US09760014B2
An illumination optical apparatus includes a plurality of birefringent members made of a birefringent material and arranged in an optical path on an incidence side of an optical integrator. The members change a polarization state of illumination light such that first and second rays of the illumination light are polarized in different directions on the pupil plane. The birefringent members are arranged such that an optical path length of the first ray in the birefringent material is different from an optical path length of the second ray in the birefringent material, and are arranged so as to change the polarization state of the illumination light incident on the plurality of the birefringent members in a linear polarization state having a substantially single polarization direction such that each of the first and second rays is polarized in a substantially circumferential direction about the optical axis on the pupil plane.
US09760013B2
Provided is an exposure apparatus including a transporting section; a first polarized light output section that outputs first polarized light; a second polarized light output section that outputs second polarized light; a first mask section that has formed therein a first aperture section that passes the first polarized light for exposing an orientation film and blocks the first polarized light; and a second mask section that has formed therein a second aperture section that passes the second polarized light for exposing the orientation film and blocks the second polarized light. The first aperture section and the second aperture section are formed to expose a certain region of the orientation film in an overlapping manner.
US09760011B1
Photoresist pattern trimming compositions comprise: a polymer that is soluble in a 0.26 normality aqueous tetramethylammonium hydroxide solution; and a solvent system, wherein the solvent system comprises one or more monoether solvents in a combined amount of from 50 to 98 wt % based on the solvent system. The compositions find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
US09760004B2
The present invention relates to a radiation-sensitive resin composition that contains: a compound that has a structure represented by the following formula (1); a first polymer that includes a fluorine atom; and a solvent. In the following formula (1), X represents a carbonyl group, a sulfonyl group or a single bond. Y+ represents a monovalent radiation-degradable onium cation. The first polymer preferably has at least one selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by the following formula (2a) and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2b). The first polymer preferably includes an alkali-labile group. The first polymer preferably includes an acid-labile group. It is preferred that a radiation-sensitive acid generator is further contained.
US09759991B2
An embodiment of an apparatus for image projection includes a laser providing a first color light, a plurality of dichroic polarizing beam splitters (DPBSs), a plurality of switchable half-wave plates paired with a respective DPBS and positioned between the laser and the respective DPBS, a quarter-wave plate backed by a mirror and positioned to receive a first beam from a respective DPBS, and a plurality of static phosphor devices that are each positioned to receive either the first beam or the second beam from a respective DPBS and to emit light in a respective color. The emitted light from the phosphor devices and the beam that is reflected from the mirror are directed towards an output by one or more respective DPBSs. A method switches the switchable half-wave plates as necessary to provide separate images in a plurality of colors.
US09759989B1
This invention is a tree-mountable camera camouflage device having a knothole, wherein the knothole has a front side, a back side and an opening therethrough; wherein the front side has a camouflage surface and a front opening; wherein the back side has a camera compartment that fluidly connects with the opening; wherein the camera compartment is configured to removeably mount a camera; and wherein when the camera, and the knothole are removeably assembled, and mounted on a tree, the camera is concealed.
US09759986B2
In one embodiment of an enclosure device, a camera casing and light source casing are secured to a plate frame, and the enclosure device is configured to be mounted to an arm, such as a robotic welding arm. A shutter mounting arm may also be secured to the plate frame. A flap may be pivotally mounted to the distal end of the shutter mounting arm, such that the flap may be actuated between a first and second position by an actuator cooperatively engaged with the flap. The first position may be defined as to protect a camera lens positioned in the camera casing and a light source lens positioned in the light source casing. The second position may be defined as to not obscure a line-of-sight from either the light source and/or the camera to the work piece on the arm. A light source casing may be sandwiched between two side plates that are generally configured as mirror images of one another. The light source casing housing a light source may be configured as a laser designed to measure distances.
US09759981B2
The present invention provides a reflective color display device which can display multiple color states, without the disadvantages associated with previously known color display devices. The display fluid of the present invention comprises (a) black and white electrophoretic particles which are oppositely charged and (b) charged color-generating particles having photonic crystal characteristics, all of which are dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture.
US09759965B2
A liquid crystal device includes: a display area comprising pixels; a peripheral area disposed at an edge of the display area; a common voltage application wiring configured to transfer a common voltage; and a data voltage application wiring configured to transfer a data voltage. A ratio of a width of the common voltage application wiring and a width of the data voltage application wiring is in a range of 2:1 to 1:1.
US09759963B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, and a plurality of first cutouts defined in the first electrode; an insulating layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the insulating layer, a plurality of second cutouts defined in the second electrode, and a plurality of branch electrodes defined by the plurality of second cutouts; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second cutouts have a linear shape which extends in a length direction, widths of the plurality of first cutouts is larger than that of the plurality of branch electrodes in a width direction crossing the length direction, and the second cutouts overlap the plurality of first cutouts, in the length direction.
US09759962B2
A liquid crystal display includes a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions.
US09759958B2
The array substrate comprises a pixel electrode located in a pixel area and a common electrode corresponding to the pixel area; and a first passivation layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode; wherein the pixel electrode comprises a plurality of strip-shaped first pixel electrodes and strip-shaped second pixel electrodes which are alternately arranged at intervals; and the common electrode comprises a plurality of strip-shaped common electrodes which are spaced from each other; wherein ends of the plurality of strip-shaped first pixel electrodes are connected to each other to form a comb shape, and ends of the plurality of strip-shaped second pixel electrodes are connected to each other to form a comb shape; and the comb-shaped first pixel electrode and the comb-shaped second pixel electrode are spaced from each other.
US09759954B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, including a first sealant coating area, wherein the first sealant coating area is provided with a first concave slot; a second substrate, disposed oppositely to the first substrate, and including a second sealant coating area disposed right oppositely to the first sealant coating area; a spacer, the spacer having two terminals, wherein, one terminal of the spacer is fixed to and connected with a bottom of the first concave slot, and the other terminal of the spacer is extended toward the second sealant coating area; and a frame sealant, filled between the first sealant coating area and the second sealant coating area in order to form a sealed liquid crystal filling area. The display panel of the present invention can effectively increase the bonding force of the frame sealant to the substrates.
US09759942B2
A display panel, a fabrication method and a display device thereof are provided. The display panel includes: an array substrate; a color filter substrate, cell-assembled with the array substrate and including a black matrix; a plurality of light-shielding strips, disposed on a side of the color filter substrate away from the array substrate; an electrode, sandwiching the plurality of light-shielding strips, wherein the black matrix includes a plurality of matrix strips, and each of the plurality of light-shielding strips corresponds to one of the matrix strips of the black matrix, and the light-shielding strip is made of polymer dispersed liquid crystal material or electrochromic material. In this way, a high aperture ratio is ensured while a viewing angle of a display device is increased. Meanwhile, a brightness of the display device is increased, and an image quality is improved.
US09759932B1
Embodiments according to the present disclosure are directed to, for example, head mounted eyewear (e.g., similar in form to traditional eye glasses) that includes low light vision enhancing and/or additional vision enhancing capabilities (e.g., near-vision enhancing capabilities). For example, in some embodiments, a head mounted housing arrangement is provided that includes an eyepiece adjacent to a wearer's eye, one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more solid state or other imagers sensitive to light, including low light levels), one or more image generator(s) operatively coupled to the imager(s) (e.g., optically coupled, in electrical communication with, or wirelessly coupled) to receive an output from the imaging device(s), and/or one or more optical elements (e.g., a combination of mirror(s) and/or lenses). The one or more optical elements may place an output of the image generator(s) into a position that is visible to the wearer's eye.
US09759919B2
A display includes a projector configured to provide light of a virtual image, a waveguide into which the light of the virtual image is injected at an injection angle by the projector, and a combiner disposed along the waveguide and configured to redirect the light of the virtual image. The waveguide is configured to emit the light at a point established by the injection angle. The combiner is further configured to allow ambient light from beyond the waveguide to pass through the combiner. The waveguide constrains the light of the virtual image through total internal reflection along a curved path for the light between the projector and the combiner.
US09759914B2
Provided are: a backlight unit that is capable of increasing the degree of freedom in design of a device on which the backlight unit is mounted; and a display device which is provided with this backlight unit. This backlight unit is provided with: a light source which emits light that illuminates a liquid crystal display element; a light collection means for focusing the light emitted from the light source on a display region (A) of the liquid crystal display element; and a reflective part which has a reflective surface that reflects the light emitted from the light source toward the liquid crystal display element. This backlight unit is configured such that the optical path for the light from the light source to the liquid crystal display element is replicated at the reflective part by having the reflective surface inclined to the optical axis (AX) of the light source.
US09759910B2
The invention is directed to an optical scanning device with two scanning mirrors and with optical elements for imaging the two scanning mirrors one onto the other by means of an intermediate image. A control unit is provided for supplying drives which are coupled to the scanning mirrors with excitation voltages or excitation currents to initiate deflection angles ranging from zero to the maximum possible deflection angle for the two scanning mirrors. At least one of the scanning mirrors is designed for biaxial scanning, and the control unit is designed to vary the driving of the two scanning mirrors with respect to biaxial or uniaxial deflection of the beam bundle electively in quasistatic or resonant mode of operation. At least one of the two scanning mirrors is preferably designed as MEMS assembly.
US09759898B2
A zooming optical system includes, in order from an object side along an optical axis: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is varied, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is varied, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group is varied; the third lens group is composed of one positive lens; and a focus from an infinite-distance object up to a near-distance object is conducted by moving the third lens group in a direction of the optical axis.
US09759895B1
A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes five piece ultra-thin and high-luminous flux wide angle lenses with excellent optical properties as follows: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with positive refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power which are arranged in an order from an object side to an image side. The camera lens satisfies specified conditions.
US09759886B2
A lens module is disclosed. The lens module includes a lens barrel including a first barrel wall extended horizontally and a second barrel wall extended from the first barrel wall; a lens group including at least one lens, the lens includes a first slope; and a stop on the first barrel wall and forming a light hole for the lens. The first barrel wall of the lens barrel includes a second slope abutting against the first slope for ensuring the concentricity.
US09759870B2
An optical fiber assembly includes a ferrule body with a plurality of optical fibers and an end of each optical fiber positioned adjacent the front face of the ferrule body. A beam-expanding element is positioned adjacent the front face of the ferrule body including a lens array aligned with the optical fibers. The lens array is spaced from the optical fibers by a predetermined distance to form a gap with an index-matched medium within the gap. A method of manufacturing the optical fiber assembly is also provided.
US09759866B2
An optical combiner 3 includes a plurality of incoming optical fibers 10, an outgoing optical fiber 20, and a plurality of bridge fibers 60, 50 provided between the plurality of incoming optical fibers 10 and the outgoing optical fiber 20, the plurality of bridge fibers 60, 50 being optically coupled to each other. In the bridge fibers 60, 50, a ratio of the outer diameter of a core 61, 51 to the outer diameter of a cladding 62, 52 is smaller in a bridge fiber located more apart from the incoming optical fiber 10.
US09759863B1
A waveguide a core extending along a light propagation and a coupling layer adjacent one side of the core along the light propagation direction. A gradient index material is adjacent to at least one side of the coupling layer. The gradient index material has a first refractive index proximate the coupling layer and a second refractive index away from the coupling layer. The gradient index material is configured to direct light from an input facet to the core layer.
US09759856B2
A curved backlight unit is provided. The backlight unit includes a curved light guide plate having a curvature, a first light source configured to provide a first illumination light to a first surface of the curved light guide plate, an array of a plurality of different grating elements disposed on a second surface of the curved light guide plate and configured to allow the first illumination light to exit the curved light guide plate from the second surface, and a second light source configured to provide a second illumination light to a third surface facing the second surface of the curved light guide plate. The curved light guide plate includes a first area configured to allow the second illumination light to exist at a first intensity and a second area configured to allow the second illumination light to exist at a second intensity that is less than the first intensity.
US09759850B2
Curved lenses and methods for making curved lenses are described. One embodiment of a method of making a curved lens includes curving a lens blank made of a linear polarizer layer laminated together with a plurality of polymeric layers. The lens blank is curved by heating and pressing the lens blank between a curved rigid member and a flexible member at a pressure and maintaining the pressure for a time sufficient to allow the lens blank to conform to the shape of the curved rigid member. Methods of the invention may be used to make curved lenses with different polarization properties and curvatures.
US09759846B2
Disclosed herein are optical stacks that are stable to light exposure by incorporating one or more UV-blocking layers.
US09759842B2
The disclosed subject matter provides a nanoaperture having a bottom surface and a side wall comprising gold. A surface of the side wall is passivated with a first functional molecule comprising polyethylene glycol. The bottom surface of the nanoaperture can be functionalized with at least one second molecule comprising polyethylene glycol, for example, a silane-PEG molecule. The second molecule can further include a moiety, such as biotin, which is capable of binding a target biomolecule, which in turn can bind to a biomolecule of interest for single molecule fluorescence imaging analysis. Fabrication techniques of the nanoaperture are also provided.
US09759838B2
A method for surveying, may include receiving, by a processor, first survey data from a first source, the first source comprising a first signal generated by a subsurface earth formation in response to a passive-source electromagnetic signal, wherein the electromagnetic signal is generated by an electroseismic or seismoelectric conversion of the passive-source electromagnetic signal. The method may also include receiving, by the processor, second survey data from a second source and processing the first survey data and the second survey data to determine one or more properties of a subsurface earth formation.
US09759837B2
This invention relates to a data communication system/method for use in a downhole application wherein electrical energy is supplied over a multiple-conductor power cable to a motor assembly of a downhole tool such as an electric submersible pump. A power leg coupling interfaces a surface controller of a downhole instrument to the conductors of the tool's power cable. Uplink communication of telemetry data occurs via current modulation generated by the downhole instrument and interpreted by a surface controller. Downlink communication of downhole instrument data occurs over a different communication scheme supported by the downhole and surface controllers. Downlink communication scheme provides a supply of power to the downhole instrument. Protection of downhole electronics and continuity of communication is ensured in the event of a ground fault on the power cable. Both downlink and uplink communication frequencies are adaptive based on frequencies and voltages present on the power cable.
US09759828B2
A technique includes receiving data acquired by a seismic sensor on a spread of at least one streamer. The data are indicative of a seismic source signature that is produced by a source seismic to penetrate into the Earth to acquire geophysical information in connection with a seismic survey. The technique includes processing the data to determine a position on the streamer relative to a reference position not disposed on the streamer.
US09759819B2
In a radiation measurement device in which respective wave height values of voltage pulses from a radiation detector are made to correspond to radiation energy values and a count that is the number of the voltage pulses is separately generated for each of a plurality of channels corresponding to the wave height values so that a wave height spectrum is generated and a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated based on the wave height spectrum, based on a count in at least one channel, out of the plurality of channels, that includes a lower limit within a measurement range for the radiation energy value, a dose is corrected by calculating a portion thereof neglected as what is the same as or smaller than a measurement limit, so that a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated.
US09759815B2
Implementations described herein contemplate measuring the carrier phase (CP) of carrier signals transmitted by constituent satellites of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to provide highly accurate calculations of a gradient of a road segment between different points at which the vehicle received carrier signals (from which CP measurements were made). The methods described herein are able to calculate the road grade with only an approximate estimate of the absolute altitude of the receiver. Similarly, the methods described herein are able to provide a precise estimate of road grade with only an approximate estimate of the absolute value of latitude or longitude. Furthermore, implementations described herein provide highly accurate calculations of road grade information with standard GNSS vehicle hardware and are thereby able to achieve a substantial increase in accuracy without increasing cost.
US09759813B2
Sonar devices for detecting underwater objects are provided whereby a set of angled ultrasound transducers are employed to sense ultrasound signals from a plurality of different spatial regions. The angled ultrasound transducers may include a first pair of side-viewing ultrasound transducers and a second pair of ultrasound transducers configured for interrogating forward and reverse directions. The ultrasound signals from the set of angled ultrasound transducers may be processed to identify the presence of underwater objects in each spatial region, and the resulting identified underwater objects may be displayed, on a per-region basis, on a user interface. The ultrasound signals may additionally or alternatively be processed to generate a topographical model of the bed surface, and to generate a topographical surface image based on the three-dimensional topographical model. The topographical surface image may be displayed as a fly-over animation.
US09759810B1
A hybrid pulse compression RF system is provided herein in which an enhanced noise waveform and a hybrid waveform are generated to detect a target. For example, the system includes a signal generator that generates an LFM waveform and an enhanced waveform in sequence such that a transmitter of the system transmits the waveforms in the generated sequence in a direction of a possible target. The enhanced waveform may be a partially randomized version of the LFM waveform. If a target is present, the waveforms reflect off the target and are captured by the system in the sequence in which the originally generated waveforms are transmitted. Once captured, the reflected waveforms are processed by the system to generate a hybrid waveform for display such that the range and Doppler resolution and detection capabilities are significantly superior to the state of the art LFM or noise waveform RF systems.
US09759803B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for over-determining location estimations for an asset based on location estimates from a plurality of tags. Examples employ a spatial association model in a location system. Examples include a method for processing location information received from a radio frequency (RF) location tag. The method includes determining a first location of a first RF location tag associated with an asset, determining at least one second location of at least one second RF location tag associated with the asset, determining, using a processor, that the first location is not a valid location based at least in part on a comparison of the first location with the at least one second location using a spatial association model associated with the asset, and identifying the first location as erroneous in response to determining that the first location is not a valid location.
US09759801B2
A celestial object is automatically tracked and photographed. Azimuth information of the celestial object is obtained relative to a photographic apparatus. First-tracking drive control data for performing a first-tracking photographing operation is calculated based on the azimuth information. The photographing operation is performed during a predetermined exposure time based on the first-tracking drive control data. After the photographing operation finishes, a first image taken in the photographing operation is obtained upon lapse of a predetermined time, and a second image corresponding to an ending of images taken by the photographing operation is obtained. An amount of deviation between a celestial object image in the first image and a corresponding celestial object image in the second image is calculated. A judgement is made as to whether a second-tracking photographing operation is to be performed based on a comparison between the deviation amount and a predetermined threshold.
US09759798B2
A calibration method for enhancing a measurement accuracy of one or more voltage sensing devices in presence of a plurality of conductors is provided. The method includes operatively coupling at least one voltage sensing device of the one or more voltage sensing devices to a respective conductor of the plurality of conductors and determining a sensed voltage value of the respective conductor using the at least one voltage sensing device The method further includes determining a calibration matrix having cross-coupling factors representative of cross-coupling between an antenna of the at least one voltage sensing device and other conductors of the plurality of conductors and determining a corrected voltage value of the respective conductor by deducting at least in part contributions of the cross-coupling from the sensed voltage value of the respective conductor using the calibration matrix.
US09759790B2
A magnetic resonance imaging device according to an embodiment includes a gradient amplifier, a battery, a detector, and a battery controller. The gradient amplifier supplies electric power to the gradient coil. The battery is charged with electric power that is supplied from the power supply. The detector detects a high power output request on the gradient amplifier. The battery controller controls to supply electric power charged in the battery in addition to electric power supplied from the power supply to the gradient amplifier when the high power output request is detected.
US09759788B2
The embodiments relate to a magnetic resonance coil for a magnetic resonance device with a measuring chamber for an examination object and a cylindrical birdcage antenna arrangement having a plurality of antenna elements disposed at least in some areas around a measuring chamber in the form of circumferential antenna rings or axial outer rods connecting the rings. The antenna elements include electric components, e.g., reactive capacitive and/or inductive systems. The magnetic resonance coil also has at least two antenna feeds, e.g., phase-offset in relation to one another by 90°, by which radio-frequency energy is able to be supplied to the birdcage antenna arrangement. The antenna feeds include at least one symmetrical feed via at least one of the electric components of the birdcage antenna arrangement as well is at least one assigned asymmetrical feed between the birdcage antenna arrangement and a screen connection.
US09759773B2
A closed and open contact method to predict a usable life of vacuum interrupters in the field can include using computer instructions in the data storage to instruct the processor to position a calculated amp or calculated pressure on an ionic or current versus pressure calibration curve for the installed vacuum interrupter and identify trend data from a library of trend data corresponding to the installed vacuum interrupter and to the calculated pressure or calculated amp of the installed vacuum interrupter; thereby determining the anticipated life expectancy.
US09759764B1
A method includes varying spacing between at least one of a source region or a drain region and a well contact region to create a group of configurations. The method further includes determining an effect of latchup on each configuration.
US09759763B2
A device and method for limiting damage to a semiconductor device under test when the semiconductor device fails during a high current, or high power test is provided. The occurrence of a failure of the device under test is detected, and power applied to the semiconductor device is diverted through a parallel path element upon detection of failure of the semiconductor device.
US09759757B2
A system and method of electronic component authentication or component classification can reduce the vulnerability of systems (e.g., satellites, weapons, critical infrastructure, aerospace, automotive, medical systems) to counterfeits. Intrinsic deterministically random property data can be obtained from a set of authentic electronic components, processed, and clustered to create a classifier that can distinguish whether an unknown electronic component is authentic or counterfeit.
US09759756B2
A circuit for three-phase detection, a method for three-phase detection and a compressor are provided. The circuit for three-phase detection includes a first optical coupler and a second optical coupler. A first input end and a second input end of the first optical coupler are respectively connected to a first phase wire and a third phase wire of a power supply assembly, and a first output end of the first optical coupler provides a first output signal. A first input end and a second input end of the second optical coupler are respectively connected to a second phase wire and the third phase wire of the power supply assembly, and a first output end of the second optical coupler provides a second output signal. The first output signal and the second output signal are used to indicate a phase state of a three-phase alternating current of the power supply assembly.
US09759753B2
System for digital sweep type spectrum analysis with up/down frequency provides measurements of frequency spectrum of complex analog baseband input signal. The signal is quantized into three levels with fs based on the bandwidth of the input signal. Four multiplexers, a first block of registers and a block of adders perform operations equivalent to complex multiplication of the quadrature components. Two complex signals with up and down shifted spectrum are produced by the adders. The quadrature components are inputted to the accumulators with reset, which act as low-pass filters and accumulate several samples at a constant frequency fLO of the local oscillator. Levels of two accumulated complex samples are estimates of input signal spectrum in two frequency points +fLO and −fLO. A sweep controller changes a frequency of the local oscillator from zero up to fs/2. Estimates of the input signal spectrum are generated sequentially in range −fs/2 to +fs/2.
US09759745B2
In some embodiments, a probe card includes a PCB, a substrate, a pair of probes, a capacitive device and a first part. The PCB includes a pair of conductive paths through a first surface and a second surface of the PCB. The substrate includes a pair of conductive paths through a first surface and a second surface of the substrate. The conductive paths of the substrate and the corresponding conductive paths of the PCB are coupled between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the PCB. The probes and the corresponding conductive paths of the substrate are coupled beyond the second surface of the substrate. The capacitive device is coupled between a first conductive path and a second conductive path through the PCB, the substrate and the probes. The first part is configured beyond the second surface of the PCB, and holds the capacitive device.
US09759742B2
The present invention relates to a test socket that is disposed between a blood test device and a test apparatus to electrically connect a terminal of the blood test device and a pad of the test apparatus with each other. Conduction units that are arranged at positions corresponding to the terminal of the blood test device and show conductivity in a thickness direction have: conduction units that are arranged in such a manner that multiple conductive particles are arranged in the thickness direction in an elastic insulating material; and an insulating support unit that supports and insulates each of the conduction units. The conductive particles are provided with through-holes bored through one surface and another surface other than the one surface, and the through-holes are filled with the elastic insulating material.
US09759738B2
A sports electronic training system, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system comprises at least one monitor and an electronic processing device for receiving data from the at least one monitor and providing feedback to an individual based on the received data. The monitor can be a motion monitor that measures an individual's performance such as, for example, speed, pace and distance for a runner.
US09759736B2
This device for determining wind speed comprises at least two laser sources emitting beams in different directions that are coplanar and such that each emission direction corresponds to a perpendicular emission direction. Each laser source is associated with focusing optics for focusing the emitted beam, a laser diode for receiving a reflected beam obtained after reflection by a particle present in the air of the corresponding emitted beam, a photodiode for transmitting an interference signal occurring between the emitted beam and the reflected beam, a processor for processing the obtained interference signals, and an optical cavity into which the reflected beam is reinjected in order to obtain an interference with the emitted beam.
US09759732B2
Methods and kits for detecting antibodies (e.g., anti-drug antibodies). Such methods and kits permit the detection of, for example, anti-drug antibodies in human body fluids, such as blood, plasma and serum.
US09759726B2
Provided are azido-BODIPY compounds of formula (I), cyclooctyne-based fluorogenic probes of formula (IV), and activity-based probes of formula (VI). These compounds undergo azide-alkyne cycloadditions (AAC) with to form triazolyl products. The provided compounds are useful for detection and imaging of alkyne-, or azide-containing molecules. Methods for detection and imaging biomolecules using compounds of the present disclosure are disclosed.
US09759711B2
A method of analyzing molecules using a nanopore array including a plurality of cells included on a chip is disclosed. Nanopores are caused to be formed in at least a portion of the plurality of the cells. A first physical measurement of the nanopores is evaluated. It is determined whether to cause the molecules to interact with the nanopores. At least a portion of the nanopores is caused to interact with the molecules. A second physical measurement of the nanopores that indicates a property of the molecules is evaluated. It is determined whether to cause the nanopores to be reformed so that the cells may be reused to interact with additional molecules.
US09759708B2
A device and method of communicating the temperature of paving material on a surface, including receiving temperature and position information of a portion of the paving material, determining a plurality of predicted temperatures of the paving material each associated with a plurality of positions of the paving material with a temperature and positional model, and displaying the plurality of predicted temperatures of the paving material at the plurality of positions of the paving material with respect to at least one machine.
US09759704B2
A system and a process for detecting oil quality includes a light source configured to generate light within an oil container and a sensor configured to detect light from the light source after it has traversed through the oil in the oil container and generate an output signal. The system and process further includes a monitor configured to receive the output signal from the sensor and determine an oil quality of an oil in the oil container.
US09759697B2
A gas chromatographic method for detecting a marker compound in a fuel by (a) introducing a sample of fuel into a first capillary column coated with a stationary phase based on polydimethylsiloxane and allowing the sample to flow through the first column to produce a first effluent; (b) allowing the first effluent to pass through a detector and identifying a retention time range in it which includes a retention time of the marker compound; (c) introducing only a portion of the first effluent stream which is within the retention time range into a second capillary column coated with either (i) an ionic sorbent or (ii) a polyethylene glycol, and allowing said portion to flow through the second capillary column to produce a second effluent stream; and (d) allowing the second effluent to pass through a detector; wherein the marker compound has formula Ar(R2)m(OR1)n and is present in the fuel at a level from 0.01 ppm to 100 ppm.
US09759696B2
A channel bubble reduction device includes a liquid accommodation portion, that accommodates a liquid, a liquid supply apparatus that, with a pushing operation of a rod, discharges the liquid through an aperture portion of a tube portion, a first channel that connects the aperture portion of the liquid supply apparatus with the liquid accommodation portion, and an air layer formation apparatus that forms an air layer in at least one of the first channel or the tube portion.
US09759695B2
A column oven includes a main unit, an auxiliary unit, an outside sensor, an internal sensor, a temperature range holding section for holding a plurality of temperature ranges, a temperature range specifying portion for specifying the temperature range to which the outside temperature belongs, a temperature control program holding section for holding a temperature control program for a control method of the main unit and the auxiliary unit in each temperature range in such a way that outputs of the main unit and the auxiliary unit are continuous in the temperature ranges that are adjacent to each other, a control method setting portion for setting a control method of the main unit and the auxiliary unit based on the temperature range specified and the temperature control program, and a temperature control portion for controlling the main unit and the auxiliary unit.
US09759693B2
A novel and useful method of visualization by detection of EM radiation being irradiated or reflected from objects in the imager's field of view using Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation software tools. The methodology provides a verification method of antenna operation from an electrical point of view since bolometer performance cannot be estimated using regular antenna parameters such as directivity, gain, impedance matching, etc. as the bolometer does not behave as an antenna but rather behaves as an absorber. An incident wave is triggered on the absorber and the absorption of the bolometer structure is estimated using commercially available Finite Element Method (FEM) software (e.g., ANSYS® HFSS software, CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®, etc.). How much of the energy is reflected is subsequently measured. The energy which is not reflected is considered to be absorbed by the absorber.
US09759692B2
A phased array ultrasonic inspection system configured for weld inspection includes a data analysis process with automated and optimized gating to take into account the actual distance between a phased array probe and a weld line. The system embodies a weld tracking module and a dynamic gating module. The tracking module produces dynamically corrected overlays of the weld line based on the echo signals, the dynamically corrected overlays having a series of offsets from the corresponding initial overlays. The dynamic gating module purposefully positions a plurality of data analysis gates to filter out noise signals caused by sources unrelated to the weld, and to provide dynamic target gating adjusted by at least part of the offset.
US09759690B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for nondestructive ultrasound imaging are provided. An example method defines a plurality of subarrays, each comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements. The method transmits a plurality of ultrasound beams from each of the plurality of subarrays, each ultrasound beam being transmitted at a preset beamsteering angle. Subsequent to each transmit, the method receives, at the array, a plurality of ultrasound reflections corresponding to the plurality of ultrasound beams. For each point to be imaged, the method selects one set of received element data for each of the plurality of subarrays. The selected set of element data corresponds to an ultrasound beam having a focal point closest to the point to be imaged. Finally, the method reconstructs a point to be imaged based on the selected received element data, and constructs an ultrasound image by repeating this process for each point to be imaged.
US09759688B2
A gas sensor utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is disclosed. The sensor can include a patch antenna, a feed line, and a stub line. The stub line can include a carbon nanotube (CNT) thin-film layer for gas detection. The CNTs can be functionalized to detect one or more analytes with specificity designed to detect, for example, environmental air contaminants, hazardous gases, or explosives. The sensor can provide extremely sensitive gas detection by monitoring the shift in resonant frequency of the sensor circuit resulting from the adsorption of the analyte by the CNT thin-film layer. The sensor can be manufactured using inkjet printing technologies to reduce costs. The integration of an efficient antenna on the same substrate as the sensor enables wireless applications of the sensor without additional components, for wireless standoff chemical sensing applications including, for example, defense, industrial monitoring, environmental sensing, automobile exhaust analysis, and healthcare applications.
US09759685B2
A system and method comprising an ion production chamber having a ultra-violet light source disposed towards said chamber, a harvest gas disposed to flow through the chamber from an inlet to an outlet, and a jet, said jet operable to introduce a sample into the harvest gas flow. In some embodiments the system includes using helium as the harvest gas. Certain embodiments include introducing a sample perpendicular to the harvest gas flow and using multiple sample introduction jets to increase mixing efficiency. The charge sample may be coupled to a MEMS-based electrometer.
