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| US09547861B2 |
System and method for wireless communication with an IC chip for submission of pin data
A system and method for coordinating processing of a cardholder present financial transaction between the cardholder and a merchant system. The system collects a transaction amount of the financial transaction associated with merchant identification information of the merchant system. The system sends an authentication request using a wireless communication protocol configured for proximity communication between a communication interface of a computer device and a wireless communication enabled integrated circuit (IC) chip of a payment card, the authorization request including an IC command expected by computer hardware of the IC chip. The system receives an authentication response from the computer hardware of the IC chip by the wireless communication protocol, the authentication response including an encrypted value generated by the computer hardware of the IC chip. |
| US09547859B2 |
Method and system for performing mobile device-to-machine payments
A device with one or more processors, memory, and two or more communication capabilities obtains, from a payment module, an authorization request via a first communication capability (e.g., Bluetooth). The device sends, to a server, the authorization request via a second communication capability distinct from the first communication capability (e.g., cellular or WiFi technology). In response to sending the authorization request, the device obtains, from the server, authorization information via the second communication capability. After obtaining the authorization information, the device detects a trigger condition to perform a transaction with a payment accepting unit associated with the payment module. In response to detecting the trigger condition, the device sends, to the payment module, at least a portion of the authorization information via the first communication capability. |
| US09547855B2 |
Gesture-based device
The use of gestures on a user device to interact with and obtain functionality from remote communication hub devices is disclosed. A user device includes an accelerometer or other motion detection device and a wireless communications capability. The device is small enough to be placed conveniently about the person and communicates with a communication hub device to perform context-dependent actions. A user makes a gestural command to the device. The device interprets the gesture and undertakes activity. The gestural sensing device may be a motion switch, a multi-axis accelerometer, a video camera, a variable capacitance device, a magnetic field sensor, an electrical field sensor etc. When combined with business logic running on a remote computer system, the device can be used to implement a range of applications and services. |
| US09547854B2 |
User-friendly transaction interface
Methods and systems for facilitating electronic transactions on a user device are described. User-friendly graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided with minimal text and more pictures and images. The GUIs detect or receive various gesture inputs, such as swiping, tapping, and dragging and dropping, and display a corresponding screen or page. The gesture inputs allow a user to select or specify payers/payees, transaction amounts, and funding sources, without having to type numbers or letters. |
| US09547853B2 |
System and method for simplified checkout
In various embodiments, a system and method for providing simplified checkout are provided. In example embodiments, an identifier that corresponds to a payment account of a user is received at a payment provider system. Account information from the payment account of the user is retrieved from a payment data storage of the payment provider system. The account information is used in a payment transaction involving a merchant system. A payment interface having transaction fields populated with the account information retrieved from the payment account of the user is presented to the user while the user maintains a presence on a webpage of a merchant system. |
| US09547852B2 |
Printing device, control method of a printing device, and printing system
A printing device runs a process that uses resources efficiently and is compatible with configurations having multiple reception units. The printer 11 has a first immediate execution command manager 202 that monitors if an immediate execution command was stored in a first receive buffer 24, and if an immediate execution command was stored, reads and runs the immediate execution command; and a second immediate execution command manager 203 that monitors if an immediate execution command was stored in a second receive buffer 26, and if an immediate execution command was stored, reads and runs the immediate execution command. |
| US09547851B2 |
Shelf life expiration date management
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators is provided. The method includes identifying a consumer during a point of sale transaction for purchasing different food items by a point of sale computer system, for example by scanning a bar code or reading a magnetic strip of a loyalty program card or reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) dongle. A list of the different food items can be provided to the smart refrigerator, for example from storage in the loyalty program card or RFID dongle, or as transmitted from the point of sale computer system to the smart refrigerator over a computer communications network. Finally, expiration dates can be determined for the food items in the list and stored in the smart refrigerator. |
| US09547846B2 |
Method and apparatus for the processing of data relating to calendar entries
Embodiments of the invention are concerned with processing data relating to calendar entries. In one embodiment processing includes detecting a correspondence between a telephone number and at least one characteristic of a calendar workspace item, and processing data relating to a communications event identified by the telephone number on the basis of the detected correspondence. The processing may include triggering a notification for an incoming communications event, such as a telephone call or text message, that is received by a telephony device.In another embodiment processing includes detecting a correspondence between at least one characteristic of a stored communications event workspace item and at least one characteristic of a calendar workspace item, and processing data relating to the communications event on the basis of the detected correspondence. This processing may include filtering a plurality of communications event workspace items, and displaying one or more of the filtered items. |
| US09547845B2 |
Privacy risk metrics in location based services
The present disclosure relates generally to mechanisms for the estimation of location privacy risk, comprising: building one or more trajectory models from auxiliary information (e.g., one or more maps, one or more routes); capturing common behavioral patterns (e.g., shortest route(s),/fastest route(s)); identifying, given unlinked trajectories for a plurality of users, most likely linkages using the trajectory model(s); eliminating one or more unlikely linkages based on deviation from the shortest route(s) and/or the fastest route(s); measuring privacy as the percentage of linkages correctly identified; and outputting the measured privacy. |
| US09547843B2 |
Method and apparatus for locating a mobile terminal using received messages
A method and apparatus for locating a mobile terminal by use of messages received to the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal locating method may include creating at least one location related candidate for the mobile terminal by use of a message that is received to the mobile terminal, and determining a location of the mobile terminal by matching the created location related candidate to stored place information. The current location of the mobile terminal may be recognized by simply analyzing the received messages without the need for installation of additional device on the mobile terminal. |
| US09547841B2 |
Deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow
There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program for deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow. The base message schema is presented to the user and has at least one variable portion. A user selection of a variable portion of the base schema is received. The user is then provided with possible overlay schema information for the selected variable portion. A user selection of the schema to be overlaid on the selected variable portion is received. The selected overlay schema is associated with the base schema. |
| US09547838B2 |
Automated generation of a three-dimensional space representation and planogram verification
The present disclosure provides an automated scheme for generating and verifying a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a target space. In one embodiment, the automatic generation of a 3D representation of a target space includes receiving target space data from one or more mobile data capture devices and generating a local point cloud from the target space data. In one embodiment, the local point cloud is incorporated into a master point cloud. In one embodiment, a polygon mesh is generated using the master point cloud and the polygon mesh is rendered, using a plurality of visual images captured from the target space, which generates the 3D representation. In one embodiment, the automatic verification includes comparing a portion of the 3D representation with a portion of an approved layout, and identifying one or more discrepancies between the portion of the 3D representation and the portion of the approved layout. |
| US09547837B2 |
Migration of process instances
For migrating process instances, first input information describing changes between a first process template and a second process template is received. Second input information describing grouping of said changes is also received. A set of combinations of the first process template and the second process template is determined by applying the changes to the first process template in complete groups as defined by the second input information. |
| US09547834B2 |
Transaction performance monitoring
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods directed toward monitoring transactions between computing resources of a computing system. A transaction agent may monitor transactions between computing resources and generate transaction log information corresponding to the transactions. A current transaction rate for a current time period and a previous transaction rate for a previous time period may be automatically obtained based on transaction log information. The current transaction rate may be compared to the previous transaction rate, and a transaction rate alert may be generated responsive to determining that the previous transaction rate exceeds the current transaction rate. A current and previous transaction latency average may also be obtained based on transaction time information of the transaction log information. The transaction latency averages may be compared, and a transaction latency alert may be generated responsive to determining that the current transaction latency average exceeds the previous transaction latency average. |
| US09547832B2 |
Identifying individual intentions and determining responses to individual intentions
Systems and methods automatically determine responses to intention-focused content based on semantic analysis, natural language analysis, token analysis, social network analysis and influence ratings. The systems and methods identify relevant queries for product support, purchase or advocacy from multiple communications channels and further separate the high-value conversations and individuals from the low value conversations and individuals in an efficient manner. Described herein is a system and method to use the identification of important individuals and the context of their conversations to appropriately route content items and messages and subsequent responses in such a way as to allow an efficient interaction to occur. |
| US09547831B2 |
High level RFID solution for rental tools and equipment
A system for monitoring use of a tool. The system may include an RFID tag coupled to the tool. A collar may be removably coupled to the tool and configured to be de-coupled from the tool prior to the tool being used. An RFID reader may be coupled to the collar and configured to transmit a first alert signal when the RFID reader is out of transmission range from the RFID tag. |
| US09547829B2 |
Two-model recommender
A method for recommending choices to a user comprises receiving data. A first set of recommendation choices based on the data is derived using a first model that models a user's subconscious reactions (i.e., intuition) to the data, and a second set of recommendation choices based on the data is derived using a second model that models the user's consciousness. The first and second sets of recommendation choices are blended using a blending function based on characteristics of a domain of the data to create a third set of recommendation choices that are arranged in an order, which is presented to the user. A conscious decision of the user and subconscious reactions of the user are monitored, and data representing the subconscious reactions of the user and data representing the conscious decisions of the user are appended to a first and second memory space, respectively. |
| US09547828B2 |
Hierarchical hybrid batch-incremental learning
In one embodiment, a machine learning model for predicting one or more metrics is run in a network which includes a centralized controller device interconnected with a plurality of edge devices. A batch version of the machine learning model that operates in batch mode is hosted at the centralized controller device. Then, an incremental version of the machine learning model that operates in incremental mode is pushed to an edge device of the plurality of edge devices, such that the incremental version of the machine learning model is hosted at the edge device. As a result, the batch version and the incremental version of the machine learning model run in parallel with one another. |
| US09547827B2 |
Terminal device, terminal control method, program and information processing system
A terminal device includes an acquisition unit, an accumulation unit, a communication unit and a prediction unit. The acquisition unit acquires local information of a present location at a present time. The accumulation unit accumulates the acquired local information for a period of time. The communication unit transmits, to an information processing device, the accumulated local information. The communication unit also receives, from the information processing device, parameters of a statistical model which are learned using local information acquired from a plurality of other terminal devices. The prediction unit predicts local information in relation to an arbitrary time and location using the received parameters of the statistical model. |
| US09547826B2 |
Systems and devices for quantum processor architectures
Quantum processor architectures employ unit cells tiled over an area. A unit cell may include first and second sets of qubits where each qubit in the first set crosses at least one qubit in the second set. Angular deviations between qubits in one set may allow qubits in the same set to cross one another. Each unit cell is positioned proximally adjacent at least one other unit cell. Communicatively coupling between qubits is realized through respective intra-cell and inter-cell coupling devices. |
| US09547824B2 |
Method and apparatus for accelerated data quality checking
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for hardware-accelerating various data quality checking operations. Incoming data streams can be processed with respect to a plurality of data quality check operations using offload engines (e.g., reconfigurable logic such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)). Accelerated data quality checking can be highly advantageous for use in connection with Extract, Transfer, and Load (ETL) systems. |
| US09547819B1 |
Phase-change material time-delay element for neuromorphic networks
A synapse for a neuromorphic network is provided. The synapse includes a time-delay portion having a first end and a second end, a first actuator located at the first end and in operational contact with the time-delay portion, and a second actuator located at the second end and in operational contact with the time-delay portion. The time-delay portion is formed from a phase change material wherein a change in the material of the time-delay portion alters a propagation time of a signal transmitted from the first actuator to the second actuator. |
| US09547816B2 |
Cards and devices with multifunction magnetic emulators and methods for using same
A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable of communicating information to a magnetic stripe reader. Information used in validating a financial transaction is encrypted based on time such that a validating server requires receipt of the appropriate encrypted information for a period of time to validate a transaction for that period of time. Such dynamic information may be communicated using such an emulator such that a card may be swiped through a magnetic stripe reader—yet communicate different information based on time. An emulator may receive information as well as communicate information to a variety of receivers (e.g., an RFID receiver). |
| US09547811B2 |
Print controlling apparatus, image forming system, and computer program product
A print controlling apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives input data including: gloss control plane data indicating a surface effect type to be achieved on the recording medium with certain density information; and table identifying information for identifying a surface effect selection table indicating a corresponding relation between the surface effect type and the density information used to generate the gloss control plane data; an acquiring unit that acquires an independent data portion indicating a portion corresponding to the surface effect type capable of being achieved independent from competence of the printing apparatus, out of the surface effect selection table identified by the table identifying information included in the input data from an external device; and a generating unit that generates the clear toner plane data using the independent data portion acquired by the acquiring unit. |
| US09547807B2 |
Image processing and object classification
A method for classifying objects from one or more images comprising generating a trained classification process and using the trained classification process to classify objects in the images. Generating the trained classification process can include extracting features from one or more training images and clustering the features into one or more groups of features termed visual words; storing data for each of the visual words, including color and texture information, as descriptor vectors; and generating a vocabulary tree to store clusters of visual words with common characteristics. Using the trained classification process to classify objects can include extracting features from the images and clustering the features into groups of features termed visual words; searching the vocabulary tree to determine the closest matching clusters of visual words; and classifying objects based on the closest matching clusters of visual words in the vocabulary tree. |
| US09547803B2 |
Modulation guided phase unwrapping
A method for determining a phase for a captured image, the method comprising forming a demodulated image defining wrapped phase values and modulation values, each being associated with at least one region in the captured image; identifying a position of an edge in the captured image dependent upon the modulation values; determining a position of substantial change in the wrapped phase values in the captured image dependent upon the identified position of the edge, and determining at least one unwrapped phase value based on the position of the edge and the position of the substantial change in the wrapped phase values by shifting a position of the substantial change in the wrapped phase values to the identified position of the edge, so that said unwrapped phase value is adjusted by at least one cycle. |
| US09547801B2 |
Methods of chromogen separation-based image analysis
Methods for chromogen separation-based image analysis are provided, with such methods being directed to quantitative video-microscopy techniques in cellular biology and pathology applications. |
| US09547798B2 |
Gaze tracking for a vehicle operator
A gaze tracking system captures images of a vehicle operator's face using an image sensor device positioned within a vehicle. The gaze tracking system may be detect facial features from each image and track the position of facial features over time. The gaze tracking system may use the detected facial features to track the vehicle operator's head pose and gaze direction. The images may be captured and analyzed in near-real time. By tracking movement of the driver's head and eyes over time, the gaze analysis system may predict or estimate head position and/or gaze direction when one or more facial features are not detectable. The gaze tracking system may generate a report regarding the vehicle operator's gaze distribution. The report may be saved to memory and may be graphically displayed at a screen. |
| US09547797B2 |
Managing vehicular traffic on a roadway
A system for managing vehicular traffic on a roadway includes a sensing unit positioned within a vehicle traveling on the roadway. The sensing unit is configured to determine occupancy data based on the number of passengers within the vehicle. An ambient light sensor is operatively associated with the sensing unit such that upon sensing an intensity of ambient light, an adjustment is made to the system to aid in the determination of occupancy data. The occupancy data is configured to be communicated to one or more receiving units positioned above or proximate the roadway. |
| US09547796B2 |
Parking assistance device and parking assistance method
A vehicle-in-question position detection unit (41) detects the position of the vehicle in question on the basis of GPS data acquired from a GPS receiver (3). An aerial photograph recording unit (43) records aerial photographs corresponding to the position of the vehicle in question. A peripheral object detection unit (42) produces a distance map on the basis of distance measurement data indicating the distance between a peripheral object and the vehicle in question obtained by a distance measurement sensor (2) mounted in the vehicle in question scanning the periphery. A peripheral map generation unit (44) updates past aerial photographs obtained from the aerial photograph recording unit (43) on the basis of the distance map, producing the latest peripheral map. The display device (5) displays the latest peripheral map at a screen. |
| US09547789B2 |
Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display unit including a touch sensor and a fingerprint recognition sensor overlapped with the touch sensor; and a controller configured to deactivate the fingerprint recognition sensor, receive a finger touch input on the display unit, extract, from the touch sensor, touch information related to a touch region where the finger touch input has been applied on the display unit, activate the fingerprint recognition sensor when the extracted touch information indicates a sufficient finger touch input has been received, sense fingerprint information of the finger using the activated fingerprint recognition sensor, and perform fingerprint authentication with respect to the sensed fingerprint information based on the extracted touch information. |
| US09547788B1 |
Fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay
A fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay which uses anisotropic conductive material to enable accurate imaging of a fingerprint through an overlay is disclosed. The anisotropic conductive material has increased conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the fingerprint sensor, increasing the capacitive coupling of the fingerprint to the sensor surface, allowing the fingerprint sensor to accurately image the fingerprint through the overlay. In one embodiment, the overlay is configured to enclose a device which includes a fingerprint sensor. In another embodiment, the overlay is configured as a glove. Methods for forming a fingerprint sensor-compatible overlay are also disclosed. |
| US09547785B2 |
Barcode scanner and operational method of the same
A barcode scanner comprises a compensating light source, an image capturing module and a processor. The compensating light source is used to emit a compensating light. The image capturing module is used to capture an original image including an object and to capture a second image under the compensating light. The processor is coupled with the compensating light source and the image capturing module. The processor generates a depth information of the object according to the original image, controls intensity of the compensating light according to the depth information, controls the image capturing module to capture a second image when the compensating light source emits the compensating light, obtains a target information corresponding to a target object according to the depth information, obtains a target image by mapping the target information onto the second image, locates a barcode and analyzes an information of the barcode according to the target image. |
| US09547783B2 |
Tracking objects utilizing RFID tags
Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags may be affixed to one or more personal objects, such as a key, a watch, a wallet, a purse, a medicine container, or the like. A mobile telephone may be associated with the plurality of RFID tags. A display of the mobile telephone may indicate whether each of the RFID tags is in communication with an RFID reader. For example, the RFID reader may be embedded in a drawer lining, embedded in the mobile telephone itself, or embedded in a handheld wand. The mobile telephone may generate an alert when at least one of the plurality of RFID tags is not in communication with the RFID reader. For example, a trigger RFID may be affixed to a doorway. The trigger RFID may cause the mobile telephone to alert the user to a missing item. |
| US09547780B2 |
Method for determining identification of an electronic device
A utility to determine identity of an electronic device electronically, by running a device attribute collection application that collects key data points of the electronic devices and a device identification application that uses these key data points to link the electronic device to a specific owner or entity. Data points of the device may change over time for reasons such as reconfiguration, repair or normal daily use. The device identification application intelligently and consistently tracks changes in key data points associated with the device, even if the data points change over its lifecycle. The device may be identified remotely with the device identification application (e.g., in the event of theft or loss of the device) based on the collected data points. The device identification application may be deployed in conjunction with services that may include asset tracking, asset recovery, data delete, software deployment, etc. |
| US09547779B2 |
Method and apparatus for secure execution using a secure memory partition
A processor includes a plurality of general purpose registers and cryptographic logic to encrypt and decrypt information. The cryptographic logic is to support a Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm, a triple DES (3DES) algorithm, a Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) algorithm, and a Diffie Hellman algorithm. The processor also includes a plurality of memory partition registers to define a physical address range in a dynamic random access memory for use as a secure memory partition. The processor also includes a plurality of execution units coupled to the plurality of general purpose registers, the plurality of memory partition registers, and the cryptographic logic. The processor also includes secure partition enforcement logic coupled to the plurality of execution units and the memory partition registers, the secure partition enforcement logic to selectively permit read or write access to the dynamic random access memory. |
| US09547777B2 |
Validating compressed archive keys
An apparatus and a method for validating compressed encrypted archive keys is described. In one embodiment, a pseudo-stream is generated for an archive. The pseudo-stream is made of a small amount of random text. The pseudo-stream is attached to a stream of the archive. The pseudo-stream and stream are compressed using the compression algorithm that includes validation data. The compressed pseudo-stream is then enciphered with an archive key. |
| US09547773B2 |
Secure event log management
A trusted device includes a secure interface and a host interface, the secure interface being isolated from the host interface by an isolated environment. A write file of the host interface receives an entry from an untrusted host device connected to the trusted device. A processor of the isolated environment retrieves the entry and determines log data associated with the entry, such as the date and time of the entry. Using the log data, the processor records an event log entry in a secure storage of the isolated environment. Once recorded, the entry cannot be deleted or altered. An authorized user, however, can then access the event log entry from the secure storage, such as by providing a request for the event log entry via the secure interface of the trusted device and/or the host interface of the trusted device. |
| US09547771B2 |
Policy enforcement with associated data
Requests submitted to a computer system are evaluated for compliance with policy to ensure data security. Plaintext and associated data are used as inputs into a cipher to produce ciphertext. Whether a result of decrypting the ciphertext can be provided in response to a request is determined based at least in part on evaluation of a policy that itself is based at least in part on the associated data. Other policies include automatic rotation of keys to prevent keys from being used in enough operations to enable cryptographic attacks intended to determine the keys. |
| US09547768B2 |
Privacy measurement and quantification
System(s) and method(s) to provide privacy measurement and privacy quantification of sensor data are disclosed. The sensor data is received from a sensor. The private content associated with the sensor data is used to calculate a privacy measuring factor by using entropy based information theoretic model. A compensation value with respect to distribution dissimilarity is determined. The compensation value compensates a statistical deviation in the privacy measuring factor. The compensation value and the privacy measuring factor are used to determine a privacy quantification factor. The privacy quantification factor is scaled with respect to a predefined finite scale to obtain at least one scaled privacy quantification factor to provide quantification of privacy of the sensor data. |
| US09547767B2 |
Event-based apparatus and method for securing bios in a trusted computing system during execution
An apparatus including a ROM, an event detector, and a tamper detector. The ROM has BIOS contents stored as plaintext, and an encrypted digest. The encrypted digest is an encrypted version of a first digest corresponding to the BIOS contents. The event detector generates an interrupt that interrupts operation of the system upon occurrence of an event. The tamper detector is operatively coupled to the ROM and accesses the BIOS contents and the encrypted digest upon assertion of the interrupt, and directs a microprocessor to generate a second digest corresponding to the BIOS contents and a decrypted digest corresponding to the encrypted digest using the same algorithms and key that were employed to generate the first digest and the encrypted digest, and compares the second message digest with the decrypted message digest, and precludes the operation of the microprocessor if the second digest and the decrypted digest are not equal. |
| US09547766B2 |
Device, system, and method of detecting malicious automatic script and code injection
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting user identity, differentiating between users of a computerized service, and detecting a possible attacker. The methods include monitoring of user-side input-unit interactions, in general and in response to an interference introduced to user-interface elements. The monitored interactions are used for detecting an attacker that utilizes a remote access channel; for detecting a malicious automatic script, as well as malicious code injection; to identify a particular hardware assembly; to perform user segmentation or user characterization; to enable a visual login process with implicit two-factor authentication; to enable stochastic cryptography; and to detect that multiple users are utilizing the same subscription account. |
| US09547765B2 |
Validating a type of a peripheral device
A plurality of virtual domains are isolated from one another by a virtual machine monitor (VMM), the plurality of virtual domains including a first guest domain and a privileged domain. Peripheral related instructions are isolated from the first guest domain. The privileged domain is to cause execution of the peripheral related instructions, where the peripheral related instructions upon execution validate a type of the peripheral device. |
| US09547762B2 |
Authenticating user and launching an application on a single intentional user gesture
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for combining authentication and application shortcut. An example method includes detecting, by a device having a touchscreen, a gesture by a user on the touchscreen while the device is in a sleep mode; classifying the gesture, by the device, as an intentional gesture or an accidental gesture; maintaining the device in the sleep mode if the gesture is classified as an accidental gesture; responsive to determining, by the device, that the gesture matches one or more confirmed gestures stored on the device based at least in part on a set of predefined criteria, if the gesture is classified as an intentional gesture: recognizing the user as authenticated; and without requiring additional user input, selecting an application, from a plurality of different applications, according to the gesture and launching the application on the device. |
| US09547756B2 |
Registration of devices in a digital rights management environment
Methods and structure for Digital Rights Management (DRM) are provided. An exemplary system includes a Digital Rights Management (DRM) licensing server. The DRM licensing server is able to receive authentication information generated by a DRM module of a client device, and to receive a device identifier that uniquely distinguishes the client device from other client devices, wherein the device identifier has been generated by the DRM module. The DRM licensing server is further able to authenticate the DRM module based on the authentication information, to create a signed identifier based on the device identifier responsive to authenticating the DRM module, and to transmit the signed identifier to the client device. The system also includes an application server able to register the client device with an account at the application server, based on the signed identifier. |
| US09547755B2 |
Digital media content creation and distribution methods
A system and methods for digital content creation and upload through a managed website for providing network-based access to authorized users who pay for predetermined rights that allow for use of the content by the authorized user on a multiplicity of devices, without having to repurchase access to the same content. |
| US09547743B2 |
Manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, pattern generating method and nontransitory computer readable medium storing a pattern generating program
According to one embodiment, stepped structure is formed on a semiconductor substrate, a processing film is formed to cover the stepped structure, a resist film is formed on the processing film in such a manner as to be thinner at a higher portion of the stepped structure than at a lower portion of the same, and the resist film and the processing film are etched to flatten the processing film. |
| US09547737B2 |
Support system and a method of generating and using functional safety data for an electronic component
A design support system and a method of generating and using a customizable analysis report comprising functional safety data for an electronic component, such as microcontroller, are described. |
| US09547734B2 |
Array modeling for one or more analog devices
Among other things, one or more techniques for creating an array model for analog device modeling are provided. In an embodiment, the array model represents a mean value or a standard deviation value of an analog device characteristic for an analog device based on a physical location of the analog device within a circuit layout, where the physical location is identified using a physical set of coordinates. The physical set of coordinates maps to an array set of coordinates of the array model. In this manner, a mean value and a standard deviation value are obtainable from the array model using the array set of coordinates. The mean value and the standard deviation value are usable to model the analog device, and thus a circuit within which the analog device is used, to obtain a more accurate or realistic prediction of operation or behavior, for example. |
| US09547733B2 |
Identifying inversion error in logic equivalence check
System and method of checking logic equivalence following flip-flop insertions to identify paths with inversion errors. All the flip-flops in a gate-level netlist and the corresponding RTL design are treated as buffers in a logic equivalence check (LEC) tool. A logic mismatch of a path between the RTL design and the netlist indicates an odd number of inverters have been inserted in the path during a flip-flop insertion process. Accordingly, the identified path is adjusted to ensure an even number of inverters. |
| US09547732B2 |
Static checking of asynchronous clock domain crossings
A circuit design checker receives a circuit design. The circuit design can include a first set of one or more logic components in a first clock domain and a second set of one or more logic components in a second clock domain. The clock domain checker identifies a first subset of the second set of one or more logic components that receive one or more asynchronous clock domain crossings. The circuit design is traversed to determine whether a subset of the one or more asynchronous clock domain crossings does not pass through a signal having an attribute indicating that the signal is intended to be part of the one or more asynchronous clock domain crossings. If such a crossing exists, an error is indicated for the circuit design. |
| US09547726B2 |
Virtual file-sharing network
A method for enabling access to a data resource, which is held on a file server (25) on a first local area network (LAN) (21a), by a client (28) on a second LAN (21b). A proxy receiver (48) on the second LAN (21b) intercepts a request for the data resource submitted by the client (28) and transmits a message via a wide area network (WAN) (29) to a proxy transmitter (52) on the first LAN (21a), requesting the data resource. The proxy transmitter (52) retrieves a replica of the data resource from the file server (25) and conveys the replica of the data resource over the WAN (29) to the proxy receiver (48), which serves the replica of the data resource from the proxy receiver (48) to the client (28) over the second LAN (21b). |
| US09547725B2 |
Dynamic embedded video player
In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input without requiring further interaction with a server. In addition to, or in place of, dynamic interface elements such as slide sheets, the browser user interface might also include a rotation display area, tool displays that can overlay a page, opaquely or semi-transparently, menu structures, and an ability for the user to modify a page layout without requiring server interaction. The browser might comprise storage for a plurality of rotation display items for storing a summary and a primary presentation for each rotation display item, logic for displaying, by the browser, primary presentations for less all of the plurality of rotation display items in the rotation display area, logic for displaying, by the browser, summaries for items wherein the number of summaries is greater than the number of primary presentations presented at one time, logic for highlighting, among the summaries displayed, the ones of the summaries that correspond to the primary presentations displayed in the rotation display area; and logic for rotating the plurality of rotation display items to display primary presentations for a different subsets of the rotation display items and for updating highlighting of summaries to correspond to the different subsets of rotation display items. |
| US09547723B2 |
Data processing based on two-dimensional code
The present disclosure provides example methods and apparatuses of data processing based on a two-dimensional code. The two-dimensional code is generated upon receiving a data processing request from a user of a first communication device. Information relating to the data processing request obtained through scanning the two-dimensional code by a second communication device is received. A user interface for data processing is generated at the second communication device based on the information relating to the data processing request. The present techniques for data processing based on the two-dimensional code use the two-dimensional code to complete logging-in and avoid the tedious logging-in process, thereby conveniently, efficiently, and securely implements data output processing. |
| US09547721B2 |
Native application search results
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining that a first web resource responsive to a query includes content for which synchronized content is accessible by a native application installed on a user device, and in response to this determination generating a native application search result that includes native application request data that causes the native application installed on the user device to request the synchronized content and providing web resource search results and the native application search result to the user device, each respective web search result referencing a respective one of the web resources. |
| US09547709B2 |
File upload based on hash value comparison
A server determines whether a the stored on a computing device matches a file stored on the server by comparing hash values for a first portion of the files. Based on the comparing, the server determines whether to upload the first portion of the file. The server uploads second portion of the file. The server generates the file for download by appending the first portion of the file stored on the server to the second portion of the file uploaded from the computing device. |
| US09547706B2 |
Using colocation hints to facilitate accessing a distributed data storage system
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that uses colocation hints to facilitate storing data blocks in a distributed data storage system, which includes a plurality of data centers. During operation, the system receives a write request from a client to write a data block to the distributed data storage system, wherein the write request includes a colocation hint that identifies a colocation group associated with the data block. In response to the write request, the system uses the colocation hint to identify one or more data centers associated with the colocation group. Next, the system writes copies of the data block to the one or more identified data centers. In this way, the system situates copies of data blocks associated with the colocation group in the same data centers when possible. |
| US09547701B2 |
Method of discovering and exploring feature knowledge
Methods and systems for discovering and exploring feature knowledge included in large corpora are disclosed. The described systems and methods may include the application of in-memory analytics to records, where the analytic methods applied to the records and the level of precision of the methods may be dynamically selected by a user. |
| US09547699B2 |
Providing enhanced connection data for shared resources
Embodiments are directed to establishing a metadata repository that aggregates metadata for a plurality of data sources, inferring data source metadata at a metadata repository and to providing recommendations to data managers based on aggregated inputs. In one scenario, a computer system establishes a reference to one or more data sources, where each data source includes data elements. The computer system receives a data request for specified data elements stored on the data sources and accesses the established references to determine which data source the specified data elements are stored on. The computer system then retrieves at least one of the specified data elements from its determined data source and sends the retrieved data elements to a specified computer system, along with an indication of additional data elements that are relevant to the received data request, and a further indication of how those additional data elements are to be accessed. |
| US09547697B2 |
Aggregating interactions for content items
