free DHT and sequester it from the androgen receptor, thus altering growth and physiological hormone responses that are regulated by androgens. These data suggest a novel model to explain equol's biological properties. The significance of equol's ability to specifically bind and sequester DHT from the androgen receptor have important ramifications in health and disease and may indicate a broad and important usage for equol in the treatment and prevention of androgen-mediated pathologies. Thus, equol can specifically bind DHT and prevent DHT's biological actions in physiological and pathophysiological processes.
US09889115B2	Fitness assay and associated methods The present invention provides an assay for determining the biochemical fitness of a biochemical species in a mutant replicating biological entity relative to its predecessor. The present invention further provides a continuous fluorogenic assay for measuring the anti-HIV protease activity of protease inhibitor. The present invention also provides a method of administering a therapeutic compound that reduces the chances of the emergence of drug resistance in therapy. The present invention also provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug, a composition, or an ester thereof, wherein A is a group of formulas (A), (B), (C) or (D); R1, R2, R3, R5 or R6 is H, or an optionally substituted and/or heteroatom-bearing alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or cyclic group; Y and/or Z are CH2, O, S, SO, SO2, amino, amides, carbamates, ureas, or thiocarbonyl derivatives thereof, optionally substituted with an alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group; n is from 1 to 5; X is a bond, an optionally substituted methylene or ethylene, an amino, O or S; Q is C(O), C(S), or SO2; m is from 0 to 6; R4 is OH, ═O (keto), NH2, or alkylamino, including esters, amides, and salts thereof; and W is C(O), C(S), S(O), or SO2. Optionally, R5 and R6, together with the N—W bond of formula (I), comprise a macrocyclic ring.
US09889107B2	Methods and compositions for preventing and treating auditory dysfunctions The invention provides methods for treating auditory impairments in a subject in need of treatment comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a composition comprising, as an active agent, one or more of a carboxy alkyl ester, a quinic acid derivative, a caffeic acid derivative, a ferulic acid derivative, or a quinic acid lactone or derivative thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an acceptable carrier or excipient, so as to treat auditory impairments in the subject.
US09889095B2	Methods for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include dosage forms that deliver a therapeutic amount of active drug in a delayed and controlled release formulation. The dosage form can be administered at night and drug release is delayed for from 5 to 8 hours or longer, followed by a prolonged release.
US09889083B2	2-part hair cosmetic The present invention provides a two-part hair cosmetic material having a reduced irritating smell due to ammonia. Specifically, the present invention relates to a two-part hair cosmetic material comprising a first agent containing an alkali agent and a second agent containing an oxidizing agent, wherein the first agent contains the following ingredients: (A) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether having a polyoxyethylene chain length of 50 or more, (B) a higher alcohol, and (C) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether having a polyoxyethylene chain length shorter than the polyoxyethylene chain length of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether (A), and the content of a higher alcohol having 20 or more carbon atoms in the higher alcohol (B) is 1.0% by weight or less based on the weight of the first agent.
US09889078B2	Skin and/or hair whitening mixture Suggested is a skin or hair whitening mixture, comprising (a) resorcinol derivatives of formula (I) in which R stands for an alkyl radical having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted alkylphenyl radical having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, and (b) bisabolol, and optionally (c) alkandiols having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
US09889075B2	Dry shampoo composition Cleaning composition, which is a dry shampoo, comprising a base and propellant, wherein the base comprises sebum absorber which comprises magnetic particles, wherein the magnetic particles have a particle size in the range of from 4 nm to 50 nm, and wherein the magnetic particles are coated with a stabilizing dispersing agent, and wherein the magnetic particles are dispersed in a liquid carrier.
US09889063B2	Methods and systems for determining use compliance of a compression therapy device Methods and systems are disclosed for determining patient compliance for using a compression therapy device. The systems may include a compression therapy sleeve and a controller having a non-transitory memory device. During a therapy session, the controller may record in the memory device operational therapy data obtained from sensors associated with the controller and/or sleeve. The controller may calculate a compliance metric based in part on the therapy data. The controller may then communicate the data or metric to one or more recipients. The methods may include allowing the patient to transfer a removable memory device from the controller to a personal computer, and uploading the therapy data or metric stored on it to a recipient website. Alternative methods may include the patient receiving the metric from the controller at the end of the therapy session, and then providing the metric to a recipient by phone.
US09889055B2	Infant warming device with rotating patient support power, signal control data and communications An electrical connection system that can feed power, signal, data, and communication lines into a rotating or static patient support system in an infant warming device.
US09889054B2	Fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure.
US09889053B2	Method for rescue and recovery of incapacitated persons A method for a two person rescue team to rescue an incapacitated person from a hazardous environment includes a wheeled platform with a contoured recess shaped to accommodate an air pack. The platform is sufficiently low to the ground so that a transported person, as well as the rescue personnel can be kept below the heat in an inflamed building. The platform straddles a water hose which is used as an escape path by the rescue team to extract the incapacitated person.
US09889049B2	Absorbent product An absorbent product including a liquid-permeable top layer, a liquid-impermeable bottom layer and an absorbent core arranged between the top layer and the bottom layer is disclosed. The absorbent product has a head product portion, an intermediate product portion and a rear product portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent product. The absorbent product has an outer contour having a shape resembling an hourglass, wherein the intermediate product portion includes an area with a smaller width than any area in the head product portion and rear product portion, respectively, and wherein the core extends in the longitudinal direction and transverse direction of the absorbent product and has an outer contour that is asymmetrical with the outer contour of the absorbent product.
US09889046B2	Skin treatment devices and methods with pre-stressed configurations Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. The control of a wound's mechanical environment can be active, passive, dynamic, or static. The devices are configured to be removably secured to a skin surface in proximity to the wound site and shield the wound from endogenous and/or exogenous stress.
US09889042B2	Method, surgical kit and device for treating glaucoma A surgical kit includes at least one instrument and at least one implant device. The instrument has a needle body used to form a surgical passage through ocular tissue. The device includes a flexible tube that defines a duct for diverting aqueous humor with an outer surface having a maximal cross-sectional dimension that is less than the maximal cross-sectional dimension of the needle body. The device incorporates a seal that defines a maximal cross-sectional dimension that is greater that the maximal cross-sectional dimension of the needle body and is operably disposed within the surgical passage and forms a seal between the surrounding ocular tissue. The kit (and devices thereof) can be used as part of a surgical method to divert aqueous humor to a space formed in ocular tissue.
US09889038B1	Active adaptable compression structures Embodiments include systems, methods, and products for prevention and treatment of orthostatic hypotension, edema, and nocturia. Aspects include a tubular compression sleeve having an adjustable effective radius. Aspects also include a position sensor. Aspects also include an actuator in communication with the position sensor, wherein the actuator is capable of modifying the effective radius of the tubular compression sleeve.
US09889035B2	Orthosis loading management Laminate orthoses, preferably fiber-reinforced laminate orthoses, and preferably ankle-foot orthoses, are described. The shape, relative orientation, and positioning of layers comprising the orthoses may be configured and assembled in embodiments to manage the distribution of external static and dynamic loads through and within the orthosis. Peak stresses and strains developed in the orthosis from external static or dynamic loading may be managed such that they may be greater in certain areas and lesser in other areas. Layers of material comprising an orthosis may have unique and/or nonuniform shapes with cutouts, nonuniform or ply drop offs, and tapering. These irregular configurations may serve to focus, increase, decrease, or otherwise manage internal stresses developed from external static and dynamic loading at various target areas of an orthosis.
US09889034B2	Achilles tendon stretching device An Achilles heel wedge can include a single member having an anterior portion and a plurality of layers integrally connected at the anterior portion. A plurality of slits can differentiate the layers. Each slit can include a terminal end in the anterior portion having a perforation with a dimension greater than a width of the slit. The layers of the heel wedge can be selectively cut, ripped, or torn from the anterior portion of the heel wedge along the perforations to achieve incremental height adjustment of the heel wedge and stretching of the Achilles tendon.
US09889025B2	Vacuum assisted suspension system A vacuum assisted suspension system includes an elongate compression transfer element and a pump housing. The pump housing defines an enclosed space to receive a fluid. At least one wall of the housing and at least one movable wall define a fluid compartment and a non-fluid chamber. The at least one movable wall is connected to the compression transfer element. The compression transfer element causes the at least one movable wall of the fluid compartment to reciprocate in the fluid compartment to increase the volume of the fluid compartment in response to a compressive force on the compression transfer element and enables the at least one movable wall to decrease the volume of the fluid compartment in the absence of a compressive force.
US09889020B2	PLIF hinged spacer A spinal implant formed from a hinged distractor having an upper and lower support body that is hinged by use of pinions. An insert body is constructed and arranged to slide between the section to expand both in height and width, and to maintain a space therebetween. The insert body includes a leading edge that is tapered to allow ease of insertion. A trailing edge that extends beyond a front edge of the upper support body will cause the insert body to be locked into position. A trailing edge engages the rear of the upper support body to prevent over insertion. A lower surface of the insert body may include locking surfaces.
US09889014B2	Implant for bone fixation A bone implant, particularly but not necessarily, for fixing bones of the foot is provided having body in the form of a crescent or arced shaped wedge, or a wedge in the shape of a crescent or arc. The crescent shaped wedge has bone screw bores that are each configured to hold a bone screw at a particular angle for receipt in a bone, eliminating the need to also use a plate. The crescent shape provides a graft area that allows introduction and retention of bone graft material to promote bone fusion. One or both tapered sides of the crescent shaped wedge may also have teeth, serrations or the like.
US09889010B2	Automated implantable penile prosthesis pump system A dual poppet valve assembly for a pump assembly of an implantable penile prosthesis having a suction poppet engagable by a plurality of fingers allowing free travel of the poppet and to prevent vacuum lockup of the pump assembly. The suction poppet can also include an elongated shaft receivable within a corresponding bore of a cylinder poppet to prevent the suction poppet from becoming misaligned during the operation of the pump assembly.
US09889009B2	Heart valve sizing ring and method A heart valve sizing ring is disclosed. The sizing ring includes an outer ring; and an inner ring configured and arranged to couple to the outer ring. The outer ring and inner ring having a pair of complementary mating surfaces configured and arranged to grip sutures therebetween when coupled together. When coupled around sutures, the assembled ring may be tightened down against the heart valve to test the fit as if the sizing ring were a similarly sized prosthetic heart valve ring. The surgeon can then remove the sizing ring and replace it with a prosthetic ring.
US09888997B2	Soft anchor assembly with barbed flexible strand and techniques for use A soft anchor assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a sheath and a flexible strand at least partially surrounded by the sheath.
US09888993B2	Embolic protection device Embolic protection devices useful for filtering emboli during interventional cardiac, vascular, or other procedures are described. The device can include first and second expandable mesh filters having open and closed ends. The first filter is attached to a catheter at its closed end. The second filter is attached to a steerable guide wire at its closed end. The second filter includes a cinching wire circumferentially attached to the filter. The filters are deployed in separate vessels, such as the brachiocephalic artery and the left common carotid artery. A procedure is performed, and the filters trap any emboli travelling through the path of the filters. At the end of the procedure, the second filter is closed using the cinching wire, and retracted into the first filter. Both the first and second filters are collapsed into a sheath and removed from the body with along with any emboli trapped in the filters.
US09888988B2	Dental floss The present invention is directed to a dental floss comprising a basic amino acid or salt thereof.
US09888984B2	Self-ligating orthodontic bracket with rotatable closure member An orthodontic bracket for coupling an archwire with a tooth includes a bracket body configured to be mounted to the tooth and having an archwire slot adapted to receive the archwire therein. A rotatable closure member is movable relative to the bracket body between an opened position in which the archwire is insertable into the archwire slot, and at least one closed position in which the closure member retains the archwire in the archwire slot. The orthodontic bracket further includes a retention mechanism having a first element associated with the bracket body and a second element associated with the closure member, the first and second elements cooperating to rotatably secure the closure member to the bracket body and to provide at least one positive stop in the rotation of the closure member relative to the bracket body.
US09888977B2	Medical sterile container with safety ventilation valve A medical sterile container includes a tray-like first container part, a lid-type second container part, a fastener and a ventilation valve to ventilate a container interior surrounded by the first container part and the second container part. The fastener is mounted on one of the container parts so as to be pivotable between a closed position, in which the container parts are locked to one another by the fastener, and an open position in which the container parts are unlocked.
US09888976B2	Remote patient monitoring and medication delivery system The present invention relates to systems and methods for remotely monitoring the health of a patient in a real-time, continuous manner, remotely deliver therapeutic medications to the patient, and facilitating communication between the patient and a remotely located patient care provider.
US09888970B2	Systems and methods for navigating a surgical device Systems and methods are disclosed for navigating a surgical device toward a target organ in the body of a patient. An example method includes providing a surgical needle and a guide wire, the surgical needle configured for insertion into a vein or a beating heart. The method also includes holding the guide wire within the surgical needle while the surgical needle is inserted into the vein or the beating heart. The method also includes generating output in two modes, the output based on at least one medical positioning system (MPS) sensor on the guide wire, the output corresponding to a position of the surgical needle and the guide wire for navigating the surgical needle and the guide wire toward a target in the vein or the heart. The methods can be carried out directly by a physician or via a computer processor-based surgical system.
US09888952B2	Surgical tack delivery system, method and kit A system for delivering a surgical tack in tissue includes a driver, comprising: a shaft having a slot and a channel; and a handle slidably connected to said shaft and having a driving mechanism, said driving mechanism having a driving pin for providing a downward force through said shaft; and a tack cartridge having a plurality of tacks and adapted to be received in said slot and further adapted to feed said tacks between said driving mechanism and said channel.
US09888938B1	Uvula excision device and method of use Disclosed herein are embodiments and methods of use for a surgical excision device which contains a disposable handheld instrument with a blade for severing a uvula and an attached net for capturing and removing the uvula.
US09888935B2	Medical cutting instrument for cutting muscles and tendons A medical cutting instrument for cutting muscles and tendons, having a shaft on whose distal end a tool is mounted consisting of two jaw members, such that one jaw member can be moved with respect to the other jaw member, and on whose proximal end a handle is mounted, such that the movable jaw member and the handle operatively interact by way of an actuation element, in such a way that the movable jaw member can be shifted by actuating the handle between a closed position and an opened position. The other jaw member is U-shaped such that the two parallel legs of the U are disposed diagonally to the instrument longitudinal axis and the opening of the U points toward one side of the other jaw member, so that the other jaw member can be pushed from the side onto the muscle/tendon tissue that is to be severed.
US09888934B2	Microsurgical holding and/or cutting instrument A surgical handheld instrument for grasping an object includes two lever elements, each lever element having a grip portion and a jaw portion. A lever joint connects the two lever elements rotatably to each other between their grip portion and their branch portion. Each of the two grip portions is adjoined by a respective spring portion for connecting the two grip portions such that the two lever elements are held resiliently in an open position. To create an easily manageable, elegant and releasable connection for spring ends on surgical instruments, the handheld instrument includes a hinge pin at a free end of one spring portion and a bearing eye at a free end of the other spring portion. The bearing eye has a longitudinal slit for radial insertion of the hinge pin into the bearing eye.
US09888928B2	Cutting guide with internal distraction A cutting guide for performing a bone osteotomy procedure is disclosed. The cutting guide includes a first arm having a first cutting guide surface formed therein, a second arm having a second cutting guide surface formed therein pivotably connected to the first arm and a distractor operatively connected to the first arm. The cutting guide is adapted to be affixed to the bone such that the first cutting guide surface is open to the second cutting guide surface. The first arm and second arm are rotatable with respect to each other such that manipulation of the distractor creates a force between the first arm and the second arm causing rotation of the first arm and second arm relative to each other. A method for using the cutting guide in a bone osteotomy procedure is also disclosed.
US09888927B2	Balloon tamponade An implantable device for controlling hemorrhage in a body cavity comprising an expandable balloon and a conduit for supplying a physiologically compatible fluid to inflate the balloon is described. The balloon tamponade device is inserted into the body cavity and is inflated with a physiologically suitable fluid so that the balloon generally conforms to the body cavity and exerts compressive force against the walls, tissues or structures of the body cavity to control hemorrhage. The balloon may have a deforming means to limit expansion of the balloon in a direction to facilitate expansion of the balloon in another direction. The device may have additional tubes within the conduit, or a plurality of separate lumens within the conduit or tubes to allow drainage and irrigation to the body cavity. A method of controlling hemorrhage in a body cavity by using the implantable device is also contemplated.
US09888926B2	Apparatus and method for deploying stent across adjacent tissue layers Transluminal access system includes a stent delivery catheter having a handle control mechanism. The catheter comprises a number of components for establishing an initial penetration between adjacent body lumens and subsequently implanting a stent or other luminal anchor therebetween. Manipulation of the stent components is achieved using control mechanisms on the handle while the handle is attached to an endoscope which provides access to a first body lumen.
US09888913B2	Variable depth surgical fixation The invention generally relates to devices for fastening a hernia mesh. The invention provides a surgical fastening device that includes a shaft with a fastener carrier disposed at least partially within the shaft, in which the carrier is configured to accept fasteners of a plurality of different sizes. Different sized fasteners can be preloaded in interchangeable carriers or even mixed together within a carrier in the fastening device. The device can deliver the fasteners to different depths in a patient's tissue.
US09888911B2	Surgical impaling member An implant for orthopedic surgery includes an impaling member (101,102), which is separable into portions (102a, 102b) for impaling and attaching to tissue, for example, bone. Once the portions (102a, 102b) of the impaling member (101,102) are separated and attached to the requisite tissue, they may accommodate stabilizing members for fixation, or other instrumentation for procedures such as fusion.
US09888909B2	Endoscopic-enabled tongue depressor and associated method of use The invention provides an endoscopic-enabled tongue depressor, as part of a mouth gag unit, with two-grooved design, where the first groove is for intubation, and the second groove accommodates the secure and adjustable placement of an optic device and associated method of use. The inventive tongue depressor enables full endoscopic procedures of the upper airway, such as nasopharynx, by providing a surgeon the ability to operate with both hands and an unobstructed view of a target area in the upper airway, in addition to real-time observation of the surgical field for other surgical staff (such as nursing staff, technicians, students and residents).
US09888905B2	Medical diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and method for image processing A medical diagnosis apparatus of embodiments includes a scanner and processing circuitry. The scanner configured to scan a three-dimensional region including a target region and acquire data of the three-dimensional region. The processing circuitry is configured to discretely arrange fixed points framing three-dimensional shape of the target region in a first medical image based on the data. The processing circuitry is configured to set a boundary of region of interest (ROI) on the three-dimensional shape of the target region according to a position of the fixed point. The processing circuitry is configured to receive an instruction to change a position of the boundary from an input device controlled by a user. The processing circuitry is configured to change the position of the boundary based on a position or positions of at least one of the fixed points according to the instruction while maintaining positions of the fixed points.
US09888898B2	X-ray diagnostic apparatus The X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray emitting device, an X-ray detection device, a fluoroscopic image generating unit, a calcified region detection unit and a display control unit. The fluoroscopic image generating unit generates a plurality of frames of fluoroscopic images of an object on a basis of detected X-rays in sequence. The calcified region detection unit detects a calcified region on each of the fluoroscopic images in sequence. The display control unit superimposes a calcified region image on a position of the calcified region on each of the fluoroscopic images in sequence, the calcified region image including a calcified region on a pre-acquired CT image or MR image of the object, and displays resulting images on a display device in sequence.
US09888895B2	Angiographic examination method to implement a rotational angiography In an angiographic examination method to implement rotational angiographies, two x-ray projections of the examination subject are acquired from different acquisition angles, the x-ray projections are segmented to generate the outer contours of the examination subject in both x-ray projections, the outer contours of the examination subject are discretized in both x-ray projections, the coordinates of the focal points of the examination subject are calculated from these discrete points in both x-ray projections, the deviations of the coordinates of the focal points of the examination subject are determined, the deviations of the coordinates are evaluated, and the results of the evaluation are emitted as an output.
US09888892B2	X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus An X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus according to this embodiment includes a display for displaying an image and a processing circuitry which calculates an incident dose on a body surface of an object, superposes information based on the calculated incident dose on a three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image relating to the object and is capable of rotating display at a corresponding position on the body surface of the object and causes the three-dimensional image on which the information is superposed to be displayed on the display.
US09888888B2	X-ray diagnostic apparatus According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray source, a plurality of lead plates, attention position specifying circuitry, stop control circuitry. The X-ray source generates X-rays. The plurality of lead plates includes an aperture which narrows an irradiation range of X-rays with which an object is irradiated by the X-ray source. The attention position specifying circuitry specifies an attention position based on a line of sight of an observer. The stop control circuitry performs movement control of the plurality of lead plates based on the specified attention position.
US09888881B2	Systems, methods, and devices for facilitating access to target anatomical sites or environments Methods and structures for detecting a physiologic parameter of a target anatomical environment. The device including a housing with a distal portion first port couplable to a probe and a proximal portion; and a sensing unit, a processing unit, and an output unit carried by the housing, the output unit configured to output a reporting signal based on the determined physiologic parameter value such as pressure; the sensing unit, processing unit, and output unit being disposed substantially between the first port and the proximal portion of the housing.
US09888878B2	Intelligent monitor of erectile function An intelligent monitor of erectile function, including a pair of underpants equipped with a mechanical device operating to monitor a penile axial length, a penile radial length, and a penile volume; a temperature detector operating to detect a penile temperature; an oxygen saturation measuring device operating to measure a penile oxygen saturation; an integrated circuit chip operating to receive and process output signals from the mechanical device, the temperature detector, and the oxygen saturation measuring device; and a data storage device. The mechanical device, the temperature detector, and the oxygen saturation measuring device are electrically or electronically connected to the integrated circuit chip. The data storage device is electrically or electronically connected to the integrated circuit chip.
US09888875B2	Driver monitoring apparatus A driver monitoring system recognizes a state of a driver and determines a recognition stability. When the recognition stability is less than a predetermined reference value, the driver monitoring system makes a request to the driver to perform a different action that is different from an action requested when the recognition stability is not less than the reference value and detects an action of the driver that responds to the request.
US09888872B2	Tissue oximetry probe geometry for robust calibration and self-correction A sensor head for a compact oximeter sensor device includes light sources and light detectors. A compact oximeter sensor device implementation is entirely self-contained, without any need to connect, via wires or wirelessly, to a separate system unit. The sources and detectors are arranged in a circular arrangement having various source-detector pair distances that allow for robust calibration and self-correction in a compact probe. Other source-detector arrangements are also possible.
US09888870B2	System and method for monitoring pleural fluid The disclosure is directed to intrapleural air leak detection and monitoring. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an air leak may be detected utilizing at least one sensor to determine whether fluid extracted from a pleural cavity of a patient includes carbon dioxide and/or a second substance. The second substance may be a foreign substance inhaled by the patient to confirm presence of the air leak. The air leak may be further monitored over a period of time by collecting temporally successive measurements associated with detected concentrations of carbon dioxide. Therefore, tissue damage and recovery may be assessed according to objectively collected criteria.
US09888857B2	Methods and systems for reducing energy consumption of a heart rate monitor Disclosed is an apparatus and method for automatically configuring a mobile device for collecting and inferring heart rate data of a user. The method may include capturing heart rate data for a user with a heart rate sensor that is coupled with a mobile device. The method may also include monitoring a activity state of the user from activity data captured by the mobile device, and detecting a constant activity state of the user. The method may also include inferring heart rate data for the user from the captured heart rate data during a period in which the user remains in the constant activity state. The method may also include providing the inferred heart rate data, as captured heart rate data, to a heart rate calculator during the period in which the user remains in the constant activity state.
US09888854B2	Biometric device, biometric method, program, and recording medium Provided is a biometric device including a light source unit arranged facing a first part on a surface of an organism and configured to irradiate the first part with excitation light, and a light-reception unit arranged facing a second part adjacent to the first part on the surface of the organism and configured to receive fluorescence light which is generated by the excitation light exciting a first body substance of the organism and emitted from the second part.
US09888844B2	Control apparatus and control method A control apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a measurement object with a measuring beam, a restriction unit configured to restrict the measuring beam from being incident on the measurement object and to reflect or scatter the measuring beam, and a polarization control unit configured to control, based on the measuring beam reflected or scattered by the restriction unit, polarization of the measuring beam.
