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| US07803268B2 |
Method and plant for producing low-temperature coke
The present invention relates to a method and a plant for producing low 15 temperature coke, in which granular coal and possibly further solids are heated to a temperature of 700 to 1050° C. in a fluidized-bed reactor (2) by means of an oxygen-containing gas. To improve the utilization of energy it is proposed to introduce a first gas or gas mixture from below through at least one gas supply tube (3) into a mixing chamber region (8) of the reactor (2), the gas supply tube (3) being at least partly surrounded by a stationary annular fluidized bed (6) which is fluidized by supplying fluidizing gas. The gas velocities of the first gas or gas mixture and of the fluidizing gas for the annular fluidized bed (6) are adjusted such that the Particle-Froude-Numbers in the gas supply tube (3) are between 1 and 100, in the annular fluidized bed (6) between 0.02 and 2 and in the 25 mixing chamber (8) between 0.3 and 30. |
| US07803267B2 |
Gasoline sulfur reduction in fluid catalytic cracking
The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a sulfur reduction catalyst composition comprising a porous molecular sieve which contains a metal in an oxidation state above zero within the interior of the pore structure of the sieve as well as a cerium component which enhances the stability and sulfur reduction activity of the catalyst. The molecular sieve is normally a faujasite such as USY. The primary sulfur reduction component is normally a metal of Period 3 of the Periodic Table, preferably vanadium. The sulfur reduction catalyst may be used in the form of a separate particle additive or as a component of an integrated cracking/sulfur reduction catalyst. |
| US07803252B2 |
Fabric structure for use in paper machine and manufacturing method thereof
The invention relates to a flexible and porous fabric structure comprising a support structure (1) and a coating material for use in a paper machine. The coating material (2) is arranged solely on the surface of the support structure (1) at a predefined location(s) so that the coating material (2) does not substantially alter the permeability properties of the support structure (1). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a fabric structure. |
| US07803246B2 |
Etching system
An etching system. An etching chamber includes an exhaust port. A gas input pipe is connected to the etching chamber, inputting etching process gas thereinto. A top RF electrode is disposed above the etching chamber. A bottom RF electrode is disposed under the etching chamber and opposite the top RF electrode. The etching process gas is transformed into plasma by operation of the top and bottom RF electrodes. An exhaust pump is connected to the exhaust port, expelling the plasma from the etching chamber. A base is disposed in the etching chamber. A focus ring is disposed on the base, accommodating a wafer. The wafer is etched by the plasma. A barricade is disposed on the focus ring and corresponds to the exhaust port, regulating the plasma flowing through the wafer. |
| US07803242B2 |
Apparatus and method for splicing an elongate multi-layered workpiece
An apparatus for splicing an elongate multi-layered workpiece includes: (a) drives and guides cooperating to drive the workpiece along a working path; (b) a cutter for severing the workpiece; (c) a layer manipulator for separating layers; (d) an applicator for applying adhesive; and (e) a deflector unit for deflecting the workpiece from the working path. The cutter effects the severing to present first and second workpiece segments. The layer manipulator effects inter-layer separation in one segment to present an interlayer zone in the one segment. A drive inserts the other segment in the interlayer zone. The layer manipulator urges the layers together to capture the other segment within the interlayer zone to establish a multi-layer structure. A drive and at least one of the workpiece deflector unit and the applicator situate the multi-layer structure adjacent to the applicator for finishing the splicing by applying adhesive to the multi-layer structure. |
| US07803238B2 |
Al—Ni-rare earth element alloy sputtering target
An Al-base alloy sputtering target consisting Ni and one or more rare earth elements, wherein there are 5.0×104/mm2 or more compounds whose aspect ratio is 2.5 or higher and whose equivalent diameter is 0.2 μm or larger, when a cross sectional surface perpendicular to the plane of the target is observed at a magnification of 2000 or higher. |
| US07803237B2 |
Nickel-base alloy and articles made therefrom
A wear and oxidation resistant nickel-base alloy, exhibiting resistance to thermal cracking in high-stress elevated temperature environments, comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 53 to 67 nickel; 20 to 26 chromium; and 12 to 18 tungsten. The alloy optionally further comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight, at least one of: up to 3 cobalt; up to 3 molybdenum; up to 6 iron; 0.1 to 0.5 manganese; 0.1 to 0.7 silicon; 0.1 to 0.6 aluminum; and less than 0.05 carbon. Components of a seamless tube manufacturing apparatus fabricated from the alloy also are provided. The components may be, for example, tools for one of a piercing mill, a high mill, and a rotary expander, such as piercer points, piercing mill guide shoes, rotary expander guide shoes, reeler guide shoes, and high-mill plugs. |
| US07803236B2 |
Valve spring retainer made of titanium
To provide a valve spring retainer made of titanium, capable of reduction in raw material cost and processing cost, a valve spring retainer is formed out of a titanium alloy raw material composed of 0.8 wt %≦Fe≦1.2 wt %, 0.24 wt %≦O≦0.32 wt %, 0.02 wt %≦N≦0.05 wt %, and balance Ti containing unavoidable impurities through cold forging. |
| US07803233B2 |
Arrangement for the cleaning of a pipe separator
A device or arrangement for cleaning a pipe separator (1) in which the separator body (2) includes an extended, tubular body with an inlet (4) and an outlet (5) having essentially the same diameter as the separator body. At the outlet, there is a bend or a loop (3) designed to maintain a fluid level in the separator. Just before the bend, there is an outlet (6) with an outlet pipe (9) for conducting fluid, e.g. water, from the separator. Sand or other particulate materials introduced into the outlet (6) are returned, using a pump (7) arranged on the outlet pipe (9), together with the fluid from the outlet, to the separator after the bend (3) by means of reversal with a valve (8) via a return pipe (11). In connection with the outlet (6), there is a flushing device having a pipe loop (12) connected to the outlet pipe (9) for the return of fluid from the outlet to the nozzles (14) arranged in the outlet. The nozzles are designed to flush, in a direction downstream of the outlet, any particles having accumulated in the outlet chamber. |
| US07803230B2 |
Substrate cleaning apparatus, substrate cleaning method, and medium for recording program used for the method
In a substrate cleaning method and a substrate cleaning method according to the present invention, a brush 3 is brought into contact with a substrate W while rotating the same, and a cleaning position Sb of the brush 3 is moved relative to the substrate W from a center part of the substrate W toward a peripheral part thereof. A process fluid formed of liquid droplets and a gas is sprayed by a two-fluid nozzle 5 onto the substrate W, and a cleaning position Sn of the two-fluid nozzle 5 is moved relative to the substrate W from a center part of the substrate W toward a peripheral part thereof. During the movement of the cleaning position Sb of the brush 3 from the center part of the substrate W toward the peripheral part thereof, the cleaning position Sb of the two-fluid nozzle is positioned nearer to a center P0 than the cleaning position Sb of the brush 3. Since contaminations of the brush are prevented from adhering again to the wafer, it can be avoided that the wafer W is contaminated. |
| US07803228B2 |
Process for producing high-resistance silicon wafers and process for producing epitaxial wafers and SOI wafers
By using oxygen-containing silicon wafers obtained by the CZ method and by combining the first heat treatment comprising controlled heat-up operation (ramping) with the second heat treatment comprising high-temperature heat treatment and medium temperature heat treatment in accordance with the process for producing high-resistance silicon wafers according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain high-resistance silicon wafers capable of maintaining their high resistance even after heat treatment in the process of device manufacture while efficiently inhibiting the formation of oxygen donors and preventing changes in resistivity. Further, excellent epitaxial wafers and SOI wafers can be produced using those high-resistance silicon wafers and, therefore, they can be applied in a wide field including high-frequency communication devices and analog/digital hybrid devices, among others. |
| US07803227B2 |
Means and method for sealing constructions
A flexible seal for constructions and method of using such seals where the seals include a mixture of soil and a polymeric additive including polymeric methacrylamide, which additive opens a water casing around soil grains, wherein 1 m3 of soil contains up to 0.5% by volume of the additive wherein the additive also contains saponified paraffins or further contains between 15 kg and 25 kg of cement and/or lime per 1 m3 of soil which cement and/or lime in turn contains 1% by weight to 10% by weight of the additive or wherein a proportion of between 20% by weight and 50% by weight of water is added to the mixture to make it capable of flow. |
| US07803217B2 |
Bubble trap for high flow rate infusion
A bubble trap for separating and collecting air and bubbles from a high flow rate stream of infusate includes multiple flow chambers to collect air, a sensor support mounted to one of the chambers, an air vent disposed in one of the chambers, and a valve in fluid communication with the chambers to control the flow of infusate therethrough. |
| US07803216B2 |
Pressurized high-temperature gas cooler
A compact pressurized high-temperature gas cooler having superior heat exchange performance and excellent economical efficiency is provided. A return-flow structure is formed in which a flue through which high-temperature gas flows is formed in a pressure container, a heat exchanger is disposed in the flue, and a partition dividing the internal cross-sectional area of the flue is provided so that the high-temperature gas supplied from a bottom or a top portion of the pressure container flows back in a return direction. The cross-sectional-area division ratio dividing the internal cross-section of the flue is set so that the flow rate of the high-temperature gas flowing in one direction matches that flowing in the direction opposite thereto. |
| US07803215B2 |
Adsorber for pretreatment of natural gas containing bulk hydrogen sulfide
The invention relates to a process for removing heavy hydrocarbons and hydrogen sulfide from natural gas. The combination of a silica-gel and an activated carbon adsorber allow for a significant reduction in the overall bed volume required for removal of hydrocarbons. |
| US07803214B2 |
Asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane, gas separation method and gas separation membrane module
The present invention relates to an asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane made of a polyimide having a specific repeating unit, an improved tensile elongation at break of 15% or more as a hollow-fiber membrane itself, an oxygen gas permeation rate (P′O2) of 4.0×10−5 cm3(STP)/cm2·sec·cmHg or more and a gas ratio of permeation rate of oxygen to nitrogen (P′O2/P′N2) of 4 or more that are measured at 50° C., a gas separation method and a gas separation membrane module using the asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane.In addition, the present invention relates to an asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane obtained by heat-treating the asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane at a maximum temperature of from 350 to 450° C. The asymmetric hollow-fiber gas separation membrane has sufficient mechanical strength even after the heat-treatment at a maximum temperature of from 350 to 450° C. |
| US07803210B2 |
Method for producing spherical particles having nanometer size, crystalline structure, and good sphericity
The present invention provides a method for producing nanometer-size spherical particles. The method includes a first step for producing intermediate spherical particles. The intermediate spherical particles include a polycrystalline or single-crystalline region, having a particle size of 1 to 300 μm. The method of the present invention further includes a second step for producing final spherical particles. The second step uses a swirling plasma gas flow having the central axis thereof, the central axis running through an area between an anode and a cathode of a plasma generator. The intermediate spherical particles are discharged along the axis to subject the intermediate spherical particles to a plasma atmosphere of the area to form the final spherical particles. |
| US07803208B2 |
Dust collecting mechanism
A dust collecting mechanism for an air pump, in particular, an electromagnetic vibrational pump having a compact structure, capable of realizing the efficiency of dust collecting ability is disclosed. The mechanism is simple in assembly work. An inlet and an outlet for fluid are provided in the mechanism at a barrier chamber of the mechanism provided in at least one portion of a housing. A plurality of cross walls at which 1 or 2 or more of vent holes are provided are arranged in the mechanism. At least the position of the vent hole of the adjacent cross wall is different among a plurality of the cross walls. |
| US07803205B2 |
Multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus having a filter assembly
A multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus includes a cyclone unit and a separable filter assembly adapted to be disposed at least partially in a discharge path of the cyclone unit. The cyclone unit includes a main cyclone, a secondary cyclone adapted to be disposed at substantially a same plane as the main cyclone, and a dust collecting casing adapted to substantially surround the main cyclone and the secondary cyclone. The dust collecting casing includes a dust chamber to collect dust separated at the main cyclone and the secondary cyclone. |
| US07803199B2 |
Electrode structure for lithium secondary battery and secondary battery having such electrode structure
An electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer including a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a current collector. The main active material layer includes a powder of a support material for supporting the electron conduction of the main active material layer in addition to the metal powder and the powder of the support material are particles having a spherical, pseudo-spherical or pillar shape with an average particle size of 0.3 to 1.35 times the thickness of the main active material layer. The support material is one or more selected from graphite, oxides of transition metals and metals that do not electrochemically form alloy with lithium. Organic polymer compounded with a conductive polymer is used for the binder. |
| US07803197B2 |
Thiol derivative dyes
Disclosed are thiol dyes of formula (1) wherein L1 is hydrogen; C1-C12alkyl; or phenyl-C1-C4alkyl; X is C1-C12alkylene, C2-C12alkenylene, C5-C10cycloalkylene, C5-C10arylene, or C5-C10arylene-C1-C10alkylene, which may by interrupted by —O—, —NH—, —S—, —CO—, o-SO2—; Y is the residue of an organic dye Z is a group of formula (1b) or —C≡N; wherein A is O; S; or N-L2; B is L3; —OL3; —NL3L4; or —SL3; and L2, L3 and L4, independently from other are hydrogen; C1-C12alkyl; C5-C12aryl-C1-C12alkyl. The compounds are useful for the dyeing of organic materials, such as keratin fibers, preferably human hair. |
| US07803194B2 |
Sintered body of titanium compound
The present invention provides a sintered body of titanium compound obtained by sintering the titanium compound and a method for producing the same. A titanium compound represented by the formula (1) or (2) below is sintered. [Ca10(PO4)6]TiO3.nH2O (1) [Ca10(PO4)6]TiO2(OH)2 (2) (In the formulae, n is an integer of from 0 to 3). The obtained sintered body substantially consists of perovskite and whitlokite. |
| US07803191B2 |
Spacer for insertion between two vertebrae
A spacer for insertion between two vertebrae includes a variable axial length and comprises a first member having a hollow interior and a tubular wall and a second member having a hollow interior and a tubular wall the second member being slidable within the first member in an axial direction for adjusting an overall length. At least the first member or the second member comprises an access opening in its wall, the opening having a size which is adapted for inserting bone grafts through the opening into the interior. The spacer further comprises a length adjustment structure being engageable with an expansion tool for telescoping the second member relative to the first member and a locking structure for fixing the axial length. The access opening, the length adjustment structure and the locking structure are arranged so as to be accessible from the same side of the spacer. The spacer allows in situ filling of bone grafts into its interior and an improved handling. |
| US07803190B2 |
Interspinous process apparatus and method with a selectably expandable spacer
The present invention is an interspinous process implant with a selectably expandable spacer that can be placed between adjacent spinous processes. |
| US07803189B2 |
Prosthetic facet and facet joint replacement device
Spinal stabilization devices, systems, and methods are described. Foramenal spacers including a rigid member adapted to maintain the integrity of the foramenal space. Facet joint stabilizing members and prosthetic facet joints that augment or replace the native facet joint are also described. Lateral spinal stabilization systems that may be attached to the lateral surfaces of adjacent vertebral bodies are described. Also described are anterior spinal stabilization systems that are to be attached to the anterior surfaces of adjacent vertebral bodies. Several variations of dynamic spinal stabilization devices and systems are described. Each of the foregoing devices, systems, and methods may be used independently, in combination with the other devices, systems, and methods described herein, and/or in combination with prosthetic intervertebral discs. |
| US07803184B2 |
Percutaneous aortic valve
The present invention provides a valve configured for insertion on the proximal and distal sides of a heart valve annulus to replace the heart valve of a patient. The valve comprises a first substantially annular portion adapted to be positioned on a proximal side of the annulus of a patient and a second substantially annular portion adapted to be positioned on a distal side of the annulus of a patient, wherein at least one of the first and second substantially annular portions is movable towards the other portion to a clamped position to clamp around the annulus. The second portion has a flow restricting portion extending therefrom and is movable between a first position to permit the flow of blood and a second position to restrict the flow of blood. In one embodiment, the valve has a suture joining the first and second portions to draw the first and second portions into closer proximity and a cinch member to secure the suture to maintain the first and second portions in the clamped position. In another embodiment, the first and second portions are connected by a first segment which biases the first and second portions toward the clamped position. |
| US07803179B2 |
Intravascular stents
Stent designs for use in vessels, such as the carotid and coronary arteries, are disclosed. The stents consist of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common longitudinal stent axis and interconnected by one or more interconnecting members placed so that the stent is flexible in a longitudinal direction. The cylindrical elements form a generally serpentine wave pattern transverse to the longitudinal axis between alternating valley portions and peak portions. The interconnecting members are attached to the double-curved portions to connect a cylindrical element to an adjacent cylindrical element and interconnecting members are attached to the inverted double-curved portions to connect the cylindrical element to the other adjacent cylindrical element. The stent designs include both a six crown and an eight crown stent which exhibit flexibility and sufficient radial strength to support the vessel. |
| US07803177B2 |
Trigger wire system
A trigger wire guide for a prosthesis deployment device. The prosthesis deployment device has a proximal end extending to a proximal nose cone dilator and having a trigger wire or wires and trigger wire release mechanism to retain the proximal end of a prosthesis adjacent the nose cone dilator. The trigger wire guide retains the trigger wire or wires to prevent fouling of the trigger wire with a prosthesis when the prosthesis is carried on the deployment device. The guide can be crimped or soldered to a guide wire catheter or concentric with it. |
| US07803175B2 |
Devices and methods for attaching a rod to a vertebral member
Connection devices and methods for connecting a rod to a vertebral member. The device may include a receiver mounted to a proximal end of an anchor. The receiver includes a receiving section size to accommodate the rod and adjustable between open and closed orientations. One or more members are mounted to the receiver to adjust the size of the receiving section. In some embodiments, the movable members may be rotated and/or are rotatable to accommodate a rod at different angular positions relative to the anchor. |
| US07803174B2 |
Dorsal adjusting multi-rod connector
An orthopedic implant is disclosed having at least one passage for an elongated member that is compressible. In certain embodiments, multiple compressible elongated member passages may be provided, or an elongated member passage may be U-shaped and closable by a closure member. Split ring members may be provided in compressible passages and around elongated members. A bone anchor may be connected to the implant so that locking the anchor to the implant compresses one or more of the elongated member passages. |
| US07803166B2 |
Method for plicating and fastening gastric tissue
A method for creating a plication within a hollow organ. The method uses an elongated member having an end effector at its distal end. The end effector has an outer cylinder having at least one opening in its cylindrical wall, and an inner cylinder having at least one opening in its cylindrical wall. The inner cylinder is at least partially disposed within the outer cylinder such that the apertures can at least partially overlap. The cylinders are rotatable with respect to each other. The method includes the step of inserting the end effector within an organ of a patient such that it is in contact with tissue. The method also involves applying vacuum through the elongated member so as to dispose tissue within the inner cylinder. The method also involves creating a plication by rotating the cylinders with respect to each other. |
| US07803161B2 |
Methods and instruments for interbody surgical techniques
This invention relates to methods and instruments for performing a surgical procedure in a disc space between adjacent vertebrae. The instruments include a distractor and a cutting instrument. In one embodiment the distractor includes a body portion and a pair of flanges extending along opposite sides of the body portion such that a slot is formed between the flanges and the body portion. The cutting instrument is positionable over the body portion and into the slots of the distractor so that the flanges are positioned between the cutting instrument and the adjacent tissue. |
| US07803160B2 |
Surgical instrument for grinding the cotyloid cavity
A surgical instrument for grinding the cotyloid cavity includes an instrument head and a drive shaft. In order to offer easier access during a minimally invasive operation, the drive shaft, which can include an optionally provided shank, is located at an angle with respect to the rotation axis of the instrument head. In order to facilitate the alignment of the instrument head and the exertion of the advancing force, a handle can be provided that is located in the direction of the rotational axis of the instrument head but is connected to the instrument head or to the shank at a location outside of the rotational axis. |
| US07803158B2 |
Navigated pin placement for orthopaedic procedures
Systems and methods are provided for navigated placement of bone engaging elements, such as support pins used to support a cutting block on a bone for resection. In one embodiment, a guide apparatus is configured to be mounted to a bone and provides multi-degree of freedom gross and fine adjustments of a pin guide. The pin guide carries a position tracking element so that its real-time spatial position relative to a location on the bone can be evaluated. |
| US07803156B2 |
Method and apparatus for surgical electrocautery
The invention provides a surgical electrocautery method and apparatus that achieves sealing along the entire tissue length, and that also is able to deliver adequate force to produce an effective electrocautery seal. This problem is solved by using an incompressible fluid contained in a sac or sacs positioned to support the one or more electrodes used for electrocauterization. The profile of the electrodes thus conforms to the tissue surface and thickness variations, while exerting an optimized pressure along the entire length of the surface. |
| US07803151B2 |
System and method for calibrating a surgical instrument
A calibration system for a surgical instrument. The calibration system includes an actuator, such as a motor system and a flexible shaft. The calibration system also includes a surgical instrument actuatable by the actuator. The calibration system also include calibration data corresponding to the surgical instrument. A processor is configured to process the calibration data for determining a position of the surgical instrument. The calibration system may include a sensor configured to provide a signal corresponding to a movement of the actuator, the processor being further configured to process the signal for determining a position of the surgical instrument. |
| US07803150B2 |
Devices, systems and methods useable for treating sinusitis
Sinusitis and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches with flexible or rigid instruments. Various methods and devices are used for remodeling or changing the shape, size or configuration of a sinus ostium or duct or other anatomical structure in the ear, nose or throat; implanting a device, cells or tissues; removing matter from the ear, nose or throat; delivering diagnostic or therapeutic substances or performing other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Introducing devices (e.g., guide catheters, tubes, guidewires, elongate probes, other elongate members) may be used to facilitate insertion of working devices (e.g. catheters e.g. balloon catheters, guidewires, tissue cutting or remodeling devices, devices for implanting elements like stents, electrosurgical devices, energy emitting devices, devices for delivering diagnostic or therapeutic agents, substance delivery implants, scopes etc.) into the paranasal sinuses or other structures in the ear, nose or throat. Specific devices (e.g., tubular guides, guidewires, balloon catheters, tubular sheaths) are provided as are methods for manufacturing and using such devices to treat disorders of the ear, nose or throat. |
| US07803146B2 |
Sweat-absorbent sheet and process for making the same
A sweat-absorbent sheet includes a first surface layer, a second surface layer lying on the opposite side of the first surface layer and an intermediate layer sandwiched between these two layers. Each of the first and second surface layers comprises a mixture layer of first and second hydrophobic fibers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin as main constituent and first and second hydrophilic fibers. The intermediate layer comprises third hydrophilic fibers extending into at least one of the first and second hydrophobic fibers. The first and second hydrophobic fibers are bonded to the crimped to hydrophobic composite fibers mixed in the respective layers. The first, second and third hydrophilic fibers are impregnated with antibacterial or bactericidal medicinal ingredient and such medicinal ingredient is left behind on these hydrophilic fibers after these hydrophilic fibers have been dried. |
| US07803145B2 |
Drapeable absorbent article
An absorbent article including a cover layer, a barrier layer and an absorbent system arranged between the cover layer and the barrier layer, the absorbent article being drapeable and possessing the absorbency attributes required of a sanitary napkin. |
| US07803139B2 |
Medical connector with closeable male luer
A luer connector comprising a housing with a hollow bore having first and second ends. The hollow bore also has a male luer tip and a tapering interior surface. The luer connector also comprises a rigid valve member configured to at least partially extend through the housing. The valve member has a first opened end and a second closed end. The valve member also comprises a passageway within the valve member and an outwardly extending flange near the second end adapted to seal the hollow bore at the second end of the housing when placed in contact with a tapering interior surface of the housing. The valve member further comprises at least one opening near the closed end of the valve member extending outward from the passageway through the valve member and at least one strut attached to the valve member. At least a portion of the strut extends substantially parallel to the central axis of the valve member. The luer connector also comprises a retaining member configured to couple the valve member and the housing and a sealing element disposed within the housing. The sealing element is configured to inhibit fluid communication through the hollow bore of the housing between the interior of the male luer tip of the housing and the first end of the housing. |
| US07803136B2 |
Myocardial injector
A device is provided for performing intra myocardial injections. The device comprises a needle, a catheter formed with a lumen, and an abutment member mounted within the lumen for axial movement. The abutment member is movable between a first configuration, wherein it is substantially tube-like and is positioned within the lumen of the catheter, and a second configuration, wherein it extends beyond the distal end of the catheter and is substantially radially flared. Before the needle is advanced to perform an injection, the abutment member is moved to its second configuration to prevent contact between the catheter and the myocardial tissue during the injection. |
| US07803135B2 |
Insertion device with floating housing and method of use
An insertion device configured for providing access to a treatment site within a body cavity is provided herein. In general, the device includes an elongate cannula configured to receive and allow passage therethrough of a surgical instrument to a treatment site. Additionally, a proximal end of the cannula is movably coupled to a housing thereby facilitating delivery of the instrument therethrough. Additionally, various embodiments of a method for delivering (e.g., laprascopically, endoscopically, etc.) various surgical instruments to various treatment sites via an elongate cannula wherein the cannula includes a proximal end movably coupled to a housing are provided herein. |
| US07803129B2 |
Needleless syringe for the subcutaneous injection of droplets of liquid substances
Described are a method and device for needleless injection of a liquid substance in the skin or other target tissue of a patient, in which droplets of the liquid substance are produced, and the droplets of liquid substance are directed toward the surface of the patient's skin or other target tissue at a velocity sufficiently high to inject the droplets of liquid substance in the patient's skin or other target tissue. The droplets of the liquid substance are accelerated toward the surface of the patient's skin or other target tissue in order to inject the accelerated droplets of liquid substance in the patient's skin or other target tissue. A high velocity jet of gas is produced, droplets of the liquid substance are produced and supplied in the high velocity jet of gas, the droplets of liquid substance are conveyed within the high velocity jet of gas, and the high velocity jet of gas is guided toward the surface of the patient's skin or other target tissue in order to inject the conveyed droplets of liquid substance in the patient's skin or other target tissue. |
| US07803128B2 |
Needle insertion sensor
This invention relates to a doser comprising a syringe (2) with a needle (3) which extends beyond the doser (1), which comprises an engagement face (4) in the vicinity of the needle so that the engagement face rests against the surface of the tissue into which the needle is inserted. Detector means (5) are provided on said engagement face to sample signals on the skin of the patient. The invention further provides means (13) for receiving external information related to health monitoring of a patient. This provides a doser that may record heart rate, EKG, BGM and hypo-alarm administered medicine. The doser may further be arranged to calculate an appropriate dose of medication on the basis of a number of acquired inputs. |
| US07803127B2 |
Supporting device
A supporting device is worn on the human body to counteract the weight force of the torso in a bent-over posture. The weight force of the human torso in a bent-over posture is to be taken up wholly or partly by the supporting device. The user is not to be restricted in his body movements by wearing this supporting device and using its switching functions, as is the case with known models. The use of differently positioned articulation embodiments on the supporting device which is designed ergonomically and adjustable for different body dimensions and is equipped with switching functions is to ensure practical and functional usability for the user. The device is a preventive device for people working in sectors such as building and agriculture who have to perform upward and downward movements of the torso or adopt a bent-over posture very frequently, as strain-relief for the spinal column and to reduce occupational disorders. |
| US07803125B2 |
Walking and balance exercise device
A pelvic support unit is coupled to a base by a powered vertical force actuator mechanism. A torso support unit, which is affixed to the patient independently of the pelvic support unit, is connected to the base by one or more powered articulations which are actuable around respective axes of motion. Sensors sense the linear and angular displacement of the pelvic support unit and the torso support unit. A control unit is coupled to these sensors and, responsive to signals from them, selectively control the displacement actuator and articulation(s). |
| US07803124B2 |
Guidewire mounted balloon modulation device and methods of use
An apparatus for modulating the pressure of a fluid such as a gas within the expandable portion of a guide wire catheter. A preferred embodiment apparatus features a mechanism for controllably gripping and releasing the open, proximal end of a tubular guide wire, a mechanism for introducing a fluid to a desired pressure and volume into the expandable portion of the tubular guide wire through the open end, and, while maintaining the pressure and volume of fluid in the tubular guide wire, a mechanism for introducing a sealing member into the chamfered, open end of the tubular guide wire to consistently seal the fluid in the tubular guide wire. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the apparatus also features a deflation tool for piercing the seal and letting the fluid out. Using this apparatus, the tubular guide wire can be re-sealed and re-opened as necessary. |
| US07803120B2 |
Bilateral device, system and method for monitoring vital signs
The invention features a monitoring device that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g.). The device features a first sensor configured to attach to a first portion of the patient's body that includes: i)a first electrode configured to generate a first electrical signal fron the first portion of the patient's body; ii)a first light-emitting component; and iii)a first photodetector configured to receive radiation from the first portion of the patient's body after the radiation is emitted by the first light-emiting component and in response generate a first optical waveform. The device also features a second sensor that includes essentially the same components. An amplifier system, in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes, receives first and second electrical signal from the two sensors to generate an electrical waveform. A processor, in electrical contact with the amplifier system, receives the electrical waveform, the first optical waveform, and the second optical waveform. The processor runs computer code that processes the input waveforms with an algorithm to determine at least one of the patient's vital signs. |
| US07803119B2 |
Respiration-based prognosis of heart disease
A method for diagnosis includes receiving a signal associated with respiration of a patient during sleep, and processing the signal to detect occurrences of a pattern corresponding to multiple cycles of periodic breathing. A cumulative duration of the occurrences is computed, and a prognosis of the patient is determined based on the cumulative duration. |
| US07803117B2 |
Method, device and computer program product for monitoring the physiological state of a person
The invention relates to a method, device, and computer program product for monitoring the physiological state of a person. In the method, the heartbeat of the person is detected in order to obtain a pulse signal, and at least one parameter depicting the respiration of the person is determined in the time domain with the aid of time stamps made of the basis of the pulse signal. With the aid of the method, it is possible to calculate an estimate of the person's energy consumption during exercise, without complicated calculations or preliminary data based on measurements. |
| US07803115B2 |
Method and apparatus for multiple transmit contrast imaging
A method for measuring a non-linear response from a target using an imaging apparatus includes transmitting a signal towards a region of interest from a transducer at a first amplitude and measuring a first response thereto, and transmitting, from the transducer towards the region of interest, at least one additional signal of the same phase as the first amplitude signal but at one or more different, lower amplitudes and measuring at least one additional response thereto. A difference of a function of the measured additional response or responses from the first response is determined, thereby obtaining a non-linear response of the object of interest, and a representation of the non-linear response is displayed. |
| US07803113B2 |
Ultrasound imaging of rotation
Rotations at multiple longitudinal levels (e.g., rotations from different short axis views) are determined. Three-dimensional representations are generated as a function of the rotations, such as distorting the representation to show rotation and/or modulating the display values as a function of the rotations. Twist and/or torsion of the heart may be calculated from the rotations. |
| US07803105B2 |
Method for making a blood pump and pumping blood
A method of making a blood pump comprises selecting a desired flow pattern in a pumping chamber defined by an extensible bladder wherein the flow pattern is based generally on blood flow in a natural heart, using an initial computer model of the desired flow pattern to determine the material composition and dynamic operation conditions of each portion of the bladder, designing a bladder and pump operating system, computer modeling the actual design, testing and refining the design, and constructing a prototype based thereon. The desired flow pattern includes guiding and directing the flow of blood through the pumping chamber by reason of the action of an expansile bladder on the blood flow. A continuous circular or spiral fluid path is obtained that more effectively washes all areas of the bladder including the inlet and discharge ports with blood to reduce thrombosis. |
| US07803099B2 |
Carton opening device for opening cartons of differing geometries
A device for opening pre-glued, pre-folded sleeves into cartons. The device includes a cam wheel (20) to which are connected one or more suction arms (22). The cam wheel can be controlled to rotated at different angular velocities. A first angular velocity allows sleeves comprising a certain number of panels to be opened, and a second angular velocity allows sleeves of a different number of panels to be opened. |
| US07803097B2 |
Exercise apparatus for strengthening abdominal muscles
An exercise apparatus that lies flat on the floor having a back rest rises up when supported by two springs. The lower part of the back and buttocks lie horizontal while the upper part of the back is inclined at an angle to the horizontal. When not in use, the upper back rest folds down flat so that the device can be stored under a bed. The two springs provide back support when the individual is in the reclining position. However, as a person goes from a sitting position to a reclining position, when his or her shoulders contact the back rest, the springs compress and then expand to assist the individual in rising up. The device has two specially designed positionable foot rests with straps to provide a place for the individual to place his or her feet. |
| US07803095B1 |
Exercise machine
An exercise machine that enables a user to perform a variety of repetitive exercises in reclined, sitting and standing positions. The machine permits a user to perform exercises not possible on a traditional Pilates Reformer machine. The machine includes a frame with parallel side rails formed of extrusions, with a carriage that is mounted for rolling movement along the frame. A plurality of tension springs are selectively detachable/attachable to the end of the frame, to allow the user to decrease/increase the tension on the carriage. Angularly adjustable crossbars are mounted at both the head and foot ends of the frame, as are stationary platforms for the user's feet and/or hands; in addition, a raised transverse bar is mounted at the head end of the rolling platform. The combination of platforms and bars enables the user to perform a variety of exercises in standing positions. The frame includes legs that raise the side rails above the floor. A barbell rack and storage tray are mounted between the rails so as to be positioned generally beneath the frame, and are accessible vertically through the open space between the rails when the rolling platform is retracted by the springs to the foot end of the assembly. |
| US07803092B2 |
Fitness development system having an exercise chamber with an inclined floor
One embodiment relates to a fitness development system. The fitness development system generally comprises an exercise chamber and an object. The exercise chamber may comprise a base, an inclined floor, and one or more barriers. The base may define a substantially horizontal axis to support the exercise chamber, while the inclined floor may comprise an angle of inclination that defines a degree of separation of the inclined floor from the base, wherein the angle of inclination maximizes fitness development of an individual advancing the object up the inclined floor against a gravitational pull on the object. The barriers may substantially enclose the exercise chamber. The object may comprise a configuration enabling maximum fitness development of the individual advancing the object up the inclined floor. |
| US07803089B2 |
Flexible pedal
Described is an exercise apparatus that includes reciprocating foot pedal structures where the pedal structures include various mechanisms for absorbing foot impact or forces on the foot. The pedal structures can also include a mechanism for generating a biasing force generally normal to the upper surface of the foot pedal effective to restore the pedal to its normal position after foot impact. The impact absorbing mechanisms can include resilient members, fluid filled bladders and hinge arrangements. |
| US07803088B2 |
Golf car with fuel injected engine and method for starting same
A system and method of operation for golf cars or the like employing electrically operated fuel injected engines for that can be operated in substantially the same manner as electrically powered cars to effect rapid restarting of the engine after stopped and with the main switch left on without excessively depleting the battery power. |
| US07803079B2 |
Power transmission apparatus fabrication method and power transmission apparatus fabricated by the method
A power transmission apparatus is disclosed. A pulley is journalled through a ball bearing on the outer periphery of a bearing support portion arranged on a housing, and a metal ring is fitted on the inner periphery of the pulley. The outer ring of the ball bearing is press-fitted into the inner periphery of the metal ring, and a punch is forcibly pushed into a front-side end surface of the ring. In this way, punched holes each having a sectional area progressively increased from the rear to front side are formed, and the portions of the metal ring near to the inner periphery than the punched holes are pushed out and caulked. Thus, caulked portions are formed to fixedly caulk the outer ring. |
| US07803076B2 |
Belt type continuously variable transmission
A belt type continuously variable transmission is provided with two pulley shafts arranged in parallel a predetermined distance apart from each other, a movable sheave provided on each pulley shaft and being able to slide in an axial direction thereof, a fixed sheave arranged on each pulley shaft so as to face the moveable sheave, the fixed sheave and the movable sheave that face each another on each pulley shaft together forming a groove therebetween, and a belt wound around the grooves. At least one of the movable sheaves and a motor serving as a driving source for the moving sheave are integrally provided. |
| US07803072B2 |
Strong, lightweight article, containing a fine-grained metallic layer
Articles for automotive, manufacturing and industrial applications including shafts or tubes used, for example, as golf club shafts, ski and hiking poles, fishing rods or bicycle frames, skate blades and snowboards are at least partially electroplated with fine-grained layers of selected metallic materials. Parts with complex geometry can be coated as well. Alternatively, articles such as conical or cylindrical golf club shafts, hiking pole shafts or fishing pole sections, plates or foils and the like can also be electroformed of fine-grained metallic materials on a suitable mandrel or temporary substrate to produce strong, ductile, lightweight components exhibiting a high coefficient of restitution and a high stiffness for use in numerous applications including sporting goods. |
| US07803071B2 |
Sports system
A sports system may include a base and a support structure that is sized and configured to support a goal, such as a netball goal or a basketball goal, at a height above a playing surface. The base may be constructed from plastic and may include a hollow interior portion that is sized and configured to receive ballast. The base may also include a protrusion that is sized and configured to abut a support surface and the protrusion may have an at least substantially solid construction. The sports system may further include a brace that may be connected to the support structure and the base. The brace may be disposed through an opening formed in the base and it may be connected to the base by a sleeve and a pin that is disposed within a receiving portion formed in the base. |
| US07803070B2 |
Golf ball and golf ball mold
