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US09619384B2	Demote instruction for relinquishing cache line ownership A computer system processor of a multi-processor computer system having cache subsystem, executes a demote instruction to cause a cache line exclusively owned by the computer system processor to become shared or read-only in the cache subsystem.
US09619383B2	Dynamic predictor for coalescing memory transactions A transactional memory system predicts the outcome of coalescing outermost memory transactions, the coalescing causing committing of memory store data to memory for a first transaction to be done at transaction execution (TX) end of a second transaction, the method comprising. A processor of the transactional memory system determines whether a first plurality of outermost transactions from an associated program that were coalesced experienced an abort, the first plurality of outermost transactions including a first instance of a first transaction. The processor updates a history of the associated program to reflect the results of the determination. The processor coalesces a second plurality of outermost transactions from the associated program, based, at least in part, on the updated history.
US09619382B2	Systems and methods for read request bypassing a last level cache that interfaces with an external fabric Methods for read request bypassing a last level cache which interfaces with an external fabric are disclosed. A method includes identifying a read request for a read transaction, generating a phantom read transaction identifier for the read transaction and forwarding the read transaction with the phantom read transaction identifier beyond a last level cache before detection of a hit or miss with respect to the read transaction. The phantom read transaction identifier acts as a pointer to a real read transaction identifier.
US09619378B2	Dynamically optimizing memory allocation across virtual machines A method for allocating memory among a plurality of computing systems includes assigning a free memory threshold to each computing system, dynamically varying at least one free memory threshold for at least one computing system based on a past memory usage of the at least one computing system, periodically monitoring each computing system for memory usage and in response to the monitoring determining that an amount of free memory for the computer system is below the free memory threshold for the computing system, allocating memory from the free memory pool to the computing system.
US09619377B2	System on a chip with always-on processor which reconfigures SOC and supports memory-only communication mode In an embodiment, a system on a chip (SOC) includes a component that remains powered when the remainder of the SOC is powered off. The component may include a sensor capture unit to capture data from various device sensors, and may filter the captured sensor data. Responsive to the filtering, the component may wake up the remainder of the SOC to permit the processing. The component may store programmable configuration data, matching the state at the time the SOC was most recently powered down, for the other components of the SOC, in order to reprogram them after wakeup. In some embodiments, the component may be configured to wake up the memory controller within the SOC and the path to the memory controller, in order to write the data to memory. The remainder of the SOC may remain powered down.
US09619375B2	Methods and systems for automatically testing software An automatic software testing machine may be configured to provide an advanced symbolic execution approach to software testing that combines dynamic symbolic execution and static symbolic execution, leveraging the strengths of each and avoiding the vulnerabilities of each. One or more software testing machines within a software testing system may be configured to automatically and dynamically alternate between dynamic symbolic execution and static symbolic execution, based on partial control flow graphs of portions of the software code to be tested. In some example embodiments, a software testing machine begins with dynamic symbolic execution, but switches to static symbolic execution opportunistically. In static mode, instead of checking entire programs for verification, the software testing machine may only check one or more program fragments for testing purposes. Thus, the software testing machine may benefit from the strengths of both dynamic and static symbolic execution.
US09619373B2	Method and apparatus to semantically connect independent build and test processes In order to provide an improved, less error prone method for testing codes of a software application the following steps are proposed: defining for each test case comprised of a predefined test suite a specific footprint according to its test property, wherein said test case footprint comprises references defining which code sections are tested by said test case, marking code sections of the software application to be tested, identifying a test case of the test suite using its footprint matching at least a part of the marked code of the software application, and applying the identified test case on the software application.
US09619370B1	Systems and methods for infrastructure validation Systems and method are provided for testing an infrastructure. The infrastructure may include one or more computers connected by a network. Moreover, each of the computers may include an agent. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, at a controller, a test request to perform at least one of a plurality of predetermined tests, the predetermined test including one or more parameters associated with performing the predetermined test and one or more expected results from performing the predetermined test. The method further includes determining whether the predetermined test is available at one of the computers. The method also includes sending, by the controller, the predetermined test to one of the computers based on the results of the determining step, such that the agent at the computer performs the predetermined test sent by the controller. Furthermore, the method includes receiving, at the controller, one or more results of the predetermined test performed by the agent at the computer.
US09619368B2	Method of testing software A method of testing software uses a debugger and a breakpoint handler. The debugger inserts a breakpoint in a target application and enters at least one filtering condition associated with the breakpoint in a data structure. When during execution the target application encounters a breakpoint at an address, the target application transfers execution to the breakpoint handler. The breakpoint handler uses the address to retrieve filtering conditions from the data structure, executes code for evaluating the filtering condition, and transfers execution back to the target application if the filtering condition is not met.
US09619360B2	Code profiling of executable library for pipeline parallelization A method and system for creating a library method stub in source code form corresponding to an original library call in machine-executable form. The library method stub is created in a predefined programming language by use of a library method signature associated with the original library call, at least one idiom sentence, and a call invoking the original library call. Creating the library method stub includes composing source code of the library method stub by matching the at least one idiom sentence with idiom-stub mappings predefined for each basic idiom of at least one basic idiom. The original library call appears in sequential code. The library method signature specifies formal arguments of the original library call. The at least one idiom sentence summarizes memory operations performed by the original library call on the formal arguments. The created library method stub is stored in a database.
US09619359B2	Server and device for analyzing a signal thereof A server and a signal analyzing device thereof are disclosed. The server includes a plurality of hard disk drive (HDDs), a plurality of indicators, at least a jumper, and a logic array. The logic array is coupled to the at least one jumper and includes a plurality of analyzing modules. The logic array selects one of the analyzing modules in response to the at least one jumper. The selected analyzing module analyzes an input signal and outputs a decoded signal. The indicators show the states of the HDDs according to the decoded signal.
US09619358B1	Bus traffic profiling Methods and systems for analyzing bus traffic in a target device, such as a system on-a-chip (SOC) comprises capturing a processor event and generating an interrupt based on a threshold associated with the processor event. Based on at least the interrupt, a instruction pointer associated with the processor event that generated the interrupt is identified. An instruction analyzer identifies a memory address of the instruction associated with the processor event that generated the interrupt. At least the processor event and a associated instruction information are collected by a sample collector and transferred to a host for performance profiling.
US09619352B2	Storage aggregate restoration One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for controlling restoration of a storage aggregate. For example, a local storage device, located at a first storage site, and a remote storage device, located at a second storage site, may be assigned to a first storage aggregate. Responsive to a disaster of the first storage site, a gate may be created for the local storage device. The gate may block automated reconstruction and/or automated synchronization that may otherwise occur with respect to the local storage device. Until the local storage device is restored, the remote storage device may be used to service I/O requests that were otherwise directed to the local storage device. Responsive to receiving a user restoration command, the gate may be removed from the local storage device. Synchronization between the local storage device and the remote storage device may then be facilitated.
US09619351B2	Clustered RAID assimilation management In one embodiment, a node of a cluster is coupled to a storage array of storage devices. The node executes a storage input/output (I/O) stack having a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) layer that organizes the storage devices within the storage array as a plurality of RAID groups. Configuration information is stored as a cluster database. The configuration information identifies the RAID groups associated with the storage devices. Each RAID group is associated with a plurality of segments and each segment has a different RAID configuration.
US09619345B2	Apparatus for determining failure context in hardware transactional memories A processor core includes a transactional memory that stores information corresponding to a plurality of transactions executed by the processor core, and a transaction diagnostic register. The processor core retrieves context summary information from at least one register of the processor core. The processor core stores the context summary information of aborted transactions into the transactional memory or the transaction diagnostic register. The context summary information can be used for diagnosing the aborted transactions.
US09619340B1	Disaster recovery on dissimilar hardware A computer-implemented method may comprise performing a disaster recovery restore process on a target computing device; accessing a backup server; and selecting a source backup from the backup server. The source backup may comprise one or more volumes, partitions, files and device drivers of a source computing device from which the source backup was created. The selected source backup may then be installed in an offline partition of the target computing device. One or more target device drivers may then be installed in the offline partition. To complete the disaster recovery restore process on the target computing device, the target computing device may then be rebooted. Both the backup of the source computing device and the active partition of the target device may comprise source computing device-dependent hardware device drivers. When carried out in a Windows® environment, Sysprep need not be used and the kernel need not be modified.
US09619337B2	Computer system backup performance optimization through performance analytics Embodiments in accordance with the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for optimizing performance of a computer backup solution that includes at least two data movers. The automated method includes measuring data mover performance during operation of a backup cycle, and optimizing the performance of data movers by increasing or decreasing the number of threads operating concurrently in the data movers. The method further includes computation of performance rankings of the data movers and shifting workload among the data movers in accordance with their respective performance rankings, such that the computer backup solution converges toward an optimized configuration.
US09619336B2	Managing production data Various embodiments for managing production data are described herein. In one example of a method for managing production data, the method can include allocating, via a processor, a first storage area to store production data for an external computing device. The method can also include receiving a write request comprising production data to be stored in the first storage area. In addition, the method can include detecting that the first storage area does not have available space to store the production data and allocating, via a processor, a second storage area to store the production data. Furthermore, the method can include transferring, via a processor, production data stored in the first storage area to a backup device.
US09619334B2	System and method for merging continuous volume snapshots A system divides a source computer storage device into a plurality of logical volumes, and creates a first recovery point data file and a first recovery point index file. In response to an incremental backup of a first logical volume, the system creates a second recovery point index file comprising a plurality of indices. In response to no data changing in a particular block in the first logical volume, the system points an index in the second recovery point index file to the particular block in the first logical volume. In response to data changing in the particular block in the first logical volume, the system creates a corresponding new block in a second recovery point data file. The system points the index in the second recovery point index file to the corresponding new block in the first logical volume.
US09619333B2	Data synchronization of block-level backup As disclosed herein, a method for optimizing data synchronization when performing a block-level backup includes receiving a customized merging plan, and creating a padding map that includes missing data information, and sending the padding map to a local backup server to request missing data. The method further includes receiving from the local backup server the missing data, and performing a snapshot consolidation according to the customized merging plan to provide a consolidated snapshot.
US09619330B2	Protecting volatile data of a storage device in response to a state reset An imminent state reset of a data storage device is detected. In response to determining volatile data of the data storage device could be lost in response to the state reset, the volatile data of the data storage device is stored to a backup memory of the data storage device together with first header data that facilitates recovering the volatile data. The backup memory includes non-volatile, solid-state memory. In response to determining the volatile data would not be lost in response to the state reset, second header data is stored in the backup memory. After the state reset, a recovery of the volatile data from in the backup memory is attempted if the first header data is detected, or a host device is alerted if neither the first header data or second header data is detected.
US09619319B2	Semiconductor device and error correction information writing method A semiconductor device includes first and second memory cell arrays, each including a plurality of memory cells, each of which is connected between first and second terminals and is configured to be written to a first resistance state by applying a first current in a first direction between the first and second terminals and be written to a second resistance state by applying a second current in a second direction opposite to the first direction between the first and second terminals. The semiconductor device further includes an error-correction circuit and a control circuit. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed.
US09619315B1	Network failure triage assisted by embedded agents A method is provided for performing first line triage of network issues after receiving an indication of an error in a computer network. At least one software agent in a network element of the computer network is queried. The software agent(s) are embedded in the source code for processes running on the network element. Data from the software agent(s) are received in response to the query.
US09619308B2	Executing a kernel device driver as a user space process A method, including receiving, by a user space driver framework (UDF) library executing from a user space of a memory over a monolithic operating system kernel, a kernel application programming interface (API) call from a device driver executing from the user space. The UDF library then performs an operation corresponding to the kernel API call.
US09619303B2	Prioritized conflict handling in a system A controller has a cache to store data associated with an address that is subject to conflict resolution. A conflict resolution queue stores information relating to plural transactions, and logic reprioritizes the plural transactions in the conflict resolution queue to change a priority of a first type of transaction with respect to a priority of second type of transaction.
US09619302B2	Distributed locking method and system for networked device management A system and method for distributed locking for networked device management is provided. In one aspect, a lock is granted for a resource attached to a switched fabric, in response to receiving a request to access the resource. If the resource is already locked by another process or device, or otherwise unavailable, the request may be queued or failed.
US09619300B2	Reduction operation device, a processor, and a computer system A reduction operation device detects a non-correspondence of an operation type or a data type in a reduction arithmetic operation of a parallel processing. The reduction operation device is inputted a plurality of the synchronization signals and data, sets each transmission destinations of the plurality of inputted synchronization signals and the plurality of data corresponding to a next stage of a reduction operation and executes the reduction operation. The synchronization unit in the reduction operation device detects the non-correspondence between the operation type or the data type included in an instruction of the reduction operation after the synchronization is established and controls the arithmetic operation of the arithmetic unit.
US09619298B2	Scheduling computing tasks for multi-processor systems based on resource requirements In an example embodiment, one or more series of executable components may be configured to execute a respective processes, and one or more corresponding scheduling components may be configured to direct migration of each of the corresponding one or more series of executable components to a processing element thereof.
US09619296B2	System and method for managing a hybrid compute environment Disclosed are systems, hybrid compute environments, methods and computer-readable media for dynamically provisioning nodes for a workload. In the hybrid compute environment, each node communicates with a first resource manager associated with the first operating system and a second resource manager associated with a second operating system. The method includes receiving an instruction to provision at least one node in the hybrid compute environment from the first operating system to the second operating system, after provisioning the second operating system, pooling at least one signal from the resource manager associated with the at least one node, processing at least one signal from the second resource manager associated with the at least one node and consuming resources associated with the at least one node having the second operating system provisioned thereon.
US09619295B1	Distributed system for application processing A system that includes multiple nodes is disclosed. A first node in the system has a first local storage and a first portion of a distributed index. A second node in the system has a second local storage and a second portion of the distributed index. A third node in the system has a third local storage and a third portion of the distributed index. Each of the first, second, and third nodes includes application logic. If any one of the nodes is removed from the system, neither application nor data availability is impacted.
US09619291B2	System and method for a task management library to execute map-reduce applications in a map-reduce framework An improved system and method for a task management library to execute map-reduce applications is provided. A map-reduce application may be operably coupled to a task manager library and a map-reduce library on a client device. The task manager library may include a wrapper application programming interface that provides application programming interfaces invoked by a wrapper to parse data input values of the map-reduce application. The task manager library may also include a configurator that extracts data and parameters of the map-reduce application from a configuration file to configure the map-reduce application for execution, a scheduler that determines an execution plan based on input and output data dependencies of mappers and reducers, a launcher that iteratively launches the mappers and reducers according to the execution plan, and a task executor that requests the map-reduce library to invoke execution of mappers on mapper servers and reducers on reducer servers.
US09619285B2	Managing operation requests using different resources Provided is a method for managing operation requests using different resources. In one embodiment, a first queue is provided for operations which utilize a first resource of a first and second resource. A second queue is provided for operations which utilize the second resource. An operation is queued on the first queue until the first resource is acquired. The first resource is released if the second resource is not also acquired. The operation is queued on the second queue when the first resource is acquired but the second resource is not. In addition, the first resource is released until the operation acquires both the first resource and the second resource.
US09619284B2	Dynamically switching a workload between heterogeneous cores of a processor In one embodiment, a policy manager may receive operating system scheduling information, performance prediction information for at least one future quantum, and current processor utilization information, and determine a performance prediction for a future quantum and whether to cause a switch between asymmetric cores of a multicore processor based at least in part on this received information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09619278B2	Log-based concurrency control using signatures A transaction request is received at a log-based transaction manager, indicating a conflict check delimiter and a read set descriptor indicative of one or more locations from which data is read during the requested transaction. Using the conflict check delimiter, a subset of transaction records stored in a particular persistent log to be examined for conflicts prior to committing the requested transaction is identified. In response to determining that none of the read locations of the requested transaction correspond to a write location indicated in the subset of transaction records, a new transaction record is stored in the particular persistent log indicating that the requested transaction has been committed.
US09619277B2	Computer with plurality of processors sharing process queue, and process dispatch processing method A dispatcher stack is allocated to each of a plurality of processors sharing a run queue. Each processor, in process dispatch processing, saves in a switch-source process stack the context of a switch-source process (the process being run), saves in the dispatcher stack of each of the processors a dispatcher context, inserts the switch-source process into the run queue, removes a switch-destination process from the run queue, and, in addition, restores the context of the switch-destination process from the switch-destination process stack.
US09619274B2	Provisioning virtual CPUs using a hardware multithreading parameter in hosts with split core processors A cloud manager monitors available resources on host computer systems, including a number of hardware threads supported by CPUs on the host computer systems and whether or not the CPUs have split core enabled. The cloud manager receives a request to provision a virtual machine (VM) that includes a hardware multithreading parameter that specifies whether hardware multithreading is allowed on the host computer system. The cloud manager then selects a host computer system for the VM taking into consideration the hardware multithreading parameter, the hardware threads supported by the CPU, and the split core settings. The VM is then placed on the selected host computer system using the hardware multithreading parameter. The result is more efficient utilization of CPU resources in a host for a virtual machine.
US09619271B1	Event response for a shared pool of configurable computing resources which uses a set of dynamically-assigned resources Disclosed aspects manage a shared pool of configurable computing resources. A triggering event is detected. The triggering event may be related to a resource utilization on a host of the shared pool of configurable computing resources. Based on a set of profile data, it is determined to perform an event response. The event response includes initiating a resource action or initiating an asset action. The resource action may include distributing a set of dynamically-assigned resources. The asset action corresponds to a set of assets (e.g., migrating a set of virtual machines). To change the resource utilization on the host, the event response is performed.
US09619267B2	Tearing down virtual machines implementing parallel operators in a streaming application based on performance A streams manager monitors performance of parallel portions of a streaming application implemented in multiple virtual machines (VMs). When the performance provided by the multiple VMs is no longer needed, one or more of the VMs can be torn down. The performance of the VMs is monitored. When the least performing VM can be torn down, it is torn down. When the least performing VM cannot be torn down, information regarding a better performing VM is gathered, and it is determined whether the least performing VM can be made more similar to the better performing VM. When the least performing VM can be made more similar to the better performing VM, the least performing VM is changed to improve its performance, and the better performing VM is torn down.
US09619265B2	Reconfiguration with virtual machine switching Technologies are generally described for systems and methods for reconfiguring a programmable circuit. An accelerator reconfiguration device may detect a trigger. The trigger may indicate that a command has been sent to a processor to switch from execution of a first virtual machine to a second virtual machine. In response to detecting the trigger, the reconfiguration device may identify a programmable circuit and program for the programmable circuit associated with the second virtual machine. The reconfiguration device may further generate a write command to write the program to the programmable circuit.
US09619264B1	AntiAfinity A computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for recovering from a crash of a system being replicated, the method comprising determining the amount of recovery time due to the crash of each of a set of hypervisors; wherein each of the hypervisors runs one or more data replication elements selected from the group consisting of a splitter and a replication appliance; wherein each of the splitters and replication appliances replicates one or more volumes, creating an assignment of the one or more volumes to the set of replication appliances and creating an assignment of one or more replication appliances to a set of hypervisors to minimize the amount of recovery time.
US09619262B2	Techniques for security auditing of cloud resources Techniques for security auditing of cloud resources are provided. A virtual machine (VM) is captured and isolated when a session indicates that a session with the VM has terminated. Security checks are executed against the VM in the isolated environment. Results from the security checks are then reported.
US09619260B2	Policy enforcement in a virtualized environment Policy enforcement in an environment that includes virtualized systems is disclosed. Virtual machine information associated with a first virtual machine instance executing on a host machine is received. The information can be received from a variety of sources, including an agent, a log server, and a management infrastructure associated with the host machine. A policy is applied based at least in part on the received virtual machine information.
US09619253B2	Dynamically binding data in an application In a method for binding data in an application, an expression is created via a framework based on input from a developer. The expression is received at an expression engine wherein the expression describes a relation between a first property of a first data of the application to a first property of a second data of the application. A binding is created between the first data and the second data based on the relation via the expression engine. The first property of the second data is changed based on a change to the first property of the first data wherein the changing occurs because of the binding. The receiving the expression, the creating the binding, and the changing the first property are orchestrated via the framework to manage when the expression is executed in the application.
US09619252B2	Reconfigurable avionics equipment and method of reconfiguring such equipment The disclosure relates to reconfigurable avionics equipment, subscribed to an onboard network such as an AFDX® network. The equipment has an architecture in two portions, a functional portion which makes it possible to perform the function proper to the piece of equipment and an interfacing portion, which allows the functional portion to communicate over the network. The interfacing portion includes a configuration file separate from the one used to configure the functional portion and able to be downloaded, using the network, independently of the latter.
US09619251B2	Techniques for dynamic system performance tuning Systems and methods consistent with the present disclosure include techniques for dynamic system performance tuning (DSPT). Techniques for DSPT include identifying an active software application during a user session and applying an application-specific profile that defines different system-hardware operating states of a computing system to enhance the performance of the active software application.
US09619244B2	Method and system for upgrading an electronic device The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for upgrading electronic devices. For example, described herein are ways to upgrade components of an electronic device. The techniques may include receiving, at an electronic device (such as a smart phone or tablet computer), a plurality of files for upgrading a component of the electronic device. The electronic device may select a file of the plurality of files that is indicative of being configured to upgrade the component to a next version of a chronological sequence of versions of the component. The electronic device may also upgrade the component using the selected upgrade file. Also, the electronic device may repeat automatically, without human intervention, the selecting and the upgrading until the component is upgraded to a target version of the sequence of the versions.
US09619242B2	Methods, systems and apparatus to initialize a platform Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to initialize a platform. An example disclosed apparatus includes a boot loader manager to prevent operating system loading in response to detecting a power-on condition, a context manager to retrieve first context information associated with the platform, and a policy manager to identify a first operating system based on the first context information, the policy manager to authorize the boot loader manager to load the first operating system.
US09619235B2	Compressing detected current and preceding instructions with the same operation code and operand patterns A processor accesses memory storing a compressed instruction sequence that includes compression information indicating that an instruction that with respect to the preceding instruction, has identical operation code and operand continuity is compressed. The processor includes a fetcher that fetches a bit string from the memory and determines whether the bit string is a non-compressed instruction, where if so, transfers the given bit string and if not, transfers the compression information; and a decoder that upon receiving the non-compressed instruction, holds in a buffer, instruction code and an operand pattern of the non-compressed instruction and executes processing to set to an initial value, the value of an instruction counter that indicates a count of consecutive instructions having identical operation code and operand continuity, and upon receiving the compression information, restores the instruction code based on the instruction code held in the buffer, the instruction counter value, and the operand pattern.
US09619231B2	Programmable CPU register hardware context swap mechanism A central processing unit (CPU) having an interrupt unit for interrupting execution of instructions, a plurality context defining register sets, wherein each set of registers having the same number of CPU registers, a switching unit for coupling a selected register set within the CPU, wherein the switching unit switches to a predetermined register set of the plurality of context defining register sets upon occurrence of an exception, and a control register configured to control selection of a register set of the plurality of context defining register initiated by an instruction and further operable to indicate a currently used context.
US09619230B2	Predictive fetching and decoding for selected instructions Predictive fetching and decoding for selected instructions (e.g., operating system instructions, hypervisor instructions or other such instructions). A determination is made that a selected instruction, such as a system call instruction, an asynchronous interrupt, a return from system call instruction or return from asynchronous interrupt, is to be executed. Based on determining that such an instruction is to be executed, a predicted address is determined for the selected instruction, which is the address to which processing transfers in order to provide the requested services. Then, fetching of instructions beginning at the predicted address prior to execution of the selected instruction is commenced. Further, speculative state relating to a selected instruction, including, for instance, an indication of the privilege level of the selected instruction or instructions executed on behalf of the selected instruction, is predicted and maintained.
US09619223B2	Live operating system update mechanisms Mechanisms are provided for performing a live update of an operating system. The mechanisms receive an update to an operating system and clone a root volume group associated with an operating system instance executing in a first logical partition of the data processing system to generate a cloned root volume group. The mechanisms apply the update to the cloned root volume group to generate an updated and cloned root volume group and boot a second logical partition of the data processing system using the updated and cloned root volume group. Moreover, the mechanisms migrate application instances and application data to the second logical partition.
US09619217B2	Methods and systems for cloud computing In a method for cloud deployment, programmer input in a programming language is received, the programmer input including i) a built-in function corresponding to making electronic objects accessible on a network, and ii) a parameter indicating an electronic object. The programmer input is evaluated to cause the electronic object to be stored on a server and made accessible via a network coupled to the server.
US09619214B2	Compiler optimizations for vector instructions An optimizing compiler includes a vector optimization mechanism that optimizes vector instructions by eliminating one or more vector element reverse operations. The compiler can generate code that includes multiple vector element reverse operations that are inserted by the compiler to account for a mismatch between the endian bias of the instruction and the endian preference indicated by the programmer or programming environment. The compiler then analyzes the code and reduces the number of vector element reverse operations to improve the run-time performance of the code.
US09619210B2	Parsing and compiling data system queries Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for parsing and compiling data system queries.
US09619207B1	Circuitry and methods for implementing Galois-field reduction Galois-field reduction circuitry for reducing a Galois-field expansion value using an irreducible polynomial includes a plurality of memories, each for storing a respective value derived from the irreducible polynomial and a respective expansion bit position. Gates select ones of said the plurality of memories corresponding to ones of the respective expansion bit positions that contain ‘1’, and an exclusive-OR gate combines outputs of the gates that select. A specialized processing block includes a multiplier stage, and an input stage upstream of the multiplier stage, with such Galois-field reduction circuitry in the input stage with its output selectably connectable to the multiplier stage and selectably connectable to an output of the specialized processing block. A programmable integrated circuit device includes a plurality of such specialized processing blocks, and additional multiplier and additional exclusive OR gates for concatenating a plurality of specialized processing blocks.
US09619206B2	Pseudo-random bit sequence generator The present invention discloses a pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) generator which outputs the entire datapath, or entire pseudo-random bit sequence, over one single clock cycle. This is accomplished by removing redundancy, or any redundant exclusive-or gates from linear feedback shift registers; using logic to identify the critical path and optimal shift for the critical path; and dividing the datapath into several pipeline stages to increase the clock rate (i.e., transmission speed).
US09619204B2	Method and system for bin coalescing for parallel divide-and-conquer sorting algorithms A system and method for performing sorting. The method includes partitioning a plurality of keys needing sorting into a first plurality of bins, wherein the bins are sequentially sorted. The plurality of keys is capable of being sorted into a sequence of keys using a corresponding ordering system. The method includes coalescing a first pair of consecutive bins, such that when coalesced the first pair of bins falls below a threshold. The method also includes ordering keys in the first coalesced pair to generate a first sub-sequence of keys in the sequence of keys.
US09619202B1	Voice command-driven database A voice command-driven system and computer-implemented method are disclosed for selecting a data item in a list of text-based data items stored in a database using a simple affirmative voice command input without utilizing a connection to a network. The text-based data items in the list are converted to speech using an embedded text-to-speech engine and an audio output of a first converted data item is provided. A listening state is entered into for a predefined pause time to await receipt of the simple affirmative voice command input. If the simple affirmative voice command input is received during the predefined pause time, the first converted data item is selected for processing. If the simple affirmative voice command input is not received during the predefined pause time, an audio output of a next converted data item in the list is provided.
US09619200B2	Method and apparatus for executing voice command in electronic device An apparatus and method for executing a voice command in an electronic device. In an exemplary embodiment, a voice signal is detected and speech thereof is recognized. When the recognized speech contains a wakeup command, a voice command mode is activated, and a signal containing at least a portion of the detected voice signal is transmitted to a server. The server generates a control signal or a result signal corresponding to the voice command, and transmits the same to the electronic device. The device receives and processes the control or result signal, and awakens. Thereby, voice commands are executed without the need for the user to physically touch the electronic device.
US09619196B2	Dual emission type display panel A dual emission type display panel has a front viewing surface and a rear viewing surface. The dual emission type display panel includes a substrate, first, second, and third top emission pixel units, and first, second, and third bottom emission pixel units. The substrate has first and second unit regions. The first, second, and third top emission pixel units, and the first, second, and third bottom emission pixel units are located on the substrate. A first top emission pixel unit, a first bottom emission pixel unit, a second top emission pixel unit, and a second bottom emission pixel unit are located in each first unit region. A third top emission pixel unit, a third bottom emission pixel unit, a second top emission pixel unit, and a second bottom emission pixel unit are located in each second unit region.
US09619195B2	Invisible light transmission via a display assembly Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for transmitting data using invisible light via a display assembly of an electronic device are provided. This may enable more data to be transmitted simultaneously via a single display assembly of a limited size. For example, a single display assembly may simultaneously transmit a first type of data using visible light that may be comprehensible to a user (e.g., textual information that may be legible to a human) as well as a second type of data using invisible light that may be machine-readable (e.g., a barcode that may be detected by a scanner device but that may not be seen by a human).
US09619192B2	Printing apparatus, power-off control method, and recording medium A printing apparatus includes: a receiver that externally receives a power-off command; a job execution portion that executes a job; a burden information obtaining portion that obtains burden information upon receipt of the power-off command by the receiver, the burden information relating to a burden to be imposed on a system of the printing apparatus for executing one or more jobs in a queue stored on the printing apparatus; and a processor that performs either of the following operations depending on the burden information obtained by the burden information obtaining portion: turning off the printing apparatus after making the job execution portion execute at least one, or all of the one or more jobs in the queue; and turning off the printing apparatus without making the job execution portion execute any job in the queue.
US09619191B2	Information processing apparatus A display processing apparatus includes a gloss-control plane generating unit configured to generate gloss-control plane data for specifying a type of a surface effect applied to a recording medium and an area in a recording medium to which the surface effect is applied; an obtaining unit configured to obtain replacement information that is used to replace a type of the surface effect that is not available in a device configuration with a type of the surface effect that is available in the device configuration; a replacing unit configured to replace the type of the surface effect designated by the designation information with the type of the available surface effect using the replacement information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a preview image generating unit configured to generate a preview image based on the gloss-control plane data having an area to which the available surface effect is to be applied.
US09619187B2	Technique for communicating printer authentication information for acquiring print data from server A terminal device may send a registration request, which requests the server to register virtual printer relation information related to a virtual printer, to a server, and communicate a wireless profile with an existent printer using a first terminal interface. The wireless profile may be used in a wireless network, which is established by using a second terminal interface, and is a wireless network to which both the terminal device and the existent printer are to belong. The terminal device may establish a belonging state, which is a state in which both the terminal device and the existent printer belong to the wireless network, using the second terminal interface, and send authentication information to the existent printer via the established wireless network. The authentication information may be associated with the virtual printer relation information in the server.
US09619185B2	Data communication apparatus, history information storage method, and storage medium A history information storage method making it possible to identify a user who gave a data transmission instruction from history information. A job processing apparatus is caused to execute a job. A generation step of generating history information, about the job in which information identifying a user included in a name of the job is set as information indicating the user who gave an instruction to execute the job, is generated in a generation step. The generated history information is stored in a storage step.
US09619179B2	Data storage apparatus using sequential data access over multiple data storage devices Data Storage Apparatus An apparatus (1) for storing data comprises a plurality of physical data storage disks (2). Each of the physical data storage disks (2) is divided into a plurality of sub-regions (3). The apparatus also comprises data processing means (4) configured such that: the data to be stored is divided into a plurality of data blocks, a plurality of copies of the plurality of data blocks is made and each copy is labelled with a distinct identifier, and assigned to the plurality of sub-regions (3) such that: (a) each copy of any given data block is assigned to a different physical data storage disk (2), and (b) none of the plurality of data blocks with a first identifier is assigned to the same sub-region (3) as any of the plurality of data blocks with a second identifier, for any pair of distinct identifiers.
US09619174B2	Write mechanism for storage class memory Storage class memory may be used in an architecture to achieve high performance, high reliability, high compatibility. In some embodiments, reads may be handled in a conventional way used in a memory based model. However writes do not use a memory based model but instead correspond to a storage based model. The hybrid nature can be achieved by setting the storage class memory to be write protected so that all writes must go through a software based block device interface. In some embodiments, the software based block device interface prevents erroneous writes to the storage class memory.
US09619171B2	Storage system and virtualization method The storage system of the present invention is able to generate one virtual logical device from different logical devices which exist in each of the different storage control units and remote-copy all or part of the virtual logical device to another logical device. The same virtual identifier is set for a volume of the first storage unit and for a volume of the second storage unit. The path control unit of the host identifies a plurality of volumes which have the same virtual identifier as one virtual volume. A remote copy pair can also be set by a virtual volume and a volume of the third storage unit. The setting of the virtual volume and the setting of the remote copy can be performed by means of an instruction from the management server.
US09619170B2	Information processing system having a data migration log According to an embodiment, when a storage status of a first storage unit is recognized as a protected state, a control unit writes data to a second storage unit. When a read target address is recorded in a data migration log area, the control unit reads data from the second storage unit. When the read target address is not recorded in the data migration log area, the control unit reads data from the first storage unit.
US09619165B1	Convertible leaf memory mapping Systems, methods and/or devices are used to store metadata in a storage system. In one aspect, an indication of data to be stored by the storage system is received by a computing device including non-volatile memory and a tiered data structure. A leaf having a first leaf type is selected from the tiered data structure. Leaves of the first leaf type include locations of variable-length data stored in the non-volatile memory. At least one criterion is used to determine whether to convert the selected leaf to a converted leaf having a second leaf type. Leaves of the second type include locations of fixed-length data. In response to a determination to convert the selected leaf to a converted leaf, first location information is stored in the converted leaf. In response to a determination to not convert the selected leaf, second location information is stored in the second leaf.
