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| US08591107B2 |
Stand for an X-ray examination apparatus
A stand for an X-ray examination apparatus like a C-arm (4) is proposed. The stand comprises a movable ceiling support assembly for a ceiling of a room, a ground support assembly for a floor of the room and a holder (16) extending from the ceiling support assembly to the ground support assembly. The ceiling support assembly is distanced laterally from the ground support assembly and the holder comprises a mount (30) for holding the X-ray examination apparatus above the ground support assembly. Provision of a holder between a ground support assembly and a ceiling support assembly allows to position the ceiling-rail at a distance to a patient's area where the C-arm is employed. Therefore, no dust and debris from a ceiling-rail is released over the patient's area and a sterile air flow from a ceiling is not disturbed. By pivoting the stand through a pivot bearing (14) the C-arm can be easily brought into a parking position where it does not obstruct the patient's area. |
| US08591103B2 |
Multi-site infrared thermometer
An infrared thermometer includes a probe and an infrared sensor. The probe with an infrared target absorbs thermal radiation to provide a substantially consistent source of infrared radiation and an aperture for preventing contamination of the infrared target while permitting the transmission of thermal radiation to the target. The infrared sensor is configured for sensing infrared radiation from the infrared target. The infrared target is positioned within the probe such that it absorbs thermal radiation that comes from the aperture and thereafter emits thermal radiation to the infrared sensor. |
| US08591100B2 |
Mixer assembly for digestion tank, having a lead through comprising at least three positioning members arranged to determine the mutual position of a first and a second element of the lead through
A lead through for fluid tight connection of a mixer assembly to a roof of a fluid housing digestion tank, including a first element presenting a central opening and an axially extending center axis, and a second element presenting a central opening and an axially extending center axis. The extension of the center axis of the second element is adjustable in relation to the extension of the center axis of the first element. The lead through includes a device for making an interface fluid tight located at the interface between the first element and the second element. Positioning members are arranged to determine the mutual positions of the first element and the second element in the axial direction, and some of the positioning members are constituted by mutually independent adjustment members, which are located on the opposite side of the device for making an interface fluid tight. |
| US08591097B2 |
Machine for producing and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid consumer food product
A machine for producing and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid consumer food products, comprising: a tank (2) for holding a liquid base product; a treatment circuit (10) for said liquid base product, so as to obtain a liquid or semi-liquid food product; means (30) for dispensing said food product; one or more actuators (40) acting on said base product, said food product and/or parts of said machine (1). At least one of said one or more actuators (40) is a brushless motor (41). |
| US08591096B2 |
Variable height blender system
A variable height blender system is disclosed that includes an industrial blender carried by a first lift and a second lift for moving the blender up and down into any of various vertical positions. The variable height blender system includes drive controls for independently controlling movement of the first and second lifts, and a synchronizer in communication with at least one of the first and second drive controls for synchronizing the movement of the first and second lifts to maintain the batch blender substantially level. The synchronizer includes a level sensor that senses a tilt of the batch blender with respect to a local gravity vector and sends level reading signals to the synchronizer for use in independently adjusting the speeds of the first and/or second lift. |
| US08591093B2 |
Acoustic mixing element and mixing device having such an element
The invention relates to a mixing element for a flowable substance, comprising a body enclosing a cavity, wherein the cavity has at least one opening and the cavity and the opening are located relative to the body such that a fluid flow of the flowable substance out of the cavity through the opening transfers a torque to the mixing element. The invention further relates to the use of a tube or hose section as such a mixing element and a mixing device comprising such a mixing element, a container, and a sound source coupled thereto for generating an oscillating pressure. |
| US08591092B2 |
Low emission energy efficient 100 percent RAP capable asphalt plant
An HMA plant which uses combination direct exhaust heated and indirectly steam heated pre-heating drum in combination with a sealed indirect hot oil heated rotary shaft mixer, where the steam given off from the heated HMA is maintained, separated from the sulfur containing exhaust of a hot oil heater, so as to minimize the production of acid in liquid form. |
| US08591091B2 |
Surface light source device and display device
Provided is a surface light source device including a light guide plate, and at least one point light source that is disposed to be adjacent to an incidence surface of the light guide plate and irradiates the incidence surface with a light beam. The light guide plate includes, at least at a position at which the point light source is disposed, at least one projection projecting from the incidence surface toward a direction in which the point light source is disposed. |
| US08591082B2 |
Vehicle lamp unit
A vehicle lamp unit has a light emitting device disposed adjacent to a base point on an optical axis extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle on which the vehicle lamp unit is mounted, and a transparent member disposed in front of the light emitting device. The light emitting device has a light emitting surface arranged to face forward. The transparent member is configured such that light emitted by the light emitting device enters the transparent member and is internally reflected by a front surface of the transparent member, and such that the light reflected by the front surface is internally reflected again by a rear surface of the transparent member and emitted from the front surface of the transparent member. The front surface has a flat surface facing obliquely upward. |
| US08591077B2 |
Lens and lighting fixture utilizing the same
A lens and a lighting fixture utilizing the same provides a plurality of LED light sources as a single light source with a simple configuration. The lens is used with a plurality of light sources in combination and can have a single focus. The lens can include a plurality of light incident portions each disposed so as to face each of the plurality of light sources, the plurality of light incident portions collimating light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources in parallel with a predetermined optical axis while guiding the light beams inside the lens. A light exiting portion can include a refracting surface disposed on optical paths of the collimated light beams guided from the plurality of the light incident portions into the inside of the lens, with the light exiting portions causing the collimated light beams to exit and be converged on the single focus. A lighting fixture can utilize the lens described herein. |
| US08591071B2 |
L.E.D. light emitting assembly with spring compressed fins
A light emitting assembly includes an extruded heat sink (20) divided into a pair of elongated sections (64) with a plurality of light emitting diodes (88) disposed thereon. The elongated sections (64) present identical cross sections and are disposed in spaced and parallel relationship to mirror one another and define a fin space (68) therebetween. A plurality of fins (70) including bends (72) stamped therein are spring compressed between the elongated sections (64). The fins (70) include shoes (76) at fin ends to space the fins (70) from one another in the fin space (68). The fins (70) are retained in a fin channel (38) between a pair of ridges (28). A plurality of straps (82) extend across the fin space (68) to clamp the fins (70) between the elongated sections (64). |
| US08591069B2 |
LED light bulb with controlled color distribution using quantum dots
A liquid-cooled LED bulb including a base and a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume. The liquid-cooled LED bulb also includes a plurality of LEDs attached to the base and disposed within the shell. The LED bulb also includes a thermally-conductive liquid held within the enclosed volume and a quantum dot material for adjusting the wavelength of light emitted from LED bulb. |
| US08591068B2 |
Apparatus for housing a light assembly
An apparatus and related method for housing a light assembly apparatus includes a housing having a housing first end and a housing second end arranged along a central axis, the housing further includes a plurality of fins each having a fin first end and a fin second end, the plurality of fins forming a plurality of vents therebetween, each the plurality of fins has a curvature extending from the fin second end such that the plurality of fins converge towards the central axis proximate each fin first end, an endpiece proximate the housing first end and arranged proximate to the fin first end of each of the plurality of fins, the endpiece having a circular portion including a continuous circumference about the central axis, an electrical connector arranged proximate to the endpiece and arranged along the central axis, and a space arranged along the central axis proximate the housing second end and further configured with the plurality of fins and the plurality of vents arranged therearound, the space configured to, at least in part, house a light assembly. Other embodiments are disclosed as well. |
| US08591067B2 |
Light source device
A light source device having a good heat dissipation capability is disclosed, in which heat generated by a light emitting device is conducted to a base fabricated by a porous material through a heat conducting mask or a heat conducting pipe. Due to a large area contact between the heat conducting mask or the heat conducting pipe and the base, the heat can be evenly conducted to the base, so that the base can absorb the heat and dissipate the heat to external, so as to improve a heat dissipation efficiency. Moreover, in the light source device of the disclosure, heat exchange of the light emitting device can be directly carried on through air convection, so that the heat generated by the light emitting device can be taken away from the light source device through heat exchange of cool air. |
| US08591065B2 |
Panel illumination system
An illumination system integrateable into or retrofit onto a circuit panel breaker box. The system may include a light source, a power supply, and a switch to activate a light when the panel cover is removed, or when the line power to the breaker box is interrupted, or when the specific breaker for the light in the area of the panel is tripped. The system may include a light external to the breaker box to provide assistance in locating the box in a power-outage or tripped breaker situation, a light within the panel cover recess with a switch that activates the light when the panel cover door is opened to provide illumination for assessing the status of the breakers, and a light behind the panel cover with a switch that activates the light when the panel cover is removed to access the wiring and breakers within the box. |
| US08591060B2 |
Light emitting device and bulb-type LED lamp
Provided is a light emitting device which can uniformly diffuse and radiate light from all the regions of the globe of an LED bulb without deteriorating light transmission efficiency. A light emitting device is provided with a light scattering/guiding globe and an LED which is disposed on one end of the light scattering/guiding globe. The light scattering/guiding globe is a body with no air released from the inside and is composed of a light scattering/guiding material having light scattering particles contained therein. The globe has the bottom surface on the side of the LED, and is provided with a first light incoming surface as a first hollow section, which is formed in a circular cone shape in the light outputting direction from the bottom surface. |
| US08591059B2 |
Nut having a visual indicator
A nut is disclosed including a body having a visual indicator coupled thereto and integral therewith. The visual indicator provides a visual indication of a stress state of the body of the nut. |
| US08591052B2 |
Semispecular hollow backlight with gradient extraction
A backlight that includes a front reflector and a back reflector that form a hollow light recycling cavity including an output surface is disclosed. The backlight also includes a semi-specular element, and a light extraction element disposed within the hollow cavity. The light extraction element has a gradient specularity. The backlight also includes one or more light sources disposed to inject light into the hollow light recycling cavity, where the one or more light sources are configured to inject light over a limited angular range. |
| US08591051B2 |
Panel and method for producing the same
A design panel is provided having a plate-like panel main body made of a synthetic resin, the panel main body including a light-transmitting portion having a light-transmitting property, the light-transmitting portion being adapted to be illuminated by a light for illumination from a backside of the light-transmitting portion, and a light-shielding portion adapted to prevent diffusion of a light that passes through the light-transmitting portion or a light-suppressing portion adapted to prevent incident light from entering the synthetic resin at the light-suppressing portion. A method for producing the design panel is also provided, the method including the steps of: forming the panel main body from the synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property; and forming the light-shielding portion or light-suppressing portion by radiating a laser beam onto a given part of the synthetic resin. |
| US08591048B2 |
Spatially efficient kinematic mirror mount
A spatially efficient kinematic mirror mount for mounting a mirror or other optical element to a housing. The kinematic mirror mount may include three spaced-apart constraint structures, positioned at or near the outer perimeter or circumference of the mirror. The constraint structures constrain the mirror to lie within a plane, typically the x-y plane defined by the orientation of the housing, substantially without overconstraining the mirror. To accomplish this, each of the three constraint structures may constrain the mirror in the x-y plane by independently providing a tangential constraint to the mirror. The constraint structures may include a tab, coupled to the mirror by a flexure, and a fastening assembly for securing the tab to the housing. |
| US08591047B2 |
Exterior sideview mirror assembly
An exterior sideview mirror assembly includes a mirror housing and a mirror backing plate element that is movable within the mirror housing by an electrically-operable actuator. A main plano mirror element is fixedly disposed at a first portion of the mirror backing plate element and an auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element is fixedly disposed at a second portion of the mirror backing plate element. The main plano mirror element and the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element are adjacently disposed at the mirror backing plate element and are not superimposed with one mirror element on top of the other mirror element. The first primary field of view of the main plano mirror element may overlap the second auxiliary field of view of the auxiliary non-plano curved mirror element by between about 2 degrees and about 20 degrees. |
| US08591042B1 |
Display systems for high contrast display applications
Techniques and display systems that provide display systems suitable for various display applications, including display systems that provide a controlled climate in an enclosure of the system to protect the display components and display systems that produce high-contrast images for outdoor displays, large-format displays and other display applications. |
| US08591038B2 |
Projection type image display apparatus including screen configured to partially support mirror
A projection type image display apparatus in one aspect of the present invention includes an optical engine that projects an image; an image display screen that displays an image of projection light projected from the optical engine; a folding mirror that reflects the projection light projected from the optical engine toward the image display screen; and an optical system support member that holds the optical engine, a rear side part of the folding mirror and the image display screen. The image display screen holds a front side part of the folding mirror by an upper side part of the image display screen. |
| US08591033B2 |
Tear film measurement
The invention comprises an apparatus for measuring the relative thickness of the lipid layer component of the precorneal tear film on the surface of an eye after distribution of the lipid layer subsequent to blinking is disclosed. An illuminator directs light to the lipid layer of a patient's eye. The illuminator is a broad spectrum light source covering the visible region and is a lambertion light emitter such that the light source is specularly reflected from the lipid layer and undergoes constructive and destructive interference in the lipid layer. A collector collects and focuses the specularly reflected light such that the interference patterns on the tear film lipid layer are observable. The collector also produces an output signal representative of the specularly reflected light which is suitable for further analysis, such as projection on to a high resolution video monitor or analysis by or storage in a computer. In order to facilitate ease of measurement, the patient's head may be positioned on an observation platform when the illuminator directs light to the lipid layer of the patient's eye. |
| US08591031B2 |
Device and method for determining the visual field
A device (1) for determining the visual field comprises a screen (11) for displaying test patterns, an eye monitoring module (13) for capturing eye movements of a patient (20), and a processing module (10) for determining the visual field of the patient on the basis of the eye movements when the test patterns are displayed. The device (1) moreover comprises a mirror (12), which is aligned parallel to the bipupillary line of the patient (20) for determining the visual field, for deflecting the test patterns from the screen (11) to the eyes. The use of the mirror (12) aligned parallel to the bipupillary line of the patient results in a particularly compact design of the device (1) for determining the visual field, which device makes the same geometric and optical measurement conditions possible for both eyes. |
| US08591030B2 |
Eye position registering and tracking
Embodiments of the invention refer to a system for registering and tracking the position of a person's eye, in particular for refractive ophthalmic surgery. According to embodiments, the system is structured such that eye images containing at least the iris and the pupil of the eye are made at a first wavelength of light and that eye images containing scleral blood vessels are made at a different second wavelength of light. The invention furthermore refers to a corresponding method for registering and tracking the position of a person's eye. |
| US08591028B2 |
Ophthalmologic photographing apparatus and photographing method therefor
An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes an illumination unit configured to illuminate a subject's eye with one of infrared light and visible light, an input unit configured to input a signal to the illumination unit, a measurement unit configured to measure an input time of the signal from the input unit, a detection unit configured to detect that the input time is a predetermined time or longer, and a control unit configured to control the illumination unit according to a detection result by the detection unit to switch from the infrared light to the visible light. |
| US08591024B2 |
Printing apparatus with pivotable cleanout member
A printing apparatus comprising a pivotable cleanout member attached to the housing using a hinge having an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the base. A latch holds the pivotable cleanout member in a closed position relative to the wall of the printing apparatus. On an opposite end of the cleanout member is a hinge mechanism that includes a pin member. The other part of the hinge is in the printer housing and includes a support member portion of the hinge mechanism. |
| US08591023B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes: a transport path for transporting a recording medium; a cover that is capable of being opened and closed and that covers the transport path when the cover is in a closed state; and a blowing unit, provided in the cover, that is capable of blowing air toward the recording medium that is on the transport path when the cover is in a closed state and that retracts from the transport path when the cover is in an open state. |
| US08591021B2 |
Method of printing using ink jet inks comprising a crosslinking pigment dispersion based on diblock polymeric dispersants
The present disclosure provides method of ink jet printing onto a substrate comprising, in any workable order, the steps of: (a) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; (b) loading the printer with a substrate to be printed; (c) loading the printer with an aqueous ink jet ink comprising an ink vehicle and an aqueous dispersion, wherein the aqueous dispersion comprises a solid particle and a polymeric dispersant that has been crosslinked, wherein the polymeric dispersant is a block copolymer comprising an A block and a B block, wherein the A block is a segment having a block size of about 5 to about 18 units, and comprises at least 50% by weight of a monomer, having the following structure: CH2═CRC(O)O(CHR1CH2O)nR2; wherein R and R1 are H, or methyl; R2 is alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms or phenyl; and n is about 1 about 20; and the B block is a segment comprising an ionic monomer and at least one hydrophobic monomer; and wherein the dispersant comprises a crosslinkable moiety; wherein the crosslinkable moiety is crosslinked with a crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of epoxide, carbodiimide, oxazoline, isocyanate, and silane; and wherein the aqueous dispersion has a pH of at least about 8.0; and (d) printing onto the substrate using the aqueous ink jet ink, in response to the digital data signals to form a printed image on the substrate. This method of printing provides images with the requisite optical density and chroma needed for emerging ink jet applications. |
| US08591018B2 |
Ink set and ink-jet recording method
An ink set containing a water-based ink for ink jet recording and a treatment liquid. The water-based ink contains a phosphate-group modified self-dispersing pigment, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The treatment liquid contains an aggregating agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. A dynamic surface tension of the water-based ink, measured under the condition where a life time is about 50 ms, is in the range of 35 mN/m to 45 mN/m. A dynamic surface tension of the treatment liquid, measured under the condition where a life time is about 50 ms, is in the range of 33 mN/m to 45 mN/m. |
| US08591015B2 |
Recording apparatus and terminal module for recording apparatus
A terminal module includes a housing having slits and a plurality of contact terminals mounted in the slits. The housing includes a trap portion having protective walls formed at a wall surface on a circuit board side of the housing on the further forward side of the slit than a contact piece in a bending direction. |
| US08591013B2 |
Fluid interconnection
In one embodiment, a fluid interconnection between a fluid container and a fluid ejector assembly includes: a first wick at an outlet from the container, the first wick having an upstream surface and a downstream surface; a second wick at an inlet to the ejector assembly, the second wick having an upstream surface and a downstream surface, the upstream surface in direct contact with the downstream surface of the first wick across substantially the entire area of the upstream surface of the second wick; and a filter in direct contact with the downstream surface of the second wick. |
| US08591012B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a pressure sensor and a determining unit. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a pressure in an ink supply path for use in supplying ink from an ink tank to a recording head. The determining unit determines whether the ink supply path is anomalous based on a result of detection of the pressure in the ink supply path by the pressure sensor performed in response to application of a fluctuating pressure to the ink in the ink tank. |
| US08591010B2 |
Liquid discharge head and recording device using same
The liquid discharge head includes a plate-shaped passage member providing a plurality of liquid pressurizing chambers of identical shape which open into a main surface and are arranged in a matrix shape, a plurality of liquid discharge holes, and a plurality of individual supply paths; and a plate-shaped piezoelectric actuator having a common electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a plurality of individual electrodes laminated on a diaphragm. The plate-shaped passage member and the plate-shaped piezoelectric actuator are laminated one upon another so that the diaphragm and the piezoelectric layer cover the plurality of liquid pressurizing chambers. In a plan view of the liquid discharge head, an opening of each of the liquid pressurizing chambers is a polygonal shape having at least one acute angle shaped corner. A connection electrode led out to outside the liquid pressurizing chamber in the liquid pressurizing chamber and the individual electrode is disposed in a parallelogram shaped region including two sides holding therebetween an acute angle shaped corner of the liquid pressurizing chamber, and two corners adjacent to the corner. |
| US08591008B2 |
Liquid drop ejection using dual feed ejector
A printer includes a printhead die including liquid ejectors separated by walls. Each liquid ejector includes a nozzle orifice and an associated drop forming mechanism. First and second liquid feed channels, extending in opposite directions, are in fluid communication with each liquid ejector. A liquid inlet includes a plurality of first and second segments in fluid communication with the first liquid feed channels and the second liquid feed channels, respectively. The first and second segments are located on opposite sides of the nozzle orifice. For a given liquid ejector, both of the first and second segments are directly in line with the liquid ejector. An electrical lead extends from each drop forming mechanism toward an edge of the printhead die. At least one of the electrical leads is positioned between neighboring segments of at least one of the first and second segments of the liquid inlet. |
| US08591007B2 |
Ink jet recording head and method of producing the same
Provided is an ink jet recording head, including: an ink ejection portion, in which heat is applied to ink supplied inside thereof, thereby providing the ink with a pressure for ejecting the ink outside; a substrate having a first surface on which the ink ejection portion is provided and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the second surface having at least one recess; and a heat radiation member for releasing heat outside, the heat being transmitted from the ink ejection portion to the substrate, the heat radiation member having a protrusion with a shape corresponding to a shape of the recess, the protrusion being embedded in the recess so that the protrusion is provided in direct contact with the recess. |
| US08591006B2 |
Adapter and an ink cartridge mounted on an ink-jet printer
The invention relates to an adapter and an ink cartridge mounted on an ink-jet printer. An adapter comprises an inner chamber for accommodating the ink cartridge and a chip set on the adapter, wherein the said chip has a contact surface with the printer, the contact surface provided with an information contact and two electrical detecting contacts; a non-contact trigger switch is set on the back surface of the said chip opposite to the two electrical detecting contacts; the said non-contact trigger switch is electrically connected with two electrical detecting contacts respectively; the said non-contact trigger switch is triggered to become disconnected at least once by the non-contact trigger mechanism on the ink cartridge when the ink cartridge is being inserted into the printer and is not triggered by the non-contact trigger mechanism so as to keep the connected status after the ink cartridge is inserted into the printer. |
| US08591005B2 |
Liquid ejection head and method of manufacturing the same
A liquid ejection head, wherein recessed portions are formed in an ejection face such that, where, in the one direction, a distance D1 is a distance between (i) a one-side portion of an opening end of one recessed portion and (ii) an other-side portion of an opening end of another recessed portion adjacent to the one recessed portion on one side thereof and where a distance D2 is a distance between (i) an other-side portion of the opening end of the one recessed portion and (ii) a one-side portion of an opening end of another recessed portion adjacent to the one recessed portion on the other side thereof, a large-and-small relationship of an average value of the distances D1, D2 of a second recessed portion with respect to that of a first recessed portion is the same as a large-and-small relationship of a cross-sectional area of the first recessed portion with respect to that of the second recessed portion. |
| US08591004B2 |
Head unit, liquid jet device, and method for adjusting position of liquid jet head
A head unit for fixing a liquid jet head which ejects liquid includes a base component and movable component that slides on the base component and to which the liquid jet head is fixed. A fixing screw fixes the movable component to the base component. A locating member attached to the base component limits a movement direction in which the movable component moves. The movable component has a contact portion touching the locating member and first and second tapered surfaces formed thereon. A vector normal to the first tapered surface has a first component vector extending in the movement direction. A vector normal to the second tapered surface has a second component vector that is opposite the first component vector and extends in the movement direction. The base component has first and second pins accessible to the first and second tapered surfaces, respectively. |
| US08591002B2 |
Image forming apparatus including carriage that mounts image forming unit
An image forming apparatus includes a carriage movably supported to move reciprocally in a main scanning direction, an image forming unit mounted on the carriage to form an image, a driving pulley disposed at a first end in the main scanning direction, a driven pulley disposed at a second end opposite the first end in the main scanning direction, a driving source operatively connected to the driving pulley to rotate the driving pulley, a carriage drawing member extended between the driving pulley and the driven pulley and partially mounted to the carriage to draw the carriage, a mount disposed on the carriage to mount the carriage drawing member, a holder disposed on the carriage to hook the carriage drawing member extended from the mount during assembly, and a guide member to guide the carriage drawing member extended from the mount and the holder. |
| US08591000B1 |
Compliant liquid path member for ink reclamation in an ink-jet printer
In an inkjet printing machine, an ink reclamation device receives ink emitted from at least one printhead in a purge cycle. The ink reclamation device includes a liquid path member in the form of a thin compliant or flexible sheet configured to contact the face of the printhead proximate to the inkjets to receive purged ink within a trough formed by the sheet. The liquid path member includes a plurality of slots defined in the sheet, the slots having a width sized to promote meniscus formation of liquid ink within the trough. The meniscus hardens to plug the slots so that the trough fills during the inkjet purge. The ink reclamation apparatus may be heated to melt the ink within the trough to return the ink to an ink reservoir in the printhead. |
| US08590998B2 |
Fluid ejecting apparatus and fluid receiving method
Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including: a fluid ejecting head which includes nozzles ejecting a fluid; a receiving member which is capable of receiving the fluid ejected from the nozzles; a pair of support members which supports the receiving member so as to extend in a linear shape; and a support member movement unit which moves the support member between first and second positions so that the receiving member is located at a receiving position capable of receiving the fluid ejected from the nozzles at the first position, and the receiving member is located at a retreat position deviating from the receiving position at the second position, wherein the support member movement unit allows the pair of support members to reach the first position at different timings. |
| US08590997B2 |
Fluid ejecting apparatus and fluid ejecting method
A fluid ejecting apparatus includes first and second nozzle groups that eject first and second fluids respectively; a third nozzle group that does not eject any fluid; and a controlling section that performs image formation and transportation operations, including ejecting the first and second fluids while moving the first and second nozzle groups in a movement direction, and transporting the medium relative to the first and second nozzle groups in a predetermined direction. The controlling section performs control for forming a first image using the first nozzle group and for forming a second image on the first image using at least the second nozzle group. Relative to the predetermined direction, the first nozzle group is located upstream of the second nozzle group, and the third nozzle group is located downstream of the first nozzle group and is located upstream of the second nozzle group. |
| US08590996B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle that ejects liquid and a pressure chamber in communication with the nozzle. A pressure generator causes pressure fluctuation in the liquid retained in the pressure chamber. The liquid ejecting head is capable of ejecting the liquid from the nozzle as a result of operation of the pressure generator. A driving signal generating section generates a driving signal having an ejection pulse for driving the pressure generator to eject the liquid from the nozzle. The ejection pulse is a voltage waveform four waveform portions having, respectively, voltage levels V1, V2, V3 and V4 that satisfy the following conditions (A) and (B). 0≦V3≦0.4×V2 (A) 0.2×V2≦V4≦V2 (B) |
| US08590994B2 |
Liquid ejecting device, printing apparatus and liquid supplying method
A liquid ejecting device is provided. A main tank stores liquid. A sub-tank includes a variable volume liquid chamber that stores the liquid supplied from the main tank. A head ejects the liquid supplied from the sub-tank. A carriage is movable to reciprocate the sub-tank and the head. A first engagement member is provided in the sub-tank and is movable to expand the volume of the liquid chamber. A second engagement member engages with the first engagement member and moves the first engagement member. The liquid is supplied from the main tank to the sub-tank when the first engagement member is moved by the second engagement member to expand the volume of the liquid chamber. |
| US08590990B2 |
Furniture flap drive that can be swiveled open
The invention relates to a furniture flap drive comprising an electric drive having an electric motor and a mechanical actuating unit having an actuating arm, the mechanical actuating unit and the electric drive being separate components and being releasably fastenable to each other. The actuating unit has a bearing in which the electric drive can be suspended, the suspended electric drive being swivelable about the bearing towards the actuating unit. A locking device is mounted at a distance to the bearing and can be used to lock the electric drive, in a preferably releasable manner, with the actuating unit once the latter has been swiveled open. |
| US08590988B2 |
Lower corner cabinet
A lower corner cabinet includes front and rear frames, front panel, first and second lateral panels, and a door panel. The rear frame is separated from the front frame. The front panel extends from the front frame. The first lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front frame and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The second lateral panel includes an end pivotally joined to the front panel and another end pivotally joined to the rear frame and is foldable. The bottom panel is selectively abutted against the front and rear frames and the first and second lateral panels and pivotally movable. The door panel extends from the front panel to the front frame. Moreover, the lower corner cabinet is operable in an extended position and a collapsed position and able to be changed therebetween without the aid of a tool. |
| US08590984B2 |
Wheel and hub assemblies removable without tools
A hub assembly includes a housing, retaining element, biasing element, and hand-maneuverable release mechanism. The housing includes an axle sleeve including an axle bore configured to receive an axle and a pin sleeve including a first end in fluid communication with the axle bore, second end, and conduit between the first end and the second end. The retaining element is within the conduit and is configured to operatively engage a groove in an axle. The biasing element is within the conduit and is configured to bias the retaining element towards the axle bore. The hand-maneuverable release mechanism is configured to displace the retaining element away from the axle bore. |
| US08590976B2 |
Knock down furniture with locking joints
A knock down furniture system is presented. The furniture uses joints which bend or twist a panel when inserted into an adjoining panel to place the joint under stress and stiffen the joint. Preferably, tabs are used in combination with offset or rotated slots to achieve the same. The system allows for furniture which does not require fasteners or tools and which is easily assembled while still being stable. Parts of the furniture can be interchanged within a piece of furniture or between different pieces of furniture to customize the configuration of the furniture. |
| US08590962B2 |
Trailer with multi-position panels
In one example, a trailer is provided that includes a bed frame, a first panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame, and a second panel at least indirectly connected to the bed frame. At least one of the first panel and the second panel is configured to be releasably secured in two different positions so as to at least partially define first and second configurations of the trailer, the first configuration being different from the second configuration. |
| US08590961B2 |
Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus
A drag reducing apparatus is provided for use with vehicles having surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes an exterior cover that forms a drag reducing shape when the apparatus is fully extended. The apparatus can be retracted to a space saving configuration. A scissors linkage extends and retracts the apparatus. The scissors linkage can be motorized, and the motor can extend the scissors linkage by turning in a first direction and can retract the apparatus by turning in a second direction. The scissors linkage can hold the exterior cover taut when the apparatus is fully extended. The scissors linkage can support the exterior cover at intermediate locations when the apparatus is not fully extended. The apparatus can include support linkages and intermediate moveable members that support the exterior cover and define the drag reducing shape. |
| US08590958B2 |
Seat arrangement for a motor vehicle with a rail guide for a vehicle seat
A seat arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a vehicle seat that can be shifted in the longitudinal and transverse direction. A rail guide has a guide component fixedly anchored to the seat or vehicle and a guide rail fixedly anchored to the vehicle or seat along which the guide component is rail-guide. An installation section has a locking device that is moved from a release position in which the guide component is guided along the installation section or introduced into the installation section, into a locked position, in which the installation section is locked relative to the guide component by the locking device. |
| US08590955B2 |
Rack for carrying a hose
Disclosed is a device for carrying a hose or other tubular member. The device includes a first base member releasably connected to a second base member. The first and second base members operate to form a plurality of openings sized to receive a length of hose or other tubular member. The plurality of openings may be configured to permit charging of the hose without removing the hose from therein. The device may include a locking mechanism for selectively securing the first base member to the second base member. The locking mechanism may define a handle for supporting the device. The locking mechanism may further include a handle release for selectively unlocking the locking mechanism. |
| US08590951B1 |
Retractable impact protection system for use with a vehicle body
A retractable impact protection system for use with a vehicle body having two cylindrical housings with telescopic extensions concentrically located at the ends of each housing that are able to secure the housings in a vertical position within the trunk of an automobile. A retractable protector-band is wound onto and off of a spool located inside the housing, and is rewound via a spring rewinder. The protector band is a resilient material and when in an extended position is able to protect the vehicle body from impact damage by creating a barrier. The left side retractable impact protection belt assembly and the right side retractable impact protection belt assembly extend from the trunk, down the sides of the automobile, and attach either to points on the vehicle front or attach to each other via hooks attached to the ends of the protector-bands. |
| US08590949B2 |
Durable cylindrical lock
A cylindrical lock includes a retractor (131) mounted between inner and outer operational devices (10, 12) and operably connected to a latch (779). The inner operational device (10) includes an inner chassis (20), an inner spindle (76), and an inner lining (60) made of a material harder than the inner spindle (76). The outer operational device (12) includes an outer chassis (305), an outer spindle (379), and an outer lining (353) made of a material harder than the outer spindle (379). Inner and outer returning devices (38A, 38B) are provided for returning the inner and outer spindles (76, 379). A torsion spring (50A, 50B) of each of the inner and outer returning devices (38A, 38B) is mounted to a push ring (40A, 40B) before assembly with the inner and outer chassis (20, 305), allowing easy assembly of the torsion springs (50A, 50B). |
| US08590948B2 |
Outer operational device for panic exit door lock
An outer operational device includes a cover mounted to an outer side of a door. The outer operational device includes a handle and an actuating member operatively connected between the handle and a latch. A sliding block is movable between an alignment position and an alignment position under control of a driving device through electrification. When the sliding block is in the engagement position, a locking block locks the actuating member to prevent rotation of the handle, and the outer operational device is in a locked state avoiding retraction of the latch. When the sliding block is in the disengagement position, the sliding block allows rotation of the actuating member and the handle, and the outer operational device is in an unlocked state allowing retraction of the latch. |
| US08590940B2 |
Ubiquitous imaging device based check image capture
A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information. |
| US08590937B2 |
Vehicle
Disclosed is a vehicle equipped with air-filled tires, wherein heating of the air-filled tires during driving is minimized, and the durability of said tires is increased. Either many dimples are formed on the outside surface of at least one sidewall of the air-filled tires, or at least part of the outside surface of the sidewalls is formed using a good-thermal-conductivity rubber having a thermal conductivity of at least 0.40 W/(m·K). The vehicle is also provided with a cooling device that blows a gas that cools the air-filled tires from the outside. |
| US08590935B1 |
Automatic restraint belt release system
An automatic seatbelt release system includes an electrically-released buckle which engages a shoulder belt and a lap belt. When engaged, the system provides the protection and functionality of a common three-point seatbelt. When a user opens a vehicle door, an electric switch within the door handle provides a signal to disengage the buckle causing both the shoulder and lap belts to retract, enabling the user to exit the vehicle in an expedient manner. The system is particularly useful for law enforcement officers or military personnel who need to frequently and quickly exit a vehicle. A power switch is provided to deactivate the system. |
| US08590929B2 |
Gas generator having combustion chamber including cushion member
The present invention provides a gas generator for a restraining apparatus of a vehicle, including a combustion chamber, a tabular cushion member being disposed on a bottom portion of the combustion chamber, the solid gas generating agent as a gas generating source, being charged in the combustion chamber inside the gas generator together with the cushion member, the combustion chamber being substantially in a cup shape in which an inner diameter (D1) of an opening is smaller than an inner diameter (D2) of the bottom portion, the cushion member including a circular portion serving as a base part and a plurality of protrusions protruding from a peripheral edge of the circular portion, an outer diameter (d1) of the circular portion and the inner diameter (D1) of the opening satisfying a relationship of d1 |