US09759682B2
A fluid applicator device includes an applicator body having a surface that is generally planar. A plurality of aligned applicator teeth extend from said applicator body. Each applicator tooth extends longitudinally from said applicator body along a length from a base of the applicator tooth proximate to the applicator body to a tip of the applicator tooth distal to the applicator body. At least one applicator tooth of the plurality of aligned applicator teeth has a width that is greater at the base than at the tip. A method for depositing a liquid sample on a substrate using the fluid applicator device is also disclosed.
US09759676B2
A gas sensor array containing a gas flow path in which a gas to be analyzed flows, and a plurality of gas sensors set along the gas flowing direction of the gas flow path, wherein the gas sensors each has a constitution wherein semiconductor microcrystals that come into contact with the gas to be analyzed that flows in the above gas flow path are disposed between two electrodes.
US09759667B2
A system for inspecting a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The dynamoelectric machine includes a rotor, a stator and a radial gap existing between the rotor and the stator. The system includes a sled configured for insertion into the radial gap between the rotor and the stator. The sled is configured to transport an optical device along the radial gap. The optical device obtains an image of the radial gap, a portion of the rotor and a portion of the stator. The sled is configured for attachment to a push rod and the push rod is used to move the sled and optical device along the radial gap. The system is configured for entry into a single end of the dynamoelectric machine.
US09759657B2
Analysis of a system and/or sample involves the use of absorption-encoded micro beads. Each type of micro bead is encoded with amounts of the k dyes in a proportional relationship that is different from proportional relationships of the k dyes of others of the n types of absorption-encoded micro beads. A system and/or a sample can be analyzed using information obtained from detecting the one or more types of absorption-encoded micro beads.
US09759656B2
The inspection apparatus includes: a stage that retains the inspection sample; a light irradiator that irradiates the inspection sample with light having a predetermined wavelength to cause the inspection sample to emit a terahertz wave; a detector that detects electric field intensity of the terahertz wave emitted from the inspection sample; and a comparator that compares the electric field intensity of the terahertz wave emitted from the inspection sample to an evaluation reference value. The evaluation reference value is a value (for example, 90% of a saturation value) smaller than an absolute value of the saturation value of the electric field intensity of the terahertz wave, the terahertz wave being generated by irradiating a reference sample, which is a reference of the inspection sample, with the light while different voltages are applied to the reference sample.
US09759655B2
Laser-based spectroscopy systems and methods including a laser source that emits a beam of radiation, an optical resonant cavity having at least two cavity mirrors, and at least one beam filtering element positioned along a path of the beam external to the cavity and having a front surface, wherein the front surface is oriented such that an intersection of the beam and the surface is at an angle, such as the Brewster's angle or a pseudo-Brewster's, that reduces or eliminates reflection of a predominant polarization component of the beam by the filtering element.
US09759654B2
Systems and methods for measuring the isotope ratio of one or more trace gases and/or components of gas mixtures such as different gas species present in a gas mixture. The system includes a resonant optical cavity having two or more mirrors and containing a gas, the cavity having a free spectral range that equals the difference between frequencies of two measured absorption lines of different gas species in the gas, or of two different isotopes, divided onto an integer number. The system also includes a continuous-wave tunable laser optically coupled with the resonant optical cavity, and a detector system for measuring an absorption of laser light by the gas in the cavity. The detector system includes one of a photo-detector configured to measure an intensity of the intra-cavity light or both a photo-acoustic sensor configured to measure photo-acoustic waves generated in the cavity and a photo-detector configured to measure an intensity of the intra-cavity light.
US09759653B2
A method for determining the moisture content of at least one resin layer provided on at least one wooden board as carrier board, wherein between the at least one resin layer and the carrier board an NIR reflecting layer is provided, including recording of at least one NIR spectrum of the at least one resin layer provided on the at least one carrier board using a NIR detector in a wavelength range between 500 nm an 2500 nm; determining the moisture content of the resin layer by comparing the NIR spectrum recorded for the resin layer to be measured with at least one NIR spectrum recorded for at least one reference sample with known moisture content by means of a multivariate data analysis, wherein the at least one NIR spectrum recorded was determined previously using the same NIR detector in a wavelength range between 500 nm and 2500 nm.
US09759651B2
A sensor and analyzer for measuring an analyte in a liquid sample are disclosed. The sensor includes a substrate with a reservoir disposed therein. The reservoir may include a top surface and a bottom surface, at least one transparent portion forming at least a part of the bottom surface of the reservoir, and a reflector disposed on the upper surface of the reservoir at a location opposite the at least one transparent portion. The analyzer may include a support surface, an aperture extending through the support surface, a light source disposed below the support surface and oriented so that at least a portion of the light emitted from the light source passes through the aperture, and a detector configured to measure an intensity of light received at the detector.
US09759646B2
The present invention relates to a system for detecting deposits or chemical inhibitor close to or on the surface of electrodes or pins facing a fluid flow where any combination of the components oil, water, gas and a chemical inhibitor fluid could be present, and where the electrodes or pins are coupled to measuring means for monitoring the electrical characteristics of the flow, the electrical characteristics including the complex impedance or complex permittivity. The system comprises detecting means transmitting a signal indicating presence of deposit or chemical inhibitor if the real part of the complex impedance, in case of hydrocarbon continuous flow, or the imaginary part of the complex impedance, in case of water continuous flow deviates from predetermined limits related to the electrical characteristics of the said flow.
US09759639B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing algal cells used for evaluating a toxicity of a chemical substance by delayed luminescence, the method comprising the step of freezing algal cells in a logarithmic growth phase.
US09759624B2
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems, methods, and sealed transducer assembly with a pressure relief vent. In certain implementations, a transducer assembly is provided having a vent bore and a rupturable membrane sealing the vent bore. The vent bore may extend from an internal portion of the transducer assembly to an external portion of the transducer assembly. The rupturable membrane is configured to maintain a seal within the internal portion of the transducer assembly for a first range of a pressure differential between the internal portion of the transducer assembly and the external portion of the transducer assembly, and rupture and vent pressure through the vent bore when the pressure differential exceeds the first range.
US09759614B2
According to some embodiments, a method and apparatus are provided to receive a first signal from a sensor, determine that a user is present based on the received first signal, receive a second signal from the sensor, and determine if the user is still present based on the received second signal.
US09759608B2
A color measuring device includes a color difference meter module. The color difference meter module includes: a main detecting unit having an optical detecting unit configured to receive light introduced from an incident lens to generate a first current depending on a color, a first measuring unit configured to measure the first current, a sub-detecting unit having a dark detecting unit disposed adjacent to the main detecting unit and blocking the light to generate a second current in a dark state, a second measuring unit configured to measure the second current, a leakage measuring unit including a charging unit provided in the second measuring unit and charged with a predetermined set current, and measures a third current leaking from the charging unit, and a control unit that corrects the first current by reflecting the second current and the third current.
US09759602B2
A method of detecting an optical signal, comprising the steps of: providing an avalanche photodiode (APD) comprising a multiplication region capable of amplifying an electric current, said multiplication region, in operation, having a first ionization rate for electrons and a second ionization rate for holes, wherein said first ionization rate is different in magnitude from said second ionization rate, and exposure to the optical signal causes an impulse response; exposing the APD to a modulating optical signal; providing an external circuit that induces an APD bias to the multiplication region; providing an external circuit for amplifying and processing an electric signal from the avalanche photodiode; and modulating the APD bias in a manner that is correlated with the optical signal.
US09759598B2
A checkweigher assembly includes a frame that is rotatable about an axis of rotation, a scale operatively connected with the frame, and a holder member operatively connected with the scale. The holder member is substantially supported by the scale. The holder member includes first and second grip members, each having an outer surface. The outer surfaces of the first and second grip members are arranged in a face-to-face relationship and are axially spaced apart by a gap. The first grip member is movable from a first position to a second position. The gap is defined by a first minimum length when the first grip member is in the first position and a second minimum length when the first grip member is in the second position, wherein first minimum length is greater than the second minimum length. A method of weighing objects with the checkweigher assembly is provided.
US09759596B2
The present invention, a cap for liquids with a visible float gauge, is comprised of a hollow, cylindrical cap made of transparent material, a color coded display of levels and/or a text display, and a fixed inner cylinder. The inner cylinder is attached to the cap top at its top end. The inner piece is concentrically placed in the cylindrical cap inside of the float gauge, and a float gauge is internally retained by the cap. The cap is then screwed on to a liquid reservoir as is found on a typical internal combustion engine, whereupon the float gauge floats on the liquid and is seen through the transparent part of the cap. The float gauge is the indicator, giving a liquid level reading.
US09759595B1
A ruler for mixing the ingredients of a selected beverage is slidably received in a vertical slot formed on the inside wall of a pitcher. The beverage ingredients for mixing are listed on each side of the ruler. The list of ingredients for each beverage is color coded to distinguish one beverage from another. The amount and order for mixing the ingredients in the pitcher are identified by parallel spaced measuring lines extending from the bottom to the top of the ruler. The lowermost measuring line on the ruler identifies the first ingredient added to the pitcher. The remaining ingredients are sequentially added to the pitcher to the level of the measuring line identifying each ingredient. The ingredients for mixing are added to the pitcher without requiring the volume of each ingredient to be separately measured and added. With the mixing ruler being releasably attached to the pitcher a set of mixing rulers for a collection of beverage recipes is available for use in mixing beverages in the pitcher.
US09759594B2
A container and overcap assembly includes an open mouth container and an overcap with a built-in spout that is hinged to the overcap. The spout snaps shut inside the overcap when in a fully closed position and snaps into a fully open position as well. The spout accommodates a metered dose of product. In the fully open position, the spout seals the opening in the overcap to prevent product from exiting the container while a metered dose is dispensed from the open spout. The container assembly is particularly useful for containing and providing metered dispenses of dry products such as powders and granulated materials.
US09759586B2
A gas sensor includes a gas sensor element, a metallic shell, and a tubular protector fixed at a front side of the metallic shell. A front end of the gas sensor element faces an internal space formed between an inner surface of the protector and an inner surface of the metallic shell. The protector includes: a fixing portion surrounding the front side of the metallic shell and fixed to the metallic shell; a space partition portion extending radially and having inner gas introduction holes communicating with the internal space; a side wall connected to a radially inner side of the space partition portion; and a bottom wall formed on a front side of the side wall with an inner gas discharge hole. The gas sensor element is located rearward relative to an inner surface of an inner gas introduction hole located on the frontmost side.
US09759585B2
In a TDM- and WDM-based FBG sensor array system, a source emits a light covering a selected wavelength range. The light is amplified and then used to generate a series of pulses that are fed into an array of sensor gratings. The propagation of a pulse through the sensor array results in a time-domain-multiplexed output, comprising a series of output pulses in which each output pulse comprises a reflection of the input pulse at a respective grating in the sensor array. Raman amplification is used to amplify both the pulse input into and the time-domain multiplexed output from the sensor array, which is then coupled into an output processing stage for receiving the sensor output and for reconstructing the wavelength output of each grating in the sensor array. The wavelength change for each grating is then used to calculate a physical parameter(s) to be measured, such as temperature and/or strain.
US09759579B2
The invention discloses an in-cell inductive touch-control display substrate, an inductive touch-control screen and a touch-control display device. The in-cell inductive touch-control display substrate includes: a first electrode layer; a second electrode layer insulated from the first electrode layer to form an electric field; first electromagnetic inductive coils extending in the row direction and forming loops and second electromagnetic inductive coils extending in the column direction and forming loops, disposed in the same layer as the first electrode layer. The first electromagnetic inductive coils or the second electromagnetic inductive coils are broken into a plurality of electromagnetic inductive segments at the crossings of the first and second electromagnetic inductive coils. Bridge wires disposed in the same layer as the second electrode layer electrically connect the electromagnetic inductive segments of the first electromagnetic inductive coils or the second electromagnetic inductive coils.
US09759576B2
A navigation system which includes a central processing unit; a nonvolatile storage for storing digitized map data; a road sinuosity S(R) of a route including a plurality of digitized road segments calculated from a starting point to a destination point to be traveled by a user by summing the rotation angle of each of the road segments divided by the distance of each of the road segments; a module to determine an estimated travel time of the route; a module to determine a corrected travel time using the road sinuosity S(R); and a display to display the corrected travel time.
US09759575B2
A method for supporting a driver during a positioning of a motor vehicle for charging an electrical energy storage of the motor vehicle, includes detecting a charging device for charging the energy storage of the motor vehicle in a vicinity of the motor vehicle; determining a position of the charging device relative to the motor vehicle; determining whether the charging device is located within an activation region that is defined in relation to the motor vehicle as a function of a distance of the charging device to a vehicle-fixed reference point and a direction in which the charging device is located relative to the reference point; and operating the display device in a positioning mode in which the display device displays information regarding the positioning of the motor vehicle relative to the charging device, when the charging device is located in the activation region.
US09759568B2
Systems and methods for adjusting or providing instructions to spraying systems are provided. In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus to identify sensitive areas is provided. The apparatus comprising: a module to electronically receive sensitive area information, the sensitive area information related to one or more sensitive areas proximate to a first specified location; a module to electronically receive an identity of a first substance to be sprayed at the first specified location; and an alert mechanism to provide an indication of a first sensitive area proximate to the first specified location which is sensitive to the first substance.
US09759567B2
A position calculation device includes an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor to detect a movement of the user which is mounted on the body of the user, an arithmetic processing unit which executes setting a traveling direction axis by using a detection result of the sensor, using a change in a traveling direction of the user and correcting the traveling direction axis, and calculating a position based on the detection result of the sensor by using predetermined constraint condition based on the traveling direction axis.
US09759563B2
A micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer (100, 700) is adapted to use lateral axis vibration to generate non-planar oscillations in a pair of teeter-totter sense mass structures (120/140, 720/730) in response to rotational movement of the transducer about the rotation axis (170, 770) with sense electrodes connected to add pickups (e.g., 102/107, 802/807) diagonally from the pair of sense mass structures to cancel out signals associated with rotation vibration.
US09759551B2
A method for calibrating a laser deflection device in a reflected light device of a microscope of a laser microdissection system having a digital image capturing unit comprising an image evaluation module includes generating a laser beam; guiding the laser beam through a microscope objective; directing the laser beam to a position defined by actuation signals; placing a calibration object in the object plane of the microscope objective; actuating the laser deflection device using first actuation signals and first calibration values, making at least one calibration mark on the calibration object; capturing an image of the calibration object by the digital image capturing unit; determining actual position values for the at least one calibration mark: and determining second calibration values based on a relationship between the default position values and the actual position values.
US09759547B2
The disclosed systems and methods relate to inspecting uncured fiber-reinforced composite components by non-contact 3D measurements of the component using 3D digital image correlation with patterned illumination. Systems comprise a light projector configured to project a light pattern onto a form, a digital camera configured to image the light pattern, and may comprise and/or be associated with an AFP machine that is configured to lay uncured composite on the form. Methods comprise projecting a light pattern onto a form, acquiring a baseline 3D profile of the form by imaging the light pattern on the form, laying an uncured fiber piece onto the form, projecting the light pattern onto the uncured fiber piece, acquiring a test 3D profile of the fiber piece by imaging the light pattern on the uncured fiber piece, and computing a thickness difference between the test 3D profile and the baseline 3D profile.
US09759546B2
The invention relates to a method for measuring thickness variations in a layer of a multilayer semiconductor structure, characterized in that it comprises: acquiring, via an image acquisition system, at least one image of the surface of the structure, the image being obtained by reflecting an almost monochromatic light flux from the surface of the structure; and processing the at least one acquired image in order to determine, from variations in the intensity of the light reflected from the surface, variations in the thickness of the layer to be measured, and in that the wavelength of the almost monochromatic light flux is chosen to correspond to a minimum of the sensitivity of the reflectivity of a layer of the structure other than the layer the thickness variations of which must be measured, the sensitivity of the reflectivity of a layer being equal to the ratio of: the difference between the reflectivities of two multilayer structures for which the layer in question has a given thickness difference; to the given thickness difference, the thicknesses of the other layers being for their part identical in the two multilayer structures. The invention also relates to a measuring system implementing the method.
US09759545B2
A luminous flux including laser light of different wavelengths outgoing from a light source unit is split into two luminous fluxes, the first luminous flux is focused on a sample with an objective lens, and the second luminous flux functions as reference light without radiating it onto the sample. Signal light reflected from the sample and the reference light are multiplexed by a polarized beam splitter and are made to interfere on four photodetectors out of phase in a photodetection unit. A signal processing unit acquires the optical axis distribution of an object in the sample by using the outputs of the plural photodetectors for every input wavelength, acquiring a detection signal and calculating the ratio of intensities of the detection signals at the different input wavelengths for every position in the sample.
US09759544B2
A method for reducing motion artifacts in optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography images is disclosed. The method is applied to the intensity or complex OCT data prior to applying the motion contrast analysis and involves determining sub-pixel level shifts between at least two B-scans repeated approximately at the same location and applying the sub-pixel level shifts to the B-scans to be able to correct for motion and accurately determine motion contrast signal. A preferred embodiment includes the use of 2D cross correlations to register a series of B-scans in both the axial (z-) and lateral (x-) dimensions and a convolution approach to achieve sub-pixel level frame registration.
US09759536B2
An apparatus for the secure stowing of a magazine, the apparatus comprising a pocket defined by a first pair of opposing side panels and a second pair of opposing side panels, the first pair of opposing side panels being in substantially perpendicular plane to the second pair of opposing side panels and the first pair of opposing side panels being shorter in height than the second pair of opposing side panels, a bottom panel, and a top opening; biasing means whereby at least one pair of opposing side panels are biased toward one another; and means of attachment whereby the pocket may be attached to a person or object.
US09759533B2
A warhead assembly, comprising a cylindrical or conical metal body, having an inner wall with a plurality of channels or grooves extending parallel to a central longitudinal axis. Preformed fragments are inserted in the channels or grooves and a liner with an explosive fill is positioned within the metal body, retaining the preformed fragments in place. The warhead assembly on detonation produces a bimodal distribution of fragments with adequate mass and velocity with optimized mixed fragmentation that defeats or otherwise incapacitates a target or set of targets.
US09759521B2
A firearm training apparatus and method provides simulated weapon realism that places higher priority to shot placement by using a culminated laser beam with specific target areas to achieve marksmanship accuracy. Trainee shooters can visually observe hits by an LED in the target area and hear an alarm sound when another trainee is hit. Stress and reaction to stress is achieved through the use of a TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) units in vests worn by the trainees. Greater realism is achieved by eliminating special safety equipment required with projectile systems, and focus on weapon accuracy and firing characteristics.
US09759518B2
A set of temporary sights to fit on a scope has a first sight unit comprising a stretchable, resilient first ring adapted to be positioned on an end of the scope, a single, radially-protruding first sight member, a second sight unit comprising a stretchable, resilient second ring adapted to be positioned on an end of the scope, a radially-protruding sight comprising two uprights protruding from the ring, a top closure and a horizontal crosspiece connecting the uprights between the top closure and the second ring. The top closure, uprights and second ring may define a rectangular opening bisected by the horizontal crosspiece to define an upper and lower opening. The first sight unit may be adapted to mount over the front end of the sight, and the second sight unit is adapted to mount over the rear end of the sight.
US09759512B1
An apparatus includes a wrist strap, a bowstring release device, and a rigid handgrip. The release device is pivotably connected to the wrist strap, and has bowstring retention/release and trigger mechanisms. The handgrip pivots with respect to the wrist strap or release device or both. In a first relative configuration, a grip portion of the handgrip extends transversely away from the release device; in a second relative configuration, the grip portion of the handgrip extends obliquely rearward away from the release device. After drawing the bow by pulling with the wrist strap and handgrip, the trigger can be actuated while continuing to grip the handgrip or after releasing the handgrip (and optionally moving the handgrip to the second relative configuration).
US09759511B2
An archery bow press includes a base frame, and first and second support assemblies mounted to the base frame. The support assemblies each a support member mounted to the base frame, a first limb support having first and second end portions and being mounted to the support member at a location spaced between the first and second end portions, a second limb support pivotally mounted to the first end portion of the first limb support, a contact member mounted to the second end portion of the first limb support. The second limb support is configured to contact a distal end of a bow limb of an archery bow that is mounted to the archery bow press. The contact member is configured to contact the bow limb at a location spaced proximal of the distal end and proximal of a bend point in the bow limb when the bow limb is flexed.
US09759509B1
A projectile launching device includes self-timing without cam lean. The projectile launching device includes a riser, a rail, two energy storing components, (such as two limbs), two cams, a launch string, and least one cable. The ends of the launch string are attached to the two cams. Opposing ends of first and second cables are coupled to the rail. A mid-portion of the first and second cables are slidably engaged with the first and second cams, respectively. Alternatively, a single cable may replace the first and second cables. The two cams are preferably built as mirror images of each other at a centerline of the rail. The two cams include a launch string track, having identical, but mirrored, upper and lower cable tracks.
US09759504B2
A sear mechanism for a firearm includes a trigger element having one or more contact surfaces on which one or more movable or pivotable components of the sear mechanism selectively contacts or slides. In some embodiments, the trigger element is made by producing an intermediate workpiece of the trigger element by a manufacturing process, and electric discharge machining the intermediate workpiece of the trigger element to provide the contact surfaces.
US09759486B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for reducing moisture in mineral slurries, particularly mineral slurries containing minerals of small particle diameter, using a granular drying material. The invention also relates to novel mineral products and intermediates useful in connection with the process. The method and system reduced moisture by contacting the mineral slurry with the granular drying material. The granular drying material is selected to be readily separated from the dried minerals using a size separation technique such as a sieve screen. The granular drying material is the regenerated, preferably using a process involving heat exchange and cross-flow air. The granular drying material is preferably capable of regeneration and recycling in a continuous process with minimal attrition.
US09759483B1
A fluid product dryer and related methods. Implementations of a method for drying particles may include: introducing particles through an inlet into a first fluid bed section; migrating the particles onto a bed deck; injecting a gas towards the particles through openings in the bed deck; migrating some of the particles through a variable-sized gate opening between the bed deck and a riser; migrating a portion of the particles into the riser; propelling the portion of the particles in the riser upwards by an injection of a gas into the riser; directing a first fraction of the portion of the particles out of the first fluid bed section and into a second fluid bed section through an outlet using a deflector feature; and directing a second fraction of the portion of the particles onto a bed deck of the second fluid bed section by interaction with an impingement feature.
US09759480B2
Described herein is a method of removing refrigerant from a natural gas liquefaction system in which vaporized mixed refrigerant is withdrawn from the closed-loop refrigeration circuit and introduced into a distillation column so as to be separated into an overhead vapor enriched in methane and a bottoms liquid enriched in heavier components. Overhead vapor is withdrawn from the distillation column to form a methane enriched stream that is removed from the liquefaction system, and bottoms liquid is reintroduced from the distillation column into the closed-loop refrigeration circuit. Also described are methods of altering the rate of production in a natural gas liquefaction system in which refrigerant is removed as described above, and a natural gas liquefaction systems in which such methods can be carried out.
US09759479B2
A refrigerating appliance includes an interior volume divided by a medial wall into refrigerating and freezing compartments. A horizontal false mullion extends through one of the compartments, parallel with the medial wall to define a pantry compartment in thermal communication with at least one of the refrigerating and freezing compartments. A center vertical mullion is removably engaged with the medial wall and divides the pantry compartment into first and second pantry sub compartments. First and second outer drawer glides are positioned on the cabinet structure within the pantry compartment and opposite first and second inner drawer glides of the center vertical mullion. The first inner and first outer drawer glides partially define the first pantry sub compartment. The second inner and second outer drawer glides partially define the second pantry sub compartment. First and second pantry drawers are slidably engaged with first and second pantry sub compartments, respectively.
US09759470B2
A portable apparatus for rapidly freezing a freezable liquid to form at least one frozen object includes a fluid intake in which the freezable liquid is introduced and a freeze chamber that receives the freezable liquid from the fluid intake. The freeze chamber includes a freeze block that includes at least one cell in which the at least one frozen object is formed. A cooling system circulates refrigerant to the freeze block to facilitate cooling of the freeze block. The freeze block is formed of a heat transfer material such that heat from the freezable liquid added to the at least one cell is transferred to the freeze block whereupon said heat is transferred to the refrigerant flowing through the evaporator coil of the freeze block, thereby resulting in cooling of the freeze block. The freeze block is configured and the refrigerant is selected such that the freeze chamber is maintained at a temperature of below 0° F. and preferably below at least about −10.0° F. or −20° F.
US09759469B2
A variable speed drive (VSD) can be used to vary the voltage-to-frequency ratio (V/f) supplied to a compressor motor of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system to make the motor stronger or weaker to compensate for varying conditions in the HVAC&R system. The VSD and corresponding control system or algorithm can monitor an operating parameter of the HVAC&R system, such as the kW absorbed by the motor, and then raise or lower the V/f of the VSD to obtain the lowest possible power consumption from the motor.
US09759468B2
The present invention provides for a control system for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. A controller operates compressors in tandem. In response to detection of a high pressure condition in refrigerant flowing through a high pressure side of the HVAC system, the controller operates the HVAC system with a first compressor on and a second compressor off.
US09759464B2
An apparatus for recovering refrigerant from an air conditioning system includes an evaporator arranged to receive the refrigerant from the air conditioning system and to separate it from impurities present in it, obtaining purified refrigerant, a compressor for circulating the purified refrigerant, a condenser, and a storage container arranged to contain the condensed refrigerant. The storage container defines a storage chamber arranged to contain a liquid phase of the refrigerant and a gaseous phase including a vapor component of the refrigerant and an air component. The apparatus also includes a measuring means configured to measure operating parameters of the refrigerant present in the storage chamber, purge device arranged at a purge opening configured to purge the gaseous phase present in the storage chamber responsive to the operating parameters, and at least one first separation chamber connected to the storage container.
US09759459B2
A regenerator accumulates cooling generated by expansion of refrigerant gas, and the regenerator includes a regenerator material which is made of a nonmagnetic material, a regenerator material which is made of a magnetic material, a container which includes a high temperature end and a low temperature end, and which accommodates the regenerator material made of the nonmagnetic material at the high temperature end side and the regenerator material made of the magnetic material at the low temperature end side. The container further accommodates an insertion member which narrows a passage area of the refrigerant gas flowing to a region accommodating the refrigerator material made of the magnetic material so that the passage area of the low temperature end side is narrower compared to the passage area of the high temperature end side.
US09759456B2
A method of operating a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes operating a device to produce at least one of electricity and rejected heat and at least one of (1) powering a component of the HVAC system using the electricity produced by the electricity generating device and (2) heating the refrigerant of the HVAC system using at least a portion of the rejected heat.
US09759450B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for connecting to an auxiliary power source and operating a water heater. One exemplary aspect is directed to a water heater configured to heat a volume of water. The water heater can include a first heating system configured to operate at a first power and a second heating system configured to operate at a second power. The second power can be less than the first power. The water heater can further include a first AC connection configured to receive externally supplied AC power at a first voltage and a second AC connection configured to receive externally supplied AC power at a second voltage. The second voltage can be less than the first voltage. The water heater can use only the second heating system when the second AC connection receives the externally supplied AC power at the second voltage.
US09759446B2
An air handling unit has an interior wall configured to selectively retain a removable component of the air handling unit. An air handling unit has an interior wall configured as a drain pan. An air handling unit has an outer skin joined to the interior wall, an insulator disposed between the interior wall and the outer skin, and the interior wall has a mounting channel configured to selectively retain a removable component of the air handling unit.
US09759441B2
The length of a cross flow fan in the rotational axis direction is longer than the length of an air outlet in the longitudinal direction, and the cross flow fan has a fan extension positioned beyond each end of the air outlet in the rotational axis direction. Deflectors are provided in the air-conditioning apparatus main body. An outlet airflow blown from each fan extension of the cross flow fan impinges upon a corresponding one of the deflector. Furthermore, the shape of blade portions of the fan extensions of the cross flow fan and the shape of blade portions opposing the air outlet are different from each other. The wind speed of the outlet airflow blown from the blade portion is lower than the wind speed of an outlet airflow blown from the blade portion.
US09759437B2
A dehumidification system including: an exhaust path for exhausting indoor air to the outdoor space; an inlet path for entering outdoor air to the indoor space from the outdoor space; an indoor air bypass path bypassing a part of indoor air to be exhausted to the exhaust path to the inlet path by connecting the exhaust path and the inlet path; an outdoor air bypass path bypassing a part of outdoor air to be flowed to the inlet path to the exhaust path by connecting the inlet path and the exhaust path; and a porous separation membrane filter installed between the indoor air bypass path and the outdoor air bypass path and passing water molecules included in indoor air passing through the indoor air bypass path through the outdoor air bypass path.
US09759434B2
One aspect of this disclosure provides a packaged air conditioning & heating (PACH) system that comprises a housing, an air cooling system contained within the housing and an air heating system contained within the housing. A first utility access point is located on a first side of the housing and a second utility access point is located on a second side of the housing. The first and second utility access points provide multiple utility access connectivity for the air cooling and heating systems.
US09759432B2
A cooking appliance and a method for controlling the same are provided. The cooking appliance may include a body having a cooking chamber, a frame, a pair of fixed guides mounted to inner side surfaces of an upper portion of the cooking chamber, respectively, the pair of fixed guides to slidably support the frame, and a tray to be supported by the frame, the tray to provide a food to be dried the tray is in the cooking chamber.
US09759431B2
A gas oven includes an oven cavity, an oven door and a channel. The oven door is configured to provide access to the oven cavity. The channel is located above the oven cavity and includes an inlet in fluid communication with the oven cavity. The channel further includes a first outlet and a second outlet which are in fluid communication with an exterior of the gas oven. The channel is configured to allow gases in the oven cavity to enter the channel through the inlet and exit the channel through any of the first outlet and the second outlet. The first outlet and the second outlet are located higher than the inlet.
US09759430B2
A domestic appliance, such as a double oven range, incorporates a door having a bottom end portion which, when shifted between closed and opened positions, both pivots and vertically shifts relative to a frame body of the appliance through at least a connecting rod, push rod and pivot arm of a hinge mechanism. Due to a combined pivoting and lifting action of the door, minimal to no clearance is required between the bottom end portion and adjacent structure.
US09759427B2
An interface assembly for a combustor includes an interface housing having a channel defined by a forward wall and at least one aft wall segment, the aft wall segment operatively coupled to an aft flange of a flow sleeve. Also included is a piston ring fittingly disposed in the channel.
US09759426B2
A micro-mixer nozzle for use in a combustor of a combustion turbine engine, the micro-mixer nozzle including: a fuel plenum defined by a shroud wall connecting a periphery of a forward tube sheet to a periphery of an aft tubesheet; a plurality of mixing tubes extending across the fuel plenum for mixing a supply of compressed air and fuel, each of the mixing tubes forming a passageway between an inlet formed through the forward tubesheet and an outlet formed through the aft tubesheet; and a wall mixing tube formed in the shroud wall.
