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| US09513855B2 |
Print driver installation
In one example of the disclosure, a document is received at a recipient computing device. The document is a document generated at a network-connected printer responsive to an interaction with a user interface included within or attached to the printer. The document includes installation data for the printer. The installation data is utilized to select, configure, or install at the recipient device a print driver for the printer. |
| US09513853B2 |
Data processing apparatus capable of controlling power supply, control method therefor, and storage medium
A data processing apparatus that has first to fourth power modes in which power consumption becomes larger in this order, and is capable of changing into a mode selected and set by a user. A receiving unit receives the instruction for bringing the data processing apparatus into the third power mode or the fourth power mode. A first transition unit brings, when the apparatus is working in the second power mode, the apparatus into the first power mode in response to the receiving unit receiving the transition instruction. A determination unit determines which mode the apparatus is to be brought into between the third power mode and the fourth power mode in response to the first transition unit bringing the apparatus into the first power mode. A second transition unit brings the apparatus into a power mode determined by the determination unit. |
| US09513852B2 |
Print instruction device, printing system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and print instruction method for increasing quality of a photographic image and read accuracy of a code image
A print instruction device includes an obtaining unit, a detection unit, and a processing unit. The obtaining unit obtains image data including a photographic image and a code image. The detection unit detects the code image from the image data obtained by the obtaining unit. The processing unit performs, for the image data obtained by the obtaining unit, a halftoning process on the photographic image and performs no halftoning process on the code image. |
| US09513847B2 |
Tools for facilitating printer installation
Tools (such as systems, apparatuses, methodologies, executable computer program, etc.) are provided to facilitate installation of a device drivers on a user terminal by user selection of a target peripheral device, without any other required action by the user and without administrative login by the user on the user terminal. |
| US09513846B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method and storage medium controlling the insertion of index sheets in a print job
An image forming apparatus receives print data from a client PC and analyzes a hierarchical structure relating to an item indicating a delimiter of a document included in the received print data. The image forming apparatus determines an insertion point at which an index sheet is inserted into a printed matter of the print data based on the results of analysis of the hierarchical structure. Then, the image forming apparatus inserts the index sheet into the printed matter at the determined insertion point and outputs the resulting printed matter. |
| US09513845B2 |
Memory module virtualization
A memory system having a plurality of modules operated so that a group of memory modules may operation in a RAID configuration having an erase hiding property. The RAID groups are mapped to areas of memory in each of the memory modules of the RAID group. More than one RAID group may be mapped to a memory module and the erase operations of the RAID groups coordinated such that the erase operations do not overlap. This may improve the utilization of a bus over which the memory module communicates with the controller. Where a memory module is replaced by a memory module having an increased storage capacity, the additional storage capacity may be mapped to an expanded logical address space. |
| US09513844B2 |
System method for I/O acceleration in hybrid storage wherein copies of data segments are deleted if identified segments does not meet quality level threshold
The present system enables more efficient I/O processing by providing a mechanism for maintaining data within the locality of reference. One or more accelerator modules may be implemented within a solid state storage device (SSD). The accelerator modules form a caching storage tier that can receive, store and reproduce data. The one or more accelerator modules may place data into the SSD or hard disk drives based on parameters associated with the data. |
| US09513839B2 |
Management system and management method for computer system comprising remote copy system for performing asynchronous remote copy
A management system comprises management information. The management information includes a plurality of delay durations that respectively correspond to a plurality of times, and a plurality of metric values that respectively correspond to the plurality of times for a primary volume. The management system, based on the management information, displays a delay duration graph (521) representing a fluctuation in delay duration associated with the passage of time and an average-of-writing-quantity graph (524) representing a fluctuation in average of writing quantity associated with the passage of time, in a mode that enables comparison between the two graphs. The average of writing quantity is an amount of data written to the primary volume per write request. |
| US09513837B2 |
Performance assist storage volumes
Techniques for allocation of storage volumes are described. Response times of a primary storage may be monitored to determine if the primary storage is input/output limited. A performance assist storage volume may be allocated and data replicated between the primary storage and the performance assist storage volume. Input/output requests may be distributed between the primary storage and the performance assist storage volume. |
| US09513835B2 |
Impact-based migration scheduling from a first tier at a source to a second tier at a destination
Embodiments relate to impact-based migration scheduling. An aspect includes identifying, by a migration scheduling module, a plurality of feasible destination storage devices for a migration session. Another aspect includes determining, for each of the identified destination storage devices, an impact of the migration session during the migration session. Another aspect includes determining, for each of the identified destination storage devices, an impact of the migration session after the migration session is completed. Another aspect includes selecting a destination storage device from the identified destination storage devices based on the impact of the migration session during the migration session and the impact of the migration session after the migration session is completed. Another aspect includes determining a start time and transfer rate for the migration session based on the selected destination storage device. |
| US09513830B2 |
Multi-level data protection for nonvolatile memory system
The disclosed embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for providing efficient and enhanced protection of data stored in a nonvolatile memory system. The methods and apparatuses involve a system controller for a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices in the nonvolatile memory system that is capable of protecting data using two layers of data protection, including inter-card card stripes and intra-card page stripes. |
| US09513829B1 |
Transaction logging using round-robin block allocation and I/O size based partitions
A technique for storing data in a log receives a set of sequential requests, each request specifying data to be written to a data object served by a data storage system. The data specified by respective ones of the requests is placed into respective lockable units of storage for the log, such that the data of no two sequential requests are stored within the same lockable unit. Each lockable unit is locked for access by a writer when being written, and unlocked when not being written, and is configured to store data specified by multiple requests. Completion of each of the requests is acknowledged in response to placing the data specified by the respective request in one of the lockable units of storage. The log may also be partitioned, with individual partitions being used to store data specified by requests having specific request sizes. |
| US09513828B2 |
Accessing global data from accelerator devices
An aspect includes a table of contents (TOC) that was generated by a compiler being received at an accelerator device. The TOC includes an address of global data in a host memory space. The global data is copied from the address in the host memory space to an address in the device memory space. The address in the host memory space is obtained from the received TOC. The received TOC is updated to indicate that global data is stored at the address in the device memory space. A kernel that accesses the global data from the address in the device memory space is executed. The address in the device memory space is obtained based on contents of the updated TOC. When the executing is completed, the global data from the address in the device memory space is copied to the address in the host memory space. |
| US09513817B2 |
Free space collection in log structured storage systems
Free space collection in a log structured storage system. In response to receiving a request to collect free space, the segment in a recently invalidated segment list having the largest cumulative sum of invalidation duration values is selected for free space collection if this cumulative sum is larger than the cumulative sum of invalidation duration values for the segment in a stable segment list having the largest cumulative sum of invalidation duration values. Otherwise, the segment in the stable segment list having the largest cumulative sum of invalidation duration values is selected for free space collection. emptying. The selected segments are then emptied and become available for the writing of data to their tracks. |
| US09513812B2 |
Reference counting for memory areas
Technique for analyzing memory areas based on local copies of a global counter by: (i) determining a plurality of currently-executing fast threads and a plurality of currently executed slow threads; (ii) intermittently incrementing a global counter variable to have a current global counter value; (iii) intermittently setting the local counter of the data set for each fast thread of the plurality of fast threads to be equal to the current global counter value; (iv) determining that no slow threads of the plurality of slow threads reference the first memory region; (v) assigning a free-after value to the first memory region; (vi) determining whether the free-after value of the first memory region is less than or equal to all of the local counters of the fast thread data sets of the plurality of fast threads; and (vii) de-allocating the first memory region. |
| US09513808B2 |
Controller used for multi-storages, terminal device and start-up and access method thereof
A controller used for multi-storages is provided. The multi-storages include a first storage for storing the data of an operating system and at least a second storage for storing the data of user. The first storage and the second storage are formed into a virtual storage supporting the start-up of the operating system by the controller. |
| US09513807B2 |
Highly scalable storage array management with reduced latency
Systems and methods for increasing scalability and reducing latency in relation to managing large numbers of storage arrays of a storage network. Separate, dedicated, communication channels may be established between an array manager running on a server and each of a number of storage arrays for respectively performing reading and writing operations to limit the delays imposed by repeated array connection setup and teardown and improve array communication stability (e.g., as compared to performing read/write operations over the same array connection). The read connection can be used to maintain current state information (e.g., volumes, capacities, and the like) for a plurality of storage arrays in a local cache of the array manager that can be quickly accessed by the array manager, such as for presenting substantially current, summary-type state information of the various storage arrays to a user (e.g., upon the user requesting to configure a particular storage array). |
| US09513799B2 |
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing control of a touch-based user interface absent physical touch capabilities
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a first visual indicator that corresponds to a virtual touch. The device receives a first input from an adaptive input device. In response to receiving the first input from the adaptive input device, the device displays a first menu on the display. The first menu includes a virtual touches selection icon. In response to detecting selection of the virtual touches selection icon, a menu of virtual multitouch contacts is displayed. |
| US09513795B2 |
System and method for graphic object management in a large-display area computing device
A system and method of graphic object management for a large-display area computing device having a large-display area is provided. A touch-sensitive small-display provides a representation of the large-display area including a representation of at least one graphic object displayed on the large-display area such as a desktop of an operating system. Input is received from the touch-sensitive small-display in relation to the representation of the at least one graphic object, such as a window or application. An instruction is provided to the large-display area computing device in response to the received input to the graphic object corresponding to the representation the graphic object. |
| US09513793B2 |
Method and apparatus for interconnected devices
A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device connected to a plurality of other devices. The electronic device comprises a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises receiving a predefined user input at the electronic device, causing the display of information at the plurality of connected devices in response to receiving the predefined user input, and preventing the plurality of connected devices from causing the information to not be displayed. |
| US09513790B2 |
Electronic device and method for unlocking screen of electronic device
A method for unlocking a screen of the electronic device are provided. The method includes: detecting, in a screen-locked state, intent of a user to unlock the screen; if it is detected that the user intends to unlock the screen, extracting contact information from the storage unit of the electronic device, where the extracted contact information includes a first attribute value and second attribute values; displaying the first attribute value of the extracted contact information on the screen and displaying the second attribute values in a selectable manner; and detecting an operation of choosing a second attribute value by the user, and comparing the second attribute value chosen by the user with a second attribute value that is in the storage unit and corresponding to the displayed first attribute value; if the two values are the same, unlocking the screen; and otherwise, maintaining the screen-locked state. |
| US09513789B2 |
Vehicle diagnostic systems and methods
A system for diagnosing and repairing vehicles is provided. An example apparatus includes a vehicle interface configured to transmit one or more instructions to an adaptor connected to a vehicle and retrieve an indication of one or more diagnostic trouble codes from the adaptor. The apparatus includes a communication module configured to transmit the diagnostic trouble codes to a remote server along with a user identifier or a vehicle identification number, and receive repair information from the remote server. The apparatus further includes a user interface configured to receive user requests for information and to display information regarding the adaptor, the vehicle information, the one or more diagnostic trouble codes, and/or the repair information. Finally, the apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to control the vehicle interface, the communication module, the user interface, and the memory. |
| US09513786B2 |
Changing a controlling device interface based on device orientation
According to one embodiment, a method for changing a graphical user interface is provided. The method may include identifying one or more devices. The method may include determining product information associated with the one or more devices, whereby the product information includes at least one of a type, a model number, and a brand. The method may include determining one or more applications associated with the one or more devices based on the product information, whereby the one or more applications allow for operation of the one or more devices. The method may include retrieving the one or more applications. The method may include determining that the computer is oriented toward a first device of the one or more devices. The method may include displaying a first graphical user interface corresponding to a first application of the one or more applications that allows for operation of the first device. |
| US09513785B2 |
Tool for creating customized user interface definitions for a generic utility supporting on-demand creation of field device editor graphical user interfaces
A customization tool is described in association with a universal device type manager (DTM) utility. The customization tool includes a set of user interfaces and associated functionality that facilitates creating a set of customized templates for a particular device type. The customized templates define access to device data via graphical user interfaces supported by the universal DTM utility and/or universal BTM utility for instances of the device type. |
| US09513782B2 |
Home and area pages
A method of generating a user interface for an application includes storing a profile for a user of the application, where the profile contains information that relates to a function of the user in an organization and personal information for the user, selecting elements to include in the user interface based on the profile, and building the user interface using the elements. |
| US09513780B2 |
Distribution policy for propagation of changes to process control objects
Techniques for flexibly configuring an operating process plant or process control system enable a change to a parent object to be selectively propagated to child objects derived from the parent object, so that a first subset of child objects and their respective instantiations are updated with the change, while a second subset and their respective instantiations remain unchanged. The parent object may be a class or instance process object corresponding to a process entity, and the first and/or the second subset of child objects may be selected. In some cases, the change may have been a propagated change, to the parent object, from a child object that is excluded from the first or the second subset of child objects. In some cases, the change may first be propagated to an instance object derived from the parent object, and then propagated from the instance object to a child object. |
| US09513772B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable medium
An information processing device includes a first receiving unit that at least receives first sticky information from a first device, a second receiving unit that receives, from a second device that receives an operation for conducting a process of pasting sticky information onto a board, an operation for activating a work area, the work area being an area in which to conduct work for pasting the first sticky information, and a creating unit that, in the case in which the second receiving unit receives an operation activating a work area, creates display information for displaying an image indicating that the first sticky information is pasted into the work area. |
| US09513767B2 |
Displaying posts in real time along axes on a computer screen
Sequentially displaying posts apart from each other on a computer screen, including prompting a user to input a dimension element including one or more of a character, graphic, or symbol on the computer screen; identifying posts containing one or more dimension elements; sequentially displaying the identified posts apart from each other along a first axis; displaying a moveable cursor along the first axis across one or more displayed posts and that indicates only one or more particular posts; moving the cursor according to the user's operation; identifying one or more posts at a position currently indicated by the cursor; identifying one or more additional posts containing one or more dimension elements related to the elements contained in the posts currently indicated by the cursor; and sequentially displaying posts of the one or more additionally identified posts along a second axis. |
| US09513764B2 |
Detection of communication topic change
A computer processor determines a first span of a communication, wherein a span includes content associated with one or more dialog statements. If the content of the first span contains one or more topic change indicators which are identified by at least one detector of a learning model, the computer processor, in response, generates scores for each of the one or more indicators. The computer processor aggregates scores of the one or more indicators of the first span, which may be weighted, to produce an aggregate score. The computer processor compares the aggregate score to a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is determined during training of the learning model, and the computer processor, in response to the aggregate score crossing the threshold value, determines a topic change has occurred within the first span. |
| US09513763B1 |
Adaptive user interfaces
User interfaces associated with software applications or computer devices may be automatically laid out or configured based on attributes of a user, or operational characteristics or environmental conditions of the software applications or the computer devices. Where information or data regarding a user, a software application or a computer device is determined from any source (e.g., a sensor), such information or data may be compared to information or data associated with other users, software applications or computer devices, and a user interface may be presented on a computer display in a layout or configuration preferred by the other users. The layout or configuration may be identified by determining any number of covariances or correlations between such information and data and any layouts or configurations, or actions taken to establish such layouts or configurations by the other users. |
| US09513757B2 |
Display device with touch panel
A display device with a touch panel includes a display panel, and a touch panel formed above the display panel. The touch panel includes X electrodes which extend in a first direction, and Y electrodes which extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively include intersection portions each formed where the X electrodes and the Y electrodes overlap each other, and electrode portions each formed between the intersection portions, wherein the electrode portions of one of the X electrodes is smaller in area than the electrode portions of one of the Y electrodes, and wherein floating electrodes are formed close to the electrode portion of the one of the X electrodes or Y electrodes, and over a reduced portion of the X electrode. |
| US09513752B2 |
Capacitive touch panel, display device and method for manufacturing the touch panel
An embodiment of the present application discloses a capacitive touch panel including a base substrate, on which a plurality of transparent conductive patters being capable of transmitting touch signals and not overlapping with each are provided, and each transparent conductive pattern is an integrated pattern made of a same material layer. An embodiment of the present application further provides a method for manufacturing a capacitive touch panel, which includes forming a plurality of transparent conductive patterns on a base substrate through one mask patterning process. An embodiment of the present application further includes a display device comprising the capacitive touch panel as described above. An embodiment of the present application can save masks and can manufacture capacitive touch panels at a low cost. Furthermore, the embodiments of the present application have advantages of high production efficiency and of high yield rate. |
| US09513745B2 |
Night vision touchscreen
A touchscreen system for locating an opaque object in a target region, detects interruption of light beams. Each of the touchscreens have one or more optical emitters to create the beams, and one or more optical detectors to provide detection signals arranged to use emission wavelengths which are compatible with night vision apparatus, and having an NVIS radiance smaller than 1.7×10−11 NR. |
| US09513741B2 |
Low noise capacitive sensor with integrated bandpass filter
A bandpass sense amplifier circuit (FIG. 2A) is disclosed. The circuit includes a capacitor (C0) having a first terminal coupled to receive an input signal (Vin) and a second terminal. A current conveyor circuit (200-206,212) has a third terminal (X) coupled to the second terminal of the capacitor and a fourth terminal (Z) arranged to mirror a current into the third terminal. A voltage follower circuit (214) has an input terminal coupled to the fourth terminal of the current conveyor circuit and an output terminal. |
| US09513736B2 |
Mobile terminal
A mobile terminal which includes a terminal body; a display mounted to the terminal body; a window disposed to cover the display and including central and edge regions wherein the central region is formed of a transmissive material and configured to align with the display, and the edge region is formed of an opaque material and configured to surround the central region. The mobile terminal further includes a first touch sensor disposed to span at least the central region and configured to detect a touch input to the central region; and a second touch sensor disposed to span at least part of the edge region and configured to detect a touch input to the at least part of the edge region, wherein the second touch sensor is configured to have a higher touch sensitivity than the first in order to detect a touch input to the opaque edge region. |
| US09513733B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device including touch panel
Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device which includes an OLED array formed on a lower substrate; a touch panel attached to the lower substrate and including first and second sensor electrodes for sensing a touch and a routing line electrically connected to at least one of the first and second sensor electrodes and exposed to an upper surface of the touch panel; and a connection line electrically connecting the OLED array and the touch panel through an exposed portion of the routing line. |
| US09513730B2 |
Conductive substrate and touch panel comprising same
The invention relates to a conducting substrate and a touch panel comprising the same. A conducting substrate according to one embodiment of the invention comprises at least one base material and at least one conductive pattern on the base material, wherein the arithmetic average roughness height (Ra) of the surface of the conductive pattern is 0.1-0.3 μm. The conducting substrate and the touch panel comprising the same do not obstruct the view, have excellent conductivity, and can reduce the intensity of a diffraction pattern caused by reflected light. |
| US09513729B2 |
Energy recovery system for recovering pressure energy of touch input to touch screen panel
Embodiments provide the energy recovery system capable of converting mechanical energy of a touch input to a touch screen panel into electrical energy and storing the converted electrical energy. The energy recovery system may include a touch screen panel including a piezoelectric material, an energy recovery device recovering electrical energy generated by the piezoelectric material, and an electrical energy storage device storing the recovered electrical energy. |
| US09513725B2 |
Pointer detection apparatus and pointer detection method
A pointer detection apparatus detects positions pointed to by pointers of different types using a pointer detection sensor. The sensor has first conductors disposed in a first direction and second conductors disposed in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first and second conductors are in an opposing relationship to each other and spaced apart from each other. A signal reception circuit detects a reception signal from the sensor, which indicates variations of capacitance between the first conductors and the second conductors. The signal reception circuit has a first mode of operation, in which a position at which a first pointer having conductivity is positioned close to the pointer detection sensor and another position at which the first pointer presses the pointer detection sensor are detected based on the reception signal, and a second mode of operation, in which a position at which a second pointer having no conductivity presses the pointer detection sensor is detected based on the reception signal. |
| US09513724B2 |
Device and method for adjusting object illumination
A method for adjusting object illumination with a mobile device having a display device is described. The method includes detecting illumination of an object and generating illumination data information; and adjusting a luminance of the display device in dependence on the object illumination data to adjust image lighting. |
| US09513723B2 |
Interacting tips for a digitizer stylus
A stylus for use with a digitizer sensor includes a housing confined by a first and second end, a primary tip positioned at the first end of the housing and associated with a first transmitting element, the first transmitting element having a first diameter, a secondary tip positioned at the second end of the housing and associated with a second transmitting element, the second transmitting element having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, a transmitting unit for transmitting a first signal with a first amplitude via the first transmitting element and for transmitting a second signal with a second amplitude via the second transmitting element, wherein the first amplitude is at least twice the second amplitude and a powering unit for powering transmission of the first and second signal. |
| US09513722B2 |
Pointing device for interacting with touch-sensitive devices and method thereof
The present application is directed to a pointing device and a method for interacting with touch-sensitive devices. The pointing device includes a supporting member, first and second contact points fixed on the supporting member and adapted to be in contact with a touch-sensitive layer in a default state, and at least one movable contact point mounted on the supporting member and movable from the default state to a fully depressed state adjacent to the second contact point to form a combined touch area on the touch-sensitive layer having an offset centre that is offset from a centre of the second contact point so that the second touch point is shifted to an offset position in alignment with the offset centre. |
| US09513721B2 |
Pressure sensitive stylus for a digitizer
A pressure sensitive stylus for operation with a digitizer sensor includes a housing, a writing tip that is movable in response to contact pressure applied on the writing tip, an extremity that is movable together with the writing tip, a switch and an elastomer element positioned around the extremity and in physical contact with at least one of the housing or an element that is fixed to the housing. The switch includes a first element that is fixedly positioned around the extremity and a second element that is fixed to the housing, wherein physical contact between the first element and the second element closes the switch. The writing tip is operable to move in response to the elastomer element compressing against the housing or an element that is fixed to the housing and the switch is operative to toggle at a pre-defined compressed state of the elastomer element. |
| US09513719B2 |
Pen pressure detecting module and position indicator
Disclosed herein is a pen pressure detecting module housed in a position indicator, the position indicator having a pen shape and being capable of detecting a pressure applied to a tip portion of the position indicator. The pen pressure detecting module includes a pressure sensing device, a first holder, and a second holder. The pressure sensing device senses the pressure based on a change in a capacitance formed between a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to be opposed to each other, which capacitance changes so as to correspond to the pressure that is transmitted to the first electrode. The second holder is housed in the first holder, and the pressure sensing device is disposed so as to sense the pressure applied to the second holder. An engaging portion engaged with a pressure transmitting member that transmits the pressure is formed in the second holder. |
| US09513716B2 |
Bimanual interactions on digital paper using a pen and a spatially-aware mobile projector
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing an end user with a spatially-aware projector combined with a spatially-aware digital pen for use in a design environment. Paper documents are augmented to allow a user to access additional information and computational tools through projected interfaces. Virtual ink may be managed in single and multi-user environments to enhance collaboration and data management. The spatially-aware projector pen provides end-users with dynamic visual feedback and improved interaction capabilities. |
| US09513715B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium
An information processing apparatus configured to recognize a touch of a recognition object onto an operation surface based on a proximity state between the operation surface and the recognition object, includes a position detection unit configured to detect an instruction position indicated by the recognition object, and an identification unit configured to identify a position at which the instruction position detected by the position detection unit is estimated to stop moving while the operation surface and the recognition object are located closer to each other than a predetermined distance, as a position touched by the recognition object. |
| US09513714B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for gesture-based user input detection in a mobile device
Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in a mobile device to: determine whether the mobile device is in a gesture command input ready state based, at least in part, on a display portion of the mobile device remaining in a horizontal viewable position for a threshold period of time; with the mobile device in a gesture command input ready state, determine whether a detected movement of the mobile device represents a gesture command input; and in response to the determined gesture command input, affect a user perceivable output. |
| US09513710B2 |
Mobile terminal for controlling various operations using a stereoscopic 3D pointer on a stereoscopic 3D image and control method thereof
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. In the method, a stereoscopic 3D image that utilizes binocular disparity between a left-eye image and a right-eye image is displayed on a display and a stereoscopic 3D pointer is displayed in the stereoscopic 3D image when a user's hand is detected according to analysis of visual data acquired by a camera. The position of the stereoscopic 3D pointer is moved according to movement of the hand when the movement of the hand is detected according to analysis of the visual data. According to this method, the operation of the mobile terminal can be controlled by the user's hand movement or gesture. |
| US09513709B2 |
Haptic feedback generation based on resonant frequency
A system that generates a haptic effect generates a drive cycle signal that includes a drive period and a monitoring period. The drive period includes a plurality of drive pulses that are based on the haptic effect. The system applies the drive pulses to a resonant actuator during the drive period and receives a signal from the resonant actuator that corresponds to the position of a mass in the actuator during the monitoring period. |
| US09513705B2 |
Interactive display with tactile feedback
An electronic device including a housing having a first surface and a second surface, and an interactive display having a keyboard-enabled mode and a keyboard-disabled mode. The interactive display includes a first image display device disposed at the first surface that displays image data, and a physical keypad disposed at the second surface that provides tactile feedback to a user only when the interactive display is in the keyboard-enabled mode, the physical keypad being substantially smooth when the interactive display is in the keyboard-disabled mode. |
| US09513701B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a line-of-sight detection unit, a display determination unit, and a first display switching unit. The line-of-sight detection unit detects a line of sight of an operator toward a display apparatus. The display determination unit determines whether or not secret information which is information to be concealed from a person other than the operator is displayed on the display apparatus. The first display switching unit switches information displayed on the display apparatus to another image on the basis of the determination result obtained by the display determination unit when the line-of-sight detection unit does not detect the line of sight. |
| US09513699B2 |
Method of selecting a second content based on a user's reaction to a first content
Embodiments include an apparatus, a system, a device, a computer program product, and a method. A method embodiment includes a method implemented in an environment that includes a person interacting with an electronic device via a user device. The method includes detecting a reaction by the person to a displayed first content. The method also includes determining a content attribute of the displayed first content. The method further includes facilitating a search for a second content based on the detected reaction and on the determined content attribute. The method includes displaying the second content in a manner perceivable by the person. |
| US09513698B2 |
System and method for setting functions according to location
An apparatus, system, and method for controlling functions of a vehicular alarm. The method includes receiving one or more signals including location information, determining a location of the vehicle using the location information, setting one or more functions based on the location information, determining whether an alarm function is activated, and activating the one or more functions according to the setting upon determining that an alarm has been activated. The method may further include using GPS data or signals transmitted from one or more base stations (e.g., from cellular telephone base stations, computer networks, proprietary transmitters, etc.) to determine the position of the apparatus (e.g., installed in the vehicle). The apparatus may also inform a user of regulations relating to an area dependent upon its location. |
| US09513693B2 |
L2 cache retention mode
Systems and methods for reducing leakage power in a L2 cache within a SoC. The L2 cache is partitioned into multiple banks, and each bank has its own separate power supply. An idle counter is maintained for each bank to count a number of cycles during which the bank has been inactive. The temperature and leaky factor of the SoC are used to select an operating point of the SoC. Based on the operating point, an idle counter threshold is set, with a high temperature and high leaky factor corresponding to a relatively low idle counter threshold, and with a low temperature and low leaky factor corresponding to a relatively high idle counter threshold. When a given idle counter exceeds the idle counter threshold, the voltage supplied to the corresponding bank is reduced to a voltage sufficient for retention of data but not for access. |
| US09513691B2 |
Microcontroller input/output connector state retention in low-power modes
A microcontroller is operable in a low-power mode and includes one or more I/O connectors, as well as an I/O controller operable to provide control signals for controlling a state of a particular one of the I/O connectors. The I/O controller is powered off or deactivated during the low-power mode. The microcontroller also includes I/O connector state control logic operable to control the state of the particular one of the I/O connectors in accordance with the control signals from the I/O controller. The I/O connector state control logic includes I/O connector state retention logic that retains states of the control signals and maintains the particular I/O connector in a corresponding state in accordance with the retained control signals while the microcontroller is in the low-power mode. |
| US09513688B2 |
Measurement of performance scalability in a microprocessor
A scalability algorithm causes a processor to initialize a performance indicator counter, operate at an initial frequency of the first clock signal for a first duration, and determine, based on the performance indicator counter, an initial performance of the first processing core. The algorithm may then cause the processor to operate at a second frequency of the first clock signal for a second duration and determine, based on the performance indicator counter, a second performance of the first processing core. A performance scalability of the first processing core may be determined based on the initial performance and the second performance and an operational parameter, such as one or more clock frequencies and/or supply voltage(s), may be changed based on the determined scalability. |
| US09513687B2 |
Core synchronization mechanism in a multi-die multi-core microprocessor
A microprocessor includes a plurality of semiconductor dies, a bus coupling the plurality of semiconductor dies, and a plurality of processing cores. A distinct subset of the processing cores is located on each of the semiconductor dies. Each die comprises a control unit configured to selectively control a respective clock signal to each of the subset of cores of the die. For each core of the subset, in response to the core writing a value to the control unit, the control unit is configured to turn off the respective clock signal to the core and to write the value over the bus to the control unit of the other die. Collectively all of the control units are configured to simultaneously turn on the clock signals to all of the processing cores after the clock signals have been turned off to all of the processing cores. |
| US09513683B2 |
Control circuitry used in a computing system, and power supply having the control circuitry
The present disclosure provides a control circuitry used in a computing system, for enabling or disabling a standby module of a power supply. The control circuitry is electrically coupled to two nodes of the standby module, and comprises a determination circuit, a transistor, and an optical coupler. The present disclosure further provides a power saving method used in a computing system is illustrated. Whether the computing system is turned off is determined. If the computing system is turned off, a setting that whether the turned off computing system requires the standby voltage is judged. If the turned off computing system does not require the standby voltage, a standby module of a power supply is disabled. |
| US09513682B2 |
Transportable electrical power supplying device for storing and configuring excess power cord and sharing a multiplicity of AC and DC electrical power supplies in diverse user environments
A transportable electrical power-supplying device for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a group of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices located in an environment. The transportable device has a housing supporting a plurality of electrical power receptacles for supplying AC and DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical appliances and/or electronic devices. The transportable device also has one or more external power cord storage compartments, for managing the excess length of power cords associated therewith. Any excess power cord can be wound up about a power cord spool within the power storage compartment, held firmly in place and concealed behind a set of spaced apart elastomeric structures forming a perimeter power cord opening. At the same time, any remaining power cord is allowed to exit the perimeter power cord opening at any point about the transportable device, and routed to an electrical appliance or electronic device requiring AC or DC electrical power in the workspace environment being serviced by the transportable device. |
| US09513681B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling inrush electrical currents using a virtual miller capacitor and a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET)
Systems and methods for controlling inrush electrical currents (e.g., resulting from power-on event, etc.) using a virtual Miller capacitor and a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a method may include receiving alternating current (AC) power and providing the AC power to an electronic circuit, at least in part, via a bulk capacitor coupled to a field-effect transistor (FET), wherein the FET is coupled to a virtual Miller capacitor circuit configured to limit an amount of AC inrush current provided to the bulk capacitor. |
| US09513680B2 |
Relaying device, relaying method, and power control system
A relaying device for relaying serial communication that couples an upper level device and a power supply controller, the relaying device includes: a control information transmitter configured to, in response to receiving control information that is output from the upper level device to the power supply controller, transmit the control information, the control information being associated with power control; and a monitoring and controlling unit configured to monitor and control a control value to be transmitted to the power supply controller based on the control information transmitted from the control information transmitter. |
