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US09830183B2	Data center resource allocation system and data center resource allocation method A data center including: a data center infrastructure including at least one service network accessed by a terminal of a logical infrastructure user and a terminal of a resource user, at least one infrastructure network accessed by the terminal of the resource user, and at least one resource coupled to the service network and the infrastructure network; and a resource management apparatus for managing the infrastructure network, the service network, and the at least one resource, the resource management apparatus being configured to: generate, in response to a request, a logical service network, which is created by virtualizing the service network, a logical infrastructure network, which is created by virtualizing the infrastructure network, and a logical infrastructure in which the at least one resource is allocated to the logical service network and the logical infrastructure network; and provide the logical infrastructure to the terminal of the logical infrastructure user.
US09830179B2	Interaction with a virtual network Systems and method for the management of virtual machine instances are provided. A network data transmission analysis system can host virtual machine networks. A component of a hosted virtual machine network is configured in a manner to receive commands directed towards a simulated network device. The component may then execute a process or processes on the hosted virtual machine network which correspond to the received command.
US09830174B2	Dynamic host code generation from architecture description for fast simulation Systems and methods of dynamic host code generation from architecture description for fast simulation. In accordance with a method embodiment of the present invention, a method of simulating execution of a first plurality of processor instructions written in a first instruction set comprises generating a second plurality of processor instructions in a second instruction set for emulating the first plurality of processor instructions. The generating is based upon the high level description of the instruction set and/or simulated state information during the simulating.
US09830173B1	Proxy simulation service for testing stateless systems An enhanced proxy simulation service can be used to test a complex stateless system, such as a fulfillment network, that depends on upstream and downstream processes in order to operate. The enhanced proxy simulation service can be configured to send an event, such as an order request, so as to appear to be sent from a process upstream of the system; and can be configured to receive a request from the system, such as a request to charge payment information, so as to appear as a downstream process of the system. The proxy simulation service can store events received from the system and apply a set of rules to the stored events to construct a simulated response to the last event received from the system. The simulated response can then be sent to the system being tested.
US09830170B2	Synchronization between electronic devices An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a management module configured to determine if a package related to an application is equipped in the first electronic device, a communication module configured to receive determine if a package related to an application is equipped in the first electronic device, and a display configured to output an item for executing the application, wherein the management module controls the display to display the item based on a comparison of the package and the application information.
US09830169B2	Method and apparatus for remotely delivering software A computer implemented method and apparatus for remotely delivering software. The method comprises installing a provisioning application on a first device, in response to accessing an advertisement for a software product; determining one or more second devices that are synchronized with the first device, wherein the one or more second devices are remote from the first device, and wherein the one or more synchronized second devices are not registered with a software provider of the software product; registering the one or more synchronized second devices with the software provider of the software product; receiving, from the first device, a selection of one or more of the registered devices for installation of the software product; and directing installation of the software product on the one or more selected registered devices.
US09830166B2	Software-defined IoT controller An Internet of things (IoT) controller may execute a first IoT application, associated with operating an IoT device, and a second IoT application associated with operating the IoT device. The IoT controller may load an IoT application program interface (API) associated with the first IoT application and the second IoT application, and may identify a first set of functions including a first function, associated with the first IoT application, and a second function associated with the second IoT application. The IoT controller may translate, based on the IoT API, the first set of functions to a second set of functions including a third function, associated with the first IoT application, and a fourth function associated with the second IoT application. The IoT controller may cause the IoT device to operate, based on the second set of functions, during the execution of the first IoT application and the second IoT application.
US09830165B2	USB communications tunneling through USB printer device class A USB tunnel apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the USB tunnel apparatus may include a USB printer class interface operatively received by an application specific USB peripheral. The USB printer class interface is configured to identify the application specific USB peripheral as a printer class device to the host during Plug and Play enumeration, and the USB printer class interface is configured to generate a response during Plug and Play enumeration that alters the process of PnP enumeration to create a partially instantiated printer driver stack on the host when the application specific USB peripheral is in USB communication with the host, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.
US09830162B2	Technologies for indirect branch target security Technologies for indirect branch target security include a computing device having a processor to execute an indirect branch instruction. The processor may determine an indirect branch target of the indirect branch instruction, load a memory tag associated with the indirect branch target, and determine whether the memory tag is set. The processor may generate a security fault if the memory tag is not set. The processor may load an encrypted indirect branch target, decrypt the encrypted branch target using an activation record key stored in an activation key register, and perform a jump to the indirect branch target. The processor may generate a next activation record coordinate as a function of the activation record key and a return address of a call instruction and generate the next activation record key as a function of the next activation record coordinate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09830160B1	Lightweight profiling using branch history Technical solutions are described for profiling an execution of a computer program. An example method includes setting a program-counter indicator to a first state in response to updating a program counter register. The method further includes profiling the execution of the computer program by periodically sampling the program counter register according to a sampling time-interval. Sampling the program counter register includes recording a content of the program counter register in response to the program-counter indicator being in the first state. The method also includes increasing the sampling time-interval.
US09830158B2	Speculative execution and rollback One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for speculatively issuing instructions to allow a processing pipeline to continue to process some instructions during rollback of other instructions. A scheduler circuit issues instructions for execution assuming that, several cycles later, when the instructions reach multithreaded execution units, that dependencies between the instructions will be resolved, resources will be available, operand data will be available, and other conditions will not prevent execution of the instructions. When a rollback condition exists at the point of execution for an instruction for a particular thread group, the instruction is not dispatched to the multithreaded execution units. However, other instructions issued by the scheduler circuit for execution by different thread groups, and for which a rollback condition does not exist, are executed by the multithreaded execution units. The instruction incurring the rollback condition is reissued after the rollback condition no longer exists.
US09830153B2	Skip instruction to skip a number of instructions on a predicate A pipelined run-to-completion processor executes a conditional skip instruction. If a predicate condition as specified by a predicate code field of the skip instruction is true, then the skip instruction causes execution of a number of instructions following the skip instruction to be “skipped”. The number of instructions to be skipped is specified by a skip count field of the skip instruction. In some examples, the skip instruction includes a “flag don't touch” bit. If this bit is set, then neither the skip instruction nor any of the skipped instructions can change the values of the flags. Both the skip instruction and following instructions to be skipped are decoded one by one in sequence and pass through the processor pipeline, but the execution stage is prevented from carrying out the instruction operation of a following instruction if the predicate condition of the skip instruction was true.
US09830151B2	Method and apparatus for vector index load and store An apparatus and method for performing vector index loads and stores. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a vector index register to store a plurality of index values; a mask register to store a plurality of mask bits; a vector register to store a plurality of vector data elements loaded from memory; and vector index load logic to identify an index stored in the vector index register to be used for a load operation using an immediate value and to responsively combine the index with a base memory address to determine a memory address for the load operation, the vector index load logic to load vector data elements from the memory address to the vector register in accordance with the plurality of mask bits.
US09830150B2	Multi-functional execution lane for image processor An apparatus is described that includes an execution unit having a multiply add computation unit, a first ALU logic unit and a second ALU logic unit. The ALU unit is to perform first, second, third and fourth instructions. The first instruction is a multiply add instruction. The second instruction is to perform parallel ALU operations with the first and second ALU logic units operating simultaneously to produce different respective output resultants of the second instruction. The third instruction is to perform sequential ALU operations with one of the ALU logic units operating from an output of the other of the ALU logic units to determine an output resultant of the third instruction. The fourth instruction is to perform an iterative divide operation in which the first ALU logic unit and the second ALU logic unit operate during to determine first and second division resultant digit values.
US09830143B2	Methods and apparatus for performing in-service software upgrade for a network device using system virtulization A method and/or network system is able to perform an in-service software upgrade (“ISSU”) using virtualization technology while ongoing network service is maintained. After receipt of an upgrade signal such as a command of software upgrade, a new or second virtual machine (“VM”) is created in response to the upgrade signal. After downloading the new version of program to the second VM while maintaining the first version of program running on the first VM, the process for providing network management begins to migrate from the first version of program to the new version of program. The process simultaneously facilitates ISSU for a data-path module such as a line card to convert from the previous version of software to the new version of the software.
US09830141B2	Providing a software update to computing devices on the same network A system and machine-implemented method for providing a software update within a network comprising plural computing devices. A subset of the plural computing devices is identified for installation of the software update. The software update is provided to the computing devices within the subset for installation. After providing the software update, a software version or a connectivity status is obtained for at least one of the computing devices within the subset. A determination is made that the software update is invalid based on the obtained software version or connectivity status.
US09830139B2	Application experience sharing system Described herein is a system generating and sending shortcuts from a sending device to a receiving device. In one implementation, the sending device generates shortcut reference data (SRD) which includes application data indicative of a state of an application and a hash based on the application data. The SRD is sent to a shortcut server, while shortcut delivered data (SDD) which includes the hash value is sent to a recipient device. The recipient device may use the hash value of the SDD to request and receive the application data from the shortcut server. Once received, an application installed on the recipient device recreates on the recipient device the state of the application as originally presented on the sending device. As a result, a user at the sending device may share their experience with a user at the receiving device. Fees associated with the use of the system may be calculated.
US09830131B2	Trailing or leading zero counter having parallel and combinational logic A trailing/leading zero counter is described which comprises a plurality of hardware logic blocks, each of which calculates one bit of the output value (i.e. the number of trailing/leading zeros depending on whether it is a trailing/leading zero counter). Each hardware logic block comprises two blocks of section hardware logic which each receive a section of an input string and generate one or two outputs from this section of bits. Combining logic then combines the outputs of the section hardware logic to generate the bit of the output value. For hardware logic blocks which calculate bits other than the least significant bit of the output, the hardware logic blocks also comprise one or more OR reduction stages which reduces the length of the input string by pairwise combining of bits using OR gates before the resultant string is divided into two sections and input to the section hardware logic.
US09830126B2	Controlling audio playback based on activity Example systems may perform operations for: receiving, information about an activity scheduled for a user of an audio playback device; determining a timing associated with the activity based on the information; determining that audio content is being played on the audio playback device at the time of the activity; and controlling playback of the audio content on the audio playback device based on the timing to alert the user of the activity.
US09830124B2	Conversion of peripheral sensor interface signals into audio signals The present invention relates to a Peripheral Sensor Interface (PSI5) system. The PSI5 system includes a PSI5 controller and an audio converter. The audio converter is configured to receive signals from the PSI5 controller and to convert the received signals into audio signals.
US09830122B2	Dual screen display apparatus, dual screen display method, and electronic device A dual screen display device, dual screen display method, and electronic equipment are described. The device includes a first display unit and a second display unit, a light receiving surface of the first display unit being arranged opposite to a light receiving surface of the second display unit; a backlight module unit, arranged between the light receiving surface of the first display unit and the light receiving surface of the second display unit; a light source unit, used for emitting illumination light to the backlight module unit; and a first polarization filtering unit and a second polarization filtering unit, arranged on the light receiving surface of the first display unit and the light receiving surface of the second display unit respectively.
US09830119B1	Image processing apparatus for generating new document image and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium with image processing program stored thereon An image processing apparatus includes a file specification acceptance section, a form storage section, a placement area storage section, a placement area acceptance section, a save location storage section, a data extracting section, and an image generating section. The save location storage section stores a save location indicating a location in a file accepted by the file specification acceptance section, the location being where a piece of data to be placed in a placement area accepted by the placement area acceptance section is saved. The data extracting section extracts, from the accepted file, the piece of data saved in the location in the file indicated by the save location stored in the save location storage section. The image generating section generates an image in which the extracted piece of data is placed in the accepted placement area in the document stored in the form storage section.
US09830114B2	Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium and method thereof An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit that acquires image data representing a document image that includes characters; an extracting unit that extracts, from the document image represented by the image data acquired by the acquiring unit, a character that has undergone a modification for distinguishing from another character; a processing unit that processes the image data by reducing a density of the character other than the extracted character below a density indicated by the acquired image data; and an output unit that outputs the image data processed by the processing unit to an image forming apparatus.
US09830113B2	Imaging system controller coordination A system for printing an image. A printer includes a controller for motion in an X axis, components for motion in the X axis, a print head for printing image data in a swath, and a communication module for receiving image data and communications indicating that printing the swath is authorized and that printing is completed. A substrate unit includes a controller for motion in a Y axis, components for motion in the Y axis, and a communication module for receiving image data from a source. The communication module sends at least a portion of the image data to the printer.
US09830111B1	Data storage space management Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, managing space allocation of one or more data storage devices. In some examples, a storage service may identify at least one computer-readable storage device. The computer-readable storage device may, in some examples, have availability level that corresponds to a size of data to be stored. The storage service may also identify a target storage device based at least in part on a capacity of a subset of the storage devices. In some cases, this may be performed for one or more of the devices of the subset. Further, the storage service may store the data in the identified target storage device.
US09830110B2	System and method to enable dynamic changes to virtual disk stripe element sizes on a storage controller A storage controller includes a storage controller memory to store virtual disk metadata including an original stripe size (OSS) field and a logical stripe size (LSS) field, and a cache memory having an OSS buffer and a LSS buffer. The storage controller stores a first block size in the OSS field, configures a RAID array to provide storage blocks of the first block size based on the OSS field, stores a second block size in the LSS field, receives a first data transaction that includes a first data block of the second block size based upon the LSS field, maps the first data block from the second block size to the first block size, and executes the first data transaction on the RAID array using the first block size.
US09830105B1	Migrating data objects together with their snaps A technique for performing non-disruptive migration coordinates object migration with snapshot-shipping to migrate both a data object and its snaps from a source to a target. Snapshot-shipping conveys snaps to the target, and an internal snap of the data object serves as a basis for building a migrated version of the data object at the target. As IO requests specifying writes to the data object arrive at the source, a data mirroring operation writes the arriving data both to the data object at the source and to the version thereof at the target. In parallel with the data mirroring operation, a filtering copy operation copies data of the internal snap to the target, but avoids overwriting data mirrored to the target after the internal snap is taken.
US09830100B2	Storage control device and storage control method A storage control device that is any of a plurality of storage control devices configured to control access to a plurality of storages included in a storage system, includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: executing, depending on a first bias for accessing a plurality of storage regions included in the plurality of storages, a first configuration change which corrects the first bias based on configuration information identifying a configuration of the storage system; and executing, depending on a second bias for accessing the plurality of storages, a second configuration change which corrects the second bias based on the configuration information after changing the first configuration, or executing, depending on a third bias for loading the plurality of storage control devices, a third configuration change which corrects the third bias.
US09830099B1	Secure erase of storage devices Techniques for providing secure erase of data stored on a storage device may be provided. For example, a storage device comprising a first layer of firmware that is configured to receive access requests for data stored on a storage device may be in communication with a second layer of firmware. The second layer of firmware may be configured to receive, from the first layer of firmware, a request to erase a portion of the data stored on the storage device and verify the first layer of firmware before processing the erase request. In an embodiment, upon verifying the first layer of firmware, the second layer of firmware may block subsequent read requests for one or more physical blocks of the storage device that correspond to the portion of the data indicated in the erase request.
US09830097B2	Application-specific chunk-aligned prefetch for sequential workloads A method, a computing device, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium for identifying a set of transactions directed to a contiguous chunk of data, even if received out of order, determining the data chunk size from the set of transactions, and for sequentially retrieving data chunks using the data chunk size is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, by a storage system, a set of data transactions from an initiator. The storage system identifies a subset of the set of data transactions that is directed to accessing a first chunk of data and determines, from the subset of transactions, a chunk size of the first chunk of data. The storage system sequentially retrieves a second chunk of data based on the determined chunk size.
US09830096B2	Maintaining data block maps of clones of storage objects Described herein is a system and method for retaining deduplication of data blocks of a resulting storage object (e.g., a flexible volume) from a split operation of a clone of a base storage object. The clone may comprise data blocks that are shared with at least one data block of the base storage object and at least one data block that is not shared with at least one data block of the base storage object. The data blocks of the clone that are shared with the base storage object may be indicated to receive a write allocation that may comprise assigning a new pointer to an indicated data block. Each data block may comprise a plurality of pointers comprising a virtual address pointer and a physical address pointer. As such, data blocks of the clone comprising the same virtual address pointer may be assigned a single physical address pointer. Thus, a new physical address pointer is assigned or allocated once to a given virtual address pointer of data blocks of a clone.
US09830087B2	Memory wear leveling Systems and methods for intra-sector re-ordered wear leveling include: detecting, in a memory device, a high wear sub-sector having a high wear level, the sub-sector residing in a first sector; determining a second sector of the memory device having a low wear level; swapping the first sector with the second sector; and re-ordering a position of at least one sub-sector of the first sector, the second sector, or both.
US09830083B2	Memory chip, memory system, and method of accessing the memory chip A memory chip, a memory system, and a method of accessing the memory chip. The memory chip includes a substrate, a first storage unit, and a second storage unit. The first storage unit includes a plurality of first memory cells may have a first storage capacity of 2n. The plurality of first memory cells may be configured to activate in response to a first selection signal. The second storage unit includes a plurality of second memory cells and may have a second storage capacity of 2n+1. The plurality of second memory cells may be configured to activate in response to a second selection signal.
US09830080B2	Low power voice trigger for acoustic apparatus and method An analog signal is received from an acoustic transducer. The analog signal is converted into digital data. A determination is made as to whether acoustic activity exists within the digital data. The digital data is stored in a temporary memory storage device and a count is maintained of an amount of digital data in the temporary memory storage device. When the count exceeds a predetermined threshold, at least some of the digital data is transmitted from the temporary memory storage device to a processor.
US09830076B2	Apparatus and associated methods An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: change the state of a touch-sensitive input layer from a non-detecting state to a detecting state based on detection of a user input made using a user interface of an electronic device, the user interface comprising the touch-sensitive input layer and a physical key layer wherein the respective layers are at least partly overlying and the detection of the user input comprises detection of actuation using the physical key layer.
US09830072B2	Method, apparatus and mobile terminal for controlling an application interface by means of a gesture Various embodiments provide a method, apparatus and mobile terminal for controlling an application interface by means of a gesture. In an exemplary method, a terminal browser can obtain a preset gesture that is inputted into a screen for generating a control point. The control point can be generated according to the preset gesture inputted into the screen. The control point can be associated with one or more preset areas on the screen. The terminal browser can obtain an operation gesture inputted into the screen targeted for the control point and, according to the operation gesture, generate an application interface corresponding to a preset area that the control point is located at. The present disclosure can break through conventional interface operation modes, realizing application interface control via gestures without occupying visible screen space, and adding more freedom for the layout of the application interface on a mobile device.
US09830069B2	Information processing apparatus for automatically switching between modes based on a position of an inputted drag operation An information processing apparatus of the present application includes a drawing unit that draws a line on an image in a drawing area displayed in a fixed mode, which displays an image by fixing a position of the image; a judgment unit that judges whether a position of the line during drawing by the drawing unit is positioned on a boundary indicating the drawing area; a mode switching unit that switches from the fixed mode to a predetermined mode other than the fixed mode in a case in which the position during drawing is judged as being positioned on the boundary indicating the drawing area by the judgment unit; and a display control unit that executes control to display the image based on the mode switched by the mode switching unit.
US09830068B2	Dual configuration computer In general, in one aspect, a laptop computer that maintains at least a subset of its operational capability (e.g., some display visibility, some user interface ability) in a closed configuration. The base includes a transparent surface to enable at least part of the display to be visible from the bottom when in the closed configuration. The transparent surface is touch sensitive to enable a touchscreen user interface with the display in the closed configuration and a touchpad user interface with the display in an open configuration. The transparent surface may display varying portions of the user interface device and possibly other images in the open configuration. The laptop computer may function as a tablet in the closed configuration.
US09830067B1	Control of display of content with dragging inputs on a touch input surface A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying content in a first window on a display of a computing device, receiving a dragging user input on an element at a periphery of the window, and in response to receiving the dragging input, generating and displaying a second window on the display of the computing device and displaying the first window simultaneously with the second window.
US09830061B1	Methods, systems, and media for providing media guidance with contextual controls Methods, systems, and media for providing media guidance with contextual controls are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a user interface to be presented that includes media interface elements, wherein each of the media interface elements is a selectable object that represents at least one media content item; determining that a media interface element from the media interface elements has been selected; in response to determining that the media interface element has been selected, causing the at least one media content item corresponding to the selected media interface element to be presented in a portion of the user interface; and concurrently with causing the at least one media content item to be presented, causing a control interface to be presented that is associated with the selected media interface element.
US09830051B1	Method and apparatus for presenting a breadcrumb trail for a collaborative session According to an example computer-implemented method, shared media content is presented to a plurality of users during a collaborative session, with the session including a plurality of events. A breadcrumb trail of events occurring during the collaborative session is created. For each of the events, a descriptor is determined for the event, and the event is tagged in the breadcrumb trail with the descriptor. Responsive to receipt of a descriptor selection, a filtered breadcrumb trail including only events tagged with the selected descriptor is presented.
US09830050B2	Computer implemented methods and apparatus for providing a reminder regarding a feed item of a feed of an online social network Disclosed are examples of apparatus, methods, and computer readable storage media for providing a reminder regarding a feed item of an information feed of an online social network. In some implementations, an indication is received at a computing device. The indication is with respect to occurrence of an event in relation to a designated one of a plurality of feed items of the information feed of the online social network. In response to receiving the indication, data is provided to cause a display device to display a reminder component with the information feed in a user interface. The reminder component is configured to present information identifying the designated feed item.
US09830046B2	Method and assembly for displaying menu options An interactive ordering apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store instructions and data. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to (i) produce a display in a viewable area of a touchscreen and to (ii) receive input from a user via the touchscreen. According to the instructions, the processor is configured to divide at least a portion of the display into a plurality of mutually exclusive sections, and display a first plurality of choices in a first section of the plurality of sections. The processor is also configured to, in response to selection by the user of a first choice of the first plurality of choices, (i) move the first plurality of choices to a second section of the plurality of sections and (ii) display a second plurality of choices in the first section.
US09830045B2	Previewing a new event on a small screen device Method and apparatus for previewing new events in a computing device having a plurality of applications for managing respective events are described. Individual applications are each represented by an application icon on a screen of a graphical user interface for the device. In response to a new event of a one of the applications, the application's icon is visually modified to notify of the new event. A visual modification may be determined in response to the new event, for example, to preview a content of the event. The visual modification may include a count of all new events that remain to be disposed. On a selection of the visually modified icon, additional previewing may be provided. Activation of the application having a visually modified application icon may be configured to automatically initiate the application at the new event.
US09830044B2	Virtual assistant team customization Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different characteristics, such as different functionality, base language models, levels of training, visual appearances, personalities, and so on. The characteristics of the virtual assistants may be configured by trainers, end-users, and/or a virtual assistant service. The virtual assistants may be presented to end-users in conversation user interfaces to perform different tasks for the users in a conversational manner. The different virtual assistants may adapt to different contexts. The virtual assistants may additionally, or alternatively, interact with each other to carry out tasks for the users, which may be illustrated in conversation user interfaces.
US09830039B2	Using human wizards in a conversational understanding system A wizard control panel may be used by a human wizard to adjust the operation of a Natural Language (NL) conversational system during a real-time dialog flow. Input to the wizard control panel is detected and used to interrupt/change an automatic operation of one or more of the NL conversational system components used during the flow. For example, the wizard control panel may be used to adjust results determined by an Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) component, a Natural Language Understanding (NLU) component, a Dialog Manager (DM) component, and a Natural Language Generation (NLG) before the results are used to perform an automatic operation within the flow. A timeout may also be set such that when the timeout expires, the conversational system performs an automated operation by using the results shown in the wizard control panel (edited/not edited).
US09830033B2	Touch sensor and method of manufacturing the same A touch sensor includes a touch substrate including a touch sensing area and a non-sensing area outside the touch sensing area, touch electrodes disposed in the touch sensing area and configured to sense a touch, and touch wiring connected to the touch electrodes in the non-sensing area, in which the touch wiring includes a first wiring conductive layer, a second wiring conductive layer disposed on the first wiring conductive layer, and transparent layers disposed at first and second sides of the second wiring conductive layer and on the first wiring conductive layer.
US09830029B2	In-cell touch panel and display device An in-cell touch panel and a display device are disclosed. In the in-cell touch panel, a plurality of mutually independent self-capacitance electrodes arranged in the same layer are disposed on an array substrate in accordance the self-capacitance principle; a touch detection chip can determine the touch position by the detection of the capacitance variation of the self-capacitance electrodes; leads arranged in the same layer as pixel electrodes are disposed at gaps between the pixel electrodes and configured to connect the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip. The touch panel can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the productivity.
US09830026B2	Touch sensor system and electronic device A touch panel system (611) includes a touch invalidating section (609) which, in a case where a specific point of the sensor panel (601) is continuously touched for a predetermined period of time, invalidates an instruction given, in accordance with the touch, to a host computer (610). Furthermore, the touch invalidating section (609) invalidates an instruction corresponding to a next touch on the point.
US09830021B2	Image display apparatus that irradiates light to an object placed thereon and displays a graphical user interface and control method therefor Provided is an image-display apparatus on which an object to be observed can be applied, the image-display apparatus comprising: a display screen; a plurality of light-emitting units arranged to emit light out of the screen from behind the screen; a plurality of light sensors arranged behind the screen to detect light including light emitted from at least one light-emitting unit and reflected from an object applied to the display screen, and to output at least first and second detection values; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the detection values output by the plurality of sensors, a first region of the display screen corresponding to a region to which the object is applied to the display screen.
US09830020B2	Touch panel The present disclosure relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate; one or more infrared light-emitting devices; an infrared total reflection coverplate that is deformable in response to a touch of a touching object; an infrared sensing layer including at least one sensing wire in a first direction and at least one sensing wire in a second direction. The sensing wires in the first direction and the sensing wires in the second direction are insulated from each other and are made of photoconductive material sensitive to the infrared light emitted from the infrared light-emitting device.
US09830019B2	Touch-sensing LCD panel A touch-sensing display panel, comprising an LCD unit including a backlight and a plurality of image-forming pixel elements arranged in a central region. A planar light guide with a first refractive index has a front surface forming a touch-sensing region and an opposite rear surface facing the LCD unit. A plurality of light emitters are emulated by passing light from the backlight through pixel elements of first selected portions of a peripheral region of the LCD unit into the light guide for propagation therein through total internal reflection, and a plurality of light detectors are connected to receive light from the light guide.
US09830013B2	Touch window Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, and a wire to electrically connect the sensing electrode, and a dummy part is provided in the wire. The touch window includes a substrate, a sensing electrode on the substrate, and a wire to electrically connect the sensing electrode. The wire includes a first wire part and a second wire part adjacent to the first wire part, and the first wire part has a directionality different from a directionality of the second wire part.
US09830007B2	Touch naked-eye 3D grating and display device A touch naked-eye 3D grating and a display device are disclosed. The naked-eye 3D grating includes a touch electrode structure between the upper substrate and the plate electrode, and the touch electrode structure includes a plurality of first touch sense lines and a plurality of second touch sense lines arranged to intersect with and insulated from each other, and includes touch electrodes located within the areas defined by adjacent two first touch sense lines and adjacent two second touch sense lines; each touch electrode creates a capacitor with the plate electrode so as to achieve the touch function by way of detecting the signal changes over the first touch sense line and the second touch sense line connected with the touch electrode. The display device includes the aforesaid touch naked-eye 3D grating. This touch naked-eye 3D grating simplifies the assembly configuration as well as its production process, thus reducing overall cost for manufacturing the assembly.
US09829997B2	Head-mounted display system, head-mounted display, and head-mounted display control program An HMD system according to the present technology includes a coordinate system setting unit, a segment selection unit, and an image generation unit. The coordinate system setting unit sets, in a real space, a cylindrical coordinate system partitioned into a plurality of segments. The segment selection unit brings, based on a direction of the display, any of the plurality of segments into a selection stand-by state in the cylindrical coordinate system. When the selection of the segment held in the selection stand-by state is determined, the image generation unit generates a display image to be displayed on the display corresponding to the determined segment.
US09829996B2	Operations in a three dimensional display system System and method for invoking 2D and 3D operational modes of a 3D pointing device in a 3D presentation system. A 3D stereoscopic scene and a 2-dimensional (2D) scene are displayed concurrently via at least one stereoscopic display device. A current cursor position is determined based on a 6 degree of freedom 3D pointing device. The cursor is displayed concurrent with the 3D stereoscopic scene and the 2D scene, where the cursor operates in a 2D mode in response being inside a specified volume, where, in the 2D mode, the cursor is usable to interact with the 2D scene, and where the cursor operates in a 3D mode in response to being outside the specified volume, where, in the 3D mode, the cursor is usable to interact with the 3D stereoscopic scene.
US09829992B2	Multi-function keys providing additional functions and previews of functions Methods and devices are provided that employ multi-function keys to present a preview of potential actions to be taken by user key presses. The input device includes a plurality of key assemblies having a touch sensitive surface. The processing system can sense when one or more respective key assemblies have been contacted or pressed by the object. When the one or more respective key assemblies has been contacted by the object, an indication of a potential action taken in the program is provided to the user. The method determines whether the one or more respective key assemblies have been contacted or pressed by an object. A potential action to be taken is determined and an indication of the potential action is provided.
US09829990B2	Flexible keyboard cover film A flexible keyboard cover film and a control process of the flexible keyboard cover film are provided. The flexible keyboard cover film allows a user to perform a touch function and is suitable for covering a keyboard of a computer, and the flexible keyboard cover film includes a flexible transparent base material, a touch device, and an input/output (I/O) interface. The flexible transparent base material covers the keyboard. The touch device is located on the flexible transparent base material and is electrically connected to the computer through the I/O interface.
US09829989B2	Three-dimensional user input Examples are disclosed herein that relate to processing three-dimensional user input. One example provides a method of processing user input in a three-dimensional coordinate system, comprising receiving a user input of an origin reset for the three-dimensional coordinate system, responsive to receiving the user input of the origin reset, resetting an origin of the three-dimensional coordinate system, receiving three-dimensional user input in the three-dimensional coordinate system, while the origin remains set, measuring at least one three-dimensional displacement of the three-dimensional user input relative to the origin, and causing movement of a user interface element displayed in a user interface, the movement based on the at least one measured three-dimensional displacement.
US09829988B2	Three dimensional user interface session control using depth sensors A method, including receiving, by a computer executing a non-tactile three dimensional (3D) user interface, a set of multiple 3D coordinates representing a gesture by a hand positioned within a field of view of a sensing device coupled to the computer, the gesture including a first motion in a first direction along a selected axis in space, followed by a second motion in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, along the selected axis. Upon detecting completion of the gesture, the non-tactile 3D user interface is transitioned from a first state to a second state.
US09829981B1	Haptic output device A haptic actuator is disclosed. The haptic actuator comprises a magnet, a conductor set apart from the magnet by a gap, and an actuator coupled to the magnet. The actuator is configured to move the magnet between a first position in which the conductor is subjected to, from the magnet, a first net magnetic flux having a first direction, and a second position in which the conductor is subjected to, from the magnet, a second net magnetic flux having a second direction different than the first direction.
US09829978B2	Interface layer and operating system facilitating use, including by blind and visually-impaired users, of touch-screen-controlled consumer electronic devices A computerized system for facilitating eye-free use, e.g. by the blind, of an electronic device, the system comprising an interface layer including a hierarchy of operating modes presenting a portion of a hierarchy of possible choices, each portion comprising possible users' choices within the hierarchy; and an OS for accepting, via a touch screen, selected options generated by the user responsive to the sequence of possible choices respectively, and for activating electronic device functionalities accordingly. The hierarchy of possible choices includes sequences of n possible choices presented within sequences of n operating modes having n predetermined archetypical formats each having at least one fixed characteristic. The interface layer includes an orientation signal generator for generating orientation signals, sensible by the user and uniquely associated with the archetypical formats. Generation of each orientation signal coincides with presentation of its associated archetypical format, to orient the user within the hierarchy.
US09829972B2	Eye tracking for automatically updating document status An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving data relating to a focus of user gaze; associating, using a processor, the focus of user gaze with at least one predetermined area within a document displayed in a display device; and responsive to the associating, automatically updating a document status based on the focus of user gaze. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09829969B2	Method for determining bent state of electronic device, electronic device and flexible screen A method for determining a bent state of an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a detecting device and a flexible screen. The method includes obtaining at least one parameter value, the at least one parameter value being obtained by the detecting device in the case that the flexible screen is bent; and determining a bent state of the flexible screen based on the at least one parameter value.
US09829967B2	Techniques for limiting power via secondary control of a voltage regulator A power subsystem is configured to manage the maximum power usage of a computer subsystem. A power detector determines when power usage approaches the maximum capability of the power supply. The power detector generates a signal that corresponds to power usage. A controller then applies the signal to the system voltage regulator as a secondary regulation function such that the output voltage is reduced in a manner that supports maximum operating voltage while limiting power usage to within the capability of the power supply. The controller may configure the signal to implement the secondary regulation function as a modification of the feedback voltage, the reference voltage, or the current feedback of the regulator. As a result the subsystem causes the computer subsystem to operate at an optimum point on the voltage-current curve of the power supply.
US09829963B2	Framework for runtime power monitoring and management Systems and methods of managing power in a computing platform may involve monitoring a runtime power consumption of two or more of a plurality of hardware components in the platform to obtain a plurality of runtime power determinations. The method can also include exposing one or more of the plurality of runtime power determinations to an operating system associated with the platform.
US09829962B2	Hardware and software enabled implementation of power profile management instructions in system on chip Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method and system for hybrid and/or distributed implementation of generation and/or execution of power profile management instructions. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hardware element of a SoC/NoC that can be configured to generate and/or execute power profile management instructions using a hybrid combination of software and hardware, wherein the hardware element can be run in parallel with other hardware elements of the SoC/NoC to generate and execute power profile management instructions for different segments or regions of the SoC/NoC for efficient and safe working thereof.
US09829959B2	Method and apparatus for controlling standby power Reducing standby power of an information apparatus is described. In one aspect, a laptop PC is equipped with an Ethernet controller. The laptop PC operates in an intermittent manner and a DC/DC converter supplies power to the Ethernet controller. The laptop PC determines whether the Ethernet controller is connected to a network by a cable in a time Twake during which the converter is on. When it is determined that the Ethernet controller is connected, the laptop PC maintains operation of the DC/DC converter until the Ethernet controller is disconnected. When it is determined that the Ethernet controller is not connected, the laptop PC stops operation of the DC/DC converter during a time Tsleep and resumes the operation thereof when a setting time by a timer elapses. The DC/DC converter supplies power to the Ethernet controller when it is actually connected to the network. Other aspects are described.