In one aspect, a method is provided, including the following method operations: receiving a request to generate a first post data item for display at a first location, the first post data item including a reference to a content item located at a second location; determining, based on the reference to the content item, a content identifier associated with the content item; associating the content identifier with the post data item; retrieving one or more post data items based on the content identifier and displaying the one or more post data items at the second location, the one or more post data items including the first post data item. |
| US09547693B1 |
Periodic database search manager for multiple data sources
Systems and techniques for searching multiple data sources are described herein. Users may specify searches of multiple data sources to occur on a periodic basis. The searches may be configured to search time or date ranges that have not previously been searched. A user may select the data sources of interest and specify search terms, review and edit previously created searches, and review results of searches. The system automatically performs the specified searches, and notifies the user and/or a team of the user each time new results are found. The system may efficiently search the data sources by storing previous search results and comparing the previous results to current search results to identify new search results. |
| US09547692B2 |
Meta-configuration of profiles
Disclosed are methods for creating, applying, using and retrieving profile information that includes attributes that may be stored separately from, or with, the content to which the profiles are being applied. In this manner, profiles can be shared in various environments and across various applications. Attributes that have corresponding attributes in other content can be applied to the other content, as long as each of the attributes is valid. In vehicle applications, the profile can be generated in a first vehicle, stored in a profile repository, and subsequently applied to a second vehicle. |
| US09547688B2 |
Method of providing service for user search, and apparatus, server, and system for the same
A service provision method is provided for user search, and an apparatus, a server, and a system for the same. A service provision method includes transmitting a terminal search request message including a contents information element to a service provision server, receiving positional information of a terminal, which is playing first contents related to the contents information element, from the service provision server, and displaying the received positional information. |
| US09547687B2 |
Source independent query language
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a source independent query language. One of the methods includes receiving a first executable statement, the first executable statement referencing a second set of fields in a dataset, the first executable statement having instructions to cause the query processor to perform operations on data in the dataset. The method includes Generating a second executable statement based on the first set of fields and the first executable statement. The method includes determining a mapping between the first set of fields and the second set of fields. The method includes specifying a derived dataset using the corresponding values and the mapping. The method includes generating instructions to cause the query processor to perform the operations on the derived dataset. The method includes sending the second executable statement to the query processor. |
| US09547683B2 |
Application suggestion features
This application relates to features for a mobile device that allow the mobile device to assign utility values to applications and thereafter suggest applications for a user to execute. The suggested application can be derived from a list of applications that have been assigned a utility by software in the mobile device. The utility assignment of the individual applications from the list of applications can be performed based on the occurrence of an event, an environmental change, or a period of frequent application usage. A feedback mechanism is provided in some embodiments for more accurately assigning a utility to particular applications. The feedback mechanism can track what a user does during a period of suggestion for certain applications and thereafter modify the utility of applications based on what applications a user selects during the period of suggestion. |
| US09547682B2 |
Enterprise data processing
An enterprise data processing module and method are described herein. The enterprise data processing module comprises at least one collector and at least one analyzer. The collectors may be operable to collect data pieces from a plurality of data sources. The analyzers may be operable to analyze the collected data pieces to determine cross-source relationships that exist between the data pieces collected from the plurality of sources. The analyzed data pieces may be stored in one or more big-data databases as blocks of data according to the cross-source relationships. |
| US09547680B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing similarity searching
A system and method for performing similarity searching is disclosed wherein programmable logic devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be used to implement Bloom filters for identifying possible matches between a query and data. The Bloom filters can be implemented in a parallel architecture where the different parallel Bloom filters share access to the same memory units. |
| US09547678B2 |
Activity recognition systems and methods
An activity recognition system is disclosed. A plurality of temporal features is generated from a digital representation of an observed activity using a feature detection algorithm. An observed activity graph comprising one or more clusters of temporal features generated from the digital representation is established, wherein each one of the one or more clusters of temporal features defines a node of the observed activity graph. At least one contextually relevant scoring technique is selected from similarity scoring techniques for known activity graphs, the at least one contextually relevant scoring technique being associated with activity ingestion metadata that satisfies device context criteria defined based on device contextual attributes of the digital representation, and a similarity activity score is calculated for the observed activity graph as a function of the at least one contextually relevant scoring technique, the similarity activity score being relative to at least one known activity graph. |
| US09547676B2 |
Cloud computing operating system and method
A cloud computing operating system is described. The system, in one aspect, includes a plurality of core data structures (100) each configured to define basic attributes that elements of the system contain. The system also including an indexing data structure (104) inherited from one of the core data structures (100) configured to index any number of core data structures (100) or elements inherited from a core data structure (100) and an encapsulating data structure (110) inherited from the indexing data structure (104) and configured to encapsulate any number of core data structures (100) or elements inherited from a core data structure (100). Each core data structure (100) is encapsulated within one encapsulating data structure and includes a reference to its encapsulating data structure. Other aspects of the cloud computing operating system are also described. |
| US09547673B1 |
Methods and apparatus for enterprise application integration
A method for enterprise application integration that uses “connectors” that can be instantiated via downloading (e.g., using Java® or other such technologies) to provide interfaces to respective disparate database systems. The databases systems may comprise any variety of now or heretofore known systems, e.g. SAP, Oracle, and so forth. The connectors can, for example, translate between a native language (or API) of the respective database systems and an internal language/protocol of the enterprise application integration system. To this end, the connectors can utilize a scripting language to access the respective database systems. Data retrieved from the database systems can be stored in a central data store in the form of RDF triplets, from which directed graphs can be generated for to generate presentations consolidated from the multiple database systems. |
| US09547671B2 |
Limiting the rendering of instances of recursive elements in view output
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for limiting the rendering of instances of recursive elements in view output. A schema provides a definition of elements, wherein at least one of the elements comprises a recursive element of a recursive data type, wherein the recursive data type allows for instances of the recursive element to include instances of that same recursive data type at different levels in a hierarchy. A condition is received for terminating recursion for the recursive element. A view is generated for the schema including information on the condition for terminating the recursion, wherein the processing of the view causes a parser to chunk instances of the recursive element in schema data in response to the condition indicating to terminate recursion at the level of the instance of the recursive element being processed. |
| US09547670B2 |
System and method for a self service portal and automation for internally hosted virtual server resources
A method and apparatus may provision a new computer code file as an update or a new application for end nodes of a cloud computing system. The method and apparatus may receive a computer code file at a repository server via a portal interface to an automation service. The computer code file may include a discrete file or package of files corresponding to a complete application or an update for an application for execution on cloud computing system nodes. The method and apparatus may also receive provisioning conditions at the automation service via the portal interface, send the computer code file to the cloud computing system end nodes based on the received provisioning conditions, and cause the sent computer code file to be installed on each of the plurality of cloud computing system end nodes. |
| US09547665B2 |
Techniques to determine network storage for sharing media files
Techniques to determine network storage for sharing media files are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store an application having a media share component operative to receive a request to associate a media file with a document having a document network storage location. The media share component may comprise multiple software modules, including a file manager module. The file manager module may be operative to determine a media file network storage location for the media file based on the document network storage location. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09547664B2 |
Selecting candidate rows for deduplication
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting candidate records for deduplication from a table. A table can be processed to compute an inverse index for each field of the table. A deduplication algorithm can traverse the inverse indices in accordance with a flexible user-defined policy to identify candidate records for deduplication. Both exact matches and approximate matches can be found. |
| US09547662B2 |
Digest retrieval based on similarity search in data deduplication
For digest retrieval based on similarity search in deduplication processing in a data deduplication system using a processor device in a computing environment, input data is partitioned into fixed sized data chunks. Similarity elements and digest block boundaries and digest values are calculated for each of the fixed sized data chunks. Matching similarity elements are searched for in a search structure containing the similarity elements for each of the fixed sized data chunks in a repository of data. Positions of similar data are located in the repository. The positions of the similar data are used to locate and load into the memory stored digest values and corresponding stored digest block boundaries of the similar data in the repository. The digest values and the corresponding digest block boundaries of the input data are matched with the stored digest values and the corresponding stored digest block boundaries to find data matches. |
| US09547660B2 |
Source-to-processing file conversion in an electronic discovery enterprise system
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise-wide e-discovery system that provides for source-to-processing file conversion of electronic communications and, in some embodiments, decryption of encrypted electronic communication entries for the purpose of efficiently processing data and supplying the electronic data to third party data analysis providers. |
| US09547658B2 |
File path modification based management
A method for synchronizing file paths associated with computer files based on file path modifications is provided. The method may include detecting a file path modification to a referenced file path associated with a computer file. The method may also include identifying a type of the file path modification. The method may further include identifying a generated file path based on the type of the file path modification. Additionally, the method may include synchronizing the referenced file path to the generated file path. The method may also include modifying the file path information associated with the computer file. The method may further include generating association information in a file properties window associated with the referenced file path and the at least one generated file path. The method may also include validating and extracting the file path information associated with the computer file for use by at least one application. |
| US09547656B2 |
Method and system for implementing a multilevel file system in a virtualized environment
A global zone executing on a host OS that includes a multilevel filesystem (MLFS) associated with a label range, where the MLFS includes files and directories, where each of the files is associated with its own label and where each of the directories is associated with its own label. The global zone further includes a first non-global zone, where the MLFS is mounted in the first non-global zone as a first loopback file system. The host OS is configured to receive, from a process executing on the host OS, a request to access a first file in the MLFS, make a first determination that a process label dominates a first file label, based on the first determination, make a second determination that the first file label is equal to the process label, and in response to the second determination, provide read and write access to the first file. |
| US09547654B2 |
Technology for managing cloud storage
Described herein is technology for managing cloud storage. In particular, systems, devices and methods for managing cloud storage are described. In some embodiments, management of cloud storage may result in the designation of storage allocated to a first storage pool as obsolete, and the reallocation and/or reclamation of such storage to a second storage pool and/or a general cloud storage pool. Management may occur in accordance with one or more policies. |
| US09547651B1 |
Establishing file relationships based on file operations
Establishing file relationships based on file operations is disclosed. In various embodiments, a base file relationship between a file associated with a file operation and a base file of the file associated with the file operation is determined programmatically. A base file attribute data that represents the base file relationship between the file associated with the file operation and the base file is stored. |
| US09547646B2 |
User-created members positioning for OLAP databases
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for positioning user-created data in an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) database. A method may comprise receiving, at a server and from a client computing device, a query specifying one or more anchor members in a first hierarchy of the database and one or more user-created members to be positioned in the first hierarchy in relation to the anchor members according to a user-specified order, the first hierarchy of the database including members arranged in positions specified by the server; positioning, by the server, the user-created members in the first hierarchy of the database in relation to the anchor members according to the user-specified order, wherein the positioning comprises: determining a rank position for each of the anchor members; creating, for each of the user-created members, an auxiliary calculated member on an ancillary hierarchy, the auxiliary calculated member indicating the respective user-created member and the rank position of the associated anchor member. |
| US09547644B2 |
Presenting translations of text depicted in images
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting additional information for text depicted by an image. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image. Text depicted in the image is identified. The identified text can be in one or more text blocks. A prominence presentation context is selected for the image based on the relative prominence of the one or more text blocks. Each prominence presentation context corresponds to a relative prominence of each text block in which text is presented within images. Each prominence presentation context has a corresponding user interface for presenting additional information related to the identified text depicted in the image. A user interface is identified that corresponds to the selected prominence presentation context. Additional information is presented for at least a portion of the text depicted in the image using the identified user interface. |
| US09547639B2 |
Typing error correction method and device implementing the same method
A typing error correction method and a device implementing the same method are provided. A correction method includes the following: every time when a user inputs characters, a correlation between the newly input characters and the character substrings of the already input words having the same length as the newly input characters is calculated; in case the correlation exceeds a predetermined value, such character substring of already input word is registered in a correction candidate list; in case there is only one correction candidate in the list, the candidate substring in the list is replaced by the newly input characters according to correction command; in case there are more than one correction candidates in the list, a user's move command is input for selection, and the selected candidate substring is replaced by the newly input characters. |
| US09547638B2 |
Data logging for rule specifications
At least one rule specification is received for a graph-based computation having data processing components connected by linking elements representing data flows. The rule specification defines rules that are each associated with one or more rule cases that specify criteria for determining one or more output values that depend on input data. A transform is generated for at least one data processing component in the graph-based computation based on the received rule specification, including providing an interface for configuring characteristics of a log associated with the generated transform. At least one data flow is transformed using the generated transform, including: tracing execution of the data processing components in the graph-based computation at run time, generating log information based on the traced execution according to the configured log characteristics, and storing or outputting the generated log information. |
| US09547634B2 |
Terminal and method for editing text using the same
A terminal includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit includes a touch sensor. The touch sensor senses a touch input. The display unit displays text. The controller divides a first part of the text, enlarges the first part, and displays the enlarged first part on the display unit in response to a first touch input that occurs on the displayed text and that is sensed through the touch sensor. The first part of the text corresponds to the first touch input. |
| US09547633B2 |
Methods for extending a selector application programming interface and devices thereof
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and web content management server device that receives a cascading style sheet (CSS) selector expression comprising a plurality of expression components. Whether an equivalent XML path language (XPath) expression can be generated for each of the expression components is determined. Each of the expression components for which an equivalent XPath expression cannot be generated is transformed into a transformed expression comprising at least one XPath expression and an extension function. |
| US09547629B2 |
Efficient creation of web fonts
A computer implemented method for preparing font information related to textual content of a received document includes determining a font data complying a font format relating to a textual content of the received document file. The font format is compared to a predetermined common font data format and the font format is converted to the predetermined common font data format if the comparison indicates a mismatch of the compared font data formats. A font file in the predetermined common font data format is created from the converted font data and also at least one web font file is created from the created font file. Finally, at least the font file complying with the predetermined common font data format and the at least one predetermined web font file are stored in a memory. A system and a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer program code are also described. |
| US09547628B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving text legibility by automatically adjusting zoom level based on preferred font characteristics including height, weight, and condensation
A computer implemented method and apparatus for automatically improving legibility based on preferred font characteristics. The method comprises determining a plurality of preferences regarding font size characteristics of sample text; receiving a request to view an electronic document having text in a given font; and displaying text of the electronic document in the given font with a zoom level based on the preferences. |
| US09547626B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for managing ambient adaptability of web applications and web services
Systems, methods, and media for managing web content. Methods may include the steps of providing web content associable with a web server, evaluating ambient data received from the web server and ambient data from at least one third party source, storing the ambient data in a database, selectively modifying content included in the web content based upon the ambient data, and providing the modified web content to the web server. |
| US09547623B2 |
Flexible memory interface system for independently processing different portions of an instruction
A flexible memory interface system includes a control module, instruction memory, a command processing unit, an address processing unit, and a data processing unit. The control module controls storing and retrieving of a command portion, an addressing portion, and data of an instruction to access memory to and from the instruction memory and the command processing unit, the address processing unit, and the data processing unit, respectively. The command processing unit is operably coupled to process a command portion of an instruction to access memory. The address processing unit is operably coupled to process an addressing portion of the instruction to access the memory. The data processing unit is operably coupled to process data conveyance to or from the external memory based on the instruction to access the memory. |
| US09547620B2 |
Computing device including a printed circuit board and a docking port
A computing device including a printed circuit board. A docking port coupled to the printed circuit board. Wherein the docking port can receive a docking connector that either passes through an aperture in the printed circuit board or passes by the edge of the printed circuit board. |
| US09547616B2 |
High bandwidth symmetrical storage controller
Provided herein are systems, apparatuses and methods (i.e., utilities) that allow for increasing the bandwidth of a processing complex of a storage controller. The utilities utilize a symmetrical approach where PCIe switches overcome limitations of prior art processor complexes. The symmetrical approach provided by the disclosed utilities as incorporated into a storage controller provides equal access from any host path/channel to any drive path/channel (i.e., storage element). More specifically, a first or a first set of PCIe switches connect front-end PCIe host bus adaptors, which are connectable to host systems, to front-end data paths of a plurality of PCIe memory controllers. A second or second set of PCIe switches connect backend host bus adapters, which are connectable to storage elements, to back-end data paths of the plurality of PCIe memory controllers. The symmetrical architecture provides at least twice the bandwidth of prior art architectures. |
| US09547612B2 |
Method and architecture for data channel virtualization in an embedded system
A method for providing data channel virtualization between one or more devices and one or more applications is disclosed. In one example, a device policy manager (DPM) is initialized by creating an instance of the DPM before creating any application. Further, the DPM is configured for device management by identifying each device of the one or more devices and its associated device data channel (DDC) to be managed by the DPM. Each of the one or more devices is identified using an associated device identity (ID) and its corresponding DDC. Furthermore, one or more virtual data channels (VDCs) are created and provided to the one or more associated applications upon receiving a request from each of the one or more applications using a device identity (ID) and any application specific configuration parameters provided by the application. |
| US09547611B2 |
Computer system with groups of processor boards
A computer system includes a plurality of printed circuit boards, each printed circuit board having one or more processor chips attached to the printed circuit board, wherein the number of printed circuit boards is an even number greater than or equal to 4, wherein the printed circuit boards are arranged in two groups, each group being arranged in a different stacking direction, and wherein the one or more processor chips which are attached to each one of the printed circuit boards of one of the groups are connected for communication to the processor chips of each printed circuit board of the other group. |
| US09547608B2 |
Resource sharing in a telecommunications environment
A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency paths of the transceiver can share an interleaver/deinterleaver memory. This allocation can be done based on the data rate, latency, BER, impulse noise protection requirements of the application, data or information being transported over each latency path, or in general any parameter associated with the communications system. |
| US09547606B1 |
Interconnection of peripheral devices on different electronic devices
A peripheral device connected to a local electronic device which is connected to at least one communication network can communicate with a peripheral device attached to a remote electronic device as if the remote peripheral device was locally attached. Data designated for the remote peripheral device is received by a local virtual device object and transmitted to the remote electronic device via at least one of the electronic devices communication interfaces or peripheral devices. Data received by the remote electronic device's communication interface or peripheral device is written to the peripheral device at the remote electronic device by a virtual device object. For compensation of different transfer speeds or outages between the peripheral device and the communication interface or another peripheral device the virtual device provides the ability to utilize the virtual devices emulation driver that is attached to the virtual device object as an I/O buffer. |
| US09547605B2 |
Method for data backup, device and system
A method for backing up data in a data center, device and system are provided. The data in all the VMs of one data center can be backed up simultaneously, and the associations between the VMs are also backed up during the backup, so it is unnecessary to concern the recovery orders of the VMs when the data of the data center is recovered. Meanwhile, when the stored data is exported from the hypervisor node, it is unnecessary to notify the upper layer OS for a backup, thereby improving the data backup efficiency and reducing the system logical complexity. |
| US09547602B2 |
Translation lookaside buffer entry systems and methods
Presented systems and methods can facilitate efficient information storage and tracking operations, including translation look aside buffer operations. In one embodiment, the systems and methods effectively allow the caching of invalid entries (with the attendant benefits e.g., regarding power, resource usage, stalls, etc), while maintaining the illusion that the TLBs do not in fact cache invalid entries (e.g., act in compliance with architectural rules). In one exemplary implementation, an “unreal” TLB entry effectively serves as a hint that the linear address in question currently has no valid mapping. In one exemplary implementation, speculative operations that hit an unreal entry are discarded; architectural operations that hit an unreal entry discard the entry and perform a normal page walk, either obtaining a valid entry, or raising an architectural fault. |
| US09547600B2 |
Method and system for restoring consumed memory after memory consolidation
One embodiment of the system disclosed herein facilitates reduction of latency associated with accessing content of a memory page that has been swapped out by a guest operating system in a virtualized computer system. During operation, a hypervisor detects an I/O write command issued by the guest operating system at a swap location within the guest operating system's swap file and records the swap location. The hypervisor then prefetches contents of a page stored at the swap location within the guest operating system's swap file into a prefetch cache in host machine memory. Subsequently, the hypervisor detects an I/O read command issued by the guest operating system at the swap location within the swap file. In response, the hypervisor provides contents of the page to the guest operating system from the prefetch cache, thereby avoiding accessing the guest operating system's swap file. |
| US09547596B2 |
Handling of a wait for event operation within a data processing apparatus
A data processing apparatus forms a portion of a coherent cache system and has a master device for performing data processing operations including a wait for event operation causing the master device to enter a power saving mode. A cache stores data values for access by the master device when performing the data processing operations. Coherency handling circuitry is responsive to a coherency request from another portion of the coherent cache system, to detect whether a data value identified by the coherency request is present in the cache, and if so, to cause a coherency action to be taken in respect of that data value stored in the cache. Wake event circuitry issues a wake event to the master device if the coherency action is taken, and the master device exits the power saving mode. |
| US09547594B2 |
Instructions to mark beginning and end of non transactional code region requiring write back to persistent storage
A processor in described having an interface to non-volatile random access memory and logic circuitry. The logic circuitry is to identify cache lines modified by a transaction which views the non-volatile random access memory as the transaction's persistence storage. The logic circuitry is also to identify cache lines modified by a software process other than a transaction that also views said non-volatile random access memory as persistence storage. |
| US09547593B2 |
Systems and methods for reconfiguring cache memory
A microprocessor system is disclosed that includes a first data cache that is shared by a first group of one or more program threads in a multi-thread mode and used by one program thread in a single-thread mode. A second data cache is shared by a second group of one or more program threads in the multi-thread mode and is used as a victim cache for the first data cache in the single-thread mode. |
| US09547590B2 |
Managing memory
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for managing memory. Embodiments of the present disclosure, is related to a method and apparatus for managing memory, comprising: monitoring usage status of memory in a first computer device so as to determine available addresses; mapping at least one part of the available addresses to externally accessible shared addresses; and managing the shared addresses on the basis of a memory table so that the at least one part of the available addresses are accessible to a second computer device via the shared addresses, wherein the memory is connected to a dual in-line memory module interface of the first computer device. |
| US09547589B2 |
Endurance translation layer (ETL) and diversion of temp files for reduced flash wear of a super-endurance solid-state drive
A flash drive has increased endurance and longevity by reducing writes to flash. An Endurance Translation Layer (ETL) is created in a DRAM buffer and provides temporary storage to reduce flash wear. A Smart Storage Switch (SSS) controller assigns data-type bits when categorizing host accesses as paging files used by memory management, temporary files, File Allocation Table (FAT) and File Descriptor Block (FDB) entries, and user data files, using address ranges and file extensions read from FAT. Paging files and temporary files are never written to flash. Partial-page data is packed and sector mapped by sub-sector mapping tables that are pointed to by a unified mapping table that stores the data-type bits and pointers to data or tables in DRAM. Partial sectors are packed together to reduce DRAM usage and flash wear. A spare/swap area in DRAM reduces flash wear. Reference voltages are adjusted when error correction fails. |
| US09547588B1 |
System and method of data storage in flash memory
Flash memory is subject to a wear out failure mechanism which may depend on the number of times each cell of the memory is programmed and erased. The higher the programming voltage used, the more rapidly the cell degrades. A system and method for reducing the average programming voltage for data sets is disclosed. |
| US09547580B1 |
Providing intermediate results of evaluating program code that includes a compound statement
A device may receive an indication to evaluate a portion of program code. The device may cause the portion of program code to be evaluated based on receiving the indication to evaluate the portion of program code. The device may determine an intermediate result used to generate an overall result of evaluating the portion of program code based on causing the portion of program code to be evaluated. The intermediate result may be determined by evaluating a sub-portion of program code included in the portion of program code. The device may receive information that identifies a granularity level for displaying the intermediate result. The granularity level may indicate whether the intermediate result is to be provided for display. The device may selectively provide the intermediate result for display based on the granularity level. |
| US09547579B1 |
Method and apparatus for automatically detecting defects
Data being processed by source code modules of a test version of an application is captured and analyzed during execution of the test version of the application. Based on the analysis, errors caused by the source code modules of the test version of the application are automatically detected. Based on a comparison of the source code modules associated with the test version of the application to corresponding source code modules associated with a baseline version of the application, the source code module in the test version of the application that caused the error is identified and reported to a developer or other appropriate personnel so that the error may be corrected. |
| US09547578B2 |
Reducing resource overhead in verbose trace using recursive object pruning prior to string serialization
Embodiments describe techniques for reducing resource overhead in verbose trace operations by recursively pruning object data prior to string serialization. According to one embodiment, a trace operation is initiated. The trace operation generates a string and specifies one or more objects to serialize and append to the string. At least one object is a nested object. The trace operation recursively parses the nested object while generating the string. Data associated with one or more of the objects to prune from the serialization is determined based on a current prioritization level. The one or more objects is serialized into the string. |
| US09547575B2 |
Managing host computing devices
Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate the management of host computing devices through the utilization of a host computing device control component. The host computing device control component includes a state monitoring component that monitors operating states of the control component. Based on monitoring the operating of the control component, the state monitoring component causes the generation of one or more visual indicator indicative of the operating state of the control component. |
| US09547573B2 |
Serial communication over communication control pin
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for serial communications over a communications control pin. The method may include detecting, by a first device including a data interface, a current flow at a first communication control pin at the data interface; and assigning, by the first device based on the detection of the current flow at the first communication control pin, serial data communication circuitry to a second communication control pin at the data interface to carry serial data communications to another device. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. |
| US09547565B2 |
Techniques for message retransmission mechanism
Embodiments of the Message Retransmission Mechanism Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“MRM”) transform application requests for message journals via MRM components into expedited access to segmented message streams. In one implementation, the MRM may obtain message journal of messages written by applications during system operations and divide up the message obtained from the complete message journal into message segments. In some implementations, the MRM may provide recovering applications access to said message segments for expedited message consumption. |
| US09547556B1 |
Restart operation with logical blocks in queued commands
Methods and systems associated with re-transferring data that was unsuccessfully transmitted to a host are described. According to one embodiment a method includes transferring data from a buffer to a host; receiving an unsuccessful status from the host indicating a transmission error; identifying a block of data being transferred when the transmission error occurred; and re-transferring data in the identified block from the buffer to the host without re-transferring successfully transferred blocks. |
| US09547555B2 |
Change tracking using redundancy in logical time
Tracking changes amongst unit portions (e.g., blocks or files) of a storage system. A logical time identifier is associated with each unit portion and is included within a logical time identifier structure. When writing to a particular write portion, the mechanism updates the appropriate logical time identifiers, calculates redundancy data of a group of one or more logical time identifiers associated with the unit portion(s) of the write portion. Furthermore, the write portion of the storage system is written. In addition, the corresponding redundancy data for that write portion is written to the logical time identifier structure. Later, for a given write portion, the redundancy data is verified to be consistent or inconsistent with the group of one or more logical time identifiers associated with the write portion. If the redundancy data is not consistent, then a current logical time identifier is assigned to each of the logical time identifiers. |
| US09547548B2 |
Detecting storage errors in a dispersed storage network
A method includes dividing a data object into data partitions. The method further includes, for each data partition: dividing the data partition into data segments; dispersed storage error encoding the data segments to produce sets of encoded data slices; storing the sets of encoded data slices in a first set of storage units; and generating a segment allocation table regarding storage information of the sets of encoded data slices. The method further includes generating a directory of segment allocation tables. The method further includes receiving an access request regarding at least a portion of the data object. The method further includes accessing the directory to identify one or more segment allocation tables containing storage information for the at least a portion of the data object. The method further includes accessing encoded data slices of the at least the portion of the data object based on the storage information. |
| US09547547B2 |
Systems and/or methods for handling erroneous events in complex event processing (CEP) applications
Certain example embodiments address issues associated with erroneous events produced in Complex Event Processing (CEP) applications. An error handler is controlled to at least: receive, via an event bus, events from external input event sources; receive, via the event bus, error events from an application configured to process events received from the event bus, and to provide to the event bus results obtained from processing received events, and error events corresponding to errors detected at its input and/or processing layer(s); generate, for a given error, an error analysis event and an error impact event by executing a CEP query on at least a corresponding received error event; and provide to the event bus generated error analysis events and generated error impact events. Error analysis events describe for administrators detailed information analyzing corresponding errors. Error impact events describe for business users impacts corresponding errors have for their business user applications. |
| US09547541B2 |
Interfacing between a caller application and a service module
A method and associated system for interfacing between a caller application and a service module. Upon receiving a request for performing a transaction that includes at least one caller application attribute describing the request, the service module builds a service module data structure pursuant to the received request. The service module data structure includes a generic service document and at least one service module attribute. Each service module attribute is stored in a relational table of the service module data structure. The request is serviced within the service module data structure, resulting in instantiating the generic service document. The generic service document is returned to the caller application. Storing each service module attribute in the relational table includes: determining a category and a level of a first service module attribute; and storing in the relational table a first container pursuant to the category and the level. |
| US09547538B2 |
Sending of map interaction data to a program
A method comprising identifying a source program to send a target program map interaction data set to a target program, identifying a target program map function set that includes at least one target program map function, identifying a source program map function set that includes at least one source program map function, determining a transfer map function set that is a set intersection of the target program map function set and the source program map function set, identifying a source program map interaction data set, determining a target program map interaction data set to include each source program map interaction data item from the source program map interaction data set that corresponds with at least one target program map function of the target program map function set, and sending the target program map interaction data set to the target program is disclosed. |
| US09547537B2 |
Automatic profiling report generation
A method for profiling an application on a virtual machine is provided. A series of analysis steps to be performed on profiled data can be created. The series of analysis steps can be saved as a report specification. A back-end profiler can then be caused to perform profiling on the application. Profiled data can be received from the back-end profiler. The profiled data can be stored as a model. The model can then be adapted based on the series of analysis steps from the report specification. Output data can be generated based on the adapted model. Finally, the output data is displayed to a user. |
| US09547535B1 |
Method and system for providing shared memory access to graphics processing unit processes