US09759423B2
A method and device for chemical destruction of at least one feed comprising at least one organic compound are provided. The device comprises at least one inductive plasma torch, means for introducing at least one plasma-forming gas into the torch, optionally when the plasma gas(es) comprise(s) no or little oxygen, means for bringing oxygen gas into the plasma or into the vicinity of the plasma, means for introducing the feed into the torch, a reaction enclosure capable of allowing thermal destruction of the gases flowing from the torch, a device allowing mixing of the gases flowing out of the reaction enclosure to be carried out, means for introducing air and/or oxygen gas into the mixing device, a device allowing recombination by cooling of at least one portion of the gases from the mixing device, the torch, the reaction enclosure, the mixing device and the recombination device being in fluidic communication.
US09759421B1
The light bulb device with functional features may include one or more features such as a dimmer function for the light source, an on/off function for the light source, a charger function for external devices using an USB port, an electrical outlet, a night light, etc. The light bulb thus converts the AC voltage in the conventional light socket to one or more usable voltages for electronic features therein or other electronic devices. One such feature is a dimmer function, another feature is one or more USB ports for charging or operating other devices such as video camera. Also, a Bluetooth connection may allow the device to act as a speaker or projector or a clock. A video monitoring feature may be included within the device that can be monitored via Bluetooth connection to a smart phone.
US09759419B1
An illumination harness with sliding vertical track support has an adjustable waist belt, an adjustable shoulder strap, a forward facing illumination light and a vertical track that the light is frictionally mounted on. The vertical track is mounted at the front midpoint of the waste belt and extends upward. The light is frictionally mounted so that its vertical position can be adjusted by hand, but it will remain in place when hanging by its own weight.
US09759406B2
The invention provides an optical path adjusting unit and a display device. The optical path adjusting unit, for adjusting light rays from different directions to transmit in approximately the same direction, comprises a light converging part, a reflective part and a light scattering part. The light converging part and the light scattering part form a hollow space, and the reflective part is disposed within the hollow space and connected to the middle of the light converging part and the middle of the light scattering part to divide the hollow space into two parts. The light converging part is used to converge the light rays from different directions; the reflective part is used to reflect the converged light rays onto the light scattering part, and the light scattering part is used to transmit the light rays reflected thereon by the reflective part out in approximately the same direction.
US09759402B2
The present disclosure provides an optical system including a TIR mother lens and a secondary output lens, preferably for efficiently distributing light out of an LED track lighting system. The optical system of the present disclosure is configured to create variant beam angles from a lens assembly using the same TIR lens. Preferably, by altering the dimensions and focal lengths of the secondary output lens in a single TIR lens, the optical system can create a variety of beam angles, including, but not limited to, Spot (“SP”), Narrow Flood (“NFL”), Flood (“FL”), or Wide Flood (“WFL”) beam angles.
US09759399B2
There are instances of vehicular lighting in prior art where a significant amount of effectively distributed light radiating from a projection lens is lost. The invention is provided with a semiconductor-type light source (2) and a projection lens (3). The projection lens (3) has an optically active portion (32) transmitting light from the semiconductor-type light source (2), and an optically inactive portion (33). The optically inactive portion (33) of the projection lens (3) is provided with a trimmed portion (33U, 33D) resulting from cutting away a portion of a base shape. As a result, the invention allows the amount of loss in the effectively distributed light radiating from the projection lens (3) to be as small as possible.
US09759395B2
The present invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles including at least one diffuser body suitable for receiving light emitted by a light source so as to diffuse the light externally to the body. The diffuser body includes a solid matrix of transparent polymer material which incorporates a plurality of bubbles or cavities, wherein the solid matrix performs the transmission of light within the body by subsequent reflections and wherein the bubbles perform the diffusion of light and the extraction thereof outside the body by subsequent refractions.
US09759391B1
A light assembly contains a housing. One or more LED light units are contained within the housing, wherein each of the LED light units may contain only one corresponding conductive end cap. A pair of conductors extending from each of the corresponding conductive end caps are mated with a corresponding socket contained within a DC power supply module contained within the housing.
US09759386B2
A device for reducing friction of a viscous fluid flow in a conduit is disclosed. The device comprises a body positionable to define at least a segment of a flow path for the viscous fluid in or contiguous with the conduit, a cavity in the body for retaining lubricating fluid, and at least one port in the body for delivering lubricating fluid to the cavity. A fluid outlet arrangement from said cavity delivers lubricating fluid to the flow path to form a downstream lubricating film at the conduit surface. The fluid outlet arrangement comprises a substantially continuous opening or ring of close spaced openings, effective collectively to reduce the pressure variation and therefore velocity variation of the delivered lubricating fluid along said outlet arrangement.
US09759385B2
Enhanced fluid filtration methods, systems, and techniques are disclosed that can leverage the function of a supplemental pump in combination with the existing components of a machine, such as the main pump of an electrically-powered machine with an engine. In various embodiments, a supplemental filter apparatus may be operatively associated with the supplemental pump to provide filtration of fluid flowing through the machine. A control module may be operatively associated with the supplemental pump and/or various components of the machine. The control module may be programmed to activate or deactivate the supplemental pump, a valve, or take other actions in association with detecting the existence of one or more filter triggering conditions.
US09759380B2
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of liners, linings, and liquid containment vessels including the same. Also disclosed are exemplary method of providing liners and linings for liquid containment vessels, such as process tanks, immersion tanks, containment pits, gravity feed conduits for transferring or conveying liquid, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, a liner or lining is anchored to at least one structural component by at least one extrusion weld and at least one mechanical fastener. The mechanical fastener is coupled to the structural component. The extrusion weld is coupled to the mechanical fastener. The liner or lining may be anchored to a wide range of structural components, such as a frame, a framework, a frame member, a tank, a wall, a support member, a reinforcing member, an outer shell, a substrate (e.g., concrete, etc.) or sidewalls defining a pit or a gravity feed conduit, combinations thereof, other structures or components, etc.
US09759378B2
A pressure clamp for connecting pressure vessel segments can include a pair of semi-circular sections, which can be placed around the ends of the segments, so that there is a slight gap between the semi-circular sections. The inner surfaces of the semi-circular sections can be formed with two notches with beveled surfaces. The beveled surfaces can engage corresponding slanted surfaces on the segment ends, to urge the segments towards each other as the clamp is tightened. A pair of jack screws can be threaded through the semi-circular sections so that the jack screws extend slightly outwardly from one of the sections and contact the other section at the beginning of the tightening process, to establish an initial assembly gap. As fasteners tighten the clamp around the segment, the jack screws can be backed out to maintain a uniformly decreasing assembly gap between the semi-circular sections.
US09759375B2
An adjustable shelf includes a wall mount for coupling to a wall. A fixed post extends downwardly from the wall mount along a first axis. A post assembly has a rotatable tube coupled to the fixed post so that the rotatable tube rotates about the first axis. An arm extends from the rotatable tube along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. A shaft rotatably couples within the arm and extends from the arm along the second axis, the shaft being rotatable about the second axis between an operational orientation and a storage orientation. A tray extends from the shaft for holding a keyboard. In the storage orientation, the tray is substantially parallel to the wall and, in the operational orientation, the tray is at an angle with respect to the wall. A locking assembly selectively fixes the tray in the operational orientation and the storage orientation.
US09759374B1
A gravity descending and motorized ascending load carrying platform provides easy loading and installation underneath a ceiling. All mechanical and electrical components needed for operation of the platform travel with the platform. The mechanical components enable the platform to descend/ascend parallel to the floor, to hover parallel and over the floor when the platform supporting legs remain stored within its structure, to tilt when the cables on one side of the platform are under zero gravity force while the cables on the other side are still subjected to gravity force, to hover in a tilted position over the floor if the short supporting legs are not in contact with the floor while its long supporting legs are, to rest on its supporting legs whether in a position parallel to the floor or in a position forming a slope with the floor.
US09759373B2
An attachment for attaching an accessory to a structure such as a vehicle or boat through a rail having a track. The attachment has at least one welt that is shaped and/or sized to fit within the facial opening of the track when no tensile force is exerted on the attachment and with retained within the track when tensile force is exerted on the attachment.
US09759372B2
A support for a tablet computer includes a base shaped to stably rest both on flat and on curved surfaces, a mechanical system for removably fixing the base securely to a key processing machine to be connected to and controlled by the tablet, a tubular element fixed on the upper surface of the base, a cylindrical member housed in the interior of the tubular element and rotatable relative thereto, first members for resting on and coupling to the lower transverse edge of the tablet and second members for resting on and coupling to the upper transverse edge of the tablet, wherein the first members and the second members are disposed at an angle to each other and are associated with the cylindrical member to rotate therewith relative to the tubular element, the relative distance between said the resting and coupling members and the second resting and coupling members being adjustable.
US09759370B2
Gecko-like adhesive application devices suited for dynamic applications are disclosed, where the device can be easily applied to target substrates, exhibiting a firm hold, and subsequently released therefrom. Gecko-like adhesive application devices that are suited for sustained holding after easy application (e.g., on vertical or inclined surfaces or ceiling) also are disclosed.
US09759358B2
A connector element is disclosed in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. The connector element is for coupling a first tubular element to a second tubular element, wherein the second tubular element is having an end configuration selected from a threaded end configuration and a non-threaded plain configuration. The connector element is having a threaded element complementary to the threads of the threaded end configuration of the second tubular element, a tube lock that is co-axially arranged with respect to and disposed downstream of the threaded element for holding the second tubular element, and a guide element that is co-axially arranged with respect to and disposed down-stream of the tube lock for guiding the second tubular element.
US09759355B2
A fluid handling assembly includes a first pipe. The first pipe includes an inner layer made of a CPVC composition, an intermediate layer made of a metal at least partially surrounding the inner layer, and an outer layer made of a CPVC composition at least partially surrounding the intermediate layer. A first tubular coupling bushing has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the first pipe. The second portion has an engaging portion that is configured to engage to a mechanical fixture that sealingly engages the first pipe and a second pipe. A method of making the fluid handling assembly is also disclosed.
US09759354B2
This disclosure relates generally to corrugated pipe, and more particularly to corrugated pipe with an outer wrap. In one embodiment, a pipe includes an axially extended bore defined by a corrugated outer wall having axially adjacent, outwardly-extending corrugation crests, separated by corrugation valleys. The pipe also includes an outer wrap applied to the outer wall. The outer wrap may include fibers and plastic. The outer wrap may span the corrugation crests producing a smooth outer surface.
US09759351B2
A method for installing an accessory onto a pipeline to be laid on the seabed, includes launching the pipeline from a first position of a tower in which the tower is at an angle α with respect to the vertical; stopping the launch of the pipeline, and hanging off the launched pipeline in a hang off module; positioning an accessory in a tower firing line; attaching the accessory to the launched pipeline in the hang off module and to at least one A&R cable; suspending the accessory and the launched pipeline from an A&R system; disengaging the hang off module from the launched pipeline; pivoting the pipeline launch tower to an accessory launch position in which the tower is at an angle γ that differs substantially from angle α, such that a pipeline launch trajectory is created which is large enough to launch the accessory and the launched pipeline with the A&R system.
US09759347B2
Disclosed is a device that includes a choke valve. The choke valve may include a generally tubular throttling member having a sealing shoulder disposed in an inner volume of the throttling member, a plurality of openings configured to flow a fluid between the inner volume of the throttling member and an outer volume of the throttling member, and a flow-impeding recess disposed between the sealing should and the plurality of openings in the inner volume of the throttling member. The choke valve may also include a valve member disposed at least partially in the inner volume of the throttling member.
US09759342B2
A slam shut safety device includes a valve body, a valve disc, a reset pin, and a reset pin guide. The valve disc is disposed within the valve body and shiftable along a slam shut axis between an open position and a closed second position. The reset pin is operatively coupled to the valve disc and shiftable along the slam shut axis relative to the valve body between an untripped position placing the valve disc in the open position and a tripped position placing the valve disc in the closed position. The reset pin guide supports one end of the reset pin, thereby providing added structural integrity to the reset pin and valve disc.
US09759341B2
A freeze tolerant ball valve for controlling the direction of expansion of freezing water within the ball valve is disclosed. The valve includes valve body inlet and the valve body outlet, and a spherical-shaped gate that has an axial fluid passage that extends through the spherical-shaped gate. The spherical-shaped gate can be rotated to block fluid communication between the valve body inlet and the valve body outlet. The valve body also has a first sidewall that is of a first sidewall thickness, and a sidewall having a boss that supports a concave cap that has a bottom wall that is of a bottom wall thickness, the bottom wall thickness being substantially thinner than the sidewall thickness. The cooperation of the passage through the spherical-shaped gate, the first sidewall with its first sidewall thickness positioned opposite to the bottom wall of the concave cap results in a valve that directs the effects of freezing on to the concave cap, which would fail first in the event of freezing. The cap can be easily and quickly replaced in the event of failure.
US09759333B2
A bonnet is pressed and fixed to a valve body using a pressing means of an attachment fixed to the valve body, and also a coupling means is released from coupling, and a work housing is attached to the attachment, the pressing means is released from pressing and fixing, the bonnet is taken out to an inside of a storage space of the work housing and is removed, and thereafter a short pipe that has an inner plug is attached to the valve body, the short pipe is pressed and fixed to the valve body using the pressing means of the attachment, the work housing is removed from the attachment, the short pipe and the valve body are coupled and fixed to each other in a sealed state using a second coupling means, and the attachment is removed from the valve body.
US09759330B2
A seal includes an annular mounting portion having an axial leg extending axially from the annular mounting portion toward the air side. A radial leg portion extends radially inward from an end of the axial leg. A lay down sealing lip extends radially inward and axially toward the oil side from an end of the radial leg portion. A dust lip extends from the end of the radial leg portion in a direction opposite the lay down sealing lip. When the oil side is under negative pressure and when the lay down sealing lip begins to lift radially off the shaft, there is a counterbalance force applied to the axial leg that is designed to be flexible enough that the oil side vacuum “rocks” the seal bringing the dust lip into contact with the shaft and blocking airflow.
US09759328B2
A spherical annular seal member 38 is used in an exhaust pipe joint and includes a spherical annular base member 36 defined by a cylindrical inner surface 32, a partially convex spherical surface 33, large- and small-diameter side annular end faces 34 and 35 of the partially convex spherical surface 33, and an outer layer 37 formed integrally on the partially convex spherical surface 33 of the spherical annular base member 36. The spherical annular base member 36 includes a reinforcing member made from a metal wire net 5 and a heat-resistant material containing expanded graphite filling meshes of the metal wire net 5 of this reinforcing member and compressed in such a manner as to be formed integrally with this reinforcing member in mixed form. In the outer layer 37, the reinforcing member, the heat-resistant material, and the solid lubricant are integrated in mixed form.
US09759327B2
A segmented sealing assembly includes a first sealing segment and a second sealing segment, the first and second sealing segments having opposing mating components that are moved into a contact engagement to form the sealing assembly. The first and second sealing components include a first primary seal component on the first sealing component and a second primary seal component on the second sealing component that form a primary seal when the sealing segments are moved into the contact engagement. The sealing assembly includes compression elements on each of the first and second sealing segments. Compression of the compression elements exerts a force that moves the opposing mating components into the contact engagement. The mating components may be configured as tapered tongues having opposing slopes. A plurality of interlacing sealing beads may be provided on the tongues to provide a secondary seal within a gap between the tongues.
US09759322B2
A sliding element for use in an internal combustion engine may include a ferrous base having a peripheral sliding surface covered by a protective surface layer, the protective surface layer including at least one nitride applied via at least one of physical vapour deposition and a nitrided layer. The peripheral sliding surface may have a diamond like carbon (DLC) coating disposed thereon. The coating may include at least one of (a) one or more transition layers composed of WC1-x and (b) an adhesive layer of metallic chromium with a crystal structure. The coating may include an intermediate layer of metal DLC, the metal may be tungsten in a multilayer structure of a-C:H:W and a-C:H, and an outer layer of metal-free DLC.
US09759321B1
A band brake actuator is for actuating a band brake on a planetary gearset. The band brake actuator comprises a actuator shaft; an output finger; and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly connects the actuator shaft to the output finger such that rotation of the actuator shaft in a first rotation direction causes the output finger to engage the band brake on the planetary gearset, and such that rotation of the actuator shaft in an opposite, second rotation direction causes the output finger to disengage the band brake from the planetary gearset. Engagement of the band brake and the planetary gearset shifts the planetary gearset into one of a forward and a reverse gear and wherein disengagement of the band brake and the planetary gearset shifts the planetary gearset into a neutral gear.
US09759317B2
The present invention relates to a closed hydraulic circuit between a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor that are connected to one another via working lines, a flushing pump being provided in order to feed a pressure medium into the working lines, and an output connection being provided in order to discharge excess pressure medium from the working lines. At least one hydraulic consumer, which is provided to convert at least some of the volume flow discharged from the hydraulic circuit into mechanical power, is connected downstream of the output connection.
US09759306B2
The invention relates to a transmission drive assembly (10) having a drive motor (11) the drive shaft (23) of which protrudes with a portion (25) thereof into a transmission housing (12), wherein the drive shaft (23) is arranged on the side facing the transmission housing (12) in a bearing (32) which is held in a form-fit or force-closed manner in a substantially sleeve-shaped holding element (35; 65) which is arranged in a holding fixture (27) of the transmission housing (12). According to the invention, in an installation position for introducing and positioning the holding element (35; 65) in the holding fixture (27) of the transmission housing (12), the holding element (35; 65) is positioned in a first axial end position defined by an abutment element (30) of the drive motor (11), and, in an end position of the drive shaft (23) in the transmission housing (12), the holding element (35; 65) can be slid by means of a sliding element (47; 61; 62, 63) on the drive shaft (23) into a second axial end position which is axially remote from the at least one abutment element.
US09759298B2
A roller screw mechanism comprising a screw, provided with an outer thread, a nut positioned around and coaxially to the screw, the nut being provided with an inner thread, and a plurality of rollers inserted between the screw and the nut, each comprising an outer thread engaged with the outer thread of the screw and with the inner thread of the nut. Each of the threads of the screw, rollers and nut comprise first and second axially opposite flanks, respectively forming a first and second angle with a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the screw, the first and second flanks of each thread of the rollers respectively being in contact with the first and second flanks of the nut's thread and with the first and second flanks of the screw's thread. The value of the first angle is different from the value of the second angle.
US09759283B2
A bicycle can include a suspension system with a shock absorber. The shock absorber can have a sag position which can be adjustable. Sag refers to the amount of movement experienced by the suspension under a static load, such as that of the weight of a rider. Methods and systems to set sag can include at least one valve in fluid communication with a gas chamber of the shock absorber. In some embodiments, the at least one valve can be used to automatically set the sag position based on an individual's weight and riding position.
US09759282B2
An air spring includes a top plate, a bottom plate disposed with a distance in a main load direction from the top plate, and a diaphragm made of elastically deformable rubber and connected to the top plate and the bottom plate to form a closed space therebetween. A modulus of elasticity of a material constituting a connection section which is disposed in the top plate and the bottom plate and connected to the diaphragm is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the rubber constituting the diaphragm and smaller than a modulus of elasticity of aluminum.
US09759278B2
A torque tube for use in a disk brake system in accordance with various embodiments includes a backleg having a reaction plate and a foot extending axially away from the reaction plate. The torque tube also includes a barrel having a tubular structure having an axis and an inner surface configured to receive the foot.
US09759270B2
A two dimensional structure such as a disk or belt is shaped or distorted to form a buckling wave. At least one contact touches the wave, two contacts squeezing the wave between them providing a firmer connection. The wave is propagated along the structure by any of a variety of means including magnets or piezo actuators. This movement of the wave moves the contacts relative to the two dimensional structure, providing a high leverage ratio.
US09759269B2
A plurality of engaging claws formed at a connecting member mounted to a rotary member of a driving unit via a one-way clutch are brought into engagement with a plurality of engageable grooves formed at a connecting member mounted to a rotated member of a driven unit so as to transmit the forward rotation of the rotary member to the rotated member. When the driven unit is mounted to the driving unit, the rotary member is forwardly rotated to bring at least one of the engaging claws into engagement with the engageable groove. Subsequently, the rotary member is reversely rotated to bring the respective engaging claws into engagement with the respective engageable grooves.
US09759266B1
An isolating decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring, the torsion spring comprising a flat surface planar in a plane normal to the rotation axis A-A on each end of the torsion spring, a one-way clutch engaged between the torsion spring and the shaft, a weld bead joining a torsion spring end to the one-way clutch, and a weld bead joining the other torsion spring end to the pulley.
US09759261B2
High temperature rolling element bearings and methods for manufacturing high temperature bearing components, such as bearing races or rings, are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a powder mixture containing a superalloy powder admixed with hard wear particles, such as carbide particles. The powder mixture is consolidated utilizing a spark plasma sintering process during which the powder mixture is compressed into a sintered blank, while an electrical current is conducted through the powder mixture to heat the powder mixture to a sintering temperature. The sintered blank is then machined to impart the bearing component with its final shape. Precipitate hardening may also be performed, if desired. The spark plasma sintering process is controlled to limit the temperature and duration of the powder consolidation process thereby imparting the resulting bearing component with an enhanced hot hardness and other desirable properties at highly elevated operating temperatures.
US09759254B2
A wheel bearing apparatus has a double row angular contact ball bearing. A height of a shoulder of a shoulder portion (18) of an outer member (12) with respect to a ball diameter of a double ball (14) row is set in a range of 0.35 to 0.50 mm. A corner (19) of the shoulder portion (18) has a relief surface (19a) and a chamfered portion (19b). The relief surface is on a straight line that is on a tangent line of an outer raceway surface (12a). The chamfered portion (19b) is round in a circular arc with a predetermined radius of curvature r. The corner (19) is formed simultaneously by a formed grinding wheel forming the double row outer raceway surface (12a). The corner is formed smoothly continuous from each outer raceway surface (12a). A length in the radial direction of the relief surface (19a) is set greater than or equal to 0.2 mm.
US09759253B2
The machine for cracking a connecting rod comprises an electro press with an electric motor (400) for actuating an expandable element. The electro press comprises a first S actuator part (410) and a second actuator part (430) arranged so that when the first actuator part is driven by the electric motor (400) from a first position to a second position, (a) the first actuator part (410) is first driven by the electric motor (400) from said first position (FIG. 12A) to an intermediate position (FIG. 12B), without displacing the second actuator part (430), and (b) subsequently the first actuator part (410) is further driven by the electric motor (400) from said intermediate position (FIG. 12B) to said second position (FIG. 12C), displacing the second actuator part from a non-expanding position to an expanding position.
US09759242B2
A hinge device includes two rotation units and a base capable of relatively rotating; one radial side of the base is formed with an arc-shaped recess in which an axial connection part is formed, one axial side of the arc-shaped recess is formed with an action space; the rotation units are respectively disposed in the action space and the arc-shaped recess, and axial sides thereof are respectively formed a first axial connection part and a second axial connection part and an arc-shaped structure and an arc-shaped channel, each axial connection part is connected to each other for allowing the rotation units to respectively move along the action space and the arc-shaped recess for being rotated in or out of the base; the rotation units can only be in contact at the axial side for forming a sequentially rotating status but also at a radial lateral circumference for synchronously rotating.
US09759238B2
The present invention relates to a hydraulic control valve for construction machinery that is used to maintain secondary pilot pressure which is formed proportionally to the switching of a switching device so as to be equal to or below a setting pressure of a pilot pump. The hydraulic control valve of the present invention includes: a port of the pilot pump into which the pilot pressure flows; a tank port to which the pilot pressure is drained; a valve body at which a secondary pilot pressure port that selectively communicates with the port of the pilot pump and the tank port is formed; the switching device that is pivotally mounted on the valve body; a pilot control valve that is linked through pressurization of the switching device and has a spool which forms the secondary pilot pressure proportional to the amount of switching of the switching device by communicating the port of the pilot pump and the secondary pilot pressure port with each other during the switching; a valve spring that elastically supports the spool so as to communicate the secondary pilot pressure port and the tank port with each other; and a check poppet that is disposed in an openable and closable manner at a pilot passage whose inlet side communicates with the secondary pilot pressure port and whose outlet side communicates with the port of the pilot pump.
US09759235B2
A cooling fan assembly for use in a telecommunications system, the cooling fan assembly including: a cooling fan including a plurality of radially disposed mounting flanges that are recessed from one or more of an inlet surface and an exhaust surface of the cooling fan; a chassis disposed adjacent to one or more of the inlet surface and the exhaust surface of the cooling fan, wherein a plurality of spaces are formed between the plurality of mounting flanges and the chassis; a plurality of vibration isolators disposed within the plurality of spaces formed between the plurality of mounting flanges and the chassis; and a plurality of rigid pins coupling the chassis to the plurality of vibration isolators. The plurality of vibration isolators are disposed substantially within a volumetric envelope of the cooling fan and the plurality of mounting flanges.
US09759234B2
A turbine engine has at least two successive annular rows of stationary vanes, e.g. formed by the vanes of a nozzle and by an annular row of casing arms arranged downstream from the nozzle Each casing arm extends substantially in a radial plane passing between the trailing edges of two adjacent stationary vanes of the nozzle, and the pitch between these two stationary vanes is greater than the pitch between the other stationary vanes of the nozzle, in such a manner that the wakes formed at the trailing edges of these two stationary vanes pass respectively on either side of the corresponding casing arm.
US09759233B2
To provide a stator member that facilitates thermal radiation from a surface thereof and thermal conduction to an adjacent member, and a vacuum pump that contains the stator member. For the purpose of enhancing heat dissipation of a rotor portion, surface treatment removal processing is performed on a predetermined section of a thread groove spacer in order to efficiently release heat of the thread groove spacer toward a base and a stator blade spacer. More specifically, the surface treatment removal processing removes the surface treatment of the base and a section where the stator blade spacer comes into contact with the thread groove spacer. This surface treatment removal processing is executed simultaneously with finishing processing.
US09759226B2
A platform for a fan of a gas turbine engine includes a body portion, a forward flange at a front of the body portion that includes an engagement feature that interacts with a forward flange of a lug of a hub of a fan of a gas turbine engine, and a pin integral with a rear portion of the body portion. The pin is receivable in an aperture in a rear flange of the lug.
US09759222B2
A bearing assembly for use in a blood pump includes a first component that has a convex bearing surface and a first outer surface proximate the convex bearing surface. The bearing assembly includes a second component that a concave bearing surface and a second outer surface proximate the concave bearing surface, the concave bearing surface being configured to receive the convex bearing surface. A plurality of grooves are defined through the convex bearing surface and first outer surface or through the concave bearing surface and the second outer surface.
US09759216B2
A scroll compressor includes fixed and movable scrolls, and a drive part. The fixed scroll has a fixed-side end plate, a fixed-side lap, and a thrust sliding portion surrounding the first lap. The movable scroll has a movable-side end plate and a movable-side lap. The drive part revolves the movable scroll so that refrigerant in a compression chamber formed by the fixed-side lap and movable-side lap is compressed. A back-pressure space which communicates with the compression chamber for at least a prescribed period in a revolution cycle is formed at the back face side of the movable scroll. A first oil channel supplied with oil from a space is formed in a first angle region of the fixed-side end plate. A communication channel formed in a second angle region communicates with the compression chamber. A second oil channel communicating with the back-pressure space is formed in the second angle region.
US09759206B2
A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes a collection and supply mechanism. The collection and supply mechanism has collection passages, supply passages, an annular space, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The inlet port is communicable with a working collection passage of the collection passages. The outlet port is communicable with a working supply passage of the supply passages. When the inclination angle of the swash plate is maximum, residual refrigerant gas in a compression chamber of collection phase is collected through the working collection passage and the collected refrigerant gas is supplied to a compression chamber of supply phase. On the other hand, when the inclination angle is less than the maximum, residual refrigerant gas is supplied no more into the supply-phase compression chamber.
US09759205B2
Method for determining the temperature of a fluid in a hydraulic arrangement for a motor vehicle. The hydraulic arrangement has a pump arrangement, which is driven by means of a drive motor, and a pressure sensor, which is connected to a discharge port of the pump arrangement and is used to measure the pressure of the fluid. The pump arrangement is connected to a tank via a leakage point. The temperature of the fluid is determined on the basis of a relationship between a state variable of the drive motor and the temperature of the fluid at a predetermined pressure of the fluid, said relationship being specific to the hydraulic arrangement.
US09759199B2
A lightning current transfer arrangement for a wind turbine is provided, to enable lightning current and electrostatic discharge current to be discharged from a first and a second part of the wind turbine being rotatable relative to each other. The lightning current transfer arrangement is arranged to provide electrical contact between the first and second parts, and has a current transfer unit electrically coupled to the first part, and an electrically conductive slideway electrically coupled to the second part, and rotatable relative to the current transfer unit. The current transfer unit further has a slider elastically biased towards the slideway, where the slider comprises a slide piece made of conductive plastics and contacting the slideway, and an electrode made of metal and directed towards the slideway, the electrode and the slide piece being rigidly coupled.
US09759195B2
The wind generator includes a support part, a housing connected to an upper portion of the support part, the housing having an inner space, a blade part connected to one side of the housing, the blade part, an electricity generating part seated in the inner space of the housing, a flywheel, and a tail part. The flywheel includes a shaft rotating together with the blade part, a rotor coupled to the shaft, the rotor including at least one permanent magnet along an outer circumferential surface thereof, at least one coil part disposed outside in a radial direction of the rotor and around which a trigger coil is wound, the at least one coil generating magnetic fields when current is supplied to the trigger coil, and a circuit part supplying pulse-type current to trigger coil when the permanent magnet passes through a center of the trigger coil.
US09759194B2
A portable generator includes: a case having a front, symmetrical air-foil shaped sidewalls, Kamm tail rear and flat base; a wind turbine; a telescoping shaft hingedly connected to the case base for supporting the wind turbine, in a horizontal and a range of vertical positions for receiving wind without the case; an offset air entrance hole within the case front for directing ambient air towards the wind turbine when in the case; an elliptical, funnel-shaped channel extending from the air entrance hole towards the turbine blades capturing the wind from the air entrance hole and directing it towards the turbine blade assembly; an air escape hole within the case rear for directing air out of the case; ties for holding the pole in a vertical position; one or more batteries for supplying DC power to an AC inverter; an inverter DC for converting AC from the generator unit; a solar array for augmenting and supplying DC power to the batteries; the AC inverter to supply energy to AC electrical equipment; an electrical outlet connected to the inverter; and, a hinged somewhat rounded cover for the case that in horizontal position forms a water tight seal with the sidewalls for the case and in vertical position allows for redirection of the solar array. The cover is secured to the case via a locking hinge arrangement. The case also includes retractable wheels and handle to allow for removal and relocation of the power generator.
US09759191B2
Wind turbine blade comprising at least one deformable trailing edge section having a plurality of actuators consecutively arranged substantially downstream from one another and a control system for controlling the actuators, wherein a downstream end of one actuator is connected by a substantially rigid link with an upstream end of the next actuator and the plurality of actuators comprises an upper actuator being mounted above a chord line of the blade section and a lower actuator being mounted below a chord line of the blade section. Wind turbines comprising such a blade and methods of controlling loads on a wind turbine blade are also described.