| US08590927B2 |
Airbag module
The invention relates to an airbag system including an airbag including a vent and a vent cover, an actuator, and a tether. The tension can be applied to the tether when the actuator has not been activated. Further, when the actuator has not been activated, the vent is closed by the vent cover due to the tension applied to the tether connected to the vent cover. The actuator is configured, once inflation gas is supplied to inflate the airbag, to reduce or release the tension applied to the tether when the actuator is activated. The vent cover is configured to remain in position when the actuator has been activated until the inflation gas forces the vent open. The vent cover is configured to maintain the vent in a closed state when the actuator has not been activated. In addition, the vent cover can be located on an exterior surface of the airbag. |
| US08590925B2 |
Side airbag for vehicles
A side airbag for a vehicle may include an inflator provided on a seat side frame in a seat of the vehicle, a first cushion part installed in a seat side pad mounted on the seat side frame, wherein the first cushion part covers the seat side frame and may be fluid-connected to the inflator so that when the inflator may be operated, the first cushion part inflates inside the seat side pad to push an occupant sideways, and a second cushion part integrally connected to the first cushion part so that when gas may be supplied from the inflator into the second cushion part via the first cushion part, the second cushion part protrudes out of the seat side pad to protect a side portion of a body of the occupant. |
| US08590914B2 |
Bicycle rear suspension
A bicycle frame includes substantially rigid front and rear triangles that are pivotally connected to one another by a pair of pivoting linkages. |
| US08590907B2 |
Gardening stool
A stool includes a body having a seat and a wheel assembly. The seat is selectively rotatable about an axis of the stool. The wheel assembly is engaged to the seat. The wheel assembly includes a plurality of wheels. Each of the wheels includes an exterior surface having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes a contoured surface. The body is adapted to tilt onto the second portions of the wheels. |
| US08590906B1 |
Golf bag dolly assembly
A golf bag dolly assembly attaches to the base of a golf bag to facilitate moving the golf bag. The assembly includes a base plate and a fixed wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the base plate. At least one arm is coupled to and extends from the fixed wall. A strap is coupled to and extends from the fixed wall and around the arm. The strap is configured for coupling the fixed wall and the arm in frictional engagement against a base of a golf bag whereby the base plate is coupled to the golf bag. A plurality of wheels is coupled to and extends from the base plate. |
| US08590903B2 |
Lip seal with inversion prevention feature
A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a mounting portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the mounting portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The mounting portion defines a bumper spaced from the axially extending barrel portion by a gap distance that is designed to prevent the seal lip from inverting under sustained high pressure or pressure spikes. |
| US08590900B2 |
Methods of playing wagering games
A card game is played against a pay table, wherein a player receives a partial hand that is preferably completed by community cards, but may be completed by cards dealt directly to a hand or a combination of cards dealt directly to a hand and at least one community card or wild card. After placement of an ante wager, each player will have an opportunity to place a game wager before receiving another card for the player's hand (whether dealt directly to the player or as a community card revealed to all players). At least some or all game wagers may be an amount within a range of multiples of the player's ante wager, such as one times, two times, three times, four times, or five times the amount of the ante wager. The range of wagers may remain the same or vary with the number of dealt cards or community card revealed to the players. |
| US08590896B2 |
Card-handling devices and systems
Playing card-handling devices, such as shufflers, dealing shoes, discard racks and verification systems, are rotatably secured to a gaming table to allow for functional and ergonomic adjustment of the card-handling device, without removal from the gaming table. One end of the device, preferably a front end of the device from which playing cards may be removed, has a structure that extends through an aperture in the gaming table. The device is movable within the aperture. Movement in the X-Y direction, angular movement and rotational movement, parallel to the movement of the plane of the surface of the gaming table, is enabled. The movement of the device about the aperture preferably maintains the base of the device relatively parallel to the plane of the surface of the gaming table. |
| US08590889B2 |
Multi-translative roll assembly having a one-way clutching surface
A roll assembly according to one example embodiment includes a rotatable input shaft. The input shaft is supported by a housing. At least one gear is mounted on the input shaft. A carrier frame is mounted on the input shaft and rotatable independent of the input shaft. A plurality of rolls is rotatably mounted about a periphery of the carrier frame. An axial direction of rotation of each roll is transverse to the rotational axis of the input shaft. Each roll has a contact surface and a gear face that is operatively coupled to the at least one gear. A first one-way clutching surface is positioned between one of (1) at least a portion of the rolls and the carrier frame, (2) the carrier frame and the input shaft, (3) the carrier frame and a portion of the housing, and (4) a combination thereof. |
| US08590885B2 |
Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus using the same
A sheet feeder including a sheet container on which sheets are placed, a transfer roller to transfer the sheets to an image forming unit via a transfer path; a friction pad to transfer the sheets together with the transfer roller; and a movable portion provided on the transfer path to alter a direction of the transfer path based on the sheets. |
| US08590879B2 |
Work table for lift equipment
A work table. The work table can include a horizontal support panel having an upper surface and a lower surface, a raised edge projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the support panel and disposed substantially at the perimeter thereof, a pair of outer beams projecting downwardly from the lower surface of the support panel, each outer beam having a plurality of slits defined therein, a central beam projecting downwardly from the lower surface of the support panel, the central beam having a plurality of slits defined therein, and a plurality of fastening straps, each fastening strap receivable within a slit of the plurality of slits, the fastening straps adapted to couple the work table to a railing of an aerial lift. |
| US08590875B2 |
Machine having an air bearing and method for operating such a machine
A machine has a frame structure for moving a machine head in one or more spatial directions. The frame structure comprises an actuator and an air bearing for moving the head. The machine also comprises a compressed air feed connected to the air bearing for providing a compressed air flow. A restrictor defines the compressed air flow to the air bearing. The machine has a first operating state, in which a high compressed air flow is defined and in which the actuator can be actuated. The machine has a second operating state, in which a compressed air flow lower than the high compressed air flow is defined. In the second operating state, the actuator is secured against actuation from a closed-loop position controller, while the closed-loop position controller is maintained in operation. |
| US08590874B2 |
Fixing structure of distribution member
A fixing structure (10) of a distribution member has a plurality of pins provided on one of an annular distribution member and a stator in a predetermined arrangement relation in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of holes provided in the other one of the annular distribution member and the stator so that the plurality of pins are fitted thereinto, respectively. In the fixing structure, each pin and a corresponding hole form one fitting set and the tightening margin of each fitting set has a different value. |
| US08590872B2 |
Device for holding an object under measurement in a reference position
An apparatus for holding a measurement object, particularly a formed sheet metal component of a vehicle body, in a reference position, comprises at least one carrier which holds the measurement object and has a carrier head that can be placed against the measurement object. The carrier comprises a plurality of carrier heads which can optionally be moved, relative to the rest of the carrier, into contact positions and the carrier heads can be pivoted about an axis. |
| US08590871B2 |
Clamping and or spreading tool
A clamping and/or spreading tool comprises a drive for displacement of a push or pull rod to which a movable jaw is fixed with respect to a support carrying a stationary jaw in longitudinal direction of the push and pull rod, said drive comprising a torsion spring and being adapted to enter torque transmitting engagement with the push or pull rod for displacement of the same. |
| US08590869B2 |
Polymer spring
A polymer spring has a hollow tubular polymer body, wherein the first end portion of the body, the second end portion of the body, and the mid-portion of the body together substantially maintain an annular cylindrical column structure throughout the length of the body from the first end portion of the body to the second end portion of the body, such that the mid-portion of the body has a substantial portion that is in direct alignment with the first end portion of the body and the second end portion of the body when the spring is compressed to eliminate or reduce the chances of the spring failing caused by the spring folding or buckling and to reduce material fatigue in the polymer spring associated with folding or buckling. |
| US08590868B2 |
Liquid-sealed antivibration device
A partition element 40 which partitions a first liquid chamber 36A and a second liquid chamber 36B is constituted of an annular orifice forming member 44, an elastic wall which blocks a space formed within an inner peripheral wall 44A, and a pair of partition plates 48, 50 which sandwiches the elastic wall. A through hole 74 is formed in an elastic wall portion of the elastic wall 46 which is sandwiched by the partition plates 48, 50. Gaps 78 which are connected with the through hole 74 are formed between wall surfaces of the elastic wall 46 and plate surfaces of the partition plates 48, 50, and a first liquid chamber 36A and a second liquid chamber 36B are connected with each other by way of the through hole 74 and the gaps 78 in a state where a liquid is allowed to flow between these liquid chambers when the partition plates 48, 50 are at a neutral position, and the through hole 74 is blocked by partition plates 48, 50 due to the displacement of the partition plates 48, 50. |
| US08590867B2 |
Variable canted coil spring cross section
A canted coil spring includes a plurality of canted coils generally canted relative to a centerline extending through the coils. At least one coil when viewed in the direction of the centerline appears to have a non-elliptical shape and a non-circular shape when the at least one coil is in the unbiased state. The plurality of coils is generally canted at a first coil angle relative to the center line. The at least one coil includes at least one section canted at a second coil angle relative to the centerline. The second coil angle is different from the first coil angle when the at least one coil is in an unbiased state. |
| US08590863B1 |
Fencing tool
A pliers fencing tool includes a wedge having a through slot for engagement with the rotatably mounted ratcheted sprocket teeth of a fence wire strainer suspended between the fence wire looped ends. Through slot engaged caused the teeth to rotate from a first to a second ratcheted position and thereby strain the fence wire. A grip having a thumb receiving recess and thumb guard is provided between the wedge and the means for pivotably connecting the handles, and the handles are gripped at the grip portion with the wedge distally disposed. |
| US08590860B2 |
Male joint member for pipe joint
A male coupling member is configured such that, even if a front end surface of a valve member is hit with a hammer, the valve member cannot bite into an opening surface of a coupling body. The male coupling member has a coupling body, a valve member, and a spring member. The valve member has a front end portion fitted into a front end opening of the coupling body, and a valve body. The front end portion has a circular front end surface, a front end annular surface having a smaller diameter than an opening surface of the coupling body, and a reduced-diameter surface having a smaller diameter than the front end annular surface. The reduced-diameter surface is configured such that when the valve member is tilted and, consequently, the reduced-diameter surface engages a rear end edge of the opening surface, the length b from the point of engagement between the reduced-diameter surface and the rear end edge to the outer peripheral edge of the front end surface of the valve member through the axis of the valve member is not larger than the diameter a of the front end surface. |
| US08590859B2 |
Solenoid valve and driver assistance device
The disclosure relates to a solenoid valve (1) having a solenoid armature (2) which is operatively connected to a sealing element (5) of the solenoid valve (1) in order to move the same, and an armature opposing piece (16) which engages, at least in certain areas, in a receptacle opening (23) in the solenoid armature (2). There is provision here for the armature opposing piece (16) to be composed of a pole core (19) and an intermediate component (20) which is supported on the pole core (19), wherein only the intermediate component (20) is arranged at least in certain areas in the receptacle opening (23), and at least one venting opening (33, 36), which produces a fluid connection between the receptacle opening (23) and the surroundings of the solenoid armature, is formed in the intermediate component (20). The disclosure also relates to a driver assistance device. |
| US08590854B1 |
Reading material support system
A reading material support system having a base panel, a book support panel having a lip on at least a portion of a bottom edge of the book support panel, the book support panel is pivotally attached to a top surface of the base panel via a pivot mounting means, the pivot mounting means having a first half pivot mount on the top surface of the base panel and a second half pivot mount on a back surface of the book support panel, the second half pivot mount pivotally engages the first half pivot mount such that the book support panel can pivot about an axis parallel to the base panel, and a securing means for securing the book support panel in a position relative to the base panel. |
| US08590853B2 |
Ratchet platform
A height adjustable platform and method include a ratchet platform. In an embodiment, the ratchet platform is height adjustable and includes a platform upper assembly having a platform and a ratchet. The ratchet includes a platform riser tube and a ratchet rail secured to the platform riser tube. The ratchet platform further includes a platform lower assembly having a support column and a platform base. The support column is secured to the platform base. An end of the ratchet is proximate the platform and an opposing end of the ratchet is disposed within an interior of the support column. The platform base is adapted to be secured within a vehicle. The ratchet platform also includes a platform upper assembly actuator having a pedal sub assembly and an upper linkage. The upper linkage is attached to the pedal sub assembly. Actuation of the pedal sub assembly actuates the upper linkage. In addition, actuation of the upper linkage actuates the ratchet to adjust the height of the ratchet platform. |
| US08590851B2 |
Projector lift
A projector lift raises and lowers a projector from the ceiling. The projector lift includes a first mount normally coupled to the ceiling, a second mount supporting the projector, a driver configured to raise and lower the second mount and projector, and a stabilizer extending between the first and second mounts. |
| US08590850B2 |
Screen adjustment device for a motor vehicle
A screen adjustment device (1) for a motor vehicle has a screen (6) or screen carrier (2) for mounting a screen, and a control cable drive (4) for adjusting the screen or screen carrier between an open (screen-accessible) position (22) and a parked (screen-hidden) position (24). The control cable drive has a control cable (11), which is coupled to the screen or screen carrier by a driver (15) and which at the two ends is guided over two return elements (12, 13) and at least one cable tensioning unit (18, 19) onto a winding reel (14) coupled to a drive motor (21). The control cable drive has a bearing block (30) for supporting the winding reel, the block together with the cable tensioning unit forming a self-contained pre-assembled unit (20) or being capable of pre-assembly to form such a unit. |
| US08590848B1 |
Arm elevation device for treatment of lymphedema
An arm elevation device for lymphedema patients suffering from upper limb swelling. The arm elevation device includes a first and a second base, either of which can be selected by the user for elevating the arm in the proper manner depending on the position of the user's body. A top channel includes a concave and arcuate surface for accommodating the arm of a user. The top channel is straight in order to maintain the arm in a straight orientation and without any bends at the elbow and with minimal bending at the armpit. The arm elevation device includes a foam core surrounded by a fabric cover. |
| US08590847B2 |
Cable management device for bundles of cables in an aircraft
A cable management device accommodates bundles of cables in an aircraft. The cable management device includes a star shaped cable management element and a retaining clamp. The star-shaped cable management element includes a plurality of outer-radial recesses disposed in an outer radius of the star-shaped cable management element that are spaced apart from each other. Each outer-radial recess is configured to accommodate a cable inserted therein. The retaining clamp is disposed around an outer circumference of the star-shaped cable management element so as to encompass the star-shaped cable management element and close the outer radial recesses. The retaining clamp includes an attachment portion configured to affix the cable management element to a stationary supporting structure. |
| US08590845B2 |
Wheel sensor
A wheel sensor that is particularly suited for track release signaling systems has at least one sensor device having an AC-fed sensor coil of an electric oscillating circuit sensitive to an inductive interaction of the sensor coil with passing wheels of rail vehicles. A further spool is connected to the sensor coil for suppressing external interference fields in a counter circuit. The further coil is arranged underneath the sensor coil and a spacing distance between the further coil and the sensor coil is at least one third of the inside diameter of the sensor coil. |
| US08590843B2 |
Cyclic stick for mechanically transmitting commands for controlling a rotorcraft, the stick having a lever arm that is amplified selectively in the event of an emergency
The invention provides a control mechanism for controlling flight of an aircraft, the control mechanism comprising a cyclic control stick (1) that is mounted to tilt (B1, B2) on a carrier structure (4) and that is in engagement with remote mechanical transmission members (2, 3). The stick (1) is arranged as a telescopic member provided with locking means (20) for locking it in a normal-use retracted position, and is equipped with deployment means (21). Unlocking of the locking means (20) and use of the deployment means (21) depend on an assistance device (17) associated with the stick (1) being in a defective state. In the event of such a defective state being detected, the stick (1) is suitable for being deployed so as to increase the comfort of the pilot while manipulating it. |
| US08590839B2 |
Aircraft cockpit with information display device
An aircraft cockpit that includes an information display device with a screen having a display surface and a rear surface opposite the display surface, and a cable harness connected to the screen. The rear surface includes a mechanism for retaining the cable harness substantially wound against the rear surface. The information display device is mobile within the cockpit. |
| US08590838B2 |
Aircraft interior lavatory
A lavatory for an aircraft cabin includes a wall having a forward wall portion disposed immediately aft of and substantially conforming to an exterior aft surface of an aircraft cabin structure, such as a passenger seat, that is substantially not flat in a vertical plane. The forward wall portion includes a forward projection over an aft portion of the adjacent passenger seat. The forward wall portion can define a secondary space in the interior lavatory space, which can provide an amenity stowage space, and can include design elements providing visual space. |
| US08590837B2 |
Device for holding luggage in a passenger cabin of an aircraft
A device for holding luggage in a passenger cabin of an aircraft is arranged above a seat row in a passenger cabin of an aircraft or a vehicle and fastened to a structure which is fixed to the aircraft. The luggage rack includes an outer housing which is fixed in position and into which a separate inner housing is fit in a positive-locking manner. The inner housing is arranged relative to the outer housing so that the inner housing can move between two end positions about a moving pivot point close to the center of gravity in a force-operated manner. In the closed end position, the luggage rack is visibly integrated into a cabin lining of the passenger cabin. |
| US08590836B2 |
Breather apparatus on electromechanical actuators for aircraft landing gear systems
An actuator system and a method for assembling the same are provided. An actuator system includes a housing and a cap. The housing includes a cavity defined by the housing and an opening defined in a wall of the housing. The housing encases an actuator within the cavity. The cap is coupled to the housing to facilitate shielding the opening from a surrounding environment. |
| US08590835B2 |
Electrically powered downlock actuation system
An electrically-powered downlock actuation system for a landing gear that does not convert rotary motor output into linear motion during the actuation process, but instead uses the rotary motor output to directly drive a locking mechanism coupled to upper and lower landing gear braces. The electrically-powered downlock actuation system may include an electric motor, a gearbox (optional), a clutch (optional) and a fixed link to replace a hydraulically powered downlock actuation system. Further, the electrically-powered downlock actuation system may be controlled with motor control electronics that cooperate with one or more sensors arranged to detect a position of an output shaft. |
| US08590832B2 |
Engine intake flap for being arranged on the housing of an air intake of an aircraft engine, as well as engine with such an engine intake flap and aircraft system
An engine inlet flap for mounting on the housing of an air inlet or air inlet duct of an engine of an aircraft, having a first end and a second end arranged in opposition thereto at a distance therefrom in the longitudinal direction of the inlet flap, where the longitudinal direction in the given installation is aligned against the flow direction of the air flowing into the engine; and the inlet flap includes an inlet flap base body with a connector device for a jointed connector for jointed connection of the inlet flap base body to the housing of the air inlet or air inlet duct, with a rotational axis running along the second end, an inlet flap extension piece structurally integrated with the inlet flap base body, with a first and a second lateral piece, which extends from the inlet flap base body on the two opposed lateral edges of the inlet flap running in the longitudinal direction with a number of transverse struts or longitudinal struts, arranged in the leading region of the engine inlet flap. |
| US08590825B2 |
Hose reel cart with metal drum and height-adjustable manoeuvring handle
A reel hose cart includes a metal drum formed by a pair of side flanges with radial spokes arranged in a cross, and circular peripheral crown, and by a connecting cross member having parallel sections distributed circumferentially, and a pair of side plates made with plastic material which rotatably carry the drum and to which a metal frame is fixed having three U-shaped tubular elements. One frame top element acts as a maneuvering handle and two frame diverging bottom elements—one of which equipped with wheels—act as a support base on the ground. The top element of frame is formed by a central gripping part and by a pair of parallel side wings inserted in respective through holes of the side plates and blockable therein in axially adjustable position by openable clamps, in particular lever clamps. |
| US08590824B2 |
Seatbelt retractor
A torsion bar is mounted inside a take-up drum with its one end fixed thereto for disabling its relative rotation with respect to the take-up drum. A slit is formed in parallel to rotational axis of the take-up drum and allows one end of the webbing to pass through. At one end of the webbing, there is provided a slip-off prevention member. Length consisting of the slip-off prevention member's diameter and thickness of the webbing surrounding the slip-off prevention member is longer than distance between outer-diameter-side surface of the slit at the take-up drum and outer diameter surface of the torsion bar inside the take-up drum so as to prevent escape of the slip-off prevention member therefrom. The slip-off prevention member's load to depress the take-up drum in fully-pulled-out state of webbing is received by both the torsion bar and the take-up drum. |
| US08590822B2 |
Welding-wire-storing pail pack, container for pail pack, and pressing member for pail pack
A welding-wire-storing pail pack is provided in which a pressing member includes an annular body positioned on a coil of welding wire, a pressing margin extending from a position on an underside of the body at an inner peripheral edge of the coil toward an axis of the coil, and a projection provided on an inner peripheral edge of the pressing margin in such a manner as to project downward. The body has an inner diameter of 200 to 470 mm. A gap of 10 mm at the minimum is provided between an inner shell and the body. The pressing member weighs 600 to 2000 g. Thus, the wire is prevented from being tangled and/or kinked when being pulled out, and the occurrence of decoiling failure is prevented. |
| US08590818B2 |
Dry granulation in a gas stream
An apparatus wherein the gas enters from an opening 4 located in a part of a compaction chamber 3 and is dragged through a granulator 5, a fractioning device 12, a special cyclone 11 and a filter system 8A to a suction fan, which creates a gas stream. In such apparatus the bulk to be compacted 1, the fine particles to be compacted again and the compacted bulk have the same flow direction than the carrier gas. Due to its complete or partial impermeability, the structure of the apparatus makes also possible the use of a gas different from normal air. This is important when the bulk is sensible to oxygen. |
| US08590812B2 |
Two-substance nozzle, cluster nozzle and method for the atomization of fluids
A two-substance nozzle with a nozzle housing, the nozzle housing comprising at least one fluid inlet for fluid that is to be atomized, a second fluid inlet for gaseous fluid, a mixing chamber, a nozzle outlet opening and an annular gap opening surrounding the nozzle outlet opening, whereby, within the nozzle housing, means are provided for generating a film of fluid that is to be atomized on a wall in the mixing chamber, and inlet openings are provided for injecting gaseous fluid into the mixing chamber. The inlet openings and the mixing chamber are aligned and configured in a manner so as to inject the gaseous fluid essentially parallel to the wall in the mixing chamber and to move the stream of gaseous fluid within the mixing chamber essentially parallel past the wall. |
| US08590811B2 |
Adaptation device for production of foam
A device enables fluid pumps not specific to producing foam to be modified to be foam pumps by adding several elements to the pumps. The added elements include a supply conduit extending from an inlet of the pump to an elbow below the level of foaming liquid and hence rising above the level of the liquid to terminate in air. The supply conduit has a suction hole through which the liquid is sucked when air circulates in front of the hole. A foam discharge conduit connected to the pump outlet has a filtering grate. The foaming liquid includes water to produce foam without additional water. Additional grates and a removable extension grate are added optionally. Dimensions of the elements and dilution level of the foaming liquid are a function of the nature of the foam. |
| US08590807B2 |
Coating material atomizer
The present disclosure describes an atomizer having a body with an inner portion and an outer portion; an atomizer member; and outlet channels about the spraying axis (X1) for ejecting air so as to shape the spray of material. The atomizer also has an outlet chamber communicating with the outlet channels; and an inlet duct for feeding air to the outlet channels. The atomizer also includes at least two intermediate chambers juxtaposed and extending about the spraying axis (X1); axial intermediate channels, two juxtaposed intermediate chambers being interconnected via a set of intermediate channels distributed about the spraying axis (X1); and outlet ducts distributed about the spraying axis (X1). |
| US08590804B2 |
Two stage kinetic energy spray device
A two stage kinetic energy spray device has a first stage first nozzle having a receiving end that receives a particulate stream, an injection end located axially to the first nozzle receiving end, the injection end receiving the particulate stream from the receiving end. A second stage has a second nozzle, the second nozzle having a gas receiving portion that receives an effluent gas, a convergent portion that is downstream from the gas receiving portion and a divergent portion that is downstream from the convergent portion, the convergent portion and the divergent portion meeting at a throat. The particle stream is accelerated to a first velocity in the first nozzle located within the second nozzle divergent portion The effluent gas is accelerated to a second velocity in the second nozzle. First nozzle injection end chevrons allow mixing of particulate and supersonic effluent streams prior to exiting the spray device. |
| US08590803B2 |
Thermostatic device and related method
A thermostatic device for selectively opening and closing one of more apertures used for controlling the flow of a coolant fluid includes a housing, at least one fixed element and at least one moveable element. The at least one fixed element is fixedly interconnected to the housing. The at least one moveable is moveably connected to the housing. A fluid path passes through the fixed element and the moveable element. The fluid path is opened and closed in response to movement of the moveable element relative to the fixed element such that when the moveable element is in a first position the fluid path is closed and when the moveable element is in a second position the fluid path is open. A temperature responsive bi-metal element is coupled to the moveable element for moving the moveable element between the first position and the second position. |
| US08590795B2 |
Cradle for coded information reader and reading system comprising it
In a reading system, a cradle for a coded information reader includes at least one security information interaction device. |
| US08590787B1 |
Systems and methods for transactions with a headless automated teller machine or point of sale device
Systems and methods for performing a transaction with a headless point-of-sale or automated teller machine (ATM) device are disclosed. A card having a display and radio frequency (RF) communications module may be authenticated with a headless point-of-sale device using a short-range RF communications link. Transaction information may be provided to the display of the card from the headless point-of-sale device. A customer may confirm the transaction at the card using a touch-sensitive input area. The headless point-of-sale device may then provide the transaction information to a transaction processor for processing and verification. Where the headless device is a headless ATM, the card may be authenticated to the ATM and transaction information may be entered and displayed on the card. A cardholder may authenticate with the ATM by entering, e.g., a PIN number and funds may be dispensed to the cardholder upon verification of the PIN. |
| US08590782B1 |
Banking system operated responsive to data bearing records
A system includes a plurality of machines that operate responsive to data bearing records such as user cards (74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86). The machines operate to carry out financial transactions with associated host computers (90, 94, 100, 104) responsive to determinations that card data corresponds to computer stored data corresponding to authorized users or accounts. Marketing presentations are stored on and output from the machines responsive to messages exchanged with a market message server (110) which is connected to the machines. Systems can also distribute and activate instructions corresponding to states and screens logic on the machines to determine operation. |
| US08590779B2 |
Value token conversion
A method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining value token image data associated with the image of the value token, the value token image data being derived from an image of the value token obtained from a scanning device. The method also includes initiating verification of the value token. The method may also include (i) providing a temporary use account identifier correlated with the value token; and sending the temporary use account identifier to a user; or (ii) increasing the value of a prepaid account. |
| US08590778B2 |
Method for operating a tachograph and tachograph
Data obtained by a tachograph and stored in a memory of the tachograph in a first memory region in a predetermined first data format is processed according to a predetermined processing rule and is stored in a predetermined second data format, which differs from the predetermined first data format, in a second memory region. At least part of the data stored previously in the second memory region is read depending on an inquiry of an external reading unit in relation to the tachograph and is put out via a data interface of the tachograph while maintaining the predetermined second data format. |
| US08590771B1 |
Liquid sample bulk mailing package device
A liquid sample bulk mailing packaging device includes a paperboard envelope blank assembled to form a hermetically sealed leakproof containment pocket such that a moisture resistant coating on one of the paperboard surfaces will prevent leakage in the event an enclosed liquid containing packette fails during mail processing, while the other paperboard surface will absorb the moisture from the packette. The device meets the US Postal Service requirements for machinable and automation letters. |
| US08590768B2 |
Battery tab joint by reaction metallurgy
Copper metal or metal alloy workpieces and/or aluminum metal or metal alloy workpieces are joined in a solid state weld by use of a reactive material placed, in a suitable form, at the joining surfaces. Joining surfaces of the workpieces are pressed against the interposed reactive material and heated. The reactive material alloys or reacts with the workpiece surfaces consuming some of the surface material in forming a liquid-containing reaction product comprising a low melting liquid that removes oxide films and other surface impediments to a welded bond across the interface. Further pressure is applied to expel the reaction product and to join the workpiece surfaces in a solid state weld bond. |
| US08590767B2 |
Method for welding hollow structure
In the method for welding a hollow structure of the present invention, a rib is placed between a first joining member and a second joining member, and friction stir welding and fixing a place where the rib is placed between the first and the second joining member are conducted. Thus, friction stir welding is accomplished without changing the shape of an extrusion part or partly changing the shape of the extrusion part with insertion of a simply shaped rib. |
| US08590757B2 |
Baby carrier
A lightweight child carrier that can be mounted upon the front or the back of a wearer's torso with little or no need to adjust the carrier's harness. The carrier includes a main panel having generally a rectangular shape. The bottom edge of the main panel is joined to the top edge of a padded waist band and the bottom edge of a head restraining panel is joined to the top edge of the main panel. Shoulder straps are connected to the main panel and are cojoined by a chest strap that is slidably mounted upon each shoulder strap. Adjustable restraining straps are connected to the chest strap and to the head restraining panel. An auxiliary waist belt is provided that considerably expands the length of the waist band to allow the carrier to be worn by a woman during pregnancy. |
| US08590747B2 |
Multiple cartridge dispenser with rotating driver
A dispensing appliance for a double cartridge comprises a housing for receiving multiple components and a rotatable portion having a thread, the two parts cooperating in such a manner that by rotating the rotatable portion, a multiple plunger acting upon the pistons in the housing is continuously displaceable relative to the housing in the dispensing direction. To this end, the housing is configured to comprise at least two adjacent storage containers, and the thrust force of the rotatable portion is directly transmitted to a multiple plunger. The rotatable portion may have an internal thread and the double plunger a feed flange with a corresponding external thread, in order to actuate the latter in the axial direction upon rotation of the rotatable portion. This arrangement allows dispensing even highly viscous materials with little manual force under high pressure in a precisely metered manner. |
| US08590741B2 |
Dispenser for a flowable medium
A dispenser for a flowable medium, such as soap, foam soap or the like, has an outlet opening on the underside, a sensor in the region of the outlet opening, which sensor emits an electrical signal upon sensing a person, and an electrical pump which is caused to dispense a portion of the medium through the outlet opening as a result of the electrical signal from the sensor. A switch is also provided on the dispenser, the operation of which switch causes the next signal from the sensor to emit an optical or acoustic signal instead of dispensing a portion of the medium. |
| US08590739B2 |
Method for operating a pneumatic device for the metered delivery of a liquid and pneumatic device
The invention concerns the operation of a pneumatic device for the metered delivery of a liquid and a pneumatic device particularly suited for operation in accordance with the invention. The pneumatic device has a pressure tank that can be connected to a compressed air source by means of an inlet valve and with the surroundings by means of an outlet valve. For delivery of the liquid, a pressure pulse is applied to the liquid container containing the liquid in that the pressure tank is temporarily connected to the liquid container via a changeover valve. After the end of the pressure pulse, the pressure prevailing in the pressure tank is increased to a value that is greater than the set value to be achieved during the pressure pulse. |
| US08590737B2 |
Dispensing canister for delivery of solid medication
The apparatus and process of the present invention provides for the automated, singulated dispensing of articles, particularly solid oral medication in predetermined quantities. The apparatus of the invention is a canister which houses a screw having a channel of a certain width and depth that corresponds to the dimensions of a particular pill type. The screw is removably mounted within a canister, such that screws having channels of various dimensions, corresponding to a particular pill to be dispensed, can be substituted into the canister. Upon rotation of the screw, the articles to be dispensed travel along a sidewall, pass under a singulation ramp, and exit from an aperture on the proximal end of the canister. A rotational driver-coupling is mounted to the proximal end of the screw, allowing for activation of the canister by engaging the screw. The present invention further describes methods of dispensing articles. |
| US08590736B2 |
Automated pipette tip loading devices and methods
Discussed herein are methods and devices for storing, handling, loading or dispensing of pipette tips. Some embodiments allow repetitive loading of an array of multiple pipette tips that are stored in a nested configuration. |
| US08590735B2 |
Flip top container
A container body has a closed bottom and a peripheral wall defining a hollow interior for receipt of desired contents. A cap for the container has a depression constructed and arranged to fit tightly over a top rim of the container body to seal the contents within the hollow interior. The cap can be pried upward to an open position to allow access to the hollow interior. An opening tab hinged to the cap normally extends downward alongside the container body when the cap is closed, but is swingable upward to a horizontal orientation. The tab and cap have cooperating abutments that limit further upward swinging of the tab relative to the cap such that the tab can be used to pry the cap open. |
| US08590733B1 |
Filter housing with liftable lid
A filter housing having a lid that mates with the vessel portion. An arm with an inclined feature is secured to the lid and is movable with respect to the vessel portion. A rotational member that is rotatable with respect to the vessel portion engages the inclined feature. The rotational member is restrained from longitudinal movement so that rotation of it causes movement of the arm with respect to the vessel portion and therefore, moves the lid with respect to the vessel portion so that the lid may be separated from the vessel portion. |
| US08590732B2 |
Package for food product taken out with a measuring device
A package for a food product sampled using a metering device, including a receptacle (2) having a wide top opening (24) and defined by a rim (25), a closure system (3) including a cover (31) that can be moved between an open position and a closed position, and a first levelling element (41) having a top face (41b) and a free edge (41a) situated in the space of the opening. The package also includes a second levelling element (42) spaced apart from the first and also having a top face (42b) and a free edge (42a), wherein the top faces (41b, 42b) of the first and second levelling elements (41, 42) each have a configuration and are mutually arranged in order to form two spaced-apart bearing zones substantially parallel to the plane of the opening for supporting the metering device. |
| US08590727B2 |
Modular berm system and method of assembly
A modular berm system and method for installing the berm system about a containment area are provided. The berm system is formed by interconnecting a plurality of panels in an end-to-end arrangement. Corner pieces which enhance the modularity, stability and rigidity of the berm system are also provided. A continuous liquid barrier liner overlies the containment area and the supporting perimeter of panels. The liner blocks any discontinuities between panels. Discontinuities can be overlapped with flaps for protection of the liner. |
| US08590725B2 |
Flexible container for packaging solid particulate materials in bulk, and use thereof
A flexible container for packaging solid particulate materials in bulk, includes a bottom (1), four substantially rectangular outer side walls (2) and a cap, characterized in that, inside the flexible container, a tube made of a flexible material and having a height lower than the height of the outer side walls is attached by vertical attachment lines (5) on the four outer side walls (2) of the vessel in order to define a central compartment (6) and four peripheral compartments separated from the central compartment by four inner walls (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d), respectively, each of the inner walls including a central pouring element (11) at the upper edge thereof. |
| US08590723B2 |
Container seal, container lid and container
The invention relates to a container seal, in particular for a milk container (7′), whereby said container seal may be mounted in a container lid (6′) and manually operated without tools. According to the invention, the container seal is at least partly made from plastic and may be inserted in a cut-out in the container lid (6′), whereby the container seal seals the cut-out in the container lid (6′) and comprises a pouring opening. The invention further relates to a corresponding container lid (6) and a container with said container seal. |
| US08590716B2 |
Drying rack with wrap-around cover
A drying rack having a wrap-around cover includes a support frame having at least one support member, an upper shelf, an intermediate shelf and a lower shelf. The shelves are spaced apart from each other and provide a stacked surface area for drying clothes, linens, garments and other textiles. The drying rack further includes a wrap-around cover that attaches to the upper shelf and extends towards the lower shelf. The cover may be fabricated from a heat absorptive material and may further include graphical designs for visual appeal. |
| US08590714B1 |
Cash box holding apparatus
A cash box holding apparatus for use in holding cash boxes under gaming tables and the like. The apparatus provides a basic lightweight structure which offers double retention means for a cash box. The apparatus features ease of use and time saving insertion and removal of cash boxes. |
| US08590709B2 |
Pneumatic classification of mixtures of particulates
