US09870183B2
A document processing system includes a print job queue management system configured to temporarily hold print jobs in the print queue during periods of light use, so as to maximize the amount of time that the document processing system spends in energy efficient low power modes. The print job queue management system compares print jobs in the queue with print job hold criteria and releases print jobs for printing when certain criteria are met, such as when a threshold number of documents or pages are in the print queue, if an incoming print job is designated as high priority print job to be immediately printed, or during particular times of the day that are designated as peak use times, which can be determined from historical data. A user can manually force a document to print from the user interface of the document processing systems.
US09870177B2
A method for operating a device adapted to store information with high reliability includes determining a storage address for a data payload portion of a write request in accordance with a configuration of a communications interface coupled to the device, where the data payload is to be stored in mirroring groups of cache storage partitions of a plurality of cache storage modules. The method also includes generating a payload read request in accordance with the storage address, and prompting the communications interface to initiate the storing of the data payload, in parallel, in the mirroring groups in accordance with the payload read request.
US09870174B2
An apparatus includes a memory storing a group of pages of data. An interface of the apparatus is configured to send, to a data storage device (DSD) from a first command queue, a first instruction of instructions to store the group of pages to the DSD using a logical address corresponding to the group of pages. The interface is further configured to send, to the DSD from a second command queue, a second instruction of the instructions to write the group of pages to the DSD using the logical address. Sending a first copy of the group of pages in association with the first instruction and sending a second copy of the group of pages in association with the second instruction enables a multi-stage programming operation to be performed at the DSD without storing the group of pages at the DSD between stages of the multi-stage programming operation.
US09870167B2
A device includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to process data to form codewords and to send the codewords to the memory to be stored at locations of the memory that are restricted based on a non-adjacency pattern.
US09870166B2
Various embodiments of a system and method for securely caching and sharing image data. A process can generate image data and store the image data into the protected cache using a UUID that is cryptographically derived from the image data. Any process with access to the UUID may retrieve the image data. Because the UUID is uniquely derived from the actual data of the generated file, a process will only be able to retrieve image data that could have been generated by a process associated with the user account, or from a process associated with a user account that could have generated the image data, or that otherwise has a record of the image data.
US09870163B2
The present disclosure relates to memory structures and, more particularly, to double bandwidth algorithmic memory array structures and methods of use. The memory array includes: a plurality of memory banks each of which includes addressable storage units; a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) bank which stores parity bits corresponding to data written into any of the plurality of memory banks at a same address; and a plurality of XOR gates in which data written into any of the plurality of memory banks is cascaded therethrough to refresh the parity bits in the RAID bank.
US09870162B2
An information handling system recognizes PCIe-based RAID volumes, including RAID virtual disks spanning two or more NVMe storage drives, while performing boot, hibernation, and crash-dump functions, rather than treating each storage device and its corresponding storage controller separately. The information handling system may perform a two-tiered discovery/initialization process during which a storage protocol function driver detects and initializes physical storage controllers, a storage controller bus driver virtualizes all physical storage controllers of a particular storage protocol and exposes a single virtualized storage controller for the protocol. A virtual miniport driver may then detect RAID volumes associated with the virtual storage controller and initialize the detected RAID stack(s).
US09870143B2
In a handwriting recognition method applied in an electronic device with touch screen and display screen, a handwriting input area and a handwriting display area are shown on a touch screen when a handwriting command is given. The handwriting of a complete or partial word in the handwriting input area is recognized and displayed and a new handwriting input area can be added when a preset slide operation is applied that the tracing of a handwritten character collides with a boundary of the input area. Handwriting in the new handwriting input area is recognized and displayed and the content of the original handwriting input area and of the new handwriting input area are combined to form a complete word when the handwriting input is finished. The complete word is then displayed.
US09870126B2
An imaging apparatus includes a first housing which has a light incident section in a vicinity of one end and which has an imaging optical system to which light from the light incident section is incident, a second housing which has a display section and which functions as a grip section, and a linking section which supports the first housing and the second housing so as to be able to rotate centering on a first axis, in which the first axis is provided in a vicinity of the other end which is an opposite side to the one end of the first housing, and light which includes a component which is orthogonal to the first axis is incident to the light incident section.
US09870125B2
Some embodiments provide a novel auto-scanning method for navigating elements within a user interface (UI) of a computing device. This method associates the UI elements into several overlapping groups, with each group having more than one element and having at least one element in common with at least one other group. The method successively identifies a different group of elements as a selectable group for a different duration of time. While a group is selectable, a user can select the group through an input device or mechanism. If a user does not select a first group of elements that is selectable during a first time period, the method identifies a second group of elements as being selectable during a second time period. While identifying the second group as selectable during the second time period, the method identifies the first as not being selectable during this time period. When a user selects a group of elements while the group is identified as being selectable, the method successively identifies as selectable different elements within the selected group. Upon receiving selection of a particular element within the selected group, the method performs an action associated with the particular element.
US09870120B2
An applications presentation method and system is provided, the method and system including displaying, a map on a display when a map application is executed, the map scaled to a location range, searching via a processor for installed applications having location information corresponding to the location range among a plurality of applications stored in the mobile terminal, transmitting information identifying at least the location range and the installed applications to an application provision server, receiving information on non-installed applications having the location information corresponding to the location range from the application provision server, and displaying icons including icons of the installed applications and icons of the non-installed applications on the map.
US09870117B2
Disclosed is a processing apparatus, which makes it possible to make a cursor automatically move by employing a pointing device. The processing apparatus includes a control section and a processing section that implements processing under the controlling operations conducted by the control section. The control section is provided with: a display controlling function that controls the displaying operations on the screen; a processing implementation controlling function that implements the processing corresponding to the object designated by the cursor; a status change detecting function that detects a status change against which it is necessary to implement a processing operation; and an automatic cursor moving function that conducts the controlling operations so as to automatically move the cursor to the object corresponding to the processing operation being necessary for the status change concerned, or a processing implementation position display, at which the necessary processing operation should be implemented against the status change.
US09870110B2
A self-capacitance input device with hovering touch includes a sensing electrode layer, a reflection and deflection electrode layer, an insulation layer, and an amplifier with a gain greater than zero. The sensing electrode layer has a plurality of sensing electrodes on one side for sensing a touch or approach of an external object. The reflection and deflection electrode layer is disposed on the other side of the sensing electrode layer and has at least one reflection and deflection electrode. The insulation layer is disposed between the sensing electrode layer and the reflection and deflection electrode layer. The amplifier has an output coupled to the reflection and deflection electrode layer.
US09870108B2
A display device that includes a display panel to display an image; a touch panel on the display panel; a spacer layer between the display panel and the touch panel; and a window attached onto the touch panel, wherein the display panel and the touch panel are relatively movable.
US09870107B2
A display device with a capacitive touch panel includes a laminate between a display panel and a cover layer, the laminate having a circularly polarizing plate, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer. The circularly polarizing plate includes a substrate and a polarizing plate. The first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the substrate are positioned closer to the display panel than is the polarizing plate, and the first conductive layer is positioned closer to the cover layer than is the second conductive layer. The first and second conductive layers are arranged apart from each other in a stacking direction so as to form a capacitive touch sensor. One of the first and second conductive layers is formed on one surface of the substrate. The substrate has an optical film with a phase difference of λ/4. The polarizing plate has a polarizing film.
US09870103B2
A controller for a capacitive touch screen or the like includes a touch resolve subsystem and a processor. The touch resolve subsystem, when activated, measures a plurality of capacitance values using a plurality of input pins. The processor uses the plurality of capacitance values at each of a plurality of values of a parameter to create an interference map.
US09870094B2
A method of calibrating a touch sensitive device comprising a touch-sensitive screen; a plurality of transducers mounted to the screen and a processor, the method comprising inputting a signal into the screen at a test position on the screen whereby the screen is excited into vibration; detecting vibration in the screen using the plurality of transducers; and processing, in the processor of the touch-sensitive device, the detected vibration to generate an output signal for each of the plurality of transducers whereby when the transducers are driven by the output signals the screen is excited to generate a desired haptics sensation at the test position.
US09870080B2
A method for controlling a user interface using an indirect input device includes determining a first touchdown location of an input object, determining a first subsequent location of the input object, calculating a first direction and a first distance between the first touchdown location and the first subsequent location, and moving a cursor representation on a display in a second direction and at a velocity. The method further includes detecting a touchdown event of at least two input objects, determining a second touchdown location of the at least two input objects, determining a second subsequent location of the at least two input objects, calculating a third direction and a second distance from the second touchdown location and the second subsequent location, and modulating a user interface action in a fourth direction at a magnitude.
US09870079B2
A touch screen display unit according to the present invention comprises: an adhesive layer having adhesive properties on both surfaces thereof; a decoration layer displaying, on one surface of the adhesive layer, one or more among letters, designs, patterns and a metallic texture; and a window attached on the other surface of the adhesive layer so as to allow the decoration layer to be seen therethrough and to form an outer appearance of the display unit.