US09759190B2
Disclosed is a wind turbine with a nacelle and a rotor, the rotor including a number of blades and a hub, the nacelle and the hub being connected with each other in an interface region, the wind turbine further including a transport system for transporting hydraulic and/or pneumatic fluid from the nacelle into the hub. The transport system includes a rotary unit as a connection through which the fluid passes and a part of which rotates in operation together with the hub which rotary unit is positioned in the hub at a position distanced from the interface region facing away from the nacelle, the transport system further including a pipe system leading from the interface region into the hub to the rotary unit and being fixed in its position. The disclosure also concerns a method of construction of such wind turbine.
US09759189B2
A wind power plant comprises at least a first and one or more other wind turbine generators (10, 20, 30, 40), wherein the first and one or more other wind turbine generators are communicatively coupled in order to exchange information between the first wind turbine generator and the one or more other wind turbine generators, and wherein a predetermined transfer relationship is established between the first and one or more other wind turbine generators, said predetermined transfer relationship indicating the degree to which the first wind turbine generator may use information from each of the one or more other wind turbine generator for the control of the first wind turbine.
US09759181B2
The present application discloses a wind turbine blade having on the outer surface thereof a polyurethane-based coating including a polyurethane binder prepared from polyol(s) having an average functionality of ≧2.0 and <8.0; at least 50% (w/w) of the polyols have aliphatic polyester segments included therein and have a Mw of 300-3,000 g/mol; and polyisocyanate(s) having an average functionality of <3.0; at least 50% (w/w) of the polyisocyanate(s) are selected from: (i) polyisocyanates having aliphatic polyester segments included therein, and having a molecular weight of 500-3,000 g/mol and a functionality of ≧2.0 and <3.0; (ii) polyisocyanates of the allophanate type having a Mw of 250-2,000 g/mol and a functionality of ≧2.0 and <3.0; and (iii) polyisocyanates of the uretdion type having a Mw of 250-2,000 g/mol and a functionality of ≧2.0 and <3.0. The application also discloses corresponding coating compositions and a method for coating a substrate.
US09759176B2
An engine is configured such that, during the starting of the engine, when it is being detected that throttle opening has been set at a starting position, if it is detected that the engine speed has exceeded a predetermined speed slightly lower than a speed when a centrifugal clutch becomes an engaged state, a control unit retards the ignition timing from a general angle to a first angle BTDC, and then advances the ignition timing to a second angle at predetermined intervals, and holds the ignition timing at the second angle for a predetermined time period, thereby preventing the engine from stopping due to fouling on the spark plug while suppressing the engine speed at the speed when the centrifugal clutch becomes the engaged state, or less.
US09759173B2
A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump body, a plunger, a retainer, a spring that is configured to energize the plunger in a direction opposite to a direction of the pressurizing chamber, and a tappet covering the retainer from a side of an end portion of the retainer and the plunger. The retainer is provided with a projection portion protruding to a side of the tappet. The projection portion is separated from the tappet by a predetermined distance along an axial direction of the plunger.
US09759170B2
A filter element (10) comprises filter bellows (16), in particular open filter bellows made of a filter medium (18), which has an oncoming flow side (28) and an outgoing flow side (30) for the fluid to be filtered. The filter element (10) is disposed in the filter housing (11) in such a way that it separates at least one inlet (15) from at least one outlet (17). An element axis (14) of the filter element (10) and a housing axis (25) of the filter housing (11) may be aligned in parallel with or axially to the installation direction (12) in the filter housing (11) for installing the filter element (10). The filter element (10) has at least one outer support section (38), which protrudes axially beyond the filter bellows (16) on the oncoming flow side (28) or the outgoing flow side (30) with respect to the element axis (14) and protrudes into an axial projection of the oncoming flow side (28) or the outgoing flow side (30) with respect to the element axis (14).In addition, a respective filter housing (11) and/or a respective filter (13) is/are described.
US09759168B2
Methods and systems are provided for coordinating throttle bypass flows from brake booster vacuum reservoir, a fuel vapor purge system, and a crankcase ventilation system via active, electrical control of a crankcase ventilation valve. In one example, a method may include actively opening the crankcase ventilation valve to allow crankcase ventilation flow into the engine during conditions in which doing so will not result in engine air flow rate and/or engine fuel flow rate exceeding desired rates. Priority is given first to brake booster replenishment, then to fuel vapor purging, and then to crankcase ventilation during conditions where all three throttle bypass flows are desired.
US09759163B2
A combustion chamber including a diverging portion. The combustion chamber extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a fluid injection system from which there extends in a downstream direction a wall presenting a throat and a diverging portion situated downstream from the throat. The chamber further includes a tubular element surrounding the wall at least in part and configured to take up most of forces generated during operation of the chamber on the downstream end of the wall to transfer the forces to a structure situated upstream from the chamber.
US09759162B1
Solid propellant systems include a main propellant and a secondary propellant in contact with the first propellant that exhibits autoignition temperatures of at least about 100° F. lower than the autoignition temperature of the main propellant. The secondary propellant of the present invention is most advantageously employed with conventional AP-containing solid propellant formulations as the main propellant, especially formulations containing both AP, an energetic solid, and a binder. In especially preferred forms, the secondary propellant will include a nitramine which is at least one selected from nitroguanidine (NQ), cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) and cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX), and a binder which is at least one selected from HTPB, HTPE or glycidyl azide polymer (GAP). Most preferably, the secondary propellant will include a combination of nitramines which includes NQ and one of RDX or HMX.
US09759156B2
Exemplary pistons and methods of making the same are disclosed. An exemplary piston may include a crown defining a combustion bowl and a ring land extending circumferentially around the combustion bowl. Exemplary pistons may further include a skirt supporting the crown. The skirt may include a pair of pin bosses defining a pin bore configured to receive a piston pin, and two opposing skirt supports defining surfaces configured to slide along a cylinder bore surface. The skirt supports each define a different radial stiffness.
US09759155B2
A valve arrangement for an internal combustion engine having at least one intake valve, at least one exhaust valve, and at least one reciprocating piston. Each intake valve is seated in the cylinder head at a lesser distance from the piston than is each exhaust valve. Also, each exhaust valve has a cross sectional area less than seventy percent of the cross sectional area of each intake valve. The cross sectional area of each exhaust valve may be for example sixty to sixty-two percent of the cross sectional area of each intake valve.
US09759151B2
An engine control apparatus is equipped with a fuel injection amount computation unit, a determination process unit, and an engine abnormality process unit. The determination process unit determines, based on a deviation between a command injection amount and a monitoring injection amount, whether or not there is an abnormality in fuel injection control. An injection amount threshold, which is used to make a determination on an abnormality in fuel injection control, is set larger based on a vehicle speed-associated parameter when the vehicle speed-associated parameter is a value corresponding to a case where a vehicle speed is high than when the vehicle speed-associated parameter is a value corresponding to a case where the vehicle speed is low.
US09759150B2
On start of an engine, a difference ΔPm between a first intake pipe pressure Pm1 and a second intake pipe pressure Pm2 is computed. Reduction correction of wall surface deposition correction is prohibited until the state that the difference ΔPm is equal to or less than a reference value ΔPmref continues over a predetermined number of strokes nref of the engine. After the state that the difference ΔPm is equal to or less than the reference value ΔPmref continues over the predetermined number of strokes nref of the engine, permission is given for the reduction correction.
US09759149B2
Methods and systems for estimating engine exhaust gas temperature and adjusting engine operation based on the engine exhaust gas temperature are disclosed. In one example, an offset value for a resistive heating element of an oxygen sensor is determined so that the resistive heating element may be a basis for providing accurate engine exhaust gas temperatures.
US09759148B2
Methods and systems are presented for assessing the presence or absence of engine torque deviation which may indicate air-fuel ratio imbalance between engine cylinders. In one example, the method may include assessing the presence or absence of engine torque variation based on engine torque deviation from a desired engine torque during a deceleration fuel shut-off event.
US09759144B2
Provided is an engine which is provided with an EGR device, wherein: an actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio π1 of an intake-gas pressure P1 to an exhaust-gas pressure P2 is calculated from the detected exhaust-gas pressure P2 and the detected intake-gas pressure P1; an estimated intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio π2 of the intake-gas pressure P1 to the exhaust-gas pressure P2 is calculated from an engine rotational frequency N, and a fuel injection amount F; and, in cases when the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio π1 is less than a prescribed value π0, an EGR gas weight Megr is calculated based on the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio π1, and in cases when the actual intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio π1 is equal to or more than the prescribed value π0, the EGR gas weight Megr is calculated based on the estimated intake/exhaust gas pressure ratio π2.
US09759142B2
An engine control system includes an engine calibration module that sets fuel injection timing based on one of N cetane number (CN) values, wherein N is an integer greater than one. A combustion noise module generates a combustion noise signal based on cylinder pressure in a compression ignition (CI) engine during combustion. A fuel quality determination module compares the combustion noise signal to N predetermined combustion noise levels corresponding to the N CN values, and that selects the one of the N CN values based on the comparison.
US09759136B2
A variable valve operating system assembled in an engine includes a first rocker arm contacting with a valve, a second rocker arm no contacting with any valve, a lost motion spring bringing the second rocker arm into contact with a cam, and switching device for switching the first/second rocker arms to a coupled or uncoupled state. An operation control apparatus for the engine includes element for determining whether or not an engine speed is higher than a first speed at which supply of fuel is allowed to be temporarily stopped, and element for setting a requested quantity of increase/decrease in internal resistance of the engine. When the engine speed is higher than the first speed and an accelerator opening degree is 0%, the switching device switches the first/second rocker arms to the coupled or uncoupled state based on the requested quantity.
US09759132B2
A gas turbine engine control system is disclosed having a model and an observer that together can be used to adjust a command issued to the gas turbine engine or associated equipment to improve performance. In one form the control system includes a nominal model that is adjusted to real time conditions. The adjusted model is used with a Kalman filter and is ultimately used to determine a perturbation to a control signal. In one form the perturbation can be to a legacy controller.
US09759125B2
An internal combustion engine (20) has two exhaust valves (24, 25) for each combustion chamber, to permit separation of blow-down and expulsion phases of an exhaust stroke. The separate exhaust streams are directed to different geometries of an exhaust turbocharger (30), so as to make best use thereof. Variable exhaust valve timing, and bypass passage for the exhaust streams are disclosed.
US09759123B2
A liquid container including: at least two compartments (2; 3) which are each provided with a fluid inlet and outlet and which are connectable to a fluid flow circuit, respectively, at least one communication area (4) between the compartments (2; 3), at least one opening (5) for filling the container, at least one plug (6) for closing the opening (5) for filling the container, the opening (5) for filling the container is an opening common to the compartments (2, 3) and the container further includes at least one member (7) for closing the communication area (4) between the compartments (2, 3), the closing member being movably mounted between an open position of the area and a closed position of the area, the closing member being in a closed position of the area in a closed position of the filling opening plug.
US09759122B2
A thermostatic valve for controlling the temperature of the coolant in an internal combustion engine controls the flow of coolant between the internal combustion engine and a heat exchanger. The valve includes an actuation element which functions in a temperature-dependent manner for actuating lift of a main valve and of a bypass valve in a valve housing. The actuation element has a stationary piston supported on a valve housing part. A housing can be displaced relative to the piston and on which the valve members of the main valve and of the bypass valve are arranged. Further provided is a monitoring device for the position of the main valve, which works in a contactless manner and which has at least one sensor element contained in the valve housing part, and at least one associated permanent magnet for generating a magnetic field to which the sensor element is exposed.
US09759121B2
An electronic thermostat control system may include a control duty determination portion outputting PWM duty signal for controlling the coolant temperature according to a coolant temperature, a rising rate of the coolant temperature, an engine speed, a load and a vehicle speed, a driving portion applying a time condition to the PWM duty signal output by the control duty determination portion for controlling outputting interval, and a fault diagnosis portion diagnosing operations of the electronic thermostat by analyzing the signals output by the driving portion and changes of the coolant temperature.
US09759119B2
Pistons for opposed-piston engines include an interior annular cooling gallery. The gallery is provided with inlet and drain passageways constructed to shield a jet of liquid coolant entering the gallery, thereby reducing interference between the incoming jet and liquid coolant circulating in the gallery.
US09759118B2
The present invention is a compact device for exhaust gas management in an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system configured for occupying a smaller space with respect to the space commonly occupied by a set of elements present in an EGR system, which device is suitable for being coupled to a PF or DPF filter (PF is the abbreviation for particulate filter and DPF is the abbreviation for diesel particulate filter), whichever is appropriate.
US09759113B2
An injector for injecting a reagent includes an axially translatable valve member positioned within a housing. An electromagnet is positioned within the housing and includes a coil of wire positioned proximate the valve member such that the valve member moves between a seated position and an unseated position relative to an orifice in response to energizing the electromagnet. A connector coupled to the housing includes an inlet tube concentrically aligned with and surrounding a return tube. The inlet tube is adapted to receive pressurized reagent from a source of reagent. The return tube is adapted to return reagent to the source.
US09759103B2
A lubricant vane pump for providing a pressurized lubricant for an internal combustion engine includes a pump housing, a pump chamber, a shiftable control ring comprising a pressure-relief-valve, a pump rotor, a pretensioning element which pushes the control ring into a high pumping volume position, a control chamber, and a pump outlet cavity fluidically connected to the control chamber. The pump chamber comprises pump compartments which rotate from a charge to discharge zone. The control ring envelops the pump chamber. The pump rotor comprises radially slidable vanes which rotate in the control ring to provide the pump chamber with the pump compartments. A high lubricant pressure in the control chamber moves the control ring into a low pumping volume direction against the pretensioning element. The pressure-relief-valve of the control ring connects or disconnects the control chamber with one of the pump compartments between the charge zone and the discharge zone.
US09759102B2
A hydraulic camshaft adjuster, including a rotor and a stator and a hydraulic medium management system, by which at least two chambers separated by a rotor-fixed vane can be or are connected to a hydraulic medium supply device and/or hydraulic medium discharge device by an interposed hydraulic valve, wherein the vane contains a switchable hydraulic medium control device designed for selective release and interruption of a fluid connection from one chamber to the other chamber. A locking device for excluding a rotational movement between the rotor and the stator locks the rotor to the stator in a vane position in which the volume of the two chambers is approximately equal, and includes a pin, interlockable with a stator-fixed component, designed to control the inflow and/or outflow of hydraulic medium to/from a chamber.
US09759101B2
A valve timing control apparatus has a regulation member to fix a phase. The regulation member has a main regulation member and a sub regulation member. The main regulation member is inserted into a recess part to regulate the phase. The sub regulation member has an engagement part engageable with the main regulation member in an escape direction Y and disengageable from the main regulation member in an insertion direction X. Further, the sub regulation member has a pressure reception part that receives pressure in the escape direction Y from hydraulic fluid in an operation chamber. The main regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a main resilient member. Further, the sub regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a sub resilient member. The main regulation member moves in the escape direction Y only by hydraulic fluid, and moves in the insertion direction X only by the resilient member.
US09759097B2
A closed cycle plant for converting thermal power to mechanical or electrical power including: a closed circuit inside which a working fluid circulates according to a predetermined circulation direction, a volumetric expander configured to receive at the inlet the working fluid in a gaseous state. The volumetric expander includes: a jacket having an inlet and an outlet for enabling the introduction and discharge the working fluid; an active element housed in said jacket and suitable for defining, in cooperation with said jacket, a variable volume expansion chamber; a main shaft; a valve active that opens and closes the inlet and outlet, and a generator connected to the main shaft. The valve includes a regulation device configured to vary the duration of the introduction condition, or the maximum through cross-section of the inlet.
US09759080B2
A seal for a gas turbine engine may include a first cartridge, a second cartridge, and a wave spring. The wave spring may be located between the first cartridge and the second cartridge. The first cartridge may contact a first component to form a seal. The second cartridge may contact a second component to form a seal. The first cartridge may contact the second cartridge to form a seal. The wave spring may force the first cartridge to contact the first component, and the wave spring may force the second cartridge to contact the second component.
US09759079B2
A gas turbine engine assembly adapted to separate a high pressure zone from a low pressure zone includes a seal assembly configured to block gasses from passing through the interface of two adjacent components. The seal assembly includes a rod.
US09759074B2
There is provided a wind power installation rotor blade having a rotor blade root, a rotor blade tip, a rotor blade leading edge, a rotor blade trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. The rotor blade further has a rotor blade outer casing with at least one opening in the pressure and/or suction side for receiving handling means for fitting or removing the rotor blade. The rotor blade also has at least one fixing unit for fixing the handling means which are introduced through the at least one opening. The fixing unit is arranged in the interior of the rotor blade outer casing between the pressure side and the suction side.
US09759061B2
A control system with probes for generating and utilizing at least one or more addressed datagrams that communicate information to and from devices along piping assemblies comprising; one or more transmitters, one or more receivers, and one or more controllers, wherein the transmitters transmit information via one or more addressed datagrams encoded within a working medium to one or more receivers among the piping assemblies, is described. Transmitters convert datagrams into signals that are transmitted within the working medium and the receivers receive signals from the transmitters and also convert signals from the working medium which is converted back into datagrams. The controllers receive and decode the datagrams so that the controllers selectively communicate and perform logical operations on piping assembly devices according to directions received from the addressed datagrams. The entire control system can function as a network of controllers, receivers, transmitters, and/or transponders as required by one or more users.
US09759057B2
An apparatus comprising one or more screens which in use eliminates sand and/or fluid slugs from blocking at a screen by placing at least the screen in an elevated secondary chamber, configured to prevent sand, fluid slugs and the like from accumulating around the screen.
US09759054B2
A system includes an integrated manifold system including multiple isobaric pressure exchangers (IPXs) that each includes a low-pressure first fluid inlet, a high-pressure second fluid inlet, a high-pressure first fluid outlet, and a low-pressure second fluid outlet. The integrated manifold system includes a low-pressure first fluid manifold coupled to each of the low-pressure first fluid inlets and configured to provide low-pressure first fluid to each of the low-pressure first fluid inlets, a high-pressure second fluid manifold coupled to each of the high-pressure second fluid inlets and configured to provide high-pressure second fluid to each of the high-pressure second fluid inlets, a high-pressure first fluid manifold coupled to each of the high-pressure first fluid outlets and configured to discharge high-pressure first fluid, and a low-pressure second fluid manifold coupled to each of the low-pressure second fluid outlets and configured to discharge low-pressure second fluid.
US09759049B2
A wellbore perforating system and method with reliable and safer connections in a perforating gun assembly is disclosed. The system/method includes a gun string assembly (GSA) deployed in a wellbore with multiple perforating guns attached to plural switch subs. The perforating guns are pre-wired with a cable having multi conductors; the multi conductors are connected to electrical ring contacts on either end of the perforating guns. The switch subs are configured with electrical contacts that are attached to the electrical contacts of the perforating guns without the need for manual electrical connections and assembly in the field of operations. The system further includes detonating with a detonator that is positioned upstream of the perforating gun. The detonator is wired to a switch that is positioned downstream of the perforating gun.
US09759044B2
A downhole tool has a housing, a piston, and a seat and is for use with a deployed plug or ball and applied fluid pressure. The housing defines a bore, and the piston is disposed in the bore of the housing and is biased to move from a first position to a second position. The seat is also disposed in the bore of the housing and is operably connected to the piston. The seat rotates from a first orientation for engaging the deployed plug to a second orientation for passing the deployed plug in response to movement of the piston from the first position near the seat to the second position away from the seat.
US09759031B2
A method of freeing a pipe stuck in a subterranean well can include determining a location of a portion of the pipe stuck in the well, and penetrating and/or heating a sidewall of the pipe portion with a beam of light. A system for freeing a pipe stuck in a subterranean well can include a tool deployed into a portion of the pipe stuck in the well by a differential pressure from a wellbore to a formation penetrated by the wellbore. A beam of light emitted from the tool penetrates the pipe portion. Another method of freeing a pipe stuck in a subterranean well can include determining a location of a portion of the pipe which is biased against a wall of a wellbore by differential pressure, and directing a beam of light to the pipe portion.
US09759027B2
A liner hanger has slips held by a slip body. A potential energy force to move the slips axially when the hanger is in position is selectively released. The slips move axially and radially outwardly guided on opposed edges by the slip body. The slip faces have wickers that dig into the surrounding casing that will support a liner string off the slips. Weight is set down to bring the housing into contact with the top of the slips that are already engaged to the surrounding casing. The nature of the loading between the slips and the casing changes from a radial reaction force from the casing going into the slip and then distributed circumferentially to the slip housing to an essentially axial loading of the slip housing down onto the slip that has penetrated the casing with an opposite reaction force in the casing wall.
US09759024B2
An apparatus for drilling a subterranean wellbore using a drill string. The apparatus includes a riser, a sealing device arranged in the riser so as to form a first riser chamber and a second riser chamber, and a riser booster pump. The riser at least partly contains the drill string and defines a substantially annular space around the drill string. The second chamber is in a fluid communication with the riser booster pump so that a kill fluid stored in the second riser chamber may be maintained at a first pressure which is greater than a second pressure of a drilling fluid in the first riser chamber.
US09759019B2
A tubular joint elevator includes a ringed portion configured to lift a tubular joint. The elevator includes an elevating mechanism disposed adjacent to the ringed portion, and configured to elevate the tubular joint. In some embodiments, the elevator includes first, second, and third doors. The elevator includes a first locking member, and the first door includes a first locking recess. The first locking member is axially displaceable between an advanced position and a retracted position such that it is either received in or separated from the first locking recess. The third door includes a locking pin, and the first door comprises a locking hole. The third door is longitudinally displaceable between a first position and a second position such that the locking pin is either separated from, or received in, the locking hole. Methods of using the same are also included.
US09759015B2
A superabrasive compact (e.g., a polycrystalline diamond compact) including a substrate and at least one feature for reducing the susceptibility of the substrate to liquid metal embrittlement during brazing operations is disclosed. The superabrasive compact may include a region between the substrate and a superabrasive table in which residual tensile stresses are located. The at least one feature may reduce the susceptibility of the substrate to liquid metal embrittlement by altering the stress state and/or substantially preventing the substrate from being wetted at the residual stress region.
US09759012B2
A boring tool is movable through the ground. A transmitter supported by the boring tool transmits an electromagnetic homing signal. A portable device monitors the electromagnetic homing signal and receives the electromagnetic homing signal in a homing mode for guiding the boring tool to a target position. A processor generates steering commands for guiding the boring tool based on a bore plan in a steering mode such that at least some positional error is introduced without using the electromagnetic homing signal. Switching from the steering mode to the homing mode is based on monitoring of the electromagnetic homing signal as the boring tool approaches the portable device to then guide the boring tool to the target position location in compensation for the positional error. Intermediate target positions are described as well as guiding the boring tool based on the homing signal so long as the portable device receives the signal.
US09759006B2
A door jamb wrap for use on a door jamb of an exterior door. The door jamb wrap covers openings next to the door that are commonly found on door jambs edges open at the bottom. The door jamb wrap includes a bracket having an “L” shape that can be configured to cover the openings by fastening to the door jamb.
US09759004B2
An opening and closing apparatus with a lock that is provided is capable of safely and promptly closing a sliding door, and also easily performing unlocking with a simple configuration. In an opening and closing apparatus with a lock for opening and closing sliding doors that are provided with elastic members at their door leading ends, output of an electric motor is transmitted to a rack-and-pinion mechanism or a lock mechanism. A control unit controls the electric motor such that a closing operation is performed, the closing operation operates the rack-and-pinion mechanism so as to move the sliding doors to a fully closed position and then displacing a link mechanism in a lock mechanism from an unlocking position to a locking position. Furthermore, the control unit controls the electric motor so as to reduce the output of the electric motor at a predetermined intermediate time point during the closing operation.
US09758999B2
Provided is a magnetic hinge device including a rotor having an elongated body with a rotor surface at least one permanent rotor magnet coupled to the rotor surface. A stator including an inner surface that defines a cavity to receive the rotor, the rotor is positioned within the stator along a common axis of rotation. The inner surface of the stator is generally radially continuous having a first edge portion and a second edge portion such that the first edge portion is attached to the second edge portion at an offset. The stator having at least one permanent stator magnet coupled to the inner surface. The rotor includes a radial position that is configured to rotate to a neutral position within the stator. The neutral position along the common axis of rotation is in approximate alignment with the offset.
US09758995B2
A latch is provided including a buffer, a latch housing, and an actuator housing coupled to the latch housing. The buffer includes a center portion and a first side portion. The actuator housing includes a cavity having a first opening. The cavity is configured to receive the buffer. When the buffer is installed in the cavity, the center portion of the buffer abuts an interior surface of the cavity and the first side portion of the buffer extends through the first opening into a hollow interior of the actuator housing.
US09758994B2
A lid lock device includes: a housing including a first housing and a second housing assembled to the first housing and fixed to a vehicle; a lock member movably supported by one or both of the first and second housings and moving between a lock position and a lock releasing position; a surrounding sidewall protruding toward the second housing from the first housing and surrounding a surface of the first housing; a support hole provided in a front side portion of the first housing; a passage port provided in a portion of the surrounding sidewall; a blocking portion protruding toward the first housing from the second housing and blocking the passage port; and an overlapping portion formed in an opening edge of the passage port and overlapping an outer surface of an edge portion of the blocking portion.
US09758991B2
An electronic lock with a latch assembly, an interior assembly and an exterior assembly. The latch assembly includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The interior assembly is configured to move the bolt between the extended position and the retracted position. The exterior assembly includes a touch keypad subassembly configured to detect touches to at least a portion of its surface. The touch keypad subassembly defines an opening through which a wiring harness extends. The opening in the touch keypad subassembly is sealed, at least in part, by an epoxy resin and/or internal structure of the touch keypad subassembly.
US09758989B1
A locking cap having a push button reset and method for operating the locking cap having a push button reset are disclosed. The locking cap with a push button reset system is a deterrent to keep medications in the correct hands.
US09758986B1
The portable pop-up tent includes a cover, a self-supporting frame, and a retaining strap. The portable pop-up tent is a self-erecting structure that is used to create a private space within a public setting. The self-supporting frame is a spring-loaded structure. The springs within the spring-loaded structure are arranged such that the springs will cause the self-supporting frame to extend into a rectangular block shape without intervention from a person. The covering encloses the self-supporting frame for the purpose of creating the private space. The retaining strap holds the self-supporting frame and the cover in position when the self-supporting frame is placed in a collapsed position.
US09758985B2
The present disclosure provides a hunting blind. The hunting blind, in one embodiment, includes a base comprised of a metal exterior with metal support crossbars configured to support the weight of a human and be elevated above ground level using three or more separate legs. The hunting blind, in this embodiment, includes one or more sidewalls coupleable to the base, at least one of the one or more sidewalls including a first rigid substantially vertical portion and a second rigid portion extending up and slanting outwardly from the first substantially vertical portion by at least about 10 degrees. The hunting blind, in this embodiment, further includes one or more fixed outwardly slanting windows located within the second rigid portion, the one or more outwardly slanting windows have a surface area less than a surface area of the second rigid portion, and a rigid roof coupled to the second portion.
US09758983B2
A system for handling various structural building components including a pick and stack-registry lug which is anchorable to the top of a building component for handling that component in either one, or both sequentially, of its two, pick and stack-registry functional modes, (b) a clamshell-style, releasably lockable clasp adapted to receive and close capturingly upon the lug under operational circumstances with the lug anchored to the top of a building component, and ready to function in its pick category of component-handling behavior, and (c) a guide socket includable in the base of a building component functional for camming, guided reception of a lug with the lug then functioning in its stack-registry mode of behavior to facilitate overhead stack registering of two building components in relation to the lowering of an overhead component onto the top of an underlying component whose top also has a lug anchored to it.
US09758982B2
According to one embodiment, a flood vent panel includes a first area, a second area, and a first set of one or more perforations positioned on a first side of the flood vent panel in a location in-between the first area and the second area. The perforations are configured to break when at least a predetermined amount of pressure is applied to a portion of the second area. The flood vent panel is configured to be coupled, at least indirectly, to a structure so as to at least partially block a fluid passageway through an opening in the structure. The break is configured to completely separate the second area from the first area so as to reduce an amount of blockage of the fluid passageway.
US09758975B2
An apparatus including a base. The base includes a post mount portion disposed on a first side of the base. The apparatus further includes an adhesive member that attaches to a second side of the base. The adhesive member includes an adhesive and a cover disposed on the adhesive. The cover is removable to expose the adhesive. A post having a distal end and a base end is attachable to and detachable from the base member at the post mount portion.
US09758974B1
A sheetrock lifting device including a base with a protrusion centrally disposed on a front side of the base. A plurality of locking caster wheels is disposed on the base and on the protrusion. A pair of stanchions is used to house a battery and a manual wench. A pair of support rods supports the device by connecting the stanchions to the protrusion. A pair of stabilizing beams further supports the stanchions. A pulley device containing a pulley arm, pulley, and pulley cable is disposed on the stabilizing beams. An electric wench is disposed between the stabilizing beams and is in operational communication the battery. The electric wench raises and lowers a telescoping tube to which is attached a drywall frame. A manual wench alternately raises and lowers the telescoping tube with a cable hook connected to a ring on the telescoping tube.
US09758973B2
Panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this panel comprises at least a layer of thermoplastic material, wherein said layer also comprises at least individual fibers having a length greater than 1 millimeter.
US09758970B2
Hip and ridge shingles may be single layer or laminated. One hip and ridge shingle has a base layer and a dimensional layer affixed to the base layer by an adhesive line that extends in the machine direction and along the width of the base and the dimensional layers. The adhesive line is disposed on only one lateral side of the base layer and dimensional layers to allow movement of another lateral side of the dimensional layer relative to the base layer. Another laminated hip and ridge shingle includes a base layer and a dimensional layer affixed to the base layer by an adhesive line that extends in the machine direction and along the width of the base and the dimensional layers. Sealant that comprises at least two parallel lines of sealant material that extend in the machine direction of the base and dimensional layers is disposed on a bottom surface of the base layer for adhering the hip and ridge shingle to an underlying hip and ridge shingle. Another hip and ridge shingle, which may be single layer or laminated, includes a granule coated asphalt substrate, sealant on the substrate, and release tape on the substrate. The sealant comprises at least two parallel lines of sealant material that extend in a direction of a width of the substrate for adhering the hip and ridge shingle to an underlying hip and ridge shingle. The release tape is disposed on a bottom of the substrate and is alignable with the at least two parallel lines of sealant when two of the hip and ridge shingles are stacked to prevent the two hip and ridge shingles from sticking together.
US09758962B2
A device for absorbing structure-borne sound comprises at least one torque transmitting flange having two or more layers of materials of different damping capacity and stiffness stacked on each other. At least a portion of the flange has a radially jagged cross-sectional profile including two or more flanks consecutively arranged in radial direction and alternately inclined to the radial direction. The consecutive flanks merge into each other by forming corners, respectively. This structure-borne sound absorber reduces the propagation of vibrations at acoustically relevant frequencies via rotating machine parts. Combination with a compensation coupling results in a high-elasticity coupling preventing noise radiation.