| US09513677B2 |
Shaped backplane for receiving electrical components
A backplane configured to receive electrical components is provided. The backplane in one example includes a substantially planar substrate comprising an at least partially flexible material and formed in a non-rectangular shape, a series of alternating connector islands formed along two substantially parallel axes, wherein each connector island is able to move independently of other connector islands, a plurality of backplane traces extending from the series of alternating connector islands to a backplane connector region of the substrate, with a number of backplane traces increasing closer to the backplane connector region, and one or more spring elements bridging between a particular connector island and the substrate, with the one or more spring elements allowing the particular connector island to flex with respect to the substrate and absorb vibrations. |
| US09513674B2 |
Rotary flap door device and electronic device therewith
An electronic device includes a casing and a rotary flap door device. The rotary flap door device is installed inside the casing and includes a base plate and a door member. The base plate is mounted on the casing. A base constraining structure and a base engaging structure are formed on the base plate. The door member includes a door body, a door limit part and a door engaging portion. The door body is rotably disposed on the base plate. The door limit part extends from the door body and is for embedding into the base limit part. The door engaging portion protrudes from the door body and is for engaging with the base engaging portion. |
| US09513673B2 |
Wide touchpad on a portable computer
In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. Palm rest areas are formed by a touchpad disposed on the surface of the base assembly. In an alternative embodiment, a touchpad disposed on the base assembly has a width that extends substantially into the palm rests areas of the base assembly. |
| US09513672B2 |
Electronic device with dynamic hinge gap cover
An electronic device may be provided with upper and lower housing portions that are separated by a gap. Hinge structures may allow the upper housing portion to rotate between a closed position and an open position. A flexible printed circuit in the electronic device may be coupled between components in the upper housing portion such as the display and components in the lower housing portion and may span the gap. A hinge gap cover may cover the gap and may overlap the flexible printed circuit to block the flexible printed circuit from view when the upper housing portion is in the closed position. The hinge gap cover may be formed from a layer of radio-transparent material that is rotatably coupled to the upper housing portion and that is biased towards the lower housing with a spring structure. |
| US09513671B2 |
Peripheral retention device
Peripheral retention device techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a peripheral retention device includes a computing device securing portion and a peripheral securing portion. The computing device securing portion is configured to removably engage a computing device such that the computing device securing portion is securable to and removable from a first side of a housing the computing device using one or more hands of a user. The peripheral securing portion is connected to the computing device securing portion and configured to removably engage a peripheral device via a second side of the housing that opposes the first side of the housing such that the peripheral device is securable to and removable from the peripheral securing portion using one or more hands of a user. |
| US09513667B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for radio frequency management between devices
A peripheral electronic device (106) can be equipped with a coupler, which in one embodiment is a mechanical coupler (136). A radio-frequency interface (108) allows a radio-frequency transceiver (110) of one electronic device to take advantage of one or more antennas (1101,1102,1103,1104) disposed within the peripheral electronic device (106). For example, the radio-frequency interface (108) can increase the matrix channel order by making the at least some additional MIMO antennas available for usage by the radio-frequency transceiver (110). The mechanical coupler can be configured to allow a camera or display of an inserted device to add image data functionality as well. |
| US09513666B2 |
Highly compliant wearable wireless patch having stress-relief capability
A wearable patch capable of wireless communications includes an adhesive layer, and a shearable circuit layer comprising a support substrate comprising one or more openings on the adhesive layer, wherein the one or more openings in the support substrate are so positioned to allow the shearable circuit layer to be sheared and elongated, and breathable. A conductive circuit is embedded in the support substrate. One or more semiconductor chips are in connection with the conductive circuit. An elastic layer is positioned on the shearable circuit layer. The one or more semiconductor chips and the conductive circuit can wirelessly communicate with an external device. |
| US09513659B2 |
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit includes a main clock tree, a reference clock trunk, a reference clock buffer and a calibration circuit. The main clock tree transmits a main operation clock to an internal node via serially-coupled buffers to form a local clock at an internal node. The reference clock buffer transmits a main reference clock via the reference clock trunk to form a reference clock at a terminal node. The calibration circuit compares phases of the local clock and the reference clock to accordingly generate a control signal, so the main clock tree can adjust phase of the local clock according to the control signal. |
| US09513658B2 |
Multi-bit flip-flop reorganization techniques
A process utilized in an integrated circuit design methodology may be used to assess and organize individual bits (e.g., flip-flops) within multi-bit clocked storage devices (e.g., multi-bit flip-flops) for use in the integrated circuit design. The process may include assessing timing slacks of the bits, sorting and/or assigning the bits based on the assessed timing slacks, and remapping the multi-bit clocked storage devices using the sorted and/or assigned bits. One or more timing corrections may be applied to the remapped multi-bit clocked storage devices. The timing corrections may include useful clock skewing or resizing (e.g., upsizing or downsizing) of the remapped multi-bit clocked storage devices. |
| US09513657B2 |
Method and apparatus to improve reel feeder efficiency
In one aspect, a device includes a first portion having a length substantially the same as a length of a gap of a slot of a free link of a reel feeder. The device is configured to be placed in the gap to limit movement of a take-up arm along the slot. In another aspect, a method includes placing a device in a gap of a slot of a free link of a reel feeder to limit movement of a take-up arm along the slot. |
| US09513655B1 |
Interface circuit with variable output swing and open termination mode for transmitting signals
An interface circuit includes a pre-driver coupled convert a single-ended signal to an intermediate differential signal. An output driver is coupled to convert the intermediate differential signal to an output differential signal having a variable output swing responsive to a mode select signal and a second supply voltage. A replica bias circuit is coupled to receive a first supply voltage, the mode select signal, and an open termination enable signal to generate a bias signal. An internal regulator is coupled to receive the bias signal and the first supply voltage to supply the second voltage to the output driver in response to the bias signal. An open termination circuit is coupled to an output of the output driver, and is coupled to receive the open termination enable signal to couple an internal load to the output of the output driver in response to the open termination enable signal. |
| US09513649B2 |
Integrated circuit (IC), adaptive power supply using IC characteristics and adaptive power supply method according to IC characteristics, electronic device including the same and manufacturing method of IC
Embodiments disclose an integrated circuit (IC) including a power input unit, which receives power from an external power supply, a core, which is driven by the power input through the power input unit, and a controller, which determines characteristics of the core and controls the external power supply to supply the power according to the determined characteristics. |
| US09513638B2 |
Automatic pool and spa water leveler on a non-static line
A water level detection system in a pool, spa, fountain or water feature forming a body of water within, the water level detection system is provided with a tap line coupled to a plumbing line on a suction or supply side of a filtration system and admitting water from the pool, spa, fountain or water feature such that the change in level of the water in the tap line corresponds to a change in level of the water in the pool, spa, fountain or water feature. A sensing module is mounted to the tap line and has at least one sensor for detecting the height of a column of water or the pressure of a column of air in the water tap line. A controller is coupled to the sensing module and adapted to collect the data from the sensors that detect changes in the level of the water level of the body of water, communicate the detection of such a change, and report such a change to initiate addition or removal of water from the body of water to adjust the water level in the body of water to a set point. |
| US09513636B2 |
Fluid regulator, actuator and method of improving stability of a fluid regulator
An actuator for a fluid regulator includes two or more control springs operatively connected to a diaphragm such that at least two of the control springs bias the diaphragm independently in parallel and have different natural frequencies. A method for retrofitting a prior art actuator to include a second control spring is also disclosed. |
| US09513633B2 |
Work vehicle and control method for work vehicle
The present invention provides a work vehicle including a control system that can switch between a first driving mode for allowing the work vehicle to travel in a manned state and a second driving mode for allowing the work vehicle to travel in an unmanned state, wherein the control system controls such that, during an execution of the second driving mode, a number of types of information exchanged by communication in the control system becomes less than that during the first driving mode, or a communication interval of information exchanged by the communication in the control system becomes longer than that during the first driving mode. |
| US09513632B1 |
Driving mode alerts from self-driving vehicles
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product alerts a proximate entity of a current real-time driving mode of a vehicle. One or more processors determine a current real-time driving mode of a vehicle. The current real-time driving mode is either an autonomous mode or a manual mode. The vehicle is in the autonomous mode when being driven and controlled by an on-board computer, and the vehicle is in the manual mode when being driven and controlled by a human driver. The processor(s) generate a driving mode indicator that identifies the current real-time driving mode of the vehicle. An indicator emitter then broadcasts the driving mode indicator from the vehicle to the proximate entity, such that the driving mode indicator indicates the current real-time driving mode of the vehicle. |
| US09513631B2 |
Method for controlling the driving of a motor vehicle and drive control system
A method for remotely controlling a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a steering system and a drive train, which can both be electronically actuated by control means of the motor vehicle and by way of which the motor vehicle can be driven automatically. The control means of the motor vehicle have a wireless communication link to the touchscreen device so that automatic driving of the motor vehicle can be remotely controlled by way of the touchscreen device. |
| US09513630B2 |
Methods and systems for data communications
A wireless communication device of a vehicle system includes one or more antennas configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of the vehicle system, a first modem configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle and to communicate a first wireless signal to one or more of a second vehicle of the vehicle system or an off-board device using the one or more antennas, and a second modem configured to be disposed onboard the first vehicle and to communicate a second wireless signal to the one or more of the second vehicle or the off-board device using the one or more antennas. The first modem is configured to communicate the first wireless signal via a first type of wireless communication link and the second modem is configured to communicate the second wireless signal via a different, second type of wireless communication link. |
| US09513629B1 |
Methods and devices for heart rate controlled drones
A method for controlling a drone including performing operations on a processor configured to control location of the drone are described. The operations on the processor include receiving heart rate messages from a remote device carried by a user, where each heart rate message includes heart rate information of the user, and receiving location messages from the remote device carried by the user, where each location message includes location information of the user. The method includes predicting a future location of the user based on the heart rate messages and the location messages, generating a target location to which the drone is to be moved based on the future location of the user, and commanding the drone to move to the target location. Related devices are disclosed. |
| US09513628B2 |
Devices and methods for diagnosis of electronic based products
A device for diagnostic of an electronic based product includes a plurality of sensors for monitoring parameters associated with product. Each sensor generates at least one of an analog signal and a digital signal upon monitoring of a parameter. The device further includes a plurality of converters for converting analog signals to digital signals, a processing module for determining abnormal parameter conditions based on comparing digital signals to threshold parameter values. Each abnormal parameter condition corresponding to a parameter is determined based on comparison of a digital signal associated with the parameter and a threshold parameter value corresponding to the parameter. The device further includes a memory module configured to store information associated with the abnormal parameter conditions, and a communication interface to provide the information to external devices for diagnosis of the product. |
| US09513627B1 |
Autonomous coordination of resources amongst robots
A synchronization primitive provides robots with locks, monitors, semaphores, or other mechanisms for reserving temporary access to a shared limited set of resources required by the robots in performing different tasks. Through non-conflicting establishment of the synchronization primitives across the set of resources, robots can prioritize the order with which assigned tasks are completed and minimize wait times for resources needed to complete each of the assigned tasks, thereby maximizing the number of tasks simultaneously executed by the robots and optimizing task completion. The synchronization primitives and resulting resource allocation can be implemented with a centralized coordinator or with peer-to-peer robotic messaging, whereby private keys and blockchains secure the precedence and establishment of synchronization primitives by different robots. Moreover, synchronization primitives can be established with queues to further optimize the immediate and future allocation of resources to different robots. |
| US09513626B2 |
Method of dispatching semiconductor batch production
Disclosure is a method of dispatching semiconductor batch production, including: measuring an actual line width to calculate an estimated value of line width bias reference level, an estimated value of product bias, an estimated value of chamber bias and a standard error of chamber bias, and storing in a historical data module; inputting a product category, a line width measurement before manufacturing and a target line width after manufacturing in a batch production module; calculating a similarity index of each chambers by a computing engine of a matching module according to the data stored in the historical data module; transforming the similarity index into a priority of machine allocation by a dispatching module and dispatching a production machine; updating the historical data module by measuring a line width after manufacturing. The line width bias generated by various variations will be eliminated during the manufacturing process. |
| US09513622B2 |
Method for configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin, in particular of an aircraft
The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration and/or equipment of a vehicle cabin (1), more particularly of an aircraft, wherein the cabin (1) is subdivided into a plurality of zones (A, B, C, D, E) and the method furthermore comprises the following steps: —selection of a plurality of individual modules (11a, 11b, 11c) from a pool of individual modules, —automatic connection of the selected individual modules (11a, 11b, 11c) to form a desired module package (10a), —automatic calculation of a desired module package configuration value, —automatic comparison of the desired module package configuration value with predefined module package configuration values which respectively correspond to a technically prevalidated module package, —automatic selection of the module package (10b) whose module package configuration value deviates the least from the desired module package configuration value, —arrangement of the selected module package (10b) in a zone (A, B, C, D, E) of the cabin (1). The invention furthermore relates to a system and a computer program. |
| US09513620B2 |
Ultrasonic motor control system and method
A method of controlling an ultrasonic motor coupled to a motor driver circuit, comprises receiving a temperature signal representing the temperature of the ultrasonic motor, receiving a position signal output by a first encoder representing the position of the ultrasonic motor, calculating an error between the position of the ultrasonic motor represented by the position signal and a target position, calculating a control signal based on the temperature of the ultrasonic motor represented by the temperature signal and the calculated error, and sending the control signal to the motor driver circuit to control the ultrasonic motor. |
| US09513619B2 |
Numerical control device which performs tapping operation by using a main spindle and a feed shaft
In order to enable tapping to be performed precisely and with an appropriate machining time irrespective of the diameter of a tapping tool, a configuration of the present invention includes: a program analysis unit (12) that analyzes a loaded machining program and extracts thread-related information in tapping; a gradient determination unit (14) that determines acceleration regarding movement velocity of the main spindle or the feed shaft on the basis of the thread-related information obtained by the program analysis unit (12); and an interpolation and acceleration/deceleration processing unit (13) that generates a movement command for the main spindle and the feed shaft using the acceleration determined by the gradient determination unit (14). In addition, the gradient determination unit (14) varies the acceleration during acceleration/deceleration of the main spindle or the feed shaft in accordance with the diameter of a tapping tool. |
| US09513618B2 |
Numerical controller capable of displaying and inputting tool direction relative to workpiece
A numerical controller controls a five-axis machine which machines a workpiece mounted on a table by means of at least three linear axes and two rotation axes. The numerical controller calculates a tool direction relative to the workpiece as a tool direction vector, roll-pitch-yaw angles, or Euler angles, based on respective positions of the two rotation axes, and displays the tool direction relative to the workpiece on a display, based on the result of the calculation. |
| US09513617B2 |
Industrial control system with position offsets embedded in remote devices
An industrial control system provides for distributed processing of position related signals by remote I/O modules to correct for spatial offsets of sensors or actuators associated with the I/O modules, the latter which may receive position data and may correct timing signals detected at the I/O modules according to a stored position offset within the I/O modules. |
| US09513616B2 |
System and method for controlling functions on electronic devices
A system and method are provided that adapt or configure an electronic device to be capable of detecting movement of the plug of a headset relative to a socket therefore (i.e. be capable of detecting relative movement of the coupling between the headset and the device). The plug can then be used to control functions on the electronic device, including those associated with audio programming. The resultant auxiliary controls can also be used for other applications, even those where the device is actively being used, e.g. a video game, to provide further control inputs for the electronic device. |
| US09513613B2 |
Method for controlling component for network system
Provided is a method of controlling a component for a network system. The method of controlling a component for a network system, which is communicable with the other component, includes recognizing energy information or additional information except for the energy information; and providing recommended information related to an operation of the component within a recommended range on the basis of the recognized energy information or the additional information. |
| US09513609B2 |
Wireless communications using active modulation
A method of wireless communication, with a circuit that includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, can be carried out using a circuit that is configured and arranged to communicate with RFID cards that use load modulation of an RF carrier provided by the RFID reader. A presence of the radio frequency (RF) carrier is detected on an antenna. A local clock signal is generated. A difference between the local clock signal and the RF carrier is detected. In response to the detected difference, the frequency of the local clock signal is modified to reduce the detected difference. Load modulation of the RF carrier is mimicked by modulating the local clock signal to encode data; and driving the antenna with the modulated local clock signal. |
| US09513606B1 |
Safety systems and methods for production environments
Safety systems and methods for production environments are disclosed. Safety systems include at least one sensing device configured to detect presence of an unauthorized human and/or an authorized human at least partially within a defined safety zone, and a controller configured to automatically alter at least one aspect of the production environment responsive to the presence of the unauthorized human and/or the authorized human. Safety methods include detecting presence of an unauthorized human and/or an authorized human at least partially within a defined safety zone, and automatically altering at least one aspect of the production environment responsive to the detecting. |
| US09513603B2 |
Timepiece
The present invention provides a timepiece which can lightly rotate an operation member to rotate an display body, while exhibiting a high level of waterproof performance around the operation member. One of the pipe and a shaft portion of the operation member inserted into the pipe has a first annular contact surface, and a second annular contact surface that have different diameters A packing capable of elastic deformation and configured to effect waterproofing between the pipe and the shaft portion is mounted. In operation, the packing is selectively brought into contact with the first and second contact surfaces such that the packing is pressed harder on one of the first and second contact surfaces than on the other. |
| US09513601B2 |
Timepiece barrel with improved transmission of force
A barrel includes a mainspring cooperating internally with a core, externally with a track of a drum by way of a resilient sliding bridle. The track and the bridle are of non-circular shape, nesting one inside the other in the free state of the bridle. The track and the bridle are arranged to make one raised portion of the bridle abuttingly engage with a sill of the track when the torque applied to the bridle is less than a torque limit value, and to allow radial constriction of the raised portion when the torque is greater than the limit value. The track and the bridle are arranged to allow the passage of the raised portion over the sill and to allow the bridle to travel angularly under the effect of the torque until the next encounter between the sill and the raised portion. |
| US09513600B2 |
Display device using computer generated hologram
A display device including a pattern generator configured to generate a diffraction pattern from an image; a light source configured to emit emission light; an optical condenser which condenses the emission light to generate illumination light; and a spatial light modulator which diffracts the illumination light according to the diffraction pattern to generate diffracted light. The diffracted light passes through the optical condenser. |
| US09513599B2 |
Projection device and method for holographic reconstruction of scenes
A holographic reconstruction of scenes includes a light modulator, an imaging system with at least two imaging means and an illumination device with sufficient coherent light for illumination of hologram coded in the light modulator. The at least two imaging means are arranged such that a first imaging means is provided for the magnified imaging of the light modulator on a second imaging means. The second imaging means is provided for imaging of a plane of a spatial frequency spectrum of the light modulator in a viewing plane at least one viewing window. The viewing window corresponds to a diffraction order of the spatial frequency spectrum. |
| US09513598B2 |
Cooling device and image forming apparatus
A cooling device includes a rotatable belt extended by a plurarity of extending members that transfers a sheet in contact with the surface of the belt, and a plurality of cooling members to cool the sheet via the belt. A cooling surface of the cooling members contacts an internal surface of the transport belt. The cooling members are detachable. The cooling device also includes an adjuster to adjust a contact condition between the cooling surface and the internal surface according to the number of cooling members installed. |
| US09513597B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a toner cartridge which is detachably mounted from a first direction to store a toner; and a processing unit which is detachably mounted from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and is provided with a photoconductor, a developing section for supplying a toner fed from the toner cartridge to the surface of the photoconductor to convert an electrostatic latent image to a toner image and a cleaning section for collecting the toner adhered on the surface of the photoconductor. |
| US09513596B2 |
Image forming apparatus
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main body, a drum cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body and including a photosensitive drum, a developing agent cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body and containing a developing agent to be supplied to the photosensitive drum, and an exposure unit configured to expose a surface of the photosensitive drum. The main body includes a drum cartridge guide which is configured to guide the drum cartridge such that the drum cartridge passes above the exposure unit, when the drum cartridge is attached to or detached from the main body, and a developing cartridge guide which is configured to guide the developing agent cartridge such that the developing agent cartridge passes below the exposure unit, when the developing agent cartridge is attached to or detached from the main body. |
| US09513595B2 |
Image forming apparatus and developing cartridge
A developing cartridge includes a case having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and a developing roller disposed between the first sidewall and second sidewall. The developing roller can include a developing roller shaft and a developing roller member configured to carry a developing agent thereon, the developing roller member disposed around the developing roller shaft. Also, the developing cartridge can include an electrode disposed on the first sidewall adjacent to the developing roller shaft, the electrode electrically connected to the developing roller member, and a driven coupling disposed on the second sidewall. The electrode can include, an extending portion extending in a direction away from the first sidewall. An outermost periphery of the driven coupling defines a projection plane projecting in a direction towards the electrode, wherein at least a part of the extending portion is disposed within the projection plane. |
| US09513592B2 |
Heater, image heating apparatus including the heater and manufacturing method of the heater
A heater includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, a plurality of second electrical contacts, a plurality of electrode portions including first electrode portions electrically connected with the first electrical contact and second electrode portions electrically connected with the second electrical contacts, the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions being arranged alternately with predetermined gaps in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and a plurality of heat generating portions provided between adjacent ones of the electrode portions so as to electrically connect between adjacent electrode portion. The heat generating portions are capable of generating heat by the electric power supply between adjacent electrode portions. A part of the second electrical contacts is selectably electrically connectable with the second terminal. The electrode portions are covered with the heat generating portions so as to be positioned between the substrate and the heat generating portions. |
| US09513591B2 |
Photoconductor overcoat having a radical polymerizable charge transport molecule containing two ethyl acrylate functional groups and urethane acrylate resins containing six radical polymerizable functional groups
An improved overcoat layer for an organic photoconductor drum of an electrophotographic image forming device is provided. The overcoat layer is prepared from a curable composition including a triphenylamine charge transport containing two ethyl acrylate functional groups and a urethane resin containing six radical polymerizable functional groups. The amount of the triphenylamine charge transport containing two ethyl acrylate functional groups in the curable composition is about 20 to about 80 percent by weight. The amount of the urethane resin containing six radical polymerizable functional groups in the curable composition is about 20 to about 80 percent by weight. This overcoat layer improves wear resistance of the organic photoconductor drum without negatively altering the electrophotographic properties, thus protecting the organic photoconductor drum from damage and ultimately providing a photoconductor with a longer useful life when compared to other organic photoconductors commercially available. |
| US09513590B2 |
Image forming apparatus
According to embodiments, an image forming apparatus has a cassette section for holding sheets, a conveying section for conveying the sheet, an image forming section that forms the image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying section, a determining section that determines the type of the sheet fed from the cassette, and a display section that displays different messages corresponding to the type of the sheet if a jam of the sheet has occurred while the sheet is conveyed in the conveying section. The source of a sheet for printing thereon may be changed if a threshold number of paper jams occur using paper fed from a particular cassette. |
| US09513589B2 |
Sheet discharge tray and image forming apparatus
A support unit is provided at a downstream side of a tray surface tilted upward in a sheet discharge direction so as to be movable in the sheet discharge direction and a reverse direction of the sheet discharge direction. The support unit has a support plate that supports a discharge sheet from below. The support plate is tilted in a vertical direction by being supported at an upstream end of the support plate in as a fulcrum and is raised and downed with respect to the tray surface so as to change an angle. |
| US09513587B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming system including a detection unit that detects information about a used amount of unit
An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects information about a used amount of a unit, and a control unit that outputs information indicating that the unit is required to be replaced when the information about the detected used amount reaches a first predetermined threshold value, wherein the control unit changes the threshold value to a second threshold value according to information about the used amount when the unit is replaced. |
| US09513585B2 |
Image forming apparatus which sets image forming condition based on calculated exposed area potential
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer; a charger; an exposure device; a developing device; a potential detector to detect a surface potential at a detection position between an exposure position and a development position on the latent image bearer in a direction of rotation of the latent image bearer; and a potential controller to determine an image forming condition. The potential controller includes a potential calculator to calculate an exposed area potential based on a detected potential smaller in charging polarity than a potential threshold, out of the detected surface potential, and a threshold determiner to set the potential threshold between the exposed area potential and an unexposed area potential of the latent image bearer based on at least one of a change in the unexposed area potential, a change with time of the latent image bearer, and a change in an ambient condition. |
| US09513578B2 |
Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
A developing device includes a developer chamber in which developer is accommodated, a developer supplying chamber in which a developer carrying member for developing a latent image forming on an image bearing member is rotatably provided and which is provided with an opening communicating with the developer chamber, a sealing member for sealing the opening, and a feeding member for feeding the developer from the developer chamber to the developer supplying chamber through the opening. The feeding member is rotatably provided in the developer chamber and has a rotation center below a rotation center of the developer carrying member. A part of the developer supplying chamber defining a periphery of the opening and a part of a lower inner surface of the developer supplying chamber are provided in the same plane, and the same plane is flush with or provided above a lower inner surface of the developer chamber. |
| US09513577B2 |
Developing cartridge
A developing cartridge includes a casing configured to hold developing agent therein, a developing roller rotatably supported by the casing, the developing roller configured to rotate about a first axis, an agitator configured to agitate the developing agent in the casing and to rotate about a second axis and a window member disposed around a through hole. The casing includes a first frame including a first wall having the through hole and a second wall spaced apart from the first wall and a second frame that contacts the first wall and the second wall and includes an extension extending along an outer surface of the first wall. The window member is disposed between the second axis and the second frame. The window member is also disposed between the first wall and the extension and supported by the first wall and the extension. |
| US09513574B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image bearer; a charger to charge a surface of the electrostatic latent image bearer; a power source to output a charging bias supplied to the charger; an electrostatic latent image writing unit to write an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the electrostatic latent image bearer charged by the charger; a developing unit including a developing member to develop the electrostatic latent image to obtain a toner image; a developing power source to output a developing bias supplied to the developing unit; a processor to adjust the charging bias output from the power source to a predetermined target value; and a storage unit to store an adjustment value algorithm. |
| US09513571B2 |
Magnetic carrier, two-component developer, developer for replenishment, and image forming method
A magnetic carrier contains a resin-filled magnetic core particle and a resin covering layer provided on a surface of the resin-filled magnetic core particle. The resin-filled magnetic core particle is a porous magnetic particle containing a resin in pores thereof. The magnetic carrier has a 50% particle diameter (D50) of 30.0 μm or more and 80.0 μm or less on a volume basis. An electric current flowing through the magnetic carrier at a voltage of 500 V ranges from 8.0 to 50.0 μA.A proportion JR1 of a composition that is made up of the resin in a magnetic carrier portion of a region R1 and a proportion JR2 of the composition in a magnetic carrier portion of a region R2 satisfy the following relationship. The region R1 and the region R2 are illustrated in FIG. 1. 1.20≦JR2/JR1≦2.00. |
| US09513563B2 |
Exposure head and exposure device
An exposure head according to the invention includes: a transparent substrate; a plurality of exposure light sources which is formed in the transparent substrate and emits exposure light; at least one condensing lens which condenses the exposure light from the exposure light sources on the exposure object; an imaging unit which is disposed on the opposite side to the condensing lens with the transparent substrate interposed therebetween and images the exposure object; and a control unit which controls the turning on of the exposure light sources based on image information imaged by the imaging unit. An exposure device according to the invention includes the exposure head according to the invention. By virtue of such a configuration, it is possible to improve alignment precision of the exposure object and to improve exposure precision of the exposure object. |
| US09513556B2 |
Method and system of process chemical temperature control using an injection nozzle
A method of process chemical temperature control for resist stripping of a substrate in a resist stripping system includes selecting at least two temperature control objectives and selecting at least two temperature control operating variables for optimization to achieve the at least two temperature control objectives. The method further includes injecting and mixing a first process chemical and a second process chemical into a treatment liquid delivery system of the resist stripping system, which forms a treatment liquid including an active species. The method further includes injecting vapor into the treatment liquid delivery system. The vapor is injected into the treatment liquid or the treatment liquid is injected into the vapor. Treatment liquid is dispensed from the dispensing device onto the substrate. At least two of the temperature control operating variables are adjusted in response to at least two metrology data values. |
| US09513548B2 |
Radiation-sensitive resin composition, method for forming resist pattern, polymer and polymerizable compound
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a first polymer including an acid-labile group, an acid generator to generate an acid upon exposure to radiation, and a second polymer including a fluorine atom and a functional group shown by a general formula (x). The second polymer has a fluorine atom content higher than a fluorine atom content of the first polymer. R1 represents an alkali-labile group. A represents an oxygen atom, —NR′—, —CO—O—# or —SO2—O—##, wherein the oxygen atom represented by A is not an oxygen atom bonded directly to an aromatic ring, a carbonyl group, or a sulfoxyl group, R′ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali-labile group, and “#” and “##” each indicate a bonding hand bonded to R1. |
| US09513545B2 |
Homoadamantane derivatives, process for preparing same, and photoresist compositions
A compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group or a trifluoromethyl group. |
| US09513544B2 |
Colored photo-sensitive composition, color filter, and method for manufacturing color filter
Provided is a colored photo-sensitive composition having a high sensitivity and a good developablity, even if the ratio of content of a pigment, relative to the total solids of the colored photo-sensitive composition, is 20% by mass or more. The colored photo-sensitive composition includes (A) a resin which is increased, by action of an acid, in solubility into an alkali developing solution; (B) a pigment; (C) a compound which produces an acid upon irradiated by active light or radial ray; and (D) a solvent, wherein the ratio of content of the (B) pigment, relative to the total solids of the colored photo-sensitive composition, is 20% by mass or more. |
| US09513543B2 |
Method for forming a non-deformable patterned template
A method for forming a non-deformable patterned template includes providing a stable mesh, wherein the stable mesh is resistant to deformation; providing a curable liquid polymer; placing the stable mesh in the curable liquid polymer such that the stable mesh is completely enclosed within the liquid polymer; curing the liquid polymer to form a polymer sheet with the stable mesh embedded therein; and forming a surface pattern on at least one of the faces of the polymer sheet, the surface pattern including at least two fiducial marks. |
| US09513542B2 |
Lithography mask and method of forming a lithography mask
A first embodiment is a lithography mask comprising a transparent substrate and a first molybdenum silicon nitride (MoxSiyNz) layer. The first MoxSiyNz layer is over the transparent substrate. A percentage of molybdenum (x) of the first MoxSiyNz layer is between 1 and 2. A percentage of silicon (y) of the first MoxSiyNz layer is between 50 and 55. A percentage of nitride (z) of the first MoxSiyNz layer is between 40 and 50. The first MoxSiyNz layer has an opening therethrough. |
| US09513538B2 |
Projector, support plate and projection method of projector
There is provided a projector comprising: a polyhedral main body portion made up of a plurality of surfaces which includes a projection unit; and a support plate which has substantially the same size as that of a first surface of the plurality of surfaces of the main body portion and which is detachably attached to the first surface, wherein the support plate has in a substantially central portion a fixing portion to which a second surface of the plurality of surfaces which is smaller than the first surface is fixed, and wherein when the main body portion is placed on the support plate in such a way that the second surface functions as a bottom surface, the second surface of the main body portion is fixed to the fixing portion of the support plate, whereby the main body portion is allowed to stand alone. |
| US09513537B2 |
Portable studio unit
A portable studio unit includes a first main body portion configured to define any one plane among three axes planes constructing a three dimensional figure, a second main body portion connected to the first main body portion, a third main body portion located at an opposite side of the second main body portion with the first main body portion interposed therebetween, and pairs of side surface finishing portions arranged at side surfaces of the three dimensional figure corresponding to open regions defined by the first main body portion, the second main body portion and the third main body portion except for a front surface. |
| US09513532B2 |
Optical parametric oscillator and second harmonic generator using monoclinic phase Ga2S3 crystal
This disclosure provides a second harmonic generator and an optical parametric oscillator, the second harmonic generator and the optical parametric oscillator comprise one or more nonlinear optical frequency conversion crystal and a pump laser source, the nonlinear optical frequency conversion crystal is a monoclinic Ga.sub.2S.sub.3 crystal, the space group of the monoclinic Ga.sub.2S.sub.3 crystal is Cc, and the unit cell parameters are a=11.1.ANG., b=6.4.ANG., c=7.0.ANG., .alpha.=90.degree., .beta.=121.degree., .gamma.=90.degree., and Z=4. |
| US09513529B2 |
Display apparatus including MEMS devices