One or more embodiments of the invention set forth techniques to create a process in a graphical processing unit (GPU) that has access to memory buffers in the system memory of a computer system that are shared among a plurality of GPUs in the computer system. The GPU of the process is able to engage in Direct Memory Access (DMA) with any of the shared memory buffers thereby eliminating additional copying steps that have been needed to combine data output of the various GPUs without such shared access. |
| US09547533B2 |
Efficient reliable distributed flow-controlled event propagation
Improved utilization of connections that can be either available or blocked is provided by associating an atemporal connection state with each connection. If a connection is available, messages are transmitted on the connection normally. If a connection is blocked, the atemporal connection state is updated to reflect the changes that were made but not transmitted. In this manner, a record is kept that allows correct transmission of the information when the connection comes back up. More specifically, after a connection status changes from blocked to available, recovery messages are automatically generated from the atemporal connection state and transmitted on the connection. |
| US09547531B2 |
Live partition mobility with shared persistent reservations
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided. The method may include a computer registering a first instance of a logical partition on a source server with a logical unit and placing a first persistent reservation on the logical unit, wherein the first persistent reservation indicates that only the first instance of the logical partition can hold a reservation on the logical unit. The method may further include the computer registering a second instance of the logical partition on a destination server with the logical unit and downgrading the first persistent reservation, such that the first and second instances of the logical partition can hold persistent reservations on the logical unit. The method may further include the computer placing, by one or more computer processors, a second persistent reservation on the logical unit. |
| US09547530B2 |
Data processing apparatus and method for processing a plurality of threads
A data processing apparatus has processing circuitry for processing threads each having thread state data. The threads may be processed in thread groups, with each thread group comprising a number of threads processed in parallel with a common program executed for each thread. Several thread state storage regions are provided with fixed number of thread state entries for storing thread state data for a corresponding thread. At least two of the storage regions have different fixed numbers of entries. The processing circuitry processes as the same thread group threads having thread state data stored in the same storage region and processes threads having thread state data stored in different storage regions as different thread groups. |
| US09547529B2 |
Finding resource bottlenecks with low-frequency sampled data
A method for automatically gauging a benefit of a tuning action. The method including collecting a plurality of observations of a running state of a plurality of threads in a computer system, as executed by a processing in a computer system. Identifying a plurality of resources the computer system and a capacity of each resource of the plurality of resources. Mapping an observation of the running state of each thread of the plurality of threads to a resource that the observation of each thread uses, respectively. Applying the tuning action to a first resource of the plurality of resources to determine an impact on the performance of the computer system. |
| US09547528B1 |
Pizza scheduler
Causing a processor to execute a plurality of tasks includes determining a count for each task to be executed, determining a total count representing a sum of all counts for all tasks to be included in a run list, and constructing the run list by distributing corresponding entries for each task within the run list a number of times in accordance with each task's weighting factor. The weighting factor corresponds to a ratio of the each task's count with respect to a total count. Causing a processor to execute a plurality of tasks may also include executing the tasks in the run list in a round-robin manner where a particular entry in the run list is skipped in response to a corresponding task having previously relinquished a slot prior to expiration of time allotted for the task to run in the slot. |
| US09547526B2 |
Dispatching function calls across accelerator devices
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dispatching a function call includes receiving, at a supervisor processing element (PE) and from an origin PE, an identifier of a target device, a stack frame of the origin PE, and an address of a function called from the origin PE. The supervisor PE allocates a target PE of the target device. The supervisor PE copies the stack frame of the origin PE to a new stack frame on a call stack of the target PE. The supervisor PE instructs the target PE to execute the function. The supervisor PE receives a notification that execution of the function is complete. The supervisor PE copies the stack frame of the target PE to the stack frame of the origin PE. The supervisor PE releases the target PE of the target device. The supervisor PE instructs the origin PE to resume execution of the program. |
| US09547524B2 |
Methods and systems for enhancing hardware transactions using hardware transactions in software slow-path
Hybrid transaction memory systems and accompanying methods. A transaction to be executed is received, and an initial attempt is made to execute the transaction in a hardware path. Upon a failure to successfully execute the transaction in the hardware path, an attempt is made to execute the transaction in a hardware-software path. The hardware-software path includes a software path and at least one hardware transaction. |
| US09547522B2 |
Method and system for reconfigurable virtual single processor programming model
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by a processor. The set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a multi-processor computing system, causes the one or more processors to perform operations including initiating a first processor of the multi-processor computing system with an operating system image of an operating system, the operating system image including a predetermined object map, initiating a second processor of the multi-processor computing system with the operating system image, placing a plurality of system objects with corresponding processors according to the predetermined object map, receiving a triggering event causing a change to the predetermined object map and relocating one of the system objects to a different one of the processors based on the change to the predetermined object map. |
| US09547518B2 |
Capture point determination method and capture point determination system
A physical machine calculates, for each virtual switch, an increment of a usage of a processor in accordance with the number of packets to be collected, by using a usage of the processor by a virtual switch and a number of packets passing through each port when mirroring is executed and when mirroring is not executed, respectively. For each of candidates for capture point, the physical machine calculates, for each physical machine, a usage of the processor by a hypervisor when mirroring is executed, by using an increment of a usage of the processor by the virtual switch and a usage of the processor by the hypervisor when mirroring is not executed. The physical machine determines a combination of ports used for collection of packets from among the candidates for capture point, in accordance with a deviation of the calculated usage of the processor by each hypervisor. |
| US09547515B2 |
Convert a gesture
A profile store can include a guest profile. A converter can be in the control domain. The converter can convert a gesture detected on a touch input device to a domain input for the guest domain. The guest profile for the guest domain can be used for the conversion. |
| US09547514B2 |
Maintaining virtual hardware device ID in a virtual machine
An example method to maintain services in a cloned virtual machine (VM) includes detecting a cloning operation of a virtual machine, the cloning operation causing the cloned virtual machine to be generated from a source virtual machine having a first virtual network interface card (VNIC) with a first machine access control (MAC) address, the cloned virtual machine having a second VNIC with a second MAC address unique from the first MAC address, and causing a device identifier associated with the second VNIC of the cloned virtual machine to be changed to match a device identifier associated with the first VNIC of the source virtual machine, the device identifier of the cloned virtual machine being generated by a guest operating system running in the cloned virtual machine upon detection of the presence of the second VNIC with the second MAC address. |
| US09547513B2 |
Provisioning virtual desktops with stub virtual disks
A system is described allowing a virtual desktop to be booted directly from a desktop image stored in a backup database without requiring content from the desktop image to be copied into the virtual disk of the virtual machine hosting the virtual desktop. The hosting virtual machine contains a synthetic virtual disk acting as a stub disk by redirecting read requests targeted for the synthetic disk from the guest operating system to corresponding locations of the storage where the desktop image is kept. |
| US09547509B2 |
System and method for information acquisition of wireless sensor network data as cloud based service
A system and a method for information acquisition of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) data as a cloud based service are provided. An apparatus in the system including a WSN, a service cloud, and a device, includes a virtual sensor configured to receive data from a physical sensor in the WSN. The apparatus further includes a virtual sensor controller configured to receive a request for the data from the service cloud or the device, and spawn a virtual machine (VM) based on the request. The apparatus further includes the VM configured to transmit the data to the service cloud or the device. |
| US09547507B2 |
Program startup method, apparatus and terminal
A program startup method, apparatus and terminal are provided. The method includes: determining at least one target program from programs according to history startup information of the plurality of programs in a prefetch database, where the history startup information comprises startup moments of the plurality of programs; loading prefetch data corresponding to the target program into internal memory and locking the prefetch data in startup of an automatic startup item of an operating system; unlocking the prefetch data corresponding to the target program in the case where a startup event of the target program is detected; accessing the prefetch data corresponding to the target program in the internal memory; and running code of the target program according to the prefetch data corresponding to the target program to start up the target program. |
| US09547499B2 |
Device configuration with cached pre-assembled driver state
A computer with cached pre-assembled device configurations for a faster and more reliable user experience. Pre-assembled device configurations may be obtained in a variety of ways, for example, by pre-processing installation information obtained from driver packages, or by being retrieved from a suitable source. Pre-processing driver packages may involve, for example, copying binary files to their run-time locations and computing settings for the device and driver. The pre-processed device configuration settings may be cached and indexed in a database. When a device connects to the computer, a cached device configuration may be applied to the device without performing a full installation process. Pre-assembly of device configurations may be performed before a device first connects to the computer, for example, upon detecting an applicable driver or during manufacture of the computer, and is not restricted to being performed on the same computer on which the device configuration will be used. |
| US09547488B2 |
Firmware update system for video security equipment
A firmware update system includes video security equipment and an update server. When receiving an error report from the video security equipment, the update server assigns a unique code to the error, and provides patch data matched with the error code to the video security equipment, which has reported the error that corresponds to the error code, to update firmware based on the patch data, thereby minimizing a security gap during the firmware update of the video security equipment. |
| US09547487B2 |
Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and control program therefor
An image forming apparatus capable of updating firmware appropriately. An update means obtains update firmware for updating the applied firmware, expands the update firmware, and applies the expanded update firmware to the image forming apparatus. A first determination means determines whether the update firmware is secure firmware. The update means performs the obtaining, the expansion, and the application sequentially, when the first determination means determines that the update firmware is secure firmware. |
| US09547484B1 |
Automated compiler operation verification
Techniques relate to automated compiler operation verification. In response to performing an optimization to a compiler configured to execute on a processor of a computer system, a determination is made of whether a fingerprint is present in software that is currently executing on the processor of the computer system. The software is compiled by the compiler, and the fingerprint comprises a representation of a sequence of behavior that occurs on the processor while the software is executing. The fingerprint is configured to correspond to the optimization of the compiler. In response to determining that the fingerprint is not present in the software currently executing on the processor, a determination is made that optimization to the compiler has not occurred. In response to determining that the fingerprint is present in the software executing on the processor, a verification is made that the optimization of the compiler has occurred. |
| US09547479B2 |
Method for adapting GUI-based instrument components in a visual programming language
A method of operating a data processing system running a visual programming language program development system to represent an instrument having a plurality of controls disposed in a layout pattern relative to one another in a visual program. The instrument block that corresponds to the instrument includes a GUI control panel display having a plurality of virtual controls and a connection region. Each virtual control causing the instrument to execute a function that alters the physical state of the instrument. The connection region is associated with the GUI control panel display. The connection region has a pin that is associated with one of the virtual controls and provides a programming interface for connections to other pins in the visual program. The association between the one of the virtual controls and the pin is provided in response to user input during a design phase of the program. |
| US09547470B2 |
Speaker calibration user interface
An example implementation may involve a control device displaying a prompt to initiate a calibration sequence that involves calibration of a playback device for a given environment in which the playback device is located. The example implementation may also involve the control device displaying (i) a prompt to prepare a playback device for calibration within a given environment, (ii) a prompt to prepare the given environment for calibration of the playback device, and/or (iii) a prompt to prepare the control device for calibration of the playback device. The example implementation may also involve a control device displaying a selectable control, that, when selected, initiates calibration of the playback device. The example implementation may further involve a control device initiating calibration of the playback device. |
| US09547468B2 |
Client-side personal voice web navigation
A system running on a mobile device such as a smartphone is configured to expose a user interface (UI) to enable a user to specify web pages that can be pinned to a start screen of the device. Once pinned, the user may launch a web page by voice command from any location on the UI or from within any experience that is currently being supported on the device. Thus, the user can be on a call with a friend talking about a new video game and then use a voice command to launch a web browser application on the mobile device that navigates to a pinned web page having information about the game's release date. Web pages can be readily pinned and unpinned from the start screen through the UI. When a web page is unpinned from the start screen, the system disables voice web navigation for it. |
| US09547464B2 |
Collaborative method of creating, printing, distributing information tags
A fully collaborative software management method allows creating, printing, delivering and hanging-in-stores a sequential arrangement of information tags. Customer and printer computers are operably connected to communicate during a design and assembly stage of developing the tags. Customer decision-makers and printer decision-makers collaborate on template authoring, content and template management, printing-event construction, staging and proofing, including integration of various elements such as stored data, timing, customer-driven controls, and event-driven controls. The method allows printer decision-makers to operate a publishing engine that permits viewing the customized information tags as a display prior to viewing as a printed product. The system includes a file transfer protocol (FTP) server connected to an information processing and printing system comprising designer workstation computers, a staging server, a load balancer, production distiller workstation computers, a database server, an SQL server, multiple print servers, and digital presses. |
| US09547462B2 |
System and method for printing
Systems and methods for printing with multiple print settings are described herein. In one implementation, the method of printing with multiple print settings comprises receiving a job file indicative of a print assignment comprising a plurality of pages, wherein at least one of the plurality of pages has a different print setting. The method further comprises analyzing the job file to determine page settings for each of the plurality of page assignments. A print job is generated for printing each of the plurality of pages in accordance with the print setting and page settings associated with each of the plurality of pages. |
| US09547459B1 |
Techniques for data relocation based on access patterns
Described are techniques for storing data. A data access pattern is identified for accessing a first set of data portions of a first logical device, wherein the data access pattern includes a time-ordered list of consecutively accessed logical addresses of the first logical device. The first set of data portions are arranged on a second logical device. The first set of data portions have corresponding logical addresses on the second logical device and such corresponding logical addresses have a consecutive sequential ordering based on the data access pattern. The first set of data portions are stored at physical device locations mapped to the corresponding logical addresses of the second logical device. |
| US09547448B2 |
System and method for transposed storage in raid arrays
A system and method of transposed storage in RAID arrays includes a storage manager with an interface for receiving storage requests associated with multi-segment blocks stored in a storage array, a controller for processing the received storage requests and controlling the storage manager, and a write request handler. The storage array includes a plurality of storage devices for which consecutive logical addresses are assigned to different ones of the storage devices. The write request handler is configured to process block write requests and send segment write requests to the storage array based on the write requests so that each segment of a given multi-segment block is written to a single respective one of the storage devices in the storage array. In some embodiments, the storage manager further includes a read request handler configured to determine logical addresses of requested segments and send segment read requests to the storage array. |
| US09547447B2 |
Dedicated interface for coupling flash memory and dynamic random access memory
The present application describes embodiments of an interface for coupling flash memory and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in a processing system. Some embodiments include a dedicated interface between a flash memory and DRAM. The dedicated interface is to provide access to the flash memory in response to instructions received over a DRAM interface between the DRAM and a processing device. Some embodiments of a method include accessing a flash memory via a dedicated interface between the flash memory and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in response to an instruction received over a DRAM interface between the DRAM and a processing device. |
| US09547446B2 |
Fine-grained control of data placement
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining, in a storage system including multiple storage devices, multiple redundant array of independent disks (RAID) configurations for data stored on the storage devices. A first one of the multiple RAID configurations is assigned to a first entry in a partition table having multiple entries. Assigning the first one of the multiple RAID configurations to the first entry in the partition table comprises modifying an existing RAID configuration for the first entry. Data referenced by the existing RAID configuration is migrated to the modified RAID configuration. |
| US09547443B2 |
Method and apparatus to pin page based on server state
A storage system includes plural types of storage devices that define a plurality of virtual volumes and a plurality of logical volumes. A storage controller is configured to manage the plurality of virtual volumes and the plurality of logical volumes, the plurality of virtual volumes defining first storage areas and the plurality of logical volumes defining second storage areas. A second storage area of the plurality of logical volumes is allocated to a first storage area of the plurality of virtual volumes. The storage controller is configured to determine whether data of a first storage area of a swap file is to be stored in the first tier storage device or the second tier storage device based on access information from an application server that manages a swap file information of the swap file. |
| US09547434B2 |
Image pickup device and image pickup method
An image pickup device includes: a camera; a display that displays an image captured by the camera; and a touch panel that overlaps the display. While the display is displaying the image, when a predetermined single operation is detected on the touch panel, a brightness of the display is changed from a first brightness to a second brightness brighter than the first brightness. The display displays, over the image, an indication that the brightness has increased. |
| US09547426B2 |
Architecture for exporting digital images
A method and apparatus for allowing applications to access edited image data from an image editing application are disclosed herein. When the user desires to export edited images, the user causes the image editing application to display a plug-in user interface (UI). The plug-in UI may allow the user to enter exporting parameters, although this is not required. After the user selects an “export” button in the plug-in UI, the image editing application confirms with the plug-in on an image-by-image basis which of the images should be exported. The image editing application then generates an export version of the image. If necessary, the image editing application applies image adjustments to the master image to generate the export version. The image editing application then makes the export version available to the plug-in. |
| US09547423B1 |
Systems and methods for generating message sequence diagrams from graphical programs
A system and method automatically generating one or more message view windows or panes based on an analysis of the execution behavior of a model, such as a computer-generated, executable graphical model. A model analyzer examines execution instructions including schedules generated for the model and the sending and receiving of messages by model components or elements. An auto diagram builder generates the one or more message view windows that includes graphical affordances representing at least some of the messages. The messages may be presented in the one or more message view windows in the order of the occurrence of the messages during execution of the model. |
| US09547416B2 |
Image presentation
In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a plurality of images stacked into a pile; visually indicating that there are multiple images stacked in the pile; and in response to a first user input in connection with the pile, expanding the pile to display the images in a series. In one embodiment, the method further includes in response to a second user input in connection with the series, collapsing the series to display the image in the pile. |
| US09547412B1 |
User interface configuration to avoid undesired movement effects
A device with a movement-based user interface (UI) may establish thresholds that govern when the UI moves and when the UI stays still to avoid interruptions to the user experience based on undesired movement, such as movement caused by a vehicle, etc. The thresholds may be based on detecting a movement type experienced by a device (e.g., bicycle, car, etc.). When movement is detected beyond the threshold the UI may be configured to smooth a displayed UI transition from a first position to a second position to improve the user experience. |
| US09547402B2 |
Display device with touch sensor
A display device includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, the display unit including a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a third emission layer having different emission colors, a sealing part covering and sealing the display unit, and a touch sensor on the sealing part, the touch sensor including a detection electrode adjacent to the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer, and the detection electrode maintaining different distances from each of the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer in a surface direction of the substrate. |
| US09547398B2 |
Substrate with touch function and display using the same
A substrate with touch function includes a plurality of scan lines and at least a touch device disposed thereon. The touch device includes at least a power line, at least a readout line, a light sensing circuit and a voltage divider circuit. The power line and the readout line are disposed on the substrate. The light sensing circuit is electrically coupled to a (N+1)th of the power lines, an Nth of the scan lines and an Nth of the readout lines, wherein N is an integer. The voltage divider circuit has an output terminal and is configured to output a first voltage to the light sensing circuit through the output terminal thereof according to a degree of illumination thereon or a degree of capacitance change. A display using the aforementioned substrate is also provided. |
| US09547395B2 |
Touch and hover sensing with conductive polarizer
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to touch and proximity sensing with a touch sensor that utilizes a conductive polarizer as a touch sensor electrode. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a touch sensitive display device including a display having a transparent electrode layer including a plurality of transparent electrodes, a conductive polarizer coupled to the transparent electrode layer via a dielectric layer, a touch sensing driver circuit electrically connected to one of the transparent electrode layer and the conductive polarizer, and a touch sensing receiver circuit electrically connected to another of the transparent electrode layer and the conductive polarizer. |
| US09547391B2 |
Method for processing input and electronic device thereof
An operation method and an electronic device thereof is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen, and a controller. A pressure of a touch input made to the touchscreen of the electronic device is detected. A crop mode is set based on an association between the crop mode and the pressure. A crop boundary is designated by the touch input according to the set crop mode. |
| US09547386B2 |
Touch projection system
A touch projection system includes a light source device, a micromirror device, and an image-capturing device. The micromirror device can provide three reflection directions. The micromirror device can selectively reflect projection light emitted by the light source device in one of the reflection directions to project the reflected projection light onto a screen to form an image. The micromirror device also can reflect image light from the screen in another one of the reflection directions. Further, the micromirror device can reflect the image light from the screen in the other one of the reflection directions, which has a larger deflection angle, to be received by the image-capturing device, for example for determining a touch operation performed on the screen. Thereby, the limitation of structural interference by other components to the image-capturing device is reduced, so that the touch projection system can be assembled in a compact configuration. |
| US09547385B2 |
Touch sensor integrated type display device
A touch sensor integrated type display device includes a plurality of first electrodes each including a plurality of first electrode patterns, which are adjacent to one another in a first direction and are connected to one another through at least one first bottleneck, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first electrodes are arranged in the first direction. The plurality of first electrode patterns and the plurality of second electrodes are alternately disposed along the first direction. At least one unit pixel electrode is disposed correspondingly to each first electrode pattern. Each first electrode pattern includes an electric field shielding portion disposed between the unit pixel electrode and the second electrode. |
| US09547383B1 |
Touch panel
A touch panel including a substrate, plural first electrode strings, plural second electrode strings, plural insulating patterns, and plural first optical matching patterns is provided. The substrate has plural bridge areas and a non-bridge area connected to the bridge areas. The first electrode strings and the second electrode strings are disposed on the substrate and staggered in the bridge areas. The insulating patterns are located in the bridge areas, and each of the insulating patterns is located between one of the first electrode strings and a corresponding second electrode string respectively. Each of the first optical matching patterns is located in one of the bridge areas respectively and located between a corresponding first electrode string and a corresponding second electrode string. Each of the insulating patterns is respectively disposed on a surface of one of the first optical matching patterns facing away from the substrate. |
| US09547381B2 |
Electronic device and touch sensing method thereof
An electronic device is provided, which includes a touch sensor configured to sense a touch input to a screen, a storage configured to store different firmware corresponding to a plurality of input modes supported by the touch sensor, and a controller configured to sense the touch input according to a selected input mode among the plurality of input modes, through execution of one of the different firmware corresponding to the selected input mode. |
| US09547375B2 |
Split virtual keyboard on a mobile computing device
Described herein is a split virtual keyboard that is displayed on a tablet (slate) computing device. The split virtual keyboard includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being separated from the second portion. The first portion includes a plurality of character keys that are representative at least one respective character. The tablet computing device is configured to support text generation by way of a continuous sequence of strokes over the plurality of character keys in the first portion of the split virtual keyboard. |
| US09547374B2 |
User interface interaction for transparent head-mounted displays
Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward enabling a user to quickly interact with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by the HMD. Utilizing techniques provided herein, a hand or other object can be used to select visual elements displayed by the HMD. The visual elements can be located within larger active regions, allowing the user to more easily select a visual element by selecting the active region in which the visual element is disposed. |
| US09547373B2 |
Vehicle operating system using motion capture
Vehicle operating systems for operating a vehicle having a driving seat for a vehicle driver and at least one passenger seat for passengers are described. The vehicle operating system may include one or more camera devices for shooting images of hand actions of the driver or images of hand actions of a passenger, and a storage device for storing operating signals corresponding to hand actions. A processing device may be configured to select the driver or the passengers as a gesture command operator, and to control the camera device to shoot hand action images of the selected gesture command operator. The command system may also be configured to convert the shot hand action images into corresponding operating signals according to hand action indicia stored in the storage device. The operating signals may be sent to execution devices, that execute the corresponding operations. |
| US09547370B2 |
Systems and methods for enabling fine-grained user interactions for projector-camera or display-camera systems
A computer-implemented method performed in connection with a mobile computing device held by a user, the mobile computing device displaying a marker pattern, the method being performed in a computerized system incorporating a processing unit, a camera and a memory, the computer-implemented method involving: acquiring a plurality of images of the mobile computing device displaying the marker pattern using the camera; using the central processing unit to detect the marker pattern within the acquired plurality of images; using the central processing unit to determine a plurality of positions of the mobile computing device based on the detected marker pattern within the acquired plurality of images; and processing a user event based on the determined plurality of positions of the mobile computing device. |
| US09547369B1 |
Dynamic sorting and inference using gesture based machine learning
The technology disclosed relates to identification of future activity options. In particular, it relates to identifying future activity options that are similar to a selected future activity, similar to past activities, that meet descriptive language criteria, that form compatible sequences of activities, or that form compatible multi-day sequences of activities. The technology disclosed also relates to rapid and convenient sorting through activity options. |
| US09547367B2 |
Transparent vibrating touch interface
The The invention relates to a touch interface comprising a contact surface and means for vibrating the contact surface, said means being provided to generate standing waves in said surface. The contact surface includes at least one transparent portion forming a surface for seeing through the touch interface, and the vibration generating means include at least one rigid piezoelectric layer that is rigidly connected to the contact surface and disposed on the periphery of the transparent portion. The interface is characterized in that the at least one piezoelectric layer is disposed in a plane that is not parallel to the contact surface. The invention also relates to a display screen using such an interface, and to an electric appliance using such a display screen. |
| US09547364B2 |
Method and apparatuses for determining a user attention level using facial orientation detection
Various methods are provided for facilitating the determination of a user attention level using facial orientation detection. One example method may include receiving an image of a user after an expiration of an inactivity timer on the user terminal. The current attention level of the user is determined based on the received image. The computing device lock condition is then set based on the determined current attention level of the user. Similar and related example apparatuses and example computer program products are also provided. |
| US09547363B2 |
Power-saving method and associated electronic device
A power-saving method and associated electronic device are provided. The electronic device is connected with a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device, and a first sensor and a second sensor are deployed on the first external electronic device and the second electronic device, respectively. The electronic device includes: a third sensor, and a processor, wherein the first, second, and third sensors have the same type. The processor gathers information from the first pedometer sensor, the second pedometer sensor, the first external electronic device, and the second external electronic device, and determines whether to turn off at least one of the first, second, and third pedometer sensors according to the information gathered. |
| US09547362B2 |
Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof for determining whether power switch is turned on during power-off status
An image forming apparatus and a power control method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms an image; a power supply which supplies operating power for the image forming apparatus; a switching circuit unit which switches to selectively supply the operating power; a memory unit which stores information about power status of the switching circuit unit; and a controller which outputs a power control signal for controlling a switching operation of the switching circuit unit in accordance with the information about the power status stored in the memory unit if power is abnormally shut off and then supplied again from the power supply to the switching circuit unit. With this, the image forming apparatus operates in a last power status, so that power can be prevented from being wastefully consumed or data can be prevented from being lost. |
| US09547360B2 |
Systems having a maximum sleep mode and method of operating the same
A main memory system includes a main memory device including a first memory device implemented with a volatile memory and a second memory device implemented with a non-volatile memory, the main memory system being configured such that, when entering a sleep mode, the memory device reads a portion of data stored in the first memory device to store the read data in the second memory device, and, after the portion of data is read, the first memory device and the second memory device are powered off. |
| US09547359B2 |
Dynamic system management communication path selection
An information handling system includes a processor, a controller hub, a shared higher bandwidth path coupling the processor to the controller hub, and an exclusive lower bandwidth path coupling the processor to the controller hub. The processor communicates system management information over the bandwidth path in response to a first set of criteria and communicates the information over the lower bandwidth path in response to the second set of criteria. |
| US09547352B2 |
Presence-based power management
The illustrative embodiment describes a system that manages the energy usage of a user's appliance based on: (i) the user's location, and (ii) the user's “presence information.” The “presence information” of a user is defined as a status indicator that includes, but is not limited to: the ability and willingness of a user to communicate and a user's mood. For example, when a user is lonely and at work, the office door should open, but when the user is not lonely and at work, the user's instant messages should be shut off. The illustrative embodiment comprises: an appliance; and an energy-usage controller for de-activating an energy-consuming element of the appliance based on presence information of a user of the appliance. |
| US09547344B2 |
Support frame with integrated thermal management features
This invention describes a novel solution to providing heat redistribution and cooling to electronic devices. According to various embodiments, heat produced during the operation of the processing components in the computing device is absorbed by heat management features integrated within a supporting mid-frame. Liquid (e.g., coolants) contained in the portion of the heat management features most proximate to the processing components evaporates due to the absorbed heat, and is conducted (via convection) towards the other end of the heat management features, where the temperature is cooler. Once sufficiently cooled, the evaporated coolant condenses back into liquid form and flows back towards the other end of the heat management features. |
| US09547337B2 |
Portable device and peripheral extension dock
An electronic device including a housing, a connector port and a switching device is provided. The connector port is embedded in the housing for a peripheral device inserted therein to electrically connect thereto. The processor is electrically connected to the connector port and comprises a detection pin and a 1-wire pin. The switching device is coupled between the connector port and the processor to selectively connect the connector port to one of the detection pin or the 1-wire pin. When the peripheral device is inserted into the connector port, the processor controls the switching device to connect the connector port to the detection pin to determine whether the connected peripheral device is a 1-wire device. When the processor determines that the connected peripheral device is a 1-wire device, the processor controls the switching device to connect the connector port to the 1-wire pin and the processor executes 1-wire communication with the peripheral device via the 1-wire pin. |
| US09547336B2 |
Mobile terminal having front cover portion, rear cover portion, and window portion and sensor provided in the front cover portion and methods of controlling the mobile terminal
A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure includes a body having a front surface and a rear surface, a display unit disposed on the front surface, a cover formed to allow at least part thereof to cover the front or rear surface, a window portion provided on the cover to expose at least part of the display unit in a state that the cover covers the front surface, and expose at least part of the rear surface in a state that the cover covers the rear surface, and a sensor unit provided with at least one sensor disposed at an edge portion of the window portion, wherein the sensor unit senses a user motion with respect to an inner side of the window portion in a state that the cover covers the rear surface. |
| US09547335B1 |
Transparent module antenna for wearable devices
Embodiments describe a semi-transparent or transparent module antenna assembly disposed on a transparent portion of a user wearable device (e.g., a head wearable display or a smartwatch). Embodiments describe semi-transparent or transparent antenna assemblies disposed on portions of a wearable computing device not in direct contact with the user when the device is worn to increase the antenna's efficiency for receiving radio signals and to decrease the radiation absorbed by the user's body. Furthermore, the antenna is disposed on a transparent or semi-transparent surface to further increase the antenna's efficiency. For some embodiments utilized by head wearable displays, the portion of the device including the semi-transparent or transparent antenna assembly may be the optical system, which includes a transparent portion (e.g., a prism) for displaying CGI to a user; in other embodiments, the head wearable display including the semi-transparent or transparent antenna assembly is the lens. |
| US09547333B2 |
System and method for synchronizing networked components
A method for synchronizing a plurality of components that are networked via a plurality of high speed switches, the method includes frequency-locking to a master clock component clocks of the plurality of components, and synchronizing to a master counter, driven by the master clock, component counters of the plurality of components, so that the frequency-locked component clocks drive the component counters in synchrony with the master counter. |
| US09547328B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for reducing common mode failures of nuclear safety-related software control systems
A computing system includes at least a first division and a second division. The first division has a first clock rate and the second division has a second clock rate. The computing system includes a first processor configured to execute a task on the first division and a second processor configured to execute the task of the second division. The task executed on the first division operates according to the first clock rate, and the task executed on the second division operates according to the second clock rate. A method of executing a task in order to reduce common mode failures in a computing system includes varying a program speed of each of the plurality of divisions such that the task, when executed on a corresponding one of the plurality of divisions, operates at a clock rate according to the corresponding one of the plurality of divisions. |