US09829955B2	Information processing apparatus and method to control a target device based on detection of people in the vicinity of the target device An information processing apparatus is communicatively connected to a plurality of image sensors that capture images of surroundings of a control target device which is to be a target of power controlling. The information processing apparatus includes an attribute information generation unit and a management unit. The attribute information generation unit generates, by using the images captured by each of the image sensors, attribute information of the control target device which is under jurisdiction of at least one of the image sensors. The management unit manages the attribute information of the control target device generated by the attribute information generation unit in association with the control target device and the at least one of the image sensors having jurisdiction over the control target device.
US09829954B2	Autonomous distributed cache allocation control system A node includes a processor that is configured to derive, based on a delivery tree for a content, a logical sub tree structure including a first layer node and second layer nodes lower than the first layer node; calculate first electric power information used for caching the content in the first layer node in the sub tree structure; compare the first electric power information to second electric power information calculated by the second layer nodes in the sub tree structure and used for caching the content in the second layer nodes, then calculate a threshold for a content request rate for each of the second layer nodes; provide control to set the calculated threshold to the second layer nodes; and determine possibility of a cache allocation of the content by comparing a measured content request rate with the threshold.
US09829948B2	Current and input voltage sense circuit for indirectly measuring regulator current An apparatus for determining an average current through an inductor of a regulator circuit is disclosed. A counter unit may be configured to receive a control signal, which includes a plurality of pulses, from a Power Management Unit (PMU), and determine a number of pulses received during a predetermined period of time. A pulse sampler unit may determine a duration of a given pulse of the plurality of pulses. Circuitry may be configured to determine the average current through the inductor during the predetermined period of time dependent upon the number of pulses received during the predetermined period of time and the duration of the given pulse.
US09829946B2	Power reception control device, power reception device, power transmission and reception system, and electronic device Provided is a power reception device in which power consumption at the time of wireless power supply is reduced. A power reception device is provided with a power reception control device capable of temporarily stopping supply of power supply voltage to a communication control unit for controlling communication in a break period of communication intermittently performed between a power transmission device and a power reception device. In the structure, a clock signal is generated on the basis of a power receiving signal transmitted from the power transmission device, and a period of communication intermittently performed can be measured using the clock signal. Further, a structure may be employed in which supply of power supply voltage to the communication unit in the power reception control device can be stopped in the break period of the communication.
US09829944B2	Multiphase voltage regulator using coupled inductors In response to a condition not being met, asserting a control input of a driver to close a low side switch in a phase leg of a multiphase voltage regulator using coupled inductors, de-asserting the control input in response to a signal to close a high side switch of the phase leg, and asserting the control input in response to a signal to open the high side switch; and in response to the condition not being met, de-asserting the control input, asserting the control input in response to a signal to close a high side switch of another phase leg, and de-asserting the control input in response to a signal to open the high side switch of the other phase leg and to the current in the phase leg being less than a threshold.
US09829940B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor system, and method for controlling the same A semiconductor device includes a status data signal generating unit receiving a status value of a processor and converting the status value into a status data signal, and a power control signal generating unit generating a power control signal for controlling power supplied from a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), the PMIC supplying power to the processor from outside of processor. The power control signal includes a power off signal for interrupting the power supplied from the PMIC and the status data signal is transmitted to the PMIC together with the power off signal.
US09829939B1	Hard disk mounting device A device for mounting a hard disk in a server or other housing includes a frame, a hard disk, and a rotatable element. The frame defines a receiving space thereon and includes an end wall. The hard disk is slidably received in the receiving space. The hard disk includes a fastening element facing to the end wall. The hard disk is slidably attached to the end wall and the fastening element is locked to the end wall. The rotatable element is attached to the end wall and can rotate from a first position to a second position to abut the fastening element. The rotatable element can be pressed against the fastening element to unlock and the hard disk can be slidably detached from the end wall.
US09829936B1	Power source configuration to fit a memory slot Various examples herein disclose a system comprising a power source, multiple cards, and a power connector. The power source is mounted on multiple cards. The multiple cards each include an edge configured to fit into a memory slot. The power connector is coupled to the power source and located on a side of the multiple cards other than the edge.
US09829935B2	SAS integration with tray and midplane server architecture In computing scenarios involving multiple computational units, an enclosure (e.g., a rack or server cabinet) may store the units and provide resources such as shared power and network connectivity. Additionally, the components of the units may communicate through a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) bus, but many such enclosures provide little or no integration with the SAS buses, thus entailing extensive SCSI cabling. Presented herein are architectures for enclosures presenting a set of slots for trays storing respective computing blades, where such trays include SAS connectors that connect directly (i.e., without cabling) with connectors on a midplane that interconnects the blades into a SAS bus featuring at least one integrated SAS expander. Additional architectural variations involve providing SAS expander on one or both of the midplane and the blades; grouping blades into subsets having distinct SAS buses; and interconnecting the SAS buses and expanders of multiple midplanes in the enclosure.
US09829933B1	Latch mechanisms for covers Examples described herein include latch mechanisms for covers. In some examples, an electronic device has an enclosure, a cover, and a latch mechanism. The enclosure may include an opening. The latch mechanism may include a rotatable arm, a spring to bias the rotatable arm to secure the cover to the enclosure, and a cam moveable between a rest position and an engaged position. In the engaged position, the cam moves the rotatable arm to release the cover.
US09829931B2	Head-mounted display, image display system, information storage device, and method for controlling head-mounted display A head-mounted display is worn on the head of the user, and allows the user to observe a display image, the head-mounted display including a display section that displays the display image, and a control section that performs a control process that controls the timing at which the display image is displayed on the display section. The control section performs the control process that causes a display period and a non-display period to repeat alternately, and sets one display period to be equal to or less than 600 ms, the display period being a period in which the display image is displayed on the display section, and the non-display period being a period in which the display image is not displayed on the display section.
US09829929B1	Connector integrated into friction hinge A device is disclosed as including a hinge disposed intermediate of a display and a keyboard. the hinge includes an at least partially cylindrical housing and a friction band, the hinge providing rotation of the display and the keyboard around a pivot axis extending longitudinally along the hinge. The friction band comprises one or more compression members configured to extend around the pivot axis and in a compressed configuration with an inner surface of the housing to create friction between the inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the one or more compression members.
US09829927B2	Laptop computer with cover rotatably attached to base that rotates to cover keyboard A laptop computer may include a lid, a base, and a cover. The base may be attached to the lid at a first end portion of the base. The base may include a keyboard adjacent to the first end portion of the base and an open portion adjacent to a second end portion of the base. The second end portion of the base may be opposite from the first end portion. The cover may be rotatably attached to the base between the keyboard and the open portion. The cover may be configured to swing from a first position covering the open portion of the base to a second position covering the keyboard.
US09829925B2	Flexible display apparatus having roller that rotates by unfolding operation-force of user The present invention relates to a rollable flexible display apparatus to which an operation-force conversion apparatus is applied, wherein the operation-force conversion apparatus converts an unfolding or a folding operation-force linearly applied by a user to a housing of the rollable flexible display apparatus without the application of a motor or a spring into a rotation force with which a roller can rotate using the screw thread principle through an internal mechanical component, and conveys the converted rotational force to the roller.
US09829923B2	Foldable display device A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel and a retainer. The flexible display panel includes a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a first folding area between the first and second non-folding areas. The retainer includes at least one first electromagnetic region in the second non-folding area and at least one first magnetic region in the first non-folding area. The first and second non-folding areas face each other when the flexible display panel is in a first folded state in the first folding area. The first folded state is maintained by an electromagnetic force generated between the at least one first electromagnetic region and the at least one first magnetic region.
US09829922B2	Flexible display and fixing method thereof A flexible display includes a flexible substrate, a metal material coupled to the flexible substrate, and at least one electromagnet coupled to the flexible substrate. The electromagnet generates a force to attract the metal material when the flexible substrate changes from a first state to a second state. The force assists in holding the flexible substrate in the second state, which may be a rolled state, folded state, or another changed state. The flexible substrate includes a display area corresponding to a plurality of pixels for generating an image.
US09829921B2	Optical touch device and foldable frame assembly thereof A foldable frame assembly is adapted for an optical touch device. The foldable frame assembly includes a first frame, a second frame and a third frame. The second frame is pivotally connected to a first end of the first frame and the third frame is pivotally connected to a second end of the first frame, wherein the first end is opposite to the second end. The second frame and the third frame can rotate with respect to the first frame so as to be folded or expanded with respect to the first frame.
US09829919B2	Protective cover for an input device In some embodiments, a cover for a mobile electronic device includes a rectangular housing with a sleeve formed in a front side of the housing, the sleeve operable to receive the mobile electronic device, and a slot formed in a top side of the housing and spanning at least a portion of a distance from a left side to a right side of the housing. The slot may receive and support the mobile electronic device in an upright configuration and at an angle relative to the housing. The housing may be comprised of a rigid material covered with a soft material including one of a neoprene, cloth, or polypropylene material. The slot may include a first ring insert surrounding an opening of the slot, and the sleeve may include a second ring insert surrounding the opening of the sleeve.
US09829912B2	Semiconductor device The present invention solves a problem that the phases of clocks obtained by frequency-dividing PLL clocks output from local PLL circuits cannot be made the same in a plurality of data transfer blocks. A local PLL circuit outputs a PLL clock obtained by multiplying a common external clock. A frequency divider outputs a feedback clock obtained by frequency-dividing the PLL clock to the local PLL circuit. An FIFO buffer temporarily holds data input from the outside. The FIFO buffer outputs the held data on the basis of a frequency-divided PLL clock. A clock generator generates a frequency-divided PLL clock obtained by frequency-dividing the PLL clock. The clock generator controls the phase of the frequency-divided PLL clock on the basis of a common start signal.
US09829911B2	Resistance correction circuit, resistance correction method, and semiconductor device Disclosed is a semiconductor device that suppresses stress-induced resistance value changes. The semiconductor device includes a resistance correction circuit. The resistance correction circuit includes a first resistor whose stress-resistance value relationship is a first relationship, a second resistor whose stress-resistance value relationship is a second relationship, and a correction section that controls the resistance value of a correction target resistor. The correction section detects the difference between the resistance value of the first resistor and the resistance value of the second resistor and corrects, in accordance with the result of detection, the resistance value of the correction target resistor.
US09829907B2	Apparatus for reducing pedal effort for vehicle An apparatus for reducing a pedal effort for a vehicle may include a housing having a first end that is opened and a second end that is rotatably coupled to a pedal member, an elastic body inserted into the housing, a slider contacting the elastic body and configured to be slid along a length of the housing, cover plates coupled to the slider and contacting an outer peripheral surface of the housing so as to guide movement of the slider, and a lever protrusion rotatably coupled to the pedal member, having an end portion rotatably coupled to the slider, and configured to rotate together with a pedal depending on rotation of the pedal, to slide the slider.
US09829906B2	Current mirror circuit and receiver using the same A current mirror circuit that amplifies a reference current generated by a current source at a first magnification to supply a mirror current to a load circuit. The current mirror circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor that share a power supply, and a drain potential mirror unit that amplifies the reference current at a second magnification to generate a first current, that amplifies a generated first current at a third magnification to generate a second current, and that supplies a predetermined potential determined based on the second current to a drain of the second transistor. The mirror current is supplied from the second transistor to the load circuit based on a potential of a gate of the first transistor determined based on the reference current.
US09829901B2	Reference voltage generation circuit Each of a plurality of reference voltage sources having different temperature characteristics has a reference voltage generation unit which generates a predetermined reference voltage having intrinsic temperature characteristics showing a peak voltage at different temperatures, an amplification circuit which compares the reference voltage and a feedback voltage to control an output transistor, the output transistor which generates a reference output voltage at an output terminal, and a voltage regulation unit which is able to regulate an output voltage so as to become the reference output voltage and generates the feedback voltage. A maximum reference output voltage which is the maximum of the reference output voltages is output through the output terminal.
US09829895B2	System and method of automatic tank refill A fire truck operable to automatically refill a water tank comprises a first pressure transducer coupled to an intake inlet of the pump and operable to measure an intake pressure, a second pressure transducer coupled to a discharge outlet of the pump and operable to measure a discharge pressure, a first discharge pipe coupled between the discharge outlet of the pump and a fire hose, a second discharge pipe coupled between the discharge outlet of the pump and the water tank, a control valve disposed in the second discharge pipe, and a controller operable to automatically sense a low water level condition of the tank, and automatically control the engine speed, the pump speed, and the control valve so that adequate water supply to the fire hose via the first discharge pipe is automatically given priority and maintained while automatically refilling the water tank via the second discharge pipe.
US09829891B2	Autonomous mobile work system comprising a variable reflectivity base station The disclosed technology relates to a method and system for localizing and confining an autonomous mobile work system or systems for performing work in a user defined space is disclosed. The system can include two or more variable reflective base stations at first and second locations that can modify their optical or electromagnetic reflectivity based upon either an external command via wired or wireless communications interface, or automatically on a regular or asynchronous time schedule under programmed or user settable control. The system also can include one or more autonomous mobile work systems capable of sensing the state of the variable reflectance base stations via sensors such as electromagnetic or optical sensors capable of measuring distance to the reflective base stations.
US09829890B2	Controlling the operations of a robotic device A robotic device receives a first signal from a positioning hardware device that is worn by a user. The first signal describes a relative location between the user and the robotic device. A second signal describes a relative location between the user and the robotic device. Based on the first signal, the second signal, and a record of object positions of objects within a predefined area of the user, the identification and location of the user-selected object is determined. A determination is made regarding whether or not the robotic device is authorized to perform a specific task on the user-selected object based on the location of the user-selected object. If authorized, the robotic device performs the specific task on the user-selected object.
US09829889B1	Autonomous vehicle advanced notification system and method of use A method for operating an autonomous vehicle that includes guiding the autonomous vehicle along a planned path of travel. The autonomous vehicle may be brought to a stop along the planned path of travel, during which an operator of the vehicle may offer to allow another vehicle and/or person to pass in front of the stopped autonomous vehicle. The vehicle to which the offer is directed may transmit an acceptance signal in response to the offer signal indicating acceptance of the offer. The acceptance signal may be received by the autonomous vehicle, which may modify its planned path of travel in response to receiving the acceptance signal.
US09829886B2	Flight control system, a circuit board assembly and a configuration method thereof A flight control system is provided. The system includes a primary circuit board, a secondary circuit board electrically connected to the primary circuit board, a system on chip (SOC) integrated chip, a power management chip configured to supply power to the SOC integrated chip, an electronic speed control (ESC) driving circuit module configured to control flight speed in response to an instruction from the SOC integrated chip. In the system, the SOC integrated chip and the power management chip are arranged on the primary circuit board, and the ESC driving circuit module is arranged on the secondary circuit board.
US09829884B1	Scalable driver assistance system A scalable driver assistance system for a motor includes a central safety domain controller having a first perception logic circuit communicatively coupled to a first chipset socket and to a second chipset socket, wherein the first chipset socket is communicatively coupled to the second chipset socket and to a third chipset socket. A first long range front camera is communicatively coupled to the first perception logic circuit and a plurality of surround view cameras communicatively are coupled to the first perception logic circuit. The central safety domain controller provides first and second levels of driver assistance, and additional circuits or microcontrollers may be selectively connected into one of the first, second, and third chipset sockets to provide third, fourth, or fifth levels of automated driving assistance.
US09829882B2	Self-propelled device with center of mass drive system A self-propelled device is disclosed that includes a center of mass drive system. The self-propelled device includes a substantially cylindrical body and wheels, with each wheel having a diameter substantially equivalent to the body. The self-propelled device may further include an internal drive system with a center of mass below a rotational axis of the wheels. Operation and maneuvering of the self-propelled device may be performed via active displacement of the center of mass.
US09829880B2	System and method for modelling load in an electrical power network A method for modelling load in a power grid is provided. The method includes obtaining measurement data from a measurement device in the power grid, identifying one or more voltage adjustment events in the power grid from the measurement data, and generating a load model based on one or more voltage factors computed using the one or more voltage adjustment events.
US09829879B2	Generation method and generation apparatus of tool path based on corrections using average distances A tool path is generated with procedures that include: one of the processing points (Pi) on a multiple rows of tool paths (PA) obtained by connecting multiple prescribed processing points sequentially with straight lines is set as a revision processing point (Pt), points on the multiple rows of tool paths are set as distance calculation points (Pu), and the distance (L) from the revision processing point (Pt) to each of the distance calculation points (Pu) is calculated; the distance calculation points (Pu′) for which the distance (L) is within a prescribed value (ΔL) are extracted; the mean values of the position data for the distance calculation points (Pu′) and the position data for the revision processing point (Pt) are calculated; and the position data is revised by means of the mean values, and a new tool path (PA′) is created.
US09829878B2	Robot, robot system, and robot control device A robot includes a robot arm, a force sensor, and a control unit configured to control the operation of the robot art. The control unit initializes the force sensor while the robot arm is moving at uniform speed. It is preferable that the control unit initializes the force sensor while the robot arm is moving at the uniform speed and the amplitude of a detection value of the force sensor is smaller than a threshold.
US09829877B2	Servo control apparatus having function of displaying adjustment state in online automatic adjustment to control system A servo control apparatus according to the present invention includes a speed command generator; a torque command generator; a speed detector; a speed control loop; a speed control loop gain setting unit; at least one filter for filtering a specific band of a torque command value; a sinusoidal disturbance input unit for performing a sinusoidal sweep on the speed control loop; a frequency characteristics calculator for estimating the gain and phase of speed control loop input and output signals; a resonance frequency detector; a filter adjuster for adjusting the filter in accordance with a resonance frequency; a gain adjuster; a sequence controller for online and automatically performing the detection of the resonance frequency, the adjustment of the speed control loop gain, and the adjustment of the filter; and an adjustment state display unit. The adjustment state display unit displays a stage and progress in the adjustment by the sequence controller.
US09829873B2	Method and data presenting device for assisting a remote user to provide instructions A method, data presenting device and computer program product are provided for assisting a remote user. The data presenting device includes a communication interface, a camera having a field of view in which images are captured, a projector having a presentation area in which presentation items may be presented, and a control unit which receives field of view control commands a command to project a presentation item in the presentation area, controls the field of view of the camera and controls the projector to project the presentation item in the presentation area, wherein the control of the projection in the presentation area is made independently of the control of the field of view.
US09829872B2	Method for parametering a field device A method for parametering a field device of automation technology by means of a service device. The field device includes at least a battery, a radio module and a non-volatile memory. The battery supplies the radio module and the non-volatile memory, in which parameters of the field device are stored, with energy. The method comprises the steps of: establishing a wireless connection between the servicing device and the battery operated radio module of the field device, wherein the field device is operated offline; reading and/or writing parameters of the field device stored in the non-volatile memory; terminating the wireless connection between the servicing device and the battery operated radio module of the field device; connecting the field device to a two-wire line for energy supply of the field device; and parametering the field device after connecting to the two-wire line, wherein, for parametering, at least parameters stored in the non-volatile memory are accessed.
US09829869B2	Methods and systems for irrigation and climate control Methods and systems are provided for monitoring and controlling irrigation and climate conditions in landscapes (such as, e.g., municipal parks, gardens, and sports fields) and agricultural environments (such as, e.g., open agricultural fields, greenhouses, and other sites growing crops).
US09829868B2	Co-ordinated sensorless control system A method and system for co-ordinating control of a plurality of sensorless devices. Each device includes a communication subsystem and configured to self-detect one or more device properties, the device properties resulting in output having one or more output properties. The method includes: detecting inputs including the one or more device properties of each device, correlating, for each device, the detected one or more device properties to the one or more output properties, and co-ordinating control of each of the devices to operate at least one of their respective device properties to co-ordinate one or more output properties for the combined output to achieve a setpoint. In some example embodiments, the setpoint can be fixed, calculated or externally determined.
US09829865B2	Adaptive maintenance support and control of a process control system via device specification and actual condition information A maintenance support system include includes: a first storage unit which stores first specification information indicating a specification of a process control system which performs control of an industrial process implemented in a plant; an actual condition information extraction unit configured to extract actual condition information indicating an actual condition for the process control system; and a first comparison unit configured to output first information indicating a result of comparing the first specification information stored in the first storage unit with the actual condition information extracted by the extraction unit.
US09829864B2	Electromechanical or digital watch including a dial and method of manufacturing such a dial An electromechanical or digital watch includes a middle part that delimits with a glass a watch case. The glass includes an upper surface oriented upwardly, and a lower surface oriented towards the watch case. The watch also includes a dial made of an electrically non-conductive material. The dial includes a lower surface and an upper surface located opposite the watch case. Electrically conductive paths for the connection of one or more electronic components are structured on at least one of the lower or upper surfaces of the dial. The watch includes a flange that ensures, via the electrically conductive paths, the electrical connection between an electronic device arranged on the lower surface of the glass and the electronic components. The flange supports the dial or is made in one-piece with the dial.
US09829855B2	Drive coupler A replaceable unit for an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing toner. The replaceable unit includes a rotatable drive coupler and a rotatable shaft that has a cross pin on an axial end of the shaft, generally orthogonal to the shaft. At least a portion of the drive coupler is exposed on an exterior of the housing and unobstructed to receive rotational force when the replaceable unit is installed in the image forming device. A pocket is formed in a first axial side of the drive coupler. The axial end of the shaft and the cross pin are removably positioned in the pocket such that upon rotating the drive coupler in an operative direction rotational force is transferred from surfaces of the drive coupler forming the pocket to the cross pin causing the shaft to rotate with the drive coupler.
US09829854B2	Opening/closing mechanism, powder transport device using the same, and powder processing apparatus An opening/closing mechanism is provided between a powder transport container removably attached to an apparatus housing and a powder receiving container provided in the apparatus housing to receive powder in the powder transport container as a result of a connection port communicating with a discharging port of the powder transport container. The opening/closing mechanism opens and closes the discharging port along with attachment and detachment of the powder transport container, and includes an opening/closing lid that opens the discharging port by being stopped by a part of the powder receiving container when the powder transport container is attached to the apparatus housing, a seal member, and a covering material that is provided on a surface of the opening/closing lid opposed to the seal member and has a protruding piece in contact with an edge portion of the connection port when the powder transport container is attached.
US09829843B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a pair of transport rollers that nip and transport a recording medium; an image forming device that is disposed on the downstream side of the pair of transport rollers in a recording-medium transport direction and forms an image on the recording medium; a pair of fixing members that are disposed on the downstream side of the image forming device in the recording-medium transport direction and fix the image formed on the recording medium while nipping and transporting the recording medium; a single driving source that rotationally drives both the pair of transport rollers and the pair of fixing members; and a releasing device that stops rotational driving of the pair of transport rollers by the driving source at a timing when the recording medium is transported while being nipped both between the pair of transport rollers and between the pair of fixing members.
US09829842B2	Fixing device A nip member is disposed inside the endless belt and elongated in a longitudinal direction. A backup member sandwiches the endless belt against the nip member to form a nip portion at which the backup member and the endless belt are in contact with each other and configured to convey a recording sheet in a conveying direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A downstream end of the nip portion in the conveying direction is arced with a longitudinal center portion thereof further upstream than longitudinal end portions thereof. The nip member includes a first portion sandwiching the endless belt against the backup member, and a second portion positioned downstream of the first portion in the conveying direction and bent in a direction away from the backup member. The second portion is arced with a longitudinal center portion thereof further upstream in the conveying direction than longitudinal end portions thereof.
US09829839B2	Image heating apparatus having an electric power shut-off member, thermal fuse, or thermal switch operable in response to an abnormal temperature rise An image heating apparatus heats a toner image formed on a recording material, and includes: a heater including a substrate and a heat generating resistor thereon for generating heat for heating the toner image, by electric power supply; an electric power shut-off member operable in response to an abnormal temperature rise of the heater to shut off the electric power supply; and a heat conduction member having a thermal conductivity, in a direction of a thickness of the substrate, higher than that of the substrate. The contact area between the heat conduction member and the substrate is larger than the contact area between the heat conduction member and the electric power shut-off member.
US09829838B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus fixes a toner image, in which plural layers constituted from toners with different low-temperature storage elastic moduli as measured in the temperature range of 30° C. or more and 50° C. or less are superposed on each other, to a medium. The image forming apparatus changes the fixing temperature in accordance with the order of superposition of the plural layers.
US09829835B2	Image forming apparatus including cleaning member to remove residual toner remaining on surface of intermediate transfer belt An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes a plurality of image forming portions, an intermediate transfer unit, a secondary transfer member, a belt cleaning device, and a control portion. The intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt, a plurality of primary transfer members, a drive roller, a tension roller, and a contacting/separating mechanism. The belt cleaning device includes a cleaning member which faces the tension roller with the intermediate transfer belt therebetween. In a withdrawal mode, the cleaning member is moved by pressing force of the tension roller further into a housing from an opening portion as compared with in a printing mode. The control portion is capable of executing, while image formation is not being performed, a transfer toner collection mode in which the intermediate transfer belt and the belt cleaning device are driven in the withdrawal mode.
US09829832B2	Image forming apparatus determining appropriate value of secondary transfer voltage according to first color and plural color test images transferred to a medium An image forming apparatus includes two or more photoconductors, an image carrier, first and second transfer units, first and second measuring units, and a determining unit. The first measuring unit measures density of a first test image formed by using a toner of a first color and transferred from the image carrier to a medium. The second measuring unit measures density of a toner on a topmost layer of a second test image formed by superposing plural toners of different colors and transferred from the image carrier to the medium. The determining unit determines whether an appropriate value of the second transfer voltage has increased or decreased over time from a currently applied second transfer voltage, in accordance with a change in the density measured by the first measuring unit during a certain period and a change in the density measured by the second measuring unit during the certain period.
US09829831B2	Wet development device and wet image forming apparatus The present wet development device includes a developer carrying member, a supply member that supplies a liquid developer to the developer carrying member, a charger that charges the liquid developer on the developer carrying member, a cleaner that removes the liquid developer on the developer carrying member, and a bias applying member that applies alternating bias in contact with the developer carrying member before removing by the cleaner. In a direction in alignment with an axis of rotation of the developer carrying member, a range to which the alternating bias is applied by the bias applying, member is located within a range in which the liquid developer is supplied onto the developer carrying member.
US09829830B2	Developing device replenished with new two-component developer while discharging surplus developer and image forming apparatus A developing device has a developer container, first and second stirring members, and a developer carrying member. The developer container has a plurality of transport chambers including first and second transport chambers, a communication portion through which the first and second transport chambers mutually communicate in opposite end parts thereof in their longitudinal direction, a developer supply port, and a developer discharge port arranged in a downstream-side end part of the second transport chamber. The second stirring member has a second transport blade, a regulating portion formed on the downstream side of the second transport blade, a discharge blade formed on the downstream side of the regulating portion and discharging developer through the developer discharge port, and a disk formed at a position facing the downstream-side communication portion on the upstream side of the regulating portion and radially protruding over the entire circumference of a rotary shaft.
US09829823B2	Charging device having movable charging member and movable cleaning member and image forming apparatus including the charging device A charging device includes a charging member, a cleaning member, and a bearing. The charging member charges an image carrier. The cleaning member cleans the charging member. The bearing includes a first bearing part and a second bearing part. The first bearing part rotatably supports the charging member. The second bearing part rotatably supports the cleaning member and is divided from the first bearing part. The first bearing part is movable between a first contact position to make the charging member come into contact with the image carrier and a first separating position to make the charging member separate from the image carrier. The second bearing part is movable between a second contact position to make the cleaning member come into contact with the charging member and a second separating position to make the cleaning member separate from the charging member.
US09829817B2	Developer, image forming apparatus, and image forming method A developer includes a toner including toner particles and a carrier including carrier particles. The carrier particles each include a carrier core and a carrier coating layer covering the carrier core. The carrier coating layer contains a fluorine-containing resin. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and resin particles located on a surface of the toner mother particle. The resin particles have a number average primary particle diameter of at least 70 nm and no greater than 200 nm. A dispersion obtained by dispersing 0.1 g of the resin particles in 100 mL of distilled water has an electrical conductivity of at least 2.5 μS/m and no greater than 6.0 μS/m. A degree of aggregation Y160 of the resin particles represented by expression (1) “Y160=100×M160A/M160B” is at least 15% by mass and no greater than 40% by mass.
US09829815B2	Toner There is provided a toner including toner base particles and an external additive in which the external additive is prevented from being buried in the base particles. The toner can maintain a high transfer efficiency over an extended period of use. The toner includes: (1) toner base particles containing a cycloolefin copolymer and a polyethylene; or (2) toner base particles whose surfaces contain a resin having an elastic deformation rate of 70% or more and a melting temperature of 125.0° C. or less.
US09829814B2	Toner A toner having a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the pigment dispersant has a specific pigment adsorption segment and a polymer moiety and a hydrophobic parameter HP1 for the pigment dispersant and a hydrophobic parameter HP2 for the crystalline polyester satisfy the formula −0.28≦(HP1−HP2)≦0.15.
US09829806B2	Lithography tool with backside polisher Methods for processing a substrate having a structure formed thereon and a system for processing a substrate are provided. A substrate is received from first processing equipment, where the first processing equipment has formed the structure on the substrate. A lithography process is performed on the received substrate. The lithography process includes exposing the substrate under an optical condition. The lithography process further includes polishing a backside of the substrate prior to the exposing of the substrate, where the polishing is configured to remove a topographical feature of the backside of the substrate or to remove a contaminant from the backside of the substrate. The substrate does not undergo a cleaning procedure during a period of time between i) the forming of the structure on the substrate, and ii) the exposing of the substrate.
US09829796B2	Pattern formation method, active light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, resist film, production method for electronic device using same, and electronic device There are provided A pattern formation method, including: (1) forming a film using an active light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition; (2) exposing the film to active light or radiation; and (3) developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent, wherein the active light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a resin (A) having specific 3 repeating units.
US09829793B2	Fabrication of free standing membranes and use thereof for synthesis of nanoparticle patterns The present disclosure discloses a method of fabrication of free standing open pore membranes with uniform pore size and shape and ordered pore distribution, and its use for synthesis of nanoparticle patterns. The method includes applying a photoresist layer to the top surface of a substrate, heating the photoresist layer for a period of time, and exposing the photoresist layer to a dose of ultraviolet radiation through a mask having a predetermined pattern. The dose of ultraviolet radiation is controlled in intensity and time and the photoresist layer is exposed such that a top portion of the photoresist layer through which the dose of ultraviolet radiation enters the photoresist layer undergoes greater cross linking than a bottom portion of the photoresist layer immediately adjacent to the top surface of the substrate such that a cross linking gradient develops through a thickness of the photoresist layer. The mask is removed and the membrane is readily detached from the top surface of the substrate since the portion of the membrane adjacent to the top surface is less cross linked than the top surface of the membrane. The detached membrane forms a free standing patterned membrane having a preselected pattern of open pores. The method can be used with positive photoresist materials as well when deposited on a UV transparent substrate so that the photoresist can be exposed to UV from its top with photomask and UV exposure from its back of the transparent substrate without the photomask.
US09829791B2	Photosensitive resin composition, photosensitive element, semiconductor device and method for forming resist pattern A photosensitive resin composition comprises a component (A): a resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group; a component (B): an aliphatic compound having two or more functional groups, the functional groups being one or more group selected from an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, a glycidyloxy group and a hydroxyl group; a component (C): a photosensitive acid generator; and a component (D): an inorganic filler having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less.
US09829790B2	Immersion field guided exposure and post-exposure bake process Methods disclosed herein provide apparatus and method for applying an electric field and/or a magnetic field to a photoresist layer without air gap intervention during photolithography processes. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processing chamber comprising a substrate support having a substrate supporting surface, a heat source embedded in the substrate support configured to heat a substrate positioned on the substrate supporting surface, an electrode assembly configured to generate an electric field in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate supporting surface, wherein the electrode assembly is positioned opposite the substrate supporting surface having a downward surface facing the substrate supporting surface, wherein the electrode assembly is spaced apart from substrate support defining a processing volume between the electrode assembly and the substrate supporting surface, and a confinement ring disposed on an edge of the substrate support or the electrode assembly configured to retain an intermediate medium.
US09829788B2	Photolithographic mask and fabrication method thereof A method is provided for fabricating a photolithographic mask. The method includes providing a transparent substrate; and forming an opaque layer on the transparent substrate. The method also includes writing layout patterns with at least one sub-resolution assistant feature with non-uniform size along a longitudinal direction to increase an adhesion force between the sub-resolution assistant feature with non-uniform size along the longitudinal direction and the transparent substrate in the opaque layer. Further, the method include cleaning residual matters generated by writing the layout patterns in the opaque layer. Further, the method also includes spin-drying the transparent substrate with the layout patterns and the sub-resolution assistant feature with non-uniform size along the longitudinal direction.
US09829782B2	Screen for image light projection and display system An image light projection screen has a plurality of aperiodic lens array units on a main surface. The aperiodic lens array units are arrayed two-dimensionally regularly and without any gap at least in an image display region. Each aperiodic lens array unit includes at least four apexes of micro-lenses each having a curved surface shape and arranged without any gap and non-periodically, and has symmetry keeping continuity of the curved surface shapes of the micro-lenses located in a boundary portion.
US09829776B2	Light source device and image display device A light source device including a plurality of solid-state light sources, and a cooling member having a plurality of cooling surfaces, the cooling member being configured to cool the plurality of solid-state light sources provided on the respective cooling surfaces.
US09829772B2	Removable camera mount for a helmet A camera helmet mount can removably secure a camera to a helmet via three attachment points, each of which may be a vent hole, a portion of a face mask, or an edge of the helmet. The camera helmet mount may include a main base that couples with a portion of a camera mount, a rear strap, two main arms, and two optional extension arms. The rear strap and two main arms may have hooks at their distal ends opposite the main base that are secured to the three attachment points. The rear strap can be looped through a rear strap fastener of the main base and secured to itself via a strap clip. The main arms may be removably secured to the main base and can be lengthened by installing extension arms and attaching the hooks of the main arms to the other end of the extension arms.
US09829771B2	Housing for an underwater video camera The present invention provides a housing for use in an underwater video camera which does not require a window comprised from a thick parallel flat plate and large scale pressure resistant sealing container and which can take 3D images in deep water or hadal zone. A housing for an underwater video camera formed from a glass hollow sphere for housing an imaging video camera including filling a roughly spherical segmental shape correction lens to a spherical segment enclosed by a cutting plane parallel to a lens surface of an imaging lens of the imaging video camera housed inside the glass hollow sphere, the cutting plane being a flat surface facing the lens surface and an inner surface of a spherical crown of the glass hollow sphere cut out using the cutting plane.