The invention provides a golf ball manufactured using a mold having a top half and a bottom half, which ball has formed on a surface thereof, near a seam line corresponding to a parting line between the top and bottom halves of the mold, a recessed and/or raised mark serving as an indicator for detecting the direction or position of the seam line. The invention also provides a golf ball mold composed of a top half and a bottom half that detachably join together so as to form therein a spherical cavity into which a material is injected to mold a golf ball, which mold bears, near a parting line between the top and bottom halves on a wall of the cavity, a raised or recessed feature for forming a mark as an indicator for detecting the direction or position of the parting line. The invention enables the direction and position of the seam line on the surface of the ball to be easily identified and enables the subsequent steps of visually inspecting the ball and applying indicia to the surface of the ball to be carried out more smoothly and advantageously, making it possible in particular to greatly shorten the time devoted to these operations. |
| US07803069B2 |
Negative hardness gradient inner core for dual core golf ball
A golf ball includes an inner core having an outer surface and a geometric center and being formed from a first substantially homogenous composition such that the inner core has a hardness of 45 Shore C to 65 Shore C. An intermediate layer is disposed about the inner core and has an outer surface and an inner surface and is formed from a thermoplastic composition comprising an ionomer whose acid groups are 100% neutralized such that the intermediate layer has a hardness of 20 Shore D to 80 Shore D. A cover layer is disposed about the outer core layer. The inner core outer surface hardness is lower than the hardness of the geometric center to define a negative hardness gradient, and the hardness of the outer surface of the intermediate layer is the same as the hardness of the inner surface to define a zero hardness gradient. |
| US07803067B2 |
Golf club head
A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention comprises a sole portion, a crown portion, and a stiffening element associated with at least one of the crown portion and the sole portion. The stiffening element has a survey length and at least one welded portion, comprising less than about 70% of the survey length. The stiffening element further comprises a plurality of welded portions. The welded portions adjacent each other are separated by a distance between about 10 mm and about 100 mm. A method of producing a golf club head comprises identifying a plurality of high-deflection regions having a plurality of ranges and providing a stiffening element, at least in part coupled with the plurality of high-deflection regions. The stiffening element comprises a plurality of heights and/or widths corresponding to the plurality of deflection ranges. At least one of the plurality of heights and/or widths is different from at least another of the plurality of heights and/or widths. |
| US07803064B2 |
Golf club head with multiple undercuts
The present invention relates to a golf club head having multiple undercuts. The club head includes a body defining a striking face, a top line, a sole, and a back, and having a heel and a toe. The back contains a cavity. Multiple undercuts in the form of a plurality of recesses are provided within the cavity. The recesses extend away from the cavity. The recesses may be oriented in a variety of ways. In a first arrangement, the recesses are aligned longitudinally to the striking face in a heel-to-toe direction. In a second arrangement, the recesses are recesses are aligned transverse to the striking face in a front-to-back direction and extend in a heel-to-toe direction. In a third arrangement, the plurality of recesses includes both longitudinally arranged and transversely arranged recesses. An insert, such as a weight insert, a dampening insert, or a combination insert, is preferably positioned within each of the recesses. |
| US07803063B2 |
Golf club shaft
A golf club shaft (10) having a weight not less than 30 g nor more than 60 g. The golf club shaft (10) includes a bias layer (B1) composed of a prepreg whose reinforcing fibers have an orientation angle of not less than ±10° nor more than 80° to an axis of the golf club shaft (10) and a straight layers (A1 through A6) each composed of a prepreg whose reinforcing fibers have an orientation angle within 0°±10° to the axis of the golf club shaft (10). At least one partial reinforcing hoop layer whose reinforcing fibers have an orientation angle of within 90°±10° to the axis of the golf club shaft (10) is disposed in only an important reinforcing region in a range from a point (P) spaced at 15% of a full length (L) of the golf club shaft (10) from a grip-side butt (12) thereof to a point (Q) spaced at 45% of the full length (L) of the golf club shaft (10) from the grip-side butt (12) thereof. |
| US07803057B2 |
Expansible amusement device
The expansible amusement device is a compressed package formed from paper goods, plastic goods or the like, which, under selective decompression, disperses confetti and generates acoustic effects. A plurality of elastically expandable members are stacked together and compressed between a pair of bases. A plurality of confetti strips are positioned between adjacent elastically expandable members when the expansible amusement device is in the compressed configuration, and a deployment strip is peripherally wrapped about the compressed device. The deployment strip has a free end and a fixed end, and at least one retaining member releasably secures the fixed end of the deployment strip to the pair of bases when the expansible amusement device is in the compressed configuration. |
| US07803055B2 |
Wall-mountable video game
A wall mounted video game has a cabinet. A relatively thin monitor is received in the upper portion of the cabinet. The lower portion of the cabinet is deeper than the upper portion. Manual controls are set in the lower portion. The cabinet has a back hingedly connected to the body of the cabinet. The back of the cabinet is mounted on the wall and the cabinet is locked in a closed position mounted on the wall. Circuitry for the video game is connected to the back of the cabinet and is in the interior of the cabinet, connected by an electrical harness to the controls and the monitor. |
| US07803047B1 |
Method for managing accounting
A method for managing game accounting on at least one gaming machine comprising one or more active games is provided. The method comprises providing a memory means operatively connected to the gaming machine, wherein the memory means comprises a set of active game meters for each active game on the gaming machine, and one set of removed game meters accumulating data corresponding to all games removed from the gaming machine. Active game data is received and stored in applicable active game meters. For any removed game, the game state data is captured prior to the game's removal and is stored in the applicable accumulating removed game meters. The stored game data is accessed in the active and removed game meters and a theoretical win value is used to determine the overall gaming machine performance. |
| US07803042B2 |
Card game with common card removal
A method of managing a card game, a computer implementation thereof, and a card game kit, according to which a hand of cards is dealt to each of a plurality of players. Each hand includes one or more cards, and each card bears a designated value and suit. A plurality of common cards are dealt into a common card zone, and all players know the designated value and suit of each common card. The players then have the option of placing a wager or withdrawing from the game, after the hands and common cards have been dealt. For those players remaining in the game, at least one common card is removed from the common card zone and wagering or withdrawing continues until a winner is determined based at lest in part on remaining cards in the common card zone. |
| US07803038B2 |
Knife maintenance apparatus
A knife maintenance apparatus has a substantially rectangular hone body, a length with an open end and a base end, a width, a top surface covered with an abrasive material, and a bottom surface. There is a first hone edge extending along the length of the hone body and has a first radius. The opposite edge has a second radius and is parallel to and approximately the length of the first hone edge. The first hone edge and the second hone edge are approximately the hone body width apart. There is also a rectangular base portion that has a base top surface, a base bottom surface, a base width approximate the width of the hone body. The base portion has a sliding portion adjacent to and parallel to the base top surface. The base portion is hingably attached to the hone body along the base end and has at least one adjustment hole disposed through both the base portion and the sliding portion. There is at least one adjustment pin that extends through the adjustment hole. There is an adjustment arm hingably attached at one end to the open end of the hone body and hingably attached at a second end to the sliding portion. There is at least one knife maintenance tool removeably fixed on the adjustment arm. When the knife sharpening apparatus is in a closed position, the hone body, the base portion, and the sliding portion are substantially parallel. When the hone body is opened, the sliding portion slides along and parallel to the base top surface and can be latched in position by placing the adjustment pin through one of the adjustment holes to lock the hone body at an angle appropriate for sharpening a knife. |
| US07803033B1 |
Pop action toy
A pop action toy assembly having an elastomeric body that is defined primarily by a first surface and a second surface. The elastomeric body is selectively positionable between a normal orientation, where the first surface faces outwardly, and an inverted orientation, where the second surface faces outwardly. An activator assembly having an impact disc and a knob extends through the elastomeric body at its apex. The impact disc strikes the ground when the toy assembly pops from an inverted orientation back into its normal orientation. The knob is used to grasp, spin and throw the toy assembly when inverted. A plurality of tabs symmetrically protrude from the base rim of the elastomeric body. If the toy assembly is inverted and strikes the ground, the protruding tabs act to concentrate the force of the impact and cause the toy assembly to pop back into its normal orientation. |
| US07803032B2 |
Remote-control toy and extension unit
A remote-control toy is provided that includes: a controller that transmits a control signal containing an operating instruction based on an operation instruction by a user; a driving device that is driven and controlled based on the control signal; and an extension unit that is capable of receiving the control signal. The extension unit includes: a unit main body and a signal processing device that can be detachably connected to the unit main body. In the unit main body, the received control signal is output to the signal processing device, and processing according to an instruction signal output from the signal processing device is performed. In the signal processing device, the contents of the operating instruction contained in the control signal that is output from the unit main body are discriminated, and an instruction signal based on the operation corresponding to the contents is output to the unit main body. |
| US07803031B1 |
Vehicle having non-circular wheels propelled by a moving weight
The vehicle (10) includes a frame (12) having at least three non-circular wheels (20, 22, 24) secured to a frame (12), wherein the wheels are mechanically secured to each other so that whenever one non-circular wheel moves, the other wheels (20, 22, 24) move. An offset arm (76) powered by a motor (78) rotates a weight (84) around a geometric center adjacent the wheels to sequentially tip them so that their sequential tipping moves the vehicle (10). The non-circular wheels (20, 22, 24) are sequentially aligned with respect to each other so that whenever one wheel is tipped from a collapse alignment (32) into a contact alignment (34), sequentially the next non-circular wheel (20, 22, 24) is moved into a collapse alignment (32). Any driving force may be used to sequentially tip the non-circular wheels (20, 22, 24, 26), instead of the rotating weight (84). |
| US07803024B2 |
Fuel efficient power system for electric boat
Fuel efficient power system for electric boat is provided. In starting a clutch is not activated if a drive shaft of an electric motor does not rotate at a predetermined speed, a power controller gradually increases a current output to the motor until the drive shaft rotates at the predetermined speed, the third clutch is activated to transmit rotation of the drive shaft to an electrical generator, and the activated generator charges one low rechargeable battery. In response to activating a first clutch rotation of the drive shaft is transmitted to a first shaft, a bevel gear clutch is activated to transmit rotation of the first shaft to a propeller via a reduction gear. In response to moving the boat the first clutch is disengaged and a second clutch is engaged for transmitting rotation of the drive shaft to the second shaft, and a gearbox for increasing propeller speed. |
| US07803021B1 |
Implantable electrical stimulation systems with leaf spring connective contacts and methods of making and using
An implantable control module of an electrical stimulation system includes a housing, an electronic subassembly disposed in the housing, and a plurality of conductors. The housing defines a connector receptacle configured and arranged to receive a proximal end of a lead. The housing further defines, within the connector receptacle region, a plurality of spaced-apart leaf spring connective contacts. Each leaf spring connective contact is corrugated and wrapped around at least a portion of an inner surface of the connector receptacle. Each conductor couples the electronic subassembly with at least one of the leaf spring connective contacts. |
| US07803018B1 |
Inner conductor end contacting coaxial connector and inner conductor adapter kit
A coaxial connector is provided with a connector body dimensioned to couple with the outer conductor, an insulator supporting an inner contact coaxial within a bore of the connector body. A spring contact may be positioned to contact an end of the inner conductor. Alternatively, an adapter may be mountable in an adapter bore of the inner contact, the adapter bore open to a cable end of the inner contact. The spring contact mountable within the adapter bore, the spring contact biasing the adapter against an end of the inner conductor. |
| US07803013B2 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring connectivity status of communication ports
According to some embodiments of the invention, a connectivity apparatus is provided. The connectivity apparatus may comprise signal-terminals associated with respective sockets. These signal-terminals may form a portion of a connectivity path for transmission of scanning signals. Accordingly, the connectivity apparatus may enable central mapping of interconnections of the ports. |
| US07803008B2 |
Press-clamping structure and press-clamping terminal
A press-clamping structure includes: a wire; and a press-clamping terminal which includes a conductor press-clamping portion having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The conductor press-clamping portion includes a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces which are bent inwardly to embrace the conductor of the wire and caulk the conductor. Distal end portions of the conductor caulking pieces are bent outwardly in a opposite direction to each other. When P1 represents a point closest to the bottom plate on an area in which the outer surfaces of the conductor caulking pieces are contacted with each other, and P2 represents a point closest to the bottom plate on the distal end portion of each of the conductor caulking piece, a formula Lh |
| US07802999B2 |
High density connector and method of manufacture
Electrical connectors capable of being mounted on circuit substrates by BGA techniques are disclosed. Also, disclosed is a method of manufacturing such connectors. There is at least one recess on the exterior side of the connector elements. A conductive contact extends from adjacent the interior side into the recess on the exterior side of the housing. A controlled volume of solder paste is introduced into the recess. A fusible conductive element, in the form of solder balls is positioned in the recess. The connector is subjected to a reflow process to fuse the solder ball to the portions of the contact extending into said recess. Contacts are secured in the insulative housing of the connector by deformable sections that minimize stress imposed on the central portions of the contacts to promote uniformity of solder volume. |
| US07802997B2 |
Structure for USB bluetooth wireless connectors
An improved structure for a USB bluetooth wireless connector includes a circuit board, a body, and a housing. The circuit board includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The body includes an upper board and a lower bracket, and that the circuit board is interposed between the upper board and the lower bracket. The housing includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces. The body is provided with at least one anchoring hole; and the housing is provided with at least one engaging portion for engaging and securing together the body and the housing. A plurality of connecting terminals are integrally arranged on the circuit board so as to greatly reduce volume of the USB bluetooth wireless device and to lower the possibility of damage on the device or USB receptacle due to impact thereon. |
| US07802996B2 |
Image pickup apparatus
An image pickup apparatus may include a camera module having a camera body with an imaging optical system, an image sensing element, a signal processor, a substrate, and connection pieces formed on the substrate; and a socket on which the camera module is mounted. The socket may include an insulating socket body acceptable the camera module and having a bottom wall, four side walls, and connection terminals. The side wall may have an elastic piece for elastically supporting the camera module inside the four side walls while securing spaces to the four side walls and the connection pieces may be connected to the connection terminals. The elastic piece may be elastically deformable in the thickness direction of the side wall and an elastic deformation notched portion may be formed on the side wall corresponding to the elastic piece for the elastic piece in elastically. |
| US07802994B1 |
Combination of connector assembly and two printed circuit boards
A combination of connector assembly and two printed circuit boards includes a first printed circuit board defining a guiding gap at one edge thereof and a second printed circuit board, a receptacle connector including a receptacle insulating housing and a plurality of receptacle terminals, a plug connector including a plug insulating housing and a plurality of plug terminals. The receptacle insulating housing defines a plurality of assisting channels penetrating through a bottom surface of the receptacle insulating housing in order to communicate with the guiding gap of the first printed circuit board. Each of the receptacle terminals has a pair of contact portions face-to-face stretching into the corresponding assisting channel. Each of the plug terminals has a contact arm stretching out of the plug insulating housing so as to pass through the guiding gap to be electrically clamped by the contact portions of the corresponding receptacle terminals. |
| US07802993B2 |
Surface mount coaxial connector assembly
A disclosed coaxial connector can be surface-mounted on a circuit board without degradation in signal transmission characteristics. The coaxial connector includes a center conductor, a surrounding conductor by which the center conductor is surrounded, and an insulating housing. The center conductor has a leg portion at its base end. The surrounding conductor has six lugs at its base end that extend radially. The leg portion and the lugs are exposed on a bottom surface of the housing. The coaxial connector is mounted on the circuit board with the leg portion pressed against a signal pad on the circuit board for electrical connection and the lugs pressed against a ground pad for electrical connection. |
| US07802987B1 |
Methods and systems for lubricating dental appliances
A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances that are treated with a lubricious composition. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally reposition the teeth from an initial tooth arrangement, through a plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements, and to a final tooth arrangement. The system of appliances is usually configured at the outset of treatment so that the patient may progress through treatment without the need to have the treating professional perform each successive step in the procedure. |
| US07802984B2 |
System and method for combustion-air modulation of a gas-fired heating system
A system and method for providing a gas-fired heating system with improved thermal efficiency includes modulating a quantity of combustion air flow to a combustion mixture in response to a measured change in fuel-gas pressure using a DC (e.g., brushless) motor to drive a combustion air blower. A pressure transducer in a manifold transporting fuel-gas into the combustion mixture outputs a signal proportional to the measured pressure to the motor. The motor speed and thus the resultant quantity of combustion air flow are modulated in proportion to the quantity of fuel-gas to the mixture. Accordingly, a constant fuel-gas to combustion air ratio is maintained. The system and method may further provide for adjusting the output signal to accommodate measured intake air temperature, and/or measured atmospheric pressure in order to maintain a constant, good thermal efficiency (preferably ≧80%) regardless of air temperature and altitude at the system's installation location. |
| US07802983B2 |
Configurable manifold
An injection molding apparatus includes a manifold having a melt channel for receiving a melt stream of moldable material from a source. A nozzle having a nozzle channel is coupled to the manifold for receiving the melt stream from the manifold melt channel. The nozzle includes a heater. A mold cavity is in communication with the nozzle channel, the mold cavity for receiving the melt stream from the nozzle channel through a mold gate. A temperature sensor is disposed at the manifold for use in adjusting the heater of the nozzle or for use in adjusting a heater of an inlet body. |
| US07802980B2 |
System, method and apparatus for configuring an end of arm tool in a molding system
According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a system, a method and an apparatus for configuring an end of arm tool within a molding environment. The end of arm tool comprises a base structure attachable, in use, to an actuator of the molding system, the base structure comprising a mounting structure interface; a mounting structure configured to be releasably accepted, in use, within the mounting structure interface; the mounting structure for receiving, in use, a part receptacle; the base structure comprising a service connecting interface configured to connect, in use, a service to the part receptacle via the mounting structure. |
| US07802978B2 |
Imprinting of partial fields at the edge of the wafer
The present invention is directed towards several aspects of imprint lithography that have to be improved to address imprinting of partial fields and dies at the edge of the wafer. |
| US07802972B2 |
Rotary type compressor
A valve guard for restricting the amount of deformation of a valve disc has a main body part abuttable with the back surface of the valve disc, and a fixation part extending to outside of a receding part. Upon mounting the valve guard to an end plate part, the fixation part is firmly attached to the outside of the receding part of the end plate part. |
| US07802971B2 |
Controller for a variable displacement feed pump
The disclosure relates to a feed pump for hydraulic media having an input and an output. A pressure-reducing element is connected to the output, at the output of the element the system pressure being present and the output being connected to a consumer, wherein the output is connected to the first input of a pump controller, the second input being connected to the output of the pressure-reducing element, and wherein the pump controller adjusts the feed pump toward maximum delivery if the system pressure is smaller than a minimum pressure or if the system pressure is smaller than the feed pressure, and wherein parallel to the pump controller a pressure limiter is switched such that at the first input thereof the feed pressure is present and at the control input the system pressure is present, wherein the pressure limiter opens if the feed pressure is greater than a desired value. |
| US07802970B2 |
Micropump for electronics cooling
A micropump including one or more microchannels for receiving a fluid and a plurality of electrodes arranged on a diaphragm and energized in a manner to provide an enhanced electrohydrodynamic flow of fluid through the one or more microchannels. The micropump may be used for pumping a working fluid for removing heat from a heat-generating electronic component or for delivery of a drug, medicine, or other treatment agent as or in a fluid to a patient. |
| US07802967B2 |
Vertical axis self-breaking wind turbine
A vertical axis wind turbine which includes a rotor having three radially extending blades spaced at even intervals about a central axis. Each radially blade having an outer edge that lies on an imaginary circle of a first diameter. Each radially extending blade including a plurality of spaced airfoil sub-blades separated by gaps for the passage of air therethrough. Each of sub-blade having a leading vertical edge, and a trailing vertical edge and being positioned with the trailing vertical edge along a common radius line of the imaginary circle. Each sub-blade is skewed such that its cord line is rotated negative 45 degrees with respect the radius of the imaginary circle. The airfoil sub-blades maximize energy production by creating a secondary wind flow of a higher velocity for impingement upon blades of the rotor, and utilize backpressure during the second half of a rotation cycle to efficiently break the rotor against overspeed. |
| US07802966B2 |
Rotary blood pump
Various “contactless” bearing mechanisms including hydrodynamic and magnetic bearings are provided for a rotary pump as alternatives to mechanical contact bearings. In one embodiment, a pump apparatus includes a pump housing defining a pumping chamber. The housing has a spindle extending into the pumping chamber. A spindle magnet assembly includes first and second magnets disposed within the spindle. The first and second magnets are arranged proximate each other with their respective magnetic vectors opposing each other. The lack of mechanical contact bearings enables longer life pump operation and less damage to working fluids such as blood. |
| US07802965B2 |
Cooling fan
A cooling fan with high heat-dissipating performance includes a plurality of blades; and a frame for receiving the blades therein, wherein the frame has a reduced height for exposing the blades to outside of the frame so as to allow air to enter into the frame via a top portion and a peripheral portion of the blades to improve air introduction and heat dissipating efficiency of the cooling fan. A cover may be mounted to a top surface of the frame, and formed with a plurality of openings for allowing air to enter into the frame through the openings; such an arrangement cam effectively enhance air intake and working efficiency of the cooling fan. |
| US07802960B2 |
Device and method for suction pipe
A method and device for reducing noise and vibrations in a suction pipe (1) in a reaction-type hydropower turbine. The suction pipe (1) comprises one or more nozzles (2) for injection of a working medium through the nozzles (2) into the suction pipe (1). Each nozzle is arranged at an angle γ relative to a horizontal plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (4) of an inlet (3) of the suction pipe (1) and at an angle β relative to a horizontally defined tangent (6) at the point of intersection between each nozzle (2) and the suction pipe (1). |
| US07802957B2 |
Tape feeder, electronic component mounting apparatus using the same, and method of feeding electronic components
A tape feeder feeds electronic components by advancing a tape intermittently. The tape feeder includes a motor controller for controlling a motor, which rotatively drives a sprocket to advance the tape, and a communication unit for receiving a control signal from a control unit of an electronic component mounting apparatus and transmitting a control parameter such as a rotating speed, an amount of rotation, and acceleration and deceleration pattern to the motor controller. The tape feeder has such a structure that a tape advancing speed and an amount of tape advancement are easily changeable according to a type of the electronic components by changing the control parameter of the rotating speed and the amount of rotation of the motor. In addition, the tape feeder is adaptable for correction of the amount of rotation according to a result of measurement of pin position of the sprocket, so as to properly interrupt turning of the sprocket at the correct stop position for accurate positioning of the electronic components into the right pick-up location all the time. |
| US07802956B2 |
Apparatus for automatically unloading agricultural material from a storage bag
An unloading mechanism capable of automatically unloading agricultural materials from a storage bag is disclosed. The unloading mechanism includes a collection mechanism, discharge mechanism and a sensor arrangement configured to engage the storage bag. The sensor arrangement controls the unloading mechanism so that it automatically advances in a direction towards the storage bag as material is unloaded therefrom. |
| US07802954B2 |
Plastic nut with retaining elements to hold the nut in a socket of a tool
A plastic nut has raised regions forming retaining elements for retaining the nut in a socket of a tool. The retaining elements are formed at corners or faces of a polygonal tool engagement region. Tapered rib retaining elements may be formed at alternate corners, or wedge retaining elements may be formed at alternate faces. |
| US07802946B2 |
Throwaway insert and milling tool equipped with the same
A throwaway insert enabling the use of a holder for a long period and having excellent chip evacuation is provided. The throwaway insert is formed in a substantially polygonal plate shape and includes a rake face formed on an upper surface thereof, a relief face formed on a side surface thereof, a main cutting edge formed along a ridge representing an intersection of the rake face and the relief face, which is divided into a plurality of main cutting edge divisions by at least one groove formed on the relief face, and a projection formed so as to protrude from the rake face in correspondence with each of the main cutting edge divisions. |
| US07802944B2 |
Tool for chip removing machining as well as a basic body and an indexable cutting insert therefor
A tool for chip removing machining, including a basic body having a connecting surface included in an insert seat, and an indexable cutting insert mounted in the basic body and having a connecting surface in mechanical engagement with the connecting surface of the basic body, and fixed by a tightening element. The connecting surface of the basic body includes a solitary, polygonal elevation that protrudes from a bottom surrounding the elevation from all sides. The elevation includes two external side support surfaces orientated at an angle to each other. The connecting surface of the cutting insert includes a solitary depression that is wider and deeper than the elevation. The depression is surrounded by a frame in which there are included at least three banks running at an angle to each other and including internal shoulder surfaces, two of which are pressed against the two side support surfaces of the elevation, and lower base surfaces, which are situated in a common plane, three of which rest against the bottom. In addition, the invention relates to a basic body and a cutting insert as such. |
| US07802939B2 |
High axial stiffness swivel joint
A swivel joint is provided comprising a first base member, a second base member, and a spider positioned between the first and second base members. The spider includes a center support and first and second bearing support elements. Each bearing support element has an arcuate surfaces adapted to form joints with the first and second base members. In one embodiment, at least one shim element disposed is between at least one of the first and second bearing support elements and the center support. |
| US07802937B1 |
Sample applicator
A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprises flowing an amount of said personal care product into a one piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof. The flowing leaves the product in a first location within the body atop a transverse web. A closure is secured to the body at the first end. The web is displaced to shift the product from the first location. |
| US07802934B2 |
Image generating apparatus having axially movable roller gear
An image generating apparatus includes a rotatable roller for carrying a paper, provided movably in an axial direction, a roller gear fixedly mounted on the roller, a drive gear meshing with the roller gear and driven by a driving source, and a position adjustment member regulating an axial position of the roller gear so as to hold the roller gear from axial both sides while capable of moving the roller gear to a separate position for separating the roller gear and the drive gear from each other in a state of applying no pressing force to the roller gear and to a mesh position for meshing the roller gear and the drive gear with each other in carrying the paper. |
| US07802932B2 |
Printing system and method
A printing system capable of executing printing using printing medias of different types is provided. In the system, a first designation unit designates a paper type used to print a first page group in a document. A selection unit selects paper types which can be used to print the second page group in the document from paper types available in the system based on the designated paper type. A second designation unit designates a paper type used to print the second page group from the selected paper types. Then, a printing unit prints the first page group on paper sheets of the type designated by the first designation unit, and prints the second page group on paper sheets of the type designated by the second designation unit. |
| US07802929B2 |
Monolithic shell for an optical electrical device
An optoelectronic transceiver module. The optoelectronic module is a monolithic, one-piece module shell that includes a top portion, a bottom portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, and a front portion. The top portion, bottom portion, first side portion, second side portion and the front portion define a cavity configured to enclose electro-optical circuitry. In addition, the top portion and the bottom portion are configured such that the top portion is not separable from the bottom portion. Further, the front portion defines at least one of an optical transmit port or an optical receive port. |
| US07802922B2 |
Retaining structure for rolling elements
An improved retaining structure for a rolling element comprises a plurality of separated pieces, two pairs of connecting ribbons, two pull-resisting ribbons, and a plurality of rolling elements. The separated pieces respectively have a plurality of contacting surfaces on the front and rear surfaces thereof. A partially wrapped containing space for receiving the rolling elements is defined between each two contacting surfaces. The two pairs of connecting ribbons are installed in pairs on two sides of the separated pieces. The two pull-resisting ribbons are installed on the two sides of the separated pieces respectively and connect with the two pairs of connecting ribbons. Thereby, the rolling elements are kept in a central position between the separated pieces in a partial wrapping manner to prevent the rolling elements from being improper clipped or from escaping when performing circumrotation motions. Furthermore, the uniform flexibility of the pull-resisting ribbons is increased. |
| US07802921B2 |
Sliding-assistance unit for a linear motion apparatus
A linear motion apparatus has a linear track, a slider and two sliding-assistant units for a linear motion apparatus. The sliding-assistant units for a linear motion apparatus is mounted between the track and the slider to enhance ease of movement between the track and the slider, and each sliding-assistant unit has two roller rings to receive rollers. The roller rings are elongated rectangular rings, are selectively mounted oppositely crossly around each other. Each roller ring is designed with reduced components to make manufacturing and assembling the sliding-assistant unit easier. Moreover, the roller ring is designed as one unity so no seam will be formed due to assembling two different pieces, such that ensures contact between the rollers and the roller ring smooth. |
| US07802920B2 |
Static-pressure gas bearing mechanism
A first and a second static-pressure gas bearings supporting a rod at two locations in the axial direction in the non-contact manner are provided, in which the first static-pressure gas bearing is fixedly supported by a bearing housing, while the second static-pressure gas bearing is supported capable of displacement through a movable support mechanism. And this movable support mechanism has an actuator and suppresses contact of the rod with the static-pressure gas bearings by displacing the shaft center of the second static-pressure gas bearing with respect to the first static-pressure gas bearing by this actuator according to a load acting on the rod. |
| US07802918B2 |
Heat detector
An object is to build a protective structure which can protect a ferroelectric material from a surrounding environment when the ferroelectric material is used as a heat detecting element of a heat detector, thereby enhancing the reliability of the heat detector.A heat detector includes a heat detecting unit 11 that senses heat in a monitoring area, and a casing 81 that holds the heat detecting unit 11, and the heat detecting unit is held by the casing 11 via a laminating portion 60 which serves to protect the heat detecting unit 11. |
| US07802917B2 |
Method and apparatus for chuck thermal calibration
Wafer temperature is measured as a function of time following removal of a heat source to which the wafer is exposed. During the wafer temperature measurements, a gas is supplied at a substantially constant pressure at an interface between the wafer and a chuck upon which the wafer is supported. A chuck thermal characterization parameter value corresponding to the applied gas pressure is determined from the measured wafer temperature as a function of time. Wafer temperatures are measured for a number of applied gas pressures to generate a set of chuck thermal characterization parameter values as a function of gas pressure. A thermal calibration curve for the chuck is generated from the set of measured chuck thermal characterization parameter values and the corresponding gas pressures. The thermal calibration curve for the chuck can be used to tune the gas pressure to obtain a particular wafer temperature during a fabrication process. |
| US07802911B2 |
Backlight device and liquid crystal display
A backlight apparatus of a sidelight type includes a light guide plate having an incident face on a lateral face and a light source unit having a plurality of substrates. The plurality of the substrates are respectively disposed on the incident face side of the light guide plate such that each of substrate faces of the substrates is parallel with a light exit face of the light guide plate, and the substrates are adjacent to one another in a thickness direction of the light guide plate. A plurality of light emitting devices that emit light along the substrate faces are mounted in columns on each of the substrate faces of the plurality of the substrates such that emitting directions of the light emitting devices are directed to the incident face. |
| US07802909B2 |
Multifunctional medical examination instrument
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a medical instrument used for conducting eye, ear, mouth examinations of a patient. The instrument is connectable with a remote power supply. In an exemplified embodiment, instrument comprises an elongated, rigid body defining a first end and a second end, a light emitting member disposed at the first end, and an input/output connector disposed at the second end and adapted for selective connection with the remote power supply, so as to enable operation of the light emitting member free of connection with the remote power supply. The instrument may also be used for sensitivity testing of skin areas of the patent. |
| US07802905B2 |
Light diffuser plate
The present invention provides a light diffuser plate, the surface of which is less likely to be scratched, capable of laminating a film base material (3) with a high lamination strength.The light diffuser plate (1) of the present invention includes a transparent material and a light diffusing agent dispersed in the transparent material, wherein one or both surfaces are rough surfaces (1a) having a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of 20 to 40 μm. A film-laminated light diffuser plate (4) can be obtained by laminating an adhesive film (5) comprising the film base material (3) and an adhesive layer (2) formed on at least one surface of the film base material on the rough surface. |
| US07802904B2 |
Electronic stroboscope
An electronic stroboscope including a generally longitudinal light discharge tube and a reflector comprising a first reflecting part which reflects light radiated from the light discharge tube and a second reflecting part which reflects light directly radiated from the light discharge tube and light reflected from the first reflecting part to exit out of an opening. The first reflecting part includes first curved parts formed on an opposite side of the light discharge tube from the opening, planar parts connected to the first curved parts and disposed closer to the opening than the first curved parts, and circular parts connected to the planar parts and disposed closer to the opening than the planar parts, and the second reflecting part includes second curved parts connected to the circular parts of the first reflecting parts and disposed closer to the opening than the first curved parts. |
| US07802902B2 |
LED lighting fixtures
A lighting fixture (20-23) mechanically encloses a LED module (30), which includes at least one LED (40) and can further include a LED driver (50) in electrical communication with the LED(s) (40) to operably provide a LED drive signal to the at least one LED (40), a thermal management system (60) in thermal communication with the LED(s) (40) and the lighting fixture (20-23) to facilitate a heat transfer from the LED(s) (40) to the lighting fixture (20-23), and/or a beam shaper (70) in optical communication with the LED(s) (40) to modify an illumination profile of a radiation beam emitted by the LED(s) (40). |
| US07802901B2 |
LED multi-chip lighting units and related methods
Light emitting device multi-chip lighting units and related methods are disclosed. According to one aspect, a white LED chip, a red LED chip, a blue LED chip, and a green LED chip are operably configured to a semiconductor substrate positioned within a lighting unit housing. The lighting unit can therefore provide a white light beam, a red light beam, a green light beam, and a blue light beam. The LED chips can be configured on the substrate such that the emitted light beams can overlap. Thus, in addition to the white LED chip providing a white light beam, the red LED chip, the blue LED chip, and the green LED chip can be actuated simultaneously with the white LED chip to combine and emit a more powerful and intense white light beam. Additionally, the red LED chip, the blue LED chip and the green LED chip can be actuated simultaneously to emit an intermediary intensity white light beam from the lighting unit. |
| US07802891B2 |
Faceted mirror apparatus
A faceted mirror apparatus includes a support plate having a plurality of stepped reception bores into which are fitted the base portions of respective ones of a plurality of mirror facets having mirrored surfaces. An outer surface of each of the facets bears on an inner wall to provide a stable alignment of the optical axes of the mirrored surfaces such that the apparatus generates a beam of rays from impinging rays. |
| US07802888B2 |
Illumination field blending for use in subtitle projection systems
A projection system that projects a text or subtitle box onto an image minimizes the contrast between the text box and the image. A transition region surrounding the text box minimizes visual disruption to the image onto which the text box is projected. The positions of optical elements of a text projector enable the text box to gradually fade out. The text projector has a lamp that defines an object plane and a light path modifier. The light path modifier is offset from the object plane, toward the lamp to blend the borders of the text box into the image projected by an image projector. |
| US07802885B2 |
Imaging unit for ophthalmological devices, in particular, for fundus cameras and method for the use thereof
A stripe pattern of known distance is imaged on the ocular fundus by the imaging unit for opthalmological devices. This makes it possible to carry out absolute measurements of distances and objects at the ocular fundus with knowledge of the initial values serving as a basis. The imaging unit for opthalmological devices, particularly fundus cameras, according to the invention comprises a device for generating and imaging any, but a known, stripe pattern or line pattern on the retina of an eye to be examined, a camera for recording the stripe pattern or line pattern on the retina, and an evaluating unit for determining the distances on the retina. The imaging unit is constructed in such a way that the stripe pattern or line pattern to be imaged is coupled into the beam path between the opthalmological device and the eye to be examined. The use of an imaging unit of this kind as an accessory to opthalmological devices also expands the possibilities for its use in measurements at the ocular fundus. Although the proposed solution is particularly suited to fundus cameras, it can also be used for other opthalmological device. |
| US07802881B2 |
Ink set for ink-jet recording, ink-jet recording method, and ink-jet recording apparatus
A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes: the infrared absorptive ink that contains the antimony-tin composite oxide fine particles and water; and the color ink that contains the coloring agent and water. The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is applicable to an ink-jet recording method for recording an image by ejecting the inks onto a recording medium to cause the inks to adhere to the recording medium. When an image having infrared absorptivity is recorded, at least the infrared absorptive ink is ejected onto a recording medium to cause the infrared absorptive ink to adhere to the recording medium. |
| US07802878B2 |
Liquid droplet ejection mechanism and image forming apparatus