US09619163B2	Maintaining access times in storage systems employing power saving techniques An apparatus, method, and computer program for maintaining access times in a data processing system, wherein the data processing system comprises a plurality of storage devices, the apparatus including: a receive component, for receiving a command or an availability message, wherein an availability message indicates whether the storage device is available; an evaluate component for evaluating a plurality of first relationships between the storage devices and a plurality of first values, wherein each of the first values indicates whether a related storage device is a redundant; a send component, for sending a power message to one or more of the storage devices; and an update component for updating a second relationship between the redundant storage device and a plurality of second values, wherein each of the second values indicates whether a related redundant storage device is available.
US09619161B2	Storage system having security storage device and management system therefor The present invention relates to a storage system of a computer and, more particularly, to a storage system and method having a security storage device including a secured disk area, wherein the existence or absence of the secured disk area cannot be known through the application of an operating system in a deactivated state, and the secured disk area can be activated and used only by a digital key and password when a user's password is input through an application including the digital key.
US09619157B2	High-speed data storage System and method for high speed data storage. An unmounted unformatted direct access storage device (DASD) may be opened via an operation system (OS) application programming interface (API). A maximum amount of storage space afforded by the DASD may be determined, and the DASD locked, thereby limiting write access to the DASD to a first application process and excluding writes to the DASD by any other application process. A single data type data stream is received, and stored on the DASD in linear fashion as it is received without using a file system architecture, metadata, indices, or keys associated with the data, including writing a block of the stream of data to the DASD and returning a next contiguous write location on the DASD in an iterative manner. The stored data are readable by multiple readers in a linear manner without using the file system architecture, metadata, indices, or keys.
US09619156B2	Storage device, memory card, and communicating method of storage device A storage device includes a host interface configured to communicate with a host device according to a first protocol through an input terminal, an output terminal, and a clock terminal. The input terminal is configured to receive an input signal from the host device according to the first protocol. The output terminal is configured to output an output signal to the host device according to the first protocol. The clock terminal configured to receive a clock signal from the host device according to the first protocol. The host interface is configured to communicate with the host device according to a second protocol through the clock terminal, the second protocol being different from the first protocol.
US09619154B2	Computer system, data management method, and host computer A storage apparatus has a tiered pool including a plurality of storage tiers formed by a plurality of real page groups having different input/output performance and provides a virtual volume to which a storage area is allocated by a real page unit. At a time point before new data to be written to the virtual volume occurs based on a data object, if a real page is allocated to a write destination virtual page which is a write destination of the new data, a host computer transmits a change command to change the real page allocated to the write destination virtual page to a real page in a storage tier having predetermined performance to the storage apparatus. The storage apparatus changes the real page allocated to the write destination virtual page to a real page in the storage tier having the predetermined performance according to the change command.
US09619153B2	Increase memory scalability using table-specific memory cleanup A method to increase memory scalability using a table-specific memory cleanup is provided. The method may include determining whether a specific table within a set of tables is a candidate for elimination. The method may also include unloading a plurality of respective metadata associated with the specific table in response to the determination that the specific table is a candidate for elimination, whereby unloading the plurality of respective metadata includes temporarily deactivating the table. The method may further include creating a point-in-time snapshot copy of the respective metadata associated with the specific table. The method may also include saving the created point-in-time snapshot on a disk. The method may include detecting an access of the specific table. The method may also include constructing a plurality of respective table metadata structures using the saved created point-in-time snapshot, whereby the constructing is in response to detecting the access of the specific table.
US09619150B2	Data arrangement control method and data arrangement control apparatus An operation unit updates grouping information about grouping of data sets stored in a storage device, based on access information about access to data stored in the storage device and memory loading information about data loaded and held in a memory according to access to data stored in the storage device. The operation unit updates data arrangement in the storage device according to the updating of the grouping information. In the updating of the grouping information, the operation unit updates the grouping information based on relationship information between data sets according to the access information.
US09619149B1	Weighted-value consistent hashing for balancing device wear Described are techniques that select a physical storage device for storing data. Device weights for physical storage devices are determined in accordance with factor(s) including a storage capacity each physical storage device and an amount of remaining write capacity of each physical storage device representing an amount of remaining writes for an expected lifetime of each physical storage device. A replica set is determined for each physical storage device in accordance with a device weight. Hash value sets are determined for the physical storage devices using a hash function. A first hash value for a first data item is determined using the hash function. The first hash value is mapped to a second hash value included in one of hash value sets associated with a corresponding one of the physical storage devices. The corresponding one of the physical storage devices is selected to store the first data item.
US09619148B2	Distributed data set storage and retrieval An apparatus includes processor component caused to: retrieve metadata of organization of data within a data set, and map data of organization of data blocks within a data file; receive indications of which node devices are available to perform a processing task with a data set portion; and in response to the data set including partitioned data, compare the quantities of available node devices and of the node devices last involved in storing the data set. In response to a match, for each map data map entry: retrieve a hashed identifier for a data sub-block, and a size for each of the data sub-blocks within the corresponding data block; divide the hashed identifier by the quantity of available node devices; compare the modulo value to a designation assigned to each of the available node devices; and provide a pointer to the available node device assigned the matching designation.
US09619146B2	Work machine including a controller controlling operation of different component of work machine A work machine includes a controller having a first storage unit that can store work machine information and rewrite the stored work machine information, and a processing unit that collects the work machine information, and stores at least one kind of the work machine information in the first storage unit when trigger information for causing the first storage unit to start storing the work machine information occurs. The controller can change from an outside at least one of the number of data prior to a trigger of the work machine information collected by the processing unit before the trigger information, the number of data subsequent to the trigger of the work machine information collected by the processing unit after the trigger information, and a time interval during which the work machine information is collected.
US09619143B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for viewing application launch icons A computing device with a touch screen display displays a first set of a first plurality of icons in a first area of the touch screen display, the first plurality of icons including a plurality of sets of icons that are separately displayed in the first area of the touch screen display, the first plurality of icons including application launch icons; displays a second plurality of icons in a second area on the touch screen display, the second plurality of icons including application launch icons, wherein the second area is different from the first area; detects a finger swipe gesture in the first area; and, in response replaces display of the first set with display of a second set of the first plurality of icons in the first area while maintaining the display of the second plurality of icons in the second area.
US09619141B2	Information processing terminal and method, program, and recording medium A device includes a display unit which displays display screens, an input unit which receives a gesture input, and a controller which detects whether a gesture, input on the input unit, is in a gesture input region where gesture input is accepted on one of the display screens of the display unit. The controller displays gesture input regions for the display screen when the gesture is not detected in the gesture input region.
US09619139B2	Device, method, and storage medium storing program According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen including a first icon and a second icon. The controller displays a sub icon associated with the second icon on the lock screen when a gesture in which the first icon and the second icon are superimposed is detected.
US09619137B2	Portable device touchscreen optimization A display protection system for use in a portable electronic device includes first and second lenses overlaying the device display. The first lens includes an aperture over a lens sensor mounted in the device, whereas the second lens includes an opaque region in that same area. In this way, the lens sensor may detect the presence or absence of the secondary lens and adjust touch sensor behavior accordingly.
US09619132B2	Device, method and graphical user interface for zooming in on a touch-screen display In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, at least a first portion of an electronic document is displayed at a first magnification. A gesture is detected on or near the touch screen display corresponding to a command to zoom in by a user-specified amount. In response to detecting the gesture, decreasing portions of the electronic document are displayed at increasing magnifications. If, upon detecting termination of the gesture, the magnification exceeds a predefined magnification, a respective portion of the electronic document is displayed at the predefined magnification.
US09619130B2	Method and apparatus for adapting applications over multiple devices A method and apparatus that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, presenting at a display of a computer device a first graphical user interface depicting a game space of a gaming application, receiving a detected stimulation from a mobile communication device associated with a second graphical user interface depicting a virtual peripheral controller for capturing control information for controlling the gaming application, detecting a request to swap between the computer device and mobile communication device presentation of the first graphical user interface depicting the game space and the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller, and presenting at the display of the computer device an adaptation of the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller responsive to the detected request to swap. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09619125B2	Systems and methods for addressably programming a notification safety device Systems, methods, and devices for addressably programming notification devices are provided. The system includes at least a notification device connected to a mobile communication device via a communication link. The mobile communication device includes a wireless transceiver configured to establish communication with the notification device, and a configuration list that includes location information associated with the notification device and an address associated with a network connecting the notification device to a control panel. The mobile communication device also includes a memory that stores the configuration list, and a processor in signal communication with the memory and that executes a plurality of instructions that, upon execution, accesses the configuration list and assigns an address to the notification device.
US09619116B2	Communication between a document editor in-space user interface and a document editor out-space user interface An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface for a document editor program. An out-space actuator is associated with an in-space user interface having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, an out-space user interface is displayed that includes an expanded feature selection surface. The out-space user interface may be used to display one or more status panes for providing status information about a document being edited in the in-space user interface. Application features for affecting changes to a given document's status may be exposed in the out-space interface in proximity to associated status information. An out-space communication user interface (UI) component may be temporarily displayed in the document in-space user interface to communicate document status information that is presently available in the out-space user interface. A message bar may be displayed in the in-space user interface for communicating information from the out-space user interface.
US09619108B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods providing user interface features for editing multi-layer images One exemplary embodiment involves, on a computer device, displaying a graphical user interface for editing electronic content and displaying representations of a fixed number of layers available for use in the electronic content. Representation of ones of the layers that are not used are graphically distinguished from representations of ones of the layers that are used. In response to receiving input at the computer device, an editing feature for editing a layer of the electronic content is provided.
US09619107B2	Methods and systems for dynamically displaying icons on a user interface for security check and other functions A method and system for displaying icons on a user interface of a smart device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a webpage address and checking security of the webpage linked to the webpage address. Further, the method includes displaying a first icon at a pre-determined position, the first icon indicating that the security check is in progress; obtaining a speed for loading the webpage and a speed for the security check; and adjusting icons displayed at the pre-determined position based on the speed for loading the webpage and the speed for the security check. The method and system consistent with the present disclosure may improve the user experience of smartphone users.
US09619105B1	Systems and methods for gesture based interaction with viewpoint dependent user interfaces Systems and methods are disclosed for performing three-dimensional (3D) gesture based interaction with a user interface rendered from a 3D object model based upon the viewpoint of a user. Gesture based interactive systems in accordance with many embodiments of the invention utilize a spatial model of how user interface objects, such as icons and a cursor, spatially relate to one another. The user interface model can be constructed as a 3D object model. With a 3D object model, the operating system can use depth information to render a user interface display appropriate to the requirements of a specific display technology. In many embodiments, head tracking is used to determine a viewpoint from which to render a user interface display from a 3D object model maintained by the operating system and the user interface can be updated in response to the detection of 3D gestures.
US09619104B2	Interactive input system having a 3D input space Computerized methods and interactive input systems for manipulation of 3D objects are disclosed. An image of 3D object is displayed on a 2D interactive surface, and input is received and is interpreted for manipulating the 3D object. When the 3D object is selected, rotation control handles indicating available rotation directions are displayed. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing images of a 3D input space, recognizing at least one object in the images, and comparing the recognized objects in the images to determine a difference therebetween based on a difference threshold. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, the recognized objects are emerged and associated with digital content, or only one of the recognized objects is maintained and associated with digital content.
US09619101B2	Data processing system related to browsing A data processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls browsing document data to be displayed, the browsing document data being configured by plural browsing object data items, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, the position information being pointed by a pointing unit and indicating a position corresponding to the browsing document data displayed by the display control unit, a direction identification unit that identifies a direction pointed by the pointing unit, starting from the pointed position, based on a history of a motion by the pointing unit, and an attention data identification unit that identifies attention data indicating browsing object data that is focused, among the plural browsing object data items, based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and a direction identified by the direction identification unit.
US09619098B2	Display unit with touch detection function, and electronic device A display unit with a touch detection function includes: a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a direction, each of the touch detection electrodes being formed in a predetermined electrode pattern including electrode portion and opening portion and outputting a detection signal, based on a variation in capacitance due to an external proximity object; and a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer of the touch detection electrodes, a predetermined number of the display elements being arranged within a width dimension of a region corresponding to each of the touch detection electrodes. The predetermined electrode pattern corresponds to a layout pattern of the display elements.
US09619096B2	Input device having multi-level device and user device including the same One or more embodiments provide an input device including a multi-level driver and an operating method thereof. The input device includes a sensor board that includes at least one loop. The input device also includes at least one multi-level driver that includes a plurality of drivers, and is configured to output, to the at least one loop, a signal generated based on signals output from the plurality of drivers.
US09619088B2	Touch detecting device including a plurality of drive areas, display device with touch detecting function and electronic apparatus including the same According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area.
US09619086B2	Display device with touch screen and method of driving the same A display device with a touch screen and a method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving a display device including a touch screen including a plurality of sensing electrode lines and driving electrode lines and operating as an electromagnetic touch mode or a capacitive touch mode according to an input touch signal, the method includes: determining the input touch signal, controlling whether to connect pairs of sensing electrode lines among the sensing electrode lines, and controlling whether to connect pairs of driving electrode lines among the driving electrode lines, according to the touch signal.
US09619085B2	Pattern of a capacitive touch device and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure relates to a touch device, and more particularly to a pattern of a capacitive touch device and a manufacturing method thereof. The pattern of the capacitive touch device comprises of a substrate, two adjacent first axial electrodes, a first axial conductive wire, and a pair of metal jumpers. The first axial conductive wire is disposed between the two adjacent first axial electrodes for connecting the two adjacent first axial electrodes. The pair of metallic metal jumpers is disposed on the connecting points of the two first axial electrodes and the first axial conductive wire. Accordingly, resistance caused by the connecting points of the two adjacent first axial electrodes and the first axial conductive wire can be reduced such that response speed of the pattern of the capacitive touch control device is increased.
US09619080B2	Electronic apparatus and control method of electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, an input receiving module and a threshold value correcting module. The touch panel is configured to be superimposed on the display. The input receiving module is configured to receive an input through the touch panel. The threshold value correcting module is configured to correct a threshold value which determines whether or not a touch is input.
US09619078B2	Method and apparatus for reducing user distraction A method and apparatus for reducing user distraction is provided herein. During operation a user device will show content for limited periods of time during a context where the user is not to be distracted. So for example, a police officer driving may only be able to look at the screen of his device for a first period of time (e.g., 3 seconds). After that period of time, the device will prevent further viewing (preferably by turning off the screen). After a second period of time (e.g., 10 seconds), the device will again allow the officer to look at the screen for the first period of time. When the device has determined that user distraction does not need to be prevented, the device will allow full access to the user.
US09619077B2	Touch display apparatus and operation method of touch device thereof A touch display apparatus and an operation method of a touch apparatus thereof are provided. The operation method of the touch apparatus includes the following steps, namely, providing a touch capability regulating signal according to a plurality of image data in a column of an image frame; providing a touch driving signal to a first touch electrode in sequence according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal; changing at least one of an amplitude and a frequency of the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the touch capability regulating signal.
US09619073B2	Touch screen driver including out-of-phase driving signals simultaneously supplied to adjacent TX lines for reducing noise from a display panel, and method for driving the same A touch screen driver and method for driving the same are disclosed. The touch screen driver includes a Tx driving circuit which sequentially supplies a pair of out-of-phase composed of a first driving signal and a second driving signal which has a phase difference of 180° with respect to the first driving signal and the second driving signal driving signals to Tx lines, wherein the first signal and the second signal are simultaneously supplied to the adjacent Tx lines, respectively; and an Rx driving circuit which samples a charge of the touch sensor received through the Rx lines coupled with the Tx lines and converts the sampled charge into digital data.
US09619071B2	Computing device and an apparatus having sensors configured for measuring spatial information indicative of a position of the computing devices Sensor fusion algorithm techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, behaviors of a host device and accessory devices are controlled based upon an orientation of the host device and accessory devices, relative to one another. A combined spatial position and/or orientation for the host device may be obtained based on raw measurements that are obtained from at least two different types of sensors. In addition, a spatial position and/or orientation for an accessory device is ascertained using one or more sensors of the accessory device. An orientation (or position) of the accessory device relative to the host computing device may then be computed based on the combined spatial position/orientation for the host computing device and the ascertained spatial position/orientation for the accessory device. The relative orientation that is computed may then be used in various ways to control behaviors of the host computing device and/or accessory device.
US09619069B2	Display apparatus with touch detection function, drive circuit, method of driving display apparatus with touch detection function, and electronic devices A display apparatus with a touch detection function, includes: a plurality of common drive electrodes disposed in parallel so as to extend in one direction; a display element displaying on the basis of a pixel signal and a display drive signal; a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object on the basis of a touch-detection drive signal; and a scan drive section performing first scan driving to apply the display drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division and second scan driving having a scan speed different from a scan speed of the first scan driving to apply the touch-detection drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division, wherein the scan drive section drives the common drive electrodes for each plurality of the electrodes in the first and the second scan driving.
US09619067B2	Semiconductor device A display signal drive circuit is configured to output a display signal having a signal level based on a common voltage to a display panel. A touch detection signal drive circuit is configured to output a touch detection signal having a signal level based on the common voltage to a touch panel in case that a composite panel is an in-cell type, and is configured to output a touch detection signal having a signal level based on a voltage level other than the common voltage to the touch panel in case that the composite panel is an on-cell type.
US09619064B2	Structure with integrated acoustics function Embodiments disclosed herein include a device with an integrated acoustics function that includes a patterned touch screen cover, an acoustic thin film, a plurality of electrodes, and a substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate is coupled to the acoustic thin film and reduces heat loss from the acoustic thin film through the substrate. The acoustic thin film may be coupled to the patterned touch screen cover and conducts an oscillating electrical current provided by the plurality of electrodes, thereby acting as a nano-scale acoustic generator. In still some embodiments, the patterned touch screen cover provides an array of microspeakers and a viewing area, where the array of microspeakers is disposed around a perimeter of the patterned touch screen cover.
US09619063B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and touch display device Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a touch display device. The array substrate comprises multiple data lines, multiple gate lines and multiple thin film transistors. The data lines and the gate lines intersect with each other in different planes to divide the array substrate into multiple pixel units, in each of which a thin film transistor is provided, wherein the array substrate further comprises multiple first touch sensing electrodes and multiple second touch sensing electrodes. The first touch sensing electrodes are provided below active regions of the thin film transistors and also serve as metal shielding layers for blocking light emitted by a backlight source. The first touch sensing electrodes and the second touch sensing electrodes intersect with each other in different planes, and capacitances are formed at intersections of the first touch sensing electrodes and the second touch sensing electrodes.
US09619058B2	Circuit configuration of a touch panel controller IC A circuit configuration for touch panel controller IC includes a substrate including electrode pins arranged along four border edges thereof for signal transmission, and a controller mounted on the substrate and surrounded by the electrode pins and including processing units arranged in one same direction in a parallel manner, electric contacts arranged in three rows at three sides around the processing units and respectively electrically connected to the electrode pins of the substrate by respective lead wires and steering wires respectively electrically connected between the processing units and the electric contacts. Arranging the processing units in one same direction in a parallel manner minimizes differences in environmental conditions in exposure graphic definition and etch rate, thereby obtaining better circuit component process uniformity, and thus, the variation among the processing units after fabrication can be insignificant and better sensing accuracy can be achieved.
US09619052B2	Devices and methods for manipulating user interfaces with a stylus An electronic device: displays an electronic document; while displaying the electronic document, detects a first input from a stylus, including detecting an initial contact by the stylus on a touch-sensitive surface; determines a plurality of characteristics of the first input, including a tilt of the stylus; in accordance with a determination that the tilt meets one or more selection criteria for a first virtual drawing implement, selects the first virtual drawing implement for the stylus to emulate; in accordance with a determination that the tilt meets one or more selection criteria for a second virtual drawing implement, selects the second virtual drawing implement for the stylus to emulate; and, after selecting one of the first virtual drawing implement and the second virtual drawing implement for the stylus to emulate, generates a mark in the electronic document with the selected virtual drawing implement in response to detecting the first input.
US09619051B2	Active stylus to host data transmitting method Apparatus and methods of active stylus to host device data transmitting are described. One method receives, at a stylus, an indication that a host device is performing a first coordinate measurement operation to determine a coordinate of the stylus proximate to a capacitive sense array of the host device. The set of coordinate measurement operations includes a first measurement operation of a first set of electrodes of the capacitive sense array and a second measurement operation of a second set of electrodes of the capacitive sense array. While the host device is performing the set of coordinate measurement operations, the stylus transmits a data packet of stylus data to the host device. In particular, the stylus transmits a first bit of the data packet during the first measurement operation and transmits a second bit of the data packet during the second measurement operation.
US09619050B2	Mouse user interface with configurable components A mouse configured to be used as a user interface with a computing device. The mouse may include an arm component, a body component coupled to a first part of the arm component, and a wheel component coupled to a second part of the arm component.
US09619049B2	One-handed operation of mobile electronic devices One-handed operation of a wearable computing device is provided. An indicator is displayed on a graphical user interface of a wearable computing device. A directional displacement of an interface device is determined, wherein the interface device is removably connected to a finger of a user of the wearable computing device. An association is made between the indicator and a graphical user interface object based, at least in part, on the directional displacement of the interface device. A graphical user interface is modified to visually indicate the association between the indicator and a graphical user interface object. In response to determining that a force exerted by a surface in contact with the interface device exceeds a threshold, a graphical user interface object is activated.
US09619047B2	Optical finger navigation device An optical finger navigation (OFN) device for use in handheld portable devices is presented. The OFN device may include a light source, a sensor, a lens holder integrated with a light guide system and a molded lead frame. The lens holder may include a lens receiving region for receiving the lens, a light guide system for directing light emitted by the light source towards the navigation surface. The light guide system may include a slanted wall that may be coated with a light reflective material.
US09619043B2	Gesture multi-function on a physical keyboard A computer keyboard includes position sensors such as capacitive sensors on each of the keys for monitoring positions of fingertips on the keys. A processor receives an indication of contact of a finger on a surface of a key, including an identity of the key and an indication of a position of the contact on the surface. The processor also receives an indication of a motion gesture comprising displacement of the position of the contact on the surface of the key. Using the identity of the key and the indication of the motion gesture, an input from a human operator is determined.
US09619035B2	Gesture detection and recognition A gesture detection and recognition technique is described. In one example, a sequence of data items relating to the motion of a gesturing user is received. A selected set of data items from the sequence are tested against pre-learned threshold values, to determine a probability of the sequence representing a certain gesture. If the probability is greater than a predetermined value, then the gesture is detected, and an action taken. In examples, the tests are performed by a trained decision tree classifier. In another example, the sequence of data items can be compared to pre-learned templates, and the similarity between them determined. If the similarity for a template exceeds a threshold, a likelihood value associated with a future time for a gesture associated with that template is updated. Then, when the future time is reached, the gesture is detected if the likelihood value is greater than a predefined value.
US09619030B2	User interface system and method One embodiment of the user interface system comprises: A tactile layer defining a tactile surface touchable by a user and plurality of deformable regions operable between a retracted state, wherein the deformable regions are flush with an undeformable region of the tactile layer; and an expanded state, wherein the deformable regions are proud of the undeformable region. A substrate joined to the undeformable region and defining a fluid port per deformable region and a fluid channel. A displacement device displacing the fluid through the fluid channel and the fluid ports to transition the deformable regions from the retracted state to the expanded state. A first and a second pressure sensor detecting changes in fluid pressure within the fluid due to a force applied to a particular deformable region. A processor determining the particular deformable region to be location of the input force based upon the detected fluid pressure changes.
US09619029B2	Haptic trigger control system A system that controls a haptic effect experienced at a trigger is provided. The system receives a haptic effect definition including haptic data. The system further receives trigger data including at least one of: a position of a trigger of a peripheral device; or a range of the trigger of the peripheral device. The system further determines whether a trigger condition is reached based on the received trigger data. The system further sends a haptic instruction and the haptic effect definition to the peripheral device when the trigger condition is reached. The system further causes a haptic output device (or multiple haptic output devices) to produce haptic effects that are based on the haptic effect definition at the peripheral device in response to the haptic instruction.
US09619028B2	Electronic apparatus and panel unit Frequency characteristics of an air conduction sound and a human body vibration sound are adjusted. An electronic apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a panel 10, a piezoelectric element 30, a housing 60 for mounting the panel 10, and a member 80 attached to the piezoelectric element 30, wherein the member 80 and the panel 10 deform due to deformation of the piezoelectric element 30 and thus deliver the air conduction sound and the human body vibration sound to an object in contact with the panel 10 that is deforming, and the member 80 adjusts the frequency characteristics of the air conduction sound and the human body vibration sound.
US09619026B2	Input apparatus for providing a tactile sensation and a control method thereof An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a first standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a click sensation is provided to a pressing object (pressing means) pressing the touch face. The control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a second standard lower than the first standard after the click sensation is provided in pressing, controls drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a release sensation corresponding to the click sensation is provided. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided to an operator when the operator operates the touch sensor, allowing the operator to perform a continuous input operation without having a feeling of strangeness.
US09619025B2	Method and system for operating a mobile device according to the rate of change of the touch area A method and system for operating a mobile device according to a rate of change of a touch area are provided. The system includes a touch screen for creating a touch event according to a touch and a controller. The controller detects the rate of change of the touch area, according to information of a location where the touch event occurred and the occurrence of the touch event. The controller performs a function linked to the touch event detected location, by varying a property of the function according to the rate of change of the touch area.
US09619024B2	Virtual input device and virtual input method A virtual inputting device comprises: a signal collection unit including a bioelectrical sensor for collecting bioelectrical signals and an acceleration sensor for collecting acceleration signals; a signal preprocessing unit for performing preprocessing for the bioelectrical signals and the acceleration signals collected by the signal collection unit; a signal segmentation unit for performing segmentation processing for the preprocessed bioelectrical signals and acceleration signals so as to obtain a plurality of gesture segments; a feature extracting unit for extracting feature values from the bioelectrical signals and the acceleration signals for respective gesture segments; a feature combination unit for combining feature values extracted from the feature extracting unit to form a combined feature vector; a gesture recognition unit for performing gesture recognition based on the combined feature vector; and a character mapping unit for obtaining characters corresponding to the recognized gesture according to a predetermined mapping relationship between characters and gestures.
US09619023B2	Terminal, system, communication method, and recording medium storing a communication program A communication terminal for communicating with a counterpart communication terminal includes a receiver that receives image data including an eye image of a user operating the counterpart communication terminal from the counterpart communication terminal, the eye image of the user being captured at the counterpart communication terminal while the user is viewing a predetermined position on a counterpart display, and circuitry that specifies a sightline position indicating a sightline position of the user operating the counterpart communication terminal based on the received image data, generates calibration data indicating a relationship between a first area including the specified sightline position of the user and a second area including the predetermined position on the counterpart display, and adjusts the specified sightline position of the user on a display at the communication terminal based on the generated calibration data.
US09619021B2	Head mounted display providing eye gaze calibration and control method thereof A control method of a head mounted display (HMD) is disclosed. The control method includes detecting a first route of a first moving object and a second route of a second moving object in front of the HMD, detecting a third route along which a user's eye gaze moves, setting the first moving object as a reference object if the detected first route identical with the detected third route, setting the second moving object as the reference object if the detected second route identical with the detected third route, and setting a focus of the camera unit on the set reference object based on a route of the set reference object and the detected third route.
US09619016B2	Method and device for displaying wallpaper image on screen A method for displaying an image on a terminal, includes: acquiring current posture information of the terminal; selecting, according to the current posture information, a target area in a preset image as a wallpaper image of the terminal; and displaying the wallpaper image on a screen of the terminal.
US09619015B2	Implementing a power off state in a computing device Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to implementing a power down state in a computing device. A sleep command is issued to place a computing device in a sleep state in response to receipt of a power off command at the computing device. Content of memory of the computing device is written to non-volatile storage of the computing device and the computing device is placed in a power off state.
US09619012B2	Power level control using power assertion requests A method and an apparatus for a power assertion management are described. A power assertion indicator may be maintained for a device component having a power level. The power assertion indicator can indicate whether the power level of the device component is allowed to be lowered. A power assertion request may be sent from a first process to prevent lowering the power level of the device component before a data processing task is completed. A second process can receive a request from the first process to perform operations for the data processing task. The power level of the device component may not be allowed to be lowered before the second process completes the operations for the data processing task. The power level of the device component may be lowered after the data processing task is completed.
US09619008B2	System and method for dynamic thermal management in passively cooled device with a plurality of display surfaces An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.
US09619006B2	Router parking in power-efficient interconnect architectures A method and apparatus for selectively parking routers used for routing traffic in mesh interconnects. Various router parking (RP) algorithms are disclosed, including an aggressive RP algorithm where a minimum number of routers are kept active to ensure adequate network connectivity between active nodes and/or intercommunicating nodes, leading to a maximum reduction in static power consumption, and a conservative RP algorithm that favors network latency considerations over static power consumption while also reducing power. An adaptive RP algorithm is also disclosed that implements aspects of the aggressive and conservative RP algorithms to balance power consumption and latency considerations in response to ongoing node utilization and associated traffic. The techniques may be implemented in internal network structures, such as for single chip computers, as well as external network structures, such as computing clusters and massively parallel computer architectures. Performance modeling has demonstrated substantial power reduction may be obtained using the router parking techniques while maintaining Quality of Service performance objectives.
US09619005B2	Apparatus and method for saving power of USB device An apparatus and method for saving power of a USB composite network device is provided. The method includes sending an idle request IRP to a composite driver at a bus driver of a network driver when the composite network device requests selective suspend, sending power state transition information to the composite driver and shifting a power state from a normal state to an intermediate sleep state at the bus driver, and shifting a power state from the normal state to the intermediate sleep state at the composite driver according to the power state transition information, wherein, when the composite network device is shifted to the selective suspend mode, the bus driver and the composite driver are in the intermediate sleep state and an NDIS miniport driver of the network driver is in the normal state.
US09619003B2	Communication system, relay device, and method for controlling power supply The present invention provides a communication system including a relay device that is capable of simplifying the configuration of a control device for controlling a device based on relay information and reducing cost of the whole system, the relay device and a method for controlling power supply. A GW device includes first to fourth communication parts respectively connected to communication buses, which are connected to ECUs respectively. The GW device receives a message transmitted from each of ECUs, extracts signal information S1 to S5 related to equipment in the vehicle included in the message from the received message, collects the extracted signal information S1 to S5 to create a message (ID4), and transmits the created message to a power supply control device. The power supply control device controls on/off of the ECUs and each of loads based on signal information included in the message received from the GW device.
US09619002B2	Activating and deactivation functional units of a line card In some implementations, a method includes analyzing an amount of data communicated by a set of network interfaces. The data communicated by the set of network interfaces is processed by a set of functional units and a set of queues includes the data communicated by the set of network interfaces. The method also includes activating a first functional unit of the set of functional units when a first size of a first queue of the set of queues is above a first threshold. The method further includes deactivating the first functional unit of the set of functional units when the first size of the first queue of the set of queues is below a second threshold. The method further includes causing the data to be forward to one or more active functional units via a data interconnect coupled to the set of network interfaces and the set of functional units.
US09618999B1	Idle-aware margin adaption Monitoring is performed for a requested change in a number of active processor cores within a multi-core processor. A current power level setting of the multi-core processor is checked based on the requested change in the number of active processor cores. A targeted power level setting associated with the requested change in the number of active processor cores is determined, where the targeted power level setting incorporates a worst case noise level margin defined on an active processor core basis. The current power level setting is adjusted to align with the targeted power level based on determining that the current power level setting fails to meet the targeted power level within a threshold band.
US09618997B2	Controlling a turbo mode frequency of a processor In one embodiment, the present invention includes a multicore processor with a power controller to control a frequency at which the processor operates. More specifically, the power controller can limit a maximum operating frequency of the processor to less than a configured maximum operating frequency to enable a reduction in a number of frequency transitions occurring responsive to power state events, thus avoiding the overhead of operations performed in handling such transitions. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09618992B2	Information processing apparatus and control method therefor An information processing apparatus which operates in one of a normal power state and a plurality of power saving states, includes a storage unit to store power saving information that designates one of the plurality of power saving states, an acquisition unit to acquire from the connected peripheral device identification information for identifying the peripheral device, a specification unit to specify the power saving information associated with the acquired identification information based on the identification information and the setting information, and a control unit to control the apparatus to shift to the power saving state designated by the power saving information to the power saving state that is designated by the specified power saving information.
US09618991B1	Large-scale power back-up for data centers A method for providing electrical power to a computer data center includes generating alternating-current power by a plurality of generators and converting the alternating current power from each of the generators to direct current power; combining the direct current power from each of the generators into a common electrical domain; and supplying the computer data center using the combined direct current power.
US09618988B2	Method and apparatus for managing a thermal budget of at least a part of a processing system A method of managing a thermal budget, for at least a part of a processing system, is described. The method comprises, upon detection of a use case event, determining a thermal budget violation time window for a current use case scenario of the at least part of the processing system, and managing the thermal budget for the at least part of the processing system based at least partly on the determined thermal budget violation time window.
US09618982B2	Touch window and touch device including the same Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a substrate; a sensing electrode disposed on the substrate to sense a position; wire parts to electrically connect the sensing electrode; and a dummy pattern between the wire parts, wherein the wire parts include first extending parts and second extending parts having mutually different directionalities.
US09618980B2	Portable terminal A portable terminal includes a body, and an input part on a side of the body, the input part having a changeable position.
US09618978B2	Methods for controlling a touch panel and portable computers using the same An embodiment of the invention introduces a method for controlling a touch panel, executed by a micro-controller of a portable computer, which contains at least the following steps. A control signal is outputted to direct a touch panel controller to disable the whole touch panel or a portion thereof before sleep mode is entered.
