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US08614218B2	Fused bicyclic pyrimidines Compounds of formula (I) a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein ring B and the pyrimidine to which it is fused, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway.
US08614216B2	Crystalline and other forms of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-1H-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts The present invention relates to non-hydrate crystalline forms of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-1H-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts, solid pharmaceutical formulations containing the same and methods of use. The present invention also relates to crystalline hydrates of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-l-yl)-lH-benzimidazol-2-yl]-lH-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same and methods of use related thereto. The present invention further relates to crystalline solvates of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-[6-(4-methylpiperazin-l-yl)-lH-benzimidazol-2-yl]-lH-quinolin-2-one lactic acid salts.
US08614207B2	Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus A class of compounds that inhibit Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is disclosed, along with compositions containing the compound, and methods of using the composition for treating individuals infected with HCV.
US08614203B2	Methods for the treatment of a central nervous system injury via a tapered administration protocol The present invention provides methods for the treatment or the prevention of neuronal damage in the CNS. Specifically, the methods of the invention provide for the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a progestin or progestin metabolite following a traumatic or ischemic injury to the CNS such that, prior to termination of administration of the progestin or progestin metabolite the administration is tapered to avoid withdrawal. The drug taper employed can involve a linear taper, an exponential taper, progressively dividing administered doses by 50%, or can be determined based on the treating physician's assessment of the patient's response to therapy. The tapered administration methods of the present invention may be used in combination with any therapeutic protocol or regimen for the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a progestin or progestin metabolite to treat a traumatic or ischemic CNS injury.
US08614200B2	Compounds, compositions and methods for treating ocular conditions The present invention provides methods of treating viral infection of the eye or posterior ocular condition including administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound described in the present application. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is topically administered. In another embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition is orally administered or intraocularly administered.
US08614198B2	Hepatitis C dsRNA effector molecules, expression constructs, compositions, and methods of use The present invention provides agents, compositions, constructs and methods for silencing HCV polynucleotides, as well as methods and compositions for treating or preventing HCV infection in a mammalian cell. In one aspect, the present invention provides an agent or composition comprising at least one double-stranded RNA effector molecule or complex. The double-stranded RNA effector molecule or complex comprises: (1) a sequence of at least 19 nucleotides having at least 90% identity with a nucleotide sequence within HCV Conserved Region 1 (SEQ ID NO: 2), HCV Conserved Region 2 (SEQ ID NO: 3), HCV Conserved Region 5 (SEQ ID NO: 4), (ATR)-1 (SEQ ID NO: 86), ATR-2 (SEQ ID NO: 87), ATR-3 (SEQ ID NO: 88), ATR-4 (SEQ ID NO: 89); and (2) its complementary sequence. In another aspect, the present invention provides a construct suitable for replication in a host cell, and/or suitable for expression of an RNA molecule or complex of the invention in vitro or in vivo. In a third aspect, the present invention provides a method for silencing HCV RNA in a mammalian cell, which comprises administering to the mammalian cell an agent, composition, or construct of the invention in a manner and amount effective to silence HCV RNA in the cell. In a related aspect, the invention provides a method for treating or preventing HCV infection in a patient, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of an agent, composition, or construct of the invention as described herein.
US08614195B2	Glycoside derivatives and uses thereof The present invention provides a compound of formula I; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US08614191B2	Use of ICAM-1 for prevention or treatment of neurological diseases The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of neurological disorders, comprising an ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule-1) protein, or a fragment or a variant thereof as an active ingredient, which can increase the expression of neprilysin to remove amyloid-beta (Aβ), a cause of dementia, and is thus useful in preventing or treating a neurological disease including Alzheimer's disease.
US08614185B2	Fusion proteins of alpha-MSH derivatives and Fc The present invention relates to melanocortin receptor binding conjugates and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US08614178B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treatment of dry eye syndrome The invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of keratoconjunctivitis sicca comprising liquid vehicles which include one or more semifluorinated alkanes. The compositions incorporate an active ingredient selected from the group of macrolide immunosuppressants. They can be administered topically into the eye. The invention further provides kits comprising such compositions.
US08614176B2	Peptide vaccines for lung cancers expressing TTK, URLC10 or KOC1 polypeptides The present invention provides peptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, 67, 89, as well as peptides comprising the above-mentioned amino acid sequences in which 1, 2, or several amino acids are substituted, deleted, or added, and having cytotoxic T cell inducibility. The present invention also provides drugs for treating or preventing tumors comprising these peptides. The peptides of the present invention can also be used as vaccines.
US08614175B2	Cleaning solution composition for a solar cell Disclosed herein is a cleaning solution composition for a solar cell, comprising: organic alkali compounds, water-soluble glycol ether compounds, percarbonates, organic phosphoric acids or salts thereof, and water.
US08614172B2	Methods and compositions for enhancing guar hydration rates and performing guar derivatization reactions Methods are provided that include, but are not limited to, methods of treating guar splits comprising: exposing guar splits to a treatment chemical to create treated guar splits, wherein the treatment chemical comprises at least one treatment chemical selected from the group consisting of: an aqueous salt solution; a caustic solution, and a derivatizing agent; and grinding the treated guar splits to create ground, treated guar splits.
US08614169B2	Neoepitope detection of disease using protein arrays A biosensor for use in detecting the presence of diseases, the biosensor comprising a detector for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of a specific disease. A method of determining efficacy of a pharmaceutical for treating a disease or staging disease by administering a pharmaceutical to a sample containing markers for a disease, detecting the amount of at least one marker of the disease in the sample, and analyzing the amount of the marker in the sample, whereby the amount of marker correlates to pharmaceutical efficacy or disease stage. Markers for gynecological disease selected from the list in Table 8. An immuno-imaging agent comprising labeled antibodies, whereby the labeled antibodies are isolated and reactive to proteins overexpressed in vivo. Informatics software for analyzing the arrays of claim 17, the software including analyzing means for analyzing the arrays.
US08614167B2	Synergistic herbicidal composition containing fluroxypyr and penoxsulam, halosulfuron-methyl, imazamox or imazethapyr An herbicidal synergistic composition containing (a) fluoroxypyr and (b) an ALS inhibitor herbicide, in which the ALS inhibitor herbicide is penoxsulam, halosulfuron-methyl, imazamox or imazethapyr, provides improved post-emergence weed control in rice, cereal and grain crops, pastures, rangelands, IVM and turf.
US08614163B2	Porous object of Raney metal, process for producing the same, and catalyst A Raney-type metal porous material of which at least the inner surface of the pores constituting the porous structure is an alloy of the skeletal metal constituting it and a metal differing from the skeletal metal. The invention has made it possible to alloy a Raney-type metal with a porous structure, to realize a novel method of enabling remarkable enhancement of the function and the activity of the alloy based on the porous structure thereof, and to use the alloy as catalysts, etc.
US08614162B2	Catalyst composition with phosphorus-based donor and method Disclosed are catalyst compositions having an external electron donor which includes one or more of the following compositions: a phosphite, a phosphonite, a pyrophosphite, and/or a diphosphazane. Ziegler-Natta catalyst compositions containing the present external electron donor exhibit strong activity and produce propylene-based olefins with high isotacticity and high melt flow rate.
US08614159B2	Methods of re-using a spent FCC Catalyst A method of re-using a spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst, previously used in an FCC process, in an additional FCC process, where the method includes the steps of: providing FCC catalyst that has been utilized in an FCC process, defined as spent FCC catalyst, wherein the spent FCC catalyst includes both aluminum and at least one rare earth element therein; and reacting the spent FCC catalyst with an extracting agent to extract at least a portion of the at least one rare earth element from the spent FCC catalyst, while extracting no more than half of the aluminum from the spent FCC catalyst. After performing the reacting step, the reacted spent FCC catalyst can be used in an additional FCC process.
US08614156B2	Textile fabric for the outer shell of a firefighter's garment The present invention is directed to a textile fabric. This fabric is particularly well suited for use as the outer shell fabric of a firefighter's garment. The fabric is a woven or knitted fabric of spun yarns and multi-filament yarns. The spun yarn includes a first staple being a polymer selected from the group consisting of aramid, PBI or PBO or melamine formaldehyde, and a second staple being an aramid polymer. The multi-filament yarn includes an aramid filament.
US08614154B2	Cellulose fibre based insulation material The present invention relates to a fiber insulation material for the manufacture of a non-woven fiber batt comprising primary fiber components of a portion of 50% to 90% cellulose fibers; 2% to 20% synthetic fibers, said synthetic fibers being crimped fibers having a length between 12 to 75 mm; and 2% to 20% bi-component fibers comprising a core and an outer sheathing, said outer sheathing having a lower melting point than the core. Hereby, an inexpensive and voluminous fiber product is achieved having good spring elastic properties as well as good sound and heat insulating properties.
US08614150B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor structures using RIE process A method for etching on a semiconductors at the back end of line using reactive ion etching. The method comprises reduced pressure atmosphere and a mixture of gases at a specific flow rate ratio during plasma generation and etching. Plasma generation is induced by a source radio frequency and anisotropic etch performance is induced by a second bias radio frequency.
US08614149B2	Critical dimension reduction and roughness control A method for forming a feature in an etch layer is provided. A photoresist layer is formed over the etch layer. The photoresist layer is patterned to form photoresist features with photoresist sidewalls. A control layer is formed over the photoresist layer and bottoms of the photoresist features. A conformal layer is deposited over the sidewalls of the photoresist features and control layer to reduce the critical dimensions of the photoresist features. Openings in the control layer are opened with a control layer breakthrough chemistry. Features are etched into the etch layer with an etch chemistry, which is different from the control layer break through chemistry, wherein the control layer is more etch resistant to the etch with the etch chemistry than the conformal layer.
US08614147B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A TiN film is formed by a first step of forming a TiN intermediate film on a wafer by supplying TiCl4 and NH3 reacting with TiCl4 to the wafer and controlling a processing condition for causing a bonding branch that has not undergone a substitution reaction to remain at a predetermined concentration at a part of TiCl4 and a second step of substituting the bonding branch contained in the TiN intermediate film by supplying H2 to the wafer, the first step and the second step being performed in this order.
US08614145B2	Through substrate via formation processing using sacrificial material A method is provided for establishing through substrate vias (TSVs) within a substrate. The method includes: forming at least one recess in a front-side of a wafer; filling, at least partially, the at least one recess with a sacrificial material from the front-side of the wafer; thinning the wafer from a back-side to reveal the at least one recess at least partially filled with the sacrificial material; removing from the back-side of the wafer the sacrificial material from the at least one recess; and filling the at least one recess from the back-side of the wafer with a conductive material to provide the at least one through substrate via.
US08614143B2	Simultaneous via and trench patterning using different etch rates One embodiment of the present invention relates to a photolithography mask configured to form a metallization and via level utilizing a single lithography and etch process. More particularly, a photolithography mask comprising a mask via shape and one or more metal wire shapes is configured to produce both on-wafer metal lines and via levels. The mask via shape corresponds to an on-wafer photoresist via opening having a first critical dimension (CD). The one or more mask wire shapes correspond to one or more on-wafer photoresist wire openings respectively having a second CD. The first CD is larger than the second CD thereby providing a greater vertical etch rate for ILD exposed by the photoresist via opening than for ILD exposed by the one or more photoresist wire openings. This difference in CD results in a via extending vertically below the metal wire level, thereby making physical contact with underlying metal.
US08614142B2	Laminated structure, multilayer wiring board, active matrix substrate, image display apparatus, and method for manufacturing laminated structure A method for manufacturing a laminated structure includes a step of supplying a droplet of a functional fluid selectively to at least a first region of a high surface energy area formed in a wettability variable layer of the laminated structure. In the step, the droplet is supplied by inkjet printing, and a center position of the droplet is determined in such a manner as to satisfy both Equations (1) and (2) below: X<±(L+2S−D−2α)/2 (here, L+2S>D+2α) (1) X<±(L+D−2α)/2 (here, L+2D>D+2α) (2), where X is a distance between a center position of the first region and the center position of the droplet, D is a diameter of the droplet when travelling, α is variation in a landing position of the droplet, L is width of the first region, and S is a gap between the first and the second regions.
US08614141B2	Utilization of organic buffer layer to fabricate high performance carbon nanoelectronic devices A fabrication process for a nanoelectronic device and a device are provided. Channel material is deposited on a substrate to form a channel. A source metal contact and a drain metal contact are deposited on the channel material, and the source metal contact and the drain metal contact are on opposing ends of the channel material. A polyhydroxystyrene derivative is deposited on the channel material. A top gate oxide is deposited on the polymer layer. A top gate metal is deposited on the top gate oxide.
US08614137B2	Dual contact trench resistor in shallow trench isolation (STI) and methods of manufacture The invention relates to a semiconductor structures and methods of manufacture and, more particularly, to a dual contact trench resistor in shallow trench isolation (STI) and methods of manufacture. In a first aspect of the invention, a method comprises forming a trench in a substrate; forming a first insulator layer within the trench; forming a first electrode within the trench, on the first insulator layer, and isolated from the substrate by the first insulator layer; forming a second insulator layer within the trench and on the first electrode; and forming a second electrode within the trench, on the second insulator layer, and isolated from the substrate by the first insulator layer and the second insulator layer.
US08614136B1	Techniques for fabricating janus MEMS transistors Electromechanical transistors that employ Janus micro/nano-components and techniques for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method of fabricating an electromechanical transistor includes the following steps. A wafer is provided. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed opposite one another on a surface of the wafer, wherein a gap is present between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A first gate electrode and a second gate electrode are formed on the surface of the wafer on opposite sides of the gap between the source electrode and the drain electrode. At least one Janus component is placed in the gap between the source electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the Janus component includes a first portion having an electrically conductive material and a second portion having an electrically insulating material.
US08614135B2	Methods of manufacturing phase change memory devices A phase change memory is manufactured by providing a substrate including a layer of phase-change material, forming a damascene pattern on the layer of phase-change material, and forming both a top electrode and a bit line in the damascene pattern.
US08614134B2	Shallow source and drain architecture in an active region of a semiconductor device having a pronounced surface topography by tilted implantation In sophisticated semiconductor devices, a shallow drain and source concentration profile may be obtained for active regions having a pronounced surface topography by performing tilted implantation steps upon incorporating the drain and source dopant species. In this manner, a metal silicide may be reliably embedded in the drain and source regions.
US08614133B2	Structure and method to enabling a borderless contact to source regions and drain regions of a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistor A semiconductor device that includes a gate structure on a channel region of a semiconductor substrate. A first source region and a first drain region are present in the semiconductor substrate on opposing sides of the gate structure. At least one spacer is present on the sidewalls of the gate structure. The at least one spacer includes a first spacer and a second spacer. The first spacer of the at least one spacer is in direct contact with the sidewall of the gate structure and is present over an entire width of the first source region and the first drain region. The second spacer of the at least one spacer extends from the first spacer of the at least one spacer and has a length that covers an entire length of a first source region and a first drain region.
US08614131B2	Self-aligned static random access memory (SRAM) on metal gate A method for fabricating an integrated circuit providing an enlarged contact process window while reducing device size is disclosed. The method comprises providing a substrate including a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having one or more gate structures including a dummy gate layer; removing the dummy gate layer from at least one of the one or more gate structures in the first and second regions to form one or more trenches in the first and second regions; filling the one or more trenches in the first and second regions with a conductive layer; selectively etching back the conductive layer of the one or more gate structures in the second region of the substrate; forming a protective layer over the etched back conductive layer of the one or more gate structures in the second region; and forming one or more contact openings in the first and second regions.
US08614130B2	Integrated circuit guard rings Integrated circuits with guard rings are provided. Integrated circuits may include internal circuitry that is sensitive to external noise sources. A guard ring may surround the functional circuitry to isolate the circuitry from the noise sources. The guard ring may include first, second, and third regions. The first and third regions may include p-wells. The second region may include an n-well. Stripes of diffusion regions may be formed at the surface of a substrate in the three regions. Areas in the guard ring that are not occupied by the diffusion regions are occupied by shallow trench isolation (STI) structures. Stripes of dummy structures may be formed over respective STI structures and may not overlap the diffusion regions. The diffusion regions in the first and third regions may be biased to a ground voltage. The diffusion regions in the second section may be biased to a positive power supply voltage.
US08614127B1	Method of making a FinFET device A FinFET device is fabricated by first receiving a FinFET precursor. The FinFET precursor includes a substrate, first fins on the substrate, isolation regions on sides of the first fins, source/drain features on the substrate and dummy gate stacks separating the source/drain features on the substrate. The dummy gate stack is removed to expose the first fins and then the first fins are recessed to form channel trenches. A channel layer is deposited in the channel trenches and then is recessed. Then the isolation regions are recessed to laterally expose at least a portion of the recessed channel layer to form second fins. A high-k (HK) dielectric layer and a metal gate (MG) layer are deposited on the second fins.
US08614123B2	Method of forming a semiconductor device by using sacrificial gate electrodes and sacrificial self-aligned contact structures Disclosed herein are various methods of forming a semiconductor device using sacrificial gate electrodes and sacrificial self-aligned contacts. In one example, the method includes forming two spaced-apart sacrificial gate electrodes comprised of a first material, forming a sacrificial contact structure comprised of a second material, wherein the second material is selectively etchable with respect to said first material, and performing an etching process on the two spaced-apart sacrificial gate electrodes and the sacrificial contact structure to selectively remove the two spaced-apart sacrificial gate electrode structures selectively relative to the sacrificial contact structure.
US08614121B2	Method of manufacturing back gate triggered silicon controlled rectifiers Back gate triggered silicon controlled rectifiers (SCR) and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a first diffusion type and a second diffusion type in a semiconductor layer of a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate. The method further includes forming a back gate of a first diffusion type in a substrate under an insulator layer of the SOI substrate. The method further includes forming raised diffusion regions of a first dopant type and a second dopant type, adjacent to the second diffusion type and the first diffusion type, respectively. The back gate is formed to cover the second diffusion type, the first diffusion type and the second dopant type of the raised diffusion regions.
US08614119B2	Semiconductor device with heat spreader A BGA type semiconductor device includes: a substrate having wirings and electrodes; a semiconductor element disposed on the substrate, having a rectangular plan shape, and a plurality of electrodes disposed along each side of the semiconductor element; a plurality of wires connecting the electrodes on the semiconductor element with the electrodes on the substrate; a heat dissipation member disposed on the substrate, covering the semiconductor element, and having openings formed in areas facing apex portions of the plurality of wires connected to the electrodes formed along each side of the semiconductor element; and a sealing resin member for covering and sealing the semiconductor element and heat dissipation member.
US08614117B2	Self-aligned process to fabricate a memory cell array with a surrounding-gate access transistor A memory array including a plurality of memory cells. Each word line is electrically coupled to a set of memory cells, a gate contact and a pair of dielectric pillars positioned parallel to the word line and placed on both sides of the gate contact over a layer of insulating material. Also a method to prevent a gate contact from electrically connecting to a source contact for a plurality of memory cells on a substrate. The method includes formation of a pair of pillars over an insulating material on the substrate, depositing an electrically conductive gate material between and over the pillars, etching the gate material such that it both partially fills a space between the pair of pillars and forms a word line for the memory cells, and depositing a gate contact between the dielectric pillars such that the gate contact is in electrical contact with the gate material.
US08614116B2	Germanium photodetector A method for forming a photodetector device includes forming an insulator layer on a substrate, forming a germanium (Ge) layer on the insulator layer and a portion of the substrate, forming a second insulator layer on the Ge layer, patterning the Ge layer, forming a capping insulator layer on the second insulator layer and a portion of the first insulator layer, heating the device to crystallize the Ge layer resulting in an single crystalline Ge layer, implanting n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer, heating the device to activate n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer, and forming electrodes electrically connected to the single crystalline n-type Ge layer.
US08614113B2	Image sensor and method of fabricating the same An image sensor and a method for fabricating the image sensor are provided. The method for fabricating the image sensor includes forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor epitaxial layer having multiple pixel regions; patterning a portion of the semiconductor epitaxial layer and the first insulating layer in a boundary region between the pixel regions to form a trench; forming a buried insulating layer on the first insulating layer, filling the trench, the buried insulating layer having a planar top surface; forming a second insulating layer on the buried insulating layer; forming a first mask pattern on the second insulating layer, the first mask pattern defining an opening overlapping the trench; and performing an ion implantation process using the first mask pattern as an ion implantation mask to form a first type potential barrier region in a bottom of the trench.
US08614111B2	Fully depleted silicon on insulator neutron detector A method for forming a neutron detector comprises thinning a backside silicon substrate of a radiation detector; and forming a neutron converter layer on the thinned backside silicon substrate of the radiation detector to form the neutron detector. The neutron converter layer comprises one of boron-10 (10B), lithium-6 (6Li), helium-3 (3He), and gadolinium-157 (157Gd).
US08614109B2	Semiconductor light-emitting apparatus and method of fabricating the same A light-emitting apparatus has a light-emitting device and a supporting board. The light-emitting device has a pair of n-electrodes with a p-electrode therebetween, on the same plane. The supporting board includes an insulating substrate on which positive and negative electrodes are formed, opposing to the p- and n-electrodes of the light-emitting device, respectively. Bonding members bond the p- and n-electrodes with the positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The positive electrode on the supporting board is formed within the width region of the p-electrode and narrower in width than the width of the p-electrode, in a cross-section along a line extending through the pair of n-electrodes. The negative electrodes oppose to the n-electrodes, respectively, with the same widths, or with that side face of each of the negative electrodes which faces the positive electrode being retracted outwardly from that side face of each of the n-electrodes which faces the p-electrode.
US08614101B2	In situ lysis of cells in lateral flow immunoassays Devices and methods incorporate lysis agents into a point-of-care testing device. The sample is loaded, and then the sample travels until it encounters a lysis agent. The lysis agent is preferably pre-loaded onto the collection device. In a preferred embodiment, the initially lysis agent is localized between the sample application zone and the conjugate zone. The lysis agent is preferably soluble or miscible in the sample transport liquid, and the lysis agent is solubilized and activated upon contact with the sample transport liquid. The sample transport liquid then contains both lysis agent in solution or suspension and sample components in suspension. Any lysis-susceptible components in a sample, then being exposed in suspension to the lysis agent, are themselves lysed in situ. The running buffer then carries the analyte, including any lysis-freed components, to the detection zone.
US08614095B2	Methods for identifying, purifying and enriching immature or stem cancer-initiating cells from tumors and use thereof Methods for the preparation of cell compositions based on fluorescence following excitation at wavelength of or about 488 nm and isolated cell compositions obtained therefrom wherein isolated cells exhibit (i) autofluorescence at or about 520 nm or (ii) absence of fluorescence at or about 520 nm and a positive shift in the fluorescence detected at >630 nm. These methods provide for enrichment of immature or stem cancer-initiating cells from tumors (notably, cancers of the central and peripheral nervous system and metastasis to the brain) and methods for screening antitumor agents using the same. Also provided are methods of detecting immature or stem cancer-initiating cells in a cell sample and methods of detecting recurrence of cancer stem cells in a cancer stem cell sample following treatment with an agent.
US08614090B2	Astrovirus species Provided herein are sequences of the genomes and encoded proteins of new astrovirus species, and variants thereof. Also provided are methods of detecting the new astrovirus species and diagnosing astrovirus infection, methods of treating or preventing astrovirus infection, and methods for identifying anti-astrovirus compounds.Provided are two new astrovirus species named HMOAstV-A and HMOAstV-B, and both are distantly related to known astroviruses. Also provided is a new method of classifying astroviruses, where there are three groups of human astroviruses, including HAstV, AstV-MLB, and HMOAstV.
US08614089B2	Centromere sequences and minichromosomes The invention is generally related to methods of generating plants transformed with novel autonomous mini-chromosomes. Mini-chromosomes with novel compositions and structures are used to transform plants cells which are in turn used to generate the plant. Methods for generating the plant include methods for delivering the mini-chromosome into plant cell to transform the cell, methods for selecting the transformed cell, and methods for isolating plants transformed with the mini-chromosome. Plants generated in the present invention contain novel genes introduced into their genome by integration into existing chromosomes.
US08614088B2	System and method for large-scale infiltration of plants The present invention relates to a system and method for the infiltration of plants in a continuous or quasi-continuous operation mode. The system and method of the present invention combine mechanical (automatic and manual) movable and manipulable units and/or containers with vacuum infiltration chambers to enable large-scale infiltration of plants.
US08614083B2	Method and device for the concentration of multiple microorganisms and toxins from large liquid toxins A method for the simultaneous concentration of multiple toxins from large volumes of water. The method includes the steps of providing a disposable separation centrifuge bowl, the centrifuge bowl including a positively charged material at it's inner core. A large water sample contaminated with toxins from a group consisting of protozoa, bacteria, bacterial spores, and toxins is delivered to the centrifuge bowl. A centrifugal force is applied to the separation bowl. The water sample is concentrated to remove large particles of the toxins in the bowl due to the centrifugal forces. The concentrated water sample is passes through the positively charged inner core to capture any remaining concentrated targets by electrostatic forces and the concentrated targets are eluted.
US08614082B2	Attenuation of encephalitogenic alphavirus and uses thereof The present invention is drawn to generating attenuated and less cytopathic forms of New World alphaviruses that can be used in immunogenic compositions as vaccines against both Old and New World alphaviruses. In this regard, the present invention discloses that the N-terminal, ˜35-aa-long peptide of VEEV, EEEV and, most likely, of WEEV capsid proteins plays the most critical role in the downregulation of cellular transcription and development of cytopathic effect. The identified, VEEV-specific peptide, CVEE30-68, includes two domains with distinguished functions. The integrity of both domains determines not only the intracellular distribution of CVEE, but is also essential for direct capsid function in the inhibition of transcription. The replacement of the N-terminal fragment of CVEE by its SINV-specific counterpart in VEEV TC-83 genome does not affect virus replication in vitro, but makes it less cytopathic and more attenuated in vivo.
US08614076B2	Bacterium capable of producing lactic acid, and method for producing lactic acid The present invention provides: a lactic acid-producing Escherichia coli including an enzymatic activity of at least one NAD-dependent lactate dehydrogenase and an enzymatic activity of at least one NAD-independent lactate oxidoreductase, both of which are enhanced so as to decompose one of D-lactic acid or L-lactic acid and to produce the other one of D-lactic acid or L-lactic acid; and a lactic acid production method using the lactic acid-producing Escherichia coli.
US08614075B2	Mutant Δ-5 desaturases mutated in the heme-binding motif (HPGG) The present invention relates to mutant Δ5 desaturases, which have the ability to convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid [DGLA; 20:3 ω-6] to arachidonic acid [ARA; 20:4 ω-6] and/or eicosatetraenoic acid [ETA; 20:4 ω-3] to eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA; 20:5 ω-3] and which possess at least one mutation within the HPGG motif of the cytochome b5-like domain. Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding Δ5 desaturases, along with a method of making long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids [“PUFAs”] using these mutant Δ5 desaturases in oleaginous yeast, are disclosed.
US08614073B2	High throughput screening of mutagenized populations Efficient methods are disclosed for the high throughput identification of mutations in genes in members of mutagenized populations. The methods comprise DNA isolation, pooling, amplification, creation of libraries, high throughput sequencing of libraries, preferably by sequencing-by-synthesis technologies, identification of mutations and identification of the member of the population carrying the mutation and identification of the mutation.
US08614069B2	Non-cytotoxic fusion proteins comprising EGF muteins The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising a non-cytotoxic protease and a EGF mutein ligand. The EGF mutein provides improved EGF receptor activation for the claimed fusion proteins. Also provided is the use of said polypeptides as therapeutics for suppressing mucus hypersecretion, inflammation, endocrine neoplasia and/or neuroendocrine disorders, neuroendocrine tumors, for suppressing cancers such as colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and lung cancer.
US08614068B2	Process for producing hepcidin The present invention provides a novel method for producing biologically functional hepcidin in Pichia pastoris. The invention further provides novel tagged hepcidin, antibodies and their uses in therapy and immunoassays.
US08614067B2	Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08614065B2	Antigen binding molecules that bind EGFR, vectors encoding same, and uses thereof The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules (ABMs). In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies, including chimeric, primatized or humanized antibodies specific for human EGFR. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such ABMs, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the ABMs of the invention, and to methods of using these ABMs in treatment of disease. In addition, the present invention relates to ABMs with modified glycosylation having improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function.
US08614064B2	Methods of diagnosing atherosclerosis by measuring ApoCI The present invention provides methods and compositions for identifying compounds which inhibit ApoCI and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of atherosclerosis, plaque rupture, apoptosis, or myocardial infarction. The invention further provides methods for treating subjects suffering from or at risk of developing atherosclerosis, plaque rupture, apoptosis, or myocardial infarction. The invention further provides methods for diagnosing subjects at suffering from or at risk of developing treatment or prevention of atherosclerosis, plaque rupture, apoptosis, or myocardial infarction.
US08614060B2	Methods and compositions for predicting drug responses The present invention relates to methods and compositions for predicting drug responses. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for determining individualized Warfarin dosages based on genotype of DNA polymorphisms and haplotypes derived from them in the VKORC1 gene.
US08614055B2	Prognosis and treatment of breast cancer The present invention relates to an antibody which specifically binds a Spot 14 (S14 or THRSP) protein in human breast cancer cells and a method for using the same to predict disease-free survival and select treatment modalities for breast cancer. The present invention is also a method for inducing apoptosis in breast cancer cells by inhibiting the expression or activity of Spot 14. Compositions and methods for treating breast cancer are also provided.
US08614051B2	Photosensitive resin composition and circuit formation substrate using the same A photosensitive resin composition for an interlayer insulating film or a protective film of a substrate for circuit formation, which includes a polymer (a) having a structural unit shown by the formula (A) and a compound (b) which generates a radical when irradiated with active rays and has a structure shown by the following formula (B).
US08614049B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, a nitrogen-containing organic compound (C) containing a compound (C1) represented by general formula (c1) shown below and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure (excluding the compound (C1)) (R1 represents an alicyclic group of 5 or more carbon atoms which may have a substituent; X represents a divalent linking group; Y represents a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene group or an arylene group; Rf represents a hydrocarbon group containing a fluorine atom; and M+ represents an organic cation).
US08614046B2	Salt and photoresist composition containing the same A salt represented by the formula (I-Pa): wherein Xpa represents a single bond or a C1-C4 alkylene group, Rpa represents a single bond, a C4-C36 divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group or a C6-C36 divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, and one or more methylene groups in the divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group can be replaced by —O— or —CO—, Ypa represents a polymerizable group, and Zpa+ represents an organic cation.
US08614044B2	Toner To provide a toner which can achieve both low-temperature fixing performance and dot reproducibility and further can obtain images on which any density non-uniformity has been kept from coming about, the toner has toner particles, each of the toner particles has a toner base particle containing a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and an inorganic fine powder; the toner having: (1) an average circularity of 0.960 or more; (2) a number-average molecular weight Mn(25° C.) of from 500 or more to 3,000 or less in measuring a tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter at 25° C. of the toner by SEC-MALLS; and (3) a value of Mn(135° C.)/Mn(25° C.) of from 25 or more to 50 or less which is the ratio of number-average molecular weight Mn(135° C.) in measuring an o-dichlorobenzene-soluble matter at 135° C. of the toner by SEC-MALLS to number-average molecular weight Mn(25° C.) in measuring a tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter at 25° C. of the toner by SEC-MALLS.
US08614041B2	Toner for electrophotography and binder resin for toner Disclosed is a toner for electrophotography containing at least a binder resin. This toner for electrophotography is characterized in that (a) the tetrahydrofuran (THF) soluble content in the toner has a first peak in the molecular weight region of not less than 2,000 but less than 5,000 and a second peak in the molecular weight region of not less than 100,000 but less than 200,000 in the chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC); (b) the binder resin contains at least a carboxyl group-containing vinyl resin (C) and a glycidyl group-containing vinyl resin (E); and (c) the mass ratio of the styrene monomer to the acrylic monomer in the binder resin, namely (S/A), is not less than 4.6 but less than 8.5.
US08614040B2	Electrostatic image developing toner, toner container and process cartridge An electrostatic image developing toner including: toner particles; wherein the toner particles each contain: a core particle including a first resin and a colorant; and fine resin particles each formed of a second resin and existing in a surface of the core particle, wherein part of each fine resin particle is embedded in the core particle to form an embedded region, and the remaining part of the fine resin particle is exposed on the surface of the core particle to form an exposed region, and wherein each toner particle satisfies an expression of R1>R1′ where, in a cross-section of the toner particle, R1′ denotes an average diameter of openings of the first resin in which the second resin is embedded and R1 denotes an average diameter of the exposed regions.
US08614038B2	Plasticized anti-curl back coating for flexible imaging member The presently disclosed embodiments relate generally to a flexible imaging member having an anti-curl back coating comprising a liquid plasticizer, and the imaging member is substantially flat.
US08614035B2	Phase shift mask blank, phase shift mask, and method for manufacturing phase shift mask blank A phase shift mask blank having, on a transparent substrate, a phase shift film including, as main components, a metal, silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), having optical characteristics of a transmittance of equal to or greater than 9% and equal to or less than 30% with respect to a wavelength of the ArF excimer laser beam and a phase difference of equal to or greater than 150° and less than 180°, and a light-shielding film formed on the phase shift film. A thickness of the phase shift film is equal to or less than 80 nrn, a refractive index (n) with respect to the wavelength of the ArF excimer laser beam is equal to or greater than 2.3, and an extinction coefficient (k) is equal to or greater than 0.28.