Process for pneumatic classification of mixture of granular particulates by providing an apparatus, entraining mixture, reducing velocity of entraining airstream, and airwashing falling particulates of low aerodynamic support. Specific applications include a method separating mixed granular material based upon dissimilar specific gravities, useful in cleaning firearm ranges by separating lead from backstop material. Falling granular lead particulates can also be airwashed and negative pressure facilitates control of lead dust. Also disclosed are applications that pick up and clean or enrich precious metal bearing ore, and a broad range of applications from heavy mixtures, such as landscape rock, to light mixtures such as grain. |
| US08590707B2 |
Foldable tray for making a package in which to bake and ship baked goods
A flat foldable tray having a set of fold lines inscribed therein along which the tray is bent to form a package in which to carry a variety of products (e.g., baked goods). The flat foldable tray includes a base portion, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, each of which walls being hingedly connected to the base portion, and a folding corner located between each pair of adjacent side and end walls. The pairs of side and end walls are bent upwardly relative to the base portion along with the folding corners at respective fold lines such that the folding corners are located at the exterior of the package and outside the walls thereof. The pairs of side and end walls are retained in locking engagement with one another so that the walls are retained in end-to-end alignment and the package is held in a closed configuration. |
| US08590706B2 |
Packs of plastic bags and racks for supporting packs of plastic bags
A pack of bags with a sleeve that provides an envelope for the pack of bags is disclosed. In the plurality of bag units in the pack of plastic bags, each front sheet and back sheet is cut to form an opening and a grab tab for each bag. A tongue may be inserted in the opening to push forward the grab tab when the pack of plastic bags is suspended from a rack. |
| US08590694B2 |
Transport apparatus
Apparatus for transporting documents in a paper handling system, comprising: a drive train; a document transport element connected to the drive train for moving documents; and means adapted to apply a relatively high voltage element to generate a high torque when the transport element is not loaded and to reduce the voltage and thus the torque a predetermined time after the transport element engages a document to be moved. |
| US08590691B2 |
Logistics system for a sheet-processing machine
A logistics system for a sheet-processing machine, in particular a printing press, permits pallets and sheet stacks on transport boards to be displaced along transport paths. Storage spaces are provided for the intermediate storage of sheet stacks and a corner transfer device is provided for the transverse displacement of pallets and sheet stacks. The corner transfer device has two height-adjustable conveying devices disposed at right angles with respect to one another. The transport boards cover the transport path at ground level and the corner transfer device is configured in such a way that all of the transport boards are conveyed at a common height level, for example the height level of the machine hall floor. |
| US08590686B2 |
Pull-type friction clutch with integrated clutch release device
A pull-type racing clutch has an integrated clutch release device. A piston which can be actuated hydraulically is formed directly by an outer ring of a rolling bearing arrangement. |
| US08590683B2 |
Drive plate and ring gear member of drive plate
A drive plate that has a ring gear capable of meshing with a gear of a motor, and that transmits power from the engine to an element to which the power is to be transmitted. The drive plate includes a plate member that is fixed to a crankshaft of the engine. A ring gear member is formed as an annular member having the ring gear in its outer periphery. A plurality of fastening portions are each fastened to the plate member on an inner peripheral side with respect to the ring gear. A plurality of extended weld portions each extend from the inner peripheral side with respect to the ring gear to a side of the element, each having a free end that is welded to an outer periphery of a constituent member of the element to which the power is to be transmitted. |
| US08590681B2 |
Carrying case with enclosed handle
A carrying case including a first container having a first perimeter around a first opening and a second container comprising a second perimeter around a second opening, a first portion of the second perimeter being coupled to a first portion of the first perimeter to form a foldable interface between the first container and the second container; and a handle coupled to the foldable interface, a second portion of the first perimeter being configured to removably couple to a second portion of the second perimeter to enclose the handle of the first and second containers. |
| US08590678B2 |
Nested check high speed valve
A shock absorber has a compression valve assembly which functions during a compression stroke, a rebound valve assembly which functions during a rebound stroke and a velocity sensitive valve which is in series with one or both of the compression valve assembly and the rebound valve assembly. The compression valve assembly, the rebound valve assembly and the velocity sensitive valve can be incorporated into a piston assembly, a base valve assembly or both. |
| US08590671B2 |
Ladder stabilizing device
A device for stabilizing a ladder including a first stabilizing member having a predetermined fixed first length, a second stabilizing member having a predetermined fixed second length, a support structure for being mounted to the ladder at a predetermined location, the support structure being mounted to an upper portion of the first and the second stabilizing member, respectively, the support structure for holding the upper portion of the first and the second stabilizing member in proximity of a first frame rail and a second frame rail of the ladder, respectively, such that the first and the second stabilizing members are rotatable around a first axis oriented substantially parallel to rungs of the ladder, and a connecting member having a predetermined length removable mounted to the first and second stabilizing member at a predetermined distance to the upper portion of the first and second stabilizing member. |
| US08590663B2 |
Motor vehicle body
A support structure for a motor vehicle body includes, but is not limited to a longitudinal girder extending between an engine compartment and a wheel installation space, a wheel installation strut extending over the wheel installation space, an engine frame, an attached bracket protruding downward on the longitudinal girder, which supports the longitudinal girder on the engine frame, and a one-piece reinforcement element, of which a first arm flanks the bracket and a second arm extends in the direction of the wheel installation strut. |
| US08590662B2 |
Structure for mounting transmission to vehicle body and bracket for mounting transmission to vehicle body
A structure for mounting a transmission to a vehicle body may include a transmission mounting bracket coupled both to a transmission casing of the transmission and to a rear cover coupled to the transmission casing, wherein the transmission mounting bracket may be coupled to an insulator, and the insulator may be mounted to the vehicle body. |
| US08590661B1 |
Pickup truck exhaust back pressure reduction system
Pickup truck exhaust back pressure reduction system is composed of a base plate that is an exhaust inlet which is mounted to the pickup truck bed floor just behind the cab, a rotating barrel tower which is stationary and vertically mounted on top of the base plate as a trap for the exhaust stream, a rotating barrel and bearings assembly which rotate in the inside top of the rotating barrel tower, a flywheel being attached to the upper bearing shaft and the motor being attached to the trim plate which surrounds the rotating barrel tower adjacent the flywheel and within engaging distance of the flywheel. The rotating barrel is actuated by a variable D/C voltage current which is powered by the pickup trucks engine and rotates slow at low engine r.p.m.'s and higher at high engine r.p.m.'s which then at high r.p.m.'s the turbine which is located in the lower hollow end of the rotating barrel starts to create vacuum which pulls the exhaust stream and creates back pressure reduction. |
| US08590657B2 |
Vehicle wheel assembly having a self-retaining bearing
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a wheel assembly is provided for a vehicle. The wheel assembly includes a knuckle having a tapered inner surface to interface with an outer flange of a bearing. A threaded fastener retains the bearing within the knuckle. A wheel hub couples to an inner flange of the bearing permitting rotation of the wheel hub relative to the knuckle. |
| US08590656B2 |
Battery holding structure for two-wheeled vehicle
Disclosed is a battery holding structure of a two-wheeled vehicle. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame and a saddle. A storage box is arranged under the saddle. A power unit is arranged under the storage box. The frame is provided with a battery mounting seat. The storage box has a front end forming a shielding section. The shielding section forms a maintenance opening corresponding to the battery mounting seat. The battery mounting seat receives therein a battery to have the battery located within the range of the maintenance opening. To maintain the battery, it only needs to lift the saddle and remove the maintenance cover that covers the maintenance opening to allow the maintenance of the battery to be carried out. This simplifies the maintenance operation of the battery and also simplifies the maintenance of a nozzle of an air intake system provided for an internal combustion engine. |
| US08590654B2 |
Snowmobile
A vehicle is shown such as a snowmobile, where a frame includes a tunnel and a front frame portion comprised of cast halves. A suspension system is comprised of upper and lower control arms connected to the front frame portion. Some of the frame components are adhesively fixed together. A powertrain is supported by the frame, and is comprised of an engine and a clutch. The clutch includes a clutch guard supporting an oil container. The engine has an exhaust system which extends through the front frame portion. The snowmobile also has a rear snow deflector. |
| US08590648B2 |
Mixed hybrid
A hybrid drive train for a vehicle has an internal combustion engine, first and second electric machines and a transmission that are mechanically connected to one another to drive at least one axle of the vehicle. The internal combustion engine (1) and the first electric machine (2) are provided on an input shaft of the transmission (3), and the second electric machine (4) is provided on an output shaft (6) of the transmission or on an axle of the vehicle. The maximum power and/or the maximum torque of the internal combustion engine are/is substantially larger than the power or torque that can be transmitted by the transmission. |
| US08590644B2 |
Downhole drill bit
In one aspect of the present invention, a drill bit has a body intermediate a shank and a working face. The working face has a plurality of blades converging towards a center of the working face and diverging towards a gauge of the working face. A first blade has at least one pointed cutting element with a carbide substrate bonded to a diamond working end with a pointed geometry at a non-planar interface and a second blade has at least one shear cutting element with a carbide substrate bonded to a diamond working end with a flat geometry. |
| US08590642B2 |
Percussion hammer bit retention system
A percussion hammer bit retention system including a retainer having at least three (3) tabs, a hammer bit having first and second elevated surfaces that each define pathways and slot openings for rotational receipt of the tabs, and a custom chuck further including slot openings for receipt of the tabs. The application of tabs in combination with the elevated surfaces and indexed slot openings distinguish the present invention over the prior art. In application, in order to fully separate the retainer from the assembly, the tabs are indexed in a manner that only allows them to pass through the aligned slot openings on the first elevated surface in one (1) position every 360 degrees, and then through the aligned slot openings on the second elevated surface in one (1) position every 360 degrees, and then through the indexed slots on the custom chuck in one (1) position every 360 degrees. |
| US08590639B2 |
Articulated pre-skimmer mount
An articulated pre-skimmer mount for a pre-skimmer associated with a drill bit feed unit comprises a feed mounting arm mounted to the drill bit feed unit. A first end is configured for attachment to the drill feed unit and a second end includes a cylindrical mounting shaft and an axial positioning plate. An intermediate arm has a first end comprising a cylindrical sleeve mounted thereto. The cylindrical sleeve has an inner cylindrical opening configured for sliding engagement with the cylindrical mounting shaft and a mating plate configured for locking, face-to-face engagement with the axial positioning plate. A second end comprises a pre-skimmer mounting assembly configured for attachment to the pre-skimmer, wherein an axial positioning plate and a mating plate are operable to disengage, for rotation of the intermediate arm about an axis of the feed mounting arm for alignment of the pre-skimmer. |
| US08590637B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling the feed-in speed of a high pressure hose in jet drilling operations
A jetting hose is conveyed downhole retracted on the end of a tubing string (coiled tubing) for jetting lateral boreholes from a main wellbore. The apparatus allows the operator to sense the speed at which the jetting hose and nozzle are penetrating the formation and adjust the coiled tubing feed-in rate accordingly, optimizing both the direction and length of the lateral borehole relative to the main wellbore. |
| US08590633B2 |
Beat piece wear indicator for powered hammer
A powered hammer includes a housing coupled to a tool holder having a front end, and including a motor, a cylinder, and a piston is slideably received within the cylinder. A drive mechanism converts rotary output of the motor into a reciprocating motion of the piston within the cylinder. A ram, slideably mounted within the cylinder forward of the piston, is reciprocatingly driven by the piston. A beat piece support structure supports a beat piece. The beat piece is repetitively struck by the reciprocating ram, which repetitively strikes an end of the tool to transfer momentum of the ram to the tool. The beat piece support structure allows the beat piece to slide between a first forward position and a second rearward position. When the powered hammer is not in operation, a first end of a rod having indicia located a predetermined distance from the first end can be inserted into the tool holder to slide the beat piece to the second rearward position so that a distance between the front end of the tool holder and the indicia indicates an amount of wear on the beat piece. |
| US08590630B2 |
System and method for controlling the flow of fluid in branched wells
A system and a method for controlling the flow of fluid in a branched well from a reservoir (29), the system including a completed main well (27) having at least one uncompleted branch well (25), an annulus (24) defined between the reservoir (29) and a production pipe (1) of the completed main well (27) and at least two successive swell packers or constrictors (26) defining at least one longitudinal section of the main well (27) and within which at least one branch well (25) is arranged, and including at least one autonomous valve (2) arranged in the longitudinal section of the main well (27) defined between the two successive swell packers or constrictors (26). The uncompleted branch wells (25) are provided to increase the drainage area, i.e., maximum reservoir contact (MRC). |
| US08590627B2 |
Coated sleeved oil and gas well production devices
Provided are coated sleeved oil and gas well production devices and methods of making and using such coated sleeved devices. In one form, the coated sleeved oil and gas well production device includes one or more cylindrical bodies, one or more sleeves proximal to the outer diameter or inner diameter of the one or more cylindrical bodies, hardbanding on at least a portion of the exposed outer surface, exposed inner surface, or a combination of both exposed outer or inner surface of the one or more sleeves, and a coating on at least a portion of the inner sleeve surface, the outer sleeve surface, or a combination thereof of the one or more sleeves. The coating includes one or more ultra-low friction layers, and one or more buttering layers interposed between the hardbanding and the ultra-low friction coating. The coated sleeved oil and gas well production devices may provide for reduced friction, wear, erosion, corrosion, and deposits for well construction, completion and production of oil and gas. |
| US08590622B2 |
Organic acid compositions and methods of use in subterranean operations
Subterranean treatment fluids comprising one or more organic acids and methods of use in subterranean operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an aqueous base fluid, a gelling agent, and one or more organic acids; and contacting a subterranean formation with the treatment fluid at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance one or more fractures in a portion of the subterranean formation. |
| US08590621B2 |
Low damage seawater based frac pack fluid
A method comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous fluid, and a low-leakoff particulate, contacting a subterranean formation with the treatment fluid, and allowing the low-leakoff particulate to de-link so that at least a portion of the low-leakoff particulate enters the liquid phase. In some cases the treatment fluid comprises from about 5 to about 120 pounds of low-leakoff particulates per thousand gallons of treatment fluid. |
| US08590619B2 |
Method for producing natural gas from hydrocarbon hydrates while simultaneously storing carbon dioxide in geological formations
The invention relates to a method for extracting methane from methane hydrates, comprising the following steps: feeding carbon dioxide to the methane hydrate deposits; allowing the carbon dioxide to take effect on the methane hydrate to release methane and store the carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate; and removing the released methane, characterized in that the fed carbon dioxide is supercritical carbon dioxide. |
| US08590618B2 |
Method and apparatus for single run cutting of well casing and forming subsurface lateral passages from a well
An apparatus and system for a single run process for well installations to cut or mill away a section of the casing of a well and then position an attached deflecting device to form radial boreholes or passages in a production formation that is intersected by the wellbore. This invention allows the lateral boreholes to be selectively oriented angularly upwardly or downwardly in relation to the casing space that has been formed or oriented in selectively radially spaced relation if desired. |
| US08590617B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing an alternate flow path in isolation devices
An apparatus for use in a wellbore is described, the apparatus having a tubular body and a throughbore which defines a primary fluid path through the apparatus. An expanding element is disposed around the tubular body and is configured to provide an annular barrier in a space between the tubular body and a surrounding wall. A conduit defining a secondary flow path through the apparatus is provided, and is configured to be in fluid communication with at least one alternate path, such as a shunt tube. The conduit is arranged to vary the secondary flow path along a longitudinal direction of the apparatus, for example to redirect the flow path to a radial position closer to the tool body. The conduit is configured to have a reduced effect on the operation of the expanding element, while still allowing the conduit to be coupled to alternate flow paths of adjacent apparatus. |
| US08590610B1 |
Top drive with integral traveling block and airlift thread compensator
A top drive assembly arranged to travel in a derrick. An important use of this assembly is to manipulate tubulars in a wellbore, so it includes a traveling block housing and sheaves disposed about a compensating airbag. The airbag is arranged to prevent damage to the threads during screwing and unscrewing operations of tubulars in a wellbore. The arrangement of the airbag requires only a single air valve thus having only a single leak path. |
| US08590607B2 |
Heat exchanger for a motor vehicle
A heat exchanger includes a tube with a heat-exchange passage and an end piece. The heat-exchange passage directs the flow of a first medium and includes a first flow section and a second flow section arranged in parallel. The end piece has a tube plate that includes a base plate, a diverter plate, and a cover plate. An end of the tube connects to the base plate. The diverter plate has a cutout that forms a diverter passage. The cover plate lies adjacent to the diverter plate and covers the diverter passage in a fluid-tight manner. A second medium flows exterior to the heat-exchange passage. |
| US08590606B2 |
Heat exchange element and manufacturing method thereof, heat exchanger, and heat exchange ventilator
According to the present invention, in constituting a heat exchange element having a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members added a moisture absorbent thereto and spacing members are stacked alternately, the spacing members being joined with the partition members so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members, each of the spacing members includes a plurality of section walls that divide a space between the partition member joined under the spacing member and the partition member joined on the spacing member into a plurality of flow passages, and one or more first section walls formed with holes that bring adjacent flow passages into communication with each other and one or more second section walls formed with no hole that brings adjacent flow passages into communication with each other are alternately arranged in each of the spacing members. The present invention facilitates to constitute a light-weight total-heat type heat exchanger having high heat exchanging efficiency using the heat exchange element. |
| US08590605B2 |
Heat exchange module for cogeneration systems and related method of use
The invention is directed to a heat exchange module to help employ usable heat to pre-warm a water supply prior to entry into a tankless water heater. The module comprises an insulated housing having an inner shell having a top end, bottom end and cylindrical middle portion. A first intake attaches to the insulated housing which introduces cooling water from the cogeneration system, while a second intake feeds the water supply coils (positioned within the insulated housing) to effectuate heat exchange with the cooling water. After heat exchange, a first outlet removes cooling water for return to the cogeneration system, while a second outlet removes the water supply from the cooling coils. Upon removal, this water supply may be fed into a tankless water heater. A controller connected to both outlets and inlets optimizes efficient exchange of energy through timing introduction and removal of the water supply from the module. |
| US08590601B2 |
Sintered heat pipe
A sintered heat pipe having a metal tube of which an inner wall is formed with a plurality of capillary grooves extending in a longitudinal direction; and a sintered powder layer partially covering the capillary grooves. The sintered powder layer is circumferentially sintered onto the inner wall of the tube. The capillary grooves extend from one end of the metal tube but do not extend to the other end of the metal tube, leaving a section of the metal tube uncovered. The sintered powder layer extends from the other end of the metal tube but does not extend to the one end of the metal tube so as to cover the section of the metal tube uncovered by the capillary grooves. |
| US08590600B2 |
Cleaning brush device for condenser
A cleaning brush device for a condenser of refrigerator comprising a condenser and a cleaning brush is provided. The condenser comprises a cooling fin grid of rows of horizontal fins and columns of vertical fins. The cleaning brush sweeps horizontally and vertically over the cooling fin grid in a predetermined period of time and brushes off the dust bunny collected in the cooling fin grid. The predetermined period of time is controlled according to amount of the dust bunny on the cooling fin grid. The cleaning brush may sweep the grid horizontally and vertically in a systematical way. |
| US08590599B2 |
Cooler arrangement
A cooler arrangement comprising a charge air cooler which comprises at least one first pipeline for guiding compressed air during cooling and a tank which receives the cooled compressed air via an outlet aperture from the first pipeline, and an EGR cooler which comprises at least one second pipeline for guiding exhaust gases during cooling and a tank which receives the cooled exhaust gases from an outlet aperture of the second pipeline. The cooler arrangement comprises a tubular element extending from the EGR cooler's tank to the charge air cooler's tank. The tubular element has an outlet aperture for exhaust gases which is situated downstream of the most downstream outlet aperture in the charge air cooler's tank with respect to the main direction of flow of the air in the tank. |
| US08590596B2 |
Coolant control and wiper system for a continuous casting molten metal mold
A coolant or wiper control system for use in continuous casting mold for controlling and managing the coolants interaction with the castpart during casting. In some aspects of the process, the wiper framework is started sufficiently away from the bottom block so as not to interfere or cause/allow coolant to get into the bottom block; is then rapidly moved back to the emerging castpart during transient heat-up; and then moved away from the mold with the solidified castpart at a controlled rate to a predetermined steady state position or to a second transitory state of the casting. |
| US08590593B2 |
Roller shade apparatus for vehicle
A roller shade apparatus for a vehicle includes a shade sheet placed selectively in wound-up and extended states, the wound-up state being established to uncover a light transmitting member mounted to the vehicle when the shade sheet is moved in an opening direction, the extended state being established to shield the light transmitting member when the shade sheet is moved in a closing direction, a pair of guide rails extending in the opening and closing directions, and guide belts slidably supported by respective guide portions of the guide rails along the opening and closing directions and connected to respective side end portions of the shade sheet, wherein each guide belt curved in the width direction includes a convex surface, a central portion of the convex surface is connected to each side end portion, and each guide portion includes a pair of lock portions locking side portions of the guide belt. |
| US08590592B2 |
Roll blind having noiseless bidirectional clutch
A roll blind includes: a safety cord connected to and wound around a chain pulley adapted to rotate the winding rod, the safety cord having a separated lower end so that one side defines a lowering cord for pulling down the blind material and the other side defines a raising cord for rolling up the blind material; a bidirectional clutch unit adapted to raise/lower the blind material, the bidirectional clutch unit being positioned between the chain pulley and a driving shaft of the winding rod, the bidirectional clutch unit having bidirectional protrusions formed on an inner peripheral surface of the chain pulley at an identical interval in a circumferential direction so that, when the lowering or raising cord is pulled, the winding rod rotates together with the chain pulley, the bidirectional clutch unit having a number of rollers positioned between respective bidirectional protrusions. |
| US08590591B2 |
Weather queen roman shade assembly
A roman shade assembly providing an opaque covering for dwelling openings. The shade assembly includes a planar, flexible shade body with horizontal pleats and pockets extending between opposed edges. A head rail member installed atop a dwelling opening has pulleys and attaches to the upper end of the shade body. A pair of track members is mounted vertically on opposite sides of the dwelling opening. The shade body fits between the track members. Each shade body pocket includes a rigid rod member for horizontal rigidity. Wheeled clip members within each track member attach to the shade body, maintaining the shade body close to the track members. Draw strings attached to a lower end of the shade body pass through grommets in the shade body and through the head rail member pulleys. The draw strings extend interior the dwelling, providing raising or lowering of the shade body from within. |
| US08590589B2 |
Vacuum drum for labelling machines
The present invention relates to an improved vacuum drum for handling labels in labelling machines to be used for labelling containers such as bottles. In particular, the present invention relates to a vacuum drum system (1) for labelling machines, comprising a vacuum drum (2) rotatably supported on a non-rotating base (12), a feeding and cutting group (4) for the labels and a gluing group (5) having a gluing drum for the label, characterized in that it comprises a suction system (3) for withdrawing hot glue filaments originating from the glued label assisted by air jets emitted from the drum surface, the said suction system (3) being positioned adjacent to and downstream the gluing drum of the said gluing group (5), along the direction of rotation of the said vacuum drum (2). A method of operating the said system is also claimed. |
| US08590588B2 |
System and method for making tapered looped suture
A system for forming a looped suture is provided. The system includes a suture supply assembly configured for supplying thread, a flipper gripping assembly configured for forming a loop in the thread, a carriage assembly configured for advancing the thread through the forming process, and a welding assembly configured for securing the loop in the thread. |
| US08590586B2 |
Self-supporting pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a carcass comprising a reinforcing ply structure extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewalls, a tread, a belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of the carcass and radially inward of the tread, and an insert located in each sidewall. Each sidewall is located radially outward of one of the pair of bead portions. Each insert has a first segment constructed of a first material and a second segment constructed of a second material. The first material has a different stiffness than the second material. |
| US08590585B2 |
Apparatus and systems for integration of a central tire inflation system manifold into a wheel
A system. The system includes a wheel, and a valve assembly secured to an exterior surface of the wheel. The wheel defines a first air passageway. The valve assembly includes a valve member, and an adapter member connected to the valve member. The adapter member adjoins a vehicle wheel hub if the wheel is connected to the vehicle wheel hub. The valve assembly defines a second air passageway and a third air passageway. A first end of the first air passageway adjoins a first end of the second air passageway. A first end of the third air passageway adjoins an air passageway of the vehicle wheel hub if the wheel is connected to the vehicle wheel hub. |
| US08590581B2 |
Method and filling system for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid filling material and filling material dispensed into containers
A method for filling bottles or similar containers (2) with a liquid filling material comprising at least two components, using a filling system (1) comprising at least one filling element (3) having a fluid channel (6) for the controlled dispensing of the filling material by way of at least one dispensing opening (11), said channel forming said dispensing opening, a liquid valve (13) being disposed in said channel and said channel being connected to a first component supply container or vessel (8) by way of a liquid connection (7). |
| US08590575B2 |
Scrim-enforced pipe liner
Stretch-resistant liners for lining pipes, pipes lined with stretch-resistant liners, and methods for lining pipes with stretch-resistant liners. The liners are made from a lamination that includes a sealing layer, a strength layer of stretch-resistant woven material that overlies the sealing layer, a support layer of non-woven resin-impregnated material that overlies the strength layer, and a barrier layer that overlies the support layer. The lamination is rolled into a tube and inverted when inserted into a pipe so that the barrier layer is the layer that abuts the interior wall of the pipe, the support layer underlies the barrier layer, the strength layer underlies the support layer and the sealing layer underlies the strength layer is contacted by materials flowing through the pipe. |
| US08590573B2 |
Microfabricated fluidic circuit elements and applications
A microfabricated fluidic unidirectional valve includes a microfabricated elastomer material having a flow through channel. The microfabricated fluidic unidirectional valve also includes an elastomer flap attached to the elastomer material in the flow through channel. The elastomer flap forms a seal in the flow through channel to prevent fluid from flowing in a first direction through the flow through channel and to allow fluid flow in a second direction through the flow through channel. |
| US08590568B2 |
Female quick-connect coupling element, and a quick-connect coupling incorporating such an element
A female quick-connect coupling element for releasably joining pipes for pressurized fluid which receives, along a longitudinal axis, an end-piece of a male element, and has at least one locking member for locking the male element, and which includes a fluid flow duct and a valve for controlling the flow of fluid through the flow duct, which valve includes a movable piston element mounted to move relative to a seat, and wherein the female element also includes a discharge circuit for discharging fluid from the flow duct downstream from the valve seat and the flow duct including a hollow end-piece for bearing against a seal carried by a male element when fitted into the female element, and wherein the hollow end-piece includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve that are coaxial and mounted to move axially relative to each other, and in that a space defined between the two sleeves is in fluid communication with the discharge circuit. |
| US08590567B2 |
Valve block assembly
A device to enhance sealing is provided. The device includes a body and a pressure cup. The pressure cup includes a channel, a first pressure channel, and a second pressure channel. The channel is formed in a surface of the body to surround a first portion of the surface. The channel is configured to hold an o-ring. The first pressure channel extends through the body and opens into the first portion of the surface. The second pressure channel extends through the body and opens into the channel. Pneumatic pressure within the second pressure channel is controlled to hold the o-ring in the channel when a second pressure within the first pressure channel changes. |
| US08590563B2 |
Device for delivering fuel
The present invention includes a device that comprises a suction jet pump, that is arranged in a reservoir pot and has a nozzle and a mixing duct provided downstream the nozzle and arranged perpendicular to a pot base of the reservoir pot. The outlet of the mixing duct has a deflection means, which the jet of the nozzle impinges when the mixing duct is unfilled and has an additional volume formed at the outlet of the mixer by an offset widening of the mixer duct. This additional volume prevents the column of liquid in the mixing duct from being forced out by the propulsion jet of the suction jet pump. Thus the lead time of the suction jet pump is approximately equal in all operating states. |
| US08590562B2 |
Fluid flow detection device
A fluid flow detection device includes a housing of non-magnetic metal, a flow passage through the housing and a valve seat in the flow passage. A magnetic valve element emits a magnetic field. The valve element is movable relative to the valve seat between a closed position blocking fluid flow through the flow passage and an open position allowing fluid flow through the flow passage. The magnetic valve element is biased toward the closed position. A magnetic field enhancer is movable with the magnetic valve element for enhancing the magnetic field. A magnetic field sensor on the housing is operable to signal a change in position of the valve element as it moves between its open and closed positions. |
| US08590561B2 |
Pressure sensor, differential pressure type flow meter, and flow rate controller
A pressure sensor having a structure in which compressible fluid is prevented from stagnating in the vicinity of a pressure-receiving surface of the pressure sensor in the interior of a pressure introducing portion is provided. In a pressure sensor including a sensor body arranged in a pressure introduction flow channel branched in a T-shape upward from a primary fluid flow channel in which fluid to be subjected to pressure measurement flows, the pressure introduction flow channel includes an inclined surface extending in a direction to increase an opening area on the side of an inlet port of the fluid on a wall surface on the downstream side in terms of the direction of flow of the fluid. |
| US08590558B2 |
Valve system for a fluid channel
A valve system (5) connectable to a fluid channel (3), wherein the valve system (5) includes an actuating element (33) and a closing element (17) for selectively closing and opening of the channel (3), wherein the valve system (5) includes a chamber (15) and a movable coupling member (37), wherein at least one section (48) of the coupling member (37) is located within the chamber (15) and the coupling member (37) is capable of moving under its gravitational force into a transfer position in which the coupling member (37) may transfer to the closing element (17) an external force acting on the actuating element (33) towards the closing element (17). |
| US08590554B2 |
Foldable tent with integrated ventilation system
The present invention provides an instant tent with an integral vent and corresponding rain fly for providing the tent with continuous ventilation while protecting the vent and interior of the tent from adverse weather conditions. The frame of the tent includes a hub, a plurality of roof poles and eave poles pivotally coupled to the hub, and a plurality of leg poles coupled to the corresponding roof poles. Coupled to the frame is an enclosed canopy which includes the vent at a top portion of the canopy to allow air from continuously entering and exiting the interior of the tent. The rain fly is attached to the canopy and corresponding eave pole, and is disposed proximate the vent. Thus, the instant tent of the present invention is provided with secure and continuous ventilation, and is opened and closed without requiring additional assembly of components. |
| US08590546B2 |
Flossing system
A handle has distal and proximal ends and an exterior surface. Controls with a vibrating coupler are adapted to vibrate rapidly in response to the controls. A head has a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end has a coupling recess for receiving the vibrating coupler. The enlarged distal end has a generally planar surface and a generally hemispherical surface. The hemispherical surface has a recess to couple with a holder. A holder has a central base and two outwardly extending fingers. The fingers have free ends with a piece of floss secured between the free ends. Bristles extend from the planar surface between the fingers to control the movement of the floss between teeth. |
| US08590544B2 |
Hair clip apparatus and method
A hair apparatus and hair retention method includes a spine having a longitudinal axis, wherein the spine includes a hole and a peg outwardly protruding from an edge of the spine and substantially along the longitudinal axis of the spine. The spine includes a plurality of protrusions outwardly projecting orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the spine. The hair apparatus further includes a first clip portion including a first connecting mechanism that non-integrally connects the first clip portion with the spine, wherein the first connecting mechanism is positioned at a first end of the first clip portion. The first clip portion includes a first attachment mechanism positioned at a second end of the first clip portion, wherein the first end is at an opposite end from the second end, and thereby the first connecting mechanism and the first attachment mechanism are positioned at opposite ends of the first clip portion. |
| US08590542B2 |
Smoking article with thermoresilient design and methods of producing the same
A smoking article can comprise a rod of smoking material enclosed in a wrapper wherein the wrapper is provided with a design which comprises thermoresilient material. |
| US08590539B2 |
Headgear-earwear assembly and a method of assembling same
A headgear-earwear assembly and a method of assembling the same. The headgear-earwear assembly can include an earwear and a headgear adapted to be coupled together. The earwear can include an elongated member, such as a cord, and an earpiece coupled to the elongated member. The headgear can include a major surface and a channel oriented substantially along the major surface of the headgear. The channel can be configured to removably house at least a portion of the length of the elongated member. The headgear can further include an aperture positioned adjacent the channel and open to the channel. The aperture can include an undulating shape along at least a portion of its length. The method can include positioning at least a portion of the elongated member in the channel, such that at least a portion of the length of the elongated member is removably housed in the channel. |
| US08590538B2 |
Stabilizer mouthguard
A mouthguard includes lateral cheek compaction domes which compressibly fill the space between the inside of the cheek and the rear teeth when worn. The domes are ellipsoid in shape and provide elasticity which allows the muscles of the cheek to comfortably grip the mouthguard. The internal aspects of the cheek compress the domes against the outer tooth and gum surfaces to hold the mouthguard in place even when the teeth are not biting on the bite plate section. This holds the mouthguard in place as the jaws move when speaking or during deep breathing. |
| US08590533B2 |
Adjustable inhalation resistence exercise device
A respiratory inhalation resistence exercise device with a separate air inlet and air outlet. A mask, which provides a substantially airtight perimeter seal during inhaling and lung expansion, is provided which covers at least the user's nose and mouth. Multiple air inlet inserts are provided for interchangeable use in the air inlet, allowing different rates and resistence to airflow, as provided. The device is held in place, hands free, by straps around the user's head. The device may also cover the entire face of a user, with lenses in eye openings for sight. The device may be utilized continually in vigorous exercise, without use of a mouthpiece, without significant protruding parts, without movable valves or parts, and held in place without limitation on the user's activity. |
| US08590528B1 |
Solar collector system
A solar collector system is for support in a building opening to furnish heated air to the interior of the building. The solar collector system includes a collector shell supported at the opening and including a front heating chamber, at least one air intake channel and at least one air outlet channel and a fan disposed within the collector shell for providing a closed loop air circulation from the air intake channel, through the heating chamber and to the air outlet channel. The front heating chamber is defined in part by a parabolic reflector having a focal point facing out from the heating chamber. A heat exchanger is disposed within the parabolic reflector for absorbing solar energy directed to the heating chamber. |
| US08590524B2 |
Trash receptacle holder for outdoor grill
The invention generally relates to a trash receptacle holder for use on an outdoor grill that includes an upper retaining member capable of circumferentially receiving a trash receptacle; a lower retaining including a platform adapted to support a trash receptacle when said trash receptacle holder is in an erect position; an extension arm operatively connected to said upper and lower retaining members and allowing said upper and lower retaining members to be rotated into said collapsed position where said upper and lower retaining members are in a position that is generally perpendicular to the ground and an erect position where said upper lower retaining members are in a position that is generally parallel to the ground and a trash receptacle may be placed on said lower retaining member and circumferentially received by said upper retaining member. |
| US08590519B2 |
Projectile launching devices particularly useful in toys
A projectile launching device, comprising a housing having a barrel at one end, an air pulsator within the housing having an inlet and an outlet, a pump communicating with the inlet of the air pulsator for pumping air into the air pulsator to pressurize the air therein, a projectile chamber within the barrel for receiving a projectile to be launched, and a valve in the outlet of the air pulsator which is normally closed to permit the pump to pressurize the air therein to a desired level, the valve being openable to produce an air pulse discharge therefrom into the projectile chamber, and thereby launch the projectile from the barrel at a velocity according to the force applied to the projectile by the air pulse discharge. |
| US08590517B2 |
Diesel engine for vehicle
A diesel engine body is provided with a geometric compression ratio ε within a range of 12:1 to 15:1. The engine body has an intake valve for opening and closing an intake passage of a cylinder, an exhaust valve for opening and closing an exhaust passage of the cylinder, and an exhaust gas re-circulation passage communicating with the intake and exhaust passages and for partially re-circulating exhaust to the intake passage. During low engine load and rotation speed conditions, the exhaust valve is opened during an intake stroke, and the intake passage is choked. The exhaust valve is closed before the intake valve in the later stage of the intake stroke. An opening area SE of the exhaust valve is set so that a ratio of SE to an opening area SI of the intake valve meets a relation of: 0.01×(15−ε)+0.02≦SE/SI≦0.17. |