US09870076B1
A transmitter pen positioning system includes a transmitter pen, at least two photo-receiving modules, and a signal processing unit. The transmitter pen generates a light beam signal. Each photo-receiving module has an optical lens and a photo-receiving sensor. The photo-receiving sensor receives the light beam signal passing through the optical lens via a first photo-receiving surface and a second photo-receiving surface and correspondingly converts the light beam signal into a first photocurrent signal and a second photocurrent signal. The signal processing unit receives the first and the second photocurrent signals, and correspondingly calculates an incident angle of the light beam signal according to a difference between the first and the second photocurrent signals and calculate position information of the transmitter pen according to the at least two incident angles. Accordingly, the complexity of the positioning system is simplified and a real-time position calculation is implemented.
US09870075B2
Disclosed is a touch screen device for accurately detecting a touch by using a touch pen without having a separate sensor provided in a touch panel. The touch screen device includes a touch screen including a plurality of touch electrodes, a touch driving circuit applying a touch electrode driving signal to the plurality of touch electrodes, and a touch pen receiving the touch electrode driving signal applied to the plurality of touch electrodes and transmitting a pen output signal, synchronized with the received touch electrode driving signal, to the touch screen.
US09870073B2
A position detection device capable of preventing an operation that is not intended by an operator from being detected as an input is provided. The position detection device includes: a detecting section that detects an indicator that performs an operation with respect to a screen, and an indicator different from the indicator; an imaging section that forms a captured image obtained by imaging a range including the screen; and a control section that detects a motion of the indicator with respect to the screen and a position of the indicator with respect to the screen based on data on the captured image of the imaging section to determine whether or not to detect an operation based on the indicator as an input.
US09870066B2
Input device manufacture techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of layers of a key assembly is positioned in a fixture such that one or more projections of the fixture are disposed through one or more openings in each of the one or more layers. The positioned plurality of layers is secured to each other.
US09870064B2
A blended reality user interface and gesture control system includes one or more sensors, a head-mounted display, and a blending engine. The blending engine is configured to receive a live reality and virtual reality feeds, track movement of a user using the sensors, detect a command based on the tracked movement, blend the live and virtual reality feeds into a blended view based on the detected command, and display the blended view on the head-mounted display. In some embodiments, the blending engine is further configured to detect an amount of head tilt of the user and adjust a blending factor controlling an amount of transparency of the live reality feed within the blended view based on the amount of head tilt. In some embodiments, the blending engine is further configured to detect manipulation of a controller by the user and adjust the blending factor based on the detected manipulation.
US09870060B2
Systems are presented herein, which may be implemented in a wearable device. The system is designed to allow a user to edit media images captured with the wearable device. The system employs eye tracking data to control various editing functions, whether prior to the time of capture, during the time of capture, or after the time of capture. Also presented are methods for determining which sections or regions of media images may be of greater interest to a user or viewer. The method employs eye tracking data to assign saliency to captured media. In both the system and the method, eye tracking data may be combined with data from additional sensors in order to enhance operation.
US09870058B2
Systems and methods described allow users to select and obtain significant information about objects in the real world, and further to employ gestures as a “real world” interface to manipulate information and to manipulate the selection of objects. In this way, users may be enabled to make better decisions when, e.g., traveling and shopping, and may further be enabled to obtain significant information about objects with which they are surrounded. The systems and methods may include a camera which monitors a user's hand movements or gestures to control a UI, particularly where a user is interacting with real-world objects. Gestures can move the focus of a UI from one real world object to another. The systems and methods may also include a projector to illuminate selected objects, or to display information about objects.
US09870052B2
There is provided a hand-held controller for a virtual-reality system. The hand-held controller includes a grip extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a first user-input key mounted at least in part on the grip. The first user-input key includes a casing depressible by one or more fingers of a user, and a switch coupled to the casing. The switch includes a sensor configured to detect and distinguish between a range of pressures applied to the casing.
US09870051B2
A method for determining correspondence between a gaze direction and an environment around a wearable device is disclosed. The wearable device may include an eye tracking device and an outward facing image sensor. The method may include receiving an input parameter and at least one scene image from the outward facing image sensor. The method may further include determining, with at least the eye tracking device, at least one gaze direction of a wearer of the wearable device at a point in time corresponding to when the scene image was captured by the outward facing image sensor. The method may additionally include determining, based at least in part on the input parameter, that a particular scene image includes at least a portion of a predefined image. The method may moreover include determining, based on the at least one gaze direction, at least one gaze point on the particular scene image.
US09870044B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state. A processor may include a dedicated cache memory. A voltage regulator may be coupled to the processor to provide an operating voltage to the processor. During a transition to a zero voltage power management state for the processor, the operational voltage applied to the processor by the voltage regulator may be reduced to approximately zero and the state variables associated with the processor may be saved to the dedicated cache memory.
US09870043B2
An integrated circuit, a method of controlling an operation timing of a memory device, an application processor, and a power manager are provided. The application processor includes: a power manager configured to determine a first operating power level, from among a plurality of operating power levels, to determine a first timing margin corresponding to the first operating power level, to generate a first gray code signal indicating the first timing margin, and to output the first gray code signal; and a first memory device configured to adjust an operation timing according to the first timing margin indicated by the first gray code signal, wherein the power manager is configured to provide the first operating power level to the first memory device.
US09870042B2
A processing apparatus for managing power based on data is provided. The processing apparatus may obtain, in response to an access request from a processor for particular data stored in a memory, existing power information having a predefined correspondence to the particular data, and control a power mode of the processor based on the existing power information.
US09870035B2
A device is described. The device includes a daughterboard having a first distinct side and a second distinct side. A first connector on the first distinct side is attached to a first baseboard. A second connector on the second distinct side is attached to a second baseboard. A method for attaching a daughterboard to a second device is described. Connectors are included on opposing distinct sides of the daughterboard. The second device includes baseboards mechanically secured in parallel by lead screw actuators. As part of the method, the lead screw actuators are actuated so as to move the baseboards away from each other. A first connector is attached to one of the baseboards. The lead screw actuators are again actuated so as to move the baseboards toward each other until a second connector is brought into attachment with the other of the baseboards.
US09870032B2
The electrical device includes a coupling member, a supporting member, a rotation section, a moving member, and a biasing member. The coupling member is provided at a first casing, and is formed with the rotation shaft. The supporting member is provided at a second casing, and is formed with a shaft hole into which the rotation shaft is inserted. The rotation section is provided at the rotation shaft, and is formed with a recessed portion open toward the outside in the radial direction of the rotation shaft. The moving member includes a protruding portion to engage with the recessed portion, and moves in the radial direction at the outside of the shaft hole. The biasing member biases the moving member toward the rotation center of the rotation shaft.
US09870028B2
A dock for interacting with a computing device. The computing device configures itself for operations based on its context, which may be determined form the dock by reading a value from a tag on the dock. The computing device may use low power transmissions such that receiving a value from the tag provides an indication of proximity to the dock. The value read provides an indication of a desired operation, and, in response to reading a value of the tag, the computing device may launch an application, pair with devices in the vicinity of the dock, or take other actions that configure the computing device. A universal dock, usable with computing devices of a plurality of form factors, may be implemented by providing an array of tags and, in some cases, a non-contact power supply.
US09870023B2
A method of manufacturing a display panel, including providing a plurality of display substrates spaced apart from each other by a predetermined area disposed therebetween when viewed in a plan view, each of the display substrates including a display area, on which an image is displayed, and each of the display substrates being flexible; attaching a first film onto the display substrates to overlap with the display substrates; attaching a second film onto the first film; and substantially and simultaneously cutting the first and second films along a cutting line defined in an area overlapping with the predetermined area.
US09870021B2
Various finger tip controlled manual interface devices that can be used as inputs to personal computers, electromechanical systems and video game consoles utilize concentrically arranged magnets. The polarities of the magnets are oriented to provide restoration forces on a one of the magnets to bias it toward a neutral position. A magnetic sensor including a plurality of sensing elements such as Hall effect devices generates output signals representative of direction and amount of movement of the magnet that is biased to the neutral position.
US09870012B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a first oscillator to generate a first clock signal a second oscillator to generate a second clock signal; a phase frequency detector to detect phase difference between the first and second clock signals, and to generate a phase difference; and an output stage, coupled to a load, to generate a power supply for the load according to the phase difference.
US09869984B2
A process controller includes a first virtualizer to run in a first process controller and a first operating system to run on the first virtualizer, the first operating system transiting from a first state to a second state when control of an industrial process is started. The first operating system transits from the second state to the first state when control of the industrial process for one period ends, the first state being waiting for starting the control of the industrial process, and the second state being when the industrial process is performed. An application runs on the first operating system and performs control of the industrial process at a constant period. A saving unit saves information representing an inner state of the application when the first operating system is in the first state, the information restoring the application in a second process controller different from the first process controller.