US09758961B2
A continuous process for preparing insulation panels having thick (0.2 mm to 1 mm) metal facing panels and a fiber-reinforced polymer foam core is disclosed. In the process, a bottom metal facing panel (2) is continuously supplied. A mat (10) of reinforcing fibers and a foamable resin composition (19) are applied to the bottom facing panel. A flexible barrier layer (5) is applied atop the foamable resin composition, and the assembly is passed through nip rolls (12,13) to compress the assembly and force the resin composition into the fiber mat. An adhesive layer (4) and top metallic facing layer (1) are then applied on top of the flexible barrier layer, and the resulting assembly is gauged and cured by passing it through a double band laminator (11).
US09758959B2
A method for providing a drainage from a space between a lined concrete wall and a lining for protecting the lined concrete wall, wherein the method comprises the steps of arranging one or more draining member(s) each comprising a draining pipe having a blind flange arranged at both ends and having a length including the blind flanges that is substantially equal to the wall thickness in a casting frame so that the blind flanges are resting at the casting frame at the inside of the wall and the outside of the wall, respectively; filling concrete filled into the casting frame to cover the draining member(s) and allowing the concrete is allowed to cure; removing the casting frame from at least one of the sides of the concrete wall and; drilling through the blind flanges to open the draining member(s). A drained concrete wall and a concrete vessel are also described.
US09758954B1
An assembly may be used to mount a sink in a space defined between a first wall and a second wall. The assembly may include a support rail having a top surface, a bottom surface, a support rail hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, a first support rail end, and a second support rail end. A threaded member may extend through the support rail hole. The threaded member may be configured to rotate in a first direction to move farther away from the top surface and a second direction to move closer to the top surface. A first anchor may be configured to connect to the first wall and a second anchor may be configured to connect to the second wall. The anchors may include respective anchor support holes to receive at least a portion of the support rail.
US09758953B2
A basin and hand drying system includes a hand dryer attached to a basin. The hand dryer includes a top air plenum and a bottom air plenum. The air plenums include a plurality of air outlets that direct pressurized air from a blower motor for hand drying. A soap dispenser and faucet mount on the basin for dispensing liquefied soap and water for hand washing.
US09758948B2
A device that collects water vapor, from the ambient air, through condensation or deposition, on the surface of its unique heat exchangers, which are embodied with opposing intertwined and alternating refrigeration circuits. In a dual refrigeration circuit/dual heat exchanger configuration, one refrigeration circuit is responsible for freezing heat exchanger A and heating heat exchanger B while the other refrigeration circuit is responsible for heating heat exchanger A and freezing heat exchanger B. The alternating refrigeration circuits work together to intermittently freeze then thaw each heat exchanger. The water run-off from the thawing process is then collected for use. The condenser tubes of one refrigeration circuit are positioned proximate to the evaporator tubes of the second refrigeration circuit to facilitate the exchange of heat. The system may further comprise heat exchanger fins in contact with the tubes. Multiple pairs of heat exchangers may be utilized.
US09758939B2
A multi-part reusable retaining wall and levee bag. The reusable levee bag includes a top bag section and a bottom bag portion removably affixed to the top bag portion. The combined top bag section and bottom bag portion define an interior space within which fillable material may be received to form a levee bag for use in flooding and other installations. The bottom bag section includes a receiving cell for receiving an end of another levee bag to connect multiple levee bags end to end to form a retaining wall with minimal gaps between levee bags. The bottom bag section is made of a biodegradable material while the top bag section is made of an alternative material. The reusable levee bag, once filled, may be disassembled and the top bag section reused while the bottom bag section may remain in place to biodegrade.
US09758938B2
A modular pier including: a plurality of connectable pier sections wherein each pier section includes a frame having a top, a bottom, at least one transverse frame member, a first transverse end frame member, a second transverse end frame member, a first longitudinal side frame member and a second longitudinal side frame member, at least one longitudinal anti-torsion member, at least one male connector, attached to the first end of the frame of each pier section; and at least one female connector, attached to the second end of the frame of each pier section, the at least one male connector including a first rod member and a second rod member; the second rod member being proximate the first rod member and lower the first rod member in relation to the top of the pier section; the at least one female connector including a first receiver for receiving the first rod member; and a second receiver for receiving the second rod member; the second rod member receiver being proximate the first rod member receiver and lower to the first rod member receiver in relation to the top of the pier section; wherein the first receiver receives the first rod prior to the second receiver receiving the second rod wherein the first rod in the first receiver facilitates maneuvering of the second pier section in relation to the first pier section during assembly and disassembly of the modular pier.
US09758927B2
A method for reducing force needed for ironing a fabric comprising laundering the fabric with a composition comprising a linear polyether having a weight average molecular weight less than 5000 that is terminated with —N—(—CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—Cl)2, wherein the linear polyether is deposited on the fabric and reduces the force needed for ironing.
US09758924B2
A garment holding device for washing or drying garments in an organized manner so as to prevent pairs of garment from becoming separated. The garment holding device includes an elongated cable disposed in a loop configuration, wherein the cable includes a first end removably secured to a second end. A plurality of clips are removably secured to the cable, wherein each clip can hold a pair of socks, gloves, or other paired garments for the purpose of keeping the garments together while being washed or dried. Each clip includes an aperture that is able to receive the elongated cable therethrough and a plurality of teeth that prevent the paired garments from becoming removed therefrom while in the washer or dryer. A clip, along with a clean pair of garments thereon, can be removed from the elongated cable in order to store the pair of garments together in a drawer.
US09758914B2
A cycle of operation for a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable treating chamber in which laundry is received for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation, the cycle of operation including a pre-wetting phase which includes misting an exposed surface of the laundry with a pre-wetting liquid and a pre-wash phase which includes supplying a dye fixative to the surface of the laundry wet by the pre-wetting liquid for distributing a dye fixative to a laundry surface.
US09758913B2
A washing machine appliance and a method for operating a washing machine appliance are provided. The method includes estimating a mass of articles within a wash chamber of a drum based at least in part on an inertia of the drum and articles within the wash chamber of the drum, gauging the mass of articles within the wash chamber of the drum based at least in part on a volume of water within a tub, and establishing a load type of articles within the wash chamber of the drum based at least in part on the mass of articles within the wash chamber of the drum from the step of estimating and the mass of articles within the wash chamber of the drum from the step of gauging.
US09758912B2
A rinsing station for removing residual materials from a fabric being dyed or bleached. The rinsing station includes a first pair of rinse spray nozzles. One of the first pair directed to spray a rinse fluid downwardly onto incoming dyed fabric. The other of the first pair directed to spray the rinse fluid upwardly onto the incoming dyed fabric. The rinsing station also includes a pair of nip rollers downstream for the first pair of rinse spray nozzles for extracting the rinse fluid.
US09758909B2
According to one embodiment, a method of forming a facer includes forming a first layer of nonwoven glass fibers and positioning a second layer of reinforcement fibers atop the first layer of nonwoven glass fibers. The method also includes coating the first layer of nonwoven glass fibers and/or the second layer of reinforcement fibers with a binder composition and pressing the first layer of nonwoven glass fibers and the second layer of reinforcement fibers together between a pair of rollers. The binder composition is then dried to couple the first layer of nonwoven glass fibers and the second layer of reinforcement fibers to form the facer. The first layer of nonwoven glass fibers and/or the second layer of reinforcement fibers are free of a material coating prior to coating of the binder composition.
US09758905B2
A method of making a carbon fiber comprising esterification of a lignin precursor with an acid, acid anhydride, or acyl halide, thereby forming a reduced Tg lignin. Mixing the reduced Tg lignin with a carbon residue selected from the group of coal based raw material, petroleum based raw material and combinations thereof, thereby forming a fiber precursor mixture; and spinning the fiber precursor mixture into a fiber. A method of making a carbon fiber comprising esterification of a lignin with an acid derivative, thereby forming a reduced Tg lignin. Mixing the reduced Tg lignin with a pitch, thereby forming a fiber precursor mixture; and spinning the fiber precursor mixture into a fiber. A method of making a carbon fiber comprising lowering the Tg of a lignin material, thereby forming a reduced Tg lignin. Mixing the reduced Tg lignin with a carbon residue, thereby forming a fiber precursor mixture and spinning the fiber precursor mixture into a fiber.
US09758901B2
Vitreous silica crucible for pulling of silicon single crystal and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention provides a vitreous silica crucible which inhibits a deformation even when used under a high temperature condition for a long time, and a method for manufacturing the same. The vitreous silica crucible comprises: a substantially cylindrical straight body portion having an opening on the top end and extending in a vertical direction, a curved bottom portion, and a corner portion connecting the straight body portion with the bottom portion and a curvature of which is greater than that of the bottom portion, wherein, the vitreous silica crucible comprises a transparent layer on the inside and a bubble layer on the outside thereof, a compressive stress layer in which compressive stress remains in the inner surface side of the transparent layer, and a tensile stress layer in which tensile stress remains and is adjacent to the compressive stress layer at a gradual rate of change of stress.
US09758893B2
A non-uniform initial metal film is non-uniformly deplated to provide a more uniform metal film on a substrate. Electrochemical deplating may be performed by placing the substrate in a deplating bath formulated specifically for deplating, rather than for plating. The deplating bath may have a throwing power of 0.3 or less; or a bath conductivity of 1 mS/cm to 250 mS/cm. Reverse electrical current conducted through the deplating bath non-uniformly. electro-etches or deplates the metal film.
US09758888B2
Metal surface pretreatments using ionic liquids prior to electroplating are disclosed. The surface treatments include forming an activated metal substrate surface by removing any naturally formed metal oxide layers formed on the surfaces of the metal substrates. According to some embodiments, the surface treatments include exposing the metal substrate to a non-aqueous ionic liquid. In some embodiments, an electrical current is applied to the metal substrate to assist removal of the metal oxide layer. The electrical current can be a pulsed anodic current. After activating the surface, a metal layer can be deposited on the activated surface. In some embodiments, the metal layer is electrodeposited in the same ionic liquid used to form the activated surface. The resultant metal coating is resistant to scratching and peeling.
US09758881B2
A process for the production of energetically rich compounds comprising: using externally supplied thermal energy to heat an electrolyzable compound to a temperature greater than the ambient temperature; generating electricity from a solar electrical photovoltaic component; subjecting the heated electrolyzable compound to electrolysis with the solar generated electricity to generate an energetically rich electrolytic product.
US09758879B1
An assembly of parts has a first metal part having a first surface having a corrosion resistant surface treatment and a second surface being free of corrosion resistant surface treatment, a second metal part having a third surface having a corrosion resistant surface treatment and a fourth surface being free of corrosion resistant surface treatment. The second metal part defines a recess that defines the fourth surface. The first and third surfaces are in contact. A conductive member is disposed at least in part in the recess and is in contact with the second and fourth surfaces. A sealing member disposed in the recess around the conductive member. A sacrificial anode is mounted and conductively connected to one of the first and second metal parts.
US09758878B2
Compounds and methods of inhibiting corrosion of mild steel. Compounds disclosed herein are cationic and contain multiple functional motifs such as propargyl, cinnamaldehyde, isoxazolidine and hydrophobe. These compounds are found to be effective in inhibiting mild steel corrosion in HCl, H2SO4, NaCl and CO2-saturated environments.
US09758876B2
A method for forming a plurality of precision holes in a substrate by drilling, including affixing a sacrificial cover layer to a surface of the substrate, positioning a laser beam in a predetermined location relative to the substrate and corresponding to a desired location of one of the plurality of precision holes, forming a through hole in the sacrificial cover layer by repeatedly pulsing a laser beam at the predetermined location, and pulsing the laser beam into the through hole formed in the sacrificial cover layer. A work piece having precision holes including a substrate having the precision holes formed therein, wherein a longitudinal axis of each precision hole extends in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a sacrificial cover layer detachably affixed to a surface of the substrate, such that the sacrificial cover layer reduces irregularities of the precision holes.
US09758873B2
A manufacturing method for a magnetic recording medium which includes a magnetic layer, a lower protective layer, an upper protective layer and a lubricating layer on a substrate, and in which the total film thickness of the lower protective layer and the upper protective layer is 2.5 nm or less, includes: 1) depositing the lower protective layer; 2) performing oxygen plasma treatment on the lower protective layer; 3) depositing the upper protective layer; and 4) performing nitrogen plasma treatment on the upper protective layer. It is preferable that the lower protective layer and the upper protective layer are formed of a carbon-based material, and it is further more preferable that the lower protective layer and the upper protective layer are formed of diamond-like carbon. Moreover, it is preferable that the contact angle of the lower protective layer with respect to water in the atmosphere is 25° or less.
US09758872B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate on which a central area and a peripheral area adjacent to the central area are arranged. The central area includes a display area. The display apparatus further includes: at least one insulation pattern that is formed in the peripheral area; a groove from which a material for forming the insulation pattern is removed and that is formed adjacent to the insulation pattern; and at least one insulating layer that is interposed between the insulation pattern and the substrate. The groove is located in the at least one insulating layer.
US09758866B2
A compound that is useful for forming a metal by reaction with a reducing agent is described by formula (I): wherein M is a metal selected from Groups 2 through 12 of the Periodic Table; and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently H or C1-C8 alkyl.
US09758859B2
The present disclosure relates to a coated cutting tool including a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating includes a layer of TixZryAl(1-x-y)N, where 0
US09758841B2
The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.
US09758836B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting Candidatus Liberibacter infection and Huanglongbing disease in a citrus plant by detecting the expression of small RNAs such as miRNA and siRNA. The invention also provides methods for treating Huanglongbing disease in a citrus plant by contacting the plant with a phosphorus containing solution.
US09758833B2
This invention relates, e.g., to methods for predicting a subject's risk for developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) or high-grade dysplasia (HGD), comprising determining in a sample from the subject the methylation levels of transcriptional promoter regions of various combinations of, among other genes, (a) cadherin 13, H-cadherin (heart) (CDH13); (b) tachykinin-1 (TAC1); (c) nel-like 1 (NELL1); (d) A-kinase anchoring protein 12 (AKAP12); (e) somatostatin (SST); (f) transmembrane protein with EGF-like and two follistatin-like domains (HPP1); (g) CDKN2a, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2a (p16); or (h) runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3).
US09758826B2
p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) is a biomarker associated with islet cell health. If PUMA is low, islet cells are typically healthy. If PUMA is high, islet cells are typically unhealthy or dying. PUMA may be measured by either measuring its nucleic or amino acid. PUMA mRNA may be induced by TNF-α stimulation in a time- and dose-dependent manner and β cell apoptosis is induced through a mitochondrial pathway. TNF-α significantly inhibited glucose-induced preproinsulin precursor mRNA synthesis. Such β cell stress signaling in human islets indicates overall state of islet health and, ultimately, the risk of onset and/or degree of severity of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
US09758821B2
Graphene transistor gated by charges through a nanopore for bio-molecular sensing and DNA sequencing
A technique for a nanodevice is provided. A reservoir is separated into two parts by a membrane. A nanopore is formed through the membrane, and the nanopore connects the two parts of the reservoir. The nanopore and the two parts of the reservoir are filled with ionic buffer. The membrane includes a graphene layer and insulating layers. The graphene layer is wired to first and second metal pads to form a graphene transistor in which transistor current flowing through the graphene transistor is modulated by charges passing through the nanopore.
US09758820B2
Methods and containers are provided for identifying a species, illustratively a bacterial species. Illustrative methods comprise amplifying various genes in the nucleic acid from the bacterial species in a single reaction mixture using pairs of outer first-stage primers designed to hybridize to generally conserved regions of the respective genes to generate a plurality of first-stage amplicons, dividing the reaction mixture into a plurality of second-stage reactions, each using a unique pair of second-stage primers, each pair of second-stage primers specific for a target bacterial species or subset of bacterial species, detecting which of the second-stage reactions amplified, and identifying the bacterial species based on second-stage amplification. Methods for determining antibiotic resistance are also provided, such methods also using first-stage primers for amplifying genes known to affect antibiotic resistance a plurality of the second-stage reactions wherein each pair of second-stage primers specific for a specific gene for conferring antibiotic resistance.
US09758809B2
This disclosure relates to methods of diagnosing neurodegenerative disease by analyzing proteins or protein expression profiles in a subject, or RNA or RNA expression profiles in a subject. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates the diagnosis of preclinical or symptomatic stages of Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy by identification of components of U1 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins or fragments thereof which are capable of forming cytoplasmic tangle-like structures.
US09758800B2
The invention relates to improvements in the production of butanol and butyrate by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO and the addition of an inorganic sulfur additive. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more micro-organisms convert a substrate comprising CO to butanol. In one aspect the invention uses a sulfur additive comprising inorganic sulfur compounds having a +2 to a +4 sulfur oxidation state that produces sulfur oxoanions and hydrosulfur oxoanions in an aqueous fermentation medium.
US09758799B2
Yeast cells are transformed with an exogenous xylose isomerase gene. Additional genetic modifications enhance the ability of the transformed cells to ferment xylose to ethanol or other desired fermentation products. Those modifications include deletion of non-specific or specific aldose reductase gene(s), deletion of xylitol dehydrogenase gene(s) and/or overexpression of xylulokinase.
US09758797B2
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding proteins, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described.
US09758789B2
Provided are constructs and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using the regulatory elements, including the promoters and/or 3′-UTRs, isolated from Setaria italica ubiquitin genes.
US09758785B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions regarding one or more microRNAs or variants thereof that are provided to an individual for a variety of medical treatments, including sensitization to cancer therapy or prevention of a cancer to become sensitized to a cancer therapy. In specific embodiments, the microRNAs include miR-520a (including at least miR-520a-3p and miR-520-5p), miR-520g, miR-520h, and functional variants thereof. In some embodiments, the cancer is ovarian cancer, and in particular embodiments, the cancer therapy is platinum-based chemotherapy.
US09758780B2
The present invention relates to innovative means of generating sequence-linked DNA fragments and subsequent uses of such linked DNA fragments for de novo haplotype-resolved whole genome mapping and massively parallel sequencing. In various embodiments described herein, the methods of the invention relate to methods of generating paired-end nucleic acid fragment sharing common linker nucleic acid sequences using a nicking endonuclease, a T7 endonuclease, a restriction enzyme, or a transposase, methods of analyzing the nucleotides sequences from the linked-paired-end sequenced fragments, and methods of de novo whole genome mapping. Thus, the methods of this invention allow establishing sequence contiguity across the whole genome, and achieving high-quality, low-cost de novo assembly of complex genomes.
US09758777B2
The present invention relates to the production of sugar hydrolysates from cellulosic material. The method may be used e.g. for producing fermentable sugars for the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic material. Cellulolytic enzymes and their production by recombinant technology is described, as well as uses of the enzymes and enzyme preparations.
US09758772B2
The present application relates to an L-threonine-producing microorganism and a production method for L-threonine using the same, and more specifically, to a microorganism having enhanced L-threonine productivity and a method for producing L-threonine in high yield using the same.
US09758767B2
Provided is a novel bacteriophage ΦCJ22 (KCCM11364P). In addition, provided is an antibacterial composition containing the bacteriophage ΦCJ22 (KCCM11364P) as an active ingredient. Further, provided is a method of preventing and/or treating infectious diseases caused by Clostridium perfringens in animals except for humans by using the bacteriophage ΦCJ22 (KCCM11364P) or an antibacterial composition containing the bacteriophage ΦCJ22 (KCCM11364P) as an active ingredient.
US09758764B2
Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating composite liquids into components. Embodiments involve the use of a flexible membrane for separating a composite liquid into components. The composite liquid may include, in embodiments, a cellular containing liquid, such as whole blood or components of whole blood. In one specific embodiment, the composite liquid is a buffy coat.
US09758762B2
A method of culturing adherent cells from a placenta or adipose tissue is disclosed. The method comprises culturing the adherent cells from the placenta or adipose tissue under 3 dimensional (3D) culturing conditions which allow cell expansion, the conditions comprising perfusion.
US09758760B2
The invention provides methods of producing vaccines directed against microorganisms, with the methods comprising culturing, harvesting and/or suspending the microorganism in the presence of a radiation-protective composition and irradiating the bacteria or viruses with a dose of radiation sufficient to render the microorganism replication-deficient and/or non-infective. The radiation-protective compositions used in the methods of the present invention comprise at least one nucleoside, at least one antioxidant and at least one small peptide. The invention also provides methods of rendering bacteria in culture resistant to ionizing radiation (IR), with these methods comprising culturing the bacteria in the presence of a radiation-protective composition.
US09758745B2
In a process of making a liquid cleaning composition, adding a gel breaker upstream of an anionic surfactant addition in the recirculatory loop of a recirculatory batch processor mitigates the viscous hexagonal phase whilst providing maximum flexibility in formulating various ingredients in the composition.
US09758739B2
Cellulose and hemicellulose from biomass can be broken down to C6 and C5 sugars and further converted to corresponding sugar alcohols. It is now found that a new catalyst, MoS2, is active for the hydrogenation of sugar alcohols to hydrocarbons. Combining the technologies listed above allows us to convert the cellulose/hemicellulose to liquid hydrocarbons.
US09758737B1
A method to generate dense, multi-cyclic diamondoid fuels from bio-derived sesquiterpenes. This process can be conducted with both heterogeneous and homogenous catalysts and produces the targeted isomers in high yield. The resulting multi-cyclic structures impart significantly higher densities and volumetric net heats of combustion while maintaining low viscosities which allow for use at low temperature/high altitude. Moreover, bio-derived sesquiterpenes can be produced from renewable biomass sources. Use of these fuels will decrease Navy dependence on fossil fuels and will also reduce net carbon emissions.
US09758736B2
A system includes a first steam injector configured to mix a steam and a feedstock to form a heated feedstock. Additionally, first viscosity of the feedstock is greater than a second viscosity of the heated feedstock. The system also includes a feed system positioned upstream of the first steam injector and configured to supply the feedstock to the first steam injector. In addition, the system includes a steam system configured to supply the steam to the first steam injector. Furthermore, the system includes a gasifier coupled to the first steam injector and configured to receive the heated feedstock.
US09758734B2
The hydroisomerization of a paraffinic hydrocarbon feedstock obtained from renewable sources is effectively achieved by passing the feedstock in the presence of hydrogen over a hydroisomerization catalyst comprising a crystalline metal silicate molecular sieve, in which a portion of the crystalline framework contains iron.
US09758728B2
A combined hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and catalytic hydrothermal gasification (CHG) system and process are described that convert various biomass-containing sources into separable bio-oils and aqueous effluents that contain residual organics. Bio-oils may be converted to useful bio-based fuels and other chemical feedstocks. Residual organics in HTL aqueous effluents may be gasified and converted into medium-BTU product gases and directly used for process heating or to provide energy.
US09758719B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US09758715B2
The present invention is directed to highly-concentrated compositions of salts of alkyl polyalkoxy sulphates, whereby in total at least ⅔ of all alkoxy unit of the alkyl polyalkoxy sulphates are propoxy units.
US09758711B2
Working fluids, such as drilling fluids, may remove heat from other fluids, tools, equipments and environments and transfer it to other locations by using reversible phase change elements. The heat removal occurs through the absorption of heat by one or more phase transitions or a sequence of phase transitions in the elements of the working fluid. For instance, heat is absorbed when the phase change portions of the reversible phase change elements change phase including, but not necessarily limited to, a change from solid to smectic liquid crystal, from solid to nematic liquid crystal, from smectic liquid crystal to isotropic liquid, from nematic liquid crystal to isotropic liquid, from solid to isotropic liquid, and sequences and combinations thereof. Heat is released when the phase change reverses. These phase changes are first-order transitions and are associated with a latent heat or enthalpy.
US09758710B2
A heat storage material composition contains a sugar alcohol and a stabilizer that allows the sugar alcohol to maintain a liquid state and a supercooled state. The stabilizer is one selected from (i) a salt that has a solubility of 9 g or more in 100 mL of 20° C. water and gives a monovalent anion, (ii) a polymer prepared by using the salt as a monomer, and (iii) a polymer having a molecular weight of 7,000 or more and 4,000,000 or less prepared by using, as a monomer, an alcohol having a solubility of 9 g or more in 100 mL of 20° C. water.
US09758698B2
Provided are slurry for polishing cobalt and a substrate polishing method. The slurry includes an abrasive configured to perform the polishing, the abrasive comprising zirconium oxide particles, a dispersing agent configured to disperse the abrasive, and a polishing accelerator configured to accelerate the polishing. The polishing accelerator includes an organic acid containing an amine group and a carboxylic group. According to the slurry in accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a polishing rate of the cobalt may increases without using an oxidizing agent, and local corrosion defects on a surface of the cobalt may be suppressed.
US09758697B2
The invention provides chemical-mechanical polishing compositions and methods of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate, especially a substrate comprising a silicon oxide layer, with the chemical-mechanical polishing compositions. The polishing compositions comprise first abrasive particles, wherein the first abrasive particles are wet-process ceria particles, have a median particle size of about 75 nm to about 200 nm, and are present in the polishing composition at a concentration of about 0.005 wt. % to about 2 wt. % a functionalized heterocycle, a cationic polymer selected from a quaternary amine, is cationic polyvinyl alcohol, and a cationic cellulose, optionally a carboxylic acid, a pH-adjusting agent, and an aqueous carrier, and have a pH of about 1 to about 6.
US09758694B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a curable resin composition including at least: a polysiloxane compound having, in a molecule thereof, at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of silanol groups and alkoxysilyl groups as a component (A-1); and silica whose extract water has a pH of 6.1 or lower at 25° C. as a component (B), wherein the amount of the component (B) relative to the total amount of the components (A-1) and (B) is in a range of 70 to 97 mass %. This curable resin composition is able to, even when formed into various shapes and sizes, prevent foaming during curing and thus is suitable as an encapsulant material for a semiconductor element.
US09758690B2
A transparent resin composition for sealing an organic EL element and other things having a sufficient effect of blocking moisture and excellent flexibility is provided. As essential components, a thermoplastic resin, tackifying resin and organometallic compound represented by the following chemical formula are included, having a light transmittance of 85% or more, and having a relationship of AM/Y<162, A: the acid value excluding the organometallic compound M: the weight average molecular weight of the organometallic compound Y: the weight ratio of the organometallic compound with respect to 100 parts by weight of resin components wherein the thermoplastic resin contains a hydride of a styrene-based A-B-A type triblock, wherein R1 to R4 represent organic groups including an alkyl group, aryl group, alkoxy group, cycloalkyl group and acyl group, each having a carbon number of 1 or more and 8 or less, M represents a metal atom having 3 valency.
US09758674B2
Flowlines for use in oil and gas applications are described. The flowlines include a barrier layer that includes polyarylene sulfide composition that exhibits high strength and flexibility characteristics. Methods for forming the flowlines are also described. Formation methods include dynamic vulcanization of a polyarylene sulfide composition that includes an impact modifier dispersed throughout the polyarylene sulfide. A crosslinking agent is combined with the other components of the composition following dispersal of the impact modifier throughout the composition. The flowlines can include production fluid flowlines, supporting fluid flowlines, bundled flowlines, etc. and can be utilized as risers, pipelines, jumpers, and the like.
US09758671B2
The present invention is directed to a covalently crosslinked hydrogel comprising the strain-promoted reaction product of an 8-member cycloalkyne functionalized polyalkylene glycol and a multi-arm glycerol exytholate triazide and methods for making them. Because the precursor materials can be manipulated without causing crosslinking, provided the strain threshold is not reached, these hydrogels permit mechanical control over when (and where) cross linking occurs and are easier to use than prior strain-activated or temperature-activated systems. These novel hydrogels do not require a catalyst to cross link, thus avoiding the biocompatibility problems common to many catalysts. Nor is the crosslinking process affected by the presence of catalysts or other substances, which have interfered with crosslinking in known strain induced hydrogels. Because of their crosslinking reaction kinetics, these novel hydrogels can encapsulate and transport highly sensitive cells and other biological additives and have no known toxic byproducts.
US09758669B2
A thermoplastic resin composition includes a base resin including (A1) polycarbonate resin, (A2) polyester resin, and (A3) a vinyl cyanide compound-aromatic vinyl compound copolymer; (B) an impact reinforcing agent; and (C) a filler, wherein the (B) impact reinforcing agent has a core-shell structure including a rubbery polymer selected from the group consisting of a diene rubber, an acrylic rubber, a silicone rubber, and combinations thereof. A molded part for an automobile exterior can be made using the thermoplastic resin composition.
US09758668B2
An acoustic stack is described, where the acoustic stack comprises a plurality of acoustic stack components, which are laminated with an accelerated cure adhesive, which comprises an epoxy resin. The epoxy resin comprises one or more modified epoxy resins, which are selected from a group consisting of epoxy phenol novolac, bisphenol A, and bisphenol F. Further described is a method for producing an acoustic stack. The method comprises providing a plurality of acoustic stack components and dispensing an accelerated cure adhesive to the acoustic stack components. The accelerated cure adhesive dispensed on, to, and/or in the acoustic stack components includes an epoxy resin, which comprises at least one modified epoxy resin selected from a group consisting of epoxy phenol novolac, bisphenol A, and bisphenol F. After the accelerated cure adhesive is dispensed to the acoustic stack components, the accelerated cure adhesive is cured.
US09758666B2
The present invention provides an oxygen-absorbing resin composition having a satisfactory oxygen absorption performance and suppressing the occurrence of odor after oxygen absorption, even in an aspect substantially containing no photoinitiator, and an oxygen-absorbing multilayer body using the oxygen-absorbing resin composition. An oxygen-absorbing resin composition initiating oxygen absorption by irradiation with an energy ray, the composition including an easily oxidizable thermoplastic resin and a transition metal catalyst, and wherein the easily oxidizable thermoplastic resin includes a polybutadiene (X) and a resin (Y) having carbon-carbon double bonds and the constitutional unit of the following general formula (1): (wherein R1 to R7 each represent —H, —CH3, —CH2R, —CHR2, —CR3, —OR, —COOR, —SiR3, —O—SiR3, —COCl or a halogen atom, and may be the same as each other or different from each other, and R represents a linear or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, halogenated alkyl, halogenated alkenyl or aryl group.)
US09758663B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic resin powder that suppresses a decrease in fluidity of a composition during melt molding and that has a suppressed alteration of the resin resulting from retention. The thermoplastic resin powder is obtained by coagulating a polymer from a latex produced by means of emulsion polymerization of a monomer, the content of metal-corroding free acids in the thermoplastic resin powder is no greater than 500 ppm, and the thermoplastic resin powder satisfies a predetermined formula (1).
US09758655B2
A formulation of material includes a polymeric material, a nucleating agent, and a surface active agent. The formulation of material may be polymeric materials that relate morphology and crystalline structure of cellular polymeric material that may be used to form usable articles, such as an insulated container useful for containing food or liquid.