| US08590516B2 |
Internal combustion engine
Apparatuses and methods related to an internal combustion engine are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods include modifying a conventional internal combustion engine to enhance an operating efficiency. In other embodiments, an internal combustion engine of enhanced operating efficiency is disclosed. |
| US08590515B2 |
Method and system for powering an Otto cycle engine using gasoline and compressed natural gas
Described are methods and systems for powering an Otto-cycle engine using gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). The Otto-cycle engine can be powered by determining a quantity of the gasoline and a quantity of the CNG to deliver to a cylinder of the engine during an engine cycle such that combustion within the cylinder occurs at a pre-determined air-fuel ratio; delivering the quantity of the gasoline to the cylinder via a gasoline injector and delivering the quantity of the CNG to the cylinder via a CNG injector such that the gasoline and the CNG combust during the same combustion event; and combusting the gasoline and the CNG within the cylinder. Delivering CNG and gasoline to the cylinder using separate injectors allows the quantities of CNG and gasoline to vary in response to engine operating conditions, which allows the fuel mixture to be adjusted to satisfy engine power and emissions criteria. |
| US08590510B2 |
Fuel system for a multi-fuel engine
Methods and systems are provided for operating an engine fuel system including fuels of different fuel types. A first fuel type is delivered for port injection upon circulation through a high pressure pump when direct injection of a fuel is not requested to cool and/or lubricate the high pressure pump. |
| US08590503B2 |
Internal combustion engine and cylinder head cover
An internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle may include a cylinder head having an open cylinder head interior on a cylinder head side. A cylinder head cover may be disposed on the cylinder head for covering the cylinder head interior at the open cylinder head side. An internal wiring may be disposed in the cylinder head interior for supplying electrical energy to electrical components. The internal wiring may have at least one electrical internal interface disposed on the cylinder head in the cylinder head interior. At least one connecting bridge may have an inner connecting interface configured in a complementary manner to the internal interface, and an outer connecting interface connected electrically therewith. The external wiring may be disposed outside the cylinder head interior. |
| US08590501B1 |
Variable intake system and method
An intake manifold assembly is disclosed that utilizes a barrel valve apparatus comprised of segments and connectors. The barrel valve apparatus and its housing component can be tapered and flexible. A protrusion such as a draft can be used to seal the performance of the barrel valve apparatus without a seal. Openings in the barrel valve apparatus can possess an integrated bellmouth shape. |
| US08590495B2 |
Control device for internal combustion engine
In a control device 1 for a clutch unit 20 for transmitting rotation of a crankshaft 18 of an engine 100 to a water pump 2 for circulating cooling water within the engine 100, it is determined that whether engagement or disengagement of the clutch unit 20 when a request to start the engine 100 is made, and the clutch unit 20 is caused to be in an engagement state based on a determination result before cranking of the engine 100 starts. |
| US08590494B2 |
Arrangement in a low-temperature cooling system for a supercharged combustion engine
An arrangement for controlling cooling of a gas for a supercharged combustion engine includes a low temperature cooling system with a coolant, a coolant pump circulating the coolant in the cooling system, a cooler in which a gas containing water vapor is cooled by the coolant, at least one sensor for detecting a parameter indicating whether the gas is cooled so much that there is at least risk of ice formation in the cooler, and a control unit receiving information from the sensors and deciding whether there is at least risk of ice formation in the cooler and, if so, controlling the coolant pump to be temporarily switched off or to circulate a lower than normal flow of coolant through the cooler. |
| US08590492B2 |
Cartridge for the generation of hydrogen for providing mechanical power
The present invention provides an auxiliary power system to provide supplemental power by compressed hydrogen. The system includes a motor configured to be driven by the compressed hydrogen. The motor includes a cartridge for the generation of hydrogen. The cartridge is configured to generate high pressure and high temperature hydrogen. The motor is configured such that hydrogen generated by the cartridge is directed through a manifold and moves pistons in a cylinder block such that the cylinder block rotates. A clutch assembly is provided to transmit power from the motor. |
| US08590490B2 |
Carbon-free fire tube boiler
The carbon-free fire tube boiler is a boiler for heating water by combustion of hydrocarbon fuels with oxygen. The boiler includes a housing defining first and second heat transfer stages. At least one oxygen transport reactor is received within the first heat transfer stage. The oxygen transport reactor includes an outer wall and an inner cylindrical ion transport membrane. The membrane receives pressurized air and separates gaseous oxygen therefrom, transporting the oxygen into an annular region between the membrane and the outer wall. The gaseous hydrocarbon fuel is delivered into the annular region for combustion, producing gaseous carbon dioxide and water vapor. A water reservoir is defined within the first and second stages, with the at least one oxygen transport reactor and at least one transfer tube passing therethrough. The carbon dioxide and the water vapor are delivered through the at least one transfer tube for heating water contained therein. |
| US08590489B2 |
Weighted lariat
The present invention comprises a weighted lariat that improves ropers' chances of catching animals by the head, horns, or feet, particularly in competitive roping events. Weight is added to the tip of the loop by covering a portion of the loop with shrink-wrap tubing. Additionally, an adhesive lining may be applied to allow for a weighted embodiment of minimum thickness thus and maximum flexibility. Additionally, elongated, malleable metal wires of variable length can be laid in the groove between the strands of the lariat thereby adding still more weight. |
| US08590484B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method and substrate processing apparatus
Provided is a semiconductor device manufacturing method and a substrate processing apparatus. The method comprise: a first process of forming a film containing a predetermined element on a substrate by supplying a source gas containing the predetermined element to a substrate processing chamber in which the substrate is accommodated; a second process of removing the source gas remaining in the substrate processing chamber by supplying an inert gas to the substrate processing chamber; a third process of modifying the predetermined element-containing film formed in the first process by supplying a modification gas that reacts with the predetermined element to the substrate processing chamber; a fourth process of removing the modification gas remaining in the substrate processing chamber by supplying an inert gas to the substrate processing chamber; and a filling process of filling an inert gas in a gas tank connected to the substrate processing chamber. |
| US08590480B1 |
Cable maintenance apparatus
A bridge cable maintenance apparatus attaches to a cable and includes two drivetrains. Once attached, the apparatus is remotely directed along the longitudinal extent of the cable by the first drivetrain. The second drivetrain rotates attachments about the cables axis. The attachments include a variety of maintenance devices that are fastened to the end of the apparatus and allow the user to remotely and safely inspect, paint, clean, and repair the cable. |
| US08590478B2 |
Convertible paddled watercraft
A paddled watercraft is disclosed that is readily convertible between a stand-up paddleboard configuration and a seated paddling configuration. The watercraft includes a board with an operator body support assembly attached onto the top deck of the board, the body support assembly being capable of being reconfigured to support a person in a standing position for padding from a standing position, or to support a person in a seated position for paddling from a seated position. The watercraft can be converted from stand-up paddling configuration to a seated paddling configuration while underway on open waters. |
| US08590476B2 |
System for automatically launching and retrieving an underwater drone
The present invention relates to systems for launching and retrieving underwater craft from a ship. It consists mainly of a handling cradle for launching and retrieving an underwater vehicle, comprising a frame forming a dorsal ridge and providing an interface between lifting means, a crane for example, and the underwater vehicle. This frame comprises: means for adjusting the overall buoyancy; means for automatically aligning the vehicle with the dorsal ridge formed by the frame; means for grasping the vehicle from the surface after the frame has been aligned with the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, the cradle comprises an onboard video camera enabling the operator onboard the ship to ensure that the vehicle attachment and release operations are carried out correctly. The invention advantageously allows the vehicle to be launched and retrieved automatically when the vehicle is under the surface in an area where it is not subject to the effects of the swell. |
| US08590474B2 |
Offshore drilling vessel
A monohull offshore drilling vessel includes a hull with a moonpool and a multiple firing line hoist system mounted on the hull. The multiple firing line hoist system includes a mast having a top side and a base connected to the hull, wherein the mast has a hollow construction with a first side and an opposed second side. A first hoisting device is supported by the mast and has load attachment device displaceable along a first firing line, which extends on the outside of and adjacent to the first side of the mast. A second hoisting device is supported by the mast and has a load attachment device displaceable along a second firing line. The first and second hoisting devices each include one or more cables and one or more associated winches to manipulate the position of each of the load attachment devices relative to the mast. |
| US08590469B2 |
Method for panel positioning
A method for positioning panels is for a garment in a digital clothing. The method comprises steps of: providing two orthogonal grain lines comprising horizontal and vertical axes; providing a pattern making window with a horizontal line and a vertical line; providing a panel positioning frame imbedded in a panel for encoding a relative position of the panel with respect to a human body; positioning the panel on a corresponding offset plane and adjusting an amount of offset; providing panel positioning tips to the panel for encoding a body-related position of the panel and storing the panel positioning tips in a panel data; grouping a plurality of related panels and creating group landmark lines; and creating the garment by positioning the panels at proper locations. |
| US08590467B2 |
Construction of vertical full rotary hook for sewing machine
An inner rotary hook has a needle drop hole, and side wall portions formed over the drop hole and defining a space for passage therethrough of a sewing needle. The side wall portions are located adjacent to opposite sides of the needle passing through the space and extend from a region in front of the needle to a region behind the needle. The side wall portions can abut against an upper thread, passed through a hole of the needle, near a bottom dead point of the needle. If any of two portions of the thread located forward and rearward of the needle has strayed laterally, it can abut against one of the wall portions. Consequently, it is possible to prevent the front-side upper thread portion from circling around behind the needle, but also prevent the rear-side upper thread portion from straying laterally to form a laterally-protruding loop. |
| US08590466B1 |
Multi-purpose soil cultivating and seeding apparatus
A soil cultivating and seeding apparatus includes an apparatus frame, a seed opening formation assembly adapted for attachment to the apparatus frame and a seed dispensing hopper adapted for attachment to the apparatus frame. |
| US08590461B2 |
Devices to shift the stops of rail vehicle bodies with bogies on curves and rail vehicle body with bogies
Devices to shift the stops (8) of rail vehicle bodies or coaches with bogies on curves and rail vehicle body with bogies. The devices are provided in an interior cavity of the frame of the bogies whose lateral edges each have a separate stop (9, 10) and that houses a lower projecting part (4) of the body. In one embodiment, on the front edge of the interior cavity of the frame (1) of the bogie, there is a pair of joints (11) from each of which a rod (5, 6) leads backwards and each of these is joined to a separate slider (7) by means of joints. The sliders (7) are able to move on guides located on the respective lateral surfaces of the lower projecting part (4) of the body, and the sliders (7) are wedge shaped with a guide located on their surface in the form of an inclined plane. The stops (8) of the body are coupled, at their respective inside surfaces, to the guides located on the respective sliders (7); the stops (8) of the body are joined together by transversal connection means (15). |
| US08590459B2 |
Bogie for variable rail gauge and changing station of the rail gauge
The bogie of variable rail gauge comprises two lateral carrier mountings (1;2) with two wheels (1′, 1″, 2′, 2″) independent of each others, which lean one against the other, forming between them an articulation (3) allowing a variation of the rail bogie in sliding between the traverses forming part of the two lateral carrier mountings (1;2), entirely, allowing anytime a relative rotation or tipping, respectively, between the traverses (2;3) in the vertical planes of the wheels. |
| US08590455B2 |
Rolling vehicle track
A method of fabricating an amusement park ride track utilizing stock, planar materials, namely comprising of creating elongated, curved structures from planar materials. A roller coaster track capable of being fabricated from multiple planar pieces without heating or bending. Other embodiments are described which utilize elongated, curved structures such as ski lifts, people movers, staircases and architectural structures. A jig is disclosed for providing for ease of manufacture of the elongated, curved structures. |
| US08590454B2 |
Clamp assembly
A clamp assembly for supporting multiple elongate rails in a rail tie-down car utilizes spring-loaded, hydraulically actuated clamp assemblies to clamp individual rails to the tie-down car. Each clamp assembly incorporates at least two clamp members which act opposite one another to prevent the rail secured in place by the clamps from sliding in either longitudinal direction. |
| US08590451B2 |
Method and apparatus for feeding printing plates
A method and an apparatus for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder of a printing press, load the printing plate in the vicinity of its front edge with a curvature which extends convexly with regard to the plate cylinder axis. |
| US08590447B2 |
System and method for self-administering automated hand-markings
Automated marking devices for self-administering hand markings and methods of use are provided. A device for self-administering hand markings includes a housing, a stamp driving assembly, a stamp assembly, and a planar surface for receiving a patron's hand. The stamp assembly is configured to substantially leave a full stamp impression on the patron's hand, regardless of varying topologies, sizes, and orientations of hands that are placed in the hand marking device. |
| US08590446B1 |
Food cooking apparatus
A food cooking apparatus for converting dough into a cooked pastry product over an open flame or coals which is configured to at least one of substantially blanket a hot dog and/or retain pudding, generally including: a tubular body, wherein the tubular body includes an outer surface and an inner surface; a first end proximate to a user, wherein the first end includes an opening which is adapted to releasably receive a substrate for separating a user from an open flame or coals; and a second end distal to a user, wherein the second end includes at least one of a plurality of tabs, wherein the plurality of tabs are bent to collectively form at least one optional venting aperture, a washer, an end-cap, and combinations thereof. |
| US08590443B2 |
Drinks preparation device
A brewing unit of a drinks preparation device is provided with a first housing device with a coffee brewing chamber (4), having an outlet (5), for housing coffee powder and for preparation of a drink therefrom, provided with a second housing device (6) with a housing chamber (7) having a through opening (22) in the base thereof for an alternative or additional milk or foamed milk regeneration, said second device being suitable for housing a milk or milk powder portion unit (14) and for preparation of the milk or milk foam. |
| US08590440B2 |
Combination walking stick and firearm support
A firearm support structure comprising a main shaft with a bottom end, a bipod connector unit, a slidable first support that is movable along the main shaft between the handle and the bipod connector unit, a rotatable second support that is situated between the slidable first support and the bottom end of the main shaft, and a walking stick handle. |
| US08590436B2 |
Cutting mat for a rotary anvil
A rotary anvil is outfitted with pins protruding from the base of an axially extending channel along the surface of the anvil. A cutting mat having a generally elongate body includes first and second locking members projecting from opposite axial ends thereof. The cutting mat is installed on the anvil such that the first and second locking members are positioned within the channel over one of the pins. The cutting mat may include a foot extending from the first locking member that includes a pin receptacle that seats down over the pin. Alternatively, a lockup device may be provided to temporarily secure the cutting mat to the rotary anvil. The lockup device includes a pin receptacle on the bottom surface thereof adapted to seat down over the pin. The first and second locking members of the cutting mat are then installed into the channel in cooperation with the lockup device. |
| US08590433B2 |
Torque limiter
A shear valve protection member is disposed radially outwards of the shear valves and in the same axial position as the shear valves, which can be switched between a tightly attached state in which the strip-shaped shear valve protection member cannot move relatively to a cutting portion which connects to the other member by virtue of a frictional force generated between the cutting portion and itself by tightly attaching the cutting portion thereto in the radial direction and a tight attachment cancelled state in which the strip-shaped shear valve protection member can move in a circumferential direction relative to the cutting portion. The shear valve protection member can be switched between a position where the shear valves are covered with the shear valve protection member and a position where the shear valves are exposed from the shear valve protection member through the through holes therein. |
| US08590432B2 |
Handle for a hand tool
A handle for a hand tool includes a body, a guider, and a movable assembly. The body has a chamber, a connecting portion, and an opening. The chamber is defined in the body. The connecting portion is defined in the body for assembling a tool bit. The opening is defined in the body and communicating with the chamber. The guider is inserted into the chamber. The guider has a spindle, a first positioner, a second positioner, and multiple guiding fins. The movable assembly includes a clamping seat movably received in the chamber and a puller mounted on the clamping seat. The clamping seat has a through hole, a shoulder, and multiple clamping units. The through hole is defined through the clamping seat for receiving the guider. |
| US08590431B2 |
Protective gear socket assemblies and methods of fabricating the same
A protective gear socket assembly includes a gear socket and an insert positioned in the gear socket. The gear socket includes a plurality of teeth projecting radially outward from a perimeter of the gear socket and a u-shaped channel formed through a thickness of the gear socket, a contact surface extending radially outward from an upper edge of the u-shaped channel of the gear socket, and at least one mounting hole formed in the contact surface. The insert includes a u-shaped channel formed through a thickness of the insert, a mating surface extending radially outward from a lower edge of the u-shaped channel of the insert, and at least one mounting post extending from the mating surface. |
| US08590425B2 |
Hybrid propulsion system for a motor vehicle
The propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a double-clutch transmission with a clutch unit and a mechanical gearbox. The gearbox has two coaxial primary shafts intended to be torsionally connected each to a shaft of the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle by a respective friction clutch of the clutch unit, as well as a secondary shaft and a lay shaft arranged parallel to the two primary shafts. The electric machine is permanently kinematically connected to either of the two primary shafts via a first gear train including a pinion mounted on an output shaft of the electric machine, an intermediate gearwheel mounted on an intermediate shaft and a gearwheel mounted on the primary shaft and acting as driving gearwheel of a second gear train of the gearbox associated to one of the gears, in particular to the second forward gear. The gearbox further includes a casing and the electric machine is inserted and fixed into a seat formed by that casing. An outer surface of a stator of the electric machine forms a spiral-shaped profile which serves as cooling circuit for the electric machine and is closed on the radially outer side by an inner cylindrical surface of the seat, in such a manner that the channels of the cooling circuit are defined between the spiral-shaped profile and the inner cylindrical surface. |
| US08590423B2 |
Crankarm and crankset comprising same
A crankset comprises an axle assembly, a removably attached crankarm, and a non-removably attached crankarm. The removably attached crankarm is attached at a first end portion thereof to a first end portion of the axle assembly. The non-removably attached crankarm is attached at a first end portion thereof to a second end portion of the axle assembly. Each one of the crankarms has a plurality of longitudinal holes therein extending between the first and second end portions thereof. The longitudinal holes each extend through an end face of a respective one of the crankarms at the first end portion thereof. The removably attached crankarm is bent inwardly toward the second end portion of the axle assembly after the longitudinal holes are formed therein. Only one of the longitudinal holes of the removably attached crankarm intersects an axle fastener engagement hole that extends through the first end portion of the removably attached crankarm. |
| US08590419B2 |
Reactor coolant pump flywheel
A flywheel for a pump, and in particular a flywheel having a number of high density segments for use in a nuclear reactor coolant pump. The flywheel includes an inner member and an outer member. A number of high density segments are provided between the inner and outer members. The high density segments may be formed from a tungsten based alloy. A preselected gap is provided between each of the number of high density segments. The gap accommodates thermal expansion of each of the number of segments and resists the hoop stress effect/keystoning of the segments. |
| US08590417B1 |
Trailer landing gear apparatus
The trailer landing gear apparatus may be used for rotating a drive shaft of a landing gear or lifting gear of a land vehicle. There may be a drive shaft connector that may be attachable to a trailer drive shaft, A drive gear apparatus may be mounted on a rotary drive apparatus and a drive apparatus connector may be attached to a drive socket of the drive gear apparatus. The drive shaft may be rotated by positioning the drive apparatus connector on a connector shaft of the drive shaft connector. The rotary drive apparatus may then be operated to rotate the gear elements of the drive gear apparatus to rotate the drive shaft connector. The drive shaft connector may also have a hand crank handle attached to a sleeve for alternate use in drive shaft rotation. |
| US08590415B2 |
Robotic arm assembly
A robotic arm assembly includes a first segment, a second segment, a first driving device, a first transmission mechanism, a second driving device, and a second transmission mechanism. The second segment is rotatably connected to the first segment. The first driving device drives the second segment to rotate about a first axis relative to the first segment via the first transmission mechanism. The second transmission mechanism includes a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear meshed with the first bevel gear. An output shaft is fixed to the second bevel gear, and the output shaft is capable of rotating about a second axis. Each of the second segment, the output shaft, and the second bevel gear defines a guiding hole, and the guiding holes are aligned in the second axis. |
| US08590414B2 |
Shift lever for automatic transmission
A shift lever for an automatic transmission improves a shift manipulating feeling and simultaneously reduce a rattling noise by preventing noise generated due to contact with a rod after manipulating a push button. The shift lever for the automatic transmission may include a rod movably provided inside the shift lever in its longitudinal direction, a push button vertically provided to the rod, an operating portion provided between the push button and the rod, and having a supporting portion at which an installation hole is formed and a slant portion, and a damping unit coupled to the installation hole, and provided between the rod portion and the supporting portion to absorb and reduce vibration of a power train transferred through the rod and vibration due to a road surface. |
| US08590409B2 |
Change-speed gearbox having a gearbox housing which has an auxiliary chamber
A change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle having a drive input and a drive output shaft which are mounted in a main chamber of a gearbox housing and by which a power flow can be transmitted by the selective actuation of clutches such that, parallel to the drive input and output shafts, an intermediate shaft with an intermediate gearwheel is arranged in an auxiliary chamber of the gearbox housing which communicates with the main chamber, so that when the shifting device is appropriately actuated, a power flow is directed from the drive input shaft, via the intermediate gearwheel of the intermediate shaft, to the drive output shaft to produce a reverse rotation direction of the drive output shaft. The auxiliary chamber, accommodating the intermediate shaft, has a bell-shaped longitudinal section with an oval cross-section. |
| US08590408B2 |
Vibration exciter for a ground compactor and ground compactor
A vibration exciter for a ground compactor comprises an exciter shaft having at least one exciter weight disposed thereon and having at least one turnover weight which is disposed so that it can rotate relative to this exciter shaft. A ground compactor having such a vibration exciter is also disclosed. |
| US08590407B2 |
Control moment gyroscope assembly and method for making the same
A control moment gyroscope assembly including, but not limited to, a rotor that includes a shaft, a primary rim and a web that connects the shaft to the primary rim. The rotor is made from a metal material and is adapted to spin about the shaft. The control moment gyroscope assembly further includes a secondary rim that is made of the metal material and that is disposed around the rotor. The secondary rim is configured to compress the rotor in the direction of the shaft. |
| US08590406B2 |
Millimeter-wave receiving device
Disclosed is a millimeter-wave receiving device. The device includes at least one radiometer; and a positioning assembly for holding the radiometer, wherein the positioning assembly comprises: a first positioning member having a first surface; a second positioning member having a second surface, the first surface of the first positioning member and the second surface of the second positioning member holding the radiometer in opposite to each other. With the configuration according to the present invention, the at least one radiometer in the millimeter-wave receiving device can be located in all of freedoms on basis of various design requirements of the radiation path to ensure that the radiometer can be arranged in desired receiving positions. |
| US08590405B2 |
Device for a test strip holder, method and arrangement
For the simplified use of a test strip holder, a device having a holding or positioning device is provided, comprising a mixing chamber, a lid for closing the mixing chamber, and an obvious fluid opening for a fluid passage from the mixing chamber to the test strip holder. This allows for the test strip holder to be inserted into the device in a simple way and a sample can be prepared in the mixing chamber of the device. The device is provided with a mixing chamber that can be closed, wherein a reaction partner, for example a gold conjugate, can be dissolved in the sample for increasing the sensitivity of the test strip. |
| US08590399B2 |
Vibration type flow monitoring apparatus including a support plate mechanically coupled with the conduit for indirectly supporting the transducers to the conduit
An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring of at least one flow parameter of a medium, wherein the medium flows through a measuring unit, wherein at least one exciter transducer element is provided, which, based on an exciter signal, excites the measuring unit to mechanical oscillations, and wherein at least one receiver transducer element is provided, which receives mechanical oscillations of the measuring unit as a received signal. The measuring unit has at least one guiding unit and one carrying unit, the medium flows through the guiding unit, the guiding unit and the carrying unit are mechanically coupled with one another, the receiver transducer element and the exciter transducer element are mechanically coupled with the carrying unit, and the receiver transducer element and the exciter transducer element are mechanically coupled indirectly via the carrying unit with the guiding unit. |
| US08590397B2 |
Ultrasonic flow meter including a transducer having conical face
An ultrasonic transducer for a pipe includes an ultrasonic source which produces plane waves. The transducer includes a housing having a face at least a portion of which is curved through which the plane waves produced from the source disposed in the housing are emitted and directed outward towards the pipe's interior wall so a full cross-section of the pipe's interior can be measured. A flow meter for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe. A method for detecting fluid flow rates in a pipe. |
| US08590395B2 |
Flow meter with sensor element having a magnetic element coupled to an inductor element
A flow meter for measurement of a metered fluid has a sensor element that receives a flow input of a metered fluid and outputs a flow output of the metered fluid, and a battery element. The sensor element has an inductor element and a magnetic element coupled to the inductor element. In response to movement of the magnetic element relative to the inductor element caused by a fluid pressure differential of the metered fluid, the inductive value of the inductor element changes. |
| US08590390B1 |
Methods of fabricating a miniature strain sensing apparatus
A strain sensing apparatus including a deformable substrate is presented. The deformable substrate is configured to detect a strain of the body that can be coupled to the deformable substrate. Sometimes, the deformable substrate is a flexible substrate having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The lower can be coupled to the body. There are sensing elements fabricated within the flexible substrate and proximate to the upper surface to detect properties of the body. The strain sensing apparatus is able to detect different strain modes, such as whether the strain is the result of bending of a body or a uniaxial elongation. Furthermore, the apparatus is small and less fragile than most conventional sensors, making it easy to use. |
| US08590388B2 |
Ultra-miniature multi-hole probes having high frequency, high temperature responses
Embodiments of an ultra miniature pressure probe are disclosed. The pressure probe can include a probe body, a plurality of transducer ports, and a plurality of transducers. The probe body can be a longitudinal tubular body having a front conical end. The transducer ports can be disposed about the front end of the body. The transducers can be leadless SOI transducers, each having an active deflection area associated with a semiconductor substrate. Each transducer can be in communication with a header for supporting the transducer. The header can have a thickness substantially less than the probe diameter and can comprise a flange about an edge of the header. Each of the plurality of transducer ports can define an aperture and a counter-bore, wherein each transducer is positionable in an associated transducer port with the flange of the header of the transducer being welded to the counter-bore of the transducer port. |
| US08590384B2 |
Vibration sensor array
A vibration sensor arrangement (1) includes a vibrating mass (5) in permanent mechanical contact with a first side (3) of a piezoelectric element (2). The vibrating mass (5) includes a water-proof capsule (6) in which the piezoelectric element (2) is fixed. A dead weight (7) is in permanent mechanical contact with a second side (4) of the piezoelectric element (2) and is arranged in the water-proof capsule (6). A spring (8) is arranged between the dead weight (7) and the vibrating mass (5) and ensures permanent mechanical contact of the two masses (5,7) with the two sides (3,4) of the piezoelectric element (2). The vibration sensor arrangement (1) further includes first and second electric contacts (9,10) for picking up electric signals which are generated by the piezoelectric element (2) and for forwarding the signals to a recording device (11). |
| US08590383B2 |
Ultrasonic inspection probe carrier system for performing non-destructive testing
An ultrasonic probe carrier includes a base, a first side arm having a first end thereof attached to the base and a second end thereof extending outwardly from the base on one side of a tube, and a second side arm having a first end thereof attached to the base and a second end thereof extending outwardly from the base on an opposite side of the tube, at least a portion of the first and second side arms being biased towards each other to removably secure the carrier around at least a portion of a circumference of the tube. An ultrasonic probe is attached to the base, and the carrier and ultrasonic probe are rotatable around the tube to scan at least one of: the circumference of the tube and a weld disposed around the circumference of the tube. |
| US08590379B2 |
Systems and methods for resonance detection
Systems and methods for resonance detection are disclosed. For example, one method for resonance detection includes the step of transmitting an actuator signal to an actuator coupled to a surface of a device. The actuator signal is configured to cause the actuator to output a force to the surface. The method further includes the steps of receiving a response of the surface to the force; determining a resonant frequency of the surface based at least in part on the response; and outputting a signal indicative of the resonant frequency. |
| US08590372B2 |
Device and method for measuring toner adhesion
A device for measuring adhesion of toner to carrier containing a magnetic component, the toner and the carrier being contained in a two-component developer, includes: a developer holding section including a first magnet for holding the two-component developer by a magnetic force; an airflow supply section for supplying airflow to the two-component developer held by the first magnet; a separated toner detecting section for detecting the number of toner separated from the carrier by the airflow; and an adhesion calculating section for calculating the adhesion of the toner to the carrier or an index of the adhesion, based on wind speed of the airflow and the detected number of the separated toner. Thus, the device can measure the adhesion of the toner to the carrier with high reproducibility and exactness. |
| US08590371B2 |
Tire valve for vehicles
A tire valve for a vehicle comprises a metal housing (1) and an elastic housing (2) around the metal housing (1). The metal housing (1) has a cylindrical portion (13) corresponding to a rim opening (201). The metal housing (1) has an annular flange (6) above the cylindrical portion (13), and has an annular lower flange (12) under the cylindrical portion (13). The elastic housing (2) has a cylindrical elastic portion (21) around cylindrical portion (13), and has a tapered portion (22) around the annular flange (6). The lower end of the elastic housing (2) is placed around the annular lower flange (12). |
| US08590370B2 |
Steering sensor assembly
Provided is a power steering sensor assembly which is capable of maintaining a stable coupling between a sensing device and a housing without using a separate auxiliary member, and is mounted in an electric power steering system. The power steering sensor assembly includes a sensing device including a plurality of coupling projections formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof; and a first housing having the sensing device housed therein and including a plurality of coupling grooves formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof, the coupling grooves each having an upper end which is opened. When the sensing device is housed in the first housing, the coupling projections of the sensing device are inserted into the coupling grooves of the first housing, respectively, such that the sensing device is coupled to the first housing without being moved in a radial direction and an axial direction. |
| US08590369B2 |
Vehicle drivetrain test stand and method of controlling same
A test stand may include a clutch operatively arranged with a dynamometer and a flywheel. The test stand may further include a controller configured to control the clutch to decouple a rotating inertia of the dynamometer from a rotating inertia of the flywheel such that the rotating inertia of the flywheel exhibits a desired rotating inertia. |
| US08590364B2 |
Beverage disguise for hand held breathalyzer interface of ignition interlock device
A breath alcohol ignition interlock device includes a mock beverage housing including at least one of breath alcohol electronics and a hand held breath alcohol analyzer therein, a mouthpiece in fluid communication with an alcohol sensor associated with the at least one of breath alcohol electronics and a hand held breath alcohol analyzer and a vent exhausting breath from the mock beverage housing. The mock beverage container housing can be disguised as a coffee cup, a fountain drink cup, a soda can and a soft drink bottle. The mouthpiece can be disguised as a coffee cup lid, a fountain drink cup straw, a soda can opening and a soft drink bottle top. A wireless communication module can support data synchronization and communications between the device and a base station installed within a motor vehicle. |
| US08590362B2 |
Apparatus, method and system for calibrating a liquid dispensing system
An apparatus, method and system providing for calibration and/or control of a liquid dispensing system is disclosed. The hand-held calibration auditing tool includes a flow meter (36-37) with inlets adapted for quick connection to one or more liquid inputs to a liquid dispensing system (10). A sensor (94-95) having a data output of liquid flow information for a liquid input to the dispensing system (10) is operably connected to a controller (12) to receive the liquid flow information for the liquid input. The controller (12) provides a dilution rate and other liquid flow information for a liquid product input to a dispenser. |
| US08590360B2 |
Flowmeters and methods for diagnosis of sensor units
A method and an apparatus for diagnosis of a flowmeter are disclosed. The method includes thermally coupling a first sensor unit of the flowmeter to a fluid and thermally coupling a second sensor unit of the flowmeter to the fluid. The method also includes actively heating or cooling the first sensor unit by applying power to the first sensor unit such that its temperature is different from the temperature of the fluid, and simultaneously actively heating or cooling the second sensor unit by applying power to the second sensor unit such that its temperature is different from the temperature of the fluid, and typically from the temperature of the first sensor. The method can include determining a temperature TM0 of the fluid, and determining at least two independent quantities related to the heat transfer of the sensor units, each of the at least two independent heat transfer related quantities being determined from at least one element selected from the group including TM0, TM1, TM2, PM1, and PM2, and determining a diagnosis result by setting into relation the at least two independent heat transfer related quantities. |
| US08590357B2 |
Metal manufacturing method, apparatus of the same and metal object
When manufacturing a ring and a pendant from a single metal plate, the number of the twist is determined so that a predetermined feature pattern may occurs regardless size on the surface of a male ring and a female ring. The feature pattern depends on the method of the laminating of two or more metal plates, the kind of metal plate, thickness, etc. for example. The number of times of twist concerned is determined based on these information. |
| US08590350B2 |
Device for the situation-dependent authorized admission or access to any casing and protection of said casing against misuse of the content
A locking mechanism for the situation-dependent authorized admission or access to any casing and the protection of the casing against misuse of its contents is disclosed. The locking mechanism comprises at least one rotatable locking member (1) and at least one latch member (2) which can be unlocked by the rotatable locking member (1). In case of an emergency the latch member (2) is accessible also through a breakable barrier (3) and can be manually moved after the barrier (3) has been irreversibly destroyed. |
| US08590349B2 |
Security tag assembly
A security tag assembly structured to restrict unauthorized removal of merchandise from a designated area is presented. The security tag assembly comprises a base and a tag member removably connected to the merchandise being protected or monitored. A locking assembly is disposed within the base and is structured to be biased into a locking orientation relative to a connector pin of the tag member. A release assembly, also disposed within the base, is structured to facilitate the authorized release of the locking assembly upon application of an externally applied detachment assembly. In particular the release assembly comprises a displacement structure including coaxially disposed first and second members connected via an at least partially flexible biasing connector comprising an arcuate or “U” shaped configuration. The second collar is structured for disposition into a displacing engagement with the locking assembly upon the forced movement of the first collar. |
| US08590344B2 |
Method for the production of a cylinder made from quartz glass using a retaining device, and retaining device
The invention relates to a known method for the production of a cylinder from quartz glass, comprising a step, wherein an SiO2 body which comprises a porous SiO2 soot layer and has a lower end, an upper end, and an outer casing, is sintered to form said quartz glass cylinder in a vitrification furnace, and is being held in a vertical orientation by means of a retaining device, which comprises an upper retaining element connected at the upper end of the SiO2 body, and a lower retaining element disposed on the lower end. In order to provide a method based thereon, by means of which even heavy bodies made of porous SiO2 can be safely retained during vitrification, the invention provides that the retaining device has a dimensionally stable connecting part, which extends inside the vitrification furnace along the outer casing of the SiO2 body and which connects the upper and the lower retaining elements to each other. |
| US08590342B2 |
Method for producing TiO2-SiO2 glass body, method for heat-treating TiO2-SiO2 glass body, TiO2-SiO2 glass body, and optical base for EUVL
The present invention relates to a process for production of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body, comprising a step of, when an annealing point of a TiO2—SiO2 glass body after transparent vitrification is taken as T1(° C.), holding the glass body after transparent vitrification in a temperature region of from T1−90(° C.) to T1−220(° C.) for 120 hours or more. |
| US08590339B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing uniformity of vapour and liquid phases in a mixed stream
In method of providing uniformity of vapor and liquid phases in two or more streams derived from a mixed vapor and liquid stream (10), the mixed vapor and liquid stream (10) passes from a first heat exchanger (101) into a distribution vessel (12) via one or more inlets (14). The distribution vessel (12) has two or more outlets (16) connected to a second heat exchanger (102). The liquid part of the mixed stream (10) is allowed to collect in a first area (20) in the distribution vessel (12), and the vapor part of the mixed stream (10) is allowed to collect in a second area (30) of the distribution vessel (12), preferably above the first area (20). The liquid in the first area (20) passes into the outlets (16) via one or more liquid apertures (18) in each outlet (16) that communicate with the first area (20), and the vapor in the second area (30) passes into the outlets (16) via one or more vapor apertures (28) in each outlet (16) communicating with the second area (30). |