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for a display apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include one or more micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) devices. The MEMS device may include a first electrode including a partially reflective surface, a second electrode including a partially or completely reflective surface and disposed substantially parallel to the first electrode, and an analog actuation arrangement coupled to the first electrode, the second electrode or both the first and second electrodes to cause movement of the first electrode from a start position to a selected position of a plurality of end positions, responsive to a selected application of an actuation voltage, to cause the MEMS device to selectively output a reflection of a light in a selected wavelength, or no reflection of the light. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US09513519B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device having a uniform gap between a TFT substrate and a CF substrate even in cases where a sealant is to be applied to a slim frame formed on the outside of the effective display area is provided. A liquid crystal display device includes an effective display area, a color resist coated area, and a seal area which overlaps the color resist coated area and in which a sealant for sealing liquid crystal is provided, wherein the color resist coated area overlapping the seal area has slits formed therein. |
| US09513515B2 |
Liquid crystal display having improved response speed
A liquid crystal display includes: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a first substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode being disposed at a same layer; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a third electrode and a fourth electrode disposed on the second substrate and disposed at different layers; and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode each include a plurality of branch electrodes, but the fourth electrode does not; and wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode. |
| US09513514B2 |
Display device
A display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel-displaying region; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed outside the pixel-displaying region; and a spacer wall disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed between the pixel-displaying region and the sealant, wherein a first side of the spacer wall is adjacent to the pixel-displaying region and a second side of the spacer wall is adjacent to the sealant, and a height of the first side is greater than a height of the second side. |
| US09513512B2 |
Method for producing masterboard alignment film and transfer printing plate and alignment solution
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for producing a masterboard alignment film, and a transfer printing plate and an alignment solution. The method comprises coating the alignment solution on a masterboard having two or more substrates using the transfer printing plate which has a transfer region simultaneously covering the two or more substrates, so that the alignment solution forms an alignment film on the masterboard; and removing the alignment film on the masterboard which is located in regions that are out of the display regions of the substrates and where there is no need to retain the alignment film. This method can solve the existing display defect issues that are caused by too thick peripheral regions of the alignment film, and the overlapping of the too thick peripheral regions of the alignment film with the sealant region. |
| US09513510B1 |
Alignment material for liquid crystal lens and liquid crystal lens system
There is provided an alignment material for a liquid crystal (LC) lens comprising a co-polymer of a photosensitive monomer and at least one alkyl methacrylate monomer. The material allows for the fabrication of a LC lens or LC lens system that is self-aligned and polarization-independent. |
| US09513507B2 |
Three-dimensional liquid crystal display device, and shutter glass and control method for the same
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional liquid crystal display device, and shutter glasses and a control method for the shutter glasses. In the case, the three-dimensional liquid crystal display device comprises: a backlight controller, for controlling turn-on of a backlight, and keeping the backlight normally on while left and right eye images are alternately output by the panel; and a transmitting module, for outputting a picture refresh signal with a fixed frequency, and outputting a backlight enabling signal when the backlight are turned on. The shutter glasses include a controller. Under the function of the controller, the shutter glasses receive the picture refresh signal with a fixed frequency and the backlight enabling signal, and start timing once the picture refresh signal triggered by a positive source is detected, with the time point when the backlight enabling signal is received by the receiving module as a starting point. When counted time reaches a set time count, the shutter glasses control a left eye glass or a right eye glass to open for a set open time Topen in a continuous manner, wherein a sum of the time count and the open time is shorter than inverse of the fixed frequency, and opening sequence of the left and the right eye glass is consistent with the sequence of the left and right eye image signals. |
| US09513506B2 |
Transflective liquid crystal panel, display device, array substrate, color filter substrate and fabricating method thereof
A transflective liquid crystal display panel, a display device, an array substrate, a color filter substrate and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The transflective liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate (11), a second substrate (21) arranged opposite to the first substrate (11), and a liquid crystal layer (31) disposed between the first substrate (11) and the second substrate (21). The liquid crystal display panel comprises a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprises a transmissive region and a reflective region, and a thickness (d1) of the liquid crystal layer (31) in the transmissive region is equal to a thickness (d2) of the liquid crystal layer (31) in the reflective region. On a side facing the liquid crystal layer (31), the first substrate (11) is provided with a first common electrode (12) corresponding to the reflective region and the transmissive region and a second common electrode (15) corresponding to the transmissive region. The second substrate (21) is provided with a pixel electrode (23) corresponding to the transmissive region and the reflective region on a side facing the liquid crystal layer (31), and the second substrate (21) is provided with a reflective layer (22) corresponding to the reflective region on the side facing the liquid crystal layer (31), and the reflective layer (22) is provided below the pixel electrode (23) of the reflective region. A first electric field intensity (E1) between the second common electrode (15) and the pixel electrode (23) of the transmissive region is twice a second electric field intensity (E2) between the first common electrode (12) and the pixel electrode (23) of the reflective region. |
| US09513502B2 |
Flexible display
A flexible display has a display layer, a thin-film transistor (TFT) layer and a flexible substrate. The display layer has a plurality of display units. The TFT layer has a plurality of pixel control circuits and a plurality of sensing circuits. The pixel control circuits are configured to control operations of the plurality of display units. Each of the sensing circuits is configured to generate a deformation signal according to deformation of the flexible display. The flexible substrate and the TFT layer are stacked. |
| US09513497B2 |
Opto-electronic modulator utilizing one or more heating elements
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to utilize an electro-optic modulator including one or more heating elements. The modulator can utilize one or more heating elements to control an absorption or phase shift of the modulated optical signal. At least the active region of the modulator and the one or more heating elements of the modulator are included in a thermal isolation region comprising a low thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the active region and the one or more heating elements from a substrate of the PIC. |
| US09513496B2 |
Optical fiber rotary squeezer polarization controller
An optical fiber rotary squeezer polarization controller, comprising a base, a left bracket and a right bracket respectively mounted at both ends of the base, characterized in that a shaft is rotatably mounted between the left bracket and the right bracket, the shaft having a through channel cut therein lengthwise for placement of an optical fiber, the shaft further being mounted with a squeezing apparatus corresponding to the channel. The present invention has altered the means by which an optical fiber is fixed onto the prior-art polarization controllers and has eliminated the clamps at both ends of the optical fiber. The shaft carries the squeezing apparatus to rotate to any desired angles while the optical fiber remains stationary under the effect of its own tension. As the optical fiber extends outwardly from either end of the shaft, it is restrained by its own tension and, therefore, will not rotate along with the shaft. As a result, the twisting damage to the optical fiber caused by its being fixed at both ends and twisting of the optical fiber when it is spun after squeezed which would otherwise occur in the prior art can be thoroughly eliminated. In the absence of twisting damage, it is not necessary to make a large squeezer polarization controller and, therefore, the volume of the squeezer polarization controller can be reduced. |
| US09513489B2 |
3D image display device
A stereoscopic image display device includes a barrier panel that includes a first barrier panel configured to partially reflect light, and a second barrier panel provided on the first barrier panel configured to partially absorb light. Each of the first barrier panel and the second barrier panel includes an electrochromic element and electrodes respectively provided on opposite surfaces of the electrochromic element. |
| US09513488B2 |
Stereoscopic display device
A stereoscopic display device is disclosed, and it includes a substrate, plural rows of pixel regions, and a patterned retarder film. Each pixel region includes plural pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The pixel regions are divided into plural groups. Each group includes N rows of the pixel regions. The first electrode of each pixel unit in first N/2 rows of the pixel regions is in a form of one of a “” shape and a “” shape, and the first electrode of each pixel unit in last N/2 rows of the pixel regions is in a form of the other one of the “” shape and the “” shape. The present invention can solve the problems of the color shift phenomenon and the inconsistent brightness. |
| US09513486B2 |
Optical imaging apparatus
An optical imaging apparatus 10 disposing the first and the second reflective components 12, 14 abutting to or in proximity to each other when reflective surfaces 11, 13 of the first and the second reflective components 12, 14 are crossed when viewed from thereabove, the first and the second reflective components 12, 14 composed of the transparent material with a plurality of belt-shaped reflective surfaces 11, 13 vertically disposed in parallel, wherein the first and the second reflective components 12, 14 are formed with a plurality of reflectors 15-18 laminated respectively and the places of the reflective surfaces 11, 13 of each reflector 15-18 of the first and the second reflective components 12, 14 are shifted in parallel. Thus, high definition three-dimensional real image is formed inexpensively in a space a plurality of observers gaze simultaneously. |
| US09513482B2 |
Heads up display systems for glasses
A Heads-Up Display (HUD) system for mounting on a pair of glasses comprises a power module for providing electrical power removably mountable to one side of a lens assembly of the glasses, an electronics module connectable to receive electrical power from the power module, the electronics module removably mountable to an opposite side of the lens assembly of the glasses; and a display housing mounted on a display arm extending from the electronics module to a position within a field of vision of a user wearing the glasses. A pair of glasses adapted to receive a HUD system comprises a lens assembly providing one or more electrically conductive paths from a first side thereof to a second side thereof. |
| US09513480B2 |
Waveguide
A waveguide has a front and a rear surface, the waveguide for a display system and arranged to guide light from a light engine onto an eye of a user to make an image visible to the user, the light guided through the waveguide by reflection at the front and rear surfaces. A first portion of the front or rear surface has a structure which causes light to change phase upon reflection from the first portion by a first amount. A second portion of the same surface has a different structure which causes light to change phase upon reflection from the second portion by a second amount different from the first amount. The first portion is offset from the second portion by a distance which substantially matches the difference between the second amount and the first amount. |
| US09513477B2 |
Vehicular heads-up display device
Provided is a vehicular heads-up display device with which it is possible to avoid burn-in of an internal component upon a reflecting member by exterior light, improving display quality. A vehicular heads-up display device, comprising a case body (50) whereon an aperture part (51c) is disposed and a light-emitting body (30) that is housed within the case body (50) reflects emitted light L that is emitted by the light-emitting body (30) externally to the case body (50) via the aperture part (51c) and reflects said emitted light L from the windshield (13), causing the driver (14) to have sight of the virtual image V that is obtained by said reflection. The vehicular heads-up display device further comprises a semi-transmissible cover (55) installed in the aperture part (51c), and a dispersal means (58) is disposed between the light emitting body (30) and the cover (55), for dispersing exterior light that enters the case body (50) via the cover (55). |
| US09513475B2 |
Electrowetting display device
An electrowetting display device includes a black matrix that includes a plurality of openings corresponding to pixels, respectively, a first extension portion extending in a driving direction of an electrowetting layer, the driving direction being a direction in which motion of the electrowetting layer is induced when a voltage difference is applied between a common electrode and a pixel electrode, and a partition wall that partitions the pixels. The first extension portion includes first and second areas respectively extending in opposite directions to each other and a third area having a width substantially the same as a width of the partition wall. The first area has a width less than about half of a first length corresponding to a length extending between both sides of each pixel in the driving direction, and the second area has a width less than the width of the first area. |
| US09513473B2 |
Fluorescence microscopes with polychroic mirror changers
Fluorescence microscopy systems with polychroic mirror changers are described. In one aspect, a polychroic mirror changer includes a polychroic-mirror array. The array includes a plate with a planar surface and a number of holes formed in the plate. The array also includes polychroic mirrors attached to the planar surface of the plate such that each polychroic mirror covers one of the holes and the reflective surface of each polychroic mirror is adjacent to and aligned with the planar surface of the plate. Each polychroic mirror is partially exposed through a corresponding hole to reflect a different subset of excitation channels of a beam of excitation light input to the changer. The polychroic-mirror array can be mounted in the changer so that when a different subset of excitation channels is selected to illuminate a specimen, the plate is moved within a single plane of motion. |
| US09513472B2 |
Zoom lens system, imaging device and camera
A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having negative optical power; a fifth lens unit; and a sixth lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at a time of image taking, the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit move along an optical axis so that an interval between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit at the telephoto limit is larger than that at the wide-angle limit, and wherein focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition is performed by moving the fourth lens unit along the optical axis. |
| US09513471B2 |
Zoom lens system, optical apparatus and method for manufacturing zoom lens system
In a zoom lens system, an optical apparatus, and a manufacturing method, there are provided, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group having negative power, a third lens group having positive power, a fourth lens group having negative power, a fifth group having positive power, and an aperture stop disposed to an image side of the second lens group. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens and second lens groups increases, a distance between the second and third lens groups decreases, a distance between the third and fourth lens groups varies, and a distance between the fourth and fifth lens groups varies. With given conditions being satisfied, high optical performance with suppressing variation in aberrations are achieved. |
| US09513470B1 |
Telecentric lens assembly providing a collimated light space
Systems and methods for imaging a target are provided. A system includes a detector and a substantially bitelecentric lens assembly positioned between the detector and the target. A first optical assembly is configured to focus light received from the substantially bitelecentric lens assembly onto the detector. The substantially bitelecentric lens assembly and the first optical assembly are configured to produce a collimated light space between the substantially bitelecentric lens assembly and the first optical assembly. A second optical assembly is positioned within the collimated light space. |
| US09513469B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same
A zoom lens comprises a first lens unit G1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit G2 having a negative refractive power, and a plurality of lens units G3 and G4. Zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end is carried out by changing a distance between the lens units. One of the first lens unit G1 and the second lens unit G2 has, or both the first lens unit G1 and the second lens unit G2 have a specific arrangement. |
| US09513467B2 |
Imaging lens and imaging apparatus equipped with the imaging lens
An imaging lens consists of five lenses, including: a fist lens having a biconvex shape with the surface having the radius of curvature with the smaller absolute value toward the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side, a third lens having a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the image side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface toward the image side, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point, disposed in this order from the object side. |
| US09513461B2 |
Lens barrel
A lens barrel includes a cam frame, a zoom motor unit driving the cam frame to rotate, and a fifth group unit engaging with the cam frame through a fifth cam follower. The cam frame is provided with an internal gear engaging with the zoom motor unit, and a fifth cam groove engaging with the fifth cam follower. The fifth cam groove is continuous with a tooth space formed between two adjacent teeth of the internal gear. The fifth cam follower is smaller than the tooth space to pass through the tooth space. |
| US09513458B1 |
Carrier frame and circuit board for an electronic device with lens backlash reduction
An electronic device includes a threaded spacer and a biasing element to reduce backlash. The threaded spacer includes a thread end point that is offset from the thread start point of the carrier frame. The offset thread ending and starting points create a gap between the threaded spacer and the carrier frame. The biasing element applies a force to the threaded spacer, thereby reducing the backlash between the lens and the carrier frame, while at the same time allowing the lens to be rotated for focus adjustments. |
| US09513452B2 |
Damping device
A damping device of an optical element of a projection exposure machine includes at least two mass dampers arranged spaced apart from one another, the vibration absorbers each having at least one damper mass and at least one damping element and the damper masses of the at least two mass dampers being interconnected by at least one connecting element. The optical element can be part of a projection exposure machine. |
| US09513448B2 |
Optical assembly
This disclosure provides an optical assembly, comprising a base body and a wave filtering apparatus. A first slot is disposed on an upper surface of the base body. A total internal reflection surface and a connecting part are formed in the first slot. The total internal reflection surface reflects collimated light formed by a first lens from a light emitting apparatus. The wave filtering apparatus comprises a first part removably connected to the connecting portion, and a second portion forming a beam splitting surface. The wave filtering apparatus has a light-pervious optical coating at least on the beam splitting surface of the apparatus, and is configured to split the collimated light reflected from the total internal reflection surface into a first beam and a second beam. The first beam travels towards the side where the third lens is located, and the second beam travels towards a photoelectric detection apparatus. |
| US09513443B2 |
Optical fiber-fine wire conductor and connectors
A small diameter, shielded, fine wire glass fiber conductor which is capable of transmitting optical and electrical signals in environments with electromagnetic interference or radio frequency interferences. The conductor includes a fiber core, a first insulation layer, a conductive layer, a second insulation layer, a shielding layer, and an outer coating. Applications include use in aerospace, automotive, and other vehicles as well as potential use in electrostimulation devices, such as pacemaker leads, vascular guidewires and other medical applications. |
| US09513433B2 |
Apparatus for generating long-period gratings in optical fiber
An apparatus for generating long-period gratings in an optical fiber is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes an intensity adjusting unit and a period adjusting unit that come into contact with a portion of an optical fiber where gratings will be generated. The intensity adjusting unit includes a press part configured to press the portion of the optical fiber where gratings will be generated against a grating generating unit, and an intensity adjusting mechanism configured to apply force to the press part. The period adjusting unit includes a period adjusting mechanism configured to selectively increase and decrease the length of the grating generating unit. |
| US09513431B2 |
Optical waveguide and optical fiber transmission system
In an optical waveguide having plural cores including a pair of adjacent cores with an identical core structure, a minimum value D of center-center distance between the adjacent cores is 15 μm to 60 μm, each of the plural cores has a bent portion fixed in a radius of curvature Rb of not more than 7 mm, a bend supplementary angle of the bent portion is 58° to 90°, a height of the optical waveguide is defined as a height of not more than 10 mm, and a crosstalk of the adjacent cores is not more than 0.01. |
| US09513428B2 |
Lighting assembly
A lighting assembly includes a light engine and a light guide. The light engine edge lights the light guide and includes a control assembly that controls light output according to one or more parameters to produce light output from the lighting assembly with a desired characteristic. Lighting assemblies are combined to form a modular lighting assembly. |
| US09513424B2 |
Optical components for luminaire
An optical component has an elongate length extending between first and second ends and a width transverse to and substantially smaller than the length and extending between first and second sides. The optical component includes a refractive portion disposed between the first and second sides and extending along the length between the first and second ends, and a plurality of separate reflective portions. At least one of the plurality of separate reflective portions is spaced from the refractive portion and extending along the length between the first and second ends. |
| US09513417B2 |
Optical filter and optical apparatus
Regarding an optical filter comprising a light-transmitting substrate, a gradient refractive index thin film with a refractive index change in the film thickness direction formed on the substrate and an anti-reflection structure formed on the gradient refractive index thin film, the gradient refractive index thin film is formed so as to have light absorbing characteristic and a refractive index characteristic such that the refractive index change comprising plural changing points with increases and decreases of the refractive index has a tendency to reduce from the side of the substrate toward the side of the anti-reflection structure. The optical filter has excellent environmental resistance and low reflection. The optical filter can be suitably used in an imaging optical system of an optical apparatus or a display of an electronic device. |
| US09513406B2 |
Soluble functionalized nanoparticles for use in optical materials
Disclosed embodiments concern a soluble functionalized nanoparticle suitable for use with polymerizable components, such as monomers (or polymers thereof), used to make gradient optical polymer nanocomposites. In particular disclosed embodiments, the nanoparticle is functionalized with one or more surface ligands that promote the solubility and dispersion of the nanoparticle in the disclosed monomer. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method for making the functionalized nanoparticle as well as embodiments of a composition comprising the functionalized nanoparticles. |
| US09513404B1 |
Apparatus for meteorological observation using at least one meteorological sensor
An apparatus for meteorological observation is provided. The apparatus includes: a body part; a coupling part which moves along a first and a second guiding routes alternatively by a motor; a sensor part which rotates according to a movement of the coupling part; and a shoot controlling part for measuring data of the upper atmosphere when the coupling part is placed on the top guiding member while moving along the first guiding route, (ii) measuring data of front lower atmosphere when the coupling part is placed on the first branch while moving along the first guiding route, (iii) measuring data of the upper atmosphere when the coupling part is placed on the top guiding member while moving along the second guiding route, and (iv) measuring data of rear lower atmosphere when the coupling part is placed on the second branch while moving along the second guiding route. |
| US09513400B2 |
Ambient-activated switch for downhole operations
An apparatus includes a radiation source to output radiation after power is supplied. The apparatus also includes a power source to supply power. The apparatus includes an ambient-activated switch electrically coupled between the radiation source and the power source. The ambient-activated switch is to switch to an open position while a value for an ambient characteristic for the ambient-activated switch is at an ambient level for a surface of the Earth. The ambient-activated switch is to switch to a closed position while the value for the ambient characteristic for the ambient-activated switch is at a downhole ambient level, wherein the ambient-activated switch is to electrically couple the power source to the radiation source while in the closed position. |
| US09513397B2 |
Tone detection apparatus and method
A tone detection arrangement and method decodes an incoming data stream that is received in sequential bit times and which contains at least one tone that is selectively present for the duration each bit time. Each one of a plurality of digital filters is tuned for detecting the tone over a filter interval. The filters are operable in timed relation to one another. |
| US09513396B2 |
Formation property determination apparatus, methods, and systems
In some embodiments, apparatus and systems, as well as methods, may operate to record a plurality of acoustic waveforms comprising cross-dipole waveforms and corresponding to acoustic waves received 5 at azimuthally orthogonal dipole receiver arrays surrounded by a geological formation, the waves being generated by azimuthally orthogonal dipole transmitter arrays. Further activity may include defining an objective function dependent on the cross-dipole waveforms, eigenvalues, an azimuth angle corresponding to an 10 orientation of the transmitter and receiver arrays; minimizing the objective function with respect to said angle and the set of auxiliary parameters; and determining at least one property of the geological formation based on the global minimum. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US09513395B2 |
Method for detection of subsurface seismic events in vertically transversely isotropic media
A method for determining positions and origin times of seismic events occurring in the Earth's subsurface includes accepting as input to the method signals recorded from a plurality of seismic sensors deployed above a subsurface volume of interest. The recorded signals are a representation of seismic amplitude with respect to time. Origin time and location of each of a plurality of subsurface seismic events are determined from the recorded signals. The origin times and locations of each event are inverted to obtain Thomsen's parameters in formations in the volume of interest. Depths of each of the events are determined by individually searching the depth of each event, the inversion with each incorporated new depth including updating the Thomsen parameters and setting as a limit a minimum value of RMS error. |
| US09513394B2 |
Actively controlled buoy based marine seismic survey system and method
A buoy for recording seismic signals while underwater. The buoy includes a body; a buoyancy system configured to control a buoyancy of the body to descend to a predetermined depth (H1); a propulsion system configured to actively adjust a position of the body at a given position (X, Y); a seismic sensor located on the body and configured to record the seismic signals; and a control device configured to control the buoyancy system to maintain the body substantially at the predetermined depth (H1) and to control the propulsion system to maintain the body substantially at the given position (X, Y) while the buoy records seismic data, and also to instruct the seismic sensor when to record seismic signals. |
| US09513388B2 |
Method for providing synchronization in a data acquisition system
It is proposed a method for providing synchronization in a data acquisition system including a plurality of acquisition units. A given acquisition unit of the plurality carries out the following steps: receiving a packet from another device of the data acquisition system; extracting a synchronization accuracy information and a reference clock information from the received packet; obtaining a first reference clock as a function of the extracted reference clock information; if the extracted synchronization accuracy information indicates a better synchronization accuracy than a current synchronization accuracy information associated to the given acquisition unit: taking the obtained first reference clock as a selected reference clock and updating the current synchronization accuracy information to indicate a lower synchronization accuracy than the extracted synchronization accuracy information. |
| US09513385B2 |
Multi-linear x-ray scanning systems and methods for x-ray scanning
An x-ray scanner includes an x-ray source producing a fan beam of x-rays, an x-ray detector array, a collimator, a second motor moving TDI detector arrays, and an x-ray processing unit. The detector array has the TDI arrays and detects x-rays from the source. The collimator disposed between the source and detector array defines slits to collimate the fan beam of x-rays into lateral beams with a height dimension the same as a height dimension of the TDI detector arrays. Either the collimator is fixed to the x-ray source or moves thereto. A first motor moves the collimator or the collimator and source together. The processing unit controls the motors, processes detection of the x-rays, and forms an image of an entity between the collimator and the detector array to have an intensity and contrast of the scanned image be maximized while an exposure dose for the entity is minimized. |
| US09513377B2 |
Method for measuring radiation by means of an electronic terminal having a digital camera
The invention relates to a method for operating an electronic terminal (1.1-1.4) comprising an integrated image sensor (2.1-2.4) that has a large number of pixels, in particular for a mobile telephone. According to the invention, a dosage value of ionizing radiation striking the image sensor is determined by means of the image sensor (2.1-2.4). The invention further relates to a terminal that operates accordingly (e.g. a smart phone having a corresponding application program). |
| US09513376B1 |
Low-cost high integrity integrated multi-sensor precision navigation system
The disclosed invention embodies a system and method for multi-sensor, multi-frequency, multi-constellation data integration providing integrated onboard positioning of a vehicle. Multiple correlators perform autonomous signal quality monitoring to avoid the need for external augmentation systems. The integrated method and system typically includes multi-constellation, multi-channel GNSS and may consider positioning information from one or more other positioning resources including onboard, airborne, and ground-based signals. The positioning information from these functions are used in combination to exclude an erroneous signal from consideration while providing an integrated, blended precision positioning solution with improved size, weight, power and cost characteristics. The system utilizes a plurality of positioning signals from multiple GNSS constellations on multiple channels correlated with ground-based, airborne, and onboard positioning signals to determine a hierarchy of positioning signals used in accurate positioning without the need for differential correction provided by offboard augmentation. |
| US09513375B2 |
Positioning system and method using GPS with wireless access points
Embodiments of an improved assisted global positioning system (GPS) method and system are described. Wireless access points send assistance data to GPS receivers that are integrated into cellular chipsets and other chipsets. The access points may also act as fixed location references for differential GPS (DGPS) mobile stations. Errors caused by multipath travel of the GPS signals are reduced by using fixed location reference receivers. |
| US09513373B2 |
Speed sensor
Embodiments relate to a speed sensor and a speed sensing method for measuring relative speeds of receivers with respect to particles in a fluid by detecting individual particles. A receiver generates a plurality of signals related to reflections from particles in a region being monitored. A sampling circuit samples the signals, and a processing device processes the signals according to a particle detection scheme to determine speed. Concomitant use of the same receivers allows depth measurement. |
| US09513368B2 |
Method and system for ultrasound data processing
Methods and systems for ultrasound data processing are provided. One method includes acquiring channel ultrasound data from a plurality of channel connected to a plurality of elements of an ultrasound probe and storing the channel ultrasound data from the plurality of channels. The method further includes generating ultrasound images based on processing of the acquired channel ultrasound data and displaying the ultrasound images. The method also includes performing additional processing on the stored channel ultrasound data while the ultrasound images are displayed and displaying updated ultrasound images generated by the additional processing. |
| US09513367B2 |
Image gated camera for detecting objects in a marine environment
System for detecting objects protruding from the surface of a body of water in a marine environment under low illumination conditions, the system comprising a gated light source, generating light pulses toward the body of water illuminating substantially an entire field of view, a gated camera, sensitive at least to wavelengths of the light generated by the gated light source, the gated camera receiving light reflected from at least one object, within the field of view, protruding from the surface of the body of water and acquiring a gated image of the reflected light, and a processor coupled with the gated light source and with the gated camera, the processor gating the gated camera to be set ‘OFF’ for at least the duration of time it takes the gated light source to produce a light pulse in its substantial entirety in addition to the time it takes the end of the light pulse to complete traversing a determined distance from the system and back to the gated camera, the processor further setting, for each pulse, the gated camera to be ‘ON’ for an ‘ON’ time duration until the light pulse, reflecting back from the object, is received by the gated camera. |
| US09513364B2 |
Personnel authentication and tracking system
Disclosed are techniques to authenticate tags passing through detection regions against an access control list, receive data that identifies a number of people passing through or within the detection regions, compare the number people identified by the received data with the number of tags identified by the system, and cause an alarm to be asserted when a discrepancy is detected in the number people identified with the number of tags in a detection region with personnel within the detection region. |
| US09513363B2 |
System and method for determining antenna probabilities in sub-areas of a geographical area
Methods and systems are provided for determining signal source probabilities. Signal source probabilities, for a plurality of sub-areas of a geographic area covered by a plurality of signal sources, may be determined. For each one of the plurality of sub-areas, the signal source probabilities may be determined based on probable field strengths of the plurality of signal sources for the one of the plurality of sub-areas, and the signal source probabilities for that one of the plurality of sub-areas indicate the probability that a mobile device, located in that one of the plurality of sub-areas, is operable to detect a particular signal source for communicating. Determining signal source probabilities may comprise calculating expected field strengths in the plurality of sub-areas. Determining signal source probabilities may comprise obtaining power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received by the mobile device from multiple transmitters. |
| US09513359B2 |
Systems and methods for shim current calculation
A method includes receiving a forward spatial encoding polarity magnetic resonance (MR) coil image and a reverse spatial encoding polarity MR coil image generated from data obtained with a magnetic field gradient that is reversed with respect to the magnetic field gradient with which the forward spatial encoding polarity MR coil image is acquired. The method also includes performing an iterative shift map calculation algorithm to determine a pixel shift map corresponding to a minimized difference between the forward and reverse spatial encoding polarity MR coil images, converting the pixel shift map into a magnetic field shift map by determining a magnetic field value corresponding to each pixel in the pixel shift map, and providing the magnetic field shift map as an input to a shim calculation process that includes determining a level of at least one shim current. |
| US09513356B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and reconstructed image acquisition method
In order to improve contrast and image quality in non-orthogonal measurement without sacrificing speed, in imaging which combines a fast imaging sequence for acquiring a plurality of echo signals in one shot with non-orthogonal system measurement, the shape of a blade in which an echo train of each shot is arranged includes a fan-shaped region having the radius and the arc of a circle centered on the origin of the k space, and a region overlapping an adjacent blade. During measurement, control is performed such that an echo signal for desired TE of each blade is arranged in a low spatial frequency region of a k space, and during image reconstruction, body motion between the blades is corrected using data of the overlapping regions. |
| US09513354B2 |
Determining electrical properties of tissue using complex magnetic resonance images
Exemplary embodiments are directed to estimating an electrical property of tissue using Magnetic Resonance (MR) images. In exemplary embodiments, complex MR images of a target tissue are obtained. An estimated value of an electrical property of the target tissue is determined based on complex values of the pixels in the complex MR images. The complex values are proportional to the product of the transmit radio frequency magnetic field and the receive RF magnetic field. |
| US09513346B2 |
Magnetic sensors with permanent magnets magnetized in different directions
A method and system for a device with a magnetic sensor includes a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet of the magnetic sensor have at least one alternating ferromagnetic (FM) layer and antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer. The first permanent magnet is magnetized in a first direction and the second permanent magnet is magnetized in a second direction which is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The blocking temperature of the AFM layer of the first permanent magnet is higher than the blocking temperature of the AFM layer of the second permanent magnet. |
| US09513345B2 |
Apparatus and method for recovery of three dimensional magnetic field from a magnetic detection system
A system for magnetic detection of an external magnetic field is disclosed. The system includes a nitrogen vacancy (NV) diamond material comprising a plurality of NV centers, a magnetic field generator that generates a magnetic field, a radio frequency (RF) excitation source that provides RF excitation, an optical excitation source that provides optical excitation, an optical detector that receives an optical signal emitted by the NV diamond material, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a control magnetic field, control the magnetic field generator to generate the control magnetic field, receive a light detection signal from the optical detector based on the optical signal due to the sum of the generated control magnetic field and the external magnetic field, store measurement data based on the received light detection signal, and calculate a vector of the external magnetic field based on the stored measurement data. |
| US09513344B2 |
3-D magnetic sensor
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a magnetic field sensor having a squat soft-magnetic body disposed on a surface of a substrate including a magnetic sensor array having a plurality of spatially diverse magnetic sensor elements disposed in a predetermined configuration. In the presence of an external magnetic field the squat soft-magnetic body becomes magnetized to generate a reactionary magnetic field. The plurality of magnetic sensor elements respectively measure a magnetic field value of a superposition of the external magnetic field and the reactionary magnetic field along a first axis (e.g., a z-axis), resulting in a plurality of spatially diverse measurements of the magnetic field component along the first axis. The plurality of spatially diverse measurements may be used to compute magnetic field components of the external magnetic field along a plurality of axes (e.g., x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis). |
| US09513338B2 |
Method and system for determining a state of charge of a battery
Methods and systems are provided for determining a state of charge of a battery. A magnetic force between the battery and a magnet is detected. The state of charge of the battery is determined based on the detected magnetic force. |
| US09513336B2 |
Tap dual port router circuitry with update and capture inputs
This disclosure describes a test architecture that supports a common approach to testing individual die and dies in a 3D stack arrangement. The test architecture uses an improved TAP design to facilitate the testing of parallel test circuits within the die. |
| US09513335B1 |
Method for using XOR trees for physically efficient scan compression and decompression logic
Methods and apparatus for decompressing test data using XOR trees for application to scan chains of a design for test (DFT) integrated circuit in a physically efficient construction are disclosed. Moreover, methods and apparatus for compressing test response data from scan chains in a DFT integrated circuit in a physically efficient construction are disclosed. The XOR tree decompression method may comprise splitting signals at each node of the XOR trees according to distribution logic implemented by a set of XOR gates. The XOR tree compression method may comprise combining signals at each node of the XOR trees according to combination logic implemented by a set of XOR gates. |
| US09513332B2 |
Probe card partition scheme
A method of testing an integrated circuit die comprises partitioning a first probe card partition layout of the integrated circuit die having one or more sections comprising a first quantity of section types into a second probe card partition layout having a greater quantity of sections comprising a second quantity of section types, the second quantity of section types being less than the first quantity of section types. The method also comprises using one or more probe cards to test the sections in the second probe card partition layout, each of the one or more probe cards having a test contact pattern that corresponds with a test contact pattern of one of each section type included in the second probe card partition layout. |
| US09513331B2 |
Test head for electrical testing of a test specimen