US09869978B2
A method for commissioning a collection of electronic locks by inserting the same electronic key into each of the locks and recording in the electronic key an internal code unique to that lock which identifies the lock and is needed to open the lock and a method for biometrically permitting controlled secure access to a container having one of the commissioned electronic locks.
US09869973B2
An adjustable alarm indicator of an alarm application is described. The adjustable alarm indicator may be presented in connection with an alarm setting sequence. The adjustable alarm indicator may include a variable element having a variable annular shape, a first element associated with a first end of the variable element, and a second element associated with a second end of the variable element. The first element may be independently moveable to adjust the size of the variable element. The second element may be dependently moveable to cause the first element, the second element, and the variable element to move.
US09869965B2
An image forming apparatus includes a locking mechanism that locks an opening/closing door to an engagement position, the locking mechanism having a engaged member and an urging member that urges the engaged member; and an engagement member that is provided on the door and engages the engaged member; wherein an urging force acting on the engaged member from the urging member is converted from a first urging force to press out the engagement member to a second urging force to draw the engagement member into the engagement position when the door is closed; wherein the engagement member has a contacted region and the engaged member has a contact region that comes in contact with the contacted region; and wherein the contacted region elastically deforms when the contact region comes in contact with the contacted region.
US09869948B2
A toner container includes a container main body, a first toner storage portion, a second toner storage portion, and a gripping portion. The container main body is elongated. The first toner storage portion stores toner in its inside and is provided in one side in a longitudinal direction of the container main body. The second toner storage portion stores toner in its inside and is provided in the other side in the longitudinal direction. The gripping portion is provided between the first toner storage portion and the second toner storage portion, and includes a concave portion which is formed in a side portion of the container main body on one side in a width direction of the container main body, the width direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
US09869945B2
The present teachings described a bias charging member and a method of manufacture. The bias charging member includes a conductive core and an outer surface layer disposed on the conductive core. The outer surface layer includes a water soluble polyamide resin, and a water soluble aminoplast resin.
US09869942B2
An imaging apparatus including: an electrophotographic photoreceptor; a charging unit to charge the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; an exposing unit to perform exposure of the electrophotographic photoreceptor charged by the charging unit; a developing unit to feed a toner to the electrophotographic photoreceptor exposed by the exposing unit to form a toner image; a transfer unit to transfer the toner image formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor; a lubricant feeding unit to feed a lubricant onto the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor; and a cleaning unit to remove the residual toner on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support, a photoreceptive layer, and a protective layer disposed in sequence, the protective layer includes a resin containing a particulate P-type semiconductor, and the protective layer has a surface roughness Rz of 0.030 μm or more and 0.075 μm or less.
US09869933B2
Methods of trimming a photoresist pattern comprise: (a) providing a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a photoresist pattern over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the photoresist pattern is formed from a photoresist composition comprising: a first polymer comprising acid labile groups; and a photoacid generator; (c) coating a pattern trimming composition over the photoresist pattern, wherein the pattern trimming composition comprises a second polymer and a solvent system, wherein the solvent system comprises one or more monoether solvents in a combined amount of 50 wt % or more based on the solvent system; (d) heating the coated semiconductor substrate, thereby causing a change in solubility of a surface region of the photoresist pattern in a rinsing agent to be applied; and (e) contacting the photoresist pattern with a rinsing agent to remove the surface region of the photoresist pattern, thereby forming a trimmed photoresist pattern. The methods find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
US09869924B2
A laser light application unit (2100) has a laser light source for applying laser light. A control information acquisition unit (2200) acquires control information indicating each of a plurality of directions in which an image is to be irradiated. A control unit (2300) controls an interface device (2000) such that the image is irradiated in each of the plurality of directions indicated by the control information. The laser light applied by the laser light application unit (2100) is incident on a first light collection unit (2400). The first light collection unit (2400) diffracts the incident laser light such that the laser light forms the image that is not similar to that at the time of incidence.
US09869920B2
There is provided a display unit including: in an insulating liquid, migrating particles; non-migrating particles having optical reflection characteristics different from optical reflection characteristics of the migrating particles; and a fibrous structure formed of a chain molecule and holding the non-migrating particles, the chain molecule containing an ester group and having a main part formed of carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and hydrogen atoms.
US09869915B2
An array substrate according to the present invention is an array substrate including a display region that displays an image and a frame region. The array substrate includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of signal lines; a thin film transistor disposed at an intersection of each of the plurality of scanning lines and each of the plurality of signal lines; a plurality of in-frame wires formed in the frame region; and a plurality of connection converters that electrically connect the scanning lines or the signal lines to the in-frame wires and are provided in the frame region. A single contact hole that penetrates an insulating layer is formed in each of the connection converters, and each of the scanning lines or each of the signal lines is electrically connected with each of the in-frame wires through a conductive film in the single contact hole.
US09869907B2
The present invention improves the aperture ratio of a pixel of a reflection-type display device or a reflection type display device without increasing the number of masks and without using a blackmask. A pixel electrode (167) is arranged so as to partially overlap a source wiring (137) for shielding the gap between pixels from light, and a thin film transistor is arranged so as to partially overlap a gate wiring (166) for shielding a channel region of the thin film transistor from light, thereby realizing a high pixel aperture ratio.
US09869904B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus is disclosed. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a plurality of sub-pixels, a first substrate on which at least one first thin film is disposed, a second substrate facing the first substrate and on which at least one second thin film is disposed, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a spacer unit disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to maintain a space where the liquid crystal layer is disposed, and continuously formed across at least two sub-pixels from among the plurality of sub-pixels, where the spacer unit includes a contact unit and an isolation unit including a plurality isolation sub-units, where the contact unit is formed to contact the first thin film closest to the liquid crystal layer and the second thin film closest to the liquid crystal layer, where the isolation unit is formed to be spaced apart from the first thin film closest to the liquid crystal layer and to contact the second thin film closest to the liquid crystal layer, and where a distance between the plurality of isolation sub-units and the first thin film closest to the liquid crystal layer is not uniform.
US09869903B2
An irradiating method includes a first mounting step of mounting a substrate onto a first stage at a first position and a second mounting step of mounting a substrate onto a second stage at a second position, a first movement step of moving the first stage to the irradiation area for irradiating polarized light onto the substrate and returning the first stage to the first position, a second movement step of moving the second stage to the irradiation area and returning the second stage to the second position, a first collecting step of collecting the substrate and a second collecting step of collecting the substrate. A time zone of the first collecting step and first mounting step and a time zone of the second movement step overlap. A time zone of the second collecting step and second mounting step and a time zone of the first movement step overlap.
US09869896B2
A display device, including a color conversion film, including a base film including a plurality of openings, the base film blocking light, and a color conversion layer in the openings, the color conversion layer including a pattern of different colors.
US09869893B2
A display device can include a display panel displaying an image, a first frame surrounding the display panel, a backlight unit under the display panel, and an adhesive between a side surface of the display panel and a side surface of the first frame. Also, the display panel is attached and fixed to the first frame by the adhesive.
US09869880B2
An illumination device includes an optical element including a hologram recording medium capable of diffusing a coherent light beam, the hologram recording medium comprising a plurality of regions, each region diffusing a coherent light beam to an illuminated region corresponding to that region, and an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with the coherent light beam so as to allow the coherent light beam to scan the hologram recording medium. The coherent light beam incident to a position existing in each region of the hologram recording medium is diffused to an entire region of the illuminated region corresponding to the region in order to illuminate the entire region of the illuminated region.
US09869879B2
An objective lens (OL) according to the present invention comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, and a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power. The first lens group (G1) comprises a positive meniscus lens (L1) having a concave surface facing the object side, a positive lens (L2) dispose close to an image of the positive meniscus lens (L1), and a diffractive optical element (DOE) having a diffractive optical surface (D). The second lens group (G2) is composed of three cemented lenses (CL21 to CL23) which are configured with a positive lens and a negative lens cemented each other. When d00 denotes a distance from the object side to the positive meniscus lens (L1), and TL0 denotes a distance from the object side to the objective lens rear end surface, 0.11≦d00/TL0≦0.19 is satisfied.
US09869873B2
A stereo display device includes plural projectors, a lens array, and a concave axicon lens array. The projectors project images to plural viewing regions at an image side. The lens array is disposed between the projectors and the image side. The concave axicon lens array is disposed between the lens array and the image side.