US09888826B2	Environment-protection energy-saving barrel An environment-protection energy-saving barrel is an integral formed by three parts, i.e. an outer barrel, a middle barrel and an inner barrel. The inner barrel is communicated with the middle barrel; the bottom of the middle barrel is provided with a water inlet pipeline; the water inlet pipeline is communicated with the bottom of the outer barrel used for storing water; a water inlet quantity controller is arranged on the water inlet pipeline; the inner barrel communicated with the middle barrel is used for dewatering and cleaning a mop; and the water inlet quantity controller arranged on the water inlet pipeline is used for controlling the water inlet quantity which flows into the middle barrel from the outer barrel and controlling the on/off of a valve of the water inlet pipeline. Therefore the water in the barrel can be repeatedly used.
US09888814B2	Apparatus securing a liner to a basin and a corresponding method for washing a patient Apparatus (1) for washing a bedridden patient comprises a basin (2) and a disposable water impermeable flexible liner (3) for lining a hollow interior region (5) of the basin (2). Retaining members (35) in retaining member accommodating recesses (37) located in corners (10) of the basin (2) engage engagement openings (30) formed in the liner (3) adjacent a peripheral upper edge (24) thereof and adjacent corners (27) of a peripheral wall (19) of the liner (3) for releasably securing and retaining the liner (3) to the basin (2). The basin (2) lined with the liner (3) is charged with water for washing the patient. On completion of washing, the liner (3) is removed from the basin (2) for disposal.
US09888813B2	Dismountable hand grip A dismountable hand grip include a connection block, a hand grip, two locking pieces, an elastic component and two pins; wherein: there is a connection chamber at a front end of the hand grip; the two locking pieces are both provided inside the connection chamber and symmetrically connected to the front end of the hand grip through a pin respectively, in order to enable themselves to rotate around the pin inside of the connection chamber; there is a clip unit at the front end of the locking piece, and a compression unit is at a back and connected with the hand grip through the elastic component; and wherein a back part of the connection block is provided with a connection unit which is inserted into the connection chamber, wherein the connection unit is provided with a clip slot, which matches with the clip unit.
US09888807B2	Kitchen appliance for preparing a beverage and method of operating same A kitchen appliance includes a first reservoir for receiving a liquid to be used for preparing a beverage. A hot water generator (‘HWG’) has an inlet end, an outlet end and a passageway extending therebetween. The inlet end of the HWG is connected to the first reservoir. Liquid from the first reservoir flows into the HWG through the inlet end. A second reservoir is connected to the outlet end of the HWG. The second reservoir includes a discharge port, a gas vent and a skirt extending from a wall of the second reservoir further than the gas vent. The skirt at least partially surrounds the gas vent. At least a portion of the skirt is spaced laterally inwardly from an outer sidewall of the second reservoir.
US09888804B2	Oven comprising weight sensors The present invention relates to an oven (101) comprising a heated cavity (102) for cooking a food (201), supporting means (103) positioned in the heated cavity (102) and configured for supporting a shelf (105) in the heated cavity (102); the supporting means (103) comprise at least one weight sensor (104) configured for detecting the weight of a food (201) positioned on the shelf (105).
US09888803B2	Wok apparatus applicable to fully automated cooking machine A wok apparatus applicable to fully automated cooking machine includes a wok, electromagnetic heating coils, an electromagnetic heating device, a wok rotating device and a wok working position controlling device, wherein the electromagnetic heating coils wind around an external wall of the wok and heat the wok under the control of the electromagnetic heating device, the wok rotating device is connected with the wok so as to control the wok to rotate 360 degrees; the wok working position controlling device is used for securing the wok to a frame of the cooking machine and rotating the wok to respective working positions to perform respective operations, the electromagnetic heating device, the wok rotating device and the wok working position controlling device are all connected with a main control device of the cooking machine, so as to receive control commands and perform corresponding operations according to the control commands.
US09888798B1	Beverage container holder A beverage container holder with air gap insulation that can be formed from a single sheet of material, can be formed with one single die cutting stroke, and does not involve glue or any other materials to retain the sections together as the sections are automatically retained together and formed into a round retaining member by the simple action of rotating the central sections approximately 90 degrees.
US09888795B2	Single serve beverage container A beverage container holding a beverage includes a cap that can be used to prevent contamination of a beverage between drinks. The cap is sized to fit over the foot of the beverage container for use as a non-slip coaster. The beverage container is shrink wrapped to retain the cap on the top of the beverage container. The shrink wrap includes a pair of vertically disposed perforations which facilitate opening of the beverage container. The shrink wrap also aids in keeping the beverage container sanitary by preventing contaminants from reaching surfaces of the beverage container.
US09888788B2	Playards, changing table assemblies, and methods of operating the same A playard having a floor and an upper frame is disclosed. The upper frame includes a first end supported a first distance above the floor, a second end supported a second distance above the floor, and at least two opposed sides. Each of the opposed sides includes a first rail, a second rail, and a joint joining the first and second rails. The joint is positioned in a first plane when the joint secures the first and second rails in an erected position, the first plane being transversely oriented with respect to the floor.
US09888783B2	Mattress structure and a method using the characteristics of the mattress structure for understanding and deciding suitability of the mattress structure A mattress structure for providing different degrees of relief or support to various body parts of a user or in accordance with different body lengths of the users. The mattress structure includes a principal axis and two or more relief units, distributed in different positions along the principal axis. At least one relief unit provides a degree of relief different from that of another relief unit, to define a relief layer that provides different degrees of relief corresponding to various parts of the body. The relief layer is dividable into two or more relief zones and these zones are divided according to the body parts of the user. The relief units in a relief zone are inter-changeable or re-arrangeable according to needs of the user for accommodating users of different body heights and different lengths of various body parts.
US09888777B2	Foldable bench A foldable bench having a seat and front support members that may be rotated between a folded position and an unfolded position includes a backrest, first and second front support members, a seat, and a latch. The front support members are mounted to the font of the backrest and rotate laterally between a folded and unfolded position. The seat is mounted to the front of the backrest and rotates vertically between a folded and unfolded position. In the folded position, the seat is sandwiched between the backrest and the front support members. In the unfolded position, the seat prevents the front support members from rotating inwards to the folded position. The seat is supported in an unfolded position by seat supports located on each of the front support members, which are received by receivers in the seat. A latch located on one of the arms selectively engages an opening in the seat to secure the seat in the unfolded position.
US09888765B2	System of retractable shelves The retractable shelf system allows for the compartmentalization of storage container. The system is integrated into the interior space of the storage container and includes a plurality of shelving units distributed along the length of the storage container.Each shelving unit includes a first retractable shelf and a second retractable shelf. The first retractable shelf and the second retractable shelf each include a storage panel, a support beam, a hinge mechanism, and an at least one support leg. The support beam from each retractable shelf is mounted parallel and offset to each other within the storage container. The storage panel is mounted adjacent to the support beam by the hinge mechanism. The support leg is hingedly connected to a bottom surface of the support storage panel, opposite the support beam. The first retractable shelf and the second retractable shelf can be positioned into a retracted configuration and a functional configuration.
US09888764B2	Mat device for cleaning cosmetic brushes A brush cleaning device includes a flexible body having first and second opposed surfaces defining a top and a bottom. A plurality of different brush treatment surfaces are provided on the top of the flexible body, variously configured for washing and rinsing bristles of brushes having different sizes.
US09888762B2	Fan brush cosmetic applicator A cosmetics brush for applying cosmetics. The brush includes a rod, a ferrule formed at the end of the rod, the ferrule defining an insertion groove, and a bundle of fibers inserted in the ferrule. The insertion groove extends from an opening to a closed end and is defined by opposed side walls and opposed front and rear inside walls. The opposed side walls taper toward one another moving from the opening to the closed end.
US09888761B2	Backpack with suspension arrangement A backpack includes a pack body, two shoulder straps extended from the pack body for allowing the wearer to wear the pack body at the wearer's back, and a suspension arrangement which includes a resilient unit provided between the pack body and the shoulder straps for absorbing a bounding force of the pack body. Therefore, the resilient unit allows a relative movement of the pack body with respect to each of the shoulder straps but minimizes the relative movement of the pack body by absorbing the bounding force of the pack body. The resilient unit is also arranged for evenly distributing a loading force of the pack body to each of the shoulder straps, such that the resilient unit absorbs the bounding force of the pack body at different directions so as to balance the uneven loading force at the pack body.
US09888756B2	Item and luggage loss prevention system Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing item or luggage loss prevention, which, in some cases, is based on weight measurement. In some embodiments, a device with a processor can be placed under a bag's handle, within an interior compartment of the bag, below or in the feet or wheels of the bag, and/or the like. The device can allow a user to lock in a weight of the bag. If any item is subsequently removed from (and not returned to) the bag, the device will notify the user, using one or more of audio notification, visual notification, and/or mobile device notification (e.g., via e-mail, text message, SMS, MMS, chat message, and/or the like) that the weight of the bag has changed. In some cases, location detection devices may be implemented to allow the user to backtrack where the missing item might have been left behind.
US09888752B2	Luggage item, a luggage item system, a luggage item adaptor A luggage item, a luggage item system and a luggage item adaptor are provided. The luggage item is for use in luggage system comprising a luggage trolley and another luggage item. The luggage item comprises a first side, a second side, a first coupling element and a second coupling element. The second side is opposite the first side and is separated by flanks from the first side. The first side and the second side have an area larger than the areas of the flanks. The first coupling element is arranged at the first side. The second coupling element is arranged at the second side for engaging with a first coupling element of the other luggage item to releasably attach the other luggage item to the luggage item and for engaging with a trolley coupling element of the luggage trolley to releasably attach the luggage item to the luggage trolley.
US09888743B2	Reinforcement component for an article of footwear A reinforcement component for an article of footwear is formed by a folded knit element. The knit element includes a plurality of strap members that are separated by slits when the knit element is in a contracted position. In an expanded position, the slits become openings between the plurality of strap members. The knit element has an upper portion that is folded over a lower portion so that ends of the plurality of strap members are brought together and a plurality of loops are formed along a top of the folded knit element. The folded knit element forms the reinforcement component and the plurality of loops are configured to receive a lace. Forces applied to the reinforcement component by the lace are distributed through the plurality of strap members across the upper of the article of footwear.
US09888731B2	Aquatic sport performance garment with arms-up construction and method of making same An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.
US09888724B2	Electronic vapor device with integrated audio A method is disclosed comprising receiving a status of a vaporizer component of an electronic vapor device, determining a first audio file of a plurality of audio files based on the status, determining a first characteristic based on the status, and causing an audio output device to output the first audio file according to the first characteristic.
US09888718B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette is provided. The electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body. The electronic cigarette body includes a suction end, a liquid container for containing cigarette liquid, an atomizing assembly for atomizing the cigarette liquid and a battery rod assembly for supplying power to the atomizing assembly. The atomizing assembly and the battery rod assembly are inserted in the liquid container. The whole structure of the electronic cigarette is compact and the external size of the electronic cigarette is small. The user may not get scalded when the atomizing assembly works or in the case that an excessive discharging is caused due to, for example, a short circuit in the battery rod assembly; and the heat can be rapidly dissipated through the heat absorption of the cigarette liquid in the liquid container in case of the excessive discharging.
US09888712B2	Oral pouch products including a liner and tobacco beads Provided is a pouched, oral tobacco product including a porous membrane having a liner and an inner filling material. The inner filling material includes loose, fibrous tobacco material and tobacco beads formed from tobacco fines and dust which are too small to be included in traditional pouched tobacco products. The tobacco beads are extruded and spheronized.
US09888710B2	Method for producing cooked egg product having irregular shaped egg curds Provided are methods of manufacturing a cooked egg product having irregular shaped egg curds similar in shape, size, and mouthfeel to that of freshly cooked scrambled eggs. Liquid egg product is optionally first preheated then transferred to a belt oven and cooked to form a layer of cooked egg product. The layer of cooked egg product is then transported through an agitator, which initially breaks down the layer of cooked egg product, and subsequently is passed through a forming plate to shape the cooked egg product into irregular shaped egg curds similar in appearance to that of freshly cooked scrambled eggs. This process allows for a simplified ingredient deck and reduces the number of fines present in the final product.
US09888696B2	Automated product profiling apparatus and product slicing system using the same An apparatus for acquiring a profile of a food product for use in subsequent processing of the food product includes a scanning area and one or more product drives for driving a product through the scanning area in a longitudinal direction. First line lasers project one first transverse laser line transversely to the longitudinal direction on the first surface and two first cameras arranged to capture different, overlapping first transverse image portions of the first transverse laser line. A reference laser projects a beam on the first surface that indicates a transverse reference position, and the two first cameras also capture the reference position. A control system uses the transverse reference position to combine the different first transverse image portions captured by the two first cameras to calculate a first profile of the first surface at multiple positions along a length of the first surface as the product is driven through the scanning area.
US09888695B2	Machine and method for producing spiral sausages A device for making sausage spirals including a sausage blank attached with an end portion above a face of a vertically standing hub and wound into a sausage spiral by rotating it about the hub axis. The hub moves along a circumference of the rotating table wherein the following components are arranged behind one another along the circumference: an insertion station for the blank, a skewering station for skewering the finished sausage spiral and an ejection station for ejecting the sausage spiral from the machine.
US09888694B2	Slow compression stretch packaging A process and an apparatus for controlling temperature loss and shrinkage of meat after an animal is slaughtered for food. Shrinkage is controlled by compressing the meat during cooling, the compression offsetting a natural tendency of the meat to contract and providing a measure of control over the shaping of the meat. Apparatus for the process includes one or more rigid rings for placement around the meat. Each ring is wrapped with a thread secured rigidly to one side of the ring and secured movably to the other side such as to allow the length of thread on the second side of the rigid ring to form at least one winding around the meat. As the meat cools, the thread shrinks, applying the thermal contraction of the thread along the ring to constrict the winding around and thus longitudinally elongate the meat.
US09888693B2	Dumpling wrapping device The dumpling wrapping device contains a filling provision member, two wrapping members, and two shaping members. The filling provision member distributes dumpling fillings to feed two production lines of dumplings, each involving a wrapping member and a shaping member. Two pairs of rotors in the filling provision member drives dumpling fillings towards the wrapping members through two tubes. The wrapping members wrap the dumpling fillings from the tubes with dough. The dough wrapped fillings are pressed by the shaping members into dumplings of desired shape and size. Positioning members are configured under the shaping members so that the shaping members can be conveniently replaced and cleaned.
US09888691B2	Antimicrobial silver compositions The present invention comprises methods and compositions for antimicrobial silver compositions comprising silver nanoparticles. The present invention further comprises compositions for preparing silver nanoparticles comprising at least one stabilizing agent, one or more silver compounds, at least one reducing agent and a solvent. In one aspect, the stabilizing agent comprises a surfactant or a polymer. The polymer may comprise polymers such as polyacrylamides, polyurethanes, and polyamides. In one aspect, the silver compound comprises a salt comprising a silver cation and an anion. The anion may comprise saccharinate derivatives, long chain fatty acids, and alkyl dicarboxylates. The methods of the present invention comprise treating devices with the silver nanoparticle compositions, including, but not limited to, such devices as woven wound care materials, catheters, patient care devices, and collagen matrices. The present invention further comprises treatment of humans and animals wacr6ith the antimicrobial devices described herein.
US09888689B2	Compositions containing a pyripyropene insecticide and an adjuvant The present invention relates to a compositions comprising a pyripyropene pesticide of the formula (I) or (II) as defined below and an adjuvant. The present invention relates also to methods of preparing and applying such compositions, as well as several uses thereof, and finally seeds, comprising said composition.The invention also relates to an aqueous pesticide formulation comprising a pesticide compound of the formula I as defined in claim 1 in the form of fine particles suspended in an aqueous liquid.
US09888674B2	Double knockout (GT/CMAH-KO) pigs, organs and tissues The invention provides double knockout transgenic pigs (GT/CMAH-KO pigs) lacking expression of any functional aGAL and CMAH. Double knockout GT/CMAH-KO transgenic organs, tissues and cells are also provided. Methods of making and using the GT/CMAH-KO pigs and tissue are also provided.
US09888673B2	Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating disease Genetically modified cells, tissues, and organs for treating or preventing diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the genetically modified cells and non-human animals.
US09888669B2	System and method for grooming-related farm decision support A method and system providing farm decision support relating to individual animals in a herd in a farm environment includes a brush station having a reader configured to remotely register, via identification devices, an identity of each animal visiting the brush station responsive to a detection unit detecting a repositioning of the brush from a neutral position resulting from an animal pushing against the brush. The reader unit has a detection range within which identity data can be read out from the identification device of each animal. In response to a detected repositioning of the brush, the reader unit registers the identity data from a first detected identification device within the detection range, and forwards the identity data to a processing unit via an output interface. The processing unit stores registered data representing animal visits to the brush station as decision support data.
US09888666B2	Animal litter box Provided is a litter box for animals that is hygienic and easy to clean. A litter box for animals is provided with a lower container, the upper part of which is open and which has a lower bottom surface part and a lower side wall part standing up from the peripheral edge of the lower bottom surface part, and an upper container, the upper part of which is open and which is disposed above the lower container. The upper container is provided with a upper bottom surface part in which a plurality of through holes is formed, an upper wall part standing up from the peripheral edge of the upper bottom surface part, and an extending wall part that extends downward from the outer surface of the upper wall part. The lower end part of the extending wall part is disposed lower than the upper bottom surface part.
US09888662B2	Lettuce variety stellita The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Stellita and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
US09888659B1	Soybean cultivar 61040705 A soybean cultivar designated 61040705 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 61040705, to the plants of soybean cultivar 61040705, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 61040705, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 61040705. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 61040705. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 61040705, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 61040705 with another soybean cultivar.
US09888650B1	Soybean cultivar S140173 A soybean cultivar designated S140173 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S140173, to the plants of soybean cultivar S140173, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S140173, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S140173. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S140173. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S140173, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S140173 with another soybean cultivar.
US09888646B2	Soybean variety 01057021 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01057021. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01057021. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01057021 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01057021 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09888645B2	Tomato hybrid SV1240TC and parents thereof The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV1240TC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV1240TC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09888636B2	Soybean markers linked to SCN resistance This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for identifying the SCN resistant phenotype in soybean. In some embodiments, the disclosure concerns methods for performing marker-assisted breeding and selection of plants carrying one or more determinants of SCN resistance in soybean.
US09888624B2	Individual row lift system for planters An agricultural planter has a chassis with a tool bar and at least one row unit. Each row unit is carried by the tool bar and has a fluid actuator and a linkage assembly connecting it to the tool bar. The linkage assembly and fluid actuator allows the row unit to be raised and lowered. A control module is operable to individually raise and lower each row unit on the agricultural planter using the fluid actuator in response to either a manual input, an automatically determined requirement or condition of the at least one row unit, or an automatically determined operating condition of the agricultural planter. The control module is further operable to prevent the raising or lowering of an individual row unit on the agricultural planter based on either a configuration of the agricultural planter or the potential occurrence of an undesirable weight or drag distribution.
US09894819B2	Suction nozzle for mounting electronic components A suction nozzle, including a suction assistance section provided within an intake passage and connecting a side downstream of a pin and a side upstream of the pin, is provided. A cross section (the area of a cross section cut in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the intake passage extends) of the intake passage is narrowed by the pin. Air bypasses the pin by flowing through the suction assistance section.
US09894818B2	Tray feeder and part providing method using the same Provided are a tray feeder which provides parts to a part mounting device and parts providing method using the same. The tray feeder includes: a magazine which houses at least one tray for accommodating parts; an inserting/extracting member which inserts a tray into the magazine or extracts a tray from the magazine; a buffer member which is positioned above the magazine and supports a standby tray from which parts accommodated therein are to be mounted on a board by a part mounting device; and a feeding member which is positioned above the inserting/extracting member and provides a tray supported by the feeding member so that parts accommodated in the supported tray are adhered by the part mounting device, wherein the inserting/extracting member is elevated or lowered to insert a tray into the magazine or extract a tray from the magazine.
US09894817B2	Composite electromagnetic-wave-absorbing sheet A composite electromagnetic-wave-absorbing sheet comprising (a) a first electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film 10a comprising a plastic film 11, and a single- or multi-layer thin metal film formed on at least one surface of the plastic film 12, the thin metal film 12 being provided with large numbers of substantially parallel, intermittent, linear scratches 122 with irregular widths and irregular intervals in plural directions, and (b) a second electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film 20 composed of a resin or a rubber in which magnetic particles or non-magnetic, conductive particles are dispersed.
US09894816B2	Circuit module One object is to prevent electromagnetic wave interference between electronic components with restricted increase of the size of a circuit module. A circuit module according to an embodiment includes a circuit board, a plurality of electronic components provided on the circuit board, a resin mold provided on the circuit board so as to seal the plurality of electronic components in an insulating manner, a conductive shield covering the top surface and the side surfaces of the resin mold, and a plurality of conductive poles having a columnar shape provided in the resin mold and connecting the top surface of the conductive shield and the ground of the circuit board. The resonance caused by frequencies equal to or less than a predetermined maximum usable frequency is restricted.
US09894814B2	Electric power convertor An electric power converter 10 includes a flow passage FP1 formed so that cooling water can pass through while exchanging heat with semiconductor modules 51, another flow passage FP2 formed so that the cooling water can pass through while exchanging heat with a capacitor 52 and a reactor 53, and a plate-like connecting plate 200 attached in a state where a major surface thereof is disposed along a side wall 110 of a case 100. A groove 211 and a groove 221 that communicate between the flow passage FP1 and the flow passage FP2 are formed in the connecting plate 200.
US09894813B2	Electric apparatus provided with frame and power supply An electric apparatus includes a casing, a power supply, a frame, and a fan. The power supply is accommodated in the casing, and includes a power supply board and a power supply component mounted on a mounting surface of the power supply board. The frame is disposed outward of the power supply within the casing. The frame is formed with a through-hole extending therethrough, and has a first part and a second part. The first part is made from a flame retardant resin, and constitutes at least a part of the ambient portion surrounding the through-hole. The at least a part of the ambient portion is positioned at a side the same as the power supply component with respect to the mounting surface. At least a part of the second part is made from a material having flame retardancy lower than that of the flame retardant resin.
US09894807B2	Changeable, airflow venting cover assembly for an electronics rack An apparatus is provided which includes a changeable cover assembly sized to cover, at least in part, an air outlet side of an electronics rack. The cover assembly, when positioned at the air outlet side of the rack, redirects and vents airflow egressing from the air outlet side. The cover assembly includes a frame and at least one vent cover. The frame has at least one opening through which air egressing from the electronics rack passes, and the vent cover(s) is coupled to the frame and overlies, at least in part, the opening(s) in the frame to facilitate redirecting and venting the air passing through the frame. The at least one vent cover is changeable to change a direction of the vented air. For instance, the vent cover(s) may be reversible, or otherwise adjustable or changeable, to change the direction of vented air egressing from the cover assembly.
US09894778B2	ACF sticking method and ACF sticking apparatus An Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) is stuck to a substrate by: under-receiving the substrate on which a film-shaped component is mounted by a under-receiving section, transporting a tape member in which a base tape is bonded to the ACF by a tape transport section and causing a sticking surface of the ACF to face the substrate, pressing the ACF together with the base tape on the substrate by a pressing tool and sticking the ACF to the substrate, peeling the ACF sticking to the substrate from the base tape by moving a peeling member in a horizontal direction by causing the peeling member to be interposed between the ACF and the base tape, and regulating an upward warpage deformation of the component during peeling the ACF from the base tape by moving the peeling member.
US09894777B2	ACF sticking method and ACF sticking apparatus An Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) is stuck to a substrate by: under-receiving the substrate on which a film-shaped component is mounted by a under-receiving section, increasing an interval between a sticking head and the under-receiving section in the under-receiving step; transporting a tape member in which a base tape is bonded to the ACF and causing a sticking surface of the ACF to face the substrate, pressing the ACF together with the base tape on the substrate and sticking the ACF to the substrate, peeling the ACF sticking to the substrate from the base tape by moving a peeling member in a horizontal direction by causing the peeling member to be interposed between the ACF and the base tape, and regulating an upward warpage deformation of the component during peeling the ACF from the base tape by moving the peeling member.