| US09547327B2 |
Excess-fours processing in direct digital synthesizer implementations
Systems and methods for a split phase accumulator having a plurality of sub phase accumulators are provided. Each sub phase accumulator receives a portion of a frequency control word. The first sub phase accumulator includes a first register and the remaining sub phase accumulators include a register and an overflow register. At each discrete point in time, the first sub phase accumulator is configured to be responsive to the first portion of the frequency control word at that discrete point in time and to the first sub phase accumulator value at the immediately previous discrete point in time, and each of the remaining sub phase accumulators is configured to be responsive to a value of its corresponding portion of the frequency control word at that discrete point in time and to the same second sub phase accumulator value at the immediately previous discrete point in time. |
| US09547326B2 |
Mechanical assembly of the press-button type, and application to an electrical apparatus
The invention relates to a possibly reversible mechanical assembly, comprising a first component (1), a second link itself comprising a stud (3) linked to the first component (1) and formed of a stock (30) terminated by a radial bulge (31), and holding means (4) linked to the second component (2) and comprising a housing (40) dimensioned to receive the stud (3) and at least one elastic lock (41) designed to elastically hold the radial bulge of the stud in the housing (40). According to the invention, the housing (40) is formed by drilling of the second component (2) along its thickness, and each elastic lock (41) is essentially formed by an elastically flexible lug (41) formed in the thickness of the second component (2) and exhibiting a degree of radial play of non-zero amplitude. |
| US09547325B2 |
Low power bandgap circuit device with zero temperature coefficient current generation
A low power bandgap circuit device that generates temperature independent reference voltages and/or zero temperature coefficient currents is disclosed. The circuit comprises a first pair of transistors, an amplifier, a star connected resistive network, and a second pair of transistors, wherein zero temperature coefficient currents are generated through mirroring and reuse of current from the star connected resistive network. |
| US09547320B2 |
Power supply circuit and power supply apparatus
A power supply circuit includes: a depression mode transistor that includes a field plate; an enhancement mode transistor to which a source electrode and a drain electrode of the depression mode transistor are coupled; and a constant current source that is coupled to a connection node between the depression mode transistor and the enhancement mode transistor. |
| US09547316B2 |
Thermostat classification method and system
The disclosure provides a computer-implemented method and system of reducing commodity usage by providing tailored consumer information to the consumer. The method utilizes neural network and machine learning techniques to calculate and cluster statistical data to classify the premises for desired observable condition, including the presence of a programmed thermostat. A score is determined that corresponds to at least one of: (i) a present state of an observable condition, (ii) a non-present state of the observable condition, and (iii) a degree of a condition of the observable condition, to provide tailored consumer information associated to the consumer's usage of the commodity. |
| US09547312B2 |
Method and device for optimizing the landing of an aircraft on a runway
A guiding unit and a computation unit, the computation unit comprising elements for saturating, if necessary, a usual optimized slope for the landing, following a comparison with a slope computed on the basis of a performance criterion relative to a deceleration capability of the aircraft. |
| US09547309B2 |
Selecting vehicle type for providing transport
A transport arrangement system operates to receive a transport request from a user, and to make a selection of a vehicle type for the user based at least in part on a set of criteria associated with the transport request or user information. For example, the determination of whether an autonomous vehicle is to be provided can be based at least in part on the destination specified with the transport request. |
| US09547308B2 |
System and method for dynamically positioning a floating vessel alongside a turret moored floating vessel
A rapid transition floating vessel that is able to follow the yaw motions of a turret moored floating vessel is provided. The rapid transition floating vessel includes a system and processes for dynamically positioning the floating vessel alongside a turret moored floating vessel whereby the floating vessel remains at a safe distance while being connected to the turret moored floating vessel. This is achieved by the floating vessel following the yaw motions of the turret moored floating vessel as the turret moored floating vessel weathervanes about a center of the turret moorings. |
| US09547305B2 |
Drive control apparatus
The operation state of a servo motor is monitored and output to a user before automatic termination of power to the motor. A servo system includes a servo motor and a safety unit. The safety unit cuts off electric power to the servo motor when at least one of a speed, a position, acceleration, an amount of movement, a movement direction, and torque of the servo motor is outside a first operation range. Furthermore, the safety unit outputs a warning when at least one of the speed, the position, the acceleration, the amount of movement, the movement direction, the torque is within the first operation range, but is outside a second operation range that is narrower than the first operation range. User controls allow reduced operation when outside the second operation range. |
| US09547298B2 |
Methods and apparatus to learn and share remote commands
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to learn and share remote commands are disclosed. An example method to configure a playback device to be controlled by a remote control includes receiving by the playback device a first code for a first command from the remote control. The example method includes identifying by the playback device a second code for a second command based on the received first code. The example method includes receiving by the playback device the second code from the remote control. The example method includes executing the second command by the playback device. |
| US09547293B2 |
Control system for electromagnetic pumps
A control system and method for controlling electromagnetic drive pumps as, for example, electromagnetic driven membrane pumps are provided in which the control system is formed by at least one microprocessor and at least one sensor, whose microprocessor controls the power supply to at least one electromagnet whose changes in emitted magnetic field causes at least one moving part, directly or indirectly, to perform an oscillating pumping movement. The control system includes at least one positioning sensor which senses the moving part's position in the electromagnetic driven pump. By using the positioning sensor's measurements, the pump can be controlled with great accuracy. |
| US09547285B2 |
Electricity demand regulating system and demand adjustment executive system
There is provided an electricity demand regulating system which estimates a load amount of an individual equipment whose measurement information can not be acquired and improves estimation accuracy of an electricity demand amount in a power system. The electricity demand regulating system for managing electric energy used by a consumer according to an operation state of the power system includes a storage part to store measurement information of a consumer equipment, and a generation part to generate a load pattern indicating a load amount tendency from the measurement information of the equipment stored in the storage part. A load amount of an equipment whose measurement information is not stored in the storage part is estimated from the load pattern generated by the generation part, and an electricity demand amount of the consumer is obtained based on the measurement information and the estimated load amount. |
| US09547283B2 |
Electronic device, time setting method, time setting system and program
An electronic device includes a communication unit that performs communication with an external apparatus; a timekeeping unit that performs timekeeping of time; and a control unit, after completion of a connection with the external apparatus using the communication unit, updates time of the timekeeping unit using time information when being in a state where time can be set by obtaining the time information from the external apparatus. |
| US09547281B2 |
Electronic timer
An electronic interval timer in a dodecahedron case is described. The timer is set by turning uppermost one of 11 faces; and reset by turning uppermost the 12th face. In one embodiment, the timer is free of buttons, knobs, springs, time displays, electronic visual indicators and openings in the case. Time interval completion is announced via audible tones or speech. An aggregate time interval may be set equal to the sum of legends on more than one face. The timer detects carrying such that a running time interval is not modified. The timer may be programmed via a sequence of uppermost sides. Modes may be selected via shaking or tapping. Time remaining may be announced, an interval cleared, or an interval restarted responsive to detected motion. Other polyhedral shapes may be used. Claims include a method of setting a time interval; and specific ordering of face legends. |
| US09547273B2 |
Image forming apparatus having simultaneous development and cleaning
When an outer diameter of a charging member is defined as Hc, a ratio of the circumferential velocity of the charging member to the circumferential velocity of an image bearing member is defined as Rc, an outer diameter of a developer bearing member is defined as Hd, and a ratio of the circumferential velocity of the developer bearing member to the circumferential velocity of the image bearing member is defined as Rd, the relationship Hc/Rc≧Hd/Rd is satisfied. |
| US09547271B2 |
Printing assembly
The present invention provides a printing assembly which includes a printing drum such as an impression drum, a pair of eccentric bearings between and on which the drum is mounted for rotation, a pair of self aligning bearings on which the eccentric bearings are supported, and a pair of frameless motors directly connected to the eccentric bearings in order to effect the rotation thereof through closed loop feedback control, in order to facilitate the automatic and accurate control of pressure level and uniformity along the nip of a printing press. |
| US09547270B2 |
Image forming apparatus and abnormality detection apparatus and method for humidity sensor device
An image forming apparatus includes a humidity sensor element, a resistor, a clock supply section, a detection section and a determination section. The detection section detects a humidity on the basis of a divided voltage value obtained by the humidity sensor element and the resistor. The determination section acquires the divided voltage value at a first timing within a period from a rising edge to a falling edge of a first clock signal and at a second timing within a period from a falling edge to a rising edge of the first clock signal, and determines, on the basis of the divided voltage values thus acquired, whether or not the humidity detected by the detection section is normal. |
| US09547269B1 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming section, a detection section, a variation calculation section, a user setting acquisition section, an adjustment ratio calculation section, and an adjustment section. The toner image forming section forms a toner image. The detection section detects a toner density of the formed toner image. The variation calculation section obtains a variation in toner density based on the detected toner density. The user setting acquisition section acquires a user setting concerning a degree of adjusting the toner density. The user setting is set by a user. The adjustment ratio calculation section calculates an adjustment ratio which is a ratio at which the user setting is reflected, in accordance with the variation in toner density. The adjustment section adjusts the toner density based on the variation in toner density, the user setting, and the adjustment ratio. |
| US09547268B2 |
Image forming apparatus, and method and computer-readable medium for the same
An image forming apparatus including a first temperature sensor inside a space between frames, a second temperature sensor outside the space between the frames, and a controller that, in a case where a first temperature by the first temperature sensor is higher than an inside threshold temperature, and a second temperature by the second temperature sensor is higher than an outside threshold temperature, performs simplex image formation at a first speed when simplex image formation is specified, and performs duplex image formation at a second speed lower than the first speed when duplex image formation is specified, and in at least one of a case where the first temperature is equal to or less than the inside threshold temperature and a case where the second temperature is equal to or less than the outside threshold temperature, performs image formation at the first speed. |
| US09547266B2 |
Image forming apparatus controlling timing of switching between image formation modes
The motor that drives a reverse unit, and a CPU configured to switch an image formation mode between a full color mode for forming an image using image forming stations and a black and white mode for forming an image using the image forming station are provided. If the image is formed on a first recording material supplied by a sheet feeding roller pair and subsequently an image is formed on a second recording material supplied by a sheet refeeding unit, the motor continuously drives the reverse unit. If the image formation mode for the first recording material is different from the image formation mode for the second recording material, the CPU switches the image formation mode to the full color mode, and forms the images on the first recording material and the second recording material. |
| US09547263B2 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
A fixing device including a belt having an endless shape, a heater provided on an inner surface side of the belt, and a pressing portion provided so as to contact the belt and form a nip portion. A groove-forming portion is provided so as to contact the belt. The groove-forming portion has a surface and a groove formed on the surface. The groove extends in a direction crossing a rotating direction of the belt. |
| US09547261B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a brush roller, a drive mechanism, a contact control mechanism, and an operation control unit. The image forming unit includes a photoconductor drum, and forms a toner image on an outer circumferential surface of the photoconductor drum. The operation control unit is configured to perform a cleaning mode including cleaning the brush roller while an image forming operation is not being performed, cause the contact control mechanism to set the photoconductor drum and the intermediate transfer belt to the non-contact phase in the cleaning mode, and cause the drive mechanism, in the non-contact phase, to drive the brush roller to rotate at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed of the brush roller in the image forming operation, and drive the intermediate transfer belt. |
| US09547258B2 |
Powder container, powder supply device and image forming apparatus
Provided is a powder container having a new structure capable of stable discharge and transport of a powder contained in a container by enabling the powder to be reliably discharged to the outside of the package while preventing the powder from spilling and flying out of the container. The powder container has a container body (138) for transporting powder contained therein from a first end side (138a) to a second end side (138b) thereof by self-rotating; a nozzle receiver (139) having a nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) (139a) arranged inside the second end side of the container body and configured to allow a transport nozzle (162) having a powder receiving inlet (170) to be inserted therein, and a supply port 139b arranged in at least a part of the nozzle receiver (139) and configured to supply the powder in the container body (138) to the powder receiving inlet (170): and a shutter (140) supported by the nozzle receiver 139 and configured to open and close the nozzle receiving hole (insertion section) 139a by sliding in response to insertion of the transport nozzle 162 into the nozzle receiver (139). |
| US09547251B2 |
Image forming apparatus having controllable potential difference
An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, a gap retaining member and a control unit. The control unit decreases a potential difference according to an increase in the drive amounts of the image bearing member and the developer bearing member. The decrease is based on a difference according to an increase in at least one of the drive amounts of the image bearing member and the developer bearing member. The control unit is also configured to determine whether to execute a mode based on information about at least one of the driving amounts of the image bearing member and the developer bearing member from when the developing device is initially installed or the developing device is replaced. |
| US09547250B2 |
Electroconductive member for electrophotography, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus
The present invention relates to an electroconductive member including an electroconductive support layer and a surface layer formed on a circumference thereof and having a network structure containing fibers, in which an arithmetic mean value dU10 of top 10% fiber diameters is 0.2 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, rigid structural body having a height of 1.0×10−2 to 1.0×101 times as large as a thickness of the surface layer are present on the outer circumferential portion of the electroconductive support layer, and the surface layer satisfies specific conditions. |
| US09547249B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station, an intermediate transfer body, a transfer device, a transfer pressure applicator, and a controller. The image forming station forms a toner image. The toner image formed by the image forming station is transferred onto the intermediate transfer body. The transfer device transfers the toner image from the intermediate transfer body onto a recording medium. The transfer pressure applicator applies a secondary transfer pressure to the recording medium upon transfer of the toner image and to apply a lower secondary transfer pressure upon transfer of a toner image including a special color toner than that upon transfer of a toner image without the special color toner. The controller is operatively connected to the transfer pressure applicator to control the transfer pressure applicator. |
| US09547248B2 |
Inks for liquid electrophotography
A method of manufacturing a liquid electrophotographic ink includes: mixing a pigment with a resin powder; and microfluidizing the mixture together with a carrier fluid in a microfluidizer in a number of passes to form a concentrated ink containing composite particles. |
| US09547247B2 |
Toner and method of manufacturing the same
A toner includes a plurality of toner particles that each include a core and a shell layer disposed over a surface of the core. The shell layer contains a unit derived from a thermoplastic resin and a unit derived from a monomer or prepolymer of a thermosetting resin. A surface of each of the toner particles has a Young's modulus that changes by a proportion of no greater than 20% from 30° C. to 50° C., and changes by a proportion from 50° C. to 70° C. that when divided by the proportion of change from 30° C. to 50° C., yields a value of at least 3.0 and no greater than 10.0. The Young's modulus is measured in a state in which an external additive is not adhered to the toner particle using a scanning probe microscope while raising a cantilever temperature thereof. |
| US09547244B2 |
Simultaneous measurement of multiple overlay errors using diffraction based overlay
A plurality of overlay errors in a structure is determined using a target that includes a plurality of diffraction based overlay pads. Each diffraction based overlay pad has the same number of periodic patterns as the structure under test. Additionally, each diffraction based overlay pad includes a programmed shift between each pair of periodic patterns. The pads are illuminated and the resulting light is detected and used to simultaneously determine the plurality of overlay errors in the structure based on the programmed shifts. The overlay errors may be determined using a subset of elements of the Mueller matrix or by using the resulting spectra from the pads. |
| US09547239B2 |
Positive photosensitive resin composition, method for forming polyimide resin patterns, and patterned polyimide resin film
A positive photosensitive resin composition containing a polyimide resin that allows patterns to be satisfactorily formed by photolithography, and provides patterns with excellent heat resistance, and a method for forming polyimide resin patterns using the positive photosensitive resin composition. A patterned polyimide resin film formed by the method for forming polyimide resin patterns. To the photosensitive resin composition are added a polyimide resin, and a compound in which an imidazole compound having a specific structure is generated by the action of light. |
| US09547235B2 |
Imprint lithography apparatus and method
An imprint lithography method is disclosed for forming a patterned layer from an imprintable liquid medium on a substrate by means of an imprint template having a patterned surface. The method involves contacting the patterned surface and imprintable liquid medium together for a filling period. Light emergent (e.g., scattered or reflected) from an interface between the medium and the patterned surface is collected and measured during the filling period to obtain data concerning one or more voids at the interface, and an estimated end time for the filling period is derived from a relationship between the data and time. The method may allow subsequent process steps to be undertaken more rapidly, with reduced risk of defects arising from remnants of unfilled voids. An imprint lithography apparatus and component for putting the method into effect are also disclosed. |
| US09547226B2 |
Light source device and projection-type image display device
To provide a light source device and a projection-type image display device which can improve light emitting efficiency and service life of a fluorescent material. The light source device includes: an excitation light source for emitting excitation light; a fluorescent material for emitting fluorescent light when excited by the excitation light; and an optical member for directing the excitation light to the fluorescent material. The optical member has a curvature that is set such that a light-condensing position of the excitation light is positioned on a light-emitting side of the excitation light relative to the fluorescent material. An optical fiber is disposed between the excitation light source and the light source, so that the excitation light from the excitation light source may be made incident on the optical fiber. |
| US09547225B2 |
Image display device which reduces mutual interference of light reflected by a screen
An image display device which reduces speckles in an image display device using a laser source includes: a laser source which emits excitation light; a collecting lens which collects the excitation light; a deflecting element which scans the excitation light collected by the collecting lens; and a light conversion panel which converts a wavelength of the excitation light scanned by the deflecting element and emits fluorescence, wherein the light conversion panel includes a plurality of phosphor layers which are planarly disposed, absorb the excitation light, and emit the fluorescence. |
| US09547222B2 |
Method and apparatus for calibration of multiple projector systems
Disclosed is a method for improving the calibration of multiple projector systems in Spatial Augmented Reality systems where multiple projectors are used to project images directly onto objects of interest. The methods and system described herein improve the calibration of multiple projector systems in order to improve the alignment and clarity of projected images by reducing ghosting that can occur with poorly aligned projectors. The system uses a planar photodiode and the projector is used to project a plurality of projection regions, such as scan lines, across the planar photodetector and calculating the position based on weighting measurements by the measured light intensity and projected images in SAR. |
| US09547220B2 |
Camera system and housing with wireless surface indicators
A camera system includes a wireless indicator that emits light to provide signals to a user. This wireless indicator is attached to a lens casing that covers the front face of the camera to protect components of the camera such as the lens. A wireless signal interface on the front face of the camera is configured to emit ultraviolet light in response to control circuitry within the camera. The ultraviolet light is transmitted through the lens casing to an excitable element. The excitable element produces visible light in response to the ultraviolet light. Any re-emitted visible light that travels back towards the camera lens and image sensor is reflected by a reflective layer, which is configured to transmit ultraviolet light while reflecting visible light. Therefore, the wireless indicator does not cause light artifacts or image flaws to appear in images captured by the image sensor. |
| US09547202B2 |
Transparent display panel
A transparent display panel includes a substrate and a pixel array. The pixel array is formed on the substrate and includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines. The data lines and the scan lines surround a plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel region defines a transparent region and an opaque region, wherein each transparent region occupies a relative position in the corresponding pixel region and at least three relative positions successively arranged along an axial direction are different. |
| US09547201B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a first substrate and a color filter layer. The first substrate has a curved first side and a display area. The first side has at least a curvature radius and the range of the curvature radius is between 500 mm and 10000 mm. At least a datum line is defined in the display area. The color filter layer is disposed on the first substrate and includes a plurality of filter portions. The filter portions are disposed within the display area. An included angle between the datum line and the first side is between 0° and 10°, and the filter portions located corresponding to the datum line have the same color. |
| US09547200B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and a display device
A liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate assembled to form a cell, first spacers for supporting a liquid crystal cell gap being provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a plurality of second spacers are further formed on a surface of the first substrate that is close to the second substrate; separated first electrodes and second electrodes are formed on one of a surface of the second spacers and a surface of the second substrate corresponding to the second spacers, the first electrodes and the second electrodes having different potentials; third electrodes are formed on the other of a surface of the second spacers and a surface of the second substrate corresponding to the second spacers. |
| US09547198B2 |
Liquid crystal horizontal orientation agent, horizontal orientation type liquid crystal composition, and horizontal orientation type liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
The present invention provides a liquid crystal horizontal orientation agent, a horizontal orientation type liquid crystal composition, a horizontal orientation type LCD device and a method of fabricating the horizontal orientation type LCD device. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal molecule is horizontally oriented by the liquid crystal horizontal orientation agent without the rubbed orientation layer. |
| US09547196B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof and display device
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display are disclosed. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the base substrate, and a phase shift pattern disposed on the base substrate to separate the sub-pixels; the phase shift pattern is disposed to allow light passing through the phase shift pattern to undergo phase shift, and positions corresponding to the phase shift pattern are substantially opaque to light. Lateral light leakage is reduced by the phase shift pattern, and transmission rate of products become uniform, and therefore stability of products are increased. |
| US09547194B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight module. The display panel includes a color filter layer having a blue filter portion. The backlight module emits light to the display panel. A peak wavelength of a blue light portion of the spectrum of the light is greater than or equal to 440 nm and smaller than or equal to 450 nm. The blue filter portion has a transmission spectrum having a first wavelength λ1 and a second wavelength λ2, and the first wavelength λ1 and the second wavelength λ2 conform to the following equation: 514 ≤ λ 1 2 + λ 2 2 + 0.71862 λ 2 - 0.71862 λ 1 ≤ 541 The first wavelength λ1 and the second wavelength λ2 are corresponding to a half level of a peak value of the transmission spectrum, and the unit thereof is nm. |
| US09547188B2 |
Polymer optical isolator
Various optical isolators are disclosed. One embodiment provides an optical isolator comprising a waveguide that includes polymer magneto-optical media. In a particular embodiment, the waveguide is dimensioned for single mode operation in the selected isolation range. A cross-section of the waveguide is inhomogeneous in terms of magneto-optical materials. Polymer magneto-optical material is a part of the optical waveguide structure. The inhomogeneity induces the propagation constant shift, which is propagation-direction-dependent. An embodiment is characterized by a cutoff frequency for forward propagating waves that is different than the cutoff frequency for reverse waves; the dimensions and direction of magnetization of the waveguide can be tailored so that, in a particular embodiment, the cutoff frequency for forward propagating waves is lower than the cutoff frequency for reverse waves. |
| US09547185B2 |
Spatial light modulator based on metamaterial structure and preparation method thereof
A spatial light modulator based on a metamaterial structure and a preparation method thereof. The spatial light modulator includes an array of optical function elements and a control circuit. The optical function element includes a metamaterial structure formed by a metal nanostructure layer and a metal reflector layer, with a medium layer and nonmetal conducting material layer being provided between the metal nanostructure layer and the metal reflector layer. The spatial light modulator is simple in structure, high in integration, easy in manufacture and low in cost. Furthermore, the spatial light modulator is capable of high-speed modulation, the depth of modulation is controlled easily, and a low drive voltage may be obtained. |
| US09547174B2 |
Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability
The present invention comprises a compact optical see-through head-mounted display capable of combining, a see-through image path with a virtual image path such that the opaqueness of the see-through image path can be modulated and the virtual image occludes parts of the see-through image and vice versa. |
| US09547173B2 |
System and method for dynamic in-vehicle virtual reality
A method for in-vehicle dynamic virtual reality includes receiving vehicle data from one or more vehicle systems of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle data includes vehicle dynamics data and receiving user data from a virtual reality device. The method includes generating a virtual view based on the vehicle data, the user data and a virtual world model, the virtual world model including one or more components that define the virtual view, wherein generating the virtual view includes augmenting one or more components of the virtual world model according to at least one of the vehicle data and the user data and rendering the virtual view to an output device by controlling the output device to update display of the virtual view according to the vehicle dynamics data. |
| US09547168B2 |
Mechanical stress mitigation in electrowetting display structures
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an electrowetting display comprising: a dielectric barrier layer formed on a substrate; a hydrophobic layer formed on the dielectric barrier layer, wherein the dielectric barrier layer maintains a separation between the hydrophobic layer and the substrate; a patterned pixel grid formed on the hydrophobic layer, wherein the patterned pixel grid comprises rows and columns of pixel walls that form field pixels and border pixels; an oil film overlying the hydrophobic layer, wherein the oil film is partitioned by the patterned pixel grid; and an electrolyte overlying the oil film and the patterned pixel grid, wherein one or more of the rows or the columns of pixel walls of the patterned pixel grid includes a substantially nonlinear-shaped portion to reduce sheer stress between the patterned pixel grid and the hydrophobic layer. |
| US09547165B2 |
Endoscope system with single camera for concurrent imaging at visible and infrared wavelengths
A method of operating an endoscopy system includes concurrently illuminating a tissue with NIR excitation light and visible light, imaging the tissue using a single detector, and independently adjusting an intensity of the NIR excitation light and an intensity of the visible light. |
| US09547164B2 |
Digital microscope system
A digital microscope system, having one or several objectives, a tube lens system, a digital image recording device, a stand, a holder for a specimen and an illuminating apparatus, and optionally at least one magnification changer. One or several objectives, the tube lens system, the digital image recording device and the illuminating apparatus are integrated into a compact optical assembly, and the optical assembly is joinable to the stand in several versions that differ with regard to the spatial position and orientation of the optical assembly relative to the stand and to the specimen. The spatial position and orientation of the optical assembly relative to the stand and to the specimen may correspond, in a first version of the joining, to an upright microscope configuration and, in a second version of the joining, to an inverted microscope configuration. |
| US09547160B2 |
Methods and apparatus for capturing and/or processing images
Methods and apparatus for capturing or generating images using multiple optical chains operating in parallel are described. Pixel values captured by individual optical chains corresponding to the same scene area are combined to provide an image with at least some of the benefits which would have been provided by capturing an image of the scene using a larger lens than that of the individual lenses of the optical chain modules. By using multiple optical chains in parallel at least some benefits normally obtained from using a large lens can be obtained without the need for a large lens. Furthermore in at least some embodiments, a wide dynamic range can be supported through the use of multiple sensors with the overall supported dynamic range being potentially larger than that of the individual sensors. Some lens and/or optical chain configurations are designed for use in small handheld devices, e.g., cell phones. |
| US09547159B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features a low F-value, low-profile design and a wide field of view. Designed for a solid-state image sensor, the imaging lens includes constituent lenses arranged in order from an object side to an image side: a first positive refractive power lens; a second negative refractive power lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis; and a seventh negative refractive power lens. |
| US09547150B2 |
Lens device and imaging apparatus
An object is to provide a lens device that can share a cable and can prevent the unnecessary exposure of the cable, and an imaging apparatus that includes the lens device.A lens device according to an embodiment of the invention, which is replaceably mounted on an imaging apparatus main body, includes a lens barrel, a control unit that is provided on the lens barrel so as to protrude, a cable of which one end is connected to the control unit and the other end is connected to the imaging apparatus main body, a plurality of length regulating members that are provided in a longitudinal direction of the cable, and a housing portion in which the cable is housed and which is provided with an opening through which the cable is led out. |
| US09547149B2 |
Assembling device for guide pole of camera actuator
An assembling device for a guide pole of a camera actuator includes: a pedestal, a frame, a plurality of guide pole receiving units and a cover. The pedestal includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface defines a plurality of first receiving holes, each the first receiving hole arranged with a magnet, the second surface defines a plurality of first bump. The frame locates on the second surface and defines a plurality of through holes. Each guide pole receiving unit defines a second receiving hole configuring for receiving a guide pole, each guide pole receiving unit is received in each through hole and locating on the first bump. The cover locates on the frame and comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface defines a plurality of dispensing holes, the dispensing hole extends through the cover. |
| US09547145B2 |
Local convergence point for multiple dwelling unit fiber optic distribution network
A local convergence point for a fiber optic network is disclosed. The local convergence panel has an enclosure with an interior. An adapter panel separates the interior into a first section and a second section. An interior panel removably mounts in the interior in at least one of the first section and the second section. At least one optical component removably mounts to the interior panel. The optical component may be a splitter module, a splice holder, a routing guide, furcation devices, a ribbon fan-out body, a wave division multiplexer and/or a coarse wave division multiplexer. |
| US09547142B1 |
Optical transmitter module
An optical transmitter module includes a coupling optical element configured to couple a first optical signal from a transmitting optoelectronic component to a first light guiding structure. An optical power monitor system is connected with the first light guiding structure and is provided with a beam splitter for splitting the first optical signal into a transmitted optical signal and a reflected optical signal to be directed to a receiving optoelectronic component for measuring power of the reflected optical signal. |
| US09547140B2 |
Connector for plug, connector and heat conduction apparatus
A connector for receiving a plurality of plugs is provided. The connector includes a cage, a plurality of partition plates, a plurality of partition sections, and a heat conduction apparatus. The cage includes a plurality of plug receiving passageways arranged along two rows stacked on top of each other. Each of the plurality of partition plates is positioned between two laterally adjacent plug receiving passageways of the plurality of plug receiving passageways, while each of the plurality of partition sections is positioned between two adjacent plug receiving passageways of the plurality of plug receiving passageways. The heat conduction apparatus penetrates through the plurality of partition sections along a width thereof. |
| US09547136B2 |
Optical fiber holding device and optical fiber coupling connector
An optical fiber holding device for holding optical fibers includes an assembling member and a base. The assembling member includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, a front surface, and a rear surface opposite to the front surface. The front surface and the rear surface are interconnected between the top surface and the bottom surface. The front surface defines a number of receiving holes for receiving front portions of the optical fibers. The base includes an assembly portion and a support portion connecting the assembly portion. The assembly member is detachably mounted on the assembly portion. The support portion supports main portions of the optical fibers. |
| US09547134B2 |
Tightly mountable optical fiber adapter
The present disclosure provides a tightly mountable optical fiber adapter which has a plurality of mating parts formed at front and rear sides of a base of a shell member thereof, and the base is combined with a base plate and two opposite side panels, each side panel is extended to form a first elastic part, and ends of second elastic parts are respectively outwardly bent and extended to form stop parts whose inner sides are bent towards the first elastic part and extended to form third elastic parts. While shell member is transversely mounted into an installing hole, first elastic parts are abutted and deformed to cross installing hole to clasp back side, second elastic parts are located in installing hole, so that shell member cooperating with mounting spring clip can be tightly fastened in installing hole, whereby the entire structure can be more securer. |
| US09547133B2 |
LED illuminator for side-emitting optical fibers
An optical device comprising a sealed waterproof housing comprising at least one LED disposed within the housing; a transparent window to allow light from the LED to be emitted from the housing; a non-imaging light element for coupling light from the LED into a plurality of side emitting optical fibers connected to the housing; and a fixing portion for securing the plurality of side-emitting optical fibers into a coupling position adjacent to the window to allow light to pass between the housing and the plurality of optical fibers, via the transparent window. The fixing portion is adapted to allow connection and/or disconnection of the plurality of optical fibers without opening or breaking a seal of the sealed waterproof housing. |
| US09547132B2 |
Optical element, light transmitting device, and light receiving device
An optical element includes: a first delayed interferometer; and a second delayed interferometer and a third delayed interferometer cascaded to the first delayed interferometer. The first delayed interferometer includes: a first optical coupler and a second optical coupler; a first waveguide between the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler; a second waveguide between the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler, the second waveguide being longer than the first waveguide; and a ring waveguide that is coupled to the first waveguide. A difference between a length of the first waveguide and a length of the second waveguide differs from a difference in lengths corresponding to a channel spacing by a length corresponding to a phase displacement caused by loading of the ring waveguide. |
| US09547131B1 |
Broadband restricted MMI-based polarization beam splitter
A compact polarization beam splitter is formed by cascading two stages of three restricted MMIs. Each MIMI is configured to set ultra compact width and length for a rectangular waveguide body to limit no more than 4 modes therein working as a polarization beam splitter in a 50 nm wavelength window around 1300 nm. Each MMI is further configured to couple an input at a first end and a TE bar output and a TM cross output at a second end of the rectangular waveguide body. The locations of the input/output waveguide ports are designated to be a distance of ⅙ of the width away from a middle line from the first end to the second end. Two second-stage MMIs have their inputs coupled to the TE bar output and the TM cross output of the first-stage MMI and provide a second-stage TE bar output and a second-stage TM cross output, respectively. |
| US09547129B1 |
Fiber coupler for silicon photonics
An apparatus for converting fiber mode to waveguide mode. The apparatus includes a silicon substrate member and a dielectric member having an elongated body. Part of the elongated body from a back end overlies the silicon substrate member and remaining part of the elongated body up to a front end is separated from the silicon substrate member by a second dielectric material at an under region. The apparatus also includes a waveguide including a segment from the back end to a tail end formed on the dielectric member at least partially overlying the remaining part of the elongated body. The segment is buried in a cladding overlying entirely the dielectric member. The cladding has a refractive index that is less than the waveguide but includes an index-graded section with decreasing index that is formed at least over the segment from the tail end toward the back end. |