US09869863B2
A system includes one or more hardware processors, a head mounted display (HMD), a digital camera device, and a path extraction engine. The path extraction engine is configured to receive two-dimensional (2D) video from the digital camera device, the 2D video presenting a 2D view of a three-dimensional (3D) object, the digital camera device moving along a camera path as the digital camera device captures the 2D video, identify a plurality of 2D features associated with the 3D object within the 2D video, track the plurality of 2D features across multiple frames of the 2D video, estimate motion in pixels associated with each 2D feature of the plurality of 2D features, using the estimated motion in the pixels, identify 2D motion caused by the digital camera device moving along the camera path, and compute a first camera position of the digital camera device based on the identified 2D motion.
US09869850B2
A variable-magnification observation optical system includes an objective system, an erecting system, and an eyepiece system. The objective system includes a positive first group, a positive second group, and a negative third group in order from the object side. The eyepiece system includes a positive fourth group and a positive fifth group in order from the object side. The erecting system is located between the first group and the second group. The fifth group includes in order from the object side a negative meniscus lens and a positive lens with an air gap therebetween wherein the negative meniscus lens has a concave surface facing the object. The fifth group has at least one aspheric surface.
US09869846B1
An optical imaging lens includes a front lens group, a reflective element and a rear lens group arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The optical axis includes a first optical axis and a second optical axis different from the first optical axis, and the first optical axis and the second optical axis have an intersection point located at the reflective element. The front lens group includes a first lens element and a second lens element arranged along the first optical axis, and the rear lens group includes a third lens element and a fourth lens element arranged along the second optical axis. The optical imaging lens satisfies: D1M≦3.6 mm, wherein D1M is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens element to the intersection point along the first optical axis.
US09869838B2
An optical fiber cable is provided. The cable includes: an optical fiber core having a central axis; a presser winding covering the optical fiber core; a sheath covering the presser winding; two tension members in the sheath and facing each other with the central axis therebetween; and two rip cords facing each other with the central axis therebetween and being in direct contact with the sheath and the presser winding. The optical fiber core includes a plurality of optical fiber tapes arranged around the central axis and having mutually different stripe ring marks applied thereon. Each optical fiber tapes includes a plurality of optical fibers intermittently adhered to each other.
US09869836B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to optical interconnects. In one embodiment of the present invention, an optical interconnect comprises a laser configured to output an optical signal and a laser-diode driver electronically coupled to the laser. The laser-diode driver induces the laser to output the optical signal in response to an electrical signal received by the laser-diode driver. The optical interconnect includes a diffractive optical element and a plurality of photodetectors. The optical interconnect is positioned to receive the optical signal and configured to split the optical signal into a plurality of optical signals, and each photodetector converts one of the plurality of optical signals into an electrical signal that is output on a separate signal line.
US09869835B2
In order to further develop a device for coupling optical signals into at least one waveguide, wherein the device comprises at least one send-site circuit, which based on incoming signals from send-site terminal contacts actuates at least one electro-optical converter, which sends out the optical signals in the direction of the axis of the waveguide, in such a way that a corresponding miniaturization of the coupling device is enabled at low optical losses while at the same time the manufacturing expenses are to be low, it is proposed that the send-site circuit is arranged essentially in the plane of a send-site substrate comprising the send-site terminal contacts.The corresponding is true for a device for decoupling optical signals from at least one waveguide.
US09869830B2
An optical transceiver device includes a baseplate including a set position for mounting an optical element, an alignment plate including a mounting unit, a first and a second reference hole. The device includes an optical-fiber fixing block configured to fixedly mount at least one of a lens unit and an optical fiber optically linked with the optical element and to include a first and a second post, and a housing for enclosing the optical-fiber fixing block and alignment plate. The second post is inserted into the second reference hole in a looser manner than inserting the first post into the first reference hole, and the set position is determined by a first baseline passing through the first and the second reference hole and by a second baseline intersecting with the first baseline and positioned on opposite side of the second reference hole with respect to the first reference hole.
US09869824B2
An optical adapter includes: a housing having a plurality of openings on each of opposite end surfaces thereof; a plurality of ports formed in parallel with each other inside the housing and each extending to form one of the openings on each of the opposite ends surfaces, an optical connector being inserted into each of the openings; and a shutter part installed at each of the ports such that when the optical connector is inserted into an opening of one end of the port, the shutter part leans back to a retreat position that passes light emitted from the optical connector inserted into an opening of another end of the port, when the optical connector is pulled out of the opening of the one end of the port, the shutter part is raised up from the retreat position to a blocking position that blocks the emitted light.
US09869820B2
Gradient index lenses, or GRIN lenses, are useful for collimating light from a waveguide and reducing loss when coupling two fibers or coupling the fiber to other optical components. There is provided herein a method to align a GRIN lens to the distal end of an optical fiber with precise lateral alignment. The alignment occurs by: (1) rotating the fiber with respect to the lens so that the fiber is parallel with the lens, such that a light is transmitted through the fiber and then through the lens, and (2) translating the fiber laterally with respect to the lens based on the position of a circle pattern that appears on the screen after the distal end of the lens. The transmitted light is centered in the circle pattern for centered alignment or positioned at calculate distance from the center of the circle pattern for off-axis alignment.
US09869814B2
A hybrid optical fiber integrates features of multimode optical fibers and single-mode optical fibers. The hybrid optical fiber possesses an optical core having a first core region and a second core region to provide improved optical mode coupling ratio for single-mode transmission while maintaining a broad bandwidth for multimode transmission. The hybrid optical fiber's optical core may optionally include a depressed trench positioned between the optical core's first core region and the optical core's second core region to reduce modal dispersion and to improve modal bandwidth during multimode transmissions.
US09869797B2
A method, including: obtaining a grain size for amorphous silica associated with a basin and a grain size for quartz associated with the basin; obtaining kinetics of silica dissolution corresponding to the basin and quartz precipitation corresponding to the basin; determining, with a processor, a concentration of amorphous silica in water based on the grain size for amorphous silica, the grain size for quartz, and the kinetics of silica dissolution and quartz precipitation; comparing, with the processor, the concentration of amorphous silica in water to an amorphous silica saturation condition; and determining, with the processor, a presence of microquartz based on a result of the comparing.
US09869781B2
Photomultipliers are disclosed which comprise circuitry for detecting photo electric events and generating short digital pulses in response. In one embodiment, the photomultipliers comprise solid state photomultipliers having an array of microcells. The microcells, in one embodiment, in response to incident photons, generate a digital pulse signal having a duration of about 2 ns or less.
US09869773B2
A detector for high-energy radiation, e.g., for x-radiation and/or UV radiation, may include (a) a substrate having a first electrical contact, (b) optionally a first intermediate layer, (c) a layer including an organic matrix of a photoactive material and insoluble scintillator particles distributed substantially homogeneously in the organic matrix, (d) optionally a second intermediate layer, and (e) a second electrical contact, wherein the mixture ratio between the scintillator particles and the organic matrix in layer (c) is selected in such a way that the intermediate space filled with the organic matrix has a distance between two scintillator particles that corresponds to at most five times the depth of penetration of the emitted radiation of the scintillator particles. A method for producing a corresponding detector is also disclosed.
US09869772B2
A method performed in connection with a handheld communication device for monitoring a context in a battery efficient manner and for detecting a vehicular context, the handheld communication device comprising a GPS hardware component, a network-based position estimation component and a data processor, the method comprising: identifying a non-vehicular context; when the non-vehicular context is not identified, powering on the GPS hardware component and acquiring speed data using the GPS hardware component, determining whether the acquired speed is within predetermined vehicular speed ranges and identifying either a vehicular context or the non-vehicular context; when the vehicular context is not identified, powering off the GPS hardware component to save battery power.
US09869756B2
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a laser system and a respective method of detecting a signal reflected from a target illuminated by a modulated CW light source configured to generate a modulated laser signal at a predefined modulation frequency. A signal comprising true laser signal portions reflected from said target, and noise is received; the signal is filtered for selecting laser signal portions at a modulation frequency band; and the true signal portions in the signal are detected, if the energy at the modulation frequency band is greater than a given threshold.
US09869750B2
A user equipment measures a time difference of arrival of a plurality of signals received at the user equipment, wherein at least one of the plurality of signals is received at the user equipment on at least one unlicensed band. The user equipment then reports the time difference of arrival measurements for the plurality of signals to a location computation center along with a time stamp for each of the measurements. The location computation center then determines the location of the user equipment based on the reported time difference of arrival measurements.
US09869748B2
Identifying a location of a mobile device is disclosed (e.g., presuming user consent to the same). One or more received signal strengths (RSSs), comprising a first RSS, may be received by a first access point (AP) from the mobile device. The RSSs may be used to identify a grid area, comprising a first grid space. A signal distance between the first grid space and the first AP may be identified using the first RSS, and combined with a first grid space distance, comprising a known distance between the first grid space and the first AP, to determine a first grid space likelihood score for the first grid space. A second grid space likelihood score may be determined for a second grid space (e.g., and a third, etc.), and the grid space comprising a desired grid space likelihood score (e.g., highest) may be selected as the mobile device location.