US09618976B2	Hinged computer stand that slides up and down on a video display A computer display has an adjustable built-in stand with a slide portion that reciprocates in an opening in the rear of the display, and a support portion hingedly connected to the slide portion that extends rearwardly of the display and that supports the display in adjustable orientations, established by sliding the slide portion in the opening, ranging from the vertical or near vertical to the horizontal or near horizontal.
US09618974B2	Foldable display A foldable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the foldable display includes a display panel including: a plurality of flat regions and a folding region interposed between the flat regions. Each of the flat regions includes a fixed region and a semi-fixed region interposed between the fixed region and the folding region. The foldable display also includes a plurality of substrates respectively attached to the flat regions and a plurality of fixed adhesive members respectively interposed between the fixed regions and the substrates. The fixed adhesive members respectively attach the substrates to the fixed regions. The foldable display further includes a plurality of semi-fixed adhesive members respectively interposed between the semi-fixed regions and the substrates. The semi-fixed adhesive members are configured to respectively attach/detach the semi-fixed adhesive regions to/from the substrates based on the degree to which the display panel is folded.
US09618957B2	Switchable package capacitor for charge conservation and series resistance In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a capacitor and a die. The die comprises a resistor switch coupled between a power line and the capacitor, wherein the resistor switch has an adjustable resistance, and the power line and the capacitor are both external to the die. The die also comprises a circuit configured to receive power from the power line, and a controller configured to open the resistor switch if the power line is powered down.
US09618955B2	Method and apparatus to increase efficiency in a power factor correction circuit A power factor correction (PFC) controller includes a driver circuit coupled to vary the switching frequency of the power switch of the PFC converter in response to an input current of a PFC converter and an input voltage of the PFC converter, and to output a third signal to switch the power switch of the PFC converter to control the input current to substantially follow the input voltage. A frequency adjust circuit is coupled to receive an error voltage signal representative of an output of the PFC converter. The frequency adjust circuit is further coupled to output an adjusted error signal to adjust the end of the off time of the power switch of the PFC converter in response to the error voltage signal.
US09618953B2	System stabilization system A system stabilization system for suppressing a power fluctuation in a power system, the system stabilization system including: a power storage apparatus configured to suppressing a power fluctuation in the power system by either charging or discharging in response to a control; a capacitor apparatus configured to suppress a power fluctuation in the power system by making the charge/discharge response to control faster than the power storage apparatus and charging or discharging in response to the control; and a control apparatus configured to control the power storage apparatus and the capacitor apparatus so as to reduce occurrences of charging or discharging in the power storage apparatus.
US09618948B2	Appliance control system and remote controller An appliance control system includes: a sensor (3) that detects environmental data of a surrounding environment; a plurality of appliances (2) as control targets; a remote controller including: a display unit (15) that displays a list of the appliances (2); an input unit (16) that receives an operation of controlling the appliances (2); a storage unit (13) that stores a threshold value in the environmental data for each of the plurality of appliances (2); and a processing unit (12) that gives higher priority to an appliance in which the environmental data has exceeded a threshold value, the priority being concerned with a display order of the appliance (2) on the display unit (15).
US09618947B2	Resistance determination with increased sensitivity for temperature control of heated automotive components Electrical resistance of a heated component is determined for temperature control and monitoring. A voltage-representation signal, which is proportional to a voltage across a heater component, is received. A magnified voltage-representation signal is generated by determining a difference between a voltage baseline offset, which represents a minimum operating voltage of the heater component, and the voltage-representation signal. A current-representation signal, which is proportional to an electrical current passing through the heater component is received. A magnified current-representation signal is generated by determining a difference between a current baseline offset, which represents a minimum operating current of the heater component, and the current-representation signal. The magnified current-representation signal is modulated to generate a resistance-representation signal that is proportional to an amount of modulation that makes the magnified current-representation signal approximately equal to the magnified voltage-representation signal.
US09618945B2	Monitoring surface temperature of devices Techniques for monitoring surface temperature of devices are described. Generally, surface temperature of devices is monitored and controlled to prevent user discomfort and/or injury that may result from user contact with an excessively heated surface. In at least some embodiments, temperature of an external surface of the device is indirectly monitored. For instance, a temperature sensor is positioned at an internal location in a device that has a known temperature relationship to a temperature of an external surface of the device. Alternatively or additionally, a temperature of an external surface of a device may be directly detected. In at least some embodiments, when a temperature of an external surface of a device is determined to reach or exceed a threshold temperature, procedures can be implemented to reduce the temperature of the external surface and/or prevent further heating of the external surface.
US09618940B1	Unmanned aerial vehicle rooftop inspection system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes receiving, by the UAV, flight information describing a job to perform an inspection of a rooftop. A particular altitude is ascended to, and an inspection of the rooftop is performed including obtaining sensor information describing the rooftop. Location information identifying a damaged area of the rooftop is received. The damaged area of the rooftop is traveled to. An inspection of the damaged area of the rooftop is performed including obtaining detailed sensor information describing the damaged area. A safe landing location is traveled to.
US09618939B2	Method for controlling an aircraft in the form of a multicopter and corresponding control system A method and a system are provided for controlling an aircraft in the form of a multicopter which has a plurality of redundant rotors (4), preferably arranged in a common rotor plane, in order, on the one hand, to generate lift, and, on the other hand, also propulsion by inclining the at least one rotor plane, wherein the regulation of the position and the control of the multicopter are carried out by changing rotor rotational speeds as a function of pilot control instructions. The system is characterized in that the rotors (4) are connected to one another in terms of data technology via a failsafe network (8), and they communicate their respective operating state, in particular their rotor rotational speed, in the network (8), and in that the network contains a first multiplicity of redundant sensors which determine control-relevant data and make it available in the network, in particular inclination, acceleration, rotational speed and/or position in all three spatial axes of the multicopter.
US09618936B2	Automated vehicle control-rule selection based on operator state-of-awareness A system for automated operation of a host-vehicle includes a sensor, a data-source, and a controller. The sensor is installed in a host-vehicle. The sensor is operable to determine a state-of-awareness of an operator of the host-vehicle. The data-source provides route-data used for automated operation of the host-vehicle. The route-data includes a map and a control-rule for navigating the map. The controller is in communication with the sensor and the data-source. The controller is configured to operate the host-vehicle during automated operation of the host-vehicle in accordance with the route-data. The controller is also configured to modify the control-rule based on the state-of-awareness of the operator.
US09618932B2	Palletizing mobile drive units An inventory system includes a pallet and a base for palletizing or unpalletizing a mobile drive unit. The pallet has a set of openings corresponding with features of the mobile drive unit. The mobile drive unit features may extend into the pallet openings. The base includes protrusions corresponding to the pallet openings. Engaging the pallet and base can position the base protrusions in the pallet openings. Positioning the base protrusions in the pallet openings can displace the mobile drive unit features from the pallet openings and/or provide a surface upon which the mobile drive unit can navigate.
US09618930B1	Scheduling start-up process for time-constrained single-arm cluster tools Due to the trend of using larger wafer diameter and smaller lot size, cluster tools need to switch from processing one lot of wafers to another frequently. It leads to more transient periods in wafer fabrication. Their efficient scheduling and control problems become more and more important. It becomes difficult to solve such problems, especially when wafer residency time constraints must be considered. This work develops a Petri net model to describe the behavior during the start-up transient processes of a single-arm cluster tool. Then, based on the model, for the case that the difference of workloads among the steps is not too large and can be properly balanced, a scheduling algorithm to find an optimal feasible schedule for the start-up process is given. For other cases schedulable at the steady state, a linear programming model is developed to find an optimal feasible schedule for the start-up process.
US09618925B2	Multi-mode editor for configuring process control blocks including both logical functions and arithmetic computations A multi-editing mode LOGIC BLOCK object editor is disclosed for creating and modifying LOGIC BLOCK objects that are incorporated into control strategies for process control systems (both distributed and discrete). The editor includes an RPN text editing mode wherein logic incorporated into a LOGIC BLOCK is represented by a list of text instructions. The editor also includes a graphical function block diagram editing mode wherein LOGIC BLOCK logic is defined via instruction shapes dragged/dropped from a pallet and connected via GUI line connection actions by a user. The editor supports automated transitioning between the text and graphics modes wherein conversion of text-to-graphics and graphics-to-text is performed without user intervention. Furthermore, synchronization procedures are performed when LOGIC BLOCK objects are opened in the editor and when transitioning between editing modes to track and/or maintain synchronous status between graphical and text representations of LOGIC BLOCK logic.
US09618922B2	CPU of PLC, system program for PLC, and recording medium storing system program for PLC A scheduler causes a microprocessor to start execution of a first control program after a communication circuit transmits output data and receives input data in a control cycle following a control circle in which execution of the first control program has ended, and causes execution of an unexecuted portion of the first control program in a control cycle following a control cycle in which execution of the first control cycle has not ended.
US09618918B2	System and method for estimating the number of people in a smart building This disclosure concerns estimating the number of people within building-based device networks. Increasingly, local area network (LAN) devices are capable of sensing people (e.g. smart appliances). Features of building layout, and physical arrangement of devices provide that only a subset of sensor data patterns can be accounted for by a single user (e.g. simultaneous activation of a smart TV and a motion sensor). Over time, a central controller (e.g. LAN gateway) can gather these building-specific sensor patterns and learn single occupant characteristics for a network (e.g. features or boundaries of single occupant capability). In one embodiment, the central controller generates a single occupancy criterion (e.g. a building-specific test), comprising single occupant characteristics, operable to test a subset of sensor data for single occupancy. The central controller divides devices into a minimum number of groups, such that each group satisfies the single occupancy criterion and estimates the number of occupants accordingly.
US09618914B2	Energy resource-grid-load automatic control system of smart microgrid and control methods thereof The present invention relates to an energy resource-grid-load automatic control system of smart microgrid and control methods thereof, which belong to the field of microgrid control and electrical technology. The energy resource-grid-load automatic control system includes a distributed renewable energy power generation module, a distributed renewable energy inverter module, a conventional power generation module, a user load module, a bidirectional grid-connected control module, a distributed renewable energy intelligent optimizing power generation control module, an energy storage module, an intelligent energy storage unit adjuster and a storage battery pack. Compared with the conventional microgrid including a distributed renewable energy power generation system, the present invention guarantees the stability and the high energy utilization of the power generation system and effectively solves the problem of non-uniform frequency of use of storage batteries to unify the service life of the storage battery pack.
US09618911B2	Automation of a programmable device A method and apparatus for a computer-implemented adaptive automation module comprising an event recorder to store one or more events for a predetermined period, and a timeline pattern generator logic to create a timeline for the predetermined period. The module further comprising marker creator logic to generate a marker to abstract the timeline data from the event data for controlling a device.
US09618910B2	On-demand device templates for integrating devices in a processing facility A method (100) of generating on-demand device templates for integrating a controller controllable (CC) device with a process controller in a processing plant. A device description for the CC device is obtained (101) including a list of device parameters, connection details for communications including assembly structures, and a mapping of the device parameters into the assembly structures or the device description. Using a device template generating algorithm a custom device template is generated (102) for the CC device (i) by modifying an existing device template to include at least one modification or (ii) from the device description.
US09618909B2	Safety assurance of multiple redundant systems A system, method, and safety unit provide safety assurance for a multiple redundant system controlling a plant or complex. A unit active line (UAL) status indicates the presence of at least one redundant active unit within the system. A safety verification line (SVL) status verifies the powered down status of all redundant units not active within the system. A safety unit is associated with a vital supervision card (VSC) and vital power bus and the safety unit controls switchable connections from the vital power bus to the UAL and the SVL. Based on verification of UAL and SVL status, system control includes energizing the UAL.
US09618908B2	Watch display using light sources with a translucent cover A display assembly includes a display selectively displaying human-readable indicia on a face thereof and a cover disposed over the display. The cover has a homogeneous surface over the entire face of the display. The display assembly is controllable between an inactive state and an active state. In the inactive state, the face of the display is not viewable through the cover, and in the active state, the indicia are viewable through the cover.
US09618907B2	Electronic apparatus The present application discloses an electronic apparatus, comprising: a frame body, a fixing device, and a functional main body section. The fixing device is connected to the frame body, and used for fixing the electronic apparatus onto a support body. The frame body and the fixing device form a ring-like space when the electronic apparatus is fixed onto the support body by the fixing device. The functional main body section at least includes a first display module and a second display module, which are disposed in the frame body and stacked sequentially in a first direction. The electronic apparatus has a first cross section. The first cross section is a ring formed by sectioning the electronic apparatus in a direction perpendicular to the support body with the support body as a reference object, when the electronic apparatus is fixed onto the support body by the fixing device.
US09618905B2	Horologe Disclosed in the present application is a horologe, a timekeeping system thereof including: a winding mechanism powering the second hand, minute hand and hour hand; a mechanical transmission wheel train engaged with the winding mechanism and driving the second hand, minute hand and hour hand to operate, wherein the mechanical transmission wheel train comprises a tourbillion mechanism driving a second wheel connected with the second hand to rotate; an accuracy control device, wherein the timekeeping motor of the accuracy control device drives the rotation of the rotor and the timekeeping accuracy of the timekeeping motor is controlled by a quartz crystal oscillator; and an electronic transmission wheel train connected to the rotor. The horologe disclosed in the present application can solve the problem that the timekeeping accuracy of the mechanical horologe is poor.
US09618903B2	Holographic image display device and method for driving the same Disclosed are a holographic image display device and a method for driving the same which may stabilize luminance of a holographic image and reduce flicker. The holographic image display device includes a laser backlight unit, a surface light converter converting laser light emitted from the laser backlight unit into surface light-type laser light and emitting the surface light-type laser light, a spatial light modulator (SLM) implementing an input holographic interference pattern and projecting a holographic image at a viewing point using the surface light-type laser light, and an optical switching unit located between the laser backlight unit and the SLM and controlling polarization of the laser light. The optical switching unit blocks laser light emitted to the SLM in a blocking mode, and transmits the laser light emitted to the SLM in a transmission mode.
US09618902B2	Apparatus and method for generating hologram pattern Provided is an apparatus and method for generating a hologram pattern with a reduced amount of computation. The apparatus may include a reference depth layer setting unit configured or having a capacity to set a reference depth layer using data associated with a three-dimensional (3D) object, a first hologram pattern generating unit configured to generate a first hologram pattern corresponding to the 3D object in the reference depth layer, and a second hologram pattern generating unit configured to generate a second hologram pattern in a hologram plane using the first hologram pattern.
US09618896B2	Paper sheet conveying apparatus and image forming system A paper sheet conveying apparatus includes: a first storage unit; a second storage unit; a first conveyance path to the first storage unit; a second conveyance path to the second storage unit; a conveyance unit configured to convey a paper sheet; a switching unit configured to switch a conveyance path of a paper sheet; a cutting unit configured to cut a paper sheet at a cutting position; a detecting unit configured to detect a jam; and a control unit, when a jam is detected on the first conveyance path, configured to cut a part of the paper sheet, the part is positioned on a side upstream from the cutting position, to a predetermined length, switch a conveyance path of the paper sheet from the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path, and store the cut paper sheet in the second storage unit through the second conveyance path.
US09618892B2	Image forming apparatus According to embodiments, an image forming apparatus has a cassette section for holding sheets, a conveying section for conveying the sheet, an image forming section that forms the image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying section, a determining section that determines the type of the sheet fed from the cassette, and a display section that displays different messages corresponding to the type of the sheet if a jam of the sheet has occurred while the sheet is conveyed in the conveying section. The source of a sheet for printing thereon may be changed if a threshold number of paper jams occur using paper fed from a particular cassette.
US09618890B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, a separation member and a separation/contact mechanism. The fixing member and the pressure member are provided so as to separate away from or come in contact with each other and to form a fixing nip. The fixing member has a flexibility and is deformable by separating away from or coming in contact with the pressure member. The separation member is disposed to face the fixing member and configured to separate a sheet passed through the fixing nip from the fixing member. The separation/contact mechanism is configured to support the separation member such that a fixing member side edge portion of the separation member is deformed along the fixing member in synchronization with the separating and contacting of the fixing member and the pressure member.
US09618884B2	Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus configured to heat an image formed on a recording material includes a cylindrical rotatable member including a conductive layer, a magnetic core inserted through the rotatable member, a coil helically wound around an outer side of the magnetic core within the rotatable member, and an inverter configured to supply an alternating current to the coil. A frequency of the alternating current supplied from the inverter is within a range of 20.5 to 100 kHz. The conductive layer generates heat by electromagnetic induction due to an alternating magnetic field produced from the alternating current supplied to the coil. The coil is wound at an interval of 1 mm or longer.
US09618877B2	Image forming apparatus having image forming units for forming developer images An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic latent image, a developer carrier for developing the electrostatic latent image of the image carrier with a developer, a developer regulating member that regulates a thickness of a layer of the developer held by the developer carrier, and a supply member that supplies the developer to the developer carrier. An absolute value of a voltage applied to the developer regulating member is larger than an absolute value of a voltage applied to the supply member.
US09618875B2	Optical writing control device, image forming apparatus, and method of controlling optical writing device An optical writing control device and method are provided, for controlling light emission of a plurality of light sources to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element, the light sources including a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a line and classified into a plurality of groups, including frequency converter circuitry configured to acquire image information to be formed as the electrostatic latent image; and a light source controller configured to control the plurality of light sources based on pixel information generated from the acquired image information, wherein the light source controller is further configured to control the light emission of the plurality of light sources by classifying the light emitting elements into the plurality of groups, and shifting a timing of light emission from one group of the plurality of groups to a next group of the plurality of groups, and determine a common illuminating period for the light emitting elements of at least one light source of the plurality of light sources based on the shifted timing of light emission among the plurality of groups.
US09618874B2	Write control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and write control method A write control apparatus is for receiving one page worth of image data and performing processes, and writing an image by exposing a photoconductor. The write control apparatus includes a write control unit including a process function unit for performing the processes; a computer for generating setting values of parameters used by the process function unit; and first and second memories for storing the setting values. When the computer sends a trigger signal to start image formation to the write control unit, the second memory stores one page worth of the setting values stored in the first memory, and the setting values of a desired page among a plurality of pages worth of the setting values stored in the second memory are applied to operations by the process function unit when the write control unit controlled by the computer writes an image of the desired page.
US09618873B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a moving member movable while supporting an image forming portion having an image bearing member, between a position inside the main body and a position outside the main body so that at least a part of the image forming portion is removably mountable on the moving member as a cartridge, and an exposure device configured to expose the image bearing member with light through an exposure opening provided in the moving member. In addition, a shielding member is provided in the moving member to shield the exposure opening, and a holding mechanism holds the shielding member in a shielding position for shielding the exposure opening while the moving member is moved and holds the shielding member in a non-shielding position for opening the exposure opening when the moving member is in the inside position.
US09618872B2	Optical scanning apparatus During an operation of assembling a cover on an optical box, a cover-side engaging portion comes into contact with a side wall of the optical box and hence is deformed. An optical scanning apparatus is configured so that a distal end portion of a protrusion and an apex portion of a side wall of an optical box pass each other prior to a distal end portion of a cover-side engaging portion.
US09618863B2	Toner, developer and method of manufacturing toner A toner is provided. The toner includes a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent and an external additive. The toner has an average circularity of from 0.965 to less than 0.985. The toner has BET specific surface area of less than 1.20 m2/g after liberation treatment of external additive.
US09618858B2	Lithographic apparatus and a device manufacturing method involving thermal conditioning of a table An immersion lithographic apparatus is provided having a substrate table including a drain configured to receive immersion fluid which leaks into a gap between an edge of a substrate on the substrate table and an edge of a recess in which the substrate is located. A thermal conditioning system is provided to thermally condition at least the portion of the recess supporting the substrate by directing one or more jets of fluid onto a reverse side of the section supporting the substrate.
US09618855B2	Lithography system and method for mask inspection The present disclosure provides a method that includes capturing a first image of a mask in a first exposure apparatus using a first exposure source and a first imaging sensor; capturing a second image of the mask in a second exposure apparatus using a second exposure source and a second imaging sensor; comparing the first image of the mask and the second image of the mask for a difference therebetween; and determining an action according to the difference.
US09618852B2	Immersion lithography fluid control system regulating flow velocity of gas based on position of gas outlets An immersion lithography apparatus includes an optical member, a gap defined between the optical member and a surface disposed opposite the optical member being filled with an immersion liquid, and a fluid control device including gas outlets through which a gas is supplied to prevent the immersion liquid from entering a surround area external to an exposure area. A flow velocity of the gas supplied from the gas outlets is controlled so that a pressure of the gas supplied by a first one of the gas outlets is different from a pressure of the gas simultaneously supplied from a second one of the gas outlets.
US09618850B2	Pattern forming process and shrink agent A negative pattern is formed by applying a resist composition onto a substrate, exposing the resist film, and developing the exposed resist film in an organic solvent developer. The process further involves coating the negative pattern with a shrink agent solution of a polymer comprising recurring units having an acid labile group-substituted hydroxyl and/or carboxyl group in a C7-C16 ester or C8-C16 ketone solvent, baking the coating, and removing the excessive shrink agent via organic solvent development for thereby shrinking the size of spaces in the pattern.
US09618845B2	Method for forming resist pattern, resist pattern splitting agent, split pattern improving agent, resist pattern splitting material, and positive resist composition for forming split pattern A method of forming a resist pattern, including: a step A in which a positive resist composition is applied to a substrate to form a positive resist film, the positive resist film is exposed and the positive resist film is subjected to an alkali development to form a first resist pattern; a step B in which a solution containing an acid or a thermoacid generator is applied to the substrate whereon the first resist pattern is formed, so as to cover the first resist pattern, to form a structure having the first resist pattern and a first layer covering the first resist pattern; a step C in which the structure is heated and the solubility of the first resist pattern in an organic solvent is changed under action of the acid or under action of acid generated from the thermoacid generator; and a step D in which the structure after heating is developed with the organic solvent to remove a region of the first resist pattern other than the region of the first resist pattern where the solubility in the organic solvent is changed, so as to form a second resist pattern.
US09618842B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition including a base component that exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid, an acid-generator component that generates acid upon exposure, and a nitrogen-containing organic compound, the acid generator component including an acid generator represented by general formula (b0), the nitrogen-containing organic compound including a compound represented by general formula (d1) or general formula (d2) in which each of R1 and R2 represents an aryl group or an alkyl group, Rf represents a fluorinated alkyl group, X−represents a counter anion, each of R3 and R4 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R5 represents a hydrocarbon group having 5 or more carbon atoms, and each of R6 and R7 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, or —C(═O)—O—R5.
US09618837B2	Extreme ultraviolet lithography process and mask with reduced shadow effect and enhanced intensity An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask comprises a substrate, a first reflective layer above a surface of the substrate, and a second reflective layer over the first reflective layer. The second reflective layer has various openings that define a first state and a second state. The first state includes the first reflective layer and is free of the second reflective layer. The second state includes both the first and second reflective layers. The first state has a first reflection coefficient and a first reflectivity. The second state has a second reflection coefficient and a second reflectivity. A phase difference between the first and second reflection coefficients is about 180 degrees.
US09618835B2	Lithographic apparatus and a device manufacturing method involving an elongate liquid supply opening or an elongate region of relatively high pressure In a liquid confinement structure of an immersion lithographic apparatus an elongate continuous opening forms an outlet for supplying liquid to a space beneath the projection system. The elongate slit forms a region of high shear and pressure gradient that deflects bubbles away from the image field.
US09618834B2	Polarization conversion element, projector, and method for manufacturing polarization conversion element A polarization conversion element includes first light transmissive substrates and second light transmissive substrates each of which has a light incident surface and a light exiting surface and which are disposed alternately, polarization separation films, reflection films, and retardation plates. One of each of the polarization separation films and a plasma polymerization film is formed on a first surface of each of the first light transmissive substrate. Each of the reflection films is formed on a second surface of each of the first light transmissive substrate. An adhesive layer is formed on a first surface of each of the second light transmissive substrates. The other of each of the polarization separation films and the plasma polymerization films is formed on a second surface of each of the corresponding second light transmissive substrates.
US09618830B1	Photography workstation A photography workstation comprises a base and a working platform defining an inner region and an outer region having a plurality of accessory mounting stations constructed to removably secure a variety of image capturing accessories, the workstation further including an object positioner to removably secure an object to be photographically captured wherein at least one image capturing accessory may be removably secured to a mounting station and used to cooperate with an image capturing device to capture one or more images or videos of the object when the object is removably secured to the object positioner.
US09618829B2	Method and device for elevating mobile device A method and device for holding an electronic device, such as a suitably-equipped cellular phone, having a video recording feature, or simply a camera, at a desired elevation for filming or photographing. The device includes a frame for holding the electronic device and a vertical support serving as a monopod, such as a golf alignment stick. The frame may be a two-part adjustable frame comprising two interlocking, opposing, L-shaped elements.
US09618826B2	Automatic focus adjustment apparatus and method for driving a camera lens An automatic focus adjustment method for transmitting, from a camera main body side to a lens side, a driving amount of a focus operation member configured to drive a lens, the automatic focus adjustment method includes, when a driving amount according to defocus of an object is transmitted, transmitting a driving permissible time of the focus operation member according to a control method of automatic focus adjustment as well. On the camera main body side, the driving permissible time is acquired according to the set control method of the automatic focus adjustment. On the lens side, drive control of the focus operation member is switched so that a driving time of the focus operation member satisfies the driving permissible time.
US09618825B2	Projector and method for controlling projector with changing content A projector includes an electricity reception terminal to which electric power is supplied via an electricity feed terminal, a projection section that includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, an irradiation system, and a projection system and projects light, and a control section that switches a content to another whenever electric power supply to the electricity reception terminal is initiated and causes the projection section to project light carrying an image related to the content selected in the switching operation.
US09618819B2	Multi-pane dynamic window and method for making same A window assembly comprises a plurality of dynamic electrochromic zones formed on a single transparent substrate in which at least two electrochromic zones are independently controllable. In one exemplary embodiment, the window assembly comprises an Insulated Glass Unit (IGU), and at least one transparent substrate comprises a lite. In another exemplary embodiment, the IGU comprises at least two lites in which at least one lite comprises a plurality of independently controllable dynamic zones.
US09618815B2	Method of manufacturing display substrate, repair method of display substrate and display substrate repaired by the repair method A display substrate includes a gate metal pattern comprising a gate line extending in a first direction and a gate electrode electrically connected to the gate line, a data metal pattern comprising a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a source electrode electrically connected to the data line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode, an organic layer disposed on the data metal pattern, a repair hole penetrating the organic layer and exposing a crossing area in which the gate line crosses with the data line and a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer and electrically connected to the drain electrode.
US09618814B2	Liquid crystal display panel for curved screen An LCD panel applied to a curved screen includes display sections, each of which includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a primary sub-pixel, a secondary sub-pixel, a common electrode, and a sharing capacitance sheet. An area of the sharing capacitance of each display section is adjusted using a sharing capacitance sheet. So a ratio of the charging voltage on the secondary sub-pixel to the charging voltage on the primary sub-pixel in the central display section is between the ratio of the charging voltage on the secondary sub-pixel to the charging voltage on the primary sub-pixel in the first display section and the ratio of the charging voltage on the secondary sub-pixel to the charging voltage on the primary sub-pixel in the second display section. Therefore, the brightness of the curved screen on display is improved. The quality of the curved screen on image display is improved as well.
US09618813B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate, a thin-film transistor including a semiconductor layer formed on a layer above the insulating substrate, a gate electrode which at least partly overlaps the semiconductor layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, and a light shielding layer formed between the thin-film transistor and the insulating substrate to at least partly overlap the semiconductor layer, the light shielding layer electrically connected to the gate electrode.
US09618811B2	Multiple circuit board for liquid crystal display panels and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display panels A multiple circuit board includes a board having a plurality of product regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of array boards and an out-of-product region, out-of-product wires provided in the out-of-product region, waveform wires electrically connected to the out-of-product wires and extending to depict waveforms to alternately pass inside and outside of the respective product regions, circuit elements provided in respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, scanning circuits provided adjacent to the respective display regions of the plurality of product regions, and a plurality of scanning lines extending from the scanning circuits to both sides in each of the product regions and connecting to the circuit elements at one side and connecting to the waveform wires inside the product region at the other side.
US09618803B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels having first and second subpixels, a plurality of gate lines connected to the first and second subpixels to transmit gate signals, a plurality of first data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the first subpixels to transmit first data voltages, and a plurality of second data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the second subpixels to transmit second data voltages. The first and second data voltages have different sizes and are obtained from single image information. Each pixel is divided into a pair of subpixels, and different data voltages are applied to the subpixels through two different data lines, so that it is possible to secure a wide viewing angle and improve side visibility.
US09618801B2	Display device having a furrow structure on a light blocking member Exemplary embodiments relate to a display device, an optical mask, and a method for manufacturing a display device using the same. The display device including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the thin film transistor; and a light blocking member disposed on the first insulating layer. The light blocking member includes a spacer for maintaining a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate and a main light blocking portion having an upper surface that is lower than an upper surface of the spacer, and the light blocking member further includes a furrow at a border between the spacer and the main light blocking portion, the furrow having a surface lower than the upper surface of the main light blocking portion.
US09618800B2	Method for producing spacer in liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal panel obtained thereby The present disclosure provides a method for producing spacers in a liquid crystal panel, comprising: (a) exposing a material layer adjacent to a side of a thin film transistor substrate of said liquid crystal panel by a mask with a pre-set pattern, in order to form a groove in said material layer, wherein the exposure energy of said exposure ranges from 10 to 100 mJ/cm2; (b) forming a main spacer and a side spacer in an opposite substrate, wherein the height of the side spacer is higher than that of the main spacer; and (c) assembling a TFT substrate and the opposite substrate together, such that the main spacer of the opposite substrate abuts against the TFT substrate, and the side spacer extends into said groove. The present disclosure also provides a liquid crystal panel obtained by said method.
US09618797B2	Liquid crystal display device According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including an outer peripheral wiring which is formed along an outer periphery of an active area that displays an image, and which has a first reflective surface, a second substrate including a reflective layer which is formed by a plurality of segments that are mutually spaced apart, and which has a second reflective surface opposed to the first reflective surface, a sealant formed of a photosensitive resin material, which surrounds the active area, is formed along the outer peripheral wiring, and attaches the first substrate and the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer held in a cell gap in an inside surrounded by the sealant.
US09618792B2	Backlight unit and display device having the same A backlight unit including a plurality of light sources configured to emit primary light, and a quantum dot composite. The quantum dot composite includes quantum dot phosphors excited by primary light supplied from the plurality of light sources so as to emit secondary light having a different wavelength than the primary light, and scattering particles that are configured to scatter the primary light. The scattering particles include first scattering particles, and second scattering particles different from the first scattering particles in size and composed of particles each having a diameter in the range of 5 to 50 nm.
US09618790B2	Display and illumination unit An illumination unit includes: a light modulation layer disposed in a gap between a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate, and exhibiting a scattering property or transparency with respect to light from a light source, depending on magnitude of an electric field; and an electrode generating an electric field in the light modulation layer, when a voltage is applied thereto, in which the light modulation layer generates a plurality of strip-like illumination light beams extending in a direction intersecting with a first end surface of the first or second transparent substrate with use of light from the light source, when an electric field for a three-dimensional display mode is applied from the electrode to the light modulation layer, and a light emission area per unit area of each of the strip-like illumination light beams varies with a distance from the light source.
US09618781B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device includes a display panel including an upper substrate and a lower substrate facing and coupled to a rear surface of the upper substrate, a guide frame supporting the display panel, and a coupling member coupling the guide frame to the display panel. The coupling member includes an adhesive member providing adhesive strength and at least one or more buffer members which are disposed inside the adhesive member and have an elastic force. Accordingly, the display device can absorb an impact applied to the display panel, thus enhancing the stability of the display panel.
US09618780B2	Stereoscopic display device, LCD panel, and array substrate A stereoscopic display device, an LCD panel, and an array substrate are provided. The array substrate includes gate lines, share lines, and a switching circuit including a vertical switching circuit, a first switch, a second switch, and an inverter. The first switch includes a gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal; respectively connected with the vertical switching circuit, the Nth share line, and the (N+X)th gate line. The second switch includes a gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal; respectively connected with the vertical switching circuit, the Nth share line, and a control signal. The inverter disposes between the gate of the first or second switch and the vertical switching circuit. The share lines can be independent controlled and low color shift effect is achieved. No additional IC chips and COFs are required, and solving the image blurs and the brightness difference of the two eyes.
US09618778B2	Vacuum cell-assembly device, cell-assembly method and manufacturing device A vacuum cell-assembly device, for cell-assembly of an upper substrate and a lower substrate of a display panel, includes an upper machine table, a lower machine table, a control circuit and a dynamic sensing and regulating structure. The dynamic sensing and regulating structure is fixed on the upper machine table and comprises a plurality of sub-structures. Each sub-structure comprises a flatness adjustment layer, a piezoelectric induction layer and a surface adsorption layer. Further disclosed are a cell-assembly method and a device for manufacturing a display panel. The device can improve cell-assembly accuracy and cell-assembly quality.
US09618775B2	Double-lens ski goggles Ski goggles of the type including a frame of flexible material for supporting an optical system including two mutually facing lenses connected together by a seal gasket which with said lenses forms an air chamber, the gasket being provided with at least one hole which connects the air chamber to the outside and houses a material which is permeable to air but not to water, wherein the gasket forms a cylindrical seat which is filled with said material and communicates with the outside via at least a channel.
US09618773B2	Ophthalmic lenses with oxygen-generating elements therein Described herein is a contact lens which can actively generate oxygen that is directly supplied to the cornea when it is worn by a patient. The contact lens comprises: a lens body composed of a hydrogel material or preferably a silicone hydrogel material; at least one anode for electrolytically generating oxygen from water in contact with the anode; and at least one cathode operatively coupled with the anode to form an electrolytic cell. The anode and the cathode are embedded within the lens body and operatively connected to a power source and to a control element which automatically applies a potential voltage between the anode and the cathode, drives an electrical current through the anode and the cathode to generate oxygen from electrolysis of water, and controls the timing and duration of electrolysis of water in the eye.