US09894776B2	System for refurbishing or remanufacturing an electronic device An approach to refurbishing or remanufacturing an electronic device may involve exposing electrical components that are situated within an interior of the electronic device. The approach may also involve replacing one or more defective electronic components of the electronic device with one or more replacement components and applying a protective coating to at least a portion of the interior of the electronic device. The protective coating may cover the circuit board and the electronic components it carries. The protective coating may also cover at least some of the electrical connections of the electronic device. The protective coating may also be applied to the replacement component prior to reassembly. The resulting refurbished or remanufactured electronic device may thus be provided with moisture resistance to help protect the electronic device from damage caused by exposure to moisture.
US09894758B2	Three-dimensional laminated wiring substrate A three-dimensional laminated wiring substrate is provided and includes a plurality of wiring substrates disposed on top of each other. Each of the plurality of wiring substrates includes an insulating film and a conductor pattern. The insulating film is disposed along a surface to provide a three-dimensional surface. The conductor pattern is disposed on and extending along the three-dimensional surface.
US09894751B2	Printed circuit board First and second semiconductor devices and first and second bypass circuits are mounted on a printed wiring board. The first bypass circuit and the second bypass circuit are provided closer to the first semiconductor device and to the second semiconductor device, respectively. The first bypass circuit has one end connected to a power plane through a first power supply via and the other end connected to a ground plane through a first ground via. The second bypass circuit has one end connected to the power plane through a second power supply via and the other end connected to the ground plane through a second ground via. The ground plane has a slit between the connecting portions of the first and second ground vias to increase the impedance between the connecting portions of the first and the second ground vias. Thus, jitters caused by power supply noise can be reduced.
US09894750B2	Floating connector shield The disclosure generally relates to shielded transmission lines, electrical systems including the shielded transmission lines, cables using shielded transmission lines, and electrical connectors using shielded transmission lines. In particular, the present disclosure provides transmission lines that include floating shields capable of isolating interference between conductors that can result in reduced crosstalk.
US09894744B2	Extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated when a target is irradiated with a laser beam inside the chamber; a target supply part configured to supply the target into the chamber; and a target collector configured to collect the target which is supplied by the target supply part but is not irradiated with the laser beam in a collection container, by receiving the target on a receiving surface having a contact angle of greater than 90 degrees with the target.
US09894742B2	Dimmer with photo sensor and high/low clamping Provided is a circuit for controlling a level of brightness of a light electrically coupled to a dimming circuit including control leads configured to provide a dimming control voltage to the dimmable driver, the dimming control voltage having a permissible voltage range. The circuit includes a photo sensor for detecting an ambient light level in the vicinity of the light and a clamp controller for selectively reducing the dimming control voltage to a clamped voltage range less than the permissible voltage range. Also included is a feedback controller for adjusting the dimming control voltage in response to a detected ambient light level, the dimming control voltage being within the clamped voltage range.
US09894730B2	Apparatus and system for providing power to solid state lighting An apparatus and computer readable storage medium are disclosed for supplying power to a load such as a plurality of light emitting diodes. A representative apparatus comprises a primary module, a first secondary module couplable to a first load, and a second secondary module couplable to a second load. The primary module comprises a transformer having a transformer primary. The first secondary module comprises a first transformer secondary magnetically coupled to the transformer primary, and the second secondary module comprises a second transformer secondary magnetically coupled to the transformer primary, with the second secondary module couplable through the first or second load to the first secondary module.
US09894728B2	Flash lighting with optimized power-distribution Flash light-generating methods and systems are provided, which, in one aspect, include: obtaining one or more measurements of existing light on or around an illumination target; ascertaining a desired color attribute(s) for a combined light to be provided on the illumination target, the combined light including the existing light and a flash light to be generated; determining a flash light spectral power distribution of illumination which achieves a combined light spectral power distribution of illumination on the illumination target having the desired color attribute(s), the determining using, in part, the measurement(s) of existing light, and the desired color attribute(s) for the combined light; and generating the flash light with the determined flash light spectral power distribution of illumination to provide the combined light on the illumination target having the combined light spectral power distribution of illumination with the desired color attribute(s).
US09894726B2	Wall-mounted display apparatus and control method thereof The present invention provides a wall-mounted display apparatus and a control method thereof, the h devices are provided in edge areas of a back surface opposite to a light emitting surface of the display apparatus, and/or the plurality of light emitting devices are provided on edge side surfaces perpendicular to the light emitting surface of the display apparatus and are configured to emit light towards the rear of the display apparatus. The control method comprises controlling a plurality of light emitting devices to emit light upon the display apparatus is in operation. The wall-mounted display apparatus and control method thereof according to exemplary embodiments of the invention are capable of effectively eliminating or attenuating shadow areas around a display apparatus, thereby avoiding influence on watching effect of the user.
US09894722B2	Driver with open output protection Driver with open output protection Starting current for a load driver (200; 300) for driving a load (L) is provided via the load. In a load driver (200; 300) for driving a load (L), an operating current or an operating voltage at a reference point is derived from a power voltage bus (105; 305) by coupling said reference point to said power voltage bus via the load. A load driver (200; 300) for driving a load (L) comprises an output capacitor (125; 325) and two output terminals (128, 129; 328, 329) coupled to the output capacitor. A coupling diode (202; 325) is coupled in forward connection from one output terminal to a terminal of the output buffer capacitor. A startup terminal (111) of a converter circuit (110) is coupled to said one output terminal (129; 329) to receive a startup current (Is) via the driven load if the load is present to conduct this current.
US09894714B2	Electrical heating device and electrical heating method An electrical heating device electrically heats a material to be heated by supplying an electric current flowing between a plurality of electrodes. The electrical heating device includes a temperature detection device which detects temperature information of a plurality of areas of the material to be heated, a supplemental heating device which heats each of the plurality of areas of the material to be heated, and a controller for controlling heating of the material to be heated. During the electrical heating, the controller controls, based on the temperature of each of the plurality of areas of the material to be heated detected by the temperature detection device, the supplemental heating device so that the supplemental heating device heats at least one area or all of areas having a temperature lower than the temperature of an area having a highest temperature among the plurality of areas.
US09894704B2	Timer configuration for reduced channel state information reporting in a wireless communication system A method for Radio Resource Control—RRC—configuration comprises obtaining (210) User Equipment—UE—condition parameters. The UE condition parameters comprise at least a round trip time and a scheduler processing time. A timer value recommendation for the particular UE is calculated (220) in the Node B. The timer value recommendation is equal or larger than a sum of the round trip time and the scheduler processing time. The timer value recommendation is transmitted (230) to a Radio Network Controller—RNC. The RNC receives (260) the timer value recommendation. A RRC configuration is performed (280) by the RNC with a timer value according to the timer value recommendation. Alternatively, the timer value recommendation is calculated in the RNC based on UE condition parameters provided by the Node B. Node B's and RNC performing these methods are also presented as well as computer programs and computer program products therefore.
US09894696B2	Method and apparatus of supporting wireless femtocell communications A method and apparatus of routing a call in a femtocell network are disclosed. In one example call routing method, a call is originated from the mobile station via a femtocell access point and the call is transmitted to a femtocell gateway, a mobile switching center and a carrier gateway server and onto an enterprise gateway server to obtain policy information. A routing policy is determined based on the obtained policy information and the call is routed to its destination based on the routing policy. The call may be routed via local media from a femtocell access point directly to the enterprise gateway server. The call routing procedures may implement the Iuh protocol and/or the session initiation protocol (SIP) for call signaling in the femtocell network. Call routing may be performed in a wireless cellular communications network or an enterprise network environment.
US09894695B2	Network access system and method Provided are a network access system and method. The system comprises a control plane node which is connected with a UE via a radio interface, connected with an MME via an S1 interface, and configured to process control plane data; and a user plane node, connected with the UE via a radio interface, connected with an SGW via an Ss interface, and configured to process user plane data. It is solved the problem in the related art that a core network is impacted because of frequent information interaction among nodes due to the fact that a user switches among cells, and then achieves the effects of reducing the information interaction among the nodes and reducing the impact on a core network signalling.
US09894684B2	Method for performing random access procedure in wireless communication system There is provided a method for enabling a user equipment to perform a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting a random access preamble and receiving a random access response as a response to the random access preamble. The random access response is addressed by a random access identifier. The random access identifier is mapped to radio resources used for transmitting the random access preamble. The user equipment can immediately confirm its random access response and perform further efficient random access procedure.
US09894682B2	Mobile station, base station, transmitting method and receiving method A radio communication base station device can efficiently obtain a multiuser diversity gain from frequency scheduling while reducing the amount of a reference signal occupying an uplink. In the device, a grouping section divides a plurality of RBs (Resource Blocks) into a plurality of RB groups. An RB group control unit performs a control to change the correspondence relationship between the RBs and the RB groups with time. When the grouping section divides the RBs into the RB groups, the RB control unit performs a control to change a combination of the RBs included in each of the RB groups with time. A scheduling section performs a scheduling of allocating each of a plurality of mobile stations to each of the RBs in each of the RB groups according to the reception quality of the reference signal.
US09894680B1	Systems and methods for adjusting subframe transmissions based on uplink data rate Systems and methods are described for adjusting subframe transmissions based on uplink data rate. Data may be communicated between an access node and a plurality of wireless devices, wherein the data is scheduled for communication according to a first subframe configuration with a first mix of uplink and downlink subframes. An uplink data rate for at least one of the plurality of wireless devices over a first portion of a period of time may be compared to an uplink criteria. A scheduling for a set of subframes over a second portion of the period of time may be adjusted based on the comparison such that the set of subframes comprises a second mix of subframes, wherein the second mix comprises a greater proportion of uplink subframes than the first mix. And data may be communicated between the access node and the plurality of wireless devices according to the adjusted scheduling for the set of subframes, wherein the uplink data rate for the at least one wireless device is increased over the second portion of the period of time.
US09894672B2	Method and access network device for interference coordination The present invention discloses a method and access network device for interference coordination, said method comprises: getting time-frequency resource of cell, and dividing said time-frequency resource into multiple resource subsets; grouping users to be scheduled in the cell into multiple user groups according to AOA, the amount of said user groups is equal to the amount of said resource subsets, different user groups have different resource subset selection priority orders; allocating time-frequency resource of the resource subsets to users, which are in neighboring cells and have the same direction, according to said resource subset selection priority orders of the user groups. The present invention could reduce inter-cell co-frequency interference and improve channel quality.
US09894670B1	Implementing adaptive resource allocation for network devices A resource management system for a network device is described. A resource management system includes a resource manager configured to generate a sequence of a plurality of access time slots for a plurality of candidate entities and to redistribute access to one or more of the plurality of access time slots in the sequence based on availability and eligibility. The resource management system also includes a resource monitor configured to detect usage of each of the access time slots by each of the plurality of candidate entities.
US09894666B2	Base station apparatus for communicating with a mobile base station A base station apparatus is provided, by which a new base station (cell) can be surely added in a neighboring-cell list even when a maximum value is set for the number of base stations (cells) capable being registered in the neighboring-cell list. The base station apparatus is installed in a base station communicating with a mobile station in a mobile communication network. The base station apparatus comprises memory means of memorizing a list of peripheral base stations located at a periphery of the own base station, list-update means of adding a new peripheral base station in the list when finding the peripheral base station, and delete means of deleting at least one peripheral base station registered at an early timing in the list when the number of peripheral base stations registered in the list reaches to a predetermined maximum value that is set in advance.
US09894663B2	Systems and methods for improved communication efficiency in wireless networks Methods and apparatuses for providing wireless messages according to various tone plans can include a system including a memory that stores instructions. The system further includes a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to generate a message for wireless communication according to at least one of a set of 52 tones, for allocation to an individual device, including 48 data tones and 4 pilot tones, and a set of 106 tones, for allocation to an individual device, including 102 data tones and 4 pilot tones. The processor is further configured to execute the instructions to provide the message for transmission.
US09894661B2	Resource allocation A method of facilitating allocation of resources to support communication between user equipment and a base station of a wireless telecommunications network, user equipment, a method of allocating resources to support communication between user equipment and a base station of a wireless telecommunications network, a base station and computer program products are disclosed. The method of facilitating allocation of resources to support communication between a user equipment and a base station of a wireless telecommunications network comprises the steps of: determining a traffic profile, the traffic profile characterizing timing of traffic comprised of data packets transmitted between the user equipment and the base station due to an application being executed by the user equipment; and providing the traffic profile to the base station for use when allocating the resources to support communication between the user equipment and the base station during execution of the application.
US09894653B2	Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for multi-user request-to-send and clear-to-send in a high efficiency wireless local-area network Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for MU-RTS and CTS in WLANs are disclosed. An apparatus is disclosed that comprises circuitry that is configured to generate a packet to indicate a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS), wherein the packet indicates one or more HEW station information fields, wherein the one or more HEW station information fields comprise an address of a HEW station and an indication of a bandwidth for the HEW station to transmit one or more clear-to-send (CTS) packets; and transmit the packet to the one or more HEW stations. A HEW device is disclosed that includes circuitry configured to receive a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS); copy a scramble seed from the MU-RTS to a clear-to-send (CTS) packet; and transmit the CTS packet.
US09894645B2	Method for transmitting control information and base station, and method for receiving control information and user equipment According to one aspect of the present invention, antennas or antenna nodes spaced away from each other by a predetermined distance or more are configured to be able to transmit control information of mutually different user equipment groups, thereby increasing the efficiency in the operation of control channels. In addition, according to another aspect of the present invention, a resource region for transmitting control information for an improved user equipment, which is a target of a multi-node cooperative transmission, is set differently from a resource region for transmitting control information for a legacy user equipment, thereby increasing the efficiency in the transmission of the control information for the improved user equipment.
US09894644B2	Method for transreceiving downlink control information and apparatus for same A terminal receives downlink control information through downlink control channels repeatedly allocated by a plurality of subframes. To this end, the terminal receives configuration information related to the plurality of subframes through higher layer signaling. The terminal receives the downlink control channels repeatedly allocated by the plurality of subframes and combines the received downlink control channels based on the configuration information.
US09894632B2	Handling of subscriber deregistration A system, methods, node, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program, for deregistration of a user equipment from the source control node are described. The user equipment is registered in the source control node and in a subscriber database while roaming from the source control node to a target control node. The method in the source control node comprises receiving an identification request message from the target control node, the identification request requesting identification and security related information. The method in the source control node further comprises, as triggered by the identification request message, starting a time supervision supervising reception of a cancel location message from the subscriber database. When the time supervision expires, the user equipment is deregistered from the source control node.
US09894627B2	Method for transmitting information for synchronization of user equipment by base station in wireless communication system and apparatus for same The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information for synchronization of a user equipment by a base station in a wireless communication system and apparatus for the same. In one embodiment of the present invention, a source base station transmits a request message requesting uplink synchronization information according to a predetermined reference to a target base station, receives a response message including the synchronization information from the target base station in response to the requested message, and transmits the received synchronization information to one or more user equipments which are to move to a cell serviced by the target base station. The synchronization information is used when the user equipments move to the cell serviced by the target base station without a process of acquiring the synchronization information.
US09894615B2	Power efficient communications A method, system, and device provide power-efficient communications within the context of available power. Transmission and receipt data rates are scalable in accordance with output power available from a power source. Data is transmitted at a data rate determined, at least in part, by the available output power.
US09894613B2	Time of flight based passive entry/passive start system A passive entry-passive start portable device detection system. A portable device includes a transceiver. At least one vehicle-based transceiver broadcasts an interrogation signal. The transceiver of the portable device transmits a response signal in response to the interrogation signal. A controller determining at least a range of the portable device as a function of the time-of-flight of the interrogation and response signals. The controller controls a measurement duty cycle of the interrogation signal as a function of the determined range.
US09894611B2	Portable device control method and device A portable device control method and a device, where the method includes establishing, by a first device, a connection to a second device when the first device discovers the second device, where the first device is a device that controls a specific application of the second device, determining, by the first device, that a user is in a first scene mode, determining, by the first device according to a preset execution policy of a first application corresponding to the first scene mode, an execution device of the first application corresponding to the first scene mode, where the first application is any specific application corresponding to the first scene mode, and sending, by the first device, an instruction message for executing the first application to the second device when the execution device is the second device such that the second device executes the first application.
US09894601B2	System and method for dynamic wireless carrier swap system A vehicle carrier swap system includes a controller that, in response to a notification indicating first public land mobile network (PLMN) access signal quality is less than a threshold and successful registration with a second PLMN selected from a set of PLMNs made available by at least two subscriber identity modules associated with non-roaming partner carriers according to a priority defined by the carriers, provides network access using the second PLMN.
US09894600B1	Providing adaptive network access A method, system, and medium are provided for adaptively providing network access to mobile devices. The mobile devices have a first interface for a wireless access network and a second interface for a personal area network. The wireless access network connects the mobile devices to a base station, and the personal area network connects the mobile device to other mobile devices that are part of the personal area network. Wireless access conditions are generated by the base station and communicated over the wireless access network to mobile devices that generate network access requests. Additionally, the mobile devices may transmit the wireless access conditions over the personal are network to other mobile devices that are within a predetermined distance. The mobile devices detect that the wireless access conditions in the wireless access network have degraded and adaptively select alternate routes to complete the network access requests.
US09894595B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting signal A signal transmitting method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes channel-coding broadcasting channel information by using a first scrambling code in a first frame within a broadcasting channel information updating period including a plurality of frames, and channel-coding the broadcasting channel information by using a second scrambling code in a second frame within the broadcasting channel information updating period. The second scrambling code is different from the first scrambling code.
US09894587B2	Methods and systems for estimating frequency synchronization accuracy This invention relates to the use of frequency synchronization accuracy as an additional quality metric for mobile call handover between base stations. Call handover is of major importance within any mobile network; without checking frequency synchronization before handover dropped calls and interrupted communication can result.
US09894584B2	Method and apparatus for controlling handover in mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for efficiently controlling a handover process and a Radio Link Failure (RLF) process. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, an operating method of a User Equipment (UE) includes starting a first timer while a second timer regarding a radio link failure (RLF) is running, and if one of the first timer and the second timer expires, performing a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment. When the handover and the RLF concurrently occur in the mobile communication system, the embodiments of the present disclosure can minimize the service interruption time by conducting the handover instead of the Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection re-establishment due to the RLF.
US09894582B2	Congestion control implementation method and apparatus The embodiments of the present invention provide a congestion control implementation method and apparatus, where the method includes: determining one or more user equipments for which single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) offloading needs to be performed; sending an SRVCC offload message to an E-UTRAN NodeB serving the one or more user equipments, so that when triggering an SRVCC handover procedure, the E-UTRAN NodeB switches the one or more user equipments from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) domain to a circuit switched (CS) domain. When the SRVCC handover procedure is completed, the one or more user equipments can be switched from VoLTE user equipments to VoCS user equipments. In this way, LTE cell load can be alleviated and QoS of the one or more user equipments can be guaranteed.
US09894580B1	Access point selection Disclosed aspects relate to access point selection. A set of beacon frame transmission data for a set of access points may be collected by a computing device. The computing device may use the set of beacon frame transmission data for the set of access points to determine to establish a connection utilizing a first access point of the set of access points. The computing device may establish the connection utilizing the first access point.
US09894571B2	Enhanced mobility robustness optimization Methods, apparatus and computer program products are disclosed for enhancing mobility robustness optimization in self optimizing networks. Neighbor relation information indicating relations between a handover source cell and candidate handover target cell(s), each including a first counter indicating events of an unsuccessful handover of a user equipment from the handover source cell to one candidate handover target cell, and a second counter indicating events of connection re-establishment attempt of the user equipment to the candidate handover target cell after an unsuccessful handover to another cell. A first candidate handover target cell to which handover of the user equipment was unsuccessful and a second candidate handover target cell to which the user equipment has re-established a connection, out of the candidate handover target cells, are determined. The first counter and/or the second counter of the neighbor relation information concerning the determined first and second candidate handover target cells is updated.
US09894555B2	Information processing method for providing an appropriate wireless connection service to a wireless terminal device Provided is an information processing method including a setting process of, when a service is provided to a first wireless terminal device having a first access right to access a base station related to a first communication service provider via a radio line, setting a second access right to access a base station related to a second communication service provider to the first wireless terminal device, and a service providing process of providing the service to the first wireless terminal device to which the second access right is set through the base station related to the second communication service provider.
US09894554B2	Packet data network gateway and terminal mobility management system A packet data network gateway and a UE mobility management system are disclosed. In the packet data network gateway, a context management unit is configured to: when the P-GW is selected as the UE's target P-GW, create a context for the UE and store the UE's context information from S-GW and a source P-GW to which the UE is currently attached; an identity management unit is configured to: assign a location identity including the UE's routing information to the UE. The present invention reselects a P-GW for the UE to attach, thereby eliminating the circuitous routing in the process of the UE connecting and using services, saving transmission bearer resources, reducing transmission delay of data packet, and ensuring that the UE is still reachable after changing the attached P-GW, thus neither the UE nor the peer end is aware of the movement of the UE in the IP level.
US09894547B2	Dynamic update of UE capability for inter-frequency and inter-RAT measurements A user equipment (UE) provides a capability-type indication for each of one or more UE capabilities. Each indication corresponds to a capability type, the type being one of a persistent capability or a second-type capability. Information corresponding to the capability-type indication may be provided to an eNB associated with the UE by RRC signaling. The UE provides a capability-change indication for each of one or more UE capabilities that has changed capability type. Information corresponding to the capability-change indication may be provided to an eNB by lower layer signaling, RRC signaling, or a combination thereof. Capability change information may be sent to the eNB autonomously by the UE, or in response to an inquiry from the eNB. The inquiry from the eNB may be triggered by the UE.
US09894543B2	Evaluation of radio network feature A method and network node (400) for supporting evaluation of usage of a radio network feature in radio communication between wireless devices (402) and the network node. The network node (400) retrieves (4:1) statistical information regarding the usage of the radio network feature, and reports (4:5) the statistical information to an Operation and Maintenance, O&M, node (404). The O&M node then uses (4:6) the statistical information for evaluating how measured performance (4:3) of the radio network is related to the usage of the radio network feature.
US09894532B2	Apparatus and method of providing machine type communication In a wireless communications network providing a machine-type communications (MTC) service, a portion of a frequency spectrum is allocated to a MTC device to communicate between a base station and other MTC devices. MTC system information is transmitted/received from/to the MTC device through the portion of the frequency spectrum and may include channel information. The portion of the frequency spectrum may be used for a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication network.
US09894526B2	Mobile applications using vehicle telematics data Operating state information is received at an on-board telematics control unit (TCU) from an on-board diagnostic (OBD) system of a vehicle. The TCU transmits an indication of vehicle state over at least a wireless data link component of a communications network for delivery to a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device receives the indication of vehicle state and utilizes the indication of vehicle state at a mobile application program. In one example, the mobile application program presents vehicle state information via a graphical display of the mobile computing device. In another example, the mobile application program augments a functionality of the mobile computing device responsive to the indication of vehicle state.
US09894520B2	Cache-based wireless client authentication Methods and systems for caching of remote server MAC authentication to enable fast roaming are provided. According to one embodiment, a wireless network controller of a wireless local area network (WLAN) receives an authentication request relating to a wireless client device from a wireless access point (AP) managed by the wireless network controller. It is determined whether a prior authentication result associated with the client is present in a cache of the controller. The client is permitted to access the WLAN via the AP when the prior authentication result is present and indicates the client was previously successfully authenticated. The authentication request is issued to a remote authentication device associated with the WLAN to determine a current authentication status of the client. Responsive to receipt of the current authentication status, information regarding the current authentication status is stored by the controller within the cache.
US09894516B2	Method and apparatus for allocating IP address in wireless communication network A method and apparatus allocates an IP address between terminals in a wireless communication network in which terminals directly communicate with each other in a wireless scheme without an AP. The method for allocating an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a wireless terminal capable of performing P2P communication, includes a discovery step of discovering at least one external terminal capable of performing the P2P communication and connecting with the at least one discovered external terminal by the wireless terminal; and a negotiation step of negotiating and determining with the external terminal which external terminals become a group owner and a group client in a P2P group, respectively by the wireless terminal. One of the discovery step and the negotiation step includes transmitting an IP address to be allocated to the group client to the external terminal from the wireless terminal.
US09894514B2	Multi-network seamless roaming mobile router with auto-discovery and migration of downstream devices on the mobile network Method for discovering a mobile host that roams across wireless networks, each wireless network comprising a mobile router and the mobile routers being coupled to a gateway. The method includes receiving a packet comprising an address of the mobile host within one of the wireless networks; and determining whether the address of the mobile host resolves to be within a subnet of mobile hosts manageable by the mobile router of the one wireless network. When both the address of the mobile host resolve to be within the subnet of mobile hosts manageable by the mobile router of the one wireless network, the method further includes adding the address of the mobile host to a table of registered mobile hosts for the mobile router of the one wireless network, the packet comprising a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) lease request for the mobile host.