US09829769B2	Imaging apparatus A control unit driving a motor in a first direction based on output of a first signal, whereby a cam member charges a biasing member, and thereafter the control unit controls driving of the motor so as to stop the cam member in the state where the biasing member is charged, and the control unit drives the motor in a second direction that is the opposite direction to the first direction, whereby the cam member is driven by biasing force of the biasing member and driving force of the motor, an engaging portion follows through a first zone, and thereafter the cam member is driven by the driving force of the motor without using the biasing force of the biasing member, and the engaging portion follows through the second zone.
US09829768B2	Voice coil motor A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor having a first driving unit and arranged therein with a lens, a stator having a second driving unit wrapping the first driving unit and being opposite to the first driving unit, a base supporting the stator and having an opening formed at a position corresponding to that of the lens, a connection terminal including a pair of first and second connection terminals arranged at an upper surface of the base, and an elastic member including a first elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the first connection terminal and a second elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the second connection terminal.
US09829764B2	Multi-color electrophoretic displays A multi-color electrophoretic medium contains first, second and third species of particles. The first species of particles is light-scattering, while the second and third species of particles are transmissive. A method for driving such a display is also described.
US09829761B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US09829759B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a gate line and a data line disposed on the first substrate; a transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel region of the first substrate; a connecting electrode connecting the pixel electrode and the transistor; a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode; a protection layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a black matrix disposed on the protection layer, the black matrix defining the pixel region. The black matrix includes: a horizontal portion extending along the gate line and a vertical portion extending along the data line and overlaps the data line and at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
US09829757B2	Transparent display device and display method thereof A display device includes a light source module, a first light modulation module, a first polarizer layer, and a first color modulation layer. The light source module generates a first color light that is polarized to the first light modulation module, wherein the first light modulation module selectively modulates the polarization direction of the first color light. The first polarizer layer then receives the first color light and selectively blocks, partially blocks, or does not block the first color light from passing through. The first color modulation layer receives the first color light and generates a second color light.
US09829756B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels disposed in a display area of the substrate. A non-display area of the substrate is disposed adjacent to the display area. The display device further includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged in a matrix form in the display area on the substrate, at least one driver integrated circuit (IC) disposed in the non-display area on the substrate, and a plurality of data fan-out wirings disposed on the substrate and connecting the data lines and the at least one driver IC. Lengths of the data fan-out wirings vary, and the data lines overlap the gate lines more as the lengths of the corresponding data fan-out wirings decrease.
US09829752B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a pixel area and a light shielding area, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal molecule, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate corresponding to the pixel area, the pixel electrode including at least one unit pixel electrode, a light shielding member disposed on the first substrate corresponding to the light shielding area, and a projection on the first substrate, the projection overlapping a portion of the unit pixel electrode, wherein the projection is spaced apart from the light shielding member.
US09829751B2	Touch display and manufacturing method thereof A touch display comprises a color filter substrate, an array substrate opposite to the color filter via a plurality of spacers and a voltage detection circuit. The color filter substrate comprises an upper substrate and a common electrode formed on the upper substrate, and the array substrate comprises a lower substrate and a gate line, a data line and a pixel electrode formed on the lower substrate. The plurality of spacers comprise a first spacer formed between the gate line and the common electrode and a second spacer formed between the data line and the common electrode , which are capable of electrically connecting the common electrode with the gate line and the data line respectively under an external pressure more than a threshold value. The voltage detection circuit is connected with the gate line and the data line so as to detect whether the voltage on the gate line and the voltage on the data line become equal to the voltage of the common electrode.
US09829749B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes a display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate and in which a display area displaying an image and a non-display area extending towards the outside of the display area are formed; a sealant arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the display area; wirings arranged on the first substrate; and a black matrix arranged on the second substrate, wherein a heat energy passing portion through which a heat energy applied from the outside towards the sealant passes is formed in the display panel.
US09829743B2	Light valve device, infrared display apparatus, dedicated spectacles and system The present invention discloses a light valve device, an infrared display apparatus, dedicated spectacles and a system, to realize with naked eyes, only a black picture plane without any information can be seen on a display screen, but with spectacles, effective image information can be seen on the display screen; as a result, the image display is more concealed. The light valve device comprises a first liquid crystal cell and a second liquid crystal cell that are oppositely disposed to each other; the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell are both formed by two substrates that are oppositely arranged, and alignment films with parallel or antiparallel alignment directions are formed on the inside the two substrates respectively; cholesteric liquid crystals with opposite arrangement and rotation directions are filled in the first liquid crystal cell and the second liquid crystal cell respectively.
US09829737B2	Liquid crystal display device having low viewing angle dependency Provided is a liquid crystal device including: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate having a first vertical alignment film, a second substrate having a second vertical alignment film, a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first vertical alignment film and the second vertical alignment film and has a negative dielectric anisotropy, a first polarizing plate that is disposed on a light-incident side of the liquid crystal layer, and a second polarizing plate that is disposed on a light-emitting side of the liquid crystal layer; an illuminating device which is disposed on a light-incident side of the liquid crystal panel, and emits light toward the liquid crystal panel; and a light control member which is disposed on a light-emitting side of the liquid crystal panel, and diffuses light that is emitted from the liquid crystal panel in an azimuth angle direction and a polar angle direction viewed from a normal direction of the liquid crystal panel to control an emission direction of the light. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixels, each being a basic unit of display, and each of the pixels has a plurality of regions in which a director direction or an alignment of liquid crystal molecules at a central portion of the liquid crystal layer in a thickness direction during application of a voltage is different.
US09829731B2	Liquid crystal display device and double sided tape therefor A liquid crystal display and a double sided tape therefor are provided. The liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit comprising a back plate, a set of optical films, and a frame; and a double sided tape comprising a first surface coated with a first adhesive and connected to the liquid crystal panel through the first adhesive, and a second surface coated with a second adhesive and connected to the back plate and the set of optical films respectively through the second adhesive. The adhesion strength of the first adhesive on the liquid crystal panel is lower than that of the second adhesive on the set of optical films. After the backlight unit is separated from the liquid crystal panel, the double sided tape can be left on the optical films and the frame. Therefore, the position relationship among the films within the set of optical films would not be damaged, ensuring that the reassembled liquid crystal display can work normally.
US09829730B2	Optical modulation device and driving method thereof Provided are an optical modulation device and a driving method thereof. The optical modulation device includes an active area and a peripheral area disposed around the active area. A plurality of lower electrodes is disposed in the active area. The plurality of lower electrodes extends in a first direction. The plurality of lower electrodes includes a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode. A driver is configured to apply a driving signal to the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode. The driver includes a first channel connected with an upper end of the first lower electrode, a second channel connected with a lower end of the first lower electrode, a third channel connected with an upper end of the second lower electrode, and a fourth channel connected with a lower end of the second lower electrode.
US09829729B2	Display panel and detection method thereof A display panel and a detection method thereof are provided. Wireless signals are transmitted to a gate-line wireless sensing electrode connected to gate lines and a data-line wireless sensing electrode connected to data lines that are preset at a dummy zone of the display panel (1, 1′), respectively, through wireless signal transmitting electrodes (6) connected to a transmitter, so as to generate a gate-line detection signal and a data-line detections signal, thereby realizing detection of the display panel. The gate-line wireless sensing electrode and the data-line wireless sensing electrode are formed at the dummy zone on the array substrate (1, 1′) in the technological process of producing the gate lines and the data lines of the array substrate of the display panel, respectively. Therefore, poorness of a display can be detected without cutting of a display panel (1, 1′), poorness is detected early, and repair is made timely. Thus, the issue that a defective product flows to a subsequent process and a waste of cost results from it is avoided.
US09829727B2	Polymer-clad optical modulators A polymer-clad optical modulator includes a substrate comprising an insulating material; a silicon microring on the substrate; silicon waveguides on the substrate adjacent the silicon microring; an electro-optic polymer covering the silicon microring and the silicon waveguide; and an electrical contact on top of the electro-optic polymer. The silicon microring or a portion of an adjacent silicon layer is lightly doped. A polymer-clad depletion type optical modulator and a polymer-clad carrier injection type optical modulator, each employing the lightly doped silicon microring or an adjacent lightly doped silicon layer, are also described.
US09829726B2	Electro-optical modulator An electro-optical modulator includes a substrate 201; an optical waveguide formed of a silicon-containing i-type amorphous semiconductor 204 on the substrate; and a silicon-containing p-type semiconductor layer 203 and a silicon-containing n-type semiconductor layer 205 arranged apart from each other with the silicon-containing optical waveguide formed of an i-type amorphous semiconductor 204 interposed therebetween and constituting optical waveguides together with the silicon-containing optical waveguide formed of an i-type amorphous semiconductor. The silicon-containing p-type semiconductor layer 203 and/or silicon-containing n-type semiconductor layer 205 area crystalline semiconductor layer.
US09829725B1	Wiring in a head-mountable device The present disclosure relates to a head mountable apparatus including two rims, where an inner top portion of each rim comprises a rim cavity, where each rim cavity comprises a first section and a second section, where a depth of the first section extends from an edge of the respective rim cavity to a first depth, where a depth of the second section extends from the first depth to a bottom of the respective rim cavity, where the first section is operable to secure a lens, and where the second section is part of a wire channel that is operable to secure one or more wires; and a nose bridge connecting the two rims, where a back of the nose bridge comprises a bridge cavity that connects between the second section of each rim cavity, and where the bridge cavity is part of the wire channel.
US09829724B1	Spectrally filtered eyewear A laser protection lens includes a multilayer interference coating applied to at least one of an inside and an outside surface of an optically transparent material. The multilayer interference coating has a spectral filter profile with at least a 20 dB reduction of optical transmission for at least two different center wavelengths of lasers, while having a transmittance color difference greater than 40 ΔEYu′v′ for discrimination color difference of red, green, and yellow indicator lights, and having spectral transmittance that passes light detected by l-cones of an eye, while attenuating light detected by m-cones and s-cones of the eye so as to improve visual acuity.
US09829720B2	Active multifocal lens An optical lens device has an actively controllable focal length. This device comprises an element with lensing effect comprising a plurality of regions. Each such region has a corresponding refractive power for providing a corresponding focal length distinct from the focal length of at least one other region of this plurality of regions. The device further comprises at least one non-centric addressable optical element integrated in or provided on the element with lensing effect. This at least one addressable optical element is adapted for changing the transmittance of at least one of the plurality of regions in response to a control signal. The device also comprises a control means for generating the control signal.
US09829713B2	Reflective beam shaper A reflective beam former for changing a diameter of a collimated light beam. A first mirror surface of a first curvature type, a second mirror surface and a third mirror surface are in a beam path; the shapes of the surfaces cause a collimated light beam entering the beam former via a first or third mirror surface to leave via the third or first mirror surface, respectively. The beam former includes several third, curved mirror surfaces of a second, different curvature type, one type being convex, the other concave. The second mirror surface is a plane mirror surface with an axis perpendicular to the plane mirror surface, and is in the beam path between the first and one selected from the several third mirror surfaces such that the surfaces are confocal to each other. The beam former includes a selector for selecting one of the several third curved mirror surfaces.
US09829712B2	Laser optical system and laser annealing device including the same A laser optical system including: a beam splitter configured to split a laser beam into a first light and a second light by reflecting a portion of the laser beam and transmitting another portion of the laser beam; a first reflective member located in a path of the first light and reflecting the first light; and a second reflective member located in a path of the first light and reflecting the first light toward the beam splitter after the first light is reflected by the first reflective member, wherein a portion of the first light reflected toward the beam splitter is incident on and passes through the beam splitter and at least partially overlaps the second light.
US09829711B2	Inflatable virtual reality headset system An inflatable headset system for virtual and augmented reality applications includes multiple inflatable segments that can be inflated or deflated with one or more valves. One inflatable segment either houses a dedicated display device or defines a receptacle for a mobile device. Another inflatable segment includes one or more lenses that are positioned to cooperate with the display of the display device or mobile device when the inflatable segments are at least partially inflated. Preferably, at least one of the inflatable segments has a shape that, when at least partially inflated, acts as a headset frame. The system may further include optional fasteners or straps, optional computer components, optional sensors, and optional input/output devices.
US09829710B1	Display with stacked emission and control logic layers The disclosure relates generally to a display panel, which in at least some situations includes multiple separate stacked layers or components that are combined together, such as to have one emission layer component with numerous pixels that emit light, and to have at least one control logic layer component that includes integrated circuits or other logic to control the emission of light by the pixels in the emission layer. The different layers may be separate silicon chips or wafers that are connected in a stacked structure via a flip chip technique, with the emission layer using AMOLED or other OLED pixels. The display panels may be designed and/or configured for use in head mounted displays (e.g., with a fully immersive virtual reality system). The disclosure also relates generally to techniques for manufacturing, testing and/or otherwise using such a display panel in various manners.
US09829705B2	Head-up display providing an improved viewing comfort A head-up display including a display screen including an array of display pixels arranged in rows and in columns, where the display screen is pivoted, around an axis perpendicular to the screen, by an inclination angle between 10 and 80 degrees, with respect to the position of the display screen for which a group of adjacent activated display pixels of a same row appears to an observer as being directed along the horizontal or vertical direction.
US09829702B2	Adjustable, deformable mirror for compensating irregularities of a beam The invention relates to an adjustable, deformable mirror for compensating irregularities of a beam with a mirror element for reflecting incident rays of the beam, a base body for securing the mirror element and at least one actuating element for applying forces to the mirror element, wherein the mirror element is a planar element with a thickness of at least 1 mm, and the actuating element is a lever mechanism with lever elements. The invention also relates to a method for compensating irregularities of a beam as well as an optical arrangement with a mirror according to the invention.
US09829698B2	Endoscope An endoscope includes a single lens that has a square exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has an square exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a sensor cover that has an exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the single lens, The single lens is a lens which is formed in a prismatic shape. The single lens has first surface on an imaging subject side that has a plane, and has second surface on an imaging side that has a convex surface.
US09829695B2	Array level Fourier ptychographic imaging In one aspect an imaging system includes: an illumination system including an array of light sources; an optical system including one or more lens arrays, each of the lens arrays including an array of lenses, each of the lenses in each of the one or more lens arrays in alignment with a corresponding set of light sources of the array of light sources; an imaging system including an array of image sensors, each of the image sensors in alignment with a corresponding lens or set of lenses of the one or more lens arrays, each of the image sensors configured to acquire image data based on the light received from the corresponding lens or set of lenses; a plate receiver system capable of receiving a multi-well plate including an array of wells, the plate receiver system configured to align each of the wells with a corresponding one of the image sensors; and a controller configured to control the illumination of the light sources and the acquisition of image data by the image sensors, the controller further configured to perform: an image acquisition process including a plurality of scans, each scan associated with a unique pattern of illumination, each of the image sensors configured to generate an image for a respective one of the wells during each scan; and an image reconstruction process during which the controller performs a fourier ptychographic operation to generate a reconstructed image for each of the wells based on the image data captured for the respective well during each of the scans.
US09829687B2	Zoom lens A zoom lens is provided. The zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and an aperture stop. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the third lens group. The aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group. When the zoom lens zooms, the aperture stop is fixed without moving and the first lens group correspondingly moves.
US09829684B2	Zoom dual-aperture camera with folded lens Zoom digital cameras comprising a Wide sub-camera and a folded fixed Tele sub-camera. The folded Tele sub-camera may be auto-focused by moving either its lens or a reflecting element inserted in an optical path between its lens and a respective image sensor. The folded Tele sub-camera is configured to have a low profile to enable its integration within a portable electronic device.
US09829683B2	Lens module A lens module includes a first lens having negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being convex and an image-side surface thereof being concave; a second lens having an object-side surface that is convex; a third lens having an object-side surface that is concave and an image-side surface that is convex; a fourth lens having an object-side surface that is concave; a fifth lens having an object-side surface that is concave and an image-side surface that is convex; and a sixth lens having an object-side surface is convex and having one or more inflection points on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the sixth lens from an object side of the lens module toward an image side of the lens module.
US09829681B2	Optical system and image pickup apparatus including the same Provided is an optical system, which retains enhanced optical performance at any object distance, and has compact and light-weight focus lens units. Provided is an optical system including a plurality of lens units, in which an interval between adjacent lens units changes during focusing, the optical system including: a positive lens unit arranged closest to an object side; first and second focus lens units having negative refractive powers configured to move during focusing; and an intermediate lens unit having a positive refractive power and arranged between the first and second focus lens units. The first and second focus lens units are configured to move toward an image side during focusing.
US09829672B2	Camera module with foreign objects inhibiting structure A camera module is disclosed, the camera module including a lens barrel including more than one sheet of lens receiving an optical image of an object, an actuator moving the lens barrel, a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) formed with an image sensor at a bottom surface of the lens barrel for converting the optical image to an electrical signal, and a holder for supporting the lens barrel and the actuator and formed with a terminal electrically connected to the actuator, wherein an electrical contact point between the actuator and the terminal is formed with two or more tiers of coated layers.
US09829665B1	Fiber optic splice enclosures A fiber optic splice enclosure includes a basket. The basket includes an outer shell, the outer shell including an outer sidewall defining at least a portion of a periphery of the basket. The basket further includes an insert disposed within the outer shell, the insert including a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced apart from each other along a transverse axis and each extending along a longitudinal axis to define an inner channel therebetween. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are each further spaced apart from the outer sidewall along the longitudinal axis to define a first outer channel and a second outer channel. The fiber optic splice enclosure further includes a splice tray assembly including at least one splice tray, the splice tray assembly disposed within the inner channel.
US09829663B2	Silicon chip with refractive index gradient for optical communication Technologies pertaining to a chip with a refractive index gradient, including fabrication thereof, are generally described. The refractive index gradient may be formed by creating atomic scale inclusions throughout a thickness of the chip by inducing nanoporosity into the chip, dissociating and diffusing oxygen into the chip, or performing chemical vapor deposition. One or more integrated circuit (IC) components and optical transceiver devices may be provided by mounting, growing, or etching the IC components and optical transceiver devices at a surface of the chip. The optical transceiver devices may be configured to transmit and/or receive an optical communication signal to and/or from at least one IC component or other optical transceiver device via an optical communication path within the thickness of the chip. The optical communication path may include a direction and distance, within the thickness of the chip, based on the refractive index gradient and angle of incidence.
US09829662B2	Optical transceiver having pull-tab A pluggable optical transceiver implementing a pull-tab is disclosed. The pull-tab includes arms assembled with a body of the optical transceiver and a holder connecting the arms. The holder, which is provided in ends of the arms, provides a tab and a bridge, where the tab and the bridge form a space where an optical fiber mated with the optical transceiver is secured. The tab is dynamically engaged with the bridge after the optical fiber is set on the bridge.
US09829661B2	Method and system for hybrid integration of optical communication systems Methods and systems for hybrid integration of optical communication systems are disclosed and may include receiving continuous wave (CW) optical signals in a silicon photonics die (SPD) from an optical source external to the SPD. The received CW optical signals may be processed based on electrical signals received from an electronics die bonded to the SPD via metal interconnects. Modulated optical signals may be received in the SPD from optical fibers coupled to the SPD. Electrical signals may be generated in the SPD based on the received modulated optical signals and communicated to the electronics die via the metal interconnects. The CW optical signals may be received from an optical source assembly coupled to the SPD and/or from one or more optical fibers coupled to the SPD. The received CW optical signals may be processed utilizing one or more optical modulators, which may comprise Mach-Zehnder interferometer modulators.
US09829658B2	Tool for releasing engaged state of optical connector Disclosed is a tool for releasing an engaged state in which a receptacle-side engagement section formed on a side surface of a receptacle provided on a substrate is engaged with a connector-side engagement section of an optical connector that is attachable to and detachable from the receptacle. The tool includes: release claws to be inserted into respective gaps, each gap being formed between a member arranged between a pair of engagement side plate parts each being provided with the connector-side engagement section, and each engagement side plate part; and a guide part that comes into opposition with a side surface of the optical connector or the receptacle. By bringing the guide part into opposition with the side surface and sliding the release claws toward the substrate, the engagement side plate parts are spread outward by the release claws and the engaged state is released.
US09829657B2	Connector A connector is provided the connector including a plug selectively coupled to a transceiver including a socket, a coupling pan coupled to the socket when the plug is coupled to the transceiver, a coupling release part accommodating the coupling part and selectively releasing the coupling part from the socket, and a both ends-opened cylindrical outer housing accommodating therein the plug, the coupling part and the coupling release part and inwardly formed at one end with a bending part to allow the bending part to selectively apply a pressure to the coupling release part. The present disclosure is configured in a manner such that engagement (coupling) or disengagement (decoupling) of coupling can be possible by a simple manipulation of pushing or pulling of a connector by mounting a coupling part and a coupling release part.
US09829656B2	Splice-on optical connector for outside plant drop cable A connector assembly for a fiber optic cable comprises a multi-part inner housing adapted to support an optical fiber splice connection structure. A cable clamp is located at a proximal end of the inner housing and is adapted to engage an outer sheath of a fiber optic cable. Preferably, the cable clamp is rotatable with respect to the inner housing.
US09829651B2	Systems and methods for optically connecting fiber arrays with paired transmit and receive fibers Systems and methods for optically connecting first and second fiber arrays at different locations with paired transmit and received fibers are disclosed. A method includes establishing at a first location first and second fiber arrays of fibers T and R, and establishing at a second location third and fourth fiber arrays of fibers T′ and R′. A trunk cable is then used to optically connect fibers T to fibers R′ and fibers R′ to fibers T to form first fiber pairs (T,R) where T=1 to (N/2) and R=[(N/2)+1] to N, and second fiber pairs (T′, R′), where T′=1′ to (N/2)′ and R′=[(N/2)+1]′ to N′, wherein N is an even number greater than 2.
US09829650B2	Duplex clip assembly for fiber optic connectors A duplex clip assembly for LC fiber optic plug connectors has a duplex housing, a crimp sleeve, and a housing cover. The duplex housing retains a portion of each fiber optic plug connector such as to allow each fiber optic plug connector to rotate relative to the duplex housing. The housing also has a bottom snap located on an underside. The housing cover encloses and retains the duplex housing with a clearance between the housing cover and the rest of the assembly. The housing cover also has a slot located on an underside configured to engage the bottom snap of the duplex housing such that the clearance fit allows an application of pressure on the sides of the housing cover to result in the slot being disengaged from the bottom snap. The clip assembly can also have a boot securely attached to the housing partially enclosing the fiber optic cable.
US09829649B2	Fiber optic connector and method of assembling the same The present invention discloses a fiber optic connector comprising a housing, a spring, a ferrule assembly and a crimping seat. Before being inserted into the housing, the ferrule assembly is pre-assembled into the crimping seat in a manner of being movable relative to the crimping seat. The spring is pre-assembled into the housing before the ferrule assembly is inserted into the housing. After the pre-assembled ferrule assembly and crimping seat are inserted into the housing, the crimping seat is snap-fitted in the housing, and the spring pushes the ferrule assembly, so that the ferrule assembly is capable of being moved against the spring relative to the crimping seat. Before inserted into a housing of the fiber optic connector, some components may be pre-assembled together to form an integral assembly having a size less than that of a housing of the fiber optic connector. Accordingly, the integral assembly may be smoothly pulled through a small long pipe. After pulled through the pipe, the integral assembly may be easily and quickly inserted into the housing as a whole at one time.
US09829647B2	Expanded beam fiber optic connector, and cable assembly, and methods for manufacturing A fiber optic cable and connector assembly is disclosed. In one aspect, the assembly includes a cable optical fiber, an optical fiber stub and a beam expanding fiber segment optically coupled between the cable optical fiber and the optical fiber stub. The optical fiber stub has a constant mode field diameter along its length and has a larger mode field diameter than the cable optical fiber. In another aspect, a fiber optic cable and connector assembly includes a fiber optic connector mounted at the end of a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic connector includes a ferrule assembly including an expanded beam fiber segment supported within the ferrule. The expanded beam fiber segment can be constructed such that the expanded beam fiber segment is polished first and then cleaved to an exact pitch length. The expanded beam fiber segment can be fusion spliced to a single mode optical fiber at a splice location behind the ferrule.
US09829644B2	Spring push and push-pull tab for tightly spaced fiber optic connectors A spring push for a fiber optic connector includes an engagement member having a slot to receive a handle that also engages a distal portion of the engagement number. The spring push, along with the handle, allows for fiber optic connectors to be installed and removed from adapters in high density applications. The spring push can be installed into a connector housing and, along with other components, be a fiber optic connector. The engagement member may also originate from other parts of the fiber optic connector.
US09829643B2	Optical connections system and methods for positioning an optical fiber within an alignment device A method for positioning an optical fiber having an end portion within an alignment groove of an alignment device includes orienting the optical fiber in the alignment groove of the alignment device; causing the optical fiber to elastically flex; using an interference point to assist in forming a curved profile of the flexed fiber, and using inherent elasticity of the flexed optical fiber to assist in retaining the end portion of the optical fiber in contact with the alignment groove. A connection system includes a connector, alignment device, and adapter, with an interference point on at least one of the connector, alignment device, or adapter.
US09829642B2	Mounting system for telecommunications distribution elements A mounting system (700/900) for locking two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) to prevent relative sliding therebetween and relative separation therebetween in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the relative sliding includes a first locking feature (701/901) defined by a stud (702/902) with a stem portion (708/908) and a flange portion (710/910) having a larger profile than the stem portion (708/908) and a second locking feature (703/903) defined by a slot (704/904) with a receiver portion (712/912) and a retention portion (714/914). The receiver portion (712/912) is sized to accommodate the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902) and the retention portion (714/914) is sized to accommodate the stem portion (708/908) but not the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902). A third locking feature (705/905) prevents relative sliding between the two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) once the stud stem portion (708/908) has been slid within the slot retention portion (714/914) and the stud flange portion (710/910) is out of alignment with the slot receiver portion (712/912).
US09829640B2	Temperature insensitive DEMUX/MUX in silicon photonics A temperature insensitive DEMUX/MUX device whose wavelength does not change by environment temperature is provided for WDM application. The temperature insensitive DEMUX/MUX device includes a waveguide-based delay-line-interferometer configured to receive an input light bearing multiplexed wavelengths and output a first output light bearing the same multiplexed wavelengths but with a shifted intensity peak position. The first output light is transmitted into a DEMUX device through a first free space coupler and a grating fiber or waveguide to be demultiplexed for forming a plurality of second output lights each bearing an individual wavelength. The DEMUX device includes a second free space coupler for refocusing each second output light to corresponding output channel. The shifted intensity peak position of the first output light is tunable to make each second output light free from any temperature-induced drift off corresponding output channel.
US09829634B2	Bundled optical fiber probe A bundled optical fiber probe according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a forward irradiation unit including a forward irradiation optical fiber disposed at the center thereof, the forward irradiation optical fiber having a flat end surface; and a side irradiation unit including a side irradiation optical fiber disposed at the periphery of the forward irradiation unit, the side irradiation optical fiber having an inclined end surface to laterally reflect a laser beam, wherein the forward irradiation unit and the side irradiation unit can be formed as a single bundle.
US09829633B2	Methods and devices for cleaving optical fibers Methods for cleaving an optical fiber that extends from a ferrule are provided herein. The ferrule can be aligned on a first side of a scribe wire and an unconstrained end of the optical fiber on a second side of the scribe wire. Tension can be applied to the scribe wire with the optical fiber. Relative motion between the scribe wire and the optical fiber can be caused, while the tension is applied with the optical fiber. The scribe wire and the optical fiber can be separated. A fiber optic shard can be cleaved from the optical fiber. The fiber optic shard may include the unconstrained end of the optical fiber.
US09829631B2	Vertical output couplers for photonic devices A method forms a vertical output coupler for a waveguide that propagates light along a horizontal propagation direction, through a waveguide material that overlies a buried oxide layer. The method includes etching the waveguide to remove a portion of the waveguide. The etching forms at least a first plane that is at an edge of the waveguide, is adjacent to the removed portion of the waveguide, and is tilted at a vertical angle between 20 degrees and 70 degrees with respect to the propagation direction. The method further includes coating the first tilted plane with a reflective metal to form a mirror, such that the mirror reflects the light into a direction having a vertical component.
US09829624B2	Light guide plate assembly The present disclosure relates to the field of production of liquid crystal displays, in particular to a light guide plate assembly, comprising: a light guide plate which includes a first side edge for introducing light and a second side edge through which no light can be introduced, and a frame for fixing the light guide plate, the frame at least partially surrounding the second side edge of the light guide plate, wherein a buffer member that is at least partially deformable in an elastic manner is disposed between the frame and the second side edge of the light guide plate.
US09829618B2	LED lighting fixture with a light emitting waveguide resembling a lamp shade A lighting waveguide and its assembly in an LED lighting fixture. LED waveguide technology offers a novel approach to the design of a lighting fixture that still retains a typical appearance of a lamp shade and lighting fixture. A nominally transparent plastic or glass waveguide is fashioned into the shape of a lamp shade with a slot at one side that defines a gap between two edges or ends of the waveguide, and possess perturbations on the surface of the waveguide to facilitate the extraction and provide usable light from the lighting fixture. An LED PCB board, with side-mounted LEDs, is mounted to the lighting fixture between the slot in the waveguide such that the light emitting surfaces of the LEDs are proximal to and face towards the edges of the waveguide, Illuminating the waveguide and providing light from the light fixture via the perturbations that provide a light extraction.
US09829613B2	Heat ray cutting film and method for producing same, and laminated glass and heat ray cutting member The present invention provides a heat ray cutting film comprising, on a substrate, at least two layers of a light reflecting layer X1 and a light reflecting layer X2 obtained by fixing cholesteric liquid crystalline phases, and an infrared ray absorbing layer comprising composite tungsten oxide microparticles, wherein the light reflecting layer X1 and the light reflecting layer X2 reflect lights circularly polarized in directions opposite to each other, reflection center wavelengths of the light reflecting layer X1 and the light reflecting layer X2 are within a range of 800 to 1100 nm and are substantially equal to each other, and total reflectivity of all light reflecting layers obtained by fixing cholesteric liquid crystalline phases is 80% or more. The heat ray cutting film of the present invention has high transparency and high heat shielding performance.
US09829612B1	Diffraction grating based 3-D display A three-dimensional display system and methods for forming 3D images are disclosed. In one version, a diffusion screen is formed at a predetermined location1 of a set of predetermined locations 1-n within an image chamber. The diffusion screen is illuminated with visible light indicative of a cross-sectional image1 of a set of a plurality of cross-sectional images 1-N of a three-dimensional image at the predetermined location1 within the image chamber. The diffusion screen is erased and the method is repeated for cross-sectional images 2-N and predetermined locations 2-n of the three-dimensional image at a scan rate sufficient to produce a representation of the three-dimensional image in the image chamber.
US09829611B2	Optical film and display device comprising the same An optical film may include a light diffusion portion including light scattering particles dispersed in a light transmissive media, and a light transmission portion including the light transmissive media. The light diffusion portion may be adjacent the light transmission portion.
US09829609B2	Lens assembly with light blocking member and imaging lens including the same A light blocking member includes a first surface, a second surface, an outside surface and an inside surface. The first surface includes a first asymmetric opening. The second surface includes a second asymmetric opening corresponding to the first asymmetric opening. The outside surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface includes a cutting portion and an arch portion. The cutting portion connects the first asymmetric opening and the second asymmetric opening. The inside surface is disposed between the first surface and the second surface. A virtual curved surface is formed between two ends of the cutting portion, and a virtual line is formed between a central point of the virtual curved surface and a central axis of the light blocking member. Two shapes of both of the first asymmetric opening and the second asymmetric opening with respect to two sides of the virtual line are asymmetric.
US09829606B2	Method of manufacturing hard coat film, hard coat film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display device There is provided a method of manufacturing a hard coat film having a hard coat layer on at least one side of a transparent support, the method includes curing a hard coat layer forming composition containing (a) a compound having one alicyclic epoxy group and one ethylenically unsaturated double bond group in a molecule and having a molecular weight of 300 or less, (b) a compound having three or more ethylenically unsaturated double bond groups in a molecule, (c) a radical polymerization initiator, and (d) a cationic polymerization initiator in a specific amount.
US09829604B2	Method of making multilayer optical film comprising layer-by-layer self-assembled layers and articles Methods of making a multilayer optical film are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a multilayer optical film and disposing onto the multilayer optical film a plurality of layers deposited by layer-by-layer self-assembly of nanoparticles, polymers, and combinations thereof. The multilayer optical film typically comprises a plurality of alternating polymeric layers of a low refractive index layer and a high refractive index layer that reflects at least one bandwidth of electromagnetic radiation ranging from ultraviolet to near infrared. Multilayer optical film articles are described comprising a plurality of layers disposed onto the multilayer optical film, wherein the plurality of layers comprises layer-by-layer self-assembled nanoparticles, polymers, and combinations thereof. The multilayer optical films are suitable for various uses including reflective polarizers for optical displays such as LCDs or LEDs, architectural film applications, window film applications, and solar power concentrating mirrors.
US09829603B2	Anti reflection film, display device, method for selecting anti reflection film for display device To provide an antireflection film that is, in the case where a super high definition display element is used, capable of suppressing reflection on the surface of the display device, and capable of suppressing whitening, while preventing the image quality of the super high definition display element from being impaired.An antireflection film containing a transparent substrate, having thereon a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, in which the antireflection film has a diffusion light reflectance (RSCE) measured under the following condition of 0.12% or less and is for a display element having a total light reflectance (RSCI) of 4.0% or more,Measurement of Diffusion Light Reflectance:A black plate is adhered with a transparent adhesive to a surface of the transparent substrate of the antireflection film that is opposite to the side of the high refractive index layer to prepare a specimen, and a surface of the specimen on the side of the low refractive index layer is measured for a diffusion light reflectance (RSCE).
US09829600B2	Direct coupling cancellation with a combination of sensor tilt angles Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to operate an induction measurement process in a borehole that addresses direct coupling of a signal between sensors of a measuring tool. Apparatus and methods can include a processing unit to generate formation parameters from signals received in the measurement tool. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09829598B2	Metal detector A method for reducing unwanted signals, due to a back emf decay, within a receive signal received by a receive coil of a metal detector during a demodulation of the receive signal after a transmission by a transmit coil of the metal detector, including controlling a T/R switch to control a characteristic of the back emf decay to reduce a duration of the period of the back emf decay.