The liquid droplet ejection mechanism includes: a first ink tank and a second ink tank which store ink; a plurality of ink chamber units which are capable of ejecting the ink; a first common flow channel which connects the first ink tank with the plurality of ink chamber units; and a second common flow channel which connects the second ink tank with the plurality of ink chamber units, wherein: the ink supplied from the first ink tank circulates in such a manner that the ink flows through the first common flow channel, the ink chamber units that do not eject the ink, and the second common flow channel to the second ink tank to be recovered in the second ink tank; the plurality of ink chamber units include a nearest connection ink chamber unit which is connected to the first ink tank at the shortest distance from the first ink tank, of the plurality of ink chamber units, and is also connected to the second ink tank at the shortest distance from the second ink tank, of the plurality of ink chamber units; and taking pressure in the first ink tank to be Pi, taking pressure in the second ink tank to be Po, taking volume of the ink circulated per unit time from the first ink tank to the second ink tank when the plurality of ink chamber units do not eject the ink to be Uo, taking the ratio between volume of the ink supplied per unit time from the ink supply channel and volume of ink supplied per unit time from the ink circulation channel when the ink is being ejected from at least one of the ink chamber units to be αi:αo, taking total volume of the ink ejected per unit time from all of the ink chamber units which are ejecting ink to be Q, taking flow channel resistance from a connection section with the first ink tank to a connection section with the nearest connection ink chamber unit in the first common flow channel to be Ri, taking the flow channel resistance from a connection section with the second ink tank to a connection section with the nearest connection ink chamber unit in the second common flow channel to be Ro1, taking flow channel resistance in the first common flow channel between mutually adjacent ink chamber units to be R1, taking the flow channel resistance in the second common flow channel between mutually adjacent ink chamber units to be R2, and taking the total number of ink chamber units to be Z, both following conditions are satisfied: {Pi−Ri×(αi×Q+Uo)}≧{Po−Ro1×(αo×Q−Uo)}, and [Pi−Ri×(αi×Q+Uo)−R1×(Z−1)×{(α1×Q)/2+Uo/2}]≧[Po−Ro1×(αo×Q−Uo)−R2×(Z−1)×{(αo×Q)/2−Uo/2}]. |
| US07802875B2 |
Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus
An ink jet recording head includes a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting liquid; individual liquid chambers communicating with the plurality of ejection outlets; ejection energy generating elements, provided correspondingly to associated ones of the individual liquid chambers, for generating energy for ejecting the liquid; a common liquid chamber for supplying the liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers; and communicating paths constituting flow paths for communicating associated ones of the individual liquid chambers and the common liquid chamber with each other. At least adjacent ones of the flow paths have communicating positions, at different portions as seen in a direction perpendicular to a direction of ejection of the liquid through the ejection outlets, with said common liquid chamber. |
| US07802874B2 |
Restrictors with structure to prevent back flow and inkjet head having the same
A restrictor with a structure to prevent a back flow of ink and an inkjet head including the restrictor. In the inkjet head, an ink channel is formed in a channel plate, and the ink channel includes an ink inlet, a plurality of pressure chambers, a manifold, a plurality of restrictors respectively connecting the pressure chambers to the manifold, and a plurality of nozzles. Piezoelectric actuators are formed on the channel plate. Each of the restrictors includes a plurality of protrusions formed on an inner surface thereof in a structure suitable to increase a flow resistance of the restrictor when ink flows from the pressure chamber to the manifold through the restrictor. Each of the protrusions includes a first surface facing a flow of ink moving through the restrictor in a direction from the manifold to the pressure chamber, and a second surface facing a flow of ink moving through the restrictor in a direction from the pressure chamber to the manifold. The first surface has a low flow resistance, and the second surface has a high flow resistance. Therefore, a black flow of ink is restricted when ink is ejected, and sufficient ink can be supplied through the restrictor during an ink refill process. |
| US07802872B2 |
Ink jet printhead and its manufacturing process
Ink jet printhead comprising one or more ejection module, each with a silicon chip, a plurality of ejector nozzles arranged adjacent to a front of the module, ejection cells for the nozzles and delivery channels for the ink of the cells. The module or modules each include a distribution channel adjacent to the front and in fluid communication with the delivery channels and a nozzle layer integrated with the relative chip and in which the ejector nozzles parallel to the front are made. The head also comprises a support on which the module or modules are mounted and which defines a feeding duct for the ink in fluid communication with the delivery channels and sealing means between the module or modules and the support to guarantee fluid tightness between the feeding duct and the ejection cells. |
| US07802870B2 |
Scalable expandable rotojet rotating spray jet printhead
A scalable expandable spray ink printer machine for use with paper roll stock is disclosed. A series of three or four print heads are place serially in proximity to paper stock. The configuration of the cylindrical print head allows the heads to be expanded for printing on wider paper stock. The print heads include a combination of fixed, turning and sliding components to align or block ink flow from the print ink reservoir. The printer is in fixed position perpendicular to the travel direction and rotates internally on an axis parallel to the paper or media to be printed. The print head is sectional and lengthwise expandable in fixed unit lengths. The printing machine is ideally suited for advertising or other elongated print media. Due to the use of standard paper, roll stock and speed of the printing, signs can be printed on demand and displayed in real-time. |
| US07802862B2 |
Printhead having sequenced nozzle firing on integrated circuit
A printhead is provided having an integrated circuit having at least one row including a plurality of sets of n adjacent nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to fire signals, and a controller for supplying the fire signals to the integrated circuit such that (a) a fire signal is provided to nozzles at a first and nth position in each set of nozzles, then (b) a fire signal is provided to the next inward pair of nozzles in each set, then in the event n is an even number, (b) is repeated until all of the nozzles in each set has been fired, or in the event n is an odd number, (b) is repeated until all of the nozzles but a central nozzle in each set have been fired, and then the central nozzle is fired. |
| US07802860B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for determining liquid depletion to maintain a pressure differential between an ink jet head and ink cartridge
A liquid-ejecting apparatus includes a liquid-ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto an object, a liquid container containing the liquid and detachably attached to the liquid-ejecting section, and a depletion-determining section. The liquid container supplies a predetermined amount of liquid to the liquid-ejecting section by a pressure corresponding to the amount of ink remaining in the liquid container. The depletion-determining section determines depletion of the liquid if the amount of ink remaining falls below a threshold depending on temperature. |
| US07802858B2 |
Element board for printhead, printhead and printhead control method
In a printhead having a plurality of printing elements, a shift register which serially receives printing data corresponding to the number of printing elements, a latch which latches the printing data input to the shift register, and a driving circuit which selectively drives the printing elements in accordance with the printing data latched by the latch and a signal representing a driving period, the latch state of the latch is controlled by the signal representing the driving period. The signal representing the driving period and a signal for controlling the latch state of the latch are commonly used to decrease the number of input terminals of the printhead. |
| US07802856B2 |
Drawer slide with push-latch device
A drawer slide includes an outer slide, an inner slide moveable relative to the outer slide between a closed position and an extended position, a first engagement member, a second engagement member moveable by engagement with the first engagement member between a latched position to latch the inner slide in the closed position and an unlatched position disengaged from the second engagement member, and a first spring coupled to any one of the outer slide and the inner slide and configured to bias the inner slide to the extended position when the inner slide is proximate to the closed position. |
| US07802855B2 |
Home appliance having a door
A front face for an appliance that is one of a washing machine and a clothes dryer includes a door panel having a transparent window defined thereon, a door handle including a handle body having an inner surface, an outer surface, and two end portions. The handle is coupled to the door panel and is configured such that a portion of the handle does not contact the door panel and defines an opening between the inner surface of the handle body and the door panel. |
| US07802854B1 |
System for removing shingles from a roof
The invention is directed towards a system and method for removing shingles from a roof comprising a shingle removal head, a boom arm assembly, a vacuum, and a containment bin. The head includes a frame that defines a shingle disposal area and includes a prying member having a lifting surface for engaging the underside of shingles and lifting them from the roof and directing them to the shingle disposal area. The head also includes a cutting member for receiving and decreasing the size of the removed shingles for removal from the head by the vacuum into the containment bin, both of which may be carried by a transportation unit. The head may be attached to the boom arm assembly that is carried by a transportation unit so that the assembly causes the head to engage and lift shingles from a roof, allowing operation of the head frame from the ground. |
| US07802851B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting mutual position of constructional elements of a patient chair
The object of the invention is a method and an apparatus for adjusting mutual position of two structural elements of a patient chair, like the back rest and the head rest, articulated with each other, in which method the mutual position of the two structural elements (3, 4, 5) connected with each other by articulation is adjusted by a drive device (13). With the help of the drive device (13) it is possible to produce, for example, an essentially high rotational motion that can be converted to a linear motion with the help of a thread. The linear motion is converted to an essentially slow rotational motion with the help of a thread element (9) functionally connected to an articulated shaft (6, 7) belonging to the position adjustment mechanism. |
| US07802850B2 |
Adjustable seat and method for use
A seat for a motor vehicle, includes a backrest part and a seat part. The backrest part is configured to fold relative to the seat part from a normal position into a folded position and vice-versa. A lower seat structure is included and the seat is configured to move relative to the lower seat structure. At least one front first fastening, one rear second fastening and one diagonal fastening are provided to fasten the seat part to the lower seat structure. The seat is configured to adjust at least into an entry position and into a lowered position distinguishable from the normal position, and the second fastening is configured to release in the entry position. The diagonal fastening is configured to release in the lowered position. |
| US07802848B2 |
Bleacher seat
A seat module that forms a seat portion and an upright lumbar and thoracic support portion in one piece as a commercial grade seat that can be retro-fitted to any stadium bleacher easily to conform with building safety codes and provide comfortable seating to the patrons of the stadium. |
| US07802843B2 |
Flexible noise cover for a ventilated seat
This invention relates to a vehicle seat assembly having a lower seat assembly and a seat back assembly, the lower seat and seat back assemblies having an exterior surface and an interior region. The vehicle seat includes a ventilation system configured to move air through body-side openings in the exterior surface, the ventilation system comprising a fan and one or more fan openings, the fan openings providing fluid communication between the fan and an exterior of the seat assembly through the exterior surface. The vehicle seat also includes a flexible noise cover, mounted on the vehicle seat assembly, defining the fan openings. |
| US07802842B2 |
Roof module of a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a roof module of a motor vehicle, which can be fastened to the chassis of the motor vehicle and defines a roof area. The aim of the invention is to improve the utility of the roof module or the motor vehicle. For this purpose, the roof module (9) is a planar full roof that is non-transparent or at least partially transparent, or the roof module (9) is a panoramic roof that projects towards the top and/or is at least partially transparent and/or comprises a roof box fixed to the top thereof, or comprises a bearing device (18) for detachably fixing a roof box (19) to the top of the roof module (9). |
| US07802839B2 |
Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure is provided capable of reducing load borne by front-rear members.A vehicle front portion structure 10 includes: a pair of side frames 12, each extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and arranged parallel to each other at positions in the vehicle width direction; a dash panel 20, disposed at a position that is separated toward the rear in the vehicle front-rear direction from the front end portions 12A of the pair of side frames 12, and extending in the vehicle width direction and in the vehicle vertical direction; a division plate 25, disposed toward the front in the vehicle front-rear direction from the dash panel 20; an impact absorbing member 26, provided between the dash panel 20 and the division plate 25 so as to be able to transmit load in the vehicle front-rear direction; and support pillars 14, provided so as to be able to transmit load toward the rear in the vehicle front-rear direction to each of the side frames 12 and the division plate 25. |
| US07802836B2 |
Anti-dazzle sun visor for motor vehicles
An anti-dazzle sun visor for use in the upper part of a windshield of a motor vehicle. The anti-dazzle sun visor is characterized by a screen which is hinged to a suspension, mounted so as to be movable to be displaced along the windshield, and a curtain which is extensible below a part of the windshield considered to be shadable, the curtain extending between the mobile suspension and the upper edge of the windshield. |
| US07802835B2 |
Vehicle entertainment system with flush supporting cradle
A vehicle includes a ceiling with a headliner. A cradle is secured within the ceiling of the vehicle such that it is substantially flush with the headliner, the cradle being shaped and dimensioned for selectively receiving and securely holding a video system. |
| US07802833B2 |
Tunnel console for passenger compartment of a vehicle
A console of a tunnel for the passenger compartment of a vehicle has an outer structure that houses, in a fixed position, a glove compartment fitted with a hatch; the console has a wall, which is positioned outside of said compartment and is movable, in response to an action by the user, with respect to an upper surface of the structure, between a lowered position and a raised position, so as to project upwards with respect to this upper surface and define an outer compartment when located in the raised position. |
| US07802832B2 |
Reconfigurable console mount having a plurality of interchangeable tongue-and-groove blank and equipment mounting panels and quick disconnect clamps
A reconfigurable vehicle console having a plurality of interchangeable tongue-and-groove blank and equipment mounting panels and quick disconnect clamps associated with each panel. |
| US07802831B2 |
Locking structure
Locking structures each include a locking claw portion formed on a desired object, and a locking clamp mechanism formed on at least one of left and right wall portions of a console device. The clamp mechanism has a fitting hole portion formed in the wall portion for fitting therein of the locking claw portion, a locking support portion for lockingly supporting the claw portion fitted in the fitting hole portion, and a pair of opposed movement-preventing projecting portions formed on opposite ends of the support portion for preventing movement of the object between the opposite ends. The clamp mechanism also having a resiliently-deformable elastic portion formed integrally with the wall portion to extend into the hole portion for resiliently pressing the claw portion against the support portion. |
| US07802828B2 |
Child safety cover
Various embodiments of the present invention are illustrated. A first embodiment is a safety cover for a deadbolt of a door. The cover includes a housing having a first open end and a second open end. The housing is mounted to the door and positioned to substantially surround the deadbolt with the first open end and to contain a deadbolt actuator knob of the deadbolt within a cavity formed from the housing. The safety cover includes a cap mountable, via the second open end, into snug mating engagement with the interior of the housing. The cap is positioned such that upon actuation the cap slides axially within the housing until an inner wall of the cap meets the deadbolt actuator knob and wherein upon further actuation the inner wall grips and rotates the deadbolt actuator knob. |
| US07802827B2 |
Closing ring for lid and container combination
A closing ring for a container and lid combination for securing the lid to the container includes a ring body having first and second free ends to be drawn together in order to secure the lid to the container. A link clevis and a lever clevis are welded to the free ends. A link is pivotally connected to the link clevis. A lever is pivotally connected to the lever clevis. The linkage arrangement is completed by connecting the link to the lever at a third pivot connection. A movable locking projection is assembled to the lever clevis for engaging the lever during an opening attempt wherein this engaging prevents the opening of the ring body until the movable locking projection is moved out of its engaging position relative to the lever. |
| US07802826B2 |
Latch assembly
A latch assembly includes at least one latch unit having a latch unit housing, a latch notch provided in the latch unit housing, a lock bracket pivotally mounted in the latch unit housing adjacent to the latch notch and positional between latched and unlatched positions and an actuating arm engaging the lock bracket; a torque shaft coupled to the actuating arm; a handle unit having a handle housing and a handle plate pivotally mounted in the handle housing and coupled to the torque shaft; and at least one position indicator lip provided on the handle plate. |
| US07802822B2 |
Coupling with an indicator
A quick connector including a female part, a male part, and a latch. The latch includes a latching ring which slides within a housing of the female part, and a backing ring which is fitted on the latching ring and is slidable relative thereto. As the male part is inserted into the female part, the latching ring locks the parts and a folded tab of the backing ring is raised to provide a visual indication that male part is locked in the female part. |
| US07802820B2 |
Book with embossed leaves
A book includes a book body and at least one leaf. The book body is provided with two spaced folding lines to divide an outer side of the book body into a front face, a back face, and a spine interconnecting the front and the back face, and an inner side of the book body into a first and a second inner surface corresponding to the front and the back face, respectively, and a connecting surface corresponding to the spine and interconnecting the first and the second inner surface. The leaf is attached to one of the first and the second inner surface, and includes an illustration printed on a top surface of the leaf, a first embossed portion corresponding to the illustration, and at least one second embossed portion spaced from and higher than the first embossed portion to protect the latter against collapse by external pressure. |
| US07802819B2 |
Vehicle seat belt guiding device
A vehicle seat belt guiding device is basically provided with a support portion and a seat belt guiding portion. The seat belt guiding portion includes a first seat belt guide surface extending for a prescribed length that is equal to or greater than a vehicle seat belt width, and a second guide portion includes a second seat belt guide surface extending for a prescribed length that is equal to or greater than half of the vehicle seat belt width. The second seat belt guide surface is angled upwardly with respect to the first seat belt guide surface to form a first acute angle and angled laterally with respect to the first seat belt guide surface to form a second acute angle, when the vehicle seat belt guiding device is in a seat belt in-use position. |
| US07802817B1 |
Building truss transport trailer device
A building truss transport trailer device adapted for transporting upright or inverted building trusses. The base of the transport trailer device comprises a horizontal bed frame section, having top and bottom sides and a longitudinal axis. The bed frame section is supported on a set of wheels attached to the bottom side thereof. The bed frame section includes a tongue and hitch member adapted for attachment to a towing vehicle. A vertical support frame section extends from the top side of the bed frame section and is positioned along the longitudinal axis thereof. A fastening system is attached to the bed frame and adapted for fastening a plurality of upright or inverted building trusses, positioned on the bed frame section and against the vertical support frame section, to the trailer device for transport thereof. |
| US07802814B2 |
Stabilized pad for vehicles
A stabilizer pad construction is shown in which a pair of resilient laminated pad assemblies are mounted outboard on a weldment that is pivotally supported from a stabilizer arm of a vehicle. A latch device is also illustrated in two different embodiments that prevent self-flipping of the pad, particularly from the grouser side to the resilient pad side. The latch device uses either a capture recess or a capture tab for preventing rotation and includes a handle to permit the user to manually rotate the pad. |
| US07802813B2 |
Tubular part
A tubular part for fixing and holding a fixing object part inserted therein, the fixing object part being fixed by inwardly crimping a circumferential wall on a side of one end opening of the tubular part, including: the tubular part having a chamfered corner on an inner peripheral side of the circumferential wall on the side of one end opening, a degree of chamfering being such that chamfering is performed between a point at a thickness T1 measured from an outer circumferential surface of the one end opening and a point at a length L1 measured from an end surface of the opening, and when a thickness of the circumferential wall of the opening is represented as T, (T−T1)/T being 0.05 to 0.9 and (T−T1)/L1 being 0.8 to 1.2. |
| US07802811B2 |
Safety system for vehicle occupants
A safety system for vehicle occupants includes at least one sensor, at least one actuator, and at least one control unit having output stages for controlling the at least one actuator. The safety system includes an arrangement for the activation of actuators not activated during an accident. |
| US07802809B2 |
Occupant protection system
System and method for protecting an occupant in a vehicle seat, through the use of an occupant protection system is disclosed, wherein the vehicle seat includes a backrest section and a seat section. The occupant protection system includes a first airbag assembly having a first inflatable airbag, wherein the first airbag assembly is containable within an airbag recess located within a vehicle roof portion. A second airbag assembly is included having a second inflatable airbag and a deployment location. The second airbag assembly is mounted to a frame that is integrated with the seat while being external to a seat cushion. The first inflatable airbag is configured to extend downward from the roof portion to below a passenger shoulder-thorax protection region while in an inflated state. The second inflatable airbag is configured to extend upward from the deployment location through a passenger pelvic-thorax protection region while in an inflated state. |
| US07802805B2 |
Steering damper mounting structure for vehicle
A steering damper mounting structure of a vehicle includes a head pipe, a front fork, a fork bridge, and a steering damper. The front fork, which suspends a front wheel, is steerably disposed on the head pipe. The fork bridge connects left and right members of the front fork. The steering damper is mounted on the fork bridge and the head pipe. The steering damper dampens a steering directional movement transmitted from a road surface to a handlebar via the front wheel and the front fork. A lower mounting portion on a side of the head pipe is disposed on a side of an axis as a center of pivotal motion of the front fork relative to the fork bridge, more specifically, an upper mounting portion on a side of the top bridge. The resulting configuration reduces the size of a front portion of a vehicle and a steering damper. |
| US07802801B2 |
Mass transit vehicle
A mass transit vehicle includes one or a combination of the following: floor portions that are angled for creating an incline of a floor of the buss; a door or entranceway that is angle relative to a fore-aft axis of the vehicle; and/or an entranceway that opens a relatively low height relative to the ground. |
| US07802800B2 |
Motor vehicle with leaning system controlled by load sensor and method therefor
A vehicle with lean control has a frame with a steering assembly. An arm assembly is connected to the frame. A pair of first and second shock absorbers is mounted between the frame and the arm assembly on opposite sides of the frame. Each shock absorber has a fluid-filled chamber and floating piston. A load sensor is mounted to the steering assembly for detecting changes of pressure on the steering assembly. The load sensor has a housing, a pressure sensing area disposed in the housing, and provides an electrical signal in response to the pressure sensing area. The load sensor detects pressure applied to the top plate of the housing. An electronic control unit is coupled to the electrical contact of the load sensor. A motor and pump assembly is responsive to the electronic control unit for transferring fluid between the chambers of the first and second shock absorbers. |
| US07802796B2 |
Composite material and seals formed thereof
A seal is formed of a material including about 80.0% to about 95.0% by weight fluoropolymer, about 1.0% to about 10.0% by weight aromatic polymer, and graphite fiber. |
| US07802789B2 |
Sheet conveying device, sheet punching device, sheet processing device, image forming apparatus, and method for determining mounting state of measuring unit
A sheet conveying device includes a conveying unit that conveys a sheet in a sheet conveying direction; a measuring unit that measures a position of a side edge of the sheet in a measurement area; a shielding unit having an end portion that is projected into the measurement area for shielding the sheet; a first determining unit that determines whether the shielding unit is detectable in the measurement area; and a second determining unit that determines whether the measuring unit has been mounted in the sheet conveying device based on a result obtained in the first determining unit. |
| US07802788B2 |
Sheet post-process apparatus
A sheet post-process apparatus includes a waiting tray and a processing tray. The waiting tray is provided in the middle of a conveying path and makes standby sheets in the case where a post-process is required. The processing tray has a function which causes the sheets made standby on the waiting sheet to be dropped by self-weight. With this function, the processing tray receives the sheets moved to be dropped and the sheets conveyed from the conveying path without intervening the waiting tray, before carrying out the post-process. Sheet bundles formed on the processing tray are stacked on a storage tray by a sheet conveying mechanism after they have been post-processed. |
| US07802786B2 |
Duplex automatic document feeder and duplex document scanning method using the same
A duplex automatic document feeder includes first, second, third, and fourth paths, an ejecting path, a scanning module, first and second reversing roller units, a feeding tray, and an ejecting tray. A document is moved from the feeding tray to the scanning module for scanning of a first side surface thereof. Subsequently, the document is moved along a second-side scanning path defined by the first reversing roller unit, the third path, a portion of the first path, the fourth path, and the first reversing roller unit to allow for scanning of a second side surface thereof. After the first and second side surfaces are scanned, the document is moved along a document-inverting path defined by the second reversing roller unit, a portion of the fourth path, the ejecting path, a portion of the second path, the first reversing roller unit, and the ejecting tray. |
| US07802784B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus
A sheet feeding apparatus has a liftable stacking member on which a sheet is stacked, a feeding member which feeds the sheet in abutment against the uppermost one of the sheets placed on the stacking member, the feeding member moving from a separation position to an abutment position, a driving portion which lifts the stacking member, a sensor to detect that an uppermost sheet is below a predetermined position, and a control portion configured to control the driving portion so as to lift the stacking member when a signal from the sensor is received in sequence a plurality of times, which the control portion receives from a sensor due to the feeding member moving from the separation position to the abutment position repeatedly, indicate that the uppermost one of the sheets placed on the stacking member is located below a predetermined position. |
| US07802779B2 |
Sheet processing apparatus and image forming device having the same
A sheet processing apparatus staples a bundle of sheets, folds the sheets into two to make a book, and presses the folded sheets.A stitch bookbinding unit moves a press unit having press rollers and, a press holder, and the like constituting a creasing unit along the fold of a bundle of sheets subjected to the folding process by the press rollers and so as to reliably nip-press the fold by the nip between the moving press rollers and for pressing it. The press holder performs intermittent movement in which it is stopped during movement. |
| US07802778B2 |
Paper folding apparatus
An accordion folding mechanism folds a sheet fed from an image forming apparatus in an accordion shape by repeating a mountain fold and a valley fold in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction. A size setting unit sets a folding size of the mountain fold and the valley fold. A size adjusting unit compares a size of the sheet fed from the image forming apparatus with the folding size, and adjusts the folding size of a predetermined number of folds at a trailing end of the sheet. |
| US07802776B2 |
Pneumatic spring damper unit
Disclosed is a pneumatic spring shock absorber unit having working chambers (2, 3), which are filled with compressed air and which are partially delimited by rolling or folding bellows (7, 8, 9). These working chambers are situated one above the other and are interconnected via throttle valves that can be flowed through. Both working chambers are located inside a common pot-shaped housing (4) and are separated by a piston (6) so that one working chamber (2) is located on the front side of the piston and the other working chamber (3) is located on the rear side of the piston and at least partially surrounds the piston rod (5) so that the piston and the piston rod are sealed and guided inside the housing by rolling bellows (7, 8, 9). |
| US07802773B2 |
Reusable fall restrain supports and fall arrestor
A system for providing re-usable safety support fences and fall restraints for the construction industry. The system comprises a plurality of disposable bases which are welded to I-beams or otherwise permanently attached to a floor or roof, and a plurality of removable support posts that screw into the disposable bases. The support posts form the posts of a safety fence through which steel cables are threaded to form a fence. Also, a fall arrestor, comprising an eye hook onto which a construction or maintenance worker on the perimeter of a building may attach, can be screwed into the permanently mounted disposable base. Additional embodiments for use with concrete construction instead of steel I-beams are disclosed. |
| US07802768B2 |
Telescoping pole mount
A telescoping pole mount formed of an elongated male tube member that is slidable within an elongated female tube member. An internal locking mechanism for securing the telescoping pole at a selected elevation is provided as first and second cooperating wedges that are each structured to slide along a plane of mutual contact that is inclined relative to a longitudinal axis of the female tube member, the wedges are sized to slide within the female tube member with the first wedge being positioned within the female tube member exterior to a portion of the male tube member that is positioned within the female tube member. A lengthwise drive mechanism is coupled for driving the second wedge against the first wedge along the plane of contact and into an interlocked relationship therewith. A disengaging mechanism is provided for disengaging the wedges from their interlocked relationship. |
| US07802763B2 |
Topping tool
A topping tool assembly comprises a bag support defining a tapered receptacle having an open bag receiving end and an open dispensing end narrower than the bag receiving end, a mounting bracket fixed to the bag support, and an anchor bracket, wherein the mounting bracket and the anchor bracket are adapted such that the mounting bracket removably mounts onto the anchor bracket. The topping tool assembly is installed in a kitchen or other food preparation area by attaching the anchor bracket to a suitable supporting surface, and it receives and supports a pastry bag in a generally vertical orientation such that a top of the pastry bag is exposed through the bag receiving end of the bag support and a bottom decorative tip of the pastry bag protrudes from the bottom dispensing end of the bag support. When a pastry bag is supported in this manner, a user may manually apply pressure at the top of the pastry bag and locate a pastry, cake, or other item just beneath the dispensing end while the dispensing tip of the pastry bag remains at a constant position and orientation. |
| US07802762B2 |
Automobile cable/conduit retainer
A retainer for a conduit, cable or the like, preferably a fluid conduit in an automobile, includes a retainer body having attaching portions to be mounted to an automobile body part, damping portions for dampening conduit vibrations, an insertion portion that constricts from the outside to the inside, and a receiving portion for the conduit. The retainer body is integrally molded of a plastic material. The receiving portion has three or more engaging portions which are arranged circumferentially of and engage the conduit and which are connected by resilient arms to the retainer body in a manner that, in the event of conduit vibrations, the resilient arms shall yield easily and elastically like leaf springs in all axial and radial directions and shall decouple the vibration-induced forces from the automobile body part. |
| US07802759B2 |
Aircraft wing, aircraft wing composite material, and method of manufacture thereof
To provide an aircraft wing which has both high bending flexibility in the wing chord direction and high capacity to maintain the wing shape in the wing span direction, and to which morphing aircraft technology can be applied in the high-speed regime where aerodynamic forces are high.The wing is formed by arranging a plurality of CFRP rods having maximum anisotropic stiffness in the axial direction, so as to be parallel to the wing span direction, and filling the gaps between the CFRP rods with an elastic material. |
| US07802757B2 |
Method and system for taxiing an aircraft
The system is used for taxiing an aircraft and comprises at least one multi-spool gas turbine engine, the engine having an electrical motor in a torque-driving engagement with a low pressure spool of the engine. The low pressure spool has a propulsor connected thereon to generate thrust when rotated. A controller is connected to the electrical motor and an electrical power source to control an amount of electrical power provided from the power source to the electrical motor so as to drive the propulsor and cause at least a major portion of the thrust to be generated by the propulsor for moving the aircraft during taxiing. |
| US07802756B2 |
Aircraft control system
A span-loaded, highly flexible flying wing, having horizontal control surfaces mounted aft of the wing on extended beams to form local pitch-control devices. Each of five spanwise wing segments of the wing has one or more motors and photovoltaic arrays, and produces its own lift independent of the other wing segments, to minimize inter-segment loads. Wing dihedral is controlled by separately controlling the local pitch-control devices consisting of a control surface on a boom, such that inboard and outboard wing segment pitch changes relative to each other, and thus relative inboard and outboard lift is varied. |
| US07802750B2 |
Rolled sheet support mechanism and printer
A rolled sheet support mechanism has two spaced-apart guide plates for accommodating therebetween a rolled sheet. A displacement member carries a pair of opposed, axially slidable bobbins and pivots between an attachment position wherein the rolled sheet can be inserted between and held by the bobbins and an accommodation position wherein the rolled sheet is ready for use. A pair of biasing members compressed between the guide plates and bobbins elastically press the bobbins to the rolled sheet. The spacing between the guide plates is larger in the region of the attachment position than in the region of the accommodation position so that when the displacement member pivots from the attachment position to the accommodation position, the biasing members slide along the guide plates and further compress to increase the force at which the bobbins press against the rolled sheet. |
| US07802749B2 |
Creel magazine supply system and method
A creel magazine for delivering packaged stranded material to a creel. The magazine includes magazine frame having guides for directing stranded materials to a creel or manufacturing process. Movable magazine cartridges rotatably support packages of stranded materials and are positioned on either side of the magazine frame. The apparatus and method provide for sequential delivery of stranded materials by alternating delivery sources between cartridges, intermediate replenishment of spent packages by rotation of a full package to a delivery position, and replenishment of spent cartridges. |
| US07802748B2 |
Core feeding method in a rewinding machine for making logs of sheet material
A method for rewinding a web of sheet material for making a log wound on a core in a winding zone formed between an upper winding roller and a lower winding roller. Upstream of the winding zone a cradle is provided for feeding the core connected to the support of the lower roller and located beneath the upper winding roller. At least a portion of the cradle is movable with respect to the support of the lower roller and is capable of lowering or rising towards/away from the upper winding roller. For each step of feeding a core, the movable portion can be displaced from a first position of load of the core to a second position wherein the core contacts the upper roller. When the upper roller contacts the core for reaching the winding zone it moves first on the movable portion and then on a fixed portion of the cradle that is integral to the support wherein the axle rotates of the lower roller. |
| US07802747B2 |
Line length adjustment device for mooring lines and the like
A line length adjustment device includes a strap having a rope loop attached to one end, the other end wound up on a winder core in a housing which has a rope loop at an end opposite a slot receiving the strap. A gripper element normally engages the strap to lock it in any adjusted length, which is manually releasable to allow unwinding of the strap. |
| US07802742B2 |
Multipurpose cassette for adjusting a grinder on a mechanical or electrical condiment mill or on a device for finely breaking foodstuff
A device for adjusting a condiment grinder or a foodstuff breaking unit includes a cassette having an adjusting ring (3), a dish-supporting slide (2) and a fixing washer (1). |
| US07802741B2 |
Pump assemblies having a quick-release latching mechanism and methods for securing pump assemblies in a tank
A pump assembly supportable in a tank having an opening includes a pump such as a grinder pump and a cover attachable to the pump. The cover has a peripherally-extending portion extending outwardly from the pump and the peripherally-extending portion is sized to rest on a first surface of the portion of the tank defining the opening. A quick-release latching mechanism may include a plurality of members such as arms or pawls which are movable generally radially between a retracted position wherein the outer ends of the plurality of members are disposed inwardly of the peripherally-extending portion of the cover allowing the pump assembly to be lowered into the opening in the tank, and an extended position wherein the outer ends of a plurality of members are positionable against a second opposite side of the portion of the tank defining the opening to compress the portion of the tank forming the opening between the cover and the plurality of members. |
| US07802740B2 |
Shredding machine
A shredding machine having a plastics loading section and a paper loading section. The two loading sections feed material to be shred into a single cutting section. The plastics loading section may include a ram that urges loaded materials into the cutting section for shredding. The cutting section may include a plurality of cutters mounted on a pair of adjacent cutting shafts. The cutters on one shaft are intermeshed with the cutters on the other shaft. The cutting shafts rotate in opposite directions to cut apart materials fed into the cutting head. The teeth of one cutter are offset from the those of adjacent cutters to evenly distribute the forces generating during cutting. The machine may include a material collection/filtration system having a vacuum that creates a negative pressure in the cabinet and a filtration bag for collecting the shredded material. The filtration system may also include a HEPA filter for collecting airborne particles that are not captured in the filtration bag. |
| US07802732B2 |
Device and process for temperature regulation of sections of the interior of an aircraft
A device for temperature regulation of sections of the interior of an aircraft includes a controlled mixer valve for the mixing of engine bleed air and air that is cooler than the engine bleed air in order to obtain pre-tempered mixed air flowing out of the mixer valve; a distribution line connected to the outlet of the mixer valve which is connected to the respective sections by at least two supply lines; individual heating units assigned to the respective sections; sensors assigned to the individual sections for the respective actual temperatures; transmitters for the respective nominal temperatures; and a regulator unit which controls the mixer valve dependent upon the respective nominal temperatures and the respective actual temperatures in the individual areas. |
| US07802731B2 |
Surface having coded data layers
A surface is provided having disposed therein or thereon a plurality of coded data layers. The coded data layers include a raw data layer having at least one raw data portion, a fault-tolerant data layer having at least one fault-tolerant data portion, and an alignment data layer having alignment data indicative of at least two registration positions. The registration positions are indicative of a relative position of the raw and fault-tolerant data portions with respect to the surface. |
| US07802724B1 |
Identifications and communications methods
The invention relates to improved methods and forms for automatically and non-unobtrusively to detect, without human interpretation, the identification of people(s), object(s), and other, with various methods utilized in connection to creating, storing, adding, connecting, modifying, sharing, inputting, recalling, authorizing, approving, tracking, generating, formatting, monitoring, accessing, locating, deleting, controlling, linking, collecting all types of data and information, and generating at least one type of identifiable communications information related to anyone or anything, and in and/or around any type of environment, such as an airport(s), airline(s), and/or other aviation location(s), theme park, amusement park, aquarium, cruise ships, tourist location, hospitals, buildings, government complex, malls, customs boards, sports events, parking, manufacturing, hotels, resorts, clubs, retail, elevators, utilities, museums, libraries, as well as other types of location(s), among other environments. |
| US07802722B1 |
Techniques for managing fraud information
Techniques are presented for managing fraud information. Metadata defines user profiles, security levels, fraud cases, and presentation information. One or more queries or reports are processed against disparate data store tables and the results are aggregated into a repository. The repository is also defined by the metadata. Furthermore, operations associated with sharing, viewing, and accessing the results from the repository is defined and controlled by the metadata. In an embodiment, portions of the metadata may be viewed and navigated in a hierarchical and graphical formatted presentation. |
| US07802719B2 |
System and method for presenting multiple transaction options in a portable device
A portable device authorizes a payment transaction from an account associated with the portable device. The portable device comprises a communication system, such as a near field communication (NFC) system, for communicating with a transaction system of a merchant or other receiving entity, a user interface, a memory storing account information for each of a plurality of accounts, and a transaction application. The transaction application applies at least one predetermined selection rule to the plurality of accounts to determine a selected subset of the plurality of accounts. A display of the user interface displays, under control of the transaction application, a plurality of transaction option indicators. Each transaction option indicator, which may be text or graphic, represents a one of the accounts within the selected subset of accounts. The transaction application prompts user selection of a selected one of the transaction option indicators. The transaction application drives the communication system to exchange data with the transaction system of a merchant or other receiving entity to initiate a payment to the merchant. The payment being from the payment account associated with the selected one of the transaction option indicators. |
| US07802718B2 |
Automated transaction machine
An automated retail terminal in which a plurality of goods and/or services are provided in an integrated system. The integrated system generally avoids duplicating hardware or functions in the course of delivering the goods or services offered, so for example in a combination ATM and Internet kiosk the same credit card or smart card reader is used for both the ATM and the Internet kiosk functions, the same control screen activates the ATM functions and the Internet functions, and etc. |
| US07802717B2 |
Electronic image cash letter monitoring