US09758647B2
A rubber mixture and a pneumatic vehicle tire having a rubber mixture containing the following constituents: 15 to 55 phr of at least one natural polyisoprene and/or 15 to 55 phr of at least one synthetic polyisoprene and 15 to 85 phr of at least one polybutadiene and 25 to 55 phr of at least one carbon black and 1 to 10 phr of at least one ozone protection wax, wherein the ozone protection wax contains unbranched hydrocarbons having the following chain length distribution consisting of at least the three ranges A, B and C: range A: hydrocarbons having 26 to 31 carbon atoms, range B: hydrocarbons having 32 to 36 carbon atoms, range C: hydrocarbons having 37 to 47 carbon atoms, wherein the relative proportions of the ranges A to B to C are (0.7-1.5) to 1 to (0.6 - 1.4).
US09758638B2
A composition comprising: A. 91.5 to 97.9% of a crosslinkable ethylene-based polymer, e.g., LDPE; B. 1 to 3% of an organic peroxide, e.g., dicumyl peroxide; C. 1 to 5% of a dielectric fluid, e.g., an alkylated naphthalene; and D. 0.1 to 0.5% of a coagent such as AMSD. The compositions exhibit high cure rates without any significant reduction in scorch resistance, heat ageing and electrical performance, and are particularly useful as insulation sheaths for medium and high voltage power cables.
US09758626B2
Anti-blocking compositions are disclosed that include a wax or mixture of waxes effective to reduce, retard or prevent blocking of a viscoelastic solid when applied to the surface of such a solid. Also disclosed are methods of reducing, retarding or preventing blocking of a viscoelastic solid, and the products of those methods which are viscoelastic solids resistant to blocking.
US09758624B2
A method for forming an inorganic passivation material is provided. The method includes mixing about 5 to 80 parts by weight of trialkoxysilane, about 10 to 80 parts by weight of tetraalkoxysilane, and about 1 to 30 parts by weight of catalyst to perform a reaction at pH of about 0.05 to 4 to form an inorganic resin material. The inorganic resin material is modified by phosphate ester to form an inorganic passivation material, wherein phosphate ester is about 0.1-10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic resin material. An inorganic passivation material and a passivation protective film produced therefrom are also provided.
US09758623B2
The present invention relates to a polyimide precursor comprising a repeating unit represented by the following chemical formula (1): wherein A is a tetravalent group having at least one aliphatic six membered ring and no aromatic ring in the chemical structure, and B is a divalent group having at least one amide bond and an aromatic ring in the chemical structure; or A is an aliphatic tetravalent group and B is a divalent group having at least one chemical structure represented by the following chemical formula (2) in the chemical structure: and X1 and X2 are each independently hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C3-9 alkylsilyl group.
US09758620B2
Methods, compounds, and compositions described herein generally relate to hemiaminal organogel networks (HDCNs) and methods of forming HDCNs. In some embodiments, a hemiaminal organogel has a plurality of first polymers, each having a first end and a second end, a plurality of second polymers, each having a first end and a second end, and a plurality of trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkages. The first end of each polymer of the plurality of first polymers may be covalently bonded to a first trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkage. The second end of each polymer of the plurality of first polymers may be covalently bonded to a second trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkage. The first end of each polymer of the plurality of second polymers may be covalently bonded to one of the plurality of trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkages. The second end of each polymer of the plurality of second polymers may be non-covalently bonded.
US09758618B2
A polymer composition comprising a linear ultraviolet radiation absorbing polyether that comprises a chemically bound UV-chromophore.
US09758614B2
A polyester polyol is formed in a polycondensation reaction between an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, a polyol, and an epoxy compound having a straight chain alkyl or alkenyl group having at least six carbon atoms. The polyester polyol exhibits excellent compatibility with hydrocarbon blowing agents. As such, it is a useful component in rigid polyurethane foam formulations that are contain hydrocarbon blowing agents.
US09758610B2
An acid-labile hyperbranched copolymer is formed by copolymerizing monomers that include a difunctional monomer and a mono(meth)acrylate ester. The difunctional monomer includes at least one formal group, acetal group, or ketal group that makes the copolymer acid-labile. The copolymer is useful as a component of a photoresist composition that provides low line width roughness, among other desirable photolithographic properties.
US09758601B2
Provided is a modified polyvinyl alcohol containing 0.1 to 10 mol % of a monomer unit represented by formula (1) below and having a degree of polymerization exceeding 2000. This provides a modified polyvinyl alcohol an aqueous solution of which foams less and which has excellent film strength and gas barrier properties under high humidity conditions, while having excellent water solubility. [In formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.]
US09758599B2
Catalyst systems containing a Ziegler-Natta catalyst component are disclosed. Such catalyst systems can contain a co-catalyst and a supported catalyst containing a fluorided silica-coated alumina, a magnesium compound, and vanadium and/or tetravalent titanium.
US09758596B2
Polymers may be functionalzed with terminal groups, where the terminal groups have, at the chain end, an ether-containing carbinol group of the formula (I) O-A-OH] (I) where A is a divalent organic moiety which can comprise not only C and H but also heteroatoms, such as O, N, S, Si.
US09758594B2
The present invention relates to a multivalent antibody comprising multiple heavy chain variable regions of antibody linked to each other via a linker comprising an amino acid sequence encoding an immunoglobulin domain or a fragment thereof.
US09758593B2
Methods for treating a cocaine-related disorder in an individual include administering to the individual a therapeutic amount of an antibody comprising a human immunoglobulin gamma heavy chain and a murine lambda light chain. In another embodiment, the light chain includes a human kappa light chain at least partially derived from 1B3. Other embodiments are directed toward the antibodies themselves and methods of binding the antibodies.
US09758582B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of generating fusion proteins to be used in cancer therapy, and more specifically, to nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins, wherein the chimeric fusion proteins comprises at least one targeting moiety and at least one immunomodulatory moiety that counteracts the immune tolerance of cancer cells.
US09758579B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof and humanized versions thereof having binding specificity for IL-6. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-IL-6 antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-IL-6 antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with IL-6. These antibodies may bind at least one of soluble IL-6, cell surface expressed IL-6, IL-6/IL-6R and/or prevent the association of IL-6 and IL-6R, the association of IL-6/IL-6R and gp130 and or the formation of IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 multimers and thereby inhibit a biological effect associated with any of the foregoing.
US09758573B2
The invention provides epsilon toxin (ETX) produced by Clostridium perfringens type B or type D as a causative toxin for human multiple sclerosis (MS). The invention further identifies ETX binding receptor MAL for ETX mediated cell death and other toxin-logical activities in MS. Methods and compositions to prevent humans from multiple sclerosis (MS) and/or treating MS by directly or indirectly interfering with epsilon toxin (ETX), its binding receptor (e.g., MAL), or ETX-receptor interactions so as to inhibit or suppress downstream ETX mediated receptor signaling activities are provided. Also provided are various methods to detect, diagnose, monitor, assess multiple sclerosis (MS) by determining an expression level of ETX gene or its encoding protein in human patient suspected for and/or at risk for multiple sclerosis (MS).
US09758562B2
Provided herein are peptides and variant peptides that exhibit enhanced activity at the GLP-1 receptor, as compared to native glucagon.
US09758560B2
The invention relates to a derivative of a GLP-1 peptide, which peptide has two Lys residues, namely a first and a second Lys residue, and a maximum of eight amino acid changes as compared to GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 3), which derivative comprises two protracting moieties attached to the epsilon amino group of said first and second Lys residue, respectively, via a linker, wherein the protracting moiety is selected from Chem. 15: HOOC—(CH2)x-CO—*, and Chem. 16: HOOC—C6H4-O—(CH2)y-CO—*, in which x is an integer in the range of 10-16, and y is an integer in the range of 8-12; and the linker comprises a first linker element *—NH—CH(CH2OH)—CO—*. A preferred linker is g Glu-Ser-Ser-Gly-Ser-Ser-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 2). The derivative of the invention has a very good potency, and a very good binding to the GLP-1 receptor. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical use of the derivative, for example in the treatment and/or prevention of all forms of diabetes and related diseases.
US09758558B2
A biodegradable hydrogel has been made based on high concentrations of whey protein isolate (WPI). WPI gels of different compositions were fabricated by thermally inducing gelation of high-concentration suspensions of protein, and characterized for compressive strength and modulus, hydration swelling and drying properties, mechanical behavior change due to polysaccharide additives, and intrinsic pore network structure. The gels were shown to be compatible with bone cells and could be used as bone tissue scaffolds. In addition, WPI fibers were produced by electrospinning. Several additives could be incorporated into the WPI gels, including structural additives, growth factors, amino acids, etc. The WPI hydrogels can be made with glycerol to increase flexibility and stability. The hydrogels could be used for tissue regeneration, food protection, controlled-release applications (including drug encapsulation, dietary supplement release, attractant release in lures, nutrient release to plants (fertilizers), column packing for compound separation, and membrane development.
US09758551B2
Nucleic acids encoding a chimeric or fusion polypeptide which polypeptide comprises a first domain comprising a translocation polypeptide; and a second domain comprising at least one antigenic peptide are disclosed. The preferred translocation polypeptide is a bacterial toxin translocation polypeptide, such as domain II of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (ETA(dII)). Such nucleic acids, expression vectors thereof, and cells expressing these vectors are used as vaccine compositions in a method for enhancing an antigen specific immune response, a method of increasing the numbers of CD8+ CTLs specific for a selected desired antigen in a subject, or a method of inhibiting the growth of a tumor in a subject.
US09758545B2
The present invention relates to a scaffolded sensor with a container comprising a drug for triggering drug release, wherein the scaffold is intrinsically conformationally metastable and a method to its manufacture.
US09758542B2
A coating of a random copolymer of acrylamide and a second monomer, e.g. glycidoxylmethacrylate, for a silica surface is described. The coating is applied to chromatographic support structures having silica based surfaces. The coating is functionalized to produce protein chromatography matrices that are particularly useful for extracting trace amounts of biomarker molecules from biological samples.
US09758527B2
The present invention relates to: a cyclohexene derivative; a preparation method therefor; and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating metabolic diseases, containing the same as an active ingredient. The cyclohexene derivative according to the present invention increases the intracellular activity of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) by activating G protein-coupled receptor 119 (GPR-119) and simultaneously exhibits weight loss and hypoglycemic effects by inducing the release of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which is a neuroendocrine protein, and thus can be useful as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating metabolic diseases such as obesity, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, inadequate glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia and syndrome X.
US09758526B2
An object to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a novel compound having EGFR inhibitory effects and cell growth inhibitory effects, as well as a medication useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer based on the EGFR inhibitory effects.The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) below, or a salt thereof.
US09758522B2
Provided are bifunctional small molecules of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein M represents a small organic molecule which binds, covalently or non-covalently, a kinase, such as Her3 protein kinase; L1 represents a linker; and RH represents a hydrophobic group. An example of a compound of Formula (I) is a compound of Formula (II): Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or (II) and methods of using such compounds for treating proliferative diseases.
US09758520B2
The present invention relates to substituted fused heterocyclic compounds.The substituted fused heterocyclic compounds are GPR119 modulators and useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia and related disorders. The invention furthermore relates to the use of substituted fused heterocyclic compounds as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09758515B2
The present invention provides a compound having antiviral effects, particularly having growth inhibitory activity on influenza viruses, a preferred example of the compound being a substituted 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone derivative prodrug having cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity.
US09758511B2
Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of NAMPT, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which NAMPT is expressed.
US09758505B2
The present invention relates to compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable enantiomers, salts or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds of Formula I as TDO2 inhibitors. The invention also relates to the use of the compounds of Formula I for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer, neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease, chronic viral infections such as HCV and HIV, depression, and obesity. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing compounds of Formula I.
US09758503B1
A compound with antitumor activities is represented by formula A or formula B R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, halogen, formyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, or unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl.
US09758499B2
A novel Rh(I)-catalyzed approach to synthesizing functionalized (E,Z) dienal compounds has been developed via tandem transformation where a stereoselective hydrogen transfer follows a propargyl Claisen rearrangement. Z-Stereochemistry of the first double bond suggests the involvement of a six-membered cyclic intermediate whereas the E-stereochemistry of the second double bond stems from the subsequent protodemetallation step giving an (E,Z)-dienal. The reaction may be represented by the following sequence.
US09758481B2
Peptides and compounds are provided that function as EWS-FLI1 protein inhibitors. The peptides and compounds have utility in the treatment of Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors. Also provided are methods of preparing the compounds and assays for identifying inhibitors of EWS-FLI1 protein.
US09758457B2
The invention relates to a method for converting a precatalyst complex to an active catalyst complex, wherein the precatalyst complex and the active catalyst complex comprise a ruthenium atom and an optically active ligand that is insoluble in water, and the active catalyst complex furthermore comprises a monohydride and a water molecule. The method comprises the steps of providing water as an activation solvent system with a pH value equal or below 2, and solving said precatalyst complex, an acid, and hydrogen therein. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a catalyst composition, a method for hydrogenating a substrate molecule and a reaction mixture.
US09758451B2
A subject-matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene which comprises the following stages: (i) hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene to give 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane; (ii) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene; (iii) hydrogenation of the 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane; and (iv) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene. Stages (ii) and (iv) are carried out using a water and potassium hydroxide mixture with the potassium hydroxide representing between 58 and 86% by weight of the mixture and at a temperature of between 110 and 180° C.
US09758449B2
The invention relates to a fluorination process, alternately comprising reaction stages and regeneration stages, wherein the reaction stages comprise reacting a chlorinated compound with hydrogen fluoride in gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst to produce a fluorinated compound, and the regeneration stages comprise contacting the fluorination catalyst with an oxidizing agent-containing gas flow.
US09758438B2
The present invention provides novel phosphate-solubilizing fungal strains, compositions comprising novel phosphate-solubilizing fungal strains, and methods of using novel phosphate-solubilizing fungal strains to increase the availability of phosphate for plant uptake in soil. In some embodiments, one or more of the novel phosphate-solubilizing fungal strains is coated onto a seed.
US09758432B2
The present invention relates to improved bentonite barrier compositions having enhanced low permeability over time in containment applications. Of the many embodiments provided herein, one embodiment includes a method comprising: providing a bentonite barrier composition comprising: bentonite; and a polyanionic low molecular weight polymer; and forming a containment using the bentonite barrier composition to provide at least partial separation for a containment from its environment.
US09758425B2
A semi-transparent coating material for coating glass or glass ceramics includes at least one sol-gel hybrid-polymer coating system having a hybrid-polymer or inorganic sol-gel-based matrix, and nanoparticles and nanoscale pigments and/or dyes are added to the hybrid-polymer or inorganic sol-gel-based matrix.
US09758420B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing glass containers for pharmaceutical use. This method allows obtaining containers with a low degree of alkalinity. In some preferred embodiments the process allows the manufacture of sterile containers and substantially free of particles ready to be used by the pharmaceutical industry.
US09758416B2
A wastewater treatment process that produces primary sludge and biological sludge. The system and process hydrolyzes the biological sludge in a hydrolysis reactor. The primary sludge is directed to a pasteurization unit and pasteurized. Thereafter, the hydrolyzed biological sludge and the pasteurized primary sludge are directed to an anaerobic digester where the combined sludges are subjected to anaerobic digestion.
US09758410B2
A method and system for treating wastewater is disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes introducing the wastewater into an aerated anoxic treatment unit, flowing an oxygen containing gas into the wastewater in the aerated anoxic treatment unit at a first flow rate, measuring a concentration of a nitrogen species in the wastewater in the aerated anoxic treatment unit, comparing the measured concentration of the nitrogen species to a target nitrogen species concentration, adjusting the flow of the oxygen containing gas into the wastewater in the aerated anoxic treatment unit to a second flow rate in response to a difference in the nitrogen species and the target nitrogen species concentrations, and maintaining the second flow rate for a time period sufficient for the wastewater to be treated in the aerated anoxic treatment unit and form an anoxically treated liquid having a reduced concentration of the nitrogen species.
US09758405B2
A process for the biological treatment of wastewater in which the performance of a conventional activated sludge system is improved by adding an aerobic granular biomass system in a hybrid parallel process configuration. Waste biomass and suspended material from the aerobic granular biomass system is introduced into the conventional activated sludge system for this purpose. In the hybrid process configuration the advantages of both systems are combined to produce new advantages, while drawbacks of the individual systems are reduced to great extent.
US09758400B2
A dual tank wastewater treatment system for performing an extended aeration process to provide a natural, biological breakdown of the organic matter in wastewater using, for example, but not limited to, a continuously operating air pump and diffuser bar system for aeration purposes and a flexible media filter. The air pump used is stronger than conventional air pumps and the diffuser bar is designed to provide more efficient oxygen transfer than conventional diffuser systems by mixing air against the system flow to provide better mixing and longer retention time in the aeration process. The flexible media filter provides a final filtration and polishing of the effluent before it passes through a flow equalization apparatus and exits the system.
US09758397B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method of separating an oil-in-water emulsion formed during crude oil production into a water phase and an oil phase that includes adding 1 part-per-million (ppm) to 10000 ppm of an N-vinylpyrrolidone based cationic copolymer to the oil-in-water emulsion, based on the total volume of the oil-in-water emulsion, to form a water phase and an oil phase, and separating the water phase from the oil phase.
US09758395B2
Lysine-based polymers, particularly copolymers of lysine and maleic acid, are useful as coagulants for clarification of wastewaters, including produced waters from oils sands mining operations. They can be advantageously used in combination with commercial coagulants, and in combination with flocculants. Such combinations may include dry blends. Also described are methods of preparation of lysine homopolymers and copolymers.
US09758394B2
Systems and methods for treating contaminated water from gas wells by adding an inorganic coagulant and a low molecular weight polymer to the contaminated water to increase the size of solid particulates in the water and to thereby allow the solid particulates to be filtered or to otherwise be removed from the water are disclosed herein. While the inorganic coagulant can be any suitable coagulant, in some cases the coagulant is selected from aluminum chlorohydrate, polyaluminum chloride, aluminum sulfate, and ferric sulfate. Similarly, the polymer can comprise any suitable polymer, such as epi/dma, a condensation product of epichlorohydrin and dimethyl amine. The described systems and methods can clean the contaminated water so that the water can then be treated in a variety of other manners, which may include reverse osmosis, deionization, treatment with mixed bed deionizers, electro-separation, fraction distillation, distillation, and other suitable water cleansing processes.
US09758390B2
Method for treating a fluid containing ionized particles, by means of an apparatus provided with a hydraulic circuit (100) intercepted by an immiscible storage tank and by a cyclically regenerating filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B), connected in parallel to the tank. The following are provided for: a supply pipe connected to the hydraulic circuit (100) upstream of the immiscible storage tank for introducing fluid to be purified and an extraction pipe (9) connected to the hydraulic circuit (100) downstream of the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) for conveying purified fluid to the user. The method cyclically comprises a circulation step, in which the fluid circulates through the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) and the immiscible tank (2), accumulating in the latter an operating amount of fluid with increasing concentration of ionized particles, and a production step in which an operating amount of fluid to be purified is introduced into the hydraulic circuit (100) by the supply pipe such that an equivalent operating amount of fluid with increasing concentration of ionized particles previously accumulated in the tank is forced to exit from the tank itself and pass through the filtering unit (3, 3A, 3B) in order to be further purified and then drawn by the extraction pipe (9).
US09758385B2
Novel colored compounds with a hibonite structure and a method for making the same are disclosed. The compounds may have a formula AAl12−x−yMaxMbyO19 where A is typically an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, Pb, Bi or any combination thereof, and Ma is Ni, Fe, Cu, Cr, V, Mn, or Co or any combination thereof, and Mb is Ti, Sn, Ge, Si, Zr, Hf, Ga, In, Zn, Mg, Nb, Ta, Sb, Mo, W or Te or any combination thereof. Compounds with varying colors, such as blue, can be made by varying A, Ma and Mb and their relative amounts. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for making and using the same are also disclosed.
US09758375B2
Process for treating a medium by the removal or destruction of one or more undesired substances present in said medium, comprising combining hydrogen peroxide and alkali hydroxide in an aqueous solution to form superoxide, and bringing the resultant superoxide-containing solution into contact with said medium. The process is useful for the destruction of halogenated organic pollutants and also for carbon dioxide removal from flue gases. The process can also be applied for soil remediation.
US09758368B2
A monolithically integrated multi-sensor (MIMS) is disclosed. A MIMs integrated circuit comprises a plurality of sensors. For example, the integrated circuit can comprise three or more sensors where each sensor measures a different parameter. The three or more sensors can share one or more layers to form each sensor structure. In one embodiment, the three or more sensors can comprise MEMs sensor structures. Examples of the sensors that can be formed on a MIMs integrated circuit are an inertial sensor, a pressure sensor, a tactile sensor, a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a microphone, a force sensor, a load sensor, a magnetic sensor, a flow sensor, a light sensor, an electric field sensor, an electrical impedance sensor, a galvanic skin response sensor, a chemical sensor, a gas sensor, a liquid sensor, a solids sensor, and a biological sensor.
US09758367B2
Various embodiments produce a semiconductor device, such a MEMS device, having metallized structures formed by replacing a semiconductor structure with a metal structure. Some embodiments expose a semiconductor structure to one or more a reacting gasses, such as gasses including tungsten or molybdenum.
US09758366B2
Deep via technology is used to construct an integrated silicon cantilever and cavity oriented in a vertical plane which creates an electrostatically-switched MEMS switch in a small wafer area. Another embodiment is a small wafer area electrostatically-switched, vertical-cantilever MEMS switch wherein the switch cavity is etched within a volume defined by walls grown internally within a silicon substrate using through vias.
US09758365B2
Bulk acoustic wave filters and/or bulk acoustic resonators integrated with CMOS devices, methods of manufacture and design structure are provided. The method includes forming a single crystalline beam from a silicon layer on an insulator. The method further includes providing a coating of insulator material over the single crystalline beam. The method further includes forming a via through the insulator material exposing a wafer underlying the insulator. The insulator material remains over the single crystalline beam. The method further includes providing a sacrificial material in the via and over the insulator material. The method further includes providing a lid on the sacrificial material. The method further includes venting, through the lid, the sacrificial material and a portion of the wafer under the single crystalline beam to form an upper cavity above the single crystalline beam and a lower cavity in the wafer, below the single crystalline beam.
US09758364B2
Microstructure plating systems and methods are described herein. One method includes depositing a plating-resistant material between a microstructure and a bonding layer, wherein the microstructure comprises a plating process base material and immersing the microstructure in a plating solution.
US09758362B2
Devices and methods for extraction of a beverage from a beverage bottle, such as a wine bottle, using an extraction device. The bottle may be supported by a bottle support sleeve that surrounds all but the neck and closure at the bottle opening. The extraction device may be secured to the neck and a needle, such a pair of needles or a two-lumen needle, may be inserted through the closure to inject pressurized gas into the bottle and to remove beverage from the bottle by the needle. The support sleeve may support the bottle during beverage extraction, e.g., by compressing the bottle exterior.
US09758347B2
An elevator arrangement includes two or more hoistways, at least one more elevator car than a total number of hoistways, and at least one more belt system than the total number of hoistways. At least one belt system may be provided between each pair of hoistways. At least one elevator car may be provided in each hoistway. Each elevator car may be connected to at least one belt system. The belt systems may provide a direct transfer of mechanical energy between the elevator cars. As a first elevator car moves downward in a first hoistway, mechanical energy may be generated via the belt systems to lift a second elevator car upwardly in a second hoistway.
US09758342B2
Methods and an apparatuses for determining the movement of a synchronous machine are provided. An apparatus for determining the movement of a synchronous machine includes a determination for at least one electrical magnitude of the synchronous machine; a determination of the position error of the rotor of the synchronous machine, which is fitted to determine the position error of the rotor on the basis of the aforementioned at least one electrical magnitude of the synchronous machine; and also a correction of the movement signal of the incremental sensor, which is fitted to correct the read movement signal of the incremental sensor on the basis of the aforementioned determination of the position error of the rotor of the synchronous machine.
US09758339B2
The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.
US09758333B2
A rotary paper money conveying device applied to a note in and out port (1) of an automatic teller machine. The rotary paper money conveying device comprises: a paper money clamping mechanism (10), used for clamping and conveying paper money (200) from the note in and out port (1) to a paper money transportation channel entrance inside the automatic teller machine; a transmission mechanism, comprising a drive motor (30), a belt (32) and a pair of belt pulleys (31, 33), wherein the belt (32) is fixed to the paper money clamping mechanism (10) through a shaft and a bearing and used for conveying the paper money clamping mechanism (10) to the paper money transportation channel entrance from the note in and out port (1); a first rotary driving mechanism, comprising a first rotary motor (20) and a first transmission gear (22) and used for driving the paper money clamping mechanism (10) to rotate by a first angle at the note in and out port (1); a second rotary driving mechanism, comprising a second rotary motor (40) and a second transmission gear (42) and used for driving the paper money clamping mechanism (10) to rotate by a second angle at the paper money transportation channel entrance; and a central control mechanism.
US09758331B2
A method and an apparatus for holding down a sheet on a feed table of a sheet-processing machine include a lowerable smoothing bar which can be driven according to a speed profile in time with the sheet-processing machine, which results in a targeted deflection of the smoothing bar. The deflection is preserved for the purpose of smoothing the sheet from the middle to the side.
US09758330B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for aligning a bill supplied to a transfer path with a center line of the transfer path. The apparatus may include: a first centering roller arranged at one side of the transfer path and applying a frictional force to a portion of the bill positioned at one side of the transfer path so that the bill is moved to the center line, the first centering roller having a first driven wheel formed in a border part to face one edge line of the transfer path; and a second centering roller arranged at the other side of the transfer path and applying a frictional force to another portion of the bill positioned at the other side of the transfer path so that the bill is moved to the center line, the second centering roller having a second driven wheel formed in a border part to face the other edge line of the transfer path.
US09758329B2
A method and apparatus for automated aerating and handling a sub stack of a stack of rectangular paper sheets where the sub stack is gripped near or at opposed corners of a common edge of the sub stack by means of two robotic grippers (A, B) having two opposed gripping fingers (A1, A2, B1, B2), lifting and rotating the corners in mutually opposite first directions such that the work stack achieves an upwards concave form, gripping the corners by the robotic grippers (A, B), and rotating the grippers in second directions opposite to the first directions such that the upper sheet of the sub stack has a curvature smaller than the bottom sheet of the sub stack, preferably a substantially plane form.
US09758328B2
A transport mechanism for a peripheral device and an operating method including the same are provided. The transport mechanism includes a tray, at least a transport roller, a detector, a trigger component and a processor. The tray includes an opening extending through the tray. The transport roller is rotatably installed in the opening and protruded from the tray to transport a flexible object to move along a transport path. The detector near the tray has a detecting area. The trigger component is located in the opening and spaced apart from the flexible object on the transport path. The flexible object deviated from the transport path presses the trigger component to enter or leave the detecting area and triggers the detector to transmit an abnormal detecting signal. The processor receives the abnormal detecting signal to stop the transport roller.
US09758325B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus that, even when a paper feeding cassette is open, positively performs paper feeding from a manual feed tray, and yet shortens the printing interrupt time. Image forming apparatus includes a paper feeding cassette, guide member, paper feeding changeover determining part, and system control part. Paper feeding cassette is detachably loaded in an apparatus main body. Guide member is temporarily fixed in apparatus main body above paper feeding cassette, constituting a carrying passage for a paper sheet from manual feed tray. If paper feeding cassette is drawn out from apparatus main body, paper feeding changeover determining part determines whether or not paper feeding can be changed over to that from manual feed tray. If the result of determination by paper feeding changeover determining part shows that changeover is possible, system control part causes paper feeding from manual feed tray to be performed.
US09758309B2
Systems and methods for controlling a conveyor in a mining system. The conveyor includes a chain, a first sprocket, a second sprocket, a drive mechanism, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The method includes receiving a first signal associated with a characteristic of at least one of a first sprocket or a second sprocket, determining a value for the characteristic of the at least one of the first sprocket or the second sprocket based on the first signal, receiving a second signal associated with a characteristic of a chain, and determining a value for the characteristic of the chain based on the second signal. The method further includes comparing the value for the characteristic of the at least one of the first sprocket or the second sprocket and the value for the characteristic of the chain and determining the amount of slack in the chain based on the comparison.
US09758308B1
The article transport vehicles are equipped with wireless tags that transmit tag information, and an article transport facility includes: a transport control apparatus that controls the entrance of the vehicles into the control area such that the number of vehicles that are present in one control area is no greater than a control number; a plurality of access points; and a position detection apparatus that detects the respective positions of the vehicles with an accuracy with which a plurality of positions in the control area are distinguishable, based on the same tag information that has been received by the access points. The transport control apparatus permits a number of vehicles, the number being greater than the control number, to enter the control area if a predetermined permission condition is satisfied, based on the positional information that indicates the position of each vehicle.
US09758305B2
A method for performing tasks on items located in a space using a robot, the items being located proximate fiducial markers, each fiducial marker having a fiducial identification. The method includes receiving an order to perform a task on at least one item and determining the fiducial identification associated with the at least one item. The method also includes obtaining, using the fiducial identification of the at least one item, a set of coordinates representing a position of the fiducial marker with the determined fiducial identification, in a coordinate system defined by the space. The method further includes navigating the robot to the coordinates of the fiducial marker associated with said determined fiducial identification.
US09758301B2
An overhead warehousing system for use in a warehouse having a ceiling and storage racks supported by the floor of a warehouse includes drawers configured to contain parcels at designated locations of individual cells in the storage racks and adapted to be opened and closed, flight corridors defined along the storage racks adjacent to the individual cells, drones having gripper heads translatable relative to opened drawers to retrieve parcels therefrom, and a communication subsystem communicating with the drones to control their flying on the flight trajectories along the flight corridors and between a designated docking station, selected ones of designated parcel retrieval locations and selected ones of designated parcel drop locations and also communicating with the drones to control their gripper heads relative to opened drawers and communicating with individual cells for opening and closing drawers as drones approach and depart the selected individual cells.
US09758298B2
The present disclosure relates to a packing box for liquid crystal glass panel, including: a box body, the side walls of which cooperate with each other to form a placement area used for placing the liquid crystal glass panel; a supporting member; and a mounting groove formed on the inner side of at least one side wall of the box body for receiving the supporting member, wherein a mounting part capable of forming a complementary shape fit with the mounting groove is formed on one end of the supporting member, and a supporting part extending toward the placement area is formed on the other end of the supporting member. The packing box is provided with the supporting member on the inner side of the side wall of the box body, in order to support and position the liquid crystal glass panel through the good structural strength of the supporting member itself. The supporting member cooperates with the side walls of the box body on the two sides thereof to form a holding area, for placing the chip on film of the liquid crystal glass panel. Therefore, the chip on film can be out of contact with the packing box, thus providing better protection for the liquid crystal glass panel.
US09758294B2
A pressurized container usable for a pressurizable contain, such as an aerosol dispenser, an aerosol dispenser made therewith and preform therefor. The preform/container/dispenser has a neck at the top. The neck has upper and lower portions. The lower portion transitions into a shoulder, which flares outwardly. The shoulder, in turn, transitions into a sidewall. The lower neck portion/shoulder and/or upper part of the sidewall are cystallized. The invention also comprises a preform for making such a pressurizable container and an aerosol dispenser made therewith.