The present disclosure relates to a test head for electrical testing of a test specimen, in particular a wafer, having at least two guide plates, which are spaced apart by means of at least one spacer and have guide holes distributed over the surfaces thereof, in which test contact pins for physical contact with the test specimen are guided in a sliding manner. Provision is made for the spacer to be formed by a multiplicity of point supports arranged in a manner distributed over the surfaces of the guide plates and secured on the guide plates. |
| US09513330B2 |
Charge sharing testing of through-body-vias
In accordance with one aspect of the present description, an integrated circuit die has a plurality of through-body-vias and a testing circuit on board the die which allows charges on a first and second through-body-via to redistribute between them to provide an indication whether one or both of the first and second through-body-vias has a defect. Other aspects are described. |
| US09513329B2 |
Aging-based usage metering of components
Embodiments for aging-based usage metering of components of an IC are described herein. In various embodiments, the IC may include various components and an aging-based usage metering circuit for metering usage of the components. The components may include respective associated usage vectors that are different from one another, whereas the usage metering circuit may include circuit elements coupled to each other, forming different processing paths for processing the different usage vectors. Additionally, the components may be configured to respectively transmit their different associated usage vectors to the usage metering circuit whenever the respectively components are used. And the usage metering circuit may be configured to process the usage vectors. Further, the circuit elements of the usage metering circuit may age over time as a result of the processing, enabling usage of the components be determined based on their aging. Other embodiments may be described or claimed. |
| US09513327B2 |
Testing of ultrasonic imaging systems
Devices and methods for testing the operation of acoustic devices such as ultrasonic probes. The disclosed devices and methods identify failures of individual piezoelectric elements of various types of ultrasonic probes free of family-specific adapters to interface with such probes and free of acoustic coupling fluids or the like to establish acoustic coupling with the probes. In one arrangement, a testing appliance is disclosed that includes a testing unit and first and second probes electrically connected thereto. After an operator has established electrical connections between the first probe and a first contact of a connector assembly of the acoustic probe and between the second probe and a ground return path of the connector assembly, the testing device may pass a current through an electric circuit between the first and second probes and determine one or more corresponding electrical quantities of the circuit for establishing statuses of the probe. |
| US09513323B2 |
Rotary resonant three-dimensional electric field sensor
A rotary resonant three-dimensional electric field sensor is disclosed. The rotary resonant three-dimensional electric field sensor includes: a substrate (1); an X-direction electric field measurement unit (4), a Y-direction electric field measurement unit (5), and a Z-direction electric field measurement unit (6), set on the substrate (1), each of which including: a sensing electrode (8, 10, 13) fixed on the substrate (1), and a shielding electrode (7, 9, 12) vibrating relatively to the sensing electrode (8, 10, 13); and at least one set of driving mechanical structures (11, 18), is configured to generate a driving force so as to cause the shielding electrode (7, 9) to vibrate relatively to a corresponding sensing electrode (8, 10, 13), and the vibration is transferred to the shielding is electrodes (7, 9, 12) of the other two electric field measurement units (4, 5, 6). |
| US09513322B1 |
Input/output multiplexer bus
One embodiment includes an I/O bus including a signal line coupled to a signal source and multiple line switches, each line switch to couple a corresponding I/O port to the signal line. Switch logic coupled to the I/O bus may programmatically switch the multiple line switches to couple at least one of the signal source and measurement circuitry to the respective I/O port. |
| US09513321B2 |
Sensor system for monitoring surroundings on a mechanical component, and method for actuating and evaluating the sensor system
A sensor system for monitoring surroundings on a mechanical component, includes at least one capacitive sensor element that is attachable to the surface of machines or machine parts, the at least one sensor element being constructed from a layered structure of flexible electrically conductive and electrically insulating plies, electrically conductive potential surfaces of one ply being disposed, laterally spaced apart via insulating plies located therebetween, in such a way that electric field lines form between the conductive potential surfaces and change measurably upon proximity and/or contact of a body or an object. The layered structure of a sensor element has at least two measuring elements operating separately from one another. |
| US09513320B2 |
Electrical test device and method
An electrical test device may include a power supply, a conductive probe element, and a spectral analysis block. The power supply may be connected to an external power source. The conductive probe element may be connected to the power supply and may be configured to be energized by the power supply. The probe element may be configured to be placed in contact with an electrical system under test and apply an input signal containing current for measuring at least one parameter of the electrical system. The spectral analysis block may be connected to the probe element and may be configured to receive an output signal from the electrical system in response to the application of the current to the electrical system. The spectral analysis block may be configured to analyze frequency spectra of the output signal and detect a broadband increase in energy of the frequency spectra above a predetermined energy threshold. The broadband increase in energy may be representative of the occurrence of arcing in the electrical system. |
| US09513316B2 |
System and method for a capacitive voltage sensor system
A system including a non-intrusive capacitive voltage sensor configured to couple to an insulator surrounding a metal conductor, wherein the non-intrusive capacitive voltage sensor is configured to produce a voltage signal indicative of a voltage in the metal conductor, and a monitor-controller system configured to receive the voltage signal from the non-intrusive capacitive voltage sensor, wherein the monitor-controller system is configured to use the voltage signal to monitor or control a machine. |
| US09513314B2 |
Configurable testing platforms for circuit boards with removable test point portions
Circuit boards are provided that include a functional portion and at least one removable test point portion. The removable test point portion may include test points which are accessed to verify whether the functional portion is operating properly or whether installed electronic components are electrically coupled to the board. If multiple boards are manufactured together on a single panel (in which the individual boards are broken off), the test points can be placed on bridges (e.g., removable portions) that connect the individual boards together during manufacturing and testing. Configurable test boards are also provided that can be adjusted to accommodate circuit boards of different size and electrical testing requirements. Methods and systems for testing these circuit boards are also provided. |
| US09513311B2 |
Inertial sensor pendulum test apparatus
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a method to test one or more sensors of a device under test may comprise capturing visual motion data of the device under test disposed on an arm of a pendulum apparatus while the arm of the pendulum apparatus is in motion, capturing data from the one or more sensors while the arm of the pending apparatus is in motion, and comparing the visual motion data with the data from the one or more sensors to determine a relationship between the visual motion data and the data from the one or more sensors. |
| US09513310B2 |
High-sensitivity, z-axis micro-electro-mechanical detection structure, in particular for an MEMS accelerometer
A z-axis micro-electro-mechanical detection structure, having a substrate defining a plane and a suspended mass carried by two anchorage elements. The suspended mass includes a translating mass, suspended over the substrate, mobile in a transverse direction to the plane and arranged between the anchorage elements and two tilting masses, each of which is supported by the anchorage elements through respective elastic anchorage elements so as to be able to rotate with respect to respective oscillation axes. The oscillation axes are parallel to each other to enable a translation movement of the translating mass. Fixed electrodes face at a distance the tilting masses or the translating mass so as to be able to detect displacement of the suspended mass as a result of external forces. Elastic supporting elements are arranged between the translating mass and the tilting masses to enable relative rotation between the translating mass and the tilting masses. |
| US09513309B2 |
Inertia sensor with switching elements
An inertia sensor includes a sensor element including first and second sensing parts configured to output first and second sensing signals, an amplifier having an input port to which the first sensing signal or the second sensing signal is selectively input, a feedback circuit unit configured to be connected between the input port and the output port of the amplifier to be connected in parallel to the amplifier, a first switching element provided between the first sensing part and the amplifier, a second switching element provided between the first sensing part and the feedback circuit unit, a third switching element provided between the second sensing part and the amplifier, and a fourth switching element provided between the second sensing part and the feedback circuit unit. This inertia sensor, stabilizes output characteristics of the amplifier circuit, and suppresses generation of unwanted signals. |
| US09513308B2 |
Muzzle velocity measuring apparatus and method
The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring a muzzle velocity of a fired bullet so that the bullet may explode at an accurate location. The muzzle velocity measuring apparatus includes a detector configured to comprise a pair of cores encircled by probe wound coils and installed in two separate positions in an adapter, and to output a muzzle velocity signal based on eddy current signals which are generated by the probe wound coils when a bullet fired from a bullet chamber passes through the adapter, a muzzle velocity calculator configured to calculate a flight speed of the fired bullet based on the muzzle velocity signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the calculated flight speed to the bullet. |
| US09513306B2 |
Sensor unit for a vehicle
A sensor arrangement for a vehicle includes a sensor unit, a cable arrangement, and an elastic cap. The sensor unit has a main support, an electronics part connected to the main support, and a sensor element. The cable arrangement has at least one individual wire, and is configured to electrically contact the electronics part via at least one contact-making member. The main support is an open housing defining at least one insertion opening configured to accommodate the at least one contact-making member and an accommodation pocket configured to at least partially accommodate the electronics part. The elastic cap has a member configured to fasten the sensor unit in the vehicle, is configured to be pushed at least partially over the main support, and closes off the accommodation pocket in a sealed manner. |
| US09513301B2 |
Method for risk stratification in stable coronary artery disease
An in vitro method for the risk stratification of patients with stable arteriosclerosis, especially stable coronary artery disease, is disclosed wherein the concentration of procalcitonin is determined in the circulation of such patients using a highly sensitive PCT assay, and wherein within the range of PCT concentrations in the typical normal range of healthy individuals cutoff values are defined which distinguish groups of individual patients with stable arteriosclerosis in accordance with personal cardiac risk, and patients are allotted to one of said risk groups on the basis of their individual PCT concentrations. |
| US09513291B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for collecting a target material
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for retrieving a target material from a sample. A density-altering agent may be added to a vessel that contains the sample to change the density of a non-target material. |
| US09513288B2 |
Isoform-selective inhibitors and activators of PDE3 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases
The present invention concerns methods and compositions related to type 3 phosphodiesterases (PDE3). Certain embodiments concern isolated peptides corresponding to various PDE3A isoforms and/or site-specific mutants of PDE3A isoforms, along with expression vectors encoding such isoforms or mutants. In specific embodiments, methods for identifying isoform-selective inhibitors or activators of PDE3 are provided, along with methods of use of such inhibitors or activators in the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension and/or other medical conditions related to PDE3 effects on cAMP levels in different intracellular compartments. In particular, techniques are disclosed herein relating to the identification of a test compound that binds to an isolated polypeptide such as PDE3A2 and assaying the test compound for its ability to exhibit superior ability to interfere with binding of the isolated polypeptide when compared with at least a second isolated polypeptide such as of PDE3A1 and methods of treatment of cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension involving the resulting test compound. |
| US09513287B1 |
High affinity monoclonal antibodies for detection of shiga toxin 2
High affinity monoclonal antibodies against Stx2f and hybridomas that produce such antibodies are described. The antibodies may be used in a kit for detecting Stx2f and variants thereof in a sample as well as neutralization of Shiga toxin in vivo. |
| US09513286B2 |
Differentially expressed genes in large granular lymphocyte leukemia
The subject invention concerns gene sequences and the use thereof as markers for large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia. The gene sequences of the invention are differentially expressed in LGL. Another aspect of the invention pertains to therapeutic compositions directed to gene expression and gene products of differentially expressed genes in LGL. The invention also concerns methods for screening and identifying compositions that may be of therapeutic benefit to patients having LGL leukemia and/or autoimmune disorders. In addition, because a large fraction of patients with T-LGL leukemia also have rheumatoid arthritis, these differentially expressed genes also represent novel targets for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. |
| US09513283B2 |
Method for designing RNA binding protein utilizing PPR motif, and use thereof
A method for designing a protein capable of binding in an RNA base selective manner or RNA base sequence specific manner is provided. The protein of the present invention is a protein containing one or more of PPR motifs (preferably 2 to 14 PPR motifs) each consisting of a polypeptide of 30- to 38-amino acid length represented by the formula 1 (wherein Helix A is a moiety of 12-amino acid length capable of forming an α-helix structure, and is represented by the formula 2, wherein, in the formula 2, A1 to A12 independently represent an amino acid; X does not exist, or is a moiety of 1- to 9-amino acid length; Helix B is a moiety of 11- to 13-amino acid length capable of forming an α-helix structure; and L is a moiety of 2- to 7-amino acid length represented by the formula 3, wherein, in the formula 3, the amino acids are numbered “i” (-1), “ii” (-2), and so on from the C-terminus side, provided that Liii to Lvii may not exist), and combination of three amino acids A1, A4 and Lii, or combination of two amino acids A4, and Lii is a combination corresponding to a target RNA base or base sequence. |
| US09513279B2 |
Insect-based ex vivo model for testing blood-brain barrier penetration and method for exposing insect brain to nanoparticles
There is provided an ex-vivo insect screening model to accurately determine blood-brain barrier penetration of different nanoparticles in order to improve the compound screening procedures/processes in the early drug discovery process. This object offers many advantages relative to prior technologies since insect models are more reliable tools for the decision-making process than the existing in vitro models, and will speed up the drug screening process and reduce the late phase attrition rate. Moreover, it will reduce the number of mammals sacrificed during the drug discovery phase. |
| US09513278B2 |
Microbial air sampler
An air sampler device has a top plate and a bottom plate, and receives a Petri dish between the top plate and the bottom plate. The top plate includes 283 substantially small holes. The bottom plate has a deepened center well formed in the top surface. Elongated slots are formed in the top surface which extend out from the well. The slots have distal ends which extend beyond the Petri dish. Air is drawn into the sampler by a vacuum tube through an air port which communicates with the center well. Air is pulled into the 283 holes in the top plate and strikes the capture material in the Petri dish. The air then travels up over the sides of the dish, into the distal ends, through the slots, and into the center well, where it exits out of the vacuum air port. |
| US09513277B2 |
DNA sequencing using multiple metal layer structure with different organic coatings forming different transient bondings to DNA
A nanodevice includes a reservoir filled with conductive fluid and a membrane separating the reservoir. A nanopore is formed through the membrane having electrode layers separated by insulating layers. A certain electrode layer has a first type of organic coating and a pair of electrode layers has a second type. The first type of organic coating forms a motion control transient bond to a molecule in the nanopore for motion control, and the second type forms first and second transient bonds to different bonding sites of a base of the molecule. When a voltage is applied to the pair of electrode layers a tunneling current is generated by the base in the nanopore, and the tunneling current travels via the first and second transient bonds formed to be measured as a current signature for distinguishing the base. The motion control transient bond is stronger than first and second transient bonds. |
| US09513273B2 |
Apparatus, method and system for detecting salt in a hydrocarbon fluid
A method for determining a salt concentration of a hydrocarbon fluid using a conductivity sensor and a hydrocarbon testing solution includes forming the hydrocarbon testing solution. The electropolymerizable monomer is operable to form a resultant associated polymer at a peak potential of the electropolymerizable polymer. The method includes introducing the hydrocarbon testing solution into the conductivity sensor. The method includes inducing a range of potential across the hydrocarbon testing solution such that at least a portion of the electropolymerizable monomer polymerizes. The range of induced potential includes the peak potential of the electropolymerizable polymer. The method includes detecting a range of electrical current associated with the range of potential induced. The method also includes the step of determining the salt concentration of the hydrocarbon fluid using the range of potential induced and the range of electrical current detected. |
| US09513267B1 |
Reactor for near absolute conversion of alternative moiety-containing species into a select moiety-containing species and analytical instrument employing the reactor
A reactor capable of near absolute catalytic conversion of at least one alternative compound containing a specified moiety into a select compound containing the specific moiety, and an analytical instrument employing the reactor. The reactor including a catalytic element configured and arranged for fluid contact with a test fluid and a reactant, with at least 90% of the surface area of the catalytic element located within a thermal target zone in the reaction chamber of the reactor. |
| US09513264B2 |
Electronic control of pH and ionic strength
Apparatuses and methods for controlling ionic strength and/or pH of a solution are provided. |
| US09513261B2 |
Photoacoustic gas sensor device and a method for analyzing gas
A photoacoustic gas sensor device for analyzing gas includes an emitter module and a pressure-sensitive module. The emitter module is arranged on a carrier substrate and emits light pulses. The pressure-sensitive module is arranged on the carrier substrate within a reference gas volume. The reference gas volume is separated from a volume intended to be filled with a gas to be analyzed. Further, the pressure-sensitive module generates a sensor signal indicating information on an acoustic wave caused by light pulses emitted by the emitter module interacting with a reference gas within the reference gas volume. Additionally, the emitter module is arranged so that light pulses emitted by the emitter module reach the reference gas volume after crossing the volume intended to be filled with the gas to be analyzed. |
| US09513258B2 |
Fault detection for pipelines
The invention concerns a structural integrity assessment system and method for determining stress concentration zones in a structure, such as a pipeline. The invention comprises a magnetic field sensor array arranged to be moved relative to the structure in a known direction. A controller is provided for recording one or more magnetic field readings taken by the magnetic field sensor array at different locations in the direction of movement thereof. A processor is arranged to identify one or more feature within said values, said feature being indicative of a region of reduced structural integrity in the structure. The processor also receives a data input for a further parameter corresponding to the location of the sensor array and compares the feature with the further parameter in order to verify that said feature corresponds to a region of reduced structural integrity for the structure. |
| US09513256B2 |
Ion mobility spectrometer which controls carrier gas flow to improve detection
IMS apparatus has an inlet with a preconcentrator opening into a reaction region where analyte molecules are ionized and passed via a shutter to a drift region for collection and analysis. A pump and filter arrangement supplies a flushing flow of clean gas to the housing in opposition to ion flow. A pressure pulser connects with the housing and is momentarily switched to cause a short drop in pressure, in the housing to draw in a bolus of analyte sample from the preconcentrator. Just prior to admitting a bolus of sample, the pump is turned off so that the flushing flow drops substantially to zero, thereby prolonging the time the analyte molecules spend in the reaction region. |
| US09513255B2 |
Device for measuring the free chloride content of water
An amperometric sensor circuit for measuring chlorine concentration in water. The circuit includes first and second working electrodes coated with a hydrophilic membrane. A power supply and biasing circuit is configured to deliver a generally constant voltage between the first working electrode and a reference electrode and to generally deliver a constant current between the second working electrode and a counter electrode. A measurement circuit measures the current between the counter electrode and the first working electrode. A processing circuit is provided for determining the chlorine concentration based on the current measured by the measurement circuit. |
| US09513249B2 |
Sensor chip, and measurement device and blood test device in which this sensor chip is used
This sensor chip (11) comprises a substrate (15) in the form of a flat board, a sample inlet (20) that is provided in the thickness direction of the substrate (15) and into which flows the blood (3) used for measurement, a supply path (21) that communicates with this sample inlet (20), and detection electrodes (17, 18, 19) provided to this supply path (21), wherein the substrate (15) is provided with a surplus blood reservoir (25) that draws in surplus blood (3a) and holds this drawn surplus blood (3a). |
| US09513248B2 |
Potentiometric sensor
A potentiometric sensor includes an elongate non-glass, non-metal housing having opposite first and second longitudinal ends and a length extending between the first and second longitudinal ends. The housing defines a lumen extending along the length of the housing. A measuring half-cell assembly is received in the lumen of the housing and secured to the housing. The measuring half-cell assembly includes a glass body having opposite first and second longitudinal ends and a length extending between the first and second ends of the glass body. The second longitudinal end of the glass body is adjacent the second longitudinal end of the housing and a longitudinal extent of the glass body is less than the length of the housing. |
| US09513246B2 |
Vertically integrated systems
Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated circuit system including a first active layer fabricated on a front side of a semiconductor die and a second pre-fabricated layer on a back side of the semiconductor die and having electrical components embodied therein, wherein the electrical components include at least one discrete passive component. The integrated circuit system also includes at least one electrical path coupling the first active layer and the second pre-fabricated layer. |
| US09513243B2 |
Crack detection in ceramics using electrical conductors
Various embodiments provide methods and systems for detecting cracks in ceramic electrolytes using electrical conductors. A method for testing an electrolyte material, such as a ceramic electrolyte material for use in a solid oxide fuel cell device, includes providing a conductive path on the electrolyte material, electrically connecting a probe across the conductive path, and measuring a value associated with the conductive path to determine the presence or absence of a crack in the material. |
| US09513239B2 |
Tool casing detection
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to conduct testing related to the disposition of measuring tools downhole in a borehole, where the measuring tools are deployed to perform testing to evaluate properties of regions in the borehole. A plurality of test analyses on data collected from operating a measuring device of a measuring tool in the borehole can be used to determine whether the measuring device is in casing or out of casing. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US09513234B2 |
Device and method for capturing X-ray image of bone-in meat and deboning system of bone-in meat including the device
An X-ray image capturing device of bone-in meat for capturing an X-ray image of the bone-in meat that is from an arm part or a thigh part of a livestock carcass in a state where the bone-in meat is suspended, comprises: an X-ray source for irradiating the bone-in meat with an X-ray; a shielding box for covering the bone-in meat while the X-ray image is captured; a sensor which is disposed in the shielding box and which detects the X-ray which passes through the bone-in meat; and a filter which is disposed between the bone-in meat and the X-ray source and which adjusts an intensity distribution of the X-ray with which the bone-in meat is irradiated. |
| US09513233B2 |
Color x-ray histology for multi-stained biologic sample
Systems and methods are provided for staining tissue with multiple biologically specific heavy metal stains and then performing X-ray imaging, either in projection or tomography modes, using either a plurality of illumination energies or an energy sensitive detection scheme. The resulting energy-weighted measurements can then be used to decompose the resulting images into quantitative images of the distribution of stains. The decomposed images may be false-colored and recombined to make virtual X-ray histology images. The techniques thereby allow for effective differentiation between two or more X-ray dyes, which had previously been unattainable in 3D imaging, particularly 3D imaging of features at the micron resolution scale. While techniques are described in certain example implementations, such as with microtomography, the techniques are scalable to larger fields of view, allowing for use in 3D color, X-ray virtual histology of pathology specimens. |
| US09513230B2 |
Apparatus and method for optical inspection, magnetic field and height mapping
A metrology system is configured to provide visual inspection of a workpiece, three-dimensional magnetic field map, and height measurement. A stage is configured to bring points of interest at the workpiece under the desired tool for measurement. The optical field, magnetic field, and height information can be used independently or together in order to correlate defects in the manufacturing process of the workpiece. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| US09513228B2 |
Defect inspection method and its device
To increase the illumination efficiency by facilitating the change of the incident angle of illumination light with a narrow illumination width according to an inspection object and enabling an illumination region to be effectively irradiated with light, provided is a defect inspection method for obliquely irradiating a sample mounted on a table that is moving continuously in one direction with illumination light, collecting scattered light from the sample obliquely irradiated with the illumination light, detecting an image of the surface of the sample formed by the scattered light, processing a signal obtained by detecting the image formed by the scattered light, and extracting a defect candidate, wherein the oblique irradiation of the light is implemented by linearly collecting light emitted from a light source, and obliquely projecting the collected light onto the surface of the sample, thereby illuminating a linear region on the surface of the sample. |
| US09513227B2 |
Method for quantitative determination of oxidant and apparatus for quantitative determination of oxidant
The present invention provides a method for quantitative determination of oxidant which method is capable of accurately and rapidly performing quantitative determination of oxidant at low cost, and an apparatus for quantitative determination of oxidant used in the method. The method for quantitative determination of oxidant according to the present invention is a method for quantitative determination of oxidant performing quantitative determination of oxidant in a sample using a redox reaction, the method including: adding one kind of reducing agent to a sample solution containing one or a plurality of kinds of oxidants having different lifetimes; producing an absorbance curve by measuring a time change in absorbance of the post-color-change or post-coloring reducing agent; and performing the quantitative determination of the oxidant while identifying the oxidant in the sample solution based on the obtained absorbance curve. |
| US09513226B2 |
Nanochip based surface plasmon resonance sensing devices and techniques
Systems, devices and techniques are disclosed for optically detecting single molecules using nanoscale chip configurations. In one aspect, a sensing device includes a composite membrane having an array of nanochannels that form openings at opposing sides of the membrane, a first and second substrate each including channels to carry a fluid containing particles, a fluidic module that is fluidically coupled to the channels to supply the fluid, a plurality of electrodes located along the channels, and an electrical module to generate an electric field via the electrodes to effectuate an electrokinetic force within the channels to steer the particles toward the openings of the nanochannels to immobilize the particles, in which the nanochannels operate as resonant structures to amplify localized fields produced in an optical interrogation of the immobilized particles. |
| US09513224B2 |
Image analysis and measurement of biological samples
Methods, devices, systems, and apparatuses are provided for the image analysis of measurement of biological samples. |
| US09513219B2 |
Fluoroscopy apparatus and image display method therefor
Provided is a fluoroscopy apparatus including illuminating portions that radiate excitation light and illumination light onto an imaging subject; a fluorescence imaging portion that acquires a fluorescence image from fluorescence emitted at the imaging subject due to the irradiation with the excitation light; a return-light imaging portion that acquires a return-light image from return light returning from the imaging subject due to the irradiation with the illumination light; a display portion that displays the acquired fluorescence image and/or the return-light image; an identifying portion that identifies a region-of-interest in the fluorescence image; an image switching portion that switches the display on the display portion so that only the return-light image is displayed thereon when the region-of-interest R is not identified, and so that the return-light image and the fluorescence image are juxtaposed and displayed on the display portion when the region-of-interest has been identified. |
| US09513214B2 |
Skewed sectional measurement of striated glass
Thickness and group index variations in test strip samples of ultra-low expansion glass are made by extracting the strip samples with front and back faces oriented at an acute skew angle to the axis of the boule. The strip samples are positioned the within an interferometric measurement cavity so that a set of subcavities formed by pairings of each of two reference surfaces together with each of the front and back faces of the strip sample which each subcavity having a different optical path length spacing. The skew angle is sized to avoid diffusion effects of striae present in the boule. |
| US09513212B2 |
Photoconductive antenna, camera, imaging device, and measurement device
A photoconductive antenna that generates a terahertz wave by irradiation with a light pulse, includes: a carrier generation layer that has carriers formed therein by irradiation with the light pulse, and is constituted by a semi-insulating substrate; an insulating layer, located on the carrier generation layer, which is capable of transmitting the light pulse; and a first electrode and a second electrode, located above the carrier generation layer, which apply a voltage to the carrier generation layer, wherein the insulating layer is provided on a region which is irradiated with the light pulse between the first electrode and the second electrode in a plan view. |
| US09513209B2 |
Apparatus for taking an accurate photometric measurement of a liquid
An apparatus for taking an accurate photometric measurement of a liquid by way of forming a specimen volume of a controlled optical path length for use with photometric measurement equipment is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a transparent body configured for displacing a volume of a fluid and at least one support element wherein the support element is configured to maintain the transparent body at a location such that specimen fluid may enter a void volume to form a specimen volume of a controlled optical path length. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a plurality of transparent bodies interconnected by a web such that the transparent bodies are maintained at a spacing arrangement which allows for them to be inserted into the wells of a microplate in order to create a plurality of specimen volumes of a controlled optical path length. |
| US09513203B2 |
Methods for predicting dynamic sag using viscometer/rheometer data
A method for quantitatively determining dynamic barite sag in drilling fluids includes measuring rheological properties with viscometers and/or rheometers, and introducing the parameters into an equation to obtain the sag rate. |
| US09513202B2 |
Viscometer
Viscosity or rheology measuring instrument utilizing Hall Effect or like magnetic coupling with parts mounted on driving and driven rotational assemblies. |
| US09513200B1 |
Determination of a threshold crack length
A method for determining a threshold crack length in a machine component including a fatigue crack defining a fatigue crack length and a fatigue crack angle. The method includes determining a component threshold stress intensity factor for the fatigue crack angle, determined from a dataset that includes threshold stress intensity factors for mixed-mode phase angles formed by conducting an asymmetric four point bend test on a test specimen having an initial notch. The method includes determining a threshold crack length based on the component fatigue crack length and fatigue crack angle using a formula disclosed herein. |
| US09513199B2 |
Rapid freeze-quench device and methods of use thereof
This invention provides mixing, reaction and ejection devices for small volume samples. This invention also provides cooling devices, sample preparation apparatuses and sample preparation methods for studying chemical and biological reactions. The mixing, reaction and ejection devices of this invention allow ejection of small volume liquid samples from a microfluidic channel. Cooling devices of the invention enable serial cooling and collection of samples in an efficient and accurate manner. This invention also provides apparatuses comprising the mixing, reaction and ejection devices and cooling devices. This invention provides methods of using the novel devices and apparatuses. |
| US09513197B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for mixing fluids
Improved methods, devices, and systems for mixing fluids, including small volumes of fluid, are provided. Pressing a pipette tip against an inner surface of a mixing vessel allows pressure to be applied within the tip. Greater pressure may be built-up than would be possible without engaging the tip with the mixing vessel. Disengaging the tip allows fluid flow through the tip, providing improved fluid mixing as compared to methods lacking engagement of a pipette tip with an inner surface of a mixing vessel while applying pressure within the pipette tip.Mixing vessels having features on an inner surface that are configured to engage a pipette tip, and to occlude an orifice of a pipette tip, are provided. Sample analysis devices and systems including pipette tips and mixing vessels configured to engage each other for pressure application within the tip are provided. |
| US09513196B2 |
Methods and systems for microfluidic DNA sample preparation
The present invention relates to methods and systems for microfluidic DNA sample preparation. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the isolation of DNA from patient samples on a microfluidic device and use of the DNA for downstream processing, such as performing amplification reactions and thermal melt analysis on the microfluidic device. |
| US09513194B2 |
Aquatic macroinvertebrate subsampling equipment
The present invention refers to the subsampler and to a subsampling method that allows for the execution of environmental monitoring without the use of large sample volumes, thus ensuring specimen wealth and expedited analyses. |
| US09513188B2 |
Load estimation apparatus, laser light irradiation system, and load estimation method
According to an embodiment of the invention, a load estimation apparatus which estimates a load added to a laser light irradiation apparatus is provided. In the load estimation apparatus, a focal length adjustment unit adjusts the focal length in accordance with a distance from a light source to a light irradiation position in a recording medium, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit which obtains control data in which the light irradiation position is instructed with a coordinate; an operation amount detection unit which analyzes the coordinate of the control data to detect an operation amount of the focal distance adjustment unit; a load value calculation unit which accumulates load value information of the focal length adjustment unit in response to results of comparing the threshold and the operation amount when the operation amount is detected. |
| US09513187B2 |
Valve testing apparatus and method, especially suitable for compressor valve testing
An apparatus for the testing of valves, particularly compressor valves, to ensure that the valve assemblies are pressure tight, has a valve holder which is generally conical shaped with a generally circular cross section when viewed from above, and a resilient inner wall surface. The valve holder has an open throat end, and a smaller diameter apex end. A pump or plenum for forming a below-atmospheric (vacuum) volume is fluidly connected to the apex of the valve holder. A valve is placed in the valve holder so as to seal against the resilient inner wall. A pressure differential is created across the valve by the vacuum source, and the pressure in the space below the valve is monitored to detect any leakage across the valve. |
| US09513182B2 |
Pressure sensor having multiple piezoresistive elements
A pressure sensor includes: a sensor section having one fixed end and first to four gauge resistors arranged on a diaphragm; and a support member fixing the sensor section. A first pair to fourth pair of piezoresistive elements are arranged on the diaphragm. Two piezoresistive elements of each pair have opposite resistance value change directions, and distances to the support member are equal to each other. A distances between each piezoresistive element of the third pair and the fourth pair and the support member is longer than a distance between each piezoresistive element of the first pair and the second pair and the support member. Each gauge resistor includes a combined resistance, which is provided by serially connecting two corresponding piezoresistive elements. The two corresponding piezoresistive elements have a same resistance value change direction. |
| US09513176B1 |
Compliant force sensor for robot actuation
Example embodiments may relate to a compliant force sensor used in actuated and non-actuated systems. For instance, a structure (e.g., a transmission) may be configured to receive a force based on application of a load to the structure. A rigid member may be coupled to the structure and configured to provide a first deformation based on application of the load to the structure and transfer of the force to the rigid member. An elastic element may provide compliance and may be connected to the rigid member such that the rigid member is configured to further transfer the force to the elastic element. The elastic member may be configured to provide a second deformation under application of the load that is larger than the first deformation. A sensor may be positioned on the rigid member and configured to measure the first deformation independent of hysteresis and non-linearity in the elastic element. |
| US09513169B2 |
Display calibration system and storage medium
A display calibration system includes: a display section subject to calibration; a correction data outputting section configured to perform a calibration process to determine, for each of the pixels of the display section, correction data for non-uniformity correction; and a first storage section configured to store reference data to be used in the calibration process. The reference data represents, for individual color patches of a first predetermined number, correspondences between RGB values and reference values. The correction data outputting section obtains, on a basis of the reference data and the measurement values of the color patches of a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, the pieces of correction data with respect to RGB values of the individual color patches of the predetermined second number. With this arrangement, it is possible to shorten a processing time of the calibration process. |
| US09513164B2 |
Stand-off spectrometry systems and methods
Stand-off spectrometry systems and methods are described herein. One system includes a laser source configured to emit a single-spectral light, and an optical frequency comb (OFC) coupled to the laser source and configured to generate, using the single-spectral light, a multi-spectral light to determine an absorption spectrum of a substance. |
| US09513161B2 |
Image sensing device
An image sensing device includes a ramp voltage generation block suitable for generating a ramp voltage adjusted by a predetermined voltage in each predetermined cycle, based on a bias signal and a plurality of first ramp control signals; and a ramp voltage correction block suitable for correcting the ramp voltage in each predetermined cycle based on the bias signal and at least one second ramp control signal. |
| US09513159B2 |
Solar simulator light-amount evaluation apparatus, solar simulator light-amount evaluation method, solar cell evaluation apparatus, and solar cell evaluation method
The provided solar simulator light-intensity evaluation apparatus and method can evaluate the characteristics of a solar cell in an arbitrary place at an arbitrary time and date, using an existing solar simulator, as follows: an estimated spectral irradiance of the natural sunlight is calculated under a measurement condition including a place and/or a time and date where and when the solar cell is measured; and an target value of adjustment and estimated light amount value of the solar simulator are calculated under the measurement condition, on the basis of the estimated spectral irradiance having been calculated, the spectral irradiance of the solar simulator, and solar cell information including a spectral sensitivity of the solar cell. |
| US09513146B2 |
Insertion mount device