US08614034B2	Method of manufacturing photo-mask Provided is a method of manufacturing a photo-mask having a micro pattern. The method includes providing an analyzing design layout, dividing the analyzing design layout into a two-dimensionally repeated portion, a one-dimensionally repeated portion, and a non-repeated portion, forming a first corrected layout by performing optical proximity correction (OPC) in the two-dimensionally repeated portion, forming a second corrected layout, taking account of the first corrected layout, by performing OPC in the one-dimensionally repeated portion, forming a third corrected layout, taking account of the first corrected layout and the second corrected layout, by performing OPC in the non-repeated portion, and forming a photo-mask based on the first through third corrected layouts.
US08614030B2	Fuel cell direct water injection A fuel cell assembly provides for direct water delivery to water injection points in the active area of fluid flow field plates of the assembly. The fluid flow field plate has a plurality of channels formed in the surface thereof which extend across the surface of the plate in a predetermined pattern, defining the active areas of the plate. A distribution foil has a plurality of channels formed in a surface thereof which channels extend from a first edge of the distribution foil to a second edge of the distribution foil. The channels terminate at the second edge at positions substantially coincident with respective ones of the field plate channels at water injection points. A cover foil extends over the distribution foil to enclosed the distribution foil channels and thereby form conduits for the water between the two foils.
US08614026B2	Fuel cell device and system Fuel cell devices and fuel cell systems are provided. In certain embodiments, the fuel cell devices may include one or more active layers containing active cells that are connected electrically in series. In certain embodiments, the fuel cell devices include an elongate ceramic support structure the length of which is the greatest dimension such that the coefficient of thermal expansion has only one dominant axis coextensive with the length. In certain embodiments, a reaction zone is positioned along a first portion of the length for heating to a reaction temperature, and at least one cold zone is positioned along a second portion of the length for operating below the reaction temperature. There are one or more gas passages, each having an associated anode or cathode.
US08614023B2	Solid oxide fuel cell systems with hot zones having improved reactant distribution A Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system having a hot zone with a center cathode air feed tube for improved reactant distribution, a CPOX reactor attached at the anode feed end of the hot zone with a tail gas combustor at the opposing end for more uniform heat distribution, and a counter-flow heat exchanger for efficient heat retention.
US08614016B2	Battery pack having enhanced manufacturing efficiency Disclosed herein is a battery pack including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; and an electrode tab for electrically connecting terminals of the battery cells arranged in a pattern; wherein the electrode tab is formed with a position matching hole for position matching to the terminal of the battery cell, at a fixation part for fixation to the terminal of the battery cell.
US08614015B2	Secondary battery and method of manufacturing secondary battery A secondary battery includes first and second collecting plates branching out from an electrode terminal, and first and second electrode assemblies rolled up in a jelly-roll type unit, the first electrode assembly having a first non-coating portion adhered to the first collecting plate, the second electrode assembly having a second non-coating portion adhered to the second collecting plate, and the first and second collecting plates being on facing surfaces of respective first and second non-coating portions. The first non-coating portion is spaced apart from a roll center of the first electrode assembly by a first predetermined distance along a direction directed away from the second non-coating portion, and the second non-coating portion is spaced apart from a roll center of the second electrode assembly by a second predetermined distance along a direction directed away from the first non-coating portion.
US08614013B2	Organic solvent dispersion, resin composition, and optical device Provided are an organic solvent dispersion of titanium oxide containing at least titanium oxide fine particles each having an average primary particle diameter of 3 nm or more to 50 nm or less; a titanate-based surface treatment agent formed of a compound represented by the following general formula (1): (R1O)m—Ti—Xn (1) where R1 represents a methyl, ethyl, or isopropyl group; X represents —O—SO2—R2 or —O—P(OH)O—O—PHO—O—R2; R2 represents an alkyl or aryl group having 1 to 16 carbon atoms; m represents a numerical value of 1 or more to 3 or less, and n represents a numerical value of 1 or more to 3 or less, provided that m+n=4; a polyether-based dispersant; and an alcohol-based solvent, and an optical material containing the organic solvent dispersion of titanium oxide and a resin.
US08614011B2	Electroluminescent materials and optical device An electroluminescent material comprises the following structural unit: where X is selected from a group consisting of NR, O, S, SO, SO2, CR2, PR, POR, BR, SiR2; where R is a substituent group and Ar1 and Ar2 comprise aromatic rings; and, wherein Ar1 or Ar2 is fused to a further aryl system Ar3. An optical device comprises a first electrode for injection of positive charge carriers, a second electrode for injection of negative charge carriers and a layer located between the first and second electrode comprising the electroluminescent material.
US08614009B2	Aromatic amine derivative and organic electroluminescent element using the same The present invention provides an aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure including a substituted diphenylamino group attached to a naphthalene structure. This aromatic amine derivative can realize an organic electroluminescent element having high emission luminance and luminous efficiency and having a prolonged lifetime. The organic electroluminescent element includes an organic thin film layer provided between a cathode and an anode. The organic thin film layer has a single layer or multilayer structure including at least a light emitting layer. At least one layer in the organic thin film layer contains the aromatic amine derivative either solely or as a component of a mixture.
US08614008B2	Plate Plate consisting of a steel substrate (1) and a precoat (2) consisting of a layer of intermetallic alloy (3) in contact with said substrate, topped by a layer of metal alloy (4), characterized in that, on at least one precoated face of said plate, an area (6) situated at the periphery of said plate has said metal alloy layer removed.
US08614004B2	Two-tone paint application The invention concerns a two-tone paint application having a first base color in a first color area, a second base color in a second color area, and two layers of clear coat such that the transition between the two color areas is smooth surface.
US08614002B2	Both surfaces-laminated polyester film The present invention provides a both surfaces-laminated polyester film having a coating layer excellent in easy adhesion property to a hard coat layer and another coating layer having an ability of preventing precipitation of oligomer.A both surfaces-laminated polyester film comprising: a polyester film, a first coating layer which is formed on one surface of said polyester film and comprises a polymer containing ammonium base, an acrylate polymer containing polyethylene glycol and a crosslinking agent, and a second coating layer which is formed on another surface of said polyester film and comprises a polyurethane resin and a crosslinking agent.
US08614001B2	Sintered product based on alumina and zirconia A sintered particle has the following chemical analysis, as percentages by weight: ZrO2 partially stabilized with CeO2 and Y2O3: complement to 100%; Al2 10%-60%; additive selected from CaO, a manganese oxide, La2O3, SrO, BaO, and mixtures thereof: 0.2%-6; the quantity of CaO being less than 2%; impurities: <2%; the zirconia being stabilized with CeO2 and Y2O3 present in quantities such that, as molar percentages based on the sum of ZrO2, CeO2 and Y2O3: CeO2: 6 mol %-11 mol %; and Y2O3: 0.5 mol %-2 mol %; the particle being obtained by sintering at a sintering temperature higher than 1300° C., the sintering temperature being higher than 1400° C. if the additive is CaO or if the molar CeO2 content is in the range 10% to 11%.
US08613997B2	Laminated glazing panel A laminated glazing panel includes two glass plies and a plastic ply having one or more light emitting diodes mounted on a circuit board laminated between the glass plies, forming an LED device. The circuit board is ordinarily a flexible circuit board that includes a substrate and a conductive layer. A plurality of light emitting diodes may be mounted on the flexible circuit board and laminated between the glass plies The resultant glazing panel may further include indicia on at least one ply. Processes for the production of a laminated glazing panel involve positioning an LED device in a cut-out in a plastic ply and interleaving the plastic ply between two glass plies, prior to laminating the plies. One or more plastic plies may be used, and the LED device may be coated in a plastic material.
US08613996B2	Polymeric edge seal for bonded substrates A layer of polymer material is applied on a peripheral region of at least one of the two substrates to be bonded prior to bonding. The bonded structure formed thereby includes a first substrate, a second substrate in direct contact with the first substrate, and a ring of the polymer material in direct contact with the first substrate at a first interface and in direct contact with the second substrate. The ring of polymer material laterally surrounds and seals the interface at which the first substrate contacts the second substrate. A ring-shaped cavity can be formed within the polymeric ring. Alternately, the first interface and the second interface can be contiguous without a ring-shaped cavity between the first and second substrates.
US08613994B2	Thermoplastic foil arrangement having a foamed cover layer A thermoplastic foil has an embossed three-dimensionally structured surface (2) in the external cover layer. The cover layer is configured as a foamed layer and has a foam density that varies across the layer thickness thereof and increases toward the surface.
US08613993B2	Expandable web material The Present Invention discloses a slit web material, substantially longer than it is wide, with specially shaped slits that permit relatively easy expansion upon deployment. The specially shaped slits are referred to in the Present Application as “tilde-slits,” because they resemble a tilde mark. The cuts are arranged in continuous rows of tilde-slits. In any given row, the tilde-slits follow one-after-the-other in a linear direction. Adjacent rows of slits are parallel to each other, but are offset from one another such that a line drawn between adjacent tilde-slits in adjacent rows is not perpendicular to the direction of the rows. The invention contemplates that the material dispenses from a continuous roll. If the slits are arranged in the longitudinal direction, then the web material expands in the width direction only upon deployment. However, if the slits are arranged such that the row direction is at some angle to the longitudinal direction, then the web material expands in both directions upon deployment. In this case, a special dispenser is not required, and the material expands in both directions as it is pulled off the roll prior to cutting a desired length of material from the roll.
US08613992B2	Protective cover for electronic device A protective cover of an electronic device includes a leather layer, which includes an outside surface and a bottom surface. A backing layer integrates with the bottom surface of the leather layer. The protective cover adheres onto the electronic devices, hence, the electronic devices are well protected, and the appearances of the electronic devices are well maintained. The surfaces of the electronic devices cannot be dirtied, scraped, or damaged. Users can feel more comfortable when operating their electronic devices, hence, the worthiness and the usability of the electronic devices are greatly enhanced.
US08613990B2	Elastic longitudinal net of a closed periphery, in particular for wrapping up sausage and food products An elastic longitudinal net (1) for longitudinal food products, especially cold meat products, is formed as a sleeve having at least one longitudinal main warp (21) of a tightening chain weave having at least one substantially inextensible thread (213, 214), and at least one weft (3) having at least one elastic fiber and circumferential sections (31), the ends of which are interweaved substantially perpendicularly between the substantially inextensible fiber and longitudinal sections (32) existing between neighboring circumferential sections (31) and running in a concurrent manner relative to and weaved with at least one main warp (21). The longitudinal sections are interweaved through at least one main warp (21) substantially perpendicularly relative to its longitudinal axis, passing through loops (215, 216) of the at least one substantially inextensible thread (213, 214) of the main warp, forming a serpentine run having at least two external loops (321).
US08613987B2	Ink-jet recording medium An ink-jet recording medium comprising: a support including a base paper, a first polyolefin resin layer disposed on one side of the base paper, and a second polyolefin resin layer disposed on the other side of the base paper, and an ink receiving layer including inorganic particles and a water-soluble resin, the ink receiving layer being disposed on one side of the support, wherein a first surface of the support at a side that is opposite to a side at which the ink receiving layer is disposed has a centerline average roughness (Ra) of from 0.5 μm to 1.0 μm when measured in accordance with JIS-B-0601 with a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, and an average surface roughness (Sra) of 0.3 μm or less when a cutoff value is from 1 μm to 25 μm.
US08613986B2	Optical film and information technology apparatus comprising the same The present invention relates to an optical film comprising an aromatic based unit including 5 to 10,000 of units represented by Formula 6; a (meth)acrylate-based unit which is a copolymer of a (meth)acrylate derivative and maleimide; and a styrene-based unit which is a copolymer of a styrene derivative and maleimide, and a polarizing plate.
US08613985B2	Liquid crystal/polymer composite According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal/polymer complex includes a liquid crystal material, a polymer, and a chiral agent. The liquid crystal material exhibits blue phase and contains liquid crystal molecules that are spirally arranged to form liquid crystal molecular cylinders having a spiral arrangement. The polymer maintains the arrangement and has a dendrimer-type structure including a dendrimer unit and a polymerizable unit bonded to an end of the dendrimer unit. The dendrimer unit contains a central atom and at least two branched structures bonded to the central atom and has a generation of two or more. The polymerizable unit contains a polymerizable group which can bond to a polymerizable group.
US08613984B2	Plasma vapor deposition system and method for making multi-junction silicon thin film solar cell modules and panels A plasma vapor deposition system for making multi-junction silicon thin film solar cell modules and panels including a flexible substrate disposed about and removably supported by a dual-walled cylindrical substrate support for axially rotating the flexible substrate about its longitudinal axis, the dual-walled cylindrical substrate support comprising an inner wall spaced apart by an outer wall to define a coaxial cavity; a plasma vapor deposition torch located substantially adjacent to the flexible substrate for depositing at least one thin film material layer on an outer surface of the flexible substrate; and a traversing platform for supporting the rotatable substrate support relative to the plasma vapor deposition torch, the rotatable substrate support being traversed along its longitudinal axis by the traversing platform.
US08613982B2	Method of producing coated lenses A method of coating without permitting the coating solution to flow onto the side surfaces or the back surfaces of the lenses in the operation for applying the coating solution onto the lenses. A lens 15 is spin-coated with the coating solution having a particular viscosity. A side edge portion 121 of a spatula 119 is brought into contact with an upper edge portion of a side surface 15a of the lens 15 before the coating solution fed onto the surface of the lens arrives at the peripheral edge portion of the lens. The side edge portion 121 of the spatula 119 is so arranged that the upper end side of the spatula is tilted toward the center side of the lens 15 at an angle of 5 to 35 degrees with the vertical line as a reference. The coating solution applied onto the lens 15 that is rotating adheres onto the spatula 119 but does not adhere onto the side surface of the lens 15.
US08613978B2	In situ foaming in artificial stone A method of manufacturing a body structure for a door or other furniture is provided. A skeletal framework is placed on an uncured artificial stone mix deposited on a release sheet placed on a surface. Liquid structural foam is introduced within the skeletal framework. The skeletal framework is wrapped with the release sheet comprising the uncured artificial stone mix such that the skeletal framework is completely covered with the uncured artificial stone mix. The wrapped skeletal framework is placed in a chamber of a defined volume. The uncured artificial stone mix is compressed by the expanding liquid structural foam and conforms to the internal shape of the chamber. The foaming action generates heat that accelerates curing of the uncured artificial stone mix to create an outer cured artificial stone skin of the body structure. After removal from the chamber, the release sheet is separated and the body structure is polished.
US08613977B2	Magnetic recording medium and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes a magnetic layer forming step in which a drying process is performed. The drying process includes: a pre-heating stage in which a magnetic coating film is heated until the surface temperature of the magnetic coating film stops rising and reaches a substantially constant temperature; a constant rate drying stage that is performed after the pre-heating stage in which the surface temperature of the magnetic coating film is held substantially constant; and a falling rate drying stage that is performed after the constant rate drying stage in which the surface temperature of the magnetic coating film is increased to be higher than the surface temperature during the constant rate drying stage to harden the magnetic coating film. The constant rate drying period in which the constant rate drying stage is performed is 0.2 seconds or more. The first solvent is made of one solvent or two or more solvents having different boiling points, and the difference (Tb−Ts) between the boiling point Tb of the solvent having the lowest boiling point among the solvents contained in the first solvent and the surface temperature Ts of the magnetic coating film during the constant rate drying period is 1 to 50° C.
US08613976B2	Method of forming silicon oxide containing films A method of forming a silicon oxide film, comprising the steps of: providing a substrate into a reaction chamber; injecting into the reaction chamber at least one silicon containing compound where the at least one silicon containing compound is bis(diethylamino)silane; injecting Oxygen into the reaction chamber and at least one other O-containing gas selected from ozone and water; reacting in the reaction chamber by chemical vapor deposition at a temperature below 400 C the at least one silicon containing compound and the at least one oxygen containing gas in order to obtain the silicon oxide film deposited onto the substrate.
US08613975B2	Methods of producing high-K dielectric films using cerium-based precursors Methods are provided to form and stabilize high-κ dielectric films by chemical phase deposition processes using metal-source precursors and cerium-based β-diketonate precursors according to Formula I: Ce(L)x (Formula I) wherein: L is a β-diketonate; and x is 3 or 4. Further provided are methods of improving high-κ gate property of semiconductor devices by using cerium precursors according to Formula I. High-κ dielectric films are also provided comprising hafnium oxide, titanium oxide or mixtures thereof, and further containing a permittivity maintaining or increasing amount of cerium atoms.
US08613974B2	Method for preparing an electrode for producing hydrogen A method for preparing an electrode, includes the steps of preparing a suspension of a polyoxometalate and a material conferring electronic conductivity and comprising positive charges in a solvent; depositing the suspension obtained in the first step on a carbon medium; drying the suspension deposited in previous step, and applying a binder to the suspension dried in previous step to obtain an electrode.
US08613972B2	Papermaking coating station with pressure-sensitive film roll A counter roll (26) is positioned to engage a paper or board web (24) in a paper or board making machine along a contact line. A pressure-sensitive EMFi film (28) is disposed on the counter roll to measure the pressure profile of the web along the contact line. A coating apparatus (22) applies a coating to the web passing over the counter roll (26), and a pressure profile of the applied coating is measured by the pressure-sensitive film (28) on the counter roll (26). The pressure-sensitive film (28) may also be disposed to detect details of coating application in a curtain coater (30). Moreover, the film may be driven to provide adjustable vibration for cleaning the coater, or conditioning or controlling the coating flow.
US08613969B2	Low pressure deoiling of fried food product Disclosed is an improved process and system for producing low oil fried food products. The process discloses frying food products at atmospheric pressure, and deoiling the fried food products using a centrifuge under vacuum pressure.
US08613968B2	Peracid and 2-hydroxy organic acid compositions and methods for treating produce Methods and compositions for treating produce to control microorganisms are provided. The method treats produce by contacting the surface of the produce with an aqueous solution comprising i) an organic peracid of the formula RC(O)OOH wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, or s-propyl; ii) a 2-hydroxy organic acid selected from tartaric acid, citric acid, malic acid, mandelic acid, and lactic acid; and (optionally) iii) an anionic surfactant; wherein the aqueous solution has a pH from 2.5 to 6.0.
US08613965B2	Calcium-enriched food product The present invention is directed to a calcium-enriched chewable baked food product in which at least one piece of the food product provides the recommended daily DRI of elemental calcium. The calcium-enriched baked food product has a mouth feel, texture and taste substantially similar to a non-calcium-enriched baked food product. The food product also provides Vitamin D3 in a range of 100-2400 IU and optionally may be enrobed with a flavored coating. The present invention is also directed to a method for producing the calcium-enriched food product.
US08613964B1	Method for making shelf-stable poi food products from dryland and wetland taro A method and composition for making food products for benefiting health, including: inoculating dryland taro poi with fermented wetland taro poi; fermenting the inoculated dryland taro poi; dehydrating the fermented dryland taro poi; rehydrating the dehydrated dryland taro poi; pasteurizing the rehydrated dryland taro poi; reinoculating the pasteurized dryland taro poi with a poi starter culture; and adding nutrients to the reinoculated dryland taro poi. The poi starter culture includes a probiotic organism having a concentration of at least 2000 cfu/g. The nutrients added to the dryland taro poi include one or more selected from the group consisting of: xylose and inulin. The dryland taro poi and the wetland taro poi are in an amount in a ratio of 40:1 by weight, dryland to wetland.
US08613962B2	Prophylactic or alleviating agent for peripheral nerve disorder induced by anti-cancer agent There is provided a medicinal agent that is effective and highly safe for the prevention or alleviation of a peripheral nerve disorder that develops as a side effect occurring after the administration of an anti-cancer agent. The present invention relates to a novel medical use of an extract from inflamed tissues inoculated with vaccinia virus, and to a prophylactic or alleviating agent for a peripheral nerve disorder that contains the extract as an active ingredient. The agent containing the extract as an active ingredient is used for a prophylactic or alleviating agent for a peripheral nerve disorder induced by an anti-cancer agent and is a highly safe and remarkably highly useful medicinal agent with few side effects.
US08613957B2	Scaffold material for wound care and/or other tissue healing applications A scaffold material for wound care and/or other tissue healing applications and methods for making the same is described. The scaffold material is constituted of a decellularized extracellular matrix from fish skin. The scaffold material may also include lipids from the lipid layer of the fish skin. Methods for making and using the scaffold material are also described.
US08613955B2	Methods of producing microparticles Methods of producing microparticles, and especially chitin microparticles (CMP), are disclosed that involve reducing the size of (larger) particles using a (high shear) microfluidising instrument.
US08613954B2	Drug loaded polymeric nanoparticles and methods of making and using same The present disclosure generally relates to nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles.
US08613946B2	Carotenoids of enhanced bioavailability Carotenoid compositions of enhanced solubility and bioavailability are described that contain at least one carotenoid with at least one solubility-enhancing polymer. In one embodiment, the carotenoid is a provitamin A carotenoid such as β-carotene. In another embodiment the carotenoid is a non-provitamin A carotenoid such as lycopene or lutein. Described methods to produce the bioenhanced products include dry blending and solvent spray drying. In accordance with certain embodiments of the invention, the method includes the steps of providing a mixture comprising the carotenoid, a solubility-enhancing polymer and a solvent and removing the solvent to produce an amorphous form of the carotenoid. Products made by the invention's compositions and methods include pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetic, and personal care products for man and animal.
US08613944B2	Compositions and methods for separating tissue In one aspect, methods for separating biological tissue are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for separating tissue comprises providing a first composition comprising a polymerizable material, providing a second composition comprising a polymerization initiator, disposing the first composition at a first site beneath a first tissue layer, disposing the second composition at the first site, polymerizing the polymerizable material at the first site, and separating the first tissue layer from a second tissue layer.
US08613943B2	Process for producing a multi-layered scaffold suitable for osteochondral repair The invention relates to a method for producing a multi-layer collagen scaffold. The method generally comprises the steps of: preparing a first suspension of collagen and freezing or lyophilizing the suspension to provide a first layer; optionally preparing a further suspension of collagen and adding the further suspension onto the layer formed in the previous step to form a further layer, and freezing or lyophilizing the layers, wherein when the layer formed in the previous step is formed by lyophilization the lyophilized layer is re-hydrated prior to addition of the next layer; optionally, repeating the aforementioned step to form one or more further layers; and preparing a final suspension of collagen and pouring the final suspension onto the uppermost layer to form a final layer, and freeze-drying the layers to form the multilayer collagen composite scaffold.
US08613938B2	Bone void fillers A bone void filler composition is described containing an acidic mineral component that contains a calcium source and a phosphate source or a lower alkyl carboxylate source; an osteoinductive component that contains demineralized bone; and a three-dimensional, osteoconductive biologically acceptable carrier component that contains a collagenous material. The bone void filler composition may be in the form of a sponge or in the form of a paste or putty used to form a sponge or is obtained from particulated sponge, or that forms after a sponge is rehydrated. A pre-mixed bone void filler composition is described containing the acidic mineral component or the lower alkyl carboxylate source; the osteoinductive component; and a biologically acceptable carrier component that contains a liquid carrier. Methods of making and using the compositions are also described. The ratio of demineralized bone component to acidic mineral component may range from about 0.5:1 to about 80:1.
US08613935B2	Influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants Polypeptides, polynucleotides, reassortant viruses, immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants and method using thereof are provided.
US08613927B2	High affinity human antibodies to human nerve growth factor A human antibody or antigen-binding fragment of an antibody which specifically binds human nerve growth factor (NGF) with KD of 5 pM or less, as measured by surface plasmon resonance, wherein the antibody or fragment thereof binds human NGF with an affinity of about 2-10-fold higher than the antibody or fragment binds rat and mouse NGF. The antibodies are useful in treating pain, including inflammatory pain, post-operative incision pain, neuropathic pain, fracture pain, osteoporotic fracture pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer pain, pain resulting from burns, gout joint pain, as well as diseases, such as hepatocellular carcinoma, breast cancer, and liver cirrhosis.
US08613921B2	Antibodies that bind TGF-alpha and epiregulin The present invention provides antibodies that bind human TGF-alpha and human Epiregulin and are characterized as having high affinity, selective, and strong neutralizing properties. The antibodies are useful in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy.
US08613920B2	Treatment of amyloidogenic diseases The invention provides preferred dosage ranges, maximum concentrations, average concentrations and monitoring regimes for use in treatment of Alzheimer's disease using antibodies to Aβ. The invention also provides monitoring regimes that can assess changes in symptoms or signs of the patient following treatment.
US08613916B2	Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer The present invention provides an immunotherapeutic agent and immunotherapy allowing the extension of the survival time of patients with pancreatic cancer. The immunotherapy of the present invention is characterized by comprising the steps of culturing peripheral blood lymphocytes of a patient with pancreatic cancer by stimulating the lymphocytes with an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD52 antibody, thereby to obtain an immunotherapeutic agent, and administering at least four infusions of the resultant immunotherapeutic agent to the same patient, wherein each of the infusions of the immunotherapeutic agent comprises at least 15×109 cells of activated lymphocytes, the percentage of CD3− CD56+ NK cells in the activated lymphocytes is at least 30%, and the administration of the immunotherapeutic agent is begun for the patient who is in at least one state of two or more particular immunocompromised states.
US08613915B2	Attenuated strain of myxoma virus for use as an oncolytic drug The invention relates to the use of an attenuated vaccinal strain of Myxoma virus, in particular the SG33 strain, as an oncolytic agent.
US08613912B1	Silicone organo polyesters The present invention is directed toward a series of silicone/organic polymers with tunable ascetics, solubility, film formation and performance in cosmetic formulation. These novel polymers are designed with the three different hydroxyl containing monomers in the polyester. One is a siliphillic (silicone loving) and the other a oleophillic (oil loving) and the last hydrophilic (water loving). It is critical for there to be all three types of monomers linked together in a single polymer in order to make polymers in which solubility, spreadability, surface tension and film hardness can be altered for different cosmetic applications. When these groups are present a polymer there is a wide range of variation possible, making these polymers formulator friendly. The physical and chemical properties, including but not limited to: film formation of the current invention can be tuned rapidly by controlling the fatty group used, the degree of polymerization of the polymer, the molecular weight of the silicone polymer, the presence of ethylene oxide in the polymer backbone and the ratio of monomers to one another.
US08613911B2	Compositions having a plurality of discrete emulsions A cosmetic composition comprising a first emulsion and a second emulsion and optionally one or more additional emulsions, each of the two or more emulsions being discretely contained within the composition and comprising an inner phase and an outer phase, each of the two or more emulsions being independently a water-in-oil emulsion, an oil-in-water emulsion, an oil-in-oil emulsion, a polyol-in-oil emulsion, a water-in-silicone emulsion, a silicone-in-water emulsion, or a polyol-in-silicone emulsion in physical contact with at least one other emulsion, at least one of the two or more emulsions being visually distinct from the others, and each of the two or more emulsions as well as the composition being independently both physically and visually stable within the composition for at least six months at ambient temperature.
US08613909B2	Cinnamic acid-based oligomers and uses thereof Cinnamic acid-based oligomers and therapeutic uses thereof are provided. The oligomers are used as anti-inflammation agents, inhibitors of elastase and anti-oxidants, and in some cases (e.g. the treatment of lung disorders such as lung cancer) all three activities are simultaneously beneficial. Subsets of the oligomers (e.g. β-O4 and β-5 trimers and tetramers) are used as anticoagulants.
US08613908B2	System and method for authenticating pharmaceuticals using internally located hydroscopic gels with indicia The invention is a pharmaceutical product which may be authenticated, comprising identifying markers disposed in the pharmaceutical product. The pharmaceutical product is selected from the group consisting of a pill, a tablet, a caplet, and a capsule. The identifying markers are gel pellets made from a hydroscopic medium having an indicia imprinted thereon and expand volumetrically when contacted with a liquid.
US08613906B2	Treatment of ischemia using stem cells The invention features a method for treating or preventing ischemia in a mammal by administering unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSCs) to the mammal.
US08613899B2	Apparatus and method for producing free-standing materials An apparatus includes a manifold with a chamber for mixing multiple reactants. Gases are jetted into the manifold by a plurality of inlet injectors. The inlet injectors are arranged such that the gases passing into the manifold impinge on each other at a common point to form a mixture. The mixture passes through a plurality of holes in one side of the manifold into a deposition chamber where the mixture of gases impinges on additional gases at a common point to provide a reaction resulting in deposition of solid materials in the deposition chamber. The solid materials are free-standing.
US08613898B2	Supramolecular structures comprising at least partially conjugated polymers attached to carbon nanotubes or graphenes A composition of matter includes at least one carbon nanotube (CNT) or a graphene type structure having an outer surface, and a plurality of crystalline polymer supramolecular structures that include a conjugated polymer that are non-covalently secured to the outer surface of the CNTs or the graphene type structure. The conjugated polymer can be a conjugated homopolymer or a block copolymer including at least one conjugated block. The supramolecular structures extend outward from the outer surface of the CNTs or graphene type structures.
US08613896B2	Process for removing nitrous oxide from a gas stream A process is disclosed for the removal of nitrous oxide from a gas stream having a contaminating concentration of nitrous oxide to provide a gas stream with a significantly reduced concentration of nitrous oxide. The process includes passing the feed gas stream through a first heat transfer zone that is in heat exchange relationship with a product stream whereby heat is transferred from the product stream to the feed gas stream to thereby provide a heated gas stream; passing said heated gas stream to a reaction zone containing a N2O decomposition catalyst and optionally a combination of other catalyst that provides for the decomposition of nitrous oxide or other contaminants and yielding therefrom a product stream having a reduced concentration of nitrous oxide; and passing the product stream to the first heat transfer zone to provide a cooled product stream.
US08613894B2	Nutrient recovery systems and methods Methods, systems, and apparatuses for anaerobic digestion of waste fibrous material and the recovery of nutrients are provided. Methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein provide mechanisms to release dissolved gases from anaerobic digester effluent. Methods, systems and apparatuses disclosed herein can recover one or more nutrients from anaerobic digested effluent using a range of temperatures, aeration rates, aeration times, pH ranges, and settling times.
US08613893B2	Sealing member, cap for reagent container, and reagent container A sealing member includes a sealing portion that is used for a cap attached to a reagent container and covers an opening of the cap with an open-close movement by flapping around a predetermined point. The sealing portion has, on an outer circumference in the predetermined point side, an extending portion that extends outward of the opening. The extending portion contacts with an upper edge of the opening when the sealing portion covers the opening.
US08613890B2	Microparticle sorting apparatus, flow cytometer using the same and microparticle sorting method Disclosed herein is a microparticle sorting apparatus, including: a discharge direction confirming section configured to confirm a discharge direction of a discharged liquid discharged from a discharge outlet of a flow path; opposite electrodes disposed downstream with respect to the discharge outlet; an opposite electrode position controlling section configured to control positions of the opposite electrodes in accordance with the discharge direction confirmed by the discharge direction confirming section; a droplet generating section configured to generate a droplet from the discharge outlet; and a charging section configured to electrically charge the droplet with electric charges.
US08613887B2	Nanowire preparation methods, compositions, and articles Methods of producing metal nanowires, compositions, and articles are disclosed. Such methods allow production of metal nanowires with reproducibly uniform diameter and length, even in the presence of catalyst concentration variation. Such metal nanowires are useful for electronics applications.
US08613885B2	Solder alloys for repairing a component Many known solder alloys according to prior art utilize silicon or boron as melting point reducers, which, however, form brittle phases that have an undesirable effect on the thermo-mechanical properties. The invention relates to a solder ally that comprises gallium and/or germanium, preferably forms the Y′ phase and has improved mechanical properties.
US08613882B2	Method of planting a handle and a bottle parison to a mold of blow-molding modules for manufacturing plastic containers A method of planting a handle and a bottle parison to a mold of blow-molding modules, including the steps of: first, holding a handle temporarily on a handle positioning device; then, holding a bottle parison temporarily on a bottle parison positioning device while a bottle blowing mold is in a mold-breaking state; moving the handle downward into the bottle blowing mold through the handle positioning device; positioning the handle at a desired position while the bottle blowing mold is switched to the mold-closing state; and moving the bottle parison downward into the bottle blowing mold through the bottle parison positioning device, and clamping the bottle opening of the bottle parison at the same time.
US08613874B2	Method for creating a temporary tooth A method of forming a temporary tooth by fusing a plurality of polymer pellets. The plurality of pellets are fused and molded into the shape of a tooth. Additionally, the formed tooth shape comprises of a adapter shape that allows the formed tooth to be secured to the adjacent teeth of the space of the missing tooth.
US08613870B2	Isothioindigo-based polymers A polymer of Formula (I) wherein Ar, Y, Z, R3, R4, k, m, x, and n are as described herein. The isothioindigo-based polymer may be used in a semiconducting layer of an electronic device.