US09829593B2	Determination of an impulse response at a subsurface image level Determination of an impulse response at a subsurface image level can include extrapolation of an up-going pressure wavefield to a subsurface image level, extrapolation of a down-going velocity wavefield to the subsurface image level, and determination of the impulse response at the subsurface image level from a hypothetical seismic source by spectral division of the extrapolated up-going pressure wavefield by the extrapolated down-going velocity wavefield.
US09829589B2	Ocean bottom seismometer package A marine seismic exploration method and system comprised of continuous recording, self-contained ocean bottom pods characterized by low profile casings. An external bumper is provided to promote ocean bottom coupling and prevent fishing net entrapment. Pods are tethered together with flexible, non-rigid, non-conducting cable used to control pod deployment. Pods are deployed and retrieved from a boat deck configured to have a storage system and a handling system to attach pods to cable on-the-fly. The storage system is a juke box configuration of slots wherein individual pods are randomly stored in the slots to permit data extraction, charging, testing and synchronizing without opening the pods. A pod may include an inertial navigation system to determine ocean floor location and a rubidium clock for timing. The system includes mathematical gimballing. The cable may include shear couplings designed to automatically shear apart if a certain level of cable tension is reached.
US09829586B2	Detection of x-rays, and x-ray detector system A method is disclosed for detecting x-rays using an x-ray detector which includes a direct-conversion semiconductor detector element. Additional radiation is supplied to the semiconductor detector element using a radiation source, and the supply of the additional radiation is controlled and/or regulated on the basis of a specified target value. In at least one embodiment, the target value can be specified in a variable manner over time as a sequence of target values. An x-ray detector system is further disclosed, with which the method can be carried out.
US09829585B2	Systems and methods for high voltage conversion and multiplication for ionizing radiation detection Systems and methods for high voltage conversion and multiplication for ionizing radiation detection are disclosed. According to an aspect, an electronic device comprises at least one detector configured for detecting ionizing radiation. Further, the electronic device comprises a translator assembly coupled to the at least one detector and configured to convert a voltage from a first voltage level to a second voltage level, wherein the at least one detector operates at the first voltage level. Further, the translator assembly is configured to voltage isolate the at least one detector operating at the first voltage level from a coupled electronic circuit operating at the second voltage level.
US09829582B2	Method and apparatus for differential global positioning system (DGPS)-based real time attitude determination (RTAD) A differential global positioning system (DGPS) processor can include an almost fixed integer ambiguity (AFIA) module for generating in real-time a multiple dimensional state vector of integer ambiguities and multiple dimensional corrections. The AFIA module can use double difference (DD) measurements for pseudo-range (PR) and carrier phase (CP) pairs generated from at least three global positioning system (GPS) receivers. A DGPS processor can be included in a high data rate real time attitude determination (RTAD) system to achieve high heading accuracy with high integrity.
US09829578B2	System and method for determining ranges to a target behind a transparent surface Systems and methods for determining ranges to a target disposed behind a transparent surface are described. A target acquisition system receives a plurality of lidar returns, at least some of which are from a target and at least some of which are from a transparent surface. The lidar returns correspond to a portion of a lidar signal generated by a lidar, directed toward the target, and reflected back to the lidar from either the target or the transparent surface. A range measurement for each of the plurality of lidar returns is determined. The target acquisition system generates a histogram of the range measurements. The histogram includes an array including a plurality of range bins. Each range bin defines a unique portion of a predetermined distance out from the lidar. The histogram further includes a count associated with each respective range bin. The count corresponds to a number of range measurements falling within the unique portion of the predetermined distance corresponding to that respective range bin. In some implementations of the invention, the target acquisition system determines which of the range measurements correspond to the target based on the histogram. In some implementations of the invention, the target acquisition system determines which of the range measurements correspond to the transparent surface based on the histogram.
US09829574B2	Carrier phase distance and velocity measurements Systems and methods for performing distance and velocity measurements, such as by using carrier signals, are disclosed. A measurement system device may include a first antenna configured to receive a first signal from a transmitting device, the first signal having a carrier frequency, and a second antenna configured to receive the first signal from the transmitting device. The measurement system device may also include a processor configured to determine a first differential distance between the first antenna and the second antenna from the transmitting device and to determine a rate of change of the first differential distance. The processor may also be configured to estimate a geometry of the measurement system device relative to the transmitting device using the rate of change of the first differential distance.
US09829572B2	Passive devices for broadband acoustic acquisition and passive systems for broadband acoustic imagery Passive device for broadband acoustic acquisition (3) that can communicate with a digital processing unit (4), the device including a plurality of microphone sensors (7) that can generate an electric signal (8) that is representative of an acoustic pressure (9) received, electronics for processing and digitizing (12) electric signals being able to adapt the electric signals and transform them into digital signals (13) of acoustic pressure, transfer electronics (14) being able to communicate with a digital processing unit (4) and to make possible the transfer of the digital signals of acoustic pressure to the digital processing unit. The microphone sensors and the transfer electronics are mounted on a multifunctional rigid support element (17) that incorporates the processing and digitizing electronics.
US09829571B2	Range finder and optical device A distance detection apparatus includes: a detection unit which detects a time until when an output light is received by a light receiving unit; a computation unit which computes a distance to a detection target by using the time detected by the detection unit; an obtaining unit which obtains a predetermined range which is a range prone to a detection error due to a fog; and a determination unit which determines whether the distance to the detection target computed by the computation unit is included in the predetermined range.
US09829565B1	Underwater acoustic beacon location system A method using a tow body and sensor array for locating an underwater location beacon is provided. The steps of the method are moving the body and array in a direction of motion; orientating the array orthogonal to the direction of motion; beamforming acoustic conical beams from the array onto a seafloor; detecting a time series of acoustic data channels from the beacon; converting the data channels into spatial beams of acoustic frequency; determining if a signal of the underwater location beacon is present from each spatial beam; calculating likelihood functions for locations of the beacon to represent an area of the seafloor from which the signal of the underwater location beacon is to have originated; accumulating likelihood functions for the location of the underwater location beacon over the course of a search pattern; and producing a grid for a beacon location based on the likelihood functions.
US09829563B2	Positioning method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a positioning method, including: determining, by a positioning server, positioning signal configuration information; sending, by the positioning server, the positioning signal configuration information to a positioning signal sending entity; obtaining, by the positioning server, a measurement estimation result of a shortest transmission path between a positioning signal measurement entity and the positioning signal sending entity; and positioning, by the positioning server, a terminal by using the measurement estimation result of the shortest transmission path, where the terminal is one of the positioning signal measurement entity and the positioning signal sending entity. The embodiments of the present invention can resist an NLOS path deviation and a positioning signal strength loss and an SINR loss, so as to improve the positioning accuracy.
US09829560B2	Determining the position of a mobile device using the characteristics of received signals and a reference database Some embodiments use scanning devices to characterize radio signals received at a number of locations within a geographical area of interest. The signal characteristics along with the location information associated with the characteristics are stored in a centralized reference database. A mobile device characterizes signals it receives at a certain location and compares the characteristics with the signal characteristics stored in the reference database to obtain accurate location information of the certain location.
US09829556B2	Method and apparatus for generating a specific flip angle distribution in MRI The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating a specific flip angle distribution in magnetic resonance imaging; the method uses a plurality of RF transmission coils combined with linear and nonlinear spatial encoding magnetic fields to generate a homogeneous flip angle distribution.
US09829549B2	MR antenna with compensation for variable distance to shield A whole-body coil for a magnetic resonance tomography device includes one or more compensation capacitors between a high-frequency antenna and an RF shield. The one or more compensation capacitors each have variable capacitance caused by a variation in a distance of the RF shield to the high-frequency antenna.
US09829547B2	Head-up display with eye-tracker for MRI applications A head-up display and eye-tracker system, suitable for use with a patient in an MRI tube during an MRI procedure. An electronic display assembly includes an outer display tube housing for housing an electronic display device for generating images, the outer tube housing fabricated of an electrically conductive, non-ferrous material. An eye-tracker camera assembly includes an outer camera tube housing for housing an electronic camera sensor, the outer tube camera housing fabricated of an electrically conductive, non-ferrous material. An eyepiece assembly includes an outer housing. A beam splitter assembly includes a beam splitter block having a receptacle holding a beam splitter, the block formed of an electrically conductive, non-ferrous material. The beam splitter reflects light from the display onto the patient's eye, and allows light reflected from the patient's eye to pass to the camera sensor. In another embodiment as a display system, the eye-tracker camera assembly is omitted.
US09829546B2	Low-temperature cooling apparatus and superconducting quantum interference device sensor module Provided are a low-temperature cooling apparatus and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) sensor module. The low-temperature cooling apparatus includes an outer container; an inner container disposed inside the outer container, the inner container including a neck portion having a first diameter and a body portion having a second diameter greater than the first diameter; an insert inserted into the neck portion of the inner container; and a plurality of SQUID sensor modules inserted into the body portion of the inner container. Each of the SQUID sensor modules is in the form of a fan-shaped pillar and is fixedly coupled with an inner bottom plate of the inner container.
US09829545B2	Apparatus and method for hypersensitivity detection of magnetic field A system for magnetic detection includes a nitrogen vacancy (NV) diamond material comprising a plurality of NV centers, a radio frequency (RF) excitation source configured to provide RF excitation to the NV diamond material, an optical excitation source configured to provide optical excitation to the NV diamond material, an optical detector configured to receive an optical signal emitted by the NV diamond material, and a controller. The optical signal is based on hyperfine states of the NV diamond material. The controller is configured to detect a gradient of the optical signal based on the hyperfine states emitted by the NV diamond material.
US09829542B2	Circuit for measuring power violations using high side current sensing A power monitoring circuit and method for detecting deviations in the output of a power supply. The power monitor is configured to detect and measure two different types of deviations: transient deviations short surges or spikes in the current drawn by the device being powered and prolonged deviations over a threshold current that may be intentional, temporary increases in the output of the power supply. The power monitor collects information such as the number of each type of deviation, the duration of each deviation and the peak current describing identified deviations. This collected information can then be used, especially during the development phase, to locate the root cause of the deviation. The components of the power monitor used to detect and measure these deviations may be disabled and enabled as needed.
US09829540B2	Method and controller for determining an undesired condition in an electrical drive system A method for determining an undesired condition in an electrical drive system including an electrical machine and an electrical drive, wherein the method includes a) obtaining a measured signal of an electrical or mechanical parameter, b) obtaining a frequency spectrum of the measured signal, that contains a measured frequency component, c) determining whether the measured frequency component is within a predetermined distance from a trend line, which trend line is associated with only one specific frequency component of the electrical or mechanical parameter present during a specific undesired condition, d) on the condition that the measured frequency component is within the predetermined distance from the trend line increasing a counter associated with the trend line, e) repeating steps a) to d), wherein in case the counter reaches a predetermined number determining that the electrical drive system is subjected to the undesired condition associated with the trend line.
US09829534B2	Device and method for monitoring a power semiconductor switch A device for monitoring a power semiconductor switch includes a circuit section for applying to the power semiconductor switch an HF voltage having a frequency above a switching threshold of the power semiconductor switch, a shunt resistor for detecting an actual HF current resulting from application of the HF voltage to the power semiconductor switch, a monitoring circuit for comparing the actual HF current with an expected HF current that depends on a switching state of the power semiconductor switch when the HF voltage is applied to the power semiconductor switch, and a comparator for generating a power semiconductor status signal depending on a result of the comparison. A corresponding method for monitoring a power semiconductor switch of this type is also described.
US09829530B2	Method for adapting an arc sensor In a method for adapting an arc sensor (35) to a position in an electrical installation system, according to the invention a specifiable number of specifiable arcs are simulated and/or produced at least at a first position in the installation system, wherein after each simulated or produced arc, at least one current curve and/or voltage curve is recorded in a measured-value recording unit (2), wherein at least one characteristic of the recorded current curves and/or voltage curves is determined and stored, and the arc sensor (35) is trained for the electrical installation system.
US09829522B2	Method and apparatus for tuning a resistance and reactance of a wireless power transmitter testing unit An apparatus for testing an impedance range of a wireless power transmitter is provided. The apparatus comprises an adjustable impedance circuit configurable to be connected to a power source. The apparatus further comprises a transformer coupled the adjustable impedance circuit. The apparatus further comprises a sensing circuit configured to sense a parameter indicative of a parasitic impedance of the adjustable impedance circuit. The apparatus further comprises a driver circuit configured to drive the transformer with a signal based on the sensed parameter that causes the transformer to apply a first voltage to the adjustable impedance circuit. The first voltage has a substantially same amplitude as a voltage drop caused by the parasitic impedance. The second voltage is out of phase with the voltage drop. The sensed parameter is a current circulating in the adjustable impedance circuit or a voltage across at least a portion of the adjustable impedance circuit.
US09829519B2	Method and apparatus to commission voltage sensors and branch circuit current sensors for branch circuit monitoring systems A system and method for a branch current monitoring system employing a 2-Phase Wye, a Single-Phase 3-Wire or a Single-Phase 2-Wire wiring configuration that is configured to identify a phase association and a polarity for a branch circuit current sensor using the phase angle between voltage and current. Also, a system and method for verifying phase association and polarity determinations for branch circuit current sensors that utilizes real and reactive power measurements.
US09829518B2	Adaptive RF signal filter using acousto-optic spectrum analyzer and re-writable XDM mask A coherent wideband acousto-optic RF spectrum analyzer for processing an input RF signal, having a CW laser providing a first laser beam, a Bragg cell used in a deflection mode with the laser beam incident thereon and receiving the input RF signal, and in response thereto producing multiple diffracted modulated light beams, a Fourier Transform lens with the modulated light beams incident thereon and in response thereto producing optical signal beams producing a Fourier Transform image in an image plane spaced apart from the Fourier Transform lens, and a photosensitive, optically re-writable medium positioned in the image plane with the optical signal beams incident thereon, the medium having an optical distribution pattern to function as a mask to attenuate a selected portion of the RF spectrum of the optical signal beams and produce an attenuated optical beam.
US09829515B1	Hand-held voltmeter for electric fence The present disclosure relates to a hand-held voltmeter measuring a peak voltage of a high voltage pulse applied to an electric fence. The voltmeter includes a body case of which one side has an opening, a sensor case protruded from the opening of the body case, a voltage divider disposed over the inside and the outside of the sensor case for dividing the high voltage pulse into a low divided voltage, a peak detector for detecting the peak voltage of the divided voltage, a display unit for displaying the peak voltage, and an MCU for controlling the input and the output of the elements constituting the voltmeter. According to the present disclosure, an electric fence voltmeter that measures the peak voltage accurately without need to make a ground connection to the earth, and has a low risk of an electric shock during a measurement is provided.
US09829510B2	Interposer for inspecting semiconductor chip An interposer for inspecting reliability of a semiconductor chip is disclosed. The interposer for inspection includes: at least one active pad disposed in an active region of a first surface, and including: pads through which data and a control signal for testing an inspection target chip are received (input) and sent (output) during an active mode; and pads for receiving a power-supply voltage needed to operate the inspection target chip and the interposer during the active mode; at least one passive pad disposed in a passive region of the first surface, and including: pads receiving data for testing the inspection target chip during a passive mode, and a power-supply voltage needed to operate the inspection target chip and the interposer during the passive mode; and at least one bump pad disposed over a second surface facing the first surface, and to be coupled to the inspection target chip.
US09829506B2	Test probe assembly and related methods A test probe assembly includes a first elongate electrically conductive plunger that extends from a proximal first plunger end to a distal first plunger end, and is defined in part by a central longitudinal axis. The first plunger has a first spring latch at the distal first plunger end. At least a portion of the first plunger has an arc with a first plunger outer contact point opposite the first spring latch relative to the longitudinal axis. The first plunger is disposed in a spring. The first plunger outer contact point in contact with the inner diameter of the spring, and the first spring latch engages at least a portion of the spring. A method includes disposing a first plunger within a spring along a spring longitudinal axis, disposing a second probe within the spring along the spring longitudinal axis, and engaging the spring latch and the second plunger spring latch with the spring, for instance by capturing an end coil of the spring with the spring latch of at least one of the spring latch or the second plunger spring latch.
US09829502B2	Mechanisms for deriving an accurate timing signal from a noisy waveform Deriving a clean timing signal from a waveform is disclosed. A sensor-of-interest (SOI) sample set and a waveform sample set that correspond to the SOI sample set in time is collected. The waveform sample set is partitioned into a plurality of waveform sample subsets, and the SOI sample set is partitioned into a plurality of SOI sample subsets, each SOI sample subset corresponding to one of the plurality of waveform sample subsets. A plurality of waveform sample subset angular speeds is determined, wherein each waveform sample subset angular speed corresponds to a different waveform sample subset. An aggregate mean angular speed based on the plurality of waveform sample subset angular speeds is determined. Each SOI sample subset is resampled to the aggregate mean angular speed based on the corresponding waveform sample subset angular speed to generate a plurality of resampled SOI subsets.
US09829499B2	Method and related systems for use with a fluidics device Disclosed are fluidics devices and assemblies allowing for fluid flow between a plurality of wells. The fluidics devices and assemblies that are provided mimic in vivo tissue environments by allowing for initially segregated tissue cultures that can then be linked through fluid flow to measure integrated tissue response. The fluidics devices and assemblies provide a pumpless system using surface tension, gravity, and channel geometries. By linking human tissue functional systems to better simulate in vivo feedback and response signals between the tissues, the need for testing in animals can be minimized.
US09829498B2	Sampling device A piercer washing port is provided at a position on the trajectory of a piercer differing from the sampling position. The piercer washing port is cylindrically shaped and has an opening for inserting the piercer in the upper surface and a washing space for housing the piercer inserted from the opening. Air injection ports for injecting air and washing liquid expelling ports for expelling water serving as a washing liquid are provided on the inside wall surface of the piercer washing port. The air injection ports are provided at four locations equally spaced on the periphery along the inside wall surface of the washing space. The washing liquid expelling ports 44 are provided at four locations equally spaced on the periphery along the inside wall surface of the washing space at different positions than those of the air injection ports.
US09829492B2	Implantable prosthetic device comprising a cell expressing a channelrhodopsin The present invention provides compositions and methods for light-activated cation channel proteins and their uses within cell membranes and subcellular regions. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-activated cation channels to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides millisecond-timescale temporal control of cation channels using moderate light intensities in cells, cell lines, transgenic animals, and humans. The invention provides for optically generating electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells useful for driving neuronal networks, drug screening, and therapy.
US09829477B2	Formation and use of neuronal network, and neuron seeding device A planar patch clamp device is disclosed, which can be used for culturing a neuron in the device so as to form a neuron network, and detecting an electrical property of the neuron that forms the neuron network. The planar patch clamp device includes a plurality of protrusions formed on a first surface, an extracellular matrix forming substance which is coated on the peripheries of a through hole, and electrode sections.
US09829472B2	Portable hand-held oxygen monitor A portable hand-held oxygen monitor for monitoring oxygen in a weld zone includes a user interface having an alphanumeric display and one or more user interface buttons. An audiovisual alarm includes an indicator light and an audio output device, the indicator light being separate and distinct from the alphanumeric display. The oxygen monitor implements an oxygen monitoring mode responsive to activation of one or more of the user interface buttons, wherein (1) a gas sample is obtained, (2) a digital gas sample oxygen level value is generated, and (3) the gas sample oxygen level value is compared to a stored oxygen level alarm value, and the audiovisual alarm is activated if the gas sample oxygen level value is less than the oxygen level alarm value. The activating includes illuminating the indicator light and generating sound from the audio output device to alert a monitor user that is safe to weld.
US09829467B2	Method of analysis of component in sample, method of specific isolation of component in sample, and sample for mass spectrometry A trace component in a sample is quickly and accurately analyzed using a small sample quantity without performing preprocessing such as concentration.Trace components in a sample can be analyzed quickly and accurately using a small sample quantity and without preprocessing such as concentration, by a method for analyzing a component in a sample, the method including a step for irradiating a thermoplastic resin film internally containing the sample with ionizing laser light of a mass spectrometer.
US09829465B2	Absorption mode FT-IMS A method of Fourier transform ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed wherein an absorption spectrum of the complex spectral data is used to determine the ion mobilities of ions.
US09829464B2	Liquid sampling device for use with mobile device and methods A liquid sampling device for use with a mobile device comprises a wired connection for connecting the liquid sampling device to the mobile device, a sample receiving and testing section capable of receiving a liquid sample and conducting electrochemical testing of the liquid sample and a sample testing circuit configured to communicate at least one liquid sample test result to the mobile device via the wired connection. Associated methods and a mobile device application for interfacing with the liquid sampling device are also disclosed.
US09829458B2	Electrode for electrochemical measurement, electrolysis cell for electrochemical measurement, analyzer for electrochemical measurement, and methods for producing same Provided are an electrode, an electrolysis cell, and an electrochemical analyzer that improve the long-term stability of analysis data. A working electrode, a counter electrode, and reference electrode are disposed in an electrolysis cell. The working electrode is obtained by forming a lead wire in a composite material having platinum or a platinum alloy as a base material, in which a metal oxide is dispersed, or in a laminated material obtained by laminating a valve metal and platinum such that the cross sectional crystal texture in the thickness direction of the platinum is formed in layers and the thickness of each layer of the platinum is 5 micrometers or less. The metal oxide is selected from among zirconium oxide, tantalum oxide, and niobium oxide, and the metal oxide content of the platinum or the platinum alloy is 0.005 to 1 wt % in terms of the zirconium, tantalum, or niobium metal.
US09829456B1	Method of making a multi-electrode structure usable in molecular sensing devices A molecular sensor includes a substrate defining a substrate plane, and a plurality of pairs of electrode sheets above or below the substrate at an angle to the substrate plane. The molecular sensor further includes a plurality of inner dielectric sheets between each electrode sheet in each pair of electrode sheets of the plurality of pairs, and an outer dielectric sheet between each pair of electrode sheets of the plurality of pairs.
US09829455B2	Gas detector A gas detector includes a gas detection element having a protection layer formed of an oxide film mainly containing tantalum oxide (Ta2O5). Since the protection layer has excellent condensed-water resistance, even when water droplets adhere thereto, the morphology thereof does not change from dense to porous. Thus, since a change in property of the protection layer, which would otherwise be caused by adhesion of water droplets, can be reduced in the gas detector, even when water droplets adhere to the outermost surface layer of the gas detection element, impurities can be prevented from entering the protection layer (the outermost surface layer), whereby a change in thermal capacity of the gas detection element can be reduced. Thus, the gas detection element of the gas detector has excellent alkali resistance and condensed-water resistance.
US09829454B2	Coil unit and apparatus for detecting foreign matter The present invention aims to provide a coil unit for improving an accuracy in detecting foreign matter and an apparatus for detecting foreign matter which improves the accuracy in detecting foreign matter when a power is transmitted in a contactless manner. A power feeding coil unit (a coil unit) of the present invention is provided with a power feeding coil (a coil for power transmission) and an apparatus for detecting foreign matter. The apparatus for detecting foreign matter is provided with a plurality of resonators having a resonator coil and a resonator capacitor and also an excitation coil for exciting the plurality of resonators. The plurality of resonators are disposed to cover at least an area interlinking with a magnetic flux generated by the power feeding coil and to decrease an influence of mutual inductance.
US09829453B2	Apparatus for assessing the quality of membrane electrode assemblies An apparatus comprising: first and second aligned roller pairs each having a nip between the aligned rollers of each aligned roller pair, wherein each of the first and second roller pairs have parallel axes of rotation, wherein each of the first and second aligned roller pairs is configured to electrically excite a portion of the web passed through the nip and to measure an electrical property of the excited web, wherein the first and second aligned roller pairs are configured to electrically excite a portion of the web passed through their respective nips are configured to provide a line of charge parallel to the axes of rotation of the respective roller pairs, and wherein the rollers of the aligned roller pairs are each electrically insulated from each other and from the apparatus; and a processing unit configured to at least analyze the measured electrical properties.
US09829449B2	Method and apparatus for testing performance of thermal barrier coating layer A method and an apparatus for testing thermal performance of a coating layer are provided. The method for testing thermal performance of a coating layer involves obtaining a first thermal gradient by exposing one side of a metal base test piece to heat and exposing another side of the metal base test piece to a cooling air; obtaining a second thermal gradient by exposing a coating layer side of a coating layer test piece to heat and exposing an opposite side to a cooling air; calculating an exterior temperature Tf of a coating layer of the coating layer test piece and a temperature Te of a boundary side of the coating layer using the first thermal gradient; and calculating a temperature difference TΔ between the exterior temperature Tf of the coating layer and the temperature Te of the boundary side of the coating layer.
US09829440B2	In-situ monitoring of recombination progress using ICE An apparatus, method, and sample vessel for recombining a sample fluid. The sample fluid is received in a sample vessel. Sample parameters are recreated in the sample vessel. The sample fluid is agitated within the sample vessel. Optical measurements of the sample fluid are performed within the sample vessel utilizing one or more optical sensors. A determination is made whether recombination is complete in response to the optical measurements of the sample fluid performed by the one or more optical sensors.
US09829439B2	Test strip device Disclosed is a test strip device, comprising a strip body and a blocking element. The strip body has a first face and a second face. The strip body has an injection opening, a flow channel and a reaction receptacle. The injection opening reaches the first face, the flow channel is in fluid communication between the injection opening and the reaction receptacle, and the flow channel is in fluid communication with the injection opening through a flow channel opening. The blocking element is vertically movably disposed in the injection opening, and the blocking element selectively closes the flow channel opening. Therefore, the back flow of a sample can be prevented, so as to ensure chemical reaction of the sample and a reagent and thus improve accuracy of the test results.
US09829436B2	Metal-enhanced photoluminescence from carbon nanodots The present invention relates to enhancement of detectable emissions from carbon nanodots or variants thereof by using the techniques of MEF to further enhance carbon nanodot brightness, photostability, and thus, potentially detectability in biological imaging applications by using plasmon supporting materials, such as silver island films and positioning of the carbon nanodots an optimal distance from the plasmon supporting materials.
US09829435B2	External cavity laser biosensor arrangements A label-free biosensor detection arrangement incorporating an external cavity laser (ECL) includes a tunable lasing element (e.g. an antireflection coated laser diode or semiconductor optical amplifier) and a narrow bandwidth resonant reflectance filter as the wavelength-selective element for the tunable lasing element. A sample is deposited on the surface of the resonant reflectance filter containing a biological material. The wavelength emitted by the external cavity laser is continuously tunable by binding interactions between the biological material and the resonant reflectance filter or adsorption of the biological material present in the sample on resonant reflectance filter. The narrow bandwidth resonance reflectance filter can take the form of photonic crystal (PC), a Bragg stack, or a Brag fiber reflection filter.
US09829434B2	Optical detection system for liquid samples A tip for use in an optical detection system to analyze an analyte in a fluid sample drawn into the tip, using light reflected from a detection surface inside the tip that the analyte binds to, comprising a first detection surface and a second detection surface located in a same flow path with no controllable valve separating them, wherein the first and second detection surfaces have different surface chemistries.
US09829432B2	Gas measuring apparatus A gas measuring apparatus includes a cell portion, a light source portion, a detection portion, and a control portion. The cell portion includes a space into which a sample gas containing breath containing a first isotope of carbon dioxide and a second isotope of carbon dioxide is introduced. The light source portion changes a wavelength of the light in a band of 4.345 μm or more and 4.384 μm or less. The detection portion performs an operation including first detection of an intensity of the light passing through the space and second detection of an intensity of the light passing through the space into which the sample gas is not introduced. The control portion calculates a ratio of an amount of the second isotope to an amount of the first isotope based on a result of the first detection and a result of the second detection.
US09829431B2	Flow reduction system for isotope ratio measurements A system for controlling flow of gas in a continuous flow isotope ratio analyser is provided. The system comprises gas inlet and gas outlet lines for providing gas into and from a measuring cell, and at least one switchable flow restriction on the gas inlet line, for selectively controlling gas flow into the isotope ratio analyser. Also provided is a method for determining an isotope ratio using the system according to the invention.
US09829430B2	Spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer includes: a sample-chamber lid capable of opening and closing an opening portion of a sample chamber for setting a sample and a reference sample; and sample-chamber lid opening-closing detecting means for detecting an opening-closing state of the sample-chamber lid, and the spectrophotometer is capable of controlling a measurement of a xenon flash tube as a light source, a spectroscope, a detector, an amplifier, an AD converter, a processor, a storage device, and a data display part. In the spectrophotometer, the light source is turned on after a state of the lid changing from an opening state to a closing state is detected in a sample-setting instruction state by the sample-chamber lid opening-closing detecting means; absorbancy, transmissivity, reflectivity, a sample-side energy value, or a reference-side energy value is measured; and a measurement result is displayed on the data display part.
US09829429B2	Determining a polarization-related characteristic of an optical link A polarization-related characteristic of an optical path is determined from a predetermined function of the mean-square of a plurality of differences between polarization-analyzed optical power parameters corresponding to pairs of wavelengths mutually spaced about a midpoint wavelength by a small optical frequency difference. At least some of the said differences correspond to wavelength pairs measured under conditions where at least one of midpoint wavelength, input state of polarization (I-SOP) or analyzed state of polarization (A-SOP) of a pair is different.
US09829428B2	Gas detector using a Golay cell Gas detector devices, systems, and methods using a Golay cell are described herein. One device includes a microphone having a front surface with a sound collecting aperture for receiving sound, a substrate, a gas cavity formed in the substrate such that the gas cavity is in gas communication with the sound collecting aperture and the front surface forms a side surface of the gas cavity, and a window abutting the substrate to form a side surface of the gas cavity.
US09829427B2	Method and system for characterization of nano- and micromechanical structures Method and system in optical microscopy based on the deflection of micro- and nanomechanical structures, upon impact of a laser beam thereon, which simultaneously and automatically provides a spatial map of the static deflection and of the form of various vibration modes, with vertical resolution in the subangstrom range. The invention comprises at least one mechanical structure, an incident laser beam sweeping the surface of the structure, an optometric detector for capturing the laser beam, and frequency excitation means that generate at least two sinusoidal signals at different frequencies in the mechanical structure.
US09829426B2	Fluid analysis sheet, fluid analysis cartridge including the same, and method of manufacturing fluid analysis cartridge Provided is a fluid analysis cartridge configured to analyze a fluid specimen, a fluid analysis sheet forming the same and a method of manufacturing the fluid analysis cartridge. The fluid analysis sheet includes at least one cut out part configured to form an intermediate layer of an inspection substrate, the cut out part including a flow passage structure including an inlet part in which a fluid is introduced and an inspection part in which the fluid is introduced to react with a reagent; and wherein the cut out part is further configured to include a first end adjacent to the inspection part and a second end adjacent to the inlet part, and wherein a minimum distance between the first end and the flow passage structure is at least 1 mm.
US09829423B2	Characterization methods A method for determining characteristics of a mesoporous material using a desiccation or hydration test is disclosed. The test may involve using a test fluid and exposing sample of a core to a controlled environment, then weighing the samples. The samples may be core samples, comminuted samples, or cuttings. Utilizing the determined characteristics, properties of the mesoporous material, such as porosities, absolute permeabilities and relative permeabilities may be determined.
US09829421B2	Apparatus and methods for determining surface wetting of material under subterranean wellbore conditions Methods and apparatuses for determining surface wetting of metallic materials at downhole wellbore condition with fixed or changing well fluids are disclosed. In general, the methods according to the disclosure include carrying out an electrical impedance spectroscopy (“EIS”) for a system simulating downhole conditions for the wetting of a surface by simultaneously dynamically moving electrodes exposed to the well fluid while measuring the changes in electrical characteristics between the electrodes.
US09829417B2	Environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at micron or nano-scales An environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at scales of microns or less. The assembly includes an enclosure housing with an environmental cavity therein. A sample stage is positioned within the environmental cavity and includes an option sample heater. The enclosure housing includes a cavity perimeter clustered around the sample stage, and the enclosure housing isolates the environmental cavity and the sample stage from an environment exterior to the enclosure housing. In an example, an expansion and contraction linkage maintains a sample on the sample stage at a static elevation according to heating or cooling fluctuations within the environmental cavity. A testing instrument access port extends through the enclosure housing into the environmental cavity.
US09829412B2	Rolling-bearing testing device A radial rolling-bearing testing device includes a housing, a lubricant reservoir provided inside the housing and configured so as to retain lubricant in which a portion of a radial rolling bearing is immersed, a rotary shaft which is supported so as to freely rotate inside the housing and which an inner ring of the radial rolling bearing is fitted outside, a rotational driving section which is configured so as to rotate the rotary shaft, a load applying section which has a pressurizing device and is configured so as to apply a load to the radial rolling bearing, and a vibration sensor configured so as to detect a vibration in the radial rolling bearing. The vibration sensor is provided on an outside of the housing, and between the pressurizing device and the radial rolling bearing in a direction in which the load applies.
US09829406B2	Differential capacitive output pressure sensor and method A differential capacitive output pressure sensor device includes a pressure sensor diaphragm layer comprising a pressure sensing diaphragm portion, a movable electrode on the pressure sensing diaphragm portion, a fixed electrode, and a device layer electrode. The pressure sensor device further includes a device layer including a fixed element connected to the device layer electrode and a movable element connected to the movable electrode. As the pressure changes, the pressure sensing diaphragm portion including the movable electrode and the movable element move. This changes the capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed element inversely to the change in capacitance between the fixed electrode and the moveable element. Accordingly, a differential capacitive output is provided that has improved linearity with respect to the pressure change and increased sensitivity allowing the change in pressure to be measured readily and accurately.
US09829404B2	Pressure sensor A pressure sensor includes a tubular housing; a diaphragm which is joined to one end portion of the housing through a fusion zone; and a sensor element which is disposed in the housing and to which pressure received by the diaphragm is transmitted. As viewed in a section which contains the center axis of the housing, a pair of the fusion zones exist, and each of the fusion zones is formed in such an inclined manner that its distance from the center axis increases as it extends from the outer surface of the diaphragm toward the other-end-portion side of the housing.
US09829395B2	Air temperature sensor arrangement for a vehicle and method of measuring air temperature An air temperature sensor arrangement for a vehicle includes a temperature sensor housing having a base portion, an inlet and an outlet. Also included is a main flow path defined by a continuously curvilinear wall, the main flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet for separating particulate matter from an inlet airflow. Further included is a temperature sensor disposed within an internal cavity of the temperature sensor housing.