US09894513B2	Determining the operational characteristics and configuration for wireless devices operating in the U-NII band Embodiments are directed towards collecting information regarding the implementation of dynamic frequency selection and automatic channel selection by one or more wireless communication devices using the U-NII radio band. And to use the collected information to determine if other communication devices are coupled to communicate with each other via a wireless connection or a wired connection, or to modify the automatic channel selection mechanism used by one or more wireless communication devices.
US09894508B2	Macrocell base station and terminal A macrocell base station includes a storage to store information of a plurality of virtual areas obtained by dividing a macrocell and information of small cells associated with the plurality of virtual areas, and a controller to perform a process of specifying the virtual area where the terminal is located, the specifying using a distance between the macrocell base station and the terminal residing in the macrocell, and a process of generating cell search information for the small cell that is to be transmitted to the terminal, the generating using the small cell information associated with the information of the specified virtual area.
US09894503B2	Method and apparatus for managing call information A method and apparatus for managing call information is provided. The method includes: receiving reception notification data from a server that indicates call information is received, receiving the call information from the server according to the reception notification data in response to an input of a manager and displaying the call information and an initial process state of the call information on a screen of the display.
US09894494B2	System, apparatus and method for configuring a wireless sound reinforcement system A system, apparatus and method for configuring a wireless sound reinforcement system detects a controller and two or more wireless adapters using an electronic device. The controller has a plurality of input channels and output channels. Each wireless adapter is associated with an entertainment device. Channel information about each input channel and output channel is obtained from the controller. Device information is obtained from each entertainment device via the wireless adapter. A network address is assigned to each input channel, output channel and wireless adapter. Each entertainment device is mapped to at least one of the input channels and/or output channels. The device information and channel mappings for the entertainment devices are provided to the controller.
US09894488B2	Open type POI service system using SNS method and method thereof Disclosed are an open type POI service system using an SNS method and a method thereof. The open type POI system includes an SNS media studio server which opens a POI to a user and registers an interest location designated by a user as an open type POI. Therefore, the SNS media studio server includes a database which stores an open type POI related to a user, and supplies the open type POI to another user who is related to the user by connection of the open type POI and SNS.
US09894484B1	Geohash-related location predictions Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for determining an estimated target pickup location for a corresponding transport request at a particular location, such as associated with a particular geohash. A requestor may send a request that is associated with a location that does not reflect the requestor's intent regarding where they would like to be met by the provider (i.e., “picked up”). GPS inaccuracies may cause the request location to inaccurately indicate where the requestor will be; for example, the request location may be inside a building while the requestor is waiting on a curb around a far side of the building. The target pickup location allows for a requestor and a provider to meet more efficiently, reducing delay for the provider and improving the efficiency of the system by preventing provider system resources from being taken from other service areas and decreasing provider downtime upon matching.
US09894482B2	Wireless device location services A system for determining location information for a wireless device is described. The system includes a UE, a LE and multiple LMUs. The LE sends, to the LMUs, reception instructions with characteristics of the signal transmission from the UE and each LMU receives, from the LE, the reception instructions. The UE sends a signal transmission. Each LMU receives the transmitted signal from the UE, determines locating information based at least in part of the received signal and sends the locating information to the LE. The LE receives the locating information regarding the transmitted signal and determines a location of the UE based at least in part on the received locating information. Methods, apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
US09894481B2	Location-transmitting device for determining location of a wireless communication device In a wireless communication device, an example method of transmitting location data for a location of the wireless communication device includes using a short-range radio communication protocol to receive, without prior interrogation, radio signals from any nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, detecting the location data in a radio signal from a nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, wherein the radio signal is the strongest radio signal that includes location data, measuring a received signal level of the radio signal from the autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, and transmitting the location data and the received signal level of the radio signal to a third party.
US09894475B2	Micro-location monitoring techniques In some implementations, methods for selecting a set of beacons that are to be monitored by a mobile device may be employed. Specifically, an optimal set of beacons to monitor may be provided to a mobile device depending on particular groups of beacons that are in proximity to the mobile device, the distance from the mobile device to each of the particular groups of beacons, and the mobile device's position/movements as provided by a tracking service such as GPS. These techniques may ensure that the mobile device is not blind to the closest and/or most relevant beacons.
US09894465B2	Method and device for controlling multipriority in wireless communication system A method and a user equipment (UE) configured for dual priority for controlling a backoff timer are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting a first non access stratum (NAS) request message without an access point name (APN) including a low priority indicator set to a first value to a network node; receiving a reject message for the NAS request message from the network node; initiating a session management (SM) backoff timer in response to the reject message; and transmitting a second NAS request message including the low priority indicator set to a second value to the network node while the SM backoff timer is running. The first value of the low priority indicator indicates that the UE is configured for NAS signaling low priority. The second value of the low priority indicator indicates that the UE is not configured for NAS signaling low priority.
US09894463B2	Managing operation of a telematic system A terminal system may be connected to a communication network and multiple network access devices (NADs). The terminal system may include a computer system and a database. The computer system may read information from the database regarding associations between the NADs and media and applications to be run on the computer system and/or the NADs. Based on the read information the computer system can control access of: a) at least one of the NADs to a media and/or b) at least one of the applications to a media and/or c) at least one of the applications to at least one of the NADs. The information can include provider rules for associations between providers and NADs for providers providing services via the communication network and/or constraints on associations between NADs and applications.
US09894460B1	Routing queries based on carrier phrase registration In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving a voice query at a mobile computing device and generating data that represents content of the voice query. The data is provided to a server system. A textual query that has been determined by a speech recognizer at the server system to be a textual form of at least part of the data is received at the mobile computing device. The textual query is determined to include a carrier phrase of one or more words that is reserved by a first third-party application program installed on the computing device. The first third-party application is selected, from a group of one or more third-party applications, to receive all or a part of the textual query. All or a part of the textual query is provided to the selected first application program.
US09894453B2	Absolute sensitivity of a MEMS microphone with capacitive and piezoelectric electrodes Microphone systems and methods of determining absolute sensitivities of a MEMS microphone. The microphone system includes a speaker, a MEMS microphone, and a controller. The speaker is configured to generate an acoustic pressure. The MEMS microphone includes a capacitive electrode, a piezoelectric electrode, and a backplate. The capacitive electrode is configured to generate a first capacitive response based on the acoustic pressure and generate a first mechanical pressure based on a capacitive control signal. The piezoelectric electrode is coupled to the capacitive electrode. The piezoelectric electrode is configured to generate a first piezoelectric response signal based on the acoustic pressure and generate a second piezoelectric response signal based on the first mechanical pressure. The controller is configured to generate the capacitive control signal and determine an absolute sensitivity of the capacitive electrode based on the first capacitive response, the first piezoelectric response signal, and the second piezoelectric response signal.
US09894452B1	Off-head detection of in-ear headset An off-head detection system for an in-ear headset comprises an input device that receives an audio signal, a feed-forward microphone signal, and a driver output signal; an expected-output computation circuit that predicts a value of the driver output signal based on a combination of the audio signal and the feed-forward microphone signal from the signal monitoring circuit, and off-head data from the off-head model; and a comparison circuit that compares the observed output signal provided to the driver and the computed expected output to determine an off-head state of the in-ear headset.
US09894434B2	Conference system with a microphone array system and a method of speech acquisition in a conference system A conference system including a microphone array unit having a plurality of microphone capsules arranged in or on a board mountable on or in a ceiling of a conference room. The microphone array unit has a steerable beam and a maximum detection angle range. The conference system further includes a processing unit which is configured to receive the output signals of the microphone capsules and to steer the beam based on the received output signal of the microphone array unit. The processing unit is configured to control the microphone array to limit the detection angle range to exclude at least one predetermined exclusion sector in which a noise source is located.
US09894428B1	Electronic device with seamless fabric assembly A portable audio input/output device may include an assembly enclosure that contains electrical and mechanical components of the device. A substantially cylindrical frame may encircle the assembly enclosure and may be surrounded by a tube of seamless material. A top end of the tube of seamless material may fold over a top end of the substantially cylindrical frame, and a bottom end of the tube of seamless material may fold over a bottom end of the substantially cylindrical frame. A cover assembly may couple to a top end of the assembly enclosure and secure the top end of the seamless fabric. A charging foot may be coupled to a bottom end of the assembly enclosure and secure the bottom end of the seamless fabric.
US09894420B2	Self-service channel marketplace A content hosting system allows content providers to create channels of video content and make them available to users in a marketplace. Users can search or browse for channels of interest, and selectively subscribe to channels. Users can also pay for the right to view premium videos in each channel. The system ranks channels according to the value provided. Generally, users will seek out and subscribe to the highest ranked channels that provide the greatest value. The ranking function allows different providers to compete for the subscriptions of users. Providers can observe their channel's reception in the market by analyzing rankings and usage statistics to adjust channels to maximize channel performance. The system operator can also create bundled channels containing videos from multiple providers, and the resulting subscription revenue can be distributed to the various providers of the videos in the channel.
US09894415B2	System and method for media experience data A system for passive collection of media experience data to increase efficiencies in identifying and delivering desired media content. Behavioral data measured with a wearable device and camera sensors, including physical activity and physiological data, may be captured during a media content presentation and analyzed with media contextual and experiential data to measure media experience data and render media connectedness values between a subject and the presented media content. A system may operate on a network with access to a web service program and utilize mechanized learning and artificial intelligence to compare the previously analyzed media experience data with contextual data associated with media content available on searchable databases. The system may share media experience data and analyzed results with a social network group which can use the media connectedness value data intelligence to refine search methods for media content. The system's learning capabilities, for managing the described ongoing data collection ecosystem, will increasingly improve interpretive and analytic insights of a subject, their preferred choices media content, and the optimal conditions and environment for presenting specific media content with little or no input from the subject.
US09894406B2	Storing multiple instances of content Content receivers may simultaneously record multiple instances of content for multiple programming channels based on content provider instructions. Systems and methods utilize the content receivers to record these multiple instances from at least a single transponder. In some instances, multiple transponders may have a common control word so that content carried on each such transponder may be simultaneously received, decoded and recorded. Further, a single demodulator may be associated with multiple tuners, so that the single demodulator processes all content received from transponders with common control words and/or other encryption mechanisms.
US09894399B2	Systems and methods to determine media effectiveness Example systems and methods to determine media effectiveness are disclosed. An example system includes a synchronizer to time shift first neuro-response data gathered from an audience member exposed to media a first amount to align the first neuro-response data with second neuro-response data simultaneously gathered from the audience member to form aligned data, the first neuro-response data representing a first response to a first sensory component of the media and the second neuro-response data representing a second response to a second sensory component of media. The synchronizer is to time shift the second neuro-response data a second amount. The first amount is based on a first cognitive delay of a brain of the audience member and the second amount is based on a second cognitive delay of the brain. The example system includes an analyzer to determine an effectiveness of the media based on the aligned data.
US09894387B2	Image processing apparatus and method The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method that are capable of enhancing encoding efficiency while suppressing a decrease in the efficiency of encoding processing. The image processing apparatus includes an encoding mode setter that sets, in units of coding units having a hierarchical structure, whether a non-compression mode is to be selected as an encoding mode for encoding image data, the non-compression mode being an encoding mode in which the image data is output as encoded data, and an encoder that encodes the image data in units of the coding units in accordance with a mode set by the encoding mode setter. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus.
US09894382B2	Method and apparatus for assigning motion vector predictor to sub-block without performing associated iteration of sub-block motion vector predictor determination flow A motion vector predictor determination method includes: checking if motion vector data of at least one first neighbor unit adjacent to a block and motion vector data of at least one second neighbor unit adjacent to the block are identical to each other; and when a checking result indicates that the motion vector data of the at least one first neighbor unit is identical to the motion vector data of the at least one second neighbor unit, assigning a motion vector predictor determined for a first sub-block within the block to a second sub-block within the block. The motion vector data of the at least one first neighbor unit is involved in determining the motion vector predictor of the first sub-block, and the motion vector data of the at least one second neighbor unit is not involved in determining the motion vector predictor of the first sub-block.
US09894381B1	Managing multi-reference picture buffers for video data coding Encoding and decoding is accomplished herein using a multi-reference picture buffer. Decoding includes receiving an encoded video stream, determining an expected error value representing possible frame errors, decoding a plurality of reference frames from the video stream, adding each of the plurality of reference frames to the reference picture buffers up to a maximum number of reference picture buffers, and determining an encoded video stream error value representing actual frame errors based on the decoded plurality of reference frames. If the encoded video stream error value is greater than the decoded expected error value, an error is signaled.
US09894380B2	Apparatus for encoding moving picture Provided is an apparatus for encoding a moving picture that determines a quantization step size of a previous coding block according to scan order as the quantization step size predictor of the current coding block when a quantization step size of a left coding block of a current coding block and a quantization step size of an above coding block of the current coding block are unavailable and determines an available motion vector encountered first when retrieving motion vectors in the order of motion vector of a first predetermined position and motion vector of a second predetermined position in a reference picture as a temporal motion vector candidate. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of coding bits required to encode motion information and the quantization step size of the current prediction block.
US09894376B2	Moving image encoding device, moving image decoding device, moving image coding method, and moving image decoding method When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part 2 is an inter encoding mode which is a direct mode, a motion-compensated prediction part 5 selects a motion vector suitable for generation of a prediction image from one or more selectable motion vectors and also carries out a motion-compensated prediction process on the block to be encoded to generate a prediction image by using the motion vector, and outputs index information showing the motion vector to a variable length encoding part 13, and the variable length encoding unit 13 variable-length-encodes the index information.
US09894362B2	Image processing apparatus and method The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and a method capable of suppressing the reduction of an image quality due to encoding/decoding. The image processing device includes: a quantization unit that when orthogonal transform processing is skipped with respect to a current block, quantizes all components of the current block using one weighting coefficient and when the orthogonal transform processing is performed on the current block, quantizes each component of the current block using a quantization matrix; an encoding unit that encodes the coefficient of the current block which is quantized by the quantization unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the coded data of the current block which is obtained by being encoded by the encoding unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device.
US09894354B2	Methods and apparatus for video encoding and decoding using motion matrix Methods and apparatus are provided for video encoding and decoding using a motion matrix. An apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding a picture in a video sequence using a motion matrix. The motion matrix has a rank below a given threshold and a sparse representation with respect to a dictionary. The dictionary includes a set of atoms and basis vectors for representing the picture and for permitting the picture to be derived at a corresponding decoder using only the set. The dictionary formed from a set of reference pictures in the video sequence.
US09894353B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video using intra prediction mode dependent adaptive quantization matrix A method of encoding video using intra prediction mode dependent quantization matrix includes: calculating an array of quantizers for each size of block unit (100); encoding the arrays of quantizers into header of compressed video stream (102); selecting one scanning order based on a selected intra prediction mode among a plurality of scanning orders (112); scanning the array of quantizers to obtain a block of quantizers based on the selected scanning order (114).
US09894352B2	Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus Provided is a moving picture coding method for performing arithmetic coding on a quantization parameter to be used in quantizing a current block that is to be coded and is included in a current picture to be coded, the quantization parameter including a parameter indicating a sign and a parameter indicating an absolute value, the method including: binarizing the parameter indicating the absolute value without requiring information on a maximum value of the absolute value; binarizing the parameter indicating the sign without requiring information on a maximum value of the sign; and performing bypass arithmetic coding, using a fixed probability, sequentially on (i) a latter half of the binarized parameter indicating the absolute value and (ii) the binarized parameter indicating the sign.
US09894350B2	Methods and apparatus related to capturing and/or rendering images Camera and/or lens calibration information is generated as part of a calibration process in video systems including 3-dimensional (3D) immersive content systems. The calibration information can be used to correct for distortions associated with the source camera and/or lens. A calibration profile can include information sufficient to allow the system to correct for camera and/or lens distortion/variation. This can be accomplished by capturing a calibration image of a physical 3D object corresponding to the simulated 3D environment, and creating the calibration profile by processing the calibration image. The calibration profile can then be used to project the source content directly into the 3D viewing space while also accounting for distortion/variation, and without first translating into an intermediate space (e.g., a rectilinear space) to account for lens distortion.
US09894341B2	Apparatus and method for providing image, and apparatus and method for playing image Provided is a video providing method and a video playing method for a three-dimensional (3D) video, and an apparatus for performing the methods. The video providing method may transmit a reconstruction mode for reconstructing a low-resolution additional video having lower resolution than a high-resolution reference video.
US09894337B2	Color night vision cameras, systems, and methods thereof Disclosed are improved methods, systems and devices for color night vision that reduce the number of intensifiers and/or decrease noise. In some embodiments, color night vision is provided in system in which multiple spectral bands are maintained, filtered separately, and then recombined in a unique three-lens-filtering setup. An illustrative four-camera night vision system is unique in that its first three cameras separately filter different bands using a subtractive Cyan, Magenta and Yellow (CMY) color filtering-process, while its fourth camera is used to sense either additional IR illuminators or a luminance channel to increase brightness. In some embodiments, the color night vision is implemented to distinguish details of an image in low light. The unique application of the three-lens subtractive CMY filtering allows for better photon scavenging and preservation of important color information.
US09894330B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method for correction of images An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit, a setting unit, and a correction unit. The obtaining unit obtains a first image including a first overlap area having a first end side portion and a second image including a second overlap area having a second end side portion. The setting unit sets a first reference line that forms a first division area in the first overlap area and a second reference line that forms a second division area in the second overlap area. The correction unit executes corrections for the first overlap area, the first division area, and the second division area with the first reference line, the first end side portion, and the second end side portion respectively, the corrections being based on shapes of the first and second overlap areas and based on projection of the first image and the second image.
US09894320B2	Information processing apparatus and image processing system An information processing apparatus for transmitting image data to an information terminal, the information processing apparatus being capable of performing communication with the information terminal via a network is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine persons from the image data captured by an imaging unit; a speaker estimating unit configured to estimate a speaker among the persons captured in the image data; a measurement unit configured to measure a speech time of the speaker estimated by the speaker estimating unit; an acquisition unit configured to obtain from the image data, based on the speech time measured by the measurement unit, a speaker image including the speaker that continuously speaks for a certain duration; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the speaker image obtained by the acquisition unit to the information terminal.
US09894315B2	Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and method, image processing system, and control method for image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor configured to sense an image and output image data; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the image data; an output unit configured to output the processed image data to an external image processing apparatus; an input unit configured to input first processing information used in image processing performed by the external image processing apparatus on the image data; and a recording unit configured to record the first processing information, second processing information used for converting image data into standard image data, and at least one of the image data processed by the image processing unit and the unprocessed image data, in association with the stated image data.
US09894313B1	Video signal processing method, integrated circuit for video signal processing, and video signal processing apparatus A video signal processing method includes: dividing a current frame which is to be processed into a plurality of blocks which are predetermined rectangular blocks; calculating, for each of the plurality of blocks divided into in the dividing, a feature quantity relating to luminance of pixels in the block; calculating first correction data, based on a feature quantity calculated from each of first blocks located above a first horizontal boundary in the current frame and a feature quantity calculated from each of one or more blocks located below a first horizontal boundary in a previous frame which has been processed immediately before the current frame; and correcting luminance of pixels in each of the first blocks in the current frame, based on the first correction data calculated in the calculating.
US09894312B2	Method and system for controlling a user receiving device using voice commands A system and method includes a language processing module converting an electrical signal corresponding to an audible signal into a textual signal. The system further includes a command generation module converting the textual signal into a user receiving device control signal. A controller controls a function of a user receiving device in response to the user receiving device control signal.
US09894311B2	Adaptive methods for wireless camera communication In a wireless transmission system, a transmitter sends a plurality of data packets to a receiver. The transmitter identifies channel quality indicators corresponding to properties of a communication channel between the transmitter and the receiver. During operation, the transmitter adjusts one or more parameters that affect the Quality of Service (QoS) of data transmission between the transmitter and receiver to enable data transmission at different quality levels over a range of channel quality levels. In one embodiment, the transmitter sends data packets corresponding to video from a camera to the receiver.
US09894294B2	Automatic region of interest function for image sensors The present invention relates to reading-out sensor array pixels. In particular, the present invention provides an approach according to which only a region of interest with arbitrary geometry may be read out from the sensor array, thus leading to substantial time savings. In order to achieve this, a circuitry is provided for automatic determining of a ROI and reading out the ROI from the sensor array. The circuitry includes a fast reading-out circuitry which is less precise but faster than the accurate reading-out circuitry for reading-out the pixels of the sensor array. The fast reading-out circuitry reads out the pixels with low-level precision and determines by the processing of the fast read-out pixels the ROI which is then provided to an in-pixel ROI programming circuit for storing the ROI identification and by means thereof to the accurate reading-out circuit which then reads out only the pixels determined to belong to the ROI. The accurate read-out circuit is slower than the fast read-out circuit.
US09894291B2	Still image provision device A moving image acquiring part acquires a moving image. A still image accumulating part stores still images. An image processing part calculates gains obtained by previously storing based on the costs of extraction of still images from a moving image, and extracts some still images with higher gains from among the still images composing the moving image and stores into the still image accumulating part. A request processing part retrieves a still image requested by a request source from the still image accumulating part and transmits to the request source and, when the still image requested by the request source is not stored in the still image accumulating part, extracts the still image requested by the request source from the moving image acquired by the moving image acquiring part and transmits to the request source.
US09894290B2	Lens unit, camera system, and control method for aperture A lens unit, having a photographing lens, an aperture, and an aperture drive mechanism for opening and closing the aperture, comprising a memory that stores characteristics of the aperture drive mechanism, an aperture drive section that drives the aperture drive mechanism, and an aperture control section that controls the aperture drive section so that rate of change of light amount that passes through the aperture as a result of opening and closing operations of the aperture becomes constant, based on the characteristics of the aperture drive mechanism.
US09894288B2	Image forming method for forming a high-resolution image, and a related image forming apparatus and image forming program Images are combined with high accuracy, and a high-definition image that is superior in the sensitivity and the saturation characteristics is formed. An image forming method includes detecting a difference between a plurality of images by comparing respective high-resolution areas included in the plurality of images; based on the difference, adjusting position information associated with the plurality of images, respectively; and combining respective low-resolution areas of the plurality of images in which the pieces of position information is adjusted.
US09894287B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring a high dynamic image using multiple cameras The present invention discloses a terminal. The terminal includes: a first camera, a second camera, a processor, the processor is connected to both the first camera and the second camera, the first camera and the second camera are located on a same side of the terminal, the first camera is configured to acquire an image in a first region; the processor is configured to: analyze the image acquired by the first camera, determine, according to an analysis result, exposure used when the second camera acquires an image in a second region; the second camera acquires the image in the second region according to the exposure that is determined by the processor and is used when the second camera acquires the image in the second region; the processor is configured to synthesize the images into a high dynamic image.
US09894286B2	System and method for controlling illumination in a vision system This invention provides a system and method for enabling control of an illuminator having predetermined operating parameters by a vision system processor/core based upon stored information regarding parameters that are integrated with the illuminator. The parameters are retrieved by the processor, and are used to control the operation of the illuminator and/or the camera during image acquisition. In an embodiment, the stored parameters are a discrete numerical or other value that corresponds to the illuminator type. The discrete value maps to a corresponding value in look-up table/database associated with the camera that contains parameter sets associated with each of a plurality of values in the database. The data associated with the discrete value in the camera contains the necessary parameters or settings for that illuminator type. In other embodiments, some or all of the actual parameter information can be stored with the illuminator and retrieved by the camera processor.
US09894284B2	Imaging control device, imaging apparatus, and imaging control method To obtain an appropriate exposure condition even in second photographing when generating an image with an expanded dynamic range. An exposure control unit controls an imaging element including a normal pixel for generating an image signal and a low-sensitivity pixel for generating a low-sensitivity image signal and having lower photoelectric conversion sensitivity to visible light than the normal pixel under a predetermined exposure condition and causes the imaging element to output the image signal and the low-sensitivity image signal. A low-sensitivity histogram generating unit generates a low-sensitivity histogram indicating an appearance frequency distribution of the low-sensitivity image signal based on the low-sensitivity image signal. A short-time exposure condition calculating unit calculates a short-time exposure condition with an exposure time shorter than the exposure condition based on the generated low-sensitivity histogram. A short-time exposure control unit controls the imaging element under the calculated short-time exposure condition and causes the imaging element to output a short-time exposure image signal as an image signal generated by the normal pixel. A combining unit combines the image signal and the short-time exposure image signal.