US09758291B2
A port arrangement is configured for accessing a demountable component in an interior of an apparatus or container. The port arrangement includes an inner port having a port tube and forming a releasable connection with an internal component. The port tube of the inner port is guided through an outer port that is to an outer jacket.
US09758281B2
A tamper-evident closure assembly is provided for a container having a neck defining an opening. The closure assembly includes a base cap configured for securing with the neck of the container. The base cap includes an aperture for providing access to the opening of the container in the neck. The closure assembly further includes an overcap configured for securing with the base cap and configured to cover the aperture in the base cap when the overcap is secured to the base cap. First and second tamper-evidencing members are associated with the base cap and the overcap, respectively. The first tamper-evidencing member provides an indication when the base cap has been removed from the neck, and the second tamper-evidencing member provides an indication when the overcap has been removed from the base cap.
US09758270B1
A method of producing a label for a prescription pharmaceutical storage container for holding and dispensing a pharmaceutical for a patient including the steps of providing a label system having a first distinct label section and a second distinct label section; determining whether a length of prescription information and warning information fits entirely on the first distinct label section; upon determining that the length of the prescription information and warning information does not fit entirely on the first distinct label section, printing indicia providing the prescription information on the first distinct label section and at least a portion of the warning information on the second distinct label section; and upon determining that the length of the prescription information fits entirely on the first distinct label section, printing indicia providing the prescription information and the warning information only on the first distinct label section.
US09758269B2
A product marking is disclosed in connection with a narrow roll. The narrow rolls are provided with a product marking in a first information adding step, the product marking including at least general information. In a second information adding step, the product marking in at least some of the narrow rolls is provided with customer information. After the second information adding step all the narrow rolls have a product marking comprising the customer information.
US09758265B2
A gripping head for a loading robot or manipulator of a cartoning machine capable of nesting articles arranged on two substantially parallel rows, the gripping head comprising a row of gripping members, wherein each of the gripping members comprises a gripping section adapted to receive two adjacent articles and on opposite sides with respect to a centerline plane, and wherein at least the gripping members having even index position or odd index position in the row rotate by about 180 degrees around an axis.
US09758258B2
A blade tracking system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a blade sensor mounted on a blade of the rotary wing aircraft, the blade sensor wirelessly transmitting blade data; a reference sensor mounted to the rotary wing aircraft, the blade driven by the rotor hub, the reference sensor transmitting reference data; and a processor receiving the blade data and the reference data, the processor determining at least one of lead-lag, flap and pitch of the blade in response to the blade data and the reference data.
US09758255B1
Commercial aircraft fuel tanks, such as the center wing tank or body tanks, can be subject to explosion hazard due to heat balance around the tanks. Various embodiments of the present disclosure reduce the flammability exposure of the fuel tank by drawing cold air from a cold air unit of the aircraft and passing the air to a space proximate the fuel tank, without disrupting the cold air system in flight performance.
US09758253B2
A swept gradient air boundary layer diverter for an aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage and an air inlet for an engine of the aircraft, where the air inlet includes a cowl at a leading edge of the inlet. The diverter includes a V-shaped ramp portion formed in the fuselage in an area proximate to and in front of the cowl where the ramp portion extends downward away from an outer surface of the fuselage towards an inside of the aircraft. The diverter also includes a V-shaped trough portion formed into the fuselage and being positioned adjacent to and integral with the ramp portion between the ramp portion and the air inlet. Air flowing over the fuselage towards the cowl is expanded and compressed by the ramp portion and the trough portion so as to create pressure gradients that generate vortices to redirect boundary layer airflow around the air inlet.
US09758246B1
A first pattern associated with a performer may be recognized based upon visual information. A sensor carried by an unmanned aerial vehicle may be configured to generate output signals conveying the visual information. A first distance may be determined between the first pattern and the unmanned aerial vehicle. A second pattern associated with a performee may be recognized based upon the visual information. A second distance may be determined between the second pattern and the unmanned aerial vehicle. Flight control may be adjusted based upon the first distance and the second distance. A flight control subsystem may be configured to provide the flight control for the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US09758236B2
A system that improves on known systems for reducing output torque by a motor in the event of a jam may include an electromechanical actuator (EMA), a motor configured to drive the EMA and a controller. The controller may be coupled to the motor and configured to receive a speed of the EMA and a position of the EMA. The controller may be further configured to determine whether a jam of the EMA is imminent or is occurring according to the EMA speed, EMA position, and a known range of motion of the EMA, and to provide an input signal to the motor to reduce a torque of the motor if a jam of the EMA is imminent or is occurring.
US09758235B2
A thermal insulation system for an aircraft that includes leading surfaces is provided. The thermal insulation system includes a carrier and a container. The carrier has an interior surface that includes a first plurality of magnets that generate a first magnetic field, and an exterior surface that is thermally coupled to the leading surfaces of the aircraft. The container is surrounded by the interior surface of the carrier, has an exterior surface including a second plurality of magnets that generate a second magnetic field oriented opposite the first magnetic field, and has an interior that includes electronics. The first magnetic field and the second magnetic field generate a gap between the carrier and the container to reduce a heat transfer from the leading surfaces to the electronics during operation of the aircraft.
US09758228B1
An exhaust manifold is for an internal combustion engine on an outboard marine engine that is configured to power a propulsor to provide a thrust in a longitudinal direction. The exhaust manifold comprises an exhaust runner that transversely and longitudinally rearwardly conveys the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, an exhaust log that vertically upwardly conveys the exhaust gas from the exhaust runner, and an exhaust elbow that conveys the exhaust gas from the exhaust log vertically upwardly, longitudinally forwardly, and then vertically downwardly.
US09758215B2
A fuel cell two-wheeled vehicle includes an electric machine configured to drive a drive wheel, an air-cooled fuel cell configured to supply electric power to the electric machine, and a fuel gas tank that accumulates fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell. A battery pack is disposed in a space between an intake air inlet and an air intake duct and surrounded by a seat and a vehicle body cover. The intake air inlet is disposed below a front portion of the seat.
US09758211B2
Described is a transmission 1 for means of transport comprising: a driving shaft 10 suitable for being positioned on the axis (“X”) of a pedals and wheel assembly 100, an intermediate shaft 20 comprising a plurality of first transmission units 200 rotated by a gear wheel 12 fixed on the driving shaft 10, a user shaft 30 comprising a respective plurality of second transmission units 300 and at least one output 32 of the transmission 1, wherein each second transmission unit 300 rotated by a respective first transmission unit 200. The transmission 1 also comprises a rigid supporting element 60 structured for forming at least one fixed support for at least the intermediate shaft 20 and a measuring element 70 comprising a first portion 71 with controlled deformation forming at least one mobile support for the intermediate shaft 20 wherein the intermediate shaft 20 can rotate relative to the mobile support 71 and a second supporting portion 72 interposed between the first portion 71 and the rigid supporting element 60.
US09758208B1
An aerodynamic front fork assembly for a bicycle may include an elongated crown portion extending from a steerer tube to a distal end behind a front wheel, with one or more fork blades projecting in a generally forward direction from the distal end of the crown portion to engage the front wheel. The crown portion may substantially fill the gap between the front wheel and the down tube of the bicycle, thereby collectively forming an airfoil with the front wheel and the down tube.
US09758207B2
A vehicle includes a body frame, a left front wheel and a right front wheel, a link mechanism configured to be deformed as a vehicle body leans, and vehicle components disposed directly forward of the link mechanism in relation to a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. The vehicle components are supported on the body frame via penetrating portions that extend from the body frame toward the front of the vehicle and penetrate the link mechanism.
US09758200B2
An aerodynamic drag reduction device for use on an over-the-road cargo vehicle. The vehicle has a prismatically shaped cargo area, which includes a rear face of the cargo area substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel. The device comprises a plurality of resilient prongs arranged along a rear edge of the vehicle body, extending from a respective fixed end secured to the vehicle body rearward in a flow-wise direction beyond the rear edge of the vehicle body to a respective free end. Each prong is separated from an adjacent prong in the plurality, and each is flexible to permit deflection, under the influence of airflow over the vehicle at a predetermined speed, above and below a first plane defined by the surface of the vehicle to which the plurality of prongs is secured. Each prong is further resistant to deflecting in a direction parallel to the first plane.
US09758195B2
The invention relates to a spring strut top mounting, comprising at least one shaping base body, wherein the at least one shaping base body has a dome-shaped section in the region connecting to the spring strut and at least one separate, local reinforcement element which is connected to the base body. The object of making available a spring strut top mounting which has improved rigidity, in particular improved local rigidity, is achieved according to the invention in that the base body has at least one stamped region in the region connecting to the spring strut, and the at least one reinforcement element lays against the base body at least in the vicinity of the at least one stamped region.
US09758174B2
A method performed by an information suppressing system for avoiding distracting an occupant of a vehicle with superfluous information via a medium associated with the vehicle is provided. The medium is adapted to present at least a first piece of information associated with at least a first entity located in a current vicinity of the vehicle. The system determines status data comprising one or more status data parameters reflecting current conditions, and further determines the at least first piece of information to be currently superfluous, based on comparing at least a first status data parameter of the status data with predetermined suppression criteria. Moreover, the system suppresses the at least first piece of information, wherein at least a portion of the at least first piece of information is prevented from being presented via the medium. An information suppressing system in accordance with the foregoing is also provided.
US09758171B2
A multi-mode powertrain system is described, and includes an internal combustion engine having stop/start capability. A method for controlling the multi-mode powertrain system includes circulating coolant to a heater core via an engine fluidic circuit that includes a water jacket of the internal combustion engine when temperature of the coolant is less than an engine fluidic circuit upper temperature threshold and the engine is in an ON state. Coolant is circulated to the heater core via a bypass fluidic circuit that excludes the water jacket of the internal combustion engine when temperature of the coolant is greater than a bypass fluidic circuit lower temperature threshold when the engine is in an OFF state.
US09758169B2
A vehicle comprises a fuel cell that is configured to receive supply of a fuel gas and generate electric power and a motor that is configured to be driven with the electric power generated by the fuel cell. The vehicle selectively sets a drive mode of the vehicle in an accelerator-off state between an ordinary mode and a deceleration enhanced mode that decelerates the vehicle with higher deceleration force than deceleration force in the ordinary mode. The vehicle performs regenerative control of the motor in the ordinary mode or performs deceleration control of generating the deceleration force in the deceleration enhanced mode, in order to decelerate the vehicle in the set drive mode. When an accelerator stroke based on a driver's depression of an accelerator becomes higher than a cancellation threshold in the drive mode set to the deceleration enhanced mode, the vehicle changes the drive mode from the deceleration enhanced mode to the ordinary mode.
US09758157B2
A method for active vibration control of a hybrid electric vehicle may include: determining by a controller whether a driving mode enters an idle region based on a motor speed or an engine speed; selecting a reference angle signal based on position information of a motor or an engine when the driving mode enters the idle region; setting up a period of fast Fourier transform (FFT) and performing FFT of the engine speed or the motor speed corresponding to the period of the FFT from the reference angle signal; setting up a reference spectrum according to the engine speed and an engine load; extracting vibration components based on the reference spectrum; summing vibration components according to frequencies and performing inverse FFT; determining an amplitude ratio according to the engine speed and the engine load; and performing active vibration control of each frequency based on the amplitude ratio and motor torque.
US09758156B2
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to reduce frequency of establishing an engine braking force is provided. The control system is configured to operate a first motor as a motor to increase torque of an output member while halting the output shaft of the engine by a brake, and to increase the deceleration torque of the second motor, if a state of charge of the battery is higher than a predetermined threshold level when deceleration of the hybrid vehicle is demanded.
US09758151B2
In response to a DN operation that changes a shift position SP from a D position to an N position during forward drive in an HV drive mode, then an accelerator position Acc is not less than a reference accelerator position Aref (step S130), a mechanical neutral control is performed to provide a neutral state by releasing transmission of power between an intermediate shaft 32 and a driveshaft 36 by a multi-speed transmission 60 (step S230). An engine and two motors are then controlled to be rotated at rotation speeds close to rotation speeds Nedn, Nm1dn and Nm2dn at the time of DN operation (steps S250, S270 and S280).
US09758146B2
In a vehicle having a manual transmission coupled to an internal combustion engine via a first clutch, the first clutch is operable responsive to movement of a clutch pedal. In an engine mode of vehicle operation, the engine propels the vehicle responsive to movement of an accelerator pedal. An electric motor is coupled to the manual transmission for propelling the vehicle in an electric traction motor mode of vehicle operation. Controls are configured for generating a motor demand signal responsive to accelerator pedal position and configured for modifying the demand signal generation responsive to the clutch pedal position.
US09758144B1
A hovercraft includes a lift air supply source having a dynamic air flow area in communication with a central lift air chamber to provide continuous air flow to the central lift air chamber and a static air flow area in communication with an inflatable skirt extending around a periphery of the hovercraft. Air flow from the static air flow area enters the skirt to replenish air leaking from the skirt. The static air flow area has less air flow than the dynamic air flow area. The static air flow area is located at a higher position than the dynamic air flow area to reduce the likelihood of water entering the inflatable skirt when the hovercraft is operated on water.
US09758139B2
A method for operating a brake system, which brake system includes a master brake cylinder, which is actuated by the driver with the aid of a brake force booster, a driver-independent pressure source, and at least one wheel brake to which a wheel speed sensor is assigned. During a braking operation initiated by the driver, which is identified in particular by a brake lamp switch, the present vehicle deceleration is determined and compared with a predefined threshold value, and the at least one driver-independent pressure source is activated if the determined vehicle deceleration reaches or falls below the predefined threshold value. A brake system for a motor vehicle, which brake system has a control unit in which the method is carried out is also disclosed.
US09758138B2
Towed vehicles can be extremely heavy. Accordingly, it is too much of a burden to the braking system of a towing vehicle to not have brakes on the towed vehicle. Controlling the brakes of the towed vehicle must be accurately applied otherwise very dangerous conditions can be created. A method of controlling braking of a towed vehicle is, therefore, needed. The method comprises receiving speed signals based on speed of a towing vehicle, or a towed vehicle, or both said towing vehicle and said towed vehicle, receiving pressure signals based on pressure of a hydraulic brake system of the towing vehicle, and generating a brake output signal based on the speed signals and the pressure signals.
US09758136B2
A powered hand brake for locomotive brakes that latches a brake chain into a locked position after the brake cylinder has applied the locomotive brakes. A computer controlled brake system may be interconnected to the brake cylinder and the latch and programmed to set the latch into the latched position when the brake cylinder has moved the locomotive brake into the applied position. An actuator is coupled to the brake chain to take up slack in the brake chain as the brake chain moves between the first and second positions. The actuator can comprise a motor or a tensioning cylinder that takes up slack in the brake chain after the brakes have been applied. Alternatively, the actuator may comprise a linkage connecting the brake chain to the locomotive brake so that the slack in the brake chain is taken up as the brakes are applied.
US09758131B2
A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type, particularly for automobiles, comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which wiper blade comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm near one end thereof is pivotally connected to the wiper blade and near the other end thereof is connected to a mounting head on a drive shaft for transferring a reciprocal movement to the wiper blade, with the special feature that the connecting device comprises at least two opposing spaced-apart sidewalls each comprising a protrusion extending sidewardly and outwardly, wherein the connecting device and the oscillating arm are interconnected by the protrusions pivotally and snappingly engaging into correspondingly shaped recesses of the oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm comprises a downwardly extending guiding tongue engaging into a guiding groove of the connecting device defined between the sidewalls thereof, and wherein the connecting device has an asymmetric form with respect to its middle transverse plane, seen in vertical direction, in order to ensure that the wiper blade can only be mounted on the oscillating arm in a predetermined orientation of the wiper blade relative to the oscillating arm.
US09758126B2
A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; and a shoulder pad including a hold member formed of a material having a flexibility into an elongated shape and placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness along a longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, attached to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction, and including a plurality of hard members formed of a material harder than the hold member and provided side by side at intervals therebetween in a longitudinal direction of the hold member, the plurality of hard members being attached to a shoulder-harness-side surface of the hold member.
US09758097B2
A remaining fuel amount display device including: a fuel gauge; a sensor that detects the remaining fuel amount of the fuel tank; and an electronic control unit that calculates an indication value of the fuel gauge. The electrical control unit calculates the indication value by subtracting a subtraction value from a last indication value when the last indication value is greater than a detected value of the remaining fuel amount. The last indication value is calculated at one time before the indication value. The subtraction value is greater than a latest fuel consumption amount in an interval of the calculation of the indication value and equal to or less than a sum of the fuel consumption amount and a difference between the last indication value and the detected value. The subtraction value becomes larger when a value obtained by comparing the last indication value with the detected value is larger.
US09758092B2
Various aspects of a system and method to generate a parking alert are disclosed herein. The system comprises one or more circuits controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) in a first vehicle. The one or more circuits are configured to detect a second vehicle within a predetermined distance with respect to the first vehicle. A parking violation alert is communicated to the second vehicle and one or more users associated with the second vehicle. The communication of the parking violation alert is based on the detection of the second vehicle within the predetermined distance with respect to the first vehicle.
US09758089B2
A trailer signal converter includes a plurality of inputs, including a first towing vehicle turn light signal, a second towing vehicle turn light signal, and a trailer brake signal. The trailer brake signal is a pulse-width modulated signal. The trailer signal converter selectively drives the turn and stop light signals on the trailer based on the input signals. In a three-wire system, the signal converter is configured to receive a brake signal input and a brake light input and selectively drive the trailer stop light signals.
US09758087B2
A system and method for controlling an overall light beam emitted by an automotive vehicle headlamp and formed from selectively activatable beam segments produced independently from one another by illuminating means borne by the headlamp, the segments together forming an overall light beam when they are all activated and placed successively side-by-side.The instantaneous speed of the vehicle is compared to a first preset speed threshold, and a zone of high light intensity to be produced when the instantaneous speed is higher than the first preset speed threshold is determined.
US09758086B2
A vehicle lamp control device (1) includes: an artificial light determination unit (82) which, on the basis of an image of the surroundings of a vehicle C captured by a camera (11) mounted on the vehicle C, determines whether or not the vehicle C is located in an artificial light environment, i.e., an environment illuminated by artificial light which is light provided by artificial illumination; and a lamp controller (81) which, on the basis of the result of determination by the artificial light determination unit (82), controls turning on or turning off of a lamp (12) which outputs an illumination light to the outside of the vehicle C.
US09758085B2
A vehicle safety illumination method and arrangement is provided including a head light control unit for modulating an intensity of a head light of a vehicle between a low beam mode and a high beam mode. The arrangement may include a switch for actuating the head light control unit, and sensors to detect an object in front of the vehicle. The arrangement also includes a processor to determine if an object detected constitutes a potential collision threat to the vehicle. The arrangement is arranged to actuate the head light control unit if an object in front of the vehicle is determined to constitute a potential collision threat to the vehicle.
US09758083B1
A pneumatic tank trailer is described. A front end cover is positioned over a front portion of the pneumatic tank trailer. The front end cover partially covers and attaches to a front end cone of the tank. The front end cover also covers plumbing and fittings for a pressurization system of the pneumatic tank trailer. The front end cover improves the aerodynamics of the trailer by providing a smooth surface with a large radius transition from the front cover to the tank.
US09758077B2
A headrest (1) includes a stay (6), a framework (2) supported by the stay (6) in a turnable manner toward a head of a sitting person, and supporting the head thereof, a shaft member (4) to be actuated in conjunction with the turning of the framework (2), and turning at a larger angle than a turning angle of the framework (2), and a coil spring (5) including a coil (50) wound around a pivot portion (47) of the shaft member (4) in a direction tightening the shaft member (4) when the framework (2) turns to the opposite side to the head side of the sitting person, and supports the head of the sitting person.
US09758074B1
The present invention is a simplified pawl and sector adjustable armrest device. Both the pawl and sector have a toothed edge, which engage one another in the locked position. The locked position prevents the armrest from rotating. A pawl-return torsional spring maintains engagement between the pawl and sector. A release cable can disengage the pawl from the sector, unlocking the adjustable armrest, allowing it to rotate in either position. A protrusion from the sector limits the rotation by butting up against a built-in stop.
US09758071B2
A vehicle seat including: a tilt down mechanism configured to sink down a seat cushion in conjunction with forward tilting down movement of a seat back, wherein the tilt down mechanism couples a rear part of the seat cushion to a base on a floor by a rotary shaft, couples a front part of the seat cushion to the base via a front link, and further includes a power transmission member that couples the front link and the seat back, and wherein the tilt down mechanism is configured so that the power transmission member tilts the front link downward in conjunction with the forward tilting down movement of the seat back, thereby sinking down the front part of the seat cushion about the rotary shaft.
US09758068B2
A child restraint with recline includes a base, a seat slidably disposed thereon, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is disposed in the base and the seat correspondingly and includes a pawl, two actuators, and a plurality of holes. The pawl is biased to protrude out to be selectively inserted into one of the plurality of holes. Each actuator includes a manipulation portion and a connecting portion kinematically connecting the manipulation portion and the pawl. The manipulation portions are exposed at the front side and rear sides of the child restraint respectively. The manipulation portion of each actuator is operable to independently drive the pawl through the connecting portion to disengage from the hole which the pawl is engaged with. The recline angle of the seat relative to the base can be adjusted by manipulating the manipulation portions from the front side or rear side of the child restraint.
US09758064B1
A vehicle seating assembly includes a vehicle desk operably coupled to a rear portion of a seatback. The vehicle desk is movable between at least a stowed position and a use position. A hinge assembly includes a finger-grip rotator knob assembly and a moveable element, such as a working surface or desk. The moveable element is operably coupled to, and rotatable with, the finger-grip rotator knob assembly.
US09758062B2
A rail for a vehicle seat, comprising first and second profiles (8, 9) that slide relative to one another, a lock (19) movably mounted inside the first profile, a spring blade (29) fixed to the first profile and comprising a control portion (31) designed to act on the lock so as to unlock it.
US09758035B2
A filler neck cap is adapted to mate with and close a filler neck. The filler neck cap includes a closure configured to engage the filler neck, an outer handle configured to be gripped by a consumer, and a torque-transmission member configured to transmit torque applied to the outer handle by the consumer to the closure to rotate the closure relative to the filler neck during installation of the cap in the filler neck and removal of the cap from the filler neck.
US09758027B1
Some embodiments are directed to a door lining assembly for use with a vehicle that defines a vehicle exterior and a vehicle passenger compartment. The door lining assembly can include a base assembly including an outboard base that defines a substantially planar upper surface that extends obliquely relative to a transverse direction of the vehicle so as to face upwardly toward the vehicle exterior. The base assembly can also include an inboard base that defines a substantially planar upper surface that extends obliquely relative to the upper surface of the outboard base downward toward the vehicle passenger compartment. The outboard and inboard bases can be joined together to form a peak that is the vertically highest portion of the base assembly. A unitary topcoat can cover the upper surfaces of the outboard and inboard bases.
US09758025B2
A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a vehicle roof; a guide rail provided in each edge portion of the opening in a lateral direction, and extending in a longitudinal direction; a support bracket including a front end portion supported by the guide rail, and supporting each edge portion of the movable panel; and a shoe member provided such that the shoe member can be moved along the guide rail, and engaged with the support bracket, wherein the movable panel is opened and closed along with movement of the shoe member, and the shoe member includes a limiting protrusion portion protruding in the lateral direction at a position higher than an upper surface of the guide rail, and is in contact with or is close to the upper surface.
US09758023B2
A spring for sun visors includes a torque application section that extends from a holding section and applies torque when a main section is rotating. The holding section has a flat section that receives torque from a shaft. The torque application section has a first spring piece extending from one end of the holding section and a second spring piece extending from the other end of the holding section and being bent so as to fold back. The first spring piece has a first tip section that includes overhanging sections that are narrower than the width of the holding section. The second spring piece has a second tip section that is arranged so as to overlap on the outside of the overhanging sections. The overhanging sections are provided in an area extending from the torque receiving section to the first tip section.
US09758019B2
An air conditioning system that includes a casing that has a flow channel connected to an inside of a vehicle to supply or discharge air. A motor is mounted on one side of the casing to generate a normal direction torque and a reverse direction torque and a first fan is disposed on one side of the flow channel to be connected to an output shaft of the motor and to be rotated. A second fan is disposed on one side of the first fan to be fixedly mounted in the shaft and to be rotated. Additionally, a variable connecting unit that connects the first fan to the shaft of the motor is rotated when the motor is rotated in a normal direction and has a torque of the shaft of the motor not to be transmitted to the first fan when the motor is rotated in a reverse direction.
US09758018B2
A control element (16) for an air vent (10) in a vehicle has a bearing portion which serves for the air-vent-side bearing of the control element (16) and includes a receptacle (22), in particular for a slat (12) of an air vent (10), and a spring element (34) which protrudes into the receptacle (22) of the bearing portion, wherein the spring element (34) is integrally molded to the control element (16).
US09758016B1
A vehicle occupant safety system involves multiple sensors within a vehicle, a monitor aggregator, a processor, a vehicle electronic control system, and a decision engine which will compare sensor data against a set of sensor parameters to determine whether any of multiple potential danger conditions exists within the vehicle, and determine which of multiple control actions are to be automatically taken and modify operation of at least one vehicle component. If a further determination is made that either the specified danger condition is persisting or has exceeded at least one specified severity threshold, the decision engine will determine whether to further modify operation of any vehicle component or take a specified escalation action. The decision engine will continue to make determinations regarding the specified danger condition and decide whether to take further control actions until the specified danger condition no longer exists.
US09758010B2
A multi-mode vehicle thermal management system is provided that allows efficient thermal communication between a refrigerant-based thermal control loop and three non-refrigerant-based thermal control loops, where one of the non-refrigerant-based loops provides temperature control over the vehicle's passenger cabin, a second of the non-refrigerant-based control loops is thermally coupled to the vehicle's battery system and the third of the non-refrigerant-based control circuits is thermally coupled to the vehicle's drive train. The refrigerant-based control loop may be operated either in a heating mode or a cooling mode and is coupled to the vehicle's HVAC system using a refrigerant-air heat exchanger, and to the battery thermal control loop using refrigerant-fluid heat exchangers. A valve assembly is used to couple and/or decouple the battery and drive train thermal control loops, thereby allowing these two thermal control loops to operate either in parallel or in series.
US09758009B2
An arrangement for maintaining an operating temperature of a battery (8) in a vehicle (1). A cooling system (12) with a circulating coolant. A radiator (14) to cool the coolant includes a heat-transfer region (12a) where the coolant is in contact with the battery (8). An AC installation with a circulating refrigerant includes a first circuit with a first evaporator (21) in which a refrigerant cools air in a driving cab space (2) of the vehicle (1), and a first condenser (17) where the refrigerant releases thermal energy; a second circuit with a second evaporator where the refrigerant cools the coolant in the cooling system (12), and a second condenser (24) where the refrigerant warms the coolant in the cooling system (12).
US09758004B2
A vibration damper for a vehicle is provided. The vibration damper includes at least one damping cylinder made from a fiber composite material; a guiding element for guiding a piston rod of a piston movably arranged in the damping cylinder. The guiding element is located in a guiding end region at one end of the damping cylinder. A fastening element for use in attaching the at least one damping cylinder to a vehicle is located at a fastening end of the cylinder. At least one of the two end regions of the damping cylinder is conical or wedge-shaped and its element has a corresponding external form that is conical or wedge-shaped. A conical or wedge-shaped clamping sleeve located around the conical or wedge-shaped end regions of the damping cylinder.
US09758001B2
The invention provides an autoclave capable of creating a uniform temperature distribution inside a pressurized chamber and a method for manufacturing tires using the autoclave. The autoclave shaped as a cylindrical pressurized chamber has a heat source and a fan disposed on one end side thereof and ducts extending lengthwise on the inner peripheral wall surface thereof to discharge air blown by the fan to the other end side thereof. And the air outlets of the ducts are so designed as to discharge the air blown by the fan in a circumferential direction of the pressurized chamber.
US09757983B1
This invention relates to a tire having a rubber component, such as a tread. with filler reinforcement containing surface modified graphene and precipitated silica which may be or may include pre-hydrophobated precipitated silica.
US09757974B2
Provided is a method for producing a wood based board including a support board and a decor paper disposed on the support board. The method includes the steps of a) providing a support board, b) applying at least one layer of at least one impregnating resin onto the at least one side of the support board, c) providing the decor paper, d) applying at least one resin as impregnating agent onto the side of the decor paper opposite from the decor, and e) placing the decor paper with the side impregnated opposite from the decor onto the side of the support board provided with the impregnating resin.
US09757969B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit configured to form a first image to be transferred to a sheet with a non-decolorizable material, and a second image forming unit configured to form a second image to be transferred to the sheet with a decolorizable material. At least a part of the second image transferred to the sheet is formed on the first image transferred to the sheet.
US09757968B1
Disclosed is a reveal substrate comprising: a) a top substrate layer comprising an opaque polymer sensitive to application of heat or pressure, and becoming transparent upon being heated to a predetermined temperature or subjected to a predetermined pressure, and b) a bottom substrate layer having one or more colored areas on a top surface thereof, disposed such that said one or more colored areas are obscured by the opaque polymer prior to being heated to the predetermined temperature or subjected to the predetermined pressure, and are revealed subsequent thereto, wherein: each of the one or more colored areas comprises at least two different colors, and comprises a two-dimensional matrix formed by a plurality of color blocks, each one of the plurality of color blocks having only one color, and the color blocks are arranged to have a repeating color pattern. A method of using the same is also disclosed.
US09757967B2
A drive circuit for driving a plurality of nozzles to discharge ink droplets. The testing chart comprises a contrast chart including a first line segment group having first line segments formed by causing the drive circuit to output a reference drive signal for a density serving as reference, thereby to make discharge from a first number of driven nozzles, the first line segments extending in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction and arranged at predetermined intervals, and a second line segment group having second line segments formed by causing the drive circuit to output a drive signal for driving only a selected number of nozzles as target of correction less than the first number of driven nozzles, the second line segments being formed between the first line segments while changing the correction values for correcting the drive signal of the drive circuit.
US09757966B2
A printer head cleaner can include a housing and a plunger coupled to the housing. The plunger can include a bit retainer and a pusher. The bit retainer is configured to retain a bit. The pusher can advance the bit with respect to the housing and/or rotate the bit when pressure is applied to the plunger. In some implementations, the housing defines one or more registration features that can register a printer head with respect to the housing so that the bit is guided while advancing into the nozzle of a printer head.
US09757958B2
A printer that conveys label paper or black mark paper executes an appropriate process when conveying paper that has been spliced. While conveying label paper or black mark paper by the conveyance unit 42, the inkjet printer 5 calculates the interval at which the labels or marks are disposed based on detecting the label edges or marks by a sensor disposed to the conveyance path. An error is detected if the calculated interval is shorter than a specified length. If the calculated interval is longer than the specified length, the calculated interval is compared with the previously calculated interval. If the previously calculated interval is the same as the specified length, an error is not detected. If the previously calculated interval is longer than the specified length, an error is detected.