| US08590335B2 |
Method and apparatus for clearing oil inject circuit for changing oil types
A refrigerant recovery unit is provided that can clear oil from an oil inject path in order to prepare the unit to switch over to a different kind of oil. The refrigerant recovery unit includes an oil inject circuit that receives an oil from the oil bottle into the refrigerant system. The refrigerant recovery circuit is coupled in fluid communication with the oil inject circuit. The refrigerant recovery circuit is operable to receive and transfer a fluid drawn through the oil inject circuit. A controller is operatively connected to the refrigerant recovery circuit and to the oil inject circuit so that as the fluid is drawn through the oil inject circuit a quantity of the oil in the oil inject circuit is removed. |
| US08590332B2 |
Apparatus and method for a thermal management of a memory device
A system and method for thermal management of a memory device is described. In an embodiment, one or more thermal sensors sends a signal to a thermal control module indicating that a pre-determined temperature threshold for a memory device or devices has been reached. The thermal control module may then begin tracking memory thermals or initiate thermal management operations based on the signal and history of memory device temperatures over time. |
| US08590329B2 |
Medium voltage power controller
A medium voltage power controller box is mounted on a chiller unit with the other components of the chiller system. The power controller box can be positioned on the chiller system unit to permit the power controller box to be close coupled to the motor, and specifically to the main motor lead exit hub without the need for any power conduit connections between the power controller box and the motor. In addition, the power controller box also does not require any control interface and receives controls from a control panel. A short conduit connection between the control panel and the power controller box is used to provide the necessary connections between the control panel and the power controller box. |
| US08590328B2 |
Refrigeration system with multi-function heat exchanger
A refrigeration system with a multi-function heat exchanger has a first heat exchanger with an internal partition defining a condenser, a subcooler and an evaporator. An expansion device is located external of the heat exchanger and receives condensed refrigerant from the subcooler and provides expanded refrigerant to the evaporator. A compressor circulates the refrigerant through the condenser, the subcooler, and the evaporator. A secondary coolant circulates through the subcooler, the evaporator and the loads. A control system receives refrigerant temperature and pressure signals, and provides a control signal to the expansion device to maintain a temperature of the refrigerant within a predetermined range. A second heat exchanger cools a condensing fluid circulating through the condenser to condense the refrigerant. |
| US08590323B2 |
Turbo compressor and refrigerator
A turbo compressor includes a motor, an impeller which is rotationally driven as the rotative power of the motor is transmitted to the impeller, a gear unit which transmits the rotative power of the motor to the impeller, and an oil tank to which lubricant supplied to the gear unit is at least recovered, wherein the oil tank is a portion of a closed space formed by at least one of a motor housing surrounding the motor and an impeller housing surrounding the impeller. |
| US08590321B2 |
Vacuum pump oil changing method and apparatus
Refrigerant processing equipment is provided. The refrigerant processing equipment may include: a vacuum pump; an outlet for draining vacuum pump lubricating oil from the vacuum pump; a fluid container; and a conduit configured to provide a fluid connection between the outlet and the container. A method for draining oil from a vacuum pump from refrigerant processing equipment is provided. The method may include connecting an outlet for oil on the vacuum pump with a container; and providing a valve between the outlet and the container to selectively provide fluid communication between the outlet and an the container. |
| US08590312B2 |
Device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into a turbomachine combustion chamber
A device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into a turbomachine combustion chamber includes a centering ring for centering an injector and a primary swirler situated downstream from the ring, the ring including axial air-passing orifices and the swirler including curved air-passing channels, a number of orifices in the ring being no greater than a number of channels in the swirler, and downstream outlets of the orifices in the ring being situated between the channels in the swirler. |
| US08590310B2 |
Passive equilization flow divider valve
A method and system for providing fuel to primary and secondary fuel nozzles in a gas turbine engine fuel system comprises generating a fuel flow and routing primary fuel from the fuel flow to a primary fuel nozzle. Backpressure on the fuel flow is maintained using a valve. The valve is opened at increased fuel flow to route secondary fuel from the fuel flow to a secondary fuel nozzle. The valve is progressively opened under increasing fuel flows to reduce a pressure drop across the valve produced by the secondary fuel. |
| US08590308B2 |
Bleed valve arrangement
Problems can arise with regard to noise created by bleed valve arrangements in gas turbine engines. It is known to utilize pressure differential inducing elements such as pepper pots and perforated surfaces in order to attenuate noise from bleed valves. However, these arrangements tend to have a portion which expands such that the exit aperture into a bypass duct wall can significantly affect mechanical strength and operational performance. By providing internally created pepper pots or other pressure differential inducing elements within a path of an arrangement and a constriction to an exit noise attenuation is still achieved but with less detrimental effect with regard to bypass duct wall strength and aerodynamic losses altering operational performance. |
| US08590307B2 |
Auto optimizing control system for organic rankine cycle plants
A waste heat recovery plant control system includes a programmable controller configured to generate expander speed control signals, expander inlet guide vane pitch control signals, fan speed control signals, pump speed control signals, and valve position control signals in response to an algorithmic optimization software to substantially maximize power output or efficiency of a waste heat recovery plant based on organic Rankine cycles, during mismatching temperature levels of external heat source(s), during changing heat loads coming from the heat sources, and during changing ambient conditions and working fluid properties. The waste heat recovery plant control system substantially maximizes power output or efficiency of the waste heat recovery plant during changing/mismatching heat loads coming from the external heat source(s) such as the changing amount of heat coming along with engine jacket water and its corresponding exhaust in response to changing engine power. |
| US08590305B2 |
Simplified variable geometry turbocharger with variable nozzle
The flow path of exhaust gas to the turbine wheel (70) of a twin volute turbocharger is influenced by the shape and size of the nozzle formed by the shape (22) of the divider wall (21) and the shape of the flow passage determined by the walls (85, 86) of the turbine housing. By moving the walls (85, 86) toward, or away from the divider wall, the flow of exhaust gas through the nozzle, to the turbine wheel (70) can be modulated, which thus modulates the turbocharger boost pressure. The invention also applies to single volute turbines. |
| US08590300B2 |
Balanced multiple groupings of beta stirling machines
Multiple free-piston Stirling (FPS) machines are arranged in a group and connected for preventing or minimizing vibration. A first set of identical beta FPS machines are arranged in a mechanically co-directional orientation and configured to reciprocate in thermodynamically synchronous reciprocation with each other. The first set has axes of reciprocation intersecting a first point. A second set of beta FPS machines are arranged in a mechanically co-directional orientation that is the same as the mechanical orientation of the first set of beta FPS machines and are configured to reciprocate in thermodynamically synchronous reciprocation with each other but in thermodynamically opposed reciprocation to the first set. The FPS machines of the second set are identical to the FPS machines of the first set and have axes of reciprocation intersecting a point, which may be a point at infinity. |
| US08590296B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing dead volume in compressed-gas energy storage systems
In various embodiments, dead space and associated coupling losses are reduced in energy storage and recovery systems employing compressed air. |
| US08590289B2 |
Deterioration diagnostic device for an exhaust gas purifier
The invention provides a deterioration diagnostic device for diagnosing a degradation condition of an exhaust gas purifier disposed in an exhaust passage in an engine based on a sensor value of an exhaust gas sensor that is disposed downstream of the purifier. The device includes detecting-signal generating unit for generating a detecting-signal having particular frequency components and multiplying the generated signal to a basic fuel injection amount so as to calculate a fuel injection amount and exhaust gas purifier evaluating for extracting a frequency response corresponding to the detecting-signal from an output of the exhaust gas sensor of the engine, the output being in response to the calculated fuel injection amount, so as to determine a condition of the purifier based on the extracted frequency response. |
| US08590288B2 |
Fan control apparatus
A fan control apparatus includes a fan, two engine+compressor combinations, two air supply systems, and an FCC. When an abnormality occurs in one of the air supply systems and one of the engine+compressor combinations, the FCC maintains the flow rate of the normally operating air supply system and then increases the flow rate. As a result, the normally operating drive source is prevented from overloading. In another embodiment, a fan control apparatus includes a fan, an air source, two air supply systems, and a bypass channel. The air is caused to flow through the bypass channel when an abnormality occurs in one of the air supply systems. As a result, the time that elapses till the fluid can be supplied at a necessary flow rate is shortened. |
| US08590283B2 |
Downed corn rake
A rake for harvesting downed corn, including a mounting plate, a camshaft comprising a series of cams, and a plurality of support bars extending between the mounting plate and the camshaft. Rake tines are attached to each of the cams. A rotating rake implement mounted on a header with pairs of rake tines mounted on a camshaft and kickback arms attached to each pair of tines. A hydraulic motor is configured to drive the camshaft. |
| US08590282B2 |
Package with unique opening device and method for opening package
A package and method for opening the package are disclosed. The method may include applying pressure to at least one tab area of the package. The at least one tab area may include a first tab portion and a second tab portion, the first tab portion and the second tab portion being disposed in a first position substantially sealed from each other. The method may further include breaching a first breachable bubble, the first breachable bubble being formed within the first tab portion, and breaching a second breachable bubble, the second breachable bubble being formed within the second tab portion. Further, the method may include causing the first tab portion and the second tab portion to shift from the first position to a second position in fluid communication with each other. |
| US08590268B2 |
Installing underlayment systems
Methods for installing underlayment systems include the steps of laying at least one piece of a pre-formed board over at least one first portion surface area of a sub-floor. The pre-formed board is preferably fire-resistant gypsum board, which may also be water- and/or moisture-resistant. A second portion surface area of the sub-floor, which is adjacent to each first portion surface area, is designated to receive a poured underlayment after a tub is installed over the laid at least one piece of pre-formed board. In some instances, a sound mat may be laid over each first portion surface area of the sub-floor, prior to laying the at least one piece of the pre-formed board, and, then, another sound mat may be laid over the second portion surface area of the sub-floor, after laying the at least one piece of pre-formed board and prior to pouring the poured underlayment. |
| US08590267B2 |
Methods of providing water protection to roof structures and roof structures formed by the same
The present invention relates to methods of providing water protection to roof structures as well as the improved roof structures formed by the methods. The methods comprise providing one or more water resistant roof sheathing panels and installing the roof sheathing panel(s) on a roof structure of a building. Each of the roof sheathing panels comprises a wood sheet product and a nonwoven fabric mat adhered to at least one side of the wood sheet product. |
| US08590264B2 |
Structural building panels with multi-laminate interlocking seams
Systems and methods providing a modular building having pre-fabricated panel wall components are easily assembled to form a predetermined structure that provides for mating alignment and securement of the modular panels with each other along their adjoining seams, without requiring additional locking mechanisms for stabilizing the panels. |
| US08590259B2 |
Method of straightening foundational walls
A wall straightening apparatus provides multiple independently controllable jacking members pressing outward on diagonal braces to push those braces against the wall to move the wall into a vertical alignment. Feedback control of the jacking members provides coordinated straightening of large wall sections with lessened cracking and distortion. |
| US08590257B2 |
Metal stud roof deflection clip
An improved deflection clip for connecting metal stud walls to a structural building member, which accommodates relative compensating vertical movement, is disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention allow for the deflection mounting clip to be set into place by metal barbs, eliminating the need for screwing the stud to the ceiling track runner, then subsequently removing the screws when the wallboard is installed. A deflection clip in accordance with the present invention has a flat base with left and right flanges substantially perpendicular to the base. Each flange has a number of triangular barbs facing externally to secure the deflection clip to the track without the need for temporary fixation. |
| US08590247B2 |
Ceiling anchoring device with locking rail system
A ceiling anchoring device with a locking rail system is disclosed. The device comprises an anchor having a shaft, a head attached with an end of the shaft, and a rail system. The rail system comprises rod and pin insertion rails, a turning space, and a locking rail. A rod having a perpendicular pin is inserted into the rod and pin insertion rails and pushed along the shaft until the rod and pin enter the turning space in the shaft. The rod and pin can then be turned one-quarter turn and be lowered into the locking rail, whereby the rod and pin are retained in the shaft of the anchor. A plug and cap are inserted into the turning space to secure the rod and pin within the locking rail. |
| US08590242B1 |
Insulated concrete wall
A shaped insulation insert, an insulated concrete wall structure, and a method of producing same is disclosed. The insert is to be embedded in a concrete wall and comprises an elongate, rigid foam insert including an integrally formed base section and cap section symmetrically disposed on the base section. The elongate insert has a length sufficient to form a vertical interior surface expanse of the concrete wall, and flat side surfaces that are sufficient to enable a plurality of inserts to be placed horizontally side-by-side to form a horizontal interior surface expanse of the concrete wall. The insert includes opposed end sections extending from outer ends of the intersection of the cap and base sections to an outer edge portion for disposing adjacent inserts in the concrete wall. The insulated concrete wall structure comprises an interior section including an inner insulation portion effective to produce a saving of concrete. The insulation portion includes a plurality of shaped elongate insulation inserts embedded in an outer concrete portion. The elongate inserts each has flat side edge sections on outer edge portions and coupling devices grasp facing flat side edge sections of juxtaposed inserts each having flat edges to interconnect juxtaposed inserts in their side-by-side disposition. Vertical re-bar and horizontal reinforcement rods within the concrete portion provide strength compensation for the lesser amount of concrete used in the production of the concrete wall. |
| US08590241B2 |
Compressive force transmitting connection element
A force transmitting connection element having an insulation body limited by two oppositely located support surfaces which are at a distance corresponding to a height H of the force transmitting connection. A first support surface faces a first cast structural component part and has a length L1 and a width B1. A second support surface limiting the insulation body faces a second cast structural component part and has a length L2 and a width B2. A longitudinal center axis runs through a center of the insulation body. A element penetrates the insulation body. An element for transmitting transverse force projects beyond the compressive force transmitting connection element in direction of the first cast structural component part and a ratio between transmissible compressive force and transmissible transverse force is between 1.5:1 and 15:1 and a distance LK is less than (B1+B2)/6. |
| US08590237B2 |
Systems of modular ready to assemble structures and relevant finished buildings
A system suitable for making buildings, comprising: modular, easily to assemble components which are in the form of polylateral frames and which consist of at least three sub-components, each formed by standard elements having means for reciprocal coupling. Said standard elements having a core made of co-polymeric material and being coated by a common skin-like layer made basically of carbon, glass-fiber compositions. |
| US08590235B2 |
Anchoring system for a roof panel system
An anchoring clip system that includes an anchoring clip that has a top flange portion and a base flange that can be connect to a substructure, and a cap member designed to be inserted over a portion of the roof panels so as to secure the roof panels to the anchoring clip. The anchoring clip system can optionally be designed to allow for fluid flow through or on one or more components of the anchoring clip system. The anchoring clip system can optionally include a locking crown that improves the wind uplift resistance of the panels. |
| US08590232B2 |
Display devices, accessories therefor and methods
A display article comprising one of a magnetic and magnet attractive material disposed such that the material defines an area, a substrate for the material, the substrate optionally being permeable to a pushpin, the material allowing a magnet or magnet attractive material to be secured thereto, the material be integrally secured to the substrate so as to form a composite article whereby an item to be displayed can be secured to the composite article by a magnet or magnet attractive material and optionally by a pushpin. The composite article is suitable for use as a display surface, allowing securement of articles to be displayed by a magnet or optionally by pushpin. The composite article may be used as wallpaper or a wall covering, for example. |
| US08590231B2 |
Fire-rated joint system
A fire-rated angle piece and wall assemblies or other assemblies that incorporate the fire-rated angle piece, in which the angle piece includes an intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The angle can be attached adjacent to a corner of a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed between the framing member and a wall board member at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. |
| US08590230B2 |
Prestressed slab element
The invention relates to a prestressed slab element (10), in particular a concrete slab element, manufactured according to the in-situ concrete method or prefabricated in a concrete precasting plant which in top view of its surface (11) comprises at least one hollow element region (20) with hollow elements (21) contained therein and at least one support region (30) for supporting or holding the slab element (10) without hollow elements (21), as well as stressing elements (40) for reinforcing the slab element (10), which each are installed through the slab element (10) and form a lattice-shaped structure (50), wherein individual fields (51) of this structure (50) establish a support or hollow element region (20, 30), and laterally adjoining fields (51) of the lattice-shaped structure (50) form at least one longish support strip (60) which joins individual support regions (30) with one another and which is embodied in a reinforced manner, characterized by stressing elements (40), which in a lateral view of the slab element (10) are installed in the slab element (10) wave-like and which support themselves on at least one lattice system (90) of bars (91) with hollow elements (21) held therein whose respective height is adapted to the wave shape. |
| US08590229B2 |
Inflatable attic stairway insulation appliance
An inflatable insulator covers an associated attic access hatch to prevent a transfer of heat from a first indoor environment maintaining temperature control and a second indoor environment not maintaining temperature control. The insulator includes at least one air chamber adapted to contain a volume of stationary air. Impermeable layers define the air chamber. Sidewalls extending from a generally planar top wall to remove the impermeable layers from a direct contact with the access hatch. |
| US08590228B2 |
Casing for openings of buildings with enhanced thermal insulation capacity
A casing for openings in buildings with enhanced thermal insulation capacity includes a first tubular section bar which is fixed to a perimetrical wall delimiting the opening, and a second tubular section bar cooperating with the first tubular section bar in order to hermetically close the opening. The first and second tubular section bars are capable of supporting one or more front panels of an interface between an inner environment and an outer environment of the building. At least one of the first tubular section bars and the second tubular section bars presents a plurality of through openings which create within at least one of the tubular section bars a continuous flow of circulating air which, due to the temperature difference between the inner environment and the outer environment, forms a natural thermal barrier in any season. |
| US08590225B1 |
System and method for attaching and quick releasing a first object to and from a second object
Systems and methods for attaching and quick releasing from inside hurricane panels at an opening in a structure are provided, thus facilitating egress. Retaining pins may be located inside a panel, protecting them from potential object strikes, and eliminating the need for drilling additional holes in the panels and permitting manipulation from inside the structure. Human error or misuse is addressed, particularly the binding of pins that result from over tightening of nuts. Industry standard methods for installing hurricane panels may be employed or modestly modified as appropriate, and thus studded angle track, F-Track and direct mount systems utilizing either male or female hardware may be employed. Some of the embodiments can attach and quick release track, wherein the panels attached to the track are released when the track is released. |
| US08590223B2 |
Solar panel assembly attachment apparatus
A solar panel assembly attachment apparatus is provided. In another aspect, a single piece and entirely metallic grounding clip is employed. A further aspect includes a clip or fastener which provides both frame grounding and a frame-to-strut attachment. In still another aspect, a grounding clip having barbs is linearly slid onto a solar panel frame and the clip additionally includes one or more flexible wings which are removably snap-fit into a slot of an elongated and rigid strut. |
| US08590219B2 |
Raised access floor panel with replaceable insert
A raised access floor panel with a replaceable insert is provided. The panel includes a cross-braced framework constructed of four side rail members, and at least one cross-brace member. The cross-brace member is connected to the rail members so that the cross-brace member spans an area defined by the rail members. A plate frame is connected to an upper edge of the framework. The plate frame has a centroid void area which is surrounded by a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion includes an inner margin and an outer margin. The outer margin has right-angled corner forming portions. The inner margin is formed with a Z-section profile having a web portion which is capable of receiving the panel insert in fitment with the plate frame so that the insert and the peripheral portion are capable of providing a co-planar working surface. |
| US08590217B2 |
Framed wall construction and method
A framed wall construction (10) includes a generally vertically orientated frame (12). A substantially planar layer of a moisture barrier (21) having a generally water-resistant front surface is fixedly attached to substantially cover the frame (12). To complete the wall construction, an outer cladding material (22) is secured to cover the moisture barrier (21). |
| US08590215B2 |
Prefabricated element for a dwelling unit
This invention relates to a prefabricated element (1) for a dwelling unit that is notable in that it comprises: a vertical wall (2) of approximately constant thickness comprising a front face (3), a rear face (4) and a peripheral face (5); a first lip (6) along each horizontal edge of said front face (3); a second lip (7) down each vertical edge of said front face (3); first and second ribs (8, 9) forming with the first and second lips (6, 7) a grid of cells (10) suitable for filling with insulating materials (11) and accepting an interior trim (14) to mask the entire grid; a peripheral edging (23) creating at least one bearing face and a barrier buffer; and at least first and second fixing members (20, 21) for connecting the prefabricated elements (1) to each other. |
| US08590211B1 |
Fascia gutter system and coverings using the same
A covering employing a fascia gutter is disclosed. The fascia gutter includes a front member, bottom member, a rear member, a ledge, a guiding groove, a protrusion and a receiving space. The bottom member connects the front member to the rear member. The receiving space is defined by the front member, the bottom member, and the rear member. The ledge is connected to the rear member, and the guiding groove is defined in the ledge. An opening is defined by the ledge and the protrusion. |
| US08590209B1 |
Air spring counterbalance
A fluid-based spring counterbalance mechanism comprising an elastic flexible fluid-based spring disposed between two surfaces is used to support some or all of the weight of a movable barrier. A linkage mechanism comprising at least one rotating rotatable shaft is configured to receive rotational motion from a jackshaft associated with the movable barrier. A translational mechanism coupled to the at least one rotating shaft and coupled to at least one of the two surfaces is configured to compress the flexible fluid-based spring between the two surfaces in response to rotation of the rotatable shaft. By compressing the fluid-based spring, the counterbalance mechanism provides a force that partially or fully supports the weight of the movable barrier. |
| US08590207B1 |
Solar gardening system
A solar gardening system includes a cultivation box; an LED lamp assembly for illuminating the cultivation box; and a power source including a photovoltaic system including a plurality of solar modules electrically connected together, a controller electrically connected to the solar modules, and a rechargeable battery electrically connected to the controller wherein the controller is configured to cause the rechargeable battery to supply electricity to the LED lamp assembly. The LED lamp as light source for plant growth can save energy and prolong lifecycle. Further, the LED lamp can emit monochrome with narrow wavelength. Moreover, the number of LED lamps can be increased or decreased depending on growth seasons so as to provide sufficient illumination to plants being grown. Thus, plants can be well grown. |
| US08590203B1 |
Magazine well insert
A magazine well insert prevents contaminants from entering the magazine well of a pistol or a rifle. The magazine well insert provides a visual indication that the weapon does not have a magazine installed, thereby enhancing weapons safety. The magazine well insert of the present invention protects the weapon's magazine well from becoming contaminated with sand and other debris by sealing the magazine well with a block, for example, a plastic or metal block, that has an o-ring or other sealing device adapted to be positioned at the opening of the magazine well. The magazine well insert may be used in two different configurations, a first configuration that allow normal operation of the weapon's action or a second configuration that blocks the action of the weapon. The magazine well insert may be hollow with a removable sliding base to provide for storage in an interior portion thereof. |
| US08590200B2 |
Firearm with magazine disconnector
Firearms with magazine disconnectors include a trigger bar having a first end connected to the trigger and a second end proximate the hammer, the trigger bar being movable between a connected position where the second end operably engages the hammer to operate the hammer responsive to trigger actuation, and a disconnected position where the second end is disengaged from the hammer, such that trigger actuation does not operate the hammer. The disconnector is movable between a first position where the disconnector extends into the magazine well and moves the trigger bar to the disconnected position, and a second position where the disconnector is outside of the magazine well and moves the trigger bar to the connected position. The disconnector is biased to the first position in the absence of a magazine in the magazine well, and operable responsive to insertion of a magazine to move to the first position. |
| US08590196B2 |
Display apparatus
Apparatus which can be operated to selectively hide or reveal visual or graphical displays or material. In some embodiments, an apparatus useful for presenting advertising material which can be operated to reveal or display graphical advertising in a display-mode and, conversely, to hide or conceal such graphical advertising when in a conceal-mode. |
| US08590194B2 |
Name plate
An identification plate designed to be bonded to the wall of an object requiring protection, such as a computer, providing identification and/or recovery information for the said object if it is lost or stolen, comprises first information about the object which is located on a first plate and second information about the object which is located on a second plate, and is characterized in that the second plate is located in a window provided within the first plate, and that the level of protection for the second information is greater than that for the first information. |
| US08590190B2 |
Multipurpose sign bases for supporting temporary roadway safety signs
A multipurpose sign base suitable for supporting temporary signs includes an upstanding mast supportable atop a support surface by a substantially horizontally extending, elongate, support member rigidly connected to a lower region of the mast, and by a plurality of elongate leg members of adjustable length each having an upper portion movably connected to a central region of the mast, and each having a lower portion movably connected to a different foot adapted to engage a different area of the support surface at locations arrayed about the mast. An upper region of the mast is connectable to a sign to support and display the sign. The legs and feet have retracted positions near the mast. A rearwardly extending formation of the horizontal support member can be coupled to a vehicle hitch so the sign base also can be supported on a vehicle for transport while displaying a sign. |
| US08590186B2 |
Advertising display devices and constituent structures
A series of self-standing and portable advertising displays include a hollow base with access to its interior that may be filled out with a solid or liquid material in order to add weight to the displays. By a combination of common elements as lateral supports, connecting unit, lower and upper corners units, advertising support frame and hollow base advertising displays having tower shaped structures of different polygonal sides are easily assembled. The obtained display uses tongue and grooves as well as key-hole mechanisms to fastening and secured different components of the structure. |
| US08590185B1 |
Casual apparel accessorizing device and method
A system for decorating, customizing, personalizing and accessorizing a casual garment, such as jeans and other casual pants, skirts, shirts, jackets and the like. The adornments include at least one fixed subassembly attached to material of the apparel and one or more interchangeable decorative adornment covers for attachment to each fixed subassembly. The interchangeable decorative adornment covers can be offered having different images or designs including flowers, animals, letters, numbers, coins, etc. Additionally the casual apparel may include a pocket having a transparent central member and a backing member forming an insert receptacle. A common pocket receptacle is formed between the backing member and the garment material. A decorative insert in placed into the insert receptacle and is visible through the transparent pocket fascia. The interchangeable decorative adornment covers and decorative insert would be offered separately allowing the individual to characterize the garment as desired for each day. |
| US08590183B2 |
Fluid vortex display device
A fluid vortex display device includes a cylindrical vessel sealed at an upper end. A first fluid inlet is coupled to the cylindrical vessel adjacent a lower end of the vessel and directed at a substantial angle to an outer circumference of the cylindrical vessel. A discharge outlet of a pump is coupled to the fluid inlet. A closure is coupled to the lower end of the vessel. The closure includes a fluid outlet that is substantially spaced apart from a central longitudinal axis of the vessel. The closure may project into the cylindrical vessel to create an annular space adjacent the fluid inlet. The fluid outlet may be in the upper surface of the closure, which may not be perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the vessel. A support stand may support the vessel such that it is not perpendicular to a level foundation surface. |
| US08590181B2 |
Iron and a method thereof
An electrical iron comprising: a body; a connector; a cord being connected at a first point to the body and being connected at a second point to the connector; a receiving means that is mounted on the body, and is suitable for receiving the connector, wherein the receiving means includes a means for adjusting the tension the in cord. |
| US08590180B2 |
Dipper door latch with locking mechanism
A dipper including a dipper door and an impact actuated jaw having a “C” shape defining a lip and a chin. The jaw is rotatably mounted on the dipper door for rotation between a door-opened position and a door-closed position and positioned so that when the jaw is in the door-opened position, the jaw chin can be impacted by the dipper body when the door pivots to the door-closed position. The dipper also includes a hold open mechanism for releasably holding the door latch in the latch open position when the latch is in the open position, and a locking mechanism for releasably locking the latch when the latch is in the door-closed position. The locking mechanism includes one bar pivotally attached to the door, and another bar pivotally connected to and extending between each of the one bar and the latch. |
| US08590178B2 |
Stability and comfort system for an article of footwear
A stability and comfort system for an article of footwear is disclosed. The stability and comfort system includes a bootie and a sock liner. The sock liner may include a heel counter that is contoured to fit a heel. The sole of the article may include an outrigger portion. The outrigger portion can be separated from a central portion of the sole to allow the outrigger portion to move substantially independently of the central portion of the sole. |
| US08590174B2 |
System and method for removing soil from seed
An exemplary system for removing soil from seed comprises an auger portion, a centrifuge portion and/or a dryer portion. The auger portion comprises an inclined enclosure and an auger positioned within the enclosure and is configured to mix seed with a liquid, remove soil from the seed, and separate washed seed from the liquid and the removed soil. The centrifuge portion comprises at least one centrifuge having an outer drum and a rotatable inner basket positioned within the outer drum. The inner basket comprises a side wall having a plurality of apertures. The inner basket is configured to receive washed seed from the auger portion within the inner basket and to centrifugally separate additional liquid from the washed seed, the separated liquid passing through the plurality of apertures into the outer drum. The dryer portion further reduces moisture content of the seed using heat. |
| US08590173B1 |
System for filter drying using microwave energy
A microwave source is used in conjunction with a waveguide and microwave window aperture to direct controlled microwave energy into the housing of a filter. The microwave energy will heat and vaporize any fluid present on the filter material, preventing the filter from “wetting” and becoming unusable. |
| US08590171B2 |
Tape measure apparatus with a rotating and sliding catch
An improved tape measure apparatus which includes a catch that is both slidable and rotatable relative to the rule blade in a plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rule blade when the rule blade is extended from the tape casing. |
| US08590170B2 |
Razor blade tape measure multi-tool
A multi-tool assembly with retractable tape measure, with pivotably mounted, straight edge blade arm, fully sheathed razor blade knife, carpenter's square, protractor and a set of 3 screwdrivers integrated into the housing assembly. The straight edge blade arm and integral razor blade knife, protractor and carpenters square, are fully imbedded into the tape measure housing assembly. The straight edge arm can be manually opened or spring powered to open automatically when a release button is activated, allowing the straight edge blade arm to snap open and lock in place like a switchblade. The set of screwdrivers permanently mounted on the back of the housing assembly are held in the open and closed positions by means of friction and/or a clip mechanism between the screwdriver bit and the housing assembly. The blade arm and screwdrivers pivot open individually, allowing each tool to protrude, and be used independently. |
| US08590167B2 |
Vehicle guidance system and method
In one embodiment, a method for aligning a vehicle includes providing an optical instrument, mounted in the vehicle, the optical instrument providing an image viewable from the vehicle's standard operating position by an operator and the image including a symbolic optical projection. The method further includes providing an azimuth guidance cue in the operation area of the vehicle. The method further includes aligning the symbolic optical projection with the azimuth guidance cue by steering the vehicle. |
| US08590163B1 |
Rotary cutter guard and safety light assembly
A hand-held, rotary fabric cutter having a handle, a blade assembly, a guard assembly, and a light assembly, the blade assembly and the guard assembly being attached to the handle by a blade bolt. The rotary cutter has a rotary blade and a longitudinally and laterally retractable blade guard attached to the handle by the blade bolt, the blade guard having a right guard and a left guard, the right guard and the left guard being pivotally connected by a guard pivot joint. The light assembly has a light element, an electric switch for the light element, a power source, and electrical interconnection. A slide knob simultaneously controls both the guard assembly and the light assembly. |
| US08590162B2 |
Shaver
Disclosed herein is a shaver. The shaver includes a removable cartridge and a handle assembly. The removable cartridge includes a cartridge body, at least one blade mounted to the lower surface of the cartridge body, a connector mounting part provided on the upper surface of the cartridge body, and a connector mounted to the connector mounting part and having a holder mounting part. The handle assembly includes a handle body, a housing provided on a front end of the handle body, a holder mounted to a front end of the housing in such a way as to rotate around a pivot shaft, a removing means functioning to removably couple the holder to the holder mounting part, a manipulating means installed in the housing to be operated in conjunction with the removing means, and a support means elastically supporting rotating motion of the holder using elastic force. |
| US08590157B2 |
Procedure for design and production of implant-based frameworks for complex dental prostheses
The present invention provides methods allowing the use of selective laser powder processing techniques for the production of medically acceptable prosthetic dental frameworks. The frameworks produced according to the present invention have high grade mechanical properties as well as a high accuracy. |
| US08590154B2 |
Vapor chamber manufacturing method
A vapor chamber manufacturing method, comprises steps of material preparation, powder filling and sintering, pre-punching, supporting structure infilling, the first pressing, the first sealing, fluid injection, and vacuum processing; a sealing structure comprises a semi-finished vapor chamber with a vacuum cavity, a fluid injection port positioned on one side of the vapor chamber, and a supporting structure filled in the vacuum cavity and supporting the shape of the vapor chamber, wherein the fluid injection port is formed of one portion of one side of the vapor chamber by pressing and sealing, no fine metal pipe as fluid injection port is required herein; after the step of fluid injection, an integrated step of vacuum pumping, pressing and sealing is conducted within a vacuum chamber, to provide the product with higher performance and lower rejection rate. |
| US08590152B2 |
Method for manufacturing a member for purifying automobile exhaust gas
A method for manufacturing a member for purifying exhaust gas for an automobile exhaust line, including an enclosure, an exhaust gas purification unit arranged in the enclosure, and at least one element for supporting the unit. The method includes the following steps: obtaining a first quantity representative of a mass (Mb) of the exhaust gas purification unit; using at least the first quantity obtained, determining an installation density (dmounted) of the or each support element; determining at least one diameter (Denclosure) of the enclosure as a function of the determined installation density (dmounted); assembling the enclosure, the support element(s) and the gas purification unit, so as to obtain the diameter that was determined for the enclosure and the installation density (dmounted) that was determined for the support element(s). |
| US08590147B2 |
Method for fabricating circuit board structure with concave conductive cylinders
A method of fabricating a circuit board structure with concave conductive cylinders is provided. Firstly, a conductive layer is provided and a dielectric layer is formed on a surface of the conductive layer. Next, a plurality of vias is formed in the dielectric layer, where the vias are exposed on the surface of the conductive layer. A conductive material is then filled in the vias to form a plurality of conductive cylinders on the surface of the conductive layer, so that the tips of the conductive cylinders are exposed on a surface of the dielectric layer relatively far away from the conductive layer. The exposed tips of the conductive cylinders are removed, so that the height of the conductive cylinders is lower than the dielectric layer and the conductive cylinders sunk into the dielectric layer. |
| US08590146B2 |
Connection verification technique
A method comprising coupling a device to a printed circuit board, one of the device or the printed circuit board having a first connection pad and a second connection pad. The first and second connection pads are directly electrically coupled to one another, without any intervening components between the first and second connection pads, via a test path. The method further comprises performing a continuity test across the first and second connection pads and the test path and disabling the test path between the first and second connection pads. |
| US08590144B2 |
Method of manufacturing printed circuit board
Provided is a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board including, disposing first and second insulating members and first and second conductive films on both sides of a separating member to perform a thermocompression bonding process on the first and second insulating members and the first and second conductive films on the both sides of the separating member, so as to attach the first member to the second member with the separating member therebetween and attach the first insulating member to the first conductive film and attach the second insulating member to the second conductive film, selectively removing the first and second conductive films to form first and second circuit patterns, and cutting the separating member and the first and second insulating members to separate the first and second insulating members with the first and second circuit patterns from the separating member. |
| US08590143B2 |
Apparatus for delivering semiconductor components to a substrate