US09894271B2	Pattern inspection apparatus and pattern inspection method A pattern inspection apparatus according to an embodiment includes an image capture and an output part. The image capture captures an image of a second pattern of an inspection target object obtained by enlarging the inspection target object having a first pattern. The output part outputs position information of the first or second pattern corresponding to divergent portions between a reference data generated from design data of the first pattern and a captured data generated by the image capture, other than prediction positions of first defects occurring when the inspection target object is enlarged.
US09894266B2	Cognitive recording and sharing A system and method and computer program product for cognitive recording and sharing of live events. The system includes: a sensing and transmitting device that can sense the biometric signatures of an individual; a processing unit that analyses the sensed signal and initiate a set of actions; a recording device or the like to record the event; and a networked sharing device configured to subsequently share recorded event content. The system further identifies individuals' pre-cognitive inputs and additional external and internal factor input signals that are precursors to cognitive affirmation of an emotional response. These inputs will be identified, correlated, and used in training the system for subsequent identification and correlation between input factors and resulting emotional state. External factors may include: recognized emotional states, biometric inputs, and/or precognition inputs of other individuals in proximity to the subject individual. Other factors may include an individual's context.
US09894261B2	Systems and methods for presenting digital video management system information via a user-customizable hierarchical tree interface Described herein are systems and methods for presenting DVM system information. In overview, a hierarchical tree structure is used to display DVM system elements (such as cameras). The tree structure is defined by a plurality of nodes arranged in hierarchical levels. Each level in the tree structure corresponds to an element characteristic. The nodes for each level correspond to element characteristic values. For example, one level might correspond to “camera status”, and the nodes at that level each define camera status values (e.g. operational or non-operational). A tree customization module allows a user to customize the tree structure by designating element characteristics for levels in the tree structure.
US09894259B2	Movable image capture devices and methods for capture of images from behind a display screen Movable image capture devices and methods for images from behind a display screen are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining a position of a displayed target image on a display screen. The method also includes using an image capture device positioned behind the display screen for capturing images positioned in front of the display screen. The method also includes moving the image capture device behind the display screen to a position near the position of the displayed target image based on the determined position of the displayed target image.
US09894256B2	Illuminator for an image acquisition system An illuminator includes: a body with an opening, for receiving optical means; illuminating means arranged around the opening in a frontal face of this body and commandable to illuminate a space in front of the frontal face, electronic control means of the illuminator; heat dissipating means; connecting means for removably fixing the illuminator at least to the optical apparatus. The body of the illuminator includes a rear face opposite the frontal face which includes a plurality of distinct functional case elements positioned around the opening for receiving at least the electronic control means and/or which defines the heat dissipating means and/or the connecting means, in such a manner as to enable an operator, when the optical apparatus is associated with the illuminator, to access the optical means to dismantle the optical means from the apparatus and/or adjust optical adjusting means of the optical means.
US09894246B2	Locked print with intruder detection and management A printing device includes a user interface, a print module and a locked print module. The locked print module is configured to examine a plurality of print data received by the printing device to determine whether locked printing is specified for any electronic documents contained in the plurality of print data. If locked printing is specified for any of the electronic documents contained in the plurality of print data, then the corresponding print data is stored on the printing device and not processed for printing. The locked print module is further configured to verify password data with respect to user identification data. If the password data is not successfully verified with respect to the user identification data, then the locked print module causes print data that is both stored on the printing device and associated with the user identification data to be deleted from the printing device.
US09894243B2	Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions and image forming apparatus, to perform monitoring of status information A non-transitory computer-readable medium has instructions to control an information processing device to perform monitoring, the instructions causing the information processing device to perform operations including: performing a notification acquisition processing; performing a switching processing of setting a mode flag with one of a first value indicating the first mode and a second value indicating the second mode; performing, in a case where the first value is set to the mode flag, a first monitor processing including: a first reception processing of receiving first status information; and a first display processing of displaying the status indicated by the first status information; and performing, in a case where the second value is set to the mode flag, a second monitor processing including: a second reception processing of receiving second status information; and a second display processing of displaying the status indicated by the second status information.
US09894236B2	Photoelectric transducer, image reading device, image forming apparatus, and image reading method A photoelectric transducer includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in one direction for each of colors of light to be received, and configured such that light is converted into an electrical signal in each of the plurality of pixels; a parallel processor configured to perform parallel processing on a plurality of electrical signals obtained through conversion in the pixels in synchronization with a spread-spectrum clock for each of pixel groups, each of the pixel groups including a predetermined number of pixels; and a corrector configured to correct an offset level of each of the plurality of electrical signals having undergone the parallel processing performed by the parallel processor, using one of values, each of the values being common within one of the pixel groups.
US09894235B2	Auto document feeder to finisher path A multifunctional printer comprising a printer section, an auto-document feeder, a scanner section, and a finisher, wherein a finisher path leads from the auto-document feeder into the printer section and converges with a print path into a shared finisher path leading to the finisher, such that documents scanned with the auto-document feeder can be conveyed to the finisher such that it can perform a finishing operation on the documents.
US09894227B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and computer program product An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit, an edge extraction unit, a feature point search unit, a document area size calculation unit, a user operation unit, and a multi-feed determination unit. The reading unit optically reads a document to generate image data. The edge extraction unit extracts an edge of the document from the image data. The feature point search unit searches edge data of the edge extracted by the edge extraction unit for a feature point. The document area size calculation unit calculates a document area size from the feature point found by the feature point search unit. The user operation unit is used by a user to specify a document size. The multi-feed determination unit compares the document area size calculated by the document area size calculation unit with the user-specified document size so as to determine whether multi-feed of the document has occurred.
US09894225B2	Setting device, image forming apparatus including the setting device and clear-coat setting method A setting device sets a print page to be clear-coated. When print data is obtained, the setting device displays a preview of a print page image represented by the print data (step S1040). The setting device further receives a designation for a print page image of which preview is displayed, and sets a print page corresponding to the print page image of which designation has been received as a print page to be clear-coated (step S1050).
US09894220B2	Image display apparatus having image-related information displaying function A display system has a (1) camera that includes a lens and outputs an image data; (2) a first display that includes a first display screen on which (i) a first image, based on the image data output by the camera, containing a part of a person is displayed and (ii) information indicating a position where the camera has output the image data is displayed; and (3) a second display that includes (i) a receiver which receives the image data transmitted from the camera and (ii) a second display screen that displays a second image based on the image data. The second display can be carried by the person while receiving the image data.
US09894218B2	Apparatus and method for processing scan data in the event of ESD input An image forming apparatus includes a scanner configured to acquire scan data by scanning a scan target, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) detector configured to detect an ESD when the scan data is acquired, and a data processor configured to process the scan data acquired when the ESD is detected according to an operation state of the scanner.
US09894213B2	Acoustic echo cancellation for audio system with bring your own devices (BYOD) A controller for the conference session generates a speaker signal for speakers in a conference room. The controller correlates the speaker signal with network timing information and generates speaker timing information. The controller transmits the correlated speaker signal and timing information to a mobile device participating in the conference session. The mobile device generates an echo cancelled microphone signal from a microphone of the mobile device, and transmits the echo cancelled signal back to the controller. The controller also receives array microphone signals associated with an array of microphones at known positions in the room. The controller estimates a relative location of the mobile device within the conference room. The controller dynamically selects as audio output corresponding to the mobile device location either the echo cancelled microphone signal from the mobile device or an echo cancelled array microphone signal associated with the relative location of the mobile device.
US09894202B2	Method for automated handling of outbound contacts requiring assured connection to a live agent A system for assuring agent connection for outbound calls placed in an automated outbound calling campaign includes an outbound dialing server, a digital data repository coupled to the outbound dialing server, the data repository storing outbound dialing records for automated outbound dialing, and software executing on the outbound dialing server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for determining for a specific outbound dialing record if the connection to a live agent must be an assured connection, a second function for dialing and engaging an agent via an internal call for reservation of the agent, and a third function for bridging the call connections forged between the system and the agent and the system and the outbound party upon answer of the outbound call.
US09894199B1	Systems and methods for authenticating a caller at a call center A system for authenticating the identity of a caller (i) receiving one or more online credentials of a caller initiating a phone call, where the one or more online credentials include one or more pieces of biometric information associated with the caller, and the one or more online credentials are received from a mobile device associated with the caller; (ii) requesting one or more additional online credentials associated with the mobile device; (iii) receiving the one or more additional online credentials; (iv) receiving telephone authentication information associated with the phone call; (v) authenticating the caller based, at least in part upon, the one or more online credentials, the one or more additional credentials, and the telephone authentication information; (vi) generating authentication status information based on the authentication of the caller; and (vii) transferring the authentication status information and the phone call to a call recipient.
US09894197B1	Tracking management system for devices A method and computer system for managing data consumption for a device. A processor unit detects a trigger event for the device. The processor unit sends a message to stop consuming data from the device by a group of data consumers when the trigger event occurs.
US09894194B2	Mobile device Mobile devices such as mobile phones typically have two speakers, one for use in a hand-set mode and one for use in a hands-free mode. A mobile device (1100) is described operable to switch between a hand-set mode and a hands-free mode, the mobile device includes a receiver speaker (10) operable in the hand-set mode and the hands-free mode of the mobile device, and a hands-free speaker (12) operable in the hands-free mode of the mobile device. The mobile device is operable in hands-free mode to route at least one audio signal to the receiver speaker and the hands-free speaker. Using the hands-free speaker and the receiver speaker may improve the sound quality without increasing the cost.
US09894184B2	System, method and computer program product for smart upload automation Systems, methods, and computer program products for smart upload automation in which actions are automatically performed on a set of digital assets against a target item. In one embodiment, a system includes a network, a server machine, a client machine and a data storage device, each of which is coupled to the network. The client machine designates digital assets and a target item against which the assets will be uploaded. The digital assets are uploaded by the client machine to the data storage device via the network. The server machine automatically performs actions on the digital assets without intervention by the client machine, where the actions are associated with or in some way defined by the target item. The actions may include setting metadata values of the digital assets based upon metadata associated with the target item, or generating different renditions of the digital assets.
US09894177B2	System and method for device management using a social network A method is provided for managing a social network of devices. The method provides a non-transitory memory, a network interface, and a social network application. Network-connected local devices create user accounts in the social network and populate a user profile listing device characteristics. Some examples of device characteristics include model and serial number. A central server is then able to access the user profiles in the social network, and cross-reference user profiles to a first device characteristic. The central server sends queries via the social network to selected local devices matching the first device characteristic and receives responses to the queries via the social network from the selected local devices. Further, the central server may maintain a database, stored in a central non-transitory memory, of queries and responses cross-referenced to the local devices. A system is also provided for managing devices using a social networking application.
US09894161B2	Method and CPE for promoting portal website based on MAC address A method and CPE for promoting a portal website base on an MAC address are provided. The method includes: after a WAN connection is established successfully, CPE query a pre-established address association table; when a corresponding MAC address terminal in the address association table is connected with the CPE, the CPE set a portal website redirection rule to the IP address of the corresponding MAC address terminal; and when the terminal accesses an external network, the CPE promote the portal website according to the set portal website redirection rule. The present invention can realize the promotion of a portal website at selectable intervals, and improve the promotion frequency and flexibility of the portal website.
US09894157B2	Distributed storage network with client subsets and methods for use therewith A method includes identifying a plurality of DST client modules affiliated with data for storage in the DST network. A corresponding subset of a plurality of DST execution units are identified for each of the plurality of DST client modules. The data is encoded into a plurality of slices based on at least one dispersal parameter, the number of the plurality of slices corresponding to a number of the plurality of DST execution units included in a superset formed from the union of each subset of a plurality of DST execution units corresponding to each of the plurality of DST client modules. The plurality of slices are sent for storage in the superset formed from the union of each subset of a plurality of DST execution units.
US09894153B2	Methods and systems for peer-to-peer discovery and connection from a collaborative application session Methods and systems are provided herein for initiating real-time, peer-to-peer communication from a collaborative session. Real-time, peer-to-peer communication includes sharing content such as media content over a peer-to-peer connection such as peer-to-peer conferencing, for example. More particularly, from within the collaborative session where a plurality of clients collaboratively interact with a remotely-accessed application, for example, the systems and methods enable discovery of the clients actively participating in the collaborative session (e.g., peer nodes) and enable establishment of peer-to-peer connection(s) between pairs of the clients.
US09894152B2	Consolidation and monitoring of consumed content Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the generation of an interface showing content being consumed by a group of devices. A central device may gather secondary streams of content consumed by each device within the group of devices, and the secondary streams may be used to generate an interface comprising thumbnails showing content consumed by the device associated with the respective thumbnail. Secondary streams of content may be generated at the central device or may be retrieved by the central device from a client device serviced by the central device.
US09894138B2	Natural language management of online social network connections Natural language management of online social network connections may comprise receiving natural language data associated with a user's social network interactions. The natural language data associated with a user's social network interactions is analyzed and features used in the user's social network interactions are determined based on the analysis. The contexts in which the features are used in the user's social network interactions may be also determined. Point values to the features used in the user's social network interactions are assigned. A fingerprint of the user is created at least based on the features and the point values. The created fingerprint may be compared with information associated with online communities, and based on the comparison, one or more of the online communities may be recommended as user's potential social network connections.
US09894135B1	Load time adapted network pages Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a network page having a data density that corresponds to a network page load time for a client in communication with an electronic commerce system. In one embodiment, the electronic commerce system determines a network page load time for a client and draws an association between the client and a data density based at least in part on the network page load time. The electronic commerce system generates a network page having the data density and serves the network page for the client.
US09894132B2	Data storage method and system of portable terminal A data storage method and system of the portable terminal for storing data efficiently through a synchronization service are provided. The data storage method of a portable terminal includes determining whether a residual storage space of a data storage region of the portable terminal is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, performing, when the residual storage space is equal to or less than the threshold value, a packet data protocol context activation procedure, determining whether a new data save command is detected, storing, when the new data save command is detected, the new data in the residual storage space, and increasing the residual storage space to be equal to or greater than the threshold value by at least one of deleting synchronization-complete data among synchronization-enabled data stored in the portable terminal and transferring synchronization-incomplete data to a predetermined synchronization service server.
US09894127B2	Tiered service resell mechanism for IPTV A media backend server deployed within an IPTV system and operated by a hosting operator enables tiered reselling of IPTV services to a hosted operator. The media backend server receives a web service call for a plurality of media content from a branch server operated by the hosted operator. The media backend server proxies the web service call to a head end server to retrieve media metadata for at least a portion of the media content. In addition, the media backend server provides filtered media metadata corresponding to media content purchased by the hosted operator from the hosting operator to the branch server.
US09894119B2	Configurable metadata-based automation and content classification architecture for cloud-based collaboration platforms Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for generating jobs by applying user-specified metadata rules to metadata events. More specifically, the scalable architecture described herein uses metadata to drive automations and/or polices in a cloud-based environment. In one embodiment, the architecture integrates a metadata service with an event-based automation engine to automatically trigger polices and/or automations based on metadata and/or changes in metadata changes. The metadata service can include customizable and/or pre-build metadata templates which can be used to automatically apply a metadata framework (e.g., particular fields) to files based on, for example, the upload or placement of a particular file in a particular folder. The architecture also provides for advanced metadata searching and data classification.
US09894115B2	Collaborative data editing and processing system A system uses portable processing devices that communicate with external devices. A portable processing device having a camera transmits, to a server, an identification information request message including an image acquired by the camera; receives, from the server, identification information related to an object shown in the image; in response to user selection of the object, transmits, to the server, a data request message requesting data corresponding to the identification information of the selected object; receives, from the server, a first data corresponding to the identification information; edits the first data to provide a second data in response to user input information; and transmits the second data to the server enabling the server to update the first data to provide the second data item.
US09894109B2	Lawful intercept in an internet protocol-based telephony system Messages sent from an initiating device to a called device to establish a telephonic communication session between the initiating device and the called device are received at a network device. One of a first network or a second network is selected to establish a first communication path of the telephonic communication session. The first network comprises an Internet Protocol network to which the initiating device and the called device are connected, and the second network comprises a public switched telephone network. Messages are sent to the called device via the one of the first network or the second network to establish the first communication path. A second communication path is established between the initiating device and the called device through another of the first network or the second network. At least a subset of data also being sent over the first communication path is sent via the second communication path.
US09894105B2	Method and systems for identifying faulty communication calls This disclosure relates generally to call monitoring techniques, and more particularly to method and system for identifying faulty communication calls. In one embodiment, a method comprises generating communication call record information for a communication call upon determining release of the communication call on a signaling plane. The method further comprises receiving a notification that media plane resources are still active after release of the communication call on the signaling plane. The method further comprises requesting for and receiving media activity of the communication call on the media plane in response to active media plane resources. The method further comprises identifying the faulty communication call based on the communication call record information and the media activity of the communication call.
US09894103B2	Performing source network address translation based on remote device management attributes Some embodiments provide novel methods for processing remote-device data messages in a network based on data-message attributes from a remote device management (RDM) system. For instance, the method of some embodiments identifies a set of RDM attributes associated with a data message, and then performs one or more service operations based on identified RDM attribute set.
US09894102B2	System and method for priority-based rule generation with consistency check and policy enforcement A network node receives rules from a plurality of different domain entities. Each domain entity has a different priority level, and each rule defines an action to be performed be a device in response to a predetermined event. The network node prioritizes the rules based on the priority levels of their respective domain entities, checks for conflicts between the prioritized rules, and generates a policy based on the prioritized rules.
US09894074B2	Method and system for extracting access control list A method and system for extracting an access control list having a predetermined format from packets collected for a predetermined period of time, without requiring TCP flag information. By an information collection unit, network packets and network traffic logs are collected. By the information collection unit, a network traffic log including Media Access Control (MAC), Internet Protocol (IP), and port information is extracted from each network packet. By an information analysis unit, an access control list is generated based on the network traffic log.
US09894071B2	Visualization of access permission status Queries regarding access permissions of users and rights to directories in a complex enterprise are executed in near real-time, using lookups to tables that form a condensed database maintained for each file server. User information is condensed by arranging users in user groups having common data access rights. Directory permissions storage is condensed by showing only distinctive permissions to a directory in a table entry, and referencing inherited permissions of parent directories. The tables indicate recursive and ancestral relationships among the user groups and directories. They are developed and updated in advance of any queries. A consolidated view of the query results is presented on a single display screen. Using the tables results can be obtained without exhaustive searches of large file system tables.
US09894067B1	Cross-region roles Techniques for using short-term credentials with access roles across regions are described herein. A request to assume a role associated with resources in a first region is received by a user in a second region. The request, which is digitally signed with credential associated with the user in the second region causes the generation of a short-term session credential that includes a session key and that can be used to assume the role. The user in the second region then assumes the role and, accordingly, can use the short-term session credentials to access the resources in the first region.
US09894060B2	Machine-to-machine device and smartcard for use in the device There is provided a method device for facilitating remote access capability. An exemplary device comprises a connection module for connecting the device to a remote location. The exemplary device also comprises a smartcard comprising a secure identification and/or authentication component. The exemplary device additionally comprises a control module, at least part of which is comprised in the smartcard, interfacing with the connection module and with a component of the device, the control module being adapted to access the component in conjunction with a communication between the control module and the remote location via the connection module.
US09894057B2	Method and system for managing secure custom domains Method, system and infrastructures for managing certificates for platform providers are described. A platform provider provides a platform to host a plurality of virtual sites designated individually with custom specified hostnames. According to one aspect of the present invention, traffic originating from a web browser to a designated website with a hostname is directed to a server (herein “control server”) designed for serving a corresponding certificate to establish a secure session between the browser and the designated website being hosted on a server (herein “platform server”) operated by a platform provider. In operation, the corresponding certificate may be retrieved from a cache in or accessible by the control server, or the control server is caused to generate a certificate based on the access request from the browser after a verification process.
US09894051B2	Extending shrouding capability of hosting system Technical solutions are described for extending shrouding capability of a virtual server hosting system. An example method includes receiving a request to deploy a shrouded virtual server using a predetermined set of hardware components, and using a shrouded mode. The method also includes adding a guest server to the hosting system, the guest server including the predetermined set of hardware components. The method also includes deploying a preconfigured hypervisor on the guest server, where the preconfigured hypervisor is deployed in an immutable mode that disables changes to security settings of the preconfigured hypervisor. The method also includes deploying, by the preconfigured hypervisor, a preconfigured boot image as an instance of the virtual server on the preconfigured hypervisor. The method also includes sending an identifier of the virtual server for receipt by the client device.
US09894036B2	Cyber threat attenuation using multi-source threat data analysis A cyber threat attenuation system. The system comprises a cyber threat data store, a plurality of sensor control points (SCPs), wherein at least one SCP is located in each local area network (LAN) segment of an enterprise network, and an analytics correlation system (ACS). Each SCP comprises a plurality of sensor applications that analyze data packets transported by the LAN segment in which the SCP is located and transmits a notification identifying the transmitting sensor, an identity of the source of the data packet, an identity of the destination of the data packet, and a notification reason to the data store. The ACS comprises an application that determines unusual data packet traffic in the enterprise network and transmits a notification comprising information about the unusual data packet traffic and an identity of a host computer associated with the unusual data packet traffic to the data store.
US09894027B2	Electronic device and method for controlling notification setting of message An electronic device includes an input unit configured to receive user input; a communication unit configured to transmit and receive message; and a controller configured to set an outgoing message to at least one notifications of a plurality of message notifications according to the user input received by the input unit, and to notify of reception of an incoming message to a user by at least one notifications of the plurality of message notifications included in the incoming message.
US09894024B2	Dynamic duty-cycling of processor of mobile device based on operating condition of mobile device In one embodiment, a geographic-positioning component records a first location of a mobile device. The geographic-positioning component determines on a periodic basis a current location of the mobile device. The geographic-positioning component determines whether the current location is outside a geographic region defined at least in part by the first location and a radius, the radius being adjusted from a pre-determined value based on a detected velocity of the mobile device; time of day information; a battery level of the mobile device; or an error of the first location measurement or the current location measurement. If the current location is outside the geographic region, the geographic-positioning component causes a client application of the mobile device to send the current location to a remote server.
US09894010B2	Management of heterogeneous client device groups Various implementations disclosed herein enable client devices to share a network resource in order to produce more evenly distributed perceptual playback quality levels within each subscription tier. Sharing of a network resource is facilitated by providing client devices with one or more QoE distribution indicator values, which enables client device participation in the allocation of the network resource. In some implementations, a client device method includes determining a local QoE level value, and then modifying a representation selection of media content data based on the local QoE and one or more QoE distribution indicator values. The local QoE level value characterizes perceptual playback quality of media content data received by the client device using the shared network resource. The QoE distribution indicator values characterize at least in part the relative QoE values associated with a plurality of client devices sharing the shared network resource with the client device.
US09894005B2	Adaptive routing controlled by source node A method in a network element that includes multiple interfaces for connecting to a communication network includes receiving from the communication network via an ingress interface a flow including a sequence of packets, and routing the packets to a destination of the flow via a first egress interface. A permission indication for re-routing the flow is received in the ingress interface. In response to receiving the permission indication, subsequent packets of the flow are re-routed via a second egress interface that is different from the first egress interface. Further re-routing of the flow is refrained from, until receiving another permission indication.
US09894002B1	Double experimental (EXP) quality of service (QoS) markings for MPLS packets Techniques are described for applying double experimental (EXP) quality of service (QoS) markings to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets. According to the techniques, an edge router of an MPLS network is configured to map a Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) marking for customer traffic to at least two EXP fields of at least two different labels included in a MPLS packet encapsulating the customer traffic. In this way, the edge router may map the full DSCP marking across the first and second EXP fields to provide full resolution QoS for the customer traffic over the MPLS network. The techniques also include a core router of an MPLS network configured to identify a QoS profile for a received MPLS packet based on a combination of a first EXP field of a first label and a second EXP field of a second label included in the MPLS packet.