US09618765B2	High power handling polarization switches Liquid crystal devices are described that maintain performance of polarization/amplitude modulation under high irradiance conditions. Configurations that isolate polarizing elements under high thermal load are discussed which allow other elements, such as glass, which may be sensitive to stress birefringence to remain near optimum thermal conditions.
US09618759B2	Image display apparatus and image display method A display image is superimposed and displayed on an outside image in a preferred manner.An optical system superimposes a display image displayed on a display device onto an outside image, and leads the display image to an eye of an observer. A display control unit controls the display size and the display position of the display image on the display device so that the display image is displayed in an image superimposition region (a flat region) detected from the outside image. For example, the display control unit controls the display state of the display image in accordance with the state of the image superimposition region in the outside image. Also, the display control unit performs control to selectively display the display image in a line-of-sight region or outside the line-of-sight region in accordance with the line of sight of the observer.
US09618749B2	Nausea and seizure detection, prediction, and mitigation for head-mounted displays Technologies for mitigating a physiological condition include a wearable computing device coupled with a head-mounted display and sensor(s). The wearable computing device may receive sensor data indicative of a physical attribute of the user while displaying information on the head-mounted display. The wearable computing device analyzes the sensor data to detect a physiological condition of the user and, if detected, applies a mitigation strategy to mitigate the physiological condition. The detected physical condition may be a nausea condition or a seizure condition. To reduce potential risk to the user, the wearable computing device may buffer information to be displayed by the head-mounted display, analyze the display information based on risk factor rules to determine whether the display information presents a potential risk to the user, and reduce the display rate of the head-mounted display in response to the potential risk to the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09618747B2	Head mounted display for viewing and creating a media file including omnidirectional image data and corresponding audio data A compact, lightweight, self-powered head mounted display device for viewing a media file including omnidirectional image data and corresponding audio data. The device includes a housing configured to be worn on a user's head, a processor, and at least one display for displaying the image data from a processor. The device also includes at least one speaker for playing the audio data to the user. The device also includes a system memory for storing media files for display on the device. The device detects the orientation/position of the user's head and updates the displayed image and played sound accordingly. The device may also create omnidirectional media files for playback or for use on other devices. The device may send and receive media files utilizing a wired connection, a wireless connection, or both. The device may optionally fold up for compact storage.
US09618743B2	Adaptive optics system with polarization sensitive spatial light modulators An adaptive optical imaging system for imaging an object including a first polarization sensitive spatial light phase modulator and a second polarization sensitive spatial light phase modulator and a polarization adjustment device that converts the polarization of light that has passed through the first modulator before it irradiates the object and converts the polarization of the reflected light before it passes through the second modulator.
US09618728B2	Macro lens system and imaging apparatus A macro lens system includes, in this order from an object side: a positive first lens group; a negative second lens group; a positive third lens group; a negative fourth lens group; a positive fifth lens group; and a negative sixth lens group. The first lens group is constituted by three lenses. The second lens group, the fourth lens group, and the fifth lens group are independently moved in the direction of the optical axes thereof when focusing from an object at infinity to an object at a most proximate distance. The second lens group moves toward the image side and the fourth lens group moves toward the object side when focusing from an object at infinity to an object at a most proximate distance.
US09618727B2	Imaging lens assembly An imaging lens assembly is disclosed in the present disclosure. The imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a stop; a first lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a convex and meniscus shaped image-side surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power, a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, an image-side surface being concave at a paraxial region and being convex and meniscus shaped at a peripheral region, and an object side-surface being convex at the paraxial region; the image-side surface of the fourth lens having an inflection point; at least one of the image-side surfaces of three lenses being spherical; and the imaging lens assembly satisfying following condition: 2.4 < R ⁢ ⁢ 6 R ⁢ ⁢ 7 < 2.6 .
US09618726B2	Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus includes an image pickup unit comprising a plurality of image pickup devices and an optical path dividing member for dividing an entering light beam into a plurality of optical paths, wherein respective optical path lengths are different from one another; a contrast comparing member for comparing contrasts of a plurality of images; an image selecting member for selecting and outputting only one image signal from one image pickup device among the plurality of image pickup devices, on a basis of comparison result by the contrast comparing member; and a driving member for moving a movable lens so that a difference among the contrasts of the plurality of images is largest, wherein a part of an objective lens is configured to be movable in an optical axis direction.
US09618725B2	Imaging lens assembly An imaging lens assembly includes, arranged in succession from an object side to an image side, a first lens L1 having a positive refractive power, a second lens L2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens L3 having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens L4 having a positive or a negative refractive power, a fifth lens L5 having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens L6 having a negative refractive power.
US09618724B2	Camera lens A camera lens includes, lined up from the object side to the image side, a first lens with positive refractive power, a second lens with negative refractive power, a third lens with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
US09618722B2	Lens driving apparatus Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including a horizontal plate having a third opening corresponding to the first opening and a vertical plate protruding upward from the horizontal plate; a bobbin movably installed in the yoke and coupled with a lens module; a coil fixedly disposed around the bobbin; a plurality of magnets provided at the vertical plate of the yoke to face the coil; and a spring installed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the yoke to return the bobbin, which has moved up due to interaction between the magnet and the coil, to its initial position.
US09618715B1	Optical fiber adapter with shutter member An optical fiber adapter according to the present disclosure includes a main body, an inner housing, an elastic shutter member and a spring. The main body has an axial accommodation room defined by a first wall, a second wall, a third wall and a fourth wall. The accommodation room has opposing first and second openings in the axial direction. The inner housing is placed within the accommodation room and includes a hollow cylinder extending from the front surface of a flange. The shutter member is positioned within the accommodation room and includes a base portion, a shutter plate and a connecting portion. The connecting portion connects the base portion with the shutter plate. The shutter plate extends from the connecting portion and arrives in front of an opening of the hollow cylinder. The shutter plate is movable with respect to the base portion. The spring is positioned within the accommodation room to push the shutter member toward the first opening of the accommodation room.
US09618712B2	Optical bench on substrate and method of making the same An optical bench includes a substrate having a trench therein, and a light emitting device within the trench. The optical bench further includes a light receiving device optically connected to the light emitting device. The optical bench further includes at least one active circuit electrically connected to the light emitting device. The optical bench further includes a waveguide in the trench, wherein the waveguide is optically between the light emitting device and the light receiving device. The optical bench further includes an optically transparent material between the light emitting device and the waveguide.
US09618710B2	Opto-electric hybrid board and production method therefor An opto-electric hybrid board according to the present invention includes a substrate including an insulation layer and a metal reinforcement layer. An electric circuit part is provided on the front surface of the substrate, and an optical waveguide part is provided on the back surface thereof. The metal reinforcement layer includes an optical coupling through hole and an alignment through hole. The electric circuit part includes an electrical interconnect line, an optical element, a first alignment mark for positioning of a mirror part, and a second alignment mark for positioning of the optical element. The mirror part of the optical waveguide part is positioned with respect to the first alignment mark visually recognized through the alignment through hole, and the optical element of the electric circuit part is positioned with respect to the second alignment mark.
US09618709B2	Hybrid integration of edge-coupled chips A technique for fabricating a hybrid optical source is described. During this fabrication technique, a III-V compound-semiconductor active gain medium is integrated with a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip (or wafer) using edge coupling to form a co-planar hybrid optical source. Using a backside etch-assisted cleaving technique, and a temporary transparent substrate with alignment markers, a III-V compound-semiconductor chip with proper edge polish and coating can be integrated with a processed SOI chip (or wafer) with accurate alignment. This fabrication technique may significantly reduce the alignment complexity when fabricating the hybrid optical source, and may enable wafer-scale integration.
US09618708B2	Multiplexer/demultiplexer based on diffractive optical elements A first transmissive diffraction grating includes a multiplexed transmission region; a second diffraction grating includes multiple demultiplexed transmission regions that are spatially displaced from one another and characterized by average corresponding grating-normal vector direction, grating wavevector magnitude, and grating wavevector direction. The demultiplexed transmission regions differ with respect to at least one of those parameters. The gratings are arranged such that each one of multiple optical signals at corresponding different wavelengths co-propagating to the multiplexed transmission region along a multiplexed beam path would: (i) be transmissively, dispersively diffracted by the first diffractive optical element; (ii) propagate directly, without any intervening reflection, between the multiplexed transmission region and a corresponding one of the demultiplexed transmission regions; (iii) be transmissively, dispersively diffracted by the second diffractive optical element; and (iv) propagate from the corresponding demultiplexed transmission region along a corresponding one of multiple demultiplexed beam paths.
US09618706B2	Optical connector An optical connector which includes a body including a contact part having a contact groove, a cover having an outer surface on which a protruding lock region is formed, a first insertion part formed on one side end portion of the contact part, and a second insertion part formed on the other side end portion of the contact part. A holder is inserted to be slidable onto the contact part and the cover. A guide protrusion is formed to protrude from each side surface of the cover. A guide slot concavely formed on each inner side surface of the holder in a longitudinal direction of the holder. The guide protrusion is inserted into and guided by the guide slot. The guide slot includes an unlock region in which a vertical distance from an inner upper surface of the holder to a contact point of the guide slot.
US09618705B2	Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes a receptacle ferrule, a receptacle housing and a spacer. The receptacle ferrule has a first front end portion having a receptacle interface part In the receptacle housing, the receptacle ferrule and a plug connector having a second front end portion having a plug interface part configured to be optically coupled with the receptacle interface part are to be accommodated. The spacer has a first surface configured to contact the first front end portion, and a second surface configured to contact the second front end portion. The spacer is arranged in the receptacle housing. At a state where the first front end portion is contacted to the first surface of the spacer and the second front end portion is contacted to the second surface of the spacer, the receptacle interface part and the plug interface part face each other at a predetermined interval.
US09618700B1	Orthogonal output optical fiber Herein is disclosed an optical device for orthogonal redirection of electromagnetic radiation. The optical device includes, in one instance, an optical redirection element that includes a lens and an total-internal-reflectance (TIR) bevel, the lens having a principal axis and a lens radius; an optical fiber having a longitudinal axis and having an output surface positioned proximal to the lens, the output surface having an output surface diameter that is less than or equal to the lens radius; where the output surface is eccentric to the principal axis.
US09618697B2	Light directional angle control for light-emitting device and light-emitting apparatus A light-emitting device includes a photoluminescent layer that emits light containing first light, a light-transmissive layer located on or near the photoluminescent layer, a low-refractive-index layer and a high-refractive-index layer. A submicron structure is defined on the photoluminescent layer and/or the light-transmissive layer. The low-refractive-index layer is located on or near the photoluminescent layer so that the photoluminescent layer is located between the low-refractive-index layer and light-transmissive layer. The high-refractive-index layer is located on or near the low-refractive-index layer so that the low-refractive-index layer is located between the high-refractive-index layer and the photoluminescent layer. The submicron structure includes at least projections or recesses and satisfies the following relationship: λa/nwav-a
US09618696B2	Thermal management for photonic integrated circuits Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, systems, and methods of thermal management for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Embodiments include a first device and a second device comprising including waveguides, wherein the first and second devices have different thermal operating conditions. A first region is adjacent to a waveguide of the first device, wherein its optical mode is to be substantially confined by the first region, and wherein the first region has a first thermal conductivity to dissipate heat based on the thermal operating condition of the first device. A second region is adjacent to a waveguide of the second device, wherein its optical mode is to be substantially confined by the second region, and wherein the second region has a second thermal conductivity to dissipate heat based on the thermal operating condition of the second device. In some embodiments, thermal cross talk is reduced without significantly affecting optical performance.
US09618695B2	Optical signal processing apparatus using planar lightwave circuit with waveguide-array structure An optical signal processing apparatus using a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) with a waveguide-array structure includes a PLC board including a waveguide-array structure, a cylinder lens for collimating optical signals emitted and output from the PLC board into parallel beams, a condenser lens for condensing, for each channel, optical signals output by passing through the cylinder lens, and a light receiving element for receiving optical signals condensed on at least one channel from the condenser lens and converting the optical signals into electrical signals, wherein the PLC board divides an optical signal input thereto into a plurality of different optical signals and outputs the optical signals at different propagation angles.
US09618694B2	Optical waveguide and arrayed waveguide grating A technique that does not increase the circuit size, does not make the circuit design and manufacturing difficult, and can reduce insertion loss when light enters from a slab waveguide toward an arrayed waveguide or when the light enters from the arrayed waveguide toward the slab waveguide. An optical waveguide provided with a slab waveguide in which a grating is formed therein at a distance from an end, and an arrayed waveguide whose end is connected to an end of the slab waveguide at a position where a constructive interference portion of a self-image of the grating is formed. An arrayed waveguide grating provided with a first input/output waveguide, the above-mentioned optical waveguide where an end of the slab waveguide on the opposite side of the arrayed waveguide is connected to an end of the first input/output waveguide, a second slab waveguide connected to an end of the arrayed waveguide on the opposite side of the slab waveguide, and a second input/output waveguide connected to an end of the second slab waveguide on the opposite side of the arrayed waveguide.
US09618692B2	High chlorine content low attenuation optical fiber An optical fiber having a core comprising silica and greater than 1.5 wt % chlorine and less than 0.5 wt % F, said core having a refractive index Δ1MAX, and a inner cladding region having refractive index Δ2MIN surrounding the core, where Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN.
US09618691B2	Display with heat radiation This display includes a light source portion, a first heat radiation member for radiating heat generated by the light source portion, a rear housing covering the first heat radiation member in a state in contact with the first heat radiation member, and a cover member covering a rear surface of the rear housing so that the rear surface of the rear housing is partially exposed outward. The first heat radiation member is arranged on a region corresponding to a region of the rear housing exposed outward from the cover member as viewed from the side of the rear surface.
US09618686B2	Laser backlight lamp assembly, backlight module and display device The present invention provides a laser backlight lamp assembly, having a LED light bar and a laser light bar at one side of the LED light bar, and a laser light source of the laser light bar is a green laser light diode; a LED lamp of the LED light bar has a base, a heat sinker installed in the base, a blue light lampwick fixed on the heat sinker and a light housing, and colloid containing fluoride red phosphor is filled inside the base, and the colloid covers the blue light lampwick, and the light housing covers the base and houses the colloid, and the laser light source of the laser light bar and the LED light bar illumine at the same time to be backlight lamps. The present invention further provides a backlight module and a display device.
US09618681B2	Quantum dot backlight module and display device A quantum dot backlight module includes: a reflector, a light guide plate disposed above the reflector, a plurality of dot units disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate at intervals, and a quantum dot packaged in each of the plurality of dot units, and light emitting diodes disposed on a edge side of the light guide plate. According to the present invention, the quantum dot material can be used less, which is good for reducing the production cost. Besides, heat can be effectively radiated from the light emitting diodes. Wide color gamut is realized as well.
US09618679B2	Reflective film, backlight module and display apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a reflective film, a backlight module comprising the reflective film and a display apparatus comprising the backlight module. A row of low-reflection dots are disposed on a side of a surface of the reflective film, and regions of the surface of the reflective film corresponding to the low-reflection dots have smaller reflectivity with respect to the incident light from an LED light strip disposed at a side of the row of the low-reflection dots than other regions of the surface of the reflective film with respect to the incident light from the LED light strip. The regions of the reflective film directly facing the LED are changed into low-reflection regions, in which the reflectivity is reduced. Therefore the alternate bright and dark phenomenon at light incident side is reduced or eliminated and display quality of the display apparatus is further improved.
US09618678B1	Waveguide light fixtures A light emitting diode (LED) light fixture is described. The LED light fixture can include a wave guide having an aperture that traverses therethrough. The LED light fixture can also include at least one LED disposed adjacent to the aperture in the wave guide. The LED light fixture can further include a LED driver electrically coupled to the at least one LED. The LED light fixture can also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the at least one LED.
US09618677B2	Backlight module and liquid crystal display A light guide assembly, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, light guide plate, an adhesive member and a light source. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate and includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a light-incident surface. The first optical surface is opposite to the second optical surface. The light-incident surface connects the first optical surface and the second optical surface. The first optical surface or the second optical surface of the light guide plate is set with a recess. The adhesive member is disposed in the recess to adhere the light guide plate to the back plate. The light source is disposed on the back plate and emits light toward the light guide plate.
US09618671B2	LED lighting device LED lighting devices are provided that include two optical waveguides and at least one LED in an intermediate region between end faces of the optical waveguides so that radiation from the LED is coupled into the optical waveguides through the end faces. A de-coupler is on outer circumferential surface regions of each of the two separate optical waveguides. The de-coupler reflects the radiation guided in the optical waveguides so that the radiation passes through the optical waveguides and is coupled out of the optical waveguides laterally. The intermediate region has a length that is selected so that a brightness difference, measured perpendicular to an axis of the optical waveguides in the center of the intermediate region, at a distance of 10 mm perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides is at most 25% based on a maximum value of brightness along the axis of the optical waveguides.
US09618670B2	Light source apparatus A light source apparatus includes: a primary light source module including a primary light source configured to emit primary light; a light conversion module including a light conversion unit configured to convert optical properties of the primary light and to generate secondary light; a light guide path, arranged between the primary light source module and the light conversion module, configured to guide the primary light to the light conversion module from the primary light source module; a first connecting portion configured to connect detachably the light conversion module with the light guide path; and a second connecting portion configured to connect detachably the primary light source module with the light guide path.
US09618669B2	Electronic device display with polarizer windows Electronic devices may be provided with displays that have polarizers. A polarizer may have a polymer layer that has a portion covered with a dichroic dye to form a polarized region and a portion that is free of dichroic dye to form an unpolarized region. The unpolarized region may be formed by masking the polymer layer during a dye coating process. Masks may be formed from polymers. The shape of the mask may define the shape of the unpolarized region. The mask may be left in place within the polarizer or may be removed from the polarizer during fabrication. Unpolarized regions may also be formed by light bleaching, chemical bleaching, and material removal techniques. Bleached areas may be chemically stabilized. A moisture barrier layer may be incorporated into the polarizer to help prevent the unpolarized region from reverting to a polarized state.
US09618667B2	Method of forming QR films and QR light-emitting display device A method of forming quantum rod (QR) films includes: forming a transmissive film on a substrate; forming a plurality of stripe-shaped slots on the transmissive film; forming a QR layer on an alignment film, the QR layer comprising curing adhesives, and QRs and electric field-sensing monomers doped in the curing adhesives; applying an electrical field on the QR layer, so that under the effect of the electric field, the electric field-sensing monomers drive the QRs aligning with the plurality of stripe-shaped slots; and curing the curing adhesive so to bind the QRs. The present invention also proposes a QR light-emitting display device having a QR film made by the above mention method. The alignment of the long axes of QRs would be improved. It would enhance the luminance of the light emitted from the light-emitting side of the QR film.
US09618664B2	Partially etched phase-transforming optical element An optical element (transmissive or reflective) includes a transmissive layer comprising two different optical media arranged among discrete volumes arranged along the layer. The discrete volumes are arranged to approximate a desired phase function (typically modulo 2π) and are smaller than an operational wavelength in order to provide a range of phase delays needed to adequately approximate the desired phase function.
US09618662B1	Forward viewing device for a bicycle A forward viewing device allows a cyclist having a head down position to view a scene forward of a bicycle. The device includes a prism fixed to a support which is connected to the bicycle forward of the cyclist. An image of the scene is transmitted through a forward facing surface of the prism, reflected internally by at least two surfaces of the prism, and transmitted to the cyclist through a prism surface as an image which is not mirrored left to right or turned upside down. In an embodiment, multiple prisms are positioned with adjacent ends, to increase the horizontal field of view. In another embodiment, multiple prisms are offset vertically, to increase the vertical field of view. In another embodiment, the device has a single optical element and does not require alignment.
US09618660B2	Infrared imaging system An infrared imaging system used for infrared rays of wavelength of 5 micrometers or greater, the system including, from the object side to the image side, an aperture, a lens made of synthetic resin and an imaging element, the object side surface of the lens being convex to the object side in the paraxial area, wherein F-number of the system is 1.4 or smaller.
US09618659B2	Display panel, manufacturing method of the same, and terminal apparatus A display panel according to the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other, and an outer surface of the second substrate includes a display region and a border region surrounding the display region. Wherein, the display panel further includes a plurality of light guides provided on the outer surface of the second substrate, and the light guides include first light guides, which are provided at edges of the display region so as to guide light emitted from the edges of the display region towards an upside of at least a part of the border region. Since the first light guides guide light emitted from the edges of the display region towards an upside of at least a part of the border region, display with a narrow border or even display without a border can be achieved.
US09618657B2	Optical element, display device, and input device An optical element has a base material having a surface and a plurality of structures which are arranged on the surface of the base material at a fine pitch equal to or shorter than the wavelength of visible light and which each includes a convex or concave portion. The elastic modulus of the material forming the structures is 1 MPa or more and 1200 MPa or less, and the surface on which the structures are formed are hydrophilic.
US09618652B2	Method of calibrating fracture geometry to microseismic events A method of performing a fracture operation at a wellsite about a subterranean formation having a fracture network with natural fractures is provided. The wellsite is stimulated by injection of fluid into the fracture network. The method involves generating wellsite data including natural fracture parameters and obtaining measurements of microseismic events, modeling hydraulic fractures of the fracture network based on the wellsite data and defining a hydraulic fracture geometry of the hydraulic fractures, generating a stress field of the hydraulic fractures using a geomechanical model, determining shear failure parameters comprising a failure envelope and a stress state about the fracture network, determining a location of shear failure of the fracture network from the failure envelope and the stress state, and calibrating the hydraulic fracture geometry by comparing the modeled hydraulic fractures and the locations of shear failure against the measured microseismic events.
US09618651B2	Multi-sensor analysis of complex geologic materials Systems and methods for analyzing an unknown geological sample are disclosed. The system may include at least two analytical subsystems, and each of the at least two analytical subsystems provides different information about the geological sample. The data sets from various analytic subsystems are combined for further analysis, and the system includes a chemometric calibration model that relates geological attributes from analytical data previously obtained from at least two analytical techniques. A prediction engine applies the chemometric calibration model to the combined analytical information from the geological sample to predict specific geological attributes in the unknown geological sample.
US09618650B2	Multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor for muting processing A multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor capable of performing muting processing adapted to a plurality of kinds of workpieces having different heights without the need for complicated pre-setting according to the kinds of workpieces, is provided. The multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor is provided with a light projecting device and a light receiving device, which forms a plurality of optical axes together with the light projecting device. In at least one portion of a detection area, which is set according to the optical axes, a muting area for nullifying the result of detection of blocked light is set up. A sensor system acquires a range of blocked light corresponding to the blocked optical axis during passage of a workpiece, and alters the muting area of the multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor from a first range to a second range.
US09618643B2	Method and apparatus for decoding a signal sent from a measurement-while-drilling tool Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for decoding a signal sent from a measurement-while-drilling tool. In order to decode the signal, a decoder implementation that is communicative according to a decoder implementation protocol and that is configured to decode the signal into a decoded signal is instantiated. The decoder implementation protocol is then conformed to a transmission protocol. The signal is sent to the decoder implementation according to the transmission protocol. Because the decoder implementation protocol has been conformed to the transmission protocol, the decoder implementation can receive the signal and can decode it. One way in which the decoder implementation protocol can be conformed to the transmission protocol is through the use of a translation layer between the module that sends the signal to be decoded and the decoder implementation.
US09618638B2	Seismic streamer platform A technique includes designing a streamer, which includes a cable and seismic sensors based at least in part on a relationship between vibration noise and a bending stiffness of the cable.
US09618633B2	Side-electrodes for a Faraday cage on a photon-counting detector array A computed tomography (CT) detector apparatus includes a plurality of detectors arranged in a ring, each detector being arranged inside a Faraday cage having a plurality of voltage-biased side-electrodes arranged on a side surface of the Faraday cage. The detectors include photon-counting detectors (PCDs). A voltage applied to the voltage-biased side-electrodes decreases from the anode side of the PCD to the cathode side of the PCD.
US09618629B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring performance of radiation detector An apparatus is for a detector assembly configured to receive a signal from a scintillation detector. The apparatus includes a controller assembly including a controller analysis section. The controller analysis section includes a microprocessor assembly, and a memory assembly operatively coupled to the microprocessor assembly, the memory assembly tangibly storing microprocessor-executable code. The microprocessor-executable code to be read by the microprocessor assembly. The microprocessor-executable code is configured to urge the microprocessor assembly to execute an operation for: (A) establishing an energy calibration using features in a spectrum associated with known gamma radiation from radioactive decay or other nuclear processes; and (B) adjusting a gain to be applied by the detector assembly based on the known energy features and thus maintain the energy calibration. With a known energy calibration, the equivalent energy of the single photoelectron peak is inversely related to the light collection efficiency and the detector sensitivity.
US09618626B2	Common coordinate-quartz loop for reducing the impact of shock and vibration on global navigation satellite system measurements A navigation receiver operably coupled to an antenna can determine location by receiving and processing radiofrequency navigation signals from global navigation satellites.The navigation receiver includes a quartz crystal oscillator that serves as a reference frequency source for a local oscillator signal that is mixed with the radiofrequency navigation signals to generate intermediate signals at intermediate frequencies lower than the radiofrequencies.In particular applications, the quartz crystal oscillator and the antenna are subjected to vibration and shock.A shift in the frequency or phase of the intermediate signals can result, and performance of phase-lock loops can degrade.Performance is improved with a phase-lock loop that processes a combination of individual channel control signals and common control signals.The common control signals are generated by a common coordinate-quartz loop discriminator that processes signals generated from the entire group of navigation signals received by the navigation receiver.
US09618625B2	System and method for continuous carrier wave reconstruction A system and method of continuous carrier wave reconstruction includes a radio navigation receiver that includes one or more processors, memory coupled to the one or more processors, and an input for receiving a signal from a transmitter. The signal has a phase. The one or more processors are configured to obtain phase lock on the received signal, extract first phase information from the received signal, detect a loss in phase lock on the received signal, and extrapolate second phase information while phase lock is lost using a model of the phase. In some embodiments, the one or more processors are further configured to reconstruct the carrier signal based on the first and second phase information. In some embodiments, the one or more processors are further configured to scale the first and second phase information from a first nominal frequency of the received signal to a different second nominal frequency.
US09618619B2	Radar systems with dual fiber coupled lasers Laser radar systems include a pentaprism configured to scan a measurement beam with respect to a target surface. A focusing optical assembly includes a corner cube that is used to adjust measurement beam focus. Target distance is estimated based on heterodyne frequencies between a return beam and a local oscillator beam. The local oscillator beam is configured to propagate to and from the focusing optical assembly before mixing with the return beam. In some examples, heterodyne frequencies are calibrated with respect to target distance using a Fabry-Perot interferometer having mirrors fixed to a lithium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic tube.
US09618618B2	Systems and methods for ultrasonic position and motion detection The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with determining position and/or movement information using ultrasound. A system may include one or more ultrasonic transmitters and/or receivers. An ultrasonic transmitter may be configured to transmit ultrasound into a region bounded by one or more surfaces. The ultrasonic receiver may receive direct ultrasonic reflections and/or rebounded ultrasonic reflections from one or more objects within the region. A mapping or positioning system may generate positional data associated with one or more of the object(s) based on the direct ultrasonic reflection(s) and/or the rebounded ultrasonic reflection(s). The mapping or positioning system may generate enhanced positional data by combining the direct positional data and the rebounded positional data.
US09618616B2	Radar apparatus Each of antenna system processors of a radar receiver generates, through correlation calculation of a reflection signal and a radar transmission signal, an array correlation signal for each delay in arrival of the reflection signal at each Doppler frequency. A static target candidate extractor extracts, on the basis of outputs of the antenna system processors and a Doppler frequency of a reflection signal from a static target located at a side of a moving body, array correlation signals corresponding to a candidate for the static target. A reference signal detector outputs a reference signal regarding the side of the moving body using, among the outputs of the static target candidate extractor, array correlation signals whose consistency is high. A correction value calculator calculates, using outputs of the reference signal detector, a correction value for correcting deviations between reception antennas included in an array antenna.
US09618614B2	Systems and methods for detecting soil characteristics A soil detection and planting apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle and a controller coupled to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a planting device coupled to the vehicle, the planting device configured to plant seeds or plants into a soil material. The apparatus includes a ground penetrating radar sensor coupled to the vehicle. The ground penetrating radar soil sensor is configured to scan the soil material up to a designated depth beneath a surface of the soil material, wherein the ground penetrating radar soil sensor is further configured to provide a sensor feedback signal to the controller with respect to an intrinsic characteristic of the soil material. The controller is configured to instruct placement of a seed or a plant into the soil material based on the feedback signal.
US09618613B2	Radio communication apparatus, radio communication method, and radio communication system A radio communication apparatus includes a radio transmitting/receiving unit having a directional antenna and a storage unit storing reference image data and captured image data obtained by an imaging unit. The imaging unit has an optical axis oriented in the same direction as the radio wave direction of the directional antenna and captures an image related to a line of sight of the other opposed radio communication apparatus. The radio communication apparatus further includes an image processing unit comparing the reference image data with the captured image data and a control unit detecting, from the comparison result, and informing that an obstacle is traveling toward the aforementioned radio wave direction.
US09618606B2	Antenna system for polarization diversity An antenna system (100) comprising a single antenna element having first (111) and second (112) antenna ports arranged to pass a respective first and second antenna signal. The first and second antenna signals being derived from a first common antenna signal (J1) and arranged to be essentially equal in envelope. An antenna pattern of the system being arranged to be selectable between a first antenna pattern having a first polarization and a second antenna pattern having a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization. The first antenna pattern being selected by setting the first and second antenna signal to have the same polarity on first (111) and second (112) antenna ports, the second antenna pattern being selected by setting the first and second antenna signal to have substantially opposite polarities on first (111) and second (112) antenna ports.
US09618605B2	Radar system providing multiple waveforms for long range and short range target detection Various techniques are disclosed for providing a radar system. In one example, such a radar system includes a radar unit adapted to broadcast radar signals and receive return signals in response thereto. The radar unit includes a waveform generator adapted to provide pulse waveforms of different pulse widths and Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) waveforms, wherein the waveforms are interleaved with each other to provide a transmission sequence for the radar signals for detection of long range and short range targets, a power amplifier adapted to amplify the radar signals for broadcast, and an antenna adapted to broadcast the radar signals and receive the return signals. Other examples of radar systems and related methods are also provided.
US09618604B1	Audio localization using multilateration Systems and methods for providing audio localization are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving phase offsets of a plurality of fixed transmitters from a source other than the plurality of fixed transmitters, detecting an audio localization signal from each of the plurality of fixed transmitters, determining a received phase of the audio localization signal from each of the plurality of fixed transmitters, determining time differences of flight from the mobile receiver to the plurality of fixed transmitters using the received phases, determining distance differences from the mobile receiver to the plurality of fixed transmitters using the time differences of flight, and determining the location of the mobile receiver by performing multilateration using the distance differences.
US09618603B2	Polled time-of-flight response Embodiments of a communication station and method for time-of-flight (ToF) location determination in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a responding communication station receives a ToF measurement request. The responding communication station transmits an acknowledgment of the ToF measurement request. The responding communication station also transmits a response to the ToF measurement request that includes an indication of a time period for an initiating communication station to poll the responding communication station for a ToF result.
US09618595B2	Magnetic resonance imaging system, data processing apparatus, and method for generating magnetic resonance image A method and apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance image including applying to a target first radio frequency (RF) pulses having phases and different frequencies to excite a plurality of sub-volumes constituting a volume of the target, and acquiring first magnetic resonance signals from the plurality of sub-volumes, and applying to the target second RF pulses having the same frequencies as the frequencies of the first RF pulses and phases at least one of which is different from the phases of the first RF pulses, and acquiring second magnetic resonance signals from the plurality of sub-volumes. Also, data may be generated based on the first and second magnetic resonance signals.
US09618593B2	Phase enhanced UTE with improved fat suppression A computer-implemented method of performing magnetic resonance imaging with ultra-short echo time pulse sequences includes defining short T2 threshold limits for enhancement. A multi-echo ultra-short echo time response is acquired and a complex dataset is determined based on the multi-echo ultra-short echo time response. A plurality of phase components is identified from the complex dataset, wherein each phase component is associated with a T2 relaxation time within the short T2 threshold limits. A plurality of frequency components is also identified from the complex dataset, wherein each frequency component is associated with the T2 relaxation time within the short T2 threshold limits. Next, a magnitude dataset is derived from the complex dataset and a fitting algorithm is applied to the magnitude dataset to yield a plurality of magnitude components, wherein each magnitude component is associated with the T2 relaxation time within the short T2 threshold limits. A plurality of phase masks are created based on the plurality of phase components and the plurality of frequency components. These phase masks are applied to the magnitude dataset to obtain a combined dataset. Then, an image based on the combined dataset may be presented on a display.
US09618592B2	Magnetic resonance imaging device with vibration suppression A device includes: a static magnetic field generating device including static magnetic field generating sources generating a homogeneous magnetic field in a space; gradient magnetic field generating sources superimposing a gradient magnetic field on the homogeneous magnetic field, and conductor rings arranged between the static magnetic field generating sources and the gradient magnetic field generating sources in a pair of arranging regions on both sides in a direction of the homogeneous magnetic field in a region where the homogeneous magnetic field is generated (imaging region), respectively, the conductor rings being separated from each other and making a pair. The conductor rings are mechanically connected to the gradient magnetic field generating device or the static magnetic field generating device. This provides an MRI device 1 capable of reduction in vibration with suppression of the image quality deterioration of the tomographic images.