US08613869B2	α-type silicon nitride phosphor and production method thereof A practical novel phosphor material composed of an α-type silicon nitride, i.e., an α-type silicon nitride phosphor containing a fluorescence-emittable element throughout an α-type silicon nitride particle from the surface to the inside, is provided. Portions having a high emittable element concentration are preferably present like islands, and the fluorescence-emittable element is preferably a lanthanide metal. A powder composed of a fluorescence-emittable element is added to silicon diimide (Si(NH)2) or an amorphous silicon nitride powder obtained by thermally decomposing silicon diimide (Si(NH)2), the powders are mixed, and the mixture is fired in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, whereby the phosphor material is obtained.
US08613867B2	Inorganic dry compositions for absorption of mercury vapor The present relates generally to inorganic dry compositions comprising inorganic salt impregnated substrates such as saturated bibulous matrices or non-bibulous coated surfaces allowing fabrication of materials of various shapes and kinds useful to suppress release of mercury vapor into the environment upon breakage of mercury containing lamp bulbs, and methods for the use thereof.
US08613865B2	Amidium-based ionic liquids for carbon dioxide absorption The present invention relates to a carbon dioxide absorbent, an ionic liquid obtained by reacting amide and an organic acid and a method of using the same. The amidium-based ionic liquid of the present invention has excellent CO2 absorption capability, which is hardly reduced even with repeated use, is easy to synthesize and has low manufacturing cost thus being useful as a CO2 absorbent.
US08613858B2	Separation process The invention relates to a nanofiltration process for enriching and concentrating a neutral organic compound into the permeated liquid with negative retention.
US08613857B2	Processing of reaction solutions from whole-cell biotransformations A product is enriched by a method for the processing of a reaction solution, in which: a) a pH value of the reaction solution is adjusted to less than 4; wherein said reaction solution comprises a whole-cell catalyst, an aqueous component, and an organic component, wherein the organic component contains a product to be enriched; and b) the reaction solution is filtered in the presence of a filter aid, thereby enriching the product.
US08613854B2	Filter element for liquid filters and liquid filter The invention concerns a filter element as well as a liquid filter wherein the filter element is axially insertable into the filter housing (10, 11). The filter element (21) effects after mounting the closure of a non-return device for the raw liquid to be filtered with at least one non-return diaphragm (27). The non-return diaphragm (27) is attached to a terminal disk (24) of the filter element (21) in such a way that it effects an axial and/or a radial sealing action of the raw side (32) relative to the clean side (33) in the filter housing (10, 11). On the filter housing (10, 11) a drainage opening (18) for liquid is provided that is closed off by an additional sealing surface (31, 49) of the non-return diaphragm (27) when the filter element (10, 11) is installed.
US08613851B2	Crude product composition The present invention is directed to a crude product composition comprising hydrocarbons having a boiling range distribution of from 30° C. to 538° C., the crude product composition having, per gram of crude product composition, from 0.01 grams to 0.2 grams of hydrocarbons having a boiling range distribution of at most 204° C., where olefins comprise at least 0.02 grams per gram of the hydrocarbons having a boiling range distribution of at most 204° C., and from 0.000001 grams to 0.05 grams of hydrocarbons having a boiling range distribution of greater than 538° C.
US08613850B2	Electrochemical quantitative analysis system and method for the same A system for electrochemical quantitative analysis is provided. The system includes a measuring apparatus having a plurality of analysis modes. Each of the analysis modes is for quantitatively analyzing different biochemical substance. The system further includes a plurality of test strips. Each of the test strips has a different identification component for a different analysis mode. When one of the plurality of test strips is selected to electronically connect to the measuring apparatus, the measuring apparatus executes one of the plurality of analysis modes according to the identification component of the selected test strip to quantitatively analyze a corresponding biochemical substance.
US08613849B2	Electropolishing solution containing phosphorous pentoxide and methods of use thereof Substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions. The substantially anhydrous electropolishing electrolyte solutions described herein do not use water as a solvent; instead, such electropolishing electrolyte solutions use anhydrous alcohols and/or glycols as a solvent. For example, an electropolishing electrolyte solution, as described herein, may include an alcohol, at least one mineral acid, and phosphorous pentoxide (“P2O5”). Methods of electropolishing metal articles using such electropolishing electrolyte solutions are disclosed herein as well.
US08613848B2	Concurrent O2 generation and CO2 control for advanced life support A device for the concurrent oxygen generation and control of carbon dioxide for life support system involves two stages, where a first stage removes CO2 from an exhalent side of a ventilation loop and a second stage employs Ceramic Oxygen Generators (COGs) to convert CO2 into carbon and O2. The first stage includes a plurality of chambers and means to switch the ventilation loop through at least one of the chambers, where CO2 removal is carried out before discharge of the CO2 depleted gas to an inhalant side of the ventilation loop, and to exclude the ventilation loop from the remaining chambers of the first stage, where these chambers are placed in communication with the second stage. The second stage has two portions separated by the COGs such that CO2 and the formed carbon remain on an intake portion from the O2 rich atmosphere on the exhaust side, which is plumbed via a metering valve to introduce the O2 rich atmosphere to the inhalant side of the ventilation loop.
US08613839B2	Water distillation method and apparatus Apparatus for distilling a fluid such as water includes a vessel and heat transfer plates within the vessel structures to form at least one each cooling channel, evaporative channel, and condensing channel. Air enters the vessel and passes through the cooling channel, where it is cooled due to evaporation taking place in an adjacent evaporative channel. In the evaporative channel, input fluid is supplied to the walls of the heat transfer plates facing into the evaporative channel and evaporation forms vapor. The vapor is condensed in a condensing channel. In some versions of the apparatus, an evaporation channel forms a vacuum chamber and a condensing channel forms a compression chamber.
US08613833B2	Aqueous suspensions of fine-particulate fillers, method for the manufacture thereof and use thereof for the manufacture of filler-containing papers Aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers which are at least partly covered by anionic latices, the slurries being obtainable by treating aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers with at least one anionic latex with a glass transition temperature of −5 to −50° C., preparation of the aqueous slurries and their use as an additive to the paper stock in the production of filler-containing paper, filler-containing cardboard or filler-containing board by draining the paper stock.
US08613832B2	Process for the production of paper The present invention relates to a drainage and retention aid composition which comprises: (d) a first anionic component which is a water-soluble anionic organic polymer; (e) a second anionic component which is a water-dispersible or branched anionic organic polymer; and (f) a third anionic component which is an anionic siliceous material; wherein the first, second and third anionic components are present in a dry matter content of from 0.01 to 50% by weight.
US08613827B2	Plasma treatment system A plasma treatment system for treating a workpiece with a downstream-type plasma. The processing chamber of the plasma treatment system includes a chamber lid having a plasma cavity disposed generally between a powered electrode and a grounded plate, a processing space separated from the plasma cavity by the grounded plate, and a substrate support in the processing space for holding the workpiece. A direct plasma is generated in the plasma cavity. The grounded plate is adapted with openings that remove electrons and ions from the plasma admitted from the plasma cavity into the processing space to provide a downstream-type plasma of free radicals. The openings may also eliminate line-of-sight paths for light between the plasma cavity and processing space. In another aspect, the volume of the processing chamber may be adjusted by removing or inserting at least one removable sidewall section from the chamber lid.
US08613825B2	Method for fixing glass substrates and method for preparing flexible display device Embodiments of the disclosed technology disclose a method for fixing glass substrates and a method for preparing a flexible display device. The method for fixing glass substrates comprises coating an edge portion of a first glass substrate corresponding to a second glass substrate with epoxy resin and screeding the coated epoxy resin layer, adhering the second glass substrate to the first glass substrate, and annealing the two glass substrates. With the technical solution of this disclosed technology, the time period for fixing the adhered glass substrates can be reduced with an improved productivity.
US08613822B2	Low emissivity and EMI shielding window films A low emissivity and EMI shielding transparent composite film typically for use in association with window glazing and comprising a transparent film substrate having on one side thereof an underlayer of abrasion resistant hardcoat material with at least one infrared reflective layer covering the underlayer, typically a metallic layer which may be encased in metal oxide layers, which is then covered with a thin external protective top coat of a cured fluorinated resin.
US08613819B2	Method for producing quenched components consisting of sheet steel The invention relates to a method for producing quenched components consisting of sheet steel, comprising the following steps: a) shaped parts are formed from sheet steel; b) the end of the shaped part is cut and the sheet steel is optionally punched or provided with a desired hole pattern prior to, during, or after the forming of the shaped part; c) at least some sections of the shaped part are subsequently heated to a temperature that permits the steel material to austenitize; and d) the component is then transferred to a quenching die, where it is subjected to a quenching process, during which the component is cooled and thus quenched by the contact of the quenching die with some sections of the component and the compression of said sections. The invention is characterized in that the component is supported by the quenching die in the vicinity of the positive radii and that some sections of said component are clamped in a secure manner without distortion in the vicinity of the cut edges. In the sections of the component that are not clamped, the latter is separated from a quenching-die half by a gap.
US08613818B2	Processing routes for titanium and titanium alloys Methods of refining the grain size of titanium and titanium alloys include thermally managed high strain rate multi-axis forging. A high strain rate adiabatically heats an internal region of the workpiece during forging, and a thermal management system is used to heat an external surface region to the workpiece forging temperature, while the internal region is allowed to cool to the workpiece forging temperature. A further method includes multiple upset and draw forging titanium or a titanium alloy using a strain rate less than is used in conventional open die forging of titanium and titanium alloys. Incremental workpiece rotation and draw forging causes severe plastic deformation and grain refinement in the titanium or titanium alloy forging.
US08613817B2	Method for producing duplex stainless steel seamless pipe The present invention is to provide a method for producing duplex stainless steel seamless pipe in which a duplex stainless steel billet can be inhibited from generating an oxide scale on the surface thereof during heating and the generation of outer surface flaw can also be prevented. The billet is heated in the a heating furnace for 1.5 hours or more and 4.0 hours or less at a heating temperature of 1250° C. or more and 1320° C. or less while regulating the average concentration of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas in the atmosphere within the furnace to 0.01 volume % or less.
US08613816B2	Forming of ferromagnetic metallic glass by rapid capacitor discharge An apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming magnetic metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via any number of techniques including, for example, injection molding, dynamic forging, stamp forging, sheet forming, and blow molding in a time frame of less than 1 second.
US08613814B2	Forming of metallic glass by rapid capacitor discharge forging A forging apparatus and method of uniformly heating, rheologically softening, and thermoplastically forming metallic glasses rapidly into a net shape using a rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) tool are provided. The RCDF method utilizes the discharge of electrical energy stored in a capacitor to uniformly and rapidly heat a sample or charge of metallic glass alloy to a predetermined “process temperature” between the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material and the equilibrium melting point of the alloy in a time scale of several milliseconds or less. Once the sample is uniformly heated such that the entire sample block has a sufficiently low process viscosity it may be shaped into high quality amorphous bulk articles via forging in a time frame of less than 1 second.
US08613812B2	Method of making Zr-rich amorphous alloy article A method of making a Zr-rich amorphous alloy article includes providing a Zr-rich master alloy made of an Zr—Cu—Al—Ni—Nb alloy, in which the purity of the raw Zr is substantially in a range of 98% to 99.9%; providing a vacuum induction furnace, and melting the Zr-rich master alloy in the furnace at a temperature in a range of 1100 degrees Celsius to 1200 degrees Celsius; cooling the master alloy to a temperature in a range from 800 degrees Celsius to 900 degrees Celsius in 30 min to 40 min; casting the master alloy into ingots, and then cooling the ingots to a temperature in a range from 200 degrees Celsius to 350 degrees Celsius; and die casting the alloy ingots to obtain Zr-rich amorphous alloy articles with thicknesses in a range of 0.5 mm to 2 mm. A Zr-rich amorphous alloy article made by the above-mentioned method is further provided.
US08613811B2	Graphene-coated member and process for producing same The present invention provides a graphene-coated member of a novel structure, and a process for producing such graphene-coated members. A graphene-coated member according to a first invention is a graphene-coated member that has a graphene film on a surface of a metallic base of a desired shape. The base includes carbon in a solid-solution state, and the graphene film is formed from solid-solution carbon precipitated at the base surface.
US08613810B2	Nickel-base alloy, processing therefor, and components formed thereof A gamma prime nickel-base superalloy and components formed therefrom that exhibit improved high-temperature dwell capabilities, including creep and dwell fatigue crack growth behavior. The superalloy contains, by weight, 10.00 to 22.0% cobalt, 10.0 to 14.0% chromium, 4.0 to 6.0% tantalum, 2.0 to 4.0% aluminum, 2.0 to 6.0% titanium, 1.5 to 5.0% tungsten, 1.5 to 5.0% molybdenum, 1.0 to 3.5% niobium, 0.05 to 0.6% hafnium, 0.02 to 0.10% carbon, 0.01 to 0.40% boron, 0.02 to 0.10% zirconium, the balance essentially nickel and impurities, wherein the titanium:aluminum weight ratio is 0.7 to 1.5. The superalloy is hot worked and heat treated to contain cellular gamma prime precipitates that distort grain boundaries, creating tortuous grain boundary fracture paths that are believed to promote the fatigue crack growth resistance of the superalloy.
US08613806B2	Method for eliminating carbon contamination of platinum-containing components for a glass making apparatus In the formation of sheet material from molten glass, molten glass is formed in a melting furnace and transported through a precious metal delivery system to the forming apparatus. Disclosed herein is a method to mitigate carbon contamination of individual components of the precious metal delivery system prior to and/or during their use. The method involves positioning an oxygen generating material within portions of a precious metal component, and may comprise one or more heat treating steps of the component in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
US08613805B2	Water-conducting domestic appliance comprising a detergent dosing system with fill level detection A water-conducting domestic appliance, in particular a domestic dishwasher, the water-conducting domestic appliance including a washing compartment for receiving items therein that are to be subjected to a washing cycle by the water-conducting domestic appliance; and a detergent dosing system, the detergent dosing system having a detergent dispenser with a receiving compartment, the receiving area for receiving at least one cartridge that is configured to hold at least one detergent, the detergent dosing system having the capability to store a quantity of detergent greater than a quantity needed for a single washing cycle and the detergent dosing system having an apparatus for detecting a fill level in at least one of the detergent dispenser and the at least one cartridge.
US08613799B2	Dispersants The present invention relates to dispersants containing at least two lipophilic groups (e.g., alkenyl-substituted acylating agent, such as, dodecyl succinic anhydride), and the dispersants contain a hydrophilic component (e.g., alkylene glycol, polyalkylene glycol) present in an amount sufficient to at least partially disperse the amphiphilic compound in aqueous media (e.g., 30 wt % to 80 wt %). The invention further provides for dispersants as phosphate, sulphonate, and phosphite derivatives thereof. The invention further provides for the use of the dispersants in tinter compositions (e.g., universal tinter) and reduced shade paints.
US08613795B2	Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives Electret webs are presented which include a blend of a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The charge-enhancing additives include N-substituted amino carbocyclic aromatic materials. The webs prepared from the blends may be in the form of films or non-woven fibrous webs. Non-woven microfiber webs are useful as filtration media.
US08613794B2	Process for producing a pressurised CO2 stream in a power plant integrated with a CO2 capture unit A process for producing a pressurized CO2 stream in a power plant integrated with a CO2 capture unit, wherein the power plant comprises at least one gas turbine (1) coupled to a heat recovery steam generator unit (2) and the CO2 capture unit comprises an absorber (18) and a regenerator (21), the process comprising the steps of: (a) introducing hot exhaust gas exiting a gas turbine into a heat recovery steam generator unit to produce a first amount of steam and a flue gas stream (17) comprising CO2; (b) removing CO2 from the flue gas stream comprising CO2 by contacting the flue gas stream with absorbing liquid in an absorber (18) to obtain absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 (20) and a purified flue gas stream; (c) contacting the absorbing liquid enriched in CO2 with a stripping gas at elevated temperature in a regenerator (21) to obtain regenerated absorbing liquid and a gas stream enriched in CO2 (23); (d) pressurizing the gas stream enriched in CO2 using a CO2 compressor (24) to obtain the pressurized CO2 stream, wherein a first part of the steam produced in the heat recovery steam generator unit is used to drive the CO2 compressor (13).
US08613793B2	Electrostatic control of air flow to the inlet opening of an axial fan A method of modifying the airflow to the inlet of an axial fan. The method includes operating an axial fan to move air longitudinally through an air inlet opening of the axial fan, and, during operation of the axial fan, applying an electrical potential between an emitter and a collector to cause ionic air movement radially outwardly away from a central axis of the axial fan, wherein the radially outward air movement is caused upstream of the axial fan before the air reaches the air inlet opening.
US08613789B2	Method of producing particulate-reinforced composites and composites produced thereby A process for producing particle-reinforced composite materials through utilization of an in situ reaction to produce a uniform dispersion of a fine particulate reinforcement phase. The process includes forming a melt of a first material, and then introducing particles of a second material into the melt and subjecting the melt to high-intensity acoustic vibration. A chemical reaction initiates between the first and second materials to produce reaction products in the melt. The reaction products comprise a solid particulate phase, and the high-intensity acoustic vibration fragments and/or separates the reaction products into solid particles that are dispersed in the melt and are smaller than the particles of the second material. Also encompassed are particle-reinforced composite materials produced by such a process.
US08613788B2	Increasing the strength of iridium, rhodium, and alloys thereof The addition of 0.5 to 30 ppm boron and 0.5 to 20 ppm calcium to iridium and the Zr- and Hf-free alloys thereof and rhodium and the Zr- and Hf-free alloys thereof surprisingly increases the creep rupture strength at high temperatures, in particular around 1,800° C.
US08613775B2	Asymmetric tibial components for a knee prosthesis An orthopaedic tibial prosthesis includes a tibial baseplate with an asymmetric periphery which promotes proper positioning and orientation on a resected tibia, while also facilitating enhanced kinematics, soft-tissue interaction, and long-term fixation of the complete knee prosthesis. The asymmetric baseplate periphery is sized and shaped to substantially match portions of the periphery of a typical resected proximal tibial surface, such that proper location and orientation is evident by resting the baseplate on the tibia. The baseplate periphery provides strategically positioned relief and/or clearance between the baseplate periphery and bone periphery, such as in the posterior-medial portion to prevent deep-flexion component impingement, and in the anterior-lateral portion to avoid undue interaction between the anatomic iliotibial band and prosthesis components.
US08613772B2	Lateral mount implant device An implant device for the spine suitable for the fixation and support of adjacent vertebrae includes a base member for implantation at a location between the two vertebrae and one or more protrusions extending from the base member. The protrusion(s) are configured for engagement with one of the vertebrae upon implantation and for progressive penetration into the vertebrae over a period of time subsequent to the implantation. The implant device includes a lateral mounting portion to accommodate fixation of the device to a lateral side of the vertebrae. The implant device is configured for insertion between the adjacent vertebrae through a posterior lateral or lateral opening that exposes a lateral side of the disc space.
US08613764B2	Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a medical device to treat an occlusive plaque, and is also adapted to release a biologically active agent to treat vulnerable plaque located downstream from the occlusive plaque. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus has an expandable tube attached to the inner surface of a stent, and a layer of endothelial cells seeded on the inner surface of the expandable tube. The expandable tube shields a vulnerable plaque from a body lumen.
US08613760B2	Dynamic stabilization connecting member with slitted core and outer sleeve A dynamic fixation medical implant having at least two bone anchors includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having an elongate core and an outer sleeve. The core may be substantially cylindrical, of one-piece construction, and includes end portions for attachment to the bone anchors. A portion of the core extending between the bone anchors has at least one slit. The outer sleeve may include compression grooves. The sleeve surrounds the core and extends between the pair of bone anchors, the sleeve being compressible in a longitudinal direction between the bone anchors.
US08613754B2	Tubular filter A filter to be placed in a flow of blood through a vessel. The filter includes a hub disposed along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of anchor members extending from the hub. Each anchor member includes either a cranial extension or a caudal extension at a distal end thereof. At least one anchor member distal end is spaced from the hub at each of a first, second, and third distance along the longitudinal axis. The filter also includes a plurality of locator members extending from the hub, the locator members alternatingly interposed between the anchor members.
US08613753B2	Multi-lumen central access vena cava filter apparatus and method of using same A combined multi-lumen central access catheter and an embolic filter including ports proximal and distal the filter for fluid infusion and/or pressure sensing and infusion ports in the catheter to permit infusion of bioactive agents, flushing agents and/or contrast agents. The embolic filter may be removably coupled to the multi-lumen catheter for temporary placement and retrieval under recommended indications.
US08613752B2	Surgical instrument for removing body tissue or vessels A surgical instrument and a method for using the instrument are provided. The instrument can include a tubular member. A grasper can extend within the tubular member. The grasper can have grasping members each with a distal body. An opening can be formed in an inner surface of each distal body. The grasping members can pivot between an open and a closed configuration to engage a body vessel or tissue. A cutting device can extend within the tubular member. The cutting device can have a cutting member with a cutting edge. The cutting member can be movable between a free and an engaged configuration to sever a body vessel or tissue. When the grasping members are in the closed configuration, the openings of the distal bodies can form a cavity to receive the cutting member to shield the cutting member during navigation within a body of a patient.
US08613750B2	Method for fastening a hinged surgical fastener on tissue A method for fastening a two-piece surgical fastener to bodily tissue whereby the surgical fastener has a safety position. The method comprises inserting first and second piercing posts through at least two layers of tissue and attaching a receiving portion to the coupling ends of the first and second piercing posts. Each of the first and second piercing posts have a fixed end and a coupling end, the first piercing post being fixedly-attached at its fixed end to a first base portion, the second piercing post being fixedly-attached at its fixed end to a second base portion, the first and second base portions being foldably coupled to one another by a hinge, where a bias device imparts a bias force on at least one of the first base portion and the second base portion in a direction toward the other and substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the hinge.
US08613747B2	Spacer insertion instrument A percutaneous and minimally invasive instrument for inserting an interspinous process spacer into a patient is disclosed. The insertion instrument includes a first assembly connected to a handle assembly. The first assembly includes an inner shaft located inside an outer shaft; the inner and outer shafts being configured for relative translational motion with respect to each other to thereby deflect at least one prong formed on one of the inner or outer shafts wherein such deflection causes engagement with a juxtapositioned interspinous spacer. The instrument further includes a driving tool configured for removable insertion into a proximal end of a passageway of the instrument. The driving tool has a distal spacer engaging portion configured to engage that part of the spacer requiring activation for deployment of the spacer from at least one undeployed configuration to at least one deployed configuration and vice versa.
US08613746B2	Preparatory reamers for orthopedic implants A reamer for preparing a spinal upper facet to facilitate insertion of combined screw/washer implant, preventing bone damage and facet weakening, and also allowing possibility to place grafting so as to maximize implant stabilization. The reamer has shallow outer cutting surfaces to cut a groove for spike insertion; deep inner cutting surfaces to cut a cortical-penetrating bore for insertion of the screw, and a flat therebetween to limit penetration of these cutting surfaces.
US08613737B2	Disposable absorbent article having elasticized outer leg cuff The present invention is directed to a disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article has a longitudinal centerline, a lateral centerline, an outer surface and an inner surface. The absorbent article is folded before use along the lateral direction. The disposable absorbent article comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and an elasticized outer leg cuff. The elasticized outer leg cuff is disposed adjacent to a longitudinal side edge of the absorbent article. The elasticized outer leg cuff has a base and a gasket cuff supported by the base at a joint of the base to the gasket cuff. The gasket cuff is provided with elasticity and has a top gasket cuff surface, an inner cuff extending laterally inwardly from the joint and an outer cuff extending laterally outwardly from the joint. Before use of the absorbent article, the elasticized outer leg cuff is folded laterally inwardly onto the inner surface of the absorbent article such that the top gasket cuff surface faces upwardly.
US08613736B2	Absorbent article having pigmented composite backsheet with hunter value The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles such as diapers and adult incontinence products, which collect and retain urine and fecal material deposited thereon by the wearer. The disposable absorbent articles of the present invention comprise a color-pigmented backsheet, which further comprises visually discernible ornamental designs printed thereon.
US08613735B2	Suction device, suction system, and suction method A suction device according to the present invention has: an outer tube connected to a fluid supply unit on a base-end side thereof and including an opening edge section; and a suction tube provided in the outer tube and connected to a negative pressure generating unit on a base-end side thereof, the suction tube including an opening edge section, wherein an annular fluid supply passage is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube and an outer peripheral surface of the suction tube, and the opening edge section of the suction tube is placed inside the opening edge section of the outer tube toward the base-end side thereof.
US08613732B2	Skin therapy systems A convenient and hygienic skin therapy system comprising an encaser, one or more therapeutic compositions, a sealing means and optional accessories is disclosed. A method of using such a skin therapy system is also provided. The skin therapy system and the use thereof provides an effective, efficient and safe therapeutic approach.
US08613730B2	Apparatus and methods for fluid pressurizing units of injection systems An injection system includes a syringe, which preferably includes larger and smaller inner diameters, and a plunger. A wiper sidewall of the plunger defines a cavity, into which a plunger shaft of the system is inserted, for moving the plunger, within the syringe, for fluid injection. The plunger includes a feature for engaging the shaft, and the sidewall preferably includes a expandable-contractible portion, in which the feature is formed. When the plunger is initially mounted within the larger inner diameter of the syringe, the portion of the sidewall is expanded and the feature of the plunger does not operably engage the inserted shaft. When the shaft moves the plunger into the smaller inner diameter of the syringe, the portion of the sidewall contracts and the feature operably engages the shaft. An optional deformable end wall of the plunger may be spaced apart from a distal terminal end of the inserted shaft.
US08613727B2	Surgical access device with pendent valve A surgical access device, such as a trocar, includes a pendent valve having an elongate structure extending from a proximal end to a septum valve disposed at a distal end. In operation, the elongate structure follows the angle of the instrument to pre-position the septum valve into the path of the instrument where it is not significantly challenged during instrument insertion or manipulation. The pendant valve can be made to float at both the proximal end and the distal end of the elongate structure, to further reduce the vulnerability of the septum valve. Since the valve is less vulnerable to instrument insertion, it can be formed to minimize friction and maximize the functional range of the access device.
US08613725B2	Reservoir systems and methods A reservoir includes a reservoir body portion and a collecting portion. The reservoir body portion having a wall defining an interior volume for containing fluidic media, the reservoir having a first port in the reservoir body portion to be in fluid flow communication with the interior volume, the first port for expelling fluidic media from the interior volume as a plunger is moved within the reservoir. The collecting portion having a wall defining a volume in fluid flow communication with the interior volume, the volume of the collecting portion for collecting gas bubbles in the fluidic media as the fluidic media is expelled through the first port from the interior volume of the reservoir body portion, the reservoir having a second port in the collecting portion to be in fluid flow communication with the volume of the collecting portion, the second port for receiving fluidic media into the reservoir.
US08613724B2	Infusion pump assembly A wearable infusion pump assembly. The wearable infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid and a fluid delivery system configured to deliver the infusible fluid from the reservoir to an external infusion set. The fluid delivery system includes a controller, a pump assembly for extracting a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir and providing the quantity of infusible fluid to the external infusion set, the pump assembly comprising a pump plunger, the pump plunger having distance of travel, the distance of travel having a starting position and an ending position, at least one optical sensor assembly for sensing the starting position and ending position of the pump plunger distance of travel and sending sensor output to the controller, and a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, wherein the controller receives the sensor output and determines the total displacement of the pump plunger.
US08613721B2	Delivery and administration of compositions using interventional catheters Systems and methods for delivery of therapeutic and/or diagnostic compositions to an interventional site having diseased or newly treated tissue are provided. Integrated interventional catheter systems incorporating surfaces coated with a therapeutic composition, or tissue penetration members for scoring or disrupting tissue prior to or during administration of a therapeutic composition are provided. Infusion of therapeutic composition(s) may also be provided.
US08613713B2	Wire guide having variable flexibility and method of use thereof The present invention generally relates to a medical surgical device and specifically a wire guide for percutaneous placement within a body cavity. The flexibility of the wire guide may be varied while it is in place within the body vessel.
US08613712B1	Textured polymer coated guide wire and method of manufacture A guide wire for advancing a medical device such as a catheter through a patient's body lumen which has an elongated core with proximal and distal core section, a flexible tubular member such as a coil on the distal end. The wire core includes surface textures that are translated into the overlying coating. Alternatively, the coating has its own surface texture. The surface textures include randomly or non-randomly spaced bumps, divots, ridges, helical grooves, longitudinal grooves, undulations, etc.
US08613711B2	Stool sample collector A stool sample collector is comprised of a sheet of water-soluble material such as heavy-weight polyvinyl alcohol film, six to nine inches by 20 to 26 inches. In use, the strip is positioned across the toilet bowl against the bowl's back rim, the front edge of the strip drooping down to a few inches above the toilet water. The strip is affixed across the bowl by moistening at each end and pressing against the sides of the bowl. Positioning of the strip is facilitated by markings on the strip. Retention of stool samples is enhanced by dimples or riffles in the strip. After use, the strip may be removed and flushed in a domestic toilet.
US08613706B2	Coaxial dual lumen pigtail catheter A method of measuring differential pressure between a left ventricle and an aorta across an aortic valve for diagnosis of aortic stenosis using a coaxial dual lumen pigtail catheter that utilizes coaxial construction incorporating a thin wall guiding catheter technology for the outer lumen and using a strong braided diagnostic technology for the central lumen to accommodate high-pressure injections. The catheter includes a manifold body to provide for connection to each of the dual lumens. The distal end of the coaxial dual lumen pigtail catheter tapers to a more flexible portion that is perforated by spiral side holes to provide for more undistorted pressure readings in the left ventricle. The coaxial dual lumen pigtail catheter also utilizes proximal straight sideholes at the end of the dual lumen portion and a taper between the dual lumen portion and the single lumen portion.
US08613705B2	Central venous pressure sensor and method to control a fluid or volume overload therapy An implantable system for monitoring a hydration state of a patient and adjusting fluid removal from the patient includes a pressure sensor implantable within an inferior vena cava of the patient and a processor. The pressure sensor senses and generates an output representative of a baseline inferior vena caval pressure value of the patient and chronically senses and generates outputs representative of an inferior vena caval pressure value of the patient. The processor compares differences between the baseline inferior vena caval pressure value and subsequent inferior vena caval pressure values. The processor can reside in another implantable device or in an external device/system.
US08613697B2	Incubator with different operating states An incubator or thermotherapy device is provided with a reclining surface and with one or more limiting walls and with openings or removed side walls and with a foot side opening or removed foot-side side wall. Air discharge channels (7, 8, 9), on sides, contain guide elements of a guide device (11) with angles in the range of about 15° to 100° and spoilers of a deflecting device (13) with deflection angles of about 15° to 110°. The air discharge velocity is in the range of about 0.1 m/sec to 1.0 m/sec. The guide elements discharge angle in the front-side discharge channel corresponds to the deflection angle of the spoilers in the discharge channels. The air discharge velocity from the front-side discharge channel has a maximum in the middle of the discharge channel and changes continuously towards the sides to the air discharge velocity from the discharge channels.
US08613693B2	Holistic repetitive exercise and exercise belt for overactive bladder urine normalization An holistic exercise method for enhancing urine retention in a person having reduced urine retention and exercise belt therefore. The method includes: a) providing an elastic resistance exercise belt of a size sufficient to encircle a users abdominopelvic region; b) removably mounting the belt around the abdominopelvic region of the user; c) expanding the abdominopelvic region outward as far as possible by the user against the resistive force of the belt; and then d) pulling the abdominopelvic region back into the body as far as possible with the resistance belt elastically retained in a snug position against the exterior of the abdominopelvic region; e) repeating a cycle comprising the expanding step c) and the pulling step d) for a sufficient number of cycles per day for a sufficient number of days to enhance the urine retention of the person.
US08613690B1	Neck therapy device A neck therapy device adapted to exercise a user's neck is described. The neck therapy device includes a headpiece on which resides a plurality of loops, and through which a strap extends. The strap is typically elastic. The headpiece includes a band portion adapted to encircle a user's head like a headband, extending across the user's forehead and back of head. A user typically grasps ends of the strap in order to modulate neck movement.
US08613689B2	Universal exercise guidance system An exercise guidance system and method display either a workout option or different exercise options based on a person's exercise objectives. In one embodiment, the displayed option or options is additionally based at least partially upon a metabolic equivalent. In another embodiment, the displayed option or options is additionally based at least partially upon the time current available time for the workout.
US08613687B2	Planetary gearbox having nested planetary gear stages A planetary gearbox, for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising two stages, each provided with a sun gear, a ring gear and interposed planetary gears. The ring gear of the first planetary stage also forms the sun gear of the second stage, and the planetary gears of both stages are guided by a common planet carrier, produced from a casting material, which accommodates the planetary gears of the first stage at an axial offset position to the planetary gears of the second stage. The planet carrier is designed as one-piece such that pockets are respectively disposed in the planet carrier for receiving the planetary gears of the first stage at an offset angle, in the circumferential direction, to the pockets for receiving the planetary gears of the second stage, so that it is possible to form the pockets during casting using slides.
US08613686B2	Combination brake clutch drive system and rotary-wing aircraft using same A drive system includes a planetary gear system. An input is affixed to a sun gear of the planetary gear system to rotate therewith and an output is affixed to the output ring gear to rotate therewith. A first brake system is selectively operable to rotationally lock an output ring gear of the planetary gear system, and a second brake system is selectively operable to rotationally lock the planet carrier of the planetary gear system. Rotary-wing aircraft implementations of the drive system are also disclosed.