| US09547128B2 |
Optical waveguide directional coupler and method for making same
An optical waveguide directional coupler includes a base having a planar member and a ridge member and an optical waveguide in the base. The ridge member extends from the planar member and has an upper surface where the optical waveguide exposed. The optical waveguide includes a first flat side surface, a second flat side surface parallel to the first flat side surface, a third flat side surface, a fourth flat side surface parallel to the third flat side surface, and a first flat connection side surface. An included angle θ1 between the first and third flat side surfaces is an obtuse angle, an included acute angle α1 is formed between the first flat connection side surface and the second flat side surface, and θ1 and α1 satisfy α1<(180°−θ1). |
| US09547120B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and curved backlight assembly thereof
A curved backlight assembly includes a light source, a curved light guide plate (LGP), a heat-dissipating plate, a supporting plate and a connecting member. The light source is abutted with the curved LGP. The heat-dissipating plate and supporting plate are connected by the connecting member to thereby form a curved backplane. The curved LGP is arranged on the curved backplane. Connected ends of the heat-dissipating plate and supporting plate are formed with elongated slots. The connecting member penetrates through elongated slots to connect the heat-dissipating plate and the supporting plate. A dimension of the curved backplane is increased or decreased with a relative displacement between the heat-dissipating plate and supporting plate to match with expansion or contraction of the curved LGP. The present invention has a simple structure. An optical coupling distance between the light source and curved LGP is shortened and the light incidence efficiency is improved. |
| US09547119B2 |
Color temperature variable light emitter
The invention relates to a color temperature variable light emitter and a method, adapted for generating color temperature variable light. The color temperature variable light emitter comprises a first phosphor (1) and a second phosphor (2), the first phosphor (1) and the second phosphor (2), when pumped with pump light, being adapted for emitting first phosphor light and second phosphor light, respectively, the first phosphor light having a different wavelength from the second phosphor light, and an exit surface (11) adapted for emitting the color temperature variable light, wherein the first phosphor (1) and the second phosphor (2) are stacked in a stacking direction in such a way that at least part of the first phosphor light and at least part of the second phosphor light are combined in the exit surface (11) and emitted as the color temperature variable light, and the first phosphor (1) and the second phosphor (2) can be individually pumped by first pump light and second pump light, respectively, the first pump light and the second pump light being incident laterally relative to the stacking direction. In this way, a uniform mixing of light is achieved while preserving a high intensity of the color temperature variable light emitter. |
| US09547118B2 |
Light guide panel with an improved light guide structure
A light guide panel includes a panel body having incident edges extending around the periphery thereof and a strong light region defined in a front surface thereof, and a light guide structure including a plurality of transversely extended first light-guiding grooves located in the front surface of the panel body and longitudinally spaced from one another at a predetermined interval, each first light-guiding groove having a first peak value area facing toward said strong light region and two first valley value areas located at two opposite ends of the first peak value area, each first peak value area curved in direction from the incident edges of the panel body toward the strong light region, the gap between the first peak value areas of each two adjacent first light-guiding grooves being gradually reduced in direction from the incident edges toward the strong light region. |
| US09547117B2 |
Light guide plate
A light guide plate includes a light entry surface with first elongated elements, and a light exit surface with second elongated elements. Each of the first and second elongated elements serves to guide light, and has a cross-section in a shape of a circular segment. |
| US09547111B2 |
Manufacturing method of polarized light modulation device
A polarized light modulation device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Oppositely disposed first and second transparent electrode substrates are provided. Polymerizable monomers and cholesteric liquid crystals are filled between the first and second substrates. Different operating voltages are applied between the first and second substrates by at least two times to change a helical pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystals. Light irradiation passing through the first or second substrate is performed on the polymerizable monomers in one of different domains after each time of applying one of the operating voltages to solidify the changed helical pitch of the cholesteric liquid crystals. Solidified helical pitches of the cholesteric liquid crystals in the different domains are different. A recovery voltage is applied between the first and second substrates to retrieve an optical rotatory property of the cholesteric liquid crystals back to the state of solidifying. |
| US09547105B2 |
Multi-sensor workflow for evaluation of gas flow in multiple casing strings
A distance of a gas flow path and a velocity of the gas flow therein are calculated using pulsed neutron data and noise data. The gas saturation and distance to flow path obtained from the pulsed neutron data and gas velocity and distance to flow path obtained from the noise data are compared with each other to obtain a first calculated distance and a first calculated velocity. The distance and the velocity of the gas flow are calculated using Doppler data. The distance and velocity values are compared with the first calculated distance and first calculated velocity to obtain a second calculated distance and velocity values. The distance and the velocity of the gas flow are calculated using temperature data. The distance and velocity values are compared with the second calculated distance and velocity to determine a distance of a cement interface and a velocity of a gas flow therein. |
| US09547101B2 |
System for tracking a downhole tool assembly using dual above-ground receiver assemblies
A system for identifying the location of a dipole magnetic field source below ground. The system comprises a first receiver assembly and a second receiver assembly each configured to detect the dipole magnetic field in three dimensions from a transmitter and generate antenna signals indicative of the detected dipole magnetic field. The first receiver assembly detects the dipole magnetic field from the transmitter substantially simultaneously as the second receiver assembly simultaneously detects the dipole magnetic field from the transmitter. The second receiver assembly is movable relative to both the first receiver assembly and the transmitter. A processor determines the location of the transmitter below ground based on the antenna signals generated by the first and second receiver assemblies. |
| US09547096B1 |
Monotube seismic cable
The present disclosure provides an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a buffer tube substantially present along a longitudinal axis. Further, the optical fiber cable includes a first layer. The first layer surrounds the buffer tube. Furthermore, the optical fiber cable includes a second layer. The second layer surrounds the first layer. Moreover, the optical fiber cable includes one or more strength members embedded inside the second layer. Further, the buffer tube encloses a plurality of optical fibers. Moreover, each of the plurality of optical fibers is color coded from a set of standard fiber colors and wherein the set of standard fiber colors comprises twelve colors. The first layer and the second layer provide a kink resistance, a crush resistance and flexibility to the optical fiber cable. Each of the one or more strength members is coated with a layer of ethylene acrylic acid. |
| US09547095B2 |
MEMS-based rotation sensor for seismic applications and sensor units having same
The present disclosure is directed to a MEMS-based rotation sensor for use in seismic data acquisition and sensor units having same. The MEMS-based rotation sensor includes a substrate, an anchor disposed on the substrate and a proof mass coupled to the anchor via a plurality of flexural springs. The proof mass has a first electrode coupled to and extending therefrom. A second electrode is fixed to the substrate, and one of the first and second electrodes is configured to receive an actuation signal, and another of the first and second electrodes is configured to generate an electrical signal having an amplitude corresponding with a degree of angular movement of the first electrode relative to the second electrode. The MEMS-based rotation sensor further includes closed loop circuitry configured to receive the electrical signal and provide the actuation signal. Related methods for using the MEMS-based rotation sensor in seismic data acquisition are also described. |
| US09547093B2 |
Radiation camera system and method
A radiation camera system and method incorporating a radiation sensor/detector (RSD) and automated operation of coded camera aperture masks (CAMs) is disclosed that may be advantageously applied to real-time tracking of radiological hot spots in crisis, maintenance, decontamination, and/or maintenance scenarios. The system/method integrates automated camera RSD positioning, CAM identification, and CAM rotation. The system incorporates computerized controls in conjunction with remotely controlled horizontal/vertical tilting motors to direct the RSD aperture position and view of the RSD. CAMs may be installed in the camera manually and are automatically identified by the system via the use of encoding magnets that are detected using a Hall-effect sensor. The CAMs may be rotated after installation in the camera by computer control to predefined positions such as “mask” and “anti-mask” to affect the desired degree of radiation screening to be applied to the RSD. |
| US09547091B2 |
Detector module for an X-ray detector
A detector module is disclosed for an X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the detector module includes a number of sensor boards arranged adjacent to each other on a module support, each sensor board including, in a stack formation, a sensor layer having a sensor surface and a support ceramic by which the sensor layer is thermally coupled to the module support. A number of elements are arranged on the side of the support ceramic that faces the module support in a stack formation and at least one heating element is included which, in a plane of projection perpendicular to the stack formation, at least partially covers at least the area of the support ceramic that is free from the elements. An X-ray detector including a number of detector modules is also disclosed. |
| US09547090B2 |
X-ray computed tomography apparatus and X-ray detector
An X-ray computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray detector that includes a first semiconductor chip including a plurality of elements configured to convert X-rays into an electrical signal, a substrate configured to collect the electrical signal from each element, a second semiconductor chip that is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the substrate and is formed of the same material as that of the first semiconductor chip, a plurality of first electrodes configured to couple each element of the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip, and a plurality of second electrodes that are configured to couple the second semiconductor chip to the substrate and are larger than the first electrodes. The second semiconductor chip wires the first electrodes and the second electrodes on a one-to-one basis. |
| US09547089B2 |
Ionizing radiation sensor
The invention relates to semiconductor devices for conversion of the ionizing radiation into an electrical signal enabling determination of the radiation level and absorbed dose of gamma, proton, electronic and alpha radiations being measured. The ionizing radiation sensor is a p-i-n structure fabricated by the planar technology. The sensor contains a high-resistance silicon substrate of n-type conductivity, on whose front side there are p-regions; layer from SiO2; aluminum metallization; and a passivating layer. P-region, located in the central part of the substrate and occupying the most surface area, forms the active region of the sensor. At least two p-regions in the form of circular elements are located in the inactive region on the perimeter of the substrate around the central p-region and ensure a decrease in the surface current value and smooth voltage drop from the active region to the device perimeter. |
| US09547081B2 |
Synthetic-aperture-radar apparatus and method for production of synthetic-aperture-radar images of moving objects
A SAR apparatus including: a radar transceiver to emit electromagnetic pulses and to provide a radar signal in response to echoes of the electromagnetic pulses; and a processing unit, configured to produce SAR images of moving objects from the radar signal. The processing unit includes: a first processing module to apply translational motion compensation to a central reference point of a moving object in a subaperture of the radar signal; a second processing module, to execute phase compensation with the single central reference point as reference; and a third processing module to apply phase compensation to the radar signal as a function of an estimated phase component the auxiliary point and of a normalization parameter to a distance in range between the central reference point and the auxiliary point. |
| US09547068B2 |
Methods, systems and devices for providing location based services in a venue
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for providing location based services in a venue. To estimate its location, in a particular implementation, a mobile device may obtain a measurement of a range to a transponder device positioned at a known location based on measurements of a signal round-trip time (RTT) in a message exchange with the transponder device. Positioning assistance data from a server may enable the mobile device to measure a delay at the transponder device in providing a response to a probe message to thereby more accurately measure the signal RTT. |
| US09547065B2 |
Method for detecting fast time constant targets using a metal detector
A method for reducing a delay, between a transition of a transmission of a metal detector and a process of a receive signal received by a receive coil of the metal detector, due to a critically damped time constant of the receive coil, including: introducing a negative capacitance into the receive coil to reduce the critically damped time constant. |
| US09547064B2 |
Method for the control of a magnetic resonance system
A method for the control of a magnetic resonance system is provided. In a test phase before a magnetic resonance measurement, a test high-frequency pulse with several parallel individual high-frequency pulses is transmitted with a transmitter antenna arrangement over various different high-frequency transmitter channels. At lower transmitter power, the test high-frequency pulse generates essentially the same field distribution as an excitation high-frequency pulse to be transmitted during a subsequent magnetic resonance measurement. A high-frequency field generated by this test high-frequency pulse is measured in at least one area of a local pulse arrangement, and on the basis of the high-frequency field measured, a high-frequency field value that is to be anticipated at the local coil arrangement during the subsequent magnetic resonance measurement is determined. The control of the magnetic resonance system during a later magnetic resonance measurement includes taking the high-frequency field value into account. |
| US09547060B2 |
Magnetic resonance using quazi-continuous RF irradiation
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body (110) of a patient placed in an examination volume of a MR device, the method comprising the steps of:—subjecting the portion of the body (110) to an imaging sequence comprising at least one RF pulse, the RF pulse being transmitted toward the portion of the body (110) via a RF coil arrangement (109) to which RF signals are supplied by two or more RF power amplifiers the RF power amplifiers being activated alternately during the imaging sequence in a time-multiplexed fashion, wherein the imaging sequence requires a RF duty cycle and/or a RF pulse duration exceeding the specification of at least one of the RF power amplifiers;—acquiring MR signals from the portion of the body (110); and—reconstructing a MR image from the acquired MR signals. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of MR spectroscopy involving the alternating use of RF power amplifiers in a time-multiplexed fashion. |
| US09547056B2 |
Dynamic modification of RF array coil/antenna impedance
A magnetic resonance (MR) system (10) minimizes noise for modes of an array of coils (281, 282, . . . , 28n). The system (10) includes an array of coils (281, 282, . . . , 28n) which share impedance. A plurality of preamplifiers (301, 302, . . . , 30n) receive a plurality of signals from the array of coils (281, 282, . . . , 28n), and a plurality of matching circuits (321, 322, . . . , 32n) impedance match the array of coils (281, 282, . . . , 28n) to the plurality of preamplifiers (301, 302, . . . , 30n). A plurality of receivers (361, 362, . . . , 36n) oversample the plurality of preamplified signals at a plurality of different match values. Thereafter, a plurality of separate images may be reconstructed from the oversampled data, each image corresponding to a particular match value. Finally, the image with the highest SNR may be selected. |
| US09547052B2 |
NMR spinner
There is disclosed an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spinner having a turbine structure and a rotor whose spinning rate can be increased. A vortical channel (44) is formed around the rotor (12). The vortical channel (44) consists of a chamber (66) and a nozzle array (68) mounted inside the chamber (66). The chamber (66) has a cross-sectional area that decreases in an upstream to downstream direction. The cross-sectional area of each nozzle also decreases in an upstream to downstream direction. Gas is introduced into the chamber (66), creating a rotating flow (76, 78, 80) in the chamber (66). Plural inwardly swirling streams are created from the inside of the rotating flow. The inwardly swirling streams are ejected from the exits of the nozzles. This results in jet streams, which are blown against the impeller of the rotor, spinning the rotor at high speed. |
| US09547051B2 |
Calculating method of magnetic force characteristic, and magnetic force characteristic computing device
A prestored database indicating a correspondence of δ (depth)/ΔHcJ (coercivity increment) and a prestored database indicating information of Dy diffusion condition (diffusion coefficient, diffusion flux and processing time regarding Dy diffusion) are used to compute distribution of Dy introduction amount in a magnet from shape information of the magnet and information of a Dy introduction face and compute distribution of ΔHcJ in the magnet from the distribution of Dy introduction amount. Regarding a magnet having a coercivity that is distributed non-uniformly, a J/H curve is computed using the computed distribution of ΔHcJ, and a demagnetizing factor at a predetermined temperature is computed using a temperature coefficient. |
| US09547049B2 |
Automotive magnetic shield
A linear magnetic sensor shield system comprises first and second shield parts. The system may include first and second field sensor assemblies, each having field sensors disposed therein. The first shield part may be disposed adjacent to a first side and a third side of the first field sensor assembly, and the second shield part may be disposed adjacent to a second side of the second field sensor assembly. The shield parts may be formed of mu metal, by of example, or they may have a curved shape or a thickness in the range of about 0.015 inch to about 0.030 inch. A torque transmitting device is also provided. |
| US09547043B2 |
Test control point insertion and X-bounding for logic built-in self-test (LBIST) using observation circuitry
Test control point insertion and x-bounding for Logic Built-In Self-Test (LBIST) using observation circuitry. In some embodiments, LBIST circuitry may include a plurality of test control circuits coupled to a scan chain of a Circuit Under Test (CUT), and a plurality of observation circuits coupled to the test control circuits, each of the plurality of observation circuits including one or more latch devices configured to drive a respective one of the plurality of test control circuits. In other embodiments, a method of testing an integrated circuit may include issuing an instruction that a plurality of observation circuits and a plurality of input/output (I/O) control circuits within the integrated circuit enter a test mode, and providing, one or more test patterns to a selected one or more of a plurality of scan chains within the integrated circuit and to each of the plurality of observation circuits. |
| US09547041B2 |
Testbench builder, system, device and method with phase synchronization
A testbench for testing a device under test (DUT), wherein the testbench has a verification environment including a reference model, a scoreboard and a customized agent for each interface that the DUT needs to receive input from and/or transmit output on. The testbench system is able to be generated by a testbench builder that automatically creates a scoreboard, a reference model, a dispatcher and generic agents including generic drivers, loopback ports, sequencers and/or generic monitors for each interface and then automatically customize the generic agents based on their corresponding interface such that the agents meet the requirements of the interface for the DUT. |
| US09547040B2 |
Efficient event detection
Embodiments relate to the emulation of circuits, and detecting an event in a plurality of signals in an emulated circuit. A host system incorporates global event detection logic into a design under test (DUT). An emulator emulates the DUT along with the incorporated global event detection logic. The global event detection logic divides one clock cycle of the DUT into multiple time periods. During each time period of the clock cycle, the emulator selects a different subset of signals from the plurality of signals of the DUT. The emulator determines whether an event occurred for a signal from the subset during the clock cycle. If an event is detected, the emulator generates an output indicating an event was detected among the plurality of signals. |
| US09547033B1 |
Hierarchical fault prediction, detection and localization in PV systems with distributed electronics
A method of detecting faults in a solar power system includes monitoring at least one operating parameter including outputs from a solar module, inputs and outputs to a microinverter, and inputs and outputs of a power optimizer, comparing the operating parameter to at least one of an expected value or another operating parameter, using results of the comparing to determine if there is a fault event, analyzing a location of an entity in the system that generated the operating parameter to localize the fault event, and performing remedial action on a location of the fault event. |
| US09547031B2 |
Flipped cell sensor pattern
Embodiments of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a plurality of large sensor electrodes and, for each of the large sensor electrodes, a first plurality of small sensor electrodes each capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode, and each conductively coupled by one of a first set of routing traces to one of a first set of conductors located in a first edge region, and a second plurality of small sensor electrodes capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode and conductively coupled by a second set of routing traces to a second set of conductors in a second edge region. The first set of routing traces is located in a first routing channel and the second set of routing traces is located in a second routing channel, where the first and second routing channels are located along different sides of the large sensor electrode. |
| US09547029B1 |
System and method for the analysis of DNA sequences
Detecting electromagnetic waves derived from bacterial DNA, by extracting and purifying nucleic acids from a sample; diluting the extracted purified nucleic acids in an aqueous solvent; measuring a low frequency electromagnetic emission over time from the diluted extracted purified nucleic acids in an aqueous solvent; performing a signal analysis of the low frequency electromagnetic emission over time; and producing an output, based on the signal analysis, in dependence on the DNA in the sample. The DNA may be extracted from at least one of blood, feces, urine, saliva, tears, seminal fluid, sweat, seminal and vaginal fluids of a patient, or water to determine, e.g., potability. The samples may be frozen. The extracting and purifying may include diluting the sample with an aqueous buffer and mixing; degrading proteins in the diluted sample; precipitating DNA from the buffer solution; and resuspending the precipitated DNA in an aqueous solution. |
| US09547023B2 |
Test probe for test and fabrication method thereof
A method of fabricating a test probe includes a first conductive providing operation in which a first conductive member formed of a conductive metal material is provided, the first conductive member including a probe portion that has a probe shape and is formed in an upper portion of the first conductive member by a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) process, a second conductive member providing operation in which a second conductive member formed of a conductive metal material is provided, the second conductive member having an insertion portion formed in an upper portion of the second conductive member for inserting the first conductive member to be coupled to the insertion portion, an insertion operation in which the first conductive member is inserted into the insertion portion of the second conductive member, and a fixing and coupling operation in which the first conducive member is fixedly coupled to the second conductive member by deforming a part of the second conductive member. |
| US09547022B2 |
Method and system for vehicle direction determination using adjustable position accelerometer
Systems and methods for determining, for a vehicle using an adjustable position accelerometer, at least one direction tuned direction vector indicating a direction for the vehicle, the direction tuned direction vector made up of an X(a) axis component, a Y(a) axis component, and a Z(a) axis component, the adjustable position accelerometer providing acceleration values, the values made up of an X(a) axis component, a Y(a) axis component, and a Z(a) axis component, where the accelerometer is arbitrarily mounted, and optionally movable, in the vehicle such that each of the X(a) axis component, a Y(a) axis component, and a Z(a) axis component may be partially in X,Y, and Z directions of the vehicle. |
| US09547018B2 |
Analyte detection using liquid crystals
Devices and methods for using changes in the defects in micrometer sized dispersed liquid crystal domains to detect or quantify analytes in a test sample, including endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS), are disclosed. The dispersed liquid crystal microdomains are exposed to the test sample, and any changes in the number of defects in the liquid crystal microdomains are detected by detecting changes in the anchoring configuration of the microdomains. Such changes in anchoring configuration indicate the presence of analyte in the test sample. |
| US09547015B2 |
Kits and methods for cyanide detection
Provided herein are compositions, kits, methods and devices for cyanide detection, particularly for cyanide detection in biological samples such as whole blood. The method comprises (1) contacting a sample with a cobinamide conjugate comprising a cobinamide moiety and a carrier; and (2) measuring the absorbance of light by the cobinamide conjugate. The present disclosure provides field-deployable cyanide detection methods, compositions, kits and devices, which provide rapid, accurate readout at the point of contact. Further provided herein is a method for determining exposure of a subject to cyanide. |
| US09547013B2 |
Molecule biomarkers of autism
This invention provides methods and biomarkers for diagnosing autism by identifying cellular metabolites differentially produced in autistic patient samples versus non-autistic controls. Methods for identifying a unique profile of metabolites present of secreted in brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, plasma, or biofluids of autistic samples are described herein. The individual metabolites or a pattern of secreted metabolites provide metabolic signatures of autism, which can be used to provide a diagnosis thereof. |
| US09547007B2 |
Methods and compositions for in-vivo enzyme capture
The invention includes compositions, methods and kits for the in vivo identification of an enzyme that binds to a substrate. The invention comprises, in part, a photoreactive moiety to aid in identification of such an enzyme. |
| US09547006B2 |
Correlation of disease activity with clonal expansions of human papillomavirus 16-specific CD8+ T-cells in patients with severe erosive oral lichen planus
A massive clonal expansion of activated CD8+ T-cells with increased frequency of HPV 16-specific CD8+ T-cells was discovered to be a characteristic of oral lichen planus (OLP), indicating a causal link between HPV infection and the dysimmune process. The invention relates to compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of OLP patients. |
| US09546995B2 |
Nanopore device including graphene nanopore and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are a nanopore device with resolution improved by graphene nanopores, and a method of manufacturing the same. The nanopore device includes: a first insulating layer; a graphene layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having a nanopore formed at a center portion of the graphene layer; and first and second electrode layers disposed respectively at both sides of the nanopore on a top surface of the graphene layer, wherein a center region of the first insulating layer is removed such that the center portion of the graphene layer is exposed to the outside. |
| US09546993B2 |
Method of detecting objects
The invention provides a method for detecting objects in samples. The sample is held in the transmission path of light source to a detector, whereby light from the light source interacts with objects in the sample. The patterns of light incident on the detector subsequent to its interaction with the objects are directly used to determine the presence of objects in the sample. |
| US09546992B2 |
Fuel property judgment device and method of judging fuel property
A fuel injection system has a common rail storing fuel, a fuel injector injecting the fuel, a fuel-passage supplying the fuel to the fuel injector, and a fuel-pressure sensor detecting a fuel pressure. An ECU acquires a waveform of a fuel pressure representing a change of a fuel pressure based on the detected fuel pressure at the fuel injection. The ECU calculates a speed of a fuel pressure wave forming the waveform of the fuel pressure based on a period of a pulsation of the waveform of the fuel pressure and a fuel passage length, and a fuel density based on the speed of the fuel pressure wave. The ECU further calculates a fuel cetane number, and a kinematic viscosity of the fuel based on the fuel density and the fuel cetane number. The ECU judges fuel properties based on the kinematic viscosity of the fuel. |
| US09546985B2 |
Connection assembly for ultra high pressure liquid chromatography
A fitting assembly having a nut, a ferrule, and a ferrule tip that may be assembled by an operator. The fitting assembly includes a nut with first and second ends, with the second end adapted to receive the first end of a ferrule, and a ferrule tip with a first end having an externally tapered portion adapted to abut the second end of the ferrule and a second end adapted to be received in a component or fitting of a liquid chromatography system. The nut, ferrule and ferrule tip of the fitting assembly have passageways therethrough for receiving and removably holding tubing. |
| US09546978B2 |
Analyzer for monitoring salt content in high resistivity fluids
An electrochemical polymerization based salt content analyzer configured to determine salt composition in a direct, fast, and serial manner. The salt content analyzer includes three electrodes: a working electrode, a counter electrode and a reference electrode. In operation, the current passing through the electrodes as a sweeping voltage is applied may be analyzed to determine the salt content of the analyte. The working electrode includes an access control mechanism to only expose a fraction of the working length of the working electrode to the outside environment at any given time. The access control mechanism is advanced between tests to expose a fresh portion of the working electrode. Thus, testing may be performed in a serial manner. |
| US09546976B2 |
Method and apparatus for measurement of the oxygen content or the oxygen partial pressure in a measurement gas
Method and apparatus for measurement of the oxygen partial pressure or the oxygen content in a measurement gas in at least one measurement cycle using a solid electrolyte cell having at least one oxygen-conducting solid electrolyte, and having at least one reference electrode as well as at least one measurement electrode, wherein the at least one measurement electrode is in communication with the measurement gas and the at least one reference electrode is in communication with a reference gas or reference volume separated from the measurement gas, wherein a current is imposed via the electrodes on the solid electrolyte cell for pump operation and a measurement voltage (UM) is tapped at the electrodes. |
| US09546964B2 |
Defect detection system for extreme ultraviolet lithography mask
A defect detection system for an extreme ultraviolet lithography mask comprises an extreme ultraviolet light source (1), extreme ultraviolet light transmission parts (2, 3), an extreme ultraviolet lithography mask (4), a photon sieve (6) and a collection (7) and analysis (8) system. Point light source beams emitted by the extreme ultraviolet light source (1) are focused on the extreme ultraviolet lithography mask (4) through the extreme ultraviolet light transmission parts (2, 3); the extreme ultraviolet lithography mask (4) emits scattered light and illuminates the photon sieve (6); and the photon sieve (6) forms a dark field image and transmits the same to the collection (7) and analysis (8) system. The defect detection system for the extreme ultraviolet photolithographic mask uses the photon sieve to replace a Schwarzchild objective, thereby realizing lower cost, relatively small size and high resolution. |
| US09546963B2 |
Inspection device for painted surface of vehicle
An inspection device for painted surface with a base layer and a clear layer painted on the base layer of a vehicle includes a frame mounted to an arm of a robot, a line scan camera, a first light source lighting up at a predetermined angle is provided thereto, which is mounted to the frame, and the line scan camera which acquires first vision data through the regular reflection light from the painted surface using the light of the first light source, and a controller which receives the first vision data from the line scan camera and detects surface defect of the painted surface according to the first vision data. |
| US09546956B2 |
Method of inspecting semiconductor light-emitting device and method for manufacturing semiconductor light-emitting device
An inspection method for a semiconductor light-emitting device includes an image capturing step for capturing an image of photoluminescence released from the active layer, an inspection region extracting step for extracting an inspection region from the captured image; a luminance average determination step for, determining the semiconductor light emitting device as defective when a luminance average is smaller than a predetermined threshold, a luminance variance determination step for determining the semiconductor light emitting device as defective when a luminance variance is larger than a predetermined threshold, a color determination step for determining the semiconductor light-emitting device as defective when a pixel in which a color component indicating a photoluminescence intensity of light released from the active layer and having a wavelength shorter than the original emitting wavelength, and a total determination step for totally determining the semiconductor light-emitting device as defective when determined in at least one of these determination results within the inspection region. |
| US09546952B2 |
Distribution of refractive index measurement by synthetic aperture tomography
The present invention relates to systems and methods for quantitative three-dimensional mapping of refractive index in living or non-living cells, tissues, or organisms using a phase-shifting laser interferometric microscope with variable illumination angle. A preferred embodiment provides tomographic imaging of cells and multicellular organisms, and time-dependent changes in cell structure and the quantitative characterization of specimen-induced aberrations in high-resolution microscopy with multiple applications in tissue light scattering. |
| US09546951B2 |
Reducing power analysis method and reducing power analysis reagent
A reducing power analysis method for minimizing peak wavelength shift in a sample, comprising a reduction step of reducing a dye reagent containing a ferric compound and a cyanide at pH conditions of 2.4 or lower in the presence of a sample; and an optical measurement step of optically measuring a peak wavelength of a reduced form of the dye reagent obtained in the reduction step. |
| US09546950B2 |
Optical gas sensing apparatus with explosion-proof enclosure
An optical gas sensing apparatus includes an explosion-rated device electronics enclosure. An explosion-rated sensing enclosure has a light transmitting element to allow light to pass out of and into the sensing enclosure. The sensing enclosure is operably coupled to the explosion-rated device electronics enclosure by a feed-through. In one aspect, an internal volume of the sensing enclosure is less than or equal to about one fiftieth of the volume of the explosion-rated device electronics enclosure. In another aspect, the thickness of the light transmitting element is less than or equal to about 3 millimeters. A light source is disposed within the sensing enclosure and is operably coupled to the device electronics. A detector is disposed within the sensing enclosure and is also operably coupled to the device electronics. |
| US09546946B2 |
Metrology target indentification, design and verification
Metrology tools are provided, which comprise both active and passive vibration isolation devices, passive or active isolation systems such as constrained layer dampers, particle impact dampers or liquid impact dampers, and/or noise cancellation transducers, combined in different supporting structures of the metrology tool to dampen and reduce vibrations at a wide range of frequencies and intensities, and to which frequency range spectral analysis and optimization may be applied to determine specific tool configurations according to the provided principles. |
| US09546936B2 |
Processing biological material for flow cytometry evaluation for virus particles
In a method for processing biological materials for flow cytometry evaluation for virus particles, a mixture including biological material and purification particles is centrifuged to prepare a centrifuged composition including a supernatant that may be further processed prior to the flow cytometry evaluation. The purification particles include porous cores functionalized to capture smaller-size impurities in a biological material sample and a porous size-exclusion shell surrounding the core to exclude larger-size components of the biological material from entering into the core. Multiple samples may be processed in multi-sample processing units. A product may contain a sealed container with the unit quantity of purification particle in a storage liquid and a kit may include such a sealed container and a centrifugal filter. |
| US09546934B2 |
Filter member and a method of obtaining cells using the same
The present invention provides a filter member. The filter member comprises: a filter for discriminating cells to be analyzed in a sample from other components; a first filter holding member which comprises a first through hole and has a plate-like shape; and a second filter holding member which comprises a second through hole and is fitted into the first filter holding member. When the first and second filter holding members are integrated by fitting the second filter holding member into the first filter holding member, the filter is sandwiched between the first filter holding member and the second filter holding member, and the first through hole is opposed to the second through hole through the filter. A first elastic body is formed on a surface of the first filter holding member, the surface being in contact with the filter. A second elastic body is formed on a surface of the second filter holding member, the surface being in contact with the filter. |
| US09546931B2 |
Gas sampling and management system
A gas monitoring and control system including a gas sampling chamber, sampling inlet and outlet valves, a pump and a controller. Sensors are disposed within the interior chamber that sense characteristics of a gas from a gas source and generate representative signals. The sampling inlet and outlet valves i) allow the gas into the gas sampling chamber while operating in a gas sampling state, and ii) allow ambient air into the gas sampling chamber while operating in a purge state. The pump i) causes the gas to flow through the gas sampling chamber while operating in the gas sampling state or ii) causes ambient air to flow through the gas sampling chamber while operating in the purge state. The controller causes the sampling inlet and outlet valves, and the pump to alternate operating in the gas sampling or purge state to selectively expose the sensors to the gas. |
| US09546930B2 |
Analysis cartridge
An analysis cartridge the includes a main body portion and a filter assembly. The main body portion includes an upper portion that defines an upper chamber and a lower portion that defines a fluid chamber. The filter assembly is movable along a filter assembly path between a first position and a second position. The filter assembly has an opening defined therethrough. In the first position, the opening partially defines the upper chamber and in the second position the opening partially defines the fluid chamber. |
| US09546928B2 |
Methods for producing strain sensors on turbine components
Methods for manufacturing strain sensors on turbine components include providing a turbine component comprising an exterior surface, and, depositing a ceramic material onto a portion of the exterior surface to form a strain sensor comprising at least two reference points. |
| US09546925B2 |
Packaged sensor with integrated offset calibration
A mechanism is provided to field adjust offset values for packaged sensors incorporated in devices. Embodiments provide for a processor in the sensor package to measure current environmental conditions and set a zero offset for the sensors in the package in light of those current environmental conditions. In this manner, any changes in the sensor over the sensor's lifetime and current environmental conditions that can affect functioning of the sensor can be accounted for in operational measurements taken by the device. |
| US09546923B2 |
Sensor structures, systems and methods with improved integration and optimized footprint
Embodiments relate to sensors and more particularly to structures for and methods of forming sensors that are easier to manufacture as integrated components and provide improved deflection of a sensor membrane, lamella or other movable element. In embodiments, a sensor comprises a support structure for a lamella, membrane or other movable element. The support structure comprises a plurality of support elements that hold or carry the movable element. The support elements can comprise individual points or feet-like elements, rather than a conventional interconnected frame, that enable improved motion of the movable element, easier removal of a sacrificial layer between the movable element and substrate during manufacture and a more favorable deflection ratio, among other benefits. |
| US09546921B2 |
Piezoresistive sensors and sensor arrays
Highly expressive and flexibly programmable foot-operated controllers are described. Specific implementations are intended for musical applications and allow musicians an unprecedented degree of control of a wide variety of musical components and subsystems for recording and/or performance. |
| US09546913B2 |
Robust stator winding temperature sensor