US09618590B2	Tip assembly for MRI-compatible medical devices and MRI-compatible medical devices incorporating same An MRI-compatible tip assembly for an MRI-compatible medical device includes a first tubular member, a second tubular member, a ring electrode, and a tip electrode. The tip electrode proximal end is secured to the first tubular member distal end. The second tubular member distal end is inserted through the ring electrode and is secured to the first tubular member proximal end. When assembled, the tip assembly is a substantially rigid structure. Each tubular member has a recessed portion for a tracking coil.
US09618588B2	Magnetic field current sensors, sensor systems and methods Embodiments relate to coreless magnetic field current sensors, systems and methods, such as magnetoresistive sensors, systems and methods, to sense current flow in a conductor via a related magnetic field. In an embodiment, a current sensor system for sensing a current in a conductor from a magnetic field induced thereby, comprising a plurality N of magnetoresistive (MR) sensors arranged on a circle concentric to a center of the conductor and spaced apart from one another by 360 degrees/N, wherein each MR sensor has a sensitivity plane and is responsive to a projection of the magnetic field into the sensitivity plane, the sensitivity planes of the plurality of MR sensors being parallel, and wherein the plurality of MR sensors are arranged relative to the conductor such that the magnetic field has a non-vanishing component parallel to the sensitivity plane; at least one magnetic element arranged to provide a bias magnetic field on the plurality of MR sensors; and circuitry coupled to the plurality of MR sensors to determine the current in the conductor by combining signals from each of the plurality of MR sensors.
US09618586B2	Method and device for detection of a fault in a protected unit A method to facilitate fault detection in the protected unit after connection to the at least a portion of the power system. A current is sensed in the protected unit during a plurality of different time periods. Compliance of at least one of the sensed currents with a respective first current criteria is determined based on a first current threshold value. On a condition that there is determined that at least one of the sensed currents comply with the respective first current criteria, a fault in the protected unit is detected.
US09618584B2	Battery control device A battery control device calculates a chargeable/dischargeable electric power of a rechargeable battery at the timing after elapse of a predetermined period of time when a terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery changes by charging/discharging of the rechargeable battery during the predetermined period of time. The battery control device calculates a specific change amount of the terminal voltage caused by electric charge accumulation in the rechargeable battery after the elapse of the predetermined period of time when the charging/discharging of the rechargeable battery is performed. Further, the battery control device calculates an estimated target value of a current necessary for changing the terminal voltage to a predetermined target voltage or the terminal voltage after the elapse of the predetermined period of time by using the calculated specific change amount, and calculates chargeable/dischargeable electric power on the basis of the calculated estimated target value.
US09618579B2	Programmable circuits for correcting scan-test circuitry defects in integrated circuit designs In certain embodiments, an integrated circuit has scan-test circuitry that performs scan testing on circuitry under scan test (CUST) within the IC, where the scan-test circuitry is susceptible to a defect. In order to enable the defect to be corrected after it occurs, the scan-test circuitry includes a set of programmable circuitry connected to provide a signal to other circuitry (e.g., a scan chain) within the scan-test circuitry, where the set of programmable circuitry includes one or more configurable memory cells connected to control the programming of the set of programmable circuitry. The memory cell(s) can be configured to program the set of programmable circuitry to enable the scan testing to be performed without modification. The memory cell(s) can also be configured to program the set of programmable circuitry to modify the scan testing to correct the defect in the scan-test circuitry.
US09618577B2	System and method for testing data packet transceivers having varied performance characteristics and requirements using standard test equipment A system and method for testing a wireless data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT) by using DUT control circuitry separate from a tester to access and execute test program instructions for controlling the DUT during testing with the tester. The test program instructions can be provided previously and stored for subsequent access and execution under control of the tester or an external control source, such a personal computer. Alternatively, the test program instructions can be provided by the tester or external control source immediately prior to testing, such as when beginning testing of a DUT with new or different performance characteristics or requirements. Accordingly, specialized testing of different DUTs while accounting for differences among various chipsets employed by the DUTs can be performed in coordination with a standard tester configuration without need for reconfiguring or reprogramming of the tester.
US09618574B2	Controlling automated testing of devices In an embodiment, a method includes causing a test floor system to insert a DUT (device under test) into a DUT receptacle. This is performed in a manner that couples the DUT to an electrical interface of the DUT receptacle and that encloses the DUT inside the DUT receptacle to facilitate testing of the DUT. Also, the method includes causing the test floor system to transport the DUT receptacle that encloses the DUT to a tester of the test floor system and to insert the DUT receptacle into a DUT testing module of the tester. Further, the method includes causing the test floor system to determine identification information of the DUT. Furthermore, the method includes, based on the identification information, sending a test routine to the DUT testing module to perform on the DUT.
US09618569B2	Method and apparatus for testing IC A testing method includes measuring an electrical parameter of a device under test (DUT) and a corresponding temperature of the DUT one or more times, determining coefficients in a pre-constructed model based on a plurality of measured values of the electrical parameter and corresponding measured temperatures to characterize a relationship of the electrical parameter to the temperature, and determining a quality of the DUT based on the model and a limit value of the electrical parameter at a specified temperature. The model is pre-constructed to characterize the relationship of the electrical parameter to the temperature with the coefficients that are DUT-dependent variables.
US09618568B2	Test equipment for testing semiconductor device and methods of testing semiconductor device using the same A method of testing a semiconductor device using the test equipment includes loading an undivided printed circuit board (PCB) including unit PCBs in a test equipment. A semiconductor device is mounted in each of the unit PCBs. Product information of the undivided PCB loaded in the test equipment is confirmed. The undivided PCB whose product information has been confirmed is electrically connected to one of a plurality of main testers of the test equipment. Each of the main testers includes a main test interface directly connected to a cloud server in which firmwares for various kinds of tests are stored. The product information of the undivided PCB is transmitted to the main tester electrically connected to the undivided PCB. The main tester to which the product information has been transmitted performs a main test of the undivided PCB using the product information. The undivided PCB on which the main test has been performed by the main tester is unloaded from the test equipment.
US09618567B2	Methods and devices for stressing an integrated circuit Disclosed is in particular a device (2) for stressing an integrated circuit (1) including an electronic chip (10) mounted in a housing (12), the device including a source (20) of thermal stress. The device (2) also includes a thermally conductive coupling member (22), designed to be thermally coupled to the source (20) of thermal stress during the stressing operation. The coupling member (22) includes an end (220) whose geometry is suitable for being introduced into an aperture with a predefined geometry, to be made in the housing (12) of the integrated circuit (1) so as to thermally couple a coupling face (222) of this end (220) with a face (102) of the electronic chip (10).
US09618566B2	Systems and methods to prevent incorporation of a used integrated circuit chip into a product In the systems and methods, an identifier is generated for a printed circuit board (PCB), chips are connected to the PCB, and corresponding sets of programmable bits on the chips are programmed to match specific sections of the identifier. Due to the generation of the identifier and the programming of the corresponding sets of programmable bits on the chips to match specific sections of the identifier, the validity of the chips can be verified at any time during product life. For example, for each chip, its set of programmable bits can be read and, then, a determination can be made as to whether that set of programmable bits is indeed programmed to match a specific section of the identifier. Operation of the PCB can be allowed when all the chips are determined to be valid and prohibited when any of the chips are determined to be invalid (e.g., previously used).
US09618554B2	Emission source microscopy for electromagnetic interference applications A system and method for performing radiation source analysis on a device under test (DUT) uses discrete Fourier transform on measured field components values at different sampling locations away from the DUT to derive field component values at locations on the DUT. The results of the discrete Fourier transform are multiplied by a complex phase adjustment term as a function of distance from the sampling locations to the DUT to translate the measured field component values back to the locations on the surface of the DUT.
US09618553B2	Systems and methods for sensing environmental changes using light sources as sensors Systems and methods for sensing environmental changes using electromagnetic interference (EMI) signals are disclosed herein. An EMI monitoring system may be used to monitor an EMI signal of one or more light sources provided over a power line, e.g., in a home or building. The received EMI energy at the power line may be analyzed to detect variations in the EMI signature indicative of environmental changes occurring in the proximity of the light sources. Environmental changes that may be sensed include, but are not limited to, proximity, touch, motion, and temperature change.
US09618545B2	Tracking energy consumption using a buck-boosting technique The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.
US09618544B2	System and method for verifying a reference voltage for battery cell monitoring Systems and methods for verifying a reference voltage within a battery pack are disclosed. In one example, an assessment of a reference voltage is made via a band-gap voltage of a microcontroller. The system and method may be particularly useful determining whether or not the reference voltage has drifted from a desired voltage.
US09618539B2	Sensing current of a DC-DC converter A DC-DC converter includes a directly coupled inductor with coil elements and power-switching phases. Each phase includes a high-side and low-side switch, where the high-side switch couples a voltage source to a coil element and the low-side switch couples the coil element to a ground voltage. Each switch is configured to be alternately activated and no two switches are activated at the same time. A current sensor for the DC-DC converter includes a single current amplifier having inputs and an output. The output provides a current sensing signal. The current sensor also includes a single RC network coupled to one of the power-switching phases and a first input of the current amplifier. The current sensor also includes a resistive ladder. The ladder includes, for each of the other power-switching phases, a resistor coupled in parallel to the RC network resistor and to a second input of the current amplifier.
US09618538B2	Dual-function switch and lead set for electrical instrument probes For decades, a mainstay of electrical and electronic testing has been the conventional use of the multi-meter that used a pair of probes to connect the Device Under Test to the meter. This often proves inadequate for present-day testing because more than one simultaneous or alternate reading or the connection of another testing tool and the reading of its effect on the DUT is often required. The Dual-Function Switch and Lead set (DFSL) of the present invention provides a switch and lead set interfacing two multi-meters, or one multi-meter and one test device or instrument with the DUT, while using the traditional and convenient pair of probes and a simple finger movement on the DFSL. The DFSL facilitates these tests, their safety and integrity, and reduces the time of many test procedures.
US09618537B2	Shunt resistance type current sensor A shunt resistance type current sensor includes a bus bar, a circuit board disposed to oppose the bus bar, a shunt resistance part in the bus bar, connection terminals which electrically connect the bus bar and the circuit board, and a voltage detector which is mounted on the circuit board and detects a voltage applied to the bus bar to detect a magnitude of current to be measured flowing through the bus bar. The connection terminal is formed integrally with the bus bar as an extending piece extended from an edge part of the bus bar, an area of the connection terminal reduced in its plate thickness than that of the bus bar is set in a range from a tip side thereof, and the tip side of the connection terminal penetrates the circuit board and connects with the circuit board.
US09618534B2	Guide and support member for a device for testing electronic components Embodiments of the invention come up from a guide and support member within a device for testing electronic components, which guide and support member can be moved into a feeding position and into a testing position, the guide and support member with a base body for accommodating an electronic component to be tested, with at least one support for supporting contact springs of the electronic component to be tested, and with at least one stopper that stops the movement of the electronic component to be tested at one of its contact springs once the electronic component to be tested is in an exact position. According to the invention, the at least one support comprises a ceramic material, wherein the stopper is anchored in the base body.
US09618530B2	Laser radar device There is provided a coherence length measurement device (10) that calculates a coherence length Lc based on a spectrum v calculated by an FFT device (9) and performs, in case where the coherence length Lc is shorter than an FFT gate width Gw, a setting change to shorten the FFT gate width Gw and a pulse width Pw, and the FFT device (9) performs frequency analysis on a received signal outputted from an A/D converter (8) by a unit of an FFT gate following the setting change to calculate the spectrum v of the received signal.
US09618524B2	Method, composition, isolation and identification of a plaque particle and related biomarker The disclosure relates to an in vitro technology of detecting presence of a plaque particle, isolating the plaque particle followed by its composition analysis in several diseases states or before the disease sets in. A mechanism and a process leading to plaque formation, identifying a component in the mechanism of plaque formation, an identification of a biomarker for diagnosis/early diagnosis of plaque associated disease is described. A method of screening a candidate agent as an anti-plaque agent using flow cytometer, mass spectrometer and specific biomarkers is performed. Provided also are kits for use in practicing embodiment of the methods. A plaqueproteome database is also generated with novel protein sequences for diagnosis and specific antibodies for specific proteins are also disclosed.
US09618522B2	Diagnostic testing in dementia and methods related thereto This disclosure relates to diagnostic testing for subjects with or at risk of dementia and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of diagnosing a frontotemporal lobar degeneration subtype comprising measuring total Tau and Tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in a sample from a subject, calculating a ratio of Tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 to total Tau, and making a diagnosis of the subtype based on said ratios. Typically, the sample is of cerebrospinal fluid and the frontotemporal lobar degeneration subtypes are selected from frontotemporal lobar degeneration with immunoreactive lesions to Tau and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with immunoreactive lesions to TAR DNA binding protein of 43 kD.
US09618521B2	Sperm-specific cation channel, Catsper2, and uses therefor Nucleic acid and protein sequences relating to a cation channel which is sperm-specific (CatSper2) are disclosed. The CatSper2 protein is shown to be specifically expressed in sperm. Nucleic acids, vectors, transformed cells, transgenic animals, polypeptides, and antibodies relating to the CatSper2 gene and protein are disclosed. Also provided are methods of in vitro fertilization and contraception, methods of identifying modulators of CatSper2 activity, methods of genotyping subjects with respect to CatSper2, methods of diagnosing and treating CatSper2-mediated disorders, including infertility, as well as methods of doing business related to CatSper2-mediated disorders.
US09618519B2	Method for evaluating urine sample, analyzer, and analysis system A method for obtaining information about proteinuria and/or nephropathy from urine samples is provided for evaluating a urine sample that includes detecting proteins in the urine sample with two types of detection reagents that differ in reactivity to at least one urinary protein; and based on an indicator calculated using the results of the detection with the two types of detection reagents.
US09618516B2	Homogenous thermal shift ligand binding assay Disclosed are methods for detecting and quantitatively measuring a binding property of a compound to a target macromolecule, wherein the target macromolecule is subject to denaturation and is linked to a labeling peptide, such as a short enzyme fragment. The method uses a fluid mixture comprising (i) a chimeric molecule comprising a target macromolecule linked to the labeling peptide and (ii) a compound being measured for binding to the target macromolecule, wherein said target macromolecule is subject to denaturation. After allowing for binding of the compound (e.g. a small molecule inhibitor of the target macromolecule), one detects a signal from the labeling peptide, such as by enzyme fragment complementation. This signal indicates a differential between denatured and non-denatured target macromolecules and thereby indicates a differential between target macromolecules not bound to the compound and target macromolecules bound to the compound, respectively.
US09618510B2	Assay methods The present disclosure is directed to a kit for the detection of an analyte of interest in a sample comprising, in one or more vials, containers, or compartments, a. a surface comprising (i) a capture reagent for the analyte, said capture reagent bound to the surface, and (ii) an anchoring reagent bound to an anchoring oligonucleotide sequence, said anchoring reagent bound to the surface, b. a first detection reagent for the analyte that is linked to a first nucleic acid probe, wherein the first nucleic acid probe comprises an extended sequence that is complementary to the anchoring oligonucleotide sequence and c. a second detection reagent for the analyte that is linked to a second nucleic acid probe.
US09618509B2	Mycobacterium antigens There is provided a diagnostic reagent for use in the detection of M. bovis or M. tuberculosis infection in an animal, comprising a peptide which has an epitope from Mycobacterium bovis hypothetic protein Mb3645c (SEQ ID NO: 1) or an epitope from a polypeptide having at least 76% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1.
US09618506B2	Assay device and method An assay method and device can perform at least one (e.g., at least two) assays on a single aliquot of a sample liquid. The device can mix a sample liquid with assay reagents including magnetically susceptible particles. The device is configured to create a sample liquid-air interface with the sample liquid. The magnetically susceptible particles can be located (via an applied magnetic field) at the liquid-air interface when a second liquid contacts the interface to form a liquid-liquid interface. The magnetic particles travel across the liquid-liquid interface to the second liquid. The magnetically susceptible particles are configured to transport an analyte across the interface into the second liquid. An assay for the analyte is performed in the second liquid. An assay for another analyte can also be performed in the sample liquid.
US09618505B2	Biosensors for detecting macromolecules and other analytes The invention generally provides two-component molecular biosensors. In particular, the invention provides molecular biosensors having peptide epitope binding agents that bind a target antibody. The molecular biosensors are useful in several methods including in the identification and quantification of target molecules.
US09618500B2	Vascular model, method for producing said model and use thereof A vascular model includes at least one microchannel perfusable by at least one fluid and in a form of a hollow structure having a wall thickness in a range from 0.1 μm to 1000 μm, a concave inner surface with a cross-section which is circular in part and at least one pore having a diameter in a range from 1 nm to 100 μm. The at least one microchannel has a width in a range from 0.01 μm to 10 mm and a depth in a range from 0.01 μm to 10 mm. At least one chamber is perfusable by a same and/or different fluid and surrounds the at least one microchannel over an entire length and width or over parts thereof. The at least one chamber adjoins the at least one microchannel. At least one connector is configured to receive and/or discharge the at least one fluid.
US09618495B2	Carbon quantifying apparatus and method A carbon quantifying cell (20) configured to receive a fluid is provided, including two or more electrodes (22) positioned at least partially in the fluid, and meter electronics (21) configured to place an electrical oxidization, polarization, and/or adsorption program across the two or more electrodes (22) and at least partially oxidize carbon materials in the fluid, apply an AC voltage of a predetermined amplitude across the two or more electrodes (22), measuring the resulting AC current across the two or more electrodes (22), wherein a ratio of amplitudes and a phase angle difference provides information for calculating a fluid impedance, receive an electrical response of the fluid to the electrical oxidization, polarization, and/or adsorption program, quantify the carbon materials in the fluid using the electrical response, and detect interfering materials in the fluid using the fluid impedance.
US09618494B2	Sensors and devices containing ultra-small nanowire arrays A network of nanowires may be used for a sensor. The nanowires are metallic, each nanowire has a thickness of at most 20 nm, and each nanowire has a width of at most 20 nm. The sensor may include nanowires comprising Pd, and the sensor may sense a change in hydrogen concentration from 0 to 100%. A device may include the hydrogen sensor, such as a vehicle, a fuel cell, a hydrogen storage tank, a facility for manufacturing steel, or a facility for refining petroleum products.
US09618489B2	Generator condition monitoring device and method using gaseous decomposition products sensor A generator condition monitoring device using gaseous decomposition products sensor according to the present invention comprises moisture trap and a filter for removing moisture and oil in generator cooling hydrogen gas, three way solenoid valve for changing flow of hydrogen gas, hydrocarbon trap for absorbing and removing gaseous decomposition products in a hydrogen gas, a dew point meter for measuring amount of moisture in hydrogen gas, and detection sensor for detecting gaseous decomposition products in hydrogen gas.
US09618486B2	Limiting a rate of pressurization in a pressurized flow system having a configurable system volume Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to limiting a rate or pressurization in a reconfigurable pressurized flow system for which different system configurations can have different system volumes. In exemplary embodiments, the system can determine a limit for the rate of pressurization by configuring the system for a closed system rate of pressurization, measuring the closed system rate of pressurization at a set flow rate, and determining a relationship between the closed system rate of pressurization and the flow rate. The system can use the relationship to dynamically set the limit for different flow rates in the system.
US09618484B2	General sample injector, gas chromatograph and combined spectrometer The present invention discloses a general sample injector, comprising a sample injection port mechanism, a sample injector shell, a vaporizing chamber, a heater, a temperature control unit, a carrier gas channel, a septum purge channel, a flow splitting channel, a coolant channel, a multichannel flow control valve and a temperature control unit. The general sample injector, equivalent to a “programmed temperature vaporizer” injector combining splitting/no splitting with cold column head sample injection, gives full play to the advantages of various sample injection modes, overcomes a plurality of disadvantages, and has higher practicability and better flexibility.
US09618482B2	Device and method for remotely determining the impulse response of an object using electromagnetic radiation The invention relates to a device and a method for remotely determining the impulse response of an object irradiated by a pulse train with low-intensity pulses of electromagnetic radiation. A complete representation of the pulse train transmitted towards the object is known in advance, and a convolution between the signal representation of the pulse train and the signal of the detected response from the object is performed, which provides a signal representation of the impulse response. Said signal representation can then be used, e.g., to analyze possible defects in the structure of the object.
US09618480B2	Method and apparatus for inspecting weld quality An apparatus and method for inspecting the quality of a weld under test in a structure having a plurality of spaced apart welds. Two probes are placed on opposite sides of the structure so that a current path is formed through the weld under test. The probes are energized with alternating current at a known frequency. The magnetic flux generated from the current flow through the probes and at least one of the spaced apart welds is then measured and subsequently compared with magnetic flux data previously determined and representing weld quality.
US09618479B2	Nanofluidic devices for the rapid mapping of whole genomes and related systems and methods of analysis Devices and methods generate an ordered restriction map of genomic DNA extracted from whole cells. The devices have a fluidic microchannel that merges into a reaction nanochannel that merges into a detection nanochannel at an interface where the nanochannel diameter decreases in size by between 50% to 99%. Intact molecules of DNA are transported to the reaction nanochannel and then fragmented in the reaction nanochannel using restriction endonuclease enzymes. The reaction nanochannel is sized and configured so that the fragments stay in an original order until they are injected into the detection nanochannel. Signal at one or more locations along the detection nanochannel is detected to map fragments in the order they occur along a long DNA molecule.
US09618472B2	Method and devices for operating a heatable exhaust-gas sensor In a method for operating a heatable exhaust-gas sensor, which supplies at least one measuring signal and in which a sensor heater is operated using a pulse-width modulated operating voltage, the detection of the at least one measuring signal has priority over the supply of the pulse-width modulated operating voltage for sensor heater, and at least during a predefined time window in which the measuring signal is detected, the supply of the pulse-width modulated operating voltage for the sensor heater is suppressed using a blocking signal.
US09618470B2	Humidity sensor and engine system Methods and systems are provided for an engine coupled temperature-based humidity sensor. Degradation of the humidity sensor may be determined while flowing gasses into an engine intake air downstream of a humidity sensor and upstream of a compressor, indicating humidity sensor degradation when relative humidity readings change by less than a threshold while temperature at the sensor changes greater than a second threshold.
US09618469B2	Sensing water vapour A water vapor sensor comprises a substrate and a film of carbon nanotubes impregnated with surfactant on the substrate. The substrate is of material which is inert relative to the film. Two or more electrical conductors are in contact with in spaced apart zones of the film, whereby the impedance of the film may be measured. The sensor is housed in housing which protects the sensor but also allows exposure of the film to water vapor.
US09618457B2	Chemical sensor, chemical sensor module, chemical detection apparatus, and chemical detection method A chemical sensor according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a substrate, a low refractive index layer, a high refractive index layer, and a light detection unit. The low refractive index layer is laminated on the substrate and has a second refractive index smaller than a first refractive index that is a refractive index of a detection target object. The high refractive index layer is laminated on the low refractive index layer, has a third refractive index larger than the first refractive index, and includes a holding surface on which the detection target object is held, and illumination light propagates therein. The light detection unit is provided on the substrate and detects detection target light generated from the detection target object by the illumination light.
US09618456B2	Humidity indicating card A humidity indicating card includes a humidity indicator and a security device.
US09618455B2	Clam-shell luminometer A clam-shell luminometer that, when closed, completely encloses an assay reaction mixture-containing reaction vessel and some portion of a reaction carousel or ring. The luminometer includes first and second portions that are coupled to each other, a photomultiplier tube, and plural fiber optic bundles that are optically coupled to the photomultiplier tube. First ends of the fiber optic bundles are disposed adjacent to the reaction vessel in the second portion so that the fiber optic bundles completely surround the perimeter or periphery of the reaction vessel.
US09618444B2	Vehicle measurement system A vehicle measurement system includes a laser projector which is designed to generate suitable laser radiation during the vehicle measurement operation, and a laser protection device which is suitable for protecting people and objects from the laser radiation. The laser projector and the laser protection device are designed as separate components and are combinable to form a laser projector having a laser protection device and are separable from one another again.
US09618443B2	Gemstone inspection There is described an apparatus and method for inspecting and optionally sorting gemstones. The apparatus includes a nozzle or array of nozzles operatively connected to a vacuum pump such that a gemstone located generally underneath one of the nozzles will be supported against that nozzle by air pressure when a vacuum is applied above the nozzle. A drive system moves the nozzles along a path past a gemstone pick-up location so that a gemstone can be picked up by each nozzle as that nozzle passes the pick-up location. One or more measurement devices are located on or near the predetermined path and configured to measure at least one property of the gemstone. One or more ejection locations are provided on the path at which the vacuum applied to each nozzle is reversible to eject the gemstone from that nozzle. The apparatus may also include a plurality of dispensing bins into which the gemstones are dispensed. The bin into which each gemstone is dispensed is chosen in dependence on the measured property.
US09618441B2	Determination of pore size in porous materials by evaporative mass loss A method for determination of pore-size distribution in a porous material called evapo porometry (EP) is capable of determining pore sizes from approximately the nanometer scale up to the micron scale. EP determines the pore size based on the evaporative mass loss at constant temperature from porous materials that have been pre-saturated with either a wetting or non-wetting volatile liquid. The saturated porous material is placed in an appropriate test cell on a conventional microbalance to measure liquid mass loss at a constant temperature as a function of time. The mass-loss rate is then related to the pore-size distribution. The microbalance permits measuring the mass as a function of time. The slope of the mass versus time curve is the evaporation rate. The evaporation rate is related to the vapor pressure at the interface between the liquid in the porous material and the ambient gas phase. The vapor pressure in turn is related to the pore diameter.
US09618438B2	System and method for analyzing water samples in a water processing facility A system and method for isolating and analyzing a water sample in a water processing facility are disclosed. The system uses a chamber for receiving and isolating the water sample from the main water treatment process. An optical detector views and characterizes the particles in a region of the chamber. An analyzer coupled to the optical detector compares the characterized suspended particles at a first time and at with the characterized suspended particles at a second time to produce a report showing suspended particle size as a function of time.
US09618437B2	System and method for monitoring wear of a screed plate A system for monitoring a wear of a screed plate of a paving machine is disclosed. The system includes a sensor located on the screed plate. The sensor generates signals indicative of the wear of the screed plate. The system further includes a controller coupled to the sensor. The controller receives signals from the sensor and determines the wear of the screed plate based on the received signals.
US09618436B2	Automatic impulse hammer for characterization of mechanical properties of a material A method for determining mechanical properties of a material includes positioning a probe tip of selected material properties having a selected geometry and a selected accelerating mass at a selected position and a selected height above a sample of the material. The probe tip is released to accelerate toward the sample. A first parameter related to force on the probe tip with respect to time is recorded. The releasing the probe tip is repeated with at least one of a different selected probe tip material, a different tip geometry, a different height and a different accelerating mass to record a second parameter related to force. The first and second parameters are used to determine at least one of an elastic property and a strength of the material.
US09618433B2	Method for controlling tensile stress during evaluation of a bond between structures A system and methods are provided for evaluating a bond between structures. The system includes an assembly of at least two bonded structures. The assembly has a front surface, a back surface, a thickness, and a bond disposed between the front surface and the back surface. At least one delay component is attached to the front surface of the assembly having a body having a front face, a back face, and a thickness. The system further includes a laser source capable of depositing laser energy onto a front face of the delay component, where a first portion of the laser energy is absorbed by the front face of the delay component to generate a first compression wave that propagates through the body of the delay component. A second portion of the laser energy is absorbed by the back face of the component to generate a second compression wave that reflects off of the back surface of the assembly to produce a tensile wave that stresses the bond.
US09618431B2	Electrokinetic device for capturing assayable agents in a dielectric fluid Electrokinetic devices and methods are described with the purpose of collecting assayable agents from a dielectric fluid medium. Electrokinetic flow may be induced by the use of plasma generation at high voltage electrodes and consequent transport of charged particles in an electric voltage gradient. In one embodiment, the agents are directed electrokinetically to the sample collection assay device with no intermediate transfer steps. The agents are directed by creation of an electrokinetic potential well, which will effect their capture on to an assay device. Environmental agents such as biowarfare agents, pathogens, allergens or pollutants are collected autonomously on to the assay device, without any human intervention. The dielectric fluid medium, such as air, is sampled by electrokinetic propulsion with no moving parts or optionally, by transporting the dielectric fluid by a fan, pump or by breath. A further embodiment for collection of pathogen samples entails breathing into a tube where the sample is exposed to an electric plasma in the neighborhood of a high voltage electrode or electrodes, further transported by the breath through a potential well created at a sample collection device, where charge particles are electroprecipitated. The dielectric fluid medium may further include non-conductive liquids, such as oils. Oils may be sampled for the presence of contaminants, contaminating organisms or bio-degrading organisms.
US09618430B2	Thin film processing apparatuses for adjustable volume accommodation An apparatus can be used to apply and remove fluid substances for processing biological samples. The fluid substances can be delivered between a first substrate and a second substrate. One substrate carries a specimen. A layer of the fluid substance is retained in a gap defined by the first and second substrates. One substrate is moved with respect to the second substrate to disperse the fluid substance in the gap.
US09618426B2	Transportable quantitative sample transfer device A quantitative sample transfer device for receiving and holding a sample while it is weighed and for transferring the weighed sample material into a flask without losing any sample, the quantitative sample transfer device having a hollow central body segment with a flat bottom surface, a first hollow neck at one end of the central body, a second hollow neck at the opposite end of the central body, a removable first cap for occluding the first hollow neck, a removable second cap for occluding the second hollow neck, an opening in the central body for introducing a sample into the body, a lid permanently attachable to the body segment over the opening that remains permanently closed once closed and a set of lateral ridges on at least one neck that allow for the release of air when a solvent is introduced into the transfer device to flush any remaining sample into the container. The lid may be hinged to the body segment.
US09618425B2	System and method for determining uniformity of a tire A system for determining road force uniformity of a tire is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of imaging devices and a computer communicatively-coupled to the plurality of imaging devices. The plurality of imaging devices images a plurality of surfaces of the tire as the tire-wheel assembly is rotated about an axis of rotation. The computer receives images captured by the plurality of imaging devices in order for the computer to extract data from the images such that the computer may execute a road force uniformity simulation algorithm for the purpose of algorithmically simulating road force uniformity of the tire.
US09618419B2	Flexible tubular pipe for transporting a petroleum fluid such as a multiphase fluid or a gas The present disclosure relates to a flexible tubular pipe (1) of the unbonded type and including, from the inside to the outside, an internal carcass (2), first and second polymeric sheaths (3, 4), at least one tensile armor layer (6, 7) and a polymeric sealing sheath (8) and also at each of its ends, a connecting endpiece (10) comprising i.a., a tubular sleeve (15). The tubular sleeve (15) of a first endpiece (10) includes means (30, 31, 32) for draining the gases from the gap (25) between the sheaths (3, 4) towards the outside of the pipe (1) and the tubular sleeve of the second endpiece (10) including means for draining the gases from the gap (25) between two sheaths (3, 4) towards the outside or towards the inside of the pipe (1).
US09618417B2	Methods for gas leak detection and localization in populated areas using isotope ratio measurements Improved gas leak detection from moving platforms is provided. Automatic horizontal spatial scale analysis can be performed in order to distinguish a leak from background levels of the measured gas. Source identification can be provided by using isotopic ratios and/or chemical tracers to distinguish gas leaks from other sources of the measured gas. Multi-point measurements combined with spatial analysis of the multi-point measurement results can provide leak source distance estimates. These methods can be practiced individually or in any combination.
US09618416B2	Method of calibrating multi component force detector provided in rolling resistance testing machine A crosstalk correction coefficient of a multi component force detector provided in a rolling resistance testing machine is calibrated. A method of calibrating a multi component force detector provided in a rolling resistance testing machine including a spindle shaft to which a tire is attached, a running drum with a simulation road surface on which the tire is pressed, and a rotation torque meter provided in a rotation shaft of the running drum; in which, in performing a process of calculating a force acting on the tire from a measurement value of the multi component force detector by using a crosstalk correction coefficient that corrects an influence of crosstalk occurring in the multi component force detector, the crosstalk correction coefficient is calibrated by using a rolling test data including a rotation torque measured by the rotation torque meter and a force measured by the multi component force detector.
US09618415B2	Pressure sensor package A pressure sensor package includes a substrate providing a connection port, a support member mounted on the substrate by compression molding and having a gap cut through opposing top and bottom walls thereof to expose the connection port, a sensor chip mounted on the support member and electrically connected to the connection port, an encapsulating cover covered on the support member and defining therein an accommodation chamber that accommodates the sensor chip and a through hole that is disposed in communication with the accommodation chamber for the passing of an external signal therethrough to the sensor chip. Thus, the support member steadily carries the sensor chip and isolates stress arising from the external environment, thereby reducing stress interference with the sensor chip and enhancing the overall performance of the pressure sensor package.
US09618411B2	Pressure sensor device A pressure sensor device comprises a support substrate including a thin film area which is bendable by a pressure, a sensor film comprising a first electrode provided on the thin film area, a second electrode provided on the first electrode, a reference layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a free layer provided between the reference layer and the first electrode or between the reference layer and the second electrode, a spacer layer provided between the reference layer and the free layer, a shield provided on a side of the support substrate.
US09618410B2	Clamp force and alignment checking device A check fixture measures a total clamp force applied by a welder device. The welder device includes a welding horn having a plurality of weld pads and welding anvil having a plurality of weld pads. The check fixture includes a base member operatively supporting a plurality of force sensors. The base member and the force sensors are received between the weld pads of the welding horn and the anvil pads of the welding anvil. Each force sensor is configured to measure an individual clamp force applied thereto by corresponding weld and anvil pads when the base member is received between the welding horn and the welding anvil and the welder device is in the clamped position. The individual clamp forces are used to determine whether the weld and/or anvil pads are worn or misaligned.
