Patents Assigned to Solutions
  • Patent number: 9615258
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, techniques, and computer program products are provided to secure timing synchronization to network nodes connected over an inherently insecure best effort public network with mechanisms to improve accuracy of timing protocols such as a statistically estimated edge timestamp offset encoded into the timing message to account for network jitter and processing latency variances incurred due to the security packet processing and encryption; to ensure slave network nodes shall only accept timing messages from trusted timing sources; to establish a secure tunnel with a trusted timing source for exchange of timing packets; to provide authentication and security for timing packets over the insecure public network; and to enhance message anonymity with variable payload padding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: David T. Chen, Umamaheswar Kakinada, Mohammed Petiwala, Mohsin Zia
  • Patent number: 9613467
    Abstract: A software and method for updating a scan tool with limited memory are provided. An available diagnostic software database is located remotely from the scan tool. The diagnostic software database is vastly larger than the available memory on the scan tool. The technician can access the database and download the software modules he needs based on the vehicle or vehicles he is servicing and the available scan tool memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Roberts, Michael Gessner, Thomas Bertosa, Phillip Freshour
  • Patent number: 9610245
    Abstract: An ophthalmic composition comprising a polyaphron dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Drug Delivery Solutions Limited
    Inventor: Fraser Steele
  • Patent number: 9614781
    Abstract: A system for managing the operation of different components within a cloud system to accomplish various tasks, including the implementation of build features within the cloud system to achieve specific operational goals. The system may include a data defined infrastructure (DDI) tool installed within a data defined infrastructure (DDI) to manage certain features or tasks within the cloud system. The DDI may include an environment configuration database (ECDB), an orchestration engine, an automation engine, and/or other hardware and software components within the cloud system, such that the DDI tool installed on the DDI infrastructure may control operation of the ECDB, the orchestration engine, the automation engine, or other hardware and software components within the cloud system based on a set of data that fully describes the operational goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Aaron B. Goltzman, Stefan C. Hellstrom
  • Patent number: 9612082
    Abstract: A slide-action stock assembly for a semi-automatic firearm enables adjustment of the trigger pull length. An adjustable length interface interconnects a commercial off-the-shelf shoulder stock with a conjoined pistol grip and finger rest into a handle unit that slidably supports the firing unit portion of the firearm. The adjustable length interface includes a stem that is constrained to back-and-forth movement within a stem channel under the buffer tube. The stem includes a row of holes into which a plunger of the adjustable shoulder stock is set by the user to achieve a desired trigger pull length. A lock-out feature selectively impedes the slide-action mode. The finger rest can be positioned on either the right or left side of the pistol grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Slide Fire Solutions LP
    Inventor: Jeremiah Cottle
  • Patent number: 9614362
    Abstract: An overcurrent protection device satisfactorily detects overcurrent without adding complicated component or occupying large space. Penetration member penetrates board face A having a first wiring circuit and face B with a second one, transmitting heat from face A to B. Connection/disconnection part is inserted into first wiring circuit, switching current to heat generation part for generating heat with current, formed in portion of first circuit, continued with one end of penetration member. Temperature detection member disposed near or abutted against other end of penetration member on face B detects transmitted heat, outputting signal. Control part controls connection/disconnection part on signal. Heat generation part is narrower than width w1 not generating heat in steady state, having width w2 to raise temperature upon overcurrent, and being sandwiched between patterns with width w1. Control part turns off current with heat generation part temperature raised to or above prescribed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kohei Ishido
  • Patent number: 9611727
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for fracturing a well in a hydrocarbon bearing formation. The apparatus can include a valve subassembly that is assembled with sections of casing pipe to form a well casing for the well. The valve subassembly includes a sliding piston that is pinned in place to seal off ports that provide communication between the interior of the well casing and a production zone of the formation. A dart can be inserted into the well casing and propelled by pressurized fracturing fluid until the dart reaches the valve subassembly to plug off the well casing below the valve subassembly. The force of the fracturing fluid against the dart forces the piston downwards to shear off the pins and open the ports. The fracturing fluid can then exit the ports to fracture the production zone of the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Gryphon Oilfield Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Campbell, William Jani
  • Patent number: 9611119
    Abstract: A sheet discharging device has a discharge port, a discharge tray, a discharge roller including first and second rollers, a flick-out pulley, a sheet pressing member, and a pressing rib. The flick-out pulley is formed coaxially with the rotary shaft of the first roller at an interval from an end of the first roller, and has a circumferential edge and a plurality of projections protruding from it. The sheet pressing member is supported on a pivot axis provided on the downstream side of the discharge roller with respect to the sheet discharge direction to be swingable in the sheet discharge direction. A pressing rib is arranged at a position overlapping the flick-out pulley in the direction along the pivot axis as seen from the sheet discharge direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Tahara
  • Patent number: 9611737