Disclosed herein, among other things, is a stator winding temperature sensor. According to an embodiment, the sensor includes at least one sensing wire coil adapted to be connected to a stator. The sensor also includes a body, including a core material surrounding at least a portion of the sensing wire coil, and a laminate material over the core material. The body has a thickness adapted to protect the sensing wire coil. The sensor includes a lead wire adapted to connect to an external monitoring device. The sensing wire coil is electrically connected to the lead wire at a lead step portion of the sensor. In addition, the sensor includes a tab extending from the lead wire and encompassing the lead step. The tab protects the lead step and the sensing wire coil in a region where the sensor extends over an end of the stator. |
| US09546909B2 |
Apparatus and methods for continuous temperature measurement of molten metals
Optical probes and methods for continuously measuring the temperature of molten metals in vessels are described. The optical probe may include a fiber surrounded by a protective structure that is mounted in a wall of a vessel. The protective structure may include a porous body for flowing gas through the optical probe assembly. A portion of the optical probe may be sacrificial and erode or break away during temperature measurements. Calibrations may be used to correct temperature measurements based on an amount of erosion or removal of the optical fiber. |
| US09546903B2 |
Data knitting tandem dispersive range monochromator
Aspects of a tandem dispersive range monochromator and data knitting for the monochromator are described herein. In one embodiment, the monochromator includes a tandem diffraction grating, a grating drive motor that rotates the tandem diffraction grating to provide, by diffraction of broadband light, first dispersed wavelengths of light and second dispersed wavelengths of light, a detector that detects a first reflection from the first dispersed wavelengths of light and a second reflection from the second dispersed wavelengths of light, and processing circuitry that knits together data values from the first reflection and data values from the second reflection to provide a spectrum of combined data values. By using a tandem diffraction grating having different dispersive surfaces, measurements of relatively high precision and quality may be taken throughout a wider spectral range, and the measurements may be knitted together to provide a spectrum of combined data values. |
| US09546896B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particular filter
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particulate filter comprising at least one cell. One or more indicator components is inserted into the at least one cell so as to lie upon any deposits contained therein. Radiation is emitted from a radiation source into the cell, and the position of the one or more indicator components is detected on the basis of the emitted radiation. The deposit level within the cell is then calculated on the basis of the position of the one or more indicator components. |
| US09546892B2 |
Methods and systems for estimation of propellant transfer in an ion propulsion system
Methods and systems for estimating propellant transfer in an ion propulsion system are disclosed. One example is a method for estimating transfer of a propellant between a first tank and a second tank in an ion propulsion system during a transfer event. The first tank and the second tank are separated by a valve. A flow rate of the propellant through the valve is calculated based on an initial pressure and an initial temperature of each of the first tank and the second tank for a beginning of the transfer event, calculating, based at least in part on the flow rate, a mass of propellant transferred through the latch over a period of time ending at an intermediate time before an end of the transfer event, and determining an intermediate pressure and temperature for each of the first tank and the second tank for the intermediate time. |
| US09546888B2 |
Retrofittable system for automatic reading of utility meters and a template for aligning an optical sensor housing thereof
A retrofittable system for automatic reading of a utility meter having a meter housing with at least one transparent meter housing part. The system includes an optical sensor unit adapted to detect a signal from the consumption indication of the meter. The optical sensor unit includes a sensor unit housing adapted to be mounted on the transparent meter housing part of the utility meter housing using an adhesive. The optical sensor unit includes an electrical cable connection adapted to connect the sensor unit to a data processing unit remote from the sensor unit. The processing unit includes a wireless transmission device adapted to transmit processed data from the data processing unit to a further remote device for further processing and/or display. Also disclosed is a template for aligning the optical sensor housing. |
| US09546884B2 |
Sensor
A sensor comprising a silicon substrate having a first and a second surface, integrated circuitry provided on the first surface of the silicon substrate, and a sensor structure provided on the second surface of the silicon substrate. The sensor structure and the integrated circuitry are electrically coupled to each other. |
| US09546882B2 |
Electronic apparatus and program
An electronic apparatus includes a sensor, a body that is provided separately from and is not incorporated to a shoe worn by a user, and a processing circuit provided on the body. The processing circuit obtains, based on a detection result of the sensor, a number of steps taken by the user during traveling while wearing the shoe, and calculates a wear degree, indicating a degree to which the shoe of the user is worn out, based on the number of steps. |
| US09546880B2 |
Dynamically determining meeting locations
Systems and methods may provide turn-by-turn directions to a group of users who wish to meet one another. The systems and methods make use of a client application running on client-side devices such as smart phones in conjunction with a server-side application running on a server. The identity of the final meeting place may not be determined until the users are in close proximity to it, as its location is subject to continuous updating using the geo-coordinates of the users as they travel. Additionally, the meeting place may be determined in part by the users' individual preferences. These preferences, along with the locations of the users, may be kept hidden from other users. |
| US09546877B2 |
Navigation system
A navigation system is provided which dynamically changes a destination so as to meet a user's objective, based on various changes in situation which occur during traveling, and indicates a changed destination to the user. An objective representing an action of a user is recognized based on information inputted by the user (S201). A place at which the recognized objective can be achieved is set as a destination (S203). Guidance is performed so as to reach the destination having been set (S204). When it is determined, during traveling based on the guidance, that the objective is difficult to achieve, a substitute place at which the objective can be achieved is set as a destination (S206 to S209). |
| US09546876B2 |
System for determining clearance of approaching overhead structure
A vehicle system for detecting low clearance locations may include a controller configured to access a geographical information database configured to maintain a plurality of predefined points of interest defined by a clearance height. The controller may communicate with a first sensor to detect a low clearance structure and determine, via a second sensor, a location of the low clearance structure. The controller may update the geographical information database with the location of the low clearance structure to generate a point of interest. |
| US09546871B2 |
Performance monitoring systems and methods
We have disclosed systems and methods for portable performance monitoring of an individual during a physical activity. The systems and methods may include a portable sensor component configured to be carried by the individual during the physical activity and configured to obtain movement data for the athlete individual during the physical activity. The systems and methods may also include a portable output component configured to be carried by the individual during the physical activity and configured to provide an output to the individual during the physical activity. The systems and methods may further include a portable processing component in communication with the portable sensor component and the portable output component, where the portable processing component is configured to be carried by the individual during the physical activity. The portable processing component may be configured to identify movement of the individual during the physical activity. |
| US09546868B2 |
Modal decoupling via flexure-based transmissions as applied to a micromachined tuning fork gyroscope
A gyroscope includes a first mass, a second mass, and a drive structure configured to drive each of the first mass and the second mass in a drive mode. The drive structure includes a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion being configured to drive the first mass in a direction along a drive axis and the second portion being configured to drive the second mass in a direction opposite to the first mass along the drive axis. The gyroscope further includes a sense structure configured to sense motion of each of the first mass and the second mass in a sense mode along a direction substantially perpendicular to the drive axis, and a plurality of flexures configured to couple the first portion to the second portion and further configured to decouple the drive mode and the sense mode. |
| US09546864B2 |
Alignment inspecting system for liquid crystal substrate
The present invention relates to an alignment inspecting system for liquid crystal substrate, comprises an alignment mechanism located on corners of the substrate, and the alignment mechanism including a horizontal alignment device for exerting pressure to edges of the substrate, wherein a flattening device for applying longitudinal pressure to the substrate is further included. The present invention can be concluded with the following advantages: this alignment inspecting system for liquid crystal substrate can be used to correct the bending of the substrate during alignment process, so as to reduce the bending and deformation of the substrate which in turn creates poor contact between the probe and the substrate. As a result, incorrect reading can be avoided. |
| US09546861B2 |
3D laser measuring scanning apparatus
The invention discloses a 3D laser measuring scanning apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a measurement scanning body; an -axial laser beam outlet and an X-axial reception lens arranged on a side wall of the measurement scanning body, and a Y-axial laser beam outlet and a Y-axial reception lens arranged on another side wall; a Z-axial laser beam outlet and a Z-axial reception lens arranged on the bottom of the measurement scanning body, wherein a groove being open at the side wall with the X-axial laser beam outlet and at the side wall with the Y-axial laser beam outlet is formed in the bottom; a control device placed inside the measurement scanning body and for controlling the emitting of the laser beams from the laser beam outlets when receiving a measurement instruction through a measurement button on the measurement scanning body. A bar code and 2-dimensional bar code scanning laser head, a laser reception lens and a camera are also placed at the bottom of the measurement scanning body. By using this utility model, the three dimensions of a transport box can be easily measured. |
| US09546860B2 |
Method and system for contactless dimensional measurement of articles
Methods and systems for contactless optical measurement of geometrical dimensions of articles are disclosed herein. A system according to the present disclosure may implement an arrangement of one or more measured articles, two imaging setups, a reflecting surface and a reference object. Geometrical dimensions of the one or more measured articles may be derived from dimensions of images formed in the imaging setups. |
| US09546851B2 |
Lighted arrow nock
A lighted arrow nock capable of easily turning on or off a light, and being easily connected to an arrow shaft includes a light emitting unit including a light and a battery and turning on or off the light by moving the light toward the battery or away from the battery; an arrow adaptor which includes a cylindrical structure so that an outer surface is inserted into a rear end of an arrow, in which the battery is inserted into an inner space of the arrow adaptor; and a light operator which is inserted in an upper portion of the arrow adaptor, while a lower portion of the light operator receives the light, and is moved up and down to turn on or off the light in a state in which the light operator is inserted in the arrow adaptor. |
| US09546850B2 |
Small diameter crossbow bolt
A small diameter crossbow bolt includes a small diameter shaft having a leading end with an insert to receive a point. The trailing end of shaft has a nock and adjacent fletching. The insert receives a point, such as a target point, broad head, or other point known in the industry. A circumferential spacer is positioned along the shaft between the insert and nock and moved along the shaft as needed to locate the insert for a particular weight distribution, center of gravity positioning, or to separate the spacer from nock. The insert, nock, and spacer each have a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of a prior art bolt. When the diameters of the nock and spacer are equal to the diameter of a prior art bolt, the small diameter crossbow bolt of the present invention can be used interchangeably with prior art bolts without modification to the crossbow. |
| US09546848B1 |
Firearm mounting and activation system for a non-lethal electroshock weapon
The firearm mounting and activation system for a non-lethal electroshock weapon is a mounting device system and operating system. The firearm mounting and activation system for a non-lethal electroshock weapon is designed to allow the simultaneous operation of a non-lethal weapon while simultaneously using a weapon. The firearm mounting and activation system for a non-lethal electroshock weapon comprises a first mounting device, a second mounting device, a first component, and a second component. |
| US09546843B2 |
Extendable slide member for pistol slide
An extendable slide member on a pistol slide action, providing leverage and a gripping base for a user to pull back or “rack” the slide along guides on a pistol frame, in a longitudinal motion relative to the pistol frame. The slide member facilitating racking the slide when in an extended position the slide member rotates either laterally outwards from a side surface of the slide or vertically upwards from a top surface of the slide, and presents a gripping or holding segment for the user to pull the slide towards the breech end of the pistol. |
| US09546838B2 |
Porous matrix sound suppressor
Disclosed is a sound-suppressing device that employs a porous micro-channel diffusion matrix surrounding a hollow core tube that acts to exponentially increase the surface area of the suppressor and allow combustion gasses to diffuse and exit the suppressor across the entire outer surface of the suppressor. |
| US09546836B2 |
Slide stock for firearm with retractable lock pin
A bump stock and interface system for a semi-automatic firearm. In use, the user grasps a handle with one hand and places an index finger of the same hand firmly on a finger rest. When intending to fire a round of ammunition, the user pushes the firearm receiver forward with another hand so that the trigger collides with the immobilized finger on the finger rest. Recoil force separates the trigger from the user's finger on the finger rest. The user again pushes forward the receiver to repeat the firing cycle. A lock is selectively activated to arrest longitudinal movement of the firearm relative to the handle, thereby returning the firearm to normal semi-automatic functionality. The lock includes a retractable pin having a tip that rides in a track having a rear stop to limit over-travel of the handle. |
| US09546832B2 |
Firearm configuration for reducing frame battering
Disclosed is a firearm configuration for a handgun. The firearm configuration is designed to reduce the recoil forces encountered by a user upon firing the weapon. It further includes a recoil plate that absorbs forces generated by the slide during firing. The various details of the present disclosure, and the manner in which they interrelate, will be described in greater detail hereinafter. |
| US09546826B1 |
Microtruss based thermal heat spreading structures
A heat transport structure is provided having a structural microtruss wick with a thermal transport medium associated with the microtruss wick for thermal energy transport by fluid and vapor transport between a heat source and a heat sink. |
| US09546823B2 |
Heat exchanger, method of manufacturing same, and refrigeration cycle apparatus
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of plate-shaped fins arranged at intervals such that air flows between adjacent fins, each of the fins having insertion holes and a plurality of flat tubes extending through the fins such that a refrigerant flows through the tubes in a stacking direction of the fins, each flat tube having a cross-section having straight long sides and half-round short sides, each flat tube having long-side outer circumferential surface parts and a short-side outer circumferential surface part in contact with the fin and covered with the brazing filler metal. The fins and the flat tubes are joined with the brazing filler metal covering the outer circumferential surfaces of the flat tubes such that top part of each fin collar of each fin is in contact with the flat tube and base part of the fin collar is spaced apart from the flat tube. |
| US09546821B2 |
Small nuclear power generator
Provided is a small nuclear power generator which restores steam to water by applying pressure to the inside of a condenser using a pressurizer disposed over the condenser without condensing steam using cooling water. The small nuclear power generator includes: a nuclear reactor generating high-temperature heat by nuclear fission of a nuclear fuel; a steam generator converting internal water into steam by the high-temperature heat generated in the nuclear reactor; a turbine/generator including a steam turbine rotated by steam generated in the steam generator and a generator connected to an axis of the steam turbine and together rotating to produce electricity; and a condenser restoring steam to water by applying pressure to steam discharged after rotating the steam turbine using two or more pressurizers, again supplying the water into the steam generator, and formed of a titanium (Ti) or an alloy thereof. |
| US09546818B2 |
Device for introducing bottles into a lyophilization chamber
A device to introduce bottles into a lyophilization chamber of a lyophilization machine provided at least with an arrival plane of the bottles and with a deposit plane inside the lyophilization chamber comprises at least limited feed means cooperating with a thruster bar to move it along an approach travel in the direction from the arrival plane to said deposit plane. The introduction device also comprises pantograph means connected to the limited feed means and to the thruster bar and configured to extend with respect to the limited feed means and toward the deposit plane, at least by the defined amount necessary to introduce the bottles completely into the lyophilization chamber. |
| US09546816B2 |
Method and device for the air-based solar thermal generation of process heat
A device is provided for the air-based solar thermal generation of process heat in order to assist in drying processes. The device may add the solar-thermally generated hot air as a function of the relative temperature of the solar-thermally generated hot air as a partial flow of the process air generated by other systems. |
| US09546813B2 |
Cascading ice luge, apparatus, and methods
Embodiments of cascading ice luges and embodiments of apparatuses and methods for making cascading ice luges are disclosed. One apparatus embodying the principles of the invention features shelves and attached brackets in stepwise configuration. The shelves are affixed to a scaffold. Ice blocks can be frozen in trays such that pre-formed lanes are formed in the ice blocks. The trays can be of convenient size that can be placed in a conventional household freezer. Ice blocks can be arranged on the shelves in stepwise figuration and oriented so that a liquid or beverage placed on the uppermost ice block will flow in the pre-formed lanes in a cascading manner thereby rapidly cooling the beverage with minimal dilution. |
| US09546811B2 |
Indicating device and refrigerator having the same
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of varying a storage condition for food in accordance with a state of the food, thereby storing the food in a fresher state for a prolonged period of time. The refrigerator includes an indicating device to measure a state of food. The indicating device is provided to be portable, separately from a refrigerator body. The indicating device includes a measurement terminal, which come into contact with food, only when contact is needed. The refrigerator also includes an input unit to receive data about a state of food, a determination unit to determine a storage condition for the food, based on the input food state data, and a controller to control driving of the cooling device, based on the determined food storage condition. The indicating device includes a measurement unit to obtain food state data, and a display to display the food state data. |
| US09546810B2 |
CO2 ventilation bulb seal for insulated galley cart
A galley cart system employs a dry ice compartment and a refrigeration compartment in a galley cart in flow communication with the dry ice compartment. A ventilation system is in interruptible flow communication with at least the refrigeration compartment and is for receiving gas discharged from at least the refrigeration compartment. |
| US09546809B2 |
Refrigerator appliance
Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface. The refrigerator appliance further includes a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a mullion, the mullion comprising an outer surface, and a fan mounted within one of the mullion, the fresh food door, or the freezer door, the fan configured to flow ambient air across the mullion. |
| US09546793B2 |
Radiant heater and combustion chamber
An improved radiant heater and combustion chamber for use with radiant heating are described. The combustion chamber is made up of two different materials in different regions, an insulating portion and a conductive portion. Heat transfer is maximized through the conductive portion, whose shape can be altered to modify the radiant energy being emitted. The improved radiant heater radiates substantial amounts of heat in useful directions over large distances without the use of reflectors. |
| US09546792B2 |
Cooker
A cooker including a first coating layer that is a general ceramic enamel layer and a second coating layer that includes phosphorus oxide-based components are coated on a surface of a cavity corresponding to the inner surface of the cooking chamber. Therefore, the inside of the cooking chamber can be more easily cleaned. |
| US09546790B2 |
System for gas oven control
An improved system for control of a gas oven appliance is provided. A valve provides for control of the flow of gas to the burner. After preheating the oven, the valve is cycled between high and low (or zero) gas flow rates at frequency that provides the overall desired heating rate of the cooking chamber during cooking operations. A variety of valve types may be used including proportional types and predetermined set point types (e.g., high-low, high-medium-low, or on-off). During cooking operations, between periods of cycling, the valve is at least partially closed (e.g., set to a lower gas flow rate or an off state). |
| US09546785B1 |
Sweep-based membrane separation process for removing carbon dioxide from exhaust gases generated by multiple combustion sources
A gas separation process for treating exhaust gases from multiple combustion sources. The invention involves directing an exhaust gas stream from one combustion step to a carbon capture step. An off-gas stream depleted in carbon dioxide from the carbon capture step is mixed with a second exhaust stream from a second combustion step to form a mixed gas stream. The mixed gas stream is passed as a feed stream across the feed side of a membrane that is selectively permeable to carbon dioxide over nitrogen and carbon dioxide over oxygen. A sweep gas stream, usually air, flows across the permeate side, and picks up the preferentially permeating carbon dioxide. The permeate stream withdrawn from the permeate side of the membrane is then recycled back to the combustor. |
| US09546782B2 |
Access resistant LED light
There is disclosed a LED light (10) including a lower housing (14), an upper housing (15), and a thermally insulative base gasket (16). The upper housing has a top wall (31) with a central mounting area (35) and a peripheral margin. The lighting portion includes a LED light array (37), a lens (48), and a lens gasket (49). The lower housing is coupled to the upper housing by a set of mounting screws (47). The LED light array is mounted to the top all of the upper housing through mounting screws (61) which are accessible only when the upper housing is disconnected from the lower housing. |
| US09546780B2 |
Light source module
A light source module includes a substrate, a circuit, at least one first light source unit, and at least one second light source. The circuit is disposed on the substrate and includes a first signal channel and a second signal channel. The first light source unit is disposed on a bearing surface, wherein the first light source unit has a first A pin and a first B pin having different polarity from the first A pin. The second light source unit is disposed on the bearing surface and is adjacent to the first light source unit, wherein the second light source unit has a second A pin and a second B pin having different polarity from the second A pin, and the second A pin is adjacent to the first A pin of the first light source unit and has a same polarity with the first A pin. |
| US09546779B2 |
Universal adaptable head light emission apparatus
A universally adaptable head light emission apparatus emits light outward from a user's face when implemented to illuminate an area in front of the user. The universally adaptable head light emission apparatus consists of a bridge light assembly, a pair of temple light assemblies, a bridge fastener and a plurality of interchangeable temple fasteners mounted onto a flexible elongated conduit. The universally adaptable head light emission apparatus mounts to safety glasses, prescription glasses, or directly onto the head of a user through the bridge fastener and the plurality of interchangeable fasteners. The bridge fastener and the plurality of interchangeable fasteners are selected depending on the mounting means necessary. The bridge light assembly and the pair of temple light assemblies are powered by a portable power supply to emit light outward from the user. |
| US09546778B2 |
LED module with protective film
An LED module may include at least one passage opening from a first side of the LED module to a mounting side of the LED module, located opposite the first side. The passage opening is formed in such a way that a screw for fixing the LED module to a mounting element can be inserted into the passage opening from the first side to the mounting side of the LED module, and with a film which, at least in part, is arranged in an adhesive manner on the first side of the LED module. The film has at least one structure which includes at least one piercing of the film in the area of the at least one passage opening of the LED module. |
| US09546777B2 |
Ultraviolet gemstone display box
A display box displays the fluorescence of a gemstone having naturally occurring phosphors. The box has a top portion hinged with a bottom portion. A compact ultraviolet LED assembly is mounted at a mounting angle in the insert in a cavity of the top portion. The LED assembly has: an LED circuit; a 3 watt 365 nm ultraviolet LED diode disposed on the LED circuit; and an optical collimator having a parabolic lens to focus the emitted LED radiation to a less than 15° spread. A compact battery for powering the LED assembly is provided in a recess of the bottom portion. A central holder/deck holds the gemstone in a direct path of the emitted collimated LED radiation of the LED assembly. In operation, the gemstone seated in the central holder/deck emits a corona of strong visible fluorescence while the ultraviolet radiation and the LED assembly are not seen. |
| US09546774B2 |
Luminous flux control member, light emitting device, and display device
Disclosed are a luminous flux control member, which includes an incident surface onto which a light is incident, a reflective surface reflecting the incident light, and a light exit surface outputting the reflected light according to at least two orientation angles based on one direction perpendicular to a central axis connecting a center of the incident surface with a center of the reflective surface, a light emitting device and a display device having the same. The uniformity in the brightness of the display device is ensured and the display device is realized in small size. |
| US09546768B2 |
Vehicle headlamp
A vehicle headlamp includes a lamp unit including a light source and being disposed inside a lamp outer casing, an actuator including a drive shaft and being detachable from a certain portion, a joint including a coupling portion and being detachable from the lamp unit, the coupling portion being coupled to the drive shaft in a state in which the joint is attached to the lamp unit. The lamp unit includes a plurality of unit configuration portions including the light source. The lamp unit is formed with a communication space which opens at least downward. At least one of the unit configuration portions can be removed at least downward through the communication space in a state in which the actuator has been detached from the certain portion and the joint has been detached from the lamp unit. |
| US09546767B2 |
Lamp unit and projector lens
A lamp unit 10 is one for use in a vehicle lamp. The lamp unit 10 includes a light source mounting portion on which a light source is mounted, and a projector lens 100 that is disposed on a vehicle front side of the light source. The projector lens includes an incident surface 100a on which light emitted from the light source is incident, a convex emission surface 100b from which the light incident on the incident surface is emitted forwardly of the lamp, a connection surface 100c that connects an edge part of the incident surface 100a and an edge part of the emission surface 100b. The connection surface 100c includes, at least in a partial area thereof, a convex surface that is convex, in section including an optical axis, outward in a diameter direction. |
| US09546762B2 |
LED assembly
Disclosed are LED assemblies and their applications. An example LED assembly has an LED chip, a supportive structure and a transparent structure. The LED chip includes a transparent substrate, at least one LED cell, and two pads. The transparent substrate has a top surface with two terminals. The LED cell is formed on the top surface, and includes at least one light-emitting stack configured to emit light. The pad is formed on the top surface at the two terminals. The supportive structure has a transparent portion and a conductive portion. The conductive portion is connected to the transparent portion to fix the LED chip and supply electric power to at least one of the pads. The transparent structure encapsulates the LED cell. |
| US09546760B2 |
Sealing system for a continuous feed system of a gasifier
A modular power generation system including a gasification reactor is disclosed for converting fuel, such as, but not limited to, biomass, to syngas to replace petroleum based fuels used in power generation. The system may include a reactor vessel with distinct reaction zones that facilitate greater control and a more efficient system. The system may include a sealing system for a continuous feed system of a gasifier enabling an inlet opening of a feedstock system to remain open yet seal the reactor without a mechanical system. The system may include a syngas heater channeling syngas collected downstream of the carbon layer support and to the pyrolysis reaction zone. The system may also include a syngas separation chamber configured to produce clean syngas, thereby requiring less filtering. The system may further include an agitator drive assembly that prevents formation of burn channels with in the fuel. |
| US09546752B2 |
Device for detecting and isolating fuel leaks in a vehicle
A device for detecting fuel leaks in a vehicle is provided. The device includes a body configured to be mounted in sealing engagement around a portion of a fuel line in the vehicle; and a collection chamber configured to collect fuel that leaks from the fuel line within the body. The body is configured to direct the fuel leaked from the fuel line to the collection chamber. At least a portion of the body or collection chamber is transparent to enable presence of the fuel leaked from the fuel line to be visually verified. The collection chamber is operatively connected to a drain connector. |
| US09546749B2 |
Non-metallic expansion/deflection coupling modules
An improved device for coupling rigid non-metallic conduits is disclosed. The claimed device is capable of allowing movement in an axial direction due to expansion and contraction and can also compensate for angular or parallel deflection of the conduits. |
| US09546745B2 |
Bi-directional roller assembly
A roller assembly comprises a base; a pedestal movably positioned on the base; and a roller fixably positioned relative to the pedestal and movable axially relative to the base. A method of assembling a roller assembly comprises mounting a pedestal on a base of the roller assembly such that the pedestal is movable relative to the base; and fixably positioning a roller relative to the pedestal such that the roller is movable axially relative to the base. |
| US09546741B2 |
Adjustable operating rod for a hydrant
An adjustable operating rod assembly is provided. In one embodiment a telescoping rod and tube are provided such that the length of the operating rod can be selectively adjusted in order to accommodate fluid inlet pipes of various lengths and regardless of manufacturer. |
| US09546738B2 |
Air valve seat
An air valve includes a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet and an outlet; a seat mounted within the valve body and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the outlet of the valve body, the upper surface and the lower surface defining a bore and a fastener hole, the bore and the fastener hole extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface further defining a first sealing ridge and a second sealing ridge, a second sealing ridge, the first sealing ridge and the second sealing ridge extending between the bore and the fastener hole; a fastener extending through the fastener hole into the valve body; and a float moveable within the valve body and engageable with the bore of the seat. |
| US09546722B2 |
Clutch system
A clutch system selectably connects a vehicle rear axle to a motor. The clutch system includes an intermediate shaft to fixably attach to a side gear of a differential for rotation therewith. A case of the differential is connected to the motor via a gear train. Another side gear of the differential is affixed to an output shaft, and the output shaft extends through a center of rotation of an armature of the motor to connect to a road wheel of a vehicle. A clutch is to selectably connect the intermediate shaft to another output shaft connected to another road wheel of the vehicle. An actuator is to actuate the clutch to an engaged state and thereby selectably connect the intermediate shaft to the other output shaft. The output shaft, the other output shaft, and the motor rotate independently when the clutch is not in the engaged state. |
| US09546719B2 |
Multi-mode transmission for vehicle powertrain system
A torque transmission device for a powertrain system includes a continuously variable transmission (CVU) arranged in parallel with a transfer gear set. The CVU variator includes a first pulley rotatably coupled to a first rotating member and a second pulley rotatably coupled to a second rotating member. The transfer gear set includes a first gear selectively rotatably coupled to a second gear via activation of a clutch. The clutch includes a first rotating element and a second rotating element that rotate in concert when the clutch is activated. The first rotating element rotatably couples to the first rotating member and the second rotating element rotatably couples to the first gear. The first gear rotates in a fixed ratio with rotation of the second gear when the clutch is activated. The second gear rotatably couples to the second rotating member. |
| US09546716B2 |
Adjusting drive and method for producing an adjusting drive
An adjusting drive, in particular for a steering column adjuster or a vehicle seat of a motor vehicle, and a method for producing an adjusting drive, are provided in which an axial play of the output shaft is reliably and permanently compensated. The compensating element for ensuring the axial-play-free arrangement of the output shaft is connected, in its operating position, to the housing by ultrasound welding. |
| US09546715B2 |
Device for manually actuating a piece of closing or sun protection equipment
The invention relates to a device (32) for manually actuating a piece of closing or sun protection equipment (10), in particular of the blinds or rolling shutters type, including a stationary case (42) having two aligned bearings (44) defining an axis of rotation (200), a worm (34) guided in rotation in the bearings (44) and a driving rod (54) to rotate the worm (34). The worm (34) being passed through by an axial hole (52), the driving rod (54) being able to be inserted in the axial hole (52) by securing the driving rod (54) in rotation with the worm (34). A snapping connection between an elastically deformable staple (56) and a bearing shoulder (64) allows the insertion of the driving rod (54) into the axial hole (52), and blocking the removal of the driving rod (54) inserted into the axial hole (52). |
| US09546710B2 |
Procedure for engaging a form-locking shift element to realize a gear in an automatic transmission, whereat at least one further friction shift element is to be engaged to realize the gear to be activated
A method of engaging a form-interlocking shifting element to obtain a gear in an automatic transmission in which at least one further, frictional shifting element is involved in obtaining the gear to be engaged and a shifting element, not involved in obtaining the gear to be engaged but which serves as a synchronizing shifting element, is actuated in order to synchronize the interlocking shifting element to be engaged. The further, frictional shifting element, involved in engaging the gear, is engaged and then disengaged, to a defined extent, to bring the frictional shifting element to a slipping condition, in order to ensure the engagement of the interlocking shifting element. |
| US09546702B2 |
Disc brake for a commercial vehicle
A disc brake for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper having a receiving space for functional elements, a mounting and functional opening of the receiving space being closed by a closure plate through which at least one adjusting spindle extends. The closure plate is fastened to the brake caliper so that it can be non-destructively detached. The closure plate, in a first sub-region, is screwed to the brake caliper and, in a second sub-region, is interlockingly held on the brake caliper. |
| US09546700B2 |
Spring brake actuator and method for making a spring brake actuator
A brake actuator is provided, in which a diaphragm, used in conjunction with a piston which compresses a parking brake-actuating spring, is arranged such that its outer peripheral region is captured between opposing housing flange portions such that a seal between the interior and exterior of the brake actuator housing is provided in a radially-oriented region of the diaphragm and the housing flange portions away from housing portion jointing components such as a clamp ring or individual fasteners. The diaphragm may also be provided with a wedge-shaped portion at its outer periphery which is axially oriented and configured to reside in a corresponding annular gap between the opposing housing flange portions. |
| US09546699B2 |
Clutched motor and device for opening and closing openable body
First and second clutches allow first and second tubular output shafts to pivot when a motor generates rotation at a second rotation speed or higher. A third clutch allows a pivot shaft to pivot when the motor rotates at a speed lower than a first rotation speed. A control plate is arranged at a first pivot position, second pivot position, or third pivot position. At the first pivot position, the first and second tubular output shafts are moved to positions in an axial direction allowing first and second rotated members to rotate. At the second pivot position, the first and second tubular output shafts are moved to positions in the axial direction allowing only the first rotated member to rotate. At the third pivot position, the first and second tubular output shafts are moved to positions in the axial direction allowing only the second rotated member to rotate. |
| US09546697B2 |
Vehicle power transmission system
A vehicle power transmission system includes a clutch having a friction plate, a clutch plate, and a pressure plate for elastically pressing the friction plate or the clutch plate by a pressure elastic body, a clutch actuator that applies a clutch OFF pressing force to the pressure plate, and a control device. When causing the clutch to shift to a clutch ON state, the control device controls operation of the clutch actuator to make the clutch OFF pressing force less than an elastic force of the pressure elastic body and apply an anti-assist force to the pressure plate. |
| US09546696B2 |
Driveline disconnect device
In at least some implementations, a disconnect assembly for a driveline component, such as a power transfer unit, may include an input shaft, a disconnect shaft selectively rotated by the input shaft and an output shaft coupled to the disconnect shaft. A first gear is coupled to the disconnect shaft and a second gear is coupled to the output shaft and to the first gear so that the output shaft rotates when the disconnect shaft rotates. A connection feature is movable between an engaged position in which the input shaft and disconnect shaft are coupled and a disengaged position in which the input shaft rotates relative to the disconnect shaft. The connection feature includes a first part carried by the gear for rotation therewith and a second part movable relative to the first part and carried by the input shaft for rotation with the input shaft. |
| US09546689B2 |
Machine arrangement
A machine arrangement, including at least one bearing ring, wherein a glass fiber is connected with the machine arrangement. To allow a proper measurement of stresses even at curved surfaces of the machine arrangement as it is typical in the case of bearing rings, the connection between the glass fiber and the machine arrangement is established by a metallic material which metal material is connected by material bonding with the machine arrangement as well as with the glass fiber. |
| US09546686B2 |
Rolling bearing comprising a sealing flange
A rolling bearing comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, at least one row of rolling elements that are disposed radially between the rings, at least one seal forming a first sealing component that is fixed to one of the rings and engages with the other ring, and at least one flange forming a second sealing component that is fixed to the other ring and is offset axially with respect to the seal on the outer side of the bearing. At least one of the first and second sealing components comprises at least two annular ribs, the other sealing component being mounted axially in contact therewith. At least one closed annular space is delimited by the ribs and by the other sealing component. At least one lubricant is disposed inside the space. |
| US09546684B2 |
Seal unit for rolling-element bearing and rolling-element bearing including the seal unit
A seal unit for a rolling-element bearing having an inner bearing ring and an outer bearing ring. The seal unit includes an at least part-ring shaped element having a seal lip, the at least part-ring shaped element is configured for attachment to the inner bearing ring, and the outer bearing ring is tiltable through a limited angle with respect to the inner bearing ring. Also a rolling-element bearing having such a seal unit. |
| US09546678B2 |
Structural joint with multi-axis load carrying capability
A structural joint is formed of a mandrel having a plurality of bumps and dimples formed thereon which is fitted into a sleeve. The bumps and dimples form a non-circular geometry at all points along the length of the mandrel. The bumps are defined by surfaces which have 1st and 2nd derivatives which are continuous. |
| US09546677B2 |
Methods and systems for powering a generator with a vehicle power take-off