Described herein is an insertion mount, including a threaded cylindrical mount with a hollow inner diameter and a lengthwise slot cutout for receiving a probe; and a drive assembly further comprising a drive nut, wherein the drive nut has threads that engage the threaded outer diameter of the threaded cylindrical mount which allows the drive nut to be moved the length of the cylindrical mount by screwing the drive nut of the drive assembly onto the threads of the threaded cylindrical mount. |
| US09513145B2 |
Apparatus to reduce pressure and thermal sensitivity of high precision optical displacement sensors
Methods, systems and devices for estimating a parameter of interest in a borehole. The method may include generating information from an optical displacement device relating to relative motion between two or more reflective surfaces thereof that is indicative of the parameter of interest; and preventing changes in the information resulting from changes at the optical displacement device in at least one of i) temperature, or ii) pressure, by compensating for the changes. Compensating may include adjusting at least one light source generating an electromagnetic beam at least partly received by the optical displacement device responsive to information relating to a control optical displacement device at the optical displacement device. Compensating may include using an optical displacement device and configuring the optical displacement device such that a difference between a first variable gap and a second variable gap is substantially zero while the apparatus is subject to nominal conditions. |
| US09513143B2 |
Combined radial position and speed sensor assembly
A sensor assembly includes an annular target body disposed about a rotatable member outer surface and an annular angular position indicator with at least one angular position index corresponding to an angular position of the member. Radial displacement sensors are spaced circumferentially about the axis and radially outwardly from the target body outer surface. A reference sensor is disposed circumferentially between two of the radial displacement sensors, has an inner end spaced outwardly from the target body surface by a first spacing distance, and is configured to detect the target body. An angular displacement sensor is spaced axially from the reference sensor and has an inner end spaced outwardly from the position indicator surface by a second spacing distance. The angular sensor is located such that the second spacing distance is generally equal to the first spacing distance and such that the position index passes the sensor inner end. |
| US09513141B2 |
Electric power measurement system, electric power measurement method, and information processing device
An electric device has an electric power measurement unit with an electric power detection element measuring consumed electric power and an information communication element transmitting the measured power. An electric power meter has an information communication element measuring and transmitting total electric power consumed indoors. An information processing unit stores the measured values in every predetermined sampling period. If a difference α of two measurement values of the electric power detection element is a finite value, the information processing unit calculates and stores both a difference β of two measurement values of the electric power meter corresponding to the two measurement values and β/α, and calibrates the amount of electric power consumed by the electric device and that is measured by the electric power detection element using a median of values of β/α obtained in a predetermined measurement period or a median of a predetermined number of values of β/α. |
| US09513138B2 |
Method, system and terminal for providing map information
Disclosed are a method and system for providing map information by a terminal supporting a navigation function, and more particularly, variably displaying map information as a streaming image map or an embedded vector map according to a travel state in a route guide service. Accordingly, since the present invention variably supports two-type map information including the embedded vector map and the streaming image map in the navigation function, it is possible to use map information through the streaming image map when a detailed, clear image is needed, and it is possible to use a route guide service through the embedded vector map providing more accurate and general map information while moving. Also, it is possible to efficiently receive map information applied to a navigation function from a service device connected through a communication network and accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform the navigation function provided from a terminal. |
| US09513137B2 |
Area map provision system, terminal device, and server device
An area map provision system includes a terminal device and a server device communicating with each other. The server device includes an information collection unit collecting travel information related to travel of each vehicle, and a concentration degree determination unit determining a concentration degree of people at each point on a map based on the travel information. The terminal device or the server device includes a hotspot determination unit determining hotspots, each of which has the concentration degree equal to or higher than a threshold value, a recommendation facility search unit searching for recommendation facilities determined based on preferences of a target user, and an area map generation unit, when at least one of search regions defined with respective hotspots as reference points includes at least two recommendation facilities, generating an area map by including text or image to distinguishably represent the at least two recommendation facilities. |
| US09513136B2 |
Viewing, modifying, and/or creating routes
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for creating, modifying, and viewing geographic areas and their corresponding routes and items of work. For example, an interface can be provided with a map display area and a route display area. The map display area and the route display area can be synchronized to create new routes, modify existing routes, and/or view information about various routes and/or items of work. |
| US09513134B1 |
Management of evacuation with mobile objects
Evacuation of mobile objects is managed by a system including a processor; and one or more computer readable mediums collectively including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive information of occurrence of a disaster, obtain information of a plurality of evacuation areas, obtain a plurality of locations, each location corresponding to a mobile object among a plurality of mobile objects in a geographic space, distribute the plurality of mobile objects into the plurality of evacuation areas according to a distribution based on the information of the plurality of evacuation areas and the plurality of locations. |
| US09513130B1 |
Variable environment high integrity registration transformation system and related method
A registration solution between two or more sets of point cloud data is provided to register a first target set of point cloud data with a second source set of point cloud data. Through error propagation, degrees of freedom masking and transformation filtering, a system may provide an intelligent method of enabling and disabling degrees of freedom in a real-time registration application. A system may adapt to varying environments (feature-rich and featureless) ensuring a high-integrity registration estimate through providing estimates of the observable parameters. By optionally and iteratively masking zero or more degrees of freedom from the registration estimate, a system may locate desirable data to use in a registration estimate. Then, the system may blend updates from the registration estimates to achieve the best available registration solution applied to the original second source set as well as additional sets of point cloud data. |
| US09513127B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing indoor navigation
An indoor navigational system determines a location of a moveable object in an indoor area and displays this location to a user. The system includes one or more dead-reckoning sensors, one or more absolute position sensors, and a processor. The processor determines the location of the moveable object based on signals received from the sensors. The system also includes a display device to display the location of the moveable object in a graphical representation of the indoor area based on messages from the processor indicating the location of the moveable object. |
| US09513125B2 |
Computing route plans for routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions
This description provides tools and techniques for computing a route or flight plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or any vehicle while routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. Methods provided by these tools may receive data representing destinations to be visited by the UAVs, and may receive data representing obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. These methods may also calculate trajectories spatial and temporal dimensions, by which the UAV may travel from one destination to another, and may at least attempt to compute flight plans for the UAVs that incorporate these trajectories. The methods may also determine whether these trajectories intersect any obstacles, and at least attempt to reroute the trajectories around the obstacles. These tools may also provide systems and computer-readable media containing software for performing any of the foregoing methods. |
| US09513117B2 |
Situ blade mounted tip gap measurement for turbines
Turbine blade tip clearance is measured in a fully assembled turbine casing by mounting a contact or non-contact displacement probe on a turbine blade that generates data indicative of probe distance from the turbine casing that circumferentially surrounds the blade. Variations in probe distance data are recorded as the blade circumferentially sweeps the turbine casing when the turbine is operated in turning gear mode. Blade rotational position data are collected by a rotational position sensor. A data processing system correlates the distance and rotational position data with localized blade tip gap at angular positions about the turbine casing circumference. An optical camera inspection system may be coupled to a turbine blade to obtain visual inspection information within the turbine casing. This method and apparatus provide an accurate and cost effective solution for accessing turbine casing deformation impact on blade tip clearance and rotor/casing alignment. |
| US09513113B2 |
Integrated illumination and optical surface topology detection system and methods of use thereof
Systems and methods are provided for optical topology detection and illumination. Embodiments provide an integrated system, and methods of operation thereof, where the integrated system includes an illumination system and an optical topology detection system, and where at least a portion of the spectral content of illumination light from the illumination system is within an optical detection bandwidth of the optical topology detection system, and where the operation of the optical topology detection system and the illumination system are interleaved to avoid crosstalk, such that the optical topology detection system detects the optical topology detection light when the illumination system is not emitting illumination light. The system may include, and control the operation of, an optical navigation system. The components of the system may be mounted to a rigid frame to maintain calibration. |
| US09513111B2 |
Self-tensed and fully spring jacketed optical fiber sensing structure
An optical fiber sensing spring of the present invention includes a longer cylindrical tension coil spring, a shorter cylindrical compression coil spring and a longer cylindrical tension coil spring that are connected in series to form a spring having the same inner and outer diameters. A single-mode optical fiber manufactured with a long section of fiber grating is placed in the manufactured spring. This section of the fiber grating is tensed to two ends of the cylindrical compression coil spring having a predetermined gauge length, and the force applied is released. A pre-tensing method for providing a maximum tolerable compression strain and manufacturing technology for this sensing element are then achieved. Thus, the self-tensed optical fiber sensing spring structure satisfies a standard 0.9 mm outer diameter, is fully spring jacketed by the full spring jacketing and protection layer, and forms a linear stress-strain relationship in an elasticity stretched elastic region. |
| US09513110B2 |
Methods for determining mechanical quantities associated with a deformation force by utilizing an integrated computational element
Mechanical quantities associated with a deformation force impacting a structure may be determined using one or more integrated computational elements. Methods for determining a mechanical quantity may comprise: optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with one or more integrated computational elements and a target area of a structure, the structure comprising a deformable material in an initial amount and a reference material in an initial amount within the target area; exposing the structure to a deformation force; determining a change in amount of the deformable material or the reference material within the target area, using the one or more integrated computational elements; and correlating the change in amount of the deformable material or the reference material within the target area to a mechanical quantity associated with the deformation force. |
| US09513109B2 |
Lithographic mask, lithographic apparatus and method
A lithographic mask has a substrate substantially transmissive for radiation of a certain wavelength, the substrate having a radiation absorbing material in an arrangement, the arrangement configured to apply a pattern to a cross-section of a radiation beam of the certain wavelength, wherein the absorbing material has a thickness which is substantially equal to the certain wavelength divided by a refractive index of the absorbing material. |
| US09513107B2 |
Registration calculation between three-dimensional (3D) scans based on two-dimensional (2D) scan data from a 3D scanner
A method for measuring and registering three-dimensional (3D) by measuring 3D coordinates with a 3D scanner in a first registration position, measuring two-dimensional (2D) coordinates with the 3D scanner by projecting a beam of light in plane onto the object while the 3D scanner moves from the first registration position to a second registration position, measuring 3D coordinates with the 3D scanner at the second registration position, and determining a correspondence among targets in the first and second registration positions while the 3D scanner moves between the second and third registration positions. |
| US09513106B2 |
Wavelength tunable light source
To provide a wavelength tunable light source which can both ensure operation speed and reduce a drive voltage. A wavelength tunable light source according to the present invention includes a pair of reflectors at least one of which is a movable reflector, an active layer provided between the pair of reflectors, and a beam on part of which the movable reflector is formed and which is supported by a support member. The beam includes a blade part projecting between the support member and the movable reflector in a direction intersecting a stretching direction of the beam, and a center of gravity of the beam in the stretching direction is located at a distance less than half a length of the beam in the stretching direction. |
| US09513102B2 |
Angle sensor, gear wheel for an angle sensor and method for producing such a gear wheel
An angle sensor for determining a rotation angle of a rotatable body, such as a steering column in a motor vehicle, includes a gear wheel. The orientation of a magnetic field generated by the gearwheel is configured to be detected by a magnetic field sensor. The gear wheel is comprised of a magnetisable material, such as hard ferrite, into which a magnetization is introduced. The gear wheel is stronger in a central region than in an edge region in which the teeth are arranged. In order to weakly magnetize the edge region, which minimizes a negative influence of the teeth on the homogeneity of the generated magnetic field, the front face of the gear wheel is configured to be magnetized. The magnetization process advantageously takes place at the same time as an injection moulding process to form the gearwheel. A method is implemented to produce the gear wheel. |
| US09513101B2 |
Distance measurement device and distance measurement method
A distance measurement device includes a transceiving unit that, in a distance measurement process between the distance measurement device and nodes, transmits a command to the nodes, and receives a response as a response to the command; and a distance measurement control unit that instructs the transceiving unit to transmit the command when the distance measurement process starts, measures a period of time until the response is received after the command is transmitted, and calculates a distances between the distance measurement device and the nodes on the basis of the measured period of time. The distance measurement control unit determines the number of repetitions for the distance measurement process until the distance is calculated after the command is transmitted on the basis of the calculated distance. |
| US09513092B2 |
Cartridge and bullet with controlled expansion
A bullet or a cartridge containing a bullet having an elongated body with a forward end and an opposed rear end. The body has an intermediate cylindrical portion between the rear and forward ends, and the front end of the body defines a cavity. A resilient nose element is received in the cavity. The nose element may be an elastomer, and may be a cylindrical body. The cavity may be a cylindrical bore, and the nose element may be closely encompassed within the bore. The forward end of the nose element may be flat, and may be flush with the forward end of the body. |
| US09513082B2 |
Method and apparatus for transferring paintballs
A paintball transfer apparatus and method for operating the apparatus to move a paintball enable a user to load a paintball into a paintball marker. The apparatus has an housing forming a cavity for storing paintballs, a path around the wall of the cavity that is shaped to guide paintballs, and a driver that rotates a roller within the cavity. Rotation of the roller moves paintballs along the path. The path may have one of a variety of shapes, such as circular or helical. The surface speed of the roller may be greater than the speed of the paintballs along the path. The roller may be made of a high friction material, and also may be a brush. The apparatus may be used to move paintballs within and about a marker, such as vertically upwards or downwards, or horizontally left or right. |
| US09513077B2 |
Magazine lock and portable firearm
A magazine attachment/detachment mechanism (10) is equipped with; protrusions (11a, 11b) extending downward from a receiver (2); and an attachment/detachment unit (12) that is movably attached to the protrusions (11a, 11b) and that attaches a magazine (3) to the receiver (2) in a detachable manner. The attachment/detachment unit (12) attaches/detaches the magazine (3) to/from the receiver (2) by moving between a securing position that secures the magazine (3) and a release position that releases the magazine (3). Thus, the magazine (3) is attached directly to the receiver (2), so deviation from the design value for the attachment height of the magazine (3) with respect to the receiver (2) can be reduced. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent defects in the chambering of cartridges without reducing the strength of the receiver (2). |
| US09513076B2 |
Firearm with reciprocating bolt assembly
A semiautomatic firearm with a reciprocating bolt assembly has delayed blowback and a firing pin block. The firearm is particularly suitable for firing necked rimfire cartridges with a high level of reliability. Features prevent out-of-battery firing, when the bolt assembly is not fully engaged to the firing chamber or barrel face, a movable member within a bolt body functions as a blocking member that blocks the firing pin and prevents the firing pin from striking a cartridge. In embodiments, the firing pin has two stop portions that the movable member can engage depending on the cycle status of the firearm. A reverse cam mechanism associated with the firing pin blocking provides a resistance to and delays blowback. The bolt may interface with the necked rimfire cartridge using a undercut engagement on the forward end of the bolt. The semiautomatic firearm also may incorporate one or both of a dual trigger arrangement as part of a trigger and firing mechanism. |
| US09513075B2 |
Toy launch apparatus with open top dart drum
Several embodiments of toy dart launch apparatus are disclosed including two crossbows with stretchable cords, a spring driven apparatus and an apparatus with battery operated rotatable wheels. Each apparatus includes an open top drum for receiving and storing darts. The darts are tubular and formed of soft foam. The drum includes an open outer surface with spaced recesses so that loaded darts are exposed, the darts being received by a spike in each recess. The recesses also include protrusions for restraining the stored darts on the spike, and a platform is mounted in the crossbows to support each dart when the released stretched cord impacts the dart. In the case of a rotating wheel arrangement, there is no need for spikes on drum or a platform. |
| US09513071B2 |
Material for joining and product produced therewith
The invention relates to an iron-based brazing material comprising a brazing alloy, which alloy comprises: from about 9 wt % to about 30 wt % Cr, from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % Ni, from about 0 wt % to about 9 wt % Mo, from about 0 wt % to about 5 wt % Mn, from about 0 wt % to about 1 wt % N, from about 6 wt % to about 20 wt % Si. Within the alloy is at least one of the B and the P are present as a melting point lowering supplement to Si, and wherein B is from about 0.1 wt % to about 1.5 wt %, or wherein P is from about 0.1 to about 15 wt % P. The brazing alloy may comprise contaminating elements as at least one of C, O, and S, and optionally the brazing alloy also comprises at least one micro-alloying element as V, Ti, W, Nb, or Ta, and the micro-alloying element is less than 1.5 wt % in the brazing alloy. All values are stated in weight percent, and wherein Si, B and P lower the liquidus temperature, that is the temperature when the brazing material is completely melted. |
| US09513061B2 |
Dual pipe for heat exchange
A dual pipe and a heat exchanger comprises: an outer pipe formed separately from the inner pipe to house the inner pipe therein; and a connector coupled to the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The connector includes: an outer pipe connection portion for housing an end portion of the outer pipe therein; a fastening groove; a stopper; and a through hole. The inner pipe is housed at the inside of the outer pipe, and a coil portion is formed in a portion positioned at the inside of the outer pipe. A portion extended from the coil portion is extended from the inside to the outside of the connector through a through hole of the connector. An outermost portion of the coil portion line contacts with an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe. |
| US09513058B2 |
Grate cooler for a cement clinker kiln
A cooling grate, for cooling and transporting of cement clinker having at least one grate element with at least one support for cement clinker, having at least one cooling air channel discharging into the support which is inclined in conveying direction at least in a section adjacent to its outlet used to inject cooling air into the clinker has improved cooling characteristics if the cooling air channel is curved in conveying direction in at least a section adjacent to the outlet. |
| US09513056B2 |
Dryer vent stabilizing apparatus
A dryer vent stabilizing apparatus for use with a dryer appliance having a vent tube includes a base member having opposed front and rear edges and an upper surface on which to secure the dryer appliance. A first support member is operatively coupled to the rear edge of the base member, the first support member having opposed first support member ends and defining a lateral channel extending substantially between respective first support member ends. A vent engagement member is slidably coupled to the lateral channel of the first support member and selectively movable along the lateral channel between the respective first support member ends, the vent engagement member defining an aperture configured to receive the vent tube of the dryer appliance therethrough. |
| US09513053B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for drying electronic devices
Methods and apparatuses for drying electronic devices are disclosed. Embodiments include methods and apparatuses that heat and decrease pressure within the electronic device. Some embodiments increase and decrease pressure while adding heat energy, such as by using a heated platen in contact with the electronic device or by supplying a gas (e.g., air), which may be heated, into the interior of the electronic device. Embodiments include heating the gas supplied into the interior of the electronic device with pump used to decrease pressure within the electronic device and/or a separate heater. Still other embodiments include controlling the temperature of the gas supplied into the electronic device. Still further embodiments automatically control, such as by using an electronic processor, some or all aspects of the drying of the electronic device. |
| US09513052B2 |
Linear high packing density for LED arrays
Apparatus for providing energy to a process chamber are provided herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus include a supporting substrate, a first plurality of solid state light sources disposed on a first surface of the supporting substrate, and a second plurality of solid state light sources disposed on the top surface of the supporting substrate, wherein the first and second plurality of solid state light sources are aligned and electrically isolated from each other, and the first plurality of solid state light sources is in physical contact with the second plurality of solid state light sources. |
| US09513051B2 |
Method for recovering hydrocarbon compounds and a hydrocarbon recovery apparatus from a gaseous by-product
There is provided a method for recovering hydrocarbon compounds from a gaseous by-products generated in the Fisher-Tropsch synthesis reaction, the method comprising a pressurizing step in which the gaseous by-products are pressurized, a cooling step in which the pressurized gaseous by-products are pressurized to liquefy hydrocarbon compounds in the gaseous by-products, and a separating step in which the hydrocarbon compounds liquefied in the cooling step are separated from the remaining gaseous by-products. |
| US09513048B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator may include guide members mounted to a storage chamber, with each guide member including a vertical guide hole and a vertical guide groove. A shelf may be mounted to the guide members, to be vertically movable, and switch members mounted to the shelf, to be movable forwards and rearwards. Each switch member may include a body, and a protrusion protruding from the body, to be guided along the guide groove of the corresponding guide member. A rotating shaft may be mounted beneath the shelf, to be guided along the guide holes. Pinions may be provided at the rotating shaft. Rack gears may be vertically mounted to the guide members, to be coupled to the pinions. A connecting device may transmit a force to vertically move a front half portion of the shelf to a rear half portion of the shelf such that the shelf is vertically movable while being maintained in a horizontal state. |
| US09513047B2 |
Door module assembly for a refrigerator appliance
A door module assembly for a refrigerator door of a refrigerator appliance may generally include a mounting bracket configured to be removably coupled to the refrigerator door to allow the mounting bracket to be moveable between a plurality of mounting locations defined along a height of the refrigerator door. The door module assembly may also include a door tray movable relative to the mounting bracket and at least one translation device configured in operative association with adjacent walls of the door tray and the mounting bracket. The translation device may be configured such that the door tray is movable relative to the mounting bracket in a horizontal direction between a retracted position and an extended position. Moreover, an open tray volume defined by the door tray may be accessible when the door tray is in both the retracted position and the extended position. |
| US09513042B2 |
Heat exchangerless heat transfer of immiscible fluids
The heat exchangerless membrane system optimizes heat transfer between a set of two immiscible fluids such that the second of the two immiscible fluids having an additive, notably an additive that makes the second fluid corrosive, is infrequently in contact any heat exchangers that would make the heat exchanger subject to corrosion. This membrane system is capable of separating the two immiscible fluids downstream of the heat transfer process, such that heat transfer can repeat the cycle again in an energy efficient manner. |
| US09513041B2 |
Air conditioner
COP deteriorates when a dehumidification operation is executed. In an air conditioner of the present invention, an indoor heat exchanger includes an auxiliary heat exchanger 20 and a main heat exchanger 21 provided leeward from the auxiliary heat exchanger 20. When the air conditioner is driven in a predetermined dehumidification operation mode, a liquid refrigerant supplied to the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 fully evaporates midway in the auxiliary heat exchanger 20. For this reason, only an upstream part of the auxiliary heat exchanger functions as an evaporation region, and an area downstream of the evaporation region of the auxiliary heat exchanger 20 is a superheat region. When the load is high at the selection of a dehumidification operation to start driving, a cooling operation is started and then switching to the dehumidification operation is executed in accordance with the decrease in the load. |
| US09513040B2 |
Electronic expansion valve, and air conditioner
An electronic expansion valve includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a stepping motor. A valve portion is formed at a forward end of the valve body. The valve seat forms a variable throttle portion between the valve portion and the valve seat by allowing the valve body to move in an axial direction. The stepping motor moves the valve portion in accordance with a pulse number. At least one part of a side surface of the valve portion is shaped so that an opening degree ratio becomes constant. |
| US09513038B2 |
Refrigerant cooling and lubrication system with refrigerant source access from an evaporator
Generally, apparatuses, systems, and methods are described that are directed to accessing liquid refrigerant from an evaporator to source a refrigerant pump and pump line to cool and lubricate such moving parts that may be part of the compressor, for example the compressor motor and the compressor bearings, and/or for cooling drives such as an adjustable or variable frequency drive. |
| US09513035B2 |
Cooling apparatus
Cooling apparatus including a thermoelectric device (1618) either forming at least part of at least one body (1614, 1616) to be cooled, or being positioned adjacent, in use, at least one body to be cooled, wherein the at least one body contains coolant. |
| US09513033B2 |
Refrigeration system and methods for refrigeration
A refrigeration system includes: a compressor arrangement for compressing gaseous refrigerant from a first pressure to a second pressure, wherein the second pressure comprises a condensing pressure; a plurality of condenser evaporator systems, wherein each condenser evaporator system comprises: (1) a condenser for receiving gaseous refrigerant at a condensing pressure and condensing the refrigerant to a liquid refrigerant; (2) a controlled pressure receiver for holding the liquid refrigerant from the condenser; and (3) an evaporator for evaporating liquid refrigerant from the controlled pressure receiver to form gaseous refrigerant; a first gaseous refrigerant feed line for feeding the gaseous refrigerant at the second pressure from the compressor arrangement to the plurality of condenser evaporator systems; and a second gaseous refrigerant feed line for feeding gaseous refrigerant from the plurality of condenser evaporator systems to the compressor arrangement. |
| US09513029B2 |
High efficiency furnace/air handler blower housing with a side wall having an exponentially increasing expansion angle
An air distribution blower housing for an air handler such as a residential furnace is designed with a volute-shaped outer wall that has an exponentially increasing expansion angle in the direction of air flow through the blower housing for at least a portion of the volute-shaped outer wall length. This results in the blower housing having an enlarged air outlet opening that slows down and spreads out the air flow from the blower housing over a greater area of the furnace heat exchanger. The blower housing thereby enables less air pressure drop through the heat exchanger, which increases the efficiency of the blower motor operation. The design of the blower housing also efficiently turns the velocity head of the air flow through the housing to usable static air pressure at the housing air outlet. |
| US09513025B2 |
Decorative air conduit
Described is a decorative air conduit for use with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The air conduit is an elongated tube having a hollow interior volume through which air can flow. The air conduit preferably has a right triangular cross section such that it can be positioned at or near the intersection of a wall and a ceiling within a room. The air conduit includes apertures spaced at a fixed interval thereon that allow for air to escape the conduit. The apertures can be on an upper surface of the conduit or can be on an outer surface thereof. A decorative molding can be positioned on the outer surface of the conduit and may include apertures thereon. The decorative molding can include various ornamental embellishments, and the decorative molding conceals the air conduit while providing an aesthetically pleasing outward appearance. |
| US09513024B2 |
Device employable in different circuit configurations using parallel wiring harnesses, a HVAC system employing the device and a method of manufacturing a HVAC unit
A HVAC unit manufacturing method and a HVAC system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the HVAC system includes: a controller having control board terminals, a parallel wiring harness having a first and a second connection header, the first connection header coupled to the control board terminals, and a switch having terminals. The terminals of the switch including: a pair of functional terminals configured to indicate a status of the switch and a pair of jumpered terminals independent of the pair of functional terminals and internally connected together within the switch, wherein designated combinations of the terminals indicate a circuit configuration for employing the switch in the HVAC system with each of the terminals having a particular design that dictates a specific corresponding connection header be used for each of the designated combinations, wherein a single one of the designated combinations of the terminals corresponds to the second connection header. |
| US09513022B2 |
Ventilating fan
The present invention discloses a ventilating fan including a ventilating fan body located on the indoor side, an outdoor pipe hood located on the outdoor side, a ventilating fan mounting member located between the ventilating fan body and the outdoor pipe hood, and a panel removably mounted to the front of the ventilating fan body, the ventilating fan mounting member includes a cylinder and a flange, the outdoor pipe hood includes a pipe hood base and a back cover, the pipe hood base includes a base plate with a circular opening and a pipeline fixing ring removably mounted to the base plate; and, a hollow expansion pipe being connected to the cylinder of the ventilating fan mounting member at one end and connected to the pipeline fixing ring at the other end. The present invention has advantages of easy mounting of the expansion pipe. |
| US09513018B2 |
Method for controlling a parallel operation of a multi-water heater
A method for controlling a parallel operation of a multi-water heater in which a plurality of water heaters are connected to each other in parallel, according to the present invention, comprises: measuring the temperature of direct water that flows into the multi-water heater; sensing a set temperature set by a user; calculating a temperature difference between the set temperature and the direct water temperature; and changing a reference value to additionally operate or stop each water heater according to the calculated temperature difference, thereby efficiently operate the multi-water heater even though the circumstance and conditions of use are changed. |
| US09513017B2 |
Insulation configuration for thermal appliances
An insulation system for a thermal oven. The insulation system comprises a cabinet and a liner positioned within the cabinet. The liner defines an oven cavity. The liner includes opposing sides, a top, a bottom, a front and a back. A layer of insulation is positioned between the cabinet and the outside of the opposing sides, top, bottom and back of the liner. The layer of insulation is positioned to create an air gap between the insulation and the opposing sides, top, bottom and back of the liner. The insulation has a thermal energy reflective facing attached to an interior surface facing the liner. |
| US09513014B2 |
Medical device for preparing thermoplastic material
A device for preparing a thermoplastic material, with dry heat, for use in patient fixation. The device generates circulated heat to a threshold temperature. Once the thermoplastic material has become pliable, it is molded into a cast for fixation purposes. The circulated heat may be generated by a device having a housing and a support member movably attached to the housing. The device also includes a heating element and an array of circulation elements. |
| US09513011B2 |
Gas turbine engine combustor top hat cover attachment system with lugged interlocking backing plate
Combustor top hat covers are attached to midframe combustor portals with a lugged backing plate that interlocks with mating recesses formed in the corresponding midframe combustor portal. Exemplary embodiments utilize twist lock engagement of backing plate ring lugs under projecting tabs formed over a lug raceway recess in the combustor portal mating surface. The top hat cover is in turn fastened to the combustor portal by fasteners that engage corresponding threaded apertures formed in the backing plate. |
| US09513010B2 |
Gas turbine engine combustor with fluidic control of swirlers
A system and method for controlling air flow through a combustor swirler assembly that includes an inner swirler and an outer swirler. A bistable fluidic amplifier that includes an air inlet, a first air outlet, a second air outlet, and a control port is disposed upstream of the combustor swirler assembly. A flow of compressed is directed into the air inlet of the bistable fluidic amplifier and, based on the control air pressure at the control port, the flow of compressed air supplied to the air inlet is selectively directed to either the first air outlet or the second air outlet. |
| US09513002B2 |
Wide-flame, oxy-solid fuel burner
A wide-flame solid fuel/oxygen burner including a fuel nozzle having an aspect ratio of at least about 2 defined by the ratio of a fuel nozzle width, W, measured along a major axis centerline, to a fuel nozzle height, H, measured along a minor axis centerline, and long walls spaced substantially symmetrically from the major axis centerline, the fuel nozzle having an inlet width, WN; and a pair of guide vanes positioned on either side of the major axis centerline between that centerline and an adjacent long wall, the guide vanes diverging from the major axis centerline in the flow direction by an angle such that the guide vanes are closer together at an upstream end and farther apart at a downstream end, thereby forming a central diffuser between the guide vanes and an outer converging nozzle between each guide vane and one of the long walls. |
| US09512998B2 |
Twin wick torch
An apparatus having a flame bowl, a shroud surrounding the flame bowl, and a fitting connected to an underside of the flame bowl is disclosed. At least two wick holders are disposed in the flame bowl. The shroud connects to the flame bowl along a top thereof and is spaced apart from the flame bowl along a bottom thereof. |
| US09512997B2 |
Burner system and a method for increasing the efficiency of a heat exchanger
The present invention is a burner system that allows ‘quasi continuous burning’ of fluids at very high temperatures by using controlled continuous pulsing explosions or detonations instead of continuous flow and thus creating pulsing pressure waves that can be easily utilised for increasing heat exchanger efficiency. After initiation the explosions or detonations are maintained by use of infrared radiation. The pulsed explosions or detonations send their shock waves directly onto the heat exchanger walls thus introducing a bigger part of energy into the heat exchanger wall then would be possible with any other method of heat exchange. In addition the kinetic energy of the negative acceleration of the mass in the explosion or detonation wave is added as additional heat introduced into the heat exchanger walls. |
| US09512994B2 |
Fire rated recessed lighting assembly
Provided is a fire rated or resistant recessed lighting assembly including a metal housing inside of which a lighting unit is placed, the housing being fire resistant for 120 minutes when tested according ASTM E119-12a without a protective fire resistant cover on outside of the housing. The fire resistant recessed lighting assembly can include a metal housing inside of which a light is placed and one or both of: i) an object made of a fire resistant material, such as an intumescent material, placed inside of the housing in between a trim and a closed end of the housing; and ii) an ring made of a fire resistant material, such as an intumescent material, placed outside of the housing, wherein in event of a fire, the intumescent material expands to slow spread of the fire. |
| US09512993B2 |
Explosion-proof lamp
An explosion-proof luminaire comprises a plurality of light-emitting diodes. These are assigned to a ballast for electrical power supply. A contactless power transmission device is formed between at least a group of LEDs and the ballast. This yields an explosion-proof luminaire which is simplified and improved in terms of structure and light output while permitting many possible arrangements of the LEDs in the corresponding luminaire at the same time. |
| US09512991B2 |
Portable lighting devices
A portable lighting device with a main power circuit for electrically connecting a light source to a portable source of power, the main power circuit including an electric power switch disposed electrically in series with the light source, there also being an inertial sensor and a controller electrically coupled to the portable source of power, the controller including an output for providing a control signal for controlling the flow of power through the electronic power switch and the light source in the main power circuit, the controller also being electrically connected to the inertial sensor, wherein the controller is configured to control the flow of power through the electronic power switch based on one or more signals received from the at least one output of the inertial sensor. |
| US09512987B2 |
Lighting device
A lighting device includes a housing, at least one cover panel covering the housing and a plurality of lighting elements disposed in the housing and forming different lighting units. Four of the lighting elements are arranged in a rectangular arrangement with respect to one another so as to form a first lighting unit. The four lighting elements of the first lighting unit including two upper lighting elements disposed adjacent to one another and two lower lighting elements disposed adjacent to one another. |
| US09512979B2 |
Phosphor, production method for the same, and light-emitting device
A phosphor with a high light-emitting intensity, indicated by general formula MeaRebSicAld—NeOf. In the formula: Me has Sr as an essential element thereof and can include one or more types of element selected from Na, Li, Mg, Ca, Ba, Sc, Y, and La; and Re has Eu as an essential element thereof and can include one or more types of element selected from Mn, Ce, Tb, Yb, and Sm. When a=1−x, b=x, c=(2+2p)×(1−y), d=(2+2p)×y, e=(1+4p)×(1−z), and f=(1+4p)×z, parameters, p, x, y, and z fulfill the following: 1.610 |
| US09512978B1 |
Vortex light projection system, LED lensless primary optics system, and perfectly random LED color mixing system
An improved primary optics light projection system comprising a cone shaped reflector designed within specified mathematical parameters and a light source placed near the apex focal point cross sectional area of said reflector is disclosed for projecting a vortex of light rays with a precise shape and an even beam field containing a maximum number of light rays produced by a light source having a small or large diameter or cross section. A reflector near the base of the light source and perpendicular to the cone shaped reflector and one or more lens may be included to increase efficiency. The cone shaped reflector may be made in various cross sectional shapes providing means for using light sources with a square, rectangular, round, oval, or unconventional shape allowing the use of high efficiency light sources such as, but not limited to, light emitting diodes, often used in clusters of multiple LEDs. |