US09894000B2	Method for forwarding data packets in a network and programmable ingress and egress nodes therefore The method for forwarding a data packet in a network generally has the steps of: forming at least two transit data packets including replicating at least payload data, sequence data and destination data of the data packet; and forwarding the at least two transit data packets along different network paths. The different network paths can lead to an egress node based on the destination data. At the egress node, the received data packets can be compared to stored data to determine whether the transit data packets having the same sequence data have both been received. The received data packets can then be transmitted to the data destination only when it is determined that they are the first one of the pair of transit data packets to be received.
US09893998B2	Packet transfer system IHS packet transfer systems and methods include a chassis housing a source IHS and a destination IHS. A component interconnect system in the chassis communicatively couples the source IHS and the destination IHS and includes a routing table that includes a destination IHS IP address of the destination IHS and a subnet associated with a component interconnect system domain. The routing table also includes a destination IHS memory address in the destination IHS, and a destination IHS port identifier for a port that is connected to the destination IHS. The component interconnect system provides a routing engine that receives, from the source IHS, a data packet that includes the destination IHS IP address and, in response, uses the routing table and the destination IHS IP address to retrieve the destination IHS memory address and the destination IHS port identifier for providing the data packet to the destination IHS.
US09893994B2	Methods and apparatus to route control packets based on address partitioning Disclosed example routing methods include accessing a control packet originating from a first internal router, translating the destination address of the control packet from a first value to a second value, and identifying a first one of a plurality of outgoing interfaces of a meta-router based on the second value of the destination address, the outgoing interfaces of the meta-router in communication with respective incoming interfaces of a splitter. Disclosed example methods also include forwarding the control packet to the first one of the outgoing interfaces of the meta-router after translating the destination address of the control packet from the second value back to the first value, and routing the control packet from the splitter to an external router based on which one of the incoming interfaces of the splitter receives the control packet from the meta-router.
US09893985B2	Utilizing remote storage for network formation in IoT networks In one embodiment, a device that is protected against a power outage event in a network receives metrics used by a first node in the network to select a routing link to a second node in the network. The device stores the metrics used by the first node to select the routing link to the second node. The device selects a set of one or more of the metrics to provide to the first node during network formation after a power outage event in the network. The device provides the selected set of one or more of the metrics to the first node, wherein the first node uses the provided set to reestablish connectivity to the network.
US09893981B2	Resource aware multi-task routing in multi-hop heterogeneous wireless networks A multi-hop heterogeneous wireless network is partitioned into a set of subnetworks including a first subnetwork having a first sink node and a second subnetwork having a second sink node. A node forms parts of the first and the second subnetworks and has different modes of operations (MOP) depending on the subnetwork. For example, the node has a first MOP specifying a type of the routing in the first subnetwork and a second MOP specifying a type of the routing in the second subnetwork. The node determines the MOD based on available routing resource of the node that is independent from the subnetwork and based on required routing resource that varies among the subnetworks. The node routs packets in the first subnetwork according to the first MOP and routing packets in the second subnetwork according to the second MOP.
US09893977B2	System and method for supporting live migration of virtual machines in a virtualization environment A system and method can support virtual machine live migration in a network. A virtual switch can be associated with a plurality of virtual functions (VFs), and wherein each said virtual function (VF) is associated with a separate virtual interface (VI) space. At least one virtual machine that is attached with a said virtual function (VF) can be associated with a virtual interface (VI), e.g. a queue pair (QP) in an Infiniband (IB) architecture. Furthermore, said at least one virtual machine operates to perform a live migration from a first host to a second host with said virtual function (VF) attached.
US09893975B2	In-line network tap An in-line network tap includes a network tap chip that is configured to analyze or otherwise process data packets as the data packets are transmitted within a network. The network tap chip can be embedded within a communication cable, such as an Ethernet or USB cable, either within the flexible cable portion of the cable or within a connector on either end of the communication cable. Alternatively, the network tap chip can be embedded within a transceiver. The in-line network tap can perform various processing including monitoring network performance, facilitating remote troubleshooting, data buffering, and intrusion detection and prevention.
US09893972B1	Managing I/O requests Systems and methods are described providing detailed input/output (I/O) metric information that is collected and gathered by an agent of the storage volume. An I/O request is received by a storage volume, and the agent associates primary and secondary identifiers with that I/O request. For example, a trace may be associated with that I/O request. The agent may store this I/O metric information in a ring buffer. Further, after collection and aggregation, statistics may be published by an I/O metric service that further processes the data provided by the agent. Advantageously, interdependent relationships associated with the I/O request or I/O operations of that request may be included in those statistics. This may allow an operator to evaluate the performance of I/O requests for a network.
US09893970B2	Data loss monitoring of partial data streams A method for detecting loss of sensitive information in partial data streams may include identifying partial data streams containing segments lost while capturing network traffic at a network computing device, determining characteristics of content of the partial data streams, padding content portions of the lost segments in the partial data streams, and scanning the partial data streams for sensitive information according to at least one data loss prevention (DLP) policy.
US09893967B1	Measuring network efficiency Described is a graph measure that generalizes average path length for measuring network efficiency. A reachability measure for a graph representing a network is determined. The reachability measure is a generalized measurement related to an average path length of the graph which provides a measure of a number of short paths in the graph. The reachability measure is applied to an existing network infrastructure to provide a metric for the efficiency of the existing network infrastructure. The existing network infrastructure can then be improved based on the reachability measure.
US09893957B2	Forward-based resource delivery network management techniques A resource delivery network and method for distributing content in the network is disclosed herein. The network comprises a plurality of servers arranged in tiers and partitioned. Each server includes a resource store with a set of resources for distribution to a successive tier. Updates to each successive tier are provided by a pull-forward client on servers in the tier. This forward propagation mechanism maximizes resource availability at edge servers in the network. Resources transmitted to the edge tier servers may be transformed, combined, and rendered without taxing lower tier servers. Transformation and pre-rendering of data can be performed by low priority CPU tasks at each layer of the system.
US09893950B2	Switch-connected HyperX network A network system includes a plurality of sub-network planes and global switches. The sub-network planes have a same network topology as each other. Each of the sub-network planes includes edge switches. Each of the edge switches has N ports. Each of the global switches is configured to connect a group of edge switches at a same location in the sub-network planes. In each of the sub-network planes, some of the N ports of each of the edge switches are connected to end nodes, and others of the N ports are connected to other edge switches in the same sub-network plane, other of the N ports are connected to at least one of the global switches.
US09893945B2	Process system for constructing network structure deployment diagram and method thereof and computer program product storing analysis program of network structure deployment A process system for constructing network structure deployment diagram and the method thereof and a computer program product storing a network structure deployment analysis program are provided to analyze the network structure deployment of a target network. At first, a request instruction is sent by the process system for constructing the network structure deployment diagram to acquire network flow status messages. Interconnection relationship between the connection ports is analyzed by matching the acquired network flow status messages of the connection ports to generate the network structure deployment diagram of the target network. Accordingly, the invention utilizes the flow data messages of the connection ports in the network to create the network structure deployment diagram with advantages of easy implementation and high operation efficiency etc., and is especially suitable for large network systems with a large amount of network terminals.
US09893940B1	Topologically aware network device configuration The following description is directed to topologically aware network device configuration. In one example, components to be configured within a network can be mapped to one or more redundancy groups within a network topology of the network. The components to be configured can be selectively configured within the network so that network traffic continues during the configuration. Selectively configuring the components can include choosing an order to configure the components based on configuration rules and the mapping of the components to the one or more redundancy groups.
US09893938B1	Apparatuses and methods for distributed configuration management of communication devices A properties server includes memory configured to store group properties and global properties used to control operation of the communication devices, and a processor configured to manage the group properties and the global properties responsive to modifications made by an administrator, and to transmit the group properties and the global properties to the communication devices. A communication device includes a processor configured to communicate with a properties server to receive a set of properties that includes at least one group property and at least one global property, and memory operably coupled with the processor. The memory is configured to locally store properties used by the processor to operate the communication device, the locally stored properties being configured to be modified responsive to the set of properties received from the properties server. Related devices, communication systems, and methods are also described.
US09893931B2	Connection recovery method, apparatus, and system A connection recovery method includes searching, by a first terminal, for a recovery candidate corresponding to an interrupted connection; selecting, by the first terminal, one found recovery candidate as a first recovery candidate; sending, by the first terminal, a negotiation request to a second terminal; receiving, by the first terminal, a matching success message returned by the second terminal; and transmitting, by the first terminal, data to the second terminal according to the first connection information.
US09893922B2	System and method for implementing orthogonal time frequency space communications using OFDM A system and method for orthogonal time frequency space communication and waveform generation. The method includes receiving a plurality of information symbols and encoding an N×M array containing the plurality of information symbols into a two-dimensional array of modulation symbols by spreading each of the plurality of information symbols with respect to both time and frequency. The two-dimensional array of modulation symbols is then transmitted using M mutually orthogonal waveforms included within M frequency sub-bands.
US09893920B2	Signal processing circuits A signal processing circuit comprising a clip-generation-block. The clip-generation-block is configured to receive an input-signal; and determine a clip-signal that comprises only values of the input-signal that exceed a clipping-threshold. The signal processing circuit also comprises a scaling-block configured to apply a scaling-factor to the clip-signal in order to generate a scaled-clip-signal, wherein the scaling-factor is greater than one; and an adder configured to provide a clipped-signal based on a difference between the scaled-clip-signal and the input signal.
US09893917B2	Methods and apparatus for communicating control information In a first mode of dedicated control channel (DCCH) operation, a wireless terminal is allocated more segments than in a second mode. The wireless terminal uses different information bit to modulation symbol mapping in the different modes. On a per DCCH segment basis, the same number of modulation symbols are communicated in either mode but more information bits are conveyed in the second mode. Information bits for a DCCH segment are partitioned into two subsets. The two subsets are used to generate another set, each of the two subsets and the another set are input to the same mapping function to generate three equal size sets of modulation symbols which are transmitted via the DCCH segment. Uplink tone hopping is used such that one of the equal size sets of modulation symbols for the DCCH segment uses the same tone but a different set uses a different tone.
US09893906B2	Multicast negative acknowledgements using high-energy long-training fields for feedback Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for multicast negative acknowledgements using high-energy long-training fields for feedback are disclosed. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus includes memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory where the processing circuitry configured to: encode one or more packets in accordance with multicast or broadcast, cause to be transmitted the one or more packets to one or more stations, and decode feedback from the one or more stations. The feedback may be received simultaneously on a same resource block for each packet of the one or more packets. Each packet may be represented by one resource block of the one or more resource blocks. The resource blocks may be thirty-six resource blocks per 20 MHz subchannel with nine resource blocks in a frequency domain by four spatial streams.
US09893900B2	Intelligent illumination system, network apparatus and operating method thereof A network apparatus coupled to a plurality of nodes. The nodes are clustered into a plurality of groups. The network apparatus includes a storage component and a controller. The storage component is configured to store a plurality of group numbers corresponding to the groups and a plurality of node numbers corresponding to the nodes. The controller is configured to transmit a broadcast packet to all of the nodes. The broadcast packet includes a local network broadcast message. The local network broadcast message includes operating information. The local network broadcast message corresponds to at least one of the group numbers and the node numbers. Each of the nodes determines whether to dismiss the operating information of the broadcast packet according to the local network broadcast message of the broadcast packet.
US09893897B2	Encrypted data inspection in a network environment Technologies are provided in example embodiments for analyzing an encrypted network flow. The technologies include monitoring the encrypted network flow between a first node and a second node, the network flow initiated from the first node; duplicating the encrypted network flow to form a copy of the encrypted network flow; decrypting the copy of the encrypted network flow using a shared secret, the shared secret associated with the first node and the second node; and scanning the network flow copy for targeted data.
US09893890B2	Encryption and decryption of visible codes for real time augmented reality views A method of decrypting an encrypted message. The method comprises storing a wearer decryption code in a memory of a wearable mobile device having a head-worn augmented display which generates an augmented reality view for a wearer of the wearable mobile device, capturing using the wearable mobile device a video sequence including at least one frame imaging a visible code using an image sensor of the wearable mobile device, processing the video sequence to identify the visible code, decrypting the visible code using the wearer decryption code to create an decrypted content, and presenting the decrypted content on top of at least some of the visible code in the augmented reality view.
US09893887B2	Dynamic licensing for applications and plugin framework for virtual network systems A dynamic licensing method, implemented in an integrated system, includes, responsive to an end user requesting a third-party application through the integrated system; determining a license key, for the third-party application, in the integrated system using a public key associated with the integrated system; receiving an encrypted validation result from a system associated with the third-party application that validates the license key using a private key and software provided with the integrated system, wherein the system returns the encrypted validation results to the third-party application which provides the encrypted validation results to the integrated system; and decrypting the encrypted validation results using previously allocated session key and determining whether to run the third-party application based on the validation results.
US09893875B2	Phase continuity technique for frequency synthesis A phase discontinuity mitigation implementation within a phased lock loop (PLL) improves throughput of a radio access technology. The throughput is improved by maintaining a phase of the PLL while powering off some devices of the PLL, such as a local oscillator (LO) frequency divider. In one instance, when the PLL is powered down, one or more portions of a delta sigma modulator for the PLL are clocked with a reference clock for the PLL. This implementation maintains phase continuity when the first phase lock loop turns back on.
US09893872B2	Selection of acknowledgment timing in wireless communications Disclosed is a method including communicating, by a mobile device, with a base station via first and second component carriers having different frequency bands and time division duplexing (TDD) configurations. The method may include receiving one or more downlink transmissions via the second component carrier. The method may include selecting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing sequence based on the TDD configurations of the first and second component carriers. The method may include transmitting one or more positive acknowledgment and/or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signals, associated with the one or more downlink transmissions, according to the selected HARQ timing sequence. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09893866B2	Method and apparatus for allocating channel state information-reference signal in wireless communication system Disclosed are an apparatus for Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) allocation and a method for CSI-RS transmission using the same in a wireless communication system. A CSI-RS for each antenna port is allocated to REs or subcarriers on a basis of a symbol or symbol axis in a subframe or Resource Block (RB), and is allocated in such a manner that a distance between neighboring CSI-RS allocation REs or subcarriers may be 3 REs or subcarriers. Accordingly, in the range of following CSI-RS transmission overhead, CSI-RSs are allocated to a time-frequency resource domain in such a manner so as to have perfect orthogonality or quasi-orthogonality according to cells or cell groups. Then, the CSI-RSs, which have been allocated to the time-frequency resource domain, are transmitted.
US09893863B2	Determining UL radio resources for delivery acknowledgement information of a DSCH when a plurality of resource sets of an enhanced DCCH are configured A system and method for allocating adequate uplink radio resources for delivery acknowledgement information of a downlink shared data channel when downlink control information is transmitted using an enhanced downlink control channel is disclosed. A radio base station configures a plurality of enhanced PDCCH sets, which are each formed to include a plurality of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the enhanced downlink control channel, for a user terminal, the radio base station transmits, to the user terminal, the downlink control information, to which resource identifiers (ARIs) are added, the resource identifiers being different between the plurality of enhanced PDCCH sets, and the user terminal determines radio resources for an uplink control channel that are used to transmit delivery acknowledgment information of the downlink shared data channel, based on offset values that are associated with the resource identifiers (ARIs).
US09893862B2	Aggregation frame design method and apparatus Embodiments of the present application provide an aggregation frame design method and apparatus, the method includes: selecting, by a transmit end from N different hash function groups, one group that has a same sequence number as that of each receive end, mapping a MAC address of each receive end into a number X, and denoting the number X; obtaining M first sequences of each receive end, and performing a bitwise OR operation on the M first sequences to obtain an identification sequence of each receive end; obtaining N identification sequences of N receive ends, performing a bitwise OR operation on the N identification sequences to obtain a Bloom sequence, and encoding and modulating the Bloom sequence to map the Bloom sequence onto an OFDM symbol; and forming an aggregation frame by using a pilot signal, the OFDM symbol, the N identification sequences, and data of the N receive ends.
US09893861B2	Method for determining and indicating transmission resource, terminal and base station Disclosed are a method for determining and indicating a transmission resource, and a terminal and a base station. The method comprises: a base station and a UE agreeing that at least one subframe of a set number of wireless frames is used as a reference subframe, and considering that all REs in the reference subframe which are probably occupied by a ZP/NZP CSI-RS are REs unable to be used for EPDCCH transmission; and the base station sending to a UE configuration information about REs in other subframes which are occupied by the ZP/NZP CSI-RS in the reference subframe, so that the UE can determine REs in other subframes, which are probably occupied by the ZP/NZP CSI-RS but are in fact not occupied by the ZP/NZP CSI-RS as REs used for the EPDCCH transmission, thereby increasing the number of REs used for EPDCCH transmission, and reducing the system overheads.
US09893859B2	Transmission of sounding reference signal and scheduling request in single carrier systems A transmission of information from a secondary to a primary node occurs in a plurality of transmission instances which are logical time durations. A secondary node receives an allocation of periodic transmission instances for a scheduling request indicator (SRI) and an allocation if periodic transmission instances for a sounding reference signal (SRS). In a particular transmission instance allocated for the transmission of both SRS and SRI, the secondary node transmits the SRI without transmitting the SRS if the SRI indicates a pending scheduling request; otherwise, the secondary node transmits the SRS without transmitting the SRI.
US09893858B2	Uplink sounding reference signals for machine type communications (MTC) user equipment (UE) According to some embodiments, a method of operating a wireless device in a wireless system comprises allocating a first uplink sub-channel to the wireless device in a first subframe associated with the wireless device. The first uplink sub-channel comprises a portion of an uplink system bandwidth, and portions of the uplink system bandwidth outside of the first uplink sub-channel are not available for transmission in the first subframe by the wireless device. The method further comprises determining a first sounding reference signal (SRS) sub-channel. The first SRS sub-channel comprises a portion of the first uplink sub-channel in frequency domain, and the SRS sub-channel is available for transmitting SRS in the first subframe by the wireless device.
US09893849B2	Communication apparatus and control information receiving method In a base station, a control unit and a data size regulation unit control the data size of downstream assignment control data and upstream assignment control data in the PDCCH signal based on the communication format used between the base station and a terminal, the number of base station antennas (M) (nonnegative number), the number of terminal antennas (N) (nonnegative number), the bandwidth of the downstream band, and the bandwidth of the upstream band. Specifically, the control unit determines it is unnecessary to adjust the aforementioned data size when the selected communication format is first established between multiple antennas and when where there are multiple for one of M and N and only one for the other. The quality of downstream assignment control data is prevented from degrading, while preventing the number of blind determinations from increasing on the receiving side of the downstream control channel signal.
US09893843B2	Rate matching and soft channel bits storage for superposition coding Methods for rate matching with soft buffer size setting at the transmitter and soft channel bits storage at the receiver for superposition coding are proposed. In the superposition coding scheme, a transport block intended to one UE needs to be decoded by another UE's receiver. However, the soft buffer sizes per code block of the two receivers may not be the same since the size depends on the UE category. The base station can signal the soft buffer size used at the transmitter for rate matching to the UEs for superposition decoding. A UE stores information bits associated with an interfering signal in its soft buffers in accordance with the soft buffer size used at the transmitter for rate matching. As a result, the UE can decode and subtract the interfering signal from the desired signal for superposition coding.
US09893842B2	Symbol detection technique A technique of processing an Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ) transmission is disclosed. As to a method aspect of the technique, the method comprises the steps of requesting a retransmission of a transport block; receiving the retransmission of the transport block; and detecting modulation symbols. The retransmission is requested in response to an error-detecting code indicating an error in the transport block as received in at least one previous transmission. The modulation symbols are detected based on at least a part of the received retransmission and information from the at least one previous transmission. At least in some embodiments, a detection rate is thus improved.
US09893839B2	Method and apparatus for providing error detection in coordination with a radio link layer An approach includes detecting failure of an error detection scheme relating to transmission of data units of a transport block. A negative acknowledgement message is generated in response to the detection of the failure. The negative acknowledgement message is forwarded to a radio link controller for discarding one or more of the data units.
US09893838B2	System and method for implementing multiple FEC encoding profiles Systems and methods for FEC encoding, for example for 10GEPON are provided. For the upstream or downstream, multiple FEC encoding and decoding profiles are implemented that include various levels of FEC encoding. Then, for a given ONU, a selection between these FEC encoding profiles is made. The OLT can instruct the ONU which FEC encoding profile to use for upstream, and which FEC decoding profile to use for downstream.
US09893833B2	Wavelength selective switch having integrated channel monitor An optical device includes an optical port array having first and second optical inputs for receiving optical beams and a first plurality of optical outputs associated with switching functionality and a second plurality of optical outputs associated with channel monitoring functionality. A dispersion element receives the optical beam from an input and spatially separates the beam into a plurality of wavelength components. The focusing element focuses the wavelength components. The optical path conversion system receives the plurality of wavelength components and selectively directs each one to a prescribed one of the optical ports. The photodetectors are each associated with one of the optical outputs in the second plurality of optical outputs and receive a wavelength component therefrom. The controller causes the optical path conversion system to simultaneously direct each of the wavelength components to a different one of the optical outputs of the second plurality of optical outputs.
US09893826B2	Method for retaining clock traceability over an asynchronous interface Network elements within a network are configured to retain clock traceability over an asynchronous interface. The network elements can generate and process multi-frames that include two different types of traffic, each synchronized to a different respective clock source. Each of the multi-frames is synchronized to the clock source of one of the traffic types and further includes a timestamp to enable the original clock signal of the other traffic type to be reconstructed at the receiving network element.
US09893803B2	Integrated driver redundancy for a silicon photonics device In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. At least a pair of laser devices are associated with a channel and coupled to a switch to select one of the pair of laser devices to be coupled to an optical multiplexer to provide for a redundant laser device.
US09893794B2	Switching network for diversity receivers Switching network for diversity receivers. In some embodiments, a receiver can include an input node and an output node, and a first amplification path having a first amplifier implemented between the input node and the output node. The receiver can further include a second amplification path having a second amplifier implemented between the input node and the output node. The receiver can further include a switch implemented to selectively couple the first amplification path and the second amplification path.
US09893790B2	Preamble and payload for high efficiency (HE) transmission In wireless communications, an access point may send a trigger frame to multiple stations. The trigger frame's payload may include a first content and a second content, where the first content is associated with a legacy signal field of an uplink frame, and the second content is associated with a non-legacy signal field of the uplink frame. In response to the trigger frame, one or more stations may generate the uplink frame(s) based on the trigger frame and transmit the uplink frame(s) to the access point. The uplink frame(s) may include a legacy signal field and a non-legacy signal field. The legacy field may include a length of the uplink frame(s) that is based on the first content. The non-legacy signal field may include a remaining transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration that is generated based on the second content. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09893785B2	Enhanced beamforming training in a wireless local area networks Apparatus, computer readable media, and methods for enhanced beamforming training in a wireless local area network are disclosed. An apparatus of a access point or station is disclosed. The apparatus including processing circuitry where the processing circuitry is configured to encode an EBRP packet comprising a first portion comprising an indication of a first number of transmit antenna training settings (N-TX), and an indication of a second number of receive training subfields per N-TX settings (N-RX), and a second portion comprising a third number of training subfields. The third number may be less than or equal to N-TX times N-RX. The processing circuitry may be configured to cause the first portion of the EBRP packet to be transmitted and cause the second portion to be transmitted, where two or more of the third number of training subfields are to be transmitted simultaneously using different antennas and orthogonal sequences.
US09893783B2	Method, mobile station and base station for transmitting data in mobile communication system Data in a mobile communications system is transmitted on at least one channel between at least one base station with multiple antennas and at least one user equipment. A base station applies precoding to the data based on a set of predefined codebooks. A first tracking mode with a first codebook from the set of predefined codebooks is used for the precoding, and at least a second tracking mode with at least a second codebook from the set of predefined codebooks is used for the precoding. The base station switches between the first tracking mode and the second tracking mode depending on at least one condition of the channel.
US09893777B2	Method and apparatus for precoding channel state information reference signal A method for operating a base station includes allocating at least one respective CSI-RS port to each of a plurality of user equipments (UEs), precoding the at least one respective CSI-RS port with a first respective precoding matrix for each of the plurality of UEs, transmitting the at least one respective CSI-RS port precoded with the first respective precoding matrix through a channel to each of the plurality of UEs, receiving an index of a second respective precoding matrix from each of the plurality of UEs, wherein the second respective precoding matrix is determined according to the at least respective one CSI-RS port precoded with the first precoding matrix as received through the channel by each of the plurality of UEs, and precoding respective transmission data with the first respective precoding matrix and the second respective precoding matrix to each of the plurality of UEs.