Methods and systems are presented for powering a generator via a flexible driveshaft coupled to a vehicle power take off unit. In one example, a flexible driveshaft with a non-rotatable outer sheath and inner, rotatable mandrel may be coupled to a generator complementary connector to power the generator with torque from a power take off unit. |
| US09546674B1 |
Interlocking device for a tray in a supporting structure
The interlocking device for a tray in a supporting structure while enabling the tray to be removed from the supporting structure. The tray can include a device that engages with at least one engaging device in the supporting structure. The tray is inserted into the supporting structure using the guide or other engaging device. When the tray is fully inserted into the supporting structure, the tray can be secured to the supporting structure by the interlocking device. The interlocking device secures the tray to the supporting structure by a locking mechanism that selectively engages a first recess and a handle that selectively engages a second recess in the supporting structure. When the tray is to be removed from the supporting structure, the interlocking device disengages from the first and second recesses and enables the tray to be removed without interference of the tray and the supporting structure. |
| US09546673B2 |
Hydraulic drive system
A hydraulic drive system includes a pump, a steering actuator, a loading/unloading apparatus actuator, a drive device, a relief valve, and an input unit. The drive device: flows hydraulic oil from the pump to the loading/unloading apparatus actuator when an operating tool is operated; flows the hydraulic oil from the pump to the steering actuator when a steering has become an operated state from a non-operated state regardless of an operation of the operating tool; and causes the hydraulic oil from the pump to be discharged to a tank via the relief valve to increase the torque of an engine when an increase instruction is inputted to the input unit and the steering is in a non-operated state. |
| US09546671B2 |
Pressure exchange device
A pressure exchange device is equipped with a rotator, for which first flow paths through which a first fluid flows in and out and second flow paths through which a second fluid flows in and out are arranged around a shaft center so as to penetrate through in the direction of the rotation axis. The device includes a first lateral member with a first fluid inflow path, a second fluid outflow path, a second fluid inflow path, and a first fluid outflow path. The device also includes a second lateral member with communication sections that connect the first flow paths and the second flow paths and exchange pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid. |
| US09546670B2 |
Jet pump for delivering fuel
In a jet pump (22) for delivering fuel for a vehicle, a pre-filter for a nozzle (30) is formed in that a duct (47, 50) is formed between the nozzle (30) and a receptacle (36) for the nozzle in a pump body, the diameter of which duct is smaller than a diameter of a nozzle opening of the nozzle (30). |
| US09546664B2 |
Fan system
A fan system suitable for an electronic device is provided. The fan system includes a fan module and a fan protecting module. The fan module includes a base and a fan blade assembly. The base is disposed at the electronic device and has a chamber. The fan blade assembly includes a fan blade and a shaft portion. The fan blade is fixed on the shaft portion. The shaft portion is rotatably contained in the chamber. The fan protecting module includes an electromagnetic component and an accelerometer. The electromagnetic component is disposed at a position adjacent to the shaft portion. The accelerometer is disposed in the electronic device and coupled to the electromagnetic component. When an acceleration of the electronic device detected by the accelerometer is greater than a threshold value, the electromagnetic component applies magnetic force to the shaft portion to prevent the shaft portion from overly shifting or deflecting. |
| US09546661B2 |
Rotor machine intended to function as a pump or an agitator and an impeller for such a rotor machine
The invention concerns a rotor machine and an impeller, of which the rotor machine is intended to function as a liquid pump or as an agitator in a fluid such as a liquid or a colloid, whereby the rotor machine has a pump casing (1) with an impeller (2) mounted in bearings in a manner that allows rotation around an axis (X), and in which the rotor machine has three principal flow pathways, comprising: —an axial inlet opening (4) with a defined area of opening (Ain) —a radially oriented outlet opening (5) with a defined area of opening (Aut), and —a series of radially extending blades (3) that, distributed around the circumference of the impeller, form between them a number of flow channels (22:1-22:n). In order to achieve an improved working capacity, the area of opening (Ain) of the inlet opening (4), the area of opening (Aut) of the outlet opening and the total effective area of opening of the flow channels (22:1-22:n) that extends through the impeller are so mutually designed that the three principal passages of the rotor machine are filled and emptied of the said fluid in an essentially equal manner. |
| US09546660B2 |
Compressor system with resonator
In one form, a compressor system includes a compressor, and an annular ring disposed downstream of the compressor and structured to reduce pressure fluctuations in the pressurized air discharged by the compressor. The annular ring may include an internal passage for conducting the pressurized air. The annular ring may include at least one resonator in fluid communication with the internal passage. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith. |
| US09546653B2 |
Electromagnetic valve and high pressure pump using the same
An electromagnetic body has a movable core reciprocatably movable within a movable core chamber. The movable core has through holes and a fitting hole that pass through the movable core in a direction of movement of the movable core. A stator core facing the movable core defines the movable core chamber together with the electromagnetic body. A valve stem is fixed into the fitting hole and has a fluid chamber recessed from a first end surface facing the stator core. Air bubbles generated in a gap can be guided into the fluid chamber and collapse by flow of the fuel flowing into the fluid chamber from the through holes through the gap. |
| US09546647B2 |
Gas balanced brayton cycle cold water vapor cryopump
The primary invention is to cool a water vapor cryopump using a Gas Balanced Brayton cycle refrigerator. The refrigerator is comprised of a compressor, a gas balanced reciprocating engine and a counterflow heat exchanger. It is connected to the cryopump through insulated transfer lines. Options include a gas storage volume with valves that can adjust system pressures, a variable speed engine, gas lines between the compressor and cryopanel that by-pass the engine, and a gas line that by-passes the heat exchanger. This system can cool down and warm up rapidly, rapidly warm and cool the cryopanel without warming the engine, and reduce power input when the cryopanel heat load is reduced. |
| US09546644B2 |
Wind turbine for installation in buildings
In general a building, preferably a skyscraper, is situated with a face toward the prevailing winds of the area. Within the building is a system for capturing the prevailing winds and converting the prevailing winds into energy for use by the building or for local energy needs. The system is capable of being retrofitted into existing buildings because the elements of the system are scalable. |
| US09546642B2 |
Energy-storing and power-generating system and method for a vertical-axis wind generator
The energy-storing and power-generating system comprises an energy-storing system and a power-generating system. The energy-storing system comprises a high pressure gas generator, a water storage apparatus and a water turbine. The high pressure gas generator comprises at least one sealed high pressure gas tank (2) and an air compressor (1) cooperating therewith. The water storage apparatus comprises at least one sealed water tank (3). The air compressor is in communicated with the high pressure gas tank via a gas inlet pipe (4), while the high pressure gas tank is in communication with the water tank via a gas outlet pipe (5). The water tank is connected to a water inlet of the water turbine (10) via a water outlet pipe. Blades (102) of the water turbine are connected to the power generator via main gears. |
| US09546640B2 |
Pressurized solar power system with sealed bubble pressurizer and control system
Systems and methods for generating electrical power using a solar power system comprising pressurized pipes for transporting liquid water. The pressurized pipes flow through solar collectors which concentrate sunlight on the water flowing through the pipes. The pressurization in the pipes allows the water flowing through the pipes to absorb large quantities of energy. The pressurized and heated water is then pumped to a heat exchanger coil where the thermal energy is released to produce steam for powering a steam turbine electrical generator. Thereafter, the water is returned to the solar collectors in a closed loop to repeat the process. |
| US09546639B2 |
Hydraulic device of reversible type for the conversion of energy
The present invention relates to a hydraulic device of reversible type adapted to be used both as a water turbine and a hydraulic pump. Said device has characteristics of simplicity of construction and use. In the case of use as a water turbine it does not require distributors of a particular shape and does not require drops of great heights being adapted to take advantage of the pressure of the fluid and not only of the speed thereof. |
| US09546635B2 |
Remote start control for vehicles
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. |
| US09546632B2 |
Two-stroke engine with fuel injection
In a two-stroke engine including a scavenging port (43b) having an open end (42d) opening out in a side wall of the cylinder bore (3a) and communicating with a crank chamber (2a), the open end being configured to be closed and opened by the piston (22), a fuel injection device (71) is mounted on the engine main body so as to inject fuel onto a back side of the piston and/or a part of the side wall of the cylinder bore located under the piston via the open end of the scavenging port or via the open lower end of the cylinder bore. The fuel deposited on the surfaces of the piston and the cylinder inner wall promotes the cooling of such parts. |
| US09546631B2 |
Heat transfer systems for internal combustion engines and methods
A heat transfer system for use in an internal combustion engine and related methods are disclosed. The heat transfer system may be configured to absorb and transfer heat from a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The heat transfer system may also be configured to reintroduce absorbed and/or transferred heat into the internal combustion engine via a fuel injector or another suitable device. Removal of the heat from the combustion chamber may reduce a quantity of work required or used for compression of a first combustion fluid, increase a charge density in the combustion chamber, and/or increase the compression ratio of the engine. Additionally, the heat transfer system may be designed such that it may be used to retrofit an existing internal combustion engine. |
| US09546627B2 |
Support structure of direct fuel injection valve
In a support structure of a direct fuel injection valve capable of supporting a fuel injection valve stably for a long period of time, a valve housing is made of a metal and is provided with a first load bearing portion which is to be supported by an engine in an axial direction of the valve housing, a rear end portion of the fixed core is provided with a second load bearing portion which is to be supported by a resilient holding member in the axial direction, and the first and second load bearing portions are held between the engine and the resilient holding members with a forward set load applied to the resilient holding member by a fuel distribution pipe fitted to a fuel inlet tube and fixed to the engine. |
| US09546626B2 |
Depth coalescing filter with barrier media patch
A filter including a ring of filter media circumscribing a central cavity, an exit passageway downstream of the central cavity and that has an inlet opening disposed within the central cavity, and a hydrophobic foraminous membrane disk that spans the inlet opening for separating water from fuel passing through the hydrophobic foraminous membrane disk. |
| US09546622B2 |
Intake control device
The present invention provides an intake control device that appropriately restricts the flow of intake air when a valve body is set to a restriction position while the valve body is smoothly operated. The valve body is configured such that it is supported so as to be capable of swinging with respect to a sleeve, and when the valve body is set to the restriction position, a main valve portion of the valve body is lifted upward from a bottom plate, and a secondary valve portion of the valve body is sunk into an accommodating space of the bottom plate. In the accommodating space, a stepped portion that allows outward displacement from an inner surface of the sleeve is formed, and a seal portion that is brought closer to the stepped portion when the valve body is set to the restriction position is formed in the secondary valve portion. |
| US09546616B2 |
Fuel supply system
A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine has a fuel pump capable of pumping fuel from a fuel tank to the internal combustion engine, a motor driving the fuel pump, a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure of the fuel pumped from the fuel pump, and a control unit configured to output control signals to the motor. The control unit is configured to perform feedback control of duty ratio of the control signals for the motor, and to control the duty lower limit guard value in order to limit an amount of decreases of the duty lower limit guard value in the step-like manner when a duty lower limit guard value decreases. |
| US09546611B2 |
M index determination systems and methods for Wiebe functions
A parameter determination system includes first and second difference modules, a ratio module, and an M index module. The first difference module determines a first crankshaft angle of a combustion event of an engine, determines a second crankshaft angle of the combustion event of the engine, and determines a first difference between the first and second crankshaft angles. The second difference module determines a third crankshaft angle of the combustion event of the engine, determines a fourth crankshaft angle of the combustion event of the engine, and determines a second difference between the third and fourth crankshaft angles. The ratio module determines a ratio of the first difference to the second difference. The M index module determines an M index value for the Wiebe function based on the ratio and displays the M index value on a display. |
| US09546610B2 |
System and method for preventing unauthorized modification to engine control software or an engine control system
A system and method for preventing unauthorized modification to engine control software or an engine control system of, for example, a refrigerated transport application is provided. Particularly, the embodiments described herein prevent unauthorized parties from inadvertently or intentionally making changes to the engine control software used for controlling the engine or the engine control system that could, for example, potentially bypass emission strategies implemented in the refrigerated transport application. Accordingly, emission strategies such as, for example, EPA Tier IV not-to-exceed (“NTE”) regulations can be maintained. |
| US09546609B2 |
Integrated gas nozzle check valve and engine using same
A gas supply nozzle assembly for port injection of gaseous fuel into a cylinder of an engine includes a main body with a funnel shape that has a large area inlet for attachment to a metering valve and a small end. A centerline of the main body curves through an angle greater than zero. An end nozzle that defines a gas passage extending between an inlet and a discharge end. A check valve is clamped between the small end of the main body and the inlet end of the end nozzle, and is biased closed to block flow from the end nozzle into the main body, the opening responsive to a pressure differential to permit flow from the main body into the end nozzle. |
| US09546606B2 |
Electronic throttle body assembly
A throttle body assembly includes a housing defining a throttle bore with a throttle plate in the bore and mounted on a shaft. An electric motor has a pinion gear. A gear assembly includes an intermediate gear and a sector gear and transfers rotational drive from the electric motor to the throttle plate. Biasing structure biases the sector gear and thus the shaft to cause the throttle plate to close the throttle bore defining a closed position thereof. When the motor is energized, rotation of the pinion gear causes rotation of the gear assembly, against the bias on the sector gear, thereby causing rotation of the shaft to move the throttle plate from the closed position to an open position. A position sensor assembly determines a position of the plate. |
| US09546604B2 |
Transient fault detection methods and systems
The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and computer-readable media for the detection of valve faults based on transient air pressure measurements. For example, a method for fault detection may comprise actuating a shut off valve to an open position, determining a first air pressure of air in an enclosed space at a first time, determining a second air pressure of the air in the enclosed space at a second time and in response to actuation of the shut off valve to an open position, subtracting the first air pressure and the second air pressure to obtain an actual pressure difference, comparing the actual pressure difference to a predetermined pressure difference, and determining, based on the transient comparison, whether at least one of the shut off valve and a check valve is in a failed state. |
| US09546603B2 |
Engine systems and methods for removing particles from turbine air
A cooling arrangement is provided for a gas turbine engine with a turbine section. The cooling arrangement includes a first conduit to receive cooling air that includes particles; a separator system coupled to the first conduit to receive the cooling air and configured to remove at least a portion of the particles to result in relatively clean cooling air and scavenge air including the portion of the particles; and a second conduit coupled to the separator system and configured to direct the relatively clean cooling air to the turbine section. |
| US09546602B2 |
Multi-layer acoustic treatment panel
A multilayer acoustic treatment panel including a first cellular-structure core sandwiched between a perforated skin and an intermediate skin; and a second cellular-structure core sandwiched between the intermediate skin and a continuous skin. The perforated skin includes at least one pair of high-porosity zones presenting a perforation ratio greater than a perforation ratio of a remainder of the perforated skin and including an inlet zone and an outlet zone longitudinally spaced apart from each other, the high-porosity zones of a given pair communicating through the first cellular-structure core and the intermediate skin with the two ends of a soundwave flow channel arranged in the second cellular-structure core. |
| US09546596B1 |
Silencer panel and system for having plastic perforated side wall and electrostatic particle removal
A silencer panel includes an acoustic absorbing material; and an enclosure surrounding the acoustic absorbing material. The enclosure includes at least one plastic, perforated side wall. A first electrostatic particle removing electrode may be associated with the enclosure to remove particles from a working fluid in conjunction with a second electrostatic particle removing electrode. |
| US09546595B2 |
Cover assembly for an engine
A cover assembly is provided for an engine block having at least one sidewall defining a service opening therein. The cover assembly includes a plate defining an opening therein, a fastening element rotatably disposed in the opening, and a clamping element. The plate has a first side, and a second side. The second side is configured to seat against an outer surface of the sidewall. The fastening element has a first portion configured to be axially restricted by the plate, and a second portion axially extending from the first portion. The second portion is disposed beyond the second side. The clamping element includes a central core disposed at the second side. The central core defines a threaded receptacle configured to engage with the second portion. The clamping element also includes multiple arms that radial extend from the central core and seat against an inner surface of the sidewall. |
| US09546588B2 |
Method of modifying engine oil cooling system
A method of modifying the oil cooling system of a diesel engine includes the steps of removing the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and installing a manifold having a configuration adapted to match the mounting configuration of the oil passages of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The manifold has an oil outlet port directed to a remotely mounted oil cooler. The manifold also has a water passage having a configuration that is adapted to match the mounting configuration of the water passages of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The water passage causes the entirety of the flow of water to be discharged back to the water cooling system of the engine where it is circulated by the water pump through the water cooling passages in the engine. |
| US09546580B2 |
Internal combustion engine with a double-stage separation blow-by gas recirculation system
An engine includes a crankcase; an oil sump; at least one balancing shaft mounted in a balancing tunnel of the crankcase, which includes first and second end portions and a central portion extending between the end portions; and a blow-by gas recirculation system having an inlet channel communicating with the oil sump, an outlet channel communicating with an intake manifold, a centrifugal separator arranged between said inlet and outlet channels, and a drainage channel opening into the oil sump for discharging separated liquid. The inlet channel communicates with said first end portion, and said centrifugal separator is housed in said second end portion and is driven in rotation by said balancing shaft. The outlet channel communicates with a gas outlet of said centrifugal separator, whereby, during operation, blow-by gas flows successively through the central portion and the centrifugal separator in a path from the inlet to the outlet channel. |
| US09546576B2 |
Fuel vaporization using data center waste heat
Systems and methods are provided for data center cooling by vaporizing fuel using data center waste heat. The systems include, for instance, an electricity-generating assembly, a liquid fuel storage, and a heat transfer system. The electricity-generating assembly generates electricity from a fuel vapor for supply to the data center. The liquid fuel storage is coupled to supply the fuel vapor, and the heat transfer system is associated with the data center and the liquid fuel storage. In an operational mode, the heat transfer system transfers the data center waste heat to the liquid fuel storage to facilitate vaporization of liquid fuel to produce the fuel vapor for supply to the electricity-generating assembly. The system may be implemented with the liquid fuel storage and heat transfer system being the primary fuel vapor source, or a back-up fuel vapor source. |
| US09546574B2 |
Engine liquid injection
A device capable of collecting a condensate from a working fluid is disclosed. The condensate can take the form of a liquid and can be injected into a flow path of an engine. In one form the engine is a gas turbine engine and the liquid is injected upstream of a combustor. The liquid can be produced using a component that cools the working fluid to condense a vapor within it. In one non-limiting form the component is part of a refrigeration system. In addition to producing condensate, the refrigeration system can cool the working fluid to be used as cooled cooling air to a turbine of a gas turbine engine. In another non-limiting embodiment a liquid derived from a blackwater containing waste from an organism can be delivered in whole or in part to a flow path of the engine. |
| US09546571B2 |
Mounting lug for connecting a vane to a turbine engine case
A turbine engine includes a vane and a case with a flange ring. The flange ring defines a channel that extends axially into a side of the flange ring to a channel end surface. The vane has a mounting lug that projects into the channel. The mounting lug includes a lug end surface that extends radially between substantially parallel lug side surfaces, where the lug end surface is engaged with the channel end surface. |
| US09546570B2 |
Bearing arrangement
A bearing arrangement is disclosed. The bearing arrangement includes first and second bearings, with each bearing including a respective support element and a respective set of rolling elements and defining a respective load path extending through the respective support element and rolling elements. The support elements are coupled such that a load applied to either support element is transmitted through both the first and second load paths. The arrangement further includes a pair of superelastic titanium alloy elements located in the respective load paths to provide resilient movement between the bearings when a load is applied to the bearing arrangement. |
| US09546569B2 |
Turbocharger with cooled turbine housing, cooled bearing housing, and a common coolant supply
A turbocharger has a turbine housing and a bearing housing that is connected to the turbine housing. The turbine housing is formed with a coolant inlet, a cooling jacket in the interior of the turbine housing, and a coolant outlet. The bearing housing has a coolant inlet, a cooling jacket in the interior of the bearing housing, and a coolant outlet. The coolant inlet of the bearing housing is connected to a branched coolant outlet of the turbine housing. The coolant outlet of the bearing housing is connected to a coolant return inlet of the turbine housing. |
| US09546566B2 |
Part comprising a coating on a superalloy metal substrate, the coating including a metal underlayer
The invention relates to a part comprising a coating on a superalloy metal substrate, the coating comprising a metal underlayer covering said substrate, the part being characterized in that said metal underlayer contains a base of nickel aluminide and also contains 0.5 at % to 0.95 at % of one or more stabilizer elements M from the group formed by Cu and Ag for stabilizing the gamma and gamma prime phases. |
| US09546565B2 |
Fluid intake and system for rotary machines
A fluid supply system for a rotary machine, the system includes a rotor assembly with an array of blades arranged to be driven about a primary axis to provide propulsive thrust in use, each blade having a longitudinal axis, the rotor assembly including a casing structure, wherein the casing structure is rotatable in unison with the blades about the primary axis; and a directional fluid intake, the intake being rotatably mounted at an outer surface of the casing structure about a second axis which is angularly offset from the primary axis and which is offset from and independent of the longitudinal axis of the blade. |
| US09546564B2 |
Rotor tip clearance
A method of characterizing mechanical and thermal growth of a rotor tip clearance arrangement and a method of controlling such an arrangement. The characterization method comprising constructing a finite element model and calibration cases; run the model for the calibration cases to obtain displacements; and calculating component growth therefrom. The growth is characterized and scaled for the operating conditions. The clearance is calculated in a time step from the growths and input to a control arrangement for subsequent time steps. |
| US09546560B2 |
Compact double grounded mechanical carbon seal
A disclosed intershaft seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a support fixed to a static structure. A first seal housing is supported radially outboard of the support for holding a first seal. A second seal housing is supported radially inboard of the support and supports a second seal. A first biasing member is provided between the support and the first seal housing that biases the first seal housing in a first direction away from the support. A second biasing member between the support and the second seal housing biases the second seal housing in a second direction away from the support. |
| US09546559B2 |
Lock link mechanism for turbine vanes
A lock link for locking variable stage stator vanes in a compressor includes a substantially planar body portion having a slot formed on one edge and a narrow neck portion extending away from an opposite edge, the narrow neck portion adapted to seat in a corresponding slot in an adjacent lock link attached to an adjacent vane; and a profiled opening in the substantially planar body portion adapted to receive a key provided on a vane stem to prevent relative rotation between the vane and the lock link. |
| US09546554B2 |
Gas turbine engine components with blade tip cooling
A turbine rotor blade for a turbine section of an engine is provided. The rotor blade includes a platform and an airfoil extending from the platform into a mainstream gas path of the turbine section. The airfoil includes a pressure side wall, a suction side wall joined to the pressure side wall at a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a tip cap extending between the suction side wall and the pressure side wall. The rotor blade further includes an internal cooling circuit having a tip cap passage configured to deliver cooling air to the tip cap and a flow accelerator positioned within the tip cap passage of the internal cooling circuit. |
| US09546549B2 |
Ventilation system for tunnel section or covered road
Ventilation system (1) of a tunnel or covered road section (2), in which the tunnel (2) comprises at least a first tunnel tube or carriageway (11; 11, 12) with a first entrance (3; 3, 5) and a first exit (4; 4, 6) for traffic (T1; T1, T2) through the at least first tunnel tube (11), and the ventilation system (1) is equipped for: —the production of a blind flow or recirculation flow of air inside the at least first tunnel tube during use, and —the controlled discharge of air from the blind flow or recirculation flow at the entrance and/or exit of the at least first tunnel tube. |
| US09546537B2 |
Multi-positioning flow control apparatus using selective sleeves
An actuating apparatus comprises a sleeve disposed within a wellbore tubular, at least one actuable member, and a deformable seat engaged to the sleeve. The sleeve is configured to longitudinally translate along the wellbore tubular interior, and at least one actuable member engages the sleeve and the wellbore tubular. The deformable seat is configured to form a sealing engagement with a driving member, and the deformable seat is configured to deform in response to the driving member passing through the deformable seat. |
| US09546535B2 |
Packer plug with retractable latch, downhole system, and method of retracting packer plug from packer
A packer plug includes a retractable latch having at least one radially compressible finger having threads on an exterior surface, and a housing operatively arranged to move the at least one radially compressible finger inwardly during longitudinal movement of the housing in an uphole direction. |
| US09546533B2 |
High efficiency radiation-induced triggering for set-on-command compositions and methods of use
Systems and methods that utilize bremsstrahlung radiation may be used to facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons. |
| US09546531B2 |
Rotating and reciprocating swivel apparatus and method
What is provided is a method and apparatus wherein a swivel can be detachably connected to an annular blowout preventer thereby separating the drilling fluid or mud into upper and lower sections and allowing the fluid to be displaced in two stages, such as while the drill string is being rotated and/or reciprocated. In one embodiment the sleeve or housing can be rotatably and sealably connected to a mandrel. The swivel can be incorporated into a drill or well string and enabling string sections both above and below the sleeve to be rotated in relation to the sleeve. In one embodiment the drill or well string does not move in a longitudinal direction relative to the swivel. In one embodiment, the drill or well string does move longitudinally relative to the sleeve or housing of the swivel. |
| US09546528B2 |
Cable duct device in a swelling packer
A cable duct device in a swellable packer, in which the swellable packer is provided with at least one opening therethrough which is adapted to constitute a duct for a cable. |
| US09546525B2 |
Apparatus and methods for setting slips on a tubular member
Systems, apparatus and methods are usable for automatically engaging and setting slips of an automatic slip setting apparatus about a tubular, when the automatic slip setting apparatus is properly positioned relative to a desired section of the tubular for gripping, lifting and/or holding, and installing and/or removing the tubular, in or out from a wellbore, while preventing slippage and/or dropping of the tubular. The automatic slip setting apparatus is usable with an elevator or spider assembly, each comprising a main body having a central opening extending therethrough, a plurality of slips, and a yoke. An arm assembly, connected to the elevator or spider assembly, moves when contacted by a tubular moving through the central opening, and a latching member, which is connected to the yoke, can be moved by the arm assembly, thereby causing the plurality of slips to move to a closed position for gripping the tubular. |
| US09546524B2 |
Handling and recovery devices for tubular members and associated methods
Implementations described herein include a hoisting device and method for handling, coupling and recovery of tubular members such as drill string components. The hoisting device has a self-energizing gripping means configured to releasably engage a drill string component. In one aspect, the self-energizing gripping means can be operable to increase at least one of a radial biasing force and a contact friction force applied to a drill string component, causing the gripping means to increase the overall gripping force applied to the component with minimal effort exerted by a hoisting device operator. |
| US09546522B2 |
Lead supporting device of drilling machine
The present invention relates to a lead supporting device of a drilling machine. The lead supporting device of the drilling machine includes: a frame of the drilling machine; a lead coupled to the frame of the drilling machine by a hinge shaft, the lead being rotated in a predetermined angle; main cylinders disposed on the frame of the drilling machine and the lead to rotate the lead with respect to the frame; a head part elevatably disposed on the lead to perform a drilling process; a rotatable guide body coupled to the frame of the drilling machine by the hinge shaft; a guide rod rotatably hinge-coupled to the lead, the guide rod being slidable along the guide body; and a lead position fixing unit including a grasping part disposed on the guide body to fix the guide rod to the guide body, thereby fixing the position of the lead. |
| US09546520B2 |
Cutting element, tool and method of cutting within a borehole
A cutting element includes a body having two planes, each of the two planes defining a plurality of edges, and a support extending from a first of the two planes. The support and the body are configured such that when at least one of the plurality of edges and the support are in contact with the planar surface, edges of the plurality of edges on a second of the two planes form cutting edges and the second of the two planes forms an acute angle with the planar surface. The second of the two planes of the cutting element has a recess formed therein sized and positioned to be receptive to a support of a second cutting element similar to the cutting element when the first of the two planes of the second cutting element is butted against the second of the two planes of the cutting element. |
| US09546518B2 |
Power section and transmission of a downhole drilling motor
Power section and transmission components within a downhole drilling motor that may reduce or eliminate axial thrust loads on the transmission of the drilling motor are provided. The transmission may utilize a driven shaft coupled between two connectors that enable torque transfer to and from the transmission while allowing the driven shaft to move freely in two planes. The power section may include a rotor with a through bore and a flex-shaft disposed in the through bore. The flex-shaft may be designed to rotate with the rotor. The flex-shaft may extend beyond the length of the rotor in one direction to be centralized within a bearing assembly. The opposite end of the flex-shaft may include a load-carrying shoulder that is retained in the bottom end of the rotor. |
| US09546516B2 |
System and method for selecting drilling components
According to one embodiment, a method for selecting drilling components is disclosed. The method may include determining properties of drilling components. The drilling components may include a bottom hole assembly (BHA) and drilling fluid. The properties of drilling components may include BHA properties and drilling fluid properties. The method may also include determining a total organic carbon content in a rock formation unit using a computer. The method may further include determining a pyrite content in the rock formation unit using the computer. The method may still further include determining whether the BHA and the drilling fluid are incompatible for use in the rock formation, based upon the BHA properties, drilling fluid properties, the total organic carbon content, and the pyrite content. |
| US09546515B2 |
Smart device position and orientation synchronization function
A method in accordance with the invention includes prompting a user to align a mobile device with a geometric feature (e.g., a window sill, corner, etc.) of a window. The method further determines a position and orientation of the window using sensors of the mobile device. Based on the position and orientation of the window, the method determines a position of the sun over time relative to the window. The method automatically adjusts a window covering of the window to take into account the position of the sun over time. For example, the method may automatically tilt slats of a window blind or open or close a window covering to take into account the position of the sun over time. A corresponding system is also disclosed herein. |
| US09546513B2 |
Edge seal assemblies for hermetic insulating glass units and vacuum insulating glass units
A method of manufacturing VIGUs and IGUs comprises providing a first lite; providing a second lite spaced apart from the first lite to form a cavity therebetween; and encircling the lites with a one piece band. Spacers of a metal solder alloy or other reflowable material are inserted between the band and the perimeter edges of the lites. The assembly is heated in an evacuated environment, causing the spacers to melt and hermetically bond to the lites, but not until the cavity has been substantially evacuated. |
| US09546509B2 |
Hinge
In the case of a hinge having a body hinge part which can be preassembled on a body and a door hinge part which can be preassembled on a door leaf, wherein the hinge parts are connected to each other in an articulated manner, provision is made for the body and door hinge parts to have respective flange parts fastenable onto a surface, and a height- and depth-adjusting device is arranged in the body flange part and has at least one first fastening element which can be used to fix the set height and depth position of the door leaf in relation to the body. |
| US09546508B2 |
MEMS hinges with enhanced rotatability
A mechanical device includes a long, narrow element made of a rigid, elastic material. A rigid frame is configured to anchor at least one end of the element, which is attached to the frame, and to define a gap running longitudinally along the element between the beam and the frame, so that the element is free to move within the gap. A solid filler material, different from the rigid, elastic material, fills at least a part of the gap between the element and the frame so as to permit a first mode of movement of the element within the gap while inhibiting a different, second mode of movement. |
| US09546507B2 |
Safety bolt device and system
A safety bolt device comprising: a drop down bolt, the drop down bolt comprising: a cross-member; a first vertical pin attached to a first end of the cross-member; a second vertical pin attached to a second end of the cross-member; a door receiver configured to receive the first vertical pin, the door receiver comprising: a bolt; a jamb receiver configured to receive the second vertical pin, the jamb receiver comprising: a pin; where the door receiver is configured to attach to a door, and the jamb receiver is configured to attach to the door jamb of the door, and where the safety bolt device is configured to prevent the door from being opened when the drop down bolt has been dropped into the door receiver and the jamb receiver. |
| US09546499B2 |
Retractable column and method of forming
The present invention is an improved apparatus and method for forming a retractable tower or column. The present invention includes pointed hooks wherein the hooks are attached to each section of a section chain, one in a horizontal direction and one in an off-set manner. The section chains are placed on a take up mechanism in an operable position and then raised utilizing a motor. As the section chains are raised, they are guided by a guide tower, rollers, shims, and gear racks into a position whereby hooks from adjacent sections of the section chains form coupled engagements. The coupled engagement of the hooks of the sections of each adjacent section chains thereby form the column. |
| US09546495B2 |
Method for constructing cylindrical tank
A method for constructing a cylindrical tank which has a metallic inner tank and a concrete outer tank includes a step of building up a PC wall in an outer circumferential edge portion of a base plate, a step of assembling an outer tank roof on the base plate other than the outer circumferential edge portion of the base plate, a step of lifting the outer tank roof which is on the base plate using a jack-up unit while the PC wall is being built up and then holding the outer tank roof on the PC wall, and a step of assembling the inner tank independently of the outer tank roof in a space under the outer tank roof which is created due to the lifting. |
| US09546494B2 |
Portable aircraft storage system
A portable aircraft storage system for storing aircraft. The portable aircraft storage system generally includes a container having an enclosed space therein. The container has several connected walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A door is connected to the top wall by a hinge. The door rotates about the hinge between an open and a closed position. A front sliding section is coupled to the door. The front sliding section slides into and out of the enclosed space. A rear sliding section is coupled to the rear wall. The rear sliding section slides into and out of the enclosed space. |
| US09546493B2 |
Portable pool cleaner
The present portable pool cleaner is provided with an improved annular impeller, which facilitates the possible use of a fore receptacle without a filter bag, operating as an eddy trap for large debris, and also facilitates having an aft receptacle incorporating a filter bag or direct connection to in pool filtration systems. The annual impeller is able to effectively limit object size passing to the next stage, within impeding or striking objections passing through the inside gap in the annular impeller. The impeller duct/annular shape, with internal spiral blades, forms a through hole for the light sewage to more easily pass, while heavier particles in the sewage are trapped. The optional fore and aft receptacles may be detachable to facilitate cleaning, replacement and access to the impeller for cleaning or replacement. The handheld design facilitates underwater use. |
| US09546491B2 |
Surface gravity wave generator and wave pool
A surface gravity wave generator and wave pool is disclosed. A wave pool is formed of opposing side walls and a center channel of water. The channel includes a bottom contour with a depth that runs from a deep end to a shoal or beach. One or more three-dimensional foils are vertically arranged along at least one side wall, and moved against the water in the channel. Each foil has a curvilinear cross-sectional geometry that defines a leading surface that is adapted to generate a wave in water moving past the leading surface, and a trailing surface configured for flow recovery to avoid separation of the flow of water in the wave and to mitigate drag from the foil from the water moving past the leading surface. |
| US09546488B2 |
Speed striker multi-function masonry tool
A multifunction masonry tool includes a handle adapted to be held firmly in the grip of one hand. The handle is a polygonal solid, with for example four sides arrayed in generally rectangular or square cross-sectional arrangement. A narrow neck is disposed adjacent to a first end of the handle to enhance the grip of the thumb and forefinger. A loop extends from one end of the handle and a pick extends from the opposed end, both formed of a hardened, form-retaining rod material. The pick and loop may be formed from a single piece of the rod material that extends axially through the handle. |