An apparatus 200 for delivering semiconductor components 212 to a substrate 206a; 206b; 500a; 500b; 500c during semiconductor package manufacturing. The apparatus 200 comprises a platform 216 and a plurality of delivery modules 202a, 202b affixed to the platform 216. Each of the plurality of delivery modules 202a, 202b has a support device 204a; 204b for supporting the substrate 206a; 206b; 500a; 500b; 500c, as well as a delivery device 208a; 208b for delivering the semiconductor components 212 to the substrate 206a; 206b; 500a; 500b; 500c. In particular, heights of the support devices 204a, 204 are mutually leveled for conveying the substrate 206a; 206b; 500a; 500b; 500c between the plurality of delivery modules 202a, 202b. |
| US08590141B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing metal plate chip resistors
The object of the invention is to provide a method and an apparatus that allow production of metal plate chip resistors having a relatively low resistance with high accuracy and yield through simple process. The object is achieved by apparatus 10 for manufacturing metal plate chip resistors including cutting mold 21 for cutting intermediate product strip 14 transversely to obtain worked product chip 16a, ohm meter 22 for measuring the resistance of the worked product chip 16a, control device 23 having a calculating part for performing a calculation using the resistance measured by the ohm meter 22 to work out a width in which the strip 14 is to be cut transversely so as to obtain a worked product chip of a desired resistance, and cutting width adjusting means 26, 27 for making an adjustment so that the strip 14 is to be cut transversely in the width obtained from the calculating part. |
| US08590139B2 |
Patterning of and contacting magnetic layers
A method according to embodiments of the present invention comprises providing a magnetic stack comprising a magnetic layer sub-stack comprising magnetic layers and a bottom conductive electrode and a top conductive electrode electrically connecting the magnetic layer sub-stack at opposite sides thereof; providing a sacrificial pillar on top of the magnetic stack, the sacrificial pillar having an undercut with respect to an overlying second sacrificial material and a sloped foot with increasing cross-sectional dimension towards the magnetic stack, using the sacrificial pillar for patterning the magnetic stack, depositing an insulating layer around the sacrificial pillar, selectively removing the sacrificial pillar, thus creating a contact hole towards the patterned magnetic stack, and filling the contact hole with electrically conductive material. |
| US08590136B2 |
Method of fabricating a dual single-crystal backplate microphone
A dual backplate MEMS microphone system including a flexible diaphragm sandwiched between two single-crystal silicon backplates may be formed by fabricating each backplate in a separate wafer, and then transferring one backplate from its wafer to the other wafer, to form two separate capacitors with the diaphragm. |
| US08590135B2 |
Device and method for loading and unloading a machining machine for machining boards
A method for loading and unloading a machining machine for machining boards that includes for loading the machining machine, the changing table is loaded with a board to be machined, whereby the board is separated from the first storage place and is deposited on a changing table. The changing table is conveyed together with the board to the machining machine. For unloading the machining machine, the changing table is conveyed together with a machined board to the second storage place and is then unloaded, wherein the machined board is separated from the changing table and deposited on the second storage place, wherein the unloading of the changing table includes conveying the changing table and the machined board to an unloading place in an area above the second storage place and the machined board is separated from the changing table at the unloading place. |
| US08590126B2 |
Method of manufacturing a composite leg structure for a lightweight aircraft seat assembly
An aircraft passenger seat configured in accordance with an embodiment of the invention utilizes composite materials to achieve significant weight savings relative to conventional seat designs. The seat includes one or more lightweight composite support legs, a lightweight composite seat pan, and a lightweight composite seat back structure. The support legs are coupled to the seat pan, which is in turn coupled to the seat back structure. The support legs utilize composite frame elements that are formed as continuous compression molded composite extrusions. The seat pan includes composite fore and aft cross beams that are also formed as continuous compression molded composite extrusions. The aft cross beam includes a rear flange that serves as a flexible “hinge” for the seat back structure. The seat can leverage producible and relatively inexpensive composite manufacturing techniques such that the seat can be economically produced for use as an economy class seat. |
| US08590122B2 |
Method and apparatus for compacting tubular fabrics
A two-stage process and apparatus for compacting tubular knitted fabrics, wherein at each stage the fabric, is acted upon by cooperating feeding and retarding rollers spaced apart a distance greater than the thickness of the fabric. Opposite fabric sides thus cannot be in simultaneous contact with the feeding and retarding rollers at the same point along the fabric. Fabric is transferred from a feed roller to a retarding roller while opposite sides of the fabric are closely confined in a compacting zone, free of contact with either roller. Fabric is longitudinally compacted during its traverse of that zone. In the second stage, the rollers are reversely oriented with respect the fabric. Unlike known two-stage procedures, not more than 60% of the compacting effort is imparted in either one of the stages. Preferably each stage imparts about 50% of the compacting effort. Higher production speeds and superior product quality are achieved. |
| US08590118B2 |
Closure arrangement with opening in stationary member
A closure arrangement comprises a first side with a first plurality of closure elements and a second side with a second plurality of closure elements. A slider is moveably positioned on the first side and an insertion pin assembly is positioned on the second side. The insertion pin assembly includes a mouth defined between an inner jaw and an outer jaw and an insertion pin positioned within the mouth. The mouth is configured to receive the slider and the insertion pin is configured for insertion into the slider. |
| US08590117B2 |
Slide fastener
A slide fastener which withstands a predetermined lateral pulling force in a usual usage and is cloven when an excessive lateral pulling force is applied at the time of airbag inflation, wherein the slide fastener in which a plurality of attachment leg portions of coupling teeth, on each of which a coupling head formed to have a relatively large width and the attachment leg portions extending from the coupling head are formed, are attached on a coupling tooth attaching portion of each of a pair of fastener tapes on right and left with a predetermined pitch along a tape longitudinal direction is configured to satisfy a relationship 0.4≧(2×H−P)/P≧0.1 between a summit height H [mm] of the coupling head formed to have a relatively large width and a pitch P [mm]. |
| US08590111B2 |
Non-woven laying machine and a method for laying a non-woven fabric
In order to produce air-laid non-woven fabrics with an adjustable strength ratio of the production direction and 90° to the production direction, two non-woven laying machines are set at an angle to the production direction. |
| US08590110B2 |
Saw-tooth clothing for a textile machine
The invention relates to a saw-tooth clothing for rollers of a carding machine or a carder. The saw-tooth clothing has a multiplicity of successively arranged teeth, wherein each tooth has a tooth front and a tooth back and a tooth tip. The tooth backs of the teeth have in each case a certain distance from the tooth front of the in each case following tooth and form a tooth space which extends from a tooth root to the tooth tips. Between the tooth tips and the tooth root, the teeth have in each case on their tooth back and on their tooth front at least one embossment which reduces the distance between the tooth back of the teeth and the tooth front of the in each case following tooth. |
| US08590109B2 |
Apparatus and methods for automatically training saw blades on a saw mandrel
Apparatus and methods for automatically training (i.e., straightening) saw blades along a saw mandrel are disclosed. |
| US08590108B2 |
Computer chassis handle
A computer chassis handle may comprise: (a) at least one handle portion rotatable about a first axis of rotation; and (b) at least one support portion rotatable about a second axis of rotation.A computer chassis may comprise: (a) a computer chassis body; and (b) at least one rotatable handle. |
| US08590104B2 |
Bushing-type component and interference fit formed with this component
The invention concerns an interference fit comprising a carrier and at least one stepped bushing seated with an interference fit on the carrier. The stepped bushing is made by shaping a sheet metal and is characterized by a special wall thickness configuration. Through this wall thickness configuration, it becomes possible to assure that the stepped bushing conforms to close shape tolerances in the pressed-in state in regions of functional relevance. |
| US08590102B2 |
Filtration chamber construction for a cyclonic surface cleaning apparatus
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a filtration apparatus comprising at least one cyclone and at least one filter mounted in a filter housing. The filter housing has a lower portion, such as a bottom door, that is openable and the filter is visible, and a dirt collection area upstream of the filter is emptyable, when the lower portion is opened. |
| US08590101B2 |
Suction cleaning module
The present invention provides a suction cleaning module comprising: a first housing, a second housing, a third housing and a fan blower. The second housing, connected to the bottom of the first housing, has a shell section such that a suction channel is formed between the shell section and the first housing and has a dust collection space communicating with the suction channel. The third housing, respectively coupled to the first and second housing, has a filtered flow outlet. The fan blower connected to the third housing has a flow inlet and a flow inlet corresponding to the filtered flow outlet. |
| US08590094B2 |
Portable hair/lint roller
A combination sticky roller and brush for dislodging and collecting debris from a plurality of different types of surfaces. The present invention utilizes a rubber brush to dislodge debris such as hairs, dusts, or dirt from a surface. The device includes a compartment with a cover lid that conceals a sticky roller. Once the debris is uprooted from a surface, the user is able to roll the sticky roller over the surface to pick up and retain the debris. The present invention can be used on fabrics or other textiles surfaces and is convenient for use anywhere due to its travel sized and unique configuration. |
| US08590091B2 |
Dual motion powered toothbrush
A replaceable brush head for a powered toothbrush and a toothbrush incorporating the same. The brush head includes a body having a bore extending therethrough and a driveshaft extending through the bore and rotatable about a longitudinal axis. A first bristle block is disposed in the body and is operatively engaged with the driveshaft. A second bristle block is disposed in the body and is operatively engaged with the first bristle block. Rotation of the driveshaft produces a first type of motion in the first bristle block and the motion of the first bristle block produces a second type of motion in the second bristle block. |
| US08590090B2 |
Adjustable intake port for submersible pool and tank cleaner
A base plate for a self-propelled robotic cleaning apparatus for cleaning a submerged surface of a pool or tank. The base plate includes a bottom surface and a water inlet formed therethrough, and an inlet extension member configured to mount in the water inlet. The inlet extension member is slidably retractable and extendable in a direction that is normal relative to the bottom surface of the base plate. A height adjustment mechanism is coupled to the inlet extension member and configured to move the inlet extension member upwardly and downwardly in the normal direction relative to the bottom surface of the base plate. The height adjustment mechanism can be adjusted manually. Alternatively, at least one sensor is operably coupled to a controller to automatically control the height adjustment mechanism. |
| US08590089B2 |
Automatic swimming pool cleaners and associated hoses
Automatic pool cleaners and associated hoses are detailed. Hoses may contract and expand in use and include sections of differing compliancies. Such contractions and expansions may be intensified in more compliant portions and attenuated in less compliant portions. Also discussed are positive locking mechanisms for adjacent hose sections. |
| US08590087B2 |
Lighting and signaling systems for loading docks
A safety system for a truck loading dock with an elevated platform provides an alarm that warns of a hazard at the loading dock such as a forklift operating inside the truck or a falling hazard that may exist due to the dock door being open while a truck is not present at the dock. In cases where a dock's open doorway is protected by a barrier that can be opened or closed, the alarm can be de-activated by closing the barrier. In some examples, the safety system includes a remote body sensor that detects when someone or something is near the doorway. In response to the body sensor, a second, more pronounced alarm can warn of more imminent danger where someone on the platform may be too close to an open doorway when a truck is not present. |
| US08590084B2 |
Moment-resisting joint and system
The present invention is directed toward a novel moment resisting connection system, for use, but not limited to, with a pony-truss bridge system. The connection system comprises multi-hollow sections that can be, but are not limited to, extruded aluminum and a joint or node connector that can be casted, milled, forged or made by any other means. |
| US08590079B2 |
Cushion for supporting patients and for preventing pressure sores
The cushion according to the invention is made up of several layers of pneumatic elements (3) which each form a matrix (2). These pneumatic elements (3) each have a multiplicity of holes (5a) into which elastic spring elements, for example foam cylinders (1), are inserted. The pneumatic elements (3) are all substantially congruent, such that the holes (5a) of superposed pneumatic elements (3) are in each case located at the same places. An individual pneumatic element (3) is produced from two superposed sheets of an elastic plastic. The two sheets are welded sealingly to each other at the edges of the cushion and at the edges of the holes (5a). The holes (5a) are cut out after the welding. Each pneumatic element (3) has at least one connection for compressed gas. While supporting a patient, the pneumatic elements (3) are alternately supplied with compressed gas and then relaxed again. This has the effect of changing the load of the patient from more on the pneumatic elements to more on the spring elements, and vice versa. |
| US08590075B1 |
Mattress assembly for newborn infants
A mattress assembly structured for comfortable support of an infant, such as a prematurely born or newborn infant. The mattress assembly includes a base and a compressible material border disposed on the base in at least partially retaining and surrounding relation to a cushioning assembly. The cushioning assembly comprises a plurality of compartments containing a viscous material, such as silicone, collectively underlying and disposed in alignment with the placement area. A smoothing section is disposed and structured to prevent excessive sinking of the infant into the plurality of compartments. Damage to the infant's skin is prevented or reduced by the provision of a particulate section comprising a casing at least partially filled with a plurality of silicone microbeads, and a contact section formed of shear resistant material collectively defining outer portions of the mattress assembly and extending throughout the placement area on which the infant is intended to be disposed. |
| US08590074B2 |
Transport apparatus
An apparatus comprises a frame and a transport assembly supporting the frame. The transport assembly is configured to selectively move relative to the frame between a transport position and a brake position. A portion of the frame frictionally engages a portion of the transport assembly in the brake position to affect a brake application that resists the transportation of the frame. The portion of the frame is disengaged from the portion of the transport assembly in the transport position to allow for transportation of the frame. |
| US08590068B2 |
Anti-overflow toilet and method
The present invention provides for an improved toilet for flushing bodily waste materials. This toilet includes a secondary drain that communicates liquid that is backing up during a potential overflow situation into a conventional drainage sewer without any modification to that sewer. |
| US08590062B2 |
Portable personally attachable systems for delivering conditioned air to personal breathing zones and other body areas
An apparatus for use in creating a zone of conditioned air on or near a person's body comprising: a blower unit configured to produce a flow of conditioned air; an air delivery system that is detachably connected to and is in flow communication with the blower unit, the said air delivery system having at least one outlet for discharging air. |
| US08595860B2 |
Method of fabricating a probe device for a metrology instrument and a probe device produced thereby
A method of producing a probe device for a metrology instrument such as an AFM includes providing a substrate and forming a tip stock extending upwardly from the substrate. The tip stock is preferably FIB milled to form a tip of the probe device. The tip preferably has a high aspect ratio, with a height that is at least about 1 micron for performing critical dimension (e.g., deep trench) atomic force microscopy. The stock is preferably pedestal shaped having a distal end that is substantially planar which can be machined into a tip in at least less than about 2 minutes. With the preferred embodiments, the FIB milling step can be completed in substantially fewer and less complicated steps than known techniques to produce a high aspect ratio tip suitable for DT-AFM in less than about one minute. |
| US08595858B2 |
Device and tamper detection system
Disclosed is a device including: a control section; a tamper detection section to detect changes of predetermined states of a plurality of pre-defined parts of the device, and to output detection information; a storage section to store the detection information, and request information for requesting the tamper detection section to detect a change of a predetermined state of a specific part of the plurality of parts, wherein when a main power supply section of the device is in an off-state, the electric power is supplied to the control section, the tamper detection section and the storage section from a standby power supply section, and the control section controls the tamper detection section and the storage section so that the tamper detection section detects the change of the predetermined state of the specific part in accordance with the request information, and the storage section stores the detection information. |
| US08595856B2 |
Apparatus and method for installing software
An apparatus and method for installing a software package are provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a software package used to operate the apparatus by a digital device and authentication information used for an authentication by the digital device, a receiving unit which receives the result of authentication about the authentication information from the digital device, and a transmitting unit which uploads the software package to the digital device according to the received result of the authentication. |
| US08595854B2 |
Processing recordable content in a stream
Methods and a systems are described for processing recordable content in a broadcast stream sent to a receiver, wherein said broadcast stream is protected in accordance with a conditional access system and wherein said receiver is configured for storing and consuming content in said broadcast stream in accordance with a digital rights management system. In this methods and systems recording information is sent in one or more entitlement control messages over a broadcast network to a receiver. Using the recording information in the entitlement control messages the receiver is able to store recordable events in a broadcast stream on a storage medium and to consume said recorded events in accordance with a digital rights management system. |
| US08595850B2 |
System for protecting sensitive data with distributed tokenization
A token generating organization may include distributed tokenization systems for generating tokens corresponding to sensitive information. Sensitive information may include sensitive numbers such as social security numbers, credit card numbers or other private numbers. A tokenization system may include multiple physically distinct hardware platforms each having a tokenization server and a database. A tokenization server may run portions of a sensitive number through a predetermined number of rounds of a Feistel network. Each round of the Feistel network may include tokenizing portions of the sensitive number using a fractional token table stored an associated database and modifying the tokenized portions by reversibly adding portions of the sensitive number to the tokenized portions. The fractional token table may include partial sensitive numbers and corresponding partial tokens. A sensitive-information-recovery request including the token may be directed to the token generating organization from the token requestor to recover sensitive information. |
| US08595848B2 |
Method for moving rights object and method for managing rights of issuing rights object and system thereof
A method for managing rights of issuing a Rights Object (RO), and a method for moving an RO created by a Local Rights Manager (LRM) between Digital Rights Management (DRM) Agents, are discussed. A Right Issuer (RI) permits an LRM to move an RO created (or issued) by the LRM to move via the RI, and a first DRM Agent moves the RO to a second DRM Agent via the RI. |
| US08595845B2 |
Calculating quantitative asset risk
A standardized vulnerability score is identified for a particular vulnerability in a plurality of known vulnerabilities, the standardized vulnerability score indicating a relative level of risk associated with the particular vulnerability relative other vulnerabilities. A vulnerability detection score is determined that indicates an estimated probability that a particular asset possess the particular vulnerability and a vulnerability composite score is determined for the particular asset to the particular vulnerability, the vulnerability composite score derived from the standardized vulnerability score and the vulnerability detection score. A countermeasure component score is identified that indicates an estimated probability that a countermeasure will mitigate risk associated with the particular vulnerability on the particular asset. A risk metric for the particular asset and the particular vulnerability is determined from the vulnerability composite score and the countermeasure component score. In some instances, aggregate risk scores can be calculated from a plurality of calculated risk metrics. |
| US08595840B1 |
Detection of computer network data streams from a malware and its variants
Computer network data streams generated by a Trojan program and its variants are detected by receiving a relevance pattern in a client computer. An antivirus in the client computer detects a computer network data stream from the Trojan program communicating with an associated malicious server computer. The antivirus checks the computer network data stream for network characteristics of the Trojan program and one or more of its variants indicated in the relevance pattern. The network characteristics may include the order that HTTP headers and/or commands appear in network communications from the Trojan program and its variants. |
| US08595839B2 |
Selecting one of a plurality of scanner nodes to perform scan operations for an interface node receiving a file request
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for selecting one of a plurality of scanner nodes to perform scan operations for an interface node receiving a file request. A list includes a plurality of scanner nodes in a network and for each scanner node a performance value. One of the scanner nodes in the list is selected based on the performance values of the scanner nodes and the file is transmitted to the selected scanner node to perform a scan operation with respect to the file. Indication is received from the selected scanner node performing the scan operation whether a subset of code in the file matches code in a definition set. The file request is processed to result in execution of the file request based on the indication of whether the subset of code in the file matches a definition in the definition set. |
| US08595838B2 |
Contextual alert of an invasion of a computer system
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing contextual feedback to a user of a computer system upon detection of an invasion of the computer system are provided herein. An invasion of the computer system is detected and a contextually appropriate alert is selected from a set of alerts. The alert is played immediately upon detection of the invasion so that the user is alerted to the invasion within close temporal proximity to the user's action that resulted in the invasion of the computer system. In addition, details of the invasion are logged to a diagnostic log file for later use by support personnel in repairing the computer system. |
| US08595837B2 |
Security event management apparatus, systems, and methods
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive multiple security event data streams from a plurality of hardware processing nodes, the multiple security event data streams comprising multiple security events. Additional operations may include extracting multiple security events from multiple security event data streams, and classifying the extracted multiple security events to form domain-specific, categorized data streams. A hierarchy of statistical data streams may then be generated from the domain-specific, categorized data streams. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US08595836B2 |
Functional patching/hooking detection and prevention
A method for preventing malicious attacks on software, using the patching method, includes providing a database of malicious known patches (malware). The database contains characteristic signatures of the malware. The method also includes detecting whether a patch is malicious by comparing it with a signature in the database and performing one or more activities needed to prevent the malicious patch from performing undesired activities. |
| US08595835B2 |
System to enable detecting attacks within encrypted traffic
Systems and methods for identification of network attacks are disclosed. An example system includes an adaptor module to route a received encrypted packet to a decryption module, receive a decrypted packet corresponding to the encrypted packet from the decryption module, and transmit the decrypted packet and the encrypted packet to a sensor module. The decryption module is to receive an encrypted packet, decrypt the encrypted packet to form the decrypted packet, and transmit the decrypted packet to the adaptor module. The sensor module is to inspect the decrypted packet and the encrypted packet received from the adaptor module to determine when an attack is detected. |
| US08595833B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining software trustworthiness
Aspects of the invention relate to a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for determining software trustworthiness. In some examples, a software package identified as including at least one file of unknown trustworthiness is installed on a clean machine. A report package including a catalog of files that have been installed or modified on the clean machine by the software package is generated. Identification attributes for each of the files in the catalog is determined. Each of the files in the catalog is processed to assign a level of trustworthiness thereto. The report package is provided as output. |
| US08595820B1 |
Surround security system
A surround security system which screens packets transitioning a TCP/IP stack of a computer system from being broadcast over a network or being communicated to applications installed on the computer system. The surround security system may further include protections for the operating system, applications and security configurations. |
| US08595816B2 |
User authentication system and method for the same
At the user authentication apparatus 30, an identifier of a certification authority (CA) certificate that a CA information disclosure server 20 discloses in advance is registered in an identifier list of the CA. At the user terminal 10, a key pair consisting of a terminal public key and a terminal secret key is generated, the terminal signature is generated for information containing the terminal public key using the CA secret key acquired in advance, and a self-signed certificate of the same form as the certificate issued from CA, that is, a terminal certificate containing at least a terminal public key, a terminal signature, and a CA identifier, is created and stored, and registered in the user authentication apparatus 30. The terminal certificate having the same issuer information as the CA identifier in the identifier list of the CA notified from the user authentication apparatus 30 at the time of the service request is selected, and user authentication in accordance with a well-known user authentication protocol is executed using the terminal certificate. |
| US08595811B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a virtual world commodity device
The present invention describes methods and apparatus to enable efficient and protected interaction with a virtual world environment. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system including a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory. Furthermore, the system includes a product unique identifier stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device. The virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide the product unique identifier and the virtual world environment provides a globally unique identifier to be stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device. |
| US08595809B2 |
Reusable authentication experience tool
A reusable authentication component may be integrated into a web page to communicate with an authentication server and authenticate a user to the web page. The reusable authentication component may implement a complex authentication process, including multiple user interfaces to receive multiple assurances of user identity and user confirmation of previously stored mutual authentication data. The authentication process may be performed by the authentication component without refreshing or redirecting the parent web page until completion of a successful user authentication, after which the parent web page may receive authentication data and refresh to provide user specific and/or secure user data on the web page. |
| US08595806B1 |
Techniques for providing remote computing services
Techniques, including systems and methods, for providing access to remote computing services are described and suggested herein. In an embodiment, a first computer system provides a key to a user device over a network. The user device provides the received key to a second computer system that uses the key to authenticate the user device. The second computer system executes an operating system for the user device according to instructions received from the user device. Results of execution of the operating system are provided to the user device. |
| US08595805B2 |
Method and system for policy driven data disclosure
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for controlling access to attribute information. A request is received from an application for attribute information. An attribute release policy associated with the requesting application is used to filter attributes stored in a datastore. The filtered attributes are then provided to the requesting application. |
| US08595800B1 |
System and method for enrolling in a biometric system
A system and method for enrolling in a biometric authorization system. A system user may be authorized to enroll by providing biometric data from both his person and a third party token. |
| US08595795B2 |
Administration of computer telephony applications that are connected to a private branch exchange via a local network
An administration of telephony applications conventionally using domain controller-based access authorization methods is provided such to eliminate the need for these methods. In a network where terminal devices are connected to time division multiplexed or packet-oriented network components, a terminal device establishes a communication link to a terminal device-specific adaptation for telephony applications via an interface for telephony applications, and the authorization for importing data is verified. Data is imported via the communication link to affected applications or affected services of the network. Any terminal device can be used to import the data and that no special authorizations are required for access as the proprietary/license keys that are exchanged between the terminal device and the exchange and the domain controller provide protection from unauthorized access to the exchange and to the local network connected thereto. For accessing the exchange and the domain controller, only one authorization check method is required. |
| US08595788B2 |
Enforcing policy-based application and access control in an information management system
A method and apparatus for controlling document access and application usage using centrally managed rules. The rules are stored and manipulated in a central rule database via a rule server. Policy enforcers are installed on client systems and/or on servers and perform document access and application usage control for both direct user document accesses and application usage, and application program document accesses by evaluating the rules sent to the policy enforcer. The rule server decides which rules are required by each policy enforcer. A policy enforcer can also perform obligation and remediation operations as a part of rule evaluation. Policy enforcers on client systems and servers can operate autonomously, evaluating policies that have been received, when communications have been discontinued with the rule server. |
| US08595787B2 |
Dynamic service delivery platform for communication networks
A method of managing dynamic services that are provided over a network, the method involving: storing rules for controlling admission to the network; keeping track of state of the network; receiving a request for establishing a session over the network; and using both the stored rules and the state of the network to determine whether to grant the request for establishing the session. |
| US08595783B2 |
Receiving device, receiving method, program, and broadcasting system
Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving AV contents, the receiving device including: an obtaining section configured to obtain a description document described in a program language for displaying contents from a server present on a network connected with the receiving device; a determining section configured to determine whether the obtained the description document is obtained from a first server managed on a broadcaster side broadcasting the AV contents; and a controlling section configured to control execution of the obtained the description document according to a result of determination by the determining section. |
| US08595782B2 |
Manipulating unused portions of a video display
According to the invention, a video distribution system is disclosed. The video distribution system distributes a video program in a first aspect ratio and includes information to convert the first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio. Included in the video distribution system are a distribution point and a video converter that is located remotely from the distribution point. The video converter receives the information and the video program from the distribution point. The video converter uses the information to guide conversion between the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio. |
| US08595778B2 |
User authentication in a content delivery network
Embodiments generally disclosed herein include computer-implemented methods for delivery of video content across a network. Such methods comprise a content delivery manager capable of receiving a video stream from a content source for delivery to a end user of a content publisher. The content delivery manager is further capable of detecting a trigger signal within the video stream. For example, the trigger signal can indicate a temporal mark injected into the video stream by the content publisher. During general operation, the content delivery manager processes the trigger signal to determine whether to modify delivery of the video stream to the end user. According to another general embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided for authorizing delivery of a video stream to an end user. |
| US08595775B2 |
System and method of accessing digital video broadcasts within an information handling system
A system and method of accessing digital video broadcasts within an information handling system is disclosed. In one form, a digital video broadcast processing system can include a digital video broadcast receiver module operable to process a first digital video broadcast data received within a multiple channel digital video broadcast signal and to output the first digital video broadcast data to an interconnect bus of a computer system. The digital video broadcast processing system can also include a communication interface operable to be removeably coupled to an interconnect bus interface of the computer system. The communication interface can be operable to communicate the first digital video broadcast data, including an interconnect dependent data format, from the digital video broadcast receiver module to a digital video processing application of the computer system. |
| US08595768B2 |
Enhanced program preview content
Methods and apparatus for providing an enhanced EPG or EPG banner are described. A method of displaying first and second audiovisual content, the first audiovisual content comprising a current program and the second audiovisual content comprising audiovisual content relating to a future program according to a program broadcast schedule, the method comprising receiving the first audiovisual content at a media playback device, receiving the second audiovisual content at the media playback device from a remote content system over a packet-based data network, in response to user input, outputting the first and second audiovisual content to an output device having a screen, and controlling the screen of the output device to display the first and second audiovisual content concurrently. A method of controlling a screen, the display being operable in different modes according to whether a PiP window is shown, and whether currently broadcast or future content is shown. |
| US08595764B2 |
Image-oriented electronic programming guide
An image-oriented electronic programming guide system is provided in which programming choices are represented as reduced video images of real-time programming displayed in individual image areas comprising one or more independent or geometric surfaces. The reduced video images may be snapshots captured from a standard video channel and updated at regular intervals or after detecting a scene change in the real-time programming. The most presentable snapshot may be further filtered to represent the real-time programming in the best manner. The reduced video images may also be thumbnail video streams selected from an enhanced preview channel. |
| US08595760B1 |
System, method and computer program product for presenting an advertisement within content
A data structure, method and computer program product are provided. In one embodiment, an advertising slot located within content is identified. In addition, an advertisement is presented utilizing the advertising slot based on at least one identifier associated with the content. In another embodiment, an advertising slot is inserted into content. Further, at least one identifier associated with the content is generated for being used in presenting an advertisement utilizing the advertising slot. In yet another embodiment, an advertising slot associated with content is identified. Moreover, an advertisement is correlated with the advertising slot utilizing at least one identifier associated with the content. |
| US08595756B2 |
System and method for selling or licensing image files
According to one embodiment, a method for selling or licensing digital video clips includes receiving a first catalog image file representing first digital video in a raw image format and receiving a second catalog image file representing second digital video in a raw image format. The method further includes receiving a selection of the first catalog image file, a selection of one or more first parameters, and payment information for a purchase or a license of a first image file that is a version of the first catalog image file. At least one of the first parameters specifies a second format, and the first image file has the second format. The method further includes generating the first image file, where generating the first image file includes processing the first catalog image file based on the first parameters. The method further includes transmitting the first image file. |
| US08595749B1 |
System and method for cataloging data
A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining information concerning the possible occurrence of a data operation event performed within a data environment. In the event of such an occurrence, a log file is modified to indicate the occurrence of the data operation event within the data environment. |
| US08595745B2 |
Job-process swapping between multiple storage devices based on the most recently executed type of a process and historical execution count among plural types of processes
A memory swap management method that can preferentially place in a primary storage device a process that has a high possibility of being executed next, thereby shortening the time to start executing the next process. A planned execution sequence of jobs is stored when there are a plurality of jobs waiting to be executed. A process as a swap-out candidate and a process as a swap-in candidate are determined based on the execution sequence and types of processes stored in the primary storage device. According to the determination, the process as the swap-out candidate is swapped out from the primary storage device to a secondary storage device, and the process as the swap-in candidate is swapped in from the secondary storage device into an area of the primary storage device freed as a result of the swap-out. |
| US08595741B2 |
System and method for accelerating input/output access operation on a virtual machine
A system and method for accelerating input/output (IO) access operation on a virtual machine, The method comprises providing a smart IO device that includes an unrestricted command queue (CQ) and a plurality of restricted CQs and allowing a guest domain to directly configure and control IO resources through a respective restricted CQ, the IO resources allocated to the guest domain. In preferred embodiments, the allocation of IO resources to each guest domain is performed by a privileged virtual switching element. In some embodiments, the smart IO device is a HCA and the privileged virtual switching element is a Hypervisor. |
| US08595737B2 |
Method for migrating a virtual server to physical server according to a variation ratio, a reference execution time, a predetermined occupied resource amount and a occupancy amount
Occupancy amount of physical resource of a virtual server (VS) is calculated based on maximum physical resource amount indicating performance of a physical server (PS), the occupied virtual resource coefficient indicating relation of physical resource amount used by the VS to the physical resource amount allocated to the VS and the allocated physical resource coefficient indicating relation of the allocated physical resource to the maximum physical resource amount of the PS, and change value of the occupied physical resource amount from a predetermined occupied physical resource amount is calculated based on the calculated occupancy amount and the predetermined occupied physical resource amount. The migration time required of the VS is calculated based on the calculated change value, variation ratio indicating degree of influence exerted by change of the occupied virtual resource coefficient of the VS on the required migration time and reference execution time set based on the predetermined occupied physical resource amount. |
| US08595736B2 |
Parsing an application to find serial and parallel data segments to minimize mitigation overhead between serial and parallel compute nodes
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for executing an application on a parallel computer having a plurality of nodes. Executing an application on a parallel computer includes: booting up a first subset of a plurality of nodes in a serial processing mode; booting up a second subset of the plurality of nodes in a parallel processing mode; profiling, prior to application execution, an application to identify serial segments of the application, parallel segments of the application, and application data utilized by each of the serial segments and the parallel segments; and executing the application on the plurality of nodes, including migrating, in dependence upon the profile for the application upon encountering the parallel segments during execution, only specific portions of the application and the application data from the nodes booted up in the serial processing mode to the nodes booted up in the parallel processing mode. |
| US08595733B2 |
Process scheduler employing ordering function to schedule threads running in multiple adaptive partitions