Monitoring an electronic check processing status of an image cash letter (“ICL”) and items in the ICL includes processing each ICL item by performing at least one electronic check processing event in connection with the item. For each electronic check processing event and for each item, a record comprising information related to a status of the electronic check processing event is created. Each record is associated with the corresponding item and the ICL. A status of each item can be determined based on the information stored in the records corresponding to that item. A status of the ICL can be determined based on the status of the items from the ICL. |
| US07802713B2 |
Friction stir spot joining device
There is provided a friction stir spot joining device wherein stirring-related members are unitized to form a unitized stirring unit and an opening is formed in a friction stir spot joining device body for housing the unitized stirring unit therein. A stirring motor, a stirring shaft and a power transmission mechanism are unitized to form a stirring unit, and bearings of a linear motion guide are fixed to the stirring unit immediately under the stirring unit, and a ball nut is fixed to the back face of the stirring unit, wherein the friction stir spot joining device body is opened to form the opening at a rear upper portion through which the stirring unit is caused to move inside thereof. |
| US07802712B2 |
Surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device is disclosed for the treatment of internal hemorrhoids. The surgical stapling device includes a handle portion, an elongated body portion and a head portion including an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The head portion includes an anvil assembly including a tiltable anvil which will tilt automatically after the device has been fired and unapproximated. The tiltable anvil provides a reduced anvil profile to reduce trauma during removal of the device after the anastomoses procedure has been performed. The anvil assembly of the stapling device may include an approximation mechanism having an anvil retainer including an elongated distal extension dimensioned to be telescopingly received within a longitudinal bore of an anvil center rod of the anvil assembly. The elongated distal extension is of a length to provide telescopic engagement with the anvil center rod without obstructing visualization of the surgical site. A kit including a surgical instrument having a removable anvil assembly and an anvil assembly insertion handle is also disclosed. The kit may also include a speculum, an anal dialator and/or an obturator. |
| US07802710B1 |
Nail pusher that can push nails successively
A nail pusher includes a handle, a guide tube mounted in the handle and having a nail guide slot, a nail magazine mounted on the handle, a plurality of nails mounted in the nail magazine, a push member movably mounted in the nail magazine to push each of the nails through the nail guide slot into the guide tube, and a thrusting rod mounted on the handle and movable in the guide tube to thrust one of the nails outwardly from the guide tube. Thus, the push member is pushed to introduce each of the nails into the guide tube successively, and the nails are ejected outwardly from the guide tube successively, so that the nail pusher can push and eject the nails successively. |
| US07802707B2 |
Vehicle article carrier apparatus having single sided release and method therefor
A vehicle article carrier apparatus and method incorporating a single side releasable crossbar assembly. In one embodiment the crossbar assembly includes a pair of end supports that each includes an actuating member. In one embodiment the actuating member is formed by a pivotally mounted actuating lever. In another embodiment the actuating member is formed by a rotationally mounted, trigger style actuating member. In either embodiment, the actuating member is movable between locked and unlocked positions. Each end support also includes a locking pin having a pivot wheel carried thereon. A cable is entrained around the pulley wheel of each locking pin, and the ends of the cable are coupled to the actuating members. Either actuating member can be used to simultaneously lock and unlock the locking pins of both end supports from a pair of support rails on which the cross bar assembly is supported. |
| US07802704B2 |
Gasoline can
A gasoline can having a nozzle assembly which includes a ball valve that is in an open mode when the can's nozzle is lifted for pouring, and which when the can's nozzle is in a lowered storage mode, the ball valve is closed. |
| US07802700B2 |
Product discharge and delivery system for a vending machine
A product discharge and delivery system for a vending machine includes a product delivery cup including a carriage portion and a shroud portion having an open bottom section and a discharge element. After receiving a selected product, the product delivery cup is shifted toward a dispensing chamber causing the discharge element to engage with a discharge member mounted within the vending machine. Engagement of the discharge element and discharge member causes the shroud portion to pivot relative to the carrier portion exposing the open bottom section allowing a selected product to release into a dispensing chamber. A delivery port is mounted in the dispensing chamber that rotated between a product receiving position and a product delivery position. |
| US07802698B2 |
Apparatus to insert articles into bags
An apparatus (15) to aid in locating articles in bags produced by a packaging machine (10). The apparatus (15) includes a reservoir (40) to which the articles are delivered, with a plurality of discharge locations being located at angular spaced positions about the reservoir (40). Each of the discharge locations (24) includes an upwardly facing aperture (25) through which the articles are delivered to a central chute (27) from where the articles are located in the bags being formed. Adjacent each discharge location (24) is a conveyor device (29) that moves angularly so as to take articles from the reservoir (40) to the associated aperture (25). |
| US07802696B2 |
Spent gum wrapper dispenser and method of using same
The invention is a portable device designed to hold and dispense wafers used in the containment and disposal of spent chewing gum. The device is small and can be sized to fit in a person's pocket. The wafers are stacked, loaded, and housed in a chamber. When loading, the hinged lid is opened and a stack of wafers are inserted. An elevation spring and associated elevation pad propel the wafers in a position to be dispensed. The wafers are then dispensed by the user who pulls them through a lid opening. Once dispensed, the user wraps the wafer around the spent chewing gum and then disposes. |
| US07802695B2 |
Lidded container with linear brim segments and medial sealing beads
An improved lidded container includes a receptacle portion with a brim having a plurality of lateral substantially straight brim wall segments provided with medial sealing beads extending between corners of the brim. The medial sealing beads are characterized in that they project away from the respective walls upon which they are disposed a maximum distance at a central portion of the wall and the medial sealing beads extend over a major portion of the length of the lateral sealing wall upon which they are disposed. Most preferably, the beads are tangent with and terminate at rounded corners between the wall segments. |
| US07802692B2 |
Device for and method of fastening two component members
A device and method for fastening two component members. The device includes a first component member including at least two protruded portions each having a predetermined lead angle, and a second component member which keeps predetermined positional relationship with the first component member and has at least two protruded portions which are engaged with the protruded portions of the first component member, among at least two of which protruded portions, at least one of the protruded portion has a different lead angle from the lead angle of the protruded portions of the first component member, and the first and second component members can be moved closer opposite each other, the protruded portions are engaged with each other after moving opposite each other by a certain distance, and the first and second component members are integrally fixed by frictional engagement of the protruded portions differing in the lead angle. |
| US07802689B2 |
Articulated coupling apparatus
An articulated coupling apparatus utilized in connecting together, in a substantially semi-permanent fashion, adjacently disposed ends of a pair of railway cars includes male and female connection members. A front and rear followers, each having a spherical cavity, are positioned within the female connection member. First and second lubricating liners are positioned within such spherical cavities and a spherical member is operably caged between such lubricating liners. A shaft is attached to the spherical member and extends outwardly from the female connection member for secure connection to the male connection member. A pair of wedges are mounted adjacent the rear surface of the rear follower and exert a force onto such rear follower moving it toward the spherical member and further toward the front follower to compensate for wear of the mating spherical surfaces during service and to prevent formation of a gap between the mating surfaces. |
| US07802687B2 |
Coating powder sieving device
The invention relates to a coating powder sieving device, specifically for a powder paint coating installation, having a screen surface for sieving a coating powder. The screen surface is angular. An ultrasonic probe excites vibrations in the screen surface wherein the vibrations in the screen surface occur substantially in a direction perpendicular to the screen surface. A powder fluidization hopper incorporating the coating powder sieving device and a powder coating installation including plural powder fluidization hoppers are also disclosed. |
| US07802683B2 |
Cover sheet member for pill receptacles and method of sealing a pill receptacle with a cover sheet member
A pill receptacle has a number of recessed pill compartments formed therein. The method comprises the steps of providing a cover sheet member that has a sealing sheet with a top identification surface on which information can be printed and a bottom adhesive surface provided with an adhesive. The cover sheet member further has a protective sheet that removably overlays the sealing sheet on its adhesive surface. First weakness zones are provided on the cover sheet member, that extend transversely through the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in a registering fashion to define first cutaway lines on the cover sheet member. A fraction of the cover sheet member is separated from the rest of the cover sheet member along at least some of the first cutaway lines, including concurrently separating corresponding fractions of the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in registering fashion. The protective sheet fraction is peeled away from the sealing sheet fraction on the cover sheet member fraction. The selected pill compartments are covered and individually sealed by applying the adhesive surface of the sealing sheet fraction on the pill receptacle whereby the adhesive surface of the sealing sheet fraction adheres to the pill receptacle about the pill compartments. |
| US07802682B2 |
Systems for increasing compliance with a medicament treatment regime
A container for storing a medicament comprises a deformable shell including at least one blister associated therewith. A unit of medicament is stored in the at least one blister. A rupturable material is coupled over an opening of the blister, the rupturable material being configured to rupture upon dispensing of the unit of medicament from the blister. An aroma discharge system is coupled to, or over the opening of, the blister, the aroma discharge system containing an aroma generating substance. The aroma discharge system is positioned such that dispensing of the unit of medicament from the blister results in discharge of the aroma from the aroma generating substance. |
| US07802676B2 |
Conveyor belt module with high friction conveying surface
A belt module having a grid geometry including cavities and ribs associated with an outer surface for attaching a high friction material. |
| US07802672B2 |
Two-piece wedge diverter gate
A diverter gate generally includes a bracket which connects to an actuator and a flag which releasably engages with the bracket via cooperating engagement members. The cooperating engagement members may be symmetrical, and may comprise one or more tabs and one or more corresponding receptacles. The tabs may be dimensioned slightly larger than the receptacles so as to create a positive interference fit. The bracket and the flag may include openings to receive a fastener extending substantially across the length of the gate. Tightening the fastener compresses the tab(s) against the receptacle(s) to result in a compression fit between the flag and the bracket. The two-piece design allows the flag to be easily removed and reversed or replaced, without disassembling or removing the bracket or the actuator. |
| US07802668B2 |
Stator side plate for a torque converter
The present invention broadly comprises a stamped side plate for a torque converter stator, including: an annular segment having an inner circumferential surface and a top surface and at least one protrusion extending radially inward beyond the inner circumferential surface. The at least one protrusion comprises a race retaining surface substantially parallel to the top surface. The inner circumferential surface and the race retaining surface are arranged to center and retain an inner race for the stator, respectively. The annular segment also includes at least one annular protrusion extending from the top surface and including a centering surface substantially orthogonal to the top surface. The centering surface is arranged to center a bearing for the stator. The at least one annular protrusion is proximate the inner circumferential surface or an outer edge for the annular segment. |
| US07802666B2 |
Device for protection and handling of electric feed cables for mobile use
A device for protection and handling of electric feed cables (20-20′) for mobile use, especially for a mobile device (26-26′) for lifting and moving loads such as cranes, bridge cranes and the like installed along harbour docks. The device includes a mobile frame (10-10′), made of metal or other suitable material, provided with a central tower (30-30′) connected to said mobile device and with opposite arms (32-32′), arranged in alignment on a part of a trench duct or raceway (12-12′) buried in the ground with an open top substantially aligned with the surface level (14-14′) and screened by a flexible tape (16-16′). At least one of the opposite arms (32-32′) is provided with structure for lifting the flexible tape (16-16′), arranged at the top and/or at the bottom of the tape, and structure for guiding and centering the frame (10-10′) in cross direction relative to the raceway (12-12′). |
| US07802661B2 |
Brake device for motorcycle
A brake device for a motorcycle which includes a brake caliper for parking and which favorably ensures the followability of the swing arm in response to the fluctuation of a road surface. A brake caliper for braking and a brake caliper for parking are respectively arranged separately in the vertical direction with respect to the swing arm and, at the same time, are arranged in front of the rear axle. Here, the brake caliper for parking is arranged below the swing arm and the brake caliper for braking is arranged above the swing arm. |
| US07802649B2 |
Steering lock device for motorcycle
A steering lock device has a steering catch mechanism including a handlebar attached to a steering stem, and a locking arm attached to this handlebar and being equipped with a lock pin for engagement on the tip end portion thereof. The steering catch mechanism also includes a locking claw as an engaging portion that is engagable with the lock pin. The locking claw is usually biased in the unlocking direction. In this catch mechanism, the locking claw is disposed on a rotation track of the lock pin. Accordingly, when an external force is applied to the lock pin such that the lock pin is in contact with the locking claw of the catch mechanism, the locking claw is moved in the locking direction so that the locking claw can be engaged with the lock pin. Therefore, a steering-lock stand-by state is accomplished. |
| US07802645B2 |
Articulated suspension assembly for a tracked vehicle
A suspension assembly for a vehicle having an endless drive track is disclosed. The suspension assembly has a slide frame assembly and a rail extension assembly pivotably connected to a rear portion of the slide frame assembly and pivots about a first axis. The rail extension assembly is pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position with respect to the slide frame assembly. A spring biases the rail extension assembly toward the lowered position. The magnitude of the biasing force of the spring is adjustable. The rail extension assembly can be prevented from pivoting from the lowered position to the raised position independently of the magnitude of the biasing force. |
| US07802642B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus of motorised independent main-wheel drive and positioning for a mobile imaging system
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, a mobile imaging device includes one or more motors to propel the mobile imaging device. |
| US07802636B2 |
Simultaneous tubular handling system and method
A system and method for building and handling oilfield tubular stands while drilling operations are simultaneously and independently occurring with one drilling deck, one derrick, and one rotary system. An offline guided path horizontal to vertical arm lifts and moves in the same plane tubulars stored horizontally on the catwalk and positions the tubulars vertically directly into a preparation hole for assembling and disassembling tubular stands while online drilling operations are simultaneously being conducted. A stand arm lifts and lowers the tubulars into and out of the adjustable preparation hole, and transports the tubulars for storage to an auxiliary tubular racking station in the upper part of the derrick. A bridge racker crane moves tubular stands from the auxiliary tubular racking station to the top drive or another tubular racking station. |
| US07802634B2 |
Integrated quill position and toolface orientation display
Method and apparatus for visibly demonstrating a relationship between toolface orientation and quill position by: (1) receiving electronic data on an on-going basis, wherein the electronic data includes quill position data and at least one of gravity-based toolface orientation data and magnetic-based toolface orientation data; and (2) displaying the electronic data on a user-viewable display in a historical format depicting data resulting from a most recent measurement and a plurality of immediately prior measurements. |
| US07802633B2 |
Reversible valve assembly for a pneumatic tool
A pneumatic rotary tool comprises a housing, a square drive output member supported by the housing for rotational movement, and a pneumatic motor disposed in the housing for driving rotation of the square drive. A valve is disposed in the housing for rotary movement between a first position in which pressurized air powers the motor in a forward direction and a second position in which pressurized air powers the motor in a reverse direction. An actuator supported on the housing for translational movement is connected to the valve by a lost motion connection system. The lost motion connection system comprises first and second connector elements that are engaged for generally conjoint movement in a first direction and for relative sliding movement in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US07802632B2 |
Stranded wire retaining channel for an electrical tool
An electrical tool includes a housing, a conductor channel, and a stranded conductor. The housing includes a motor, electronics, and drive gear. The conductor channel has a flexible section and a rigid section. The stranded conductor is in a receptacle of the conductor channel. One end of the stranded conductor is connected to a conductor of a network cable of the electrical tool. Another end of the stranded conductor is conductively connected with a component of the electrical tool. |
| US07802627B2 |
Remotely operated selective fracing system and method
A remotely-operated selective fracing system and valve. The valve comprises a casing with at least one casing hole; an inner sleeve nested within the casing and having at least one sleeve hole alignable with the at least one casing hole; actuator means engagable with the inner sleeve for moving the inner sleeve relative to the casing to selectively align the at least one sleeve hole with the at least one casing hole; and receiver means electrically connected to the actuator means and having a sensor for detecting a seismic or electromagnetic signal generated by a remote source. The system further includes source means for generating an acoustical signal receivable by the receiver means. |
| US07802626B2 |
Mounts for blowout preventer bonnets and methods of use
A mount for a bonnet of a blowout preventer includes at least one support member coupled to a body of the blowout preventer, and a bonnet mounting member moveably coupled to the at least one support member and adapted to move substantially normal to a face of the body of the blowout preventer, wherein the bonnet is coupled to the bonnet mounting member. |
| US07802625B2 |
System and method for producing a well using a gas
Systems and methods for producing a well using a gas are disclosed herein. A compressed lift gas can be provided to a well to obtain a production stream. The production stream can be separated to obtain the product and a recycle gas stream. The recycle gas stream can be immediately recompressed for use as lift gas, or separated to form a lift gas stream, and a power stream containing natural gasses from the well. The lift gas stream is recycled for use as lift gas, while the power stream can be transported and/or collected for sale, recycled for use as lift gas, or consumed as power for the compressor, based on measurements obtained throughout the system, coupled with practical and economic variables. By supplementing or replacing generated lift gas and/or an external power source with natural gas from the well, the present systems and methods can become self-contained after start-up. |
| US07802622B2 |
Cable-protective pipe section, a method of protectively arranging at least one cable on the outside of the pipe section and use of a device for protecting the cable
A technique protectively arranges at least one cable on the outside of and along at least one pipe section of a pipe string. The cable is secured to at least one cable protector coupled to the outside of at least one pipe section of the pipe string. The cable protector comprises a cable-retaining strip. The cable-retaining strip is provided with at least one continuous cable track arranged along the cable-retaining strip, the cable track opening outwards relative to the pipe section. The at least one cable is also secured to the at least one cable track, whereby the cable is protected from the external environment. |
| US07802621B2 |
Inflow control devices for sand control screens
Inflow control devices for sand control screens. A well screen includes a filter portion and at least two flow restrictors configured in series, so that fluid which flows through the filter portion must flow through each of the flow restrictors. At least two tubular flow restrictors may be configured in series, with the flow restrictors being positioned so that fluid which flows through the filter portion must reverse direction twice to flow between the flow restrictors. A method of installing a well screen includes the step of accessing a flow restrictor by removing a portion of an inflow control device of the screen. |
| US07802614B2 |
Electric motor cooling rings
An electric spa motor includes a ring circling the motor and in direct contact with the motor case. The ring carries a flow of water to cool the motor and to provide heat to the flow of water to supplement a spa heater. The ring includes a passage through the ring for carrying the flow of water. The ring and the passage have cross-sections with approximately equal height and width. |
| US07802613B2 |
Metallic coated cores to facilitate thin wall casting
A core for investment casting processes includes a core having one or more ceramic materials; and an exterior layer of metal material not susceptible to oxidation under investment casting operating conditions. A method for casting a turbine engine component having an internal passageway includes the steps of forming one or more mold sections each having internal surfaces and at least one of the aforementioned cores for forming one or more turbine engine components having at least one internal passageway; assembling the one or more mold sections; introducing a molten alloy into the one or more assembled mold sections; and consuming the metal of the at least one core during the process. |
| US07802611B2 |
Process for producing an implant from a titanium alloy, and corresponding implant
A process for producing a medical implant from a titanium alloy, by investment-casting a β-titanium alloy in a casting mold which corresponds to the implant that is to be produced, hot isostatic pressing, solution annealing, and then quenching. The corresponding medical implant is produced from the titanium alloy using the investment casting process, thus allowing economical production of objects from β-titanium alloys. The β-titanium alloy and has a mean grain size of at least 0.3 mm. It is possible to combine the advantageous properties of β-titanium alloys, in particular their excellent mechanical properties, with the advantages of producing objects by the precision casting process, thus enabling even implants of complex shapes, such as femur parts of hip joint prostheses, which have heretofore been impossible (economically) to produce by conventional forging processes, to be produced from a β-titanium alloy. |
| US07802608B2 |
Modular transport system for coverings for architectural openings
A modular blind transport system for a window blind application. The complete system may be assembled from a relatively small number of individual modules to obtain working systems for a very wide range of applications, including especially a category of counterbalanced blinds wherein a relatively small external input force may be used to raise or lower the blind, and/or to open or close the blind. |
| US07802602B2 |
Labeling device
The invention concerns a labelling device (1) comprising a conveying device (3) provided with a drive unit (14) for transporting a supporting band (7) having a plurality of labels, and a dispensing device (2). The supporting band (7) comprising labels (6) is unwound on a label roll (9), then, once the labels are removed from the supporting band (7), the latter (7) is wound on a supporting band roll (10). The conveying device (3) has two roll units (8, 12) for the label roll (8) and the supporting band roll (10), said roll units capable of being driven each in different rotational directions. The transporting direction of the supporting band (7) may be reversed by inversion of the driving direction of the drive unit (14) for labelling containers (19) in two different labelling directions (X1, X2). The roll units (8, 12) are identically shaped. |
| US07802597B2 |
Press apparatus
A press apparatus includes upper and lower heating plates arranged in a vertical direction to hot-press the product therebetween, a fixed platen to which the upper heating plate is fixed, a movable platen to which the lower heating plate is fixed, a movable platen driving unit configured to move the movable platen along the vertical direction with respect to the fixed platen, an upper cooling plate, a lower cooling plate, the upper and lower cooling plates being arranged in the vertical direction to cold-press the product therebetween, and a cooling plate driving unit moving the upper and lower cooling plates in a horizontal direction between a first position for cold pressing that is located between the upper and lower heating plates and a second position for hot pressing that is located apart from the upper and lower heating plates in the horizontal direction. |
| US07802596B2 |
Pneumatic tire with tread having center land and assistant grooves
There is provided a pneumatic tire capable of improving on-snow performance on a snowy road surface including a sherbet-like snowy road surface without deteriorating on-ice performance. An assistant groove 6 less in width than the main grooves 2 extends in the circumferential direction TC of the tire in each middle land 4. The lateral grooves 7 include right and left first lateral grooves 8 extending from the center land 3 outward in the widthwise direction of the tire beyond the tire ground contact ends TF, and right and left second lateral grooves 9 extending from the middle lands 4 outward in the widthwise direction of the tire beyond the tire ground contact ends TF, the first lateral grooves 8 and second lateral grooves 9 being alternately disposed in the circumferential direction TC of the tire. The groove area percentage in the center region portion 1C of the tread surface 1 is less than the groove area percentage in the ground contact surface region G of the tread surface 1. |
| US07802595B2 |
Method for controlling a power source of a forestry machine
A method for controlling a power source (1, 10) of a forestry machine, wherein the power source utilizes directly or indirectly one or more work devices and/or handling devices (3, 4, 7, 8) positioned in the forestry machine and is controlled by a control unit (2). When the control unit in the forestry machine gives one or more work or handling devices a control command starting a change operation, it is transmitted substantially simultaneously to the power source. When arriving at the power source, one or more control commands requiring a power change of the power source affect control parameters of the power source, predicting the future load of the power source. |
| US07802594B1 |
Tree trimmer
Apparatus and method for trimming pine trees. The device comprises an enclosure having a pair of cutter heads mounted thereon each cutter head a pair of jaws having cutting blades thereon which jaws surround the trunk of the pine tree and then delimb the pine tree as the enclosure is moved up and down the pine tree by being placed on the front of a motorized skid steer loader/lift. The enclosure contains an air compressor driven by an internal combustion engine which supplies air for conveyance to air cylinders operated by a solenoid which cause the cutter head blades to operate. The enclosure can be moved about easily and conveniently by being mounted on the front of the motorized lift such as a caterpillar or forklift-type device. |
| US07802592B2 |
Fluid pressure reduction devices
An example fluid pressure reduction device includes a hollow cylinder having an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces. Each passageway delimits an aperture having a cross-sectional area and a wetted perimeter that is greater than a second wetted perimeter of one of a circle-shaped aperture or a rectangle-shaped aperture having the same cross-sectional area as one of the passageways. |
| US07802589B2 |
Multirate tubing flow control valve
A flow control valve includes a stem extending into an interior bore defined by a wall of a flow control member of the valve, the stem and the wall defining therebetween a cylindrical space allowing fluid communication between apertures formed in differing planes of the flow control member. |
| US07802586B1 |
Vacuum breaker
A vacuum breaker that includes a substantially cylindrical tubular body having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a rim extending away from the body and a ledge extending axially away from the rim thus defining an L-shaped profile. A retainer bead extends axially away from an end of the ledge toward the vacuum breaker body, wherein the retainer bead is adapted to provide a friction fit for releasably attaching a flow control insert to the first end of the body of the vacuum breaker. The second end of the body includes a plurality of lip seals, wherein each lip seal defines a slit with a molded hinged member at an end thereof. The hinged member is preferably in the shape of a hole to prevent tearing and maintain the correct slit length. |
| US07802579B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating substrates
A substrate treating apparatus includes a substrate support unit with a chuck on which a substrate is loaded; a bottom chamber having an open top and configured to surround the circumference of the chuck; a top chamber configured to open or close the top of the bottom chamber such that the substrate is dried while the top chamber is sealed from the outside; and a direct injection nozzle member installed at the top chamber to inject fluid directly to the substrate while the top of the bottom chamber is closed. According to the substrate treating apparatus, drying efficiency of an entire substrate is enhanced, external contaminants are blocked, and generation of an oxide layer is suppressed. |
| US07802577B2 |
Harness for stretching the penis
A harness for stretching the penis, includes a belt for encircling the waist of the user, with a fastening mechanism secured to a rear part of the belt. A first tractive means applies tractive forces at the base of the penis of a user of the harness, and is secured to the belt via the fastening mechanism. A second tractive means applies tractive forces at the edge of the head of the penis of a user of the harness, and is also secured to the belt via the fastening mechanism. The first tractive means and the second tractive means apply a stretching force to the penis of the user of the harness. |
| US07802576B2 |
Head immobilisation assembly for patient positioning in radiation therapy
This invention relates to a non-invasive patient immobilisation assembly for immobilising a body part of a patient and for at least temporarily fixing the position thereof. The immobilisation assembly comprises a rigid template (1) made of a thermoplastic material. The template is thermoformed or otherwise moulded in such a way that the inner surface conforms to and contacts the body part to be immobilised along a contact surface area between the template and the body part. The contact surface area corresponds to at least part of the inner surface of the template. The immobilisation assembly also comprises a fixation plate (3, 12, 13) and connecting means (10, 11, 14, 15, 16) for connecting the template (1) to the fixation plate (3, 12, 13) in view of fixing the position of the template and the body part with respect to the fixation plate. The template (1) is provided to exert a fixation force of a preset value to the body part covered by it along the contact surface area by exerting a pulling force pulling the body part towards the fixation plate (3, 12, 13) with the aim of restraining the displacement of the body part within the template within defined limits. The assembly further comprises means (5, 6, 7, 17, 18) for adjusting the fixation force exerted by the template to the preset value. |
| US07802575B2 |
Condom packaging
A condom packaging and method of donning a condom are disclosed. The condom packaging has a top layer and a bottom layer, which are attached along two opposing sides. The opposing sides of the condom packaging may be squeezed to cause the packaging material and the condom to take a cylindrical shape to aid in donning the condom. In the method of donning a condom, a condom enclosed in a condom package is provided. The condom package has a packaging material surrounding the condom and is substantially flat with a top layer, a bottom layer, and two opposed sides. The opposed sides of the packaging material can be squeezed to cause the packaging material and the condom to take a cylindrical shape. The condom can then be donned and the condom package may be removed. |
| US07802572B2 |
Face mask
A medical face mask comprising a central transparent portion, an outer filter portion and, optionally, one or more antimicrobial agents is described. |
| US07802570B2 |
Drug transfer device
A drug transfer system is adapted to transfer a powdered drug into a patient via inhalation. The drug transfer system includes a drug container or packet that removably inserts into an inhaler device. As the patient inhales from the inhaler device, the drug flows from the container, through the inhaler device, and into the patient's respiratory system. The system is adapted for ease of use without requiring the user to perform any cumbersome manipulations of the drug packet during insertion into the inhaler or during inhalation of the drug. |
| US07802566B1 |
Portable barbecue set and kit
A barbecue kit includes a threaded rod having a bore in its interior along its longitudinal axis. An elongated stake having a sharp and a blunt end loosely fits into the interior bore of the threaded rod. The combination of rod and stake include a functional mechanism for allowing the threaded rod to act as a slide hammer to drive the stake into the ground without allowing the rod to fall along the entire length of the stake. A grill having a handle includes a plate with a substantially circular cut-out. The distance and configuration of the cut-out and handle are dimensioned in such a way that the grill can be hung at any place on the threaded rod with the circular cut-out engaging the threads. A pan suitable for holding items to be cooked, or charcoal, or like fuel suitable for cooking, has a like handle which is nevertheless removable and reversibly mountable on the pan. The pan can be similarly hung on the rod either with its hollow or with its substantially flat side up on the threaded rod. When hung on the threaded rod both the grill and the pan can be lowered or raised on the rod by turning it on the threads of the rod. |
| US07802565B2 |
Barbecue grill
A charcoal fired barbecue grill is described and shown herein. In one embodiment, a charcoal grate is disclosed which is formed from a sheet metal material. The charcoal grate includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls, The bottom wall includes a plurality of apertures to allow combustion air to reach the charcoal and a plurality of embossments to increase the structural rigidity of the charcoal tray. At least some of the side walls include side wall extensions which are configured to engage with the barbecue grill firebox to support the charcoal grate underneath the cooking grate. In a second embodiment, a charcoal grill firebox is disclosed which includes a dual purpose nesting target on an inside surface. The nesting target is not only configured to support a grate, it is also configured to nest with a corresponding nesting feature which is positioned on an outside surface of the firebox. |
| US07802563B2 |
Air/fuel imbalance monitor using an oxygen sensor
Air/fuel imbalance monitoring systems and methods for monitoring air/fuel ratio imbalance of an internal combustion engine are disclosed. In one embodiment, an oxygen sensor is sampled above cylinder firing frequency and a ratio of data from at least one window over a total number of windows is determined. The approach can be used to indicate imbalances between engine cylinders. |
| US07802562B2 |
Engine boost control for multi-fuel engine
A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine and a method of operating the fuel delivery system is described. As one example, the method includes delivering a first fuel blend from a first fuel tank to the engine; delivering a second fuel blend from a second fuel tank to the engine, the proportion of said second fuel blend delivered to the engine to said first fuel blend delivered to the engine being related to the desired engine output; transferring said first fuel blend from said first fuel tank to said second fuel tank to prevent an amount of said first fuel blend and said second fuel blend in said second fuel tank from falling below a predetermined level; and boosting air delivered to the engine, the amount of boosting being related to latent heat of vaporization of said second fuel blend delivered to the engine. |
| US07802557B2 |
Electronic-injection fuel-supply system
Described herein is an electronic-injection fuel-supply system for an internal-combustion engine having at least one injector and a fuel pump; the fuel pump is provided with: a variable-volume pumping chamber; a one-way intake valve; a one-way delivery valve; a mobile piston that integrates within it the intake valve and is coupled to the pumping chamber to vary cyclically the volume of the pumping chamber itself; and an actuator device that impresses a reciprocating motion on the piston and has an electromagnetic actuator for actuating the piston during an intake phase and a spring for actuating the piston during a delivery phase. |
| US07802552B1 |
Gas channeling cylinder head assembly
A gas channeling cylinder head assembly for fixed attachment to a cylinder, the cylinder having a slidably mounted piston, the piston being cyclically moveable, the assembly incorporating a plenum having a first port, a second port, and a third port, the first port, upon the fixed attachment, communicating with the cylinder; a poppet valve; a solenoid actuator connected operatively to the poppet valve for alternatingly seating and unseating the poppet value at the first port, the solenoid actuator seating and unseating the poppet valve; and a check valve connected operatively to the plenum, the check valve being adapted for alternatingly permitting and resisting inward and outward flows of the gas through the second port; the check valve incorporating a vane which is adapted for movement between flow permitting and flow resisting positions, the vane being positioned for, upon movement to the flow permitting position, directing flows of the gas toward the first port; the assembly further incorporating a second check valve connected operatively to the plenum, the second check valve being adapted for alternatingly permitting and resisting outward and inward flows of the gas through the third port. |
| US07802550B2 |
Cylinder head arrangement including a rotary valve
A cylinder head arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a cylinder head having at least one valve chamber defined therein. The arrangement may also include at least one rotary valve, accommodated in the valve chamber, the rotary valve having a curved portion, two side portions and at least one flow passage intersecting the curved portion and at least one of the side portions, and thereby defining flow openings in the curved portion and two side portions. In addition, the arrangement may also include at least one deflector arranged adjacent at least one side portion of the rotary valve in which a flow opening is defined. |
| US07802548B2 |
Camshaft adjusting device
In a camshaft adjusting device for adjusting a phase position of a camshaft, including a rotary actuator having a stator and at least one axially displaceable rotor and including a gear mechanism which is arranged operatively between two of at least three shafts, one of the shafts being a control shaft which is acted upon by the rotary actuator, one of the shafts being a drive shaft which is connected to the crankshaft, and one of the shafts being an output shaft which is connected to the camshaft, a compact locking structure is provided whereby at least two of the at least three shafts can be locked to one another in a rotationally fixed manner by a spring depending on operating conditions and released by an auxiliary coil which, upon energization, provides for axial movement of the rotor out of its locked position to permit adjustment thereof. |
| US07802547B2 |
Internal combustion engine having variable valve operating device
To effectively arrange actuators for control by individually controlling an intake valve and an exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine which includes a variable valve operating device for controlling valve operating characteristics. An internal combustion engine includes a variable valve operating device having a valve characteristic variable mechanism for controlling valve operating characteristics of engine valves consisting of an intake valve and an exhaust valve. The valve characteristic variable mechanism includes electrically operated motors for changing operational timings and lift quantities of the above-mentioned engine valves. The electrically operated motors are arranged outside a valve operating chamber. At the same time, the electrically operated motors are arranged close to the throttle body on a cylinder intake side. |
| US07802541B2 |
Poultry vaccination apparatus and method
An apparatus for providing multiple vaccinations of poultry simultaneously is described. A neck injection, breast injection, two wing injections, and an eye mist or drop may be performed in one operation. The apparatus holds the bird in position for precise location of injections, thereby reducing wasted vaccine. The risk of injury to the bird during the process is minimized by greatly reducing the manual handling of the bird during vaccination. Vaccination costs are also reduced by the reduction of labor otherwise required in this process. |
| US07802540B2 |
Collapsible soft crate for pet
A collapsible soft crate comprising a frame having at least one top member, at least one bottom member, and at least two side members. The at least one top and bottom members are hinged along a length thereof. The at least one top member and the at least one bottom member are connected to the at least two side members. At least four panels are connected together and surround at least a portion of the frame. This configuration allows the crate to collapse more compactly than those in the art. |
| US07802535B2 |
Electropneumatic horn system
The present electric horn system includes a monolithic rigid housing member having a receiving opening for fixably housing, in an non-removable and secure manner following assembly, a compressor member, thereby preventing unintended separation and improving a reliability of the electric horn system. An acoustic sound wave generator includes an acoustic duct chambering system associated throughout with the monolithic rigid housing member. The acoustic sound wave generator receives compressed air from the compressor member to produce sound and propagate the same externally. A horn mounting system enables ready attachment of the system to a consumer-desired surface; either mechanically, magnetically, adhesively or via any other known attachment or mounting system. Optional weather and water resistant systems prohibit unintended water access to the electric horn system enabling use of the system in exposed weather conditions for improved user convenience. |
| US07802534B2 |
Self propelled hydrofoil device with leverage-based control of drive foil
A self-propelled hydrofoil device having front and rear foils, a support structure and a steering mechanism. The hydrofoil device is preferably configured such that a user can change the angle of attack of the drive foil and/or the height of the hydrofoil device in the water by placing the handle bar to a corresponding position. The steering mechanism is movably coupled to the user platform in a manner that provides a user with sufficient leverage to move the handle bar. A flexible steering-shaft joining member and dihedral foil configurations, among other features, are disclosed. |
| US07802533B1 |
Marine vehicle having pre-swirl generator for generating pre-swirl flow
A marine vehicle includes a hull, a rudder, a propeller, a swirl generator mounting region provided on an outer surface of the hull and located on a port side or a starboard side where a rotation direction of the propeller is downward, and a pre-swirl generator having a swirl creating wedge disposed in the swirl generator mounting region. The swirl generator mounting region is disposed in front of a central axis of the rudder and behind a vertical line spaced from the central axis by a distance that is 0.2 times the length of the vehicle. The swirl creating wedge is inclined with respect to a waterline by an angle (θ1) of 13°-45°. The pre-swirl generator can produce a flow guiding effect that enhances propulsive efficiency of the marine vehicle. |
| US07802527B2 |
Pallet