| US09546484B2 |
Concrete panel, panel kit, and concrete panel connector structure for forming reinforced concrete building components
A concrete panel system includes first, second, and third rectangular precast concrete panels, each defining a respective top edge, bottom edge, and first and second lateral edges. A first type connector is formed in the concrete material at least along the top edge of the first panel and along the first lateral edge of the first panel. A second type connector is formed in the concrete material at least along the second lateral edge of the second panel, and along the bottom edge of the third panel. The first type connector and the second type connector are configured to connect together, and a cavity is formed between the respective panel edges. This cavity extends along both the top edge of the first panel and the first lateral edge of the first panel to facilitate positioning reinforcing bar traversing a corner of the first or second panel. |
| US09546480B2 |
Insulating roof support assembly, a method of installing such roof support assembly and an insulating roof construction
The present invention concerns an insulating roof support assembly for a roof structure comprising a plurality roof elongated rafters spaced apart in a predetermined distance with insulation boards therebetween, wherein elongated mineral wool fiber insulation elements are provided on the top of each of the elongated roof rafters and elongated wooden elements on top of said insulation elements with at least one impermeable membrane between at least two neighbouring insulation elements sandwiched between the wooden elements and the insulation elements. |
| US09546479B2 |
Panel for sheathing system and method
The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may include indicia for aligning strips of tape or for aligning fasteners. A method for manufacturing the water resistant building panels is also disclosed and includes the steps of feeding paper onto a forming belt, depositing lignocellulosic material and the binding agent onto the forming belt so as to form a lignocellulosic mat, applying heat and pressure so as to impart the skid resistant surface on the paper, and cutting panels to predetermined sizes. |
| US09546473B2 |
Plumbing connection hub
A plumbing connection hub for connecting household plumbing to appliances or basins is provided. The hub includes a container formed by a continuous wall and at least one open side, a tubular drain outlet leading out of the container through an operatively lower portion of the wall and the outlet being connectable to the sewage system of a house, and a drain inlet leading into the container from an open side with the tube fixed to the wall, and with the inner ends of the inlet and outlet positioned to receive a s-trap between them. The hub further includes a water connection elbow pipe locator for locating a water connection elbow pipe. |
| US09546470B2 |
Screen display method of wheel loader
Provided is a screen display method of a wheel loader, which is capable of improving efficiency of use of a monitor and user convenience, and displaying more vehicle information. A screen display method of a wheel loader according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: obtaining vehicle information about the wheel loader; displaying the obtained vehicle information on a plurality of monitors; and dividing and displaying the displayed vehicle information from at least one monitor to another monitor among the plurality of monitors according to an operation state of the wheel loader. |
| US09546467B2 |
Screened earth moving bucket with vibrating bars
A screened earth-moving bucket with vibration. The bucket includes a bottom, side plates, a back plate, and an attachment for connecting to a work machine. The bucket also includes at least one screen part having a plurality of adjacent bars to form a screen. At least one bar included in the screen part is vibrated by a vibrator unit so that the vibrated bar moves in relation to the bucket. |
| US09546466B2 |
Dish for use in a manhole
A dish for use in a manhole having a manhole cover covering a manhole opening and a frequency transmitting system for use in a manhole are provided. The dish and the frequency transmitting system is configured to transmit a signal to a network through the manhole cover. The signal is generated by a sensor unit disposed within the manhole and configured to detect the conditions of the manhole. |
| US09546463B2 |
Self-cleaning apparatus for the prevention of marine growth
An ocean surface-driven apparatus (1) to be installed around structural marine components comprising at least one ring wherein said ring comprising a plurality of rollers (2) disposed on a plurality of roller shafts (3) which are linked together by connectors (4). A plurality of linking members (5) with at least one moving self-cleaning ring (6) disposed on each linking member, said linking members linking a plurality of rings together. |
| US09546459B2 |
Apparatus for repositioning traffic control devices
An apparatus for repositioning traffic control devices includes a bracket configured for removable attachment to a vehicle. The apparatus further includes a striker arm attached to the bracket and projecting forward of the bracket at a first end of the striker arm so as to form an acute angle with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle. |
| US09546456B2 |
Crush zone dowel tube
A slip dowel tube and elongate dowel are disclosed herein which allow for transverse and longitudinal movement of two adjacent concrete slabs and also limit vertical movement of the two concrete slabs. The slip dowel tube is housed within a sheath that provides a void to allow for transverse movement of the slip dowel tube when the first and second slabs move transversely with respect to each other. The elongate dowel is slidably disposed within the main tube to allow for longitudinal movement or movement which brings the two slabs closer to or further away from each other. This system also limits vertical movement between the two adjacent slabs. |
| US09546454B2 |
Pre-cast concrete road repair panel
A precast concrete road repair panel is configured to be received in a prepared portion of an existing road under repair. The underside of the panel is textured to receive a grout or other settable composition suitable to affix the repair panel to the existing road sub-base or underlayment. The panel is provided with leveling plates that can be adjusted to ensure that the top surface of the repair panel is flush with the existing road surface. Openings are provided throughout the panel for introducing grout or other similar composition to fix the precast panel in place. Dowels, rods or rebar may be incorporated into the junction between adjacent precast panels or between the precast panel and the existing road surface. |
| US09546448B2 |
Doctor apparatus and blade holder
A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine to doctor a moving surface, and the doctor apparatus (10) includes a doctor blade (16) and blade holder (11), which blade holder (11) has a holder component (14) preferably made of aluminum, to which the doctor blade (16) is mounted by a front plate (15), and a frame component (12) preferably made of fiber-reinforced polymer material, to which the holder component (14) is mounted. The doctor apparatus (10) having a loading element (22) arranged between the frame component (12) and holder component (14) to load the blade holder (11) and further the doctor blade (16). The invention also relates to a corresponding blade holder and holder component. |
| US09546440B2 |
Nonwoven fabric, and method for producing nonwoven fabric
A nonwoven fabric comprising extendable fiber and elastic fiber, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises a first side having a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses and a second side on the side opposite the first side, the proportion of extendable fiber in the protrusions on the first side is higher than the proportion of extendable fiber in the recesses on the first side, and the nonwoven fabric is coated with a hydrophilic agent, or the extendable fiber and elastic fiber comprise a hydrophilic agent, the nonwoven fabric has a water absorbing property represented by a water absorption height of at least 10 mm in a water absorption test, and a quick-drying property represented by a transpiration rate of at least 20 mass % in a transpiration test. |
| US09546438B2 |
Low z high performance carbon composite materials
A carbon/carbon part and processes for making carbon/carbon parts are provided. The process involves forming steps, carbonization steps and densification steps. The forming steps may include needling fibrous layers to form fibers that extend in three directions. Pressure may be applied to a fibrous preform at an elevated temperature to increase the fiber volume ratio of the fibrous preform. The densification steps may include filling the voids or pores of the fibrous preform with a carbon matrix. |
| US09546435B2 |
Vapor phase growth apparatus and vapor phase growth method
A vapor phase growth apparatus of an embodiment includes: a reaction chamber; a gas supply path connected to an organic metal supply source at a first connection, the gas supply path being connected to a carrier gas supply source, the gas supply path supplies a process gas including organic metal and a carrier gas into the reaction chamber; a gas discharge path connected to the organic metal supply source at a second connection, the gas discharge path discharges the process gas to the outside of the apparatus; a first mass flow controller and a first adjustment device provided at the gas supply path; a second adjustment device provided at the gas discharge path; and a shortcut path connecting the gas supply path to the gas discharge path. One of the first and the second adjustment device is a back pressure regulator, and the other is a mass flow controller. |
| US09546426B2 |
Methods for hydrogen gas production
According to aspects described herein, methods and systems provided by the present invention for hydrogen gas production include a RED stack including one or more RED subunits, and use of a saline material including a heat regenerable salt. The salinity driven energy, provided by the one or more RED subunits, completely eliminates the need for an external power source to produce hydrogen gas. |
| US09546424B2 |
Vapor deposition process for the manufacture of coated particles
A process for conducting vapor phase deposition is disclosed. The process separates a series of reactions through a sequence of reaction reservoirs. The reactor includes a reactive precursor reservoir beneath a powder reservoir separated by valve means. A reactive precursor is charged into the reactive precursor reservoir and a powder is charged into the powder reservoir. The pressures are adjusted so that the pressure in the reactive precursor reservoir is higher than that of the powder reservoir. The valve means is opened, and the vapor phase reactant fluidized the powder and coats its surface. The powder falls into the reactive precursor reservoir. The apparatus permits vapor phase deposition processes to be performed semi-continuously. |
| US09546423B2 |
Cleaning of deposition device by injecting cleaning gas into deposition device
Embodiments relate to a deposition device that operates in two modes: a deposition mode, and a cleaning mode. In the deposition mode, modular injectors inject materials onto a substrate to form a layer. In the cleaning mode, the deposition device is cleaned without disassembly by injecting a cleaning gas. The injector module assembly may be cleaned in the cleaning mode by injecting cleaning gas through an exhaust for removing reactant precursor and routing the cleaning gas from the exhaust to another exhaust for removing source precursor. Alternatively, the injector module assembly is cleaned by injecting cleaning gas into a passage between an injector for injecting a source precursor and another injector for injecting a reactant precursor, and routing the cleaning gas to one of the exhausts in the cleaning mode. |
| US09546421B2 |
Method for forming film layer and substrate including the film layer
A method of forming a film layer and a substrate comprising the film layer to reduce occurrence of defects and improve the quality of the film layer are described. The method of forming a film layer comprises forming a plurality of sub-film layers of a same material overlapped with each other on a substrate by multiple steps to constitute the film layer, wherein each time a sub-film layer is formed, the newly-formed sub-film layer is cleaned immediately. The substrate comprises a film layer formed by the above method. |
| US09546420B1 |
Methods of depositing an alpha-silicon-carbide-containing film at low temperature
Described methods are useful for depositing a silicon carbide film including Alpha-SiC at low temperatures (e.g., below about 1400° C.), and resulting multi-layer structures and devices. A method includes introducing a chlorinated hydrocarbon gas and a chlorosilicon gas into a reaction chamber, and reacting the chlorinated hydrocarbon gas with the chlorosilicon gas at a temperature of less than about 1400° C. to grow the silicon carbide film. The silicon carbide film so-formed includes Alpha-SiC. |
| US09546419B2 |
Method of reducing tungsten film roughness and resistivity
Methods for controlling crystal size in bulk tungsten layers are disclosed herein. Methods for depositing a bulk tungsten metal layer can include positioning a substrate with a barrier layer in a processing chamber, forming a tungsten nucleation layer, post-treating the nucleation layer with one or more treatment gas cycles including an activating gas and a purging gas, heating the substrate to a deposition temperature, and depositing a bulk tungsten layer with alternating nitrogen flow on the nucleation layer. The post-treatment cycling can be applied optionally to the bulk metal deposition with alternating nitrogen flow. |
| US09546418B2 |
Diffusion-bonded sputter target assembly and method of manufacturing
A method of making a diffusion bonded sputter target assembly is provided. A target blank comprising a first metal or alloy has a first surface defining a sputtering surface and a second surface. A second metal or alloy is placed around the target blank. A backing plate is provided adjacent the second metal or alloy that is positioned alongside of the second target surface. This assembly is then diffusion bonded, and a portion of the second metal overlying the sputtering surface of the target is removed to expose the target sputtering surface. W target or W alloy target/Ti or Ti alloy backing plate assemblies are provided with an Al interlayer positioned intermediate the W or W alloy target and backing plate. The assembly has a bond strength exceeding 50 MPa. |
| US09546416B2 |
Method of forming crystalline oxide semiconductor film
An oxide semiconductor film with excellent crystallinity is formed. At the time when an oxide semiconductor film is formed, as a substrate is heated to a temperature of higher than or equal to a first temperature and lower than a second temperature, a part of the substrate having a typical length of 1 nm to 1 μm is heated to a temperature higher than or equal to the second temperature. Here, the first temperature means a temperature at which crystallization occurs with some stimulation, and the second temperature means a temperature at which crystallization occurs spontaneously without any stimulation. Further, the typical length is defined as the square root of a value obtained in such a manner that the area of the part is divided by the circular constant. |
| US09546415B2 |
Composite transparent electrodes
Disclosed are a composite transparent electrode, a production method thereof, and an electronic device including the same, wherein the composite transparent electrode includes a metal nitride thin film including at least one of indium (In), titanium (Ti), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), and gallium (Ga), and a metal oxide thin film including at least one of indium (In), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and titanium (Ti), the metal oxide thin film being formed on one surface or opposite surfaces of the metal nitride thin film. |
| US09546408B2 |
Quenching method for steel pipe
A method for quenching a steel pipe by water cooling from an outer surface thereof, where pipe end portions are not subjected to water cooling, and at least part of a main body other than the pipe end portions is subjected to water cooling. A region(s) that is not subjected to direct water cooling over an entire circumference thereof can be along an axial direction at least in part of the main body other than the pipe end portions. The start and stop of water cooling can be intermittent at least in part of the quenching. During the water cooling of the pipe outer surface, an intensified water cooling can be performed in a temperature range in which the pipe outer surface temperature is higher than Ms point. Thereafter, the cooling can be switched to moderate cooling so that the outer surface is cooled down to Ms point or lower. |
| US09546404B2 |
Methods for detecting gene dysregulation by intragenic differential expression
Described herein are methods, compositions and kits directed to the detection of gene dysregulations such as those arising from gene fusions and/or chromosomal abnormalities, e.g., translocations, insertions, inversions and deletions. Samples containing dysregulated gene(s) of interest may show independent expression patterns for the 5′ and 3′ regions of the gene. The methods, compositions and kits are useful for detecting mutations that cause the differential expression of a 5′ portion of a target gene relative to the 3′ region of the target gene. |
| US09546400B2 |
Nanopore sequencing using n-mers
The invention relates to devices and methods for nanopore sequencing. The invention provides for using the signals from n-mers to provide sequence information, for example where the system has less than single base resolution. The invention includes arrays of nanopores having incorporated electronic circuits, for example, in CMOS. In some cases, the arrays of nanopores comprise resistive openings for isolating the electronic signals for improved sequencing. Methods for controlling translocation of through the nanopore are disclosed. |
| US09546399B2 |
Compositions and methods for identification of a duplicate sequencing read
The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for detecting duplicate sequencing reads. In some embodiments, the duplicate sequencing reads are removed. |
| US09546396B2 |
Method for DNA double-strand break repair in vitro and applications thereof
A system and a method for DNA double-strand break repair in vitro are disclosed. Applications of the disclosed method in multiple areas are also disclosed. |
| US09546392B2 |
Magnetic separation of rare cells
A magnetic separation system configured to separate with high qualitative and quantitative yield magnetized cells from cell mixtures, comprising at least one electromagnet structured to generate a magnetic field flux about a plurality of separation zones and sufficient to attract a majority of the magnetized cells in the mixture, and a pump to drive the cell mixture at a controlled flow rate through a tube disposed within the zones thereby separating a majority of the magnetized cells from the mixture. The system is particularly useful to retrieve rare cells from a fluid mixture of cells having low abundance of the rare cells relative to the rest of the cells while sustaining viability of the cells. |
| US09546388B2 |
Variant LovD polypeptides and their uses
The present disclosure provides acyltransferases useful for synthesizing therapeutically important statin compound. |
| US09546382B2 |
Hyperactive piggybac transposases
The present invention provides PiggyBac transposase proteins, nucleic acids encoding the same, compositions comprising the same, kits comprising the same, non-human transgenic animals comprising the same, and methods of using the same. |
| US09546381B2 |
Use of anticoagulants in the production of recombinant proteins in the milk of transgenic animals
The invention relates to the production of recombinant human fibrinogen (rhFib) in the milk of transgenic mammalian animals. This production and subsequent purification process is generally hampered by the occurrence of so-called ‘clots’ and ‘flakes’ in the milk which, in severe cases, may prevent the cow from being milked at all, resulting in a halt of lactation. These clots and flakes occur because of the expression of the fibrinogen protein, which is a factor that is normally involved in blood clotting. The invention relates to solving this milk clotting problem by treating the (lactating) animals with anticoagulants such as coumarins. A preferred anticoagulant that is used in the methods of the present invention is warfarin. |
| US09546375B2 |
Influenza virus immunizing epitope
A method for synthesizing influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) within a plant or a portion of a plant is provided. The method involves expression of a novel influenza HA protein in plants and its purification The invention is also directed towards a VLP comprising influenza HA protein and plants lipids. The invention is also directed to a nucleic acid encoding improved influenza HA as well as vectors. The VLPs may be used to formulate influenza vaccines, or may be used to enrich existing vaccines. |
| US09546373B2 |
Disease resistant plants
The present invention relates to a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, wherein the plant has a reduced level, reduced activity or complete absence of DMR6 protein as compared to a plant that is not resistant to the said pathogen, in particular organisms of the Fungi or the phylum Oomycota. The invention further relates to a method for obtaining a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, comprising reducing the endogenous level or activity of DMR6 protein in the plant. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a DMR6 promotor for providing disease resistant plants. |
| US09546369B2 |
Multicistronic expression constructs
Some aspects of this invention provide nucleic acid constructs for transgene expression. Some aspects of this invention provide multicistronic nucleic acid constructs, for example, comprising an expression cassette encoding a hairpin RNA and a reporter expression cassette. Some aspects of this invention provide nucleic acid constructs comprising two or more self-complementary nucleic acid sequences, for example, hairpin RNA encoding nucleic acid sequences and AAV inverse terminal repeats. Methods for the use of the constructs in therapy and research are also provided. |
| US09546368B2 |
Methods for modulating metastasis-associated-in-lung-adenocarcinoma-transcript-1 (MALAT-1) expression
The present embodiments provide compounds and methods for reducing expression of Metastasis-Associated-in-Lung-Adenocarcinoma-Transcript-1 (MALAT-1) RNA and/or protein in an animal. Such methods are useful for treating cancer, such as colon cancer, intestinal cancer, lung cancer (e.g. non-small cell lung cancer), liver cancer, and/or prostate cancer. In various aspects, the cancer is a primary cancer. |
| US09546367B2 |
siRNA compositions and methods for inhibiting gene expression in tumor initiating cells of breast cancer
Disclosed are methods and compositions for siRNA-mediated therapy of mammalian diseases. In particular, compositions and methods are disclosed for treatment of therapy-resistant human breast cancers. In exemplary embodiments, siRNA molecules are presented that effectively knock down gene expression of one or more polynucleotides in breast cancer tumor initiating cells. |
| US09546363B2 |
Method for stabilizing ascorbic acid oxidase
Provided are: a method for stabilizing an ascorbic acid oxidase; a method for preserving an ascorbic acid oxidase; and a stabilized composition of an ascorbic acid oxidase. A method for stabilizing an ascorbic acid oxidase and a method for preserving an ascorbic acid oxidase, each of the methods comprising allowing an ascorbic acid oxidase to coexist with nitrous acid or a salt thereof, or a nitrous acid ester in an aqueous medium; and a stabilized composition of an ascorbic acid oxidase, which comprises an ascorbic acid oxidase being allowed to coexist with nitrous acid or a salt thereof, or a nitrous acid ester in an aqueous medium. The method for stabilizing an ascorbic acid oxidase, the method for preserving an ascorbic acid oxidase, and the stabilized composition of an ascorbic acid oxidase according to the present invention are useful for clinical diagnosis and the like. |
| US09546358B2 |
Compositions and methods for reducing background DNA amplification
Compositions are provided that include a plurality of small molecules selected from the group consisting of an amide, urea or acetone having a molecular weight less than 300 g/mol; and dNTPs and a polymerase in a buffer suitable for use as an amplification buffer. Methods of use of the compositions are also described for reducing non-template DNA amplification. |
| US09546354B2 |
Z cells activated by zinc finger-like protein and uses thereof in cancer treatment
Immune cells (Z cells) activated by zinc finger-like protein that regulates apoptosis (Zfra) and uses thereof in cancer treatment. |
| US09546350B2 |
Methods and devices related to a regulated flow electroporation chamber
The electroporation chamber and its related devices combine the features of an electroporation chamber that acts as a manifold for regulation of sample flow with those of a flow electroporation device to form a regulated flow electroporation device. The invention further comprises a novel regulated flow electroporation chamber that enables conditions in which a sample is uniformly processed in individual fractions or volumes in a fully closed (sterile) system. |
| US09546343B2 |
Low-water, liquid detergent having increased fat-dissolving power
The invention relates to a liquid detergent or cleaning agent, comprising a) an anionic surfactant neutralized with an amine, b) an alkoxylated oxo alcohol having 7 or 8 alkoxy units, and c) up to 10 wt. %, relative to the entire detergent or cleaning agent, of water. The liquid detergent or cleaning agent has very good cleaning performance toward soiling containing fat and can be a component of water-soluble packagings. |
| US09546342B1 |
Complete saponification and acidulation of natural oil processing byproducts
The present invention generally provides a process for treating a soapstock. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for treating a soapstock to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters. The present invention more particularly provides systems and methods for realizing the full fatty acid yield of a soapstock by first converting substantially all of the saponifiable material in a soapstock to salts of fatty acids (soaps) and acidulating the soaps to generate free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives, e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein the soapstock comprises soaps and saponifiable lipids, e.g. glycerides and/or phospholipids, and the generating of free fatty acids and/or fatty acid is achieved without the use of a mineral acid. |
| US09546334B2 |
Refrigerating machine oil, and working fluid composition for refrigerating machine which is produced using same
Provided is a refrigerating machine oil which comprises an ester between a polyol consisting of at least one of pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol represented by formula (I) and 2-propylheptanoic acid, and is characterized in that the refrigerating machine oil can be used in combination with a refrigerant consisting of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze). When the refrigerating machine oil is used in combination with a refrigerant consisting of HFO-1234ze, excellent miscibility with the refrigerant, lubricity, thermal and chemical stability and the like can be achieved. |
| US09546332B1 |
Renewable diamondoid fuels
A method to generate dense, multi-cyclic diamondoid fuels from bio-derived sesquiterpenes. This process can be conducted with both heterogeneous and homogenous catalysts and produces the targeted isomers in high yield. The resulting multi-cyclic structures impart significantly higher densities and volumetric net heats of combustion while maintaining low viscosities which allow for use at low temperature/high altitude. Moreover, bio-derived sesquiterpenes can be produced from renewable biomass sources. Use of these fuels will decrease Navy dependence on fossil fuels and will also reduce net carbon emissions. |
| US09546331B2 |
Hydrocracking process integrated with vacuum distillation and solvent dewaxing to reduce heavy polycyclic aromatic buildup
An integrated hydrocracking, vacuum distillation and solvent deasphalting process that provides for controlling the amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a heavy oil recycle stream by separating a portion of the heavy oil recycle stream into various fractions in a vacuum distillation unit, and processing the various fractions in a manner, including solvent deasphalting, that allows for the control of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the heavy oil recycle stream. |
| US09546327B2 |
Process for upgrading a high endpoint gas oil containing high concentrations of thiophenes and nitrogen and providing for a reduced hydrogen consumption rate
A process and catalyst that provides for the upgrading of a high endpoint gas oil feedstock that contains significant concentrations of organic sulfur compound and organic nitrogen compounds. Included among the sulfur compounds are the dimethyl-dibenzothiophenes and derivative thereof. The catalyst of the process is an additive impregnated composition or a derivative thereof that further comprises cobalt and molybdenum. The process provides for the upgrading the high endpoint gas oil feedstock by significantly reducing the difficult to remove thiophene and nitrogen compounds and the process does this with a significantly reduced hydrogen consumption relative to processes using comparative catalysts. |
| US09546322B2 |
Closed coke slurry system and method for gaining sellable petroleum coke pieces out of solidified petroleum coke in a coke drum unit
A closed system for gaining sellable petroleum coke pieces out of solidified petroleum coke in a coke drum unit, comprises a coke drum unit containing solidified petroleum coke; a coke crushing unit for crushing petroleum coke into sellable petroleum coke pieces; a closed slurry pipe leading petroleum coke slurry to a closed slurry pit; a dewatering bin unit for receiving petroleum coke slurry from the slurry pit, for collecting the sellable petroleum coke pieces and for leading filtered water and petroleum coke fines out of it; a closed drain water pit, separate from the slurry pit, for receiving the filtered water and the petroleum coke fines from the dewatering bin unit; a water settling tank receiving the filtered water and the petroleum coke from the drain water pit and for separating the petroleum coke fines from the water such that the petroleum coke fines collect in the bottom part of the water settling tank, and for leading the petroleum coke fines into the slurry pit where they mix with the petroleum coke slurry; a clean water tank for receiving the purified water from the upper part of the water settling tank; and a removal unit for removing the sellable petroleum coke pieces from the dewatering bin unit. |
| US09546321B2 |
Compositions and methods for selectively etching titanium nitride
Compositions useful for the selective removal of titanium nitride and/or photoresist etch residue materials relative to metal conducting, e.g., tungsten, and insulating materials from a microelectronic device having same thereon. The removal compositions contain at least one oxidant and one etchant, may contain various corrosion inhibitors to ensure selectivity. |
| US09546319B2 |
Phosphors, such as new narrow-band red emitting phosphors for solid state lighting
The invention provides, amongst others for application in a lighting unit, a phosphor having the formula M1−x−y−zZzAaBbCcDdEeN4−nOn:ESxREy (I), with M=selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba; Z=selected from the group consisting of monovalent Na, K, and Rb; A=selected from the group consisting of divalent Mg, Mn, Zn, and Cd; B=selected from the group consisting of trivalent B, Al and Ga; C=selected from the group consisting of tetravalent Si, Ge, Ti, and Hf; D=selected from the group consisting of monovalent Li, and Cu; E=selected for the group consisting of P, V, Nb, and Ta; ES=selected from the group consisting of divalent Eu, Sm and Yb; RE=selected from the group consisting of trivalent Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm; 0≦x≦0.2; 0≦y≦0.2; 0 |
| US09546311B2 |
Azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
Provided are azeotrope-like compositions consisting essentially of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and uses thereof, including use in refrigerant compositions, refrigeration systems, blowing agent compositions, and aerosol propellants. |
| US09546310B2 |
Method of manufacturing antistatic film
A method of manufacturing an antistatic film includes a preparation step of preparing a mixed liquid by mixing a polyvinyl alcohol with an aqueous conductive polymer dispersion in which a conductive composite containing a π-conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion is included in a water-based dispersion medium; a coating step of obtaining a coating film by coating at least one surface of a film base with the mixed liquid; and a drying and stretching step of drying and stretching the coating film with heating. |
| US09546309B2 |
Curable silicone composition, cured product thereof, and optical semiconductor device
A curable silicone composition comprising: (A) (A1) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule and free of silicon-bonded hydroxyl groups or silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, or a mixture of said component (A1) and (A2) a branched chain organopolysiloxane represented by an average unit formula; (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule; (C) a diorganodialkoxysilane represented by a general formula; (D) a straight chain organosiloxane oligomer having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group in a molecule and free of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; and (E) a hydrosilylation catalyst, can form a cured product which exhibits excellent initial adhesive properties and transparency and exhibits excellent adhesive durability and retention of transparency under conditions of high temperature and high humidity. |
| US09546306B2 |
Cationically curable resin composition for assembling hard disk devices
The present invention provides a cationically curable resin composition for assembling hard disk devices which comprises a resin having a cationically polymerizable functional group (a component A) and a cationic polymerization initiator (a component B), the component B being at least one selected from the group consisting of X+(SbF6)−(B1), X+(B(C6F5)4)−(B2) and X+((Rf)nPF6-n)−(B3) (in the formulae, X+ is iodonium or sulfonium, Rf is a fluorinated alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 6). The invention also provides a hard disk device manufacturing method using the composition, and a hard disk device assembled with the composition. |
| US09546305B2 |
Ultraviolet cureable pressure sensitive adhesives comprising bound photoinitiator and vinyl groups
Pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) compositions comprising a polymer having at least one vinyl group and a Type I photoinitiator bound to the polymer. The polymer is derivatized with a derivatizing agent comprising a vinyl group. The PSA can be cured by exposure to ultraviolet radiation. |
| US09546303B2 |
Moisture-proof material
The present invention relates to a moisture-proof material having a polyurethane film substrate and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate, which material shows a tensile strength of not less than 7500 psi, and an elongation at break of not less than 550%. |
| US09546301B2 |
Process for the preparation of multifunctional polycarbodiimides which are used as crosslinking agents
A process for the preparation of multifunctional polycarbodiimides, which are used as crosslinking agents, in which the polycarbodiimide is prepared by reacting mono- and polyisocyanates in the presence of a mono- or polyisocyanate that contains one or multiple additional reactive functional groups and in the presence of a carbodiimide catalyst, and thereafter terminating or chain extending the polycarbodiimide chain. Between 0 and 10% of an organic solvent and/or between 0 and 30% of a plasticizer and/or between 0 and 30% of a surface active component is added to the product during, before or after the polycarbodiimide forming reaction and/or the capping reaction and/or the chain extending reaction. Further, the invention relates to a coating mixture in which the polycarbodiimide is used as crosslinking agent and to the cured material obtained with the coating mixture. |
| US09546298B2 |
Reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer and curable composition containing the same
A material for a surface modifying agent with which the problems of insufficient durability as abrasion and chemical resistances of surface modification effect in polyurethane surface modification by the prior surface modifying agent are resolved, and is immobilized in a matrix resin firmly and improved in durability. A reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by: polymerizing monomer A having in a molecule two or more radically polymerizable double bonds, monomer B having in a molecule a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radically polymerizable double bond, and monomer C having in a molecule an alcoholic hydroxy group and minimum, one radically polymerizable double bond, in presence of a polymerization initiator D in an amount of 5 % to 200 % by mole with respect to the number of moles of the monomer A; a curable composition containing the reactive fluorine-containing highly branched polymer; and a cured film obtained from the composition. |
| US09546295B2 |
Tire and trim dressing
A dressing suitable for tires and plastic automotive trim is an alkaline, aqueous emulsion, free from silicone oil, and contains a non-film forming acrylic polymer, an oxidized polyethylene wax, tributoxyethyl phosphate, hydrophilic carbon black, a non-ionic surfactant, and a biocide. The dressing, when applied to a tire or plastic automotive trim produces a lasting, luxurious luster. |
| US09546292B2 |
Ink additive combinations for improving printhead lifetime
An inkjet ink for improving printhead lifetimes includes: an aqueous-based ink vehicle; a colorant; an anti-kogation additive; and an anti-corrosion additive having at least one acetylenic group, the acetylenic group being absent any tertiary or quaternary α-carbon atoms. |
| US09546291B2 |
Photocurable ink composition for injet printing and printed material
Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C. of 5 mPa·s or lower, and further contains 50% by mass or more of a monofunctional monomer. |
| US09546290B2 |
Sheet-fed offset printing inks and varnishes comprising new solvents
An offset printing varnish, comprising a solvent, is provided. The solvent comprises at least one triglyceride with saturated monocarboxylic acid moieties, which solvent is preferably food safe. |
| US09546288B2 |
Radical polymerizable composition, inkjet ink, ink cartridge, coating method and coated matter
A radical polymerizable composition includes a siloxane compound represented by a formula (HO)2(R)Si.O[—Si(R)(OH).O-]n-Si(R)(OH)2 in which R represents a methacryloyl group; and n represents 0 or 1; and a monomer having a viscosity lower than that of the siloxane compound. The composition is preferably cured with UV light from an LED. |
| US09546287B2 |
Printing ink or overprint varnish with renewable binder component
The present invention is related to a printing ink, in particular flexographic printing ink, or an overprint varnish, comprising a nitrated lignin as at least one binder component, to a process for preparing the same as well as to the use of a nitrated lignin as a binder component in a printing ink, in particular a flexographic printing ink, or an overprint varnish. |
| US09546286B2 |
High resistivity coating compositions having unique percolation behavior, and electrostatic image developing systems and components thereof incorporating same
Disclosed herein are resistive composites comprising at least one resin; at least one carbon black having a surface hydrophobically modified with at least one organic group, the at least one organic group having a molecular weight of the composite of 4000 or less and comprising the formula —X(G)-, wherein X is directly attached to the at least one carbon black and is selected from arylene, heteroarylene, and alkylene, G is a substituent of X, and —X(G)- is nonionic; and wherein the resistive composite has a volume resistivity, Rv, at a relative volume fraction, XCB, of the at least one carbon black in the coating, where Rv is at least 106 ohm-cm; and log Rv has a substantially linear relationship with XCB when XCB is varied from 0.1 to 0.5. Also disclosed are coatings made from such composites, such as coatings for rollers/belts for office automation machines, and methods of making such coatings. |
| US09546282B2 |
Electronically conductive enamel composition
A description is given of an electronically conductive enamel composition, more particularly for anti-corrosion coatings. |
| US09546280B2 |
Structural coatings with dewetting and anti-icing properties, and coating precursors for fabricating same
Variations of this invention provide durable, impact-resistant structural coatings that have both dewetting and anti-icing properties. The coatings in some embodiments possess a self-similar structure that combines a low-cost matrix with two feature sizes that are tuned to affect the wetting of water and freezing of water on the surface. Dewetting and anti-icing performance is simultaneously achieved in a structural coating comprising multiple layers, wherein each layer includes (a) a continuous matrix; (b) discrete templates dispersed that promote surface roughness to inhibit wetting of water; and (c) nanoparticles that inhibit heterogeneous nucleation of water. These structural coatings utilize low-cost, lightweight, and environmentally benign materials that can be rapidly sprayed over large areas using convenient coating processes. The presence of multiple layers means that if the surface is damaged during use, freshly exposed surface will expose a coating identical to that which was removed, for extended lifetime. |
| US09546279B2 |
Anthraquinone azo dyes
Provided are anthraquinone azo dyes and dye mixtures which are distinguished by a very good build-up capacity and which also yield tinctorially strong dyeings or prints in a golden-yellow to orange shade having all around good properties, especially high temperature light fastness properties. |
| US09546277B2 |
Thermoplastic films and bags
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic film having improved tear and puncture resistance. The thermoplastic film has a plurality of embossed regions that are comprised of a plurality of parallel, linear embosses. The plurality of embossed regions is arranged so that a straight line cannot traverse the thermoplastic film without intersecting at least one of the plurality of embossed regions. Certain embodiments further disclose an unembossed arrangement having at least three distinct segments that extend in three distinct directions. |
| US09546276B2 |
Bio-oil formulation as an asphalt substitute
A bio-oil formulation, useful as an asphalt binder substitute in pavement and roofing shingles, includes bio-oil and a polymer additive. The bio-oil binder can include an asphalt additive. The bio-oil binder can be emulsified with water and a surfactant for use as a weatherproofing sealant or as an adhesive. A method for making the bio-oil binder is disclosed. |
| US09546273B2 |
Polyamide mixture
A composition, containing at least 50% by weight of a polyamide fraction which comprises: a) from 50 to 95 parts by weight of a polyamide having as copolymerized units bis(4-aminocyclohexyl)methane (PACM) and a linear dicarboxylic acid having from 8 to 18 C atoms; and b) from 50 to 5 parts by weight of a linear aliphatic polyamide having an average of from 8 to 12 C atoms in the monomer units, where the sum of the parts by weight of a) and b) is 100 is provided. The composition can be processed to give a moulded article having high transparency, high toughness and high resistance to chemicals, to solvents and to stress cracking. |
| US09546268B2 |
Impact-reinforced acrylic material
The subject of the present invention is a semi-rigid or flexible and low-gloss impact-reinforced acrylic material. The acrylic material according to the invention comprises a nanostructured matrix constituted of at least one thermoplastic acrylic block copolymer and at least one highly crosslinked acrylic copolymer. The matrix comprises at least one thermoplastic acrylic block copolymer. The highly crosslinked acrylic copolymer comprises, as sole monomer or as predominate monomer, MMA, that is to say that it comprises, by weight, more than 50%, advantageously more than 65% of MMA. The acrylic material according to the invention comprises from 60% to 99% by weight of matrix for 40% to 1% by weight of crosslinked copolymer. These materials may be converted by injection molding, extrusion, co-extrusion, extrusion-blow molding for producing parts, profiles, sheets or films for example. |