US09618409B2	Temperature compensation for monitoring a load bearing member An exemplary system includes a moveable mass. A load bearing member includes at least one electrically conductive tension member that supports a load associated with movement of the mass. An electrically conductive member is situated along a selected portion of a path of movement of the load bearing member. The electrically conductive member is not subject to a load on the tension member. A processor is configured to determine an electrical resistance of the tension member as an indicator of a condition of the tension member. The processor is configured to determine an electrical resistance of the electrically conductive member. The processor uses the determined electrical resistance of the electrically conductive member to compensate for any environmental influence on the determined electrical resistance of the tension member.
US09618408B2	System and method for torque transducer and temperature sensor A system includes a magnetostrictive sensor having a sensor head including a driving pole. The driving pole includes a driving coil that may receive a driving current and may emit a magnetic flux portion through a rotary structure. The sensor head also includes a sensing pole including a sensing coil that may receive the magnetic flux portion and may transmit a signal based at least in part on the received magnetic flux portion. The received magnetic flux portion is based at least in part on a force on the rotary structure. The sensor head also includes a temperature sensor disposed on the sensor head. The temperature sensor may measure a temperature of the rotary structure.
US09618407B2	Magnetic sensor packaging for transmissions Designs to package a magneto-elastic torque sensor in an automotive transmission for volume production applications are provided. A transfer case assembly includes a transfer case shaft having a magnetized region and a magnetic torque sensor, for detecting torque of the transfer case shaft, mounted on at least one bushing supporting the transfer case shaft. A drive axle assembly includes an axle housing, an input shaft having a magnetized region, and a magnetic torque sensor, for detecting torque of the input shaft, mounted to the axle housing.
US09618405B2	Piezoelectric acoustic resonator based sensor A piezoelectric acoustic resonator based sensor is presented herein. A device can include an array of piezoelectric transducers and an array of cavities that has been attached to the array of piezoelectric transducers to form an array of resonators. A resonator of the array of resonators can be associated with a first frequency response corresponding to a first determination that the resonator has been touched, and a second frequency response corresponding to a second determination that the resonator has not been touched. The array of piezoelectric transducers can include a piezoelectric material; a first set of electrodes that has been formed a first side of the piezoelectric material; and a second set of electrodes that has been formed on second side of the piezoelectric material.
US09618401B2	Systems and devices for real time health status credentialing The technology provides an external device for estimating a core body temperature of a human subject. The wrist monitor device includes a casing sized and shaped to fit onto a wrist of a human subject. The casing has a first face and a second face. In addition there is a cavity in the casing that houses a heat trap. The heat trap has an opening oriented to receive incoming thermal energy from the skin and a shell of a thermal-insulation material that has an inner thermal energy-reflective surface. Detected temperature data is compiled in a database and used to estimate whether an identified individual has a core body temperature indicative of a fever.
US09618398B2	Time-temperature indicator and monitoring method for monitoring quality state of thermally sensitive article The present invention relates to a time-temperature indicator for monitoring the quality state of a thermally sensitive article and a monitoring method. The present invention also relates to a preparation method of the time-temperature indicator and a thermally sensitive article using the time-temperature indicator. The time-temperature indicator according to the present invention comprises two laminated layers which are physically separated, i.e. a function indication layer and an adsorption function layer. The two laminated layers are stored and transported separately, and combined together in use. Therefore, the time-temperature indicator of the present invention can be stored and transported at room temperature, which reduces the usage costs of the time-temperature indicator.
US09618396B1	Thermomagnetic resonator-based temperature sensing A thermomagnetic temperature sensor, a temperature measurement system and a method of measuring temperature employ a temperature-dependent resonant frequency of a thermomagnetic resonator to measure temperature. The thermomagnetic temperature sensor includes a thermomagnetic inductor and a capacitor connector to form the thermomagnetic resonator. The thermomagnetic inductor includes a ferromagnetic material having a temperature-dependent magnetic permeability to determine the temperature-dependent resonant frequency. A predetermined relationship between the temperature-dependent resonant frequency and temperature in a range between a maximum magnetic permeability value and a Curie temperature provides the measurement of temperature.
US09618388B2	Adjustment circuit and method for measuring optical parameter and optical measurement system An adjustment circuit for measuring an optical parameter is disclosed. The adjustment circuit includes an optical sensing module for detecting an optical signal and converting the detected optical signal into a voltage signal; an amplification module for amplifying the voltage signal; an A/D conversion module for converting the amplified voltage signal into a digital signal; a control module for analyzing the digital signal for generating an analyzed result; a signal generating module for outputting a frequency square wave signal according to the analyzed result; and an adjustment module for adjusting an amplification factor of the amplification module according to the frequency square wave signal. The circuit of the present disclosure is easy, and an automatic measurement can be implemented.
US09618384B2	Acoustic measurement system for detecting turbine blade lockup An acoustic measurement system for detecting locked blade assemblies in a gas turbine having a plurality of blade assemblies. The system includes at least one acoustic sensor for detecting acoustic energy generated as a result of movement of the blade assemblies during a turning gear operation. In addition, the system includes a housing for holding the acoustic sensor, wherein the housing is mounted to an outer diffuser of the gas turbine. The housing also includes a rotatable joint for enabling rotation of the acoustic sensor. Further, the system includes a data acquisition unit that detects an absence of acoustic energy wherein the absence of acoustic energy is indicative of locked blade assemblies. The blade assemblies are locked due to wedging of a sealing pin between the blade assemblies. The acoustic energy is detected in a frequency range of approximately 0.9 kHz to 10 kHz.
US09618383B2	Patient support systems and methods of use A patient support system includes a scale system, an air system, and a lift system. The patient support system also includes a control system configured to graphically communicate information about the scale system, the air system, and the lift system to a user.
US09618380B2	Sensor for measuring water levels of groundwater and surface water using magnetostriction displacement and multi measurement system for groundwater and surface water by using the same Provided is a sensor for measuring water levels of groundwater and surface water using magnetostriction displacement and multi measurement system for groundwater and surface water by using the same. The sensor includes an outer case having a hollow space therein and extending in a longitudinal direction, a magnetostriction line spaced apart from an inner wall in the hollow space of the outer case to extend in the longitudinal direction, a floating permanent magnet guided along the magnetostriction line to be movable in the longitudinal direction, the floating permanent magnet being changed in position to correspond to a water level; and a transceiver applying a current pulse into the magnetostriction line to receive an elastic wave that is generated while first magnetic fields formed in a circumferential direction of the magnetostriction line by the current pulse crosses a second magnetic fields formed in an axial direction of the magnetostriction line by the permanent magnet.
US09618376B2	Apparatus, method and system for calibrating a liquid dispensing system An apparatus, method and system providing for calibration and/or control of a liquid dispensing system is disclosed. The hand-held calibration auditing tool includes a flow meter (36-37) with inlets adapted for quick connection to one or more liquid inputs and/or liquid outputs of a liquid dispensing system (10). A sensor (94-95) having a data output of liquid flow information for a liquid input to the dispensing system (10) is operably connected to a controller (12) to receive the liquid flow information for the liquid input. The controller (12) provides a dilution rate and other liquid flow information for a liquid product input to a dispenser. The tool may include any number of flow meters, and may also include a flow meter connected to an outlet of a dispenser (22) for providing flow information.
US09618374B2	Coriolis mode processing techniques Flowmeters are described in which a sensor signal received from a sensor that is attached to vibratable flowtube, so as to determine properties of a fluid within the flowtube, contains a drive signal component and a Coriolis mode component. The flowmeters are operable to determine drive parameters of the drive signal component, as well as Coriolis parameters of the Coriolis mode component. By analyzing the sensor signal based on the drive signal parameters, and not on the Coriolis signal parameters, the flowmeters are able to provide stable and accurate determinations of the properties of the fluid.
US09618373B2	Device for detecting at least one property of a fluid medium A device for detecting at least one property of a fluid medium has at least one sensor housing introducible into the fluid medium, which sensor housing has at least one channel through which the fluid medium flows and which has at least one outlet opening. The fluid medium flows out through the outlet opening after flowing through the channel. The sensor housing has at least one housing body and at least one cover. The outlet opening is situated in the cover. The housing body has at least one collar section, which engages with the outlet opening and which forms at least one part of an edge of the outlet opening.
US09618370B2	Optical encoder and apparatus provided therewith The optical encoder includes a scale provided with a scale pattern reflecting or transmitting light from a light source, and a sensor receiving the light from the scale pattern. The sensor is provided with a light-receiving element array. The light-receiving element array includes multiple light-receiving element groups with a pitch P. Each group is constituted by two or more light-receiving elements whose outputs are added together. An intermediate pattern is provided between the scale and the sensor. The intermediate pattern includes a first pattern to form a first light intensity distribution with a first spatial period shorter than the pitch P on the light-receiving element array and a second pattern to form a second light intensity distribution with a second spatial period longer than the pitch P on the light-receiving element array.
US09618368B2	Position-measuring device A position-measuring device includes a scale and a scanning unit movable relative to the scale in a measurement direction. The scale has an incremental measuring graduation and reference marks spaced apart from each other. The scale has a first marking track containing a first marking associated a reference mark and a second marking spaced apart from the first marking. The scanning unit has a first and a second detector spaced apart from each other. A distance between the detectors is greater than a length of the first marking and less than a length of the second marking. The scanning unit is configured to produce a reference pulse based on only the first detector of the two detectors generating a scanning signal, and to produce a switching signal when both the first detector and the second detector generate a scanning signal.
US09618365B2	Angle sensor system having a magnetic sensor An angle sensor device includes first and second magnet tracks, a sensor component, and a control unit. The first and second magnet tracks are fixed to a rotatable object and are configured to generate a non-homogenous field. The rotatable object is configured to rotate about a rotation axis and the non-homogenous field has a smaller gradient of magnitude along a rotational direction than a perpendicular direction, which is perpendicular to the rotational direction. The sensor component is positioned off-axis and is configured to measure a magnetic field including the non-homogenous field and provide magnetic field measurements. The control unit is configured to determine angular information from the magnetic field measurements.
US09618364B2	Integrated wheel speed measuring device An integrated wheel speed measuring device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a hub which is installed inside a wheel bearing; a magnetic encoder which is installed by being inserted into a recessed portion that is provided in one surface of the hub; and a wheel cap which surrounds the one surface of the hub and the recessed portion, in which the magnetic encoder has a cylindrical shape, and is installed in the recessed portion in a longitudinal direction thereof.
US09618361B2	MEMS device automatic-gain control loop for mechanical amplitude drive This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for digital automatic gain control for driving a MEMS device, such as a proof mass. In an example, an apparatus can include a driver configured to oscillate a proof mass of a MEMS device, a charge-to-voltage (C2V) converter configured to provide oscillation information of the proof mass, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to provide a digital representation of the oscillation information, and a digital, automatic gain control circuit to provide oscillation amplitude error information using a comparison of the oscillation information to target amplitude information, and to provide a digital drive command signal using an amplified representation of the oscillation amplitude error information.
US09618360B2	Methods and systems for performing charting tasks A method for accessing information on an electronic version of an navigation information display is described. The method includes displaying navigation information in a first portion of a display of a device, the device incorporating a touch screen, sensing a user touch on the touch screen, determining, by the device, a selected location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred, correlating the selected location on the touch screen where the user touch has occurred with a location on the navigation information display, displaying a magnified area of a portion of the navigation information proximate the location on the touch screen where the user touch occurred, and displaying textual information related to the magnified area in a second portion of the display device.
US09618359B2	Wearable sensor data to improve map and navigation data Various systems and methods for improving map and navigation data are described herein. An electronic navigation system for improving map and navigation data comprises a database access module to access a database of physiological information to obtain a biometric value, the biometric value associated with a location and a time; a processing module to determine whether the biometric value violates a threshold; and a display module to display a notification on a map when the threshold is violated, the map including an area around the location associated with the biometric value, and the notification displayed proximate to the location associated with the biometric value.
US09618355B2	Onboard unit and method for providing information to a driver An onboard unit for a vehicle for providing information to the driver when travelling on a road portion with at least two adjacent lanes forming a common traffic area, the onboard unit having a position detection device for determining the position thereof and having a measured value of the speed thereof, comprising a lane detector, connected to the position detection device, with a map memory for a digital road map for locating in the road map a lane corresponding to the determined position, a traffic jam detector for detecting a traffic jam when at least the speed measured value falls below a predefined threshold value, and an evaluation and output unit, which is connected to the lane detector and the traffic jam detector and which is configured, upon detection of a traffic jam, to output direction of travel information specific for the located lane.
US09618350B2	Anomaly detection for road user charging systems A computer readable medium embodies a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a processing apparatus to perform operations including determining information corresponding to a number of differences in distances between ending points of journeys taken by a vehicle and starting points of consecutive journeys taken by the vehicle, and transmitting one or more representations of the information. Another computer readable medium tangibly includes instructions for, for each of a number of vehicles, receiving one or more scores corresponding to a vehicle, and determining a ranked list containing at least a portion of the scores, and outputting the ranked list. Another computer readable medium includes instructions for, for each of a number of vehicles, receiving information corresponding to a vehicle, using one or more metrics, calculating one or more values from the received information, and communicating one or more representations of the one or more value to one or more entities.
US09618347B2	Projecting vehicle transportation network information representing an intersection A method and apparatus for generating projected vehicle transportation network information representing an intersection for use in traversing a vehicle transportation network may include receiving a remote vehicle message including remote vehicle information indicating remote vehicle geospatial state information and remote vehicle kinematic state information, identifying host vehicle information including host vehicle geospatial state information and host vehicle kinematic state information, generating projected vehicle transportation network information representing a portion of the vehicle transportation network including an intersection based on the remote vehicle information and the host vehicle information, and traversing the intersection represented by the projected vehicle transportation network information using the projected vehicle transportation network information.
US09618345B2	Method and system for identifying a situation with a potentially in-alert driver The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a road segment determining system for identifying beforehand a situation with a potentially in-alert driver of a vehicle. The road segment determining system determines a position of the vehicle, and further determines pre-stored road characteristics of a road segment assumed or known to be ahead of the vehicle. Moreover, the road segment determining system determines the road segment to be monotonous based on comparing at least a first road parameter of the pre-stored road characteristics with predetermined monotonous road criteria. The disclosure also relates to a road segment determining system in accordance with the foregoing, a vehicle comprising at least a portion of the road segment determining system, and a user device comprising at least a portion of the road segment determining system.
US09618342B2	MEMS anti-phase vibratory gyroscope A MEMS anti-phase vibratory gyroscope includes two measurement masses with a top cap and a bottom cap each coupled with a respective measurement mass. The measurement masses are oppositely coupled with each other in the vertical direction. Each measurement mass includes an outer frame, an inner frame located within the outer frame, and a mass located within the inner frame. The two measurement masses are coupled with each other through the outer frame. The inner frame is coupled with the outer frame by a plurality of first elastic beams. The mass is coupled with the inner frame by a plurality of second elastic beams. A comb coupling structure is provided along opposite sides of the outer frame and the inner frame. The two masses vibrate toward the opposite direction, and the comb coupling structure measures the angular velocity of rotation.
US09618339B2	Spirit level Wider overall angular viewing range for a spirit level achieved by provisioning spirit levels with a bubble vial module including a reflective surface wherein the reflective surface is manually pivotal about a pivot axis relative to a non-pivoted direct opposite viewing position such that a user can pivot the reflective surface towards himself. The system may include predetermined viewing positions.
US09618327B2	Methods and arrangements for object pose estimation In an illustrative embodiment, the free space attenuation of illumination with distance, according to a square law relationship, is used to estimate the distance between a light source and two or more different areas on the surface of a product package. By reference to these distance estimates, the angular pose of the product package is determined. Plural frames of imagery, captured both with and without illumination from the light source, can be processed to mitigate the effects of ambient lighting.
US09618320B2	Heterodyne spectrally controlled interferometry Heterodyne interferometry is combined with spectrally-controlled interferometry (SCI) to achieve the advantages of both. Phase shifts produced by SCI produce phase-shifted correlograms suitable for heterodyne interferometric analysis, thereby enabling interferometric measurements with conventional common-path apparatus free of coherence noise and scanning-related errors, and with the precision of conventional heterodyne interferometry. A spectrum-modulating light source suitable for the invention is obtained by combining a rotating spiral grating with a multi-slit grating placed in the front focal plane of a collimating lens that propagates the light toward a blazed diffraction grating. Another exemplary spectrum-modulating light source is obtained by combining a slit spectrometer with an acousto-optic modulator.
US09618318B2	Method for contactlessly measuring a relative position by means of a 3D hall sensor having measurement signal store The present invention relates to a method for contactlessly measuring a relative position of a magnetic field source (102) which produces a magnetic field and a magnetic field sensor (100) in relation to each other. The present invention further also relates to a corresponding displacement sensor. The invention describes an operating principle of a sensor which is based on the Hall effect and which achieves an increase in the sensor output range with a magnet which is simultaneously reduced in size by storing the earlier value when control by the magnetic field is lost. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: calculating the position signal on the basis of a quotient of two magnetic flux density components; calculating a magnitude of the magnetic flux density and comparing the magnitude with a predetermined threshold value; outputting the current calculated position signal if the magnitude of the magnetic flux density is higher than the threshold value; outputting a preceding stored position signal if the magnitude of the magnetic flux density is smaller than or equal to the threshold value; storing the output position signal.
US09618316B2	Apparatus for object information detection and methods of using same A system for determining information regarding at least one object, comprising: a sensor sensitive to capacitive coupling; at least one object adapted to create a capacitive coupling with the sensor when at least one signal is input to the sensor; a detector adapted to measure at least one output signal of said sensor associated with the at least one object, wherein the output signal associated with the at least one object is an object information code.
US09618315B2	Sensor Provided is a sensor capable of holding a sensing element at a position of good sensitivity without requiring filling of the case with resin. The sensor includes a sensing element, a case accommodating the sensing element and having a detecting face for the sensing element in an outer face thereof, a holder accommodated inside the case together with the sensing element and pressing the sensing element toward the detecting face and a cable electrically connected to the sensing element. At least one of the holder and the case includes a contact portion deformable by a pressing force generated when the sensing element is pressed toward the detecting face.
US09618310B2	Method of blasting multiple layers or levels of rock A method of blasting plural layers of material in a blastfield that reduces the amount of mechanical excavation required to expose a lower layer of material. The method includes using rows of equally spaced blastholes that pass through all of the layers and additional intermediate rows of blastholes that pass down only through the top layer. Each blasthole is capped with stemming material and includes one or more decks of explosive material and detonators, which air decks or inert stemming separating adjacent explosive decks. The detonators in layer are detonated first in order from row rearwards to throw a substantial amount of the blast material from the layer forwardly of free face onto the floor. In the same blasting cycle and within seconds of the throw blast, explosives materials in layers are detonated in a stand-up blast in which material in layers are broken up but otherwise are minimally displace or thrown forwardly.
US09618308B2	Initiator modules, munitions systems including initiator modules, and related methods Initiator modules for munitions control systems include a mounting portion for receiving a portion of an initiation device, a detonator device disposed within the initiator module, a connection portion configured to connect the initiator module with a munitions control system, and an electronics assembly configured to electronically couple with a munitions control system and transmit a signal to the detonator device. Munitions systems may include initiator modules received in a socket of a munitions control system. Methods of igniting explosive devices include coupling a shock tube to an explosive device, connecting an initiator module to a munitions control system, mounting a portion of the shock tube to the initiator module, and igniting the shock tube with a detonator device disposed within the initiator module.
US09618307B1	Disposable, miniature internal optical ignition source for ammunition application An ammunition cartridge for a gun is optically initiated by a mechanism wholly within the cartridge case itself. The case has as optical primer initiation means producing light fluence to ignite a primer, which ignited primer may in turn ignite into a flashtube, and which ignited flashtube may in turn ignite a bed of propellant in said cartridge. The optical primer initiation means may be an LED, a laser diode, a VCSEL, or some other light emitting device in general. The cartridge optically initiated primer package is so sized and made electrically and mechanically seamlessly physically compatible with current ammunition cartridges such that these new cartridges are completely interchangeable. If the cartridge primer initiation means is of a percussion type, the cartridge is adapted to include an in-line piezoelectric crystal so that electrical power will be generated when the cartridge assembly is struck by a firing pin during percussion type operations; the power is then used to initiate the light emitting device.
US09618303B2	Electro control hazing device (ECHD) An electronic conditioning device delivers electric shocks correlated with sounds or driven by a signal associated with a sound sequence. The sound sequence can be a few seconds of a recorded human voice, a siren, a single tone, and so forth. A sound generator emits the sound sequence audibly. A power supply is electrically connected to the various components and provides energy to a shock inducer or electrodes embedded in the skin of a target. The device administers voltage spikes and sounds in a coordinated fashion. The conditioning encourages the target to associate certain sounds with the electric shock. Power may be supplied by a battery, a piezoelectric flexible film or movable magnet that converts kinetic motion into electric energy. Preferably, the device is applied to a target by loading the device into a shotgun shell and firing the loaded shell at the target from a rifle, pistol or shotgun.
US09618295B1	Adjustable archery release A handheld archery release includes a handle and a first finger piece which is removably and adjustably connected with the handle to provide radial adjustment of the release. Preferably, a second finger piece is removably and adjustably connected with the first finger piece. Adjusting the finger pieces forward creates a flatter hand feel and provides a faster back-tension speed for shot execution. Adjusting the finger pieces rearward or backward creates a larger arcuate shape for a more swept hand feel and a slower back-tension speed for shot execution.
US09618292B1	Shooting rest adapted for mimicking hand-held shooting An apparatus for supporting a firearm having a forestock and a stock, the apparatus including at least two supports, each having an upper end portion and a lower end portion that is opposingly disposed from the upper end portion. A first and second support is configured to be removably attached at their respective upper end portion to the forestock and stock, respectively, of the firearm. Further disclosed is a base including at least one support receiver configured for removably engaging one of the first or second support at its lower end portion. Upon firing the firearm, recoil occurs without restriction as the removably engaged support disengages from the at least one support receiver and the firearm is returnable to the position prior to the firing of the firearm.
US09618290B1	Weapon barrel assembly A weapon barrel assembly including Silicon Nitride, Aluminum Oxide and/or Silicon Carbide combined with graphene.
US09618289B1	Trigger mechanism with momentary automatic safety In general terms, this disclosure is directed to a trigger mechanism with a mode selector element that is placeable in a safety mode, a semi-automatic fire mode, and a momentary automatic fire mode. In one possible configuration and by non-limiting example, the mode selector element includes a selector block and a handle portion extending from the selector block to allow the selector block to be rotated between the different modes. The mode selector element is configured such that the selector block can be indexed into the safety mode and the fire mode. The mode selector element is additionally configured such that the selector mode is spring biased to automatically rotate from the momentary automatic fire mode to the fire mode when the handle portion is not constrained by a force, such as when an operator releases the handle portion.
US09618288B2	Firearm trigger assembly A firearm trigger assembly is disclosed. The disclosed assembly may include a trigger, a disconnect, and a hammer, each of which may be configured to be spring loaded when installed in a firearm receiver. Installation of the trigger assembly in a firearm receiver may include pivotally coupling the trigger and disconnect to the firearm receiver using a trigger pivot pin, and pivotally coupling the hammer to the firearm receiver using a hammer pivot pin. The trigger may include an integral sear feature configured to provide a mechanical stop to the hammer. The disconnect may be configured to be at least partially located in a disconnect slot located alongside or adjacent to the trigger sear feature when the disconnect is pivotally coupled to the trigger. The disconnect and hammer may each include integral cam features configured to buffer hammer contact during firearm recoil.
US09618286B1	Ammunition magazine loader An ammunition magazine loader include a main body, a rounds recess, a rounds abutment, and a magazine recess. One or more rounds are provided to the rounds recess and positionally maintained by a rounds recess bottom and first and second rounds recess ledges. With a magazine positioned within the magazine recess and at least one round within the rounds recess, as the at least one round is slidably moved out of the rounds recess, the at least one round abuts the rounds abutment and pivots to orient the round such that each second case end is angled towards the magazine recess.
US09618284B1	Motor control for externally-operated weapon An externally-operated weapon has a direct current servo motor that provides motive force to drive the weapon operating group at an average rate of fire. Within a single cycle, the weapon operating group is driven at rates greater than and less than the average rate of fire, while the overall rate for a single cycle is maintained at the average rate of fire. Some benefits of servo motor control include reduced power consumption, increased bolt dwell time, expansion of the weapon's battlefield role from one to many roles, and increased accuracy and shot-to-shot precision while firing from an open bolt position.
US09618270B2	Air-based cooling for data center rack A high-velocity low-pressure cooling system (100), especially suited for data center applications, includes an air coolant loop (102), a non-air coolant loop (104) and a cooler unit (126) for heat transfer between the loops (102 and 104). The air loop (102) is used to chill ambient air that is blown across heat transfer surfaces of equipment mounted in data center racks (110). In this manner, effective cooling is provided using a coolant that is benign in data center environments.
US09618268B2	Evaporative condenser radiating module for steam exhaust of a steam turbine An evaporative condenser radiating module for steam exhaust of a steam turbine comprises tube bundles and steam-water separating chambers. A steam-water separating chamber (4) between a section A and a section B, a section A downflow cooling section tube bundle (3), a section B downflow cooling section tube bundle (5), and a counter flow cooling section tube bundle (8) are disposes at the left side of a central steam-water separating chamber (7). An upper sealed space (10) of the steam-water separating chamber (4) between the section A and the section B is in communication with the central steam-water separating chamber (7) through the counter flow cooling section tube bundle (8). A lower sealed space of the steam-water separating chamber (4) between the section A and the section B is in communication with the central steam-water separating chamber (7) through the section B downflow cooling section tube bundle (5). A sealed section A steam entering chamber (2) is arranged on the left side of the steam-water separating chamber (4) between the section A and the section B. The section A downflow cooling section tube bundle (3) is arranged between the section A steam entering chamber (2) and the lower sealed space of the steam-water separating chamber (4) between the section A and the section B. The right side of the central steam-water separating chamber (7) is provided with tube bundles and steam-water separating chambers totally structurally identical with those arranged on the left side of the central steam-water separating chamber (7).
US09618266B2	Ladle metallurgy furnace having improved roof The present invention relates generally to a ladle metallurgy furnace having an improved roof structure. The improved roof may comprise an internal surface structure having a substantially smooth exterior surface, an external surface structure spaced apart from the internal surface structure, a plurality of channels that are defined intermediate the internal and external surface structures, a supply port in fluid communication with at least one channel through the second surface structure and in further fluid communication with a supply line, and a return port in fluid communication with at least one channel through the external surface structure and in further fluid communication with a return line.
US09618261B2	Power generation and LNG production The present techniques are directed to a system and method for generating power and producing liquefied natural gas (LNG). The system includes a power plant configured to generate power, wherein an exhaust gas from the power plant provides a gas mixture including nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The system also includes a dehydration system configured to dehydrate the gas mixture to generate a nitrogen refrigerant stream and a refrigeration system configured to produce LNG from a natural gas stream using the nitrogen refrigerant stream.
US09618260B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner may include an input device that receives an input for setting an operation requirement, a fan that blows air according to the set operation requirement, an illumination system that illuminates a closed curve region, a case having the fan provided therein and at least one air outlet formed therein for discharging air outward from the closed curve, and a lighting controller that controls the illumination system to generate an indicator of a flow direction of air being discharged through the at least one air outlet.
US09618258B2	Refrigerator having ice making compartment A refrigerator includes an ice making unit. The refrigerator also includes a refrigeration cycle including a refrigerant pipe to supply cooling energy to an ice making compartment, and a fixing member to fix a first portion of the refrigerant pipe, at least a second portion of the refrigerant pipe supported by and inserted into the ice making compartment.
US09618257B2	Gas-flow cryostat for dynamic temperature regulation using a fluid level sensor A gas-flow cryostat adapted for dynamic temperature regulation using a fluid level sensor; the cryostat further including one or more heaters coupled to various components of the cryostat. As fluid evaporates from a liquid cryogen evaporation reservoir within the cryostat, the fluid level sensor and a feedback control unit are adapted to monitor and dynamically control the level of evaporating cryogen by regulating the heaters. Accordingly, the cryostat is adapted to dynamically control temperature about a specimen region within the cryostat. The cryostat can be used in various applications, including analytical laboratory equipment for measuring various physical properties of samples. Temperature sensors are further incorporated for added control and optimization of the cryostat.
US09618249B2	Heat pump device, heat pump system, and method for controlling three-phase inverter A voltage-command correction-value computation unit outputs a correction value for correcting a voltage command value according to a bus voltage. A multiplier calculates a voltage command value acquired by correcting the voltage command value based on the correction value. A voltage-command generation unit generates and outputs three-phase voltage command values based on the corrected voltage command value calculated by the multiplier and a phase. A PWM-signal generation unit generates six drive signals corresponding to switching elements of an inverter based on the three-phase voltage command values outputted by the voltage-command generation unit and a carrier signal. The PWM-signal generation unit outputs the generated drive signals to the corresponding switching elements of the three-phase inverter, to cause the inerter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage.
US09618248B2	Refrigerant recovery and recharge device A refrigerant recovery and recharge device and a method to recharge oil to refrigeration equipment is disclosed. The refrigerant recovery and recharge device comprises a valve block which is adapted to establish fluid communication between the device and refrigeration equipment and a recharge path adapted to recharge oil to the refrigeration equipment through an outlet in the valve block. The device further comprises at least a first oil container and a second oil container and the valve block comprises a valve with a first inlet and a second inlet. The first oil container is in fluid communication with the first inlet and the second oil container is in fluid communication with the second inlet to recharge oil to the refrigeration equipment. The method for recharging oil recharges oil either from the first oil container or the second oil container in dependence of the type of fuel used in the vehicle.
US09618245B2	Ejector A body of an ejector includes a diffuser passage, in which an ejection refrigerant jetted from a nozzle passage and a suction refrigerant drawn from a suction passage are mixed together and pressurized by arranging a passage formation member, and a gas-liquid separation space, in which the refrigerant flowing out of the diffuser passage is separated into gas and liquid by the action of a centrifugal force. An inlet part of an oil return passage that is open in the gas-liquid separation space is arranged at a position closer to an outer peripheral side than to an axis center of the passage formation member.
US09618239B2	Magnetic refrigerating device and magnetic refrigerating system The magnetic refrigerating device according to one embodiment includes a fixed container filled with a refrigerant, the fixed container including a magnetic material container that is filled with a magnetic material and that can move in the fixed container and an elastic member provided at the end of the magnetic material container. The magnetic refrigerating device also includes a magnetic-field applying/removing mechanism that is provided at the outside of the fixed container, and that can apply and remove a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material and can generate a magnetic torque to the magnetic material container in moving direction of the magnetic material container.
US09618238B2	Adsorption refrigerator Provided is an adsorption refrigerator that achieves high cooling capacity while reducing the volume the device as a whole occupies. The adsorption refrigerator according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which only one adsorption reactor is positioned directly above a first lower-layer adsorption reactor and a second lower-layer adsorption reactor. In addition, the adsorption refrigerator according to the present embodiment performs sequence control in which one of the first lower-layer adsorption reactor and the second lower-layer adsorption reactor keeps performing an adsorption process, whereas the other one changes processes of preheating, desorption, precooling, and adsorption.
US09618236B2	Heat pump system A heat pump system includes a heat source unit, a usage-side unit, and a usage-side controller. The heat source unit has a heat source-side compressor for compressing a heat source-side refrigerant, and a heat source-side heat exchanger capable of functioning as an evaporator of the heat source-side refrigerant. The usage-side unit is connected to the heat source unit and has a capacity-variable-type usage-side compressor for compressing a usage-side refrigerant, a usage-side heat exchanger capable of functioning as a radiator of the heat source-side refrigerant and functioning as an evaporator of the usage-side refrigerant, and a refrigerant-water heat exchanger capable of functioning as a radiator of the usage-side refrigerant and heating an aqueous medium. The usage-side controller performs usage-side capacity variation control for incrementally varying the operating capacity of the usage-side compressor during a usual operation.
US09618233B2	Method for determining whether a water heater appliance is operating with a timer switch A method for determining whether a water heater appliance is operating on a timer switch is provided. The method includes determining a power on time interval between a previous power interruption and a current power interruption if the current power interruption is a long power outage and establishing that the water heater appliance is not operating with a timer switch if the power on time interval is greater than a threshold time interval. A related water heater appliance is also provided.
US09618230B2	PTC heater A PTC heater having a heat conductor, a first end cover, a second end cover, and a PTC heating element. The heat conductor includes a duct for accommodating a PTC heating element, a first liquid passage channel, and a second liquid passage channel. The first end cover is coupled to one end of the heat conductor and includes a first and a second compartment, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The water inlet is in fluid communication with the first compartment and the first liquid passage channel, and the water outlet is in fluid communication with the second compartment and the second liquid passage channel. The second end cover is coupled to the other end of the heat conductor. The first and second liquid passage channels are in fluid communication with each other via an internal space of the second end cover to form a closed liquid circulation channel.
US09618227B2	Energy management based on location Systems and methods of providing climate control and/or energy management in a structure having a networking thermostat. In some example embodiments the network is used to monitor a geographic location of a user device associated with a user of the structure. The monitoring may be performed to determine the location relative to a destination located apart from the structure. The network is used to control a set point of the thermostat based on the location. Additionally or alternatively, the monitoring may be performed to determine time period(s) during which the structure is unoccupied and the thermostat is set at a first set point. Energy savings that could have been realized by changing the first set point to a second set point are estimated and provided to the user.