In one example, a pallet is disclosed comprising a first pallet comprising a first side wall. The first wall has a length and a first groove lying in a plane and extending along the entire length. A second pallet comprising a second side wall is adjacent to the first side wall. The second side wall has a second length and a second groove lying in the plane and extending along the entire second length. The second groove faces the first groove and is aligned with the first groove in the plane, along the entire first and second lengths. A connecting member is within the aligned first and second grooves to connect the first and second pallets. Two unit, four unit, and larger pallets may be made. A method of using such pallets is also described. |
| US07802526B2 |
Modular and customizable returnable rack system
A customizable returnable rack system for shipping products is provided. The system includes a plurality of racks (10), wherein each rack (10) is selectively displaceable between a collapsed position and an upright position. The racks (10) are adapted to be stacked upon one another in either the collapsed or upright position. The system further includes a first removable dunnage structure (22) couplable to a rack (10) and configured to receive a first type of product and a second removable dunnage structure (22) couplable to a rack (10) and configured to receive a second type of product. |
| US07802516B2 |
Screen printing method and apparatus including two squeegees with different lengths and pressures
A screen printing device configured to print a printing paste on a printed board, the printing paste being applied on a screen printing plate where openings corresponding to a pattern to be printed are formed, the screen printing device includes a first squeegee advanced and pressed downward so that the printing paste is pushed on the printed board corresponding to the openings of the screen printing plate; and a second squeegee situated in the vicinity of the rear of the first squeegee, the second squeegee being configured to provide pressure forward and downward, the pressure having properties different from properties of a pressure provided by the first squeegee, wherein a printing operation by the second squeegee is performed right after a printing operation by the first squeegee. |
| US07802514B2 |
Locking structure of hot beverage machine with steam sealing device
A locking structure of a hot beverage machine with a steam sealing device is provided. The hot beverage machine has a feeder for various drinks placed with raw materials, such as coffee powder, coffee bag, tea leaves, tea bags, etc., and utilized with a sealing element, which allows steam to come in. When the machine is used, the feeder is tightly sealed with the sealing element so as to make drinks with purer flavor. Alternatively, when the machine is not in use for brewing, the feeder is separated from the sealing element with a distance such that the hot beverage machine can have a variety of different functions. |
| US07802510B2 |
Ammunition loading assembly
An ammunition loading assembly (10) is disclosed for loading a projectile (12) into a barrel (14) of a gun. The assembly includes an urging member (16) for urging the projectile (12) into the barrel (14) and a drive means (18) for driving the urging member (16) between a projectile receiving position outside the barrel (14) and a projectile delivery position inside the chamber (20) of the gun. The drive means (18) includes a drive chain assembly (22) that moves the urging member (16) between the projectile receiving position and the projectile delivery position, so that the projectile is released just before the barrel engraving and engraves on it's own momentum. The assembly further includes first and second chain-retaining devices (42, 44) for limiting curving of the chain assembly and guiding the chain when moving out of the magazine. |
| US07802508B2 |
High speed braider
A high speed braider, includes a main shaft, driven by a prime motor. The main shaft drives rotating shafts of inner and outboard spindle driving disks through a cylindrical gear transmission mechanism. The cylindrical gear transmission mechanism includes a main shaft gear and two translating gears. The main shaft gear engages with one of the cylindrical gears on the shaft of the inner or outboard spindle driving disks, and the two translating gears rotate together, of which, one engages with the cylindrical gear on the main shaft, another engages with the other of the cylindrical gears on the shafts of inner or outboard spindle disks. The transmission ratio between the rotating shaft of the inner spindle driving disk and the main shaft is equal to the transmission ratio between the rotating shaft of the outboard spindle driving disk and the main shaft. |
| US07802501B1 |
Workpiece stabilizer for multiple-jaw chuck
A workpiece stabilizer having a generally cylindrical body can be inserted in the central opening of a multiple jaw chuck and secured therein by tightening a securement nut onto a threaded rod. The end of the threaded rod can be used to engage and stabilize rod stock during its machining. For machining disk-shaped workpieces, a plurality of radially extending arms can be affixed to the cylindrical body portion and cap screws threaded into any of several recesses in the arms, as a function of the workpiece's diameter, to engage and stabilize the disk. |
| US07802500B2 |
Pneumatic fastener driving tool
A pneumatic fastener driving tool is configured to drive a threaded fastener using both linear and rotational motion. The tool allows a fastener to first be driven linearly, without rotation, through a surface material and into a substrate material, preferably to a depth that causes the fastener to at least pierce the substrate material. The tool then rotates the threaded fastener and causes it to fully engage the substrate material, thereby fastening the surface material to the substrate material. The tool has sufficient linear force to drive a fastener into relatively hard substrate materials, such as steel studs, and has a stationary air motor assembly to reduce recoil generated during the driving process. The tool further comprises a gear reducer assembly that uses a compound planetary gear in order to reduce the overall length of the tool. |
| US07802496B2 |
Stripper for round sheathed cable
A plier type stripper tool is provide for stripping sheathed cable of the type having a three spaced insulated power conducting wires, a ground wire disposed among the insulated wires and a sheath surrounding the wires. In one embodiment, the stripper tool includes a pair of levers having jaw, boss and handle portions. The stripper tool may further include a pivot joining the boss portions to enable relative movement of the levers about the pivot between open and closed portions. The jaw portions each have blade sections for coactively circumferentially cutting a cable sheath when the levers are moved from the open to the closed position. Each blade section has a set of three aligned cutting parts of a cutting edge, including a first cutting part disposed at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tool, a second cutting part disposed at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tool, and an arcuate cutting part disposed between the first cutting part and the second cutting part. |
| US07802493B2 |
Connecting rod, internal combustion engine, automotive vehicle, and production method for connecting rod
A connecting rod includes a rod main body, a small end located at one end of the rod main body and a big end located at another end of the rod main body, the big end including a curved section which is curved so as to become narrower toward the rod main body. The big end is formed of a metal material whose composition is different from that of the rod main body, and is bonded to the rod main body. A joint between the big end and the rod main body is located closer to the small end than is an end of the curved section facing the rod main body. |
| US07802486B2 |
Portable discrete groundwater sampling system
Methods and systems are presented for discrete sampling of groundwater. The methods and systems presented are directed toward collecting groundwater samples at one or more locations below ground surface using one or more portable, vacuum-activated sampling devices including a collection chamber, one or more check valves, and a vacuum tube within a main body for activating the check valve to admit groundwater into the collection chamber. A groundwater inlet filter can be provided upstream of the check valve for some systems. A groundwater inlet chamber having a separate vacuum tube for purging the inlet chamber may be provided for other systems. |
| US07802484B2 |
Compact vibratory flowmeter for measuring flow characteristics of a multi-phase flow material
A compact vibratory flowmeter (200) for measuring flow characteristics of a multi-phase flow material at a flow material pressure of greater than about 10 pounds-per-square-inch (psi) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The compact vibratory flowmeter (200) includes one or more flow conduits (301), at least two pickoff sensors (308), and a driver (309). The compact vibratory flowmeter (200) further includes a maximum water drive frequency in the one or more flow conduits (301) that is less than about 250 Hertz (Hz) and an aspect ratio (L/H) of the one or more flow conduits (301) that is greater than about 2.5. A height-to-bore ratio (H/B) of the one or more flow conduits (301) is less than about 10 and a bowed flow conduit geometry includes end bend angles Θ of between about 120 degrees and about 170 degrees. |
| US07802483B2 |
Test device
A test structure for dynamic seat tests comprises a load cell, a seat rail with a bar and a upper chord, a load transfer device, which comes into contact with opposite sides of the bar of the seat rail and is fixed to the load cell and an integrated floor plate which is fixed to the upper chord of the seat rail and to the load transfer device. |
| US07802482B2 |
Diaphragm attaching structure of electrostatic capacity type pressure gauge
The present invention provides a diaphragm attaching structure of an electrostatic capacity type pressure gauge which can achieve an improvement of a measuring precision by inhibiting a poor weld and a heat strain from being generated while restricting an increase of a cost with an easy manufacturing.The present invention is a diaphragm attaching structure of an electrostatic capacity type pressure gauge in which a diaphragm for receiving a fluid pressure is provided in a tensional manner on one end of a tubular case, and a fixed side electrode for picking up a deflection displacement of the diaphragm as a change of an electric capacity is provided within the tubular case on a side opposite to a pressure receiving surface of the diaphragm, wherein an outer peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm is formed thicker than a center portion thereof, and the thick outer peripheral edge portion is thermally molten to be welded and firmly attached to an end surface portion around the opening on the one end of the tubular case. |
| US07802479B2 |
Stirring apparatus, abnormality determining method of same, and analyzer
A stirring apparatus includes an acoustic wave generating unit that is provided in a vessel keeping a liquid and generates an acoustic wave toward the liquid, the liquid being stirred by the acoustic wave; a driving unit that drives the acoustic wave generating unit; a detecting unit that detects a reflected power reflected from the acoustic wave generating unit; and a determining unit that determines a presence of an abnormality based on the reflected power detected by the detecting unit. The determining unit determines the presence of the abnormality when a difference between an in-operation reflected power which is reflected from, during an operation, the acoustic wave generating unit and a reference reflected power of the acoustic wave generating unit at a same driving frequency exceeds a predetermined value. |
| US07802475B2 |
Acceleration sensor
An acceleration sensor having a vibrating body includes: a base fixed to a pedestal; an oscillating arm extended from the base in a beam-like shape, oscillating transversally in a planer direction at a predetermined resonant frequency. Here, the oscillating arm includes: an oscillating block defined by a through hole opened through a thickness direction at a widthwise center of the oscillating arm, the through hole extending in a lengthwise direction thereof; an added mass being a junction of a distal end of the oscillating block defined by the through hole; and an excitation means installed on the oscillating arm. At this time, the oscillating arm is supported by the base and by the added mass, either in a pseudo-dual anchor structure or a single anchor structure. With the above configuration, the acceleration sensor detects a resonant frequency variability of the vibrating body caused by an inertial effect of the added mass under acceleration. |
| US07802473B2 |
Angular velocity sensor
An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning-fork oscillator that includes a base portion, arm portions extending from the base portion, and a pair of driving electrodes that are provided to extend from the front face and the back face to a side face of at least one of the arm portions. |
| US07802469B2 |
Measurement method for brakes in wind turbines
A method for testing the brakes of a wind energy system is provided, wherein the method comprising determining the brake torque by an indirect measurement. The method contains a comparison to defined threshold values for time and generator torque as well as time and actual power. Further, a computer-readable medium is provided that provides instructions which when executed by a computing platform cause the computing platform to perform operations wherein the operations include the method according to embodiments described herein. Further, a wind energy system is provided that has a rotor with a rotor brake and a calculation unit adapted for comparing two threshold values for time and torque to the actual values of time and torque, alternatively for comparing two threshold values for time and actual power to the actual values of time and actual power. |
| US07802466B2 |
Oscillating sensor and fluid sample analysis using an oscillating sensor
An assembly design for an oscillating resonator-based sensor where an oscillating crystal resonator such as a quartz crystal resonator is rigidly affixed or ‘mounted’ onto a solid substrate in such a fashion that the resonator can either rest flush against the substrate surface or upon a rigid mounting adhesive. Once cured, the mounting adhesive forms a liquid tight seal between the mounted resonator and the substrate such that only the sensing electrode surface will be exposed to fluids applied to the front side of the substrate. The mounted resonator assembly is designed in such a way that it can be interfaced with a fluid delivery system to form a liquid tight chamber or flow cell around the mounted resonator without incurring additional physical impact upon the mounted resonator. The assembled flow cell can in turn be used to direct multiple fluid streams to flow in a laminar manner over the sensing surface of the mounted resonator and by varying the rates of flow for the different laminar flowing fluid streams the total hydraulic pressure exerted on the surface of the mounted resonator can be held constant. |
| US07802465B2 |
Collecting conduit, apparatus and method for leakage monitoring and leakage location
A collecting conduit for leakage monitoring and leakage location at an installation, includes a support pipe having openings. An outer surface of the support pipe is covered by a layer being permeable to a substance to be monitored, at least on a segment extending in longitudinal direction of the support pipe. An electrically conductive layer extends in longitudinal direction. The substance (L) can at least penetrate into the electrically conductive layer and the electrically conductive layer has an ohmic resistance dependent on the substance penetrating into it. An apparatus and a method for leakage monitoring and leakage location are also provided. |
| US07802462B2 |
Gas flowmeter calibration stand
A gas flow stand (200) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The gas flow stand (200) includes a weighing device (210) and a meter under test (203) positioned on the weighing device (210). The gas flow stand (200) further includes a gas source (201) positioned on the weighing device (210) and conduit (205) connecting the gas source (201) and the meter under test (203). The weighing device (210) generates a weight measurement for the meter under test (203), the gas source (201), and the conduit (205). |
| US07802454B2 |
Washing machine
Washing machine including an outer tub in a cabinet for holding washing water, an inner tub rotatably mounted on an inside of the outer tub having an agitating device rotatably mounted therein, a power transmission device having a washing shaft connected to the agitating device and a spinning shaft connected to the inner tub, a driving motor on an outside of the outer tub having a rotor assembly with a magnetism, and a hollow stator assembly arranged in the rotor, a clutch assembly for selective transmission of a driving power from the driving motor to the spinning shaft depending on operation modes, and a drain device for draining the washing water to an outside of the washing machine. |
| US07802452B2 |
Processes for making inorganic fibers
Inorganic fiber production processes and systems are disclosed. One process includes providing a molten inorganic fiberizable material, forming substantially vertical primary fibers from the molten material, and attenuating the primary fibers using an oxy-fuel fiberization burner. Other processes include forming a composition comprising combustion gases, aspirated air and inorganic fibers, and preheating a fuel stream and/or an oxidant stream prior to combustion in a fiberization burner using heat developed during the process. Flame temperature of fiberization burners may be controlled by monitoring various burner parameters. |
| US07802447B2 |
Positive displacement expander
A casing (31) houses therein an expansion mechanism (60) and a compression mechanism (50). The expansion mechanism (60) has a rear head (62) in which a pressure snubbing chamber (71) is provided. The pressure snubbing chamber (71) is divided by a piston (77) into an inflow/outflow chamber (72) which fluidly communicates with an inflow port (34) and a back pressure chamber (73) which fluidly communicates with the inside of the casing (31). The piston (77) is displaced in response to suction pressure variation whereby the volume of the inflow/outflow chamber (72) varies. This enables the inflow/outflow chamber (72) to directly perform supply of refrigerant to or suction of refrigerant from the inflow port (34) which is a source of pressure variation, thereby making it possible to effectively inhibit suction pressure variation. |
| US07802444B2 |
Ice/beverage dispenser with in-line ice crusher
An ice crusher is attached to an ice dispenser or to a combined ice and beverage dispenser. The ice crusher occupies minimal space in order to fit the dispenser into an existing space on a serving counter or in a beverage dispensing area. The ice crusher may also elevate the ice. In embodiments using this technique, the outlet of the ice from the ice crusher is higher than the ice inlet. As the ice flows from a source of ice, such as an ice bin, the ice is elevated while it is being crushed. The ice then flows from the outlet of the ice crusher down an ice chute or other outlet of the ice crusher, into a cup or container as desired. Other embodiments convey the ice without lifting it, and still other embodiments dispense either crushed or cubed ice, as the consumer may select. In one embodiment the selected crushed ice or cubed ice are both dispensed though the same ice dispensing chute. A retrofit kit may be used to add an ice crusher to an existing ice dispenser, or to an existing combined ice and beverage dispenser. |
| US07802443B2 |
Total room air purification system with air conditioning, filtration and ventilation
A self-contained air conditioner unit incorporates an energy recovery ventilator portion that brings about several changes of room air per hour with outdoor fresh air. There is an outdoor air intake plenum which furnishes the fresh air and the condenser air for the condenser coil, and a return air plenum. Air from the room return air plenum is HEPA filtered and conducted to the evaporator coil and evaporator fan, and is supplied back into the conditioned space. The energy recovery ventilator has a counterflow heat exchanger core situated between the return air plenum and the fresh air intake plenum, as well as two ventilation fans, one (or both) of which may be of variable or multiple speed. By controlling the fan speeds, it is possible to produce a neutral pressure, a positive or overpressure, or a negative or underpressure in the conditioned space. The unit can be wheeled into place and installed easily by personnel without special training. The unit can be scaled up in size and capacity for a larger room or whole house applications, or scaled down for smaller rooms or window mounting. |
| US07802440B2 |
Compression system and air conditioning system
A compression system for an air conditioning system includes first and second compressors. The first compressor includes a first compression chamber in which a fluid introduced from an outside of the first compressor is compressed, and a first case defining a first space into which the fluid compressed in the first compression chamber is introduced. The second compressor includes a second case defining a second space into which the fluid compressed in the first compressor is introduced, and a second compression chamber in which the fluid introduced from the second space is compressed. The second compressor operates independently of the first compressor, and a connecting line connects the first and second compressors. |
| US07802438B2 |
Slope predictive control and digital PID control
The present invention provides an airflow control loop that uses averaged airflow measurements without the problems that are normally encountered with averaging measurements, such as the delay introduced into the airflow control loop. This is accomplished, in the present invention, through a predictive control scheme. The predictive control scheme of the airflow control loop calculates the damper sensitivity, calculates the damper runtime needed to achieve setpoint, and then runs the damper for the determined period of time. In addition to the unique airflow control loop used to maintain the constant airflow into the room, the present invention also implements a digital form of proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) control to maintain the room temperature. The digital form of PID control uses non-linear gains which vary according to how far the measured temperature is from setpoint. |
| US07802435B2 |
Cogeneration process for a regenerator in an FCC system
A cogeneration process is provided for a regenerator in a fluidized catalytic cracking system having a reactor and a regenerator. The process includes introducing flue gas from the regenerator into a heating unit to produce heated flue gas at a temperature of at least about 900° C. The heated flue gas is introduced into an expander. Steam is heated with the heated flue gas to produce heated steam. The heated steam is introduced into a turbine to extract energy from the steam. |
| US07802430B1 |
Condensers efficiency through novel PCS technology
This invention improves and integrates a pressure control device (Pressure control device or PCD) into a new and efficient air removal system of a power plant condenser to dramatically improve condenser efficiency by reducing back pressure. The major improvements in the PCD of this invention are summarized below: First, the invention of a condenser steam-air mixture exhaust simulator for production of steam-air mixture at low pressure typical of operating conditions of power plant condensers makes it possible to study condensation mass and heat transfer data and to learn operating procedures for this Novel Pressure Control System (PCS) Technology for optimum reduction of air inventory in a condenser. With these data and procedures, the design and performance of a PCD can be greatly improved. Second, the development of an orifice plate to replace spray nozzles in a PCD greatly enhances the efficiency of the PCD. Third, the creative design for easy, safe and non-intrusive installation of a PCD by introducing a bypass loop avoids shut down of a power plant in case of failure of the PCD. This last feature helps ensure commercial viability of the Novel PCS Technology. |
| US07802429B2 |
Exhaust turbo-supercharger
An exhaust turbo-supercharger having a high efficiency is provided. The exhaust turbo-supercharger includes therein an exhaust turbine housing including a spiral channel and a turbine-accommodating chamber connected to an innermost peripheral part of the spiral channel; an exhaust turbine provided in the turbine-accommodating chamber so that the axial line of the exhaust turbine is parallel to that of the spiral channel; a shaft that is concentrically connected to one side of the exhaust turbine in the axial line direction; a bearing housing disposed at the side of the exhaust turbine in the axial line direction so as to be adjacent to the exhaust turbine housing; a bearing that is provided in the bearing housing and that rotatably supports the shaft around the axial line; and a heat shield component interposed between the exhaust turbine housing and the bearing housing. The heat shield component constitutes a part disposed near the entrance of the turbine-accommodating chamber, the part being a part of the inner wall surface of the spiral channel. The part composed of the heat shield component, the part being a part of the inner wall surface of the spiral channel, forms a protruding part protruding toward the inside of the channel relative to an upstream part. |
| US07802427B2 |
System and method for monitoring boost leak
An engine system is disclosed that monitors for boost leak. The system has an engine, a compressor located upstream of the engine, at least one auxiliary flow device located downstream of the engine, and a computing system operable to determine an estimated value corresponding to a flow of fluid through the compressor. The estimated value takes into account a flow of fluid from the compressor toward the at least one auxiliary flow device distinct from a flow from the compressor toward the engine. |
| US07802426B2 |
System and method for rapid isothermal gas expansion and compression for energy storage
The invention relates to systems and methods for rapidly and isothermally expanding gas in a cylinder. The cylinder is used in a staged hydraulic-pneumatic energy conversion system and includes a gas chamber (pneumatic side) and a fluid chamber (hydraulic side) and a piston or other mechanism that separates the gas chamber and fluid chamber while allowing the transfer of force/pressure between each opposing chamber. The gas chamber of the cylinder includes ports that are coupled to a heat transfer subassembly that circulates gas from the pneumatic side and exchanges its heat with a counter flow of ambient temperature fluid from a reservoir or other source. |
| US07802425B2 |
Method for controlling or regulating the air pressure in a compressed air supply device
A method is provided for controlling and/or regulating the air pressure in a compressed air supply device for a utility vehicle. At least one pressure value in the compressed air supply device and/or in vehicle components connected to the compressed air supply device is recorded. A humidity value representing the humidity content in an air filter unit associated with the compressed air supply device is determined. A clutch connecting a drive to a compressor is opened. A discharge valve of the compressed air supply device is opened when the pressure value is above a predetermined minimum value and the humidity value exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The clutch is opened and the discharge valve remains closed when it is indicated that the clutch can be engaged, the pressure value reaches a predetermined cutting-off pressure, and the humidity value is below the predetermined threshold value. |
| US07802421B2 |
PM generating apparatus
A means capable of supplying exhaust gas sufficiently imitating exhaust gas from actual diesel engines is provided. A PM generating apparatus has a constitution in which combustion air supplied to the space between a chassis and an outer casing via an air inlet is introduced into the space between the outer casing and an inner casing via through-holes of the outer casing, and a fuel injected by an fuel-injection means into the space between the chassis and the outer casing is introduced into the space between the outer casing and the inner casing via the through-holes of the outer casing, wherein the fuel is combusted to generate PM. |
| US07802420B2 |
Catalyst composition and structure for a diesel-fueled autothermal reformer placed in and exhaust stream
A power generation system and method of operating a power generation system which comprises a diesel engine which produces lean exhaust which passed to an exhaust after treatment system comprising an exhaust line which is in communication with a controller, reformer, lean NOx trap and SCR has been taught wherein the reformer comprises oxidation and reforming catalyst is a composition which comprises a catalyst wash coat comprising a ZrO2 refractory metal oxide support, a LnxOy distributed on the surface of the refractory metal oxide in an amount to form a monolayer over the refractory metal oxide support wherein Ln is selected from the group consisting of La, Nd and mixtures thereof and Rh distributed over the catalyst surface in an effective amount to catalyze steam reforming at 650° C. |
| US07802418B2 |
Method for production of a yarn by the assembly of several basic yarns subjected to a prior transformation and device for carrying out the same
A method and apparatus for production of a yarn, by plying, twisting or covering several basic yarns, subjected to a prior transformation, is provided. At least one of the basic yarns is different from the others and/or is subjected to a different prior transformation. The prior transformation may be carried out in parallel in the same machine, by independent transformation members able to be independently controlled. A slackening of yarn tension resulting from the prior transformation to give the desired tension at an assembly point is carried out on yarn feeding devices. Routing of the yarns is achieved by guide members towards the point of assembly, where the staple yarns are combined and arranged in parallel. A bobbin receives the assembled yarns in a device, constituting or associated with a positive feed device operating without slippage with relation to the yarn. The yarn bobbin with assembled yarns is then placed on a spindle of a twisting machine for a second double plying, twisting, or covering process. |
| US07802417B2 |
Combine harvester draper header central auger transition floor pan
A harvesting header having a flexible cutterbar assembly utilizes draper belts behind the cutterbar assembly to gently consolidate the severed crop materials and deliver them to a point of discharge and delivery, such as to the feederhouse of a combine harvester. One embodiment has draper assemblies and a central conveyor fixed relative to the flexible cutterbar assembly, while another has the draper assemblies and central conveyer flexible with the cutterbar assembly. |
| US07802414B1 |
Armored building modules and panels—installation and removal
Panels and their modules, such as for walls and roofs, are disclosed that provide armored shelter for protecting people and equipment from ballistic projectiles and mortar attacks. Each module is made from multiple co-parallel plates arranged in a stack, spaced apart, and held together along their sides by side elements. This is done in such a way that, when assembled side-by-side or end-to-end into panels, adjacent modules overlap one another to prevent straight-through seams yet allow any damaged module to be removed and replaced without moving adjacent modules. Space within a module, between plates and sides, can contain energy absorbing material in a variety of shapes. Plates serve as structural flanges, and side elements comprise structural webs, to permit each module to function as a structural beam. With such designs, the modules and panels are easily and quickly inserted and/or removed individually by a sequence of simple manipulations. |
| US07802411B2 |
Mechanical locking system for floor panels
A tongue adapted for being received in a sidewardly open groove of a floor panel, wherein in the tongue, which is of an elongated shape, when received in the groove is displaceable in a plane substantially parallel with a front face of the floor panel. |
| US07802408B2 |
Panel joining member
A method of connecting a panel (50) to a panel joining member (51) is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming a recess (16) adjacent to an edge of a panel. The panel (50) is located within a panel joining member (51) the panel (50) being located against a stop member (15) and the recess (16) being aligned with an aperture (18) in the wall (13B) of the joining member (51). A fastener (17) is passed through the aperture (18) and urges the panel towards the outer wall (15) of the joining member (51). A receiver (30) is inserted into the recess (16) to assist engagement of the panel (50) with the fastener (17). The receiver (30) has a shape complementary to that of the recess (16). Opposing walls (13A, 13B) of the joining member (51) are inclined towards one another to improve panel retention. A push or snap-fit join is included to facilitate assembly. |
| US07802404B2 |
Connector for geodesic dome structures
A dome connector including a hub portion and at least one pair of strut portions. The at least one pair of strut portions attached to and extending from the hub portion. Each of the strut portions has an upper end, a lower end and an intermediate region between the upper end and the lower end. The intermediate region has a greater thickness than the upper end and the lower end. |
| US07802403B2 |
Refrigeration vapor intrusion retardant system and method of installation
Commercial meat and perishable product refrigeration buildings commonly suffer from infiltration of moisture which normally occurs at the roof/wall junction where the roof meets the walls. Warm moist outside air is drawn into the cooler because of the lower pressure therein and once inside, forms ice which lowers the cooler temperature and causes freezer burn. By removing the building roof, and installing a moisture proof 40-50 mil thick sheet polymer membrane onto the cooler wall panels, over the top sill plate and the top header ledger board then welding it at the roof perimeter to the roofing membrane, an impermeable seal can be formed. To ensure the unitary integrity of the system, a flexible polymer mastic is trawled onto the wall panels before the membrane is affixed and a double sealing strip is screwed into the membrane though the mastic and into the wall panels. |
| US07802401B2 |
Window regulator with improved carrier
A window regulator for raising and lowering a window glass in a motor vehicle. The regulator includes at least one rail defining at least one track, at least one glass carrier for receiving the window glass and mounted for movement along the at least one track, at least one cable where the at least one cable is attached to the at least one glass carrier generally parallel to the at least one track, and a drive unit for operably engaging the at least one cable to move the at least one glass carrier along the at least one track. The cable attachment includes at least one aperture of the glass carrier for receiving an end of the at least one cable and at least one elongated aperture of the glass carrier for receiving a length of the at least one cable generally parallel to the at least one track. The glass carrier additionally includes a cushioned support member for supporting the lower edge of the window glass. The cushioned support member includes a horizontally extending member, which includes a retaining member, and a cushion received by the horizontally extending member and secured by the retaining member. The cushion is formed from a polypropylene material, which is a different material than the horizontally extending member. |
| US07802399B2 |
Plant stand
A plant stand with a circular base, locking arms and a main shaft. The plant stand can reside in a plant pot, with the circular base and locking arms fitting precisely with the bottom and sides of the plant pot. Additional plant pots may be placed upon the main shaft of the plant stand in a visually appealing fashion. Other systems and methods are disclosed. |
| US07802397B2 |
Method and apparatus for tracking vermin
A method for tracking vermin includes causing the vermin to be covered in a non-toxic fluorescent substance which will leave a trail as the rodent enters/exits the human habitation, then examining the habitation with an ultraviolet light to determine the location of the entry/exit point used by the vermin. The fluorescent substance is preferably invisible without the aid of an ultraviolet light. It is also non-toxic to humans as well as animals and is relatively inexpensive. The apparatus for applying the ultraviolet substance is preferably a “bait station” within which an attractive substance is placed and surrounded by the fluorescent substance. |
| US07802394B1 |
Rifle barrel and method of determining rifling twist for very long range accuracy
A rifle having a rifled barrel and a cartridge having a bullet having a diameter, a length, a ballistic coefficient (BC), and a muzzle velocity (V1) greater than 1250 ft/sec are related to achieve accuracy at very long range in that the twist of the rifling is substantially equal to: 83.7 ÷ ( bullet length × 2 B C bullet diameter ) × bullet diameter × [ 1 + ( V 3 V 1 × 0.667 ) ] where: V2 is the entry speed for the transonic, i.e. 1,250 ft/sec., and V3 is V1 minus V2. A rifle barrel for receiving a bullet has rifling twist according to the relationship. A method uses the relationship to determine the rifling twist for a rifle barrel receiving a known bullet. Another method uses the relationship to design a cartridge for a known barrel rifling. The relationship is particularly applicable for bullets having a high BC, such as 0.325 or greater. |
| US07802393B2 |
Soft-projectile gun barrel and method for making same
A method for making a gun barrel for soft projectiles includes providing a mandrel for the bore of the barrel. The mandrel is inserted into a barrel base that can be connected in use to the receiver of a soft-projectile gun. The connected barrel base and mandrel are inserted into a tube. A resin, preferably reinforced, is poured into the space between the inside of the tube and the mandrel. The barrel base, mandrel and tube are surrounded by a pressure chamber. A vacuum is applied to the pressure chamber to de-gas the resin. Then a positive pressure is applied to the pressure chamber to force the tube against the mandrel and resin to form the desired barrel. The mandrel may have rifling impressions. The tube may have a mold shape for forming an ornamental design in the outside of the barrel. Barrels made by the method are also disclosed. |
| US07802391B2 |
Rounds counter remotely located from gun
A rounds counter for a weapon mount is disclosed. The rounds counter is mounted on the mount in a remote location from the weapon itself, such as to a pedestal supporting a gimbal rotating the weapon mount in azimuth, inside an elevation drive housing, or to other structure. The mounting location is selected to be one where shock loads are relatively high, as compared to other locations on the mount. The rounds counter includes a sensor which senses shock due to the firing of the weapon, such as an accelerometer or strain gauge. The sensor could also be an acoustic transducer. Analog and digital circuitry for processing the sensor signal and to count the firing of the gun is also disclosed. The rounds counter is particularly useful as a common, single rounds counter unit for a weapon mount is adapted to receive and fire a variety of weapons, such as remotely operated weapon mounts mounted to military vehicles and patrol watercraft adapted to receive and fire four different types of guns. |
| US07802389B2 |
Label holder for merchandise display hooks and method of making same
A label holder for displaying information labels at the front of merchandise display hooks, and method for making the label holder. The label holder is of inexpensive continuously extruded construction, which is inexpensively processed after extrusion to eliminate the typical shortcomings of conventional extruded label holders. The extruded body form is cut to usable length and subjected to a plurality of die cutting operations on the back or mounting portion of the label holder, to form positioning and retention features. The label holder is thus provided with many if not most of the beneficial features of specially molded label holders, without incurring the greater expense involved in the molding process. The label holder is designed to accommodate mounting on label holders of several wire sizes commonly found in use in merchandise displays. |
| US07802381B2 |
Footwear for use during and after a pedicure and method of using same
Footwear is described for use during or after a pedicure, and for normal wear when one desires a comfortable shoe with magnets. The footwear includes a main body for receiving a foot and a toe cover that is repeatedly detachable and attachable to the main body or a sole of the footwear. A rear portion of the footwear wraps around a rear of the foot to stabilize the foot. An upper surface of the footwear forms an opening through which the toes are extended. The upper surface also covers a portion of the foot and reduces or inhibits the upward movement of the toes. The toe cover rests on the upper surface. In certain embodiments, the shoe includes two adjustable straps forming the upper over the top of the foot. |
| US07802379B2 |
Article of footwear with indented tip cleats
An article of footwear including different cleat sizes is disclosed. The article of footwear includes cleats of a first size along the medial side of the outsole and cleats of a second size along the lateral side of the outsole. The cleats also include spherical indentations along their tips. The outsole also includes an internal structural plate with notches associated with the cleats. |
| US07802375B2 |
Clothes dryer lint screen assembly with built in lint scraper blade
A lint screen assembly for a clothes dryer has a scraper blade within an open frame which mounts a lint screen panel to enable scraping out accumulated lint therefrom. The scraper blade is pivotable from a stowed position to an on-edge operative position and guided when being stroked across the lint screen panels by pivot pins captured in slots in opposite side members of the open frame. |
| US07802366B2 |
Insert for a slicer
A reversal insert for a slicer for chopping up items such as fruit, vegetables, etc. has a base plate, of which one side is designed as a bearing surface. In a first reversal position of the insert the item can be guided longitudinally on the bearing surface onto a cutting edge of a blade of the slicer. The insert includes first fastening elements in order for the insert to be secured on a basic body of the slicer in the first reversal position, and second fastening elements in order for the insert to be secured on the basic body in a second reversal position. The second fastening means are arranged such that, in the second reversal position, the insert covers the cutting edge of the blade from above. |
| US07802365B2 |
Window component scrap reduction
A method of making elongated spacer frame members prevents a first spacer frame member in a series of spacer frame members from being scrapped. A supply of thin relatively narrow sheet metal stock is provided. The stock is fed endwise to a stamping station. The stock is passed through the stamping station that stamps the stock to define a scrap length of stock followed by a connected first spacer frame defining length of stock. The scrap length of stock and the connected first spacer frame defining length of stock are fed to a roll forming station. The scrap length of stock and the connected first spacer frame defining length of stock are formed into a rigid linearly extending scrap element having opposite side walls and a base wall and a connected rigid linearly extending first spacer frame element having opposite side walls and a base wall. A connection between the scrap element and the first spacer frame element is then severed. |
| US07802364B2 |
Automotive vehicle framing system
A vehicle framing system for framing an automotive vehicle body from a plurality of separate body components wherein the body components each include a reference surface. The system includes an assembly station having spaced-apart frame members positioned so that, when a vehicle carrier supporting the vehicle body components is positioned at the assembly station, the frame members extend along opposite sides of the vehicle carrier. At least two docking stations are secured to each frame member at predetermined locations. A robot mounts its associated tool arm with a docking station. At least one set of reference block and framing clamp is secured to each tool arm and these framing clamps maintain the reference surfaces of the vehicle body components against the reference blocks to hold the vehicle components at a predetermined position relative to each other. After each robot positions each associated tool arm with the docking station, the robot disengages from the tool arm and then welds the body components together by a welding gun carried by the robots. |
| US07802360B2 |
Methods for filling holes in printed wiring boards
The invention comprises methods for filling holes in printed wiring boards and printed wiring boards produced by these methods. The methods involve plating metal conductors inside the holes of the printed wiring boards while protecting the conducting surfaces of the printed wiring boards from being plated using photoresist film. The side surfaces of a printed wiring board are covered with photoresist. The photoresist is exposed to developing light, except the photoresist covering the holes on one side of the board is masked to prevent exposure of the holes to the developing light. The undeveloped photoresist covering the holes is removed. The board is subjected to a plating process, which deposits conductive materials in the holes, but the photoresist on the conducting surfaces of the board prevents conductive materials to be plated on the surfaces of the board. |
| US07802358B2 |
Rigid-flexible printed circuit board manufacturing method for package on package
A manufacturing method for rigid-flexible multi-layer printed circuit board including: a flexible substrate of which circuits are formed on both sides and which is bendable; a rigid substrate which is laminated on the flexible substrate and circuits are formed on both sides and a cavity within which a semiconductor chip is mounted is formed; and a bonding sheet adhering the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate and having a insulating property. When the same numbers of the semiconductor chips are mounted or the POP is embodied, the whole thickness of the package can be lower. Also, two more semiconductor chips can be mounted using the space as the thickness of the core layer, and the structure impossible when the number of semiconductor chip mounted on the bottom substrate becomes two from one in conventional technology can be embodied. |
| US07802357B2 |
Method of forming plating film, method of manufacturing magnetic device and method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head
A method of forming a plating film capable of improving magnetic properties is provided. A photoresist pattern, having a first opening with an aspect ratio greater than 1 and a second opening with an aspect ratio smaller than that of the first opening, is formed on a surface of a substrate. A seed film is formed to cover an exposed surface of the substrate in the openings and an inner wall of the photoresist pattern in the openings. On the seed film in the openings, the plating film of magnetic material is deposited such that the first opening is filled under application of a magnetic field in the direction intersecting the surface of the substrate, and the second opening is filled under application of the magnetic field in the direction along the surface of the substrate. |