US09757948B2
A damper device includes a hollow case main body provided with an opening, a pressure sensitive film attached to the case main body so as to cover the opening, demarcates a liquid storage chamber together with the case main body, and is flexibly deformable internally toward, or externally away from, the liquid storage chamber, an inlet that is in the case main body, is in communication with the liquid storage chamber, and allows the liquid to flow into the liquid storage chamber, an injection outlet that is in the case main body, is in communication with the liquid storage chamber, and allows the liquid to flow out toward the liquid injector, an elastic member coupled with the pressure sensitive film to flexibly deform the pressure sensitive film externally away from the liquid storage chamber, and a pressure receiving plate that is located between the pressure sensitive film and the elastic member and includes a discontinuously joined portion that is discontinuously joined with the pressure sensitive film.
US09757941B2
In an embodiment, a method of maintaining nozzles in a print-ready condition includes determining image content to be printed in an upcoming print swath, and for each ink color present within the image content, constructing an inked portion of an associated spit bar adjacent to the upcoming print swath to include the present ink color. For each ink color not present within the image content, an empty portion of an associated spit bar is constructed adjacent to the upcoming print swath.
US09757939B2
A method compensates a failing nozzle of a print head of an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer includes at least one print head, the at least one print head including a plurality of nozzles. A receiving material is moved relatively to the at least one print head. The method includes ejecting droplets of marking material from the plurality of nozzles onto the receiving material forming dots of an image, scanning the printed dots, analyzing the scanned dots for detecting whether a nozzle is failing, determining a group of nozzles, which group of nozzles most likely contains the nozzle that is failing, selecting one nozzle of the group of nozzles, in an image part ejecting compensating droplets of marking material in accordance with a compensation scheme selected as if the one nozzle is failing, scanning the image part, repeating the steps of ejecting and scanning for each other nozzle in the group of nozzles, analyzing each image part, selecting from the image parts a deviating image part, the deviating image part having a highest or lowest print quality of all image parts, selecting a compensation scheme based on the deviating image part, and proceeding with printing, including ejecting compensating droplets in accordance with the selected compensation scheme. An inkjet printer is configured to execute the method.
US09757932B2
A device for curing an electrically conductive adhesive arranged between a first component and a second component. The device includes at least one punch to both apply a compressive force onto the first component in the direction of the second component, and introduce a current into the adhesive via the components.
US09757925B2
A packaging product taking the form of a thermally insulating packaging material includes a first multi-layer film bonded to a second layer of multi-layer film. Each multi-layer film can include one or more polymer layers and one or more metallized layers. The multi-layer films are bonded to each other with a pattern that leaves a number of inflatable cells dispersed across a surface of the sheet. At least one end of the sheet can be left unbonded. The uninflated packaging product can be stored and distributed in its uninflated state prior to it being used as a packaging material. Once ready for use, the cells can be inflated through the unbonded ends and the unbonded ends of the sheets can then be sealed to form a robust sheet of thermally insulating packaging material.
US09757920B2
A ceramic matrix composite seal is disclosed. The ceramic matrix composite seal including a ceramic matrix and a number of ceramic fiber fabrics embedded in the ceramic matrix. The ceramic matrix composite seal is formed into a strip with a desired geometry such that the seal strip is configured to be assembled with a number of components to create a seal between the components.
US09757910B2
In an injection molded product of the invention, an unevenness forming portion having unevenness formed by thermal expansion of thermally expandable capsules is formed. The injection molded product includes a highly expanded portion that is formed at a surface side of the unevenness forming portion in a thickness direction of the injection molded product and in which the thermally expandable capsules are thermally expanded, and a main body portion that is a portion adjacent to the highly expanded portion in the thickness direction and in which the thermally expandable capsules are substantially not thermally expanded. The thickness of the highly expanded portion is a half or smaller than the thickness of the injection molded product in the unevenness forming portion, and a polymer material of the highly expanded portion and a polymer material of the main body portion are the same polymer material.
US09757909B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite part intended for being subjected, via at least one attachment point, to pulling and/or compression forces. The method includes: winding fibers on a hub so as to form a portion of the wall of the part, and creating an externally convex rounded area at the location intended to form the area for applying the pulling and/or compression forces. The forces are radial thereto. The method also includes placing an insert on the convex rounded area, the insert including the attachment point or a mechanism for rigidly connecting the attachment point, and continuing to wind fibers so as to form the rest of the wall, while covering a portion of the insert and leaving the attachment point or the mechanism for rigidly connecting the attachment point accessible.
US09757908B2
A fixing device for fixating a segment of a wind turbine blade to a mold in which the blade segment is manufactured, wherein the blade segment has a fixating portion. The fixing device comprises: a first portion for removably fixating the blade segment at its fixating portion to the mold; and a second portion for fixating the fixing device to the mold.
US09757906B2
A method (500) of making charges (160) comprises forming a combined perimeter shape (130) having no circumferentially enclosed openings by geometrically combining primary perimeter shapes (132), corresponding to perimeter shapes of the charges (160), and secondary perimeter shapes (133), such that symmetry axes (138) of the primary perimeter shapes (132) are parallel to each other, lateral edges (134) of the primary perimeter shapes (132), adjacent to each other, are at least partially contiguous, and all boundary edges of the combined perimeter shape (130) are either parallel or perpendicular to the symmetry axes (138) of the primary perimeter shapes (132). The method also comprises contiguously depositing prepreg tows (172) to form prepreg composite plies (126) and laminating the prepreg composite plies (126) together to form a precursor sheet (128) having a precursor combined perimeter shape (174) that circumscribes the combined perimeter shape (130). The method additionally comprises cutting the precursor sheet (128).
US09757899B2
A device and method for the fluid-tight sealing of two partially overlapping packaging components, one being a tubular base member formed from a blank of composite cardboard/plastics material, and an additional packaging component forming the upper packaging portion or packaging base, having at least one mandrel and one die, the mandrel having at least two expansion elements which are moved from the operating position thereof towards each other into a rest position, the expansion elements having sealing jaws which, in the operating position thereof, form a closed circumferential outer contour, which corresponds to an inner contour formed by an opening in the die, there remaining between the inner contour and outer contour a narrow annular gap in order to apply a pressing force from the inner side to the overlap region of the packaging components.
US09757897B2
A medical device-includes a polymer stent crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. The stent is crimped to the balloon by a process that includes heating the stent to a temperature below the polymer's glass transition temperature to improve stent retention without adversely affecting the mechanical characteristics of the stent when later deployed to support a body lumen.
US09757883B2
One aspect of a process of forming an aircraft component includes bonding a first end of a honeycomb structure to a surface of an aircraft skin member, the honeycomb structure including multiple connected cells. Foam is sprayed on a second end of the honeycomb structure opposite the first end. The process also includes curing the foam on the second end of the honeycomb structure.
US09757882B2
A method of producing an opened fiber bundle is in a space-saving manner. The method of continuously producing an opened fiber bundle for a cleaning member, includes the steps of (a1) providing (i) first nip rolls, (ii) second nip rolls, (iii) third nip rolls, and (iv) an air feeder; (a2) conveying a fiber bundle using the first nip rolls and the second nip rolls to apply a tensile force to the fiber bundle; (a3) conveying the fiber bundle using the second nip rolls and the third nip rolls to relax the fiber bundle, thereby forming a belt-shaped fiber bundle; and (a4) blowing air from the air feeder in a direction intersecting with the conveying direction of the first belt-shaped fiber bundle.
US09757878B2
Method of heating a blank (2) of plastic material for the manufacture of a hollow body by forming from the blank (2), which comprises the operations consisting of: inserting the blank (2) into an oven (7) provided with sources (9) of monochromatic or pseudo-monochromatic electromagnetic radiation emitting in the infrared range; exposing the blank (2) to the radiation from the sources (9), adjusted to a predetermined emission power for a predetermined exposure time; measuring a temperature on an outer wall (16) of the blank (2); Characterized in that it comprises an operation consisting of: adjusting the exposure time and/or the emission power so that said temperature at an exit from the oven (2) [sic: (7)], does not fall between Tg and 1.8·Tg, where Tg is the glass transition temperature of the material.
US09757876B2
The present disclosure is directed at a method for making an article from a curable material, such as pliable fibre-reinforced polymer. The method includes printing a dissolvable, three dimensional substructure using a substructure material; applying the curable material to the substructure; curing the curable material while it is on the substructure; and dissolving the substructure using a dissolving agent. Using a 3D printer to print the substructure allows for faster and more economical manufacture of composite articles, such as prototype parts, relative to conventional methods that utilize CNC machines.
US09757875B2
Methods for the recycling of carpet are disclosed that produce clean face fiber suitable for industrial use. The methods allow the recovery of face fiber material, for example a polyester or a polyamide, from carpets that includes a face fiber material and a backing material, and include the steps of heating the carpet to a temperature lower than the melting point of the face fiber material, but higher than the initial thermal decomposition temperature of the backing material, for a time and at a temperature sufficient to thermally decompose, pyrolyze, or oxidize at least a portion of the backing material, rendering the backing material friable, that is more friable than the untreated backing; and applying mechanical force to the carpet so as to liberate the friable backing material from the face fiber material.
US09757872B2
A cutting machine can include a cutting machine body that is movably supported above a table and capable of vertical movement, the cutting machine body can be positioned at an upward waiting position and a lower end position. The cutting machine body can include an auxiliary cover positioned around a portion of a blade and including a projection. When in the upward waiting position the auxiliary cover is not able to move upward because of the position of the projection, and in the lower end position the auxiliary cover is able to move upward.
US09757865B1
A carrier plate assembly has a carrier plate and multiple gaskets. The carrier plate has a first end, a second end, and a carrier surface between the first end and the second end. The carrier surface forms multiple accommodating recesses. The gaskets are accommodated in the accommodating recesses. The gaskets prevent the wafer from sliding. Besides, with top surfaces of the gaskets aligning with the carrier surface and an edge of each gasket connected to an edge of an opening of the accommodating recess, the accommodating recess is filled by the gasket, and thus the gasket is securely accommodated in the accommodating recess and may not deform upward.
US09757862B2
A visuo-haptic sensor is presented which uses a deformable, passive material that is mounted in view of a camera. When objects interact with the sensor the deformable material is compressed, causing a change in the shape thereof. The change of shape is detected and evaluated by an image processor that is operatively connected to the camera. The camera may also observe the vicinity of the manipulator to measure ego-motion and motion of close-by objects. The visuo-haptic sensor may be attached to a mobile platform, a robotic manipulator or to any other machine which needs to acquire haptic information about the environment.
US09757861B2
A user interface device of a remote control system for a robot and a method using the same are provided. The user interface device includes: a radio frequency (RF) unit for receiving, from a remote control robot, camera data and at least one sensor data detecting a distance; a display unit having a main screen and at least one auxiliary screen; and a controller having an environment evaluation module for determining whether the received camera data are in a normal condition, and having a screen display mode change module for displaying, if the received camera data are in a normal condition, the camera data on the main screen and displaying, if the received camera data are in an abnormal condition, the sensor data on the main screen.
US09757860B2
A robot includes a plurality of joints including a first joint and a second joint that rotates in a direction different from a rotation direction of the first joint, a plurality of arm members including a first arm member provided to be rotatable with respect to a base via the first joint, and a first angular velocity sensor provided in the first arm member or the first joint. A first inertial sensor is provided in the first arm member (or a portion that rotates together with the first arm member in the first joint). The plurality of joints are controlled on the basis of an output of the first inertial sensor.
US09757852B2
A work stool includes a support whose one end has a cushion and an opposite end has a base. The base has a bottom provided with a plurality of casters. The support has a gas strut. A tray is mounted around the support and positioned between the cushion and the base. A connecting assembly has one end fixedly connected to the tray and has an opposite end connected to the gas strut so that a distance between the tray and the cushion is fixed and the tray is adjustable in terms of altitude by operating the gas strut.
US09757849B2
A puller for pulling an element, such as a pulley or seal, from an assembly to which it is fitted. The puller generally includes a central body having a longitudinal axis, an adjustment ring threaded on the body for moving longitudinally with rotation, slide followers coupled to the ring and moving longitudinally with ring rotation, a plurality of leg assemblies, each including a foot and two legs pivotly attaching the foot to the body so as to form a parallelogram, and a arm pivotly connecting each slide follower to a leg assembly for expanding or contracting the leg assembly. Each foot has one or more foot flanges, each with an engagement surface for engaging with the element to be pulled; the orientation of the engagement surfaces being predetermined so as to not disengage from the element and to provide uniform pull and minimum pressure.
US09757842B2
A clean toggle clamp is configured to operate without creating excessive debris. The clean toggle clamp includes a base; an arm rotationally coupled to the base via a first bearing isolated rod; a clamping element; a handle is rotationally coupled to the arm via a second bearing isolated rod. The handle includes a revolving latching pin and a linkage rotationally coupled on a first end to the handle via at least one third bearing isolated rod and on a second end to the base via a fourth bearing isolated rod. The toggle clamp includes a secondary latch rotationally coupled to the base and configured to engage the revolving latching pin to inhibit movement of the handle and arm. The handle, arm, linkage and secondary latch are configured to rotate without a frictional sliding of any of surface of the arm, the handle, the linkage or the base.
US09757837B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a machining tool and method for using the machining tool. The machining tool includes a machining arm including a first arm section, a second arm section, a proximate end, a distal end, and a machining arm longitudinal axis, a belt disposed around the machining arm; and a first motor operably coupled to the machining arm, wherein at least a portion of the machining arm is configured to pivot such that an angle is formed between the distal end and the machining arm longitudinal axis. The method includes the steps of placing the pivotable machining arm in a first orientation, inserting the pivotable machining arm in the desired location, determining whether the belt is in a desired position relative to the raised surface, operating the motor to rotate the belt around the pivotable machining arm, and placing the belt in contact with the raised surface.
US09757828B2
A tire mounting apparatus is constructed from a first working mechanism and a second working mechanism that are separate from each other. The first working mechanism is provided with a tire holding device for holding a tire and with a temporary tightening device for temporarily tightening nuts onto hub bolts to which the tire is mounted. The second working mechanism is provided with a final tightening device means for finally tightening the temporarily tightened nuts. The final tightening device includes two nut runners and an interval adjuster for adjusting an interval between the two nut runners.
US09757827B2
A tire mounting method is provided for automatically mounting a tire onto hub bolts of a motor vehicle. The method includes gripping the tire and temporarily tightening nuts on the hub bolts on which the tire has been placed with a first working mechanism. The nuts that have been temporarily tightened by the first working mechanism are fully tightened with a second working mechanism, which is disposed in association with a first mounting region on a front wheel side or on a rear wheel side of the motor vehicle. The nuts that have been temporarily tightened by the first working mechanism are fully tightened with a third working mechanism, which is disposed in association with a second mounting region on the rear wheel side or on the front wheel side of the motor vehicle.
US09757818B2
A thermally decomposable polymer composition comprising a polyester of a dicarboxylic acid and a tertiary cyclohexanediols of Formulae V and VI are disclosed, which are useful in the forming of microelectronic assemblies: a representative example of a dicarboxylic acid is an oxalic acid and representative example of thermally decomposable polyester is the polyester of the formula: wherein m is at least about 100.
US09757805B2
A device (100) for capturing, centring, gripping and/or securing an object (140) is disclosed. The device comprises a hub (101) and a ring (102) which are concentric and arranged rotatably relative to each other. On the hub there is at least one first control point (111, 111′, 111″), and on the ring there is at least one second control point (112, 112′, 112″), which control points are arranged at different axial levels (151,152). At least one tensioning member (121,122,123) is arranged to interact with the at least one first control point and with the at least one second control point during the rotation, such that the at least one tensioning member is stretched across the air gap (130) in the device. The different axial levels for the at least one first control point and the at least one second control point mean that the at least one tensioning member can freely pass over the at least one first control point during the rotation and can be stretched across the air gap towards the object. Substantially any desired angle of rotation between the hub and the ring can be obtained in this way.
US09757803B2
Preforms including fiber reinforced nodes for use in fiber reinforced composite structures and methods for making fiber reinforced composite structures. Preforms with woven fabric elements extending radially from a common node include at least one reinforcing fiber interwoven between at least two elements and passing through the node. A method of assembling preform structures using the preforms to provide a structure with reinforced nodes.
US09757794B1
A modular spruing system apparatus contains a base section, a main sprue cone, a center rod, a plurality of trunk sections, a plurality of arm sections, and an end cap. The main sprue cone is mounted onto the base section. The center rod centrally traverses through the base section and the main sprue cone so that the user can design a spruing tree of desired height. A center rod receiving hole of each of the plurality of trunk sections allows the center rod to traverse through the plurality of trunk sections when removably attached to each other. Next, the plurality of arm sections is attached to the plurality of branch sections. The plurality of arm sections can be fixed or removably attached to the plurality of branch sections. When the desired height is reached, the plurality of trunk sections is fastened together with the end cap.
US09757787B2
A metal plate stamping method is provided for cutting a metal plate, on which a bulging portion is formed through stamping, at a cutting area that is defined in a portion other than the bulging portion. The method includes forming a bead on the opposite side of the cutting area from the bulging portion and crushing the bead prior to the cutting of the metal plate.
US09757784B2
In at least one embodiment, a metal blank is provided including a metal sheet having a surface including at least one pair of channels defined therein. Each channel may have a first portion extending from an edge of the blank and a second portion in an interior of the blank. The second portion may be wider than the first portion. The blank may include at least one pair of thermocouple wires, with one wire being attached to each second portion. An adhesive material may be disposed in each second portion. The wires may be attached by welding and the adhesive material may be a metallic composite adhesive. The disclosed blank may be used to calibrate or otherwise assess a process where the blank is being heated or cooled, such as aluminum hot-stamping.
US09757769B2
A method to prepare a self-decontaminating surface, where that method includes disposing a first coating on a surface, where that first coating comprises an organosilane, and disposing a second coating over the first coating, where the second coating comprises TiO2.
US09757766B2
A device (1) for applying a coating of hardenable plastic to an inner side of a wall of a tubular construction, for example a sewage pipe, includes a supply chamber (3) for containing a hardenable plastic, a delivery head (2) including an outlet (5) for letting out the hardenable plastic from the delivery head (2), and a pump (11) for transporting the hardenable plastic from the supply chamber (3) to the outlet (5). During use, the outlet (5) is positioned at various angular positions with respect to a rotation axis (40), so that the entire circumference of the inner side of the wall of the tubular construction can be provided with the hardenable plastics coating. The supply chamber (3) includes a flexible wall for optimal maneuverability of the device (1), whereby broad application of the device (1) is possible.
US09757764B2
A mask for deposition for forming a pattern on a transparent substrate according to the present invention includes a mask member having a mask alignment mark penetratedly formed so as to be aligned with a substrate alignment mark formed on the transparent substrate; and an unevenness region formed on one surface of the mask member so as to be adjacent to the mask alignment mark and having protrusions and depressions on a surface thereof. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the alignment error of the mask from occurring by increasing the recognition rate of the align marks formed on the substrate and the mask. As a result, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing costs by reducing the defective rate of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device.
US09757759B2
A method and apparatus for forming and shaping a fillet at an interface. A fluid may be dispensed from a nozzle onto the interface as the nozzle is moved along the interface to form the fillet. An exposed surface of the fillet may be worked using a fairing element associated with the nozzle, as the nozzle is moved along the interface and the fluid is dispensed from the nozzle.
US09757758B2
Processes and devices useful in the application of coatings (14) to the interior of tubes (10) are described. Such processes (40, 400) may include applying a layer (20) of coating fluid (18) to the internal surface (16) of the tube (10) and passing a smoothing member (22) through the tube (10) at a distance from the internal surface (16). The viscosity of the coating fluid (18) may be selected so that the layer (20) of coating fluid (18) has a thickness substantially equal to or in excess of a predetermined wet film thickness (Twf) correlated to a desired final thickness (Tf) of the coating (14). The distance between the smoothing member (22) and the internal surface (16) may substantially correspond to the predetermined wet film thickness (Twf). The smoothing member (22) may smooth the coating fluid (18) and remove coating fluid (18) in excess of the wet film thickness (Twf) from the internal surface (16).
US09757740B2
A fluid control valve including a body, a first diverter, and a second diverter. The body includes an inlet that receives a supply of fluid, and first, second and third chambers. The first diverter is movable between first and second positions. When the first diverter is in the second position, the first chamber is fluidly connected to the inlet and the second chamber is fluidly disconnected from the inlet. When the first diverter is in the first position, the second chamber is fluidly connected to the inlet and the first chamber is fluidly disconnected from the inlet. The second diverter is movable between first and second positions. When the second diverter is in the second position, the third chamber is fluidly connected to the second chamber. When the second diverter is in the first position, the third chamber is fluidly disconnected from the second chamber.
US09757727B2
Hydrodynamic Trap Array. The array includes a serpentine bypassing channel including a plurality of trapping pockets disposed therein, the trapping pockets including a ramp entry portion to decrease flow velocity orthogonal to the trapping pocket to increase trapping efficiency. The relative fluid resistances of the trapping pockets and the serpentine bypassing channel are selected such that a slight majority of the flow is diverted to one of the trapping pockets. A pair of microfluidic bypass channels flank the array of traps allowing independent control of upstream and downstream pressures on each side of the array, thereby decoupling flow magnitude in the bypass channels from flow across the trapping pockets.
US09757717B2
Provided is a catalyst article for simultaneously remediating the nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and gaseous hydrocarbons present in diesel engine exhaust streams. The catalyst article has a soot filter coated with a material effective in the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx by a reductant, e.g., ammonia.
US09757712B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for the removal of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines on a supporting body, which bears platinum and/or palladium on one or more refractory carrier materials and also contains cerium oxide and which, after reductive treatment at 250° C. and after CO adsorption, is characterized by certain peaks in Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS), and also relates to the use thereof for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines.
US09757686B2
A ship flue gas scrubbing apparatus and scrubbing method are provided. The apparatus includes a housing, an upper scrubbing layer at the upper side inside the housing, and a liquid collecting pool in the lower side inside the housing, a flue gas leading-in port between the scrubbing layer and the liquid collecting pool, a scrubbing seawater inlet above the scrubbing layer, and a cooler located at a flue gas passage between the flue gas inlet outside the housing and the scrubbing layer. The method includes leading flue gas, cooling, injecting scrubbing seawater, scrubbing and other steps.
US09757662B2
Heat integrated distillation column for separating components in a fluid mixture. The heat integrated distillation column is provided with a stripper part (S), a rectifier part (R) and a compressor (2) between the stripper part (S) and the rectifier part (R). Furthermore, a heat exchange assembly for transferring heat between the stripper part (S) and the rectifier part (R), and a mass transfer assembly for condensation and vaporization in the heat integrated distillation column are provided. The stripper part (S), the rectifier part (R), or the stripper part (S) and rectifier part (R), comprise a channel formed by adjacent channel assemblies (6), each forming a structural part of the heat integrated distillation column and a functional part of the heat exchange assembly and of the mass transfer assembly. A plate (8) and a structured packing in the form of two or more corrugated plates (7) are provided.
US09757658B1
Provided herein is a fairground ride, such as a ghost train or dark ride attraction, having a vehicle including a chassis and a passenger seat for passengers. The vehicle further includes a hexapod drive set on the chassis and a rotary table connected to the hexapod drive, whereby the passenger seat is swivel-mounted on the rotary table.
US09757655B2
According to the game control device, game control method, game control program, storage medium and game system of this invention, when composite processing on characters is performed, consumption points that are consumed in the composite processing are subtracted from the composition points corresponding to the user's user identifying information, and when the subtraction result is negative, predetermined point addition processing is performed until the subtraction result becomes zero or more. By performing the point addition processing as described above, the game control device, game control method, game control program, storage medium and game system can improve the user's operability without requiring the reselection of other characters to be composited.
US09757650B2
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a Game Action Trigger Module (GATM) for trigger game actions. The GATM generates a virtual gaming environment comprising a concurrent display of a tile board and a game world separate from the tile board. The GATM receives a selection of a sequence of tile board virtual objects. The GATM identifies a location of a particular tile board virtual object in the selected sequence. The GATM identifies a target game world virtual object based on the location of the particular tile board virtual object in the selected sequence. The GATM applies a game action to the target game world virtual object.
US09757637B1
A basketball training apparatus that is operable to simulate a defensive player for a user that is practicing their offensive skillset. The basketball training apparatus further includes a housing assembly having a lower portion and an upper portion that are perpendicularly secured. The housing assembly is moveably secured to a mounting block wherein the mounting block is disposed within the lower portion of the housing assembly. The housing assembly is operable to tiltably move from a first upright position to a second position wherein the upper portion is tilted towards the ground. A plurality of blocking members are releasably secured to the upper portion of the housing assembly extending outward therefrom. A visual inhibitor is movably coupled to the upper portion of the housing assembly and extends upwards therefrom. A frame is integrally secured to the mounting block and further includes a base having a wheel assembly.
US09757633B2
An exemplary hockey puck includes a gyroscope within an outer shell. An exemplary method of controlling movement of a hockey puck includes holding a gyroscope within an outer housing of a hockey puck.
US09757632B2
A device and method for launching a projectile, such as a golf ball, across a range. The device enables a golf ball to be launched across a golf course with greater control than is possible with a traditional golf club. The ease of loading the projectile into the launching device and swinging the launching device forward adds greater distance to the projectile due to an increase in angular momentum and back spin on the projectile. The device includes a C-shaped head defined by a nest, a pair of lateral retention arms, and a base. A distal portion is longer than a proximal portion to create backspin on the projectile. The concavity and lateral arms hold the projectile in place. The distal and proximal portions terminate at concave points that grip dimples on the projectile. The base is fixedly attached to a shaft, which is used for swinging the head.
US09757629B2
A golf club head comprising a body and a plurality of stiffening members is disclosed herein. The body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a crown section, and defines a hollow interior. Each of the plurality of stiffening members extends from the crown section to the sole section to reduce stresses placed on the face section during impact with a golf ball. The stiffening members are all located within 0.500 inch of a rear surface of the face section measured along a plane normal to the center of the face, and within 1 inch of the center of the face section along a horizontal axis parallel to the face section.
US09757626B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture such a golf club heads are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the golf club head may include a ball-striking face and a protective aluminum oxide layer coupled to the ball-striking face of the golf club head. The protective aluminum oxide layer is associated with a hardness that is greater than that of the ball-striking face. In further embodiments, golf club heads may include a top portion and at least one of a plurality of interchangeable alignment indicia coupled thereto, which are configured to guide the golf club head relative to a golf ball.
US09757625B2
A golf club 2 includes a shaft 6 having a weight of 50 g or less. The shaft 6 has a ratio of a center of gravity of 0.54 or greater. Respective EI values measured at intervals of 100 mm from a point 130 mm distant from a tip end Tp are defined as E1 to E10. A first region, a second region, and a third region are defined by boundaries at respective points having distances of 230 mm and 830 mm from the tip end Tp. In a graph on which the EI values are plotted, gradients of approximate straight lines in the first region, the second region, and the third region are defined as M1, M2, and M3, respectively. M1 to M3, E9/E6, and E10/E6 are fall within respective specified scopes. M3 is greater than M2.
US09757622B2
An ultra-low compression golf ball is disclosed herein. The core preferably has a PGA compression less than 30. The mantle layer and cover have approximately the same thickness. The cover comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane material and has a specific gravity greater than the core and mantle layer. The golf ball has a PGA compression less than 75 and a COR of at least 0.780.
US09757616B2
An oral function device. The oral function device may include an elongated hollow handle with a flange disposed around a first opening of the elongated hollow handle. The oral function device may include an elongated chew piece fixated by the end plug to prevent the elongated chew piece from falling off the elongated hollow handle. The elongated chew piece may rotate freely inside the elongated hollow handle.
US09757613B2
An elliptical exercise device has a frame and guide link pivotally attached thereto. A foot support link is pivotally connected to a lower attachment point of each guide link so that when the guide links pivot relative to the frame, foot receiving areas of the foot support links move in a path of travel having a horizontal component of motion. A cam drive has cams supported for rotation about an axis of rotation and pivoting arms each engaging one of the cams such that rotation of the cams causes movement of the pivoting arms. Flexible elements couple the foot support links to the pivoting arms such that rotation of the cams moves the foot receiving areas of the respective foot support links in a path of travel having a vertical component of motion.
US09757609B2
An electromechanical device for simulation of physical exercise with legs and arms includes two pedals mounted on two contiguous pantographs, with parallel supporting arms that are positioned in a predominantly vertical sense, with an orthogonal junction and parallel arms which are articulated, in a predominantly horizontal sense, onto the frame of the device and which always move in opposing directions left and right, through traverses which are articulated on vertical and horizontal axles, respectively, connected to vertical and horizontal parallel bars by means of risers.
US09757605B2
A cable exercise machine includes a first pull cable and a second pull cable incorporated into a frame. Each of the first pull cable and the second pull cable are linked to at least one resistance mechanism. The at least one resistance mechanism includes a flywheel and a magnetic unit arranged to resist movement of the flywheel.
US09757600B2
A mounting bracket for a fire extinguisher which has a base configured for attachment to a vehicle or seat; an endcap pivotably mounted to the base, wherein the endcap includes at least one receptacle which is configured to accommodate a fire extinguisher tank; and a neck clamp configured to engage a bottle neck on a fire extinguisher.
US09757590B2
First ions and second ions that are heavier than first ions are generated in an ion source. One kind of ions of the first ions and second ions is injected into an accelerator by action of a switching magnet and accelerated in the accelerator. An ion beam including the one kind of ions is extracted from the accelerator to a beam transport system and a tumor volume of a patient is irradiated with the ion beam from an irradiation nozzle. In the irradiation of the ion beam, a tumor volume depth and the largest underwater range of each ion species are compared, and an ion species in which the tumor volume depth becomes the longest underwater range or lower is injected into the accelerator, and accelerated by the accelerator. The tumor volume is irradiated with the ion species.
US09757589B2
A method for determining a radiation therapy dose distribution includes selecting a treatment type from a database. An organ at risk (OAR) distance to target map is determined. The OAR distance to target map includes distances to a target organ for respective portions of an OAR, and the OAR distances are determined from a segmented patient organ image. A cohort average dose distance to target histogram is selected from the database. Dose values to the portions of the OAR are assigned to form a first 3D dose distribution map, where the dose values are from the selected cohort average dose distance to target histogram. A second 3D dose distribution map is determined based on a field arrangement determined by the treatment type, and the first 3D dose distribution map. A dose distance to target histogram is calculated using the second 3D dose distribution map and the distance to target map.
US09757588B2
A system and method for developing radiation therapy plans and a system and method for developing a radiation therapy plan to be used in a radiation therapy treatment is disclosed. A radiation therapy plan is developed using a registration of medical images. The registration is based on identifying landmarks located within inner body structures.