US09829391B2	Temperature sensor element A temperature sensor element consists of a temperature sensing unit including: a temperature-sensing ceramic unit; first and second electrodes respectively positioned on first and second surface of the temperature-sensing ceramic unit, the second surface opposing the first surface; first and second intermediate electrodes respectively connecting to the first and second electrodes; and first and second lead lines connected to the first and second electrodes via the first and intermediate electrodes, respectively; and a protective unit surrounding the temperature sensing unit, wherein each of the first lead line and the second lead line includes a lead line core coated with a second layer, the lead line core and the second layer being different materials. The lead lines consist of the lead line cores of a metallic material cheaper than the platinum-based metal, which reduces the production cost of the lead lines.
US09829389B2	Microfluidic devices with integrated resistive heater electrodes including systems and methods for controlling and measuring the temperatures of such heater electrodes The invention relates to methods and devices for control of an integrated thin-film device with a plurality of microfluidic channels. In one embodiment, a microfluidic device is provided that includes a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfluidic channels and a plurality of multiplexed heater electrodes, wherein the heater electrodes are part of a multiplex circuit including a common lead connecting the heater electrodes to a power supply, each of the heater electrodes being associated with one of the microfluidic channels. The microfluidic device also includes a control system configured to regulate power applied to each heater electrode by varying a duty cycle, the control system being further configured to determine the temperature of each heater electrode by determining the resistance of each heater electrode.
US09829386B2	Apparatus and method for determining denaturation thermograms of blood plasma or serum An apparatus for determining thermograms of blood plasma or serum includes two or more reaction vessels that each comprise a temperature sensing coil and a heating coil that is coaxial with and exterior to, or interleaved with, the temperature sensing coil. The apparatus also includes a heat conductive body having two or more cavities formed therein for receiving the reaction vessels. A corresponding method includes activating the heating coils of the reaction vessels and collecting temperature data for the reaction vessels with the temperature sensing coils.
US09829384B2	Long wave infrared imaging polarimeter, and method of assembly A long wave infrared imaging polarimeter (LWIP) is disclosed including a pixilated polarizing array (PPA) in close proximity to a microbolometer focal plane array (MFPA), along with an alignment engine for aligning and bonding the PPA and MFPA and method for assembly.
US09829380B2	Spectroscopic apparatus A light radiating portion radiates light with wavelength λ1 having predetermined absorptivity for an object and light with wavelength λ2 having smaller absorptivity for the object than the wavelength λ1, to a target, so as to scan in 2-dimensional directions. A light receiving portion receives scattered lights reflected by the target based on light with wavelength λ1 and light with wavelength λ2. A measuring portion generates information used for detection of the object at the target, based on difference between the two scattered lights with wavelength λ1 and wavelength λ2 received by the light receiving portion. An output portion outputs whether or not the object is present at the target, by 2-dimensional area information, based on scanning by the light radiating portion and information generated by the measuring portion.
US09829376B2	Sky luminance mapping system and mapping method A sky luminance mapping system includes a camera unit, two pyranometer units and a processing unit. Camera unit includes a fisheye lens to shoot image of sky dome and is equipped with light-shading devices which block the sun from the camera unit corresponding to instant location of the sun at instant time. First pyranometer unit measures daylight illuminance from the sky dome and outputs first intensity signal while the light-shading device is applied to block the sun. Second pyranometer unit measures daylight illuminance from the sky dome and outputs second intensity signal without blocking the sun. A reference intensity value is obtained by subtracting a value of the first intensity signal from a value of the second intensity signal. According to the value of the first intensity signal and the reference intensity value, a total luminance of and the luminance distribution in the image of the sky dome are corrected.
US09829373B1	Apparatus and method for improving detection precision in laser vibrometric studies A laser vibrometer for measuring the vibratory characteristics of an object and more specifically, a moving object, has an improved signal to noise ratio due to multiple channels. A laser is split into a plurality of channels and then for each channel split again into a reference beam and a probe beam. The probe beam is directed at the object and the back scattered reflections are collected and compared to the reference beam to determine the vibratory characteristics of the object. The received signals from the multiple channels are different, sequential and non-overlapping.
US09829368B2	Industrial process monitoring and imaging Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus for imaging a volume of material contained inside a vessel. The apparatus includes a plurality of synchronized acoustic sensors positioned at a periphery of an inner volume of the vessel. A processor combines the outputs of the acoustic sensors to identify at least one ambient noise source of the industrial process generating a noise field that illuminates an internal volume of the vessel and to provide an image of the material by temporal and spatial coherent processing of the transmission and reflection of the noise field generated by the noise source.
US09829367B2	Fill-level measuring device A fill-level measuring device having an oscillatory system, which has at least one external, tubular, oscillatory element and an inner oscillatory element. The outer oscillatory element at least sectionally coaxially surrounds the inner oscillatory element. In an inner space of the inner oscillatory element, a compensation apparatus shiftable in the axial direction and having at least a first locking element, a second locking element and a coupling element is arranged. The locking elements and the coupling element are composed of piezoelectric material, wherein the coupling element, the first locking element and the second locking element are connected with one another, and wherein the first locking element and the second locking element in a resting state are each connected by force interlocking, e.g. friction interlocking, with a wall of the inner space, and the fill-level measuring device has an electronics unit, which is embodied to position the compensation apparatus at a predeterminable position by means of electrical signals.
US09829365B2	Tactile feedback techniques to limit temperature runaway in boiler systems Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to a sensor probe kit that has an electrical connection that ensures a sensor probe has been properly positioned in a boiler well. In some embodiments, the sensor probe kit has a seating mechanism that positively positions a sensor probe at a predetermined position within a boiler well. In many instances, the seating mechanism provides tactile feedback to an installer when the sensor probe is properly positioned within the boiler well. These features can help ensure the sensor probe is properly installed, and helps keep the sensor probe electrically connected to the well at all times after installation.
US09829363B2	Acoustic volume indicator Acoustic volume indicators for determining liquid or gas volume within a container comprise a contactor to vibrate a container wall, a detector to receive vibration data from the container wall, a processor to convert vibration data to frequency information and compare the frequency information to characteristic container frequency vs. volume data to obtain the measured volume, and an indicator for displaying the measured volume. The processor may comprise a microprocessor disposed within a housing having lights that each represent a particular volume. The microprocessor is calibrated to provide an output signal to a light that indicates the container volume. The processor may comprise a computer and computer program that converts the data to frequency information, analyzes the frequency information to identify a peak frequency, compares the peak frequency to the characteristic frequency vs. volume data to determine the measured volume, and displays the measured volume on a video monitor.
US09829362B2	Container and spout with open-position locking feature A container and spout assembly in which the spout is pivotally attached to the container. The spout is pivotally moveable between a closed position in which a spout exterior wall is flush with the container sidewall and an open position in which a spout interior wall is flush with the sidewall and spout legs frictionally engage a detent. The spout accommodates a metered dose of product. In the fully open position, the spout seals the opening in the sidewall to prevent product from exiting the container while a metered dose is dispensed from the open spout.
US09829357B2	Microelectromechanical sensor module and corresponding production method A microelectromechanical sensor module includes a sensing mechanism for measuring an acceleration, pressure, air humidity or the like, a control mechanism for controlling the sensing mechanism, an energy supply mechanism for supplying the sensor module with energy, and a transmission mechanism for transmitting signals of the sensing mechanism. At least three of the mechanisms are integrated at the chip level in at least one chip in each case. A corresponding method is implemented to produce the microelectromechanical sensor module.
US09829356B1	Method and apparatus for multi-channel sensor interface with programmable gain, offset and bias A highly integrated programmable sensor interface with improved sensor signal calibration and conditioning functions is described. The programmable sensor interface according to the present invention sensor interface provides programmable gain, digital offset correction and bias for one or more signal channels on one chip on a per channel basis. According to another aspect of the invention, the sensor interface provides reference voltage and sensor biasing by using an on-chip precision voltage regulator. According to one aspect of the invention, multiple inputs are multiplexed and each is applied to a variable gain instrumentation amplifier, which connects to the output. The offset of a given channel is controlled by an on-chip DAC which has multiple digital storage registers, allowing each channel to have a unique, stored offset. Offsets and gains are programmed externally.
US09829354B2	Sensor arrangement, sensor and cable for use in process automation A sensor arrangement and cable for use in process automation, including a sensor having at least one sensor element for recording a value in process automation, a first interface for transmitting a measured value depending on the measured value to a second interface, the first interface including a first mechanical, and a cable for transmitting the value to a superordinate unit, the cable including said second interface, which is complementary to the first interface, and a second mechanical coupling complementary to the first mechanical coupling, wherein the second interface and mechanical coupling are arranged in a cable housing, wherein the sensor is detachably connectible to the cable by the first mechanical coupling and the second mechanical coupling, characterized in that the second mechanical coupling is arranged at an angle less than 180° to the longitudinal axis of the cable housing.
US09829350B2	Magnetically coupled optical encoder Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical encoder that has magnetic elements embedded in a shaft or shaft of the optical encoder. Further, the optical encoder is hermitically sealed and is configured to rotate based on a magnetic field between the optical encoder and an actuation member.
US09829347B2	Capacitance sensation unit of plane position measurement device A capacitance sensation unit of plane position measurement device for performing measurement with submicron definition is able to measure both two-dimensional position and rotational angle relative to a plane object. The main application of the capacitance sensation unit is exemplified with the position measurement of the mover of a flat motor. The capacitance sensation unit is able to measure the position and rotational angle of the mover relative to the surface of a stator in the form of a flat plate.
US09829344B2	Cable angle sensor An apparatus that includes a first member pivotably connected to a second member that is pivotably connected to a third member. The second member pivots about a first axis with respect to the first member and the third member pivots about a second axis with respect to the second member. The apparatus includes a first encoder configured to determine a first angle of rotation between the first member and the second member and a second encoder configured to determine a second angle of rotation between the second member and the third member. The first and second axes may be transverse to each other. The apparatus may be connected to a rotary aircraft with an object connected to the third member via a cable. The encoders may communicate with a display and/or a processor to display the location and/or movement of the object with respect to the rotary aircraft.
US09829335B2	Virtual breadcrumbs for indoor location wayfinding Technologies for directional wayfinding include a mobile computing device having one or more local location sensors to generate data indicative of movement of the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device captures first sensor data indicative of movement of the mobile computing device along a path and determines a series of waypoints based on the first sensor data. The waypoints may describe movement data of the mobile computing device, including length and direction of movement. The mobile computing device determines a series of directional instructions to guide a user of the mobile computing device back along the path in the reverse order and presents the directional instructions to the user. The mobile computing device may monitor the sensor data to determine whether the user has arrived at each waypoint while reversing the path. The sensors may include an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, or altimeter. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09829332B2	Method and machine for generating map data and a method and navigation device for determining a route using map data A method of processing speed data is disclosed for use in the provision of enhanced map data including a plurality of navigable segments which together may define a navigable route in an area covered by a digital map. In at least one embodiment, the method includes (i) obtaining the speed data for at least one segment, the speed data including the measured speed of travel of a plurality of vehicles through the segment at different times; (ii) generating from the speed data for the at least one segment, data on at least one normal speed profile including an average speed of travel through the segment for a time recurring weekly; (iii) for at least one specified time, generating for the at least one segment data on at least one abnormal speed profile including an expected speed of travel through the segment during the specified time, the specified time being a time that does not occur weekly; and (iv) assigning to the at least one segment of the map data the corresponding normal speed profile and the abnormal speed profile for use by a navigation device in routing algorithms to determine a journey across the area.
US09829329B2	Method for monitoring and navigating a vehicle with electric drive moving towards a predetermined target along a navigated route A method for monitoring and navigating a vehicle with electric drive towards a target with an off-line navigation device, in which a table is prepared and stored with data related to the vehicle when moving with a predetermined speed and under a predetermined load; storing in the memory the consumption of the vehicle when it takes a unity distance along a horizontal road with the predetermined speed; then storing corrected consumption values as a function of positive or negative angles of inclination of a road section of unity length that represents the ratio of experimentally determined consumption values of the vehicle at any given angle of inclination to the consumption along the horizontal road of unity length; storing map data also including the altitude and/or steepness information; then after the start of the vehicle monitoring in given time intervals the momentary storage capacity of the battery of the vehicle; dividing the remaining route leading to the target into a plurality of road sections so that each road section has a respective uniform angle of inclination, and in case of each of said sections and based on the stored data the respective weighted costs associated with the section is calculated; the weighted costs are summarized to the remaining length of the route whereby the expected consumption of the vehicle till reaching the target is determined, and comparing the expected consumption with the measured available capacity of the battery, and if the expected consumption is higher than the available capacity of the battery, warning the driver of the vehicle.
US09829325B2	Disablement of global positioning system transceiver while providing directions In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a motion sensor accessible to the processor, a global positioning system (GPS) transceiver accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to identify at least a first instruction to travel to a location, and determine whether to disable the GPS transceiver based at least in part on one or more of a distance to be traveled before a second instruction is provided and a length of time to pass before the second instruction is provided. The instructions are also executable by the processor to monitor motion of the device based on input from the motion sensor responsive to disabling the GPS receiver.
US09829323B2	Apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system An apparatus includes a memory and a processor that is coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to obtain position information that indicates a position of the apparatus, calculate a movement amount of the apparatus based on the acquired position information, and execute a search for a device on an occasion where the calculated movement amount reaches a first value.
US09829317B2	Drive circuit for MEMS resonator startup A drive circuit for a MEMS resonator can include closed loop means for detecting and amplifying a signal of the MEMS resonator, and means for feeding the detected and amplified signal as a feedback signal back to the MEMS resonator. The circuitry also comprises DC bias voltage means for generating for the MEMS resonator a first DC bias voltage, and a second DC bias voltage that is controlled according to measured amplitudes of the MEMS resonator, one of the DC bias voltages being summed into the feedback signal. The circuitry comprises also a start-up circuitry adapted to detect a start-up state, and in response to a detected start-up state change at last one of the DC bias voltages to a predefined level. The state of constant oscillation is achieved reliably and in short time.
US09829316B2	Detection device, sensor, electronic apparatus, and moving object A detection device includes: a drive circuit which receives a feedback signal from a physical quantity transducer and drives the physical quantity transducer; a detection circuit which receives a detection signal from the physical quantity transducer and detects a desired signal; and a control unit which controls switching on/off of an AGC loop in the drive circuit. The drive circuit outputs a drive signal based on a control voltage that is set by the AGC loop in an on-period of the AGC loop to the physical quantity transducer and thus drives the physical quantity transducer in an off-period of the AGC loop.
US09829315B2	Omnidirectional image measuring instrument An omnidirectional image measuring instrument includes a horizontal rotary table, a horizontal rotary driving unit capable of rotating the horizontal rotary table, an electronic distance meter (EDM) device and an image pickup device provided on the horizontal rotary table, and a control device for synchronously controlling a distance measurement by the EDM device and an image pickup by the image pickup device. The control device rotates the horizontal rotary table at every predetermined angle, operates the image pickup device, acquires single images at every predetermined rotational angle over a total circumference, combines the single images, prepares an omnidirectional image, performs scanning with a distance measuring light from the EDM device, carries out the distance measurement at every predetermined rotational angle over the total circumference, calculates a horizontal angle and a vertical angle of a distance measuring point from the omnidirectional image and obtains three-dimensional data of the measuring point.
US09829313B2	Systems and methods for improved accuracy in determining altitude from pressure Described are methods, systems, means and machine-readable media embodying program instructions for considering water molecules and other mixtures in air when estimating an altitude of a pressure sensor. In at least one implementation, a measurement of humidity is used to compute a gas constant value, and the computed gas constant value is used to estimate an altitude of a pressure sensor. In another embodiment, the measurement of humidity is compared to a threshold condition related to humidity. Depending on the results of the comparison, the measurement of humidity is used to determine the altitude of the pressure sensor.
US09829312B2	Chromatic confocal range sensor comprising a camera portion A chromatic confocal range sensor optical pen comprises a housing, an in/out optical fiber, a chromatically dispersive lens configuration, a reflected light dividing configuration comprising a lower NA zone and a higher NA zone, and a camera portion. The lens configuration is configured to receive source light from the optical fiber and output focused source light to a workpiece surface with axial chromatic dispersion, and receive reflected light from the workpiece surface and focus at least a portion of the reflected light to the fiber aperture. The reflected light dividing configuration is arranged to divide the reflected light into a measurement portion and an imaging portion. In some embodiments, the lower NA zone directs the imaging portion along an imaging optical path to the image detector, and the higher NA zone directs the measurement portion along a measurement optical path to a point proximate to the fiber aperture.
US09829308B2	System and method for measuring and mapping a surface relative to a reference A method for measuring the displacement of a surface relative to a base reference. The method includes generating point cloud data between a reference point and a surface disposed distally from the reference point to define a three dimensional image of the surface. The method also includes determining the location and direction of key reference parameters of the object defined by the three dimensional image from the point cloud data. The method also includes obtaining base reference data in a prescribed co-ordinate system in respect of a base reference relative to the surface. Further, the method provides for processing the point cloud data and the base reference data, orientating the point cloud data relative to the key reference parameters defined by the base reference data and transforming the point cloud data into a co-ordinate system coinciding with the base reference data.
US09829306B2	Absolute distance laser interferometer A device for absolute distance measurement includes a first tunable light source for emitting a first wavelength light of a first tunable frequency modulated by a first modulating frequency and a second light source for emitting a second wavelength light of a second frequency modulated by a second modulating frequency. An optical coupler couples the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light into an interferometer cavity. An interferometer detector provides an interference measurement signal based on a detected interference pattern. A demodulator unit generates a first demodulation signal based on the interference measurement signal by demodulation with the first modulating frequency and a second demodulation signal based on the interference measurement signal by demodulation with the second modulating frequency. A computation unit computes an absolute distance by evaluating the first demodulation signal acquired during a sweep of the first tunable frequency and the second demodulation signal.
US09829303B2	Shape measuring apparatus In a shape measuring apparatus for measuring the roughness and/or contour of a surface of a workpiece by sliding a sensing pin on a tip end side of an arm on the workpiece, the arm is provided with an engagement mechanism that makes a sensing pin side of the arm removable to a base end side of the arm. The engagement mechanism has two engagement surfaces which face each other and attract each other by a magnetic force. One of the engagement surfaces includes a linear first groove that is in parallel to an axis of the arm and another engagement part that is different from the first groove, and the other of the engagement surfaces includes a first fitting pin that is positioned to be fitted into the first groove and a second fitting pin that is fitted into the other engagement part.
US09829300B2	Gauge artefact and method for checking a coordinate positioning machine This invention concerns a gauge artifact including a base for mounting on a table of a coordinate positioning machine and a platform including at least two portions having a nominally identical geometric property. The platform is locatable relative to the base in at least two positions such that each of the at least two portions having the nominally identical geometric property can be presented at a common location relative to the base. The platform may be arranged such that the positions of the portions having a nominally identical geometric property can be interchanged by movement of the platform between at least two distinct positions. The positions may be interchanged through rotation of the platform. The invention also concerns a method of checking a coordinate measuring machine.
US09829299B1	Device and method for determining and comparing distances between balls in the game of bocce Device and method for determining and comparing distances between balls in the game of bocce in which a marker block is magnetically attached to a measuring tape in a position corresponding to the distance between a first thrown ball and a target ball, and the tape with the marker attached is then used to compare that distance with the distance between a second thrown ball and the target ball to determine which of the two thrown balls is closer to the target ball.
US09829298B2	Optical readout device to provide visual information An optical readout device for providing visual circumference and diameter readings of an object being measured by a linear tape. The tail end of the tape passes by a reader element in a digital device which is equipped electronically with the pi conversion factor to provide selective readings of diameter in English and metric units, as well as circumference readings. The device can be employed for external (outside) and internal (inside) measurements.
US09829280B1	Laser activated moving target A laser targeting apparatus rests on a surface and moves, such as by vibrating, wobbling, or shaking, when struck by laser light of sufficient intensity. The apparatus is designed not to fall over, so a user does not have to move to the apparatus and pick it up after a strike. The apparatus has a body that includes a structure, which is preferably one or more printed circuit boards including light sensors, for detecting strikes of laser light, and a motor. When a strike of laser light is detected, power is provided to the motor, which vibrates and causes the apparatus to move.
US09829270B2	Bow accessory coupler A coupler and method for coupling a bow accessory to a bow is described. The coupler, in one embodiment, includes an accessory support configured to support an accessory and a mount connected to the accessory support. The mount includes a plurality of flexible riser engagers configured to be coupled to the riser portion.
US09829267B1	Scuba diving accessory, monopod, sling, fishing spear, buoyancy stick, lobster tickling rod, eel rattle, signaling device for other divers A diving accessory is disclosed. The invention is comprised of a compact, lightweight fishing spear having two parts: a hollow main tube and a barbed spear. Said spear can be stowed inside the tube and the entire apparatus clipped to a diver when not in use. The invention can also be used as a poking stick (for self defense against large sea creatures), a tickling stick (for prodding prey out of small spaces), and as a camera monopole (by using the onboard shoe mount). An objective of the invention is to provide a compact, spearfishing device with multiple functions to enhance the diving experience.
US09829263B2	Rapid reset fire control The present invention is an instrument for the rapid firing of a self-loading firearm in a manner which was not previously possible. Some exemplary embodiments of the present invention comprise a fire control group for firearms essentially conforming to semi-automatic fire control groups as known to the art with the addition of novel features, as described herein, which temporarily transfer hammer spring force to the trigger after the firearm has fired live ammunition, resulting in the urging of the trigger to its reset position by hammer spring force. This temporary use of hammer spring force to urge the trigger to its reset position enables more controllable rapid firing of the firearm and other attributes.
US09829262B1	Offset firearm selector switch A safety assembly for a rifle having a pistol grip extending from a receiver, the receiver having an operative safety shaft rotatable between a safety position and a fire position, the shaft positioned above and rearwardly of the trigger, and above and forward of the pistol grip. The shaft rotatable 90 degrees between a safe position and a fire position, a thumb engagement handle having an angled gripping portion angled from the shaft downwardly and rearwardly for the fire position and rearwardly and upwardly in the safe position, whereby the positioning allows that when the firearm is operated and the user grips the pistol grip, the user does not need to release and/or rotate the pistol grip to switch between fire and safe positions of the safety shaft with the thumb of the gripping hand.
US09829254B2	Installation for storing thermal energy An installation for storing thermal energy is provided. The storage is carried out by the compression and relaxation of a working gas, wherein pump and compressor can be driven by, for example, electric motors which temporarily absorb excess power generated in the power grid. The generated thermal energy is temporarily stored in a cold accumulator and a heat accumulator. According to the invention, a vapor circuit is provided to connect to the heat accumulator and the cold accumulator for discharging the installation, by which a turbine for generating electrical energy can be driven by a generator. Said circuit is implemented by means of another conduit system distinct from the circuit for charging the installation. Advantageously, thermal energy generated from overcapacities in the power grid can thus be reconverted with high yield into electrical energy via a vapor circuit.
US09829247B2	Method and device for separating a feed stream using radiation detectors The present disclosure provides a method for separating a feed stream in a distillation tower. The method may include forming solids in a controlled freeze zone section of the distillation tower; emitting radiation from a first radiation source in the controlled freeze zone section while the controlled freeze zone section forms no solids; detecting radiation emitted by the first radiation source as a first radiation level; detecting radiation emitted by the first radiation source as a second radiation level after detecting the first radiation level; and determining whether the solids adhered to at least one of on and around a first mechanical component included in the controlled freeze zone section based on the first radiation level and the second radiation level.
US09829238B2	Dehumidifying apparatus A first heat exchanger, a desiccant block, and a second heat exchanger are arranged in series. In a dehumidification operation, a first operation mode in which the first heat exchanger acts as a condenser or a radiator and the second heat exchanger acts as an evaporator and a second operation mode in which the first heat exchanger acts as an evaporator and the second heat exchanger acts as a condenser or a radiator are alternately repeated.
US09829233B2	Scroll compressor differential pressure control during compressor startup transitions A method including: determining a cooling value; and comparing the cooling value to an activation point of a lead compressor. The lead compressor is in a tandem set of scroll compressors of a cooling system. The tandem set of compressors comprises a lag compressor. The method further includes: activating the lead compressor when the cooling value is greater than the activation point; activating the lag compressor subsequent to activating the lead compressor; and determining whether conditions exist including: an alarm associated with the lag compressor being generated, and the lead compressor being deactivated. The method further includes deactivating the lag compressor when at least one of the conditions exists in the cooling system.
US09829230B2	Air conditioning apparatus An air-conditioning apparatus has different two modes including a response detection diagnosis in which a control unit diagnoses a trouble of a component device during the trouble diagnosis operation based on presence or absence of a response from the operational state sensor when the mode has forcibly changed the device operation, and a performance detection diagnosis in which a trouble is detected by a detection value of the operational state sensor at a time when the operational state of the trouble diagnosis operation is stable, and the performance detection diagnosis is executed after the response detection diagnosis is executed.
US09829227B2	Heat exchanger and refrigeration cycle apparatus including the same A heat exchanger includes a plurality of refrigerant flow paths separated by a distributor and is configured to allow a refrigerant inflow amount to each of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths to be adjusted by a pressure loss in a corresponding one of a plurality of capillaries connected between the distributor and the plurality of refrigerant flow paths. Inner diameters of the plurality of capillaries are limited to two types. An inner diameter of one type of the plurality of capillaries having a larger inner diameter is 1.3 to 1.6 times larger than an inner diameter of an other type of the plurality of capillaries having a smaller inner diameter.
US09829226B2	Heat pump device, heat pump system, and method for controlling inverter An object of the present invention is to maintain a heating amount constant when a compressor is heated at the time of shutdown of the compressor, regardless of the influences of production tolerance and environment variations. An inverter control unit causes an inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage having a de-energized section in which a voltage applied from the inverter to a motor is zero between a section in which the voltage is positive and a section in which the voltage is negative. At this time, the inverter control unit detects a value of a current flowing to the inverter in a detection section residing from immediately before a start of the de-energized section to immediately after an end of the de-energized section, and causes the inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage adjusted according to the detected current value.
US09829222B2	Energy efficient cold storage units Cold storage unit apparatuses designed for high energy efficiency are provided, which may include: a refrigeration system; a box enclosing an interior space, the box formed by a plurality of insulated sides; an entry into the interior space including a plurality of openable barriers facilitating preventing entry of heat or moisture into the interior space; and a power system connected to the refrigeration system, the power system facilitating independent operation of the refrigeration system when not connected to a power grid, and further facilitating a net energy use of zero from a power grid when connected to a power grid. Cold storage units may further include systems for using the refrigerant of the refrigeration system to defrost one or more components of the cold storage unit, and for using the refrigerant to facilitate maintaining a desired internal temperature of the interior space of the cold storage unit.
US09829219B2	Thermoelectric arrangement for use in a cooling system of a motor vehicle and cooling system having such a thermoelectric arrangement A thermoelectric arrangement for use in a cooling system (4, 6) of a motor vehicle has a thermocouple (8) with a first, heat-outputting thermal element (10), a second, heat-absorbing thermal element (12) and a conductor element (14) through which current flows. At least two cooling circuits (16, 18, 20) are provided. The first thermal element (10) is arranged in at least one cooling circuit (16, 18, 20), and the second thermal element (12) is arranged in at least one heating circuit (48). The first thermal element (10) is arranged in a first connecting line (22) that is connected fluidically to the respective cooling circuits (16, 18, 20) via valve arrangements (24, 26; 28, 30; 32, 34) on the input and output sides of the first thermal element (10). A cooling system having such a thermoelectric arrangement also is described.
US09829216B2	Solar collector comprising an opaque cover A solar collector has an opaque cover heated by solar energy. Heat flows from the opaque cover by conduction, convection, and infrared emittance across a gap within an at least substantially airtight enclosure to an absorber containing a working fluid. The exterior surface of the opaque cover has high solar energy absorptance and the interior surface has high infrared emittance. The exterior surface preferably has low infrared emittance. In one embodiment, fully wetted surface geometry permits direct and reflected infrared absorption by the absorber. The opaque cover eliminates the weight, cost and other shortcomings of glass. A hollow continuous side wall with rounded corners provides an embodiment that is robust yet economical, that is easy to manufacture and seal, that permits a reduced thickness of the opaque cover and mitigates the destructive potential of severe winds, and that can withstand the compressive forces experienced by an evacuated solar collector.
US09829215B2	Textured modular solar surface receptor operating at a high temperature The present invention relates to a solar surface receptor module that operates at a high temperature and comprises a channel (101) extending therethrough and along which a heat transfer occurs between a fluid (liquid or gas) moving in said channel (101) and at least one wall (104) of the receptor exposed to concentrated solar radiation, characterized in that the inner surface (105) of at least said wall includes turbulence-generating actuators (110) at the fluid inlet (102). The present invention also relates to a solar receptor therefor.
US09829212B2	Diffuser and air conditioner having the same A diffuser which reduces noise generated due to a flow of cool air when the cool air is discharged from a supply duct configured to supply cool air generated from a body provided at outdoors to the indoors, and an air conditioner having the same are provided. The diffuser includes a coupling part coupled to the supply duct, an extension part extending from the coupling part while having a taper shape such that cool air supplied through the supply duct is guided to the indoors, a mesh provided to surround an outer side of the extension part, and a housing accommodating the coupling part and the extension part, and having an opening configured to discharge the cool air supplied to the extension part to the indoors.
US09829210B2	Air-conditioning apparatus and method for controlling air-conditioning apparatus by ranking capacities for use-side heat exchangers An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit formed by connecting, with pipes, a compressor, a first refrigerant flow switching device, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a plurality of intermediate heat exchangers. A heat medium circuit is formed by connecting, with pipes, a plurality of pumps configured to pressurize and circulate the heat medium subjected to heat exchange in the plurality of intermediate heat exchangers, a plurality of use-side heat exchangers each configured to exchange heat between the heat medium and air in an air-conditioned space, and a heat-medium flow switching/control device configured to switch which of the heat medium is to be allowed to flow into and out of each of the use-side heat exchangers; and a controller configured to perform processing for controlling the switching performed by the heat-medium flow switching/control device, in accordance with a capacity of each of the use-side heat exchangers.
US09829209B2	Integrated demand control method and integrated demand control device An integrated demand control method for air conditioners disposed in areas includes receiving temperature of each of the areas, receiving control cancellation signal of each of the areas, storing, as cancellation temperature, the received temperature of each of the areas each time when the demand control cancellation signal is received, determining reference cancellation temperature of each of the areas according to distribution of the stored cancellation temperatures of each of the areas, setting higher demand control priority to each of the areas having smaller demand control allowable index, the demand control allowable index being difference between the temperature of each of the areas at a predetermined time point and the reference cancellation temperature of each of the areas.
US09829207B2	Cooling device A device for realizing a cooling effect in a space comprises: a housing with a heat-conducting wall, which housing bounds a chamber through which air can flow; an air inlet which connects to the chamber and to said place, —an air outlet connecting to the chamber; air transport means for transporting air from the air inlet via the chamber to the air outlet; and moistening means for moistening the inner surface of the wall; this such that air supplied by the air transport means is introduced into the chamber via the air inlet, passes along the moistened inner surface of the wall in the chamber and is discharged from the chamber via the air outlet, whereby the water present on the inner surface of the heat-conducting wall evaporates and is entrained by the air flowing by, and the wall is cooled.
US09829204B2	Water heater including heat exchanger In a primary heat exchanger, a heat conduction pipe is arranged as one connected pipe in a lower stage and an upper stage in a manner extending back and forth through a plurality of fins. The heat conduction pipe is arranged such that a pitch between the heat conduction pipes in the upper stage is shorter than a pitch between the heat conduction pipes in the lower stage. In addition, the heat conduction pipe is arranged such that a position in a center of each heat conduction pipe in the upper stage in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the heat conduction pipe extends and a position in a center of each heat conduction pipe in the lower stage in the second direction are displaced from each other.
US09829201B2	Oven appliance and a method for operating an oven appliance An oven appliance with one or more features for controlling airflow within a cooking chamber of the oven appliance. Further, a method for operating an oven appliance to control airflow within a cooking chamber of the oven appliance. In particular, the oven includes features for and the method includes steps for dynamic control of the speed of a convection fan over an oven cycle to maintain proper airflow within the cooking chamber for cooking performance of the cooking chamber.
US09829195B2	Dual fuel heating source with nozzle A dual fuel heating source can have a burner and a nozzle. The heating source can be configured to use one of two different fuels flowing at different pressures. The nozzle can have a body, the body defining an outlet opening, an inlet, and an inner chamber. The nozzle can be configured for the first fuel in a first position of said nozzle, and can be configured for a second fuel in a second position.
US09829194B2	Method and apparatus for evaporating organic working media The present invention provides a device which comprises: a heat exchanger (1) for transferring heat of a heat-supplying medium to a working medium which differs from said heat-supplying medium, a first supply device designed to provide a flow of the heat-supplying medium at a first temperature from a heat source to the heat exchanger, and a second supply device which is designed to deliver the heat-supplying medium after it has passed through the heat exchanger, and/or a further medium at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, to the flow of the heat-supplying medium at the first temperature.
US09829193B2	Communication cables with illumination Methods and systems are provided for enhanced communication cables configurable for distribution of data signals. Such communication cables may have leaky feeder structures, for use in the distribution of data signals. An example communication cable may be configured for supporting at least two separate functions, comprising distribution of data signals and at least one other different function. The communication cable may comprise a core conductor, an insulation shield, an outer conductor that comprises a plurality of apertures, a jacket, and an arrangement arranged at least along sections of a length of the cable, the arrangement being configured for supporting the at least one other different function. The one other different function may comprise illumination. The arrangement may comprise an illumination arrangement which may be arranged at least along sections of the length of the communication cable.
US09829192B2	Organic lighting device and lighting equipment A glazing comprising a luminous means with a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, and an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, wherein the luminous means is arranged between two glass plates of the glazing of a window. Also, storage furniture is disclosed comprising a storage element shaped in planar fashion and having at least one storage surface and at least one radiation-emitting component, and at least one holding apparatus for holding the storage element.
US09829181B2	Lighting device Disclosed is a lighting device which includes: a cover; a placement portion disposed within the cover; a light source which includes a substrate disposed on the placement portion, a light emitting device disposed on the substrate, and a connector connected to the substrate; a cap which is coupled to both ends of the cover respectively and has at least one opening; a socket including a connection portion which is coupled to the cap and is inserted into the opening of the cap. The connection portion of the socket is inserted into the opening of the cap and is rotated, and then is physically and electrically connected to the connector of the light source. The lighting device according to the embodiment of the present invention can be substituted for a conventional fluorescent lamp. Since the lighting device according to the embodiment of the present invention does not use a wire electrically connecting the socket to the light source, there is no requirement for a soldering process.