US09893773B2	System and method of wireless communication using large-scale antenna networks A communication method uses a distributed cell-free network of spatially independent service antennas. According to the method, pilot sequences are allocated to a user population of access terminals by an allocation procedure that imposes local relative orthogonality of pilot sequences. Channel coefficients for access terminals are determined by measuring allocated pilot sequences as received by each of the service antennas. In embodiments of the invention, the determination of channel coefficients is performed independently and the resulting channel coefficients are locally stored at the respective service antennas. At each service antenna, a processor independently uses locally stored channel coefficients to precode forward link signals or to at least partially decode reverse link signals.
US09893771B2	Wireless charger using frequency aliasing FSK demodulation A frequency shift keying (FSK) demodulation component having of a sampler that receives an FSK modulated signal, samples the received FSK modulated signal, and outputs the sampled signal. The FSK demodulation component further includes a low pass filter that filters the sampled signal, and a frequency shift detector that detects shifts in frequency of the low pass filtered sampled signal. The FSK demodulation component then outputs an indication of the detection of shifts in frequency of the low pass filtered sampled signal.
US09893770B2	Base station for gathering data from localized sensors A base station for gathering data from localized sensors is described. An example apparatus includes a sensor to be operatively coupled to field equipment, the sensor having a radio frequency transmitter to send a signal to a base station, the base station having a radio frequency interface to receive the signal from the sensor and a first controller to collect data from the signal and store the data in a memory. The apparatus further includes a second controller operatively coupled to the first controller to relay the data to an asset management system and a local control panel operatively coupled to the base station to send additional data to the base station, wherein the first controller stores the additional data in the memory.
US09893759B1	Wireless relay antenna isolation A wireless relay mitigates Radio Frequency (RF) interference. A receive antenna receives RF signals over a receive frequency band. An RF receiver processes the received signals to detect and transfer RF interference levels. The processing circuitry transfers control data to a tunable RF isolator that indicates the size of a guard band between the receive frequency band and a transmit frequency band. The guard band size is selected based on the RF interference levels for the receive frequency band at the receive antenna. The tunable RF isolator attenuates RF frequencies in the tunable guard band from corresponding RF transmit signals. A transmit antenna transfers the RF transmit signals over the transmit frequency band.
US09893753B2	SIM card holder assembly with a button structure for a mobile terminal A mobile terminal may include a SIM card holder having a button structure a tray and a cover. One end of the cover may be rotatably connected to the tray by a rotation shaft structure, and another end of the cover may include a button contact. The mobile terminal design may combine the SIM card holder and the button to reduce one side button part for the mobile terminal, which may allow the mobile terminal to become light and thin, and may save cost. Since one button may be removed from the mobile terminal, the external design of the product may be simplified such that the appearance of the product may be simpler and more beautiful.
US09893751B2	Antenna circuit, communication device, and communication method for improving reception signal quality An antenna circuit which includes, a resonant circuit which is configured by at least first and second capacitors, and antenna coils; a transmitter-receiver circuit which has a transmission terminal and a reception terminal; and an adjustment circuit which adjusts an impedance between the resonant circuit and the transmitter-receiver circuit, in which a combination of capacitances of the first and second capacitors is set in a predetermined range of a composite capacitance of the first and second capacitors, and a signal from a terminal which is provided between the first and second capacitors is input to the reception terminal.
US09893749B2	Receiver architecture with analog complex filter for OFDMA reception Methods and devices are provided for processing a received communication signal by a UE using an analog complex filter and using a single analog-to-digital converter (ADC). A control channel of the communication signal may be decoded to determine the frequency range in which a payload channel is located. The UE may then demodulate only the frequency range containing the payload channel. A complex representation of the received payload channel may be provided to the analog complex filter, with the payload channel shifted to a non-zero frequency IF. The analog complex filter may attenuate any portion of the complex representation that falls near −IF. The UE may then convert only one component path of the filtered complex representation to a digital signal. A complex representation of the digital signal may then be generated, with the payload channel shifted to DC.
US09893748B2	Analog predistorter core module and analog predistorter system An analog predistorter (APD) core module including a radio frequency delay module, an envelope module, and a contact matrix module. The radio frequency delay module is configured to receive a feed-forward radio frequency signal, generate multiple radio frequency delay signals with different delays according to the feed-forward radio frequency signal, and output each radio frequency delay signal to the contact matrix module. The envelope module is configured to receive the feed-forward radio frequency signal, perform envelope detection on the feed-forward radio frequency signal to obtain multiple envelope signals with different delays, and output each envelope signal to the contact matrix module. The contact matrix module is configured to receive each radio frequency delay signal, each envelope signal, and a predistortion coefficient from an exterior source, and generate a predistortion signal according to the predistortion coefficient, each radio frequency delay signal, and each envelope signal.
US09893743B2	Low-noise block downconverter and method for the same An LNB downconverter comprising: two LNBs configured to receive their respective satellite signals: the first and second LNB being configured to output, four IF signals of different polarization and frequency range to a respective first and second Cross-bar Switch (CBS); wherein the first and second CBS, are configured to accept four RF inputs, and routing them, to any of four outputs, as configured by a Controller: wherein outputs of CBSs are connected to respective Satellite Channel Routers (SCRs) configured by the Controller to shift the frequency of their input signals to fixed intermediate frequencies; wherein outputs of SCRs are connected to respective Band Pass Filters (BPFs) whereas the fixed intermediate frequencies of SCRs are different and wherein the band passed by each BPF is non-overlapping; an Adder adding the signals on different frequencies, output by each BPF, to form a single output signal comprising data from both satellite signals.
US09893740B1	Methods and apparatus for an analog-to-digital converter Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC may convert an analog signal to a digital signal utilizing a two-phase conversion process to convert the signal into coarse bits and fine bits. The ADC may generate a time-residue signal and utilize the time-residue signal to determine the fine bits.
US09893735B2	Digital phase locked loop A phase locked loop circuit (30, 100, 110) includes a controllable oscillator (42) for generating an output signal of desired frequency responsive to a control signal, a first phase detection circuit (32, 102, 112) for generating an output indicative of phase differential responsive to the output signal and a first edge of a reference signal and a second phase detection circuit (34, 104, 114) for generating an output indicative of phase differential responsive to the output signal and a second edge of a reference signal. The control signal to the controllable oscillator (42) is driven by the outputs of the first and second phase detections circuits.
US09893726B1	Low power level shifter circuit A level shifter circuit is disclosed. A level shifter circuit includes a static pull-down circuit that causes an output node to be pulled low responsive to an input circuit receiving a first logic value on an input node. The input node is coupled to receive a signal from circuitry in a first voltage domain, while the output node is configured to provide a corresponding signal into a second voltage domain. The static pull-down circuit is implemented with a passgate having a pair of transistors coupled in series. The level shifter circuit further includes a dynamic pull-up circuit that, when active, causes the output node to be pulled high responsive to the input circuit receiving a second logic value on the input node. The dynamic pull-up circuit includes third and fourth transistors coupled in series between the output node and a supply voltage node of the second voltage domain.
US09893718B1	Transmission driver impedance calibration circuit A transmission driver impedance calibration circuit and method. A circuit is disclosed that includes: a controller for controlling a set of switches; a comparator having an output that is coupled to the controller; and a first comparator input coupled to: a first selectable node coupled between a first p-type adjustable resistor segment (PSEG) and an external resistor; and a second selectable node coupled between a pair of internal resistors; and a second comparator input coupled to: a third selectable node coupled between a second PSEG and a tcoil resistor, the tcoil resistor being further coupled in series to a n-type adjustable resistor segment (NSEG); and a fourth selectable node coupled between the tcoil resistor and the NSEG.
US09893717B1	Multi-band low frequency impedance tuner A multi-band, electro-mechanical programmable impedance tuner for the frequency range between 10 and 200 MHz uses cascades of three or more continuously variable mechanical capacitors interconnected with sets of low loss flexible or semi-rigid cables; for each frequency band a different set of cables and capacitors are used. The cables and/or variable capacitors inside each tuning block are switchable manually or remotely. Multi-section variable capacitors are also used. Instantaneous impedance tuning is effectuated by changing the state of the capacitors using electrical stepper motors. The tuner is calibrated using a vector network analyzer and the data are saved in the memory of the control computer, which then allows tuning to any user defined impedance within the tuning range. Reflection factor values between 0 and higher than 0.9 can be obtained using this tuner at all frequency bands.
US09893711B2	Piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device is provided with a rectangular crystal piece having driving electrodes on front and back main faces thereof, and a base member having two electrode pads near one short side of the crystal piece. The crystal piece is supported on the base member by two support portions near one short side thereof, and by an auxiliary support portion on the other short side thereof. A position of the auxiliary support portion relative to the other short side, where L is a distance between two short sides, and H is a distance from the other short side to a peripheral edge of the auxiliary support portion nearest to the other short side, is set to a position at which the distance H stays in a range of distances in which a maximum tensile stress acting on the auxiliary support portion and a maximum von Mises stress of the crystal piece are within predetermined ranges.
US09893707B2	Circuits, devices and methods related to quadrant phase shifters Circuits, devices and methods are disclosed, including a phase shifter configured to provide a bypass state, a single first-handed quarter-wave state, a double first-handed quarter-wave state, or a single second-handed quarter-wave state utilizing two or less inductors. In some implementations, a phase shifter is disclosed to provide a first node and a second node, a first switchable path having a first inductance and a second inductance arranged in series between the first and second nodes, a capacitive grounding path implemented on each side of each of the first and second inductances, at least one of the capacitive grounding paths configured as a switchable capacitive grounding path, and a reconfiguring circuit assembly configured to allow the phase shifter to provide a plurality of quadrant phase shifts utilizing the first and second inductances and the at least one switchable capacitive grounding path.
US09893702B2	Notch filter with differential split inductor A notch filter including an inductor-capacitor tuning circuit is disclosed. The inductor-capacitor tuning circuit may determine a frequency response of the notch filter in accordance with an associated resonant frequency. In some exemplary embodiments, the inductor-capacitor circuit may include a differential inductor divided at a symmetry point and a variable capacitor coupled to the differential inductor at the symmetry point.
US09893695B2	Methods, systems, and media for controlling audio of an HDMI audio system Mechanisms for controlling an audio level of an HDMI audio system are provided, the mechanisms comprising: causing audio data to be presented by an HDMI audio system at a current system volume level; receiving a requested volume level from a second screen device; and controlling a system volume level by: (a) determining the current system volume level; (b) determining a change in volume based on a difference between the requested volume level and the current system volume level; (c) determining a direction in which to cause the system volume level to change; (d) sending a volume control message to the system using a consumer electronic control bus connected to the system indicating whether to increase or decrease the system volume level based on the determined direction of system volume change; and (e) repeating (a)-(d) until the current system volume level reaches a predetermined value.
US09893693B2	Gain control method for a broadband inductorless low noise amplifier A mobile device comprising an antenna, a receiver coupled to the antenna, and a transmitter coupled to the antenna, wherein the receiver, the transmitter, or both comprise a low noise amplifier comprising an adjustable gain and a variable impedance controller, and wherein the low noise amplifier is configured to sink current and to adjust a shunt resistance substantially simultaneously. Included is a method comprising receiving an electrical signal, substantially simultaneously adjusting an input impedance and a gain factor, amplifying the electrical signal, thereby producing an amplified signal, and outputting the amplified signal.
US09893692B2	High linearly WiGig baseband amplifier with channel select filter A circuit comprises a Sallen-Key filter, which includes a source follower that implements a unity-gain amplifier; and a programmable-gain amplifier coupled to the Sallen-Key filter. The circuit enables programmable gain via adjustment to a current mirror copying ratio in the programmable-gain amplifier, which decouples the bandwidth of the circuit from its gain settings. The programmable-gain amplifier can comprise a differential voltage-to-current converter, a current mirror pair, and programmable output gain stages. The Sallen-Key filter and at least one branch in the programmable-gain amplifier can comprise transistors arranged in identical circuit configurations.
US09893687B2	Radio-frequency and bias signal coupling in power amplifier devices A power amplifier die includes a semiconductor substrate, a power amplifier implemented on the semiconductor substrate, a radio-frequency input configured to receive a radio-frequency input signal having a radio-frequency component and a DC bias component, a bias circuit implemented on the semiconductor substrate, the bias circuit coupled to the power amplifier, and a bias tee circuit implemented on the semiconductor substrate, the bias tee circuit configured to receive the radio-frequency input signal and pass at least a portion of the DC component to the bias circuit and at least a portion of the radio-frequency component to the power amplifier.
US09893684B2	Radio-frequency power amplifiers driven by boost converter Radio-frequency (RF) power amplifiers driven by boost converter. In some embodiments, a power amplification system can include a supply system configured to provide a high-voltage (HV) supply signal based on a battery voltage, and a power amplifier (PA) configured to receive the HV supply signal and amplify an RF signal. The power amplification system can further include an output path configured to route the amplified RF signal to a filter. Such an output path can be substantially free of either or both of an impedance transformation circuit and a band selection switch.
US09893683B2	Systems for amplifying a signal using a transformer matched transistor A circuit for amplifying a source signal generated by a signal source having a first impedance includes a transmission line transformer (TLT) having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth port wherein the TLT is coupled to receive the source signal at the first port and configured to output a corresponding impedance matched signal at the second port, the second port is coupled to the third port of the TLT, the circuit also including a TLT load having a first terminal coupled to the fourth port of the TLT and a second terminal coupled to a reference potential. The circuit additionally includes an amplifier device responsive to the impedance matched signal to generate an amplified signal.
US09893681B2	Implementing enhanced CMOS inverter based optical transimpedance amplifier A method and circuit are provided for implementing enhanced CMOS inverter based optical Transimpedance Amplifiers (TIAs). A transimpedence amplifer (TIA) includes a photo-detector, and the TIA is formed by a first TIA inverter and a second TIA inverter. The first TIA inverter has an input from a cathode side of the photo-detector and the second inverter has an input from an anode side of the photo-detector. A replica TIA is formed by two replica inverters, coupled to a respective input to a first operational amplifier and a second operational amplifier. The first operational amplifier and the second operational amplifier have a feedback configuration for respectively regulating a set voltage level at the cathode side of the photo-detector input of the first inverter and at the anode side of the photo-detector input of the second inverter.
US09893675B2	Motor control device and image forming apparatus including the same In a device for controlling a motor mounted on a system with different operation modes, a controller unit calculates an input value for the motor based on an output value of the motor and a target value depending on operation modes of the system, and instructs a driver circuit of the motor to apply the input value to the motor. An estimation unit estimates an amount of rise in temperature of the motor by applying the input value for the motor to a thermal model of the motor. A notification unit compares a value estimated by the estimation unit with a threshold value. When the estimated value exceeds the threshold value, the notification unit sends a request for change of operation mode to the system.
US09893674B2	Motor control device including torque command limit unit A motor control device includes: a power failure detection unit that detects a power failure; a voltage detection unit that detects a DC link voltage; a switch unit which connects a motor to an amplifier or a resistance; a voltage comparison unit which compares a DC link voltage with a threshold value; a limit value setting unit which sets a torque limit value in accordance with a result of comparison; a torque command limit unit which limits a torque command when a power failure is detected; a prediction value calculation unit which calculates, using an angular velocity, a torque prediction value of the motor when the motor is connected to the resistance; and a torque comparison unit which compares the torque limit value with the torque prediction value, in which in accordance with a result of comparison, the switch unit connects the motor to the amplifier or the resistance.
US09893672B2	Method and device for temperature-dependent control of an electric motor An apparatus for temperature-dependent control of an electric motor includes a control device for adjusting the power output of the electric motor, and means for detecting the temperature of a component of the electric motor, wherein the control device reduces the power of the electric motor in the case of a component temperature above a temperature threshold, and wherein the temperature detection means distinguish between self-heating and external heating, wherein the control device counteracts only the self-heating by reducing the power.
US09893668B2	Control system and method Embodiments of the present invention relate to an a method, apparatus and computer program product for controlling the operation of a drive unit comprising a plurality of switching modules arranged to receive a DC electricity supply and generate an AC electricity supply for driving a load from the received DC electricity supply, the AC electricity supply being generated by the switching of the plurality of switching modules between a conducting state and a non-conducting state. The method comprises receiving one or more characteristics associated with each of the switching modules, comparing, for each switching module of the plurality of switching modules, a characteristic of the switching module with an equivalent characteristic associated with one or more other switching modules of the plurality of switching modules, and controlling a time period during which one or more of the plurality of switching modules are in the conducting state in accordance with a result of the comparison.
US09893665B2	Motor controller for position sensorless drives A system includes a permanent magnet motor having a rotor and a stator. The rotor and the stator have a configuration that causes the motor to generate a back-electromagnetic force (EMF) waveform that is substantially sinusoidal. The system also includes a motor controller having a sliding-mode observer configured to identify the back-EMF waveform and a position observer configured to estimate at least one characteristic of the motor using the identified back-EMF waveform. The stator may include multiple teeth projecting towards the rotor and multiple conductive windings, where each conductive winding is wound around a single tooth. The rotor may include multiple magnetic poles, where each magnetic pole has a span of about 60° or less. The sliding-mode observer may be configured to receive current measurements associated with three-phase signals and voltage commands generated by the motor controller. The position observer may include a proportional-integral (PI) regulator.
US09893664B2	Methods and systems for efficient engine torque control Method and systems are provided for adjusting an engine torque in response to changes in a desired engine torque. In one example, a method may comprise responsive to increasing desired engine torques, monotonically decreasing an alternator torque to a first level from a second level when not injecting fuel to engine cylinders, and stepping up the alternator torque from the first level to the second level while initiating engine combustion, and then monotonically decreasing the alternator torque from the second level to the first level in response to the alternator torque reaching the first level. In this way, a method may comprise adjusting a load exerted on an engine by an alternator mechanically coupled to said engine during both cylinder combustion, and during non-fueling conditions.
US09893662B1	Servomotor control device, servomotor control method, and computer readable recording medium A servomotor control device includes a torque command creation part for creating a torque command value for driving a servomotor. The torque command creation part includes a proportional gain part and an integral gain part. An integral gain is set as a value calculated by multiplying an initial value, by a ratio J/Jm of total inertia of a machine relative to rotor inertia of the servomotor, and a value set smaller than the square of a velocity gain magnification according to delay time of the velocity control loop. A proportional gain is a value calculated by adding a value according to a difference in calculation cycle between the integral term and the proportional term, and the integral gain, to a value calculated by multiplying an initial value by the ratio J/Jm and the velocity gain magnification.
US09893660B2	Electric motor and motor control Various embodiments of an electric motor and electronic control for an electric motor are disclosed. An exemplary electric motor comprises a single-phase brushless permanent magnet electric motor. In exemplary embodiments, the electronic motor control is configured to commutate an electric motor at a frequency other than line frequency, perform pulse width modulation, and drive the electric motor with a drive waveform that approximates the counter-electromotive force of the motor.
US09893650B2	Driving circuit for a vibration type actuator, vibration device, image blur correction apparatus, replacement lens, image pickup apparatus, and automatic stage A driving circuit for a vibration type actuator includes an inductor and a capacitor which are connected in series to an electric-mechanical energy conversion element, in which, in a case where a series resonance frequency based on the inductor and the capacitor is set as fs, and a resonance frequency in a vibration mode other than vibration used for driving of the vibrator is set as fu, 0.73·fu
US09893649B2	Three wire DC transmission circuit with modulated pole The method of converting high voltage AC lines into bipolar high voltage DC systems makes use of the three transmission lines (referred to as the positive pole, the negative pole, and the modulating pole) in an existing high voltage AC system as transmission lines in a bipolar high voltage DC system. When current from the power source is up to the thermal current limit of the transmission lines, the transmission lines operate in two-wire mode, where current is delivered in the positive pole and returned in the negative pole, the modulating pole being open. When power source current exceeds the thermal current limit, operation is in three-wire mode, alternating for predetermined periods between parallel configuration of the positive pole and the modulating pole to divide current for delivery to the load, and parallel configuration of the negative pole and the modulating pole, dividing the return current.
US09893647B2	Resonant inverter and switching power source unit A resonance inverter includes a first coil provided between an input terminal and a switch element, a first capacitor provided between the drain and the source of the switch element, a second capacitor serially connected between the drain and the source of the switch element, and a second coil. A drain-source voltage of a switch element can be effectively lowered, by setting a serial resonance frequency based on the second coil and the second capacitor to a value higher than twice of a driving frequency, and lower than 2.75 times thereof.
US09893639B1	Synchronous rectifier control circuit and method using volt-second balancing A synchronous rectifier control circuit and the control method thereof for controlling a switching power supply which includes a transformer, a first switch transistor and a second switch transistor. According to one embodiment to the present invention, the control circuit comprises a conducting detection module, a voltage averaging module, a voltage-second balance module and a logic-controlled module. The conducting detection module is comprised of a first reference potential and a conduction signal. The voltage averaging module includes an averaged circuit and outputs a second reference potential. The voltage-second balance module includes a first reference current, a second reference current, a voltage-second balance switch, a voltage-second balance comparator and a timing capacitor, and outputs a reset signal. The logic-controlled module includes a logic circuit to control the second switch transistor to turn on or off.
US09893625B2	Direct current to direct current power supply apparatus Disclosed herein is a DC/DC power supply apparatus, which includes a plurality of power boards, a control board and a main board. The plurality of power boards are coupled in parallel with one another, and each power board includes a carrier circuit board and a power device disposed on the carrier circuit board. The control board includes a feedback control circuit and a PWM generator circuit; the feedback control circuit is configured to receive one or more feedback signals from the power boards; the PWM generator circuit outputs a PWM control signal to the power boards based on the feedback signal. The main board is electrically coupled to the power boards and the control board.
US09893620B2	Control apparatus and control method for DC/DC converter capable of bidirectional power transfer An object of this invention is to obtain a control apparatus and a control method for a DC/DC converter, with which a DC/DC converter can be controlled with superior stability and responsiveness while reducing the size of a storage medium. A calculation value is calculated in accordance with a specific control method using a differential voltage between a target output voltage and an output voltage, whereupon a control calculation value is calculated from the calculation value and an input voltage.
US09893612B2	Voltage generation circuit A voltage generation circuit includes a voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage level of an internal voltage and generate a detection signal, a first voltage control unit configured to be applied with a driving voltage and generate a voltage control signal in response to the detection signal, a voltage generation unit configured to generate the internal voltage in response to the voltage control signal, and a second voltage control unit configured to change a voltage level of the driving voltage in response to a voltage generation enable signal and the detection signal.
US09893607B1	Low drop-out voltage regulator and method of starting same A low drop-out voltage regulator (LDO) includes an LDO unit, a switch circuit, a charge pump, and an initiation circuit. The switch circuit is coupled to a voltage input terminal and outputs a selected input voltage. The LDO unit receives the selected input voltage from the switch circuit and generates a regulated output voltage. The charge pump is coupled to the LDO unit to receive the regulated output voltage, and generate a control signal that is provided to the switch circuit. The initiation circuit receives the input voltage and generates an initiation voltage that greater than the regulated output voltage. The initiation voltage is provided to the charge pump circuit, along with the regulated output voltage. The initiation voltage drives the charge pump circuit when the regulated output voltage is not large enough to drive the charge pump circuit.
US09893605B2	Method and device for intrinsically safe redundant current supply of field devices A method and a device provide intrinsically safe redundant current supply of field devices with a common current-limiting resistor in the mesh of the field device, wherein the field device is connected via a connection line to field-device connection terminals of the current supply device consisting of at least two current supply units. The output voltage and/or the output current of each current supply unit is reduced as a function of the voltage across the field-device connection terminals.
US09893598B2	Magnet temperature estimation device for permanent magnet motor and magnet temperature estimation method for permanent magnet motor A magnet temperature estimation device includes: a voltage detector (1) for detecting a voltage at a time when a winding is energized; a high-order component detector (2) for detecting a high-order component of the voltage; a reference database (3) for storing in advance, as a table, a correspondence relationship between the high-order component and two or more parameters, which include a magnet temperature and another one or more parameters, as parameters affecting the voltage from which the high-order component is detected; a parameter value detector (4) for detecting a value of the another one or more parameters; and a magnet temperature estimator (5) for estimating a magnet temperature corresponding to the high-order component detected by the high-order component detector based on the another one or more parameters detected by the parameter value detector and the table stored in the reference database.