US09869747B2
A position information providing apparatus for providing present position information to a position notifier apparatus is provided. The position information providing apparatus includes an ultrasonic wave output device for outputting ultrasonic wave and a controller for controlling the ultrasonic wave output device. In accordance with contents of the present position information, the controller sequentially selects a modulation frequency from among multiple detectable frequencies which are detectable by the position notifier apparatus and which are lower than an ultrasonic wave frequency. The controller controls the ultrasonic wave output device so that a maximum value or a minimum value of amplitude of the ultrasonic wave varies with to the selected modulation frequency.
US09869746B2
A method for estimating an angle of arrival of multiple targets moving at a high speed includes defining a range and a resolving power of an angle of arrival and an angular velocity of a plurality of direction finding targets (S1100), setting minimum values of the angle of arrival and the angular velocity within the range to be a set angle of arrival and a set angular velocity (S1200), and adding angle of arrival resolution and angular velocity resolution to the set angle of arrival and the set angular velocity, respectively, deriving a two-dimensional spatial spectrum of a transformed incident signal using a pre-steered vector until the angle of arrival and the angular velocity become a maximum value, and estimating a peak value of the spatial spectrum as a measured angle of arrival and a measured angular velocity of the target (S1300).
US09869744B2
A detection apparatus with a self-test is presented. A detection apparatus such as a cable locator has an array of sensors in the form of ferrite antennas to detect an electromagnetic field produced by an object such as a buried cable. The signals are amplified, digitized and fed to a processing unit that outputs a detection signal to a display to indicate the detection of a cable. A programmable signal generator outputs a self-test signal via a voltage-current converter that is used to check the balance between the sensors. The self-test signal is directly coupled into each of the sensors through a wired connection and the processing unit uses the self-test signal to accurately determine the magnitude and phase balance of the sensors. The magnitude and phase data may be used to calibrate the instrument, apply data corrections or flag errors.
US09869740B2
A method including determining a cerebral ischemia region of a patient based on a magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging of the patient; determining a DWI gray scale distribution parameter in a region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging; and judging whether the DWI in the region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging and the ADC values in the region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging are mismatched according to the DWI gray scale distribution parameter in the region with low ADC values in the magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging is disclosed. The method provides a more scientific and objective basis for making a decision on whether the acute cerebral ischemia patient should be treated with thrombolysis, thereby improving a cure rate of the cerebral ischemia patient.
US09869736B2
Example embodiments relate to a water/fat image identification method and device including obtaining a water/fat image pair calculated by a Dixon method, and marking these as a first image and a second image; calculating grayscale histograms for the first image and the second image, respectively, to obtain a first grayscale histogram and second grayscale histogram; subtracting the second grayscale histogram from the first grayscale histogram to obtain a water/fat relationship graph; searching for the highest peak and lowest trough in the water/fat relationship graph, and if the highest peak is located behind the lowest trough, determining the first image as being a water image and the second image as being a fat image; and otherwise, determining the opposite.
US09869726B2
A battery management system using a sensor inside of the battery that sensor enables monitoring and detection of various events in the battery and transmission of a signal from the sensor through the battery casing to a control and data acquisition module by wireless transmission. The detection of threshold events in the battery enables remedial action to be taken to avoid catastrophic events.
US09869715B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor wafer inspection apparatus and a semiconductor wafer inspection method that can suppress warpage in a semiconductor wafer due to a temperature difference between the mounting surface of a table and the semiconductor wafer. In a prober of the present invention, a semiconductor wafer is heated to have a second temperature which is equal to or lower than a first temperature in a preheating step using an oven, and then the semiconductor wafer is placed on a mounting surface of a table which is heated to the first temperature. Thus, because a temperature difference between the mounting surface of the table and the semiconductor wafer is reduced in the prober, it is possible to suppress warpage in the semiconductor wafer that occurs right after the semiconductor wafer is placed on the mounting surface.
US09869709B2
An electric arc detection device samples first, second and third filterings of a signal in a current window and in another window. A correlation is determined between first filtering samples of the current and the other window, a correlation is determined between second filtering samples of the current and the other window, and a correlation is determined between third filtering samples of the current window and the other window. An arc is then detected as a function of the correlations.
US09869697B2
A probe card assembly and associated processes of forming them may include a wiring substrate with a first surface and an opposite surface, an electrically conductive first via comprising electrically conductive material extending into the wiring substrate from the opposite surface and ending before reaching the first surface, and a plurality of electrically conductive second vias, and a custom electrically conductive terminal disposed on the first surface such that said custom terminal covers the first via and contacts one of the second vias adjacent to said first via without electrically contacting the first via. Each of the second vias may be electrically conductive from the first surface to the opposite surface. The first via may include electrically insulating material disposed within a hole in the first via.
US09869688B2
Device for solid-phase microextraction and analysis of substances to be analyzed, in particular in a gas chromatograph, with at least one collector, which is made of sorbent and/or adsorbent material and is placed on a rod-like support, and with at least one sample container, which is sealed with a pierceable partition wall and into which the collector is introduced piercing the partition wall for a sampling time, wherein the sealing of the sample container is assembled from the pierceable partition wall and a clamping ring, which can be mounted on the sample container and presses the partition wall together with a sealing element onto an upper rim of the sample container, and which comprises a socket in which a fitting of a transport adapter which is attached to a handling end of the rod-like support can be anchored detachably and with sealing surface pressure after the collector is inserted into the sample container following piercing the partition wall.
US09869673B2
The present invention provides for compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating Kawasaki disease. More specifically, the proteomes of patients with KD are enriched for the meprin A, filamin B, and filamin C, which serve as biomarkers (and potential therapeutic targets) for KD. Accordingly, detection of these biomarkers, using compositions and methods provided for herein, can inform the therapy delivered to the subject.
US09869672B2
The present invention provides a method for determining radioactivity in an ion-sensitive field effect transistor array, the method comprising the steps of incubating the array with electron-sensitive silver-halide material and then incubating the array with a developer solution reducing the silver halides that have been exposed to radioactivity to elemental silver and simultaneously measuring pH at each separate reaction chambers, wherein decrease of the pH indicates the presence of radioactivity in a reaction chamber.
US09869670B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for the assembly of a bioluminescent complex from two or more non-luminescent (e.g., substantially non-luminescent) peptide and/or polypeptide units. In particular, bioluminescent activity is conferred upon a non-luminescent polypeptide via structural complementation with another, complementary non-luminescent peptide.
US09869667B2
A data acquisition system coupled to a mains power source and a method of operating the data acquisition system are disclosed. A test probe is configured to be coupled to a subject, and an analog to digital converter converts a signal from the test probe to samples. A noise replica generator generates estimates of noise in the samples, and a noise removal block removes from each sample an estimate of noise therein. When the subject is undergoing stimulation, the samples are provided to only the noise removal block. When the subject is not undergoing stimulation, the samples are provided to both the noise replica generator and the noise removal block.
US09869665B2
A system including one or more generators predicts engine oil life. Generator data is received or generated by a controller. The generator data describes the operation of the generator including a load placed on the generator. Engine data may also be received or generated by the controller describing an engine coupled to the generator. The controller calculates an estimated oil life based at least on the generator data and/or the engine data.
US09869664B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining trace amounts of water in oil, including the steps of obtaining a blended sample of a low water content fluid including an amount of water and an amount of oil, transferring a portion of the blended sample to a cuvette to create a measurement sample, covering a viewing surface of the cuvette with an opaque sheet with a slit, providing a barrier with a fixed opening between a laser source and a laser-receptive surface of the cuvette, transmitting a pulsed laser beam from the laser source into the cuvette; inducing fluorescence in the measurement sample, focusing the fluorescence through a collecting lens and transmitting the fluorescence to a spectrometer, and measuring the fluorescence with the spectrometer by dispersing the fluorescence with a spectrograph and intensifying the fluorescence with an intensified charge coupled device.
US09869658B2
A technique for electrical detection of a molecule is provided. A fluidic bridge is formed between a nanopipette and a fluid cell, where the molecule is in the nanopipette. A voltage difference is applied between the nanopipette and the fluid cell, where the fluid cell contains an electrolyte solution. Entry of the molecule into the fluidic bridge is determined by detecting a fore pulse. The fluidic bridge between the nanopipette and the fluid cell is broken to form a nanogap. In response to waiting a time interval, the fluidic bridge is reformed between the nanopipette and the fluid cell to close the nanogap. The molecule is determined to exit the nanopipette by detecting an after pulse.