A system includes a processor, one or more memory storage units, and software code stored in the one or more memory storage units. The software code is executable by the processor to generate a plurality of adaptive partitions that are each associated with one or more process threads. The software code further includes a scheduling system that is executable by the processor for selectively allocating the processor to run the process threads based on a comparison between ordering function values for each adaptive partition. The ordering function value for each adaptive partition is calculated using one or more weighted variables for each adaptive partition. The variables include, for example, 1) the process budget, such as a guaranteed time budget, of the adaptive partition, 2) the critical budget, if any, of the adaptive partition, 3) the rate at which the process threads of an adaptive partition consume processor time. |
| US08595732B2 |
Reducing the response time of flexible highly data parallel task by assigning task sets using dynamic combined longest processing time scheme
A method for scheduling a data processing job includes receiving the data processing job formed of a plurality of computing units, combining the plurality of computing units into a plurality of sets of tasks, each set including tasks of about equal estimated size, and different sets having different sized tasks, and assigning the tasks to a plurality of processors using a dynamic longest processing time (DLPT) scheme. |
| US08595731B2 |
Low overhead dynamic thermal management in many-core cluster architecture
A semiconductor chip includes a plurality of multi-core clusters each including a plurality of cores and a cluster controller unit. Each cluster controller unit is configured to control thread assignment within the multi-core cluster to which it belongs. The cluster controller unit monitors various parameters measured in the plurality of cores within the multi-core cluster to estimate the computational demand of each thread that runs in the cores. The cluster controller unit may reassign the threads within the multi-core cluster based on the estimated computational demand of the threads and transmit a signal to an upper-level software manager that controls the thread assignment across the semiconductor chip. When an acceptable solution to thread assignment cannot be achieved by shuffling of threads within the multi-core cluster, the cluster controller unit may also report inability to solve thread assignment to the upper-level software manager to request a system level solution. |
| US08595730B2 |
Information processing system and storage medium
An information processing system has a file memory, a schedule information memory, a reminder information memory that stores reminder information including identification information of a user, a registration deadline of the first electronic file, and a reminder submission time in connection with information indicating a registration location of the first electronic file in the file memory, a setting unit that specifies, upon arrival of the reminder submission time, a schedule item for reminding the user of the task in schedule information of the user stored in the schedule information memory as an item scheduled for the registration deadline or schedule for a day prior to the registration deadline, and a display data outputting unit that outputs, upon receipt of a request for displaying the schedule information, schedule information display data in which display information corresponding to the schedule item is associated with information on a link to the registration location. |
| US08595729B2 |
Managing sequenced lock requests
A method according to one embodiment may include determining if a sequence number of a first thread matches a current sequence number of a lock. If the sequence number of the first thread does not match the current sequence number, the method further includes placing the first thread into a wait queue; receiving a notification of an updated current sequence number by the first thread; determining if the sequence number of the first thread matches the updated current sequence number; acquiring the lock if the sequence number of the first thread matches the updated current sequence number; and remaining in the wait queue if the updated current sequence number does not match the sequence number of the first thread. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment. |
| US08595721B2 |
Preserving a dedicated temporary allocation virtualization function in a power management environment
A mechanism is provided for temporarily allocating dedicated processors to a shared processor pool. A virtual machine monitor determines whether a temporary allocation associated with an identified dedicated processor is long-term or short-term. Responsive to the temporary allocation being long-term, the virtual machine monitor determines whether an operating frequency of the identified dedicated processor is within a predetermined threshold of an operating frequency of one or more operating systems utilizing the shared processor pool. Responsive to the operating frequency of the identified dedicated processor failing to be within the predetermined threshold, the virtual machine monitor either increases or decreases the frequency of the identified dedicated processor to be within the predetermined threshold of the operating frequency of the one or more operating systems utilizing the shared processor pool and temporarily allocates the identified dedicated processor to the shared processor pool. |
| US08595720B2 |
Program management system, program management method, client, and computer program product
In a client apparatus, when a request to install a program stored in a server is received, a dependence display creating unit acquires server program information including information indicating the program stored in the server and information indicating the dependence between the program and other programs, and acquires apparatus program information including information indicating a program installed in the client apparatus. The dependence display creating unit creates a display screen on the basis of the information indicating the dependence in the server program information such that the dependence between a program which is designated to be installed and other programs is clear. In addition, the dependence display creating unit displays information indicating an installed program among the programs to be installed, on the basis of the apparatus program information. |
| US08595719B2 |
Computer readable storage medium storing secure printing set-up program and method of setting secure printing
There is provided a non-transitory storage medium that stores a secure printing set-up program executable on an image processing device connectable to an image forming device. The secure printing set-up program includes a set of program instructions including: obtaining other user information indicative of whether there is any other user that is able to use the image forming device; and installing a driver with such a default setting that the image forming device operates in either one of a secure mode and a normal mode, the secure mode being such that the image forming device forms images when a user of the information processing device is authenticated, the normal mode being such that the image forming device forms images without authenticating the user of the information processing device, the default setting being configured to be selected between the secure mode and the normal mode depending on the other user information. |
| US08595717B2 |
Memory controller that includes support for autorun of software or data
An integrated circuit microcontroller supporting Autorun of software or data is disclosed. The integrated circuit microcontroller can be included in a memory device, the memory device may be a USB dongle, a SD card, a flash drive, a wireless dongle or others that are connectable by a user to a computing device for running application or data stored in the memory device. The memory device may include a private memory component storing private or security data. The private or security data may be associated with computing or application software running or providing services on the computing device. The private or security data may protect the usage of or the services provided by the computing or application software. The computing device may include mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, laptops, desktops, appliances etc. Exemplary services may include Internet access, wireless connectivity, phone calling, content access or content sharing. |
| US08595712B2 |
Source code processing method, system and program
A method, system, and computer readable article of manufacture to enable parallel execution of a divided source code in a multiprocessor system. The method includes the steps of: inputting an original source code by an input device into the computing apparatus; finding a critical path in the original source code by a critical path cut module; cutting the critical path in the original source code into a plurality of process block groups by the critical path cut module; and dividing the plurality of process block groups among a plurality of processors in the multiprocessor system by a CPU assignment code generation module to produce the divided source code. The system includes an input device; a critical path cut module; and a CPU assignment code generation unit to produce the divided source code. The computer readable article of manufacture includes instructions to implement the method. |
| US08595711B2 |
Function-level compiler processing optimization
Methods and software to repeatedly translate a portion of a compilation unit into sequences of executable instructions under the control of a variety of different options; the sequences are compared to select a preferred set of options. |
| US08595706B2 |
Control chart technique for analyzing software engineering activities affected by intrinsic process variation and statistical fluctuations
In software engineering, the performance or efficiency of individual process steps is typically defined as some sort of rate such as the number of detected defects divided by the effort spent for review or testing. In this situation, the variation in the data always reflects a mixture of intrinsic process variation caused by, for example, human factors such as the experience of reviewers or the variable quality of the review objects, and purely statistical variation due to the effects of Poisson statistics when defects are counted. Due to this mixture of causes of variation no conventional statistical process control chart holds for the constraints of typical software engineering processes. A new statistical process control (SPC) approach (method and system) is presented to overcome the mentioned problems. |
| US08595701B2 |
Symbolic execution and test generation for GPU programs
In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing bytecode generated by a compiler from a software program for execution by a particular processing unit; accessing configuration information describing one or more aspects of the particular processing unit; symbolically executing the bytecode with the configuration information; and, based on the symbolic execution, generating one or more results conveying a functional correctness of the software program with respect to the particular processing unit for communication to a user and generating one or more test cases for the software program for communication to a user. |
| US08595700B2 |
Method and apparatus for reusing components of a component-based software system
The present invention provides a component reuse method for reusing at least first component that is selected from a first software system to a second software system. The method comprises the steps of: analyzing the first software system, determining dependencies of the at least one first component of the first software system and acquiring relevant interface information; generating surrogates based on the dependencies and the interface information, which will be deployed in the first operating environment and in the second operating environment respectively, wherein the surrogates allow the second software system to invoke service provided by the at least one first component in the first operating environment and allow the at least one first component to invoke relevant service provided in the second software system. |
| US08595697B2 |
Serializing a templated markup language representation of test artifacts
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to software testing and provide a method, system and computer program product for serializing a templated markup language representation of test artifacts. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for configuring a test plan for serialization can be provided. The method can include selecting a template of a test plan through a graphical user interface of a test plan markup generation module executing in memory by a processor of a host computer. The method also can include extracting a table of contents from the selected template such that the table of contents includes at least one reference to at least one test case. Finally, the method can include transforming at least one portion of the table of contents including a test case into a markup language representation of the template of the test plan, for instance an XML representation. |
| US08595696B2 |
Development of networked applications
Mashup creation, through the reuse and combination of existing networking or Web applications, are presented. For example, a method for forming a networked software application on a first computer resource coupled by a network to a client computer of a user includes accessing, within a repository that is part of the first computer resource, a first networked software application part, forming, within the first computer resource, a second networked software application part, and providing the second networked software application part to the repository. The second networked software application part comprises a first element of the first networked software application part. The steps of accessing, forming and providing are performed using the first computer resource comprising the repository. The first and the second networked software application parts remain on the first computer resource, and separate from the client computer, during the forming of the second networked software application part. |
| US08595693B2 |
Model driven deployment of composite applications
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for model driven deployment of component based applications. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for model driven deployment of component based applications can include selecting units representative of corresponding programmatic objects to be deployed into a target environment and specifying a deployment topology for the target environment. The method also can include matching portions of the units to different automation signatures and filtering the different automation signatures to a set of automation signatures based upon the deployment topology. The set of automation signatures can be ordered according to known dependencies of a corresponding deployment model and the ordered set of automation signatures can be bundled into an automation workflow and published to an automation engine for execution to deploy the programmatic objects into the target environment. |
| US08595690B2 |
Code generation
At least one business rule is received that specifies at least one template to be used in generating a code file. A configuration file is generated that identifies a location of the at least one template. The at least one template is retrieved and parsed to generate a question file that indicates at least one tag in the at least one template. User input is obtained concerning a value that relates to the at least one tag. The code file is generated by replacing the at least one tag in the template with the value. |
| US08595683B1 |
Generating user clocks for a prototyping environment
A method and apparatus for generating user clocks in a prototyping system is disclosed. A prototyping system has a plurality of programmable logic chips that are each programmed with one or more partition of a prototyped circuit design. For a circuit design having multiple user clock signals, each partition uses some or all of the user clocks. A reference clock signal is externally generated, and received by each of the programmable logic chips. Using a phase-locked loop, a plurality of in-phase higher frequency clock signals are generated from the reference clock signal. The user clock signals are then generated from these higher frequency signals using a plurality of divider circuits. Reset circuitry implemented in one of the programmable logic chips transmits a common reset signal to the divider circuits, maintaining the phase relationship of each user clock across the programmable logic chips. |
| US08595680B1 |
Constrained random error injection for functional verification
According to one general aspect, a method may include simulating a memory circuit, wherein the memory circuit is configured to store data. The method may also include receiving, by the simulated memory circuit, a memory access operation. The method may further include dynamically determining, in response to the memory access, if, based on a set of predefined criteria, the simulated memory circuit should generate a memory error as the result of the memory access. The method may also include, if the simulated memory circuit is to generate the memory error, generating the memory error as the result of the memory access. |
| US08595677B1 |
Method and system for performing voltage-based fast electrical analysis and simulation of an electronic design
A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for performing electrical analysis of a circuit design. A voltage-based approach is described for performing two-stage transient EM-IR drop analysis of an electronic design. A two-stage approach is performed in some embodiments, in which the first stage operates by calculating the voltage at certain interface nodes. In the second stage, simulation is performed to simulate the circuit to concurrently obtain the current at the interface nodes. |
| US08595673B2 |
Dummy fill to reduce shallow trench isolation (STI) stress variation on transistor performance
An integrated circuit includes an active layer including an active pattern diffusion region. The integrated circuit further includes at least one guard band conforming to a shape of the active layer, the at least one guard band comprising a dummy diffusion layer, wherein the guard bans is spaced from the active layer at a first constant spacing in an X-axis direction and a second constant spacing in a Y-axis direction, which is perpendicular to the X-axis direction. The integrated circuit further includes a plurality of dummy diffusion patterns outside the at least one guard band. |
| US08595671B2 |
Low-power FPGA circuits and methods
Field Programmable Logic Arrays (FPGAs) are described which utilize multiple power supply voltages to reduce both dynamic power and leakage power without sacrificing speed or substantially increasing device area. Power reduction mechanisms are described for numerous portions of the FPGA, including logic blocks, routing circuits, connection blocks, switch blocks, configuration memory cells, and so forth. Embodiments describe circuits and methods for implementing multiple supplies as sources of Vdd, multiple voltage thresholding Vt, signal level translators, and power gating of circuitry to deactivate portions of the circuit which are inactive. The supply voltage levels can be fixed, or programmable. Methods are described for performing circuit CAD in the routing and assignment process on FPGAs, in particular for optimizing FPGA use having the power reduction circuits taught. Routing methods describe utilizing slack timing, power sensitivity, trace-based simulations, and other techniques to optimize circuit utilization on a multi Vdd FPGA. |
| US08595669B1 |
Flexible noise and delay modeling of circuit stages for static timing analysis of integrated circuit designs
Systems, apparatus, and methods of static timing analysis for an integrated circuit design in the presence of noise are disclosed. The integrated circuit design may be partitioned into a plurality of circuit stages. A timing graph including timing arcs is constructed to represent the timing delays in circuit stages of the integrated circuit design. A model of each circuit stage may be formed including a model of a victim driver, an aggressor driver, a victim receiver, and a victim net and an aggressor net coupled together. For each timing arc in the timing graph, full timing delays may be computed for the timing arcs in each circuit stage. |
| US08595664B2 |
Guiding design actions for complex failure modes
A system, and computer program product for guiding design actions for complex failure modes in an integrated circuit (IC) design are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A probability of failure estimate of a circuit according to the IC design is received, the probability being determined using a simulation. A sensitivity of the probability of failure to a variable associated with a component in the circuit is calculated, wherein the sensitivity is determined by an estimation without the simulation. The sensitivity is depicted relative to the component in the IC design such that the sensitivity is associated with the component and a visual relationship between the component and the sensitivity is usable for adjusting a characteristic of the component to reduce the probability of failure of the circuit. |
| US08595663B1 |
Method, system, and program storage device for modeling contact bar resistance
Disclosed are embodiments for modeling the total resistance (Rtot) of a contact bar. In the embodiments, sections of the contact bar are demarcated depending upon the location of an additional interconnect structure, which is on the contact bar, and relative to a diffusion region, which is traversed and contacted by the contact bar. For each of the sections, section-specific current density boundary conditions are established, section-specific sheet current density expressions are developed, which assume that current flow is continuous in the normal direction relative to each boundary between any two adjacent sections and which satisfy both the section-specific current density boundary conditions and a stable current flow continuity equation, and a section-specific resistance expression is developed using the section-specific sheet current density expressions. Finally, the total resistance expression for the contact bar is developed by adding the section-specific resistance expressions for all of the sections. |
| US08595661B2 |
N-channel and p-channel finFET cell architecture
A finFET block architecture suitable for use of a standard cell library, is based on an arrangement including a first set of semiconductor fins in a first region of the substrate having a first conductivity type, and a second set of semiconductor fins in a second region of the substrate, the second region having a second conductivity type. A patterned gate conductor layer including gate traces in the first and second regions, arranged over channel regions of the first and second sets of semiconductor fins is used for transistor gates. Patterned conductor layers over the gate conductor layer are arranged in orthogonal layout patterns, and can include a plurality of floating power buses over the fins in the first and second regions. |
| US08595653B2 |
Method and user interface for the graphical presentation of medical data
In a method and a device for the implementation of a medical examination via a user interface of at least one imaging device determination and input of a group of measurement parameters take place via an input device of the user interface. Spatially resolved image information are generated with the at least one imaging device depending on the group of measurement parameters. The image information is stored on a storage medium. The image information is presented as data symbols on a screen of the user interface. Multiple data symbols are presented in a predetermined arrangement on the screen for a medical assessment. An interest value is generated for each of the multiple data symbols with enlarged or reduced presentation of data symbols with higher interest value occurring relative to adjacent data symbols with lower interest value, such that the arrangement of the data symbols with lower interest value in n columns and m rows and at their respective size is maintained. |
| US08595649B2 |
Preferred contact group centric interface
A preferred contact group centric interface for a communication device can be used to facilitate communications by a user. The user interface can be arranged to activate from a user's “home page” on the display, from an idle screen that is accessed after a timeout period expires, or any other appropriate mechanism that activates the preferred contact group centric experience. A user selects the preferred contact group from among an array of the user's contacts. Once the contact group is configured, a minimal number of navigation/selection features is necessary to activate any number of communication modes available to the contacts. The contact group is configured such that simple and quick navigation between the contact members is achieved. The contact group can be presented in 2D and 3D arrangements, in any number of list or geometric configurations. A pricing plan can optionally be tied to each member of the contact group. |
| US08595648B1 |
Script logic graphical mapping
A system, method, and computer readable medium for script logic graphical mapping comprises displaying a panel associated with at least one script, presenting a branching logic associated with the panel and creating a graphical map of the panel and the branching logic where the graphical map allows zooming in to show panel logic associated with the panel, and the graphical map allows zooming out to show the branching logic associated with the panel. |
| US08595644B1 |
Snap to content in display
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for managing viewable content on a display. In some implementations, the method includes displaying content on the display, monitoring scrolling activity of a user and selectively centering a portion of the content on the display based on the scrolling activity. |
| US08595642B1 |
Multiple shell multi faceted graphical user interface
A multi faceted graphic user interface with multiple shells or layers may be provided for interaction with a user to speech enable interaction with applications and processes that do not necessarily have native support for speech input. The shells may be components of an operating system or of a parent application which supports such shells. Each shell has multiple facets for displaying applications and processes, and typically speech and other input is directed the application or process in the facet which has focus within the active shell. These multiple shells lend themselves to grouping of input or grouping of related applications and processes. For example, input from a speech recognizer, a mouse and a keyboard may each be directed at different shells; or a user may group related windows within various shells, such that all documents are displayed in one shell and all windows of an instant messaging application are displayed in another, thereby enabling better organization of work and work flow. |
| US08595639B2 |
Ventilator-initiated prompt regarding detection of fluctuations in resistance
This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring ventilatory parameters, analyzing ventilatory data associated with those parameters, and providing useful notifications and/or recommendations to clinicians. For example, many clinicians may not easily identify or recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of a fluctuation in resistance during mechanical ventilation of a patient. Furthermore, clinicians may not easily determine potential causes for the fluctuation in resistance and/or steps for mitigating the fluctuation in resistance. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect fluctuations in resistance and may issue suitable notifications and recommendations to the clinician based on potential causes of the fluctuation, ventilatory and/or patient data, etc. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format such that the clinician may selectively access information regarding the fluctuation in resistance. |
| US08595638B2 |
User interface, device and method for displaying special locations on a map
A user interface comprising a controller configured to display a map and to display at least one marked location on said map. The location is associated with at least one graphical object. The controller is further configured to determine whether a first graphical object will overlap a second graphical object when rendered and if so said controller is configured to create a third graphical object being associated with said first and second graphical objects and render said third graphical object. |
| US08595636B2 |
Method and system for mapping GUI widgets
As indicated above, an exemplary feature of the present invention is to automatically identify corresponding GUI elements on different computer systems, or the same computer system at different points in time. Specifically, under the present invention, a user action on a widget of a GUI provided by an application loaded a first computer system is observed, and information about the widget(s) involved in the user action as well as on all other widget(s) in the GUI is collected and associated with the user action. Thereafter a widget(s) (on which the user action is to be performed) of a GUI provided by the application as loaded on a second computer system is robustly identified using the collection information. Then, the action is performed on the identified widget(s). In identifying the widget(s), the present invention utilizes a set of hard and soft constraints to identify a matching widget(s). |
| US08595635B2 |
System, method and apparatus for selecting content from web sources and posting content to web logs
A method, system and apparatus for selecting, displaying, managing, tracking tagging and transferring access to specific content of Internet web pages and other sources, permitting the user or recipient to navigate quickly to a source of a content item in the custom selection, and posting content to web logs. A method and system of assisted content selection provides temporary borders around content items on mouseover; of Dynamic Content Display provides updating of selected content items; of Content Marks allows users to tag specific content items in web pages with a keyword or keywords, store a definition of the content item along with the keyword(s), and then search the stored definitions using search keywords; and a method of Multiple Clip Mode allows users to select specific content items from disparate source web pages and then tag, save, search, retrieve and print the selection. |
| US08595633B2 |
Method and system for displaying contextual rotating advertisements
A method is disclosed for providing advertising content for display in a page over a network. A plurality of advertisements are determined that are qualified for display at a location in the page. When an advertiser has stores located at a plurality of geographic sites, only one advertisement for a store located at a first geographic site may be displayed. Thereafter, the advertisement for a store located at a second geographic site different from the first geographic site may be displayed. |
| US08595630B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing minimal status display
A method and apparatus are provided for a user of a mobile wireless communications device to have the option of viewing security status messages in a large or small format depending upon the user's preferences, form factor of the mobile communications device, or the like. In accordance with an exemplary aspect of the invention, a user may opt to display status icons on one row of a display and include an abbreviated text associated with each icon that is displayed when a particular icon is highlighted by the user. If no icon is highlighted by the user, the most important status text (determined based on predetermined criteria) is displayed. The user has the option of switching to a large status display to view additional information relating to the status icons. |
| US08595624B2 |
Software application output volume control
Apparatus comprises means for independently controlling the output volume levels of a plurality of software applications associated with the apparatus; means responsive to a user command to change a master volume level for changing the volume levels of each of the software applications in the same sense; and when one of the plurality of software applications is at a maximum volume level, means responsive to a user command to increase the master volume level for increasing the volume levels of each of the other software applications which are not at the maximum level. |
| US08595621B2 |
Truncating character strings to generate a list of unique character strings
A method and system for truncating character strings in a computing environment. One implementation involves receiving a list including plural character strings, truncating one or more of the character strings to generate a display list of unique character strings based on determining a truncation location within each string by: for each character string, comparing the string and corresponding Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), if the string is different from the URI, then truncating the beginning of the string, otherwise if the string matches the URI, then truncating the end of the string. |
| US08595620B2 |
Document creation and management systems and methods
Systems and methods for document creation and management to facilitate creation of documents. An example document creation and management system is configured with an input component, a processing component, and a document creation component. A document creation and management systems can allow input of data in a customizable manner via talking (or recording), touching, typing, and/or clicking. A document creation and management system may use customizable templates, so that a user, for example a physician, may more efficiently enter and review data, such as data related to a patient encounter. A navigator may import information, such as formatting and structure information, from a template to guide a user as to the input to be provided to generate a document according to the template. Document entries may be automatically sent for processing, which may include editing, transcription, encryption, etc, in a parallel or serial fashion. For example, dictation information may be automatically transcribed and/or processed. |
| US08595619B1 |
In response to a search result query providing a snippet of a document including an element previously highlighted by a user
A system may aggregate highlighting information associated with a document that includes a number of elements. The highlighting information may identify one or more of the elements that have been highlighted by a group of users. The system may determine weight values for the one or more elements, generate information associated with the document based on the weight values, and provide the information. |
| US08595614B2 |
Document generating apparatus, document generating method, computer program and recording medium
A ruby character is displayed in an appropriate display form corresponding to characteristics of a layout of a document intended for giving of ruby characters. In a document generating apparatus, a storage portion stores information on a layout of a document as document layout data, a unification judging portion reads the document layout data stored in the storage portion, and a ruby character setting portion judges unification of a layout of the whole document based on the read document layout data to set a display form of a ruby character based on a judgment result by the unification judging portion. |
| US08595613B1 |
Page element identifier pre-classification for user interface behavior in a communications system
Systems and methods are described for modifying user interface behavior according to page element identifier pre-classification. For example, a number of content page (e.g., webpage) element identifiers (e.g., object classes or identifiers) are pre-classified as linking to associated media objects. When a content page or domain is requested by a user's web interface, the response is intercepted and analyzed to see if it has pre-classified element identifiers. If so, a script is injected in the webpage code or otherwise communicated to the requesting web interface, and the script is executed at the client side. Having executed the script, when a user interacts with a page element having one of the pre-classified element identifiers, the user interface is modified to provide enhanced functionality relating to the media object linked to by the page element. |
| US08595608B2 |
Method for transferring a number of medical image data records and system for managing image data records
A method is disclosed for transferring a number of medical image data records from a first computation facility to a second computation facility, with the second computation facility sending a transmission confirmation to the first computation facility after transmission is completed. In at least one embodiment, before the image data records are transmitted, a first checksum is determined for all the image data records and sent with the image data records; the first checksum is extracted at the second computation facility and is compared with a second checksum determined from the transmitted image data records in the same manner as the first checksum; and the transmission confirmation indicates a failure if the checksums do not correspond. |
| US08595606B1 |
Extended row diagonal parity with optimal decoding procedure
A method of recovering two data columns in a row diagonal parity redundant array comprising at least four data columns and two parity columns, comprising: (1) calculating as an accelerator row, a missing chain parity based on available data columns and the two parity columns; (2) defining a recoverable data cell in each of the two columns to be recovered; and (3) iteratively calculating a value for each recoverable data cell based on the available columns, parity information, previously recovered data cells, and the accelerator row and storing the calculated value in the data matrix. |
| US08595604B2 |
Methods and apparatus for search sphere linear block decoding
A search sphere-based linear block decoder is provided. A received vector, v, is decoded by computing a syndrome vector, S, corresponding to the received vector, v; (S=vH); obtaining a set of all possible error vectors, e, corresponding to the computed syndrome vector, S, wherein the set of all possible error vectors, e, is obtained from a pre-computed error table and has a specified maximum number of bit errors; calculating a set of all possible received vectors, x, based on the received vector, v, and the set of all possible error vectors, e; determining a k-bit code-vector x that is closest to the received vector, v; and determining an n-bit data-vector, d, associated with the k-bit code-vector x. The pre-computed error table can be generated by multiplying all possible error vectors by a Syndrome Matrix, to obtain all possible syndrome vectors associated with all possible error vectors. |
| US08595602B2 |
Configurable encoder for cyclic error correction codes
Apparatus for encoding includes a first processing stage, which is configured to filter input data with a first set of coefficients belonging to a first generator polynomial representing a first ECC, to produce a first output. A second processing stage is configured to filter the first output using a second set of coefficients belonging to a quotient polynomial, which is defined as a quotient of a second generator polynomial, representing a second ECC, divided by the first generator polynomial, to produce a second output. Ancillary circuitry has first and second operational modes and is coupled to the first and second processing stages so as to generate a first redundancy output corresponding to the first ECC based on the first output when operating in the first mode, and to generate a second redundancy output corresponding to the second ECC based on the second output when operating in the second mode. |
| US08595599B2 |
Data decoding method and apparatus and receiver and communication system applying the same
A receiver including a switch for switching output of a memory to one of paths according to content of the output. The memory stores information bits, first check bits and second check bits. The first check bits and second check bits are switched to one of the paths via a rate dematch apparatus to a decoder. The information bits are switched directly to the decoder. |
| US08595596B2 |
Method and apparatus for dispersed storage of streaming data
A method begins by receiving streaming data. The method continues by partitioning the streaming data into a first data stream and a second data stream. For the first data stream, the method continues by encoding, in accordance with error coding dispersed storage function parameters, the first data stream into a first encoded data slices. The method continues by determining first memory of a DSN to store the first encoded data slices and facilitating storage of the first encoded data slices in the first memory. For the second data stream, the method continues by encoding, in accordance with the error coding dispersed storage function parameters, the second data stream into a second encoded data slices. The method continues by determining second memory of the DSN to store the second encoded data slices and facilitating storage of the second encoded data slices in the second memory. |
| US08595595B1 |
Identifying lost write errors in a raid array
A storage server stores data in a stripe of a parity group that includes a plurality of data storage devices to store data and a parity storage device to store parity information. The stripe includes a data block from each of the data storage devices and a parity block from the parity storage device. The storage server receives a data access request specifying a data block in the stripe, and a lost write detection module detects an error in the data block. The lost write detection module compares a first storage device signature stored in a metadata field associated with the data block to a second storage device signature stored in a global field of the data storage device containing the data block. If the first storage device signature matches the second storage device signature, the lost write detection module compares a consistency point count stored in the metadata field to a reconstructed consistency point count. If the reconstructed consistency point count is greater than the consistency point count stored in the metadata field, the lost write detection module identifies the error as a lost write error for the data block. Accurately detecting and identifying the location of a lost write allows the storage server to correct the error and provide a user with a complete and accurate set of data. |
| US08595592B2 |
Memory system
A memory system according to the embodiment comprises a cell array including word lines and plural memory cells operative to store data in accordance with plural different physical levels when selected by the word lines; a register operative to hold first data input from external; and a data converter unit operative to convert the first data held in the register into second data and overwrite the second data in the area of the register for holding the first data, and further operative to convert the second data held in the register into third data to be recorded in the memory cells and overwrite the third data in the area of the register for holding the second data. |
| US08595591B1 |
Interference-aware assignment of programming levels in analog memory cells
A method for data storage includes accepting data for storage in a memory including multiple analog memory cells. For each memory cell, a respective set of nominal analog values is assigned for representing data values to be stored in the memory cell, by choosing the nominal analog values for a given memory cell in a respective range that depends on interference between the given memory cell and at least one other memory cell in the memory. The data is stored in each memory cell using the respective selected set of the nominal analog values. |
| US08595589B2 |
Quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check codes
A system and a method for determining a quasi-cyclic (QC) low-density parity-check (LDPC) code, such that the QC LDPC code has no trapping sets are disclosed. A set of matrices representing a family of QC LDPC codes are acquired, wherein each QC LDPC code is a tail-biting spatially-coupled code of girth not less than eight, and wherein each column of each matrix in the set has a weight not less than four. Based on a trapping set pattern, a matrix from the set of matrices is selected such that the matrix represents the QC LDPC code with no trapping sets. The matrix can be stored into a memory. |
| US08595586B2 |
Distributed system for fault-tolerant data storage
Fault-tolerant storage is provided using a distributed data storage system that receives input data from clients and divides that data into data blocks for storage. The data blocks are processed using a coding scheme that generates redundant level one error correction blocks (L1EC Blocks). The L1EC blocks enable the reconstruction of one or more damaged or inaccessible data blocks, so long as sufficient undamaged elements are still accessible. The L1EC blocks and the data blocks are divided into distribution sets and these sets are stored at a plurality of data storage locations. At each data storage location additional level two error correction blocks (L2EC blocks) are generated that provide local data redundancy. The L2EC blocks enable reconstruction of damaged elements at a data storage location without requiring communication with the other data storage locations. |
| US08595581B2 |
Data reception method, repair method and corresponding terminal
The invention relates to data reception, comprising: a step of reception of a file description table, a step of a request for transmission of at least a part of an object which has not been correctly received or has not been received, referred to as the fragment to be retransmitted, said transmission request comprising an identifier of the object to which said fragment to be retransmitted belongs and an identifier of said fragment to be retransmitted. In order to optimize the repair of an object (for example a file) which has not been correctly received, the transmission request furthermore contains an identifier of the version of the object. |
| US08595572B2 |
Data storage device with metadata command
A data storage device may include an interface that is arranged and configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller may be arranged and configured to receive a read metadata command for a specified one of the memory devices from the host using the interface, read metadata from the specified memory device and communicate the metadata to the host using the interface. |