| US07802354B2 |
Method of manufacturing support structure for open MRI
A multi-layered support structure of an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, configured to provide high permeability to a magnetic flux from a source of a magnetic field, includes a first multi-layered support structure, a second multi-layered support structure and at least one third support structure, connecting the first multi-layered support structure and the second multi-layered structure. |
| US07802353B2 |
Method of producing a razor head
A method of producing a razor head that includes the steps of providing a guard member having a lower surface and including securing pins protruding from the lower surface, securing a blade unit onto the guard member, providing a cap member, and securing the cap member onto the guard member, independently of the blade unit. A razor head having such features is also provided. |
| US07802352B2 |
Monitoring system for fastener setting tool
A rivet setting tool having a motor driven hydraulic pump is disclosed. The rivet setting tool incorporates a fastener setting verification system configured to monitor changes pump drive motor current to determine if a particular fastener set is acceptable. |
| US07802348B2 |
Device for stretching webs of material transversely to their travel direction
A device for stretching webs of material transversely to a travel direction thereof, includes at least one rotary stretcher extending transversely to the travel direction of the web of material. The stretcher is composed of at least two round tubes which are aligned axially with each other and are supported by ball-and-socket joints on links. The links are mounted adjustably on a base frame. |
| US07802345B2 |
Four-bar linkage hinge for a motor vehicle hood
A four-bar linkage hinge having a restraining catch arranged to prevent the hinge from opening and translating rearward when said hinge is subjected to an external force causing a transverse deflection of its linkage. |
| US07802344B2 |
Affixable plastic shim
A plastic shim that has a hole for fixing the shim to a wide variety of objects. The shim may also be breakable for use with smaller applications, while also being usable for larger applications without breaking. In a preferred embodiment, each of the breakable sections has a hole for a screw or nail, so that each of the breakable sections is separately affixable. |
| US07802341B2 |
Wiper system having a pin-style wiper arm and wiper assembly
A wiper system including a wiper arm having a pivot end, attachment member and an elongate body. The attachment member includes a deck, a tab, wall plate, and a pin that extends transversely relative to the tab. The tab and the wall plate depend from the deck to define a channel. The deck extends along an inclined plane to maximize downward force of air current applied to the deck to reduce wind lift. The system further includes a wiper assembly having a wiping element, an elongated beam and a carrier. The carrier has sidewalls that define a track to receive the elongated beam and further includes a coupler to releasably engage the attachment member. The coupler includes a bore to receive the pin and a saddle to engage the channel. The saddle includes first and second guide surfaces to limit the rotational movement of the wiper assembly about the pin. |
| US07802339B2 |
Side brush
Side brushes adapted to be mounted on a sweeping machine and operative as a brush about a rotation axis are disclose herein. The side brushes include a base element and a bristle segment. According to one embodiment, the base element has at least one outer edge and an elongate channel extending inwardly from a respective outer edge. The bristle segment has a plurality of bristles and a frame member. The frame member has a configuration complementary to a configuration of the elongate channel such that interaction between the frame member and the base element adjacent the elongate channel couples the bristle segment to the base element. Each bristle has a top end, and all of the bristle top ends are fused together to define the frame member. |
| US07802334B1 |
Pest proof bed cover apparatus
The pest proof bed cover apparatus provides a flexible, sealable, bug proof cover for both a mattress and a mattress support, such as typical box springs. The first end of the cover provides a zipping lock that properly seals against pest invasion and escape. Importantly, the apparatus also provides a properly supported fan mechanism for evacuating inside the cover so that air is removed from the mattress, mattress support, and from around and between the two, thereby suffocating pests. Additionally, pesticides can be used within the cover for even more positive pest control. The apparatus is cost effective in providing both pest control and in providing a means for sanitarily storing and transporting mattresses and mattress supports. |
| US07802330B2 |
Disposable protective covering for beds and pillows
Products and materials providing disposable protective covering for beds and pillows. |
| US07802328B2 |
Hoist device with sling attachment detection
A hoist device for lifting persons, said hoist device comprising holding means (27); and a hoist sling comprising attachment means (37), said attachment means (37) being connectable to the holding means (27). Any of the attachment means (37) and the holding means (27) comprises a reference object (8), and any of the attachment means (37) and the holding means (27) comprises sensing means (7) configured to detect the reference object (8), for determining if the attachment means (37) are properly connected to the holding means (27). |
| US07802327B1 |
Portable training sink and vanity for children
A portable and compact children's training sink is provided with a main housing having a basin, a drain hole disposed in the basin, and a back splash panel substantially adjacent to, behind, and projecting above the basin. Support legs support the main housing, including at least one front support leg and at least one rear support leg. The front and rear support legs are spaced apart to accommodate and placed over or outside of a household bathtub or shower stall. A reservoir is preferably removably disposed in the back splash panel, and a spigot is in fluid communication with the reservoir and extends over and empties into the basin. When the rear support leg is placed inside a bathtub or shower and the front support leg is placed outside the shower, fluid entering the basin by gravity from the reservoir and through the openable spigot exits via the drain hole and empties into the bathtub or shower or a waste water receptacle. |
| US07802326B2 |
Bath tub lifter
A bath tub lifter for seniors or disabled persons comprises a frame to rest on a portion of a bath tub, a seat plate and a backrest in connection therewith, a lifting means for adjusting the height of the seat plate and the backrest between a lowermost and an uppermost end position, the lifting means comprising a driving means mounted to the backrest and a telescopic lifting tube to be actuated by the driving means, a spindle base in connection with the lifting tube for providing support against the frame, and an automatic lock-release device coupling the backrest and the seat plate above the lowermost end position and releasing the backrest and the seat plate in the lowermost end position, the lock-release device comprising at least one lock bolt movably held at the backrest for coupling the backrest and the seat plate above the lowermost end position, and at least one sliding guide formed at the seat plate for actuating the at least one lock bolt. |
| US07802325B2 |
Hartford loop manifold assembly for bathing vessels
Hartford loop manifold assembly installed in operable communication with an air control assembly in a whirlpool bathing system. The manifold assembly includes a tubular manifold housing having a coupling member in intussusceptible relation therewith. The manifold housing has an elongate body and an elongate wall coextensive with an upper body proximate extent and a lower body distal extent thereof. The elongate wall includes an internal manifold wall delineating a reception lumen that accommodates insertion of the coupling member therein. The internal manifold wall is disposed by a predetermined distance from an external manifold wall in parallel therewith to define a flow area therebetween. The external manifold wall has at least one outlet depending generally normally therefrom. Each outlet has a lumen defined therethrough for unoccluded fluid communication between each manifold flow area and at least one conduit detachably coupled to each outlet extent. |
| US07802323B2 |
Portable toilet
A self-contained portable toilet for a patient's room includes a movable cabinet having a base and a plurality of wheels on the base and a brake for moving and securing the cabinet to a selected location. The cabinet also includes a water tank, a toilet bowl having an opening in the bottom portion thereof disposed in the cabinet at a pre-selected height. An excrement drawer is provided below the opening in the toilet bowl and a conduit provides water from the tank for cleaning a patient and/or the bowl. The cabinet also includes water level indicators for indicating the amount of water in the tank and in the excrement drawer. The drawer also includes an opening for receiving waste and a spring biased element for closing the opening when the drawer is removed from the cabinet. |
| US07802319B2 |
Helmet with rearward access aperture
A safety helmet for protecting a user head includes a shell extending about the perimeter of the user's head. The shell has multiple layers of material suitable for protecting a person's head in the event of a crash or other impact. A front opening is formed in the shell to allow the user to see while wearing the helmet. A separate access opening is included at the rear of the helmet, which includes a channel member extending through the multiple layers. |
| US07802317B2 |
Interchangeable head coverings
The present invention provides several preferred embodiments and variations of head coverings that may be worn by both males and females, men, women, boys and girls, that come to provide alternatives to the heretofore traditional head covering worn by the general public as well as by the observance communities of the world, as well as those who prefer to cover their head as a result of sensitivity to scalp or hair due to therapeutic treatments (chemo or otherwise) sun and/or wind damage causing cosmetic concerns and or hair loss. Multiple use head coverings that also contemplate being part of or attached to other main body garments or parts there of, such as collars, blouses, jackets and the like. |
| US07802315B2 |
Hockey glove
A hockey glove having a thumb member comprising a top layer and a bottom layer affixed together at their respective peripheries for defining a cavity, a thumb pocket for receiving the thumb, and a rigid thumb skeleton enclosed in the cavity, the rigid thumb skeleton comprising a first section for covering at least partially the proximal phalanx of the thumb, a second section for covering at least partially the middle phalanx of the thumb and a third section for covering at least partially the distal phalanx of the thumb, wherein the second section comprises a proximal slot extending between first and second ends and a distal slot extending between first and second ends. The rigid thumb skeleton further comprises a proximal pin passing through the proximal slot of the second section and a distal pin passing through the distal slot of the second section. In use, when the second section pivots relative to the first section towards the closed position, the proximal pin abuts the second end of the proximal slot to prevent overbending of the thumb, and when the third section pivots relative to the second section towards the closed position, the distal pin abuts the first end of the distal slot to prevent overbending of the thumb; and when the second section pivots relative to the first section towards the open position, the proximal pin abuts the first end of the proximal slot to prevent hyperextension of the thumb, and when the third section pivots relative to the second section towards the open position, the distal pin abuts the second end of the distal slot to prevent hyperextension of the thumb. |
| US07805760B2 |
Data processing method, data processing device computer program and recording medium
The branch origin address and branch destination address of a branch instruction (jmp instruction) are stored, a judgment is made as to whether or not a call instruction for calling an instruction code group for executing an external command is associated with the branch destination address, a judgment is made as to whether or not the call destination address is between the branch origin address and the branch destination address if the call instruction is associated with the branch destination address, and information indicating that malicious code was detected is generated if the call destination of the call instruction is between the branch origin address and the branch destination address. |
| US07805755B2 |
System and method for application authorization
A method and system for authorization of applications executing on a device having a key store. Applications obtain an application-level ticket to permit access to one or more key values located in the key store. Each ticket is securely associated with an application and being generated on the determination that the application is a trusted application. Tickets are potentially associated with one key value in the key store, with a subset of key values in the key store, or with all key values in the key store. Access to key values by an application is possible independently of a user providing a password for each such access. |
| US07805754B2 |
Communication method and apparatus using IP address of VPN gateway for mobile node in a VPN
A communication method and apparatus using the IP address of a gateway for an MN in a VPN are provided. When the MN is to access the VPN, the gateway acting an FA in the VPN performs a Mobile IP registration on behalf of the MN and is allocated a HoA for the MN from an HA. Therefore, the number of addresses required for the Mobile IP registration of the MN is reduced and overlap between an IP-in-IP tunnel for Mobile Internet and an IPsec tunnel for the VPN is avoided. As a result, packet transmission overhead is reduced. |
| US07805751B1 |
Automatic reconfiguration device
The present invention provides a method and device that can easily configure an entertainment system automatically or semi-automatically. The reconfiguration of the entertainment system can be achieved by cycling through the possible configurations of the entertainment system (i.e. different combinations of operational states of the components that make up the entertainment system) by changing various operational states of certain components until an operable configuration is found. The invention may be implemented in any component of the entertainment system including a set-top-box, satellite receiver or a remote control. |
| US07805749B1 |
Signal processing apparatus and methods
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming. |
| US07805746B2 |
Optimized application on-the-wire format for construction, delivery and display of enhanced television content
Enhanced television content is processed and displayed by the execution of computer-readable instructions formatted in a binary interchange format (BIF) of an enhanced television BIF (EBIF) application via user agent at a client by interpreting the computer-readable instructions directly and without additional compilation. A key identifier may be used by the EBIF application to identify a content programming engine to locate and retrieve programmable content to be displayed at the client. |
| US07805745B2 |
Media content rebroadcast
Media content rebroadcast is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor broadcasts television media content to client devices, and caches the television media content that is broadcast. A client device can receive the television media content and then request identification data that corresponds to the television media content from the content distributor. The client device can determine whether all of the television media content has been received utilizing the identification data, and request data segment(s) of the television media content that are determined not to have been received. The content distributor receives requests from multiple client devices for data segments of the television media content not received by the client devices. The content distributor can then prioritize the requests based on demand for the data segments that are requested, and queue the data segments prioritized by demand for rebroadcast to the requesting client devices. |
| US07805742B2 |
Program guide application interface system
A program guide system is provided that supports a program guide application and multiple non-guide applications. The program guide system has a program guide application interface that allows the non-guide applications to use both device resources and program guide resources. The application interface maintains a list of registered applications and directs control requests from various applications to the current primary application. The application interface also has a user interface input director that directs keystrokes and other user input commands to the appropriate application. If a keystroke for the program guide application is detected while a non-guide application is running, the program guide application is invoked. |
| US07805737B2 |
Disk drive device and electronic apparatus
A disk drive device includes a housing having a front side with a slot through which a disk-shaped recording medium is inserted and ejected, a pickup unit including a mount on which the recording medium is mounted, a rotating mechanism that rotates the recording medium on the mount, a pickup mechanism that reproduces a signal recorded on the recording medium, a pickup-moving mechanism that moves the pickup mechanism in a radial direction of the recording medium, and a base plate that has a protruding surface guiding the recording medium toward the mount and on which the mount, the rotating mechanism, the pickup mechanism, and the pickup-moving mechanism are integrated, and a conveying mechanism that conveys the recording medium between the slot and the mount. |
| US07805732B2 |
System and method for enabling cooperation of applications on a distributed network
A system is implementable in a network including a plurality of coupled electronic devices. The system includes a first mobile agent object executable on an electronic device and operable to perform a first operation on a data set. A second mobile agent object is executable on an electronic device and operable to perform a second operation on a data set. A composition object is operable to enable the first mobile agent object to provide the data set to the second mobile agent object if the first mobile agent object and second mobile agent object are executing on the same electronic device. At least one bridging object can enable the first mobile agent object to provide the data set to the second mobile agent object if the first mobile agent object and second mobile agent object are executing on different electronic devices. |
| US07805729B2 |
System and method for an extendable mobile communications device user interface
A system and method for an extendable software interface includes a software architecture for use in a mobile device having a processor and a memory device. The software architecture includes a set of first-order controller software instructions configured to interface the application program with a first-order data model, and a first-order data object stored in the memory device in the form of the first-order data model. The first-order data object includes a second-order data object. A second-order set of controller software instructions configured to interact with the second-order data object is also included in the software architecture. |
| US07805727B2 |
Execution control for processor tasks
Method, system and means are provided for simultaneous activation/deactivation of a set of tasks by a processor, each of the tasks normally executed in a sequential fashion by one or more processors. A list of tasks to be activated/deactivated is stored, including the timing relationship for the activation process. The list is then implemented as frame numbers for activation and requested state in the actual task list. The executing processor compares the requested state to the actual state for each task, and if different, compares the value of the activation frame with the current frame. If the current frame equals or exceeds the activation frame, then the requested active state is transferred to the actual state. |
| US07805726B1 |
Multi-level resource limits for operating system partitions
A mechanism is provided for implementing multi-level resource control in operating system partitions. In one implementation, one or more non-global partitions may be established within a global operating system environment provided by an operating system. Each non-global partition may have one or more projects executing therein, and each project may comprise one or more processes. Each non-global partition may have associated therewith a first resource limit. This resource limit indicates how much of a particular resource has been allocated to the non-global partition as a whole. Each project executing within a non-global partition may have associated therewith a second resource limit. This limit indicates what amount of the particular resource allocated to the non-global partition has been allocated to that project. By setting multiple limits in this manner, it is possible to control resource allocation at multiple levels. |
| US07805721B2 |
System and method for automated migration from Windows to Linux
A system and method for automating the migration of configuration settings and data from computer systems running the Windows® operating system to computer systems running the Linux® operating system. The method utilizes data from one or more sources to create the configuration of the target system, and translates between settings related to the Windows® systems and Linux® systems involved. As a result, it simplifies the otherwise complex and time-consuming task of migrating from one server to another, specifically when migrating between two operating systems that provide similar functionality but are configured in distinctly different ways. |
| US07805719B2 |
System and method for updating and distributing information
The present invention discloses efficient devices, systems, and methods for updating digital information sequences that are comprised by software (110a), devices (104a), and data (110c). In addition, these digital information sequences may be stored and used in various forms, including but not limited to files, memory locations, and/or embedded storage locations. The disclosed invention is thus suitable for updating many types of digital information sequences and in the context of updating software comprised of multiple files. Furthermore, the devices, systems, and methods described herein provide a developer skilled in the art with an improved ability to generate update information as needed and, additionally, allow users to proceed through a simplified update path, which is not error-prone, and may be performed more quickly than through the use of existing technologies. |
| US07805715B2 |
Model publishing framework
Provided are a method, system, and program for a model publishing framework. An intermediate data structure is generated from a model to include elements providing information on the model, wherein the model defines an object oriented program design. A publisher registry has a plurality of registered publishers. One registered publisher is selected from the publisher registry to use to publish the model. The publisher includes formatting information to generate model output. The selected publisher accesses the intermediate data structure and generates output from the elements in the intermediate data structure according to the formatting information to provide a visualization of the defined model. |
| US07805707B2 |
System and method for preparing runtime checks
System and method for allowing embedded devices, even with a limited amount of CPU power and limited memory, to run code more efficiently by eliminating all or most of the runtime checks, while retaining the benefits of runtime checks. The runtime checks may be moved or duplicated to an outside application running on a remote computer. The outside application can prepare the runtime checks for execution at the embedded system. The embedded system may receive pre-validated code and store it inside custom cache for later execution using a check-less, or check-limited, runtime on the embedded device. |
| US07805703B2 |
System and method for representing the interactions between multiple inputs and at least one output
The invention relates to a system and method for visually representing the interactions of input variables and output variables using a visualization field. The method comprises generating a visualization field on a display device, generating input variable indicators representative of the input variables, positioning the input variable indicators relative to the visualization field, generating interaction indicators, which are indicators of the input variables, positioning the interaction indicators relative to the visualization field, and adjusting the appearance of the interaction indicators to reflect the values of the output variables. The interaction indicators may also comprise association indicators that identify the input variables associated with the interaction indicators. |
| US07805701B1 |
Universal two-input logic gate that is configurable and connectable in an integrated circuit by a single mask layer adjustment
A spare logic circuit for implementing any one of a plurality of logic gates includes a multiplexer circuit whose select inputs are utilized as logic gate inputs, and whose output is utilized as a logic gate output. Each of a plurality of data inputs of the multiplexer circuit is configured to receive one of first and second logic voltage levels which define the desired logic function. By modifying a single photolithographic mask, the spare logic gate can be: configured to perform the desired logic function; connected into a target logic circuit; or both configured and connected into a target logic circuit. |
| US07805697B2 |
Rotary clock synchronous fabric
Methods for generating a design for logic circuitry using rotary traveling wave oscillators (RTWOs) are described. A plurality of RTWOs are is arranged into an array of rows and columns. Adjacent elements in the array are interconnected so that the clocks in adjacent element are phase synchronous. Clocked devices are placed along the signal path of each array element and each is connected to one of the multiple phases provided by the RTWO element. The logic circuitry, described by a netlist, is divided into a number of partitions and each of these partitions is mapped to one of the array elements. The logic circuitry of the partition is then placed within or about the element of the array to which the partition is mapped and the circuitry in the partition is connected between the clocked devices in the element of the array, according to the net list. |
| US07805694B2 |
Apparatus and method to facilitate hierarchical netlist checking
An apparatus and method are disclosed which determine locations where verification data should exist in a circuit representation and then propagates verification or circuit properties within a circuit representation. For a hierarchical representation of a circuit, a minimum number of modified circuit entities are created and added to the hierarchical representation such that pertinent critical net and property information is represented at each hierarchical level. |
| US07805692B2 |
Method for local hot spot fixing
Efficient and cost-effective systems and methods for detecting and correcting hot spots of semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes providing an input file having a device layout; performing a hot spot detection on the input file; and then modifying the device layout based on the hot spots detected to create an output file. In another aspect, a method includes providing an input file having a device layout; selecting a first local region of the device layout; performing a first hot spot detection on the first local region; modifying the first local region based on the hot spots detected to create a first output file; and repeating for other local regions of the device layout. In some aspects, hot spots are detected by comparing parameters of the device layout with a set of hot spot rules to determine if the device layout satisfies the hot spot rules. |
| US07805691B2 |
Semiconductor failure analysis apparatus, failure analysis method, and failure analysis program
A failure analysis apparatus 10 is composed of an inspection information acquirer 11 for acquiring a failure observed image P2 of a semiconductor device, a layout information acquirer 12 for acquiring layout information, and a failure analyzer 13 for analyzing a failure. The failure analyzer 13 extracts candidate nets passing at least one of analysis regions set from the failure observed image, out of a plurality of nets in the semiconductor device, and passage counts of the respective candidate nets through the analysis regions, selects a candidate net with the largest passage count as a first failure net, and selects a second failure net with attention to analysis regions where the first failure net does not pass. This substantializes a semiconductor failure analysis apparatus, failure analysis method, and failure analysis program capable of securely and efficiently performing the analysis of the failure of the semiconductor device using the failure observed image. |
| US07805687B2 |
One-time programmable (OTP) memory cell
A method of performing a programming, testing and trimming operation is disclosed in this invention. The method includes a step of applying a programming circuit for programming an OTP memory for probing and sensing one of three different states of the OTP memory for carrying out a trimming operation using one of the three states of the OTP memory whereby a higher utilization of OTP memory cells is achieved. Selecting and programming two conductive circuits of the OTP into two different operational characteristics thus enables the storing and sensing one of the three different states of the OTP memory. These two conductive circuits may include two different transistors for programming into a linear resistor and a nonlinear resistor with different current conducting characteristics. The programming processes include application of a high voltage and different programming currents thus generating different operational characteristics of these two transistors. |
| US07805686B2 |
Methods to generate state space models by closed forms for general interconnect and transmission lines, trees and nets, and their model reduction and simulations
There is provided a set of methods for generating state space models of general VLSI interconnect and transmission lines, trees and nets by closed forms with exact accuracy and low computation complexity. The state space model is built by three types of models: the branch model, the connection model and the non-connection model, that are block matrices in closed forms, arranged with topology. The main features are the topology structure, simplicity and accuracy of the closed forms of the state space models {A,B,C,D} or {A,B,C}, computation complexity of O(N) in sense of scalar multiplication times, where N is the total system order, practice of the modeling, ELO model simplification, and their optimization. For evenly distributed interconnect and transmission lines, trees and nets, the closed forms of state space model have the computation complexity of O(1), i.e., only a fixed constant of scalar multiplication times. |
| US07805676B2 |
Enhanced calendaring functionality in a collaboration suite
Various embodiments of the present invention provide for enhanced calendaring functionality in a collaboration suite application. A mini-calendar display in different views of the collaboration suite application provide for an easy way to view, edit and/or add appointments without needing to open of the calendar in the collaboration suite application. Email messages can be dragged onto days in the mini-calendar to create meeting proposals. Enhanced UI allows for different meetings being having different appearances based on whether they have been accepted, rejected, etc. Multiple calendars can be viewed simultaneously and their cumulative availability for any time slot can be easily seen via a calendar thermometer. Requests for sharing of calendars can be communicated via email messages, and they can be seamlessly responded to within the email message itself. |
| US07805675B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for recreating events occurring within a web application
A method, system, and computer program product for re-creating events occurring within a Web application is provided. The method includes receiving a request to perform an action from a client system accessing the Web application over a network. The method also includes generating a log file for the client system and recording the request and a timestamp of the request in the log file. The method further includes collecting client system information, executing the request, and recording the client system information and request execution details in the log file. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the method includes generating scripts to re-create the request and the request execution details, executing the scripts within the Web application and the operating environment of the client system that is re-produced using the client system information, and recording and evaluating results of execution of the scripts to identify any issues or evaluate client system experiences with the Web application. |
| US07805673B2 |
Method and apparatus to provide a unified redaction system
A method comprising enabling a user to define a redaction of a part of a document in a corpus of documents, the redaction definition including a scope defining a range of documents in the corpus to which the redaction applies. |
| US07805669B2 |
System and method for selective form configuration
A system and method for selective form configuration. According to an embodiment of the invention, an engine retrieves a form template from a data store, the form template specifying a plurality of form elements, parses the form template to identify one or more configurable form elements from the plurality of form elements, presents to a user via a user interface one or more selectable options specifying configuration settings to govern modifications of the one or more identified configurable form elements, receives from the user interface a selection of the one or more options provided by the user, generates a descriptor identifying the selected options provided by the user, and associates the descriptor with the form template. |
| US07805667B2 |
System and method for identifying target node graphs from predetermined seed node subsets
A system and method to identify target node graphs from predetermined seed node subsets are described. A one-sided constrained spectral embedding of a graph using a predetermined set of seed nodes within the graph is computed. Next, a threshold boundary is identified to define a target area for a target subgraph within the embedded graph using predetermined network-flow calculations, the target subgraph including the predetermined set of seed nodes. Finally, the target subgraph is identified based on the calculated threshold boundary. |
| US07805662B2 |
Error correction code decoder
An ECC decoder for correcting a coded signal received, which includes a syndrome calculation and errata evaluation device to receive a code word of the coded signal for performing a syndrome calculation to thereby output a syndrome polynomial, and to receive an erasure and errata evaluator polynomial and an errata position for performing an errata evaluation to thereby output an errata and erasure value and correct the coded signal; a key equation solving device to receive the syndrome for generating an erasure and errata locator polynomial and the erasure and errata evaluator polynomial; and an errata position search device to receive the erasure and errata locator polynomial for searching and outputting the errata position. Evaluating the errata and erasure value and calculating the syndrome are performed in pipeline, thereby sharing the hardware and relatively reducing the hardware cost. |
| US07805659B2 |
Method and data storage devices for a RAID system
A method of controlling a RAID system including a plurality of disk devices is provided. The method allows for reading data recorded onto an area adjacent to an area where a write error occurs when the write error is detected while data is written into the disk device. When an error is detected from the data read from the adjacent area, the data recorded onto the adjacent area is restored by using a RAID function and the restored data is written into the adjacent area. |
| US07805657B2 |
Techniques to determine transmission quality of a signal propagation medium
Techniques are described that can be used to identify a defective communication channel in a communications network. A decoder in a receiver may decode a signal received from a network. The decoded signal may be re-encoded and compared with the signal received from the network. A count of differences between the re-encoded signal and the signal received from a network may be provided. An indication of errors remaining after the decoding may also be provided. Based on the count and the indication, a defect in the communication channel may be identified. A user may be notified and/or actions may take place. |
| US07805656B2 |
Error correction in packet-based communication networks using data consistency checks
Bit errors in packets of data that are communicated in a network such as a wireless network can be corrected by processes that do not require any overhead in the data such as conventional error-detection codes or redundant information such as conventional error-correction codes. A validation-set process compares corrupted data against values in a set of known valid values and selects one of the known valid values to replace the corrupted data. A consistency-check process uses data correlation characteristics of two or more parameters to determine if values obtained from a packet are consistent with one another. If not, values are changed to make them consistent. |
| US07805645B2 |
Data processing apparatus and method for testing stability of memory cells in a memory device
A data processor includes a memory device having an array of memory cells for storing data values. Test circuitry executes one or more test patterns to detect any memory cells which may malfunction. Each test pattern causes a sequence of access requests to be issued to the memory device where the timing of the sequence is controlled by a test mode clock signal. Dummy read control circuitry is responsive at least to each write access request to generate an internal clock signal which has an increased frequency with respect to the test mode clock signal. The dummy read control circuitry performs, using the internal clock signal, a write operation to at least one memory cell based on a memory address specified by the write access request, followed by a dummy read operation to the same memory cell, serving to stress the memory cell with respect to cell stability. |
| US07805644B2 |
Multiple pBIST controllers
A system on a single integrated circuit chip (SoC) includes a plurality of operational circuits to be tested. A plurality of programmable built-in self-test (pBIST) controllers is connected to respective ones of the plurality of operational circuits in a manner that allows the pBIST controllers to test the respective operation circuits in parallel. An interface is connected to each of the plurality of pBIST controllers for connection to an external tester to facilitate programming of each of the plurality of pBIST controllers by the external tester, such that the plurality of pBIST controllers are operable to test the plurality of operational circuits in parallel and report the results of the parallel tests to the external tester, thereby reducing test time. |
| US07805642B1 |
Low power iterative decoder using input data pipelining and voltage scaling
A decoder architecture and method for processing codewords are provided. In one implementation, the decoder architecture includes an input buffer configured to receive and store one or more codewords to be processed, and a decoder configured to receive codewords one at a time from the input buffer. The decoder processes each codeword only for a minimum amount of time for the codeword to become error free. The decoder architecture further includes an input buffer monitor and supply regulator configured to change a voltage supply to the decoder responsive to an average amount of time or each codeword to become error free. |
| US07805635B2 |
Constraint programming for reduction of system test-configuration-matrix complexity
A system for creating a system configuration data set includes an input operable to receive a set of system properties with attributes and values and a set of expressions representing a set of system test goals. The system further includes a processor operable to define a hierarchical tree structure with a plurality of nodes where each node represents one of the system properties and includes at least one of the attributes and the values and an output operable to output a set of system test data utilizing the hierarchical tree structure combined with the expressions. A method includes creating a hierarchical tree structure with a plurality of nodes where each node represents a system property. The method further includes receiving a set of expressions representing a set of system test goals and creating a set of system test data utilizing the hierarchical tree structure combined with the expressions. |
| US07805629B2 |
Protecting data transactions on an integrated circuit bus
Provided is a method and system for protecting data transactions transmitted on an integrated circuit bus. Specifically, by transmitting data along with the complement of the data from one component to another component that are connected by the integrated circuit bus, the data and complemented data can be compared for errors. Exemplary errors include bit flips. Comparisons include logical operations, such as XOR, that determine if an error has occurred during the transmission of the data or complemented data on the integrated circuit bus. |
| US07805627B2 |
Clock synchronization scheme for deskewing operations in a data interface
A technique includes providing transmitters that are each associated with a data bit line of a bus, and each transmitter is clocked by an associated transmit clock signal. The technique includes determining a baseline offset to apply to a base clock signal to synchronize the base clock signal to a source clock signal of a source that supplies data to the transmitters. For each transmitter, an associated phase offset is determined to compensate for an associated skew. The phase of each transmit clock signal is controlled based on the associated phase offset and the baseline offset. |
| US07805626B2 |
Print engine having authentication device for disabling memory writing upon power drop
A print engine comprising at least one print controller and at least one associated authentication device is provided. Each authentication device having a processor, a memory that the processor can access, a memory access unit for controlling accesses to the memory, an input for receiving power for the authentication device from an external power source, and a power detection unit. The processor is configured to control and trim the amount of power supplied to the input to predetermine a threshold at which operation of the authentication device is established. The power detection unit is configured to monitor a voltage level of the power supplied to the input, and in the event the voltage level drops below the predetermined threshold, disabling a power supply to circuitry for use in writing to the memory under the control of the print controller, such that the memory access unit's ability to alter data in the memory is disabled prior to address or data values to be written to the memory becoming unreliable due to failing power. |
| US07805619B2 |
Circuit technique to reduce leakage during reduced power mode
Provided herein are schemes for reducing leakage in dynamic circuits during sleep modes. |
| US07805617B2 |
Digital data recording apparatus, digital data recording method, and computer-readable recording medium
A data communication unit receives encrypted digital data via a network and records the digital data on a primary recording medium. The digital data, having been encrypted in different encryption methods according to the distributors, include attribute information indicating the encryption methods. The encryption method of the digital data is determined and the encrypted data is decrypted by an appropriate decryption unit. Identification information of a secondary recording medium or a playback apparatus is obtained according to whether the secondary recording medium is removable from the playback apparatus. A controller selects an encryption unit among a plurality of encryption units according to the obtained identification information. The selected encryption unit creates an encryption key according to the identification information and re-encrypts the digital data. A recording unit records the digital data on the secondary recording medium. An accounting unit charges according to accounting information in the attribute information. |
| US07805613B2 |
Technique for recording entertainment programming content with limited memory capacity
A personal video recording (PVR) system and method for allocating limited memory space to multiple users for recording programming content. A selected amount of storage space for storing programing content is allocated for each PVR user. Based on a storage priority protocol, such storage space allocation may change (i.e., increase or decrease) dynamically for additional PVR users. Further, the accessibility of recorded programming content by one or more PVR users and viewing thereof may be subject to different access rights accorded to the users. Based on predetermined storage access and content access protocols associated with each PVR user, certain restrictions may be placed on one or more of these users. For example, a first restriction may relate to the type of programming content that can be recorded or displayed by the PVR for specific user(s). A second restriction may limit designated users from accessing programming content that is stored but associated with another user. |
| US07805610B2 |
System for registration of sensing device with printer
A system is provided having a sensing device for sensing coded data printed on a print media surface which is installed with a secret key and a first identifier which uniquely identifies the sensing device, a printer installed with a second identifier which uniquely identifies the printer, and a server installed with the first and second identifiers. The printer obtains the first identifier from the sensing device and communicates the first and second identifiers to the server. The server determines from the received first and second identifiers whether the sensing device should be registered with the printer and if so, authenticates the sensing device by verifying an encryption from the sensing device, using the secret key, of a challenge message. Upon successful authentication, the sensing device is registered in the server so as to be associated with the printer. |
| US07805606B2 |
Computer system for authenticating a computing device