| US09512972B2 |
Headlight system incorporating adaptive beam function
A light source system comprising projection optics, which are capable of producing a far-field image of a light source. The light source comprises a fluorescent medium that when illuminated by light from laser emitters of a first waveband emits light of a second or more wavebands of longer wavelength. The resulting light emission produces a color perceived as white. The light source is illuminated by a plurality of laser emitters arranged to illuminate the light source in an array-like manner. Control of the output of one or more of the laser emitters results in a variation of the spatial emission distribution from the light source and hence a variation of the far-field beam spot distribution via non-mechanical means. |
| US09512965B2 |
Method and device for removing water from a swimming pool cover
A device and method is provided for removing water that has accumulated on a swimming pool cover in the form of a directed stream or spray from a typical pool cover pump through a water ejection spout. The water ejection spout has a connector adapted to couple to an outflow connector of the pool cover pump, tubing extending from the connector, and a nozzle coupled to the tubing for expelling the pumped water. The water ejection spout is configured to discharge the pumped water in a directed stream or spray upwardly and outwardly from the pool cover pump. The tubing and nozzle may be configured to additionally discharge the pumped water in a directed stream or spray away from the pool pump, or another in a directed stream or spray over the pool pump. One form is configured to inhibit rotation and/or tipping of the pump/spout assembly. |
| US09512957B2 |
Analyzer assembly platform
A combination of an analytical apparatus with a platform for mounting such an apparatus comprising at least two units, and a platform on which said apparatus is mounted is disclosed, said platform comprising at least one platform element, and multiple feet for placing the platform elements on a surface. The feet are individually adjustable in height. |
| US09512956B2 |
Appliance shipping runner
A blow molded runner having a bottom wall and a top wall forming a double wall blow molded configuration, at least one compressed double wall structure defined by compression of the bottom and top walls against each other such that an inner surface of the bottom wall is in contact with an inner surface of the top wall. At least two columns spaced apart at a distance wherein each of the at least two columns defines one of the at least one compressed double wall structure and has a top surface and the compressed double wall structure corresponding to each of the at least two columns extends from the top surface to a bottom surface of the runner at the at least two columns wherein the bottom surface is defined by an outer surface of the bottom wall. |
| US09512955B2 |
Tripod for supporting video/photographic equipment
A tripod for supporting video/photographic equipment comprises: a spider (2) on which are articulated a plurality of legs (3); a column (5) engaged in the spider and slidable in a first direction (X) between a retracted position, in which a supporting surface of the photographic equipment is close to the spider, and an extended position, in which the supporting surface (7) is remote from the spider; and an auxiliary positioning element (10) associated with the spider and comprising a seat (12) provided to house the column (5) in engaged manner in such a way as to be able to slide in a second direction (Y), which differs from the first direction (X). The seat (12) is provided on a sleeve (11) engaged in the spider (2) in such a way as to be able to slide in the first direction (X), between a non-operational position in which the seat (12) is concealed inside the spider and an operating position in which the seat (12) projects out from the spider to permit the column to slide in the second direction (Y). |
| US09512953B2 |
Thermal insulation laminate
Provided is a thermal insulation laminate having both of an excellent thermal insulation property and high visible light transmittance, and further having a provided antifouling property and an excellent scratch resistance. A thermal insulation laminate includes a photocatalytic layer (4); a transparent thermal insulation layer (10) having two transparent base plates (1, 1) and composite materials including a fiber assembly (2) and inorganic particles (3) therebetween; and an adhesive layer (5); the photocatalytic layer (4) is an outermost layer of one side thereof, and the adhesive layer (5) is an outermost layer of other side. A hard coat layer may be sandwiched in either at least one of between the photocatalytic layer (4) and the transparent thermal insulation layer (10), and between the transparent thermal insulation layer (10) and the adhesive layer (5). |
| US09512943B2 |
Connecting arrangement for connecting a fluid line to an assembly to be supplied with fluid
A connecting arrangement connects an end of a fluid conduit to an assembly. The connecting arrangement includes a stub (1) having a flow opening (11) for receiving the fluid conduit at one end of the flow opening (11) as well as a flange (2) having a first opening (9) for receiving the stub (1) and a second opening (10) for fastening to the assembly. The stub (1) is inserted into the first opening (9) and connected to the flange (2) in a material-to-material manner. The flange (2) has in the region of the connection a groove (4) that extends in a circumferential direction. |
| US09512942B2 |
Cold-insulated pipe support
A cold-insulated pipe support for a pipeline comprising a receiving space for a pipe portion, a heat insulating layer of solid insulating material, that surrounds the receiving space, an outer protective casing, a vapor barrier arranged between the heat insulating layer and the outer protective casing, two part-circular support shells The support shells are of a shorter configuration at both support ends in the axial direction than the other support portions, wherein there remains a free support portion. Provided in the region of the free support portions at the two ends are contact elements which bear directly against the ends of the support shells. The contact elements are fixed by means of radially screwed-in headed screws which are anchored through the protective casing and the vapor barrier in the solid heat insulating layer. |
| US09512935B2 |
Microchannel with an opening and/or closing and/or pumping device
A microchannel formed at the interface of two layers of material, at least one of the two materials being a substrate. A volume of the microchannel contains a film of polymer fixed by covalent bonding to the substrate layer. The film of polymer being formed from a hydrogel material susceptible to undergoing changes in volume under the action of an external stimulus. The hydrogel polymer is chosen from those which are sensitive to changes in temperature, light, electrical field or pH. A method for producing the microchannel. |
| US09512934B2 |
Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves
Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. An apparatus includes a cage, a plug having a seal gland and a seal assembly to be at least partially positioned in the seal gland. The seal assembly includes a back-up ring having a wedge-shaped protrusion and a seal defining a wedge-shaped groove to receive the protrusion. A pressure is to act on the back-up ring to urge the protrusion into the groove. An engagement between the protrusion and the groove is to urge the seal into sealing engagement with an inner surface of the cage. |
| US09512932B2 |
Electrically controlled actuating device incorporating a thermostatic function, and valve
A actuating device includes a fixed portion forming a frame including an inlet intended to receive a fluid, a main outlet and a sampling outlet and a return device for exerting a mechanical force on a movable portion; a movable portion including a shutter moving between an open position and a closed position; a thermostatic device including a conical turning disc, the turning of the disc above a known critical temperature driving the shutter to the closed position of same; a control device allowing a holding force for holding the shutter to be generated, the control device being able to be controlled in such a way that below the critical temperature, the opening or the closing of the valve results from the balance between the holding force and the mechanical force. |
| US09512918B2 |
Speed control system for a hydrostatic transmission
A speed control system for a hydrostatic transmission includes an engine having a drive shaft connected to a hydraulic pump. At least one hydrostatic motor is connected to the pump in a closed circuit by a flow line. Connected to the motor via a system shaft is a vehicle system. A controller is connected to a plurality of sensors and a high pressure relief valve that is connected to the flow line between the pump and the motor. Based on information received from the sensors, the controller sets the pump and motor displacements to limit the pressure to a value that will not overspeed the engine and allow the system to automatically provide braking beyond the engine's capability. This may be accomplished through the use of various algorithms. |
| US09512917B2 |
Speed control system for hydrostatic transmission
A speed control system for a hydrostatic transmission includes an engine having a drive shaft connected to a hydraulic pump. At least one hydrostatic motor is connected to the pump in a closed circuit by a flow line. Connected to the motor via a system shaft is a vehicle system. A controller is connected to a plurality of sensors and a proportional high pressure relief valve that is connected to the flow line between the pump and the motor. Based on information received from the sensors, the controller sets the pressure relief valve to limit the pressure to a valve that will not over-speed the engine and allows the demands of the speed control system to be attained. This may be accomplished through the use of various algorithms. |
| US09512915B2 |
Oil reservoir structure of transmission
An inclined surface inclined such that a portion thereof farther away from an oil injection port becomes lower is formed in an inner wall of an oil reservoir which faces a tip end of an oil injection gun to be inserted into the injection port, such that oil to be discharged by the injection gun is guided by the inclined surface toward a bottom portion of the reservoir. Accordingly, the oil to be discharged by the injection gun is prevented from splashing back from the inner wall of the reservoir, which faces the tip end of the injection gun, and blowing back out from the injection port in a simple structure, and smooth oil injection work is thereby enabled. Additionally, it is possible to prevent a situation where a worker erroneously recognizes that the injection work of the oil is completed, and an amount of the injected oil is insufficient. |
| US09512914B1 |
Drive assembly
A drive assembly is disclosed, with a hydraulic center section for a rotating kit disposed in a housing. A spring is disposed between the center section and an internal surface of the housing. The center section may include a main body having first and second running surfaces and at least one side wall, and internal porting formed in the main body to connect the first running surface with the second running surface. A pair of passages in communication with the internal porting may be formed in a structure having an external surface forming an alignment profile shaped to fit in a first internal housing pocket. A protrusion shaped to fit in second internal housing pocket extends from a side wall of the main body generally opposite to the structure, and the spring may engage the protrusion. |
| US09512911B2 |
Split power continuously variable transmission architecture incorporating a planetary type ball variator with multiple fixed ranges
A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, at least three planetary gearsets, a variable-ratio unit, and at least nine clutches. The input shaft is configured to receive torque from a drive unit. The output shaft is configured to transmit torque to a load. The at least three planetary gearsets, the variable ratio-unit, and the at least nine clutches are arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft. The at least nine clutches are selectively engageable in combination with one another to select one of at least one reverse mode and at least four forward modes. The at least nine clutches include a first clutch engageable to couple the variable-ratio unit to one of the at least three planetary gearsets. |
| US09512908B2 |
Oscillatingly driven power tools with toothed belt drive
The invention discloses an oscillatingly driven power tool, having a motor shaft that can be driven rotationally by a motor and that is coupled via a toothed-belt drive and an eccentric coupling drive to a tool spindle, for the purpose of driving the latter. |
| US09512905B2 |
Multi-speed transmission
The present disclosure provides a multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The plurality of planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the five torque-transmitting mechanisms. |
| US09512902B2 |
Multi-stage transmission for vehicle
A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft and an output shaft, a first planetary gear device, a second planetary gear device, a third planetary gear device, and a fourth planetary gear device provided between the input shaft and the output shaft so as to transfer a torque and each including three rotating elements, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotating elements of the first to fourth planetary gear devices. |
| US09512899B2 |
Stationary gear unit
A method of stepping up the speed of a rotary motion from a first speed, supplied to an input shaft (26), to a second speed delivered by an output shaft (28), comprises transmitting said rotary motion from said input shaft (26), via a drive gear (34) of said input shaft (26), the drive gear (34) being helical and having a first helix angle (ψin), to a layshaft arrangement, so as to generate a first axial thrust (F1) of the input shaft (26) in a first axial direction; transmitting said rotary motion from said layshaft arrangement, via a driven gear (44) of said output shaft (28), said driven gear (44) being helical and having a second helix angle (ψout) that is larger than said first helix angle (ψin), to said output shaft (28), so as to generate a second axial thrust (F2) of the output shaft (28) in a second direction, said second direction being substantially opposite to said first direction; and applying said first axial thrust (F1) and said second axial thrust (F2) to the same location of an axially rigid support structure (50), such that said first and second axial thrusts (F1, F2) counter-act and at least partly cancel out in said support structure (50). |
| US09512891B2 |
Brake shoe for drum brake having offset cam followers
A brake shoe for a drum brake is provided that improves the direction of the brake actuating forces to reduce stress, improve efficiency and permit thicker brake linings. The brake shoe has a web having first and second ends with the first end configured for pivotally coupling to an associated brake spider. A brake table is supported on the web. The second end of the web is configured to engage an associated cam follower that causes the brake shoe to move between positions of engagement and disengagement with an associated braking surface at either of first and second radially offset positions on the second end of the web such that the cam followers can engage two brake shoes in the brake at offset positions and improve the direction of the force vectors. |
| US09512887B2 |
Hybrid drive
The invention relates to a fluid friction clutch (1) having a housing (2, 3), having a clutch disk (4) which is rotatable relative to the housing (2, 3), and which is rotatably arranged on an end (5) of a shaft (6) which is mounted centrally within the housing (2, 3); having a working chamber (9) between the housing (2, 3) and the clutch disk (4); having a storage chamber (10) for clutch fluid; having a supply duct (11) which leads from the storage chamber (10) to the working chamber (9); having a stationary clutch part (13) relative to which the housing (2, 3) is rotatable; and having a pump element (14), wherein the pump element (14) defines a shear gap (12) with an annular wall (19) arranged in the storage chamber (10), wherein an active element (7) is fastened to the housing (2, 3), and wherein the shear rate in the shear gap (12) can be regulated by means of an electric motor (20) which is mounted on the shaft (6). |
| US09512885B2 |
Coupling device, in particular for industrial applications
A coupling device for industrial applications is provided for torque-transmitting connection of two shaft segments. The coupling device comprises a first coupling part for coupling with a first shaft segment and a second coupling part for coupling with a second shaft segment, wherein the first coupling part has a plurality of coupling projections arranged in regular angular intervals around a center axis of the first coupling part. The second coupling part has a corresponding plurality of coupling projections arranged in regular angular intervals around a center axis of the second coupling part, at least two coupling projections of the first and second coupling part adjacent to each other each having a power-transmitting connection by means of an elastic connection arrangement. The elastic connection arrangement has two connecting links angled relative to one another, which extend between the adjacent coupling projections. The connecting links have a power-transmitting coupling to regions facing each other having at least one tension strand portion substantially running in the radial direction. |
| US09512884B2 |
Self-aligning axial drive coupling
A self-aligning and self-engaging drive coupling on a seeding machine planting unit allows for one drive or driven device of the planting unit to be moved between a use position and a service position without the need to manually connect or disconnect the drive coupling between the two devices. |
| US09512880B2 |
Rolling bearing
A rolling bearing includes a resin cage. The resin cage includes a pair of split members split in two halves in an axial direction. Each of the split members has pocket portions and coupling portions alternately arranged in a circumferential direction. On a first coupling portion of the coupling portions coupled together, an engagement pawl is formed which protrudes from a coupling surface in the axial direction. On a second coupling portion, an engagement groove is formed which is recessed in the axial direction with respect to the coupling surface and into which the engagement pawl is inserted. The engagement pawl has a base portion and a pawl portion engaging with the second coupling portion. An insertion hole is formed in the first coupling portion so as to pass through the first coupling portion in the axial direction such that a mold is inserted into the insertion hole. |
| US09512877B2 |
Linear motion bearing with improved outer housing sleeve
A linear motion bearing assembly comprising a ball retainer structure having at least a portion of a plurality of open axial ball tracks formed therein. The ball tracks including an open load-bearing portion, an open return portion and turnarounds interconnecting the load bearing and return portions. A plurality of bearing balls are disposed in the ball tracks. At least one load bearing plate is axially positioned adjacent the ball retainer structure for receiving load from the balls disposed in the load-bearing portion of the ball tracks. Various outer housing sleeves are disclosed including a structure split axially and a monolithic structure. |
| US09512873B2 |
Bearing device and hydraulic machine
A bearing device of embodiment is usable for a hydraulic machine having a rotary shaft of a vertical shaft, with a water tank storing lubrication water, and a bearing pad supporting a skirt member on the rotary shaft in the lubrication water. The bearing device has a first supporting mechanism slidably supporting the bearing pad from the radial direction, and a second supporting mechanism slidably supporting the bearing pad from a bottom portion side in an axial direction. One of a supporting surface supporting the bearing pad in the first supporting mechanism and a supported surface supported by the supporting surface in the bearing pad is formed in a convex shape. One of a supporting surface supporting the bearing pad in the second supporting mechanism and a supported surface supported by the supporting surface in the bearing pad is formed in a convex shape. |
| US09512869B2 |
Bolt system
A bolt system for attaching workpieces together, in situations where access is denied at the distal surface of a distal workpiece. |
| US09512866B2 |
Kraft dovetail and slot assembly
A dovetail and slot assembly made from panels comprising layered corrugated Kraft. The applications are multiple, ranging from items of furniture such as chairs, tables, benches, shelves, items for loading products, display units, and packagings. The assembly systems are also designed to be set up in such a way that it is practical and easy for the user without needing to use tools. It enables and facilitates the transport of the structures prior to assembly in parts arranged in a compact manner, occupying a relatively small space. |
| US09512860B2 |
Fluid pressure cylinder
An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid pressure cylinder improved in assembling performance so as to easily fix a partition wall to a cylinder main body. A plurality of pistons 15a and 15b are incorporated in a cylinder main body 11, axially aligned with each other, reciprocable in an axial direction, and respectively provided with piston rods 17a and 17b. A partition wall 14 is attached to the cylinder main body 11 so as to form pressure chambers 21a and 21b. A stopper space is formed by an engagement groove 31 provided to the partition wall 14 and a slit 32 formed so as to extend in a transverse direction of the cylinder main body 11. A stopper 34 is inserted in the stopper space in the transverse direction of the cylinder main body 11 so as to fix the partition wall 14 to the cylinder main body 11. |
| US09512856B2 |
Patient ventilation device including blower with divided air outlet channels
The invention relates to a patient ventilation or breathing device and components therefore for use in all forms of respiratory apparatus ventilation systems including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, positive airway pressure therapy, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), and particularly Bi-Level therapy and treatment for sleep disordered breathing (SDB) conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), and for various other respiratory disorders and diseases. The invention particularly relates to a blower, to a blade, to a gasket, to a cable, to an impeller, to a gas inlet and inlet member, to an improved air path or fluid flow path and components thereof, and/or to a modular ventilation or breathing device as referred to above and particularly incorporating one or more of the other aspects of the invention. |
| US09512852B2 |
Rotary blood pump
The present invention provides a rotary blood pump with both an attractive magnetic axial bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. In one embodiment according to the present invention, a rotary pump includes an impeller assembly supported within a pump housing assembly by a magnetic axial bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. The magnetic axial bearing includes at least two magnets oriented to attract each other. One magnet is positioned in the spindle of the pump housing while the other is disposed within the rotor assembly, proximate to the spindle. In this respect, the two magnets create an attractive axial force that at least partially maintains the relative axial position of the rotor assembly. The hydrodynamic bearing is formed between sloping surfaces that form tight clearances below the rotor assembly. |
| US09512851B2 |
Electronic apparatus with fan motor
If a fan motor in a stopped state remains stopped even when it is powered on, restart processing of the fan motor is carried out by rotating the fan motor forward and backward. If the fan motor rotates as a result of the restart processing, an indication to prompt replacement of it is displayed. If the fan motor remains stopped without rotating, in contrast, it is determined to be defective, and an electronic apparatus is stopped. |
| US09512848B2 |
Turbine cap for turbo-molecular pump
A turbine assembly mounted to a pump rotor via mounting bolts. The turbine includes fins extending therefrom for pumping gasses and suspended particles from a semiconductor processing chamber. The tops of the bolts are recessed from the top surface of the turbine in a bolt cavity having an open end. A cap member is mounted over and seals the open end of the bolt cavity via a center bolt. The cap member has a shaped upper surface (conical, parabolic, squared, rounded) for deflecting particles away from the center of the turbine and toward the turbine's fins. The cap member's upper surface can include particle deflecting features such as fins, channels or asymmetric shapes to enhance particle deflection as the cap member rotates. |
| US09512846B2 |
Cetrifugal blower system and fuel cell incorporating same
A centrifugal blower system includes a series of blower units, each blower unit in the series comprising a casing having an axial inlet and a radial outlet, an impeller disposed within the casing for drawing a gaseous medium at a first pressure into the inlet and expelling gaseous medium at a second higher pressure through the outlet and a motor for driving the impeller; and, a duct connecting the outlet of at least one blower unit in the series with the inlet of at least one other blower unit in the series. |
| US09512844B2 |
Pump assembly
A pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump driven by an electric motor and is provided with a time display which is formed by an annular row of light diodes, wherein a time is assigned to each light diode. |
| US09512842B2 |
Rotary compressor
A high pressure dome type rotary compressor including a casing and a compression mechanism disposed in the casing to compress gas in a cylinder chamber. The compression mechanism has a discharge port and a discharge valve. The discharge valve is opened in a discharge process and is closed during a period from when the discharge process is finished to when a next compression process is started. The compressor is arranged such that high pressure gas discharged from the discharge port in the discharge process is discharged outside the casing through space in the casing. An oil feed path is arranged to feed lubricant oil contained in a bottom of the casing to an inside of the discharge port in a period from a point in time in the discharge process to when the compression process is started. |
| US09512841B2 |
Rotary compressor with oil retaining portion
A rotary compressor (100) includes a closed casing (1), a cylinder (15), a piston (28), a lower bearing member (72), a vane (33), a suction port (20), a discharge port (41), and a partition member (64). The partition member (64) is attached to the lower bearing member (72) so as to form a space enclosed by the partition member (64) and the lower bearing member (72) at a position adjacent to the lower bearing member (72). A portion of an oil stored in the oil reservoir (22) flows into the enclosed space, and thereby an oil retaining portion (53) is formed. The oil retaining portion (53) is located on the same side as the suction port (20) with respect to a reference plane (H1). |
| US09512840B2 |
Scroll-type compressor and CO2 vehicle air conditioning system having a scroll-type compressor
A scroll-type compressor for a CO2 vehicle air conditioning system, having a movable displacement spiral which is rotatably connected to an eccentric bearing and which engages into a counterpart spiral such that, between the windings of the displacement spiral and of the counterpart spiral, there are formed chambers which travel radially inward in order to compress the refrigerant and discharge the refrigerant into a pressure chamber, wherein the displacement spiral is arranged on the suction side and the counterpart spiral is arranged on the high-pressure side. The scroll-type compressor is wherein the eccentric bearing is arranged in the displacement chamber between the displacement spiral and the counterpart spiral and has a bearing bushing which is formed integrally with the displacement spiral and the base of which is in alignment with the face side of the windings of the displacement spiral. |
| US09512835B2 |
High pressure bellows assembly
A high pressure bellows assembly is disclosed herein. The high pressure bellows assembly includes a first bellows being reversibly expandable. The high pressure bellows assembly also includes a second bellows being reversibly expandable. The high pressure bellows assembly also includes a chamber including a first portion encircling the first bellows, a second portion including an interior of the second bellows, and a third portion placing the first and second portion in fluid communication. |
| US09512831B2 |
Hydraulically driven cooling fan responsive to engine load
A hydraulic fan drive for a cooling system of an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine of a mobile working machine or a construction machine, is configured to be switched off for a short time or by way of a transition in dependence on a load of the internal combustion engine. A shut-off valve, which is arranged in a working line connecting a variable-displacement pump to a fan motor, is configured to switch off the fan drive. The fan drive is further configured to be switched off by rotational speed monitoring of the internal combustion engine. |
| US09512829B2 |
Shape memory actuator with multistable driven element
A shape memory actuator is described. The shape memory actuator has a supporting body, a driven element slidably mounted on the supporting body for movement between a stable rest position and a stable operative position, a driving element that drives the driven element, the movement of the driving element being determined by a SMA wire and by first resilient return means acting to return the driving element to the rest position upon deactivation of the SMA wire, second resilient return means acting on the driven element in opposition to the SMA wire, engaging means suitable to achieve at the operative position a reversible engagement between the driven element and the supporting body, either directly or indirectly, said engagement being able to resist the action of second resilient return means, and a control system for the engagement and disengagement of the engaging means. |
| US09512824B2 |
Mounting system
A mounting system for strand-shaped functional elements (5) such as cables or lines, particularly for wind power plants, has a main body (1) having strand passageways (3) formed by receiving spaces (7) with openings (13) for inserting functional elements (5). The openings are closable by a cover devices (49, 43). The spaces define receiving axes (15) extending from the outer opening (13) to the inner end (17) of the receiving spaces (7). The main body (1) is formed from at least two sector elements (11, 12) each having at least one strand passageway (3) and coupleable to one another at at least one connecting point (21). The receiving axes (15) of successive strand passageways (3) on the main body (1) diverge outwardly. |
| US09512822B2 |
Pitch regulation apparatus for a wind turbine blade
Rotation device of a wind turbine blade, which comprises a hydraulic actuator to rotate said blade in relation to a longitudinal axis of rotation, and a hydraulic system to drive the actuator, wherein said actuator comprises a substantially toroidal hydraulic chamber concentric with the axis of rotation of the blade, said hydraulic chamber comprising at least one moving piston linked to the blade, and at least one respective fixed stopper. |
| US09512820B2 |
Method and system for improving wind farm power production efficiency
A method and system for improving power production efficiency on a wind farm having of a plurality of spatially distributed wind turbines is provided. The method includes receiving a wind measurement that includes a wind direction impinging on a turbine (20), determining a misalignment of the wind turbine with respect to the wind direction, and activating a wake steering control for the wind turbine (20) to implement the misalignment of the wind turbine (20) with the wind direction such that the misalignment is adapted to steer a wake of the wind turbine away from a neighboring wind turbine (30). A wind turbine arrangement including a nacelle, a yaw controller, and a yaw drive is also provided. |
| US09512814B2 |
Control method of spark ignition engine and spark ignition engine
A control method of a spark ignition engine and a spark ignition engine capable of warming up an engine more promptly while promptly activating a catalyst are provided. Implemented is the control of igniting a mixture at an ignition timing that is set on a more lag side than an MBT, which is an ignition timing in which an output torque of the engine becomes maximum until the catalyst is activated after the engine is started. After the catalyst is activated, until the engine is warmed up control of increasing a ratio of burned gas contained in the mixture within the combustion chamber to be more than the ratio of the burned gas in the mixture during a first period, and control of igniting the mixture containing more burned gas than the burned gas in the first period are implemented. |
| US09512811B2 |
Fuel supply pump
A fuel supply pump includes a low-pressure pump and a high-pressure pump. The low-pressure pump pumps up fuel from a fuel tank. The high-pressure pump includes a pressurizing chamber to which fuel pumped up by the low-pressure pump is supplied, and pressurizes fuel in the pressurizing chamber. The high-pressure pump further includes a cam shaft, a cam, a plunger, a housing, and a bush. The cam is provided eccentrically to a central axis of the cam shaft and is rotated integrally with the cam shaft. The plunger is driven by the cam to pressurize fuel in the pressurizing chamber. The housing accommodates the cam shaft. The bush is fixed to the housing to bearing-support the cam shaft. The housing includes a cooling passage, through which fuel discharged from the low-pressure pump flows on an outer peripheral side of the bush to serve as a medium for cooling the bush. |
| US09512804B2 |
Compact packaging for intake charge air cooling
An internal combustion engine includes an engine block defining a plurality of cylinders. A cylinder head casting is mounted to the engine block. The cylinder head casting defines intake ports and exhaust ports communicating with the plurality of cylinders. The cylinder head casting defines an air passage in connection with the intake ports and includes elongated extruded cooling elements defining liquid coolant passages integrated into the cylinder head casting within the air passage for cooling intake air passing through the air passage. |
| US09512798B2 |
Method and system for direct injection noise mitigation
A method is provided which mitigates the noise of a direct injection system in a port fuel injection and direct fuel injection (PFI-DI) engine and reduces NVH hardware. During a cold-start, the engine idle speed may be increased to mitigate the direct injection noise and during a warm idle, the engine cooling fan may be turned on during a direct injector cleanout cycle to mitigate the direct injection noise. This allows the PFI-DI engine to be run more efficiently without concern of the noise produced by the direct injectors and high pressure pump of the direct injection system. |
| US09512787B2 |
Switchover valve unit and internal combustion engine having a switchover valve unit of said type
A switchover valve unit (36) for an internal combustion engine that has an adjustable compression ratio for controlling an hydraulic oil stream in hydraulic chambers (22, 23) of an eccentric adjustment device. The hydraulic chambers (22, 23) can be filled with hydraulic oil via hydraulic oil feed lines (24, 25), and ventilation of the hydraulic chambers (23, 24) via hydraulic oil discharge lines (30, 31) is permitted or not permitted depending on a switching position of the switchover valve unit (36). The switchover valve unit (36) having an actuating module (53) with a linearly displaceable pick-off element (37), a valve module (56) with ventilation valves (41, 42) in the hydraulic oil discharge lines (30, 31), and actuating rods (39, 40) that can be displaced linearly by the pick-off element (37). The ventilation valves (41, 42) are opened or closed depending on the switching position of the pick-off element (37). |
| US09512784B2 |
Free gas turbine with constant temperature-corrected gas generator speed
A method of controlling a speed of a gas turbine engine including a gas generator spool and a power turbine spool rotating independently from one another, including controlling a rotational speed of the gas generator spool according to a fixed relationship with respect to an outside air temperature throughout a variation of output power. |
| US09512783B2 |
Aircraft fuel system
A fuel supplying system includes a primary circuit for delivering fuel from a fuel tank to a primary circuit outlet. The system also includes a first supply circuit connected to the primary circuit outlet, the first supply circuit comprising a first supply circuit pump configured to pump fuel from the primary circuit outlet to engine fuel nozzles. The system further includes a second supply circuit also connected to the primary circuit outlet. The second supply circuit includes at least one actuating device configured to receive power from hydraulic pressure of the fuel. The second supply circuit also includes a second supply circuit pump configured to pump fuel from the primary circuit outlet to an actuating device, wherein the second supply circuit pump is independent from the first supply circuit pump. The second supply circuit further includes a return circuit configured to return fuel from the actuating device to the second supply circuit between the primary circuit outlet and the second supply circuit pump. |
| US09512774B2 |
Cooling device for use with engines
A cooling device for use with an engine is provided. The cooling device includes a flow control portion that includes a base and an opening defined therein. The flow control portion also includes a plurality of blades that extend from at least a portion of the base. The cooling device also includes a grid portion having an opening defined therein, said grid portion opening is substantially concentrically aligned with the base opening. An attachment portion is configured to couple the cooling device to at least one rotatable component of the engine. Each of the flow control portion, the grid portion, and the attachment portion are formed integrally together such that the cooling device is a single component. |
| US09512772B2 |
Flexible conduit assembly
A flexible conduit assembly for transmitting exhaust from a combustion engine to an atmosphere includes first and second conduits and a coupler for coupling the first and second conduits. The coupler includes a bellows, a flexible intermediate element surrounding the bellows, first and second flanges disposed over the intermediate element, and an outer insulating element surrounding the intermediate element and supported by the flanges. The coupler further includes first and second extensions coupled to the intermediate element and projecting outwardly from the intermediate element. The first extension spaces the first flange from the intermediate element to define a first air gap, and the second extension spaces the second flange from the intermediate element to define a second air gap. The first and second flanges dispose a portion of the outer element above the intermediate element to define a third air gap. |
| US09512767B2 |
Exhaust aftertreatment device
An exhaust treatment device for treating exhaust includes a main body defining an interior, an inlet, and an outlet; an inlet arrangement disposed at the inlet; an aftertreatment substrate disposed between the inlet and the outlet; a restrictor arrangement disposed between a first closed end of the main body interior and the aftertreatment substrate; and a dosing arrangement configured to inject reactant into the exhaust. The restrictor arrangement defines a restricted passageway that extends towards the first closed end so that exhaust entering the main body interior from the inlet is swirled around the restricted passageway before entering the restricted passageway and passing to a second chamber prior to the aftertreatment substrate. |
| US09512764B2 |
Ammonia storage management for SCR catalyst
Various systems and methods are described for managing ammonia storage in an SCR catalyst. In one example approach, a method comprises, in response to a vehicle-off event, injecting ammonia during a final exhaust blowdown until a predetermined value of ammonia is stored in the SCR catalyst; and in response to a subsequent vehicle-on event when an amount of ammonia stored in the SCR catalyst is less than the predetermined value, injecting ammonia until the predetermined value of ammonia is stored in the SCR catalyst. |
| US09512760B2 |
Aftertreatment system implementing low-temperature SCR
An aftertreatment system for an engine is disclosed. The aftertreatment system may include an exhaust passage configured to receive an exhaust flow from the engine, and an injector disposed in the exhaust passage and configured to inject reductant into the exhaust flow. The aftertreatment system may also include a bypass conduit fluidly connected to the exhaust passage downstream of the injector, at least one valve disposed in the bypass conduit and configured to divert exhaust gases from the exhaust passage into the bypass conduit, and a reductant storage device disposed in the bypass conduit and configured to store ammonia in the exhaust gases. The aftertreatment system may also include a control module configured to selectively operate the at least one valve. |
| US09512757B2 |
Proportional heater control for diesel emissions system for diesel-generator set
A proportional heater controls a diesel powered electrical generator with a diesel particulate filter (DPF). A proportional control is applied to the heater based upon exhaust temperature. The heater heats exhaust gas to a regeneration temperature to remove soot and sulphur from the processed gas when the diesel fuel has a sulphur content exceeding 1,000 ppm. The heater is supplied power via SCRs to reduce electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. A manual override permits the operator to set a temperature setpoint, force the heater to meet a certain temperature and establish a load bank for diesel engine electrical generator set. |
| US09512755B2 |
Centrifugal separator
A device for cleaning of polluted gas from a combustion engine, includes a centrifugal separator with a centrifuge rotor arranged to cause the polluted gas to rotate. The centrifuge rotor comprises a stack of truncated conical separating discs disposed at mutual spacing so they delimit intermediate spaces between them for the gas to flow through. An outlet chamber is disposed centrally within the stack of separating discs, whereby the centrifuge rotor is configured for counterflow separation. The centrifugal separator comprises a gas outlet which communicates with the outlet chamber. The stack of separating discs is disposed for rotation in a space formed within the combustion engine and arranged to receive the polluted gas, to which end the intermediate spaces between the separating discs communicate directly with the space, and the gas outlet is arranged to conduct the cleaned gas out from the space through a wall which delimits the space. |
| US09512752B2 |
Integrated lubrication module for compressors
In accordance with certain embodiments, the present invention provides a modular approach to a lubrication package. Certain components such as the filter and cooler are directly connected to a block that has connections to accept them and internal porting to establish the proper flow paths for circulation, cooling and filtration of the circulating lubricant. The block can accept one or more coolers and one or more filters. The isolation valving for redundant equipment can also be integrated into the block. Many connections that had been used in past designs for the piping network are integrated into the block. The block can also be close mounted to the reservoir while a submersible pump further saves space and piping connections. Indeed, having the ability to maintain mechanical equipment (e.g., remove and replace filters and coolers) without shutting down, allows for continuous process flow, which eliminates down-town scheduling, loss of product and/or redundant backup, all of which comes at a considerable cost. |
| US09512751B2 |
Device and method for reducing fuel dilution of diesel engine
A device for reducing fuel dilution of a diesel engine may include an engine oil level sensor mounted to an oil pan for storing engine oil, to sense a level of the engine oil, a heater switch switched on by a signal of a controller, when the level of the engine oil in the oil pan is increased to a reference level or more by fuel diluted in the engine oil, and a heater connected to the heater switch in the oil pan, to evaporate the fuel diluted in the engine oil while being operated by an on state of the heater switch. |
| US09512750B2 |
Integrally cast block-head with solenoid pack cover
An engine assembly includes a uni-cast, piston-enclosing chamber structure and a solenoid valve pack. The chamber structure includes a piston-receiving chamber, a gas intake port, an intake valve port, a gas exhaust port, and an exhaust valve port. The gas intake port communicates with the intake valve port, and the gas exhaust port communicates with the exhaust valve port. The solenoid pack includes gas intake and gas exhaust solenoid valve assemblies. The solenoid pack is attachable to the chamber structure such that the gas intake valve port axially aligns with a gas intake valve-receiving column, and the gas exhaust valve port axial aligns with a gas exhaust valve-receiving column. The intake valve is bi-directionally displaceable as received in the gas intake valve port and the gas intake valve-receiving column. Similarly, the exhaust valve is bi-directionally displaceable as received in the gas exhaust valve port and gas exhaust valve-receiving column. |