US08613679B2	Table tennis bat The proposed device enables to improve cushioning properties, increase ball flying speed, improve twisting of a ball. The said technical effect is achieved owing to that the proposed bat comprises a base, a handle and an elastic pad connected to the base outer surface. Protrusions on the elastic pad are distributed evenly. The said protrusions are made T-shaped, in the form of a leg and a head combined with the said leg. The legs are connected to the elastic pad. The heads of the neighboring T-shaped protrusions are brought into contact therebetween.
US08613674B2	Methods, devices, and systems for video gaming There is a game console, wherein the game console further comprises a set of computer readable instructions for: transmitting login data to at least one game server, wherein the at least one game server is associated with a game service for a gaming community; transmitting data from the game console to the at least one game server to associate the first gamer and a second gamer as members of a semi-permanent gaming clan using the personally identifiable data for the first gamer and the second gamer, wherein the gaming clan has a clan identifier associated therewith; c) transmitting data from the game console to the at least one game server to establish one of the first gamer and the second gamer as a semi-permanent clan leader.
US08613671B2	Data transfer and control among multiple computer devices in a gaming environment Various card devices and methods involving card devices are described. Other embodiments are also described.
US08613670B2	Mobile networked gaming system A mobile networked gaming system wherein a downloadable game client application connects a player to at least one game server (or wireless network), wherein the at least one game table is hosted on said game server. The game server (or wireless network) provides game operations and displays for transmission to the game client application and a display including at least one screen display including at least one lobby screen display from which a player can manually request to be seated at one or more of a plurality of virtual game positions in one or more of a plurality of multi-player or single-player games. Furthermore, a selectable automated seating option is available for automatically seating a player at one or more of a plurality of virtual game positions, wherein a player is directly seated when the player logs-in to the mobile networked gaming system. Embodiments of the present invention are disclosed as a mobile poker client application and a mobile casino client application incorporating the above features.
US08613664B2	Wagering interface for a gaming system A gaming system includes a wagering interface that may include a plurality of player-selectable quick-bet elements with each quick-bet element indicating a different total wager for a spin of the plurality of reels. Each total wager is divided among a plurality of paylines associated with positions on the reels. A window is configured to display a subset of the plurality of quick-bet elements. A quick-bet element selection slider is configured to allow each of the plurality of player-selectable quick-bet elements to be displayed within the window. The selection slider is movable to a plurality of positions along a slider path such that the position of the selection slider on the slider path determines the subset of quick-bet elements to be displayed in the window. A wagering interface may include a toggling element for switching from a wagering interface having a plurality of player-selectable quick-bet elements to a classic-bet wagering interface.
US08613660B2	Game rating system for gaming devices Gaming machines and gaming systems having a game rating system are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a plurality of games where each game has a distinct game style that is based in part on game volatility. The gaming device also includes a game controller for managing and operating the plurality of games, and a game rating system in communication with the game controller. The game rating system includes a player interface for selecting a game, and an icon presented on the display of the gaming device where the icon represents the distinct game style.
US08613659B2	Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device.
US08613658B2	System and method for wireless gaming system with user profiles A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas. The gaming system may incorporate a user profile feature according to which certain information regarding users of the system may be maintained. Such information can include, without limitation, information relating to preferences, finances, activities participated in by the users, and trends and habits of the users.
US08613657B2	System and method for permitting identification and counting of gaming chips A system that allows precise identification and counting of appropriately equipped gaming chips inside specified zones on a gambling table is disclosed. The system relies on near field magnetic coupling technology whereby a primary looped conductor placed in a gaming zone couples a sufficient amount of energy into one or a plurality of looped conductors located inside gaming chips through a magnetic field of known characteristic.
US08613654B1	Number picking game with integrated sports projectiles A number picking game such as keno which incorporates sports animations into the visual presentation when numbers are picked by a random number generator. A player indicates the player's selection of numbers. Randomly generated numbers are determined. Animated athletes can cast a projectile onto a grid of numbers, the projectile colliding with a number on the grid and thus picking that number. The animated athletes will thus pick all of the randomly generated numbers while they are playing their sports. The player's selected numbers and the randomly generated numbers are compared and an award is made to the player based on a number of matches.
US08613652B2	Method for play of a lottery ticket-based internet game A method is provided for implementing a ticket-based Internet lottery game wherein winning plays of the Internet games are validated and redeemed through a lottery authority's existing validation and redemption system for on-line lottery tickets. Lottery tickets are provided for players, with the lottery tickets having a code that enables a player to access a designated web site and play an Internet game having a prize structure. The code is validated against a database and, for winning plays of the Internet game, a virtual bet is generated and transferred to the on-line lottery ticket validation system. Virtual drawings are periodically conducted within the on-line lottery ticket validation system in order to load win files corresponding to winning plays of the Internet game into the on-line lottery ticket winners database. The winning players are instructed as to a time after the virtual drawing when they can redeem their prize.
US08613651B2	Gaming device method and apparatus A gaming device method and apparatus is disclosed, and is based on simulated movement of a train, or a vehicle, on a route from an origination point to a destination point. In a preferred embodiment, a random number generator is used to assign speed limits that bound the safe movement of a train in a scenario, and/or to select the actual speed of the train in the scenario. A winning scenario is defined by the train reaching its destination, and occurs when the train maintains its actual speed within the safe speed limits. This gaming concept could be implemented as a primary gaming device, or as a bonus game in a traditional gaming machine. In an alternate embodiment, a spinning wheel, controlled by a random number generator, is used to select a destination for a train approaching a track juncture. At least one destination is pre-defined as a winning destination.
US08613647B2	Game with award based on sub-game outcomes and method Disclosed are games, gaming machines, gaming systems and methods including a primary game award at least partially based on the outcomes of one or more sub-games. The outcomes are related according to a pay table associated with the primary game.
US08613645B2	Honing tool A honing tool comprises a tubular tool body fastened with an end section in a tool shank and a cutting region on an opposite end section with at least one honing-stick accommodating opening. The dimensions of the honing-stick accommodating opening and of the honing stick are matched to one another so that the honing stick is accommodated in a radially movable manner, and essentially free of play in a circumferential direction of the tool body, between boundary surfaces of the honing-stick accommodating opening. A play-compensating device between the honing stick and the honing-stick accommodating opening comprises at least one elastically deformable supporting element which is supported with a pressure force, in a fitted state of the honing stick, on one hand on a side surface of the honing stick and on the other hand on a boundary surface, opposite the side surface, of the honing-stick accommodating opening.
US08613644B2	Multi-sander A tool for moving an abrasive media can include a tool body and a drive system housed in the tool body. The drive system can include an output member. A retaining member can be disposed on the tool body. A first platen having a first attachment hub can be selectively coupled with the retaining member in an installed position. The first platen can have a first rotatable member that selectively attaches to the output member in a first mode of operation. A second platen having a second attachment hub can selectively couple with the retaining member in an installed position. The second platen can have a second rotatable member that selectively attaches to the output member in a second mode of operation.
US08613643B2	Work feeder for roller end face working machine, roller end face working machine and rollers for roller bearing A workpiece feeder is capable of feeding a roller to a roller end face processing machine in a stable posture, a roller end face processing machine, and a roller for a rolling bearing processed by such a roller end face processing machine are provided. The workpiece feeder for roller end face processing includes: a carrier ring having a plurality of recesses arranged in a radially-inner surface thereof at a predetermined pitch along a circumferential direction; a regulating wheel fitted into the carrier ring to form roller fitting cavities between a radially-outer surface of the regulating wheel and the plurality of recesses; a carrier support for supporting the carrier ring on a radially-outer side with respect to the plurality of recesses; and rotational force applying means for applying a rotational force to the carrier ring on the radially-outer side with respect to the plurality of recesses.
US08613638B2	Dismantling apparatus for flat-screen TV and dismantling method for flat-screen TV A flat-screen TV dismantling apparatus comprises an inclined working bed having a tiltable placement surface on which a flat-screen TV can be placed, and a horizontal working bed having a horizontal placement surface. A flat-screen TV dismantling method comprises detaching a cabinet and a control circuit board while the flat-screen TV is inclined, and dismantling a flat-screen panel module while the flat-screen TV is in a horizontal position. Also, a flat-screen TV dismantling method comprises detaching a cabinet and a control circuit while a flat-screen TV is in a horizontal position, and dismantling a flat-screen panel module while evacuating. With the dismantling apparatus and dismantling methods, the dismantling operations can be effectively and safely performed in a recycling plant.
US08613637B2	Water survival system and a method for detecting the danger of a person drowning A water survival system and a method are disclosed for detecting the danger of a person drowning in a body of water. The water survival system includes a breast belt and a life jacket. The breast belt has at least one physiological condition sensor affixed thereto while the life jacket has an expandable chamber connected to a compressed gas supply via an activating mechanism. As the compressed gas enters the expandable chamber, the life jacket increases in buoyancy. The life jacket also has a water contact sensor, a global positioning system device, first and second body orientation sensors, a transmitter which is capable of sending a signal to a remote receiver, and a control unit capable of receiving real time signals from each of the sensors and evaluating and comparing the real time signals against corresponding ranges of preset acceptable values to determine if the person wearing the life jacket is in danger of drowning. The control unit is capable of forwarding a signal to both the activating mechanism and to the transmitter when a signal from the water contact sensor indicates the person is in the water and the real time signals from the other sensors are outside of corresponding ranges of preset acceptable values. The signal to the activating mechanism opens the compressed gas supply while the signal to the transmitter is relayed to the remote receiver which sounds an audible alarm.
US08613635B2	Fluid activated retrieval device Fluid activated retrieval devices for retrieving an object from a fluidic medium are presented including: a hollow base having a cavity formed therein, where the hollow base includes, a port disposed along an outer surface of the hollow base, the port configured to provide passage of the fluidic medium to the cavity, a diaphragm disposed along the cavity and proximate to the port, and an anchor disposed along the cavity for securing a line; a deployable float housing removably attached with the hollow base, the deployable float housing having another cavity formed therein, where the deployable float housing includes, a buoyant chamber disposed along a distal end of the other cavity, a spool for receiving the line, the spool disposed within the second cavity and attached with the deployable float housing; and a reactant disposed in the cavities.
US08613634B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a marine vessel One embodiment of the invention comprises a method for controlling a marine vessel having a first steerable propulsor, a corresponding first reversing device, a second steerable propulsor and a corresponding second reversing device. The method comprises receiving a first vessel control signal corresponding to a rotational movement and no translational movement command, generating at least a first actuator control signal and a second actuator control signal in response to the first vessel control signal, coupling the first actuator control signal to and controlling the first steerable propulsor and the second steerable propulsor, and coupling the second actuator control signal to and controlling the first reversing device and to the second reversing device. The method creates rotational forces on the marine vessel with substantially no translational forces on the marine vessel.
US08613633B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector for terminating a plurality of line wires of communications cable which comprises a dielectric housing; a terminal insert, a contact subassembly and a wire fixture, and a polarization circuit fully covered by the wire fixture it is in a closed or working position.
US08613628B2	Card edge connector A card edge connector includes an elongated housing; upper and lower stage contacts and held by the housing; and arm members for pressing, toward a connector mounting surface, a memory module to be displaced in a direction away from the connector mounting surface. Inserting an arm inserted portion of each arm member in an insertion groove of the housing allows the housing to hold each arm member freely swingable about the arm inserted portion with respect to the housing. Hemispherical projections for securing at least a predetermined amount of gap amounts of swing gaps are provided in the swing gaps and formed in the longitudinal direction of the housing between the arm member within the insertion groove and the housing.
US08613625B2	Network component comprising an electrical device A network component includes an electrical device (10) for exchanging signals via a communication line (1) of a network. The electrical device (10) is configured to be connected electrically to wires (3) of the communication line (1) and includes pins (20), which are configured to pierce the insulation material (2) enclosing the wires (3) of the communication line (1).
US08613622B2	Interconnection interface using twist pins for testing and docking A twist pin is used as an interconnect interface to conduct signals to and from an electronic component. The twist pin includes a bulge which establishes compressive contact force with a sidewall of a via in which the twist pin resides, and the resulting force resists movement of the end of the twist pin away from the electronic component to assure good signal conductivity. The arrangement may be used as a test socket for testing integrated circuit components or permanently docking electronic components.
US08613621B2	Simulated tissue, body lumens and body wall and methods of making same An artificial body wall is disclosed herein. The artificial body wall may include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is substantially formed of a silicone rubber and includes at least one of an artificial epidermis-dermis layer or an artificial subcutaneous layer. The second layer extends along and below the first layer and is substantially formed of a silicone rubber. The second layer includes at least one of an artificial fascia layer or an artificial muscle layer. At least one of the first layer or second layer may be vascularized.
US08613617B2	Ultrasonic dental tool having a light source An ultrasonic dental insert having at least one light source. A first transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. A connecting body has a proximal end and a distal end having a tip attached thereto. The proximal end is attached to the first transducer so as to receive the ultrasonic vibrations therefrom and to transmit the ultrasonic vibrations toward the tip attached to the distal end. A second transducer is disposed substantially proximate to the connecting body for generating a voltage signal in response to movement of a portion of the connecting body according to the ultrasonic vibrations. A magnetic material including a source of a magnetic field is present in close proximity to the insert. At least one light source substantially proximate to the tip is connected to and receives the voltage signal from the second transducer to generate light. The ultrasonic dental insert may be inserted into a handpiece for providing electromagnetic energy to the first transducer to generate the ultrasonic vibrations.
US08613616B2	Illumination system for dentistry applications A dental illumination system includes an adjustable self-supporting frame and a lamp head coupled to the frame. The lamp head includes a housing and a spacer having formations that is adapted to removably mechanically couple the lamp head to a reference device, again having formations, for facilitating illumination of a tooth by a light source contained within the lamp head. The spacer and lamp head may be formed integrally. If formed separately, both the lamp head and the spacer may include formations.
US08613615B2	Patty-forming apparatus with bottom feed and rotary pump The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a the mold plate configured to be driven to reciprocated between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive is reciprocating a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from a cavity in the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated by a mold plate drive between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine further includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate.
US08613611B2	Electrically conductive polyrotaxane The conductive polyrotaxane of the present invention contains an electron-accepting cyclic molecule in each of its repeating unit. Since the electron-accepting cyclic molecule remains stable because of molecular interaction with a π-conjugated oligomer molecule, the electron-accepting cyclic molecule is not dissociated during rotaxane polymerization reaction, and thus a conductive polyrotaxane of stable quality can be obtained.
US08613609B2	Bi-metal pump gear A pump gear is provided. The pump gear includes a first shaft portion having a first end and a second end with an integral gear portion formed therebetween. The first shaft portion is made from a first tool steel material. A second shaft portion having a third end brazed to the first end. The second shaft portion has at least one integral drive spline formed adjacent one end. The second shaft portion is made from a second tool material. The first tool steel material has a vanadium content by weight of greater than 9% and the second tool steel material has a vanadium content by weight of less than or equal to 1%.
US08613608B2	Progressive cavity pump having an inner rotor, an outer rotor, and transition end piece An outer rotor of a progressive cavity pump includes at least one inner helical rotor with Z external thread starts and at least one adapted outer rotor with a helical cavity with Z+1 internal thread starts. The at least one outer rotor is assembled from several concentric rotor inserts axially following closely one after another, with helical cavities and Z+1 internal thread starts. Each rotor insert is closely surrounded by and concentrically fixed in a common rigid rotor sleeve. There is detachably connected to the rotor sleeve at least one removable end piece with a principally concentric hollow axially extending through it. The through hollow of the end piece or end pieces forms a gradual transition between a principally circular cross section furthest out and a cross section adapted to the helical cavities of the rotor inserts nearest to them.
US08613607B2	Pressure pulsation dampener A pressure pulsation dampener for use in a gas stream is disclosed herein. The dampener can include a housing with an inlet half and an outlet half having a recess, a shaft hole, and an extension with an outlet port. The inlet half can be secured to the outlet half, and can have an extension with an inlet port, forming a flow path. A choke plate can be disposed in the recess within the flow path. A shaft can be disposed through the outlet half to move the openings. The dampener can include an indicator plate with indicator openings. A fastener can engage the indicator openings and secure to the outlet half. The dampener can have a transducer, a motor connected to the shaft, a motor driver, and a controller in communication with the motor driver for comparing frequency rates to preset limits and activating the motor.
US08613602B2	Pressure booster with double-seat valve The invention relates to a pressure boost for fluids, in particular hydraulic fluids, having a booster piston and a control piston unit, wherein a low-pressure side of the booster piston can be alternately connected by the control piston unit via a cylinder line to a low-pressure feed line and a discharge line, and a high-pressure side of the booster piston can be alternately connected to a high-pressure load line and a low-pressure feed line, wherein the control piston unit has two elements which are embodied as seat valves and which each interact with one valve seat and which are designed such that one of the elements intermittently seals off the low-pressure feed line, which can be connected to the low-pressure side of the booster piston, and the other element intermittently seals off the discharge line, which can be connected to the low-pressure side of the booster piston.
US08613593B2	Engine case system for a gas turbine engine The present invention provides engine case systems for gas turbine engines. Embodiments of the engine case systems include a plurality of ring cases and a tie-bolt case. The ring cases may house blades and vanes for the compressor and/or for the turbine. The ring cases may be stacked in series, and may be clamped together by a tie-bolt case.
US08613592B2	Guide blade of a turbomachine A guide blade of a turbomachine, in particular of a compressor, a blade of the guide blade without an inner shroud having a flow inlet edge, a flow outlet edge, a suction side, and a pressure side. The blade is formed by a plurality of blade sections stacked one on top of the other in the radial direction, and the centers of gravity of the blade sections extend along a stacking axis. The blade sections are stacked one on top of the other in the radial direction in such a way that, in a radially inner section of the blade adjacent to a radially outer section of the blade, the stacking axis has its single inflection point in its radial curvature, namely, between a first, radially inner subsection of the radially inner section in which the stacking axis has a concave curvature toward the pressure side, and a second, radially outer subsection of the radially inner section in which the stacking axis has a concave curvature toward the suction side.
US08613590B2	Blade outer air seal and repair method An article of manufacture has a body formed in part of a first metal alloy and in part of a second metal alloy, the second metal alloy having a thermal coefficient of expansion that is less than the thermal coefficient of expansion of the first metal alloy. A BOAS segment for a gas turbine engine is disclosed wherein the formation of cracks due to thermal mechanical fatigue in the body of the disclosed BOAS segment is minimized, if not eliminated, through a unique construction of the disclosed BOAS segment, whether original equipment manufacture or a repaired blade outer air seal. A method for manufacture of a BOAS segment and a method for modifying a BOAS segment are disclosed.
US08613588B2	Fan module and vibration-damping mounting therefor A fan module with vibration-damping mounting includes a cooling fan, a support frame and a clip detachably fixing the cooling fan to the support frame. The clip includes a mounting portion fixed to the support frame, fixing portions supporting the cooling fan, and vibration reducing portions. Each of the vibration reducing portions is connected between a corresponding fixing portion and the mounting portion. The fixing portions are spaced from the support frame, to prevent a vibration of the cooling fan from being transferred to the support frame.
US08613584B2	System and method for transferring and moving elements of an automatic packing machine A system for transferring and moving elements removably associable with a packaging machine comprises at least a transferring unit provided with a movement arrangement suitable for receiving and supporting the elements, the movement arrangement being movable for transferring and/or removing the elements to and/or from the machine; a method for transferring and moving elements removably associable with a packaging machine provides supporting and conveying the elements using at least a transferring unit and transferring and/or removing the elements to and/or from the packaging machine using the movement arrangement of the transferring unit.
US08613582B2	Shuttle cars for use in automated parking A system of shuttle cars for transporting a vehicle in an automated parking facility. Each shuttle car includes an x-shuttle that supports two z-shuttles. The z-shuttles move from the x-shuttle and under the vehicle for transport. The z-shuttles locate and engage the front and rear tires of a vehicle to lift the vehicle from the floor. Once the z-shuttles have engage the vehicle tires, the z-shuttles return to the x-shuttle so that the x-shuttle can transport the vehicle (and the z-shuttles) to and from the appropriate parking space.
US08613581B2	Device for manufacturing perfect-bound products In a machine (1) for manufacturing perfect-bound brochures (2) that includes a book block conveying device (10) with an endless conveying means (11), a plurality of clamps (14) that are arranged on the conveying means at a fixed pitch spacing (T) and serve for clamping book blocks (3, 3.1 . . . 3.8), and of at least one processing station (25, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30) that can be adjusted in a motor-driven fashion, the cycle time (t0) referred to the conveyance of the clamps (14) by the pitch spacing (T) defined in the at least one processing station is divided into an adjusting segment (tV1, tV2) for resetting and/or adjusting the at least one processing station (25, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30) in accordance with changing printed product characteristics and a processing segment (tB1, tB2) for processing the book blocks (3, 3.1 . . . 3.8) and/or covers (4, 4.1 . . . 4.4). The resetting of the at least one processing station to another printed product can take place within one work cycle (t0) of the respective processing station while the conveyance of the book blocks (3, 3.1 . . . 3.8) continues.
US08613572B2	Self-venting chemical anchoring assembly with splash guard A chemical anchoring assembly useful for fast application of a driving tool into a borehole includes an elongated tube having a first end and a second end, a quantity of chemical anchoring material within the elongated tube, and a vent at the second end of the elongated tube. As an anchor pin is driven through the elongated tube and into the borehole, forcing the chemical anchoring material into the borehole, some of the pressure caused by compression of the chemical anchoring material is released into the vent, allowing easier driving of the anchor pin.
US08613571B1	Method for placing reinforced concrete piling without utilizing a pile driver or an auger Disclosed are piling apparatus and methods for installing a reinforced concrete piling apparatus into the ground without the use of a pile driver or an auger. A helical screw anchor and coupling device are used to pull pipe sections into the ground. A preassembled reinforcing rod cage is placed into the pipe sections in the ground. Wet concrete is poured into the pipe sections to encase the reinforcing rod cage. The pipe sections are then removed. Removal of the pipe sections from the helical screw anchor is accomplished using the coupling device.
US08613569B2	Stationary positioned offshore windpower plant (OWP) and the methods and means for its assembling, transportation, installation and servicing An offshore windpower plant (OWP) including a wind turbine and foundation and a new method of installing them that exclude the use of a jack up crane vessel. By this system and method, named OWP technology, the completely assembled wind turbines are lifted from the shore stand, using the buoyancy force of a catamaran wind installer (CWTI), transported to the preinstalled foundation, engaged with it in a manner that would exclude CWTI from rolling and pitching and by this allow to use the installed foundation as the base for stability for safely placing a wind turbine on it allowing placement of wind turbines on foundations regardless of the depth of their installation. The CWTI does not need a heavy lift revolving heavy lift crane and also does not need legs, thus making the system and method simpler, smaller and drastically less expensive than jack up crane vessles.
US08613563B2	Detergent dispensing and pre-treatment cap A detergent dispensing cap for pre-treating a stained fabric. The cap can have a pour volume sized and dimensioned to provide for a unit dose of the detergent composition. A portion of the cap can be provided with surface irregularities for scrubbing a stain.
US08613562B2	Cutter with exit having first and second surfaces offset from transportation path A printer with a cutter is provided that can discharge cut-offs in a stable condition. A printer includes a transportation path, a transportation mechanism that conveys a recording medium along the transportation path, a fixed knife having a cutting edge, a movable knife having a cutting edge and moving between a standby position and a cutting-completed position, and an exit disposed along the transportation path. The exit includes a narrow opening defined by a first elongated side offset from the transportation path beyond the movable-knife cutting edge in the cutting-completed position, and a second elongated side opposite the first elongated side and offset from the transportation path opposite to the first elongated side. The second elongated side can be located immediately adjacent to the transportation path, for example, by less than or equal to 2 mm.
US08613561B2	Optical universal serial bus (USB) Embodiments of the invention are directed to an optical USB (OUSB) to enhance the data rate of USB by adding super-high data rate (e.g. 10 Gbps) optical communication on top of its current specification so that backward compatibility is achievable. Mechanical tolerances may be achieved by using embedded lenses to expand a beam emerging from the connector prior to entering its mating connector and using an identical lens in the mating connector to collimate the beam back onto a fiber.
US08613557B2	Seal for rolling bearing used in a wind turbine The rolling bearing comprises an inner ring 1, an outer ring 2, at least one row of rolling elements and at least one seal 7 provided between said outer and inner rings. The seal 7 has, in cross section, the overall shape of a H and comprises internal lips 21, 22 and external lips 23, 24 forming the two substantially parallel branches of said H. The inner and outer rings 1, 2 comprise opposite radial ribs 25, 26 located axially between the internal and external lips 21 to 24 to axially retain the seal.
US08613553B2	Production method of fluid dynamic bearing, fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, and disk driving apparatus A fluid dynamic bearing includes: a shaft arranged along a center axis; an annular portion expanding radially outwards from the shaft; a sleeve having a top surface opposed to an under surface of the annular portion to support the shaft and the annular portion in a relatively rotatable manner; and a lubricating fluid interposed between the shaft and annular portion and the sleeve. The fluid dynamic bearing further includes a substantially annular edge surrounding the center axis on the under surface and a solid lubricating film on the radially outer side of the edge.
US08613551B2	Slide rail structure for electronic device A slide rail structure with stable movement and rotation is provided for an electronic device. The slide rail structure includes a base capable of being assembled with a fixed machine body, a tractor capable of being pivoted to a sliding module and movably disposed on the base, and an elastic body including a fixed end connected to the base and a pivot end connected to the tractor. The tractor, incorporated with the elastic body to assist in moving the sliding module, is capable of providing the sliding module with stable and smooth motion.
US08613550B2	Slide cover stabilization and synchronization mechanism A slide cover stabilization/synchronization mechanism includes a slide seat, a base seat and two elastic abutment assemblies. Two slide guide sections, which can be guide rails, are disposed on two lateral sides of the slide seat in parallel to each other. Two holding sections are disposed on two lateral sides of the base seat for fitting with the slide guide sections. The elastic abutment assemblies are respectively disposed on the each holding section. The elastic abutment assemblies respectively at least partially elastically abut against the slide guide sections directly or indirectly. Accordingly, the base seat can be stably and smoothly slid along the slide guide sections without deflection.
US08613546B2	Cleaning apparatus and/or cleaning techniques for use with a radiation system One or more techniques and/or systems are described herein for cleaning a portion of a radiographic examination apparatus whereon debris may accumulate. Typically, the portion being cleaned is within a scanning field of the radiographic examination device (e.g., within a portion of the radiographic examination device through which radiation traverses). Activation of a cleaning mechanism, or a portion thereof, may be timed to miss radiation emitted during a scan, and thus not interfere with a scan. Also, the cleaning mechanism, or a portion thereof, may be located so as to not attenuate radiation. If radiation is attenuated by the cleaning mechanism corrective techniques can be implemented to account for such attenuation.
US08613545B2	Scan adiabatic resistive calorimeter (SARC) with ohm heating in the sample The present invention describes a scan adiabatic resistive calorimeter (SARC) 1 with ohm heating of the sample 20, which measures the heating enthalpy and is formed of an inner cylinder 11 and a couple of pistons 15 and 16, thus forming said elements a cylindrical chamber hermetically closed 10, which avoids that during its operation can be material losses by leaks. Pistons 15 and 16 have, in one of their ends an electrode 31 and 36 respectively and they pass the electrical heating flow through the sample 20. In reference to this electric flow, the applied power is calculated and therefore, the supplied heat to the sample 20, which is equal to the specific enthalpy. To assure that the whole of the electric flow is conducted through the sample 20, the inner cylinder 11 is electrically isolated. The SARC 1 with ohm heating of the sample 20 is formed additionally of a spring with which the pressure of the experiment can be controlled and of instruments that include actuators 60, sensors and the necessary conditioning to make available in a computer 81, added to the calorimeter, the control objects and the controlled variables.
US08613539B2	Computer bezel with light-guide structure A computer bezel includes a bezel body, a light-guide structure mounted to the bezel body, and two light sources mounted on the bezel body. The light-guide structure includes a guiding portion and a lighting portion extending from the guiding portion. The lighting portion defines an outer surface to be exposed out of the bezel body. The guiding portion includes a bottom surface and two side surfaces. The bottom surface is connected between the two side surfaces. The guiding portion defines two cutouts recessed along the bottom surface. The two cutouts are located in the guiding portion symmetrically. Each light source corresponds to one of the two side surfaces. The guiding portion is configured to guide a plurality of light beams emitted from the two light sources to the lighting portion to enable the plurality of light beams to be refracted from the outer surface.
US08613536B2	System and method for combining laser arrays for digital outputs Embodiments comprise a device that can efficiently produce a highly resolved intensity profile that can be easily switched to various specific configurations with binary word strings defining output intensities that after summation will be combined to form a single colors intensity depth. Arraying these devices allows an image line of single color pixels to be efficiently produced without gross scintillation effects. The non-coherent output is desirable in this application as it reduces scintillation effects on the screen or final image.
US08613535B2	Wide light region lamp for vehicle A wide light region lamp apparatus for a vehicle wherein a light emitting region thereof may be increased by covering a point light source with a patterned cover may include a semispherical reflective surface on which a mirror surface may be processed, the point light source mounted to a center of the reflective surface, and a three-dimensional cover configured to cover the point light source.
US08613530B2	Compact light-mixing LED light engine and white LED lamp with narrow beam and high CRI using same A directional lamp comprises a light source, a beam forming optical system configured to form light from the light source into a light beam, and a light mixing diffuser arranged to diffuse the light beam. The light source, beam forming optical system, and light mixing diffuser are secured together as a unitary lamp. The beam forming optical system includes: a collecting reflector having an entrance aperture receiving light from the light source and an exit aperture that is larger than the entrance aperture, and a lens disposed at the exit aperture of the collecting reflector, the light source being positioned along an optical axis of the beam forming optical system at a distance from the lens that is within plus or minus ten percent of a focal length of the lens.
US08613529B2	Lighting fixture There is provided a lighting fixture 11 capable of efficiently radiating heat of a lamp device 14 attached to a socket device 13. By attaching the lamp device 14 to the socket device 13, a cap portion 38 of the lamp device is brought into contact with a fixture body 12, and pressed against and brought into contact with the fixture body 12 by an elastic body 30. Heat generated by lighting of LEDs 35 of the lamp device 14 is conducted from the cap portion 38 to the fixture body 12 and efficiently radiated.
US08613526B1	LED aquarium lighting device A lighting fixture comprising a housing, and a light engine mounted to the housing and having an LED array. The LED array comprises deep-blue LEDs having a perceived wavelength within a range of 450 to 465 nm, and a percentage of total luminous flux in a range of 1 to 7%; true-green LEDs having a perceived wavelength within a range of 523 to 527 nm, and a percentage of total luminous flux in a range of 53 to 70%; red-orange LEDs having a perceived wavelength within a range of 610 to 620 nm, and a percentage of total luminous flux in a range of 19 to 32%; and phosphor-based coolwhite LEDs having a percentage of total luminous flux in a range of 5 to 15%, wherein the light engine has a correlated color temperature (CCT) in a range of 4500 to 10000K.
US08613524B2	Refractive optics to provide uniform illumination in a display case A lighting assembly for illuminating a display case, where the lighting assembly is mounted to a display case and includes a visibility envelop within which an onlooker of the display case cannot see. The lighting assembly includes an elongated frame provisioned to receive modular inserts and at least one modular insert operatively connected to the elongated frame. The at least one modular insert includes a light module, where the light module includes an optical lens and a light source. The optical lens is disposed over and/or around the light source and is disposed exclusively within the visibility envelope. The optical lens is fashioned to control light emitted from the light source using refraction and total internal reflection.
US08613523B2	Portable electric lighting lamp with improved fixing A lamp comprises a lighting module mounted on a front housing, an electric power supply device connected to the lighting module, a rear pressing part, and means for fixing. The latter comprise a flexible link fixed to the rear pressing part, a securing device having gripping means, means for tensioning, and sliding means of the link designed to move the front housing and the rear pressing part towards one another. The flexible link is formed by a cord, a lace, or a flexible wire, and the gripping means of the securing device are centralized on the rear pressing part.
US08613519B2	Reflector for wire spoke wheels Disclosed herein is a retroreflector configured for mounting onto the spokes of a spoked wheel, comprising a body including fixing portions and a reflective surface extending over a major portion of the surface of the body, the body having an elongate shape and being configured so that it is mounted onto a spoke in the direction of its length l, its height h essentially being arranged orthogonal to the surface defined by a rotating spoke. The reflective surface has several reflecting surface portions, including two major opposite portions configured so that they are essentially orthogonal to the direction of rotation of the wheel and transverse to the direction of travel of the vehicle, their reflection being directed principally towards the front and the rear of the vehicle.
US08613518B2	Light source apparatus including handle and electrical connector holder and projector including light source apparatus A light source apparatus includes a light source apparatus body that emits light, and a light source apparatus housing that houses the light source apparatus body. The light source apparatus body includes a connector that electrically connects the light source apparatus body to a light source driver. The light source apparatus housing includes a handle used to grasp the light source apparatus and a connector holder that holds the connector. The handle is connected to the connector holder.