US09829180B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a substrate; a light-emitting unit including a light emitting element mounted on the substrate and a lens placed above the light-emitting element; a reflective layer placed on the upper surface of the substrate; an optical sheet placed above the reflective layer and placed at a height at which the optical sheet is spaced from the light-emitting unit; and a display panel placed on the upper surface of the optical sheet, wherein the lens has a cutout portion formed therein by depressing a part of the side surface thereof toward the center thereof, thereby providing an anisotropic light distribution.
US09829176B2	Lamp A lamp includes a projection lens, a light source disposed behind the projection lens, a lens holder that holds the projection lens, and a lamp body that holds the lens holder while accommodating the light source. In particular, a front surface of the projection lens includes a central region configured by a convex curved surface and a peripheral region around the central region which is configured by an annular concave curved surface, the lens holder is formed in a cylindrical shape and an annular flange portion extending towards an inner peripheral side is formed at a front end of the lens holder, an annular step portion is formed at an outer peripheral edge of the peripheral region on the front surface of the projection lens, and the projection lens is fixed to the annular flange portion of the lens holder at a step surface of the annular step portion.
US09829173B2	Vehicular lamp Provided is a vehicular lamp including a lens unit, a light source module that includes a reflection unit disposed to have a gap from the lens unit and accommodating a light emitting element, a bezel unit that abuts the light source module and provides the gap between the lens unit and the light source module, and a thermoelectric circulation unit that provides air that has passed through a thermoelectric module to the inside of the gap, wherein a heat absorption unit of the thermoelectric module is in contact with the light source module.
US09829172B2	Motor vehicle lighting and/or signalling device An optical module for a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, having an optical deflection element, a support to which the optical deflection element is fixed, the support comprises adapter fixing means capable of fixing an adapter to which a light source is fixed, and wherein the first optical deflection element comprises adapter indexing means arranged so as to be capable of positioning this adapter relative to the first optical deflection element on two separate intersecting axes.
US09829168B2	Car LED light capable of changing color temperature A car LED light capable of changing color temperature includes a lamp holder. A front side of the lamp holder is provided with a concave trough and formed with an opening. The lamp holder is provided with an LED module in the concave trough. The LED module has a beam angle θ. A color temperature change unit is provided in front of the LED module and includes a drive member. The drive member is connected with a light filter and drives the light filter to move relative to the LED module. Through the drive member, the light filter is selectively to be in front of the beam angle θ for changing the color temperature of the light emitted from the LED module; or the light filter is selectively to be away from the range of the beam angle θ for keeping the original color temperature of the light.
US09829167B2	Lighting apparatus for vehicles A lighting apparatus for vehicles with a plurality of light sources and with a defined light distribution. The optical unit has an upstream optical unit with upstream optical elements allocated to the respective light sources, which are immediately adjacent to the light sources in the primary emission direction upstream of same. The majority of upstream optical elements have a segmented embodiment and is connected by joining.
US09829165B2	LED support with wire-bonded electrical connection for a lighting module of a motor vehicle and electrical connector by wire-bonding A support for light source(s) for a lighting and/or light signaling module for a motor vehicle, comprising a substrate of thermally conductive material, preferentially of metallic material, at least one light source of the light-emitting or laser diode type with a face for mounting on the substrate, in thermal contact therewith and an electrical power supply circuit for the light source or sources. The power supply circuit is linked electrically with the light source or sources by means of metal wires soldered on the surface by the technology commonly referred to by the expression “wire bonding”. The measures of the invention make it possible to define at least one reception plane for the light sources oriented in such a way as to avoid having components in the vicinity of the light sources casting shadows thereon.
US09829161B2	Battery compartment adapter cap housing rechargeable battery and device equipped therewith A signalling device comprising an emission module operative on the application of battery power from a rechargeable battery for the emission of a signal from at least one electromagnetic radiation emitting element, a battery compartment and a cap for housing the rechargeable battery and covering an opening of said battery compartment. The cap includes circuitry for charging the battery and a socket for receiving an external power input.
US09829157B2	Machine for making and dispensing liquid and/or semi-liquid food products A machine for making and dispensing liquid and/or semi-liquid food products includes a tank for containing the product, and a dispensing tap mounted on the discharging outlet of the tank. The tap has a duct connected to the discharging outlet and a piston sliding in a sealed fashion inside the duct. The duct has a first stretch extending between a first end and a branch of the duct from which a dispensing outlet of the tap extends, and a second stretch extending between the branch of the duct and a second end of the duct. The first end is connected in a sealed fashion to the discharging outlet and the second end is closed by a plug The piston is movable between a position preventing the dispensing of the product and allowing the washing of the duct, and a position allowing dispensing of the product.
US09829153B2	Composite pressure vessel and method of construction A pressure vessel comprising a pipe closed at each end with a novel plug/compression cap, the plug at one end of the pipe having a port for connection to a pressure regulating device.
US09829150B2	Automatic water refill apparatus for an above-ground pool An apparatus for automatically filling water in an above-ground pool. The apparatus includes an open-sided enclosure, an inlet pipe, an intermediate pipe, a water-level control valve, and pool mounting mechanism. The open-sided enclosure houses and supports the constituents of the apparatus. The inlet pipe connects to an external water supply and traverses normal and into a top wall of the open-sided enclosure. The intermediate pipe is telescopically engaged into the inlet pipe and fixed to the water-level control valve. This puts the inlet pipe and the water-level control valve in fluid communication. The pool mounting mechanism is mechanically integrated into the open-sided enclosure and attaches the apparatus to a frame of the pool. The water-level control valve manages water being pumped into the pool in order to maintain a constant water level. An actuatable lifter is used to raise or lower the water-level control valve within the open-sided enclosure.
US09829148B2	Rotatable platter for a monitor having a passage for wiring and a stopper A rotatable platter for monitors comprising a platter member fixedly attached to a rotating plate member. The rotating plate member is connected, by way of an annular ball bearing member to a fixed plate member. An opening made through a center portion of the platter member allows for at least one cable to pass therethrough. The cable passes through a hollow opening forming part of the annular annular ball bearing. A peg engaging one of two possible channels controls the degree of allowable rotation of the platter member.
US09829144B2	Pipe-reinforcing implement A pipe-reinforcing implement with excellent workability during attachment to the piping is provided. The reinforcing implement 1 is to be arranged along an outer circumferential face Xb of a metal piping X, in a state surrounding the piping in a circumferential direction, in which creep may occur due to a high temperature and pressure fluid inside, and configured to reinforce creep strength of the piping, the reinforcing implement including a plurality of reinforcing members 11 arranged in the circumferential direction to be joined and a plurality of laminate members 12, 13, 14 overlaid in a radial direction of the piping to configure each of the reinforcing members.
US09829141B2	Linestops, nozzles and completion plugs for installation in pressurized pipes This patent document discloses an improved series of nozzles and completion plugs for use in installing linestops in pressurized pipes. The improved nozzles are capable of accommodating two different types of completion plugs, including a threaded completion plug and a push-in type completion plug that is held in place within the nozzle by pins that extend through a flange of the nozzle. Lower edges of the nozzles are designed to facilitate the welding of the nozzle to an upper clamp or upper saddle member. Specifically, the lower or proximal beveled edge includes an inner lip that acts as a dam to prevent seepage of welding material between the proximal edge of the nozzle and the upper saddle member during the welding of the former to the latter.
US09829140B2	Pulse dampener with automatic pressure-compensation A fluid pulse dampener with automatic pressure-compensation is provided. A system of chambers and channels in the dampener creates an internal feedback mechanism that increases or decreases a compensating pressure on the membrane in response to increases or decreases in the pressure of a fluid moving past the other side of the membrane. Variations of the pulse dampener allow for the input and/or output of gas flow to be restricted or increased as may be desired.
US09829132B2	Electronic device and multifunction integrated connection head assembly structure thereof A multifunction integrated connection head assembly structure includes a first connection head module and a second connection head module. The first connection head module includes a first carrier body, at least two first fluid connectors, a first power connector, and a first retaining body. The second connection head module includes a second carrier body detachably connected with the first carrier body, at least two second fluid connectors respectively detachably connected with the at least two first fluid connectors, a second power connector detachably electrically connected with the first power connector, and a second retaining body detachably mated with the first retaining body. An electrical device using a multifunction integrated connection head assembly structure is further disclosed.
US09829130B2	Adapter and turbomachine An adapter for connecting a fluid line to a housing section of a turbomachine is disclosed. A lower and an upper pair of flanges are arranged offset from each other about a channel axis of a fluid channel and are arranged without a space between each other in a direction of the channel axis, where the feed-throughs of the upper pair of flanges are open circumferentially.
US09829124B2	Double wall tube assemblies A double wall tube assembly includes an inner tube extending in an axial direction between two opposed ends of the inner tube. A sleeve fitting is mounted to one end of the inner tube. An outer tube outboard of the inner tube extends in the axial direction between two opposed ends of the outer tube. A collar fitting is mounted to one end of the outer tube wherein the collar fitting is outboard of the sleeve fitting.
US09829123B2	Biocompatible tubing for liquid chromatography systems A biocompatible tube and fitting system that can be used in a liquid chromatography system is described. The tube can have a polymer tip and can be used in conjunction with one or more fitting assembly.
US09829121B2	Manifold system A system module, manifold system and method for installing and/or attaching a manifold system to a trailer/dolly system module. The manifold system includes groove and at least one fastener for securing the manifold system to the system module.
US09829119B2	Monolithic thermoplastic P-clamp with cushion and locking mechanism A securing device for mechanical components that is comprised of the securing device is designed as a longitudinal plastic strip comprised of a first complementary tab and a second complementary tab. The first complementary tab and the second complementary tab interlock together and rest flush against one another in a manner that lines up the hole of the first complementary tab with the hole of the second complementary tab. The securing device may be surrounded by a cushion to improve the securing functionality of the device.
US09829113B2	Clamp device and methods for making and using Releasable tubing pinch clamps of a generally U-shaped configuration are described. The embodiments include ones that prevent cross-clamping of the tube by various interlocking features on riser portions of the clamp. Methods and molds for making the pinch clamps are also described. The pinch clamp consists generally of a strip that curves so that its ends can be brought together by manually squeezing the strip at its ends which oppose each other as a result of the strip curve. The strip ends contain locking edges or surfaces that cause the strip ends to interferingly engage with each other and lock together. The strip also contains opposing pinching projections that pinch a tube.
US09829110B2	Slide ring, a shaft, a mechanical seal, a housing and a rotor for a flow machine and a flow machine A mechanical seal includes a pair of slide rings and a spring. Each slide ring has an outer circumferential surface, an inner circumferential surface and slide or seal surfaces at one axial end. Each pair of slide rings has a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring, the slide or seal surfaces of each pair of slide rings being in sliding and sealing contact with each other. The inner circumferential surface of one rotating slide ring includes a device to form lock the slide ring, by direct mechanical contact to a hub or a shaft of the flow machine and at least one sealing surface at a side of the device is configured to form lock, each of the slide rings, when assembled to the flow machine supported, in an axial direction by a seal ring to one of the hub and the shaft of the flow machine.
US09829108B2	Die casting piston and ring assembly The invention relates to a die casting ring (1) internally fitted with radial teeth (11) to be engaged into matching seats (22) provided on a piston (2). This piston-ring assembly prevents mutual rotation or axial translation, in addition to ensuring an optimal seal against infiltration of liquid metal during the die casting process. When the ring has a cutout (10), it can be mounted accurately onto the piston because the teeth (11) allow the cutout to be positioned anywhere relative to the piston.
US09829107B2	Oil sealing device for a bearing An oil sealing device for preventing a leakage of an oil of a bearing which supports a rotary shaft of a rotating machine has a brush member having a plurality of bristles in contact with the rotary shaft, and an actuator configured to move the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft, wherein a sloped surface having different heights along a length direction of the rotary shaft is formed at the rotary shaft, and wherein when the bristles are worn, the actuator moves the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft so that the bristles comes into contact with the sloped surface.
US09829105B2	Nitride coated piston ring A piston ring and a method of forming a piston ring. A masking agent is applied to a selective area on an exterior surface of a piston ring. The masking agent inhibits the subsequent application of additional coatings to the selective area on the exterior surface of the piston ring. In one form, the masking agent may inhibit the subsequent application of a nitride layer to the selective area on the exterior surface of the piston ring. A recess may be formed in an outer peripheral side of the piston ring, and a thermal spray coating may be formed within the recess in the outer peripheral side of the piston ring.
US09829104B2	Device for the selection and the displacement of actuation members of a gearbox for motor-vehicles The invention regards a device for the selection and the displacement of actuation members of a gearbox for motor vehicles that comprises a plurality of forward gear ratios and a reverse gear ratio, each associated to a respective actuation member. The device includes a mechanism for the assistance to the engagement of the reverse gear.
US09829101B2	Gear shifting control method for electric vehicle A gear shifting control method for an electric vehicle includes an operation range determination step of determining, by a controller, whether a current revolutions per minute (RPM) of a motor falls within a constant torque range or a constant power range when gear shifting is initiated between a first shift gear and a second shift gear. A variable control step controls an operating power of a cone clutch by adjusting an operating tilt if it is determined that the RPM of the motor falls within the constant torque range in the operation range determination step. A constant control step controls the operating power of the cone clutch to be constant if it is determined that the RPM of the motor falls within the constant power range in the operation range determination step.
US09829100B2	Electronic shift system for an automated manual transmission An electronic shift system for an automated manual transmission includes a shift lever moveable between at least a neutral position and a first gear position, a clutch pedal, a biasing member connected to the shift lever that biases the shift lever to the neutral position, and a grip system configured to selectively immobilize the shift lever in the first gear position when the clutch pedal is released. An electrical circuit communicates a position of the shift lever to a control module. The control module commands the automated manual transmission to achieve the gear ratio (forward or reverse) corresponding to the first gear position when the shift lever is in the first gear position.
US09829099B2	Transmission drive mode user selection systems and methods A vehicle includes a powertrain having a transmission capable of operating in a plurality of modes to propel the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a steering wheel first switch to receive user input indicative of a desired transmission operating mode. The vehicle further includes a controller programmed to in response to a user input at the steering wheel first switch while a brake is applied, cause the transmission to shift into a drive mode from a non-drive mode.
US09829097B2	Shift-by-wire control device A shift-by-wire control device includes a first detector, a second detector, an auto parking control unit, and a malfunction determining unit. The first and second detectors respectively detect first and second vehicle states attributed to behaviors of a driver. The auto parking control unit executes an auto parking control irrespective of a state of the shift range selected by the shift lever, on conditions that detection results derived from the first and second detectors satisfy respective predetermined conditions. The malfunction determining unit determines that the first detector is malfunctioning, on a condition that the first detector fails to detect a change in the first vehicle state. The auto parking control unit refrains from executing the auto parking control, on a condition that the first detector is determined by the malfunction determining unit as malfunctioning.
US09829091B2	Continuously variable transmission with a hydraulic control system A continuously variable transmission is provided with a drive belt (6) drive belt (3), fitted between a primary pulley (1) and a secondary pulley (2) of the transmission, each pulley having two pulley sheaves (4, 5) of which at least one pulley sheave (4) in each case is axially movable under the influence of a hydraulic pressure exerted in a pressure cylinder (11; 12) of a respective pulley (1; 2), and with a hydraulic control system for controlling these respective cylinder pressures (Pp, Ps) including two oil pumps (41, 42). A pump flow control valve (100, 48) is provided and is arranged to connect to or disconnect from the main hydraulic line (46) the one oil pump (42) in dependency on a difference between an actual line pressure (Ps) in the main hydraulic line (46) and a desired pressure level there for.
US09829090B2	Transmission fluid control systems and methods for engine auto-stops A regulator valve regulates pressure of transmission fluid applied to a clutch of a transmission and a flow rate of the transmission fluid from the regulator valve to a transmission fluid sump. A transmission fluid pump is driven by an engine of the vehicle. A control module, while an ignition system of the vehicle is ON, selectively shuts down the engine of the vehicle for an auto-stop event. A target pressure module, before an engine speed reaches zero for the auto-stop event, increases a target value of a pressure of the transmission fluid at an output of the transmission fluid pump. A regulator control module, before the engine speed reaches zero for the auto-stop event and based on the increase in the target value of the pressure, adjusts the regulator valve to increase the pressure of the transmission fluid at the output of the transmission fluid pump.
US09829087B2	Accessory gearbox device The present invention describes an accessory gearbox with a shaft incorporated into a casing and connectable at least in one lateral end area to an accessory unit, with the shaft at least in the lateral end area being designed as a hollow shaft having an inner toothing. To lubricate the inner toothing in the area of the casing at least one baffle device is provided which is designed for guiding hydraulic fluid present in the area of the casing, under the effect of gravity, in the direction of at least one opening provided in the shaft.
US09829086B2	Pulley apparatus Construction is achieved by which it is possible definitely prevent the occurrence of creep between a pulley 2b and an outer ring 7f. Trapezoidal shaped concave sections are formed such that the angle of intersection θ between the inside surfaces 23 on both sides of each concave section 17a of knurling 19a of the outer ring 7f is within the range 45°≦θ≦120°. Moreover, the depth h in the radial direction of the concave sections 17a and the diameter D of the circumscribed circle of the tip end surfaces 22 of the convex sections 18a are regulated so as to satisfy the relationship 0.004D≦h≦0.015D, and the length L in the circumferential direction of the bottom surface 21 of the concave sections 17a is regulated within the range 0.01D≦L≦0.03D.
US09829084B2	Integrated gear assembly An integrated gear assembly includes a conjoined carrier assembly coupling a reducing gear set to a differential gear set. This includes first, second and third coaxial sun gears. The first sun gear meshingly engages first gear elements of stepped pinion gears of the reducing gear set. The second sun gear meshingly engages third pinion gears of the differential gear set. The third sun gear meshingly engages fourth pinion gears of the differential gear set. The third pinion gears of the differential gear set axially overlap second gear elements of the stepped pinion gears of the reducing gear set. The fourth pinion gears of the differential gear set axially overlap the third pinion gears of the differential gear set.
US09829076B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicles A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for vehicle may include an input shaft; an output shaft; first to fourth planetary gear sets and six control elements disposed at a portion selectively connecting the rotation elements and the rotation elements or a portion selectively connecting the rotation elements and the transmission housing, wherein the input shaft is continuously connected to the third rotation element, the output shaft is continuously connected to the eleventh rotation element, the second rotation element is continuously connected to the eleventh rotation element, the third rotation element is continuously connected to the fourth rotation element, the sixth rotation element is continuously connected to the eighth rotation element, the ninth rotation element is continuously connected to the tenth rotation element, the fifth rotation element is selectively connected to the transmission housing.
US09829061B2	Valve arrangement A valve arrangement comprising a main valve member being axially movably arranged in a valve housing and arranged to interact with a main valve seat of the valve housing in order to restrict or regulate a pressure in a main fluid flow in response to a pilot pressure acting on the main valve member. A control valve member is axially movable within the main valve member in response to an actuating force acting on the control valve member. A pilot valve member is axially movable within the control valve member, and is arranged to interact with a pilot valve seat of the control valve member to restrict a pilot fluid flow out from a pilot chamber. The pilot valve member is resiliently loaded towards the pilot valve seat relative the main valve member or the valve housing, such that the resilient loading on the pilot valve member is adjustable in response to the actuating force.
US09829059B2	Single degree-of-freedom magnetic vibration isolation device A single-degree-of-freedom magnetic vibration isolation device belongs to vibration isolation devices and solves the following problems: the existing active and passive combined vibration reduction system is complex in structure, needs energy supply, and has low reliability. The present invention includes a metal conductor sleeve, a base, an upper annular permanent magnet, a lower annular permanent magnet, a connecting rod and a center permanent magnet; poles of the upper annular permanent magnet and the lower annular permanent magnet facing to each other have reverse polarity, which are connected to an upper end and a lower end of an inner wall of the metal conductor sleeve respectively; the center permanent magnet is concentrically sleeved on the connecting rod and fixedly connected therewith, and the center permanent magnet is located between the upper annular permanent magnet and the lower annular permanent magnet, and is capable of moving axially together with the connecting rod between the upper annular permanent magnet and the lower annular permanent magnet; and the pole of the center permanent magnet facing to the poles of the upper annular permanent magnet and the lower annular permanent magnet have reverse polarity. The present invention is simple in structure, does not need energy supply, has high reliability, and can generate a static magnetic force and a dynamic magnetic force. Connecting the device according to the present invention with a passive vibration isolation system in parallel can effectively improve the passive vibration isolation performance of the original system.
US09829058B2	Method and apparatus for the operation of a parking brake of a motor vehicle A method for the operation a parking brake of a motor vehicle that comprises at least one wheel brake device, wherein the wheel brake device comprises an electric motor that can be activated for its actuation and that drives a spindle for the displacement of a brake piston between a clamping position and a release position, wherein for the calibration of the parking brake the electric motor is activated in order to move the brake piston into the release position in a first step and from the release position into the clamping position in a subsequent second step. It is provided that in the second step a power supply of the electric motor is interrupted during the displacement of the brake piston in a no-load phase (II) and at least one motor parameter of the electric motor is determined depending on a coasting behavior of the electric motor.
US09829057B2	Drum in hat brake disk for vehicle and manufacturing method thereof A drum in hat brake disc that includes a main braking part and a hat part coupled to the main braking part with a sprayed coating layer formed on a frictional surface of therein. And a manufacturing method includes the steps of casting a main braking part and seating the main braking part in a mold and injecting an aluminum alloy melt into the mold to form a hat part. The method also includes the steps of cooling the main braking part and the hat part and separating the mold to manufacture the drum in hat brake disk. The method includes polishing a surface of an inner diameter part of the hat part and performing a short blast process of the surface using alumina. The method also includes forming a sprayed coating layer on the inner diameter part subjected to the short blast process.
US09829055B2	Electromechanical actuator comprising a mechanical roller torque limiter An electromechanical actuator comprising a body and an electric motor driving at least one motion transmission element connected to the body via a brake device, a mechanical torque limiter with rollers, and a unidirectional transmission member, the brake device including an electrical activator member so that when the activator member is powered, the unidirectional transmission member is released relative to the body, and when the activator member is not powered, the unidirectional transmission member is secured to the body and opposes pivoting of the transmission element in one direction of rotation up to a maximum transmissible torque defined by the torque limiter.
US09829052B2	Shiftable clutch of a hybrid drive The invention describes a switchable clutch for a motor vehicle with hybrid drive, wherein the hybrid drive has a voltage system with a voltage exceeding the 12-volt on-board electrical system voltage of the motor vehicle, composed of a friction disk clutch with an actuator, which can have electricity applied to it, for the actuation of the friction disk clutch in the sense of opening or closing, and wherein the actuator can be actuated with a voltage of the voltage system of the hybrid drive, said voltage exceeding the 12-volt on-board electrical system voltage of the motor vehicle.
US09829047B2	Shaft clamp assembly and a method of using the same A shaft clamp assembly has first, second and third members. Each member has respective first and opposite second ends, and an annular body extending between the ends. The second member has a radially outwardly extending flange at its first end, and a radially inwardly extending flange at its second end. The third member also has a radially inwardly extending flange at its second end. The first, second and third members are disposed concentrically in sequence, with a threaded portion of the first member being threadingly engaged with a corresponding threaded surface on the shaft, the second end of the first member presses against the second end flange of the second member, the first end flange of the second member presses against the first end of the third member and the second end flange of the third member presses against the object to thereby secure the object to the shaft.
US09829043B2	Sliding parts By randomly arranging dimples provided on a sealing face, a sliding characteristic is improved in a wide range of a bearing characteristic number on the sealing face. A pair of sliding parts in which a plurality of dimples is arranged on at least one of sealing faces that relatively slide on each other is characterized in that each of the plurality of dimples is provided independently from the other dimples, and arranged in such a manner that the plurality of dimples having different opening diameters is randomly distributed.
US09829036B2	Thrust bearing and compressed air shock absorber A thrust bearing for a compressed air shock absorber is provided. The thrust bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, and an elastomer body connected to the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve and ending in a compressed air chamber of the air shock absorber, wherein the elastomer body is designed as a conical spring that extends between an inner sleeve connection area from the inner sleeve and an outer sleeve connection area from the inner sleeve, and wherein at least one of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve near an axial end section of the inner sleeve connection area and the outer sleeve connection area, respectively, has a radial projecting support edge for bracing of the elastomer body in the axial direction.
US09829032B2	Wheelchair with security features Wheelchair designs and enhancements are provided for use with conventional wheelchair design. The designs and enhancements include bariatric extension panels and security features making it suitable for use in high security areas such as prisons and psychiatric wards.
US09829021B2	Compensation nut fastener assembly A compensation nut fastener assembly to connect first and second panels includes first and second nuts. The first nut includes a shaft having an outer threaded portion and a fastener-receiving channel. The first nut is connected to the first panel through the fastener, and the fastener is threadably secured to the first nut within the fastener-receiving channel. The second nut threadably retains the first nut, and includes a retaining wall having an internal threaded portion defining a central passage configured to threadably engage the outer threaded portion of the shaft of the first nut. The second nut is connected to the second panel, and the first nut is moveable within the central passage toward the first panel when the fastener threadably engages the first nut in order to compensate for a gap between the first panel and the second panel.
US09829020B2	Compensator nut COMPENSATION NUT, of the type used to perform fixing together of two parts which may be joined together at a slightly variable distance while maintaining said distance separating them, used for example in motor vehicles in order to fix the supports of dashboards to the vehicle structure, said nut being formed by a combination of a top part, one or more intermediate nuts and a base clip or nut, which are provided with threads which allow mutual mating thereof and mutual retraction or extension thereof by means of a single screwing operation, said threads each being provided with stops which limit relative displacement thereof.
US09829018B2	Non-cylindrical fastening systems and related methods The present disclosure relates to non-cylindrical fastening systems and related methods, such as methods of installing a non-cylindrical fastening system. Presently disclosed non-cylindrical fastening systems may include a first fastening component and a second fastening component, where the second fastening component includes an elongate shank configured to be inserted through a hole in the first fastening component and through a hole in a structure to which the first fastening component is being secured. The holes in the first fastening component and the structure may be non-circular, and the elongate shank may be non-circular in perpendicular cross-section. Disclosed fastening systems may also include a third fastening component configured to be installed onto the elongate shank, and substantially prevent axial movement of the elongate shank with respect to the structure and/or first fastening component. Such fastening systems may lower the number of parts required in manufacturing an apparatus, such as an aircraft.
US09829009B2	Centrifugal ceiling fan The present document describes a centrifugal ceiling fan. The fan comprises a casing, a motor and a centrifugal propeller. The casing comprises an upper surface comprising an air inlet and a lower surface comprising an air outlet. In an embodiment, the lower surface has a round bowl-like shape including a plurality of openings defining the air outlet. The propeller comprises a shaft and a plurality of blades provided around the shaft. The blades may be curved to push the air in all directions between a first direction substantially perpendicular to the rotation shaft and a second direction substantially parallel to the rotation shaft in order to evenly ventilate the room. The fan may include a heating element for heating the air as it exits from the fan.
US09829005B2	Centrifugal compressor provided with a marker for measuring wear and a method of monitoring wear using said marker A device and method for precise measurement of erosion of compressors, without removing an engine, and with easy positioning. A centrifugal compressor of a gas turbine with a radial air inlet includes an impeller including blades and a casing for an air stream to flow in the blades of the impeller. The casing, covered with an abradable coating, includes an annular elbow zone in a substantially median part. Marking depressions of predetermined depths, preferably in groups, are machined in the abradable coating of the zone. Examinations by endoscopy are successively performed to provide an image signal of the markers. Processing the endoscopic signal supplies a number of remaining markers and a criterion for decision on removing the engine is applied thereto. Erosion occurs in the elbow of the casing and evolution thereof may enable monitoring of erosion of other components of the compressor, in particular the blades of the impeller.
US09829003B2	Air mixing device for buildings An air mixing system includes a building superstructure having an open space therein and an attic. An air mixing unit mounted to the ceiling draws air from the open space and the attic, mixes the air and discharges the mixed air outwards from the fan.
US09828998B2	Screw compressor A screw compressor includes a housing having an inlet for receiving gas to be compressed by the compressor and an outlet for discharging pressurized compressed gas. A pair of meshing threaded rotors, each rotor having an axis and being rotatably received in the housing, each rotor having a first end near the inlet and a second end near the outlet. A bearing rotatably carrying each rotor about its axis and positioned near the first end and the second end of each rotor. A conduit formed in the housing in selectable fluid communication with at least one bearing and a force generating source from a pressurized fluid source, the force generating source selectably providing a force in a radial direction relative to the axis of the at least one bearing.
US09828996B2	Hermetic rotary compressor A rotor has at its two axis end portions an upper large-diameter inner circumferential portion and a lower large-diameter inner circumferential portion that have inner diameters larger than the inner diameter of the axially middle portion of the rotor and are offset in the radial direction. A crankshaft has a passageway, which is formed in the crankshaft and allows refrigerant to flow therethrough, and a gas venting hole, which provides communication between the passageway and at least one discharge opening formed in the outer circumferential surface of the crankshaft. The at least one discharge opening is formed at a position facing the inner circumferential surface of the lower large-diameter inner circumferential portion 5b on the compression unit side.
US09828995B2	Compressor and oil drain system A unique compressor system may include a compressor having a compressor housing. The compressor housing may include an oil drainage passage formed therein. The passage may be configured to drain oil from bearings and other oil-lubricated components of the compressor. The compressor may be coupled to a gearbox or an oil tank. The gearbox or oil tank may include a passage that is in fluid communication with the oil drainage passage. The gearbox or oil tank passage may be operative to receive the drained oil and to direct the drained oil to an oil tank.
US09828992B2	Vane pumps with vane wear detection A vane pump includes a liner defining a cammed inner surface, a rotor rotatably disposed within the liner that has a plurality of vane slots, and a plurality of vanes slidably disposed within vane slots of the rotor and configured to extend away from the rotor and contact the cammed inner surface of the liner. The plurality of vanes include at least one sentinel vane that is configured to allow detection of wear on the sentinel vane.
US09828991B2	Variable displacement vane pump A variable displacement vane pump includes a notch portion which is a flow path provided to extend from an initiating end of a discharge port towards a terminating end side of a suction port. The notch portion is formed so that a sectional area of the flow path is smaller than a sectional area of the discharge port at the initiating end thereof and that a length of the flow path in a circumferential direction is 1.5 pitches or larger. The terminating end of the suction port is a point where the vane in the suction area last overlaps the suction port. The initiating end of the discharge port is a point where the vane departed from the suction area first overlaps the discharge port. One pitch is a distance defied in the circumferential direction between adjacent vanes of the plurality of vanes.
US09828988B2	Damper for a high-pressure pump A damper for a high-pressure pump includes a housing and a cover that can be coupled to the housing to form a damping space. The cover has an elevation including a plurality of concave regions and a plurality of convex regions, wherein the concave and convex regions are arranged about a central region of the elevation. Each of the concave regions is arranged between two of the convex regions in order to scatter sound.
US09828986B2	Method of measuring a property of entrained gas in a hydraulic fluid and fluid-working machine A method of measuring a property of entrained gas in a hydraulic liquid received by a working chamber of a fluid working motor, wherein the said property is determined from the period of time elapsing between the closure of a first valve to isolate the working chamber and the passive opening of a second valve to bring the working chamber into fluid communication with a manifold. The property may, for example, be related to the concentration of entrained gas in the received hydraulic liquid or the compressibility or bulk modulus of the received hydraulic fluid.
US09828985B2	Method for controlling a compressed air installation and controller and compressed air installation for employing such a method Method for controlling a compressed air unit which consists of several compressed air networks (2 and 3) having at least one commonly controllable component, characterized in that, on the basis of measurement data of at least one of the above-mentioned compressed air networks (2 and 3), at least the above-mentioned common component (11) is controlled by at least one controller (20).
US09828984B2	High pressure, high flow rate peristaltic pump and tubing assembly A tubing assembly is provided that can comprise a plurality of tubes or lumens that can be disposed within a head of a peristaltic pump. The tubing assembly can provide a flow rate or volume capacity that is generally equal to or greater than that achieved with a comparable prior art tube while operating at higher pressures than that possible using the prior art tube. Further, in accordance with some embodiments, the tubing assembly can achieve a longer working life than a comparable prior art tube, and the load on the pump motor can be reduced such that the pump life is increased and/or a larger pump motor is not required to achieve such advantageous results.
US09828983B2	Linear peristaltic pump for precise and quantitative delivery of fluid The present invention refers to a peristaltic pump, especially refers to a linear peristaltic pump for precise and quantitative delivery of fluid, comprising a base, wherein, a lateral seat for fixing a flexible tube is provided on the base, a linear reciprocating movement mechanism is provided below the flexible tube; a sliding block is provided on the linear reciprocating movement mechanism, adapted for releasing and squeezing a flexible tube to moves up and down; a backflow preventing device is fixed on the base arranged close to the linear reciprocating movement mechanism. By adopting the above structure, a new operational principle of linear type is formed, and the structure of traditional rotary peristaltic pump is improved. The flexible tube is rarely abraded; it is easy to disassemble and assemble the flexible tube; and the feed liquid does not contact with the device.
US09828971B2	System and method for optimizing wind turbine operation System and methods for optimizing operation of a wind turbine are disclosed. In one aspect, the method also includes determining, via a converter controller of a power converter, a tap position of a tap changer configured between the power grid and a primary winding of a transformer. Another step includes calculating, via the converter controller, a primary voltage of the primary winding as a function of the tap position. The method also includes implementing, via the converter controller, a control action if the primary voltage or a measured secondary voltage of a secondary winding of the transformer is outside of a predetermined voltage range.
US09828969B2	Wind turbine rotating blade The present invention provides a wind turbine having rotating blades, comprising: a base, a rotation shaft, turbine blades, blade ferrules, an upper flange, a generator and a lower flange. The rotation shaft is arranged on the base. The blade ferrules are installed on the rotation shaft. Blade ferrules are applied to fixate between the rotation shaft and the turbine blades. The rotation shaft is connected to the generator. The upper flange is arranged above the generator and the lower flange is arranged under the generator. The disclosed wind turbine may increase utilization efficiency of wind power and is highly advantageous to startup the generator under breeze condition.
US09828966B2	Lawn mower starter system A lawn mower includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary tool driven by the internal combustion engine, an electric motor coupled to the internal combustion engine and configured to start the internal combustion engine, a receiving port mounted to the internal combustion engine, an energy storage device configured to be selectively inserted into and removed from the receiving port without tools, a first user interface, and a second user interface, wherein the electric motor starts the internal combustion engine upon actuation of the first user interface and the second user interface.