US09869654B2
A method of measuring hematocrit (HCT) and a measurement device using in the method and depends on an electrode test specimen to create a capacitor charging effect and consequential change in discharge current for measurement of hematocrit. The method of measuring hematocrit comprises steps as follows: (a) Instill blood into a pair of test electrodes which is installed in the present invention and apply a voltage to the pair of test electrodes; (b) Remove the voltage applied to the pair of test electrodes and measure a discharge current value; (c) Refer to a predetermined decision rule and the discharge current to obtain a hematocrit value for blood. As such, the present invention which relies on an electrode test specimen in measurement of hematocrit corresponding to a discharge current value during electric discharge contributes to precision and reliability in contrast to conventional hematocrit tests.
US09869646B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are described for triggering a radiation imaging system to perform data acquisition. A radiation imaging system may comprise a rotating gantry configured to rotate a radiation source and a detector array about an object to generate an image(s) of the object. A data acquisition system is configure to integrate charge that has accumulated during a period of time. A temporal length between integrations (e.g., an integration period) is adjusted based upon a desired number of total integrations to be performed during the revolution, changes in the rotational speed of the rotating gantry during the revolution, and/or a collective integration time for integrations already performed during the revolution.
US09869636B2
A portable, tabletop fluid sampling device simplifies spectral analysis to produce an accurate but inexpensive chromatic fingerprint for fluid samples. In one embodiment, the sampling device uses an array of variable wavelength LED emitters and photodiode detectors to measure Rayleigh scattering of electromagnetic energy from the fluid sample contained in a cuvette. Either the fluid itself, or particles suspended in the fluid can then be identified by performing spectral pattern matching to compare results of a spectral scan against a library of known spectra. A wide range of applications include substance identification, security screening, authentication, quality control, and medical diagnostics.
US09869629B1
The present invention discloses a method and system for conducting high temperature corrosion tests on metallic alloys without the need for extensive laboratory equipment and attendant safety measures through the use of a two-compartment ampoule where a vestibule connects these two compartments. A pre-selected mixture of salts is placed in one compartment in order to generate a specific partial pressure of halogen gas; and a metallic alloy is placed in the other compartment. The ampoule is then heated to a pre-determined temperature and held at this temperature for a pre-determined time period. A halogen gas of a specific partial pressure is thereby generated from the mixture of salts which comes into contact with the metallic alloy. Because the ampoule creates a sealed environment, the metallic alloy is under constant halogenation during the pre-determined time period. The metallic alloy is removed for examination when the pre-determined time period expires.
US09869627B2
A device for measuring permeability of a filter cartridge seal includes a blocking member for blocking an input to the filter cartridge and a housing for tightening the seal. A removable chamber wall is configured to form a sealed chamber with the housing and the blocking member. Pressure in the sealed chamber is varied to test the seal and to detect leaks.
US09869621B2
A test rig combining high-frequency tribological stress and low-cycle fatigue. The test rig includes a first test piece which is fixed to a frame and defines at least one bearing surface, a second test piece which is connected to an actuator for loading the second test piece so that it bears against the at least one bearing surface of the first test piece, a heater configured for heating the test pieces and a vibration generator, such as a shaker, for loading the test pieces in a vibratory manner so as to carry out a fretting fatigue and low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue test. One of the test pieces includes a portion in the shape of a turbine engine rotor blade root and which is inserted in a groove having a shape that is substantially complementary to the other test piece so as to reproduce a turbine engine blade-disc attachment.
US09869619B2
A magnetic device includes a substrate and an array including a plurality of magnetic particles, in which a magnetic dipole moment direction of each magnetic particle in a majority of the magnetic particles in the array alternates with respect to a magnetic dipole direction of a directly adjacent magnetic particle or directly adjacent magnetic particles in the array.
US09869612B2
The present invention provides a substrate collecting device that includes a first stage on which a sheet is placed with a plurality of substrates facing downward, an sampler which carries out a predetermined operation on some of the substrates, which are disposed at predetermined positions, from above the first stage thereby to cause the substrates to come off from the sheet and fall, an optical system and a collector disposed below the first stage, and a second stage, which integrally moves the optical system and the collector in a horizontal direction. The second stage is capable of positioning the optical system and the collector at two positions at which the optical system or the collector is disposed substantially vertically below a predetermined position.
US09869610B2
A method for detecting a vibration of a driven axle system of a rail vehicle includes a sensor system detecting a parameter indicating the vibration of an element of the axle system and an evaluating unit evaluating a signal of the sensor system. In order to reliably detect the vibration of the driven axle system of the rail vehicle, the sensor system includes a motion sensor which detects a motion of the element as the parameter.
US09869606B2
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.
US09869595B2
A device which can be used as a flow reactor for synthesis and for discerning the reaction kinetics as well as a flow calorimeter is a need in the art. To fulfill this need, the invention discloses a simple calorimeter that functions as a device to measure reaction kinetics, preferably heat of reaction in a continuous manner, in adiabatic as well as in isothermal conditions. The distinct advantages of the device include online determination of thermokinetic properties, continuous determination of thermokinetic properties and applicable for determination in adiabatic as well as isothermal modes. The device may function independently or may be used in combination with reactors, micro reactors or tubular reactors.
US09869590B2
Provided is a system for providing spectral analysis with a spectrophotometer. The system includes an illuminator positioned adjacent to a carrier having a surface; a linear sensor positioned adjacent to the carrier; and a micropatterned optical filter is positioned between the linear sensor and the carrier. The illuminator is configured to emit light at a material disposed over the surface. The linear sensor is configured to receive the light from the illuminator.
US09869576B2
An optical liquid level detection sensor includes a light source for emitting a light beam, a liquid contact surface, and a light detector, where the light source is arranged to emit a light beam towards the liquid contact surface, which liquid contact surface reflects or transmits the light beam in dependence of liquid being present on the liquid contact surface, where the light detector is arranged to receive the light beam after reflection on the liquid contact surface, where the sensor includes an at least partially transparent ring element, and where the liquid contact surface is formed by an outer surface of the ring element.
US09869572B2
A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment is provided with a controller, a first detector, a second detector, and a determiner. In a first measurement, the first detector detects a first measured value correlated with the propagation time of the first acoustic wave in a first detection period from the transmission to the reception of the first acoustic wave. In a second measurement, the second detector detects a second measured value correlated with the propagation time of the second acoustic wave in a second detection period from the transmission to the reception of the second acoustic wave. The determiner determines the presence or absence of the second measurement on the basis of the result of comparison between the first measured value and another first measured value measured earlier than the first measured value.
US09869567B2
A sleep mode system for an electronic device can include a light source, a sensor, and a light altering component. The light altering component can rotate with one device component, such as a laptop lid, while the light source and/or sensor remain stationary with another device component, such as a laptop base. A controller can determine the orientation angle of the light altering component based on the detected light, and can put the device into or remove the device from a sleep mode based on the angle, which can reflect an open state or closed state for the electronic device.
US09869563B2
A method of predicting a destination of a user of a mobile device is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of the mobile device, and executing a route search algorithm with respect to a trip data-base. The trip database stores information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, one or more road segments in the personal road network being associated with a respective destination location, and cost information associated with road segments in the personal network, the cost information being based, at least in part, on traversal information in the trip database.
US09869562B2
The disclosure is directed to improving driving experience. For example, using one or more computing devices, a current location of a user may be determined and a place of interest, located at a distance from the current location, may be identified. The one or more computing devices may determine that the place of interest meets one or more requirements, and designate the place of interest as a candidate place of interest. The candidate place of interest may be recommended to the user based on a defined criteria. The one or more computing devices may also determine that the user has arrived at a parking location corresponding to the candidate place of interest, and associate the parking location and the candidate place of interest based on one or more inputs by the user.
US09869548B2
A method for determining the inclination of a tower, in particular of a wind turbine, in relation to the gravitational field, by evaluating the output signal from an acceleration sensor configured to pick up static acceleration in the direction of a sensor measurement axis, which method is simple to use and can be carried out on any wind turbines. It is proposed that the acceleration sensor is attached to a component, preferably to a main frame, which can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the tower in an azimuth angular range of at least 180°, such that the sensor measurement axis is oriented substantially parallel to the plane of rotation of the component, the output signals, in the case of various azimuth angles, being successively measured and recorded by rotating the component between measurements, the inclination being determined by evaluation of the series of measurements obtained.
US09869541B2
A system for optical coherence tomography using multiple interferometers presented. The interferometry system includes a source configured to generate a variable wavelength light beam. A first splitter is configured to split the variable wavelength light beam to at least a first light beam and a second light beam. A first delay element is configured to delay the first light beam by a first time delay. A second delay element is configured to delay the second light beam by a second time delay, such that the delayed first light beam and the delayed second light beam are out of coherence with each other. A first interferometer is configured to receive the delayed first light beam as an input. A second interferometer is configured to receive the delayed second light beam as an input.