A computer architecture for enterprise device applications provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutual authentication and encryption between the devices and the enterprise. A unique identity is assigned to each device, user and application to provide security services. A communications session is established between two devices using an authentication service that authenticates the device that is initiating the establishment of the communications session with another device. After authenticating the initiating device, the authentication service provides to the initiating device the network address of the other device and an authentication credential for use in the communications session between the initiating device and the other device. |
| US07805602B1 |
Prioritized call admission control for internet key exchange
A method for communication includes predefining two or more client profiles applicable to clients of a communication network. Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections are initiated between at least two of the clients and the network. At least two of the clients are matched with respective profiles selected from the two or more predefined client profiles. Priorities are assigned to packets exchanged between the at least two of the clients and the network responsively to the profiles. The VPN connections are set up for the at least two of the clients responsively to the priorities. |
| US07805601B2 |
Computerized apparatus and method for version control and management
Disclosed is a computerized apparatus and method for version control and management. The apparatus includes a cryptography boot loader, a control module on key usage, and one or more agents. After the user's device is powered on, the cryptography boot loader stores a user key, and checks an operating system (OS) certificate for an OS and an application certificate for an application to determine whether these certificates are valid. Then, a right object is obtained with a user certificate through an agent. The control module on key usage compares the OS version and the application version with the version required by the right object. The permission access to the user key is determined by the comparison result. This invention associates the cryptography component with the boot loader to develop a security mechanism performed by OS and application for using a secret key. |
| US07805598B2 |
Auto-detecting and auto-correcting system state changes before booting into operating systems
A mechanism via which system state changes can be detected and corrected automatically prior to a customer initiated boot. The mechanism is extensible to address newly added or discovered system state changes that result in a locked condition. The mechanism detects and corrects adverse events before booting into the operating system. |
| US07805596B2 |
Highly integrated multiprocessor system
In a multi-processor system (100), when a first processor interrupt generation unit (24) has executed a call command or a jump command in a main routine being executed, it generates an interrupt to a second processor. Upon reception of the interrupt from the interrupt generation unit (24), the second processor saves the return address for returning to the main routing upon completion of the subroutine processing called by the call command in a main memory area (54) other than the first processor or generates a call destination address and a jump destination address and reports it to the first processor. Thus, the first processor can be a small-size circuit capable of flexibly performing processing. |
| US07805593B1 |
Real-time performance monitoring using a system implemented in an integrated circuit
Apparatus and method for performance monitoring is described. Instances of performance monitors are loaded into configurable resources. The performance monitors are coupled to a processor via an auxiliary processor unit or a debug port to obtain processor pipeline execution status. Real-time threads or processes are loaded into memory for execution by the processor. The performance monitors are used to monitor the execution status of the real-time threads or processes executed by the processor. |
| US07805592B2 |
Early resolving instructions
Techniques are disclosed for handling control transfer instructions in pipelined processors. Such instructions may cause the sequence of subsequent instructions to change, and thus may require subsequent instructions to be deleted from the processor's pipeline. Pre-decode means (110) are provided for at least partially decoding control transfer instructions early in the pipeline. Subsequent instructions can then be prevented from progressing through the pipeline. The mechanism required to delete unwanted instructions is thereby simplified. |
| US07805591B2 |
Method and system for dual-core processing
This invention describes a baseband dual-core signal processing in mobile communication systems operating according to GSM, GPRS, or EDGE comprising a first digital signal processor adapted to perform tasks on a first time basis and a second digital signal processor adapted to perform tasks on a second time basis. The second time basis is an integer multiple of the first time basis. |
| US07805589B2 |
Relative address generation
Techniques to efficiently handle relative addressing are described. In one design, a processor includes an address generator and a storage unit. The address generator receives a relative address comprised of a base address and an offset, obtains a base value for the base address, sums the base value with the offset, and provides an absolute address corresponding to the relative address. The storage unit receives the base address and provides the base value to the address generator. The storage unit also receives the absolute address and provides data at this address. The address generator may derive the absolute address in a first clock cycle of a memory access. The storage unit may provide the data in a second clock cycle of the memory access. The storage unit may have multiple (e.g., two) read ports to support concurrent address generation and data retrieval. |
| US07805586B2 |
System and method for optimizing interconnections of memory devices in a multichip module
An apparatus and method couples memory devices in a memory module to a memory hub on the module such that signals traveling from the hub to the devices have the same propagation time regardless of which device is involved. The hub receives memory signals from a controller over a high speed data link which the hub translates into electrical data, command and address signals. These signals are applied to the memory devices over busses having equivalent path lengths. The busses may also be used by the memory devices to apply data signals to the memory hub. Such data signals can be converted by the memory hub into memory signals and applied to the controller over the high speed data link. In one example, the memory hub is located in the center of the memory module. |
| US07805578B2 |
Data processor apparatus and memory interface
A data processor apparatus and memory interface comprises a memory, a plurality of memories, an interface for controlling access to the memories by a device, and an identifier identifying at least a memory location in one memory and a memory location in another memory. The interface is responsive to the identifier to condition the memory locations for receiving data and/or for transferring data therefrom. This arrangement eliminates the need for a dedicated broadcast bus from the array controller to each processor unit (PU), which thereby enables the area/space required to accommodate the data processor to be significantly reduced. |
| US07805576B2 |
Information processing system, information processing board, and method of updating cache tag and snoop tag
In an information processing system loaded with a CPU having cache and a system controller having a copy of a tag of the cache (snoop tag), and the CPU not issuing replacement information about the cache tag, the number of WAYs of the snoop tags in the system controller is larger than the number of WAYs of the cache tags in the CPU to reduce a cache miss rate and suppress the degradation of performance by suppressing excess replacement of the cache tags in the CPU. |
| US07805574B2 |
Method and cache system with soft I-MRU member protection scheme during make MRU allocation
A caching mechanism implementing a “soft” Instruction-Most Recently Used (I-MRU) protection scheme whereby the selected I-MRU member (cache line) is only protected for a limited number of eviction cycles unless that member is updated/utilized during the period. An update or access to the instruction restarts the countdown that determines when the cache line is no longer protected as the I-MRU. Accordingly, only frequently used Instruction lines are protected, and old I-MRU lines age out of the cache. The old I-MRU members are evicted, such that all the members of a congruence class may be used for data. The I-MRU aging is accomplished through a counter or a linear feedback shift register (LFSR)-based “shootdown” of I-MRU cache lines. The LFSR is tuned such that an I-MRU line will be protected for a pre-established number of evictions. |
| US07805573B1 |
Multi-threaded stack cache
Systems and methods for storing stack data for multi-threaded processing in a specialized cache reduce on-chip memory requirements while maintaining low access latency. An on-chip stack cache is used store a predetermined number of stack entries for a thread. When additional entries are needed for the thread, entries stored in the stack cache are spilled, i.e., moved, to remote memory. As entries are popped off the on-chip stack cache, spilled entries are restored from the remote memory. The spilling and restoring processes may be performed while the on-chip stack cache is accessed. Therefore, a large stack size is supported using a smaller amount of die area than that needed to store the entire large stack on-chip. The large stack may be accessed without incurring the latency of reading and writing to remote memory since the stack cache is preemptively spilled and restored. |
| US07805572B2 |
Cache pollution avoidance
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a scheme in which information as to the future behavior of particular software is used in order to optimize cache management and reduce cache pollution. Accordingly, a certain type of data can be defined as “short life data” by using knowledge of the expected behavior of particular software. Short life data can be a type of data which, according to the ordinary expected operation of the software, is not expected to be used by the software often in the future. Data blocks which are to be stored in the cache can be examined to determine if they are short life data blocks. If the data blocks are in fact short life data blocks they can be stored only in a particular short life area of the cache. |
| US07805571B2 |
Using external memory devices to improve system performance
The invention is directed towards a system and method that utilizes external memory devices to cache sectors from a rotating storage device (e.g., a hard drive) to improve system performance. When an external memory device (EMD) is plugged into the computing device or onto a network in which the computing device is connected, the system recognizes the EMD and populates the EMD with disk sectors. The system routes I/O read requests directed to the disk sector to the EMD cache instead of the actual disk sector. The use of EMDs increases performance and productivity on the computing device systems for a fraction of the cost of adding memory to the computing device. |
| US07805570B2 |
System and method for secure document processing using removable data storage
The subject application is directed to a system and method for secure document processing. A removable storage, such as a flash drive, magnetic storage, IC card, is installed in document processing device. A selected document processing operation, such as copying, scanning, and the like, is then performed. Data files resultant from the selected document processing operations are directed to the removable storage for being stored temporary, instead of being sent to the storage inherent to the document processing device. Data files temporary stored in the removable storage are then deleted. |
| US07805564B2 |
Display apparatus and its method for displaying connections among a host, a logical unit and a storage system in a virtual storage system
This invention provides a user or an operator with a management apparatus or method for displaying logical connection information between an interface connected to a computer and a switch and a storage system or a logical unit in the storage system in a virtual storage system, wherein the switch receives a first access request from said computer, converts said first access request to a second access request to one of said plural storage systems, and sends said second access request to one of said plural storage systems or one logical unit. |
| US07805563B2 |
Tape drive apparatus
The present disclosure provides embodiments of tape drive systems and methods. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of a tape drive apparatus includes an interface for receiving a media access request and a unique identifier of a requestor. The tape drive apparatus also includes a data transfer apparatus for transferring data between a loaded tape cartridge and the tape drive apparatus. The data transfer apparatus is adapted to write a log entry to a log stored in a non-volatile memory of the tape cartridge, where the log entry includes at least the unique identifier. Other systems and methods are also provided. |
| US07805558B2 |
Method and system of controlling transfer speed of bus transactions
A method and system of controlling data transfer speed of bus transactions. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising analyzing of a characteristic a first bus transaction that has yet to be applied to a bus, setting a first data transfer speed across the bus based on the characteristic of the first bus transaction, and sending the first bus transaction across the bus at the first data transfer speed. |
| US07805555B2 |
Multiprocessor system
The present invention provides a technique capable of processing a plurality of interrupt causes sharing one interrupt request in different processors. An interrupt controller outputs an interrupt request when the interrupt request shared by a plurality of interrupt causes is notified. The interrupt request output by the interrupt controller is accepted by one of the processors. The processor accepting the interrupt request determines whether the interrupt cause that the processor must process has occurred, executes an interrupt processing when such interrupt cause has occurred, and notifies the generation of the interrupt request to another processor that processes another interrupt cause of the plurality of interrupt causes sharing the interrupt request when the relevant interrupt cause has not occurred. |
| US07805546B2 |
Chaining direct memory access data transfer operations for compute nodes in a parallel computer
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for chaining DMA data transfer operations for compute nodes in a parallel computer that include: receiving, by an origin DMA engine on an origin node in an origin injection FIFO buffer for the origin DMA engine, a RGET data descriptor specifying a DMA transfer operation data descriptor on the origin node and a second RGET data descriptor on the origin node, the second RGET data descriptor specifying a target RGET data descriptor on the target node, the target RGET data descriptor specifying an additional DMA transfer operation data descriptor on the origin node; creating, by the origin DMA engine, an RGET packet in dependence upon the RGET data descriptor, the RGET packet containing the DMA transfer operation data descriptor and the second RGET data descriptor; and transferring, by the origin DMA engine to a target DMA engine on the target node, the RGET packet. |
| US07805545B2 |
Method for implementing a control channel in a system of circumvention and recovery
A multi-function system comprising a plurality of peripherals having different levels of susceptibility to environmental events, at least one event detector configured to detect environmental events, a controller coupled to receive an event detected signal from the at least one event detector, a communication interface communicatively coupling the controller and each peripheral that includes an internal central processing unit, and a dedicated control interface communicatively coupling the controller and the plurality of peripherals. The controller is configured to control circumvention procedures of each peripheral via the dedicated control interface based on the detected event and the level of susceptibility of the peripheral. |
| US07805543B2 |
Hardware oriented host-side native command queuing tag management
Methods and apparatus for host-side Serial ATA Native Command Queuing (NCQ) tag management are disclosed. In one aspect, an exemplary apparatus may include a memory and an NCQ tag selection circuit in communication with the memory. The memory may store information for each of a plurality of different NCQ tag values. The information for each NCQ tag value may indicate whether or not a command having the NCQ tag value has been issued. The NCQ tag selection circuit may examine the information in the memory, and may select an NCQ tag value having information that indicates that a command having the NCQ tag value has not been issued. Systems and architectures including such apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US07805542B2 |
Mobile unit attached in a mobile environment that fully restricts access to data received via wireless signal to a separate computer in the mobile environment
Embodiments disclosed herein provide for an apparatus and method for input/output management in a mobile environment. One embodiment includes a mobile unit comprising at least one processor, a data bus interface and a computer readable memory persistently storing a unique hardware identification. The mobile unit can receive a wireless signal and, based on the wireless signal, communicate a set of data across the data bus. The persistent unique hardware identification of the mobile unit is used to restrict access to data received at the mobile unit via the wireless signal. |
| US07805541B2 |
Modular numerical control having low-jitter synchronization
A modular, numerical control having low-jitter synchronization includes a main computer and at least one controller unit which, starting from the main computer, are interconnected by serial data-transmission channels in the form of a series circuit. The at least one controller unit includes a first receiver unit for receiving a serial data stream arriving from the direction of the main computer, and a first transmitter unit for outputting a serial data stream. Also provided in the at least one controller unit is a clock recovery unit which derives a synchronous clock signal from the serial data stream arriving at the first receiver unit, and supplies it to the first transmitter unit which uses it as a transmission clock signal, so that the serial data stream arriving at the first receiver unit and the serial data stream output by the first transmitter unit are coupled to each other in phase-locked manner. |
| US07805538B2 |
Method and device address management
A method and a device of address management in a network which comprises a plurality of devices, including at least one STAtion (STA), and at least one Address Resource Management (ARM) unit. Each of the devices includes a stack of communication protocol layers comprising at least an Upper Layer (UL) and a Lower Layer (LL). The UL of each of the devices has a respective UL address within the network. The ARM unit associates, respectively disassociates, some of the devices in at least one LL network. The devices of a given LL network are allowed to exchange together data packets emitted and received at the LL level. The ARM unit allocates, respectively releases, one given LL address per each associated device, respectively disassociated device, in a given LL network. Besides, the ARM unit handles one ARM Translation Table (TT) per LL network. The TT comprises one entry per device of a given LL network and each entry comprises the UL address and the LL address. |
| US07805537B2 |
Method and apparatus for flooding link state packets to achieve faster convergence
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for flooding link state packets or packet data units (LSP's) from a first node to one other LSP receiving node, where the LSP's are flooded in an order that is related to relative costs of various paths emanating from the first node. That is, the first node sends its own LSP first since the first node has no cost relative to itself. The first node then sends other LSP's that are associated with a plurality of other LSP sending nodes that have previously flooded their LSP's to the first node. These other LSP's are sent by the first node to the other LSP receiving node in an order related to the relative costs associated with the paths from the first node to each of the other LSP sending nodes which had previously sent the other LSP's to the first node. |
| US07805536B1 |
Determining forwarding plane liveness
Forwarding liveness, such as the ability of an interface to send and receive packets and forwarding capabilities of the interface, is determined. The determined forwarding liveness may be sent in a single message, allowing forwarding liveness information to be sent more frequently which permits fast detection of failures. The message may also include aggregating liveness information for multiple protocols. |
| US07805533B2 |
Methods and media for a protocol abstraction layer for information handling systems
A method for communicating with remote devices wherein the method includes sending a request through an application programming interface (API), formatting the request and routing the request to a first connection associated with a first protocol. The method further includes mapping the request into a first command, wherein the first command conforms to the first protocol and sending the first command to a remote device. |
| US07805531B2 |
Content filtering system for a mobile communication device and method of using same
A method of controlling access to content from a mobile client device, the mobile client device being communicably connected to a server device via a communication link, and the method including the steps of: (i) receiving in the mobile client device, an input indicative of the content; (ii) thereafter, processing the received input, wherein said processing includes the mobile client device determining if the received input meets an access criteria, whereby, the mobile client device selectively provides access to the content if the access criteria is determined to have been met. |
| US07805530B2 |
Interactive content delivery server, a method and a computer program product for interactively delivering content
A user participation type game is provided that keeps a user interested in the game, or provides the user with an adequate sense of enjoyment while playing the game by changing content to be delivered on a game in which a scene is shifted in accordance with a predetermined scenario, and increasing variation of a story on the game. Multiple kinds of access related information relating to access by a user terminal (for example, positional information of the user terminal, a number of accesses by the user terminal, an access frequency, and an access time) are specified when the interactive content delivery server is accessed from the user terminal. Content corresponding to the multiple kinds of access related information thus specified is selected on the basis of scenario definition information in which the multiple kinds of access related information respectively correspond to multiple contents that can be delivered on the game so that content to be delivered is selected in accordance with the scenario. The content thus selected is delivered to the user terminal. |
| US07805525B2 |
System and method for processing fibre channel (FC) layer service requests in an FC network
A method for processing a fiber channel (FC) layer service request at a target node of an FC network may include receiving the FC layer service request from an initiator node, extracting a permanent identifier and a temporary identifier from the received FC layer service request, and determining whether a match exists between the extracted temporary identifier and a temporary identifier stored in association with the extracted permanent identifier. A security access device and computer-readable code arrangement may include similar features. |
| US07805520B2 |
Storage system, program and method
Disclosed is a storage system including a unit that requests reconnection to a host after once disconnecting the connection, and a unit that on receipt of a message for reconnection from the host sends to the host a message indicating that connection migration has been made to another storage and the address information of the destination of migration, wherein with these messages as a sequence of processing operations, control is exercised to send a migrate message after completion of the reconnection request to effect switching of a connection path from a migration source to a migration destination. |
| US07805514B2 |
Accessing results of network diagnostic functions in a distributed system
The principles of the present invention extend to accessing results of network diagnostic functions in a distributed system. A chassis allocates resources for performing a network diagnostic function directly to requesting computer system. The requesting computer system communicates directly with the allocated resources to initiate the network diagnostic function. The network diagnostic test continues to execute even if the requesting computer system subsequently malfunctions. Collected test results are stored at the chassis such that any network connectable computer system can access the collected test results. A monitoring computer system (which may or may not be the requesting computer system) requests collected test results corresponding to the network diagnostic function. The chassis identifies appropriate test results and returns the results to the monitoring computer system. |
| US07805512B2 |
Remote configuration, provisioning and/or updating in a layer two authentication network
A device capable of remote configuration, provisioning and/or updating comprising a network detector capable of detecting a network regardless of the state of the operating system on the device, wherein the network requires layer two authentication, and an Embedded Trust Agent capable of generating an authentication credential for layer two authentication and communicating the authentication credential via a layer two authentication protocol without a functioning operating system. |
| US07805511B1 |
Automated monitoring and reporting of health issues for a virtual server
Method and apparatus for automated monitoring and reporting of health issues for a virtual server is described herein. A virtual server may comprise virtual-server components distributed over two or more server systems, the components being used collectively to provide data-access service to client systems. A virtual server may further comprise virtual-server components that are distributed over one or more storage systems. Each server system of a virtual server may implement a health module that automatically monitors and reports health issues regarding the functions/operations or performance of the virtual server. In some embodiments, the health modules executing on the server systems work in conjunction to monitor and report on the virtual-server components (comprising physical and/or virtual components) of the virtual server. As such, the health modules provide convenient and automated monitoring and reporting of health issues affecting the virtual server in providing data-access service to a set of client systems. |
| US07805507B2 |
Use of URI-specifications in meta-data driven instrumentation
A method for managing an asset that includes identifying a relative location of a scheme, wherein the scheme is used to manage the asset, creating a relative Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) using the relative location, wherein the relative URI that includes at least one variable, and creating an entry in a native access interface definition, wherein the entry that includes the relative URI, wherein the native asset interface definition is bound to a data acquisition (DAQ) definition, and wherein the DAQ definition is an interface between a protocol handler and an information model, wherein managing the asset is performed using an actual URI to obtain management information, wherein the actual URI is obtained by replacing the at least one variable of the relative URI, and wherein the management information is transmitted to a management application. |
| US07805506B2 |
Electronic device and control method therefor
When participating in a network, an electronic device which can connect to the network as an UPnP control point acquires a description for each of a plurality of electronic devices connected to the network. The electronic device analyzes the acquired description, and extracts an external device which adapts a predetermined operation mode. Then, the electronic device transmits a predetermined confirmation message to the extracted external device, and confirms whether the electronic device itself can shift to the operation mode. When confirming that the electronic device can shift, the operation state of a digital video camera shifts to the predetermined mode. |
| US07805500B2 |
Network linking methods and apparatus
Some portions of the present disclosure relate to processing audio signals for network linking. One claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory for buffering data representing an audio signal; and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is programmed for: analyzing the data representing an audio signal to extract identifying data therefrom; controlling communication of the identifying data to a remote device over a network, in which the remote device uses the identifying data as an index to identify a pointer from among a plurality of pointers, the plurality of pointers each identifying a remote computer or resource on the network; and controlling use of a pointer identified by the index and received from the remote device over the network. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided too. |
| US07805497B2 |
Method and product for calculating a net operating income audit and for enabling substantially identical audit practices among a plurality of audit firms
Deployment of a computer program including a global NOI audit model together with standards, procedures, documentation, and reporting requirements in interactive, digital form to a plurality of audit firms operating independently of each other and having a reporting relationship with an investment entity. The program is adapted for receiving audit data from a respective audit firm in connection with an associated real estate property and for generating an associated respective Current NOI audit report. The specific fields and screen arrangements, together with interactive instructions and definitions of the program require that each audit firm identify a consistent set of input parameters and apply them in a consistent way, as driven by the global audit model, thereby assuring computation and transmission of structurally consistent Current NOI audit reports to the investment entity, wherein the Current NOI calculations have been developed by substantially identical audit practices, procedures and assumptions. Using the same program, the investment entity then calculates and stores an Underwriting NOI set of values corresponding to each Current NOI report for the purpose of investment evaluation. The program generates a consolidated report of both Current and Underwriting NOI values for all of the plurality of audit firms so that the investment entity can effect a uniform analysis of all investment properties under consideration. |
| US07805493B2 |
Network service system, service proxy processing method, computer-readable storage medium storing program, and program therefor
A service proxy processing method is used with a network service system in which a service providing device connected over a network for performing predetermined capability processing can communicate with a plurality of client devices for performing network connection capability processing for recognizing connection status of each service providing device over a network. Each service providing device has a proxy process step of specifying a specific communications capability in response to a communications capability request from any client device when a predetermined service providing process is not performed in a predetermined period, allowing any service providing device in a network to perform as a proxy a communications process based on the specified specific communications capabilities, and making a transition to a network sleep status not recognized by a client device in the network. |
| US07805492B1 |
Systems and methods to provide assistance during address input
Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in incoming and outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort suggestions for the completion of the address input. |
| US07805488B2 |
Determining social activity profile of a participant in a communication network
Determining the extent of a personal network and/or social activity of a participant in a communication network. On method includes: representing contacts between the participant and communication partners of the participant as a time sequence order; determining an instant strength value over time using the representation of contacts as a time sequence order; and charting a direction of the extent of the personal network and/or social activity of the participant by monitoring a change in the instant strength value over time. |
| US07805486B2 |
Meeting effectiveness indicator and method
A meeting effectiveness indicator provides information to participants of a meeting. The information includes messages that the meeting has gone off topic, and resources are being wasted. Participants within a room or local vicinity of the indicator used wired or wireless transmitters to send indications that the meeting is going off topic. Remote participants linked to a network also send indications via a network interface. Once a total number of indications reaches a warning threshold, the indicator warns the participants that the meeting is going off topic with a warning message. If additional indications are received, then the total number of indications will reach a tangent threshold, and the participants are alerted using a tangent message that the meeting is off topic. |
| US07805482B2 |
Method of correlating events in data packet streams
A method of correlating events in a stream of data packets in which each data packet includes an event type identifier and an attribute associated with a type of event. A plurality of data packets of the stream of data packets is received and correlation set of selectors is applied to the received data packets. Each selector of the correlation set of selectors is responsive to data packets of a predetermined type of event to extract the attribute from the data packets. The method further includes assessing two or more data packets of the received data packets as correlating events if attributes extracted from the two or more data packets match. Additionally, the method includes accessing a correlation session in a data store for each correlating events match, the correlation session holding data items of tasks that process said correlating events. |
| US07805481B1 |
Exploitation of topological categorization of chaotic and fractal functions, including field line calculations
A topological categorization method, based on inclusive intervals, provides a general method of analyzing escape topologies for discrete dynamic systems, in complex and higher dimensions, including the calculation of both potential for complex and hypercomplex and field lines for complex iterations. |
| US07805479B2 |
Scalable, faster method and apparatus for montgomery multiplication
Montgomery multiplication can be computed quickly by using carry save adders and parallel multipliers. We present an enhanced technique for very fast Montgomery multiplication that can be used for RSA calculations. This invention utilizes a scalable bit word implementation, suitable for very large bit encryptions. Such designs can be deployed on mid-level FPGAs that have dedicated multiplier logic, on ASICs, or on custom circuits. To our knowledge, our technique yields some of the fastest RSA encryption times to be reported, having area requirements similar to related work. Such circuits can be ideal for increased security in sensitive communication fields. |
| US07805478B2 |
Montgomery modular multiplier
In a Montgomery multiplier, a modulus product generator may select a modulus product from a plurality of selectable n-bit modulus numbers M, a given modulus number M being formed from a currently input extended chunk of bits among the n-bit modulus numbers. A partial product generator may select a multiplicand number from a plurality of selectable n-bit multiplicands A as a partial product, a given multiplicand A being formed from a currently input extended chunk of bits among the n-bit multiplicands. An accumulator may accumulate the selected modulus product and partial product to generate a multiplication result. The Montgomery multiplier may be part of an operation unit that may include a memory and host, and may be adapted to perform a Montgomery multiplication operation and a normal multiplication operation based on a logic state of a control signal input thereto. |
| US07805472B2 |
Applying multiple disposition schedules to documents
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for applying multiple disposition schedules to documents. A file plan includes a plurality of containers, wherein each container is capable of providing management information for documents. A plurality of disposition schedules are defined, wherein each disposition schedule provides rules to use to determine documents in the file plan to dispose. At least two of the plurality of disposition schedules in the file plan are applied to one document in the file plan to determine whether to dispose of the document. |
| US07805467B2 |
Code preparation technique employing lock-free pointer operations
A methodology has been discovered for transforming garbage collection-dependent algorithms, shared object implementations and/or concurrent software mechanisms into a form that does not presume the existence of an independent, or execution environment provided, garbage collector. Algorithms, shared object implementations and/or mechanisms designed or transformed using techniques described herein provide explicit reclamation of storage using lock-free pointer operations. Transformations can be applied to lock-free algorithms and shared object implementations and preserve lock-freedom of such algorithms and implementations. As a result, existing and future lock-free algorithms and shared object implementations that depend on a garbage-collected execution environment can be exploited in environments that do not provide garbage collection. Furthermore, algorithms and shared object implementations that employ explicit reclamation of storage using lock-free pointer operations such as described herein may be employed in the implementation of a garbage collector itself. |
| US07805465B2 |
Metadata management for a data abstraction model
A method, system and article of manufacture for managing metadata associated with a data abstraction model abstractly describing data in a database. One embodiment provides a method of managing metadata describing objects of a data abstraction model with logical fields that define abstract views of physical data in a database. The method comprises traversing a logical tree structure representing the data abstraction model. The logical tree structure has a plurality of nodes, each representing a logical field or a category of logical fields of the data abstraction model. The method further comprises identifying metadata describing logical fields or categories represented by the plurality of nodes. The identified metadata is stored in a queryable database. A user is allowed to query the database to identify objects in the data abstraction model that may be used to construct an abstract query. |
| US07805454B2 |
System and method for parallel graph search utilizing parallel structured duplicate detection
A method and system for performing a graph search, includes partitioning a graph into multiple independent regions that do not interfere with each other for a period of time. A state space abstraction is used to identify the independent regions. Then using parallel structured duplicate detection a search work load is distributed across multiple processing units to maximize an amount of time during which the independent regions are capable of being maintained independent. This allows the search of the multiple independent regions of the partitioned graph to be undertaken in parallel. |
| US07805452B2 |
Data processing device and data processing method
A document processing apparatus that acquires a definition file associated with a document file that stores information that serves as a key for acquiring fragments. The definition file specifies a rule used for acquiring the fragments from other document files based upon the key stored in the document file. The document processing apparatus reads out sub-document files based upon the key specified in the document file and the rule specified in the definition file. The document processing apparatus arranges these fragments thus acquired so as to build a virtual document, and presents the virtual document thus built to the user. |
| US07805448B2 |
Storing attribute values of computing resources in a peer-to-peer network
A system comprises a plurality of computing resource. Attribute values for the computing resources are stored in a peer-to-peer network in the system. A method for storing an attribute value comprises receiving an attribute value for a resource in the system, identifying a node in the peer-to-peer network for storing the attribute value, wherein the node stores a range of attribute values encompassing the received attribute value, and storing the attribute value at the identified node. |
| US07805447B2 |
Generating example data for testing database queries
Computer-implemented methods, modules and clients relate to expanded, pruned sample table for testing database queries against a base table. The expanded, pruned sample table is formed from the base table by a process of initial sampling, synthesis, and pruning. |
| US07805445B2 |
Simplifying complex data stream problems involving feature extraction from noisy data
Methods, systems and computer program products for simplifying complex data stream problems involving feature extraction from noisy data. Exemplary embodiments include a method for processing a data stream, including applying multiple operators to the data stream, wherein an operation by each of the multiple operators includes retrieving the next chunk for each of set of input parameters, performing digital processing operations on a respective next chunk, producing sets of output parameters and adding data to one or more internal data stores, each internal data store acting as a data stream source. |
| US07805442B1 |
Method and system for representation of geographical features in a computer-based system
Cartographic data is represented using polynomial splines. To improve representation accuracy and reduce storage requirements, a database storing data points (shape points and nodes) is converted into a database of spline control points. The spline control points are computed by fitting a polynomial spline to the geographic features using a least squares approximation. The control points associated with each geographic feature are stored in a computer-usable database. The geographic features can be displayed by computing the spline functions using the stored control points. |
| US07805441B2 |
Vertical search expansion, disambiguation, and optimization of search queries
A system and method to facilitate expansion, disambiguation, and optimization of search queries over a network wherein an original query received from a user is parsed to obtain at least one query term. A plurality of keywords related contextually to one or more query terms are further retrieved from a database. Finally, a set of modified queries is generated, each modified query further comprising at least one query term and at least one retrieved keyword. |
| US07805440B2 |
System and method for simplifying and manipulating k-partite graphs
The system has a collection of a plurality of objects. Each object defines a node in a k-partite graph, such that, the nodes can be divided into a number of mutually exclusive sets such that all of the nodes are in exactly one of the sets; further edges occur only between nodes in different sets; The system also has a simplification process that aggregates one or more of the nodes into one or more categories and identifies a category node corresponding to each category. The category node inherits the mode and the edges of all the nodes in the respective category. Further, the system contains Directed Acyclic Graphs Indices (DAGIs) whose nodes may have a 1-1 mapping with the nodes in the k-partite graph. These indices can be used to aggregate and hide nodes in the k-partite graph. Aggregation occurs by selecting one or more non-leaf nodes in the DAGI and aggregating all descendent nodes. Hiding occurs by selecting some set of DAGI nodes, thus selecting some corresponding set of nodes in the k-partite graph, and requesting this set of nodes be hidden which effectively removes them from further consideration until they are restored by explicit request. |
| US07805432B2 |
Meta search engine
In an information retrieval method a meta search engine receives a user information query in the form of key words; and submits the query to a search engine, and also submits the query to a snippet database storing previously selected results, indexed by a snippet index of terms included in snippets of the results when they were previously selected. The meta search engine then receives results from the search engine; and receives a response from the snippet database. It merges the results from the search engine with those from the snippet database; and submits re-ranked results to the user. The snippet database processes in parallel with the underlying search engine. The meta search engine also monitors which results of the returned re-ranked results are selected by the user, and updates the snippet index accordingly. |
| US07805431B2 |
System and method for generating a display of tags
A system for generating a display of a tag options to a user wishing to tag an item includes a computer-implemented database for storing information related to various tags. Upon receiving a request for tags for an item, the system evaluates each tag associated with the item, and selects tag options to be displayed to the user based on the evaluations of the tags. The group of selected tags is displayed to the user in an order based on the evaluations. |
| US07805428B2 |
SEO suite and sub-components
The present invention is a SEO suite comprising several modules that in combination or alone may are novel and non-obvious. These modules are: smart tools that provide isolation and workflow collaboration of tools in an SEO suite; using log files for key-wordless rank checking in an SEO tool; using log files for hyperlink analysis in an SEO tool; identifying web authorities for competitive analysis in an SEO tool; live relevancy metrics in on-page optimization editor (SEO tool); and a rotating authorization code to prevent the use of a software license in more than one machine. |
| US07805424B2 |
Querying nested documents embedded in compound XML documents
Querying a compound XML document having a primary XML document and multiple nested documents may be performed in a single query. The single query comprises an expression of at least one attribute and the encoding type of the nested documents. Execution of the query involves decoding each nested document according to its encoding type and searching for the attribute specified in the query. The results returned from each of the nested documents may be combined with the results returned from the primary document before returning the results to the user. |
| US07805420B2 |