US08613517B2	Illumination system and projection device comprising the same An illumination system and a projection device comprising the same are provided. The illumination system comprises a main optical axis, a light source, a wheel, an optical device, a first wavelength transformer and a first angle selective film. The light source is adapted to provide a light beam advancing along the main optical axis. The wheel is adapted to rotate according to a control signal. The optical device comprises a first lens, a second lens and a third lens sequentially disposed between the light source and the wheel along the main optical axis. The optical device is adapted to converge the light beam to a focused position on the wheel. The first wavelength transformer is disposed on the wheel for receiving and transforming the light beam into a first wavelength light. The first angle selective film is adapted to angle-selectively filter the first wavelength light, and is disposed on the first wavelength transformer. The first wavelength transformer is disposed between the light source and the first angle selective film.
US08613516B2	Ophthalmic illumination device An ophthalmic illumination device has an illuminating body. The illuminating body has a through-opening whose side wall is formed by a member made of an opalescent material. A light source is housed inside the illuminating body and a light-guide adapted to radially convey light beams emitted by the light source towards an axis of the through-opening is positioned between the light source and the opalescent member. The ophthalmic illumination device can generate extremely homogenous shafts of light, while minimizing occurrences of dark portions.
US08613509B2	Ink jet recording ink composition An Ink jet recording ink composition contains a dispersion containing a pigment dispersible in water therein and having an average particle size in the range of 20 to 300 nm, water, and a polyurethane resin containing a compound expressed by formula (I) and/or a compound expressed by formula (II): where N represents an integer in the range of 1 to 6. where O+P+Q is an integer in the range of 0 to 6.
US08613507B2	Curable phase change inks containing functionalized isosorbides A curable phase change ink composition that includes an ink vehicle including at least one isosorbide monomer having at least one functional group. Also described is an ink printing device that includes a curable phase change ink composition for printing onto a substrate, an ink jetting device, and a curing device providing radiation that cures the curable phase change ink composition. The curable phase change ink composition of the ink printing device includes an ink vehicle including at least one isosorbide monomer having at least one functional group.
US08613504B2	Fluid storage container In one exemplary embodiment of a fluid storage container or cartridge that can be reused, the ink cartridge can have an ink storage unit that stores waste ink, an ink inlet/outlet disposed in a frame part that can be the outside wall of the ink storage unit, an ink path of which one end communicates with the ink inlet/outlet and the other end is disposed opening into the ink storage unit, wall parts that divide the ink storage unit into an upper air chamber and a lower fluid chamber that communicate with each other through a communication path, and an outside air channel, of which one end communicates with the air chamber and the other end enables communication with the outside at a position further from the air chamber than the fluid chamber. Other embodiments of fluid storage containers and methods of removing fluid therefrom are also disclosed.
US08613492B2	Inkjet apparatus and method of judging replacement timing for components of the apparatus In an inkjet apparatus using an inkjet head ejecting multiple types of inks different in viscosity after evaporation of solvent, a replacement timing for a component is judged by using a consumption amount of each type of ink and a generation rate in amount of ink droplets. Accordingly, in the case of using a large amount of ink strongly susceptible to fixed adhesion and increase in viscosity, the component is replaced at an earlier timing, which prevents fixed adhesion from influencing the print performance and the printing apparatus main body. By contrast, in the case of using a large amount of ink less susceptible to fixed adhesion and increase in viscosity, the component is replaced at a later timing and thus can be used until reaching its lifetime.
US08613487B2	Liquid ejection head, carriage unit, pressure control method, and liquid ejection recording apparatus A liquid jet head has a jetting portion with nozzles for jetting a liquid that is contained in a liquid container. A liquid storing portion is disposed in a conduit that interconnects the liquid storing portion and the jetting portion and that supplies the liquid in a liquid container to the jetting portion through operation of a pump. The liquid storing portion is configured to dampen fluctuations in the pressure in the conduit. A pressure sensor is disposed in the conduit for measuring a pressure in the conduit. The operation of the pump for supplying the liquid in the liquid container to the jetting portion is controlled based on a value of the pressure measured by the pressure measuring means so that the pressure of the liquid supplied from the conduit to the jetting portion is within a predetermined pressure range.
US08613483B2	Pad structure for a chair back A pad structure for a chair back contains a pad, an adjusting member disposed on a back side of the pad, and a rail plate connected with the adjusting member. The pad is capable of being adjusted frontward and backward. The adjusting member includes a positioning panel to axially connect with a toothed edge of each of two toothed arms. Another end of one toothed arm is secured on a face of the rail plate by using a first connector, and another end of another toothed arm is coupled with a slideable deck by a second connector to form a multi-section engaging design. Thereby, the two toothed arms slide along the slideable plate to change a relative angle between the two toothed arms.
US08613477B2	Multi-piece vehicle bed rail cover Multi-piece vehicle bed rail covers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle bed rail cover includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has at least one end that includes a raised feature, and the second portion has at least one end that is free from raised features. The first and the second portions are illustratively joined together in such a manner that a seam is concealed at least in part by the raised feature. The vehicle bed rail cover can also include additional raised features that may be perpendicular or angled with respect to a length of the bed rail cover. Furthermore, the vehicle bed rail cover may include one or more locking mechanisms to join the different portions together, and the vehicle bed rail cover may be made in part by utilizing injection molding.
US08613476B2	Device for inserting into an opening of a component of an automobile Device for inserting into an opening of a component of an automobile, comprising a shaft body and a surrounding flange provided on one end of the shaft body, and at least one fastening element provided on the shaft body, wherein the device is insertable into the opening in axial direction of the shaft body such that the shaft body extends through the opening and the flange abuts on a first component surface and the device is fastened to the opening by the fastening element wherein an annular surrounding hollow space is delimited between at least a surface of the shaft body, an interior surface of the flange and the first component surface, further comprising a hot melt adhesive material provided surroundingly on the flange, which hot melt adhesive material adheres sealingly on the first component surface upon heating the flange, characterized in that the hot melt adhesive material is an expanding hot melt adhesive material, which compensates for a pressure change in the hollow space caused by changing temperature through a partial expansion into the hollow space.
US08613469B2	Airbag device An airbag device configured to be disposed in an instrument panel includes an inflator configured to generate gas, and an airbag that includes a gas inlet through which the gas from the inflator is introduced and is inflated and deployed in a bag shape toward a vehicle room side by the gas introduced from the inflator through the gas inlet. The airbag has, in an upper portion thereof, an extra length in a front and rear direction of a vehicle and is folded in a housed state after experiencing a folded state in an approximately planar fashion such that the extra length portion is tucked into the airbag toward the rear of the vehicle.
US08613466B2	Side-impact airbag module A side curtain air bag module includes an inflatable cushion and an inflator. The inflatable cushion includes a first panel coupled to a second panel. The inflator is configured to inflate the inflatable cushion. The first panel and the second panel are joined generally continuously at a peripheral edge to form a first inflatable chamber. The first panel and the second panel are joined at a central location to form a second inflatable chamber that is in fluidic communication with the first inflatable chamber. In a stored configuration, the first inflatable chamber is rolled in an outboard direction, and the second inflatable chamber is rolled in an inboard direction generally around the first inflatable chamber.
US08613465B2	Side airbag device A side airbag device for a side collision is provided in which a first bag half body (20) on an occupant side and a second bag half body (21) on a door side are formed by sandwiching a third base fabric (19) between a first base fabric (17) on the occupant side and a second base fabric (18) on the door side, and gas supplied from an inflator (22) to the second bag half body (21) is supplied to the first bag half body (20) via a through hole (19a) formed in an end part of the third base fabric (19) that is on the side distant from the inflator (22), and therefore, after the second bag half body (21) is firstly deployed to ensure that there is the minimum necessary occupant restraint performance, the first airbag half body (20) is deployed, thereby sufficiently enhancing occupant restraint performance. When the second airbag half body (21) is deployed, due to the thickness thereof in the vehicle width direction being small, smooth deployment is possible without interfering with the occupant, and subsequently when deployment of the first airbag half body (20) is completed it is possible to protect the occupant effectively by ensuring that the thickness in the vehicle width direction of the entire airbag (16) is sufficient.
US08613464B2	Personalizable stacked tire ice chest, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A personalizable stacked tire shaped ice chest having a main ice chest housing and a selectively openable and closable lid member pivotably secured to the housing. The ice chest has a personalizable stacked tire shape, wheels rotatably secured to the housing, a collapsible pull handle mechanism connected to the housing, and areas on the housing and lid member for the placement of a logo or emblem.
US08613460B2	Bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar A bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar includes a stabilizer bar, a rubber bush attached to an outer periphery of the stabilizer bar, and a bracket configured to mount the stabilizer bar to a bottom of a vehicle body with the rubber bush intervened. The stabilizer bar has amine-based curable epoxy paint or amine-containing cationic paint and a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on the paint. The rubber bush has a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on an inner surface thereof. A thermosetting epoxy adhesive layer containing an amine-based or an organic hydrazide-based curing agent and a bisphenol type epoxy resin is formed between the stabilizer bar and the rubber bush.
US08613459B2	Variable gear ratio type rack bar and steering apparatus for vehicle having the same Disclosed are a variable gear ratio type rack bar, and a steering apparatus having the same. According to the present invention, it is not required to fabricate a separate mold for processing rack-formed parts with different inter-tooth spaces, the rack-formed parts can be formed by using various processing methods, and it is possible to obtain precise tooth shapes through one step processing, whereby the number of steps for manufacturing a variable gear ratio type rack bar and its manufacturing cost can be reduced.
US08613455B2	Motorized litter transport kits, methods and devices relating thereto Disclosed are motorized litter transport kits and methods and devices relating thereto.
US08613450B2	Pipe connecting mechanism for seal device and mechanical seal device Disclosed is a completely nonmetallic pipe connection mechanism for a seal device. In the pipe connecting mechanism of the present invention, a metallic reinforcing pipe (60) is screwed in a through-bore (53) of a flange (50), and a resin connecting pipe (70) is inserted into a through-bore (67) and an expanding diameter portion (68) of the metallic reinforcing pipe (60). Also, a metallic cap (80) is installed in a head (63) of the metallic reinforcing pipe (60), and a large diameter portion (74) of the resin connecting pipe (70) is sandwiched between the metallic reinforcing pipe (60) and the metallic cap (80). Also, a tapered male screw (96) of a resin connector (90) is screwed in a tapered female screw (76) of the large diameter portion (74) of the resin connecting pipe (70) to connect a tube (98) with the resin connecting pipe (70). The tip portion of the resin connecting pipe (70) is provided with an O-ring (72), which is arranged on an expanding diameter portion (16) of the stationary ring (10) to seal between an outer circumference surface of the resin connecting pipe (70) and an inner circumference surface of the expanding diameter portion (16).
US08613449B2	Resolving wagers based on outcomes of dice games In some implementations, a multiplayer game includes a playing surface including a plurality of areas. Each area is assigned to a number, associated with a probability of rolling the assigned number using one or more multi-faced die, and assigned odds paid for wagering on the one or more multi-faced dice rolling on the assigned number for a single roll. The one or more multi-faced dice are configured to generate at least one random number. A plurality of lines separates the plurality of areas on the playing surface. Each line separates two different numbers with some pairs of numbers having different rolling probabilities and some pairs having the same probability, is associated with a probability of rolling one of the two different numbers, and is assigned odds paid for wagering on the one or more multi-faced die rolling on one of the two different numbers.
US08613448B1	Tactile slide puzzle A tactile slide puzzle comprises a puzzle support structure, and a plurality of pieces that are slidably disposed on or within the puzzle support structure. The plurality of pieces, when properly configured, form a completed puzzle having a plurality of shapes which protrude outwardly from a surface of said plurality of pieces. Each of said sliding pieces includes a portion of at least one of said plurality of shapes, and each of said plurality of shapes has a textured top surface. The slide puzzle may further include a solution key disposed on the slide puzzle, and the solution key has the same tactile feel as does the completed puzzle. An audible or visual indicator may be included to provide an indication that the puzzle has been properly completed.
US08613442B2	Sheet storing apparatus and image forming apparatus A conveying roller conveys a sheet. A sheet holding portion receives a sheet from below and holds the received sheet with keeping its forward end upward and its rear end downward. The sheet holding portion has: a storing guide provided in a vertical state and having a guide surface configured to guide the received sheet upward; a conveying guide provided to face the guide surface and having a curved surface portion whose distance from the guide surface increases in the upward direction; and a holding member provided between the guide surface and the curved surface portion and configured to roll on the curved surface portion toward the guide surface to nip the received sheet with the guide surface. An inclination angle of the curved surface portion with respect to the guide surface decreases with distance from the guide surface.
US08613440B2	Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeding device including a pick motor coupled with a pick assembly, a deskew motor coupled with a deskew assembly, a sensor assembly coupled with a main media path and the deskew motor, and a feed motor coupled with a feed assembly. The deskew motor drives the deskew assembly, the deskew assembly deskewing the media sheet and moving the media sheet from the pick assembly to the feed assembly, the deskew assembly moving independently of the pick assembly and the feed assembly. The sensor assembly includes a plurality of sensors. The sensor assembly senses the media sheet moving along the main media path and sends at least one signal to a computer. The computer, based on the at least one signal, sends, an activation signal to at least one of the pick, deskew and feed motors and the first scanner.
US08613438B2	Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a loading platen on which sheets are loaded, an air blowing section which blows air to sides of a loaded sheet bundle loaded on the loading platen, and an adsorption/conveyance mechanism which adsorbs and conveys a sheet, a driving section moving the loading platen up and down, wherein the air blowing section includes a plurality of air blowing openings facing both sides of the loaded sheet bundle and blowing air to the both sides, wherein each of the plurality of air blowing openings is formed so that a first air flow flows above the loading platen and a second air flow flows below the loading platen when the loading platen reaches a highest position by the driving section, and wherein the loading platen is provided with a penetration thorough which the second air flow flows from below to above the loading platen.
US08613437B2	Sheet identification device, image forming apparatus, and computer readable medium A sheet identification device includes plural detecting units, an estimating unit, and an output unit. The plural detecting units are provided along a transport path along which a sheet is transported by a transport unit, and detect passing of the sheet. The estimating unit estimates a length in a transport direction of the sheet as a detection target on the basis of individual detection results generated by the plural detecting units. The output unit outputs, if the length estimated by the estimating unit on the basis of at least one of the detection results is not a predetermined length, a signal indicating that a sheet having a length in the transport direction different from the predetermined length is being transported.
US08613432B2	Positioning fixture A fixture includes a holding apparatus, a receiving block, and an attachment rod. The holding apparatus defines a through hole. The receiving block is mounted on the holding apparatus. A receiving opening is defined in the receiving block. The receiving opening is aligned with the through hole. An attachment rod includes a body which includes ferromagnetic materials. The body is configured to be received in the through hole.
US08613429B2	Carburetor A carburetor having a choke valve has an open-close valve sliding reciprocatingly inside a valve hole partway along a bypass air passage. The open-close valve, pressed by urging member, slides according to a rotation angle of a choke valve shaft while a distal end side continuously contacts a side face of the shaft. A projecting part, urged by a coil spring, projects from a distal end of a body. The urging member includes a temperature-sensitive material that expands at or above a prescribed temperature. When the choke valve is closed and the ambient temperature is less than the prescribed temperature, the bypass air passage enters a closed state while the body remains in a closed-valve position; and when the ambient temperature is at or above the prescribed temperature, the urging member elongates and the body enters an open-valve position, and the bypass air passage enters an open state.
US08613428B2	Lift assembly systems and methods A lift assembly system and method can include: a funnel-shaped drum having a constant diameter portion and a gradually increasing diameter portion; a cable management system adapted to position a cable in a single layer in a tray; a beam clamp tube receiver adapted to allow a tube to slide relative to a beam and be secured to the beam; a cable keeper and a slack line detector adapted to maintain cables in position about a drum upon loss of cable tension; a horizontally oriented low profile cable adjuster adapted to adjust the length of a cable; an overspeed braking mechanism; a fleet pivot arm pivotable on the end of a tube so as to guide cables along a desired fleet angle; and/or a pull-type load sensor connected between a tube and a drum adapted to sense changes in a load force and adjust movement of a load.
US08613426B1	Power line puller control package A power line puller control package facilitates the installation of conductor or high tension power lines by directing the conductor or high tension line removal from at least one supply reel at a substantially stable rate, while adjusting the speed of the drum to the amount of the rope or cable on the at least one holding drum, to facilitate manufacturing, installation or use of the high tension power line at a substantially constant speed and tension.
US08613425B2	Valve seal member and valve The valve (100) comprises a valve body (101), a valve seat insert (103) assembled to the valve body (101), and a valve seal member (120) compressively assembled to and sealing to both the valve body (101) and the valve seat insert (103), with the valve seal member (120) including one or more port apertures (202).
US08613414B2	Fastening clip and associated fastener A fastening clip for attaching a component to a stud of a support part has a base part with an opening for accepting the stud. The opening has an axis and has a fastening region and an unlocking region located next to one another perpendicular to the axis. Resilient retaining means for holding the stud in place are arranged in the fastening region, which means are designed such that the stud can be introduced into the fastening region in the direction of the axis and the stud located in the fastening region can be displaced into the unlocking region by a relative movement of the stud and fastening clip perpendicular to the axis of the opening, wherein in the unlocking region the stud can be removed from the opening.
US08613413B2	Compact type fine-tuning lifter A compact type fine-tuning lifter, which may have a volume of 8 cm×5 cm×4 cm and is able to support an article with the weight of several hundreds of kilograms, and can achieve a fine-tuning of micrometer scale. The lifter can achieve the efficacies of miniaturization, fine-tuning and low-cost by utilizing the combination of simple mechanisms comprising a base, a sliding seat, a sliding block and an adjustable screw bolt to perform the fine tuning in X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions, respectively, to position the adjustable screw bolt. The present invention also relates to a use of the lifter.
US08613411B1	Retainer device A retainer for retaining an elongate flexible element on a support and comprising a perimeter wall defining an interior, with the perimeter wall having opposite ends each having end edges defining end openings. A capture slot extends between the opposite ends of the perimeter wall. The capture slot is defined by a pair of slot edges on the perimeter wall, and the slot edges extend from a first one of the end edges to a second one of the end edges. The capture slot extends along a convoluted path between the opposite ends that requires forming at least one bend in the flexible element to move the element through the capture slot and into the interior of the perimeter wall.
US08613408B2	Aircraft with a reinforced floor structure The aircraft includes: a floor; a top panel of a central wing box; at least two rails and at least two beams, the rails and the beams extending between the floor and the panel; and at least one reinforcement suitable, independently of the rails, for taking up a force acting at the level of the floor and for transmitting said force to the beams and/or to the top panel.
US08613407B2	Assembly for separating a space into multiple areas The invention relates to an arrangement for dividing a space into a plurality of areas, said arrangement comprising at least one frame with at least one fixing means for holding the frame in corresponding frame receiving elements, and at least one foldable defining means. The frame is formed in such a way that the arrangement essentially fits onto at least one wall of the space when it is fixed, the foldable defining means being able to be held on the frame and preventing an air flow between adjacent areas of the space separated by the arrangement. The arrangement according to the invention enables a thermal separation of two adjacent areas of a space, that can each be air-conditioned differently, without forming an area containing air which is a mixture from two regions at different temperatures.
US08613405B2	Assembly for an aircraft comprising a turbomachine attachment strut of which the means for attachment to the wing are arranged in a T shape An assembly for an aircraft including: a mechanism attaching a primary structure of an attachment strut to a wing, forming an isostatic system; an attachment housed in a leading edge of the wing and configured to only take up forces exerted along the transverse and longitudinal directions; and an attachment including a connecting rod extending rearwardly, of which one end is connected to the primary structure and the other end is connected to the wing element, the connecting rod being offset along the vertical direction of the attachment.
US08613403B1	Curved hammer The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a curved hammer for comminuting various materials. The illustrative embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The curved hammer includes a connection portion having a rod hole therein, a contact portion for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted, and a curved neck portion affixing the connection portion to the contact portion. In other embodiments, a shoulder is positioned around the periphery of the rod hole for added strength. In still other embodiments, a neck reinforcement is positioned along a portion of the neck for increased strength. A weld or plurality of welds may be affixed to various surfaces of the contact portion to aide in comminuting and/or longevity of the curved hammer.
US08613398B2	Apparatus and methods for linear actuation of flow altering components of jet engine nozzle A trans cowl for a jet engine includes a chevron coupled with a linear actuators. The chevron is movable by the linear actuator forward or aft to change a gas flow path formed by an core cowl and thrust reverser translating cowl. In a first position, the chevrons are disposed substantially parallel the gas flow path to attenuate drag and/or loss of engine thrust. In a second position, the chevrons are moved aft to project, or further project, into the gas flow path. In one embodiment, the linear actuator comprises a first component that is coupled with the outer cowl. A second component of the linear actuator is coupled with the chevron. When installed, the linear actuator can be coupled with a controller and an electrical power source. A position sensor coupled with the controller senses a position of the linear actuator and/or the chevron.
US08613396B1	Combined water hose and temperature-operated water flow valve and associated method A temperature-operating water flow valve may include a hollow body having axially offset proximal and distal open ends respectively such that the body may have an internal temperature. A temperature-activated plunger release mechanism may be seated inside the body and intermediately positioned between the proximal and distal open ends respectively. The temperature-activated plunger release mechanism may be automatically reciprocated along a linear travel path as the internal temperature rises above a threshold internal temperature and falls below the threshold internal temperature respectively. A temperature-activated plunger release mechanism may automatically open and close during the reciprocation along the linear travel path such that heated water is respectively permitted and prohibited to egress the distal open end of the body.
US08613391B2	System and method for secure voting Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for conducting an election. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for ensuring integrity of an electronic ballot. The method can include creating electronic ballots for voters based on votes received from the voters; digitally signing the electronic ballots; storing the signed electronic ballots; retrieving the signed electronic ballots from storage; verifying the digital signatures on the retrieved electronic ballots; and presenting the voters with validation pages derived from the retrieved electronic ballots, the validation pages including a user interface element for the voters to confirm that the retrieved electronic ballots accurately reflect their vote.
US08613390B2	Computerized wireless payment methods Methods useful for conducting payment transactions wirelessly, such as at point-of-sale locations. In one embodiment, the mobile user apparatus is a cellular-enabled mobile device that includes a short-range passive radio frequency transceiver that when interrogated by a reader at the point-of-sale, issues a reply including information relating to an account of the user of the mobile apparatus that is to be charged for the payment. In one variant, the mobile user apparatus is further configured to instantiate a user interface window on its display such as for e.g., entry of a password.
US08613389B2	Method of packaging financial transaction instruments, particularly stored value cards A method of packaging financial transaction instruments includes preparing a batch of cards, where each card is provided with a first piece of machine readable information, and where the cards in the batch are in an order. A batch of packaging blanks is prepared, where each packaging blank is provided with a second piece of machine readable information. Each packaging blank is provided with a third piece of machine readable information, which is recorded onto a magnetic stripe carried by the packaging blank. A card is picked from a first ordinal position in the batch of prepared cards. A packaging blank is picked from a position, corresponding to the first ordinal position, in the batch of prepared packaging blanks. The picked card in the picked packaging blank is enclosed if and only if a matching condition is verified between the first and second pieces of information is verified.
US08613384B2	Surgical stapling instrument and a staple cartridge and staple for such an instrument A surgical stapling instrument comprises a cartridge device with a row of staples and a wavy first tissue interface, and an anvil having a wavy second tissue interface which cooperates with the first tissue interface for clamping tissue therebetween and forming the staples exiting from the cartridge device, a staple driving device adapted to drive the staples out of the cartridge device towards the anvil, wherein the staples are non-symmetrical U-shaped with two legs protruding toward the anvil and a transverse basis connecting the legs, wherein the basis is inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction of the legs and has a length greater than the staple projection on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the legs.
US08613383B2	Surgical instruments with electrodes A surgical stapling assembly is configured to be used to form a tissue seal having an arcuate portion. The surgical stapling assembly comprises an end-effector extending from the distal end of the shaft. The end-effector comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a first face at least partially surrounding the aperture, a staple cavity defined in the first face, a staple removably positioned within the staple cavity, and a first electrode positioned one of on and proximate to the first face. The second portion comprises a second face, an anvil pocket defined in the second face, and a second electrode positioned one of on and proximate to the second face, and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode each comprise an arcuate portion. The first electrode has a different polarity than the second electrode.
US08613379B2	Scooter device mounting assembly A device mounting assembly particularly intended for connection to the mirror mount of a motorized scooter so that a portable device such as a cellular telephone may be positioned for ready access by the rider of the scooter includes a severable pin connection at the location where the assembly is coupled to the vehicle and/or to a portable device wherein the pin connections help resist relative movement at such locations under normal operating conditions of the vehicle but may be severed in response to the application of a sufficient force to the assembly to resist disengagement of the portable device from the vehicle.
US08613377B2	Hot melt adhesive metering pump assembly with integral reservoir tank A hot melt adhesive metering pump assembly, and an integral reservoir tank fluidically connected thereto and the hot melt adhesive metering pump assembly comprises a plurality of rotary, gear-type metering pumps which are arranged in a compact, longitudinally spaced manner upon a drive gear manifold. All of the driven gears of pumps are respectively driven by manifold pump drive gears which are rotatably mounted upon a common motor-driven rotary drive shaft rotatably disposed within the drive gear manifold, and a first side wall member of a base portion of the reservoir tank is integrally connected to a side wall portion of the drive gear manifold, while a second side wall member of the base portion of the reservoir tank is provided with a plurality of hose connections to which hot melt adhesive delivery hoses are to be connected so as to respectively convey the precisely metered amounts of the hot melt adhesive material toward the applicator heads.
US08613375B2	Full profile lid for beverage preparation Apparatus and methods for the individual controlled preparation of a beverage from one or more beverage bags within a variety of containers and the quick and sanitary storage of the bag or bags once the beverage preparation has been completed. Preferably, the beverage preparation and bag storage apparatus is sized and shaped to be seated on the lip of a container to cover the mouth of the container. The apparatus includes a full profile retention structure sized and shaped such that at least a portion of the beverage bag may be drawn within and thereby retained in a position elevated above the beverage so that the beverage can be sampled and consumed even with the apparatus in place on the container and the bag or bags retained within the apparatus.
US08613368B2	Containers with optional venting An optional venting container comprises a base and a lid. The lid is releasably latched to the base. The lid comprises at least one veritable area formed therein. The at least one veritable area is adapted to form a vent only upon a user asserting pressure thereon. The lid is made from a polymeric foam.
US08613366B2	Medical waste disposal system A container system is provided with a container having a door mounted for pivotal reciprocation about a door pivot axis between opened and closed positions. The container system also has a carrier with a body receiving the container and an arm coupled to the body for pivotal reciprocation about an arm pivot axis that is oriented substantially parallel to the door pivot axis. The arm engages the door of the container, and the pivotal reciprocation of the arm reciprocates the door of the container between the opened and closed positions.
US08613364B2	Modular datacenter server rack retention A modular datacenter includes a server rack, a main beam, and an attachment member. The server rack is configured to hold a plurality of servers. The main beam is configured to hold the server rack in a specific location within the modular datacenter. The attachment member is coupled to the main beam and connected to the server rack. The attachment member is configured to apply a force to the server rack to put the server rack under compression or tension, and to change the natural frequency of the server rack based on the compression or the tension and on the location of the attachment member with respect to the server rack.
US08613363B2	Integrated paper comprising fibrillated fibers and active agents immobilized therein Disclosed is an integrated paper wherein the paper has capabilities and functionalities provided by both the fiber and the active agent ingredients, and a method of immobilizing the active agents within the integrated paper. The tight pore structure of the integrated paper of the present invention, a mean pore diameter of less than about 2 microns, provides short diffusion distances from a fluid to the surface of the paper ingredients by adsorption or diffusive interception making it an excellent medium for fluid filtration. The integrated paper of the present invention can further include a microbiological interception enhancing agent. The integrated paper can be formed using, preferably, wet laid paper-making processes for speed and efficiency. Also disclosed are devices utilizing the integrated paper useful in fluid filtration.
US08613361B2	Separation membrane, method of producing the same and separation membrane module using the separation membrane A separation membrane includes a membrane comprising a polymer, characterized in that a functional layer is formed on the surface in one side of the membrane, the peak area percentage of carbon derived from ester group measured by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) on the surface of the preceding functional layer is 0.1% (by atomic number) or more but not more than 10 (% by atomic number), and the peak area percentage of carbon derived from ester group measured by the electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) on the surface opposite to the functional layer is not more than 10 (% by atomic number). A separation membrane module suffering from little sticking of organic matters, proteins, platelets and so on is provided with the separation membrane as a built-in membrane.
US08613359B2	Reticle pod A dual containment pod having an outer pod and an inner pod that provides support structure and environmental control means. The inner pod includes a base having a flat, polished surface with protrusions upon which the reticle seats and providing a gap between the reticle and the polished surface. The gap separates the reticle from the flat, polished surface of the base and is dimensioned to inhibit migration of particles into the gap, thereby preventing contamination of sensitive surfaces of the wafer or reticle. The top cover of the inner pod seats on the polished surface proximate a periphery of the base. Moveable reticle engaging pins on the top cover of the inner pod are engaged by the top cover of the outer container when the inner pod is assembled inside the outer pod providing reticle restraint.
US08613358B2	Structure for detachable coupling of containers A container structure is provided for detachable coupling of at least two containers. The detachable coupling structure of a first container includes a top portion with an upstanding perimeter having radial protrusions extending from a surface of the upstanding perimeter, and a container bottom portion having a complementary structure to engage the radial protrusions of the top portion of a second container for the purpose of detachably coupling two or more containers end to end. In one embodiment, two containers placed end to end with their respective structures aligned to be engaged are rotated in opposite directions to fully engage the protrusions of one container with the complementary structure of the other. A rim around the top portion of a container in a second embodiment has a larger diameter than the top portion. The rim may be pushed through a flexible opening into a recess in the bottom of another container.
US08613352B2	One-way clutch retainer A retainer for a one-way clutch is provided. In some embodiments, the retainer includes an annular portion with an inner circumferential surface, an outer circumferential surface and a first axial surface disposed between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface. The first axial surface has a plurality of grooves, a second axial surface is disposed between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface, and the second axial surface is configured to engage an outer race of the one-way clutch assembly. The retainer also includes a plurality of inner lobes that project generally radially inwardly from the inner circumferential surface, and are configured to engage an inner race of the one-way clutch assembly.
US08613348B2	Oscillation damper having a backpack valve A hydraulic oscillation damper has a piston rod with a piston that is inserted into a damper tube filled with damping fluid, and divides the damper tube into first and second working chambers. First and second continuously adjustable damping valves are disposed in a common housing that is attached to the damper tube, and are connected hydraulically in parallel with the working piston. The housing has a first hydraulic chamber that is connected to the first working chamber via a first bore, and a second hydraulic chamber that is connected to the second working chamber via a second bore. A flow guiding element, which separates the two hydraulic chambers, guides the damping fluid flow to the first or second damping valve in response to a retraction or extension movement of the piston.
US08613346B2	Device for adjusting the free stroke in hydraulic brakes of bicycles or motorcycles A device for adjusting the free stroke for hydraulic brakes of bicycles or motorcycles of the type including a pump assembly (4) for operating an actuator element (16), and a communication line (17) for a working fluid, set between a pump assembly and an actuator element, the device including an expansion chamber (25) set along the communication line between the pump assembly and the actuator element.
US08613336B2	Side-by-side vehicle A side-by-side vehicle comprising a frame and a plurality of ground engaging members is provided. The side-by-side vehicle further includes an operator area having seating and operator controls, and a cargo carrying portion located rearward of the operator area. A floor of the cargo carrying portion includes a movable cover to provide access underneath the cargo carrying portion.
US08613332B2	Removable track drive A removable track drive can include a truck configured for supporting a vehicle tire and having two rollers adapted to contact respective surfaces of the vehicle tire. The removable track drive can also include a track disposed around an exterior of the truck and configured to pass over top of the vehicle tire so as to be moved by rotation of the vehicle tire. The removable track drive can also include a compulsory drive having a first rotating portion coupled to a vehicle wheel, a second rotating portion coupled to one of the rollers and a flexible drive member.
US08613331B2	On demand actuation system A method of selectively actuating a downhole tool, wherein the downhole tool includes a tubular body with an axial borehole therethrough and at least one component, includes increasing a flow rate of a circulating fluid in the axial borehole of the downhole tool to reach a specified circulating fluid pressure, detecting an increased circulating fluid pressure in the borehole of the tool with at least one sensor, actuating a motor to operate a pump, and sending a fluid to operate a sliding sleeve. The method further includes operating the sleeve disposed in the axial borehole to open an actuation chamber port in response to the increased circulating fluid pressure in the borehole of the tool, thereby filling an actuation chamber with the drilling fluid, and moving the at least one expandable component radially outward.