| US09512743B2 |
Valvetrain impact absorber
Embodiments may provide a valve train for an engine including a valve stem configured for reciprocating movement to open and close a port in a combustion chamber of the engine. The valve train may also include an elastomeric element coupled with the valve stem, and a mass may be coupled with the elastomeric element and able to move relative to the valve stem. |
| US09512742B2 |
Method for mounting a valve train of an internal combustion engine
A method for mounting a valve train (1) of an internal combustion engine, having, parallel to a row of cam followers (2), a camshaft (13) which has a cam (15) per cam follower (2), which cam (15) acts on the roller (10) of said cam follower (2), which camshaft (13) is supported with respect to the cylinder head (3) via an axial bearing (14), wherein a) the cam followers (2) are provided presorted into two main groups (A, B); b) the two mounts (11) of each cam follower (2) of the first main group (A) run with offset in relation to the longitudinal extent of the cam follower (2) in the side surfaces (12) with respect to one another in such a way that an axial line of the pin (9) differs in the clockwise direction from perpendicular; c) the offset of the second main group (B) differs in the counterclockwise direction from perpendicular, and d) a partial quantity of the first and second main group (A, B) are selected and mounted for each row of cam followers (2) in order to minimize/compensate for an axial thrust of the camshaft (13). |
| US09512740B2 |
Industrial gas turbine exhaust system with area ruled exhaust path
An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity. |
| US09512736B2 |
Monitoring one or more turbine engine rotor blades by correlating measurement data and reference data as a function of time
A method is provided for monitoring one or more rotating turbine engine rotor blades using a processing system and a sensor having a measurement field. The method includes steps of: (i) providing measurement data from the sensor as a first of the rotor blades passes through the measurement field; (ii) correlating the measurement data with reference data as a function of time to provide correlation data; and (iii) processing the correlation data to determine a peak correlation value that corresponds to a point in time during the passage of the first of the rotor blades through the measurement field; wherein the correlating and the processing are performed by the processing system. |
| US09512735B2 |
Sliding seal
The present disclosure relates generally to a sliding seal between two components. At least one of the two components includes a ramped surface on which the sliding seal slides during relative movement between the two components. |
| US09512734B2 |
Sealing of the flow channel of a turbomachine
A turbomachine having a flow channel and a housing radially surrounding the flow channel, a plurality of stationary and moving blades being situated in the flow channel, stationary blades being situated adjacent to the moving blades in the axial direction, and the stationary blades having at least one stationary blade hook which engages with at least one housing hook for the purpose of connecting the stationary blades to the housing. A sealing and lining element is situated in the radial direction between the moving blades adjacent to the stationary blades and the housing, and has a sealing structure interacting with blade tips of the moving blades. A heat protection element is provided in the area between the sealing and lining element and the housing, and a sealing element being situated on the heat protection element for the purpose of sealing contact with the housing hook. |
| US09512729B2 |
Single or multiple stage blower and nested volute(s) and/or impeller(s) therefor
An impeller comprising: a top shroud; a bottom shroud, a plurality of vanes extending from the top shroud to the bottom shroud, each said vane including a top edge at a radially inner portion of the vane in contact with the top shroud and a bottom edge at a radially outer portion of the vane in contact with the bottom shroud, such that a radially inner portion of the vane at the bottom edge of each vane is not in contact with or adjacent the bottom shroud and a radially outer portion of the vane at the top edge of each vane is not in contact with or adjacent the top shroud. |
| US09512727B2 |
Rotor of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine
The present invention relates to a rotor of an axial compressor stage of a turbomachine featuring a rotor assembly with a rotary axis, forming on its circumference a blade ring with a radially outer ring surface, and several rotor blades arranged on the blade ring. It is provided that the ring surface between two adjacent rotor blades has at least in a partial area a changing radius relative to the rotary axis of the rotor assembly both in the axial direction and in the circumferential direction. |
| US09512724B2 |
Method for repairing wear marks on a rotor supporting the fan of a bypass engine
A method for repairing a flange of a rotor, to a transverse surface of which a disk of a fan in an upstream turbo-fan engine is attached. The flange includes, in a form of a ring, openings for connecting to the disk and intermediate discharge openings. Wear marks are formed by friction of the fan blades on the flange. The method includes machining spot facings onto the flange, in areas with wear marks; placing anti-wear slugs in the discharge openings that can be covered by the blades during friction; and the spot facings extend between the connection openings and are circumferentially limited by clamping surfaces of the connection between the disk and the flange. |
| US09512723B2 |
Method for removing and/or installing a turbine bearing and a device for carrying out the method
A method and a device are provided for removing a turbine bearing or a bearing segment of a preferably stationary turbo engine, having a housing that may preferably be split in half while the housing is closed. The method includes: supporting the rotor to relieve the turbine bearing of the weight of the rotor, fastening a support plate to a turbine bearing housing, attaching two parallel, rail-like supports to the support plate and fastening a cross-beam to ends of supports, fastening a counter-bearing plate having at least two push/pull rods to the turbine bearing housing, and fastening the push/pull rods to the turbine bearing and detaching the fastening of the turbine bearing from the turbine bearing housing and pulling the turbine bearing located in the operating position thereof out of the turbine bearing housing with the aid of the push/pull rods. |
| US09512722B2 |
Aerofoil component handling tool
A handheld tool facilitates the removal of an aerofoil from an array of aerofoils for an axial flow machine includes a body portion, and first and second jaw members depending from the body portion. The first jaw member is shaped to be insertable between a first aerofoil and an adjacent aerofoil in the array so as to contact a first surface of the first aerofoil. The position of the first and/or second jaw member is adjustable to selectively grip the aerofoil in use. The second jaw member is adapted to contact a further portion as a trailing edge of the first aerofoil. The tool may allow for manual levering and/or impact forces to be applied to the aerofoil. A method of removal of aerofoils is also provided, involving a sequence of manual operations using the tool. The aerofoil array may be a stator vane array for a gas turbine engine. |
| US09512721B2 |
Compound cycle engine
A compound cycle engine having at least one rotary unit defining an internal combustion engine, a velocity turbine in proximity of each unit, and a turbocharger is discussed. The exhaust port of each rotary unit is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the velocity turbine upstream of its rotor. The rotors of the velocity turbine and of each rotary unit drive a common load. The outlet of the compressor of the turbocharger is in fluid communication with the inlet port of each rotary unit, and the inlet of the pressure turbine of the turbocharger is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the velocity turbine downstream of its rotor. A method of compounding at least one rotary engine is also discussed. |
| US09512720B2 |
Cable bolt
A cable bolt comprises a cable having an elongate body with a first end and a second end, a barrel and wedge assembly attached to the cable at a position adjacent to the first end of the cable, and a seal member having a body defining a passageway that receives a portion of the elongate body of the cable. The body of the seal member includes at least one rib extending radially outward from the body of the seal member. |
| US09512717B2 |
Downhole time domain reflectometry with optical components
A disclosed system for downhole time domain reflectometry (TDR) includes a surface electro-optical interface, a downhole electro-optical interface, a fiber-optic cable that couples the surface electro-optical interface and the downhole electro-optical interface, and an electrical transmission line that extends from the downhole electro-optical interface into a wellbore environment to enable TDR operations. A described method for downhole TDR includes transmitting an optical signal to a downhole environment, converting the optical signal to an electrical signal in the downhole environment, reflecting the electrical signal using an electrical transmission line in the downhole environment, analyzing data corresponding to the reflected electrical signal, and displaying a result of the analysis. |
| US09512716B2 |
System and method for regulating an electromagnetic telemetry signal sent from downhole to surface
A method for regulating an electromagnetic (“EM”) telemetry signal sent from downhole to surface includes determining a value of a controlled parameter of the EM telemetry signal, comparing the value of the controlled parameter to a configuration value, and adjusting the value of the controlled parameter in a first direction towards the configuration value while monitoring a feedback parameter of the EM telemetry signal when the value of the controlled parameter and the configuration value differ. The controlled parameter is one of transmission voltage and transmission current, and the feedback parameter is the other of transmission voltage and transmission current. The value of the controlled parameter ceases to be adjusted in the first direction upon the earlier of either of the following occurring: the value of the controlled parameter substantially equals the configuration value, a value of the feedback parameter meets a feedback parameter cutoff threshold, and a product of the controlled and feedback parameters meets a power cutoff threshold. |
| US09512715B2 |
Systems and methods for pressure and temperature measurement
A measurement system in one embodiment includes an acquisition module and a determination module. The acquisition module is configured to acquire resonant frequency information corresponding to a sensor disposed in a remote location from the acquisition module. The resonant frequency information includes first resonant frequency information for a first resonant frequency of the sensor corresponding to environmental conditions of the remote location, and also includes second resonant frequency information for a different, second resonant frequency of the sensor corresponding to the environmental conditions of the remote location. The determination module is configured to use the first resonant frequency information and the second resonant frequency information to determine the temperature and the pressure at the remote location. |
| US09512714B2 |
Mounting bracket for strain sensor
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system for mounting a strain sensor on a tubular pipe, which includes a mechanical clamp. The clamp has a bottom flexing section having an arcuate portion terminating at a first terminal and at a second end, and a first and second upper flexing sections having an arcuate portions terminating at first terminal ends and at second terminal ends in a pivot pin assembly having a bore parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the clamp, the bore there through for receiving a removable connector. Sensor mounting arms are disposed outwardly on the first and second upper flexing sections, said sensor mounting arms including at least one receptacle sized to receive and retain ends of a strain gauge. |
| US09512711B2 |
Portable attachment of fiber optic sensing loop
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system for removably attaching an optical fiber sensor loop onto a tubular member, which includes an optical fiber sensor loop having a continuous optical fiber positioned arranged in a plurality of loops, each of said loops having a first end turn and a second end turn, a first and a second turn guide each including a plurality of turn grooves increasing outwardly in increasing radii, each of said turn grooves configured to receive an end turn portion of the optical fiber, a first and a second supporting wedge each having a planar first surface configured to receive a turn guide and a curved second surface configured to be received on the tubular member, and a connector configured to couple the first mounting wedge to the second mounting wedge. |
| US09512707B1 |
Cross-plot engineering system and method
In one embodiment, a method includes facilitating a real-time cross-plot display of drilling-performance data for a current well. The real-time cross-plot display includes a plurality of data plots represented on a common graph such that each data plot specifying at least two drilling parameters. Each data plot includes a plurality of data points such that each data point is expressable as Cartesian coordinates in terms of the at least two drilling parameters. The method further includes receiving new channel data for the current well from a wellsite computer system. In addition, the method includes creating, from the new channel data, new data points for the plurality of data plots as the new channel data is received. Moreover, the method includes updating the plurality of data plots with the new data points as the new data points are created. |
| US09512704B2 |
Methods of producing hydrocarbons from a wellbore utilizing optimized high-pressure water injection
A method of recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation includes placing a wellbore in the formation, wherein the wellbore is approximately horizontal in the formation; forming one or more fractures in the formation in fluid communication with the wellbore; recovering hydrocarbons from the formation through the wellbore; injecting a volume of fluid comprising greater than 98 mass % water and greater than 0.005 mass % active surfactant into the formation through the wellbore, wherein at least 10 mass % of said volume is injected at a bottom hole pressure at the heel of the wellbore that is less than the minimum horizontal stress in at least a portion of the overburden and at least 5 mass % of said volume is injected at a bottom hole pressure at the heel of the wellbore that is greater than the median minimum horizontal stress in the subterranean formation; and subsequently recovering in situ hydrocarbons from the subterranean formation. |
| US09512703B2 |
Downhole fluid flow control system and method having dynamic response to local well conditions
A downhole fluid flow control system having dynamic response to local well conditions. The system includes a tubing string operably positionable in a wellbore. Annular barriers are positioned between the tubing string and the wellbore to isolate first and second zones. A fluid flow control device is positioned within each zone. A flow tube that is operably associated with the fluid flow control device of the first zone is operable to establish communication between the second zone and the fluid flow control device in the first zone such that a differential pressure between the first zone and the second zone is operable to actuate the fluid flow control device of the first zone from a first operating configuration to a second operating configuration. |
| US09512702B2 |
Sand control system and methodology
A technique facilitates a more desirable inflow distribution of fluid along a tubing string deployed in a wellbore. The technique comprises providing a tubing string with a plurality of flow control devices and conveying the tubing string downhole into the wellbore. An injection fluid is pumped down along an interior of the tubing string and out through the plurality of flow control devices for entry into the surrounding formation. Based on a function of this injection flow, the flow areas of the flow control devices are adjusted to improve the subsequent distribution of inflowing fluids. The injection and the subsequent adjustment of flow areas as a function of the injection flow through each flow control device may be repeated for continued improvement, e.g. continued optimization, of the inflow distribution. |
| US09512696B2 |
Non-rotating wellbore casing scraper
A torque resistant casing scraper for attachment to a drillstring is comprised of a one piece tool body having rotationally unrestrained two-piece blade carriers with hardened diamond-shaped cutting blades and rotationally unrestrained two-piece axial centralizers. Adjoining blade carriers and centralizers rotate independently of the drillstring and the blade carriers interlocked to prevent relative rotation between the blade carriers and to index, or orient the cutting blades as desired along the longitudinal axis of the casing scraper. The diamond-shaped cutting blades and the indexed blade carriers allow both right-handed and left-handed drillstring rotation without reducing utility or effectiveness of the scraper. The casing scraper is particularly effective for deep, near-horizontal wellbores. |
| US09512695B2 |
Multi-stage well system and technique
A technique that is usable with a well includes communicating an untethered object in a passageway downhole in the well and using a cross-sectional dimension of the object and an axial dimension of the object to select a seat assembly of a plurality of seat assemblies to catch the object to form an obstruction in the well. |
| US09512691B2 |
Elongated sealing member for downhole tool
A downhole apparatus is described comprising a body and a sealing arrangement located on the body. The body has a longitudinal axis and the sealing arrangement comprises at least one elongated sealing member with an axis of elongation extending around the longitudinal axis. The sealing member comprises a material selected to expand on exposure to at least one predetermined fluid, such as a hydrocarbon or aqueous fluid encountered in a wellbore. A method of forming the apparatus and methods of use are described. Embodiments of the invention relate to wellbore packers. |
| US09512687B2 |
Shaker and degasser combination
A system for separating components of a slurry is disclosed, the system including a housing; a basket for holding at least one shaker screen, the basket movably mounted in the housing; at least one vibrator coupled to the basket; a sump disposed below the basket to collect at least a portion of the slurry passing through the at least one shaker screen; a pressure differential device fluidly connected to the sump for developing a pressure differential across the at least one shaker screen; and a toggling device for toggling the pressure differential across the screen. A system including a degassing chamber fluidly connected to a sump and a pressure differential device, wherein the degassing chamber is disposed between the sump and the pressure differential device, and a fluid conduit fluidly connected to the degassing chamber for recovering a degassed fluid is also disclosed. |
| US09512684B2 |
Shock tool for drillstring
A shock tool for a drill string includes an outer tubular housing having female multi-spiral helical spline grooves disposed on an interior surface of the housing, and an inner tubular mandrel having a portion of an exterior circumferential surface with mating male multi-spiral helical splines. The inner tubular mandrel is telescopically and rotationally received in the outer tubular housing with the male splines received in the female spline grooves of the housing. |
| US09512683B2 |
Disconnect assembly for cylindrical members
An assembly for disconnecting portions of a downhole tubular string, such as a drill stem or drill string, and removing an upper portion of the tubular string from the lower stuck portion in a well, includes a connection between joints of two portions of the tubular string. The assembly includes two tubular members and an inner sleeve having two splines each with different angular pitches or teeth counts. The assembly may include a rotary shouldered threaded connection, wherein the two tubular portions are disconnectable at the rotary shouldered threaded connection in the assembly. The assembly may include a sleeve lock, a selective no-go for landing in a profile, and a selectively deployable unlocking and unblocking tool for activating the assembly. The assembly may include connectable cylindrical members other than downhole tubulars. |
| US09512682B2 |
Wired pipe and method of manufacturing wired pipe
A wired pipe includes a tubular pipe body having a wall. The wall including an inner surface, a flow channel formed by the inner surface, an outer surface, and at least one channel integrally formed within a thickness of the wall and between the inner and outer surfaces of the wall. Also included is a method of forming a wired pipe. |
| US09512670B2 |
Method of protecting a structure with a system of modular panels
An innovative, low-density, highly-insulating modular panel for use in many applications and industries. The panel consists of a frame that may be preformed or bent and may be made of rigid or flexible material, and a panel covering comprising at least one pocket of thin, low-density shade fabric that has the capability of sufficiently stretching to surround the frame when the pocket is pulled onto it. The pocket may be then secured, along any previously open end where the frame was inserted, by various fastening devices. The panel covering pocket may have additional features added, as described herein. The panel is durable and cost-effective, and has good solar-control and insulating qualities. It is also a windbreak panel, a noise-reduction panel, an impact protection panel, a water-resistant panel, a fall protection panel, and a pollution-control panel. Two or more panels can be joined to create a structure-protecting panel assembly or system. |
| US09512666B2 |
Air infiltration reduction system, insulating panel assembly, mounting assembly, and method of installing the same
An airflow reduction system includes an insulating panel assembly for sealing a window within a jamb. The insulating panel assembly has a frame configured to fit within the jamb and a glazing panel in the frame coated with a low-emissivity or solar control coating or film. The frame may include one or more cavities extending along its length. The assembly may also include a blind stop and/or a trim stop installed on either side of the frame within the jamb. A compressible seal around the external perimeter of the frame bears against the jamb to form a first barrier impeding the flow of air, and the blind stop or the trim stop forms a second barrier impeding the flow of air. Also disclosed is a mounting assembly including an insulating panel assembly and at least one bracket and a method of installing the same. |
| US09512659B2 |
Code hopping based system with increased security
An access system includes a transmitter and a receiver for exchange of secure data wherein the system uses an encryption and a decryption algorithm to exchange a secure data packet. The secure data packet may include an unencrypted data packet and an encrypted data packet. The encrypted data packet may include first data encrypted by the encryption algorithm, and data decrypted by the decryption algorithm, wherein the data decrypted by the decryption algorithm includes a combination of a secure signature and second data encrypted by the encryption algorithm. |
| US09512655B2 |
Hinge structure
A hinge structure including a fixing member, a rotating member and an extension member is provided. The rotating member is pivotally disposed on the fixing member, and the extension member is pivotally disposed on the rotating member, wherein the fixing member and the extension member are adapted to be fixed at two parts respectively. After the rotating member rotates relative to the fixing member along a rotating axial direction and the extension member rotates relative to the rotating member along the rotating axial direction, an included angle between the extension member and the fixing member presents an acute angle, so that the two parts are adapted to stand on a platform. The extension member and the fixing member are adapted to increase the included angle through an external force exerted towards the platform, until the included angle presents 180 degrees and the two parts construct a plane. |
| US09512651B2 |
Double ratchet, double pawl vehicular latch with soft stop on reset
A low release effort eccentric double ratchet, double pawl vehicle latch includes a ratchet, a primary pawl, an auxiliary ratchet and a secondary pawl. A drive mechanism including a gear cam wheel sequences movement of the secondary pawl to open and reset the latch. Upon reset, the drive mechanism actuates the auxiliary ratchet back to a closed state in a soft manner without using a hard stop; instead the latch has a cushioning spring that is used to softly stop the gear train during the reset absorbing motor energy and thus eliminating impact noise. |
| US09512648B2 |
Lockable tool box
A lockable tool box contains: a base, a top cover, a connection unit, and a locking unit. The connection unit is in connection with a first side of the base and a first side of the top cover. The locking unit includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, a rotating seat, a movable cap, and a lock button. The first fixing member has an engaging slot and a retaining slot, wherein the retaining slot has a through orifice and a stop cliff; the second fixing member extends outwardly from the base, and the rotating seat is coupled with the second fixing member and is joined with the movable cap. The movable cap has an affix block and a trench, the lock button is slidably retained in the trench of and is moved between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein the lock button has a protrusion. |
| US09512646B1 |
Enclosure locking system
A cabinet enclosure and locking system for a cabinet enclosure having an opening with a door or access panel utilizes a side mounting bracket that has a forward portion that projects from the enclosure and has an elongated slot. A locking strap member has opposite outer and inner ends, with the outer end being passing through the elongated slot and being angled at the outer end so that the locking strap member must be rotated during passage of the outer end through the elongated slot during insertion into the elongated slot. A staple assembly is used for receiving a shackle or lock pin of a pad lock and also for coupling to the locking strap member and locking the locking system in a locked condition. |
| US09512634B2 |
Fence system with variable rail reinforcement
A fencing system that includes a plurality of fence rails extending between two fence posts. The fence rails may comprise a foamed material core that is enclosed by a weather resistant capping material. One or more hollow passageways may be formed in each of the fence rails to both reduce weight and to receive a metal reinforcing member. A plurality of fence pickets may be installed onto the fence rails using power driven fasteners, such as ring shank nails or staples. |
| US09512633B2 |
Bracket attachment system
The present disclosure is related to a universally adjustable metal two bracket attachment system for metal fence posts to attach various types of fencing materials or fence sections is disclosed. The subject metal fence post attachment bolt and bracket system is simple and easy to install, is universally adjustable to round or square metal fences posts, by bolting onto the “off the shelf” non-adjustable fence post brackets. The subject brackets allow both full section metal fencing with the bracket mounted with the open end side ways, and three rail metal fencing with the bracket facing up. |
| US09512622B2 |
Decorative panel having an elastomer powder-modified substrate board
A decorative panel comprising at least a plate-shaped carrier and a decorative layer disposed thereon and which is characterized in that the plate-shaped carrier comprises at least partially a thermoplastic composition modified with an elastomer powder by means of melt blending, wherein the thermoplastic composition includes at least one thermoplastic matrix material and at least one fine-grained, cross-linked and powdery elastomer material incorporated into the matrix material. A method for producing the foregoing decorative panel comprising applying a decorative layer to the plate-shaped carrier. |
| US09512615B2 |
Flexible furniture system
A flexible seat having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces, said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces away from each other, said panels being formed from a material having sufficient rigidity to provide rigidity to said core and weight bearing capacity as said seat when said core is expanded into said cellular structure upon extension of said core, a pair of vertically oriented supports located at opposite ends of said core, and said core is expanded when said supports are in abutment with one another to form a circular configuration of said seat. |
| US09512613B2 |
Sound damping wallboard and method of forming a sound damping wallboard
A sound damping wallboard and methods of forming a sound damping wallboard are disclosed. The sound damping wallboard comprises a gypsum layer with a gypsum surface having an encasing layer. The encasing layer is partially removed to expose the gypsum surface and form a gypsum surface portion and a first encasing layer portion on the gypsum layer. A sound damping layer is applied to the gypsum layer to cover at least part of the gypsum surface portion and the encasing layer portion. |
| US09512610B2 |
Column shoe
A column shoe for securing building elements of concrete such as concrete columns to a base is provided. The column shoe includes a bolt housing, wherein the bolt housing includes a baseplate provided with a through bolt hole for an anchor bolt, and wherein the bolt housing includes an upper structure connected to the baseplate, and at least one attachment unit attached to the bolt housing for securing the column shoe and a building element together. The bolt housing is provided with at least one socket member for attaching an additional anchoring device such as a dowel or a bar to the column shoe in addition to at least one attachment unit and in addition to an anchor bolt. |
| US09512605B2 |
Wax free systems with springs for new and existing toilets
A wax free pop-up seal 450 may be integrated with a spring 200 or other resilient component to connect a toilet to an existing soil pipe flange 325. A pop-up seal system 100 provides toolless, nondestructive and seamless height adjustment and comports with both smaller and larger diameter soil pipe flanges. For retro fit installations, a pop-up seal may comprise extended fins 471 for use with larger diameter soil pipe flanges and for use with smaller diameter soil pipe flanges, the extended fins may be removed. For new construction a new soil pipe flange is provided and a customized pop-up seal 600 comprises a seal system well suited for the new soil pipe flange. The pop-up seals may operate with or without springs or other external flexible components. |
| US09512603B2 |
Flushing mechanism
A flushing mechanism includes a housing with an outfall made at the housing bottom surrounding an axis; a guide rod with axial restraint relative to the housing along the axis; a first piston that hermetically slips on the cylindrical inner surface and guide rod at the same time along the axis direction; a spring loading the first piston installed in the upper cavity surrounding the guide rod; the second piston that hermetically slips on the guide rod along the axis direction and locates between the first piston and the housing bottom; a spring loading the second piston installed surrounding the guide rod; control valve; lower part of the first piston is provided with ring protuberance. The large seal ring of seal assembly of the second piston is sealed over the small seal ring of seal assembly of the second piston. |
| US09512600B2 |
Coupling assemblies with enhanced take up
Coupling assemblies for releasably holding separable parts together, and in particular for releasably securing a wear member to a support structure in excavating equipment are formed so as to provide increased take up to ensure a tight fit of the wear member on the support structure even if considerable deviation between the parts exists due to wearing, manufacturing variations or the like. The coupling assemblies are suitable for securing points, adapters, shrouds, or other replaceable component to various excavating equipment. The components of the coupling assembly include a wedge and a spool that pivots about a fulcrum when the wedge is driven into assembly for increased take up capabilities. The spool is rotatably engaged around a fulcrum of the support structure and has a bearing portion that bears against and moves the wear member to be secured to thereby take up any gaps between the engaging surfaces of these members. A movable insert may be provided to improve the cooperation between the wedge and the spool to further increase the available take up. |
| US09512598B2 |
Device for detachable fastening of two mechanical components
Device for detachable fastening of two mechanical components between which a channel or housing is defined, including a peg, with at least two grooves on opposite faces, and a band accommodated in the grooves, fastened by pinching at the lower part of the peg and with a flexible portion that has the upper end thereof bent in order to retain the peg/band assembly in a transverse grove of the channel The invention applies in particular to the fastening of a tooth in a tooth holder of the scoop of an excavating machine or the like. |
| US09512596B2 |
Hybrid excavator boom actuating system and method for controlling same
The present disclosure relates to a hybrid excavator boom actuating system and to a method for controlling the same. The boom actuating system comprises: an electric motor serving as a motor or a generator; an ultra capacitor for storing electricity generated by the electric motor; a hydraulic pump motor driven by the electric motor to supply hydraulic fluid to a boom; a boom control valve which has a closed circuit for selectively connecting or disconnecting an outlet line and an inlet line of the hydraulic pump motor to or from a head or a rod side of the boom; a main pump driven by the engine to supply hydraulic fluid to a bucket, a travel motor or an arm; a motor bypass valve connected to the outlet line and the inlet line to interconnect the outlet line and the inlet line or disconnect the outlet line from the inlet line; and a controller for controlling the electric motor, the hydraulic pump motor, the boom control valve and the motor bypass valve. |
| US09512595B2 |
Electric swiveling type construction machine
An electric swiveling type construction machine includes a lower travelling body, an upper swivel body which is turnably mounted on the lower travelling body, a boom in which one end is rotatably attached to the upper swivel body, an arm in which one end is rotatably attached to the other end of the boom, a working element which is rotatably attached to the other end of the arm, a brake mechanism which holds the upper swivel body, a swiveling motor which swivels and drives the upper swivel body, a state monitoring unit which monitors the state of the brake mechanism, and a controller which detects releasing of braking performed by the brake mechanism based on the monitor by the state monitoring unit. The swiveling motor does not generate a force until the controller detects the releasing of the brake. |
| US09512588B2 |
Reversible displacement auger tool
An auger assembly designed for creation of bores at sites where solid earth has a layer of loose overburden comprising an elongated auger shaft presenting a working end, with outwardly extending, helical fighting along at least a portion of the length of the shaft. Apparatus proximal to the working end is operable to compress the loose material as the auger assembly is rotated in a first direction, and preferably is in the form of arcuate rake structure above the working end; the auger serves to compress the loose material during rotation in the first direction until the solid earth is encountered, whereupon the auger assembly is rotated in the opposite direction to form the bore within the solid earth. The auger assembly preferably includes an upper auger section and a detachably secured lower auger bit assembly. The auger assembly is particularly useful in the formation of cast-in-place cementious piles. |
| US09512585B1 |
On-board re-inflatable containment boom system and method
An on-board re-inflatable containment boom system for a waterborne vessel providing an on-board re-inflatable containment boom that lies substantially flat and capable of being spooled when deflated and floats in the proper orientation when inflated, that has re-inflatable float sections which are sequentially inflated during deployment and sequentially deflated during recovery, that can be repeatedly deployed and recovered for the purposes of training and testing, and that can be deployed immediately upon occurrence of an oil spill from a waterborne vessel because of its on-board location and its rapid deployment, providing controlled inflation and deflation during deployment and recovery, and a method for containment of an oil spill from a waterborne vessel using an on-board re-inflatable containment boom system. |
| US09512584B2 |
In-situ burning fire area monitoring system and methods of use
Provided herein are devices, systems and methods for the in situ monitoring of a fire burning area. The device comprises a flotation unit having a body housing, an electronic unit with a radiofrequency antenna exteriorly disposed thereon configured to monitor, record and transmit/receive data obtained from within a burning fire, such as an oil fire, wirelessly to a primary collecting unit and, optionally, an ignition unit to ignite the fire. The system comprises the flotation units, means for connecting the units for deployment on the water and the hardware/software necessary to run the system and analyze and calculate temperature, position and surface area of the burn. The flotation devices communicate wirelessly to each other and to a primary collecting unit which provides the communicated data to a processing unit. |
| US09512583B1 |
High capacity flood pump system
A high capacity flood pump system includes a floodwater diversion pathway; a pump assembly above the floodwater diversion pathway, the pump assembly including a flood pump having a pump housing with a pump housing inlet and a pump housing outlet; an impeller housing disposed in fluid communication with the pump housing between the pump housing inlet and the pump housing outlet, the impeller housing disposed beneath the pump housing; at least one impeller disposed in the impeller housing; and a power unit drivingly engaging the at least one impeller. |
| US09512582B2 |
Erosion control block
A revetment block comprising a body having a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of peripherally extending side edges. The body has at least two arms extending laterally outwardly from the respective side edges and at least two sockets extending laterally inwardly from the respective side edges. There is at least one hole extending through the body, the hole having a first and a second portion. The first portion of the hole opens through the first surface of the block while the second opens through the second surface of the block. The first and second portions intersect interiorly of the block. The cross-sectional area of the first portion is less than the cross-sectional area of the second portion at the intersection of the first and second portions. Accordingly, the intersection of the first and second portions forms a ledge. |
| US09512581B2 |
Rapid deployment barrier system
A rapid deployment barrier which is specifically configured and adapted to be easily transitionable between a stowed configuration during storage and transport, and a deployed configuration when constructing the barrier. The barrier may be transitioned between the stowed and deployed configuration at the site of the needed barrier, and may be filled with a wide variety of readily available filling material, including the medium for which the barrier may be intended to blockade |
| US09512580B2 |
Systems and methods for deicing
A deicing method includes the steps of determining a necessary quantity of heat to substantially vaporize an interfacial layer between a solid surface and a layer of ice and applying pulsed heating at the interfacial layer. The pulsed heating is applied with the determined necessary quantity of heat to substantially vaporize the interfacial layer. |
| US09512579B2 |
Self-driven ice resurfacing machine and method for use
A self-driven device to resurface an ice rink. The device includes a rotating brush to sweep the ice anterior to a blade used to the scrape the ice. Collected snow is moved into a hot water tank where it is melted and moved to a warm water tank for redeposit onto the skating surface. |
| US09512578B1 |
Traffic cone
A molded funnel shaped cone joined with a base molded of compress crumb rubber has a pair of peripheral, outside flanges spaced apart and in contact with upper and lower surfaces of the base. The body has a pair of opposing apertures adjacent to the top end for placement of a barrier marking tape and for other uses. |
| US09512573B2 |
Bridge tie fastener system
A tie fastener apparatus for attaching railroad ties to a superstructure. The apparatus comprises a threaded hook bolt, including a hook with a hook end to engage the underside of a flange of a superstructure beam. The apparatus further includes a metal member for engaging plural ties, the metal member including a tie fastener hole at plural locations, and a nut for fastening a threaded end of the threaded hook bolt for installation when the threaded hook bolt is passed through the bolt hole and optionally a washer. When the threaded hook bolt is installed, including passing a threaded end of the threaded hook bolt through the bolt hole and fastening with the nut, the hook engages the superstructure. The apparatus is installed from above the superstructure without drilling holes in ties or the superstructure, or requiring manned installation from below the superstructure. |
| US09512569B1 |
Formulation of optical brighteners for papermaking
This invention relates to a formulation of optical brightener, polyvinyl alcohol, glucomannan, carboxymethyl cellulose, and sorbitol which can be used on the sizing or coating application of papermaking. This composition yields high whiteness and brightness on the product paper. |
| US09512565B2 |
Deckle board system and method
A system comprising: one or more deckle board that are configured to extend along a machine direction of a paper machine and wherein the deckle board includes a stock side and a non-stock side and the stock side includes a microstructure that generates turbulent flow along a face of the deckle board that breaks up a boundary layer when stock contacts the stock side of the deckle board. |
| US09512559B2 |
Method for conferring antimicrobial activity to a substrate
In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for rendering a non-metallic substrate stably antimicrobial. The method comprises: (a) contacting the substrate with an antimicrobial surfactant; (b) contacting the substrate with a polymeric binder; and (c) subjecting the substrate, surfactant, and binder to conditions at which the substrate becomes stably antimicrobial. In another embodiment, the invention relates to a substrate into which an antimicrobial surfactant and a binder have penetrated. |
| US09512553B2 |
Washing machine having upper cover
An upper cover of a washing machine having an improved structure in which the upper cover may be manufactured in a simple process. The washing machine includes: a main body; and an upper cover configured to cover an upper part of the main body, wherein the upper cover includes: a cover plate formed in a rectangular shape; and a cover frame formed of a material different from a material for the cover plate and coupled to the cover plate along a circumference of the cover plate, and the cover frame includes: at least one first support part configured to support an upper side of the cover plate; and at least one second support part configured to support a lower side of the cover plate. |
| US09512549B2 |
Washing machine using ultrasonic vibrations
A washing machine using ultrasonic vibrations, which can allow a user to at home easily and efficiently wash the laundry that needs hand washing or dry-cleaning. The washing machine includes: a body having an inner space of a predetermined volume; a washing tub installed in the body, with a water supply pipe connected to a side of the washing tub so as to supply washing water or a detergent into the tub and with a drain pipe connected to the side of the tub at a position opposite that of the water supply pipe so as to drain used water or used detergent; a cover mounted to a predetermined portion of the body so as to open or close the tub; and an ultrasonic generator installed in at least one predetermined portion of the tub so as to apply ultrasonic vibrations to a laundry contained in the tub. |