Versioning and concurrency control for multiple client access of data
Versioning and concurrency control architecture of data operations on data of a data source by multiple independent clients of a user. Data operation messages between the clients and the data source are intercepted and tracked for serialization control to a data view instance of the data source. The architecture can be located as an always-on centrally-located system (e.g., mid-tier), accommodate data operations that include create, read, update, delete, and query (CRUDQ) against data sources, and provides support for distributed transactions, locking, versioning, and reliable messaging, for example, for data sources that do not expose such capabilities. A hash is employed for version control and to control changes at the data source. The central system also provides logic for the individual CRUDQ operations, and granular error classification to enable retries whenever possible. |
| US07805417B2 |
Data storage system having a unified container layer for an active data store
A data storage system and method for operating the data storage system. The data storage system includes an active data store that contains stored data, a rules engine, and a unified container layer. The rules engine receives a first portion of the stored data from the active data store and apply at least one rule to modify the received first portion of the stored data, resulting in a generation of modified data by the rules engine. The unified container layer: receives and validates the modified data generated by the rules engine, transmits the validated modified data to the active data store, validates external data received from an external source that is external to the data storage system, and transmits the validated external data to the active data store. |
| US07805409B2 |
Dynamic composition of an execution environment from multiple immutable file system images
A virtual file system is formed configured to enable the dynamic composition of immutable file system images. A file system containing a software distribution is divided into a plurality of mutually exclusive sub-trees. Each sub-tree includes a portion of the software distribution. An immutable file system image is formed for each sub-tree. During the booting of an operating system, a virtualization engine intercedes in the boot process to mount the immutable file system images to independent directories of the root file system. Upon request the virtualization engine, during run-time, combines virtual entries corresponding to immutable file system images so as to resemble the original software distribution. |
| US07805399B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing a partial dual-encrypted stream in a conditional access overlay system
The present invention is directed towards providing a partial dual-encrypted stream in a conditional access overlay system. The headend equipment includes an aligner, identifier, and remapper (AIR) device (615) that receives a clear stream and one or two encrypted streams, where the two encrypted streams have been encrypted by two different encryption schemes. The AIR device (615) identifies critical packets associated with the clear stream and subsequently allows two encrypted streams to pass and drops the critical packets of the clear stream. A multiplexer (640) then combines a percentage of the non-critical packets of the clear stream and the critical packets of the two encrypted streams to provide the partial dual-encrypted stream. |
| US07805398B1 |
Registering rules for entity attributes for validation and inference
The present invention provides a method and system for registering rules for attributes of an entity with an entity validation and inference unit. The entity validation and inference unit can further validate input values for an entity and/or infer attributes of an entity using the associated registered rules. The entity validation and inference unit can also provide information regarding attributes, relations, and behaviors of an entity using the associated registered rules in response to a query. The present invention also provides a mechanism for a user to query an entity or the entity validation and inference unit regarding valid values for an entity. The mechanism also allows the user to query the registered rule associated with the entity. |
| US07805393B1 |
Assigning encoded state values to a search tree according to failure chains
A method for assigning state codes to states of a state diagram embodying a plurality of signatures to be searched for in an input string of characters re-organizes the states of a search tree embodying the signatures to construct a failure tree in which the states are organized in levels according to a number of failure transitions between each state and the root node of the search tree. |
| US07805390B2 |
System and method for deriving a hierarchical event based database optimized for analysis of complex accidents
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for inferring a probability of a first inference absent from a database at which a query regarding the inference is received. Each datum of the database is conformed to the dimensions of the database. Each datum of the plurality of data has associated metadata and an associated key. The associated metadata includes data regarding cohorts associated with the corresponding datum, data regarding hierarchies associated with the corresponding datum, data regarding a corresponding source of the datum, and data regarding probabilities associated with integrity, reliability, and importance of each associated datum. The query is used as a frame of reference for the search. The database returns a probability of the correctness of the first inference based on the query and on the data. |
| US07805386B2 |
Method of generating an encoded output signal using a manifold association processor having a plurality of pairs of processing elements trained to store a plurality of reciprocal signal pairs
A processor architecture for a learning machine is presented which uses a massive array of processing elements having local, recurrent connections to form global associations between functions defined on manifolds. Associations between these functions provide the basis for learning cause-and-effect relationships involving vision, audition, tactile sensation and kinetic motion. Two arbitrary images hold each other in place in a manifold association processor and form the basis of short-term memory. |
| US07805385B2 |
Prognosis modeling from literature and other sources
A predictor of medical treatment outcome is developed and applied. A prognosis model is developed from literature. The model is determined by reverse engineering the literature reported quantities. A relationship of a given variable to a treatment outcome is derived from the literature. A processor may then use individual patient values for one or more variables to predict outcome. The accuracy may be increased by including a data driven model in combination with the literature driven model. |
| US07805382B2 |
Match-based employment system and method
In one embodiment of the present invention, a match-based employment system and method of operation are provided. The match-based employment system collects a plurality of employer seeker and employee seeker profiles, bi-directionally matches the employer seeker and said employee seeker profiles and displays at least a portion of the results to an employer seeker or an employee seeker. The match-based employment system can also order the bi-directional matching results based on a bi-directional match score and display the bi-directional matching results according to the ordering. The match-based employment system can also perform the matching such that approximately 70% of a matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employee seeker desires and employment seeker attributes and approximately 30% of the matching score depends upon the quality of the match between employment seeker desires and employee seeker attributes. |
| US07805380B1 |
Systems and methods for optimized water allocation
The present invention relates to systems and methods for optimizing water allocation. In particular, the present invention relates to systems and methods for establishing and querying a database of information for projecting and optimizing water distribution within a county, city or state and providing useful output as a result of such queries. The system and method also provide for exchange of water rights and the output of data in a useful form, such as a map, graph, list, summary or chart. The system and method also provide for water planning based on consideration of various parameters. |
| US07805374B2 |
Digital media inventory control, distribution and destruction system
The system (10) includes a digital media creator-destroyer apparatus (12) for receiving and storing digital media from a remote digital media source (20), for generating multiple transferable copies of the digital media, and for destroying unused copies of the digital media. The digital media creator-destroyer apparatus (12) is housed within a retail store (14) or similar outlet that displays transferable copies of digital media to end-user purchasers. The system (10) provides retailer control at a single store (14) level, regional or national (38) level of inventory, distribution and destruction of digital media, such as music, movies, video games, computer software, ring tones for cell phones, etc., stored on compact disks, digital video disks or other apparatus capable of storing and transferring digital media. Destroying unused copies eliminates cost inefficiencies of the retailer having to return unused copies. |
| US07805373B1 |
Synchronizing multiple playback device timing utilizing DRM encoding
A system and method are provided for synchronizing playback of media content on multiple playback devices utilizing Digital Rights Management (DRM) encoding. In general, multiple playback devices or users of those playback devices are associated to form a virtual group. A virtual group (VG) control function operates to synchronize advertisement (ad) slots within media content provided to the playback devices in the virtual group utilizing DRM encoding. |
| US07805372B2 |
Universal secure registry
A method and system for controlling access to a plurality of secure computer networks using a secure registry system is disclosed. The secure registry system includes a database containing selected data of a plurality of users each authorized to access at least one of the plurality of secure computer networks. The method and system facilitate receiving authentication information from an entity at a secure computer network, communicating the authentication information to the secure registry system, validating the authentication information at the secure registry system, receiving from the secure registry system an indication of whether the entity is authorized to access the secure computer network, and granting the entity access to the secure computer network when the authentication information of the entity corresponds to one of the plurality of users. |
| US07805369B2 |
Anti-financial crimes business network
A computerized system is established through a network to help business organizations conduct and manage their businesses with anti-financial crimes provisions according to the government regulations and laws, e.g., the Bank Secrecy and the USA PATRIOT Act, and to enable financial institutions to monitor and manage these business organizations with confidence in compliance with the regulatory requirements and applicable laws. |
| US07805366B2 |
Method and system to facilitate payments to satisfy payment obligations resulting from purchase transactions
A payment system includes a transaction identification system to identify a plurality of purchase transactions, established utilizing one or more transaction systems that impose a plurality of corresponding payment obligations on a particular user. An interface generator generates an aggregation interface that presents the plurality of purchase transactions to the first user. The plurality of purchase transactions are presented in conjunction with a payment option to initiate an automatic payment process with respect to at least a subset of the purchase transactions. A payment engine initiates the automatic payment process with respect to the first subset of plurality of purchase transactions upon election by the first user of the payment option. |
| US07805360B2 |
Template based matching
Systems and methods for matching orders are provided. One or more trade templates are created. The trade templates define groups of orders for financial instruments that may be combined such that all of the orders are matched. New orders and resting orders are analyzed using one or more trade templates to determine whether a combination of orders satisfies all of the elements of a trade template. When all of the elements of a trade template are satisfied, the corresponding orders may be matched contemporaneously. |
| US07805357B2 |
System and method for routing trading orders in an electronic trading system using trader lists
A system for managing trading orders comprises a memory operable to store a trader list that is associated with a first trader and that designates one or more other traders. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to receive a trading order from the first trader. The processor is further operable to transmit the trading order to a plurality of traders, wherein the plurality of traders does not comprise any of the one or more designated traders from the trader list. The processor is further operable to prevent the transmission of the trading order to the one or more designated traders. |
| US07805354B2 |
Compensation data prediction
A method of predicting compensation data includes obtaining compensation data, associated with a job category, with at least one datum being associated with each of a plurality of characteristics associated with the job category, determining values of factors, associated with respective ones of the characteristics, and a base value that when used as operands of a function yield estimates of the obtained data such that relationships between the estimates and corresponding obtained compensation data satisfy at least one criterion, and using a portion of the values of factors and the base value by a computer to automatically obtain estimates of compensation data. |
| US07805350B2 |
Method and a system for valuing and analyzing bonds with estate put features
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method is disclosed for valuing at least one bond having a nominal lifetime, the bond having estate put and call options and a cash flow value. The method includes the steps of decomposing the bond into a plurality of pieces, the plurality of pieces equal to the number of years of the nominal lifetime of the bond, valuing the estate put, call option, and cash flow of each piece based on an expected mortality rate, and aggregating the estate put, call option, and cash flow values of each piece to determine an aggregate value, wherein the value of the bond is equivalent to the aggregate value. A system also is disclosed for implementing the steps of the method of the present invention to determine the value of the bond. |
| US07805347B1 |
Methods, systems and securities for assuring a company an opportunity to sell stock after a specified time
Methods, systems and securities for assuring a company an opportunity to sell stock (e.g., common stock) after a specified time are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sale, by a company to an other entity, of a security may be issued, consisting of: (i) a post-paid forward contract which obligates the other entity to purchase a fixed number of shares stock of the company; and (ii) debt. In one embodiment, a purchase, by the company from the other entity, of a paid forward contract may be issued, which obligates the other entity to deliver to the company a variable number of shares of stock in the company. The number of shares underlying the pre-paid forward contract may be calculated based on a formula that is a function of a then-current stock price and a remaining maturity associated with the pre-paid forward contract. |
| US07805345B2 |
Computer-implemented lending analysis systems and methods
In accordance with the teachings described herein, computer-implemented lending analysis systems and methods are provided. A pre-processing module may be used to organize loan applicant data into a plurality of applicant groups based on one or more demographic factors, wherein a protected class is identified from the plurality of applicant groups. An index generation module may be used to calculate a plurality of disparity indices for the protected class by comparing lending-related data for the protected class with lending-related data for one or more control groups selected from the applicant groups. An indicator generation module may be used to calculate one or more singular indicators for the protected class by comparing the disparity indices with one or more reference indices. The indicator generation module may be further used to calculate a global indicator as a function of a plurality of singular indicators. |
| US07805343B1 |
Method and apparatus for managing tax return preparation
A method for managing tax return preparation includes receiving employee first information from a first company on behalf of a first employee, and preparing a tax return using the employee first information. The method further includes access to the tax return being provided to the employee. When the employee is satisfied, authorization is received to file the tax return on behalf of the employee and the tax return is filed with a tax authority. |
| US07805338B2 |
Method of constructing a digital content play list for transmission and presentation on a public access electronic terminal
The present invention relates to a method of constructing a play list of a plurality of digital content for transmission and presentation on a public access electronic terminal for use with various data processing resources. The method establishes a virtual terminal on a play list server; selects the plurality of digital content at the virtual terminal; appends a digital content header to each of the plurality of digital content included in the play list; stores the play list in association with said virtual terminal; transmits the play list from the virtual terminal to the public access electronic commerce terminal; selectively receives the play list from the public access electronic commerce terminal; generates an activity report in the public access electronic commerce terminal based on the play list transmission; and selectively updates the data processing resources to reflect the activity report. |
| US07805336B2 |
Anonymous delivery of digital products over a network via a link
Processes and systems are disclosed for enabling a user to purchase a digital product from a first computer system (e.g., a merchant web site), and to then initiate electronic delivery of the digital product from a second computer system without revealing personal information to the second computer system or its operator. In one embodiment, the user initiates the anonymous delivery from the second computer system using a link received from the first computer system. The first and second computer systems communicate with each other to track fulfillment/delivery statuses of orders, and to limit the number of times the user can download the purchased digital product from the second computer system. |
| US07805335B2 |
Purchase list having status indicators
A method of indicating the status of items in one or more databases includes displaying a list of items of interest, and displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest. A system for indicating the status of items in one or more databases includes means for displaying a list of items of interest, and means for displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest. |
| US07805333B2 |
Techniques for using loyalty cards and redeeming accumulated value
Techniques for accumulating value and redeeming the accumulated value in a flexible manner. An accumulate ID is provided that may be used by consumers to accumulate value (e.g., cash, points, etc.) in an account associated with the accumulate ID. A redemption ID is provided that enables the value accumulated in the account, or a portion thereof, to be redeemed. |
| US07805329B2 |
Development of actual risk costs based on estimated risk costs as well as probabilistic restriction of the actual risk costs
An evaluation is performed for a device, an application and/or a method, in particular a method for establishing a technical system such as a power plant for instance, the assessment being carried out on the basis of costs for risks. In accordance with the method, the costs for specific risks are to be assessed. A risk costs interval is to be determined, which contains the actual risk costs with high probability. This is achieved by a regression of intuitive assignments to a straight line by an indirect linear regression by a non-linear regression in an intermediate diagram. |
| US07805320B2 |
Methods and systems for navigating a large longitudinal dataset using a miniature representation in a flowsheet
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for presentation of patient data via a flowsheet including a graphical map representation of the data and a timeline axis for data navigation. Certain embodiments provide a system including a flowsheet including a patient data set represented as a map with a timeline axis for the map, wherein the map is navigated to display data collected along the timeline, and an interface for accessing the flowsheet. Certain embodiments provide a method including displaying data for a patient via a flowsheet along with a timeline of events relating to the patient, wherein the data is represented in alphanumeric as well as graphical map form; navigating the patient data using the timeline; allowing a user to flag events in the patient data along the timeline; and defining a time period for presentation of patient data along the timeline in the flowsheet. |
| US07805318B1 |
Using a non-profit organization to satisfy medicare out-of-pocket/troop and product replacement
A process of providing needy Medicare recipients with financial help in addressing medical care by setting up a non-profit organization, receiving donated pharmaceutical product from pharmaceutical manufacturers to the non-profit organization, inventorying the drug product received from the pharmaceutical manufacturers in a contracted or non-profit pharmacy, and taking title of the drug product from the pharmaceutical manufacturers. The drug product replaces a drug product used by the Medicare recipients and the drug product accounts toward the recipient's true out-of-pocket payment (TrOOP). |
| US07805315B2 |
Subscription management
A process, method, and system includes determining if a user has access to a data source. In response to the user being denied access to the data source, a determination is made concerning which upgrade packages would allow the user to access the particular data source. |
| US07805313B2 |
Frequency-based coding of channels in parametric multi-channel coding systems
For a multi-channel audio signal, parametric coding is applied to different subsets of audio input channels for different frequency regions. For example, for a 5.1 surround sound signal having five regular channels and one low-frequency (LFE) channel, binaural cue coding (BCC) can be applied to all six audio channels for sub-bands at or below a specified cut-off frequency, but to only five audio channels (excluding the LFE channel) for sub-bands above the cut-off frequency. Such frequency-based coding of channels can reduce the encoding and decoding processing loads and/or size of the encoded audio bitstream relative to parametric coding techniques that are applied to all input channels over the entire frequency range. |
| US07805312B2 |
Conversation control apparatus
To return a predetermined answer in a predetermined order, even in the event that user utterance contents differ from an original objective. A conversation control apparatus, which transmits an answer sentence in response to a user utterance, includes: a conversation data base storing a plurality of plans each including the answer sentence and next candidate prescription information which prescribes a next candidate answer sentence, which is an answer sentence due to be transmitted in an order succeeding the answer sentence; and a planned conversation processor which, in response to a first user utterance, selects a plan stored in the conversation data base, transmits an answer sentence included in the plan and, subsequently, in response to a second user utterance, based on next candidate prescription information included in the plan, transmits a next candidate answer sentence, wherein at least one portion of the plurality of plans, regardless of contents of a user utterance, includes an answer sentence and next candidate answer sentence in such a way as to transmit each question in a predetermined survey in a predetermined order. |
| US07805306B2 |
Voice guidance device and navigation device with the same
For a voice guidance phrase, multiple voice data items having individually different voice ranges or frequencies are previously stored in a memory. A voice mixing unit chooses to mix three voice data items among the stored voice data items and thereby produces a mixed voice data item. A voice outputting unit converts the mixed voice data item into a voice and then vocalizes a voice guidance phrase via a speaker. A voice measuring unit measures a characteristic of a frequency, a volume, or a pronunciation speed with respect to a response voice responding to the outputted voice guidance phrase. A voice mixing unit produces a mixed voice data item having a characteristic similar to the measured characteristic and outputs it. |
| US07805303B2 |
Question answering system, data search method, and computer program
A question answering system includes a question input unit, a search unit, an answer candidate extraction unit, an answer candidate inspection unit and an answer output unit. The search unit executes search processing based on an input question. The answer candidate extraction unit extracts an initial answer candidate based on a result of the search processing. The answer candidate inspection unit inspects the initial answer candidate. The answer candidate inspection unit executes search processing with using a query including the initial answer candidate. The answer candidate inspection unit determines whether each word of a sentence obtained as a result of the search processing has a similar lexical meaning to that of each word of the input question. The answer candidate inspection unit selects an initial answer candidate contained in a query determined to have the similar lexical meaning, as a secondary answer candidate. |
| US07805302B2 |
Applying a structured language model to information extraction
One feature of the present invention uses the parsing capabilities of a structured language model in the information extraction process. During training, the structured language model is first initialized with syntactically annotated training data. The model is then trained by generating parses on semantically annotated training data enforcing annotated constituent boundaries. The syntactic labels in the parse trees generated by the parser are then replaced with joint syntactic and semantic labels. The model is then trained by generating parses on the semantically annotated training data enforcing the semantic tags or labels found in the training data. The trained model can then be used to extract information from test data using the parses generated by the model. |
| US07805300B2 |
Apparatus and method for analysis of language model changes
An apparatus, a method, and a machine-readable medium are provided for characterizing differences between two language models. A group of utterances from each of a group of time domains are examined. One of a significant word change or a significant word class change within the plurality of utterances is determined. A first cluster of utterances including a word or a word class corresponding to the one of the significant word change or the significant word class change is generated from the utterances. A second cluster of utterances not including the word or the word class corresponding to the one of the significant word change or the significant word class change is generated from the utterances. |
| US07805298B2 |
Computer-aided transcription system using pronounceable substitute text with a common cross-reference library
A transcription system having linked computer terminals for a court reporter and/or for examining, defending, and/or associate attorneys is disclosed. A method of language translation may be utilized by the transcription system during a testimonial proceeding, for example. The method involves receiving into the transcription system, in real-time, representations of words spoken in a first language during the testimonial proceeding. The representations are translated, in real-time, to text in the first language. The text in the first language is translated, in real-time, to text in a second language, and the text in the second language is communicated to a terminal for real-time display. |
| US07805296B2 |
Audio data processing device including a judgment section that judges a load condition for audio data transmission
An audio data processing device including: a first processor; and a second processor which is connected to the first processor wherein the first processor includes: an audio data acquisition which acquires audio data of digital data; an omitting section which omits a bit corresponding to low volume which is hard to be heard by human ears from the audio data; and a transmitter which transmits the audio data in which the bit corresponding to the low volume is omitted by the omitting section from the first processor to the second processor; wherein the second processor includes: a receiver which receives the audio data transmitted from the first processor; and a reproduction data generator which generates audio reproduction data necessary to reproduce the audio data based on the received audio data. |
| US07805289B2 |
Aligning hierarchal and sequential document trees to identify parallel data
A set of candidate parallel pages is identified based on trigger words in one or more pages downloaded from a given network location (such as a website). A set of document trees representing each of the candidate pages are aligned to identify translationally parallel content and hyperlinks. The parallel content is further fed into conventional sentence aligner for parallel sentences. And the parallel hyperlinks usually refer to other parallel documents, and lead to a recursive mining of parallel documents. |
| US07805288B2 |
Corpus expansion system and method thereof
A system and method for expanding new sample seeds to automatically expand corpora, in which sample seeds are used to collect corpus is provided. The new sample seeds are generated based on the already existed sample seeds and collected corpora; The corpus expansion strategy is determined based on all the sample seeds having been used and new sample seeds: The new sample seeds are refined based on the corpus expansion strategy, and the refined new sample seeds are used to further collect corpus. The above steps are repeatedly executed until predefined condition is satisfied. According to the invention, corpus may be automatically expanded from the web or other resources with low cost and in convenient way to improve the coverage of corpora. |
| US07805284B2 |
Simulation model defining system for generating a simulation program for a simulator simulating a behavior of economy or society regarded as a system of phenomena and events
An issue to be settled by the present invention is to define a simulation model in accordance with the structure of a causal relation easy to be understood by human and to shorten greatly a simulation program development period. A simulation program is automatically generated by extracting, as nodes, specific items such as phenomenon, events and targets of constituent elements of economy, society or the like regarded as a system, coupling the nodes with arcs to define the structure of the causal relation, and defining a variable necessary for calculating metrics and a calculation formula therefor, relative to a simulation model inheriting the defined structure. |
| US07805279B2 |
Remote maintenance system
Factories (102-104) have host computers (107) for monitoring industrial equipment (106). Each host computer (107) is connected to a management host computer (108) on a vendor (101) side through the internet (105). The host computer (107) on the factory side detects occurrence of a trouble of the industrial equipment (106) and notifies the vendor side of status information representing a trouble state. In response to this, the host computer (108) on the vendor side notifies the factory side of response information representing a countermeasure against the trouble state. |
| US07805274B2 |
Structure and methodology for characterizing device self-heating
A method comprises determining a poly-gate temperature for a given device and determining channel temperatures of monitor devices. The method further includes extrapolating channel temperatures of the monitor devices to obtain a channel temperature for the given device. The difference in temperature (ΔT value) is determined for the given device based on the poly-gate temperature and the channel temperature. A device comprises a heating device having a poly gate with at least one contact at each end thereof and a plurality of monitor device spaced at known distances from the heating device |
| US07805272B2 |
Sensing circuit, optical detection circuit, display device, and electronic apparatus
A sensing circuit includes a first sensing element, a second sensing element, a reduction unit, a storage unit, a specifying unit and a detection unit. The reduction unit reduces the amount of the energy applied to the second sensing element. The storage unit stores a degradation characteristic of the sensing element. The specifying unit specifies a rate of degradation. The detection unit detects the amount of the energy on the basis of the rate of degradation. |
| US07805263B2 |
Wireless battery status management for medical devices
In a wireless battery operated medical component (10), a battery life monitor, particularly a voltage monitor (16), takes voltage readings of a battery (12) to assess charge level as the battery (12) drains. The monitored charge level and medical data are transmitted (20) to a receiver (22) associated with a remote host unit (24). The host unit includes historical and typical battery level information and estimates remaining life of the battery (12). Battery life and medical information are displayed on a user interface (42). Typical battery operated medical components include EKG sensors, pulse sensors, blood oxygen sensors, blood measure sensors, brain wave sensors, temperature sensors, perfusion pumps, IV drip controllers, patient identification tags or wrist bands, pacemakers, respirators, x-ray detectors, and an MRI coils. |
| US07805262B2 |
Utility meter using temperature compensation
A utility meter having a temperature compensation function provides advantages such as improved time keeping accuracy. According to an exemplary embodiment, a utility meter includes at least one sensor for detecting an ambient temperature at a location corresponding to a component such as a crystal oscillator that enables a time keeping function of the meter, and generating an output signal representative of the detected ambient temperature. A device such as a digital signal processor adjusts at least one clock maintained by the time keeping function of the meter in dependence upon the output signal from the at least one sensor. |
| US07805259B2 |
Method for detecting an operation malfunction of a leakage inspector, and a leakage inspector having a function to detect an operation malfunction thereof
A method for detecting an operation malfunction of a leakage inspector causes the leakage inspector to execute a calibration process and an inspection process. The calibration process seals air inside a first device serving as a reference device and measures changes in pressure over two time intervals. The inspection process seals air inside a second device to be checked for a leak and measures changes in pressure over two time intervals. A ratio is calculated from these measured changes in pressure and the ratio is used to determine whether an operation malfunction occurs in the leakage inspector. |
| US07805253B2 |
Methods and systems for discovering protein modifications and mutations
Accordingly, systems and methods for protein identification are provided. The present teaching provide for a system with one protein identification methodology based on one method and a second protein identification methodology based on a second protein identification methodology to interact and increase confidence in protein identification. Various embodiments employ protein identification methodologies that identify portions of a peptide. Various embodiments provide for a hypothesis generation module that can suggest modifications for the peptide based on differences between experimental and theoretical values. Various embodiments provide for an identifier module that can select one or more hypotheses from the hypothesis module as most probable. In this way, the present teachings can provide for systems and methods to combine protein identification results from multiple protein identification methodologies with the possibility of identifying modifications. |
| US07805248B2 |
System and method for water breakthrough detection and intervention in a production well
A system and method is provided for estimating an occurrence of a water breakthrough in a production well that includes estimating, at least periodically, a measure of water in the fluid produced from one or more production zones and estimating the occurrence of the water breakthrough utilizing at least in part a trend of the estimated measures of the produced fluid. A controller determines one or more actions to be taken to mitigate an effect of the water breakthrough and may automatically initiate one or more such actions. |
| US07805230B2 |
Apparatus for triggering personal protection means
An apparatus for triggering personal protection means, having a surroundings sensor suite and a contact sensor suite, influences a pedestrian protection algorithm as a function of a first signal of the surroundings sensor suite, and influences a pre-crash algorithm as a function of a second signal of the pedestrian protection algorithm that takes into account a third signal of the contact sensor suite. The apparatus triggers the personal protection means as a function of a fourth signal of the pedestrian protection algorithm and a fifth signal of the pre-crash algorithm. |
| US07805229B1 |
Engine speed constrained accessory control
A control method for high power accessory loads that is established by engine speed wherein a microcontroller and associated process control algorithm controls the state of a relay which in turn prevents the accessory loads from turning on until the engine speed reaches a set threshold. An optional accessory switch may be included to provide the ability to prevent the accessory from turning on regardless of engine speed. |
| US07805228B2 |
Vehicle diagnostic device
An apparatus and method is provided that allows a user to record events in a vehicle via a vehicle data recorder in the latest communication protocols, such as Controller Area Network. The vehicle data recorder can record data from the event when a trigger button is actuated by the user and the CAN communication can be controlled by the CAN controller. After the data is recorded, it can transferred to a host workstation, where the user can analyze the data from the event and diagnose the problem causing the event. |
| US07805225B2 |
Remote control apparatus for a boat
A remote control apparatus for controlling multiple propulsion units of a boat is provided. The remote control apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises a body having a first control lever and a second control lever. An electronic control unit is disposed within the body of the remote control apparatus and comprises a storage device and a contact member. The storage device can store a correction value for calibrating the control levers, while the contact member determines when correction values can be entered into the storage device when the contact member is in an enabled state. The remote control apparatus can be calibrated before the apparatus is installed on the boat, thereby eliminating the need for an operator to calibrate the remote control apparatus. A boat having the remote control apparatus described herein and a method for storing a calibration value for the control lever are also provided. |
| US07805222B2 |
Method for the determination of a control reserve and wind energy plant with a control unit for the determination of the control reserve
A method for the determination of a control reserve of one or plural wind energy plants, for the operation of which a desired value for at least one electric variable is preset, and for which a control unit is provided which has a power curve, which contains a maximum value of the electric variable depending on values of the wind, the method having the following steps: the control unit determines a maximum value of the electric variable from the actual value of the wind and subtracts a current value of the electric variable from the same, the control unit transmits the determined maximum value and/or the difference as a control reserve to a higher order control unit and/or an external utility. |
| US07805221B2 |
Automatically adjusting irrigation controller
Methods and devices are provided to automatically determine plant water requirements and adjust irrigation in order to make efficient use of water. In one implementation, an irrigation control unit comprises a memory storing historical values of a plurality of variables used at least in part in calculating plant water requirements, and at least one input adapted to receive signals corresponding to current values of one or more of the plurality of variables. The unit also comprises a processor coupled to the at least one input and the memory, the processor adapted to determine the plant water requirements at least in part using, for each of the plurality of variables, a current value in the event the current value is available and at least in part using, for each of the plurality of variables, a stored historical value in the event the current value is not available. |
| US07805219B2 |
Carrier robot system and control method for carrier robot
A carrier robot system and a control method for a carrier robot enabling teaching even when an operator cannot approach a teaching position for wafer conveyance are provided. In a carrier robot system comprising a robot which has a placement portion for placing an object presenting a low-profile form thereon and carries the object and a robot controller for controlling the robot, a jig mounted on the placement portion of the robot and having an image pickup member, an image processing portion for processing an image picked up by the image pickup member, and a superior control portion for controlling the robot controller and image processing portion from a superior position are provided. |
| US07805215B2 |
Programming device and programming method
A programming device programs a machining control program to be used on a numerical control device for machining an object. A setting unit sets an axial direction of the tool with respect to the data on the machining-target area and sets a deepest position of a tip of the tool with respect to the data on the machining-target area. An extracting unit extracts a surface-machining-target area of the object from the data on the machining-target area based on the set axial direction of the tool, the set deepest position of the tip, and the data on the machining-target area. |
| US07805214B2 |
Grasp state judging system and method
A grasp state judging system capable of satisfactorily judging the grasp state in which an object to be grasped is held by grasping means. The grasp state judging system is characterized in comprising a plurality of RFID tags that are mounted on an object to be grasped and that transmit the corresponding position ID; a plurality of RFID antennas (14) that are mounted on a glove (10) and that receive the position IDs; a grabbing pattern storage unit (48) for storing a condition for the position IDs received by the RFID antennas (14) with respect to the grasp states in which the object to be grasped is held by the glove (10); and a grasp state judging unit (44) for judging the grasp state in which the object to be grasped is held by the grasping means on the basis of the position IDs received by the RFID antennas (14) and the conditions stored in the grabbing pattern storage unit (48). |
| US07805213B2 |
Weave, a utility method for designing and fabricating 3D structural shells, solids and their assemblages, without limitations on shape, scale, strength or material
Weave is a process for fabricating freeform shells, proceeding from a precise definition of a given desired final three-dimensional shape of such a shell, to an optimized parametric mesh of said shape, to physical battens which, once fastened at calculated crossings, realize the final object of use. The initial iso-parametric mesh may be triangulated for increased rigidity. Such a mesh's battens' geometry is precisedly controlled by Weave such that the shell under construction automatically takes on, as it is fastened, the shape and dimensions of the designed fabrication without explicit registration or alignment. Weave places minimal constraints on shape type, complexity, scale and material. Minimal tools are required for preparing and fastening the battens, and no special construction skills or building environment are needed. |
| US07805211B2 |
System and method for correcting quality problems
A system for correcting quality problems includes a server (1), a database (2), and a plurality of client terminals (4) connected to the server through a network (3). The database stores data used or generated in utilizing the system. Each client terminal provides an interactive user interface for quality control operators to perform corrective actions. The server comprises: a data receiving module (12) for receiving confirmations and responses from the client terminals through the network; a data transmitting module (13) for transmitting initial corrective action reports generated by the server to corresponding client terminals, for operators located at the client terminals to reply to the initial corrective action reports; and a CAR (corrective action report) generating module (14) for integrating all data received by the data receiving module and automatically generating formal corrective action reports. A related method for correcting quality problems is also disclosed. |
| US07805209B2 |
Light barrier having separate output signals
A contact-less safety device, i.e., a safety device operating without contact has an interface for the transmission of output signals to connectable appliances for signal processing. The output signals from the individual sensors of the safety device operating without contact can be transmitted separately via the interface. |
| US07805205B2 |
Control system for wind turbine
A control system for a wind turbine comprises: a sensor arrangement for capturing measures related to the turbine operation and fatigue accumulation; an upper level controller, which, on the basis of a statistical treatment of said measures, calculates optimized control settings at discrete points of time; a measurement module which processes said measures into instantaneous values; and a lower level controller that receives said control settings and said instantaneous values and calculates instantaneous optimal commands to control turbine actuators. The lower level controller comprises a continuous-time damage model which calculates the rate at which damage is accumulated at any time, and an optimal controller which controls operational states of the turbine, either by directly giving feedback of the instantaneous values to the actuators, or by generating a turbine performance objective function which is continuously optimized by repeatedly solving a receding horizon optimization problem. |