US09869539B2
The rotation angle and torsion angle sensor detects both the rotational position of a shaft and a torque applied to the shaft torque. The shaft a first shaft part and a second shaft part, which are interconnected by a torsion bar. A sensor disc is coupled via a rigid circumferentially and axially flexible membrane with the first shaft part. The sensor disc is coupled to a drive wheel via a coupling device, in such a way that the sensor disc is displaced in the axial direction upon relative rotation of the two shaft parts against each other, wherein the membrane bends in the axial direction.
US09869535B2
The invention is a method for applying ballistic protection to a vehicle door to protect against ballistic impact comprising: obtaining a plurality of ballistic-resistant panels, inserting each of said plurality of ballistic-resistant panels into an interior cavity of the vehicle door; and attaching each said plurality of ballistic-resistant panels to an interior surface of an exterior door panel of the vehicle door so as to form said contiguous ballistic-resistant panel assembly inside said interior cavity.
US09869529B2
A firearm sight adjustment and installation tool is described. The tool serves to facilitate and expedite the accurate adjustment and/or installation of sights on the slides of a firearm, whenever the sights allow this adjustment. The tool includes a plate, a plate with nuts, tightening screws, a spacer block, at least one adapter, a drift screw, an interchangeable pushing element and quick reference featured on one of the plates. With the tool and little expertise, an individual may manually adjust both the front and rear sights of a firearm to increase the accuracy of the firearm without additional tools.
US09869527B2
A sight aid including a supplementary sight alignment indicator having a projection plane and a projection device adapted to project a supplementary sight alignment indicator and at least one reference point on the projection plane, the supplementary sight alignment indicator is axially-centered with respect to the sight alignment indicator and spaced apart therefrom on the optical axis for forming a composite image with the image of the sight alignment indicator, the target image being viewable together by the user by means of the ocular lens and the projection plane is disposed at a distance from the sight alignment indicator. An adaptor secures the supplementary sight alignment indicator to a portion of the projectile device or the housing.
US09869523B2
A compact silencer (suppressor) device for a firearm comprising of multiple chambers which trap the gases from a projectile exiting the barrel of a gun to slow down the gases and reduce the temperature, sound, and flash associated with the projectile. In one embodiment, the first chamber which attaches to the barrel of the firearm comprises of sound baffling materials or gas porting baffles which vent gases from the second chamber passing rearward. The second chamber comprises of a chamber which can accommodate a retractable third chamber of the device, the second and third chamber of the device can have sound baffles to slow down the gases from the projectile.
US09869518B2
A chemical heat storage device includes a reaction vessel accommodating a heat storage material, a heat exchange flow path provided so that a heat-exchange fluid flows along an outer surface of the reaction vessel, and the chemical heat storage device being configured in such a manner that the reaction vessel is rotated and the heat storage material is agitated, by a flow force of the heat-exchange fluid.
US09869515B2
The invention relates to a suspension smelting furnace comprising a reaction shaft (1), an uptake shaft (2), and a lower furnace (3), as well as a concentrate burner (4) for feeding reaction gas and fine solids into the reaction shaft (1) of the suspension smelting furnace. The concentrate burner (4) comprises a fine solids discharge channel (5) that is radially limited by the wall (6) of the solids discharge channel, a fine solids dispersion device (7) in the fine solids discharge channel (5), an annular reaction gas channel (8) that surrounds the fine solids discharge channel (5) and is radially limited by the wall (9) of the annular reaction gas channel (8), and a cooling block (10) that surrounds the annular reaction gas channel (8). The cooling block (10) is a component that is manufactured by a continuous casting method. The cooling block (10) is attached to the arch (11) of the reaction shaft (1) and the wall (9) of the annular reaction gas channel (8), so that the discharge orifice (12) of the annular reaction gas channel (8) is formed between a structure (13), which is jointly formed by the cooling block (10) and the wall (9) of the annular reaction gas channel (8), and the wall (6) of the solids discharge channel. The invention also relates to a concentrate burner (4) for feeding reaction gas and fine solids into the reaction shaft (1) of a suspension smelting furnace.
US09869513B2
This application discloses devices, articles, and methods useful for producing lyophilized cakes of solutes. The devices and articles provide for a method of freezing liquid solutions of the solute by the top and the bottom of the solution simultaneously. The as frozen solution then provides a lyophilized cake of the solutes with large and uniform pores.
US09869511B2
A method for separating a feed stream in a distillation tower comprising maintaining a controlled freeze zone (CFZ) section in the distillation tower, receiving a freezing zone liquid stream in a spray nozzle assembly in the CFZ section, wherein the spray nozzle assembly comprises a plurality of outer spray nozzles on an outer periphery of the spray nozzle assembly and at least one inner spray nozzle interior to the outer spray nozzles, wherein each outer spray nozzle is configured to spray the freezing zone liquid stream along a central spray axis, and wherein the central spray axis of at least one of the outer spray nozzles is not parallel to a CFZ wall, and spraying the freezing zone liquid stream through the spray nozzle assembly into the CFZ section to keep a temperature and pressure at which the solid and the hydrocarbon-enriched vapor stream form.
US09869503B1
A tray for forming frozen solids such as ice cubes is described. The tray includes a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a base, sidewalls, and a top edge. An overflow notch including an aperture is located in the top edge of each cavity. The overflow notch is of a sufficient depth such that when the tray is filled with liquid up to the level of the overflow notch, and then placed in a freezer to form cubes of frozen solids, connections of frozen solid are not formed between the cubes, even if the liquid expands when it freezes.
US09869499B2
A method is provided for detecting in real-time a refrigerant charge loss in a refrigerant vapor compression system. If both a sensed evaporator outlet superheat exceeds a target evaporator outlet superheat by at least a preset amount of superheat and a sensed degree of openness of an electronic expansion valve exceeds a preset degree of openness for a preset time of period, and a sensed air temperature of either a flow of supply air having traversed the evaporator or a flow of return air returning to the evaporator is changing at a rate less than preset air temperature rate of change, a service alarm is generated indicating a loss of charge warning.
US09869496B2
A liquid chiller system utilizing a refrigerant capable of possessing a liquid state and a gas/vapor state, the refrigerant being cycled through a closed loop assembly of a compressor, an eccentric condenser and an eccentric evaporator. The eccentric compressor has a lower integrated reservoir and the eccentric evaporator has an upper dedicated reservoir such that separate, dedicated separator or receiver vessels are not required. The eccentric condenser is positioned above the eccentric evaporator such that liquid refrigerant flows by gravity from the eccentric condenser to the eccentric evaporator.
US09869491B2
A heat transfer device having a working fluid capable of circulating around a fluid flow path, the circulation around the fluid flow path bringing the working fluid in and out of thermal contact with a heat source, the heat transfer device comprising: a fluid containing portion internally defining a working fluid flow path; a heat source at least partially in thermal contact with the fluid containing portion; a gas substance generator at least partially within the fluid containing portion, and arranged to generate bubbles of vapor capable of driving the working fluid along a portion of the working fluid flow path in thermal contact with the heat source; wherein, in use, the driven working fluid absorbs heat from the heat source and transports the heat away from the heat source; and the driven working fluid returns to the gas substance generator to be recycled about the fluid flow path.
US09869483B1
The present disclosure provides a system, method, and computer program for conditioning a building environment based on occupancy estimates. In one embodiment, the method includes tracking the user's entries to and exits from the building on a mobile device associated with the user for each of a plurality of users. Entry and exit event data from the users' mobile devices are used to estimate occupancy of the building. The conditioning of the building environment is adjusted in accordance with changes in occupancy estimates. In certain embodiments, where the building has a plurality of zones, each entry and exit event may be correlated with one of the plurality of zones. Occupancy is estimated within each zone using the zone-correlated entry and exit events. Alternately, users' locations within the building may be estimated using an indoor localization technique. Each zone is then conditioned in accordance with the occupancy of the zone.
US09869476B1
A temporary or emergency heating and cooling apparatus and method for use in households without electrical power, but still supplied with water pressure and hot water, and with water discharge to a suitable open-loop discharge location such as a sewer or drain field. The apparatus in a preferred form comprises a water-powered fan adapted to be temporarily connected to a household cold water tap, a radiator thermally coupled to the fan flow path for heat transfer and supplied with either hot or cold water from a household tap, and a water discharge connection from the water-powered fan and the radiator to a household discharge or drain.
US09869474B2
A tabletop cooking assembly for preparing foods thereon comprises a cooking element having a cooking area and a vent disposed peripherally to one side of the cooking element defining an aperture for receiving smoke from the cooking element. The assembly includes a first exhaust duct, a filter assembly, an electrostatic precipitator, and a high velocity blower. The first exhaust duct is substantially unobstructed and in fluid communication with the vent for directing smoke away from the cooking element. The high velocity blower is in fluid communication with the first exhaust duct and the filter assembly for drawing smoke from the cooking element through the vent. The heating system includes a retaining plate, a plurality of heating strips, and an insulating material. The heating strips are disposed between the retaining plate and the heating surface to heat the cooking area for preparing foods thereon.