| US09512547B2 |
Apparatus for stitching vehicle interior components
A method for stitching an interior component is provided. The method including the steps of: stitching an outer skin layer of the interior component with a single needle chain stitch machine having a rotary looper; descending a needle of the machine through the interior component; retracting the needle after is has descended through the interior component; engaging a thread loop formed during the retraction of the needle after it has descended through the interior component with a hook of the rotary looper, wherein a portion of interior component is located above and below the rotary looper as it rotates; and moving the interior component relative to the needle and rotary looper in order to establish a stitch length. |
| US09512545B2 |
Nanofiber ribbons and sheets and fabrication and application thereof
The present invention is directed to nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets; to methods of making said yarns, ribbons, and sheets; and to applications of said yarns, ribbons, and sheets. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns, ribbons, and sheets comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. Furthermore these nanotube yarns can be spun as one micron diameter yarns and plied at will to make two-fold, four-fold, and higher fold yarns. Additional embodiments provide for the spinning of nanofiber sheets having arbitrarily large widths. In still additional embodiments, the present invention is directed to applications and devices that utilize and/or comprise the nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets of the present invention. |
| US09512540B2 |
Method for manufacturing N-type SiC single crystal by solution growth using a mixed gas atmosphere
A method for manufacturing an n-type SiC single crystal, enables the suppression of the variation in nitrogen concentration among a plurality of n-type SiC single crystal ingots manufactured. A method includes the steps of: providing a manufacturing apparatus (100) including a chamber (1) having an area in which a crucible (7) is to be disposed; heating the area in which the crucible (7) is to be disposed and evacuating the gas in the chamber (1); filling, after the evacuation, the chamber (1) with a mixed gas containing a noble gas and nitrogen gas; heating and melting a starting material housed in the crucible (7) disposed in the area to produce a SiC solution (8) containing silicon and carbon; and immersing a SiC seed crystal into the SiC solution under the mixed gas atmosphere to grow an n-type SiC single crystal on the SiC seed crystal. |
| US09512539B2 |
Process for removing a coating from workpieces
The invention relates to a process for electrochemically removing a coating from coated workpieces by means of a voltage applied in an electrolyte bath between the workpiece and a counter-electrode. According to the invention, a rising voltage profile is selected during the coating removal process. This has the effect that the voltage applied at the start is low, and therefore the workpieces are not damaged, but nevertheless the rise in the voltage prevents the coating removal process taking an uneconomically long time. |
| US09512537B2 |
Interference coloring of thick, porous, oxide films
Porous metal oxide layers having a color due to visible light interference effects are disclosed. In particular embodiments the porous metal oxide layers are formed using an anodizing processes, which includes a porous metal oxide layer forming process and a barrier layer thickening process. The barrier layer thickening process increases a thickness of a barrier layer within the porous metal oxide layer to a thickness sufficient to and cause incident visible light waves to be reflected in the form of a new visible light waves, thereby imparting a color to the porous metal oxide layer. Methods for tuning the color of the porous metal oxide layer and for color matching surfaces of different types of metal substrates are described. |
| US09512520B2 |
Semiconductor substrate processing system
Apparatus for processing substrates are provided. In some embodiments, a processing system may include a first transfer chamber and a first process chamber coupled to the transfer chamber, the process chamber further comprising a substrate support to support a processing surface of a substrate within the process chamber, an injector disposed to a first side of the substrate support and having a first flow path to provide a first process gas and a second flow path to provide a second process gas independent of the first process gas, wherein the injector provides the first and second process gases across the processing surface of the substrate, a showerhead disposed above the substrate support to provide the first process gas to the processing surface, and an exhaust port disposed to a second side of the substrate support, opposite the injector, to exhaust the first and second process gases from the process chamber. |
| US09512519B2 |
Atomic layer deposition apparatus and method
An atomic layer deposition apparatus includes a chamber including a plurality of regions; and a heating device respectively providing specific temperature ranges for the plurality of regions. |
| US09512517B2 |
Multiple exposure treatment for processing a patterning feature
A method for processing a substrate may include providing a patterning feature on the substrate, the patterning feature having a sidewall. The method may further include implanting a first ion species into the patterning feature during a first exposure, the first ion species having a first implantation depth; and implanting a second ion species into the patterning feature during a second exposure, the second ion species having a second implantation depth less than the first implantation depth. |
| US09512516B1 |
Cooling water jet pack for high power rotary cathodes
A sputtering target assembly, including a cylindrical backing tube, a magnet assembly disposed within the backing tube, and a conduit disposed within the backing tube and adapted for transporting coolant. The conduit includes at least one first opening positioned for providing the coolant in a substantially circumferential direction from the conduit toward an inner surface of the backing tube into a gap volume between a front side of the magnet assembly and the inner surface of the backing tube. |
| US09512515B2 |
Organic layer deposition apparatus and method of manufacturing organic light-emitting display device by using the same
An organic layer deposition apparatus, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device using the organic layer deposition apparatus. The organic layer deposition apparatus includes: an electrostatic chuck that fixedly supports a substrate that is a deposition target; a deposition unit including a chamber maintained at a vacuum and an organic layer deposition assembly for depositing an organic layer on the substrate fixedly supported by the electrostatic chuck; and a first conveyer unit for moving the electrostatic chuck fixedly supporting the substrate into the deposition unit, wherein the first conveyer unit passes through inside the chamber, and the first conveyer unit includes a guide unit having a receiving member for supporting the electrostatic chuck to be movable in a direction. |
| US09512513B2 |
Process of preparing a chemically pre-formed (CPF) iron negative electrode with oxidizing gases
Provided is a process for preparing an electrode comprising an iron active material. The process comprises first fabricating an electrode comprising an iron active material, and then treating the electrode with a gaseous oxidant to thereby create an oxidized surface. The resulting iron electrode is preconditioned prior to any charge-discharge cycle to have the assessable surface of the iron active material in the same oxidation state as in discharged iron negative electrodes active material. |
| US09512512B2 |
Coating method for forming crack-resistant coatings having good adherence and component coated in this manner
A method for coating a component, in particular a component of a gas turbine or of an aircraft engine, is disclosed. The coating is applied to the component by kinetic cold gas spraying, where prior to the deposition of the coating, the surface of the component to be coated is cleaned and compacted by shot peening with a blasting media. A component produced in this manner is also disclosed. |
| US09512510B2 |
High-strength aluminum alloy and process for producing same
A high-strength aluminum alloy material having a chemical composition which includes Zn: more than 7.2% (mass %, the same applies hereafter) and 8.7% or less, Mg: 1.3% or more and 2.1% or less, Cu: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Zr: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, Cr: less than 0.02%, Fe: 0.30% or less, Si: 0.30% or less, Mn: less than 0.05%, Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, is provided. It has a proof stress of 350 MPa or more, and a metallographic structure formed of a recrystallized structure, and L* and b* values, as defined in JIS Z8729 (ISO 7724-1), are 85 or more and 95 or less and 0 or more and 0.8 or less, respectively, as measured after anodization using a sulfuric acid bath. |
| US09512508B2 |
High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability and manufacturing method thereof
A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent stretch flangeability and precision punchability containing predetermined components and a balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities, in which in a range of ⅝ to ⅜ in sheet thickness from the surface of the steel sheet, an average value of pole densities of the {100}<011> to {223}<110> orientation group represented by respective crystal orientations of {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {113}<110>, {112}<110>, {335}<110>, and {223}<110> is 6.5 or less, and a pole density of the {332}<113> crystal orientation is 5.0 or less, and a metal structure contains, in terms of an area ratio, greater than 5% of pearlite, the sum of bainite and martensite limited to less than 5%, and a balance composed of ferrite. |
| US09512506B2 |
High strength and high conductivity copper alloy rod or wire
A high strength and high conductivity copper rod or wire includes Co of 0.12 to 0.32 mass %, P of 0.042 to 0.095 mass %, Sn of 0.005 to 0.70 mass %, and O of 0.00005 to 0.0050 mass %. A relationship of 3.0≦([Co]−0.007)/([P]−0.008)≦6.2 is satisfied between a content [Co] mass % of Co and a content [P] mass % of P. The remainder includes Cu and inevitable impurities, and the rod or wire is produced by a process including a continuous casting and rolling process. Strength and conductivity of the high strength and high conductivity copper rod or wire are improved by uniform precipitation of a compound of Co and P and by solid solution of Sn. The high strength and high conductivity copper rod or wire is produced by the continuous casting and rolling process, and thus production costs are reduced. |
| US09512504B2 |
Method for producing sodium tungstate, method for collecting tungsten, apparatus for producing sodium tungstate, and method for producing sodium tungstate aqueous solution
Provided are a method for producing sodium tungstate by supplying an oxidant made of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to bring a tungsten containing material and the oxidant into contact with each other in an atmosphere containing oxygen to thereby continuously produce a reaction product; a method for collecting tungsten using the method; and an apparatus for producing sodium tungstate. Also provided are a method for producing a sodium tungstate aqueous solution in which a reductant is introduced into a melt containing the above-described reaction product which is then dissolved in water; and a method for collecting tungsten using the method. |
| US09512499B2 |
Method for manufacturing hot stamped body having vertical wall and hot stamped body having vertical wall
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a hot stamped body having a vertical wall, the method including: a hot-rolling step; a coiling step; a cold-rolling step; a continuous annealing step; and a hot stamping step, in which the continuous annealing step includes a heating step of heating the cold-rolled steel sheet to a temperature range of equal to or higher than Ac1° C. and lower than Ac3° C.; a cooling step of cooling the heated cold-rolled steel sheet from the highest heating temperature to 660° C. at a cooling rate of equal to or less than 10° C./s; and a holding step of holding the cooled cold-rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of 550° C. to 660° C. for one minute to 10 minutes. |
| US09512497B2 |
Method for reducing slag
Disclosed herein is a method of reducing slag, including the steps of: examining the components of slag to be reduced, and setting a target composition ratio after reduction; determining the mixing ratio and input amount of a complex reducing agent of a plurality of reducing agents in accordance with the set target composition ratio to determine the complex reducing agent; and supplying the complex reducing agent into molten slag to reduce the slag. The method is advantageous in that the reduction efficiency of slag can be maximized, various kinds of reducing agents can be efficiently used, and the recovery amount of valuable metals can be increased, thus reducing cost. |
| US09512496B2 |
Method and device for introducing fine particle-shaped material into the fluidised bed of a fluidised bed reduction unit
A method for introducing fine particulate material (4) of ferruginous particles into a fluidized bed reduction unit (1) having a fluidized bed (24), wherein the temperature in the fluidized bed (24) is more than 300° C., and wherein the fine particulate material (4) is introduced directly into the fluidized bed (24) and/or into a free space (25) above the fluidized bed (24) by means of a burner (2). The method may be used for producing liquid pig iron (17) or liquid steel precursor products (18) by a smelting reduction process in a smelting reduction unit (22). |
| US09512493B2 |
Compositions, methods, and kits for nucleic acid hybridization
Polynucleotides having a first polynucleotide segment contiguous with a second polynucleotide segment that is downstream to the first, wherein the sequence of the first polynucleotide segment is complementary to the sequence of a first probe segment of a probe for detection of a target nucleic acid sequence, wherein the sequence of the second polynucleotide segment is complementary to the sequence of a second probe segment of the probe, wherein the second probe segment is downstream to the first probe segment, are provided. The polynucleotides may be employed with dual-labeled probes (DLPs) in assays for the detection of the target nucleic acid sequences. |
| US09512489B2 |
Method for detecting genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation
A method for detecting genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation and genes detected by the method. More specifically, genes sensitive to low-level ionizing radiation, discovered in a carcinogenic entity and verified in a normal entity are detected by subjecting a cancerous AKR/J mouse and a normal ICR mouse to low-level radiation. Thymus is collected therefrom, and glycometabolism-related genes are classified via microarray processing of the thymus. The genes are amplified and the levels of gene expression are measured. Thus, a gene having a specific reaction to radiation can be accurately detected by preventing the interference of confounding variables. |
| US09512487B2 |
Monitoring health and disease status using clonotype profiles
There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers. |
| US09512486B2 |
Materials, methods, and systems for treating cancer
Aspects of the invention relate to methods of treatment, and to kits and systems for the same including materials for determining that an individual is susceptible to cancer and if warranted treating the patient of cancer or initiating a monitoring strategy and/or taking a preventive action. Therapeutic and preventive interventions include, treating the patient with a PARR inhibitors and/or laprascopic oophorectomy. The invention also relates to systems and methods of genotyping an individual, and to methods of identifying a patent with a higher than normal likelihood of developing cancer and/or genetically related individuals or groups at heighten risk for developing cancer, particularly ovarian cancer. |
| US09512481B2 |
Polymorphisms in the PDE3A gene
Embodiments of the invention are directed to identifying or treating a patient that would benefit from phosphodiesterase inhibitor therapy. |
| US09512479B2 |
Methods for sample tracking
A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a biological sample obtained during either paternity screening, genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, presymptomatic diagnosis, diagnosis to detect the presence of a target microorganism carrier detection analysis, forensic chemical analysis, or diagnosis of a subject to determine whether a subject is afflicted with a particular disease or disorder, or is at risk of developing a particular disorder, wherein the result obtained from the analysis is associated with the unique DNA fingerprint biological barcode of the genotype of the subject being analyzed. The methods and apparatus of the invention have application in the fields of diagnostic medicine, disease diagnosis in animals and plants, identification of genetically inherited diseases in humans, family relationship analysis, forensic analysis, and microbial typing. |
| US09512478B2 |
Methods for indexing samples and sequencing multiple polynucleotide templates
The invention relates to methods for indexing samples during the sequencing of polynucleotide templates, resulting in the attachment of tags specific to the source of each nucleic acid sample such that after a sequencing run, both the source and sequence of each polynucleotide can be determined. Thus, the present invention pertains to analysis of complex genomes (e.g., human genomes), as well as multiplexing less complex genomes, such as those of bacteria, viruses, mitochondria, and the like. |
| US09512477B2 |
Biomarker anaylsis using scodaphoresis
The invention discloses methods and apparatus for characterizing trace nucleic acids that are biomarkers for disease. The methods and apparatus provide increased sensitivity to such trace nucleic acids, and allow analysis of nucleic acids present in a sample at only 0.01% of the wild-type sequences. The methods and apparatus are also designed for straightforward multiplexing, thus allowing pooling of clinical samples. |
| US09512474B2 |
Molecular targets and methods for formulation screening and preservative efficacy testing
Methods and kits are disclosed for distinguishing viable from nonviable microbial cells. The methods and kits are useful in the screening of cell culture formulations and the testing of preservative efficacy. The methods involve the amplification and quantitation of microbe-specific DNA from precursor rRNA or Elongation Factor 3 mRNA in treated versus nontreated test samples using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. |
| US09512473B2 |
Methods, compositions, and kits for detecting allelic variants
In some embodiments, the present inventions relates generally to compositions, methods and kits for use in discriminating sequence variation between different alleles. More specifically, in some embodiments, the present invention provides for compositions, methods and kits for quantitating rare (e.g., mutant) allelic variants, such as SNPs, or nucleotide (NT) insertions or deletions, in samples comprising abundant (e.g., wild type) allelic variants with high specificity and selectivity. In particular, in some embodiments, the invention relates to a highly selective method for mutation detection referred to as competitive allele-specific TaqMan PCR (“cast-PCR”). |
| US09512472B2 |
Method of amplifying nucleic acid sequences
The invention is directed to methods of removing amplicons of non target and/or target nucleic acid sequences having one or more modified (e.g., methylated) nucleotides from a sample wherein the sample comprises the non target nucleic acid and a target nucleic acid sequence to be amplified. |
| US09512471B2 |
Methods and kits for detecting human papillomavirus
The present invention provides methods and kits for determining the presence, absence, or level of an infectious agent in a sample. Specifically, the present invention provides methods and kits for detecting or quantifying certain target polynucleotides of the infectious agent. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides for such detection without the need for amplification (e.g., replication) of the target molecule and/or without the need for labor intensive purification procedures. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides positive control and housekeeping gene for normalization and quantatively detection of the copy numbers of infectious agent in a sample. In these or other embodiments, the invention allows for such detection with the desired sensitivity and/or specificity, even where the polynucleotide is present in the sample at low copy number. |
| US09512465B2 |
Methods and compositions for labeling nucleic acids
The present invention relates to methods for the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in vitro and in vivo. Certain methods are provided that include a [3+2] cycloaddition between a nucleotide analogue incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent attached to a label. Other methods are provided that include a Staudinger ligation between a nucleotide analogue incorporated into a nucleic acid polymer and a reagent comprising a substituted triarylphosphine attached to a label. Such methods do not require fixation and denaturation and therefore can be applied to the labeling of nucleic acid polymers in living cells and in organisms. Also provided are methods for measuring cellular proliferation. In these methods, the amount of label incorporated into the DNA is measured as an indication of cellular proliferation. The methods of the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications including clinical diagnosis of diseases and disorders in which cellular proliferation is involved, toxicity assays, and as a tool for the study of chromosomes' ultrastructures. |
| US09512464B2 |
System and method for detecting of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) and prostate cancer
A detection system for determining alpha-methylacyl-CoA (AMACR) levels in a bodily sample includes at least one reaction solution for generating H2O2 upon combination with AMACR in the bodily sample and a biosensor for determining a level of generated H2O2. The reaction solution includes a (2R)-2-methylacyl-CoA epimer that can be chirally inverted by AMACR to a (2S)-2-methylacyl-CoA epimer and an enzyme that carries out beta oxidation with the (2S)-2-methylacyl-CoA epimer to generate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). |
| US09512462B2 |
Method for detecting the presence or absence of an antibiotic resistant pathogenic staphylococci in a test sample
A method for detecting the presence or absence of an antibiotic resistant pathogenic staphylococci in a test sample is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a test medium having at least one hydrolysable substrate, which substrate is operable to promote the growth of the antibiotic resistant pathogenic staphylococci and to produce a detectable signal when the hydrolyzable substrate is metabolized by the antibiotic resistant pathogenic staphylococci; b) forming a mixture of the test sample and hydrated test medium; c) incubating the mixture at temperatures in the range of about 20° C. to about 35° C.; and d) detecting the presence or absence of the antibiotic resistant pathogenic staphylococci in the test sample by the presence or absence of the detectable signal in the mixture. |
| US09512455B2 |
Cell-based production of nonulosonates
The present invention relates to the cell-based production of bacterial nonulosonates and their biosynthetic precursors. Specifically, the present invention provides recombinant cells for the production of pseudaminic acid, legionaminic acid, UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-□-L-altropyranose, and UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-□-D-glucopyranose. Methods for producing the sugars are also provided. |
| US09512449B2 |
Method for producing phenol from renewable resources by fermentation
The invention relates to a method of generating a recombinant host strain for producing phenol, comprising the steps of a) providing a host comprising chorismate, b) transforming the host with a first nucleic acid sequence comprising ubiC (SEQ ID NO: 1) encoding chorismate lyase that converts chorismate to 4-hydroxybenzoate, and c) transforming the host with a second nucleic acid sequence encoding an oxygen-tolerant 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase that converts 4-hydroxybenzoate to phenol, thereby generating a recombinant host that is capable of producing phenol under aerobic conditions, wherein step b) and step c) are carried out simultaneously or sequentially. The invention also provides the recombinant host strain for producing phenol obtainable by the aforementioned method, as well as a method of producing phenol in the recombinant host strain. |
| US09512448B2 |
Method for enhancing cellobiose utilization
The present invention relates to methods for improving a host cell's ability to utilize the disaccharide cellobiose. In some embodiments, a transformed cell expresses intracellular β-glucosidase. In other embodiments, a transformed host cell is able to grow on media wherein cellobiose is the sole carbon source. In other embodiments, selection methods are provided which improve a host cell's ability to grow on cellobiose-containing media. |
| US09512445B2 |
Humeral joint replacement component
A humeral prosthetic head has a non-spherical articulation surface coupled with an intermediate component connecting the head and the humerus, the intermediate component connected to the epiphysis, metaphysis, or diaphysis, or to one or more additional components connected to the humerus. The intermediate portion provides for axial and angular offset of the head with respect to a connection to the humerus, using a curvilinear tapered engagement. |
| US09512443B2 |
Recombinant expression of multiprotein complexes using polygenes
The present invention relates to a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polygene coding for at least three polypeptides wherein at least one of the genes constituting the polygene is of non-viral origin, at least two of the polypeptides encoded by the genes constituting the polygene are each capable of at least transiently interacting with at least one other polypeptide encoded by a gene of said polygene, and the genes constituting the polygene are each connected to one mother by a sequence coding for at least one protease cleavage site. The present invention also relates to polyproteins encoded by the polygene. Further embodiments of the present invention are a vector containing the recombinant polypeptide, a host cell containing the recombinant polypeptide and/or the vector and a non-human transgenic animal transformed with the recombinant polypeptide and/or the vector. The present invention also relates to methods for the production of the polynucleotide and for the manufacture of multiprotein complexes. The embodiments of the present invention are particularly useful in gene therapy, drug candidate screening, vaccine production and crystallization of multiprotein complexes for structural investigations. |
| US09512438B2 |
Processes for producing hydrocarbon products
The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels. |
| US09512436B2 |
Method for producing expression product of exogenous gene in yeast, regulator of expression in yeast, and use thereof
A method for producing an expression product of an exogenous gene in a yeast, including using at least one yeast gene terminator regions selected based on expression intensity data related to the expression intensity of yeast gene terminator regions to cause expression of a gene in a yeast. |
| US09512435B2 |
Activity of Fe—S cluster requiring proteins
The present invention is related to a recombinant host cell, in particular a yeast cell, comprising a dihydroxy-acid dehydratase polypeptide. The invention is also related to a recombinant host cell having increased specific activity of the dihydroxy-acid dehydratase polypeptide as a result of increased expression of the polypeptide, modulation of the Fe—S cluster biosynthesis of the cell, or a combination thereof. The present invention also includes methods of using the host cells, as well as, methods for identifying polypeptides that increase the flux in an Fe—S cluster biosynthesis pathway in a host cell. |
| US09512433B2 |
Method for the production of fucosyllactose in bacterial cells
The present invention relates to a cell to be stably cultured in a medium, which cell is adjusted for the production of oligosaccharides, the cell being transformed to comprise at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for an enzyme involved in oligosaccharide synthesis. In addition the cell is transformed to comprise at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a protein of the sugar efflux transporter family, a functional homolog or derivative thereof. Further, the invention concerns a method for the production of oligosaccharides involving above cell. |
| US09512428B2 |
Method of deriving mature hepatocytes from human embryonic stem cells
A method for producing mature hepatocytes having functional hepatic enzyme activity from human pluripotent cells is disclosed. The method includes the step of transferring an external vector comprising the DNA sequence coding for a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-122, the DNA sequence coding for a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-let-7c, a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-122, a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-let-7c, or a combination thereof into one or more fetal hepatocytes. The resulting cells differentiate into mature hepatocytes that exhibit functional hepatic enzyme activity, and can be used in drug metabolism and toxicity testing, in the study of viruses that target hepatic tissue, and as therapeutics.A related method of maintaining the functional hepatic enzyme activity of primary hepatocytes over time is also disclosed. The method includes the step of transferring an external vector comprising the DNA sequence coding for a microRNA having the seed sequence of the microRNA miR-122 into one or more cultured primary hepatocytes. |
| US09512422B2 |
Gel patterned surfaces
Provided is an array including a solid support having a surface, the surface having a plurality of wells, the wells containing a gel material, the wells being separated from each other by interstitial regions on the surface, the interstitial regions segregating the gel material in each of the wells from the gel material in other wells of the plurality; and a library of target nucleic acids in the gel material, wherein the gel material in each of the wells comprises a single species of the target nucleic acids of the library. Methods for making and using the array are also provided. |
| US09512420B2 |
Use of N-acetylneuraminic acid aldolase in catalytic synthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid
It discloses a use of N-acetylneuraminic acid aldolase with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in catalytic synthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid. The preparation of N-acetylneuraminic acid is to use the N-acetylneuraminic acid aldolase with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 as a catalyst, and N-acetylmannosamine and pyruvic acid as substrates. |
| US09512418B2 |
Method for production of botulinum toxin
A method of making botulinum toxin comprises treating a culture of a botulinum toxin-producing strain with acid to precipitate a botulinum toxin; adding buffer to the precipitated botulinum toxin, followed by treatment with a protease inhibitor and nuclease, thereby extracting the botulinum toxin; treating the extracted botulinum toxin with acid to precipitate the botulinum toxin and dissolving the precipitate in buffer; and purifying the botulinum toxin by anion exchange chromatography. The use of the method makes it possible to produce a high-purity botulinum toxin by a simple process. The botulinum toxin produced by the method has high purity, and thus has an increased ability to act in a local area. Thus, the systemic circulation of the botulinum toxin is reduced to increase the safety. Accordingly, the botulinum toxin can be used for treatment of neuromuscular disorders, removal of wrinkles, and treatment of spastic hemiplegia and cerebral palsy. |
| US09512417B1 |
Polypeptides having protease activity
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having protease 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 in, e.g., animal feed and detergents. |
| US09512416B2 |
Endoglucanase variants
The present invention relates to variant endoglucanases having improved thermoactivity, improved thermostability, and improved viscosity reduction activity over wild-type M. thermophila endoglucanase. |
| US09512414B2 |
Thermostable beta-glucosidase
A thermostable β-glucosidase including a β-glucosidase catalytic domain, the β-glucosidase catalytic domain including: (A) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2; (B) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence in which at least one amino acid has been deleted, substituted, or added in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and having hydrolytic activity using p-nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside as a substrate at least under conditions of a temperature of 100° C. and a pH of 5.5; or (C) a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and having hydrolytic activity using p-nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside as a substrate at least under conditions of a temperature of 100° C. and a pH of 5.5. |
| US09512413B2 |
Polypeptides having organophosphorous hydrolase activity
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having organophosphorous hydrolase activity, and 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. |
| US09512412B2 |
HBV polymerase mutants
The present invention relates to polymerase HBV mutant polypeptides comprising a mutated polymerase domain which is functionally disrupted for polymerase activity and fusion proteins comprising such polymerase mutant polypeptide. The present invention also relates to a nucleic acid molecule and an expression vector for expressing said polymerase mutant polypeptide as well as a composition which can be used for eliciting an immune response to HBV with the goal of providing a protective or therapeutic effect against HBV infection. |
| US09512410B2 |
Engineered transaminase polypeptides
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type transaminase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered transaminase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. |
| US09512409B2 |
Thermostable catalase
An object is to efficiently produce thermostable catalase at low cost by expressing it as a recombinant protein in large quantity. A recombinant microorganism capable of efficiently expressing thermostable catalase can be provided by obtaining a DNA necessary for efficiently producing it as a recombinant protein, and the thermostable catalase can be efficiently produced at low cost by cultivating the obtained recombinant microorganism. Hydrogen peroxide can be efficiently decomposed at low cost, even at high temperature, by treating a solution containing hydrogen peroxide with the thermostable catalase of the present invention. |
| US09512406B2 |
Generating hepatocytes
Compositions and methods are described herein for inducing reprogramming of non-pluripotent cells across lineage and differentiation boundaries to generate endodermal progenitor cells and hepatocytes. Compositions and methods for expansion of endodermal progenitor cells without loss of phenotype are also described herein. |
| US09512401B2 |
B and T lymphocyte attenuator marker for use in adoptive T-cell therapy
BTLA-positive (“BTLA+”) lymphocyte signaling drives T cells and kills tumors. BTLA functions as a positive modulator of anti-tumor (anti-melanoma) T cell responses, The BTLA+ T cell responds against tumor or cancer cells, and, in cancer patients respond better to IL-2 than BTLA-negative cells. Hence, the BTLA-positive T cell in cancers is a positive marker for selection of enriched anti-tumor-cancer reactive T cells and can be used or applied for adoptive T-cell therapy or for therapeutic purposes. |
| US09512399B2 |
In vitro model for neuronal death
This invention demonstrates the formation of a novel polarized membrane lipid raft signaling module in neurons, in response to several diverse neurotoxic stimuli. This polarization occurs well before neurons commit to die, and is an early mechanism in death signaling. The formation of this signaling module is dependent on cholesterol for its formation and provides a mechanistic explanation for the protective effects of cholesterol depleting drugs in several non-neural models of cell death. As such, the formation of the signaling module lends itself as a novel screen for the identification of new drugs and therapeutics which would retard its formation and protect against neuronal injury and death. |
| US09512391B2 |
Apparatus and methods for biosynthetic production of cannabinoids
The present invention provides an apparatus and methods for producing tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), cannabichromenic acid (CBCA) and cannabichromenic acid (CBCA) in different ratios. The apparatus comprises:(i) a bioreactor comprising (a) an automated supply system configured to deliver a first automated supply of cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), a cannabinoid acid synthase, and a reaction mixture; and (b) a second automated system to cease the reaction; (ii) a controller configured to modify a property of the reaction mixture to produce the desired products; and (iii) an extractor configured to recover the tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), cannabichromenic acid (CBCA) or cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) and cannabichromenic acid. |
| US09512389B2 |
Hop oxidation-reaction product, preparing method thereof and use thereof
The present invention relates to a hop extract having a reduced bitter taste which shows a fat absorption suppressing effect. More specifically the present invention relates to a hop extract oxidation-reaction product obtained by an oxidation-reaction of a hop extract. |
| US09512385B2 |
Disinfectant solution for nonionic soft contact lenses
A disinfecting solution for a nonionic soft contact lens, which solution contains polylysine as a disinfectant, and further contains: 0.1-1.0% by weight of a component (A) which is an acidic tonicity agent having at least one carboxyl group; 0.10-1.25% by weight of a component (B) which is a basic tonicity agent having an amino group; and 0.1-2.0% by weight of a component (C) which is at least one of a nonionic tonicity agent and an amphoteric tonicity agent, wherein each of the components (A) to (C) has a molecular weight of not larger than 200, and a ratio of a molar concentration of the component (A) to a molar concentration of the component (B) is not larger than 1.2. The disinfecting solution has a pH of 6.5-8.0, an osmotic pressure of 250-330 mOsm/kg and an electric conductivity of 130-750 mS/m. |
| US09512383B2 |
Oil handling and monitoring device and system
A new and improved waste oil management system is described herein which includes an automated data management system, allowing users to track usage and collection volumes, and other useful data, to help reduce oil use, lower costs and increase profits. The waste oil management system includes an oil monitoring device or integrated control panel linked to one or more computers, more fully described herein. |
| US09512370B2 |
Development of continuous online salt-in-crude analyzer
The present invention relates to online analysis of crude oil from desalting processes. Online analysis of the crude oil that has been desalted will allow for real time adjustments to process operating parameters such that the salt concentration of the crude oil is maintained within acceptable parameters. This online analysis can yield a more efficient process, reduce energy consumption of the desalting process, and maintain corrosion rates within acceptable limits. |
| US09512367B2 |
Process for extracting sulphur-containing compounds by liquid-liquid extraction by means of a soda solution with an optimized final washing step
Process of extracting sulphur-containing compounds from a hydrocarbon cut of the gasoline or LPG type by liquid-liquid extraction with a soda solution employing a unit (2) for pretreatment of the feedstock to be treated placed upstream of the extraction unit (4), the soda being introduced into the extraction column (4) in the form of two circuits operating either in parallel, or in series. |
| US09512361B2 |
High-voltage coil
The present invention provides a high-voltage coil superior in insulating properties and rigidity at high temperatures, which comprises a bobbin, a conducting wire wound around the bobbin, and an encapsulant encapsulating the conducting wire, wherein the encapsulant comprises a liquid crystalline polyester having a repeating unit represented by defined formula (1), —O—Ar1—CO—, a repeating unit represented by defined formula (2), —CO—Ar2—CO—, and a repeating unit represented by defined formula (3), —X—Ar3—Y—, as a forming material. |
| US09512359B2 |
Phosphor, method for producing phosphor and light emitting device
The present invention provides a phosphor comprising a europium-activated sialon crystal having a basic composition represented by a formula: (Sr1-x, Eux)αSiβAlγOδNω (1) (wherein x is 0 |
| US09512357B2 |
Red-emitting phosphors, associated processes and devices
A process for synthesizing a Mn4+ doped phosphor is presented. The process includes contacting a source of Mn4+ ions to a suspension comprising aqueous hydrofluoric acid and a complex fluoride compound of formula (II) in solid form, and then contacting a source of A+ ions to the suspension to form the Mn4+ doped phosphor, Ax[MFy] (II) Wherein, A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; y is 5, 6 or 7. |
| US09512356B2 |
Process for preparing red-emitting phosphors
A process for preparing a Mn4+ doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn+4 I includes combining in an acidic solution, an A+ cation, an anion of formula MFy, and a Mnn+ source comprising a fluoromanganese compound, precipitating a Mnn+ containing phosphor precursor from the acidic solution, and contacting the Mnn+ containing phosphor precursor with a fluorine-containing oxidizing agent in gaseous form, at an elevated temperature, to form the Mn4+ doped phosphor; wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; y is 5, 6 or 7; and n is 2 or 3. |
| US09512355B2 |
Organic light emitting materials
Novel phosphorescent metal complexes containing 2-phenylisoquinoline ligands with at least two substituents on the isoquinoline ring are provided. The disclosed compounds have low sublimation temperatures that allow for ease of purification and fabrication into a variety of OLED devices. |
| US09512353B2 |
Composition comprising quantum dot and device using same
The present invention provides a composition including a quantum dot and vinyl siloxane including an alkyl group having a carbon number of 4 or more, and a device to which the composition is applied, wherein the composition can effectively be applied to various types of light emitting devices due to excellent dispersibility of quantum dots, UV-stability, and heat-resistance. |
| US09512350B2 |
In-situ generation of acid for use in subterranean formation operations
Embodiments herein include methods comprising introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a base fluid, an acid, and a fluoride releasing agent selected from the group consisting of an amine monofluorophosphate; a bisamine monofluorophosphate; any derivative thereof; and any combination thereof, wherein the acid and the fluoride releasing agent react to generate hydrofluoric acid over time in the subterranean formation so as to create or enhance at least one microfracture therein. |
| US09512347B2 |
Spread crosslinker and method of water control downhole
A crosslinker composition including a spread crosslinker for treating a subterranean formation is provided along with methods of sealing a subterranean formation including introducing a crosslinkable fluid, the crosslinkable fluid containing a spread crosslinker and a crosslinkable component, into a subterranean formation. |
| US09512342B1 |
Moisture cured polymer and recycled glass roof coating, caulk/sealant and patching compound membranes
What is provided are compositions of matter, which comprise moisture-cured membranes comprising polymer resin binders and recycled fused glass. The membranes may be used in applications including roof coatings, caulks, patches, exterior adhesives and sealants. |
| US09512339B2 |
Polymeric compositions for sustained release of volatile materials
A polymeric composition comprising a copolymer of ethylene with at least another monomer comprising at least a heteroatom, a tackifier, less than 10% of a compatible plasticizer or blend of plasticizers and a volatile material. The compositions are able to deliver effectively the volatile material incorporated for a long time and also have good adhesion properties on most substrates. |
| US09512336B2 |
Aqueous primer composition for enhanced film formation and method of using the same
A water-based bonding primer composition and a method of applying the same onto a metallic surface prior to adhesive bonding. The bonding primer composition is a water-based dispersion containing water, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, a low amount of propylene carbonate (PC), and optional additives. The bonding primer composition can form substantially smooth films by spraying, and at the same time, meet environmental regulations and provide high bonding performance. |