US09618226B2	Air-conditioning system integrated with APP of smart portable device An air-conditioning system integrated with an application program (APP) of a smart portable device comprises at least an air-conditioning controller, an APP and a plurality of air-conditioning devices. The air-conditioning controller comprises a temperature sensor, provided for sensing an environment temperature so as to transmit a temperature signal. The APP is installed on a smart portable device such that the APP can transmit an operation signal to the air-conditioning controller according to the temperature signal via the smart portable device. The air-conditioning controller further transmits a control signal to the plurality of air-conditioning devices such that the air-conditioning devices can be operated according to the control signal.
US09618222B1	Smart vent and atmospheric controller apparatuses, methods and systems The SmartVent and Atmospheric Controller Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SmartVent”) transforms user desired environmental setting and SmartVent measurement inputs via SmartVent components into SmartVent adjustment messages and environmental change outputs. In one embodiment, a SmartVent system may include a self-regulating HVAC system, comprising a plurality of smart HVAC vents disposed in wireless communication with a remote computing device. Where the remote computing device a includes a memory and a processor disposed in communication with the memory, configured to record calibration data from each of said plurality of smart HVAC vents. The calibration data may include temperature and flow rate data from each of said plurality of smart HVAC vents. The system may generate calibration tables in accordance with the recorded calibration data and transmit instructions to each of the plurality of smart HVAC vents to optimize thermal conditions and energy efficiency of the HVAC system, in accordance with said calibration tables.
US09618219B2	Air intake—drainage features An air conditioning system includes an intake housing with a fresh air opening and a recirculation air opening, a filter housing to admit an air filter and a fan housing with a fan for intake by suction of air through the intake housing and directing the air through the filter housing. The fresh air opening and the recirculating air opening are aligned in a common horizontal direction and in a vertical direction one above the other. The recirculating air opening is situated in the gravitational direction beneath the fresh air opening. Between the fresh air opening and the recirculating air opening a separation area is configured, with drainage means in such a way that the fluid penetrating into the fresh air opening, when flowing over the drainage means is directed past the recirculating air opening in a receiving area placed below the recirculating air opening.
US09618214B2	Energy exchange system and method A system and method for heating water are provided. The system includes a first subcooler for receiving a first water flow, a second subcooler for receiving a second water flow, a first condenser in fluid communication with the first subcooler and the second subcooler for receiving water from both subcoolers, and a second condenser in fluid communication with the first condenser. The method involves receiving a flow of water, and transferring heat to the water using the system.
US09618211B2	Commercial cooking oven with removable door assembly A cooking oven includes a housing defining an internal cooking cavity with an opening. A door assembly includes an inner panel framing an inner glass pane, and an outer panel framing an outer glass pane. A pivot arrangement pivotably mounts the door assembly to the housing. The pivot arrangement includes at least one pivot part located on the door assembly and at least one pivot part located on the housing. The pivot part of the door assembly is separable from the pivot part of the housing via vertically upward movement of the door assembly and upon separation of the pivot part of the door assembly from the pivot part of the housing the door becomes completely removed from the housing to enable the door assembly to be taken to a washing station for cleaning.
US09618206B2	Annular helmholtz damper The damper arrangement include two concentric hollow shapes, each having a wall, wherein the walls form an annular volume therebetween. The damper arrangement further includes one or more necks for connecting to a combustion chamber at corresponding one or more contact points. The one or more necks are connected to the annular volume.
US09618199B2	Radiating burner having enhanced performance and method for improving the performance of a radiating burner A method for improving the performance of a radiating burner designed to be supplied during operation by means of a flow (F) comprising a mixture of air and combustible gas. The burner includes a body defining a combustion chamber and provided with an inlet for the mixture; a porous wicking agent closes off the chamber in a non-sealing manner and is arranged downstream of the inlet in the direction of flow (F) of the mixture; and a distribution grid is arranged between the mixture inlet and the wicking agent. The method includes creating an electric field in the combustion chamber by applying an electric potential difference of at least 5 kV between the wicking agent and the distribution grid.
US09618196B2	Steam generator The present invention relates to the technical field of heating equipment, and particularly to a steam generator, comprising a shell and a heater fixed inside the shell, a gasification chamber for generating steam being formed between the heater and the shell, the gasification chamber being provided with a water inlet and a steam outlet. The gasification chamber comprises stepped or labyrinthic steam passages. As the gasification chamber inside the steam generator provided by the present invention comprises stepped or labyrinthic steam passages, heat both inside and outside the heating element is fully utilized, the steam passage is lengthened, and both the pressure and temperature are increased; consequently, high-temperature steam may be provided. Moreover, the time for ejecting steam is greatly shortened just several seconds from feeding water to ejecting steam, with high heat utilization efficiency. Moreover, the steam generator is small in size.
US09618194B2	LED lighting system A lighting system including an extrusion, a lighted strip, a control board, and a connector. The extrusion comprises a pair of side walls coupled by a connecting member, where the connecting member forms a first shelf for a lighted strip and a pair of flanges projecting from the side walls form a second shelf for a control board. The connector comprises a shell with an outer surface which is adapted to be coupled with the extrusion, and a pin which can be adapted to receive a wire adjacent a first end of the connector. The pin also including a curved contact plate which can be adapted to receive the lighted strip adjacent a second end of the connector.
US09618188B2	Light emitting device and vehicular lighting device A light emitting device according to an embodiment includes: a main body section; a light emitting section provided in the main body section and including a light emitting element; a cover provided on a side of the main body section where the light emitting section is provided; and an adhesive section provided between the main body section and the cover in a part of a region on the side of the main body section where the light emitting section is provided.
US09618187B2	LED light fixture An LED light fixture is provided and includes a housing with a circular main body portion with a rear wall. A plurality of fins integrally extends from an outer surface of the rear wall of the main body portion. A spindle with an internal bore integrally extends from the outer surface of the rear wall of the main body portion wherein the spindle is positioned among the fins. A light engine assembly is positioned within the main body portion and includes a plurality of LED light modules mounted to a printed circuit board. Each module comprises a LED and a lens extending from the printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board resides against an inner surface of the rear wall. An separate enclosure configured to enclose power management components is connected to a rear portion of the housing proximate the fins. The enclosure includes a housing wall arrangement and leads that extend through both an opening in the housing wall and the internal bore of the spindle, past the rear wall of the main body portion and to the printed circuit board.
US09618183B2	Apportioning optical projection paths in an LED lamp A light-emitting system for emitting light, comprising: (a) at least one light-emitting diode (LED) configured to emit LED light; (b) at least one optical element optically coupled to said at least one LED and configured to direct a first fraction of said LED light along a first optical path and a second fraction of said LED light along a second optical path; and (c) a color modification element disposed along said second optical path and configured to modify the spectrum of said second fraction of said LED light to emit modified light.
US09618182B2	Light-influencing element for influencing the light emission of essentially point light sources A light-influencing element for influencing the light emission of essentially point light sources having at least two lenses which are juxtaposed and integrally connected to each other, each having a cavity defining a light entrance section of the lens, and a light exit surface opposite the light entrance section, at least two of the lenses being designed differently with regard to their light entrance sections.
US09618177B2	Ventilation structure of light fixture for vehicle A ventilation structure of a light fixture for a vehicle comprising a light fixture for a vehicle at which a suction port and an exhaust port are provided; a tube member having an upstream side opening portion into which traveling wind, that is taken-in when a vehicle travels, is introduced, and a downstream side opening portion from which the traveling wind is discharged; and a communication tube, one end portion thereof is connected to the exhaust port of the light fixture for a vehicle, and other end portion thereof is connected between the upstream side opening portion and the downstream side opening portion of the tube member, the other end portion extends into an interior of the tube member and opens toward a downstream side in a direction of passage of the traveling wind.
US09618175B2	Vehicle lamp having a laser emitting element A vehicle lamp includes a phosphor which receives laser light (excitation light) emitted from a semiconductor light-emitting element to emit visible light, a reflector which reflects the visible light (illumination light) emitted from the phosphor forward, and an absorbing member which absorbs excitation light regularly reflected by a surface of the phosphor. A metal plate on which the phosphor is disposed to be inclined to cause the excitation light regularly reflected by the surface of the phosphor to be incident on the absorbing member. An upper end portion of the reflector is disposed at a position lower than a vertical position of the phosphor to prevent the regularly reflected excitation light from being incident on the upper end portion.
US09618174B2	LED light-source module for a vehicle headlight The invention relates to an LED light-source module (M, M1-M4) for an LED motor vehicle headlight (SW), in particular for an LED motor vehicle headlight (SW) for producing a dynamic light distribution, wherein the LED light-source module (M) comprises two or more LED light sources (LEQ), wherein one LED light source (LEQ) in each case comprises at least one light-emitting diode (LED1, LED2), and wherein the light-emitting diodes (LED1, LED2) of each LED light source (LEQ) couple light into an associated primary optical element (P1-P4), wherein the incoupled light exits, at least partially, through a light exit surface (L1-L4) of the primary optical element (P1-P4), and wherein the light exit surfaces (L1-L4) of the primary optical elements (P1-P4) of an LED light-source module (M) are connected to one another by means of a light-permeable material such that light coupled into the primary optical elements (P1-P4) can enter the light-permeable material and can then exit this material through a light exit surface (LF1, LF2) of the light-permeable material.
US09618172B1	Track lighting kit configured for use with a single ceiling light fixture The track lighting assembly includes a rail that may be positioned proximate the ceiling light fixture. A socket is coupled to the rail. The socket is selectively operationally coupled to the ceiling light fixture. The rail is retained on the ceiling light fixture. A rail contact is coupled to the rail. The rail contact is operationally coupled to the socket. A light support is operationally coupled to the rail. The light support is selectively movable along the rail. The light support is operationally coupled to the contact. The light support is in communication with the socket. A fixture is operationally coupled to the light support. The fixture is in communication with the contact. A light emitter is operationally coupled to the fixture. The light emitter selectively emits light.
US09618170B2	Lamp and illuminated hardscape A lamp and a hardscape structure illuminated by the lamp are disclosed. The lamp is formed from a plate to which a light fixture is attached. The plate may have a flange, a decorative face plate and side panels attached to direct light from the fixture along the hardscape on which the lamp is mounted. Mounting is effected by positioning the plate between discrete hardscape elements that are stacked one atop another. A portion of the plate projects out from the structure allowing the fixture to cast light on the structure surface. A light transmitting cover is also provided.
US09618168B1	LED tube lamp An LED tube lamp includes a glass tube, two end caps, a power supply, and an LED light strip. The glass tube includes a main body region, two rear end regions, and two transition regions connecting the main body region and the rear end regions. The end cap is disposed at one end of the glass tube and the power supply is provided inside the end cap. The LED light strip is disposed inside the glass tube and has LED light sources disposed thereon. The LED light strip includes a bendable circuit sheet mounted on inner surface of the glass tube. The bendable circuit sheet of the LED light strip is formed with a freely extending end portion at one end, and the freely extending end portion is electrically connected to the power supply. The glass tube and the end cap are secured by a hot melt adhesive.
US09618167B2	Flexible substrate lighting fixtures A lighting fixture can comprise a flexible substrate and an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the flexible substrate. In various embodiments, the array of LEDs can be disposed at one region of the flexible substrate, with another area of the flexible substrate free from LEDs. Light emitted from the LED array can be incident upon the area that is free from LEDs, and that area can manage the incident light to achieve a desired effect. Accordingly, the flexible substrate can filter, diffuse, refract, transmit, diffract, imprint information upon, or otherwise purposely manipulate light generated by associated LEDs The flexible substrate may be manipulated into different forms for different lighting fixtures styles and models and for different applications.
US09618155B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a lubrication unit using flow rate feedback A lubrication unit for delivering lubricant in a system and a method for controlling the unit. The lubrication unit includes a reservoir, a motor, and a pump. The lubrication unit has a flow rate sensor mounted downstream from the pump for measuring a flow rate of lubricant. The lubrication unit includes a control unit operatively connected to the flow rate sensor and the motor for controlling operation of the motor. The control unit includes an input selector for selecting at least one characteristic selected from a group consisting of a volume and a flow rate of lubricant pumped by the pump. The control unit adjusts motor speed to obtain the selected characteristic.
US09618154B2	Gear unit and a method for controlling a lubrication pump of a gear unit A gear unit includes shafts for connecting to an external mechanical system, at least one gear stage between the shafts, a lubrication pump for circulating lubricating oil through the at least one gear stage and bearings of the gear unit, a temperature sensor for measuring temperature of the lubricating oil and supplying a temperature signal, an electrical motor for driving the lubrication pump, and an electrical device for controlling the electrical motor so that torque directed to the lubrication pump is below a torque limit. The torque limit is determined dynamically on the basis of the measured temperature of the lubricating oil. This arrangement makes it possible to protect the lubrication pump against mechanical faults during a cold start process so that an unnecessarily strict torque limitation, which would slow down the cold start process, can be avoided.
US09618152B2	Adjustment device for a support arm system Adjustment device for a support arm system, support arm system includes a support arm for holding an object, a hinge part having a receiving portion for securing the support arm, and the hinge part being rotatably mounted on a hinge retainer. Support arm is securable with an end face to the hinge part, and a deployment angle of the support arm being adjustable using adjustment device which is formed from a wedge-shaped adjustment head that interacts with a slide incline of the hinge part and the end face of the support arm. Adjustment head includes a wedge surface and a pressure surface that lies opposite wedge surface, and adjustment head is adjustable such that the wedge surface slides along on the slide incline and pressure surface therefore pressing against end face of the support arm such that the deployment angle of the support arm can be adjusted.
US09618150B2	Device for generating fluid pulses A method for generating fluid pulses is provided. The device comprises a first channel with a first fluid inlet and a second channel with a second fluid inlet, in which the first fluid inlet and second fluid inlet are substantially situated opposite each other. The first channel comprises a first control outlet at the height of the first fluid inlet, and the second channel comprises a second control outlet at the height of the second fluid inlet, in which the respective control outlet is located in front of the respective fluid inlet in relation to the inflowing direction of the fluid inlet.
US09618149B2	Rapid release emergency disconnect system utilizing a radial clamp connector In various embodiments, fluid conduits such as high pressure hoses deployed in-between two sea-fairing vessels may be released during an emergency by using a rapid release emergency disconnect system as described herein, where the rapid release emergency disconnect system may engage with a hanger such as an industry standard frac hanger and be used in-line with fluid conduits such as high-pressure lines. Various skid embodiments are described which can be configured to interface with one or more of the described rapid release emergency disconnect systems.
US09618143B2	Power cord controller Disclosed herein is a cord control system in several embodiments used to support, separate, and organize power cords including: industrial grade power cords, cables, air hoses, open conduit including; vacuum hoses, oxygen hoses, welding leads, welding hoses, water hoses, data cables, cables, webbing, ropes, etc. Several examples of the cord control system has an optional cord retaining strap which secures and supports multiple cords of optionally varying types on a single cord control rack by utilizing multiple cord receivers.
US09618141B2	Assembly of cable and cable support device Provided is an assembly of a cable and a cable support apparatus capable of suppressing vibrations and noise while saving a cable wiring space. The assembly of a cable and a cable support apparatus includes: at least one cable wired in an approximately U-shape and having one end repeatedly move with respect to the other end; and a cable support apparatus extending along the cable and curved in the approximately U-shape to support the cable, in which the cable support apparatus includes a cable support member including a plurality of piece members articulated along a length direction of the cable and a plurality of bar-shaped cable holding member mounted on at least some of the plurality of piece members to regulate the cable and the cable is disposed on an outer circumferential side at a curved portion having the approximately U-shape with respect to the cable holding member to protrude more outwardly than the cable support apparatus.
US09618140B2	Microvalve having improved actuator A microvalve includes a first plate having a surface defining an actuator cavity. A second plate has a surface that abuts the surface of the first plate and includes a displaceable member that is disposed within the actuator cavity for movement between a closed position, wherein the displaceable member prevents fluid communication through the microvalve, and an opened position, wherein the displaceable member does not prevent fluid communication through the microvalve. An actuator is connected to the displaceable member and has only one or two pairs of actuator ribs.
US09618139B2	Integrated heater and magnetic separator An apparatus for providing thermal and magnetic energy to a receptacle containing a reaction mixture and a magnetic retention member. The apparatus can also control heating of a reaction mixture, and bring about a separation of magnetic particles from the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture typically comprises polynucleotides from a biological sample that are being brought into a PCR-ready form.
US09618133B2	Pneumatic valve with emergency stop button A handheld device according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things, includes an emergency stop valve including an inlet, at least one outlet, an exhaust, a main passage, and a stem passage. Air flows from the inlet to the outlet and from the outlet to the exhaust during normal operation of the handheld device, and the inlet is blocked and the air is exhausted through the exhaust during emergency operation of the handheld device. The handheld device includes a valve stem assembly received in the main passage, and the valve stem assembly includes a button and a cavity having a pocket. The handheld device also includes a locking stem including an end portion, and the locking stem is received in the stem passage and the end portion of the locking stem is received in the cavity of the valve stem assembly. The end portion of the locking stem is located in the cavity during normal operation of the handheld device when the valve stem assembly is in a first position to direct air to the inlet of the pendant valve, and the end portion of the locking stem is located in the pocket of the cavity of the valve stem assembly during emergency operation of the handheld device to retain the valve stem assembly in a second position when the emergency button is activated to direct air to the exhaust.
US09618131B2	One way valve A one way valve is revealed. The one way valve includes a valve seat and a valve member supported by the valve seat. A hole is mounted at a center of the valve base while an outer circular base is disposed around the hole and an inner circular base is arranged at a center of the hole. The inner circular base has a circular sidewall around an opening. At least one gap is radially formed on the circular sidewall and the gap is vertically penetrating the circular sidewall. The valve member consists of a membrane portion and a rod portion extended from one side of the membrane portion. Thereby the rod portion is passed through the gap of the inner circular base to be set into the opening of the inner circular base.
US09618129B2	Normally closed microvalve and applications of the same A normally closed valve includes a plurality of fluid channels in fluid communication with each other, defined in a flexible base such that when a fluid channel is compressed, a fluid flow through the fluid channel is occluded, otherwise, the fluid flow through the fluid channel is unoccluded; and means for selectively compressing or uncompressing a desired fluid channel.
US09618128B2	Method and apparatus for sample injection in liquid chromatography The present invention provides a method and apparatus for substantially eliminating destructive transients of pressure or flow rate which can degrade the efficiency and useful lifetime of chromatography columns. The present invention enables a substantially constant flow of mobile phase liquid to be maintained through the chromatography system by eliminating the flow blockage interval associated with the actuation of sample injection valves. The present invention further provides a method to reduce the pressure and flow rate transients associated with pressurization of the sample loop contents when the sample loop is introduced to chromatography system delivery pressure.
US09618124B2	Cooled mechanical seal assembly The present invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly, comprising: a rotating seal ring (2) and a stationary seal ring (3), which define a sealing gap (4) thereinbetween, a shaft bush (6), on which the rotating seal ring (2) is arranged, a carrier ring (5), which is arranged on the shaft bush (6) and at least partly covers the rotating seal ring (2) on the outer circumference thereof, a first O-ring (8) and a second O-ring (9), which are arranged between the rotating seal ring (2) and the carrier ring (5) and define an interspace (15) on the outer circumference of the rotating seal ring (2) between the carrier ring (5) and the rotating seal ring (2), and at least one connecting opening (11), which connects the interspace (15) to an outer circumferential surface of the carrier ring (5).
US09618123B2	Acorn seal profile A seal comprising a generally acorn shaped cross-sectional profile is described herein. The seal may be configured for use between two generally adjoining and/or nearly adjoining surfaces. The seal may be used to eliminate a gap or rubbing between a plurality of surfaces. The seal may have a non-circular cross-sectional interior profile.
US09618122B2	Low-stress molded gasket and method of making same A molded discrete low stress gasket is constructed of restructured filled PTFE for use in corrosive or severe chemical environments under relatively low bolt loads. The gasket has a gasket surface and includes a raised outer sealing ring and a raised inner sealing ring. The gasket may constructed from a restructured filled PTFE material, with the sealing rings deforming at lower pressures than the remaining portions of the gasket.
US09618121B2	Metal gasket A metal gasket includes embossments that exhibit essentially full functional recovery and full retained internal stress at temperatures up to about 1000° F. which is made from sheet material that is cold rolled and whose embossments are work hardened without any post embossment heat treating that would act to harden the material. This material may also receive a precipitation hardening heat treatment prior to being embossed. The gasket materials include alloys having greater than about 18% Ni, greater than about 14% Cr, from about 0.1 to 10% of at least one of Mo, Ti, V, Al, Co, Nb, Ta or Cu and the balance Fe with incidental impurities, which are cold rolled without any post embossment heat treating that would act to harden the material.
US09618119B2	Sealing element A sealing element, e.g., a sealing ring, is adapted to seal between two component sections and to be compressed by the two component sections in a groove that is provided in one of the two component sections and having a groove opening and a groove bottom. The sealing element comprises a profile which, in the non-compressed state, comprises different profile heights and at least two outer surfaces. The profile is deformable in the compressed state such that it extends with at least one of its side sections into the groove opening (NÖ) and thereby possibly partially closes the groove opening.
US09618118B2	Air seal assembly for aircraft flap seal An air seal assembly for an aircraft control surface comprises a bulb-type air seal, a mounting bracket and a fastener. The bulb-type air seal has a hollow bulb portion, a T-shaped mounting extension, and a first through hole extending through the T-shaped mounting extension. The mounting bracket has a T-shaped channel configured to slidingly receive the T-shaped mounting extension of the air seal and a second through hole. The fastener has a head at one end and an opposite exposed end sized for extending through the first through hole in the T-shaped mounting extension and through the second through hole in the mounting bracket. The exposed end is accessible to tighten the fastener against the bracket to keep the air seal in place within the T-shaped channel.
US09618114B2	Hydraulic control system for vehicle A hydraulic control system for a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission in which a torque transmitting capacity thereof is changed hydraulically, and an engagement device which is connected to the continuously variable transmission in series and in which a torque transmitting capacity thereof is changed hydraulically. The hydraulic control system comprises a selecting means that selects a command pattern for setting an engagement pressure of the engagement device out of a plurality of patterns when an initial pressure is lower than a steady pressure for a normal running of the vehicle. The selecting means is configured to select the command pattern in such a manner that the torque transmitting capacity of the engagement device does not exceeds the torque transmitting capacity of the continuously variable transmission, based on at least any of conditions of the initial pressure that is lowered to be lower than the steady pressure, and a rotational speed of the continuously variable transmission.
US09618113B2	Range switchover control system A SBW-ECU switches over a shift range to a selected range by rotationally driving a motor to a target position corresponding to the selected range. When a direction of rotation of the motor is the same as a direction toward the target position and a difference between the target position and a present position is larger than a threshold value in a case that the selected range is changed during rotational driving of the motor, the target position is updated to a post-change target position. When the direction of rotation of the motor is opposite to the direction toward the target position or the difference between the target position and the present position is smaller than the threshold value in the case that the selected range is changed during rotational driving of the motor, the target position is updated to the post-change target position after completing the switchover to the pre-change selected range.
US09618096B2	Chain or belt tensioner with a ratchet that deactivates A tensioner comprising a piston slidably received within a piston bore of the housing having a plurality of grooves formed on an outer circumference, the piston forming a first pressure chamber with the piston bore. The tensioner uses a mechanism to remove a sliding pawl or expandable clip from engaging the grooves on the piston, such that the piston can move towards the housing and reduce chain load when fluid pressure is reduced in the first pressure chamber during engine shutdown, but not so much as to leave the chain uncontrolled during engine restart. The mechanism may for example be a fluid biased spool piston which engages the expandable clip or a pawl piston that engages a sliding pawl.
US09618094B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include: an input shaft; an output shaft parallel with the input shaft; a first planetary gear set on the input shaft including a first, second and third rotation elements, the first selectively connected to the input shaft, and the third selectively connected to the input shaft; a second planetary gear set on the output shaft including a fourth, fifth and sixth rotation elements, the first selectively connected to the input shaft through two gear ratio paths and selectively connected to a transmission housing, the fifth selectively connected to the input shaft and the transmission housing, and the sixth connected to the second rotation element and directly connected to the output shaft; four transfer gears; and frictional elements including clutches and brakes.
US09618090B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicles A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first rotation shaft selectively connected to a transmission housing, a second rotation shaft, a third rotation shaft selectively connected to the transmission housing, a fourth rotation shaft, a fifth rotation shaft directly connected to the input shaft, a sixth rotation shaft selectively connected to the fourth rotation shaft or the fifth rotation shaft, a seventh rotation shaft selectively connected to the fourth rotation shaft, and an eighth rotation shaft directly connected to the output shaft, and selectively connected to the seventh rotation shaft.
US09618086B2	Dual-clutch transmission Disclosed is a dual-clutch transmission, using two input shafts (1, 2) and two driving shafts (3, 18), realizing seven forward gears (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7) and a reverse gear (R), eliminating a special reverse gear shaft for the reverse gear (R), and using eight synchronizers (S1, S2, S3, S4) to control the switching of all of the eight gears, namely the seven forward gears (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7) and the reverse gear (R), wherein part of the gears share a driving gear, so that the quantity of total parts and the axial length of the transmission are reduced; since the diameters of driven gears (14, 15, 16) of low-speed gears are relatively large, engagement sleeves of the corresponding synchronizers (S2, S3) can be arranged on the inner sides of the driven gears (14, 15, 16) according to structural arrangement requirements, so that an axial space is greatly saved; and the reverse gear shaft and a gear thereon are eliminated, the saved space facilitates the arrangement of a gear shaft fork mechanism, the supporting point of a gear shift fork can be close to the centers of the driving shafts (3, 18) and a gear shift execution mechanism in the absence of obstructions of the reverse gear shaft and the gear thereon, which is beneficial to the force distribution of the shift fork mechanism.
US09618084B2	Compact planetary arrangement for final drive A drive assembly, receiving rotational power from an input shaft rotatable about a rotation axis, includes a drive housing and first and second stage planetary gear sets. The first stage planetary gear set includes a first stage sun gear that may be coupled to the input shaft to turn a plurality of first stage planet gears rotatably mounted to a first stage planet carrier that turns with respect to a first stage ring gear, which is fixed with respect to the drive housing. The second stage planetary gear set includes a second stage sun gear turned by the first stage planet carrier to turn a plurality of second stage planet gears rotatably mounted to a second stage planet carrier, which is fixed with respect to the drive housing and about which turns a second stage ring gear. An output hub is rotated about the rotation axis with respect to the drive housing by rotation of the second stage ring gear on the second stage planet carrier.
US09618083B2	Adjustment mechanism The invention relates to an adjustment mechanism that includes a set ring gears which are arranged coaxially towards a central axis and which each include a cylindrical toothing system, two eccentric wheels with beveloid gears which mesh with the cylindrical toothing systems of the ring gears, eccentric axes which are inclined at an angle towards the central axis, and a central shaft that is driven by a drive shaft onto which the eccentric wheels are mounted. The set of ring gears include a center ring gear that is circulating and two outer neighboring ring gears which are solidly fixed.
US09618082B2	Worm gear A worm gear includes a worm formed with a through hole through which a shaft transmitting the rotation of a motor is inserted, and a worm wheel configured to mesh with the worm and transmit the rotation to an output shaft. Given that a normal pitch is denoted by E and a width of a recess in the direction of a worm axis by H, the worm is configured such that H/E≧0.6 (1) is met.
US09618080B2	Automatic dispenser for balancing weights A dispenser for balancing weights for vehicles comprises a plurality of dispenser modules. The dispenser modules have a cartridge with at least two compartments for storing balancing weights. Each compartment has at least one retrieval opening. A cartridge actuator moves the cartridge linearly along a first axis, such that a retrieval feed opening is positioned above a slider feed opening in the dispenser module. A slider, which is operated by a slider actuator along a second axis, parallel to the first axis, has a balancing weight compartment, which can be moved under the slider feed opening, such that a balancing weight may drop from the cartridge into the compartment. The compartment is then moved to a picking tray in which the balancing weight is delivered to a handling device for placing the balancing weight to a wheel.
US09618077B2	Isolators including main spring linear guide systems Embodiments of isolators, such as three parameter isolators, including a main spring linear guide system are provided. In one embodiment, the isolator includes first and second opposing end portions, a main spring mechanically coupled between the first and second end portions, and a linear guide system extending from the first end portion, across the main spring, and toward the second end portion. The linear guide system expands and contracts in conjunction with deflection of the main spring along the working axis, while restricting displacement and rotation of the main spring along first and second axes orthogonal to the working axis.
US09618076B2	Stationary vibration isolation system and method for controlling a vibration isolation system The invention relates to a stationary vibration isolation system and to a method for controlling such a system which comprises a damper effective in a horizontal direction which includes a fluid of variable viscosity.
US09618074B2	Shock absorbing member A tubular-shaped shock absorbing member arranged at a side end portion of a vehicle, includes outer and inner wall portions each extending in a vehicle height direction and a vehicle front-and-rear direction, the inner wall portion being arranged on a center portion side of the vehicle, an upper wall portion connected to upper end portions of the inner and outer wall portions, a lower wall portion connected to lower end portions of the inner and outer wall portions, and a horizontal rib connected to the inner and outer wall portions. A distance between the upper and lower wall portions is decreased as approaching from the inner wall portion side to the outer wall portion side. A thickness of a part of the horizontal rib connected to the outer wall portion, is larger than a thickness of a part of the horizontal rib connected to the inner wall portion.
US09618071B2	Engine mount structure for apparatus equipped with engine An engine mount structure for an apparatus equipped with an engine mounts an engine on a resin casing with an elastic body therebetween. The structure includes: a base plate arranged so that one side thereof faces the engine and the other side thereof faces the casing; a cylindrical elastic body that protrudes toward the engine from the base plate and is provided at an end portion thereof on an engine side with a securing member on which the engine is fixed; and a bolt that protrudes toward the casing from the base plate and couples the casing and the base plate to each other. An area where the bolt is disposed on the base plate protrudes in a stepped shape toward the engine from an area where the elastic body is disposed on the base plate.
US09618069B2	Adjustable compression, adjustable tension rod indicator, and adjustable extension rod A biasing device that returns to a rest position when the biasing device is subjected to one of a first compression by a first object and a first tension by a second object in which the first tension causes a second compression of a third object, in which the first compression causes a second tension of the third object, in which elongation of the rod assembly simultaneously occurs with the first tension and the second compression, and in which elongation of the rod assembly simultaneously occurs with the second tension and the first compression.
US09618067B2	Brake assembly and method of control A brake assembly that may include a housing assembly, a piston assembly, an operating shaft, and a sensor assembly. The operating shaft may be configured to rotate about an axis to actuate the piston assembly and translate a brake pad assembly from a retracted position to an extended position. The sensor assembly may be configured to detect rotation of the operating shaft.
US09618062B2	Clutch unit A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch portion for controlling transmission and interruption of rotational torque to an output side through lever operation, and a brake-side clutch portion for transmitting torque input from the lever-side clutch portion to the output side and for interrupting torque reversely input from the output side. The lever-side clutch portion has an outer centering spring provided between a lever-side outer ring to be rotated through the lever operation and a cover restricted in rotation, for accumulating an elastic force obtained by torque input from the lever-side outer ring and for restoring the lever-side outer ring to a neutral state with the accumulated elastic force through releasing of the torque input from the lever-side outer ring.
US09618060B2	Rotation transmission device A rotation transmission device is configured such that when an electromagnet of an electromagnetic clutch is energized, a control retainer of a two-way clutch is moved in the axial direction, so that the control retainer and a rotary retainer rotate relative to each other in the direction in which the circumferential widths of pockets decrease, thereby disengaging pairs of rollers from an outer ring and an inner ring. A spring holder is provided which is fixed to an input shaft and kept in abutment with an axial end surface of the inner ring to prevent relative rotation between the control retainer and the rotary retainer in the direction in which the circumferential widths of the pockets decrease, from the neutral position of the rollers. The spring holder is prevented from axial movement to prevent untimely engagement of the two-way clutch. The inner ring is integral with the input shaft.
US09618058B2	Actuator system for hydraulic actuation An actuator system for hydraulic actuation of a clutch comprises a master cylinder with a master piston, a readjustment container for containing hydraulic fluid, a connection opening between the readjustment container and the master cylinder, where a degree of openness of the connection opening is dependent on the position of the master piston, and a hydraulic actuator to control a position of the master piston. In an actuator system, a control device for controlling the hydrostatic actuator is also provided, such that a speed of motion of the master piston is high while the connection opening is wide open, and low while the connection opening is open a little. In a method according to the disclosure, a position of the master piston is detected, and the actuator is controlled at different speeds depending on the position or the degree of openness.
US09618055B2	Constant-velocity joint A constant-velocity joint includes an inner member. The inner member has holders that hold respective roller assemblies. Each of the holders has contact regions, which are held in abutment against an inner circumferential wall surface of an inner roller of a corresponding one of the roller assemblies, and non-contact regions, which are spaced from the inner circumferential wall surface of the inner roller. The contact regions are formed by first through fourth lobes, and the non-contact regions are formed by first through fourth recesses, for example. Hypothetical tangential lines L1 and L3, which are tangential to the first lobe and the third lobe, extend parallel to the longitudinal directions of respective guide grooves. Hypothetical tangential lines L2 and L4, which are tangential to the second lobe and the fourth lobe, extend perpendicularly to the longitudinal directions of the guide grooves.
US09618054B2	Torsional vibration damper A torsional vibration damper comprises an input side and an output side which are arranged rotatably around an axis of rotation, an intermediate plate, and two elastic elements which are arranged on different circumferences around the axis of rotation, where the first elastic element is set up to transmit a power from the input side to the intermediate plate and the second elastic element is set up to transmit a power from the intermediate plate to the output side. Furthermore, the torsional vibration damper includes a single-piece retainer to support the first elastic element on a radially outer surface, while the retainer includes a contact element for engaging with one end of the first elastic element.