US08613326B2	Weeder A weeding hand tool, comprising a generally longitudinal member joining a handle grip at a first end thereof and a pedal at a second opposite end thereof, a finger head comprising coiled fingers arranged in a helix and an ejector rod mobile inside the helix, and an ejector arm, wherein, when the tool is positioned generally vertically with free end tips of the coiled fingers on the ground, pushing down on the handle grip and/or on the pedal causes the coiled fingers to rotated down into the soil, entrapping a weed beneath the soil as they penetrate the soil, and wherein when, by pulling up on the longitudinal member, the coiled fingers are pulled out from the soil, with the weed entrapped in the helix they form, and the weed is ejected from the helix pulling down on the ejector arm.
US08613325B2	Compressed gas foam system A compressed gas foam system is provided. The compressed gas foam system includes one or more optional fluid pumps, one or more mixing devices, one or more optional foam systems; one or more optional gas compressors, and a system controller. A method of using the compressed gas foam system is also provided.
US08613323B2	Wellhead assembly An assembly for use on a wellhead includes a tree body including an internal main bore arranged in use to be aligned with the bore of a wellhead housing; the tree body including a lateral bore extending through the tree body from the internal bore; the tree body further including means for connecting to a connector so as to align the internal bore of the tree body with an internal bore in the connector, in use the tree body and the connector together forming a horizontal tree. The tree body may include one or more integrally formed bores and valves to provide fluid flowpaths for the annulus and/or cross-over functions. A wellhead assembly including the tree assembly is also provided.
US08613318B2	Flooding fluid and enhancing oil recovery method The invention relates to an enhancing oil recovery method by injecting into a subterranean oil formation an aqueous flooding fluid comprising at least one injecting galactomannan polymer substituted by at least one sulfonation agent. The invention also relates to an flooding fluid having better injectivity properties than existing flooding fluids.
US08613315B2	Complex tool for well monitoring A complex tool according to the invention comprises a cylindrical housing, a lever centralizer aligning the tool along the well axis and having at least six levers and a fluid flow temperature sensor and inflow temperature indicator located on the tool axis. A fluid phase composition sensors are located on the centralizer levers and distributed along the well bore circumference. An additional fluid phase composition sensor is located on the tool axis. At least one additional fluid flow temperature sensor and at least one additional inflow temperature indicator disposed on each lever and distributed along the well bore circumference and located on the same line with the phase composition sensors parallel to the tool axis. There is an additional upper lever centralizer in the tail part.
US08613314B2	Methods to enhance the productivity of a well The invention discloses a method of treating a subterranean formation of a well bore, including the steps of providing a first treatment fluid substantially free of macroscopic particulates; pumping the first treatment fluid into the well bore at different pressure rates to determine the maximum matrix rate and the minimum frac rate; subsequently, pumping the first treatment fluid above the minimum frac rate to initiate at least one fracture in the subterranean formation; providing a second treatment fluid comprising a second carrier fluid, a particulate blend including a first amount of particulates having a first average particle size between about 100 and 2000 μm and a second amount of particulates having a second average particle size between about three and twenty times smaller than the first average particle size, such that a packed volume fraction of the particulate blend exceeds 0.74; subsequently, pumping the second treatment fluid below the minimum frac rate; and allowing the particulates to migrate into the fracture.
US08613312B2	Method and apparatus for stimulating wells The invention provides an apparatus and method for stimulating a borehole of a well. The invention provides an apparatus that generates low-frequency seismic type elastic waves that propagate to the geologic formation and in order to enhance the movement of fluids in the geologic formation toward a well. The apparatus may operate automatically driven by a power source that may be located on the ground surface. The regime of operation may be determined by user input. Operation of the apparatus may carried out while production of a natural resource is ongoing.
US08613310B2	Spooling apparatus for well intervention system A spooling apparatus for use with a well intervention system. The spooling apparatus comprises a pressure vessel capable of being maintained at the same pressure as the well, a flexible line housed in the pressure vessel such that it can be spooled into or out of the pressure vessel, and guidance means directing the flexible line to the outlet. The guidance means is arranged so as to decouple the angle of the flexible line to the outlet from the windings of the flexible line in the pressure vessel. Moreover, the apparatus can be incorporated into wellhead equipment.
US08613308B2	Process for transferring heat or modifying a tube in a heat exchanger One exemplary embodiment can be a process for transferring heat to a first stream from a second stream in a hydrocarbon process. The process can include passing the first stream through at least one generally vertically-orientated tube in an exchanger. An interior surface of the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube may form one or more curved irregularities where the first stream, prior to entering the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube, may include a mixture of a gas including hydrogen and at least one or more C1-C3 hydrocarbons, and a liquid including one or more C4-C13 hydrocarbons.
US08613306B2	Liquid cooling system A heat conductive member is connected to a heat-generating electronic component. A liquid tank defines a liquid injection hole. A clip assembly is connected to the liquid tank. When pressed against the clip assembly, the liquid tank is fastened by the clip assembly and retained in position. When pressed again toward the clip assembly, the liquid tank is released from the clip assembly and ejected in a direction away from the heat-generating electronic component. The liquid tank includes a tube portion and a rotation wheel. The tube portion includes a hollow tube and a positioning portion formed along a sidewall at a first end of the tube. The rotation wheel is fixed on the positioning portion and adjacent to the sidewall. The blades of the rotation wheel oppose the hollow of the tube. A second end of the tube is connected to the conduits.
US08613305B2	Automobile with electric motor comprising a cooling circuit for the electronic power circuit connected to a heating radiator of the passenger compartment An automobile including an electric motor, a passenger compartment, an electronic power circuit, and a cooling circuit for the electronic power circuit, in which a coolant flows and which includes: a heat exchanger configured to discharge calories carried by the coolant to outside of the vehicle; a heating radiator provided upstream from the exchanger and configured to transfer the calories carried by the coolant to air in the passenger compartment; and an adiabatic tank configured to store at least a fraction of the coolant flowing in the cooling circuit.
US08613301B2	Compaction of prepreg plies on composite laminate structures A flexible compaction sheet is used to compact uncured composite plies onto the surface of a ply layup. The compaction sheet includes a peripheral seal that seals the perimeter of the sheet to the surface of the part layup and forms a vacuum chamber over the plies which is evacuated through the sheet to apply compaction pressure to the plies.
US08613300B2	Reinforced tire for heavy goods vehicle Tire (10) comprising a radial carcass reinforcement (2) anchored in beads, the tire (10) comprising two sidewalls (1), each sidewall (1) extending between a bead (4) and a crown (3), the two sidewalls comprising a first additional reinforcement (6) positioned either between the carcass reinforcement and the internal cavity of the tire or axially on the outside of the carcass reinforcement and at least one of the sidewalls comprising a second additional reinforcement (5), this tire being characterized in that the first additional reinforcement comprises a plurality of reinforcing elements of textile nature oriented at an angle at least equal to 80° and at most equal to 90° to the circumferential direction, and in that the second additional reinforcement (5) comprises, in the circumferential direction and in an alternating manner, a plurality of first parts (51) and of second parts (52), these second parts (52), having a mean width at least equal to 20 mm, these first and second parts having ultimate tensile strengths, that is to say forces at break per unit width of reinforcement, which are such that the ultimate tensile strength of the second parts (52) is lower than the ultimate tensile strength of the first parts, and in that the first and second additional reinforcements are positioned one on each side of the carcass reinforcement.
US08613299B2	Tire with sidewall reinforcement A pneumatic tire having an impact resistant construction is provided. More specifically, a tire is provided that has increased resistance to travel conditions that can cause pinch shock. Reinforcements of a particular orientation are provided in portions of the tire where pinch shock typically occurs. A range of orientations for the cords used in such reinforcements is described.
US08613298B2	Functionalized elastomers The present invention is directed to a method of preparing a functionalized elastomer, comprising the steps of A) obtaining a diene-based elastomer; B) mixing the diene-based elastomer with a halogenating agent to form an intermediate elastomer; and C) mixing the intermediate elastomer with a dienophile comprising a filler-active functional group to form a functionalized elastomer.
US08613296B2	Tire inflating station and method for inflating tires In a tire inflating station for inflating a tubeless tire arranged on a rim with a pressurized gas, arranged on a stand are a conveyor for receiving and conveying a wheel consisting of a wheel rim and a tire mounted on the wheel rim, and an inflation device above the conveyor and having an inflation opening which can be connected to a gas supply. The lower side of the inflation device has a carrier plate that is mounted to move backwards and forwards along an axis between at least two positions in a straight-line mechanism. There are inflation rings attached in tandem in a gas-tight manner to the lower side of a carrier plate. Inside the inflation rings, the carrier plate has a respective continuous opening. In each of the different working positions of the carrier plate, another of the continuous openings is connected to the inflation opening of the inflation device, which inflation opening is arranged on the upper side of the carrier plate.
US08613295B2	Combined hydraulic control valve A combined hydraulic control valve is disclosed, the valve includes a modularized pilot control valve assembly (101), a modularized two-way cartridge valve control assembly (201), and a valve block body (301); the modularized pilot control valve assembly (101) and the modularized two-way cartridge valve control assembly (201) are connected to the valve block body (301) to constitute the combined hydraulic control valve. The pilot control valve assembly (101) is mounted on the upper mounting surface (14) of the valve block body (301); the two-way cartridge valve control assembly (201) consists of a valve seat main stage (211) and a control cover plate (221) which is assembled at a side of the valve seat main stage (211), and the valve block body (301) has a mounting hole (251) for inserting the valve seat main stage (211) of the cartridge valve control assembly (201).
US08613293B2	Insertion to a single-grip, rotation-operated mixing faucet A control unit for a rotation mixing faucet. The control unit has a base on one side and is connected to an operating arm on the other side. The control unit includes a stationary inlet disc and a rotatable control disc. The inlet disc is connected to the base, and the control disc is connected to the operating arm such that the operating arm rotates the control disc relative to the inlet disc. The inlet disc includes a hot water inlet, a cold water inlet, and first and second outlets, wherein the operating arm independently controls the first and second outlets to adjust water temperature and to switch operation between the first and second outlets without controlling the quantity of water flow by rotating the control disc in a single degree of freedom so that water can only flow out of one of the outlets at a time.
US08613290B1	Anti-inundation and drainage structure for a anti-freeze faucet An anti-inundation and drainage structure for an anti-freeze faucet contains a tube body, a controlling valve, and a control assembly. The tube body includes a chamber, an inlet, an outlet, and a coupling hole. The controlling valve is fixed in the chamber and includes a housing, an axial bolt, a first check device, a connector, a second check device, a ceramic shifting piece, a ceramic fixing piece, and a positioning member. The control assembly is coupled with the coupling hole and includes a rotating member connecting with a rod in the chamber of the tube body, the rod has a hollow passage defined therein and an air port formed on one end thereof so as to couple with the rotating member, another end of the rod relative to the air port is inserted into the second segment of the slot of the connector of the controlling valve.
US08613285B2	Extrudable and extruded compositions for delivery of bioactive agents, method of making same and method of using same A nonaqueous, extrudable composition includes at least one thermoplastic polymer in an amount of more than 20 wt % of the whole composition and tobacco. An extruded bioactive product in the form of a sheet can be made by extruding or hot melt shaping a nonaqueous composition comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and a bioactive agent, the sheet being soluble in a user's mouth and resulting in sustained release of bioactive to the user. The sheet can be in a form that may be placed in contact with the mucosa of the user, and have an average dissolution time of 5 to 50 minutes for delivering the bioactive to the user.
US08613284B2	Cigarette filter comprising a degradable fiber A cigarette filter is provided that includes at least one filter segment having at least one biodegradable fiber imbedded therein, the biodegradable fiber optionally carrying an additive capable of altering the flavor or aroma of mainstream smoke, such as an adsorbent material, a flavorant, or a deodorizing agent. Smoking articles incorporating such a cigarette filter are also provided.
US08613281B2	Cushion for patient interface A cushion for a patient interface that delivers breathable gas to a patient includes a base wall structured to be connected to a frame, an underlying support cushion extending away from the base wall towards the patient's face in use, and a membrane provided to substantially cover at least a portion of the underlying cushion. The membrane is adapted to form a continuous seal on the patient's face. The underlying cushion has a spring-like connection with the base wall. The underlying cushion and/or base wall define a spring constant that varies along a length of the seal.
US08613278B2	Solar thermal receiver for medium- and high-temperature applications A receiver system for harnessing solar radiation. Embodiments of a receiver system include a receiver including one or more receiver elements, each receiver element including: a plurality of transparent tubes including a first tube and at least one second tube at least partially within the first tube; a first passage interposed between the first tube and the at least one second tube, the first passage having an inlet and an outlet; a second passage within the at least one second tube, the second passage having an inlet and an outlet; and an absorber in the at least one second tube, the absorber adapted to absorb the solar radiation. In some embodiments, a receiver further includes a housing having at least one transparent portion, the housing configured to enclose the plurality of receiver elements, whereby a third passage is formed between the first tube and the housing.
US08613275B1	Golf ball launcher The present invention comprises a golf ball launcher, the golf ball launcher comprising: a frame, a firing barrel, a firing slot, an air compressor, an accelerator housing and an acceleration mechanism comprising an upper belt mechanism and a lower belt mechanism.
US08613269B2	Internal combustion engine with direct air injection An internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises at least one combustion chamber. The engine is suitable for various types of fuel. The engine, depending on fuel type, may have at least one spark plug. The engine uses an external source of compressed oxidant, such as air, which is delivered from a compressor and/or pressurized storage tank. Compressed oxidant, such as air, is delivered directly into the combustion chamber. Fuel is delivered directly into the combustion chamber. Oxidant and fuel mixture is ignited either by means of a spark plug, laser ignition, or by other means, or ignites spontaneously, depending on fuel type and pressure in the combustion chamber. The engine may comprise at least one cylinder, or may be of rotary or other type. A hybrid vehicle based on such an engine is provided. An automatic parking system for such a vehicle is provided.
US08613268B2	Method and apparatus for securing a balancer shaft module A method for securing a balancer shaft module to an engine is provided, the method including the steps of passing a mounting feature into at least two mounting apertures of the balancer shaft module; simultaneously rotating two of the mounting features within the mounting aperture, wherein the simultaneous rotation of the two mounting features laterally moves the balancer shaft module with respect to the engine; and securing the balancer shaft module to the engine. In addition, a mounting feature for securing a balancer shaft module to an engine is provided, the mounting feature having: a top portion; a mounting cylinder secured to the top portion, the mounting cylinder being centrally located on the top portion; a securement opening passing through the top portion and the mounting cylinder; and wherein the mounting cylinder has a non-uniform outer wall such that a center of the securement opening is offset from a center of the top portion such that rotation of the top portion rotates the securement opening about the center of top portion.
US08613265B2	Detent structure for rocker shaft A detent structure for a rocker shaft includes a camshaft, a rocker shaft, a shaft support, and a detent part. The camshaft is provided at a cylinder head of an engine. The shaft support is provided at the cylinder head to support the rocker shaft and has a support surface supporting the rocker shaft. The detent part is to prevent rotation of the rocker shaft. The detent part includes a bolt insertion hole and a detent bolt. The bolt insertion hole is displaced from a central axis of the rocker shaft and passes through the rocker shaft. The detent bolt is provided in the bolt insertion hole and is fastened to the shaft support to pass across the support surface.
US08613263B2	Method for operating a charge diluted engine A method for operating an engine with a fuel reformer is presented. In one embodiment a first fuel is reformed into a gaseous fuel comprising H, CO, and CH4. The engine is operated by injecting the gaseous fuel and a second fuel to a cylinder of the engine in response to an available amount of gaseous fuel, engine speed and engine load. Further, an engine actuator may be adjusted to vary cylinder charge dilution in response to the available amount of gaseous fuel.
US08613261B2	Method of making a degradable animal chew toy A chew for a domestic animal comprises one or more sheets of a chewable bovine rawhide formed into a shape suitable for chewing by a domestic animal, wherein the one or more sheets has a mass loss of at least 45% as measured by the Degradability Standard Test Protocol. The bovine rawhide is made with a process that includes treatment with an enzyme. A process of making a pet chew from a split bovine hide comprises treating the split bovine hide with an enzyme solution.
US08613260B2	Pet kennel A pet kennel that is structured to receive an animal includes an upper kennel portion and a lower kennel portion that include first and second engagement structures that are slidingly engageable. The upper kennel portion is situated in a first position atop the lower kennel portion offset from one another along a longitudinal axis of the pet kennel. The upper kennel portion is then translated along the longitudinal axis with respect to the lower pet kennel portion toward a second, assembled position to cause the first engagement elements and the second engagement elements to become slidingly engaged and to cause the upper and lower kennel portions to become aligned with one another. The upper kennel portion additionally includes a pair of latches that are engageable with the lower shell portion in the second position of the pet kennel to retain the upper and lower kennel portions in the second position.
US08613251B2	Centrifugal juicers The invention provides a centrifugal juicer with a removable bin for collection of unwanted pulp generated by the juicing process. The pulp is thrown upwardly and outwardly, and exits through a letterbox-like aperture which aligns with a filler aperture in the bin. The bin is slidably movable towards and away from the juicer and is open-topped; being covered during operation by a roof member which extends outwardly from the juicer. The bin (32) is provided, above the filler aperture, with a bridging member having a surface adapted to slide in contact with, or closely adjacent, the underside of the roof, thereby to wipe pulp deposits from the roof when the bin is slid away from the juicer for removal. The wiping surface of the bridging member may be shaped or configured to enhance the wiping action.
US08613250B1	Angled frying pan stand An angled frying pan stand that includes a truncated cylindrical tilt stand rotatably disposed upon a generally circular base, the tilt stand having a bottom side and an upper surface, the upper surface disposed at an acute angle relative the bottom side, each of a pair of side supports retractably extendable upon an extendible track portion disposed on a sidewall, with a first holding edge and a second holding edge configured to support an extant frying pan at an angle upon the top surface, the angled frying pan stand including a strainer piece removably attachable over the rim of a frying pan to partition a segment of the frying pan wherein grease may collect under the influence of gravity separated from any foodstuffs in the pan.
US08613245B1	Coffee brewer with automatic rate selectable dispense system and method A coffee brewer (10, 10′ and 10′) is provided with a plurality of solenoid controlled, bi-position dispense valves (40, 40′), a size adjustable valve (60) or a combination of both and a programmable controller (18) for controlling the dispense valves in accordance with preselected brew parameters of batch quantity and dispense time duration.
US08613244B2	Method for the production of tea beverages and other beverages A beverage concentrate system (10) includes a brewer (12), a heat exchanger (24) and pump (22). Beverage concentrate is pumped by pump (22) from a receptacle (14), and through the heat exchanger (24), for combining with water via a dispenser (28) to form a finished beverage.
US08613243B2	Standoff protection device intended to fully cover a door A standoff protection device intended to fully cover a door and incorporating an opening panel giving access to the door, the opening panel and door each comprising a hinge whose axes of rotation are parallel to one another, wherein the opening panel is wider than the door and is positioned facing the door such that said opening panel completely covers the door, the axis of rotation of the door namely facing the opening panel, the opening panel further incorporating at least one slide perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the opening panel, the slide being connected to the door by an arm integral with the door.
US08613239B2	Convertible driving tool A convertible driving tool includes a tool handle having a carrier, a tool head having a shank for engaging into a compartment of the carrier, and a latch device includes a shaft engageable through the shank and the carrier, and the shaft includes a catch member for being engaged between the shank and the carrier for selectively latching the shank to the carrier, the catch member of the latch device is disengageble from the shank for allowing the tool head to be easily and quickly and readily attached or coupled to the tool handle and to be disengaged from the tool handle, and for allowing the driving tool head to be easily and quickly and readily changed or replaced with the new ones.
US08613238B2	Control knob for vehicle A control knob for a vehicle has an improved outward appearance by forming a boundary line between two different materials in a portion that is not visible and preventing abrupt differences in color due to light refraction. The control knob is produced by dual injection molding of two different materials, is installed on one end of a shift lever, and functions as a handgrip. The control knob includes an portion of opaque and transparent materials, an overlapping portion opaque and transparent materials, and a coated portion formed of paint applied to portions of the transparent portion that do not overlap with the opaque portion. A boundary surface between the opaque and transparent portions is such that a refractive index of light passing through the transparent portion from the overlapping portion is close to a refractive index of light passing through the transparent portion from the coated portion.
US08613237B2	Steering arrangement with rotatable steering handle A steering arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a rotatable steering handle, in particular a steering wheel, and a steering spindle connected torsion-tight therewith. At least one generator device is provided for generating at least one haptic signal, and at least one rocker bar is fixed on a structural part of the steering arrangement in a fixing region. On the rocker bar, a pinging hammer is held such that it is deflectable with respect to the fixing region, and the rocker bar for the deflection of the pinging hammer is connected with the generator device. The pinging hammer can be brought into contact with a structural part of the steering arrangement.
US08613234B1	Soil sampling apparatus A soil sampler having a hollow, ground-contacting drum having a hollow, tapered probe projecting outwardly therefrom for extracting soil plugs. Each soil plug is discharged by gravity into the drum interior. As the drum rotates, all soil plugs are blended with each other. After soil plug collection, the drum is raised and a chute is inserted into the drum. As the drum continues to rotate, the blended soil sample falls from the top of the drum into the chute, slides down the chute and is deposited into a removable cup on a horizontal circular platform of a soil collection carousel assembly. The circular platform is then rotated to bring a new, empty cup into position to receive the next blended sample. The soil sampler is mounted on a trailer drawn by a truck or tractor. All functions are remotely controlled from the cab of the truck or tractor.
US08613232B2	Force sensor, robot apparatus, robot hand, and detecting device A force sensor of the present invention corrects the output voltages of Hall elements without using a temperature sensor in response to changes in the characteristics of a magnet and the Hall elements.
US08613231B2	Sheet-like tactile sensor system Provided are multiple normal stress detection sensor units capable of detecting a normal stress, and a sheet layer portion. The sheet layer portion includes an exterior sheet layer portion, a force detection sheet layer portion incorporating normal stress detection units, and an intermediary layer sandwiched between the exterior sheet layer portion and the force detection sheet layer portion. The exterior sheet layer portion and the force detection sheet layer portion include multiple protrusions protruding in directions opposed to each other, and are disposed such that the protrusions engage each other with the intermediary layer interposed therebetween. Each normal stress detection sensor unit includes a central portion detection sensor device disposed immediately below a central portion of the protrusion provided on the force detection sheet portion, and at least two edge detection sensor devices disposed immediately below edge portions of the protrusion provided on the force detection sheet portion.
US08613230B2	Force sensing for surgical instruments An apparatus, system, and method for improving force and torque sensing and feedback to the surgeon performing a telerobotic surgery are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument, a robotic surgical system, a cannula, a cannula seal, and a method for improved sensing of z-axis forces on a robotic surgical instrument are disclosed.
US08613226B2	Ultrasonic flow meter having ultrasonic sensor with plurality of transmitters for transmitting ultrasonic waves at different frequencies An ultrasonic flow meter includes a first ultrasonic sensor, a second ultrasonic sensor, a volume-flow operation portion, a temperature operation portion, a pressure operation portion, and a correction operation portion. The ultrasonic sensors transmit and receive a plurality of ultrasonic waves of different frequencies and are disposed on opposite sides of a flow channel in which fluid flows. The volume-flow operation portion calculates a volume flow of the fluid based on a propagation time difference of the ultrasonic wave. The temperature operation portion analyzes signals from one of the ultrasonic sensors and calculates a temperature of the fluid. The pressure operation portion analyzes signals from one of the ultrasonic sensors and calculates a pressure of the fluid. The correction operation portion corrects the volume flow with the temperature and the pressure.
US08613225B2	Device for inspecting front and back surfaces of a strip material and method thereof In an inspection device for inspecting front and back surfaces of a strip material rolled by a rolling machine, both ends of the strip material along a longitudinal direction of the strip material are claimed by two pairs of clamping devices and the front surface of the back surface of the strip material is pressed at an optional position between the two pairs of the clamping devices by at least one pressing device. Thus, after clamping the strip material, the two pairs of the clamping devices are not displaced along the longitudinal direction of the strip material. A function for applying tensile stress to the strip material and a function for clamping the strip material are individually and separately provided so that the inspection device can be simplified. By pressing the strip material at a point between the two pairs of the clamping devices, at least one of pressing devices can be down sized. It is superior in view of an economical reason. It is possible to set tensile stress at high accuracy and minimize tensile stress variation with respect to a tensile stress level previously set in an operation for inspecting front and back surfaces of the strip material. Therefore, it can be reduced a risk that the strip material is broken and it can be provide a safety inspection device with high reliability for inspecting front and back surfaces of the strip material. Further, it is possible to provide an inspection device for inspecting front and back surfaces wherein a warp of the strip material along a width direction thereof can be adjusted and wrinkles occurred on the strip material by clamping with the clamping devices are controlled.
US08613224B2	Enhanced static-dynamic pressure transducer suitable for use in gas turbines and other compressor applications A transducer comprising a filter assembly that measures low amplitude, dynamic pressure perturbations superimposed on top of a high static pressure through the implementation of a low-pass mechanical filter assembly. The filter assembly may comprise a dual lumen reference tube and a removable filter subassembly further comprising a porous metal filter and narrow diameter tube. The transducer, which may be capable of operating at ultra-high temperatures and in harsh environments, may comprise of a static piezoresistive pressure sensor, which measures the large pressures on the order of 200 psi and greater, and an ultrasensitive, dynamic piezoresistive pressure sensor which may capture small, high frequency pressure oscillations on the order of a few psi. The filter assembly may transmit static pressure to the back of the dynamic pressure sensor to cancel out the static pressure present at the front of the sensor while removing dynamic pressure.
US08613223B2	Sound sensor array with optical outputs Two or more sound sensors are placed in a space of interest. Each sensor has a light-emitting output. Each sensor can be positioned at a specific location, such as at an ear location for a seated listener. An excitation source can provide a specified acoustical energy stimulus to the space. A user can obtain a visual impression of acoustical response of the space corresponding to the sound sensors' positions. An image acquisition system can acquire an image of the sound sensors responding to a stimulus. Acquired images can be analyzed to determine response characteristics. A presentation system can provide a display of response characteristics.
US08613215B2	Apparatus and method for multi-dimensional gas chromatography A method and apparatus for two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC), including a valve having first and second positions (P1, and P2), and first through fourth sample flow paths (FP1-FP4). In P1, a first gas sample is collected from a first dimension GC column via FP1, a first pressure source and a first, second dimension GC column are connected via FP2, a second pressure source and a second, second dimension GC column are connected via FP3, and FP4 is disconnected. In P2, the first sample in FP1 is introduced to the second, second dimension GC column via FP1, with aid of the second pressure source, a second gas sample is collected from the first dimension GC column via FP2, the first pressure source and the first, second dimension GC column via FP4 are connected, and FP3 is disconnected.
US08613213B2	Interchangeable spring loaded scrap cutter A method of cutting scrap trimmed from a workpiece as well as the stamping die and scrap cutter assembly include a die having a cutting edge. An insert is coupled to the die and is moveable between first and second positions. The insert includes a cutting edge aligned with the die cutting edge when in the first position. A scrap cutter includes a cutting edge aligned with another edge of the insert. A biasing member maintains the insert at the first position during a trimming operation when the cutting edges of the insert and the die trim the scrap from the workpiece. The insert is driven toward the second position when the cutting edge of the scrap cutter cuts the scrap.
US08613211B2	Shot peening apparatus and shot peening method A shot peening apparatus 1 includes: a storage container 2 that stores therein shots B impacting on a shot-peening treated region U; a vibrator 5 that accelerates the shots B; a shot outlet 4 that is formed on the storage container 2, and connected to a shot collecting passage 10 through which the shots B in a container inside 2I are collected, and through which the shots B are taken out from the container inside 2I into the shot collecting passage 10; and a shot inlet 3 that is formed on the storage container 2, and connected to a shot supplying passage 9 through which the shots B are supplied into the container inside 2I, and through which the shots B are supplied into the container inside 2I from the shot supplying passage 9.
US08613207B2	Method and apparatus for producing a quartz glass cylinder In a known method for drawing a tubular quartz glass strand, SiO2-containing starting material is fed to a melting crucible, softened therein into a viscous quartz glass mass (27), and said mass is pulled vertically downward as a cylindrical quartz glass strand (5; 33) through a die (4; 34) provided in the bottom region of the melting crucible (1), said die having a gap-shaped outlet (25; 36), which is defined by a bottom opening and a die inside part, and thereafter the quartz glass cylinder is cut to length. In order to provide a method starting from this which facilitates the production of homogeneous quartz glass cylinders, even if the lateral dimensions thereof are in the range of the inside diameters of conventional melting crucibles (1), according to the invention the viscous quartz glass mass is drawn over a flow constriction (12; 32) provided in an upper region of the die (4; 34) and leading downward into the outlet (25; 36) via a flow channel, said region facing the crucible interior, wherein the outlet has an opening width that is larger than the width of the flow constriction (12; 32), and wherein a first minimum circumscribed circle around the flow constriction (12; 32) has a diameter that is a maximum of 30% of the diameter of a second minimum circumscribed circle around the quartz glass strand (5; 33) to be drawn. The invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus.
US08613200B2	Heater-cooler with bithermal thermoelectric device Disclosed embodiments include systems for heating and cooling the interior climate of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the system comprises a conduit having a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a fluid diversion channel configured to divert fluid flow between the first and second channels, and a thermoelectric device operatively connected to the fluid conduit. In certain embodiments, the thermoelectric device comprises a plurality of thermal zones. In some embodiments, the plurality of thermal zones comprises a first thermal zone connected to a first electric circuit switchable between a first polarity and a second polarity and a second thermal zone connected to a second electric circuit switchable between the first polarity and the second polarity independent of the polarity of the first electric circuit.
US08613199B2	Cooling fluid metering structure in a gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine includes a supply of cooling fluid, a rotatable shaft, structure defining at least one bypass passage in fluid communication with the supply of cooling fluid for supplying cooling fluid from the supply of cooling fluid, and metering structure located at an outlet of the at least one bypass passage. The metering structure includes at least one flow passageway extending therethrough at an angle to a central axis of the engine for permitting cooling fluid in the bypass passage to pass into a turbine rim cavity. The cooling fluid flowing out of the flow passageway has a velocity component in a direction tangential to the circumferential direction in the same direction as a rotation direction of the shaft.
US08613197B2	Turbine combustor with fuel nozzles having inner and outer fuel circuits A combustor cap assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor cap and a plurality of fuel nozzles mounted on the combustor cap. One or more of the fuel nozzles would include two separate fuel circuits which are individually controllable. The combustor cap assembly would be controlled so that individual fuel circuits of the fuel nozzles are operated or deliberately shut off to provide for physical separation between the flow of fuel delivered by adjacent fuel nozzles and/or so that adjacent fuel nozzles operate at different pressure differentials. Operating a combustor cap assembly in this fashion helps to reduce or eliminate the generation of undesirable and potentially harmful noise.
US08613193B2	Vehicle waste heat recovery device When a detection value of a temperature sensor exceeds a set temperature, an ECU increases an opening of a sub-port by controlling a solenoid valve, and as a result, an intake volume of an expander increases. The ECU then adjusts the mass flow rate of a coolant flowing through a boiler so that a detection value of a pressure sensor indicates a pressure as close as possible to an upper limit pressure, on condition that an upper limit temperature is not exceeded.
US08613191B2	Heat transfer arrangement, heat transfer device and manufacturing method The present invention relates to an arrangement for the heat transfer between a tubular body suitable for conducting a fluid and a contact body that is in contact with said tubular body, wherein the contact body comprises a contact side facing the tubular body, with which the contact body is in contact with an outside of the tubular body facing the contact body, wherein in a tensioned state of the arrangement a preload force presses the contact body against the tubular body in a preload direction.A high heat transfer efficiency even over an operating temperature range can be achieved if the outside in an un-tensioned state of the arrangement is convexly curved towards the contact body, if the outside in the tensioned state is deformed relative to the un-tensioned state and bears against the contact side surface-to-surface, and if in the interior of the support body a support structure is arranged, which in the tensioned state supports itself on two inner sides of the tubular body located opposite each other in the preload direction.
US08613187B2	Fuel flexible combustor systems and methods A combustor may include a number of nozzles, a first fuel source with a low reactivity fuel therein, a second fuel source with a high reactivity fuel therein, and a primary valve for varying the flow of the low reactivity fuel and the high reactivity fuel delivered to the nozzles.
US08613186B2	Two-shaft gas turbine Provided in one embodiment is a two-shaft gas turbine that exhibits improved reliability, output power, and efficiency. The turbine operates stably by establishing a balance between the driving force of a compressor and the output power of a high-pressure turbine in the case where the two-shaft gas turbine is applied to a system, in which the flow rate of a fluid flowing into a combustor is higher than a simple cycle gas turbine. A portion of the fluid driving the high-pressure turbine is allowed to flow not into the high-pressure turbine but into a low-pressure turbine.
US08613185B2	Method and device for the detection of a thrust dissymmetry of an aircraft during a braking Disclosed is a ventilating air intake arrangement of an aircraft. The arrangement includes at least one air duct connected to an air intake orifice. At least one confined zone connects with the air duct and the air intake orifice, and the confined zone is configured in a manner in which outside air enters through the air intake orifice. A controllable mobile element modifies the flow of air entering the confined zone by varying a cross section of the air duct. A control unit is used to control the controllable mobile element, with the control unit being arranged so as to control the controllable mobile element to vary the cross section of the at least one air duct as a function of speed and altitude of the aircraft.