US09828965B2	Method and apparatus to evaluate a starter motor for an internal combustion engine A method for monitoring an engine starting system includes detecting a first engine crank command, monitoring engine speed states, and collecting the engine speed states in a first buffer disposed in a first controller. A second engine crank command is determined based upon monitored electric power states from a battery. The electric power states from the battery are collected in a second buffer disposed in a second controller. The engine speed states collected in the first buffer are synchronized with the electric power states from the battery collected in the second buffer based upon the first engine crank command and the second engine crank command. A starter resistance is determined based upon the electric power states from the battery. A telematics device communicates the starter resistance and the monitored engine speed states synchronized with the monitored electric power states to a remote system.
US09828964B1	Calibration of engine auto-stop delay times A auto-stop/start vehicle with an engine and a battery includes at least one controller that calibrates an engine auto-stop delay time based on a state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The calibrated engine auto-stop delay time increases as the SOC of the battery decreases, and decreases as the SOC of the battery increases. The controller further initiates shutdown of an engine upon expiration of the calibrated engine auto-stop delay time.
US09828963B2	Powertrain system with fault-tolerant coasting control logic A method for fault-tolerant coasting control of a powertrain system having an engine and a first energy storage system (ESS) includes receiving a real impedance value of the first ESS from a frequency analyzer device at a calibrated frequency while the engine is running, and comparing the real impedance value to a calibrated impedance. A coasting maneuver is enabled allowing the engine to turn off above a threshold speed when the real impedance value is less than the calibrated impedance. The method may include starting the engine using a second ESS in parallel with the first ESS to exit the coasting maneuver when the real impedance value exceeds the calibrated impedance. Subsequent execution of the coasting maneuver may be prevented as long as the real impedance value exceeds the calibrated impedance. A powertrain system includes the engine, starter motor, rechargeable ESS, frequency analyzer, and controller.
US09828957B2	Fuel injector and method for manufacturing fuel injector A fuel injector 100 includes a nozzle member 60 having a fuel passage 60a leading to an injection port 60b; a valve main body 51 adapted to reciprocate for opening and closing the fuel passage 60a; an elastic portion 56 elastically deformable in closing the fuel passage 60a by movement of the valve main body 51 in a closing direction, the elastic member being attached to one of the nozzle member 60 and the valve main body 51 and adapted to be abutted against the other of the nozzle member 60 and the valve main body 51 to close the fuel passage 60a by moving the valve main body 51 in the closing direction; and a stopper 70 adapted to restrict movement of the valve main body 51 in the closing direction by being abutted against the valve main body 51, the stopper 70 being formed of material different from the nozzle member 60.
US09828956B2	Method for controlling a piezoelectric fuel injector of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle comprising a step for polarizing the piezoelectric actuator Method for controlling a fuel injector with a piezoelectric actuator acting on a valve element, including the following steps, in the normal operation of the vehicle: (200): Estimating an engine parameter (PjEST), representative of an actual play (JREEL) between the piezoelectric actuator and the valve element, (300): Comparing the engine parameter with the equivalent parameter (PjECU) representative of the original play (JINIT): if the engine parameter differs from the equivalent parameter in such a way that the actual play is greater than the original play: Applying an electrical polarization charge to the piezoelectric actuator, in order to polarize the piezoelectric actuator during the injection of the fuel, Commanding the closure of the injector.
US09828955B2	Systems and methods for dedicated EGR cylinder exhaust gas temperature control Systems and methods for increasing EGR gas temperature for an engine that includes at least one dedicated EGR cylinder. The dedicated EGR cylinder may provide exhaust gas to engine cylinders and the exhaust gas does not include exhaust gases from cylinders other than the dedicated EGR cylinder. The dedicated EGR cylinder may allow the engine to operate at higher EGR dilution levels.
US09828954B2	Fuel control systems and methods for preventing over fueling A fuel control system for an engine includes a closing module and a purge control module. The closing module commands closing of a purge valve in response an engine speed transitioning from greater than a predetermined speed to less than the predetermined speed while the purge valve is in an open state. The predetermined speed is less than a predetermined target speed of the engine and is greater than zero. The purge control module transitions the purge valve from the open state to a closed state in response to the command.
US09828953B2	Evacuator system having multi-port evacuator A pneumatically actuated vacuum pump is disclosed. The pneumatically actuated vacuum pump includes a body. The body defines at least two converging motive sections each having an outlet end, at least two diverging discharge sections each having an inlet end, and at least one Venturi gap. The Venturi gap is located between the outlet ends of the at least two converging motive sections and the inlet ends of the at least two diverging discharge sections.
US09828949B2	Method and system for humidity sensor diagnostics Methods and systems are provided for an engine including a humidity sensor. Degradation of the humidity sensor may be determined based on a change in intake air relative humidity as compared to a change in intake air temperature or pressure, under selected conditions. An amount of exhaust gas recirculated to an engine intake is adjusted differently based on whether the humidity sensor is degraded or functional.
US09828948B2	Method and system for determining knock control fluid composition Methods and systems are provided for accurately determining the composition of a knock control fluid using sensors already present in the engine system. An intake oxygen sensor is used to estimate the water and the alcohol content of a knock control fluid that is direct injected into an engine cylinder responsive to an indication of abnormal combustion. A change in the pumping current of the oxygen sensor due to the water content of the knock control fluid is distinguished from a change in the pumping current of the oxygen sensor due to the alcohol content of the knock control fluid, while compensating for interfering effects of intake air diluents on the change in pumping current.
US09828944B2	Geared turbofan gas turbine engine architecture A gas turbine engine includes a very high speed low pressure turbine such that a quantity defined by the exit area of the low pressure turbine multiplied by the square of the low pressure turbine rotational speed compared to the same parameters for the high pressure turbine is at a ratio between about 0.5 and about 1.5.
US09828936B2	Apparatus for improving engine air flow The present disclosure provides an apparatus for improving engine air flow including: a combination recess which is formed at an intake port of a cylinder head and is extended toward a combustion chamber along an air flow path at a position combined with an intake manifold; a fixing body which is fit-inserted to and combined to the combination recess; and a plate an end of which is combined to the fixing body on the flow path of the intake port and which guides the air flow flowing into the intake port.
US09828935B2	Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, each of which two intake valves and two exhaust valves, respectively arranged in a valve mount of a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine as well as a coolant distributing chamber and a coolant accumulating chamber being associated to. For each cylinder two coolant ducts are formed in the cylinder head and each is fluidly connected to the corresponding coolant distributing chamber and the corresponding coolant accumulating chamber. A first one of the coolant ducts on a first side extends about a first one of the intake valves and on a second side opposite the first side about a first one of the exhaust valves, and a second one of the coolant ducts extends on the first side about a second one of the intake valves and on the second side about a second one of the exhaust valves.
US09828931B1	Diesel low pressure/high pressure flow control system A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel supply line in communication with a fuel tank and a fuel pump system. A fuel rail is connected to the fuel supply system and a plurality of fuel injectors. A return line extending from the fuel rail to the fuel tank. A by-pass passage extending from the supply line to the return line and including a pressure release valve having a pre-set activation pressure. A fuel temperature sensor for sensing a feed temperature of the fuel in the fuel supply system. A pressure control module that sets a first pressure set point in the fuel rail below the pre-set activation pressure when the feed temperature is below a predetermined temperature and sets a second pressure set point above the pre-set activation pressure of the pressure release valve when the feed temperature is above the predetermined temperature.
US09828926B2	Method for detecting defective injectors of an internal combustion engine A method for detecting defective injectors includes operating an internal combustion engine in an idling mode and deactivating mixture control of the internal combustion engine. The method also includes switching off selectively each injector of the respective injection group, detecting the change in the characteristic value when the respective injector is switched off, and checking a fault criterion. The fault criterion is satisfied when the change in the characteristic value for the respective switched-off injector exceeds or undershoots a predetermined amount. The method also includes detecting a defect in the respective injector in response to the fault criterion being satisfied.
US09828923B2	Control device for internal combustion engine A control device for an internal combustion engine, which can accurately estimate an intake air amount introduced from an intake system into an internal combustion engine, is provided. The control device calculates the change amount of an air amount in an upstream section upstream of a throttle valve of the intake system based on the pressure and temperature of air in the upstream section; calculates a throttle passage air amount flowing out to an intake manifold, which is a section downstream of the throttle valve, based on the change amount and an introduced air amount flowing into a supercharger; and calculates the intake air amount based on the throttle passage air amount.
US09828922B2	Supercharged internal combustion engine with exhaust-gas turbocharger and method for operating an internal combustion engine of said type Embodiments for inducing swirl upstream of a compressor are provided. In one example, a method includes during a first condition, flowing exhaust gas from downstream of a turbine to upstream of a compressor via a tangential flow duct of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) injector circumferentially surrounding an intake passage upstream of the compressor, and during a second condition, flowing exhaust gas from downstream of the turbine to upstream of the compressor via a radial flow duct of the EGR injector.
US09828920B2	Vehicle power plant control apparatus The purpose of the present invention is to prevent disturbance in the behavior of a power plant at the time of switching a controller in a vehicle power plant whose operation is controlled by manipulation of a plurality of actuators by the controller. In order to achieve the purpose, a vehicle power plant control apparatus provided by the present invention is configured as a target value tracking controller in which at least one controller calculates the amount of manipulation of the actuators according to an equation including an integrator for integrating a deviation between a state quantity and a target value thereof such that each of a plurality of state quantities of the power plant can track the corresponding target value. When the controller used for manipulating the actuators is switched from another controller to the target value tracking controller, the initial value of the integrator is inversely calculated such that, in a state equation of a plant model for the power plant with the state quantity as a state vector and the amount of manipulation as an input vector, a differential immediately before the switching of the state vector agrees with a differential immediately after the switching.
US09828909B2	Connecting rod and internal combustion engine A connecting rod (10) has a crankpin bearing eye (11) attached to a crankshaft (38) and a connecting-rod bearing eye (12) attached to a piston. An eccentric adjustment device (13) adjusts an effective connecting rod length and has eccentric rods (15, 16) that engage a lever (14) of the eccentric adjustment device (13). Each eccentric rod (15, 16) has a piston (20, 21) guided in a hydraulic chamber (22, 23). The hydraulic chambers (22, 23) can be charged with hydraulic oil from first hydraulic lines (41) that lead to the crankpin bearing eye (11) and second hydraulic oil lines (24, 25) that lead from the crankpin bearing eye (11). Check valves (26, 27) prevent a backflow of hydraulic oil back into the second hydraulic lines (24, 25). At least one filter prevents an ingress of contaminants from the crankshaft into the hydraulic chambers (22, 23) via the hydraulic oil.
US09828905B2	Combustion pre-chamber and method for operating same An engine includes a main combustion chamber; an intake duct configured to provide a lean fuel-oxidizer mixture to the main combustion chamber; a pre-chamber in fluid communication with the main combustion chamber, the pre-chamber including an ignition energy source operatively coupled to the pre-chamber, and a heating element in thermal communication with the pre-chamber; and a controller operatively coupled to the ignition energy source and the heating element. The controller is configured to initiate combustion of the lean fuel-oxidizer mixture in the main combustion chamber by activating the ignition energy source, and heat fuel and oxidizer in the pre-chamber via the heating element to a temperature sufficient to produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the pre-chamber.
US09828899B2	Exhaust gas purification system and exhaust gas purification method When a catalyst temperature of a catalyst device is at or below a lower limit air-fuel ratio richness control is prohibited. When a first timing, where an estimated value of a NOx storage amount has reached an enrichment start threshold value, and a second timing, based on a set interval time in an enrichment interval time map, are both satisfied, the control is started. The second timing is corrected by multiplying the set interval time by an enrichment interval correction coefficient preset based on the catalyst temperature and a storage ratio of the estimated value of the NOx storage amount to an enrichment start threshold value of the NOx storage amount. The frequency of the air-fuel ratio richness control of a catalyst device configured to recover a purification capacity of a catalyst is reduced, and the catalyst temperature is raised while preventing white smoke development and hydrocarbon slip, to thereby achieve improvement in exhaust gas composition and improvement in fuel efficiency.
US09828898B2	Optimized structure for integrated catalytic muffler An optimized structure for an integrated catalytic muffler is provided to purify exhaust gas from an engine and reduce noise when the exhaust gas flows to the rear of a vehicle. The structure includes a case having an inlet and an outlet, and an SCR catalytic unit that is mounted to the case. Particularly, a portion of the SCR catalytic unit is inserted into the case and the remaining portion is exposed out of the case. The SCR catalytic unit is coupled to the case by bolting or clamping. Accordingly, the production cost and weight are reduced, and maintenance and repair are facilitated.
US09828895B2	Exhaust gas post-processing system An exhaust gas post-processing system includes an oxidation catalyst configured to oxidize substances included in the exhaust gas; a diesel particulate filter configured to collect particulate matters included in the exhaust gas and disposed subsequent to the oxidation catalyst; a dosing module configured to inject a reducing agent and disposed subsequent to the diesel particulate filter; and a selective catalytic reduction configured to remove nitrogen oxide using the reducing agent included in the exhaust gas and disposed subsequent to the dosing module. The diesel particulate filter includes a catalytic component represented by La1-xAgxMnO3 (where 0
US09828893B2	Sound control of an engine or other prime mover A system for controlling a sound level of a prime mover permitted to emanate from or within a vehicle includes a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver operable for receiving a GPS signal and a sound control device. The sound control device is operable for increasing or decreasing a sound level of the prime mover in response to a control signal. A controller in communication with the GPS receiver includes a calendar and clock, and is programmed to execute a method, including receiving the GPS signal via the GPS receiver, and determining an actual location of the vehicle using the GPS signal. The controller also determines an actual date and time of day using the calendar and the clock, respectively, and transmits the control signal to the sound control device to increase or decrease the sound level using at least one of the actual location, date, and time of day.
US09828889B2	Camshaft and corresponding production method A camshaft for an internal combustion engine may include a shaft and at least one component that is joined to said shaft. The component may be connected via a joint surface of the component to a joint surface of the shaft. At least one of the joint surface of the component and the joint surface of the shaft may have a predefined roughness only partially on load-critical regions.
US09828886B1	High efficiency steam engine and steam expander A high efficiency steam engine or steam expander includes a cylinder, cylinder head and piston in which cylinder clearance volume is zero or nearly zero together with a negligible amount of compression such that any pressure in the cylinder clearance volume just before the power stroke is as low as ambient pressure or condenser pressure to provide superior thermal efficiency in a compact compound engine having a high pressure expansion chamber within the piston and low pressure chamber in the cylinder. The inlet valve is opened slightly by piston movement and a steam assist force then drives it to its fully open position. Steam passes from the high pressure chamber to the low pressure chamber through a transfer valve located in the head of the piston and steam is released through an automatic exhaust valve in the cylinder head.
US09828882B2	Thermal power generation system and method using supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid A thermal power generation system includes a combustor burning oxygen and fuel with supercritical CO2, a turbine driven by the supercritical CO2 and water vapor fed from the combustor, a low-pressure supercritical CO2 storage storing low-pressure supercritical CO2 from the turbine, a compressor compressing the low-pressure supercritical CO2, a high-pressure supercritical CO2 storage storing high-pressure supercritical CO2 from the compressor, and a high-pressure supercritical CO2 feeder supplying between the high-pressure supercritical CO2 storage and the combustor, in which the high-pressure supercritical CO2 feeder supplies the high-pressure supercritical CO2 to the combustor at a constant pressure. Thus, the thermal power generation system can perform adjustment of an electric power supply required to use unstable renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, can achieve high efficiency power generation with high temperature working fluid, and can reduce emissions of environmental load substances such as NOx and CO2.
US09828881B2	Seal support structures for turbomachines A seal support structure for a turbomachine includes a mounting portion shaped to mount to a stationary structure of a turbomachine and a cylindrical leg portion disposed on the mounting portion extending axially from the mounting portion. The cylindrical leg portion can include a radially extending flange. The flange can extend at an angle of 90 degrees from the end of the cylindrical leg portion. The flange can extend at least partially in an axial direction. The cylindrical leg portion can be formed integrally with the mounting portion. In embodiments, the cylindrical leg portion is not integral with the mounting portion, i.e., the cylindrical leg portion is a separate piece joined to the mounting portion.
US09828878B2	Method and apparatus for supporting and aligning diaphragms in turbomachines A clamping and support system for a turbine is disclosed. The clamping and support system may include a support bar coupled with a lower diaphragm portion of the turbine. The support bar may have a protuberance extending from a first end portion thereof that may at least partially extend into a slot formed in the lower diaphragm portion of the turbine. The clamping and support system may also include a clamping bar coupled with a second end portion of the support bar. The clamping bar may at least partially extend into a slot formed in an upper diaphragm portion of the turbine such that at least a portion of the lower diaphragm portion and at least a portion of the upper diaphragm portion are interposed between the clamping bar and the protuberance of the support bar, thereby coupling the lower diaphragm portion with the upper diaphragm portion.
US09828877B2	Turbojet engine cold stream flow path suspended from the exhaust case by radial crevice mounts and link rods A bypass turbojet engine including a cylindrical cold stream flow path supported by link rods which are attached to a cylindrical outer shell ring of an exhaust case at attachment points. The attachment points for the exhaust case are crevice mounts including lugs that extend radially from the outer shell ring, a bore of the crevice mounts being directed in a direction of generatrices of the outer shell ring.
US09828874B2	Annular cover delimiting a turbomachine lubrication chamber An annular cover for a lubrication chamber of a rotary bearing of a turbomachine. The cover includes a wall that is generally circular and flared with an orifice that is designed to receive a transmission shaft opposite an assembly surface for the cover, and at least one duct communicating with the inside of the wall and extending along the wall as far as the assembly surface. The duct is formed in the thickness of the body of the wall which is made from the same material, and which includes a composite material with a thermoplastic matrix and carbon fibers.
US09828873B2	Turbocharger A turbocharger includes a turbine housing, a compressor housing, and a bearing housing. Each of the housings includes a passage for cooling inside. The turbocharger further includes a switching valve and a controller that switches a valve position of the switching valve. The switching valve is adapted to switch the circulation state of coolant in each passage such that the coolant is supplied from the passage of the turbine housing to the passage of the bearing housing or such that the coolant is supplied from another passage to the passage of the bearing housing. The controller switches the valve position of the switching valve such that the coolant is supplied from the passage of the turbine housing to the passage of the bearing housing until a predetermined amount of time passes after starting of the engine.
US09828869B2	Control of a gas turbine engine A thrust demand signal is provided to a processor of a gas turbine engine and is modified, according to growth time constants of a rotor and/or a casing of the engine, in order to control the rotational speed or the rate of change of rotational speed of the engine so as to prevent contact between the rotor and the casing.
US09828866B2	Methods and systems for securing turbine nozzles A nozzle assembly includes at least one stationary nozzle and an outer ring having a predefined shape. The outer ring includes at least one groove defined therein configured to receive at least a portion of the at least one stationary nozzle. The nozzle assembly also includes an attachment member coupled between the stationary nozzle and the outer ring. The attachment member has a first configuration at a first nozzle assembly operating temperature a second configuration at a second nozzle assembly operating temperature.
US09828859B2	Gas turbine blade with inner and outer cooling holes The gas turbine blade includes a cooling channel formed therein, and a partition disposed on its tip side for isolating the cooling channel from the outside. The partition is integrally formed with a blade portion in a position on its inner side in the radial direction with respect to the tip of the gas turbine blade. Reinforcements are provided on the outer side of the partition in the radial direction and on the inner side of the tip end wall extended from the blade portion to connect the partition with the tip end wall. Outer surface cooling holes are formed to extend from the cooling channel into communication with an outer surface of the tip end wall, and inner surface cooling holes are formed to extend from the cooling channel into an inner surface of the tip end wall through the partition.
US09828853B2	Apparatus and method for drilling fluid telemetry A drilling fluid telemetry pulser comprises a housing disposed in a drill string in a wellbore, wherein the drill string has a drilling fluid flowing therein. At least one vent valve is disposed in the housing wherein the at least one vent valve is actuatable to vent a portion of the drilling fluid from an interior of the drill string to an exterior of the drill string to generate a negative pressure pulse in the drilling fluid in the drill string. A hydraulic system provides hydraulic power to actuate the at least one vent valve. A downhole controller comprises a processor and a memory in data communication with the processor wherein the memory contains programmed instructions to control the actuation of the at least one vent valve.
US09828848B2	Wireless passive pressure sensor for downhole annulus monitoring A downhole pressure sensor to measure absolute pressure in an annulus and a method of measuring absolute pressure in an annulus are described. The sensor includes an inductor including primary windings and secondary windings, and a capacitor coupled to the secondary windings and disposed in the annulus, at least one of the plates of the capacitor being flexible. The sensor also includes a controller coupled to the primary windings, the controller introducing an input signal to the primary windings and receive a return signal from the primary windings, the return signal resulting from the input signal being transferred through the secondary windings to the capacitor and back through the secondary windings to the primary windings. The controller determines the absolute pressure from the return signal.
US09828847B2	Method for predicting hydrate formation A method for predicting a formation of hydrates in a wellbore/riser annulus during a drilling operation. The method includes logging actual mud properties. Actual sets of pressure and temperature data at given locations/intervals in the wellbore or in the drilling riser annulus are continuously measured and/or calculated. A theoretical temperature profile for the formation of hydrates dependent on mud properties and pressure as a function of a true vertical depth in a well is determined. The theoretical temperature profile for the formation of hydrates in a control system is stored. The measured and/or calculated actual sets of pressure and temperature data is compared with the theoretical temperature profile for the formation of hydrates. A signal is issued if the measured and/or calculated actual sets of pressure and temperature data falls below or is lower than a predefined safety margin for the theoretical temperature profile for the formation of hydrates.
US09828846B2	Self-diagnosing composite slickline cables Downhole slickline cable including a polymer matrix having reinforcing fibers embedded therein. A plurality of integrity-sensing optical fibers are embedded within the polymer composite and extend along an axial length of the downhole slickline cable that enables slickline cable structural and mechanical integrity self-diagnosis. The cable may include energy transmission lines that include one or more integrity-sensing optical fibers.
US09828839B2	Barrier device with fluid bypass for multi-zone wellbores In one aspect, a device for use in a wellbore includes a tubular body; a barrier member associated with an outer surface of the tubular body configured to retain a proppant; an actuating member associated with the barrier member configured to expand the barrier member in an annular direction; and a fluid channel associated with an upper extent and a lower extent of the barrier member, configured to allow a fluid flow therethrough. In another aspect, a method for completing a multi-zone wellbore, includes deploying a barrier device at a downhole location within the wellbore; expanding a barrier member in an annulus of the wellbore; providing proppant in the annulus of the wellbore; retaining the proppant in the annulus via the barrier member; and providing a fluid flow between an upper extent and a lower extent of the barrier member.
US09828838B2	Adjustable flow control assemblies, systems, and methods An assembly for restricting fluid flow into a completion string of a well and restricting fluids based on one or more fluid characteristics is presented. The assembly includes an adjustable inflow control device. The adjustable inflow control device is for restricting flow of production fluids into the completion string. The assembly also includes a first autonomous inflow control device fluidly coupled to the inflow control device for restricting fluids based on one or more fluid characteristics. Others systems and methods are presented.
US09828837B2	Flow control devices including a sand screen having integral standoffs and methods of using the same In one aspect, a flow control device is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a sand screen that includes adjacent wraps of a longitudinal member, wherein the longitudinal member has a width, a first axial side and a second axial side, the longitudinal member further including spaced apart standoffs along the first axial side and spaced apart channels that provide fluid paths from the second axial side to the first axial side.
US09828832B2	Mechanically actuated device positioned below mechanically actuated release assembly utilizing J-slot device A tool string carrying an external tool, such as a liner hanger, on a release mechanism is lowered into the wellbore. Interlocking lugs and J-slot profile, defined between the exterior surface of the mandrel and interior surface of the release mechanism, allow relative movement of release mechanism and mandrel without releasing the release mechanism. The relative movement allows mechanical operation of a valve or other tool positioned below the release mechanism. Weight-down and rotation of the tool string and mandrel actuates the lower valve assembly by turning a sleeve into alignment with cooperating members of the mandrel. The sleeve, no longer constrained, moves longitudinally in response to a biasing mechanism. Movement of the sleeve allows closure of the valve. After actuation of the valve tool, further weight-down releases the release mechanism from the carried tool.
US09828829B2	Intermediate completion assembly for isolating lower completion A completion system includes a lower completion installed in a borehole proximate to a downhole formation. An intermediate completion assembly is included directly engaged with the lower completion. The intermediate completion assembly includes a barrier valve and packer device. The barrier valve is operatively arranged to selectively impede fluid flow through the lower completion and the packer device operatively arranged for isolating the formation. An upper completion string is included that is selectably engagable with the intermediate completion assembly. The barrier valve is operatively arranged to be transitionable to an open position when engaged with the upper completion string and transitions to a closed position via the upper completion string when the upper completion string is pulled out of the borehole. A method of completing a borehole is also included.
US09828827B2	Composite segmenting backup ring for a subterranean plug A composite plug that can be used in fracturing has backup rings for the seal that are preferably made of a composite material. The backup rings are essentially connected segments that allow the connections to break when the plug is set and the cones are brought closer together. When the rings break to form gaps between segments in a specific ring, the adjacent ring has offset gaps so that as a whole there are no extrusion gaps that would allow the seal element to pass. The rings can be rotationally locked to each other initially at the adjacent segments that are formed when the plug is set to maintain their relative positions so that gaps between segments adjacent the seal are overlapped with segments from the adjacent ring. The segmenting backup rings can be used on one or on both sides of a sealing element.
US09828823B2	Rod hang-off system A hang-off system for suspending a rod string within a well is provided. In one embodiment, such a system includes a hang-off ram of a blowout preventer and a hang-off sub sized to fit within a bore of the blowout preventer. The hang-off ram and the hang-off sub have complementary surfaces that enable the hang-off ram to engage the hang-off sub within the blowout preventer to facilitate suspension of a sucker-rod string in a well from the hang-off sub. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US09828819B2	Method and apparatus for dual instrument installation in a wellbore An apparatus for installing two sensing instruments and cables inside of a single tubing string in a wellbore for monitoring well conditions at two different locations includes an upper sensor attached to an inner sleeve seated at a first location in a ported outer sleeve in the tubing string. The upper sensor is allowed to be in pressure communication with the exterior of the tubing string at the first location. A second lower sensor is deployed on a pump down cup (PDC) assembly to a lower depth in the outer sleeve to allow fluid pressures to be monitored at a second location in the wellbore.
US09828812B2	Sealed pipe joint In a pipe joint where two pipe sections (14, 16) have threadably engaged end potions (17, 18), joint ends (32, 34) are substantially sealed to each other by a sealing surface (40, 50) on one pipe section that substantially abuts a sealing surface (42, 52) on the other pipe section. In one joint, a ring-shaped cutout(121, FIG. 7) is formed in a first pipe section and a ring-shaped spacer (120) is located in the cutout. The spacer is chosen from several that have slightly different lengths so the spacer ends contacts the corresponding sealing surface(130).
US09828804B2	Multi-angle rotary steerable drilling Rotary steerable drilling apparatus and methods utilizing apparatus comprising a shaft, a multi-angle strike ring axially repositionable along the shaft, an articulated member coupled to the shaft, and a steering member carried by the articulated member. An actuator is operable to maintain an angular offset of the articulated member relative to the shaft by maintaining azimuthally-dependent contact between the multi-angle strike ring and the steering member.
US09828800B2	Collapsible vane structure and related method for a shade for an architectural opening A base structure and associated method for converting the base structure into an operable vane on a shade for an architectural opening. The base structure includes a back sheet and a front sheet attached together in engagement regions spaced along the length of the back sheet and front sheet. The front sheet is separated into front strip sections having a free end. Operating elements are positioned along the back sheet and situated so as to move relative thereto. The operating elements are attached adjacent to a free end of the front strip. Movement of the operating elements actuates the free end of the front strip to move from a closed position to an open position as desired by the user.
US09828795B1	Hinge and applications thereof A hinge structure may comprise a first assembly including a central post with an outer surface and a first connector element on the central post for mounting on a first structure, a second assembly pivotally coupled to the first assembly and including a ring extending about the central post, a ring connector connected to the ring, and a second connector element on the ring for mounting on a second structure. A braking element may apply a selectable amount of resistance to pivot movement of the second connector element with respect to the first connector element and including a friction pad extending about a portion of the central post, a pressure band for pressing the friction pad against the central post, and a connecting structure connecting the ends of the band and being adjustable to move the ends closer toward each other and to relax the ends away from each other.
US09828792B2	Actuating unit for automotive applications Actuating unit for automotive applications, especially motor vehicle door locks (1), comprising a drive (2) and with a linear actuator (3, 4) which can be pressurised by the drive (2), wherein the drive (2) and the linear actuator (3, 4) are arranged at an angle, and especially at a right angle, to one another.
US09828791B2	Restraint device A restraint device having a tubular body with a handle at one end and a telescopic extension rod at the other end which allows the overall length of the body to be selectively adjusted. A cuff is attached to a tether at the end of the rod in a non-deployed position. The tether can be released so a law enforcement officer can loosely control a detainee. Electrical circuitry in the body is connected to electrodes on the lower end of the handle and on the cuff so a disabling charge can be delivered. The device is also useful to civilians as a protective device when jogging, walking, bicycling or the like.
US09828790B2	Code change blocker A lock assembly including a plurality of button assemblies having a plurality of indicator elements. A position of the indicator elements sets a lock combination. A code blocker is configured to cover and prevent access to the plurality of button assemblies when the lock assembly is in a first position, for example in an unlocked position, and to allow access to the plurality of button assemblies when the lock assembly is in a second position, for example in a locked position.
US09828787B1	Covering tent for surrounding a wind turbine at its base during a grouting operation A tent for surrounding a base of an upstanding structure on a support surface is disclosed. The tent features a covering with a top edge arranged to follow a perimeter of the structure base and a bottom edge arranged to define an outer periphery of the covering. The tent additionally features a base strap arranged for forming a closed loop about the structure base at a predetermined height above the support surface. The base strap supports a first attachment member, and a second attachment member is located along the top edge of the covering for cooperating with the first attachment member to fasten the covering at the structure base. A tightening strap along the top edge of the covering but behind the second attachment member is arranged to follow the base strap to seal connection of the covering and the base strap.
US09828783B1	Flush mounted vinyl nozzle assembly and methods of use A pool nozzle assembly includes a body, a clamp ring, a plurality of screws, a cover ring, and a nozzle. The body includes a body rim having a plurality of screw receivers and a female threaded portion. The clamp ring is removably coupled to the body and couples a vinyl liner between the clamp ring and the body. The clamp ring includes an inner rim and an outer rim. The plurality of screws removably couple the clamp ring to the body. The cover ring includes a cover rim and a male threaded portion threadedly coupled to the female threaded portion. The cover rim covers the plurality of screws and is substantially planar with the outer rim. The nozzle is removably coupled to the base of the body such that a top end of the nozzle is substantially planar with outer rim and the cover rim.
US09828779B2	Foot mounted work accessory and method of use A foot mounted work accessory used in the installation of a flooring underlayer and associated electrical heating wire includes a substantially rigid base member including an upper surface and a lower surface with sidewalls extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The base member further includes a first end having a forward edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces and a second end having a rear edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces, first and second lateral edges extend between the upper surface and the lower surface along the left and right sides of the base member. An alignment channel is formed at a forward tip of the foot mounted work accessory. A foot strap is secured to the upper surface of the base member.
US09828776B2	Integrated fiber cement and foam as insulated cladding with enhancements An integrated fiber cement and foam cladding system is provided that incorporates foam or similar light weight material to improve the insulation capacity of the cladding system. The system includes at least a fiber cement layer and a foam layer disposed on the backside of the fiber cement layer. The system improves the R-value of the building, a measure of the building's resistance to transferring heat or thermal energy.
US09828773B2	Column end joint structure In a column end joint structure for joining an end of a column made of flat wooden material having a rectangular cross-section to a joining member, splitting generation at the end of the column is controlled. An expansion of crack is controlled when splitting generated. A cutout portion is provided in each of ends in a longitudinal direction of a column end face, and a joint fitting is coupled inside the cutout portion by a joint bolt. The joint fitting is coupled to a foundation by an anchor bolt. Joint fittings are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the end face inside each cutout portion. One joint fitting is located contacting or close to a surface of the column inside the cutout portion such that the joint fitting side face and the surface of the column inside the cutout portion restrain a displacement orthogonal to the column axis.
US09828766B2	Construction block and wall face structure using same A construction block and a wall face structure with high durability and versatility are provided. The construction block including: a front face wall and a rear face wall being parallel to each other; a top face wall with a horizontal groove formed for inserting a horizontal reinforcement; side face walls formed with at least one vertical groove for inserting a vertical reinforcement; at least one vertical hole formed between both of the side face walls and closed off by the top face wall and opened at a bottom face; a plurality of protrusions formed on the bottom face in a shape to engage with the horizontal groove; and recessed slits respectively formed in vertical direction on each side face of the front face wall and the rear face wall, is used.
US09828762B2	Earthquake resistant building connection and an earthquake resistant staircase system An earthquake-resistant building connection includes first and second structural elements lying a distance from each other, where the first element includes an outer side face that faces the second element. The first element includes at least one projecting member that projects from the outer side face of the first element into a cavity in the second element. The cavity is wider, higher and deeper than the member. The first element also includes an elastic component for absorbing forces and motions of an earthquake. The component has an outer surface that extends around the member and faces the second element, forming a fill area between the outer surface of the component and the second element and further between the member and the cavity. The fill area is filled such that forces and motions transferred between the first and second elements in the event of an earthquake are absorbed in the component.
US09828759B2	Inlet baffle assembly for an in-line interceptor There is an inlet baffle assembly for use in an in-line interceptor for separating FOG from wastewater and a method of cleaning the inlet baffle assembly without the need for removal from the interceptor. The inlet baffle assembly has an inlet baffle for the grease collecting chamber of an in-line interceptor which defines a flow channel through which influent enters the collecting chambers and has a moveable section moveable between open and closed positions. The inlet baffle assembly also has a flow control element to control the rate of flow of influent entering the flow channel when the moveable section is in the closed position. The flow control element is accessible for cleaning when the moveable section is in the open position. After cleaning, the moveable section is moved into the closed position to facilitate fluid flowing through the inlet baffle assembly into the grease collecting chamber.