US09618050B2	Drive pinion fastening assembly A drive pinion fastening assembly including a drive pinion, a pinion sleeve, an external spline, and a pinion fastener. The pinion sleeve is disposed on and engaged with the drive pinion. The external spline is formed on one of the drive pinion and the pinion sleeve for engaging the power transmission component. The pinion fastener is disposed on and engaged with the drive pinion. The pinion fastener militates against axial movement of the pinion sleeve with respect to the drive pinion.
US09618049B2	Apparatus for preloading a bearing An apparatus for preloading a bearing includes an attaching member, a frame, a plurality of extensions, and an adjustment mechanism. The attaching member is releasably attachable to a threaded shaft of an axle or spindle of a wheel hub assembly. The frame is axially separated from, and coupled to, the attaching member to allow the frame to move relative to the attaching member in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of extensions is configured to contact at least one of a wheel hub or a bearing of the wheel hub assembly when the attaching member is attached to the threaded shaft. The adjustment mechanism is configured to move the frame and the plurality of extensions axially towards the wheel hub assembly to apply a preload to a bearing within the wheel hub assembly.
US09618038B2	Device comprising a bearing and a journal mounted in the bearing A method adjusts axial play of a journal mounted in a bearing. A bearing axis defines a z-direction. A positive z-direction points from first to second bearing ends. The journal inserted into the bearing in the positive z-direction is moved to a first form-locking engagement in the positive z-direction between journal and bearing. A spacer at the second end defines axial play. A bushing is placed onto a journal segment protruding from the bearing at the second end in the positive z-direction. A form-locking and/or force-locking connection is established between bushing and journal by deforming the bushing and locating the spacer along the z-direction between bushing and second end. The spacer contacts the bushing and second end. The spacer is removed. A device having a bearing and a journal mounted and relatively movable therein within axial play is also provided.
US09618035B2	Synthetic resin-made sliding bearing A sliding bearing includes: an upper casing; a synthetic resin-made lower casing which is superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis in a circumferential direction relative to the upper casing; a synthetic resin-made sliding bearing piece disposed in an annular space between the upper casing and the lower casing; and a synthetic resin-made seal member for sealing respective other annular end portions, communicating with the outside, of a gap on an inner peripheral side and a gap on an outer peripheral side in a radial direction between the upper casing and the lower casing, the gap and the gap respectively communicating with the annular space at their one annular end portions.
US09618030B2	Lock nut The present invention is a lock nut which fastens to enable a downstream bent portion of a spiral coil spring to be a stopper point so that the diameter of the spiral coil spring is extended overall, and which unfastens to release the downstream bent portion from the stopper point and enable an upstream bent portion of the spiral coil spring to be a stopper point so that the diameter of the spiral coil spring is extended overall, thus enabling the lock nut to be easily fasten without sacrificing elastic fastening forces of the conventional lock nut, preventing the lock nut from easily unfastening by unintentional external force, and enabling the lock nut to unfasten only by intentional external force. The above described operation can be performed without increasing manufacturing cost, and the lock nut can be manufactured to be disposable in order to achieve preventing accidents in advance.
US09618025B2	Screw threaded fastening component The application provides a screw threaded fastening component, which comprises a stud bolt having an external thread, a first connecting part into which a first screw threaded hole adaptive to the stud bolt is formed, and a second connecting part into which a second screw threaded hole adaptive to the stud bolt is formed, and a threaded direction of the second screw threaded hole is against the threaded direction of the first screw threaded hole. The first connecting part and the second connecting part are assembled on two ends of the stud bolt through the first screw threaded hole and the second screw threaded hole, respectively, and the first connecting part is engaged against the second connecting part when the stud bolt is rotated in a direction. The stud bolt is contained in the first screw threaded hole and the second screw threaded hole when the first connecting part and the second connecting part are engaged completely. The application omits the screw head ordinarily designed in screw threaded connection such that the space is saved and the affection on the appearance of the product caused by the exposed screw head can be prevented.
US09618022B2	Clamp connector A clamp connector includes a first clamping member configured to apply a clamping force to a material, the first clamping member having a first portion including a first and second cam surfaces, a first cammed body adjacent the first cam surface, and a second cammed body adjacent the second cam surface. A second clamping member is configured to apply a clamping force to the material. The second clamping member having a second portion including a third and fourth cam surfaces, a third cammed body adjacent the third cam surface, and a fourth cammed body adjacent the fourth cam surface. When each cam surface is forced against the adjacent cammed body a clamping force between the first clamping member and the second clamping member is increased.
US09618017B2	Hydraulic system for construction equipment A hydraulic system for a construction machine having a pressure compensation valve is disclosed, which improves operability when a combined operation of a swing device and an attachment is performed. The hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump, attachment and swing operation devices, an attachment actuator and a swing motor connected to the hydraulic pump, a first control valve controlling hydraulic fluid being supplied to the actuator, a second control valve controlling hydraulic fluid being supplied to the swing motor, a check valve installed on a flow path for detecting load pressures of the actuator to take a maximum pressure of the load pressures, a first pressure compensation valve having an opening amount that is controlled by a difference between the maximum load sensing pressure and the pressure of a discharge flow path of the first control valve, a second pressure compensation valve having an opening amount that is controlled by a difference between the maximum load sensing pressure and the pressure of the discharge flow path of the second control valve, a maximum load pressure sensor detecting the pressure of a maximum load sensing pressure line, and a control unit controlling a discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump, wherein the system is configured so that the swing load pressure is not connected to the first pressure compensation valve on the attachment side when a combined operation of the swing device and the attachment is performed.
US09618016B2	Solar generator and hydraulic control seat valve In a solar generator, comprising a reflector and an electrohydraulic sun-position tracking device with at least one hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic control seat valve, the reflector can be guided via the control seat valve to follow in synchronism with the course of the sun continuously and uninterruptedly. The control seat valve for regulating a pressure medium flow permanently supplied to the hydraulic cylinder comprises a seat surface and a sealing surface permanently pressed against each other with variable contact pressure, with which the pressure medium flow can be generated as controlled leakage. The sealing surface is made of a material that can be deformed by contact pressure. In the control seat valve, the controlled leakage is set in a control position at least substantially without lifting movement exclusively by the relative material deformation of the sealing surface on the seat surface, which deformation is set via the contact pressure.
US09618013B2	Centrifugal gas compressor method and system The compressor compresses gas in capillaries leading to a radially distant annular container space. Centrifugal force acts on gas bubbles entrained between liquid slugs moving radially outward through the capillaries which may be radial, tangential or continuously curved. Compressed gas is collected in the annular space. A gas-liquid emulsion is fed to the capillaries by an inboard emulsification device. The emulsification may include a vortex generator, an ejector or a venturi injector, all feeding the gas-liquid mixture into the inboard ends of the capillaries. The capillaries are formed in a series of discs, coaxially stacked with outer disc ends open to the annular space. Capillary inlets may be perpendicular, tangential or may define a venturi jet.
US09618010B2	Fan systems A fan system may generate an air flow during use. In various implementations, a fan system may include a fan and an orifice. The orifice may include a converging section, a diverging section, and a minimum radius section disposed between the converging section and the diverging section.
US09618004B2	Apparatus and method for using a microcomputer and switches to control the flow path for the power of a compressor based upon the compressor's load state A compressor control apparatus, and a compressor control method. The compressor may be operated in an operation mode in which commercial power applied to the compressor does not pass through an alternating current capacitor when the load is in an overload state, thereby preventing the loss of a drive and effectively reducing the copper and core loss of the compressor.
US09617999B2	Double-wall containment shroud of a magnetic coupling, in particular a magnetic coupling pump A magnetic coupling, in particular a magnetic coupling pump, includes an inner rotor and an outer rotor which each carry magnets. Disposed between the inner and outer rotors is a double-wall containment shroud, which includes an outer shroud and an inner shroud. Each of the inner and outer shrouds includes a flange, a middle section and a bottom section, wherein a gap is disposed between the middle section and the bottom section. The inner shroud is connected by its flange to the flange of the outer shroud. The gap is filled at least in sections with a solid material.
US09617998B2	Roots-style blower with leakage mechanisms The disclosure concerns a Roots-type blower comprising a housing defining first and second transversely overlapping cylindrical chambers and at least one inlet port and an outlet port; first and second meshed, lobed rotors, each lobe having a top land sealingly cooperating with the cylindrical chambers; a plurality of control volumes for transfer of fluid, each control volume being defined by a pair of adjacent lobes on one of the rotors, and at least one of the cylindrical chambers; and blowholes formed within the cylindrical chambers in connection with meshing of the lobes of the first and second rotors. The blower further comprises at least one backflow slot extending through the housing wall of each cylindrical chamber for effecting a leakage of fluid from downstream the at least one outlet port into a control volume.
US09617995B2	Rotary piston pump with slip ring seals for improved fitting and synchronization of rotary pistons A rotary piston pump with at least two double- or multi-lobe rotary pistons rotating in opposite directions, the drive shafts whereof include seals, wherein the seals are constituted as slip ring seals or lip seals or stuffing-box seals, which in each case are disposed on the shaft shoulder belonging to the respective rotary piston, and one slip ring per seal is provided with a locking device, which includes a large number of fixing positions. The seals are pushed onto a tubular shoulder of the rotary piston, the rotary piston is introduced into the pump housing, the securing element is connected to the slip ring seal in a form-fit manner by rotation of the rotary piston and the shaft shoulder is then rigidly connected to the drive shaft.
US09617994B2	Pump with mechanical seal assembly A sliding vane, positive displacement pump is provided which includes a dual mechanical seal that protects against leakage from a pump chamber while also reducing slip across rotor end faces. The dual mechanical seal may be formed as a cartridge seal that is readily demountable from the pump for replacement and service, and is retrofittable to existing pumps to improve the performance thereof. The pump may integrally include a dual mechanical seal, or the mechanical seal assembly may be provided for use by itself or in combination with a replaceable head ring that can be installed on existing pumps for repair thereof or for a retrofit upgrade of such existing pump.
US09617993B2	Macerator pump apparatus with an integral waste valve assembly and a quick disconnect discharge assembly A macerator pump apparatus (MPA) includes a waste valve assembly (WVA), a macerator assembly, a pumping assembly, and a quick disconnect discharge assembly (QDDA). An inlet port of the WVA receives waste matter from a waste holding tank (WHT). A valve member positioned within the WVA directs flow of the waste matter to the macerator assembly and isolates the waste matter within the WHT by closing the valve member before the MPA is disassembled for maintenance. The macerator assembly macerates the waste matter and transfers the macerated waste matter to the pumping assembly and to a discharge port of the QDDA. A quick disconnect member detachably connects an outlet plumbing pipe to the discharge port via a quick disconnect valve (QDV) for discharging the macerated waste matter. The QDV isolates the macerated waste matter within the outlet plumbing pipe by closing the QDV before the MPA is disassembled for maintenance.
US09617992B2	Rotary piston pump with optimised inlets and outlets A rotary piston pump for the delivery of liquids and for the delivery of liquids containing solids. The rotary piston pump includes a pump housing which is provided with an inlet and an outlet. The pump housing includes a lining. Disposed in the pump housing, or inside the lining, are at least two counter-rotating rotary pistons, which form pump spaces during their rotation. During the rotational movement, the rotary pistons are sealed against one another, against the pump housing and against the lining. Disposed in the pump housing and/or in the lining, in the spatial vicinity of the inlet and/or the outlet, are means with which the pulsation can be reduced or even completely prevented.
US09617990B2	Solar drive control system for oil pump jacks A system for supplementing the electric power needed by a pump jack electric motor, thereby reducing the electric power purchased from the local utility or power supplier. The system comprises a solar photovoltaic system, or other forms of renewable energy, and regenerated power from the electric motor or drive. The system can be both “on-grid” and “off-grid.” Battery banks and capacitor banks may be used to store energy.
US09617988B2	System and method for variable dispense position Embodiments of the invention provide a system, method and computer program product for reducing the hold-up volume of a pump. More particularly, embodiments of the invention can determine, prior to dispensing a fluid, a position for a diaphragm in a chamber to reduce a hold-up volume at a dispense pump and/or a feed pump. This variable home position of the diaphragm can be determined based on a set of factors affecting a dispense operation. Example factors may include a dispense volume and an error volume. The home position for the diaphragm can be selected such that the volume of the chamber at the dispense pump and/or feed pump contains sufficient fluid to perform the various steps of a dispense cycle while minimizing the hold-up volume. Additionally, the home position of the diaphragm can be selected to optimize the effective range of positive displacement.
US09617986B2	Hermetic compressor A hermetic compressor includes: a main bearing (126) which supports a main shaft (120) of a shaft (119); and a thrust ball bearing at an upper end portion of the main bearing (126). A rotor (116) is fixed to the main shaft (120) via a flange. A rotor core (117) has a magnetic center displaced upward relative to the magnetic center of a stator core (115) so that a downward magnetic attractive force is applied between the rotor (116) and the stator (114). Accordingly, a contact load between steel balls and upper and lower races in the thrust ball bearing is appropriately maintained.
US09617985B2	Hermetic reciprocating compressor A compressor having a simplified structure includes a rotation shaft having a spiral groove formed in an outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft, and a cap member that accommodates a lower portion of the rotation shaft so that the rotation shaft can rotate in the cap member. The cap member may be fixed to one of a stator and a frame such that the cap member does not rotate together with the rotation shaft. Through the simplified structure, oil stored in a sealing case can ascend, and noise caused by rotation of the rotation shaft can be reduced.
US09617983B2	Systems and methods for providing supplemental aqueous thermal energy Systems and methods for collecting, storing, and conveying aqueous thermal energy are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a floating film retains solar energy in a volume of water located under the film. A series of curtains hanging from a bottom surface of the film define a passage between a periphery of the film and a center of the film to direct the heated water at the center of the film. The heated water is circulated to deliver the heat to a dissociation reactor and/or donor substance. The donor is conveyed to the reactor and dissociated.
US09617982B2	Solar chimney with external vertical axis wind turbine The solar chimney of the present invention comprises an elongated chamber having an inlet end and an outlet end, the chamber defining a path for fluid, such as air, from the inlet to the outlet. Air updrafts in the chamber drive an internal turbine which is connected to an electric generator, or to some other machine. The chamber has the general configuration of an hourglass; the diameter of the chamber becomes progressively smaller with distance from the inlet end, until the diameter reaches a minimum value, then becomes progressively larger, as one proceeds towards the outlet end. Disposed within the chamber are one or more heat exchangers for heating air in the chamber by solar and/or wind energy.
US09617980B2	Wind power generating system A wind power generating system includes: a wind mill, an induction rotating machine coupled to a rotating shaft of the wind mill; a power converting device that supplies exciting current to the induction rotating machine; a heat medium circulating structure that circulates a heat medium that receives heat generated by the induction rotating machine; a heat accumulator that accumulates heat of the heat medium; a thermal power generator that converts, into electric power, the heat of the heat medium accumulated in the heat accumulator; and an armature control unit that controls the exciting current in accordance with electric power demand of an electric power system. The armature control unit performs one or both of power generation mode control in which the induction rotating machine is operated as a power generator and heat generation mode control in which the induction rotating machine is operated as a heat generator.
US09617976B2	Systems and methods for increasing wind turbine power output Systems and methods for increasing the power output of wind turbines in a wind farm are disclosed. In particular, a wind farm can include first and second doubly fed induction generator wind turbine systems. The rotational rotor speed of the first wind turbine system can be regulated at reduced wind speeds based at least in part on data indicative of rotor voltage to increase power output of a doubly fed induction generator. The rotor speed can be regulated such that the rotor voltage does not exceed a voltage threshold. The power output of the first wind turbine system can be further increased by reducing its reactive power output. The reduced reactive power output of the first wind turbine system can be compensated for by an increased reactive power output of the second wind turbine system.
US09617975B2	Wind turbine yaw control A method for operating a wind farm is provided. The method includes determining a wind condition, determining a wake-effect between at least two wind turbines forming at least a sub-set of the wind farm, each of the at least two wind turbines having a yaw system, and determining a desired yaw angle setpoint for each of the at least two wind turbines so that a total power production of at least the sub-set is expected to be increased compared to independently operating the yaw systems of each of the at least two wind turbines. Furthermore, a wind farm is provided.
US09617967B2	Method and system for laser ignition control Methods and systems are provided for closed-loop adjusting a laser intensity of a laser ignition device of a hybrid vehicle. The laser intensity applied over consecutive laser ignition events is decreased until a flame quality is degraded for a threshold number of cylinder combustion events. The laser intensity is then increased to improve flame quality and the closed-loop adjustment is reiterated.
US09617964B2	Starting device for an internal combustion engine A starting device for an internal combustion engine has a starter pinion which can be adjusted axially between an out-of-function position and an advanced drive position and is seated on a shaft, on which a securing ring is arranged in order to limit the axial movement of the starter pinion. A securing recess is made in the end side of the starter pinion, into which securing recess the securing ring protrudes and which fixes the securing ring radially in its position on the shaft. The starter pinion can be displaced axially into a removal position.
US09617961B2	Anti-rotation clip for a twist lock fuel injection A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine having an elongated body with a fuel inlet end and a fuel discharge end. The injector body includes an outwardly extending plate attached at a position between its ends and this plate includes at least one radially outwardly extending tab so that the cross-sectional shape of the plate is noncircular. A fuel cup receives the fuel inlet end of the fuel injector and includes a radially inwardly extending ledge at a mid position of the cavity. This ledge includes a through bore complementary in shape to the shape of the plate so that, with the fuel injector and plate aligned at a predetermined angular assembly position, the plate passes through the ledge upon insertion of the fuel injector into the cavity. Thereafter, rotation of the fuel injector and attached plate to a locking position positions the tabs above the ledge thus locking the fuel injector to the fuel cup.
US09617960B2	Fuel supply apparatus for internal combustion engine A fuel supply apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a feed pump capable of feeding a fuel of the internal combustion engine; a high pressure fuel pump that pressurizes the fuel fed from the feed pump; and a second injector that supplies the pressurized high-pressure fuel to the internal combustion engine selectively. An ECU of the fuel supply apparatus includes: a pulsation width detection unit that detects a pulsation width in a pressure of the fuel fed from the feed pump to the high pressure fuel pump; and a feeding condition determination unit that determines that a condition variation causing fuel vapor to form in the fuel fed to the high pressure fuel pump has occurred when the pulsation width detected by the pulsation width detection unit falls rapidly to a preset threshold variation width.
US09617956B2	Gas intake system for a vehicle engine The invention relates to a device for controlling the ingress of intake gases to an engine, notably an internal combustion vehicle engine comprising cylinders, said device taking the form of a compartmentalized guide piece (6), each compartment (9) comprising a main duct (4) and a secondary duct (5) for gas, characterized in that the control device comprises a multitude of modules (8) each one delimiting a main duct (4) and a secondary duct (5), and in that the modules (8) constitute separate components designed to be fitted together.
US09617955B2	Cascade thrust reverser for an aircraft turbojet engine The present disclosure relates to a cascade thrust reverser providing that when a sliding cowl and a flap are in a direct jet position, a hook is held in engagement with another hook and the flap is immobilized inside of a housing of the sliding cowl by a stem of a telescopic connecting rod subjected to pre-stress generated by a compressed spring located in the body of the connecting rod. When the sliding cowl starts to slide from the direct jet position toward the reverse jet position, the hooks disengage each other and the stem engages with an extension in the body of the connecting rod, so that the flap is rotated from the direct jet position toward the reverse jet position due to the tensile force exerted by the stem.
US09617950B2	Cylinder head with fuel guiding portion A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine is configured to be operated with fuel, such as gaseous or liquid fuel, to provide a more complete combustion of the fuel/air mixture. The cylinder head has at least one fuel guiding section, which includes a fuel inlet valve casing for accommodating a fuel inlet valve configured to control a fuel flow rate, a fuel/air mixing chamber for mixing the fuel with air, and a fuel guiding portion connecting the fuel inlet valve casing to the fuel/air mixture chamber. The fuel guiding portion is integrally formed with the cylinder head and defines at least a first fuel feeding passage and at least a second fuel feeding passage. The first fuel feeding passage and the second fuel feeding passage extend from the fuel inlet valve casing to the fuel/air mixing chamber.
US09617945B2	Control device of spark-ignition engine A control device of a spark-ignition engine is provided. The control device includes a main body of the engine, a fuel injection valve, an ignition plug, and a controller. According to an engine operating state, the controller switches between a compression-ignition mode in which compression-ignition combustion is performed, and a spark-ignition mode in which spark-ignition combustion is performed. The controller switches from the spark-ignition mode to the compression-ignition mode by performing in order, a first stage where an air-fuel ratio of mixture gas is set to a predetermined value and the spark-ignition combustion is performed, a second stage where the air-fuel ratio of the mixture gas is set leaner than the first stage and the compression-ignition combustion is performed, and a third stage where the air-fuel ratio of the mixture gas is set richer than the second stage and the compression-ignition combustion is performed.
US09617944B2	Over-fueling control based on oxygen sensor feedback A method of controlling a concentration of hydrocarbons in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine includes sensing an oxygen percentage of the flow of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and determining a concentration of hydrocarbons in the flow of exhaust gas. An engine control module may then adjust the sensed oxygen percentage of the exhaust gas based on the determined concentration of hydrocarbons in the flow of exhaust gas to define a corrected oxygen percentage. The control module may then control at least one of a hydrocarbon injection rate for in-cylinder combustion of the internal combustion engine, and a hydrocarbon injection rate for a post combustion exhaust gas treatment process, based on the corrected oxygen percentage, to control the concentration of hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas.
US09617939B2	Pintle velocity determination in a solenoid fuel injector and control method A method is provided for determining the velocity of a pintle assembly in a solenoid fuel injector during a closing stroke of the pintle assembly, such that a braking step is performed during the closing stroke, which includes operating an injector driver with a current regulator to establish a braking current in the solenoid coil. The velocity of the pintle assembly is derived from the duty-cycle of the current regulator during the braking step. A method of operating a solenoid fuel injector, in particular for gaseous fuel, using the so-determined pintle velocity is also provided.
US09617936B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine, a hydrocarbon feed valve and an exhaust purification catalyst are arranged in an engine exhaust passage. A first NOX removal method which injects hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve within a predetermined range of period so that the reducing intermediate generated thereby reduces the NOX contained in the exhaust gas and a second NOX removal method which makes the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst a first target rich air-fuel ratio by a period which is longer than this predetermined range are used. When the NOX removal method is switched from the second NOX removal method to the first NOX removal method, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is made a second target air-fuel ratio which is smaller than the first target rich air-fuel ratio.
US09617931B2	Method to control a supercharged internal combustion engine provided with a turbocharger by means of an estimation of the average power delivered by the turbine of the turbocharger A method to control a supercharged internal combustion engine by means of a turbocharger provided with a turbine and a compressor which compresses the air taken in; the control method includes the steps of determining the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger; and calculating the average power delivered by the turbine as a function of the absolute value of the j-th harmonic component of the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger and of the instantaneous rotation speed of the turbocharger; and controlling the supercharged internal combustion engine as a function of the average power delivered by the turbine.
US09617930B2	Method and system for controlling a powertrain The method can control a powertrain in order to maintain the charge temperature at a desired value regardless of exhaust manifold pressure or altitude. The method includes the following steps: (a) receiving a torque request; (b) determining a desired air charge based, a least in part, on the torque request; (c) determining an actual air charge based, at least in part, on input signals from a manifold absolute pressure (MAP) sensor and a mass airflow (MAF) sensor; (d) adjusting an intake valve timing of the intake valve such that the actual air charge is equal to a desired air charge, and (e) adjusting throttle position and actuator positions of boosting devices such that the actual intake manifold pressure is equal to the desired intake manifold pressure.
US09617928B2	Automotive combination sensor Systems are provided for EGR mass and air mass estimation during steady state and transient operations. By utilizing a combination sensor comprising of a manifold absolute pressure sensing element and a differential pressure sensing element sharing a common pressure chamber with connections to the intake manifold, errors in EGR mass estimation may be reduced.
US09617926B2	Device and method for controlling internal combustion engine for vehicle In a vehicle with an automatic transmission, an internal combustion engine is provided with a variable compression ratio mechanism. A target compression ratio of the variable compression ratio mechanism is determined based on a demand load and an engine rotation speed with reference to a compression ratio map. A reverse-drive compression ratio map is selected when the automatic transmission is in a reverse drive position; a first compression ratio map is selected when an actual speed reduction ratio of the transmission is low; and a second compression ratio map is selected when the actual speed reduction ratio of the transmission is high. A variable control range of the compression ratio is narrower in the second compression ratio map than in the first compression ratio map and is narrower in the reverse-drive compression ratio map than in the first and second compression ratio maps.
US09617919B2	Impulse duty cycle valves A valve includes a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet with a longitudinal axis defined through the valve housing. The valve also includes a toggle mechanism configured and adapted to cycle flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet through a plurality of different flow rates in response to repeated impulses. The toggle mechanism is also configured to hold flow rate steady between impulses.
US09617914B2	Systems and methods for monitoring gas turbine systems having exhaust gas recirculation A system includes a plurality of extraction passages configured to passively extract a portion of a gas flow from a downstream region of a gas flow path. The system includes a plurality of sensors respectively coupled to the plurality of extraction passages, wherein the plurality of sensors is configured to measure one or more parameters of the portion of the gas flow traversing the plurality of extraction passages. The system also includes a manifold coupled to the plurality of extraction passages, wherein the manifold is configured to receive the portion of the gas flow from the plurality of extraction passages. The system further includes a return passage coupled to the manifold, wherein the return passage is configured to passively provide the portion of the gas flow to an upstream region of the gas flow path.
US09617913B2	Tool for manipulating cross-fire tube in combustor assembly, combustor maintenance assembly and method Combustor maintenance assemblies, tools and methods for manipulating cross-fire tubes in combustor assemblies are provided. A tool includes a base and an arm pivotally connected to the base. The arm includes an effort portion and a load portion, the load portion extendable into a passage defined by the compressor discharge casing. The tool further includes a contact member extending from the load portion to contact the cross-fire tube. The contact member includes a head end for contacting a second end of the cross-fire tube, and a joint disposed between the head end and the load portion, the joint allowing movement of the head end relative to the load portion. The arm is movable such that the contact member contacts the cross-fire tube and applies a force to the cross-fire tube generally along a longitudinal axis of the cross-fire tube.
US09617912B2	Multi-link engine A multi-link engine is provided with an upper link, a lower link and a control link. The upper link is pivotally connected to a piston by a piston pin. The lower link is rotatably mounted on a crankpin of a crankshaft and connected to the upper link by an upper pin. The control link is rotatably connected to the lower link by a control pin and pivotally mounted on a pivot portion of a control shaft. The links are configured and arranged with respect to each other such that inertia forces of a prescribed second or higher order in terms of an engine rotational speed act on at least the upper link and the control link in a transverse direction of the engine with a sum of leftward and rightward inertia forces of the prescribed second or higher order being substantially zero.
US09617905B2	Apparatus for exhaust heat recovery with embedded valve actuator An exhaust heat recovery apparatus may include a bypass valve that is rotatably provided on a bypass path through which a high-temperature exhaust gas passes to open or close the bypass path, a heat exchanger that is communicatively connected to the bypass path to allow heat exchange to be performed between the high-temperature exhaust gas supplied from the bypass path and a low-temperature coolant introduced through a coolant inlet when the bypass path is closed, a valve actuator including a rod moved up and down by expansion or contraction of a wax sealed therein, and a connection part that converts an up and down motion of the rod into a rotary motion to allow the bypass valve to open or close the bypass path along with movement of the rod.
US09617904B2	Self cooled engine Self-cooled engine including a cylinder, a cylinder head and a turbo-piston which freely reciprocates inside the cylinder. The cylinder head has a valve that achieves circumferential suction of air-fuel mixture into the cylinder. The valve mechanism is closed and opened by cylindrical cam by means of cam shaft. Circumferential suction of air-fuel mixture enables the cylinder to cool itself and to burn the fuel at the energy center effectively. The force of incoming stream of air-fuel mixture rotates the impeller on the piston which acts as a fan to cool the cylinder walls. The impeller blades deflect the flame from reaching the cylinder walls and acts as a thermal barrier between the energy center and cylinder walls. The high intensity compression swirl (HICS) created at the end of the compression stroke to ensure that the fuel combustion is efficient and instantaneous release of maximum energy.
US09617899B2	Methods and systems for a particulate matter sensor Various systems and methods are described for a particulate matter sensor coupled to an exhaust system of an engine. One example method comprises, during a measurement mode, generating a particulate flow rate based on the sensor and adjusting one or more engine operating parameters based on the flow rate. The method further includes, during a reduced contamination mode, heating the sensor to repel particulate from the sensor, and not adjusting the one or more operating parameters based on the sensor.
US09617898B2	Control system of internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, wherein a hydrocarbon supply valve (15) and an exhaust gas purification catalyst (13) are disposed inside an engine exhaust gas passage. When an increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas purification catalyst (13) caused by hydrocarbons supplied from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) is smaller than a predetermined increase amount, and a decrease in the pressure of fuel supplied to the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) when the hydrocarbons have been injected from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) is larger than a predetermined decrease amount, the present invention determines that a blockage is occurring in a hydrocarbon injection channel (69) when the hydrocarbons have been injected from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15).
US09617896B2	Catalytic converter and fabrication method thereof A catalyst unit may include a carrier, a channel opening portion through which exhaust gas passes, a skin portion that is formed along a circumference and integrally formed with the channel opening portion, and a skin addition portion that is formed with a second thickness on an outside surface of the skin portion. A fabrication device of the catalyst unit may include a container, a masking member, and an elastic member, wherein plugging material flows through opened channels and does not contact the masking member. A manufacturing method of the catalyst unit may include covering the masking member and inserting plugging material into an opened channel. A channel corresponding to a dead zone is plugged and the catalyst coating layer is not formed in the plugged channels, thus reducing the cost of the catalyst.
US09617895B2	Device for exhaust-gas purification and motor vehicle having the device A device includes a pipeline section for an exhaust gas flow. The pipeline section has an inlet end, an outlet end, a rectilinear section and a protuberance having an opening for installing a metering device for a liquid additive (in particular urea/water solution) in the rectilinear section. The protuberance has a height and an extent and the extent is at least twice as large as the height. At least one respective disk-shaped honeycomb body is disposed at each of the inlet end and the outlet end. A central axis of the opening is oriented toward one of the disk-shaped honeycomb bodies. A motor vehicle having the device is also provided.
US09617891B2	Urea backflow prevention apparatus of SCR and control method thereof A urea backflow prevention apparatus of SCR in an SCR system which injects a urea solution into an exhaust pipe may include: a urea tank to store the urea solution; a nozzle to be installed in the exhaust pipe to inject the urea solution; a supply pump to pump the urea solution; a suction line connecting the urea tank to the supply pump; a pressure line connecting the supply pump to the nozzle; a return line connecting the supply pump to the urea tank to return un-injected urea solution back to the urea tank; and a backflow prevention line connecting the pressure line to the return line. The backflow prevention line keeps pressures of the pressure line, the supply pump directly connected to the pressure line and the suction line indirectly connected to the pressure line equal to an atmospheric pressure after an operation of the SCR system ends.
US09617890B2	Assembly and method for introducing a reducing agent into the exhaust pipe of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine An assembly (10) for introducing a reducing agent into the exhaust pipe (12) of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, has a feed connector (14) which opens into the exhaust pipe (12) and includes a wall (16), a feed device (20) for reducing agents which opens into the feed connector (14), and a device (22) for generating a gas flow (G) which is additional to the reducing agent flow (R) and lines the wall (16) of the feed 10 connector (14). Furthermore, there is described a method of introducing a reducing agent into the exhaust pipe (12) of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle.
US09617884B2	Liquid cooled reductant dosing unit A liquid cooled reduction unit includes a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) injection valve. The valve includes an end portion extending to a distal end. The valve is configured to receive a DEF and force the DEF to exit at the distal end such that the DEF is then directed and applied to an exhaust stream of a vehicle engine. A coolant jacket is selectively filled with a coolant and has an outer side and an inner side. The inner side of the jacket faces a length of the end portion and is separated from the length of the end portion by an air gap.
US09617875B2	Method and apparatus for achieving a high efficiency in an open gas-turbine (COMBI) process Within the process a supercharged first combustion chamber is followed by: a first turbine, a second combustion chamber, a second turbine, and a preheating heat exchanger. Primary bleed water vapor coming from the secondary process, or a mixture of the bleed water vapor and air coming from the supercharger, are preheated. Secondary-process feed water is vaporized in a waste heat boiler. The combustion gases are expanded in the second turbine to a pressure 0.5 bar lower than that of the surrounding atmospheric pressure. The remaining combustion gases are compressed by a combustion-gas supercharger to the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
US09617874B2	Steam power plant turbine and control method for operating at low load In a system for effecting pressure control in a thermal power plant operated at low load connected fluidly in series, a relief conduit is disclosed herein. The relief conduit selectively transfers steam from a cold reheat conduit to the second extraction conduit. The plant further includes a boiler, a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate pressure turbine, a low pressure turbine, a main steam conduit for feeding steam from the boiler to an inlet of the high pressure turbine, a cold reheat conduit for feeding steam from an outlet of the high-pressure turbine through a reheat flow path in the boiler, and a first and second high pressure heaters. A first extraction conduit connects the cold reheat conduit to a first high pressure heater to transfer heat, and a second extraction conduit connects the intermediate pressure turbine to the second high pressure heater, to transfer heat.

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