    Abstract: A method for determining along a length of a wellbore situated in an underground hydrocarbon-containing formation, regions within the formation to inject a fluid at a pressure above formation dilation pressure, to stimulate production of oil into the wellbore. An initial information-gathering procedure is conducted prior to formation dilation/fracturing, wherein fluid is supplied under a pressure less than formation dilation or fracture pressure, to discrete intervals along the wellbore, and sensors measure and data is recorded regarding the ease of penetration of such fluid into the various regions of the formation. Regions of the formation exhibiting poor ease of fluid penetration or regions of higher oil saturation, are thereafter selected for subsequent stimulation or dilation, at pressures above formation dilation pressures. Where initial fluid pressures and/or formation dilation pressures are provided in cyclic pulses, a downhole tool is disclosed for such purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Husky Oil Operations Limited, Wavefront Technology Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Brett C. Davidson, Lawrence J. Frederick, Tor Meling
  • Patent number: 9613469
    Abstract: A graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: James Fish, David Richard Moulton, Kevin Gray
  • Patent number: 9614657
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 9611601
    Abstract: A crash absorbing guardrail panel assembly including rail panels overlapping at adjacent end portions, an end terminal moving one of the rail panels along the other rail panel when impacted by a vehicle, and braking structure on one of the rail panels engaging an edge of the other rail panel to dissipate kinetic energy during relative sliding movement between the rail panels and absorb impact forces on the end terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Anghileri, Valeria Di Giacomo
  • Patent number: 9614330
    Abstract: A relay connector (1) includes: a first input/output unit (11) to which a cable connector (92) connected to one end of a cable (91) is detachably connected; a second input/output unit (12) that is detachably connected to a board connector (93) provided in a board (94) to which the cable connector (92) can be detachably connected, and that is electrically connected to the first input/output unit (11); and a core (13) that suppress noise radiated by a signal flowing between the first input/output unit (11) and the second input/output unit (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masami Mashiki
  • Patent number: 9615143
    Abstract: A content providing apparatus and method, and a content reproduction apparatus and method for accessing a content stream in a hybrid three-dimensional television (3DTV) are disclosed. The content providing apparatus may include a content stream generation unit to generate a first content stream corresponding to a reference image and a second content stream corresponding to a supplementary image, a descriptor generation unit to generate a descriptor associated with the first content stream and the second content stream, and a data transmission unit to transmit the first content stream, the second content stream, and the descriptor to a content reproduction apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KAI MEDIA CO., Hidea Solutions Co., Ltd., KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Joo Young Lee, Sung Hoon Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Suk Jin Hong, Jin Suk Kwak, Min Suk Lee, Dong Wook Kang, Kyeong Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 9612132
    Abstract: Methods and systems regarding an electricity meter in a wireless network are disclosed. The network may comprise a collector and a plurality of electricity meters that measure consumption of electricity and that bi-directionally communicate wirelessly with the collector. The electricity meter may have an established association with at least one battery-powered meter that measures consumption of a commodity other than electricity. The electricity meter may receive information about measured consumption of the other commodity from the battery-powered meter and store the received information. The electricity meter may transmit both information about consumption of electricity measured by the electricity meter and the information about consumption of the other commodity received from the associated battery-powered meter to the collector via the wireless network and also to a remotely located display associated with the electricity meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Elster Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Borleske, Kenneth C. Shuey, Robert T. Mason, Jr., David V. Uy
  • Patent number: 9612235
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides methods to identify herbicidal compositions that consist of a combination of compounds that inhibit the growth of or kill undesired plant species in a synergistic manner. Also provided are herbicidal compositions identified using this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Koch Biological Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua I. Armstrong
  • Patent number: 9615165
    Abstract: A loudspeaker device having housing and an acoustic transducer is disclosed. The housing has a transducer space for the acoustic transducer, and a back volume space. The back volume filled with a sound adsorber material and a foam material. The sound adsorber material in the back volume space is configured to virtually increase the size of the back volume space, and shift the resonant frequency of the back volume space. The foam material facilitates gas exchange and air flow within the back volume space, and between the sound adsorber and the transducer space. The foam material is configured in different arrangements to facilitate the gas exchange and air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Sound Solutions International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Josef Herold, Christoph Schmauder
  • Patent number: 9615354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a controller to control not only cellular radio connections in a cell of a cellular communication system but also direct device-to-device communication links established between terminal devices within the cell. Particularly, the controller selects portion of the terminal devices to function as relay terminals for the other terminals to enable relayed communication links between the terminal devices and the base station through the relay terminals. The relay terminals link device-to-device connections to the cellular radio connections between the relay terminals and the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Kari Juhani Hooli, Kari Veikko Horneman, Vinh Van Phan
  • Patent number: 9611599
    Abstract: A guardrail crash absorbing assembly including two relatively slidable rail panels, each having top and bottom edge portions, and a braking structure attached to one of the rail panels engaging and deforming an edge portion of the other rail panel to dissipate kinetic energy and absorb impact forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lindsay Transportation Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerrit A. Dyke, Joseph Martin Sicat
  • Patent number: D782927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: KHN Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Harry Nothacker, Imraan Aziz