US09893596B2	Magnetic alignment system and alignment method therefor A magnetic alignment system is disclosed, including a magnet array (10), a motor rotor (20), a fixed tooling (30) and a force sensor (40). The motor rotor (20) is disposed over the magnet array (10) and is connected via the force sensor (40) to the fixed tooling (30) that is positionally fixed relative to the magnet array (10). By varying an angle of a three-phase current supplied to a specific one of three-phase coil assemblies in the motor rotor (20) within an angular range for magnetic alignment and measuring a force generated by the specific one of three-phase coil assemblies using the force sensor (40), an angle of magnetic alignment for the specific one of three-phase coil assemblies is determinable based on the angle of three-phase current that causes the specific one of three-phase coil assemblies to generate a maximum force.
US09893594B2	Armature of rotating electrical machine and method for manufacturing same Provided is an armature for a rotating electrical machine, which is capable of improving heat dissipation performance of an edgewise coil to enhance efficiency of the rotating electrical machine. The armature for a rotating electrical machine includes: a core including a yoke section and a tooth section that protrudes from the yoke section; an edgewise coil to be inserted onto the tooth section through intermediation of an insulating member, the edgewise coil being formed by winding a rectangular wire having a rectangular conductor cross-section through edgewise bending; and a heat transfer member filled into a gap between the tooth section and the edgewise coil. The armature has different gaps formed at two regions between the tooth section and a long side of the edgewise coil.
US09893589B2	Electric machine having a coupling flange The present invention concerns an electric machine (1), in particular an alternator, intended to be coupled to a driving or driven machine, in particular a heat engine, comprising: —a coupling flange (20) for coupling to the driving or driven machine, housing a fan (30) driven by the rotor, said flange comprising: —a rear portion (21) linked to a fixed portion (10) of the electric machine, —an interfacing front portion (22) interfacing with the driving or driven machine, said interfacing front portion being mounted on the rear portion (21), the front portion (22) having a central opening, the fan having a diameter greater than that of the central opening, —at least one air deflector secured to the flange (20).
US09893588B2	Motor housing with cooling channel and resin injected winding ends for improved heat transfer A motor includes a housing, a stator holder, a stator, and a flow path for a cooling fluid. The cooling flow path is provided between the housing and the stator holder. A coil of the stator is covered by a resin portion. The stator holder may include a holder cylindrical portion and a holder flat plate portion.
US09893583B2	Stator for rotating electric machine A stator for a rotating electric machine, including an annular stator core having a plurality of slots circumferentially arranged in the stator core, and a stator winding wound around the stator core and comprised of a plurality of U-shaped conductor segments inserted in the slots and connected to each other. Each conductor segment includes a conductor and a bilayer insulative coating comprised of an insulating layer covering a peripheral surface of the conductor and a protective layer covering a peripheral surface of the insulating layer. The protective layer is formed of a material having a Young's modulus that is equal to or greater than a Young's modulus of the insulating layer at room temperature and less than the Young's modulus of the insulating layer in high temperature environments caused by heat generation of the stator winding.
US09893579B2	Rotors and stators for dynamoelectric machines A dynamoelectric machine includes a rotor having a rotor core and permanent magnets, and a stator having teeth. The permanent magnets are arranged in magnet sets. Each magnet set includes one or more of the permanent magnets. The rotor core has a cylindrical periphery and slits. Each of the slits is positioned radially between one of the magnet sets and the cylindrical periphery. Each tooth includes a tooth surface facing the cylindrical periphery. The tooth surface includes an inner portion extending substantially parallel to the cylindrical periphery of the rotor core, and beveled portions positioned on opposing sides of the inner portion of the tooth surface. An air gap between each beveled portion of the tooth surface and the cylindrical periphery of the rotor core is greater than an air gap between the inner portion of the tooth surface and the cylindrical periphery of the rotor core.
US09893567B2	Dual-mode wireless power transfer apparatus A dual-mode receiver is provided that includes an electromagnetic resonator having one or more inductive elements that are arranged to form a receiver coil and a network of passive components arranged to form a matching network. The electromagnetic resonator includes a first selective frequency defined in a low frequency range and a second selective frequency defined in a high frequency range allowing for a rectification circuit to operate in both the high frequency range and low frequency range making maximum use of active circuits.
US09893559B2	Portable power storage device An electronic device includes a housing having at least one solar panel arranged to generate electrical energy for delivery to a battery within the housing, wherein the at least one solar panel is foldable about the housing.
US09893556B2	Power receiving circuit, control method for wireless power receiving apparatus, and electronic device A power receiving control circuit is provided that receives AC coil current IRX from a reception coil and that supplies DC output voltage VOUT. A rectifier circuit rectifies the coil current IRX. A linear regulator receives a rectified voltage VRECT across a smoothing capacitor, and generates the output voltage VOUT stabilized to a predetermined target level. A controller has predetermined control characteristics configured as a relation between the value of a charging current ICHG and the target value of the rectified voltage VRECT. The controller detects the value of the charging current ICHG, and transmits information which indicates electric power to be transmitted from a wireless power supply apparatus, with reference to the control characteristics. The controller is configured to be capable of changing the control characteristics.
US09893551B2	Ad-hoc wireless sensor package Systems, methods, computer-readable storage mediums including computer-readable instructions and/or circuitry for control of transmission to a target device with communicating with one or more sensors in an ad-hoc sensor network may implement operations including, but not limited to: receiving electrical power via at least one structurally integrated electrically conductive element; and powering one or more sensing operations of one or more sensors via the electrical power.
US09893542B2	Systems and methods for battery charging This disclosure relates to systems and methods for charging a battery. An example embodiment includes receiving information about an initial state of charge of a battery. If an initial state of charge is less than a predetermined threshold and if a charger is electrically coupled to the battery, a charger may be configured to charge the battery according to a preferred charge rate higher than a default charge rate. A charging duration is determined based on a type of the battery, the initial state of charge, a target state of charge, and the charge rate. A controller may determine a partial charge condition based on at least one of: providing electrical current to the battery at the charge rate for the charging duration or receiving information indicative of a state of charge of the battery reaching the target state of charge.
US09893533B2	Server apparatus, electrical power control apparatus, and electrical power control system An EMS server (14) calculates an estimated value of an integrated power consumption at an expiration of a reference time, based on a current value of power consumption of at least one load device located in a consumer's facility and a remaining time in the reference time. The EMS server (14) controls the load device in accordance with the estimated value of the integrated power consumption and a response time. The response time refers to a time required to complete a change in power consumption of the load device in response to a change in a setting of the load device.
US09893532B2	System and method for a mesh power system A power mesh system and method comprising at least three polyphase power devices of a plurality of polyphase power devices, each having a phase connection for each phase, where each polyphase power device has each phase connection coupled to at least one phase connection of another polyphase power device to form a two dimensional array of power devices.
US09893529B1	Coupling dynamics for power systems with iterative discrete decision making architectures Various examples are provided that are related to coupling dynamics for, e.g., power systems with iterative discrete decision making architectures. In one example, a method includes determining an output power adjustment using a frequency difference associated with a generator of a first area of a power system and price signals corresponding to power generation in the first area and in a second area coupled to the first area by a tie-line; and providing a power command based upon the output power adjustment to a control system of the generator. In another example, a power system control system includes first and second agents configured to control power generation of a first area and a second area of a power system, respectively. The second agent can control power generation of the second area using frequency differences of generators in the second area and price signals of the first and second areas.
US09893527B2	Power storage system and power storage method A power storage system includes a power generation element that performs environmental power generation, a first storage battery that receives power generated by the power generation element and supplies the power to a load device, a second storage battery that has a capacitance smaller than that of the first storage battery and is connected in series with the first storage battery, a first switcher that is connected in parallel to the second storage battery, short-circuits both terminals of the second storage battery in a closed state, and releases a short-circuited state of the second storage battery in an open state, and a switching unit that controls the opened and closed states of the first switcher.
US09893525B1	High-power conversion system A high-power conversion system includes a switching circuit and at least one reactor, the at least one reactor being electrically connected to the switching circuit, and the core of the at least one reactor being electrically connected to a potential point of the high-power conversion system.
US09893524B2	Coordinated control method of generator and SVC for improving power throughput and controller thereof The present invention provides coordinated control methods of generator and SVC for improving power plant active power throughput and controller thereof. The method comprises: measuring the required input parameters for the generator and SVC control; judging the system topology and the control mode of SVC to determine the operation mode; and calculating the control reference based on the operation mode to control the generator and/or SVC. The proposed methods and coordinated controllers enable the SVC to share the required reactive power output of the power plant, convert the generator into “unity-power-factor-generator”, and therefore extend the active power output capability of the power plant.
US09893518B2	ESD protection circuit with false triggering prevention An ESD protection circuit used to protect a protected circuit coupled between a first node and a second node against an ESD event. The ESD protection circuit has a discharging circuit and a control circuit. The discharging circuit selectively provides a current path for discharging a current from the first node to the second node. The control circuit controls the discharging circuit to switch on the current path during an ESD event. The control circuit further controls the discharging circuit to switch off the current path during the normal operation of the protected circuit.
US09893515B2	Power switchgear having surge suppression apparatus A power switchgear includes: a vacuum switch tube in a ground tank; a movable side conductor which passes through the ground tank to connect to one side of the vacuum switch tube, and extends to the upper side of the tank; a fixed side conductor which passes through the ground tank and connects to another side of the vacuum switch tube, and extends to the upper side of the tank. A conical insulator is placed on an opening of the ground tank, and a tip end is inserted in the ground tank; an insulation cylinder is placed at a rear end of the conical insulator to cover the inside of a concave portion of the conical insulator, and protrudes outside the ground tank; and a surge suppression apparatus inside the insulation cylinder has a terminal in the conical insulator and connected to a main circuit of the vacuum switch tube.
US09893508B2	Step-down circuit A step-down circuit has a switch connected in series between a direct current power supply and a load. A switch control circuit is configured to turn the switch off when the voltage across the load is higher than a predetermined first threshold and turn the switch on when the voltage across the load is lower than the first threshold. An energy storage unit is charged by the power supply when the switch is on and supply power to the load when the switch is off. An overcurrent protection circuit turns the switch off when the input current of the switch is higher than a predetermined second threshold.
US09893507B2	Ball grip compression fitting A connector is used for terminating an electrical cable, such as a metal clad cable, cord grip, and tray cable, and provides a compression fitting to secure and ground the cable. The connector includes a connector body, a compression nut, and a compression grommet retained therebetween. A gripping member and/or a grounding member is embedded within the grommet for creating a mechanical grip with the cable and providing a grounding pathway, respectively. Tightening the compression nut to the connector body correspondingly compresses the grommet to create a watertight seal with the cable so that no fluid, dirt or debris can pass through the connector. Such tightening also urges the gripping member to form a mechanical grip with the cable for securing the cable and maintaining the watertight seal. Moreover, the grounding member may include an electrically conductive grounding ball that forms the grounding path between the connector and the armor portion of the cable upon tightening the compression nut to the connector body.
US09893499B2	Energized parts guard An energized parts guard is disclosed which includes a panel of substantially rigid, electrically insulative material wherein the substantially rigid panel further includes a first one or more apertures and a second one or more apertures. The first one or more apertures are so dimensioned to accept one or more circuit breakers inserted into the first one or more apertures such that there is less than a 12.5 mm gap between the panel and the circuit breaker on at least two sides of the one or more circuit breakers. The second one or more apertures are positioned to facilitate access to at least one terminal of each of the one or more circuit breakers when the one or more circuit breakers are inserted into the first one or more apertures.
US09893498B2	Method for manufacturing tubular metal shell including ground electrode bar for spark plug, and method for manufacturing spark plug A pair of electrode lugs clamp a bar at side surfaces of the bar so as to be electrically connected to the bar. The electrode lugs respectively include a first contact portion and a second contact portion having different front-back lengths. The bar is clamped such that the first contact portion having a short front-back length L1 opposes a back end portion of the bar within a range of the second contact portion having a front-back length L2. The back end surface of the bar is brought into contact with and welded to a front end surface of a metal shell by resistance butt welding. Since the first contact portion of one lug is short and is close to the abutting surfaces, heat dissipation can be reduced and heat concentration can be increased.
US09893496B2	Spark plug having improved ground electrode orientation and method of forming A method of manufacturing a spark plug (20) for being threaded into a cylinder head (28) of an internal combustion engine is provided. The spark plug (20) includes a shell (24) with threads (26) disposed at a predetermined rotational position (a) relative to a shell outer surface (64) and ground electrode (34). The position of the threads (26) relative to the ground electrode (34) places the ground electrode (34) in a desired position in the combustion chamber (22) and relative to components of the engine, thus allowing the ground electrode (34) to provide a robust and reliable ignition. When multiple spark plugs (20) are formed, the threads (26) in each of the shells (24) are repeatedly and accurately formed at the predetermined rotational position (α) by locating the ground electrode (34), threads (26), and dies (76) of a thread forming apparatus (102) in specific locations.
US09893493B2	Surface emitting quantum cascade laser A surface emitting quantum cascade laser includes an active layer, a first semiconductor layer, and first electrode. The active layer has a plurality of quantum well layers stacked therein. The active layer is capable of emitting laser light by inter-subband transition. The first semiconductor layer is provided on the active layer and having a first surface provided with a plurality of pits so as to constitute a two-dimensional lattice. The first electrode is provided on the first semiconductor layer and having a periodic opening. Each pit is asymmetric with respect to a line parallel to a side of the lattice. The laser light is emitted in a direction generally perpendicular to the active layer from a pit exposed to the opening.
US09893491B2	Microelectromechanical system for tuning lasers A micromechanically produced optical device includes: a carrier for carrying the micromechanically produced device; a diffraction grating for diffracting light; a plate for carrying the diffraction grating; and deflectors for deflecting the plate in relation to the carrier, the deflectors comprising bearings for movably bearing the plate and a driver for moving the plate; the deflectors being configured for rotational deflection of the plate and for translational deflection of the plate.
US09893482B2	Branched electrical system A branched electrical system is adapted for providing multiple users with access to high and/or low voltage electrical power in work areas or high density seating areas, such as stadium or theater seating, work rooms, lecture halls, and public transportation vehicles. The system includes a main line and a plurality of branch lines, each branch line having at least one high voltage or low voltage electrical receptacle that is accessible to a user located at the seating, such as for powering a portable electronic device. The branch lines may be coupled to the main line via a splice or other electrical-mechanical connection.
US09893479B1	Right-angled electrical plug A right-angled electrical plug includes a first plug terminal and a second plug terminal longitudinally spaced apart from one another. First and second electrical wires are interconnected with the first and second plug terminals respectively. A housing configured to secure the first and second plug terminals has a generally planar surface from which the first and second plug terminals project and has a portal through which the first and second electrical wires exit the housing. The surface has a first lateral edge that is closer to the portal than a second lateral edge opposite the first lateral edge. A first distance between the first lateral edge and the first plug terminal is at least two times less, and is preferably is at least three time less, than a second distance between the second lateral edge and the second plug terminal. The right-angled electrical plug may conform to NEMA 5-15P standards.
US09893477B2	Housing and assembly A housing for an electrical connector has a connector for reversibly receiving flexible arms of a clamping element in a locking manner. Further, an assembly has the housing and a clamping element having at least two flexible arms, between which a receiving space is defined, in which the connector of the housing are reversibly held in a locking manner.
US09893476B2	Communications cable with status indicator for electronic devices An electronic device system can include an electronic device. The electronic device can include a receptacle, and a device logic driving status unit configured to generate a status signal indicating activity of the electronic device, and a communications cable. The communications cable can include a first plug configured to connect to the receptacle and receive the status signal, wherein the first plug includes a status indicator configured to indicate activity of the electronic device based on the status signal.
US09893455B1	Electrical arc protection using a trip contact A plug comprises power contacts and a plug trip contact. During a plugging action between the plug and a receptacle, the plug trip contact makes a trip connection with mating contacts in the receptacle. Electrical power to the receptacle allows a current through the trip connection, which causes disconnection of the power to the receptacle. A receptacle comprises receptacle power contacts and receptacle trip contacts. During a plugging action between the receptacle and a plug, trip contacts in the receptacle makes a trip connection with a mating contact in the plug. Electrical power to the receptacle allows a current through the trip connection, which can cause disconnection of the power to the receptacle. The receptacle can be included in an enclosure having a trip breaker with a trip mechanism. An electrical system can have an electrical device with a line cord connected to a plug having the trip contact.
US09893443B2	Switch element having a housing part with switch element circuit and an adapter part with a plurality of plug contacts fastened therein A switch element is provided for directly inserting into a circuit board, wherein the switch element comprises a switch element circuit and a plurality of plug contacts, wherein the plug contacts comprise a connection portion, which is connected to the switch element circuit, and a fastening portion, wherein the fastening portion is adapted such that it is directly insertable into the circuit board, and wherein the fastening portion comprises a safety element which is adapted such that an unintentionally detaching of the plug connection is prevented.
US09893441B2	Card edge connector and method for manufacturing same It is aimed to prevent a reduction of contact reliability. A card edge connector (A) includes a first housing (10) formed with a board accommodation space (16) open forward, terminal fittings (17) provided in the first housing (10) and formed with resilient contact portions (18) projecting toward the board accommodation space (16), a second housing (20) including a circuit board (23) to be inserted into the board accommodation space (16) from front of the first housing (10), and guide slopes (36) made of synthetic resin, provided to cover a leading edge of the circuit board (23) in an inserting direction into the board accommodation space (16) and inclined with respect to the inserting direction into the board accommodation space (16).
US09893435B2	Combined antenna apertures allowing simultaneous multiple antenna functionality An antenna apparatus and method for use of the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises a single physical antenna aperture having at least two spatially interleaved antenna arrays of antenna elements, the antenna arrays being operable independently and simultaneously at distinct frequency bands.
US09893433B2	Array antenna The present disclosure provides an array antenna. The array antenna includes a cavity power divider that receives an input signal and performs power division to output a first power-divided signal. The array antenna also includes a final-stage power dividing, coupling, and radiating unit that includes a dielectric substrate and a first and a second metal surface layer. A coupling slot array is formed on the second metal surface layer to receive the first power-divided signal. A radiating slot array corresponding to the coupling slot array is formed on the first metal surface layer; Several plated through-hole units are provided on the dielectric substrate, where the plated through-hole units go through the first and second metal surface layers vertically, and a range corresponding to each plated through-hole unit encloses a coupling slot and a radiating slot corresponding to the coupling slot.
US09893427B2	Antenna-like matching component An antenna-like matching component is provided, comprising one or more conductive portions formed on a substrate. Shapes and dimensions of the one or more conductive portions are determined to provide impedance matching for one or more antennas coupled to the matching component.
US09893425B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using the same An antenna structure includes a baseplate, a first radiator plate, a second radiator plate, and a third radiator plate. The baseplate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first radiator plate is disposed on the first surface. The second radiator plate is disposed on the first surface. The third radiator plate is disposed on the second surface. A slot is defined between the first radiator plate and the second radiator plate, and the second radiator plate is coupled to the first radiator plate and the third radiator plate.
US09893419B2	Antenna device and communication terminal apparatus An antenna device includes a first insulating base portion including a spiral antenna pattern, and a second insulating base portion including at least two conductor wires. An insulating layer configured to insulate the conductor wires from the antenna pattern is provided between a first end and a second end of the antenna pattern in a planar view. The insulating layer includes a cut or an opening allowing at least one of the first end and the second end of the antenna pattern to be exposed toward the conductor wires. Electrode portions of the conductor wires are electrically and mechanically connected to the first end and the second end, respectively, of the antenna pattern by a conductive material in the cut or the opening of the insulating layer. The second insulating base portion is more flexible than the first insulating base portion.
US09893413B2	Integrated, externally-mounted ADS-B device An integrated, externally-mounted Automated Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) device comprising in one embodiment a 1030 MHz transmitter, a 1030 MHz antenna, a 1090 MHz receiver, a 1090 MHz antenna, a GNSS receiver, at least one GNSS antenna, a 978 MHz transmitter, and a 978 MHz antenna, wherein these components are integrated into a single enclosure, and wherein the GNSS antenna is placed at least partially into a projection extending out from the main enclosure body, such that the GNSS antenna has improved visibility to GNSS signals originating from altitudes above the current altitude of aircraft when the ADS-B device is mounted on the bottom of an aircraft.
US09893408B2	Directional coupler A directional coupler includes: a first to a fourth port; a main line connecting the first and second ports; a first to a fourth subline section electromagnetically coupled to the main line; a first to a third matching section; and a stack. The first subline, first matching, third subline, third matching, fourth subline, second matching, and second subline sections are arranged in this order between the third and fourth port. The first and second matching sections include an inductor connecting two subline sections located on opposite sides of the matching section. Each of one or more conductor layers used to form the inductor includes two connection portions for electrical connection to respective other elements, and a line portion connecting the two connection portions. The inductor excluding the connection portions does not include potions that overlap each other when viewed in the stacking direction of the stack.
US09893398B2	Quick connect waveguide coupler using pertubations rotatably movable through slots between a locked position and an unlocked position A quick connect coupler assembly for connecting a first waveguide portion to a second waveguide portion is provided. The coupler assembly includes: a first coupler component affixed to the first waveguide portion and a second coupler component affixed to the second waveguide portion. The first coupler component has a plurality of perturbations, while the second coupler component has a plurality of slots and a radially disposed guide or channel. The perturbations align with and pass through the slots into the guide or channel such that the perturbations rotatably move about the guide or channel in a radial direction from an unlocked to a locked position.
US09893397B2	Metal-air cell The present invention provides a metal-air cell that allows pieces of an electrode active material that have fallen off to contribute to a discharge reaction and thus has high power generation efficiency.The metal-air cell according to the present invention includes an electrolyte cell containing an electrolyte, a metal electrode disposed in the electrolyte cell and serving as an anode, and an air electrode serving as a cathode. The metal electrode includes a current collector and an electrode active material part disposed on the current collector and made of an electrode active material. The current collector includes a supporting part supporting the electrode active material part and a receiving part disposed between a bottom of the electrolyte cell and the electrode active material part. The receiving part includes a projection projecting in the electrolyte cell beyond a side surface of the electrode active material part toward a sidewall of the electrolyte cell.
US09893392B2	Conformal fluid-cooled heat exchanger for battery A heat exchanger for use with at least two battery modules, each of the battery modules comprising at least one battery cell housed within a rigid container, the heat exchanger defining an internal fluid passage for a heat exchanger fluid and having at least one compliant region that is configured to be compressed to facilitate thermal contact between the heat exchanger and the two battery modules.
US09893383B2	Alkali metal halide cells An improved alkali metal halide cell including an anode module having at least (i) one planar module including a porous assembly and (ii) that encloses an active anode material in an anode reservoir; and a cathode having active cathode material; where the porous assembly is coated with a thin ion-conducting layer that separates the active anode material enclosed within the anode module from the cathode material, and the anode and cathode are contained in a housing having one or more compartments.
US09893381B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte containing monofluorophosphoric ester salt and nonaqueous secondary battery using same Provided are a nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary batteries containing an electrolyte having high solubility in ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, or a like solvent and capable of forming a good-quality film on the positive and the negative electrode interface and a nonaqueous secondary battery having the nonaqueous electrolyte. Specifically, an electrolyte for secondary batteries containing a lithium salt as a solute and a nonaqueous solvent is provided, the nonaqueous solvent containing a monofluorophosphoric ester salt having general formula 1 or 2, in which symbols are as defined in the description.
US09893378B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and non-aqueous secondary battery The non-aqueous electrolyte solution of the present invention is a non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising acetonitrile and a lithium salt, wherein the anion of the lithium salt has a LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) energy in the range of −2.00 to 4.35 eV, and a HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) energy in the range of −5.35 to −2.90 eV.
US09893375B2	Module system for microbial fuel cell Disclosed is a module system for a microbial fuel cell used in the field of a microbial fuel cell, in which a plurality of unit cells electrically connected to each other in series cannot share an anode part solution. In the module system for the microbial fuel cell, the unit cells are electrically connected to each other in series, so that power is produced in a commercial scale. An anode part is given to each individual cell, so that voltage drop does not occur. The unit cells share an anode part solution together, so that the module system for the microbial fuel cell is simply designed. The module system for the microbial fuel cell is applicable when effectively producing power in the commercial scale.

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