US08613184B2	Core for racket string, racket string comprising such a core and corresponding manufacturing method This core (2) for a racket string, in particular for a tennis racket string, includes a thermoplastic matrix (24) in which filaments (22) are embedded, at least one of these filaments being of natural origin and the thermoplastic matrix (24) being made of a material which, at a temperature lower than a threshold temperature, at which the filaments (22) are not substantially damaged, has a viscosity making it suitable for an extrusion process. The matrix (24) includes a plurality of strands that are helically twisted in a first direction, each of the strands including a plurality of filaments (22) of natural origin that are helically twisted in a second direction, which is or is not opposite to the first direction.
US08613176B2	Support structure system The present invention relates to a support structure system having a first support structure and having a second support structure, wherein the second support structure is at least partly received in the first support structure in at least one position of the support structure system; in that both support structures are able to be displaced or telescoped relative to one another; and in that the first and/or the second support structure is/are formed by a lattice support structure which can be inwardly folded and outwardly folded.
US08613170B2	Solar roof tile with solar and photovoltaic production of hot water and electrical energy A system composed of a special Tile, to cover whole roof, thermally insulating, ventilated, with no environmental impact, producing solar and photovoltaic energy, adequate to make hot water and/or electrical energy. Two functions, thermal and photovoltaic, are designed to operate in synergy, or independently. The photovoltaic can help the thermal system, if covered surfaces are too small for heating needs of the building, or in non-ideal climates, sending part of electrical energy to electrical water heaters positioned in the boiler, to complement hot water production during low irradiation seasons. The resulting roof is optimal in any climate; in areas with snowfall snow will melt on tiles that anyway develop heat; in hot areas during summers very high temperatures occur, thus transforming heat in heat exchangers into cooling, obtaining air conditioning or cold water below the floor. It will be possible to obtain heated water for pools from excess of hot water in summer and in winter.
US08613168B2	Modular wall system A wall panel of a moveable and demountable frameless wall panel system that is secured between a floor of a room and a ceiling rail secured to a ceiling of the room. The wall panel includes a frameless panel, an upper clamp assembly, a ceiling track configured to be removably inserted into the ceiling rail, a lower clamp assembly, a first height adjustment mechanism secured to the lower clamp assembly, a second height adjustment mechanism, and a bottom floor channel receiving the first height and second height adjustment mechanisms.
US08613167B2	Wall assembly system A system for assembling a wall including first and second panels is provided. The system includes a plurality of caps that are slip-fittable onto respective corners of the first and second panels. First and second pairs of the plurality of caps include hinge-caps configured to be pivotably coupled with one another via first and second hinges. The first and second pairs of the plurality of caps are configured for respective association with first and second pairs of opposite corners of the first and second panels such that the first and second panels are disposable in a shoulder-to-shoulder configuration with the first and second panels being pivotable about a rotational axis defined through the first and second hinges or movable relative to one another.
US08613164B1	Hide-away closet door hardware A closet door support mechanism that provides rotation and translation of a door used to close the entry to a room such as a closet is disclosed. An example of the mechanism includes a first track that is generally straight and is connected to a first track retraction section by a curved section. The track sections are mounted a distance from the floor, and allow movement of a closet door through translation and rotation to close the entry of the closet.
US08613163B2	Masonry wall protection device A masonry wall protection device includes a first member, a second member and a tensioning belt. The second member includes a vertical second leg that defines an outer edge that includes a position slot, and a horizontal second leg. The first member includes a vertical first leg, and a horizontal first leg that has a top edge that defines a plurality of position slots and further defines a bore that is sized and shaped for sliding receipt of the horizontal second leg. The horizontal second leg is slidingly positioned through the bore so that the distance between the vertical first and second legs can be adjusted to approximately equal the width of the top of the masonry wall. The tensioning belt is positioned between the first and second members fully stretched such that the vertical legs are firmly positioned a selected distance apart.
US08613162B2	Suicide prevention device A sentinel event reduction door comprises a trapazoidally-shaped panel comprising four sides. A continuous hinge is connected to the panel along substantially the full length of a first side thereof. A second side of the panel adjacent the first side is at an angle defined by the inner section of the first and second sides of the panel and is an acute angle. A second panel at the top of the door for movement between an open position to a closed position within an opening in the second side of the first panel. A third side of the first panel has a pliable material attached thereto.
US08613161B2	Refrigerator door construction including a laminated package A door assembly that includes a a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion, an electrical hinge mounted to the upper portion of the frame, a gravity hinge mounted to the lower portion of the frame and a door pivotably mounted to the frame by the electrical hinge and the gravity hinge. The electrical hinge pin has a hinge pin part having a plurality of electrical conductors extending downwardly therefrom. The gravity hinge also includes a hinge pin part. The door includes a laminated package having first, second and third layers adhered to one another. At least one of the layers includes an electro-conductive coating thereon that is in electrical communication with the electrical hinge. The door also includes a rail secured adjacent a hinge side edge of the laminated package. The rail includes a tunnel defined therein that includes a top opening that receives the hinge pin part of the electrical hinge and a bottom opening that receives the hinge pin part of the gravity hinge.
US08613157B2	Detachable rifle-mounted ammunition carrier and methods of use The present inventive concept is generally directed to a magnetic, detachable, side-mounted, ammunition carrier for a gun, specifically for a rifle or shotgun. Generally speaking, the carrier is detachably located by a user on one of the sides of ammunition-chamber loading region of a rifle or shotgun. In an embodiment, the ammunition carrier is comprised of a substantially rigid, magnetic substrate on which is a plurality of flexible, elastic, radially closed, loops/sleeves that are each adapted to receive a shotgun shell or other round of ammunition. The ammunition carrier allows for the easy mounting and access of extra ammunition without having to modify the firearm from its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) configuration. In some variations, the ammunition carrier is further equipped with a non-magnetic tab of sorts to aid a user in the easy detachment of the device from the metal side of the firearm.
US08613156B2	Method of information tag attachment/removal on shelves A method of providing a shelf-attached tag holder defining an upwardly-open slot for receiving a main price tag and further having a slip-fit top attachment system; and placing a main price tag into the upwardly-open slot in a visible position. The method also includes temporarily attaching a supplemental information tag by sliding a top edge of the supplemental information tag into the downwardly-open front throat with a folded attachment flange providing positive engagement with the slip-fit top attachment system, with the supplemental information tag being positioned in front of the main price tag. The method also includes, after the step of temporarily attaching, a step of pulling the supplemental information price tag downwardly with sufficient force to overcome the positive engagement of the folded attachment flange to thus remove the supplemental information tag without disturbing the main price tag.
US08613153B2	Tradeshow display system A variety of configurations are disclosed for modular tradeshow display systems that can be assembled without the use of tools or other specialized machinery.
US08613151B2	Steam appliance A steam appliance having a split handle with the upper part biased away from the handle base and an actuator for a water pump. When the appliance is pushed, the handle upper part is depressed and displaces a pump actuator to activate the pump. Use of a steam frame and steam towel allows an iron to be used as a steam cleaner. When a pole is mounted on the upper handle part, the appliance may be used as a steam mop that is activated by pushing the pole which depresses the handle to actuate the pump.
US08613149B2	Footwear incorporating a composite shell sole structure An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a shell and a core. The shell has a ground portion and a footbed portion, with a periphery of the footbed portion being secured to the ground portion to define a cavity between the ground portion and the footbed portion. The core is located within the cavity. Whereas the shell may be formed from a composite material, the core may be formed from a polymer foam material.
US08613147B2	Hinged nozzle vehicle drying assembly A support having an inverted U-shape defining a top plenum for distributing air and extending along a top plenum axis and a pair of legs extending downwardly from the top plenum in a spaced and parallel relationship. The top plenum of the support defines an attachment opening at an attachment angle. A bag extends downwardly at the attachment angle from the top plenum to a distal end in an inflated position. A nozzle is disposed the distal end of the bag to define a nozzle opening extending along a nozzle plane. The bag includes a major length and a curved portion. The curved portion of the bag includes a minor length and a filler length. The filler length positions the nozzle to be slanted open at a first nozzle acute angle of 20° forwardly in the inflated position and at a second nozzle acute angle of 20° rearwardly in an up position.
US08613143B2	Beveloid planetary gear drive for transfer case or transmission A method of assembling a planetary gearset includes die-forming a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart teeth on a sun gear, a planet gear and a ring gear. Each tooth includes a pair of tooth flanks in a final net form for engagement with mating gear teeth. The sun gear teeth have a conical shape to allow a first die to linearly move relative to a second die after the gear teeth are die-formed. The planet gears are mounted on a carrier. The sun gear and the planet gear are oriented such that the conical shapes of the respective gear teeth taper in opposite directions from one another and the planet gear teeth meshingly engage with both the ring gear teeth and the sun gear teeth.
US08613139B2	Manufacture of a portion of a metal part using the MIG method with pulsed current and wire A method for manufacturing at least a portion of a metal part of a turbine engine having a width. The portion of the metal part is manufactured by metal disposition using a MIG welding apparatus including a pulsed current generator and a pulsed deposition-wire flow, and used for varying the current and flow, the manufacture being carried out in the form of metal beads in several consecutive layers.
US08613136B2	Method of manufacturing printed wiring board with built-in electronic component A printed wiring board is manufactured by a method in which a laminate body having a first insulation layer and a conductive film is provided. An alignment mark is formed in the laminate body by removing at least a portion of the conductive film. An electronic component is placed on an adhesive layer provided on the first insulation layer at a position determined based on the alignment mark. After the electronic component is enclosed inside an opening of the second insulation layer, a via hole exposing a terminal of the electronic component is formed at a position determined based on the alignment mark used to determine the position of the electronic component. A via conductor is formed in the via hole, and a conductive layer is formed on the conductive film and patterned to form a conductive circuit connected to the via conductor.
US08613134B2	Method of conveying printed circuit boards Disclosed herein is method of operating a piece of surface mount technology manufacturing equipment. The method comprises providing a piece of surface mount technology manufacturing equipment having a first substrate transport track disposed in a first position and a second substrate transport track disposed in a second position, moving the first substrate transport track from the first position to a third position, and moving the second substrate transport track from the second position to the first position.
US08613132B2	Transferring an antenna to an RFID inlay substrate Forming antenna structures having several conductor turns (wire, foil, conductive material) on a an antenna substrate (carrier layer or film or web), removing the antenna structures individually from the antenna substrate using pick & place gantry or by means of die punching, laser cutting or laminating, and transferring the antenna structure with it's end portions (termination ends) in a fixed position for mounting onto or into selected transponder sites on an inlay substrate, and connecting the aligned termination ends of the antenna structure to an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip or chip module disposed on or in the inlay substrate. A contact transfer process is capable of transferring several antenna structures simultaneously to several transponder sites.
US08613129B2	Milling and turning composite working machine A working machine includes a base, at least one z-axis track mounted on the base, a secondary z-axis track mounted on the base, at least one z-axis saddle mounted on the z-axis track, a secondary z-axis saddle mounted on the secondary z-axis track, at least one x-axis track mounted on the z-axis saddle, at least one x-axis slide mounted on the x-axis track, at least one upright support mounted on the x-axis slide, and at least one y-axis track mounted on the upright support. Thus, the y-axis track is disposed at a vertical state so that the y-axis track is operated exactly and stably to facilitate operation of the working machine and to enhance the working precision and stability of the working machine.
US08613125B2	Vacuum cleaner The present embodiments relate to a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner according to present embodiments includes a main body; a wheel for moving the main body; a driving unit for driving the wheel; a sensor for sensing movement of the main body; and a controller for controlling the driving unit according to data sensed by the sensor.
US08613121B1	Funeral service apparatus A funeral service apparatus and method for implementing the funeral service apparatus is provided and includes an apparatus body having a hex wrench, a knife blade, a Phillips head screwdriver, a flat head screwdriver, a holy water containment vial, a committal sand containment vial, scissors, a tape measure having a measuring tape, a pen and a flashlight. The hex wrench, knife, Phillips head screwdriver, flat head screwdriver, scissors and measuring tape are rotatably associated with the funeral service apparatus to be configurable between an extended configuration and a stored configuration. Moreover, the holy water containment vial, the committal sand containment vial and the pen are slidably associated with the funeral service apparatus to be configurable between an extended configuration and a stored configuration.
US08613119B2	Adjustable mattress An adjustable mattress comprises a carrier and a foundation. The carrier has a bed surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of first flexible members and second flexible members distributed in the carrier. One of the first flexible members and one of the second flexible members are encased in a flexible support unit. The bottom of the carrier is disposed on the foundation. The two bearing points in a stretchable direction of the first flexible member contact the bed surface and the bottom surface respectively, and one end of the second flexible member protrudes from or is concealed in the bottom surface of the carrier. The foundation has a moving plate and a lifting device. The moving plate can be lifted by the lifting device to an active position to support weights from the bed surface with the first flexible members.
US08613116B1	Pool cover handling device and methods of use A device for facile deployment of a flexible pool cover, and methods of use, are described. Embodiments of the device and methods of use enable deployment of a pool cover with a leading edge of the pool cover being propelled substantially evenly across a liquid surface of a pool.
US08615810B2	Method and system for preventing copying of information from previews of webpages A copy prohibition method and system is disclosed, which can provide a preview page with copy prohibition means inserted thereinto, so as to prohibit a copy of information displayed on the preview page, the method comprising receiving a selection request for a preview page of a predetermined webpage from a user; inserting copy prohibition means into the preview page; and providing the preview page with the copy prohibition means inserted thereinto to the user. When providing the preview page to the user, the user is notified that the corresponding preview page has the copy prohibition function. Thus, the user becomes easily aware of that the copy is prohibited in the corresponding preview page.
US08615809B2	System and method for website authentication using a shared secret A web site can be authenticated by a third party authentication service. A user designates an authentication device that is a shared secret between the user and the authentication service. A web site page includes a URL that points to the authentication service. The URL includes a digital signature by the web site. When the user receives the page, the user's browser issues a request to the authentication service, which attempts to authenticate the digital signature. If the authentication is successful, it sends the authentication device to the user computer.
US08615808B2	Method of processing data to enable external storage thereof with minimized risk of information leakage A method is provided to process data so that the data can be externally stored with minimized risk of information leakage. A framework (virtual execution framework) based on virtual machines (VMs) is utilized as a substitute for a trusted institution. Encryption of consolidated data can reduce risk of information leakage and enhance security. Since the virtual execution framework can control connection and direction of communication, financial institutions are allowed to apply encryption to data on their own, which makes the data further appropriate for external storage. By allowing financial institutions to apply their own decryption, it is possible to prevent one of two financial institutions from retrieving externally stored data into the external execution framework without intervention of the other. Additionally, associated acting subjects can be provided with freedom depending on the degree of information leakage risk.
US08615801B2	Software authorization utilizing software reputation Software is authorized in accordance with a reputation of the software. A trust in the author and/or publisher of the software is determined via digital signatures and/or CoAs, and a reputation of the software is utilized to determine the intent of the software. The reputation of the software can be determined via a local service, such as an enterprise IT department and/or via a reputation determination service. When software is downloaded or to be executed, the trust in the author/publisher is determined using digital signatures and/or CoAs associated with the software. If the author/publisher is determined to be trusted, a service is called to determine the reputation of the software. The software can be installed and/or executed dependent upon the reputation of the software and trustworthiness of the author/publisher.
US08615795B2	Secure network privacy system The invention provides a method and system of receiving communications from a network device in a network to a source of network data and establishing a secure and/or authenticated network connection between the network device and the source that appears to the network device as a direct connection to the source of network data. Broadly conceptualized, the method and system may also include a parsing module that modifies the network data passing back and forth between the network device and the source of network data.
US08615791B1	Multi-domain login and messaging A method, a computer readable medium and a system of multi-domain login and messaging are provided. The method for multi-domain login comprises inputting a local password by an agent, accessing a password vault with the local password, and retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault, and logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password. The method for multi-domain messaging comprises retrieving information of an agent from a database, retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information, retrieving a message linked to the at least one skill group, and sending the message to the agent.
US08615788B2	Method and apparatus for scalable integrity attestation in virtualization environments A computer implemented method for logging extensions to platform configuration registers inside a trusted platform module instance is provided. A request to extend the current state of at least one of a plurality of platform configuration register is received. At least one platform configuration register within the trusted platform module instance is extended. The extension of the at least one platform configuration register is logged inside the trusted platform module instance as a logged entry by storing at least a tuple of platform configuration register indexes and hash values used for extending the platform configuration register. Information about new entries in the consolidated logs can be retrieved by polling or by subscribing to events that are automatically generated. A report of an extend operation and its logged hash value is sent to subscribers interested in receiving notifications of extend operations on a set of PCR registers.
US08615784B2	Group interactive network (GIN) system Embodiments of the subject invention provide methods of using an integrated database management system and communication tool to provide group management and communication services through wide area networks (WAN). Embodiments of the invention can utilize computer-implemented methods and systems for uniquely organizing, integrating, and assembling the different information sharing and communication features via a user-friendly interface allowing access from a plurality of independent computer workstations after user identification. Further embodiments, of the invention can include a database server for managing members' information and data. Still further embodiments, of the invention can incorporate a graphical user interface server for interacting with users in an organization.
US08615780B2	Method and system for an internet protocol LNB supporting positioning An Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly, which is within a satellite reception assembly, may be operable to determine location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may provide services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly. The location information and/or the time information of the IP LNB assembly may be determined via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may communicate the determined location information and/or the determined time information to a wireless communication device for determining location information of the wireless communication device. The IP LNB assembly may determine location information of a wireless source device based on a signal received from the wireless source device, the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly.
US08615771B2	Effective management of blocked-tasks in preemptible read-copy update A technique for managing read-copy update readers that have been preempted while executing in a read-copy update read-side critical section. A single blocked-tasks list is used to track preempted reader tasks that are blocking an asynchronous grace period, preempted reader tasks that are blocking an expedited grace period, and preempted reader tasks that require priority boosting. In example embodiments, a first pointer may be used to segregate the blocked-tasks list into preempted reader tasks that are and are not blocking a current asynchronous grace period. A second pointer may be used to segregate the blocked-tasks list into preempted reader tasks that are and are not blocking an expedited grace period. A third pointer may be used to segregate the blocked-tasks list into preempted reader tasks that do and do not require priority boosting.
US08615770B1	System and method for dynamically spawning thread blocks within multi-threaded processing systems One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for partitioning a predecessor thread program into sub-programs and dynamically spawning a thread grid of the sub-programs based on the outcome of a conditional statement in the predecessor thread program. The programming instructions for the predecessor thread program are analyzed to assess the benefit of partitioning the thread program at a conditional statement into sub-programs. If the predecessor thread program is partitioned, then each branch of the conditional statement may be used to form a separate sub-program. Predicate tables are populated at the predecessor thread program run-time to establish which possible instances of the thread sub-programs should be spawned in subsequent execution phases.
US08615767B2	Using IR drop data for instruction thread direction A data processing system having a memory for storing instructions and several central processing units for executing instructions, each central processing unit including an adaptive power supply which provides, among other data, IR (voltage) drop information. Circuitry is provided that receives the IR drop information from the many central processing units, selects a central processing unit which has the lowest IR drop and which is available to execute instructions and dispatches instructions to the selected central processing unit from the memory.
US08615764B2	Dynamic system scheduling Resources of a partitionable computer system are partitioned into: (i) a first partition for first jobs, the first jobs being at least one of small and short running; and (ii) a second partition for second jobs, the second jobs being at least one of large and long running. The computer system is run as partitioned in the partitioning step and the partitioning is periodically re-evaluated against at least one threshold for at least one of the partitions. If the periodic re-evaluation suggests that one of the first and second partitions is underutilized, the resources of the partitionable computer system are dynamically re-partitioned to reassign at least some of the resources of the partitionable computer system from the underutilized one of the first and second partitions to another one of the first and second partitions.
US08615762B2	Multiprocessor system, multiple threads processing method and program Conventionally, when the amount of data to be processed increases only for a part of threads, the processing efficiency of the whole transaction degrades. A multiprocessor system of the invention includes a plurality of processors executing multiple threads to process data; and a means which, based on an amount of data to be processed for each thread, determines a condition which an order in which the plurality of processors execute the threads should satisfy and starts to execute each thread so that the condition is satisfied.
US08615757B2	Negotiated assignment of resources to a virtual machine in a multi-virtual machine environment A system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes a physical resource that is capable of generating I/O data. The system also includes multiple virtual machines to utilize the physical resource. Among the virtual machines are a resource source virtual machine that is capable of owning the physical resource. The resource source virtual machine is also capable of sending a stream of one or more I/O packets generated from the I/O data that targets a resource sink virtual machine. The resource sink virtual machine is designated as a termination endpoint of the I/O data from the physical device. Also among the virtual machines are one or more resource filter virtual machines. Each of the resource filter virtual machines is capable of filtering I/O packets of a particular type from the stream prior to the stream reaching the resource sink virtual machine.
US08615755B2	System and method for managing resources of a portable computing device A method and system for managing resources of a portable computing device is disclosed. The method includes receiving node structure data for forming a node, in which the node structure data includes a unique name assigned to each resource of the node. A node has at least one resource and it may have multiple resources. Each resource may be a hardware or software element. The system includes a framework manger which handles the communications between existing nodes within a node architecture. The framework manager also logs activity of each resource by using its unique name. The framework manager may send this logged activity to an output device, such as a printer or a display screen. The method and system may help reduce or eliminate a need for customized APIs when a new hardware or software element (or both) are added to a portable computing device.
US08615754B2	Computer-implemented method and executable program for updating reference data A computer-implemented method is provided for updating reference data. The method includes a step of providing update data structured according to a given data structure. The data structure has at least two streams of data, wherein one of the streams includes patterns of instructions to a processor, and at least one other stream includes patterns of operands of the instructions. The operands and the instructions are designed for updating the reference data upon processing the update data at a processor. Also, a computer executable program code is provided, which is stored in a computer readable medium or in a signal, suitable for implementation of the method. Further, a terminal (e.g. a payment terminal or electronic funds transfer at point of sale) is provided, which includes a memory with the program code stored thereon.
US08615753B2	Distribution apparatus, method and system for updated version of firmware A distribution apparatus manages a distribution history of a program and, when a request about a program applicable to a device including device identification information and a version of the program of the device is received from the device, if an update result indicates successful updating in the distribution history about the program, transmits information indicating a post-update version included in the distribution history to the device as a response to the request.
US08615749B2	Execution control during program code conversion An execution control method is described for use in a translator (19) which converts subject code (17) into target code (21). The translator (19) includes a translator trampoline function (191) which is called from a translator run loop (190) and which in turn calls either to a translator code generator (192) to generate target code, or else calls previously generated target code (212) for execution. Control then returns to the translator trampoline function (191) to make a new call, or returns to the translator run loop (190). Other aspects include making context switches through the trampoline function (191) and setting first and second calling conventions either side of the trampoline function (191). Jumping directly or indirectly between target code blocks (212) during execution is also described.
US08615748B2	Control flow analysis using deductive reaching definitions A computer-implemented process for deductive reaching definition analysis receives a control flow graph to form a set of received blocks and edges, performs traditional reaching definitions to produce bit-vectors OUT(b), GEN(b) and KILL(b) for each block in the set of received blocks and receives impossibility indicators for a set of definitions that are impossible on specific edges. The computer-implemented process further performs deduction operations using a combination of the bit-vectors and impossibility indicators to deduce that additional definitions cannot reach certain blocks to create resulting reachability information and provides the resulting reachability information as a result to a requestor. A related system and program product is also provided.
US08615744B2	Methods and system for managing assets in programming code translation Managing assets during translation of source application to a target application may involve analyzing the source application to generate a database of characteristics of source assets. Thereafter, performance metrics for a target platform may be determined based on the characteristics of the source assets. Subsequently, the source assets may be processed based on the performance metrics to generate target assets.
US08615740B2	Self-fixing executables using virtual function types A computer implemented method, a computer program product and a data processing system provide a method for modifying a computer program during execution of the computer program by a processor unit. A computer receives an instruction string. The instruction string has a new function data therein for replacing current function data of a function of the computer program during execution of the computer program by a processor unit. The function is capable of being changed during execution of the computer program to modify the behavior of the computer program. The computer replaces the current function data with the new function data. The new function data modifies the computer program. The computer program is modified while the computer program is executed by the processor unit.
US08615737B2	Systems and methods for building software packages in secure development environments The mock tool can be configured to create a mock execution environment for building software packages. The mock execution environment is isolated from resources of the computing system supporting the mock execution environment and other mock execution environments. Further, the mock execution environment can be created to simulate disabling on any features of the operating system supporting the mock execution environment that could cause problems in the building the software packages.
US08615736B2	Module facility for JAVASCRIPT language A system and method of retrieving a module in a JavaScript language application includes receiving a called module name, examining a table of executed modules to determine if the called module name is included in the table of executed modules, executing the called module if the called module name is included in the table of executed modules and defining a search path, wherein if the called module name is not included in the table of executed modules, then determining if the called module name is found in the search path. If the called module name is found in the search path, then loading the found module and updating the table of executed modules. Loading the found module includes automatically loading the found module without requiring an import statement.
US08615734B2	System and method for dynamically redefining class files in an application server environment Disclosed herein is a system and method for dynamically redefining class files in a Java-based development environment. The existing development cycle in Java generally requires developers to edit, build, and deploy before they can test changes to the code. This process can be quite time consuming. There is a need for dynamically redefining and testing class files in a development environment without a significant time delay or loss of data. In one embodiment, when a developer modifies the class definition a ClassFileTransformer function is used to maintain the original shape of a redefinable class, i.e. its declared fields and methods, without affecting the redefined class' behavior or appearance to outside code.
US08615732B2	Methods and apparatus for integrated, automatic pseudo localization of software Methods and articles of manufacture for integrated, automatic pseudo localization of software applications are disclosed herein. A pseudo localization process, comprised of one or more utility applications, is integrated into a build cycle for a developing software application to generate pseudo-translated user-interface code as part of a build process. A build application may then generate a pseudo-language build of the developing software application and/or development database to enable testing and identification of internationalization defects that would prevent effective localization of the software product for the international market.
US08615727B2	Simultaneous multi-corner static timing analysis using samples-based static timing infrastructure A method of performing simultaneous multi-corner static timing analysis (STA) on a design for an integrated circuit is provided. This method can include reading design data including a netlist, parasitics, and libraries at a plurality of corners. Each corner can represent a set of process, temperature, and voltage conditions. Using the design data as inputs, a plurality of operations can be performed to generate timing reports regarding the design at the plurality of corners. Notably, each operation has a single control flow and uses vectors of samples for performing the plurality of operations. Each sample is a value associated with a corner. This method minimizes computational resource and memory usage as well as accelerates the turn around time of multi-corner analysis.
US08615726B1	Sizing a cell library A cell library is automatically designed. An emphasis of a design methodology is on automatic determination of the desired or needed cell sizes and variants. This method exploits different variants on drive strengths, P/N ratios, topology variants, internal buffering, and so forth. The method allows generating libraries that are more suitable for efficient timing closure.
US08615725B1	Methods for compact modeling of circuit stages for static timing analysis of integrated circuit designs Systems, apparatus, and methods of timing analysis with a multi-operating region gate model are disclosed, including modeling a logic gate with a constant direct current (DC) voltage source during a steady state region of operation; in response to a transition from the steady state region of operation, modeling the logic gate with a time-varying voltage dependent current source during a varying current region of operation; and, in response to a transition from the variable current region of operation, modeling the logic gate with a time-invariant voltage dependent current source during an asymptotic region of operation. Instantaneous output current provided by the time varying voltage dependent current source in the VCR region is responsive to time and the instantaneous output voltage of the logic gate. Instantaneous output current provided by the time-invariant voltage dependent current source in the AR region is responsive to the instantaneous output voltage of the logic gate.
US08615724B2	Circuit assembly yield prediction with respect to form factor Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for automatically predicting production yield for a circuit assembly according to attributes of its components and defect data mapped thereto. Embodiments receive a proposed design specification for a circuit assembly, including bill of materials (BOM) and schematic data, at a yield prediction environment. The yield prediction environment maps a set of attributes to each component in the BOM and maps a set of possible defects to each component according to its attributes. Defects may be further mapped to a manufacturing process assigned to populate each component in the circuit assembly. The defects are associated with predicted frequencies of occurrence, which can be used to roll up a yield prediction for the circuit assembly. Embodiments further allow “what-if” analysis to be performed so that different yield prediction results can be compared according to different form factor options and/or different manufacturing process options.
US08615723B2	Performing OPC on hardware or software platforms with GPU Optical proximity correction techniques performed on one or more graphics processors improve the masks used for the printing of microelectronic circuit designs. Execution of OPC techniques on hardware or software platforms utilizing graphics processing units. GPUs may share the computation load with the system CPUs to efficiently and effectively execute the OPC method steps.
US08615721B2	Information display system, information display method, and computer program product A thumbnail image generating unit generates thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation. A thumbnail image displaying unit displays the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation. A thumbnail image designating unit receives a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images. An enlarging unit generates an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image. An enlarged image displaying unit displays the enlarged image. A forward-advance designating unit designates a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed by the enlarged image displaying unit according to the sequential relation.
US08615720B2	Handheld electronic device and associated method employing a graphical user interface to output on a display virtually stacked groups of selectable objects A handheld electronic device and an improved method employ a GUI to depict a plurality of selectable objects on a display. The selectable objects are arranged in groups, with at least one of the groups being depicted on the display at any given time. The groups are arranged in rings, and the rings are in a virtually stacked arrangement, which enables the user to progressively depict one group of selectable objects after the next. An indicator and a large background, individually or in combination, indicate to the user which ring of selectable objects from the plurality of stacked rings is currently active.
US08615718B2	Management of multiple window panels with a graphical user interface A method in a user interface, according to one embodiment, allows for the docking of window panels within a software application. A palette in the user interface can, in this embodiment, have three states: (i) the palette is open within a window panel; (ii) the palette is docked as a tab; and (iii) the palette is open in a area connected to the tab. User actions through the user interface can control transitions among these three states. Other methods are described, and systems and computer readable storage media are also described.
US08615715B1	Handling parameters in block diagram modeling A mechanism for processing graphical block diagram parameter expressions is presented. The mechanism achieves optimal implementation of block equations in the execution (run-time) environment by defining a mapping between user-defined block parameters and a run-time version of the parameters. The parameter processing mechanism also pools like, non-interfaced parameter expressions, allowing reuse of both uniform and non-uniform data across constant block parameters in the generated code and during model execution. The parameter processing mechanism further maintains an execution structure that maps the run-time parameter expressions containing interfaced variables to generated code for the block diagram so that the interfaced variables appear in the generated code. This mapping thus allows for interfacing to the interfaced variables in the generated code from any execution framework.
US08615714B2	System and method for performing multiple, simultaneous, independent simulations in a motion capture environment A motion capture environment includes a plurality of sensor-trackers for tracking physical locations of a plurality of tracked objects relating to a first simulation within the motion capture environment and for tracking physical locations of a plurality of tracked objects relating to a second simulation, which is different from the first simulation, within the motion capture environment and one or more computers collectively operable to generate a first virtual reality environment corresponding to the first simulation and a second virtual reality environment corresponding to the second simulation.
US08615712B2	Executing a populated code template to generate a browser-executable software program to present a web page as a mobile application A browser-executable software program for presenting a web page that provides the “look and feel” and functionality of a mobile application can be automatically generated from a mobile application specification. The mobile application specification identifies one or more predetermined content component types and one or more associated content sources. For each content component type, a copy of a corresponding code generation template is populated with a URL for each corresponding content source and executed to produce browser-executable program code. The browser-executable program code is then embedded into a populated copy of a navigation container code template to form a complete browser-executable software program, which is integrated into an HTML page. The HTML page can be returned in response to a request from a browser executing on a networked mobile wireless telecommunication computing device and the HTML page carries the browser-executable software program to the browser.
US08615700B2	Forward error correction with parallel error detection for flash memories Methods, systems, and devices are described for forward error correction for flash memory. Encoded data from flash memory may be used to generate a number of data streams. At each of a number of error detection sub-modules operating in parallel, a different one of the data streams is processed. Each error detection sub-module may detect whether a portion of the respective received stream contains an error, and forward the portion to an error correction module. The error correction module, physically separate from the error detection sub-modules, may correct the forwarded portions of the respective received streams containing an error. The age and error rate associated with the flash memory may be monitored, and a coding rate or other aspects may be dynamically adapted to account for these factors.
US08615699B2	Method and system for routing in low density parity check (LDPC) decoders An approach is provided for decoding a low density parity check (LDPC) coded signal. Edge values associated with a structured parity check matrix used to generate the LDPC coded signal are retrieved from memory. The edge values specify the relationship of bit nodes and check nodes, and are stored within memory according to a predetermined scheme that permits concurrent retrieval of a set of the edge values. A decoded signal corresponding to the LDPC coded signal is output based on the retrieved edge values.
US08615698B1	Skewed orthogonal coding techniques Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for skewed orthogonal coding techniques. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data chunks to be stored and generating intra-level code chunks and inter-level code chunks using the data chunks and partitions of numbers. Levels of codewords are stored. The partitions are selected so that, for at least a first set of chunks A, B, and A′ wherein A and B are in a same intra-level codeword and A and A′ are in a same inter-level codeword, there is no chunk B′ that is in both an intra-level codeword containing A′ and an inter-level codeword containing B.