US09828757B2	Distributed control system for a vacuum sewer system A distributed control system for a vacuum sewer system comprising a suction pipe which is communicated with a vacuum source via a transport conduit (520) by opening a vacuum valve (530) using a solenoid valve is disclosed. The transport conduit is connected between the vacuum valve and a collection tank, with the collection tank having a vacuum source relative to atmospheric pressure applied thereto. The suction pipe is connected between the vacuum valve and a sewage sump, with the sewage sump have a source of sewage maintained at atmospheric pressure. Sewage (551) in the sump is sucked through the suction pipe and sent to the collection tank via the transport conduit by opening the vacuum valve. A transport conduit section is laid out in a sawtooth fashion, having in series transport conduit portions comprising a low-point conduit portion (522), a riser conduit portion (521), and a down-slope conduit portion (523). A valve pit apparatus (500) for control and monitoring the valve pit operations is provided with a battery powered electronic computer, a plurality of sensors, and a solenoid valve. A transport conduit apparatus for monitoring the transport conduit conditions is provided with a riser conduit sensor (550) capable of detecting sewage conditions within the riser and communicating the conditions to a computer (551) for processing.When the vacuum valve (530) is intermittently opened by control of the valve pit apparatus (500), sewage (551) in the sump is intermittently injected under the influence of atmospheric pressure into the transport conduit (520) for transportation to the collection tank, which passes through the transport conduit riser (521) and detected by the transport conduit apparatus for processing. The results of the valve pit apparatus and the transport conduit apparatus processing are stored in computer memory as operating parameters and then wirelessly communicated to devices external of the valve pit apparatus and transport conduit apparatus. The distributed control system provides an apparatus and method for control and monitoring of the vacuum sewer system, which is complex in sensor placement operating parameters processing but simple in structure, easy to maintain and capable of stable operation.
US09828756B2	Controllable self-cleaning device for a flushing spray nozzle A controllable self-cleaning device for a flushing spray nozzle is provided and includes a self-cleaning pole and a manual control valve. The self-cleaning pole is disposed with an inlet and a flushing hole to clean the flushing spray nozzle. The inlet is connected to the flushing hole. The manual control valve is disposed with an inlet port to connect to the water source and a self-cleaning outlet port. The self-cleaning outlet port of the manual control valve is connected to the inlet of the self-cleaning pole. With the above structure, the outflow of the flushing hole of the self-cleaning pole by the manual control valve is manually controllable, so that the user can control the clean time of the self-cleaning pole manually. For a single cool cover, the controllable self-cleaning device includes the self-cleaning pole to clean the flushing spray nozzle.
US09828754B2	Sink clamp and methods A clamping device for mounting a sink to a counter includes a clamp having a clamp body and a binding spring, a binding lip for insertion through a first slot in the bottom surface of the countertop adjacent to the sink, the clamp and binding lip connected to the clamp body and extending away therefrom at least partially over an edge of the sink, and a clamp screw for insertion through a first opening in the clamp body and against a solid portion of the binding spring interposed between the clamp screw and the edge of the sink.
US09828753B2	Insert for a sink An insert (1) for a sink (6) is provided, having: a number of rod elements (2) which are arranged substantially parallel to and spaced apart from one another; a first flexible connecting arrangement (3) for connecting in each case first ends of the rod elements (2) with one another; a second flexible connecting arrangement (4) for connecting in each case second ends of the rod elements (2) with one another, which second ends are arranged opposite the first ends; and at least one through opening (5) is provided for interacting with an outlet (6a) of the sink (6), with the through opening (5) being arranged in one (4) of the connecting arrangements (3, 4).
US09828750B2	Temporary stop water output device A temporary stop water output device includes a main body, which is hollow in shape, and has one end provided with a water output port; a movable core axis, which is hollow in shape and is disposed in the main body, and has one end connected to the water output port; a connector fixing piece, which is of a cap shape, and on which is provided with a water channel, and which is located on a trajectory at other end of the movable core axis, while its inner wall is connected movably to other end of the movable core axis; and a connector, connected to inside other end of the main body through the connector fixing piece. The temporary stop water output device is simple in construction, easy to operate, in achieving good water temporary stoppage effect, and satisfying user demand in application.
US09828748B2	Mine management system and mine managing method Provided is a mine management system for a mine where an unmanned vehicle operates in an operation area of the mine, including determining based on position data of a moving body which is different from the unmanned vehicle whether the moving body enters the operation area, starting monitoring abnormality including abnormality of at least one of communication state and position detection state of the moving body based on manipulation on an input device installed in the moving body, setting an entrance prohibited area where entrance of the unmanned vehicle is prohibited to include a position of the moving body and activating a function of expanding the entrance prohibited area when an abnormality is detected, and activating an alarm device installed in the moving body when it is determined that the moving body enters the operation area and the input device is not manipulated.
US09828747B2	Display system for excavating machine, excavating machine, and display method for excavating machine A display system for an excavating machine allowing an upper swing body including a work implement to swing about a predetermined swing central axis. The display system includes a processing unit that obtains target swing information indicating an amount of swing of the upper swing body, based on information including a direction of a tooth edge of the bucket, information including a direction orthogonal to a target plane indicating a target shape of a work object, and information including a direction of the swing central axis, and displays an image corresponding to the obtained target swing information, the amount of swing being required for the tooth edge of the bucket to face the target plane, and the direction of the tooth edge of the bucket being determined based on information about a current position and posture of the excavating machine.
US09828746B2	Hydraulic driving system for construction machine Control valves 100f, 100g, and 100h that reduce flow passage areas of parallel hydraulic fluid lines 41f, 41g, and 41h respectively when operating devices 34a, 34b for traveling are operated, are each disposed in the parallel hydraulic fluid line 41f, 41g, or 41h so that if saturation occurs during combined operations control likely to generate a significant difference in load pressure between any two actuators, the control valve prevents full closing of a pressure compensating valve lower in load pressure and thus prevents a slowdown and stop of the actuator undergoing the lower load pressure, and so that if saturation occurs during combined operations control likely to generate a particularly significant difference in load pressure between any two actuators, the control valve ensures a necessary supply of hydraulic fluid to the actuator higher in load pressure, thereby preventing a slowdown and stop of the actuator higher in load pressure.
US09828744B2	Working machine A working machine includes a travel device, a motive power transmission device configured to transmit a motive power to the travel device, a transmission case configured to house the motive power transmission device, and a hydraulic operation fluid tank disposed on an upper surface of the transmission case.
US09828739B2	In-line battered composite foundations The disclosure describes, in part, battered composite piles arranged in-line with angled legs of a tower (e.g., lattice tower). The number of battered composite piles may be equal to the number of angled tower legs of the tower, and each of the battered composite piles may attach to a respective angled tower leg and may have batter angles at angles that match an angle of the angled legs of the tower. These battered composite piles are loaded predominantly axially rather than in shear and, thus, the piles may be designed to be much smaller in size while still meeting safety requirements. In addition, the piles may be installed in less time and at a lower cost than compression/lift and shear loaded foundations.
US09828736B2	Water containment structure with finger ends A water containment structure that includes at least one flexible sleeve formed from a strong flexible material that will resist puncturing and is formed to contain at least one bladder formed to retain water, and which said sleeve includes center notches formed in the opposite sleeve ends that separate like closed end parallel fingers, which bladder fills the sleeve to the sleeve finger ends so that the bladder ends fit into and against the finger ends, and at least one water fill and drain tube fitted through said sleeve intro said bladder to pass, respectively, water into, and drain water from which bladder, and said bladder includes an air drain to provide for evacuating air from the sleeve during bladder filling. Which sleeve finger ends can be fastened together around a support, and which sleeve finger ends and notches can be secured to one another for connecting a number of sleeves, end to end, into a water containing structure.
US09828735B2	Snow removal machine Disclosed is a snow removal machine capable of adjusting a snow throwing direction of a snow throwing section by means of a snow throwing drive section, which comprises: a snow throwing direction sensor for detecting a snow throwing direction of the snow throwing section; a snow removal machine inclination angle sensor for detecting an inclination angle of the snow removal machine or the snow throwing section relative to a horizontal surface; and a control section that controls the snow throwing drive section to adjust the snow throwing direction of the snow throwing section based on respective detection values of the snow throwing direction detected by the snow throwing direction sensor and the inclination angle detected by the snow removal machine inclination angle sensor.
US09828733B2	Pet waste collection apparatus A pet waste collection apparatus encloses an open-topped chamber with compartmentalized spaces for carrying waste bag dispenser and retaining filled pet waste bags. The apparatus is provided with openings for maintaining aeration. The waste bags are rolled out from a small side oval opening. The bag is provided with an attachment element to connect different types of attachments to attach the apparatus to a person's clothes or accessories or to a pet leash or directly with the pet.
US09828732B2	Dog scoop systems A dog waste collection (and disposal) system designed to fit in a users pocket or small purse for convenient use when walking a pet. A refill of 5-10 disposable bags may also be manufactured separately for each dog scoop. The device is useful for remote collection and efficient sanitary disposal of pet waste.
US09828731B2	Conveyance system This disclosure relates to street sweepers and interchangeable conveyor modules for use with street sweepers that are interchangeable. A first conveyor module is provided that is mountable to the conveyor support structure of the vehicle wherein the conveyor is configured to transport debris from the broom assembly to the hopper on a continuous belt having paddles. A second conveyor module is also provided that is mountable to the vehicle structure wherein the second conveyor is a squeegee type conveyor. The first conveyor module and the second conveyor module are interchangeable on the street sweeping vehicle. Because the size envelope and attachment points and mechanisms are common, the two modules can be interchanged at will.
US09828729B1	Construction of a synthetic grass playing fields by flooring panels For the construction of synthetic grass playing fields, a plurality of panels (1, 1′, 1″) are manufactured by injection molding and stacked in groups (50). Each stacked group (50) is placed on a distributor vehicle (90) moved along a covering direction (Z), so that the panels (1) which compose the group (50) are able to rotate relative to each other with respect to a main direction (X) orthogonal to the covering direction (Z), so that a row of panels is constructed.
US09828725B1	Specialty pulp with high intrinsic viscosity A method for making a specialty fiber by activating pulp in an alkaline aqueous medium, then reacting it a water-soluble, multi-functional reagent able to bridge neighboring cellulose chain within a single fiber. The resultant specialty cellulose fibers have high intrinsic viscosity and may be used to make cellulose ethers, cellulose acetate, and viscose.
US09828722B2	Blends of fluoroalkyl-containing ester oligomers with polycarbodiimide(s) For imparting enhanced water-repellency and oil-repellency properties to substrates compositions comprising blends of (A) one or more ester oligomers and (B) one or more polycarbodiimides. Also methods for applying such compositions and articles treated with such compositions.
US09828719B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus is described. The laundry treating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). The laundry treating apparatus further includes a light guide that includes an inner wall and an outer wall and ribs located between the inner wall and the outer wall, the ribs defining cells that are configured to accommodate the plurality of LEDs. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a window that is configured to allow light emitted from the plurality of LEDs to pass through. Each rib includes a ridge portion that decreases in thickness toward the window and is pointed toward the window.
US09828716B2	Method for controlling a laundry washing machine and laundry washing machine A method controls a laundry washing machine (1) including: a casing (2), a washing tub (3) arranged within the casing (2), a rotatable laundry drum (4) which is mounted inside the washing tub (3) and is designed to contain laundry (10), a water-detergent supply system (5,6) designed to supply wash water and detergent into the washing tub (3), and a motor assembly to rotate the laundry drum (4). The method includes the steps of: performing a wash phase, in which a predetermined intermediate spin is performed in a standard way, or skipped, or performed in a modified way, based on one or more detected phase conditions; performing at least a rinse phase, in which a predetermined intermediate spin is performed in a standard way, or skipped, or performed in a modified way, based on one or more detected phase conditions; performing a detection of whether, in a previous wash phase or rinse phase, a predetermined intermediate spin was performed in a standard way, or skipped, or performed in a modified way and, based on the detection, performing a following rinse phase adapted to said detection and/or adding a rinse phase to be performed.
US09828710B2	System and method for capturing thread from an entraining air flow A system and method for capturing thread from an entraining air flow is provided, wherein the entraining airflow is selectively created in response to a location of the user relative to the device. The entraining airflow is sufficient to entrain an anticipated length of the thread, wherein the entraining airflow then passes through a grill. The grill shape, the airflow rate and the airflow velocity are selected to retain the entrained thread on the grill. The airflow is then terminated without requiring user intervention. Upon retention of a number of threads on the grill, the grill is separated from the housing and the retained threads are simultaneously disposed of in a desired container.
US09828709B2	Pattern-data creating program for border pattern and sewing machine A sewing machine includes a display which displays a pattern and a marking. A marking-data disposing position specifier specifies the disposing position of another pattern relative to the pattern. A marked pattern replicator displays, on the display, plural marked patterns that are the patterns on which the corresponding markings are disposed. The positions where the plural marked patterns are displayed are set based on the markings of the plural marked patterns. After the display positions of the plural marked patterns are set, the marking of the marked pattern is deleted. Accordingly, pattern data of a new pattern is created.
US09828708B2	Method and apparatus for producing nonwoven materials A method of producing a needled product of a selected material or materials of a desired thickness and size. A first carded batt of a selected material or materials is moved from a feed support into a needle loom between a vertically reciprocating needle bed and a support bed located beneath and in spaced relation to the needle bed. The needle bed and/or the support bed are vertically movable to vary the spacing therebetween. The upper surface of the first carded batt is penetrated by the needles in the needle loom so that the needles do not reach an upper surface of the support bed and are able to flex laterally. The needled first batt is then lifted and moved to the feed support or a feed support for another needle loom. Thereafter, a second batt is positioned over the first batt in overlapping relation, the needle bed or support bed is moved to increase the vertical spacing therebetween to accommodate the overlapped batts, and the batts are moved through the needle loom and connected. This method may be repeated to add additional overlapped batts to produce a layered product of any suitable thickness.
US09828707B2	Parasitic acari barrier A parasitic Acari barrier fabric that impedes parasitic Acari movement, traps parasitic Acari, and/or exterminates parasitic Acari thereon or therein. The barrier fabric includes an outer face formed from open mesh construction having evenly spaced openings formed thereon that are adapted for passing parasitic Acari from outside the fabric to inside the fabric, an inner face that is breathable and configured for moisture vapor transmission from a wearer's skin therethrough but is impenetrable to parasitic Acari passed to the inside of the fabric, and an intermediate spacer that extends between and interconnects the inner face to the outer face to form the parasitic Acari barrier fabric.
US09828706B2	Method of forming convertible tights A method of forming an article of hosiery for being worn by a wearer in a footed or footless configuration includes forming a foot portion, leg portion, and panty portion, where the foot portion is formed by turning in an end portion of a circularly knitted fabric tube and connecting a first portion of an end edge to the fabric tube using transfer loops to form a turned welt around only a first portion of the perimeter of the fabric tube. A second portion of the end edge remains unattached and defines an opening between the second portion of the end edge and the fabric tube. The opening is dimensioned to receive toes of the wearer.
US09828704B2	Terry article with synthetic filament yarns and method of making same A terry article includes a ground component including a plurality of ground warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns, and a pile component disposed on at least one of a lower side and an upper side of the ground component. The pile component includes a first plurality of piles that extend away from the ground component along a vertical direction. The first plurality of piles are formed from a first set of pile yarns comprised of natural fibers and further define a first pile height. The pile component also includes a second plurality of piles that extend away from the ground component in the vertical direction. The second plurality of piles are formed from a set of continuous filament thermoplastic yarns and define a second pile height that is less than the first pile height.
US09828702B2	Method and device for opening fiber bundle A method and a device for opening a fiber bundle, capable of performing a fluctuating operation, at a high speed, of pushing a part of a conveyed fiber bundle by a contact member into a stress state and then separating the contact member from the fiber bundle so as to temporarily relax the fiber bundle, and also capable of reducing damage to the fiber bundle. The device for opening a fiber bundle includes a conveying portion 5 for pulling out a fiber bundle Tm from a yarn feeding body 11 and conveying it in a fiber length direction, a fiber-opening processing portion 3 for opening the fiber bundle by moving a fiber in a width direction while bending the fiber by letting a fluid pass through the conveyed fiber bundle Tm, and a fluctuation imparting portion 4 for rotating a contact member 42 in a direction inclined with respect to a conveyance direction while bringing it into contact with the conveyed fiber bundle Tm and pushing a part of the fiber bundle Tm into a stress state, and then separating the contact member 42 from the fiber bundle Tm in the stress state so as to temporarily bring the fiber bundle Tm into a relaxed state.
US09828701B2	Post-extruded polymeric man-made synthetic fiber with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) A method of producing synthetic yarn having polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) properties is described. The method providing: applying a PTFE additive to a partially oriented yarn (POY) during one or more finishing processes of the POY to produce a PTFE enhanced POY having PTFE on the surface of the fibers of the PTFE enhanced POY.
US09828699B2	Polymer filament A polymer filament comprising a polyolefin composition which comprises at least 10% by weight of one or more copolymer(s) (I) of propylene with one or more comonomers selected from ethylene, C4-C10 α-olefins and their combinations, said copolymer or copolymers (I) having MFR from 0.5 to 10 g/10 min. and containing units deriving from the said comonomers in a total amount of from 0.5 to 25% by weight with respect to the total amount of all momoner units in the copolymer, provided that, in the absence of comonomer units deriving from C6-C10 α-olefins, the amount of comonomer units deriving from ethylene or C4-C5 α-olefins or their combinations is at least 2.5% by weight.
US09828697B2	Flame-retardant regenerated cellulose filament fibers and process for production thereof In a process for producing regenerated cellulose fibers, in which particles of a flame-retardant solid are incorporated into the fiber, the particles are placed into a mold, the dimension of which in a major axis of the particle is greater than in the two orthogonal minor axes of the particle, and the major axes of the particles in the fiber are aligned in a preferential direction parallel to the spinning direction thereof.
US09828696B2	Method for assembly of analyte filter arrays using biomolecules Analyte filter arrays and methods for making an analyte filter array are provided. The arrays are formed using a dispersion of filter particles having selected moieties attached to the surface of the particles and a microarray having complementary moieties formed in an array on a substrate, such that each filter particle is attached to a selected region of the microarray. The moiety on the substrate may be RNA or DNA or other molecule. The substrate may be a surface of a detector array, a membrane that may be placed in registration with the detector array or a stamp used to transfer the filter array to a detector array.
US09828694B2	Method of forming metal film Provided is a metal film forming method which can form a metal film having excellent adhesion industrially advantageously and a metal film formed by using the method. A method of forming a metal film on a base includes an atomization step of atomizing a raw-material solution into a mist, in which the raw-material is prepared by dissolving or dispersing a metal in an organic solvent containing an oxidant, a chelating agent, or a protonic acid; a carrier-gas supply step of supplying a carrier gas to the mist; a mist supply step of supplying the mist onto the base using the carrier gas; and a metal-film formation step of forming the metal film on part or all of a surface of the base to causing the mist to thermally react.
US09828693B2	Apparatus and process for producing a crystal of semiconductor material A crystal of semiconductor material is produced in an apparatus having a crucible with a crucible bottom and a crucible wall, the crucible bottom having a top surface, an underside, and a multitude of openings disposed between the crucible wall and a center of the crucible bottom, and elevations disposed on the top surface and the underside of the crucible bottom; and an induction heating coil disposed below the crucible for melting semiconductor material and stabilizing a melt of semiconductor material covering a growing crystal of semiconductor material. The growth process comprises generating a bed of a semiconductor material feed on the top surface of the crucible bottom and melting semiconductor material on the bed using the induction heating coil.
US09828688B2	Methods and apparatus for wetting pretreatment for through resist metal plating Disclosed are pre-wetting apparatus designs and methods. In some embodiments, a pre-wetting apparatus includes a degasser, a process chamber, and a controller. The process chamber includes a wafer holder configured to hold a wafer substrate, a vacuum port configured to allow formation of a subatmospheric pressure in the process chamber, and a fluid inlet coupled to the degasser and configured to deliver a degassed pre-wetting fluid onto the wafer substrate at a velocity of at least about 7 meters per second whereby particles on the wafer substrate are dislodged and at a flow rate whereby dislodged particles are removed from the wafer substrate. The controller includes program instructions for forming a wetting layer on the wafer substrate in the process chamber by contacting the wafer substrate with the degassed pre-wetting fluid admitted through the fluid inlet at a flow rate of at least about 0.4 liters per minute.
US09828685B2	Composite flow plate for electrolytic cell A flow plate for use as an anode current collector in an electrolytic cell for the production of hydrogen from water is provided. The flow plate comprises a channel plate and a cover plate. A front face of the channel plate is provided with a flow field pattern of open-faced channels defined by depressed portions alternating with elevated portions. The cover plate made of a material that is corrosion resistant in an anodic environment of water electrolysis. The cover plate is arranged parallel on top of the channel plate and in electrical contact with the front face thereof. The cover plate is further provided with a pattern of through-going apertures alternating with closed portions, and the closed portions cover at least the elevated portions of the channel plate.
US09828684B2	Cell for ion exchange membrane electrolysis Provided is a cell for ion exchange membrane electrolysis obtained by improving the performance in electrolysis of an existing bipolar cell for ion exchange membrane electrolysis, in which a cathode partition wall and a rigid cathode being connected together by a plurality of intermediating V-shaped springs, by a simple method. It is a cell for ion exchange membrane electrolysis which is separated by an ion exchange membrane (7) into an anode chamber (1) having a rigid anode (1a) and an anode partition wall (1b) and a cathode chamber (2) having a rigid cathode (2a) and a cathode partition wall (2b), the rigid cathode (2a) and the cathode partition wall (2b) being connected together by a plurality of intermediating V-shaped springs (3). It is a cell for ion exchange membrane electrolysis in which a metal elastic body (5) and a flexible cathode (6) are disposed in layers on the surface of the rigid cathode (2a), the surface being opposite to the surface to which the V-shaped springs (3) are attached, and a conductive member (4) is disposed near one end on the opening side of a V-shaped spring (3), which conductive member (4) is electrically connected with the V-shaped spring (3) when the V-shaped spring (3) is compressed.
US09828683B2	Apparatus for producing slightly weak acidic hypochlorous acid water The present invention relates to an electrolyzed water manufacturing device for producing hypochlorous acid water containing hypochlorous acid using hydrochloric acid as an electrolyte, comprising: a hydrochloric acid container for storing the hydrochloric acid as the electrolyte; an electrolytic bath which is connected to the hydrochloric acid container, includes an electrode, and produces slightly weak acidic hypochlorous acid water containing a high-density chlorine solution through electrolysis of the hydrochloric acid; a hydrochloric acid supply pump provided between the hydrochloric acid container and the electrolytic bath so as to supply the hydrochloric acid to the electrolytic bath; and a venturi pipe which is connected to an upper part of the electrolytic bath, is formed between an inlet and an outlet through which dilution water passes, includes a neck part having a smaller pipe diameter in comparison with the inlet and the outlet, and an extraction pipe for connecting the neck part and the electrolytic bath, such that the high-density chlorine solution generated from the electrolytic bath is aspirated through the reduction of the pressure generated from the neck part when the dilution water passes through, and the aspirated high-density chlorine solution is diluted using the dilution solution and the diluted high-density chlorine solution is discharged. The apparatus for producing slightly weak acidic hypochlorous acid water, according to the present invention further, comprises: a discharging pipe connected to the outlet of the venturi pipe; and a screw blade which is inserted into the discharging pipe and accelerates the contact reaction between the high-density chlorine solution discharged from the non-diaphragm type electrolytic bath and the dilution water, wherein the screw blade is preferably composed of flexible plastic material.
US09828679B1	Apparatus and process for removing support structure from a 3D printed part An apparatus and a process for removing a support structure from a 3D printed part, where the 3D printed part along with the support structure is placed in an acid solution and the part is surrounded by an induction heater. The acid solution is recirculated through the acid tank to prevent the acid solution from heating up too much. Small surfaces of the part are heated up by the induction heater before larger pieces are heated so that the acid will remove the smaller pieces first. After enough time, all of the support structure is removed by the acid and the heater to leave the finished 3D printed part with the support structure removed.
US09828678B2	Method for depositing a metal onto a porous carbon layer The invention relates to a method for depositing a metal M1 onto a carbon layer, as well as to a method for manufacturing an electrode for fuel cells and to a method for manufacturing a fuel cell. The method for depositing a metal M1 onto a porous carbon layer according to the invention includes a step of depositing said metal M1 by means of the electrochemical reduction of an electrolytic solution of a salt of the metal M1, and, prior to said step of depositing the metal M1 by means of electrochemical reduction, a step of depositing a metal M2 by means of chemical reduction using a reducing gas of a salt of the metal M2, the thermodynamic equilibrium potential between the ionic form of the salt of M2 and M2, Eeqionic form of the salt of M2/M2 being greater than the thermodynamic equilibrium potential between the ionic form of the salt of M1 and M1, Eeqionic form of the salt of M1/M1. The invention can be used, in particular, in the field of fuel cells.
US09828677B2	Article and process for selective etching A process for etching includes disposing an activating catalyst on a substrate; providing a vapor composition that includes an etchant oxidizer, an activatable etchant, or a combination thereof; contacting the activating catalyst with the etchant oxidizer; contacting the substrate with the activatable etchant; performing an oxidation-reduction reaction between the substrate, the activatable etchant, and the etchant oxidizer in a presence of the activating catalyst and the vapor composition; forming an etchant product that includes a plurality of atoms from the substrate; and removing the etchant product from the substrate to etch the substrate.
US09828676B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method An underlayer is formed to cover the upper surface of a substrate and a guide pattern is formed on the underlayer. A DSA film constituted by two types of polymers is formed in a region on the underlayer where the guide pattern is not formed. Thermal processing is performed while a solvent is supplied to the DSA film on the substrate. Thus, a microphase separation of the DSA film occurs. As a result, patterns made of the one polymer and patterns made of another polymer are formed. Exposure processing and development processing are performed in this order on the DSA film after the microphase separation such that the patterns made of another polymer are removed.
US09828670B2	Loader device and an installation for densifying stackable frustoconical porous preforms A loader device is arranged for densifying porous preforms of stackable shape by means of directed stream chemical vapor infiltration in a reaction chamber of an infiltration oven. The device comprises a support tray, a first stack having a plurality of bottom rings arranged on the support tray and a plurality of injection orifices, a second stack comprising a plurality of top rings and a plurality of discharge orifices extending between the outer periphery and inner periphery of each ring. The device includes a first non-porous wall corresponding to the porous preforms and arranged on the support tray inside the bottom rings of the first stack, and a second non-porous wall corresponding to the porous preforms extending between the bottom ring situated at the top of the first stack and the top ring situated at the top of the second stack.
US09828669B2	Microwave rapid thermal processing of electrochemical devices Microwave radiation may be applied to electrochemical devices for rapid thermal processing (RTP) (including annealing, crystallizing, densifying, forming, etc.) of individual layers of the electrochemical devices, as well as device stacks, including bulk and thin film batteries and thin film electrochromic devices. A method of manufacturing an electrochemical device may comprise: depositing a layer of the electrochemical device over a substrate; and microwave annealing the layer, wherein the microwave annealing includes selecting annealing conditions with preferential microwave energy absorption in the layer. An apparatus for forming an electrochemical device may comprise: a first system to deposit an electrochemical device layer over a substrate; and a second system to microwave anneal the layer, wherein the second system is configured to provide preferential microwave energy absorption in the device layer.
US09828666B2	Thin film transistor array panel having an oxide semiconductor including silicon An exemplary embodiment provides a thin film transistor array panel, including: a substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer; and a pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer includes an oxide semiconductor including silicon, and the second layer contacts the insulating layer.
US09828662B2	Low cost and high strength titanium alloy and heat treatment process Systems and methods of a low cost, high strength titanium alloy are disclosed. According to illustrative implementations, the weight percent of the alloy composition may be: Fe content 3%˜7%, Al content 3%˜5%, C content 0.01%˜0.02%, with the balance being Ti and unavoidable impurities. Industrial pure iron, carbon steel, and industrial pure aluminum etc. may be used as the raw materials. In one exemplary method, the raw materials are mixed before being pressed to a block. The block may be double-melted to an alloy cast ingot, forged by a conventional titanium alloy forging process, and subsequently undergo a solid solution treatment of (820° C.˜950° C.)/1 h+water quenching, and an ageing treatment of (450° C.˜550° C.)/4 h+air cooling, wherein the mechanical properties of the alloy are that σb=1000˜1250 MPa, δ=5%-12%.
US09828661B2	Nickel-based super heat resistant alloy and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a nickel-based super heat resistant alloy and a method of manufacturing the same. In the nickel-based super heat resistant alloy according to the present invention, an amount of solid solution strengthening elements (chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, or tantalum) is adjusted to improve a mechanical property, such as a creep property, at high temperatures, and aluminum or titanium is included in a predetermined amount to improve a corrosion property. The nickel-based super heat resistant alloy has excellent elongation, strength, and creep properties at normal temperature and high temperatures, and thus it is possible to manufacture parts of, by way of non-limiting example, a thermoelectric power plant, an aircraft, or a very high temperature reactor in various shapes on a large scale.
US09828660B2	Method for producing an aluminum alloy casting A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy casting includes obtaining the aluminum alloy casting by casting an aluminum alloy into a mold, performing solution heat treatment, rapidly cooling the casting, performing aging treatment, and cooling the casting. The aluminum alloy includes, in terms of mass ratios, 4.0 to 7.0% of Si, 0.5 to 2.0% of Cu, 0.25 to 0.5% of Mg, no more than 0.5% of Fe, and no more than 0.5% of Mn, and at least one component selected from the group consisting of 0.002 to 0.02% of Na, 0.002 to 0.02% of Ca and 0.002 to 0.02% of Sr, a remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. An internal combustion engine cylinder head is composed of the aluminum alloy casting and manufactured by the method of the casting. The aluminum alloy casting is suitable for applications requiring superior elongation, high cycle fatigue strength and high thermal fatigue strength.
US09828656B2	Ni-base alloy In a Ni-base alloy, an area-equivalent diameter D is calculated. D is defined by D=A1/2 from an area A of a largest nitride in a field of view when an observation area S0 is observed. This process is repeated in n fields of view for measurement, where n is the number of the fields of view for measurement, so as to acquire n pieces of data on D, and the pieces are arranged in ascending order D1, D2, . . . , Dn to obtain a reduced variate yj. The obtained values are plotted on X-Y axis coordinates, where an X axis corresponds to D and a Y axis corresponds to yj. In a regression line yj=a×D+b, yj is obtained when a target cross-sectional area S is set to 100 mm2. When the obtained yj is substituted into the regression line, the estimated nitride maximum size is ≦25 μm in diameter.
US09828653B2	Method for recycling lead oxide-containing waste material Provided is a method for recycling a lead oxide-containing waste material, comprising: (1) contacting the lead oxide-containing waste material with a desulphurizer under desulphurization reaction conditions, and performing a solid-liquid separation on the mixture after contacting to obtain a filtrate and a filtration residue; (2) performing a conversion reaction on the above-mentioned filtration residue at a temperature of 350-750° C. so as to convert the lead-containing components in the filtration residue into lead oxide; (3) contacting the product obtained from step (2) with an alkaline solution so as to dissolve the PbO therein, and then performing a solid-liquid separation to obtain a PbO-alkaline solution; and (4) crystallizing the PbO-alkaline solution from step (3) to obtain PbO crystals and an alkaline filtrate. The method can reduce the energy consumption.
US09828650B2	Method of manufacturing a sliding camshaft A method of manufacturing a sliding camshaft for an internal combustion engine includes providing the sliding camshaft from a steel alloy having a carbon content between 0.25% and 0.60%. The sliding camshaft is then processed with a carbon infusing heat treatment process, such as carburization or carbonitriding. After the sliding camshaft has been processed with the carbon infusing heat treatment process, the sliding camshaft is then processed with a quenching heat treatment process, such as a mar-quenching heat treatment process.
US09828649B2	Process for the production of grain-oriented magnetic sheet with a high level of cold reduction Process for the production of grain-oriented Fe—Si sheets having excellent magnetic characteristics to be used for construction of electrical devices wherein the thickness of hot rolled strip (_>3.5 mm) and the total cold deformation rate (90-98%) are higher than known processes, and wherein hot rolled strip annealing before cold rolling is not scheduled.
US09828647B2	Induction hardening apparatus and methods An induction hardening apparatus and methods are provided. The induction hardening apparatus includes a feed line having first and second ends. A coil assembly is positioned between the first and second ends. The feed line includes a support arrangement for supporting two workpieces against one another and transferring the workpieces simultaneously through the coil assembly along a feed axis defined by the feed line.
US09828645B2	Composition and kit for diagnosing breast cancer including polynucleotide within vesicle, and method of diagnosing breast cancer using the same A breast cancer diagnostic composition and kit, and methods of diagnosing breast cancer or acquiring information for breast cancer diagnosis by using the composition or kit are provided. The composition or kit includes a polynucleotide that is the same as or complementary to at least one microRNA (miRNA) selected from the group consisting of hsa-miR-126, hsa-miR-23a, hsa-miR-24, hsa-miR-19b, hsa-miR-103, hsa-miR-142-3p, hsa-miR-144, hsa-miR-15a, hsa-miR-185, hsa-miR-93, and hsa-miR-30c in a vesicle, or a fragment of the microRNA.
US09828640B2	Analysis of methylation using nucleic acid arrays Arrays for genome-wide analysis of methylation are disclosed. In a preferred aspect arrays comprising a plurality of probes complementary to a plurality of identified CpG islands in the human, mouse and rat genome are disclosed. The arrays may be used to detect methylation within CpG islands in samples from human, mouse and rat genomes.
US09828638B2	Mutations in SPTLC2 gene associated with sensory neuropathy Described are methods and kits for identifying a subject at risk of, or having, a sensory neuropathy related disease, such as sensory neuropathies. In particular, the disclosure is based on the determination of mutations in the SPTLC2 gene causing sensory neuropathies.
US09828637B2	Methods of predicting predisposition to or risk of kidney disease Methods are disclosed herein for detecting a genetic predisposition to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) or hypertensive end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or both in a human subject, e.g., by detecting the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in an APOL1 gene, such as the C-terminal exon of an APOL1 gene. In a further embodiment, methods are disclosed for detecting resistance of a subject to a disease associated with Trypanosoma infection, e.g., by detecting at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in an APOL1 gene, such as the C-terminal exon of an APOL1 gene. Also disclosed are methods for treating a subject infected with T. brucei. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of an APOL1 protein including a S342G substitution, an I384M substitution, and/or a deletion of N388 and Y389 to the subject.

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