| US08595567B2 |
Method and system for spinlock fault recovery
A method including requesting access to a resource governed by a spinlock; determining an allocation of the resource to a further requester; determining an expiration of a time limit for the spinlock, if the resource is allocated to the further requester; and initiating a fault recovery, if the time limit is expired. |
| US08595563B2 |
Method and circuitry for debugging a power-gated circuit
Described are a circuit and a method of analyzing and correcting a fault occurring in operation of the circuit during a power gating sequence. The method includes executing a modification of the power gating sequence that includes maintaining operation of a trace capture buffer (TCB); recording, in the TCB, events occurring during the executing; and correcting the fault based on analysis of the events recorded in the TCB. The circuit includes a plurality of components including a TCB, and a switch configured to maintain power to the TCB in a first state and turn off power to the TCB in a second state. |
| US08595561B1 |
Integrated debugging within an integrated circuit having an embedded processor
A method of debugging within an integrated circuit (IC) that includes an embedded processor can include detecting an event within a circuit of the IC that is external to the processor and, responsive to detecting the event, initiating a debug function within the processor. Similarly, responsive to detecting an event within the processor, a debug function within a circuit block of the IC that is external to the processor can be initiated. Trace data generated within the processor and trace data generated within the programmable fabric further can be merged to generate combined trace data. |
| US08595559B2 |
Method and apparatus for model-based testing of a graphical user interface
This invention provides a method, computer program and system for updating a model of a system under test for use in model-based testing. In one embodiment, the system includes a rules engine, a comparator and a message dictionary. The rules engine runs an action against the system under test and runs the action against a model under test. The comparator compares an output from the system under test with a corresponding output from the model under test, wherein the output from the model under test is selected from one of a plurality of output message records. The dictionary engine updates the output message record by changing the message record if the output of the model under test is different from the output of the system under test. If the output message record is empty, the dictionary engine adds an output message record based on the system under test. |
| US08595558B2 |
Computer turn on/off testing apparatus
A computer turning on/off testing apparatus for turning on a computer automatically includes a control module, a switch module, and a power supply module. The control module outputs control signals and receives a turn on signal from the computer to determine whether the computer turns on successfully. The switch module receives the control signals and turns on/off the computer according to the control signals. The power supply module provides power to the control module and the switch module. The control module stores a predetermined test time. The control module records abnormal information and test times when the computer turns on/off, and outputs the control signals to turn on the computer again when the computer cannot restart. The computer is turned on and off until a turning on/off time of the computer is equal to the predetermined test time. |
| US08595557B2 |
Method and apparatus for verifying memory testing software
A method for verifying the accuracy of memory testing software is disclosed. A built-in self test (BIST) fail control function is utilized to generate multiple simulated memory fails at various predetermined locations within a memory array of a memory device. The memory array is then tested by a memory tester. Afterwards, a bit fail map is generated by the logical-to-physical mapping software based on all the memory fails indicated by the memory tester. The bit fail map provides all the fail memory locations derived by the logical-to-physical mapping software. The fail memory locations derived by the logical-to-physical mapping software are then compared to the predetermined memory locations to verify the accuracy of the logical-to-physical mapping software. |
| US08595556B2 |
Soft failure detection
A method, system, and computer program product detect soft failures as follows. A set of artifacts being generated by at least one process in a system is monitored. A number of artifacts being generated by the process is determined to be below a given threshold in response to the monitoring. The process is monitored in response to the determination. A current state of the process is determined in response to the analyzing. A notification is generated in response to the current state of the process including a set of abnormal behaviors. |
| US08595555B1 |
Debugging an integrated circuit with an embedded processor
A method of debugging an integrated circuit (IC) can include receiving, within a debugging system implemented within the IC, a debug command from a system external to the IC and, responsive to the debug command, initiating a debug function specified by the debug command for a processor system embedded on the IC. An IC also is provided that can include a programmable circuitry (e.g., a programmable fabric) coupled via an interface to processor system embedded in the IC. A debugging system can be implemented within the programmable fabric to communicate with the processor system via the interface. |
| US08595554B2 |
Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system
Fixing a problem is usually greatly aided if the problem is reproducible. To ensure reproducibility of a multiprocessor system, the following aspects are proposed: a deterministic system start state, a single system clock, phase alignment of clocks in the system, system-wide synchronization events, reproducible execution of system components, deterministic chip interfaces, zero-impact communication with the system, precise stop of the system and a scan of the system state. |
| US08595551B2 |
Web application transitioning and transient web applications
Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associated with user interaction, and have those boundaries enforced by a run-time engine. In at least some embodiments, developers can provide, through JavaScript code and/or HTML markup, various configurations for the creation of a start menu shortcut, navigation, and so-called jumplist integration. |
| US08595549B2 |
Information system and I/O processing method
Information system, including: first and second storage apparatuses connected to a host computer and including volumes designated by a common volume identifier, but being accessible via differing paths of differing priorities. A failure detection storage apparatus connected to the storage apparatuses includes a third volume. Any I/O request designating the common volume identifier, is first sent to the first volume though the first access path, but upon error is then sent to the second volume thorough the second access path. The first or second storage apparatus detecting failure stores, in the third volume, a failure information flag. Upon receiving an I/O request through the second access path, the second storage apparatus determines whether the failure information flag is stored in the third volume, and sends an error reply of the I/O request to the host computer if the failure information flag is stored in the third volume. |
| US08595548B1 |
Generic encoder for low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes
Systems and methods are provided for encoding data based on an LDPC code using various inversion mechanisms to obtain parity bits. In some embodiments, an LDPC encoder may compute parity bits using a speculative recursion and correction mechanism. In these embodiments, the LDPC encoder may initiate a recursion using at least one speculative value in place of the actual value for a parity component. The speculative values may then be corrected using a correction factor. In other embodiments, an LDPC encoder is provided that can perform a blockwise inversion mechanism. This mechanism may be used on LDPC codes with parity check matrices having a parity portion composed partially of a large triangular matrix. In still other embodiments, a generic LDPC encoder is provided. The generic LDPC encoder can implement a variety of different encoding techniques, such as different inversion mechanisms, and may be processor-based or finite state machine-based. |
| US08595542B2 |
Explicit skew interface for reducing crosstalk and simultaneous switching noise
Methods and apparatus are disclosed, such as those involving an inter-chip interface configured to receive and process electronic data. One such interface includes a receiver circuit that includes a clock tree configured to receive a clock signal at a clock tree input. The clock tree distributes a plurality of clock signals delayed from the clock signal such that one or more of the clock signals have a delay different from the delays of the other clock signals. The receiver circuit further includes a plurality of data input latches configured to receive a plurality of data elements over two or more different points in time. This configuration at least partially reduces crosstalk and simultaneous switching output noise. |
| US08595539B2 |
Display apparatus for automatically adjusting quantization clock phase according to different threshold values in a display apparatus
The display apparatus includes an AD converter converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal, a phase adjuster and a horizontal start position detector. The detector detects a horizontal start position where an output value of the AD converter becomes a minimum value that exceeds a threshold level in a video horizontal direction. The phase adjuster acquires a start position change phase where the horizontal start position is changed. The phase adjuster calculates a first phase period where the analog video signal starts its transition from a first level to a second (higher) level and then ends the transition. The phase adjuster sets a phase not included in the first phase period as an adjusted phase of the quantization clock. |
| US08595535B1 |
Techniques for managing data storage systems using energy information
Described are techniques for managing a data storage system. First energy information for each of one or more enclosures of the data storage system is determined. Second energy information for the data storage system based on information including the first energy information for the one or more enclosures is determined. It is determined whether any of the first energy information for each of the one or more enclosures and the second energy information for the data storage system are within a predetermined amount of one or more associated thresholds. If it is determined that any of the first energy information for each of the one or more enclosures and the second energy information for the data storage system are within a predetermined amount of one or more associated thresholds, one or more actions are taken prior to reaching the one or more associated thresholds. |
| US08595534B2 |
Method for system energy use management of current shared power supplies
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, where the computer readable program code is adapted to, when executed by a processor, implement a method for managing a power supply system. The method includes identifying a number of power supplies included in the power supply system, and determining a first system mode for the power supply system. The method also includes determining a first operating order for the power supplies, and assigning a first ACTIVE ON threshold to each of the power supplies to obtain a number of first ACTIVE ON thresholds. The method further includes assigning a first ACTIVE STANDBY OFF threshold to each of the power supplies to obtain a number of first ACTIVE STANDBY OFF thresholds, where the power supply system provides electrical power to at least one computer system. |
| US08595530B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus having a storage unit configured to store data, operated in a normal mode for supplying power to the storage unit or a power saving mode for preventing power supply to the storage unit, includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not such a condition is established that the information processing apparatus is to be shifted from the normal mode to the power saving mode, and a measurement unit configured to measure an elapse time after a power source of the information processing apparatus is turned on. |
| US08595529B2 |
Efficient power management and optimized event notification in multi-processor computing devices
Methods and devices for reducing power consumption in a multi-processor computing device include filtering indications from the second processor intended for the first processor while the first processor is in a low power state, so that only selected, such as significant, indications are transmitted. The second processor may be informed when the first processor is in a low power state. Indications generated by the second processor may be compared to indication filtering criteria to determine whether each should be transmitted to the first processor. Those indications satisfying the indication filtering criteria may be sent to the first processor, causing it to return to a normal power state. In mobile computing device the first processor may be an applications processor and the second processor may be a modem. Filtering of indications may be accomplished in the second processor or in a power controller in some implementations. |
| US08595525B2 |
On-chip thermal management techniques using inter-processor time dependent power density data for indentification of thermal aggressors
Various embodiments of methods and systems for controlling and/or managing thermal energy generation on a portable computing device are disclosed. Data discarded from one or more processing core registers may be monitored and analyzed to deduce individual workloads that have been processed by each of the cores over a unit of time. From the deduced workloads, the power consumed by each of the cores over the unit of time in order to process the workload can be calculated. Subsequently, a time dependent power density map can be created which reflects a historical and near real time power consumption for each core. Advantageously, because power consumption can be correlated to thermal energy generation, the TDPD map can be leveraged to identify thermal aggressors for targeted, fine grained application of thermal mitigation techniques. In some embodiments, workloads may be reallocated from the identified thermal aggressors to the identified underutilized processing components. |
| US08595523B2 |
Data writing method for non-volatile memory, and controller and storage system using the same
A data writing method for writing data from a host system into a plurality of memory dies of a rewritable non-volatile memory storage apparatus is provided. The data writing method includes determining whether the data transmission interface of the host system complies with a first interface standard or a second interface standard. The data writing method also includes using a general mode to write the data into the memory dies when the data transmission interface of the host system complies with the first interface standard and using a power saving mode to write the data into the memory dies when the data transmission interface of the host system complies with the second interface standard. Accordingly, the data writing method can effectively prevent the stability of the rewritable non-volatile memory storage apparatus from reducing due to insufficient power supplied by the data transmission interface. |
| US08595522B2 |
Monitoring transaction requests using a policy engine within a storage drive driver to change power capability and latency settings for a storage drive
With embodiments of the invention, a more robust solution is provided using a storage driver that may already be used for the platforms operating system. This is efficient because the storage driver typically already monitors storage drive access requests, and thus knows when traffic is outstanding (performance may be critical) or when it's not outstanding (and power may be saved). |
| US08595520B2 |
System and method for determining thermal management policy from leakage current measurement
Various embodiments of methods and systems for determining the thermal status of processing components within a portable computing device (“PCD”) by measuring leakage current on power rails associated with the components are disclosed. One such method involves measuring current on a power rail after a processing component has entered a “wait for interrupt” mode. Advantageously, because a processing component may “power down” in such a mode, any current remaining on the power rail associated with the processing component may be attributable to leakage current. Based on the measured leakage current, a thermal status of the processing component may be determined and thermal management policies consistent with the thermal status of the processing component implemented. Notably, it is an advantage of embodiments that the thermal status of a processing component within a PCD may be established without the need to leverage temperature sensors. |
| US08595517B2 |
Thermal management of a mobile device with ventless housing
A mobile device includes a housing having a plurality of surfaces. A processor is located within the housing. The processor heats a portion of one or more of the surfaces of the housing. A temperature sensor detects a temperature of the portion of the surface. The rate of energy consumption by the processor is adjusted based on the temperature of the portion of the surface of the housing. |
| US08595514B2 |
Secure point of sale terminal
A data entry device including a housing formed of at least two portions, data entry circuitry located within the housing, at least one case-open switch assembly operative to sense when the housing is opened and tamper indication circuitry operative to receive an input from the at least one case-open switch assembly and to provide an output indication of possible tampering with the data entry circuitry located within the housing, the at least one case-open switch assembly including an arrangement of electrical contacts including at least first, second and third contacts and a displaceable conductive element, the tamper indication circuitry and the third contact together being operative such that when the third contact is short circuited to at least one of the first contact, the second contact and another contact, an output indication of possible tampering is provided. |
| US08595513B2 |
Method and system for protecting a cryptography device
The method for protecting a cryptography circuit from attacks aiming to discover a secret datum (Di, K) used during execution by the circuit of a cryptography algorithm comprising the application (22) of at least one cryptographic operation (Oi) to the data (Di), said data belonging to a first mathematical structure (E) having at least one group structure and provided with at least one binary operation, is characterized in that it comprises a step (OPi) for protecting said cryptographic operation, comprising applying (20) to said data (Di) at least one first reversible homomorphism (Mi), compatible with said binary operation, before applying (22) said cryptographic operation (Oi), and applying (24) at least one second hornornorphisrn (Mi−1), opposite the first homomorphism (Mi), after applying said cryptographic operation (Oi). |
| US08595510B2 |
Methods, apparatus and systems to improve security in computer systems
In one implementation a computer system stores a software program that contains some instructions organized in blocks wherein each block contains a first part with instructions and a second part with an electronic signature or hash value, wherein the computer system includes a security component within the processor that allows the execution of instructions of the first part of a block of data only if the hash value of the data is correct. |
| US08595509B2 |
Systems and methods for online identity verification
A system controlling online access to a study course verifies the identity of an individual taking a study course over a global computer network from a first computer at a node of the network. The first computer has a biometric identification program and communicates over the network with a second computer that is at a network node other than a node of the first computer. The second computer includes study program material. The first computer operates a biometric reader, which obtains a first set of biometric data from the individual and a second set of biometric data from the individual while access is granted to course material. The biometric identification program compares the first set of data with the second set of data to make a verification of the identity of the individual and communicates the verification to the second computer. |
| US08595504B2 |
Light weight authentication and secret retrieval
A method for authenticating a message in a network is provided. The method includes a step of generating, in a sink device, a private key and a public key. The private key includes a plurality of sub-private keys. The method further includes a step of generating, in the sink device, a signature for the message. The signature includes a sub-private key and an authentication path associated with the sub-private key in a hash tree. The hash tree is constructed during the generation of the sub-public keys. |
| US08595501B2 |
Network helper for authentication between a token and verifiers
A network helper is provided that assists verifiers in executing a puzzle-based protocol for authentication of a token. A token stores a secret key and one or more puzzle-generating algorithms. The helper stores a plurality of puzzles associated with a particular token. When requested to do so by a verifier, the helper provides a plurality of pseudorandomly selected puzzles for the token to a verifier. The puzzles are encoded with information that is used between the verifier and token to establish a secured symmetric key. The verifier selects one or a few of the encoded puzzles and breaks them by a brute force attack. Because the helper does not know which puzzles have been selected, it has to break all puzzles to attempt to figure out the symmetric key. However, if a large number of puzzles are utilized, say millions, then breaking all of them becomes a computationally prohibitive task. |
| US08595496B2 |
Method and system for updating time information of a DRM device
A method and system for updating time information of a digital rights management (DRM) includes a time server transmitting a time information message to a consumer electronics (CE) device, the CE device transmitting the time information message to a digital rights management DRM device when the CE device receives the time information message from the time server, and the DRM device updating a present time of the DRM device based on the time information message when the DRM device successfully performs authentication with respect to the time information message which has been transmitted from the CE device. |
| US08595495B2 |
System and method for secure communications
A method for secure data communications in fax transmissions and computer network communications comprising a. Allowing the sender to receive confirmation that the receiver received the message without having to rely on the receiver accessing a web site; b. Enabling the sender to prove a message was sent to the intended receiver at the specified time/date; c. Enabling the sender to prove the content of the sent message; d. Enabling the receiver to know that the message originates from the purported sender without need to rely on encryption and digital signatures; e. Preventing the theft of digital signatures based on hardware that contains encryption keys and a surrounding processing in isolation so that malicious software cannot cheat the users by accessing said hardware; f. Preventing forgeries of source addresses of the senders which is applied to the sender's phone number, the sender's email addresses, and/or the sender's IP addresses. |
| US08595493B2 |
Multi-phase storage volume transformation
In accordance with one or more aspects, a storage volume is transformed into an encrypted storage volume or an unencrypted storage volume using a multi-phase process. One or more parts of the storage volume that have not yet been transformed are identified, and one or more parts of the storage volume that are allocated for use are identified. In a first phase of the multi-phase process, one or more parts of the storage volume that have not yet been transformed and that are allocated for use are transformed. In a second phase of the multi-phase process, after the first phase is finished, one or more parts of the storage volume that have not yet been transformed and are not allocated for use are transformed. |
| US08595490B2 |
System and method for secure transaction
Systems and methods for performing a secure transaction provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: reading data on a command token, reading data on a token; encrypting the token data with a key; encrypting an authentication data with a clear text token data; and transmitting the encrypted authentication data with the encrypted token data to a remote device. |
| US08595489B1 |
Grouping and ranking of application permissions
The present disclosure provides a system and method for a mobile device to run an application that requires one or more permissions. The mobile device may comprise a screen and a processor. The one or more permissions may be displayed graphically on the screen prior to the application being installed by the processor. |
| US08595487B2 |
Virtualization hardware for device driver isolation
Hardware virtualization support is used to isolate kernel extensions. A kernel and various kernel extensions are executed in a plurality of hardware protection domains. Each hardware protection domain defines computer resource privileges allowed to code executing in that hardware protection domain. Kernel extensions execute with appropriate computer resource privileges to complete tasks without comprising the stability of the computer system. |
| US08595485B2 |
Security management method and system for WAPI terminal accessing IMS network
The present invention discloses a security management method and a security management system for a WAPI terminal accessing an IMS network. The method comprises: an authentication service unit (ASU) sending, under the circumstance that an access point and the WAPI terminal pass the verification of the ASU, a security information request message to a home subscriber server (HSS) (S302); the HSS setting security information corresponding to the IMS account information of the WAPI terminal as access layer security after receiving the security information request message from the ASU (S304); a proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) receiving an IMS login request message from the WAPI terminal, inquiring about the security information of the WAPI terminal through the HSS, and allowing the WAPI terminal to execute an IMS service flow under the circumstance that the security information of the WAPI terminal is the access layer security (S306). |
| US08595484B2 |
Method and device for distributing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate path data
A method and device for distributing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate path data enables relying nodes to efficiently authenticate other nodes in an autonomous ad-hoc network. The method includes compiling, at a certificate path management unit (CPMU), the PKI certificate path data (step 405). One or more available certificate paths are then determined at the CPMU for at least one relying node (step 410). Next, the PKI certificate path data are distributed by transmitting a certificate path data message from the CPMU to the at least one relying node (step 415). The certificate path data message includes information identifying one or more trusted certification authorities associated with the one or more available certificate paths. |
| US08595480B2 |
Distributed computing network using multiple local virtual machines
A distributed computer system is disclosed in which computers co-operate with one another by sending messages over a network such as the Internet in order to perform a distributed application. In order to improve the security of such system, each web service involved in the distributed application runs in a separate virtual machine. Furthermore, the virtual machines on a web server dedicated to respective web service instances utilise the same policy enforcement point—running in another virtual machine on the web-server—in order to handle messages for or from the web server. To increase security still further, each virtual machine provides virtual cryptoprocessor functionality which is used in the processing of messages sent in the performance of the distributed application. |
| US08595475B2 |
Method of disseminating advertisements using an embedded media player page
A method of disseminating advertisements includes the step of transmitting to a media device an embedded media player page for playing a media file. The embedded medial player page allows a user of the media device to create a bookmark for a browser. The bookmark points to the embedded media player page. The bookmark includes an address of the media file as a parameter. When the bookmark is used in the browser to play the media file, the embedded media player page instructs the media device to request an advertisement form an advertisement server for display in the embedded media player page. |
| US08595472B2 |
Ganged hardware counters for coordinated rollover and reset operations
Mechanisms for controlling rollover or reset of hardware performance counters in the data processing system. A signal indicating that a rollover or reset of a first hardware performance counter has occurred is received and it is determined if the first hardware performance counter is analytically related to one or more second hardware performance counters based on defined ganged hardware performance counter sets. A signal is sent to each of the one or more second hardware performance counters in response to a determination that the first hardware performance counter is analytically related to the one or more second hardware performance counters. Each of the one or more second hardware performance counters is reset to an initial value in response to the one or more second hardware performance counters receiving the signal from the ganged hardware performance counter rollover/reset logic. |
| US08595465B1 |
Virtual address to physical address translation using prediction logic
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for predicting, for a first virtual address, a first descriptor based at least in part on the one or more past descriptors associated with one or more past virtual addresses; and determining, for the first virtual address, a first physical address based at least in part on the predicted first descriptor. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US08595463B2 |
Memory architecture with policy based data storage
A computing system and methods for memory management are presented. A memory or an I/O controller receives a write request where the data two be written is associated with an address. Hint information may be associated with the address and may relate to memory characteristics such as an historical, O/S direction, data priority, job priority, job importance, job category, memory type, I/O sender ID, latency, power, write cost, or read cost components. The memory controller may interrogate the hint information to determine where (e.g., what memory type or class) to store the associated data. Data is therefore efficiently stored within the system. The hint information may also be used to track post-write information and may be interrogated to determine if a data migration should occur and to which new memory type or class the data should be moved. |
| US08595461B2 |
Management of recycling bin for thinly-provisioned logical volumes
A method for data storage includes representing logical volumes by respective sets of pointers to physical partitions in which data used by the logical volumes is stored. One or more of the logical volumes are defined as provisionally deleted. A subset of the provisionally-deleted logical volumes is selected such that each logical volume in the subset has one or more private physical partitions whose data is used exclusively by that logical volume. One or more of the private physical partitions of the logical volumes in the subset are released for reallocation to another logical volume. |
| US08595460B2 |
Configuring object storage system for input/output operations
The storage system exports logical storage volumes that are provisioned as storage objects. These storage objects are accessed on demand by connected computer systems using standard protocols, such as SCSI and NFS, through logical endpoints for the protocol traffic that are configured in the storage system. When an input-output command (IO) is received at the storage system, an identifier is retrieved from the IO and translated into a logical storage volume identifier, and the IO is executed on storage locations referenced by a logical storage volume corresponding to the logical storage volume identifier. |
| US08595459B2 |
Micro-threaded memory
A micro-threaded memory device. A plurality of storage banks are provided, each including a plurality of rows of storage cells and having an access restriction in that at least a minimum access time interval must transpire between successive accesses to a given row of the storage cells. Transfer control circuitry is provided to transfer a first amount of data between the plurality of storage banks and an external signal path in response to a first memory access request, the first amount of data being less than a product of the external signal path bandwidth and the minimum access time interval. |
| US08595457B1 |
Method and system for replicating stored information
Method and system for replicating a storage volume is provided. Information is adaptively replicated in a swap mode or a copy mode. When information is copied from a storage volume to a memory buffer, an application determines if another information transfer from the same source volume is pending. If a transfer from the same source is pending, then information is copied from the memory buffer to a stolen buffer in a copy mode. If a transfer from the same source is not pending, then instead of copying the information, the application enables a swap mode. During the swap mode, an operating system for a storage system swaps a pointer from the stolen buffer to information stored in the memory buffer. The memory buffer itself is invalidated so that no other module can access the memory buffer. Because the pointers are swapped, the application accesses information directly from the memory buffer. |
| US08595456B1 |
Techniques for integrating backup modules with virtualized storage
Techniques for integrating backup applications and/or modules with virtualized storage are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a computer implemented method for integrating a backup module with a storage appliance comprising sending a storage device command to a source storage appliance from a source backup module, executing at the source storage appliance the storage device command, and updating one or more source storage indicators associated with the source storage appliance, wherein the one or more source storage indicators include replication status information for one or more portions of electronic storage associated with the source storage appliance. |
| US08595453B2 |
Information system and data transfer method of information system
Availability of an information system including a storage apparatus and a host computer is improved. A host system includes a first storage apparatus provided with a first volume for storing data, and a second storage apparatus for storing the data sent from the first storage apparatus. In case of a failure occurring in the first storage apparatus, the host sends the data to be sent to the first storage apparatus to the second storage apparatus. |
| US08595452B1 |
System and method for streaming data conversion and replication
A system and method are provided for integrating conversion and replication of a data stream for replicating data stored in a primary data store. The method includes streaming a replicated data stream from the primary data store to a secondary data store. The method includes intercepting the replicated data stream in route to the secondary data store. The method also provides for converting the replicated data stream. |
| US08595447B2 |
Communication between internal and external processors
Systems, methods of operating a memory device, and methods of arbitrating access to a memory array in a memory device having an internal processor are provided. In one or more embodiments, conflicts in accessing the memory array are reduced by interfacing an external processor, such as a memory controller, with the internal processor, which could be an embedded ALU, through a control interface. The external processor can control access to the memory array, and the internal processor can send signals to the external processor to request access to the memory array. The signals may also request a particular bank in the memory array. In different embodiments, the external processor and the internal processor communicate via the control interface or a standard memory interface to grant access to the memory array, or to a particular bank in the memory array, for example. |
| US08595444B2 |
Processing read requests by a storage system
Read messages are issued by a client for data stored in a storage system. A client agent mediates between the client and the storage system. Each sequence of read requests generated by a single thread of execution in the client to read a specific data segment in the storage is defined as a client read session. Each read request sent from the client agent to the storage system includes a position and a size for reading. The read-ahead cache and a current sequence ID value for each client read session are maintained. For each incoming read request, the storage system determines whether to further process the read request based on a sequence ID value of the read request, and the source from which to obtain data for the read request, and which of the data to load into the read-ahead cache according to data positions of the read request. |
| US08595441B1 |
Cache operations using transformed indexes
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, systems, and methods for reducing the likelihood of cache line overlaps in a multi-processor system having a shared memory cache. A transformation function module coupled to the shared memory cache is configured to transform an index associated with a cache operation associated with a processor of the plurality of processors using a transformation function to generate a transformed index. In embodiments, groups of one or more processors have different or unique transformation functions associated with them in order to decrease the tendency or likelihood of their respective cache lines in the shared memory cache to overlap. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US08595438B1 |
System and method for improving cache performance
A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring an actual read/write ratio for a cache memory system. The operation of the cache memory system may be adjusted to reduce the difference between a target read/write ratio for the cache memory system and the actual read/write ratio of the cache memory system. |
| US08595437B1 |
Compression status bit cache with deterministic isochronous latency
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a compression status bit cache with deterministic latency for isochronous memory clients of compressed memory. The compression status bit cache improves overall memory system performance by providing on-chip availability of compression status bits that are used to size and interpret a memory access request to compressed memory. To avoid non-deterministic latency when an isochronous memory client accesses the compression status bit cache, two design features are employed. The first design feature involves bypassing any intermediate cache when the compression status bit cache reads a new cache line in response to a cache read miss, thereby eliminating additional, potentially non-deterministic latencies outside the scope of the compression status bit cache. The second design feature involves maintaining a minimum pool of clean cache lines by opportunistically writing back dirty cache lines and, optionally, temporarily blocking non-critical requests that would dirty already clean cache lines. With clean cache lines available to be overwritten quickly, the compression status bit cache avoids incurring additional miss write back latencies. |
| US08595435B2 |
Dispersed storage write process
A dispersed storage (DS) method begins by issuing a plurality of write commands to a plurality of DS storage units. The method continues by receiving a write acknowledgement from one of the plurality of DS storage units to produce a received write acknowledgement. The method continues by issuing a plurality of commit commands to the plurality of DS storage units when a write threshold number of the received write acknowledgements have been received. The method continues by receiving a commit acknowledgement from a DS storage unit of the plurality of DS storage units to produce a received commit acknowledgement. The method continues by issuing a plurality of finalize commands to the plurality of DS storage units when a write threshold number of the received commit acknowledgements have been received. |
| US08595433B2 |
Systems and methods for managing destage conflicts
A system includes a cache partitioned into multiple ranks configured to store multiple storage tracks and a processor coupled to the cache. The processor is configured to perform the following method. One method includes allocating an amount of storage space in the cache to each rank and monitoring a current amount of storage space used by each rank with respect to the amount of storage space allocated to each respective rank. The method further includes destaging storage tracks from each rank until the current amount of storage space used by each respective rank is equal to a predetermined minimum amount of storage space with respect to the amount of storage space allocated to each rank. |
| US08595428B2 |
Memory controller functionalities to support data swizzling
A memory controller that can determine a swizzling pattern between the memory controller and memory devices. The memory controller generates a swizzling map based on the determined swizzling pattern. The memory controller may internally swizzle data using the swizzling map before writing the data to memory so that the data appears in the correct order at the pins of the memory chip(s). On reads, the controller can internally de-swizzle the data before performing the error correction operations using the swizzling map. |
| US08595427B1 |
Non-volatile block storage module using magnetic random access memory (MRAM)
A method and apparatus for accessing a storage media employed to store data from a host includes identifying a module as a block storage device. The block storage device is coupled to a host and includes a bridge controller and magnetic random access memory (MRAM). The MRAM has a buffer window for storing data from a host, the buffer window is movable throughout the MRAM. The bridge controller has a bridge controller buffer and controller registers. A request to access the block storage device is intercepted and a command to the block storage device is issued. If the command is a write command, at least a portion of the data to be saved into the MRAM is saved. The size of the at least a portion of the data is based on the capacity of the bridge controller buffer. Further, at least a portion of the data to the buffer window is transferred and upon having additional data to be saved into the MRAM, the buffer window is moved within the MRAM. Another portion of the data from the bridge controller buffer is transferred to the moved buffer window and the moving the buffer window and the transferring data steps are repeated until the data is transferred, in its entirety, from the host to the MRAM. |
| US08595425B2 |
Configurable cache for multiple clients
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing a L1 cache that is a central storage resource. The L1 cache services multiple clients with diverse latency and bandwidth requirements. The L1 cache may be reconfigured to create multiple storage spaces enabling the L1 cache may replace dedicated buffers, caches, and FIFOs in previous architectures. A “direct mapped” storage region that is configured within the L1 cache may replace dedicated buffers, FIFOs, and interface paths, allowing clients of the L1 cache to exchange attribute and primitive data. The direct mapped storage region may used as a global register file. A “local and global cache” storage region configured within the L1 cache may be used to support load/store memory requests to multiple spaces. These spaces include global, local, and call-return stack (CRS) memory. |
| US08595424B2 |
Cluster based non-volatile memory translation layer
Methods of operating non-volatile memory devices including dividing the non-volatile memory device into a plurality of sequentially addressed clusters, wherein each cluster contains a plurality of sequentially addressed logical blocks, and where at least one cluster of the plurality of sequentially addressed clusters addresses a different number of sequentially addressed logical blocks than another one of the clusters of the plurality of sequentially addressed clusters. |
| US08595423B2 |
Method of storing data on a flash memory device
Methods and apparatus are disclosed, such as those involving a flash memory device. One such method includes storing data on memory cells on a memory block including a plurality of word lines and a plurality of memory cells on the word lines. The word lines comprising one or more bottom edge word lines, one or more top edge word lines, and intermediate word lines between the bottom and top edge word lines. The data is stored first on memory cells on the intermediate word lines. Then, a remaining portion, if any, of the data is stored on memory cells on the bottom edge word lines and/or the top edge word lines. This method enhances the life of the flash memory by preventing a premature failure of memory cells on the bottom or top edge word lines, which can be more prone to failure. |