US08615697B2	Code design and implementation improvements for low density parity check codes for wireless routers using 802.11N protocol Method and apparatus for implementing LDPC codes in an IEEE 802.11 standard system configured to operate in a Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) schema. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises defining a base LDPC code, having a length equal to an integer number of data carriers in an ODFM symbol, transmitting the base LDPC code over a plurality of sub-carriers, wherein the base code is transmitted at an expected phase on sub-carriers specified by the IEEE 802.11 standard system, and transmitting the base LDPC code on other sub-carriers than those specified by the IEEE 802.11 standard system, wherein the base LDPC code on the other sub-carriers is transmit offset in phase from the base LDPC code on the specified sub-carriers.
US08615694B2	Interposer TAP boundary register coupling stacked die functional input/output data The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving interposers that connected stacked die assemblies to system substrates. The improvement includes the addition of IEEE 1149.1 circuitry within interposers to allow simplifying interconnect testing of digital and analog signal connections between the interposer and system substrate it is attached too. The improvement also includes the additional 1149.1 controlled circuitry that allows real time monitoring of voltage supply and ground buses in the interposer. The improvement also includes the additional of 1149.1 controlled circuitry that allows real time monitoring of functional digital and analog input and output signals in the interposer. The improvement also provides the ability to selectively serially link the 1149.1 circuitry in the interposer with 1149.1 circuitry in the die of the stack.
US08615693B2	Scan test circuitry comprising scan cells with multiple scan inputs An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and additional circuitry subject to testing utilizing the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises scan cells configured to form scan chains. At least a given one of the scan cells is a multiple scan input scan cell having at least first and second scan inputs. In a first scan shift mode of operation, the given scan cell is configured with a first plurality of other scan cells into a scan chain of a first type using the first scan input. In a second scan shift mode of operation, the given scan cell is configured with a second plurality of other scan cells different than the first plurality of other scan cells into a scan chain of a second type using the second scan input.
US08615691B2	Process for improving design-limited yield by localizing potential faults from production test data A process for improving design-limited yield by collecting test fail data, converting to electrical faults, and localizing to physical area on semiconductor die. The steps of identifying an area on a wafer containing a fault to enable the analysis of specific defects, accumulating data suitable for yield monitoring analysis based on pattern test failures logged on scan cells in scan chains on automatic test equipment, and translating scan cell and scan chain failure reports to geometric locations of electrical structures on wafers.
US08615684B2	High reliability processor system A method of testing the integrity of microprogramming within a computer processor employs a test calculation designed to exercise instructions and to reveal errors in those instructions. The problem of testing instructions using the very instructions which may possibly be corrupt is addressed by developing a signature passed from instruction to instruction providing a low likelihood of a false positive outcome. A time-out system is used in the evaluation of the test calculation to capture a wide variety of other pathological operating conditions.
US08615683B2	Capturing data during operation of an industrial controller for the debugging of control programs An industrial controller module (13a) is provided with a routine of program instructions (29a) for storing a log of I/O table state changes (31) in a defined portion of memory (23). Upon the occurrence of a trigger event, a file of the state changes (37) is saved in the memory (23). Each entry (32) in the log of I/O table state changes (31) includes a timestamp (33) and values of each word of I/O state data (36) that changed at a time of the timestamp. Logs of state change data (16a), including timestamp data, can also be saved for intelligent sensors and actuators (16) and uploaded with the log of controller processor state data (31) to a computer (20) with a diagnostic program (21a) for playing back the state changes and synchronizing changes of the intelligent sensors and actuators (16) with changes of the controller processor module (13a).
US08615681B2	System and method for maintaining a data redundancy scheme in a solid state memory in the event of a power loss Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for reducing an amount of backup power needed to provide power fail safe preservation of a data redundancy scheme such as RAID that is implemented in solid state storage devices where new write data is accumulated and written along with parity data. Because new write data cannot be guaranteed to arrive in integer multiples of stripe size, a full stripe's worth of new write data may not exist when power is lost. Various embodiments use truncated RAID stripes (fewer storage elements per stripe) to save cached write data when a power failure occurs. This approach allows the system to maintain RAID parity data protection in a power fail cache flush case even though a full stripe of write data may not exist, thereby reducing the amount of backup power needed to maintain parity protection in the event of power loss.
US08615680B2	Parity-based vital product data backup A method for maintaining vital product data (VPD) of each field replaceable unit (FRUs) in a computer system, the computer system including a first FRU and a second FRU operatively coupled with the first FRU. The method includes calculating a parity for the VPD of the second FRU, and upon detecting a failure of the second FRU, regenerating the VPD for the failed second FRU using the parity.
US08615677B2	Distributed job scheduling in a multi-nodal environment Techniques are described for decentralizing a job scheduler in a distributed system environment. Embodiments of the invention may generally include receiving a job to be performed by a multi-nodal system which includes a cluster of nodes. Instead of a centralized job scheduler assigning the job to a node or nodes, each node has a job scheduler which scans a shared-file system to determine what job to execute on the node. In a job requiring multiple nodes, one of the nodes that joined the multi-nodal job becomes the primary node which then assigns and monitors the job's execution on the multiple nodes.
US08615672B2	Multicore processor power credit management to allow all processing cores to operate at elevated frequency A microprocessor includes two or more processing cores each configured to determine, at each of succeeding instances in time, an amount of energy consumed by the microprocessor during a period preceding the instance in time. The period is predetermined. Each core also operates at a frequency above a predetermined frequency in response to determining the amount of energy consumed is less than a predetermined amount of energy. All of the cores may operate above the predetermined frequency simultaneously until one of the cores determines the microprocessor has consumed more than the predetermined amount of energy during the period preceding the instance in time. The predetermined frequency may be: a frequency at which all the cores can operate over the predetermined period without the microprocessor consuming more than the predetermined amount of energy, or alternatively the maximum frequency at which system software may request the cores to operate.
US08615669B1	AVS—adaptive voltage scaling An integrated circuit includes an operational circuit module receiving a supply voltage from a voltage regulator external to the integrated circuit, and an adaptive voltage scaling module to adjust the supply voltage based on performance characteristics of the operational circuit module. The adaptive voltage scaling module can include a performance monitoring module disposed on the integrated circuit and configured to generate at least an indicator corresponding to at least one performance characteristic of the operational circuit module. The adaptive scaling module can include a voltage requirement determination and voltage feedback generator module disposed on the integrated circuit and coupled to the performance monitoring module. The voltage requirement determination and voltage feedback generator module is configured to output a feedback voltage signal having a voltage level as a function of at least the indicator. The voltage regulator can regulate the supply voltage as a function of the feedback voltage signal.
US08615667B2	Processor and processor system In a processor including a CPU core executing instruction codes and a cache memory part having plural ways, encryption counter data encrypting and decrypting data input/output for the core in a common key encryption system are stored at one way among the plural ways, an XOR operation is performed between the encryption counter data and the input/output data, and the common key encryption process generating the encryption counter data is not executed every time when the data is encrypted or decrypted, to thereby enable high-speed memory access without sacrificing security.
US08615660B1	Cloud computing system for real-time streaming of well logging data with self-aligning satellites A cloud computing system for real-time streaming of drilling data from a drilling rig using satellites, wherein the system includes client devices for transmitting the drilling data. Radio boxes disposed around the drilling rig to form a local area network for connecting with the client devices. A router and switch connected to the local area network for receiving and transmitting the drilling data. A processor and data storage configured to receive the drilling data and form well logging data for transmission to the router and switch. A modem in communication with the router and switch used to send the drilling data to satellite dishes. A server positioned apart from the drilling rig used to receive drilling data and from well logs and executive dashboards. The server can stream the drilling data, well logs, and executive dashboard in real-time to remote client devices.
US08615659B2	System and method for acquiring terminal binding key A first terminal subscribes to at least one service using a service guide in which information necessary for reception of each service is stored, and sends the service guide and an identifier (ID) of the subscribed service to a smartcard. The smartcard stores the service guide and the ID of the subscribed service, and sends the service guide and the ID of the subscribed service to a second terminal through a response message to a request message used for acquiring TBK information, received from the second terminal. The second terminal receives the response message by sending the request message to the smartcard, acquires TBK information corresponding to a service that the second terminal intends to play back, from the service guide depending on the subscribed service's ID included in the response message, and acquires the TBK by performing an authentication process using the TBK information.
US08615658B2	Dynamic foreign agent—home agent security association allocation for IP mobility systems Utilizing the AAA infrastructure to dynamically allocate the various parameters needed to establish the security association between the Foreign Agent and the Home Agent. The present invention uses the AAA server as a central entity to dynamically generate and distribute the chosen security association parameters needed to support the Foreign Agent and Home Agent security association based on a request from the Foreign Agent. The AAA server can also dynamically assigns a unique SPI value to the Foreign Agent and Home Agent pairs. The various parameters that can be allocated in the present invention include a FA-HA shared secret key or a public/private key pair, an authentication algorithm and mode, a FA-HA secret key lifetime, and security parameter index or security index values. The present invention also can assist in making sure that the Foreign Agent and the Home Agent stay synchronized with respect to their security association.
US08615649B2	Use of a private key to encrypt and decrypt a message The invention includes a method for encrypting and transmitting a message M from a first location to a second location. Random numbers P and Q are initially selected, each of them being either a prime or a non-prime number. P and Q are both furnished to a sender and a recipient at the first and second locations, respectively. A client at the first location generates an encrypted message E, which is the remainder left when a modulus operator divides a first quantity, equal to M multiplied by P to the i power, where i is a selected number, by a second quantity equal to (PQ−1). A tuple comprising E and i is transmitted from the first location to the second location, and a second data processing system at the second location to determines the message M from E, i and Q.
US08615648B2	Method and system for booting, provisioning and activating hardware and software clients Automated booting of a client for a subscriber is provided for clients that are for use in interactive user sessions that involve multimedia. A subscribe message is sent from the client to a proxy server. The proxy server authenticates the subscribe message, and sends the subscribe message to the configuration server. A notify message is sent to the client from the configuration server. The notify message is sent through the proxy server, and contains a location of a profile for the client. The profile is downloaded to the clients. This arrangement allows the persistence of profiles in a centralized place.
US08615647B2	Migrating execution of thread between cores of different instruction set architecture in multi-core processor and transitioning each core to respective on / off power state Techniques to control power and processing among a plurality of asymmetric cores. In one embodiment, one or more asymmetric cores are power managed to migrate processes or threads among a plurality of cores according to the performance and power needs of the system.
US08615645B2	Controlling the selectively setting of operational parameters for an adapter An instruction is provided to establish various operational parameters for an adapter. These parameters include adapter interruption parameters, input/output address translation parameters, resetting error indications, setting measurement parameters, and setting an interception control, as examples. The instruction specifies a function information block, which is a program representation of a device table entry used by the adapter, to be used in certain situations in establishing the parameters. A store instruction is also provided that stores the current contents of the function information block.
US08615643B2	Operational efficiency of virtual TLBs Various mechanisms are disclosed for improving the operational efficiency of a virtual translation look-aside buffer (TLB) in a virtual machine environment. For example, one mechanism fills in entries in a shadow page table (SPT) and additionally, speculatively fills in other entries in the SPT based on various heuristics. Another mechanism allows virtual TLBs (translation look-aside buffers) to cache partial walks in a guest page table tree. Still another mechanism allows for dynamic resizing of the virtual TLB to optimize for run-time characteristics of active workloads. Still another mechanism allows virtual machine monitors (VMMs) to support legacy and enlightened modes of virtual TLB operation. Finally, another mechanism allows the VMM to remove only the stale entries in SPTs when linking or switching address spaces. All these mechanisms, together or in part, increase the operational efficiency of the virtual TLB.
US08615642B2	Automatic page promotion and demotion in multiple page size environments Functionality can be implemented in a virtual memory manager (VMM) to allow small pages (e.g., 4 KB) to be coalesced into large pages (e.g., 64 KB), so that a single free list can be maintained for the large pages (“maintained pages”). When a process requests a small page, the VMM can associate a maintained page with a memory segment accessible by the process. Then, the maintained page can be divided to form a set of small pages (“fragments”). The fragments can become available pages in a broken page list. The VMM can satisfy the request by allocating one of the fragments in the broken page list. If the process requests additional small pages, the additional requests can be satisfied from the broken page list. When the process terminates, the fragments in the broken page list become a maintained page and can be returned to the free list.
US08615640B2	System and method to efficiently schedule and/or commit write data to flash based SSDs attached to an array controller An apparatus comprising a controller and an array. The controller may be configured to generate control signals in response to one or more input requests. The array may comprise a plurality of solid state devices. The solid state devices may be configured to (i) read and/or write data in response to the control signals received from the controller and (ii) distribute writes across the plurality of solid state devices such that each of said solid state devices has a similar number of writes.
US08615636B2	Multiple-class priority-based replacement policy for cache memory This invention is a method and system for replacing an entry in a cache memory (replacement policy). The cache is divided into a high-priority class and a low-priority class. Upon a request for information such as data, an instruction, or an address translation, the processor searches the cache. If there is a cache miss, the processor locates the information elsewhere, typically in memory. The found information replaces an existing entry in the cache. The entry selected for replacement (eviction) is chosen from within the low-priority class using a FIFO algorithm. Upon a cache hit, the processor performs a read, write, or execute using or upon the information. If the performed instruction was a “write”, the information is placed into the high-priority class. If the high-priority class is full, an entry within the high-priority class is selected for removal based on a FIFO algorithm, and re-classified into the low-priority class.
US08615635B2	Database management methodology A method and system for enabling enhanced memory management are provided. A cache memory may be populated with a sorted list of data elements corresponding to a number of oldest records in a database. Upon receipt of a request to add a record to a full database, the cache may be examined to determine the oldest record in the database. The record may be deleted and the corresponding data element in the cache may be removed from the sorted listing and associated with a floating data element pointer.
US08615633B2	Multi-core processor cache coherence for reduced off-chip traffic Technologies are generally for maintaining cache coherency within a multi-core processor. A first cache entry to be evicted from a first cache may be identified. The first cache entry may include a block of data and a first tag indicating an owned state. An owner eviction message for the first cache entry may be broadcasted from the first cache. A second cache entry in a second cache may be identified. The second cache entry may include the block of data and a second tag indicating a shared state. The broadcasted owner eviction message may be detected with the second cache. An ownership acceptance message for the second cache entry may be broadcasted from the second cache. The broadcasted ownership acceptance message may be detected with the first cache. The second tag in the second cache entry may be transformed from the shared state to the owned state.
US08615625B2	Disk array system A technique to distribute processing to meet a request from other system without partializing the processing to specific processor and can execute processing efficiently while adopting configuration to control one port unit by multiple processors at channel adapter of disk array system. CHA of a controller has a port unit carrying out interface operation and multiple host processor units having host processors. Multiple processors operate in parallel and control the port unit. When the port unit receives a request from other system, the first processor takes charge of the processing on the basis of the judgment of the processing load condition in processors including itself and in the event that the second processor is assigned the processing, the first processor communicates with the protocol unit and transfers the request to the second processor unit to enable the second processor to take charge of the processing.
US08615621B2	Memory management An Accelerated Storage Controller (ASC) in an electronic device allows both conventional (slower) application processor to memory interfaces to be employed transparently to existing software, while also allowing software configuration to realize an accelerated storage architecture on demand. Some use cases for the electronic device do not require accelerated storage, and a bypass mode does not require any modification to existing software. Other use cases (such as fast download of multiple gigabytes of media) benefit from an accelerated storage architecture offloading transfer from the electronic device application processor, but could also work with the traditional processor to memory interface, at the cost of slower downloads. Embodiments of the present invention provide for both these possibilities in a software-configurable architecture. Furthermore, a number of other connectivity options are provided under software control to optimize performance and connectivity for different use case scenarios.
US08615620B2	Wireless internet access device, SD control chip, and method for data communication A wireless Internet access device, a secure digital (SD) control chip, and a data communication method are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: the wireless Internet access device receives an SD command from a terminal device, where the SD command is converted by the terminal device from a command and/or data sent by an upper layer; the wireless Internet access device determines an interface mode according to the SD interface support of the terminal device; the wireless Internet access device executes the SD command according to the interface mode. In embodiments of the present invention, the SD card is integrated with the wireless Internet access function, which reduces the size of the wireless Internet access device and enables the wireless Internet access device to select a proper mode to meet different service requirements of terminal devices according to the SD interface support of different terminal devices.
US08615618B2	System and method of transmitting data between devices connected via a bus defining a time slot during transmission for responsive output information from bus devices Techniques and devices for transmitting data and information via a bus are provided. According to these techniques, data is transmitted in units or frames together with information that is required or useful for one or more of the transmission and the use of the data. If desired, at least some of the units or frames include a time slot within which freely selectable devices can output onto the bus data representing freely selectable information at freely selectable points in time.
US08615616B2	Programming target devices via traces that traverse a structurally compromised region of a printed circuit board (pcb) The present disclosure describes techniques for scalable embedded memory programming. In some aspects data is received at a first communication interface from a host device, at least a portion of the data is stored to a memory device supported by a printed circuit board, and the data is transmitted to a target device via a second communication interface.
US08615615B2	Load balancing with SCSI I/O referrals A method and/or system may be configured to receive an input/output (I/O) request from an initiator system, add priority information to a multiple path referral for each port on which data can be accessed, selectively omit ports on which data may be accessed, transmit the multiple path referral from the target to the initiator, and/or choose a path on the initiator with the highest performance.
US08615614B2	Message passing using direct memory access unit in a data processing system A method includes generating, by a first software process of the data processing system, a source partition descriptor for a DMA job which requires access to a first partition of a memory which is assigned to a second software process of the data processing system and not assigned to the first software process. The source partition descriptor comprises a partition identifier which identifies the first partition of the memory. The DMA unit receives the source partition descriptor and generates a destination partition descriptor for the DMA job. Generating the destination partition descriptor includes translating, by the DMA unit, the partition identifier to a buffer pool identifier which identifies a physical address within the first partition of the memory which is assigned to the second software process; and storing, by the DMA unit, the buffer pool identifier in the destination partition descriptor.
US08615613B2	Program executed in information processing apparatus to control peripheral apparatus A control program for using a peripheral apparatus is loaded from the peripheral apparatus to the memory of an information processing apparatus. A management program manages the display form of a control object based on execution of the control program. The control object displayed on the information processing apparatus can be switched between the non-display state and the display state. For example, the management program causes the information processing apparatus to execute return from the non-display state to the display state in synchronism with the user manipulation of the peripheral apparatus.
US08615610B2	Interface system and method with backward compatibility An interface including first and second transport protocol circuitry, a memory and a mode controller. The interface includes first and second physical interface types which are both selectively enabled to interface a set of pads. The first transport protocol circuitry is operative with the first type physical interface in a first mode and the second transport protocol circuitry is operative with the second type physical interface in a second mode. The memory stores a mode value indicative of the operating mode. The mode controller enables one of the physical interface types and a corresponding transport protocol based on the mode value. The first mode is the default mode, and the mode controller enables dynamic transition to the second mode. An escape indication may be enabled during the second mode for dynamic transition back to the first mode. Programmable timing values may be used to facilitate mode transitions.
US08615609B2	System, method, and computer program product for inserting a gap in information sent from a drive to a host device A system, method, and computer program product are provided for inserting a gap in information sent from a drive to a host device. In operation, one or more commands are received at a drive from a host device. Additionally, information is queued to send to the host device. Furthermore, a gap is inserted in the information to send to the host device such that the host device is capable of sending additional commands to the drive.
US08615606B2	Methods and apparatus to manipulate services in a distributed business intelligence computing environment Methods and apparatus to manipulate services in a distributed business intelligence computing environment are disclosed. An example method for service manipulation in a distributed computing environment disclosed herein comprises specifying at a first computing device a dependency relationship between a first service and a second service implementing at least portions of the distributed computing environment, at least one of the first service and the second service operating on a second computing device different from the first computing device, and conditioning invocation of a specified operation to manipulate an operational state of the first service, the invocation of the specified operation being conditioned on the specified dependency relationship between the first service and the second service.
US08615602B2	Method and device for recording or playing back a data stream A distributed storage system able to support real-time recording of streaming data shall be provided. Therefore, on the basis of Material Exchange Format (MXF) formatted files a data stream is packed into at least a first MXF formatted file and a second formatted MXF file. First connection data are inserted into the first MXF formatted file, wherein this first connection data points to the second MXF formatted file. Furthermore, second connection data are inserted into the second MXF formatted file, wherein the second connection data points to the first MXF formatted file. These connection data inserted as metadata into the MXF formatted files enable both seamless real-time stream recording and stream-able data playback.
US08615599B1	Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a network by controlling broadcasts Methods and apparatus for eliminating loops associated with interconnects between clusters are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for operating a cluster of an interconnect group that includes at least one node and is in communication with a plurality of interconnects includes broadcasting a first frame on the interconnects. The method also includes receiving a second frame, the second frame being received on only a first interconnect, and blocking the second frame from being broadcast on the first interconnect. Finally, the method includes broadcasting the received second frame throughout the cluster such that no node in the cluster receives more than one copy of the second frame.
US08615598B2	Communication processing device, communication processing system, communication processing method and program There is provided a communication processing device including a sender report transmitting unit which transmits to a client a sender report including transmission information of transmission data on a regular basis separately from a rate change report, an extended receiver report receiving unit which receives from the client an extended receiver report which includes the transmission information and which is transmitted from the client when the client receives the sender report, and a rate controlling unit which controls a transmission rate of transmission data for the client, based on the transmission information stored in a transmission information storing unit and the transmission information included in the extended receiver report received from the client.
US08615595B2	Automatic protocol switching A method comprises automatically determining whether a network device is local or remote to a client access device. If the network device is local to the client access device, the method comprises using a first access protocol to access the network device. If the network device is remote to the client access device, the method comprises using a second access protocol to access the network device.
US08615592B2	Connection maintenance when one node takes over for another node A connection between a first node and a second node is maintained within a computer network. The second node receives first data from the first node and places the first data received within a data window. A third node taking over the connection from the second node receives second data from the first node and places the second data received within the data window. Upon the data window being completely filled, the third node closes the window and responds to the first node with a zero data window. The connection between the first node and the second node is maintained by the third node.
US08615587B2	Power management in link aggregation for data transmission A data query instruction for execution is received, wherein execution of the data query instruction is to cause a data transfer into or from a data warehouse. The data warehouse includes data servers that are communicatively coupled for data transfer through a link aggregation group having at least two data links. Responsive to receiving the data query instruction and prior to or at least partially overlapping with execution of the data query instruction to cause the data transfer, which of the number of data servers are to receive or transmit data as part of the data transfer is identified; for each of the identified data servers, a minimum number of the at least two data links that are needed for the data transfer are identified; and if inactive, the minimum number of the at least two data links for each of the identified data servers are activated.
US08615586B2	Discovery of logical images at storage area network endpoints A method for detecting virtual images in a network, the network including a host system and a plurality of physical devices in operable communication with one another, includes forming a query packet at the host system; providing the query packet to at least one of the plurality of physical devices; forming at the at least of the plurality of physical devices a first vector in response to the query packet, the first vector including a bit for each possible virtual image that may be formed in the at least one of the plurality of devices and indicating which of the virtual images are configured and addressable; and providing the first vector to the host system.
US08615584B2	Reserving services within a cloud computing environment The present invention provides a solution for reserving Cloud services within a Cloud computing environment. Under the present invention, a customer/user can select a service for use sometime in the future. By scheduling in the future, the user can guarantee the service will be available for a specific price and set of service levels. One factor is that advanced reservation affects the cost of the service and the bounds by which the service levels of the service may change. The further in advance the job is scheduled, the tighter the bounds of the service level may be for a specific price. Advanced reservation may also guarantee execution on a preferred provider rather than being moved to a partner Cloud.
US08615581B2	System for managing devices and method of operation of same A managed services platform and method of operation of same are described herein. The platform can include a device management service (DMS) server in which the DMS server can act as a gateway for communications with one or more computing devices, and the computing devices are associated with a first entity. The platform can also include an application service (AS) server in which the AS server is communicatively coupled with the DMS server. When a first computing device contacts the DMS server, the DMS server is operable to provide a bundle to the first computing device. As an example, the bundle contains content that at least includes one or more configuration messages and an application set that contains one or more predefined applications. The content of the bundle can be determined at least in part by the first entity.
US08615579B1	Managing virtual machine migration Systems and method for the management of migrations of virtual machine instances are provided. A migration manager monitors the resource usage of a virtual machine instance over time in order to create a migration profile. When migration of a virtual machine instance is desired, the migration manager schedules the migration to occur such that the migration conforms to the migration profile.
US08615577B2	Policy based processing of content objects in a content delivery network using mutators A method for processing content objects with resources associated with a content delivery network (CDN) having a plurality of geographically distributed points of presence (POPs) is disclosed. The resources are enrolled to be accessible from the CDN. Each resource is categorized using tags that categorize the resources. Selection of a policy from a plurality of policies is received, where the plurality of policies define processes to perform on content objects. The selected policy includes an applicability criteria and a call to the resource. Metadata is received at the CDN, the metadata being related to a content object, a requester of the content object and/or a provider of the content object. It is determined that the policy is applicable through analysis of the metadata and/or applicability criteria. The resource is called according to the call in the policy to cause the resource to perform specified processing on the content object.
US08615574B2	System for controlling and managing network apparatus and method thereof Disclosed is a network device control and managing system and method. The network device control and managing system receives network device information and subscriber information from a database server of the network device control and managing system according to the manager's client information request and realizes hierarchical combined information. The system requests state information from the network device based on the state information request of the network device and receives the state information. The system requests a control from the network device based on the network device control request, receives a corresponding response message, and changes combined information. Therefore, the device states can be easily searched in the hierarchical manner (L3-L2-AP), and the problems of network devices can be quickly sensed. Also, software for the network devices is remotely updated, and the subscriber's after sales service request is remotely processed.
US08615567B2	Systems and methods for services exchange A services computing system may include a server and a plurality of clients in communication with the server. The system may further include a plurality of service exchange units in communication with the server with each of the plurality of service exchange units providing a service to a portion of the plurality of clients based upon permissions and data received from the portion of the plurality of clients. A system contemplated herein helps to better manage complex business ecosystems with heterogeneous and/or homogenous groups of clients.
US08615566B1	Apparatus and method for operational support of remote network systems A method for operational support for remote network systems which allows for the rapid replacement of one server with another, in such instances as server malfunctions, routine maintenance, or upgrades. The method generally comprises providing a program storage device containing a machine identifier associated with a first, original server, transferring the program storage device and machine identifier to a second, spare server, and remotely configuring the second, spare server, according to the program storage device and machine identifier associated with the first, original server, such that the second, spare server becomes an identical replacement for the first, original server. Thus, if the first, original server malfunctions, the spare or replacement server can be remotely configured to replace the original server according to the information in the machine identifier stored on the program storage device.
US08615565B2	Automatic content retrieval based on location-based screen tags Systems and methods automatically obtain contents and display the contents on location-specific display screens, based on content attributes associated with the screens. Associating content attributes (“tags”) with the screens allows administrators to specify the types of contents desired for display on the screens. For example, an establishment that caters to customers of a particular demographic (such as 21-27 year old singles, families with children, fans of rock-and-roll music, “bikers,” sports fans or ice cream lovers) may associate one or more content attributes (such as “dating,” “Disney,” “Led Zeppelin,” or “Red Sox”) with its display screen. The system then automatically obtains contents based on the attribute(s) and displays the contents on the screen. Patrons with mobile telephones or web-based users may send text messages for display on the screen or play interactive games displayed on the screen, as described in the incorporated patent application. However, even absent such activity, the disclosed systems and methods populate the screen with potentially ever-changing contents, thereby keeping the screen “fresh” and avoiding a situation known as the “ghost town” effect. The system may obtain the contents to be displayed from a variety of sources. For example, Twitter messages (“Tweets”) that contain or are otherwise associated (such as via “hashtags”) with a content attribute of a screen may be displayed.
US08615561B2	Communication apparatus generating camera information for a display terminal to access a camera to acquire an image from the camera Status information concerning a particular terminal can be provided through a simple arrangement while utilizing a general-purpose network. A terminal which generates status information has a status sensing unit for sensing the status of the terminal or of an input/output unit. Information representing the status sensed is converted to text-format data and is transferred to a server on a network such as the Internet at predetermined time intervals by a unit for generating transmitted data. The data is stored as a file. An information display terminal uses a browser to read the data out of the server and display the data.
US08615558B2	E-mail reception control system, e-mail reception control method, mobile terminal and storage medium An e-mail reception control system is provided for improving a convenience during international roaming and reducing unnecessary communication charges. The e-mail reception control system includes an e-mail reception control system including a mobile terminal which transmits filter information which is set in an own terminal and is referred to for determining whether to permit or reject a reception of an e-mail to a server in response to detecting international roaming and a server which controls a distribution of the e-mail to the mobile terminal based on the filter information.
US08615556B1	Techniques for reducing broadcast messages Techniques for reducing broadcast messages are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for reducing broadcast messages. The apparatus may comprise a module to create a virtual group member list associated with at least one virtual group comprising at least members of a physical group. The apparatus may also comprise a module to send a broadcast message to members listed in the virtual group member list. The apparatus may further comprise a module to retain a responding member in the virtual group member list if a broadcast message is received from the responding member. The apparatus may still further comprise a module to remove a non-responding member from the virtual group member list if a broadcast message is not received from the non-responding member.
US08615555B2	Remote access and retrieval of electronic files A system and methods for remotely accessing, retrieving, and transmitting data offering remote data management control and verification of data delivery is provided. In an illustrative implementation, the present invention comprises a computing application operating on at least one computer server that cooperates with at least one communications network to which participating users have access. The exemplary computing application coordinates the delivery of desired data its corresponding data directory structure information to participating users over the communications network. The methodology may provide notification of delivery of data to intended targets using the communications network.
US08615554B1	Electronic mail delivery physical delivery backup An electronic communication such as electronic mail (email) may be sent to a recipient through a network and may be monitored for delivery success. The email may contain information regarding generation and delivery of a physical document to the recipient. If the email is not delivered to the recipient's electronic address or is not opened by the recipient, a physical document may be generated and delivered to the recipient's physical address.
US08615552B2	Sharing cloud data resources with social network associates A method, computer program product, and system for sharing cloud data resources among associated users. Upon receipt of a request from an associate of a primary user to share a cloud data resource, a sharing profile of the primary user is evaluated to determine if the associate is permitted to share the requested resource, and if so, the requested resource is made available to the associate. The shared cloud data resource can be a database application, data object, data storage resource, or a portion thereof.
US08615550B2	Client-side data scraping for open overlay for social networks and online services Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and system for allowing an open overlay service for a social network to interface with other online services. In particular, the open overlay service configures its clients to make requests on behalf of the social network. Responses to the requests are routed back to the open overlay service and the information is then provided to the social network. Since the requests come from the client the online services will simply treat them as normal requests, and thus, the open overlay service can seamlessly integrate with a user's online services.
US08615548B1	System and method for deferred data downloading A system and method are provided for downloading data to a client device by deferral to an on-line storage device. A client sends a login request to a network-connected remote service device, and receives a remote service identification (ID) from the remote service device. The client sends a token request message, with the remote service ID, to a network-connected on-line storage device, and receives a first token identification (ID) associated with a first session and an on-line storage ID from the on-line storage device. The client sends an upload request message to the remote service device. The upload request message includes the first token ID and on-line storage ID, and identifies a first file to be uploaded to the on-line storage device. Subsequent to the on-line storage device receiving the first file from the remote service device, the client downloads the first file from the on-line storage device.
US08615547B2	Conversion of webcast to online course and vice versa Methods, apparatuses, and articles for receiving by a computing device, a stream of audiovisual content, the audiovisual content including at least one quiz, poll, and/or question, are described herein. In various embodiments, the computing device may also determine one or more events in the audiovisual content and determine a set of audiovisual units from the audiovisual content, the set of audiovisual units corresponding at least in part to the determined one or more events. Further, in some embodiments, the computing device may remove from the determined set of audiovisual units one or more audiovisual units that correspond to at least a portion of the at least one quiz, poll, and/or question. In alternate embodiments, the process may be reversed.
US08615545B1	Saving data from an applet locally on a data processing system A method for saving data locally on a data processing system running a first instance of a browser. A program is received from a server with the first instance of the browser. The data is formatted in a selected format and placed into a class variable responsive to another user input. A second instance is initiated of the browser. The data is retrieved into the second instance of the browser to form retrieved data. The retrieved data is saved locally on the data processing system.
US08615544B2	System and method for unlocking a device remotely from a server Systems and methods for unlocking a device remotely from a server, where the device is connected locally to a client, and the server is remote to the client and the device, are provided in accordance with various aspects of the subject technology. In one aspect, a system includes a remote unlocking module configured to monitor, at the server, traffic between a secure application and a virtual bus driver for at least one string descriptor request associated with switching an interface of the device from a first interface type to a second interface type, and to intercept the at least one string descriptor request. The system further includes an agent configured to receive the intercepted at least one string descriptor request, and to send the intercepted at least one string descriptor request from the server to the client over a network.

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