US09869472B2
A garbage supply device, which supplies waste to a gasification furnace that gasifies waste, includes a casing, two feed screws provided in the casing, and a middle shaft that is provided between the two supply screws, has a plurality of protrusions, and is repeatedly rotated forward or backward.
US09869470B1
A lighter device having a torch integrated within a handle having a top handle end and a bottom handle end, the torch having a fuel tank, an ignition means, and an ignition actuating means; the lighter device further having a closed flame system having a base portion associated with the top handle end, a neck portion having a plurality of holes and configured to house and partially enclose a flame ignited by the torch, and an attachment portion; the base portion, the neck portion and the attachment portion being in communication and defining a hollow interior space, and thus supplying air flow to the flame by allowing the air flow into the hollow interior space from the plurality of holes.
US09869468B2
The burner device for high-temperature air combustion according to the present invention is equipped with a thermal insulation portion (5) that is provided facing a furnace (1) and has a throat (6); a burner nozzle (9) that is provided at the axial center of this throat and that injects a pulverized coal mixed flow (38) into the furnace through the throat; a windbox (8) that is provided so as to house this burner nozzle; an air register (16) that is provided at the distal end of the burner nozzle and that injects low-temperature secondary air from the windbox to the throat; a high-temperature air nozzle (23), one end of which opens into the furnace through the heat insulation portion; and a combustion air switching means (16, 24) that switches between injecting low-temperature secondary air to the throat through the air register and injecting high-temperature secondary air to the furnace interior through the high-temperature air nozzle, in which in steady combustion, low-temperature secondary air is injected to the throat through the air register by the combustion air switching means and a pulverized coal mixed flow is injected from the burner nozzle, and in high-temperature air combustion, high-temperature secondary air is injected to the furnace interior through the high-temperature air nozzle by the combustion air switching means and a pulverized coal mixed flow is injected from the burner nozzle.
US09869464B2
A light fixture is disclosed herein. The light fixture can include a base having at least one wall that forms a cavity, where the at least one wall includes at least one lens mating surface. The light fixture can also include a lens having at least one base mating surface that forms a hermetic seal with the at least one lens mating surface, where the hermetic seal encapsulates the cavity. The light fixture can further include at least one solid state light source disposed within the cavity.
US09869458B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of LED and discloses a splicing assembly and a splicing type LED light, wherein the splicing assembly is used for splicing a plurality of strip LED lights relative to each other, and includes a plurality of splicing heads and a plurality of connectors, the splicing head is polyhedron shaped, and includes a plurality of outer side faces and a first bottom face and a second bottom face that are set oppositely, the first bottom face is provided with a fixing cavity where end portions of the strip LED lights can be inserted and fixed, the second bottom face and the outer side faces are provided with one or more splicing holes respectively, and each connector has two end portions that can be inserted into the splicing hole and fixed. In the splicing assembly provided by the present invention, the splicing heads can be fixed with the strip LED lights, it is fixed between the splicing heads by connectors, i.e. it may be spliced relative to each other between the ends of strip LED lights, various structures can be spliced flexibly, the generality of this kind of splicing manner is good, and the operation is convenient. The present invention also provides a splicing type LED light, on the strip LED light mounting with a splicing assembly, it may be spliced directly, and has a good generality.
US09869456B2
Techniques are disclosed for designing light fixtures for flexible LED circuit boards. The flexible LED circuit boards include an array of LED packages and the surface of the flexible circuit boards is highly reflective. A flexible LED circuit board may be shaped to conform to a rigid preform and the preform may be concave, convex, corrugated, or have any other custom shape. The shape of the preform, as well as the location of the LEDs within the flexible LED circuit may determine the light distribution of the light fixture. Alternatively, the lighting fixture may have multiple rods held in place with side plates and a flexible LED circuit board may be woven between the rods. A set of hole patterns in the side plates determine the location of the rods and the rods will determine the shape of the flexible LED circuit.
US09869455B2
Provided is an adjustable lighting system, configured to emit light at any of various bi-directional light-emission ratios. The adjustable lighting system includes a light source, and a reflective component positioned adjacent the light source. The adjustable lighting system also includes a movable positioning apparatus connected to the light source or the reflective component and configured to, when moved, change a relative positioning between the light source and the reflective component.
US09869452B2
An optical element for use in front of a light source for obtaining a skylight appearance, and a luminaire are provided. The optical element comprising a plurality of light transmitting cells in a raster structure, a diffuser and an edge wall. A light source emits light towards the raster structure. The raster structure collimates a part of the light and transmits a further part of the light in a predetermined spectral range. White light and colored light that is transmitted by the raster structure may impinge upon the side wall of the optical element. One face of the side wall is a region of specular reflectivity and will reflect the light that impinges upon it back into the chamber that is formed by the cooperation of the raster structure, the diffuser and the edge wall. Light exits the optical element through the diffuser.
US09869445B2
An automotive light includes a rear body; a front lenticular half-shell which closes the mouth of the rear body and is provided with at least one transparent/semi-transparent portion; and at least one lighting assembly which emits light upon command and is located within the rear body to backlight the transparent/semi-transparent portion of the front lenticular half-shell; the lighting assembly being provided with a planar OLED light source which faces the inner surface of the front lenticular half-shell and includes at least one plate-like OLED which emits light in a distributed way from its front and rear faces; and a rear refracting member facing the rear face of the OLED that re-directs light that exits from the rear face of the OLED towards a transverse light passage in the OLED in a direction such that the light can traverse the OLED and exit from the front face of the OLED.
US09869439B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to devices and methods for facilitating the operations and usage of electronic candle devices. In one exemplary aspect, an imitation candle device is disclosed. The imitation candle device comprises a body; a flame element protruding from top of the body; one or more light sources providing illumination for the flame element to produce an appearance of a true fire flame; a tapered chamber with an opening; a sensor component positioned at an end of the tapered chamber, the sensor component operable to produce an electrical signal in response to an input signal; and an electronic control circuitry coupled to the power supply operable to: receive the electrical signal, classify the electrical signal into a category among a plurality of categories, and control at least an output of the one or more light sources based on the electrical signal and the category of the electrical signal.
US09869435B2
A modular light fixture is described herein. The light fixture can include a frame having at least one light module coupling device, where the at least one light module coupling device includes at least one light module coupling feature. The light fixture can also include at least one light module coupled to the frame, where the at least one light module includes at least one frame coupling feature that couples to the at least one light module coupling feature of the at least one light module coupling device.
US09869432B2
According to one aspect, a luminaire includes a waveguide body having an interior coupling cavity extending into a portion of the waveguide body remote from an edge thereof. The luminaire further includes an LED element extending into the interior coupling cavity having first and second sets of LEDs wherein each LED of the first set comprises a blue-shifted yellow LED and each LED of the second set comprises a red LED wherein the red LEDs are disposed between the blue-shifted yellow LEDs and wherein the blue-shifted yellow LEDs have a first height and the red LEDs have a second height less than the first height. The LED element further includes a lens disposed over the first and second sets of LEDs.
US09869429B2
A system for dispensing cryogenic liquid to a use point includes a bulk tank containing a supply of carbon dioxide or other cryogenic liquid and a pressure builder that is in communication with the tank via a pressure building valve. The pressure builder uses heat exchangers to vaporize a portion of the cryogenic liquid as needed to pressurize the bulk tank. The pressurized cryogenic liquid is dispensed through a dispensing line running from the bottom of the tank. A vent valve also vents vapor from the tank to control pressure. Operation of the vent and pressure building valves is automated by a controller that receives data from sensors. The controller determines the required saturation pressure for the tank and varies the tank pressure to match and provide a generally constant outlet pressure depending on conditions of the cryogenic liquid.
US09869427B2
Containment berms (40) for the collection of hazardous materials are provided which include a floor (42) with an upstanding, continuous, foldable sidewall (44) to define and internal zone (46) for receiving and holding hazardous materials. The sidewall (44) may be supported by means of external support structure (48) and/or internal support structure (50). The support structures (48, 50) each include a plurality of support leg assemblies (52, 52a) which are secured to sidewall (44) and are pivotal about respective upright axes (66, 66a, 150) and are pivotal from retracted positions close to the sidewall (44) to deployed positions extending from the sidewall (44) and substantially perpendicular thereto.
US09869425B2
A suspension device for suspending a display unit comprises a fixation element for securing the suspension device to a support surface, and a plurality of suspension members for removably receiving the display unit and suspending the display unit from the fixation element.
US09869423B2
A mounting system with a lock switch can be used to releasably attach a first item, such as a protective encasement for an electronic device, to a second item, such as a bicycle mount, suction cup mount, or a surface in a home, office, or vehicle. The mount assembly may include a housing that encloses a cam and torsion spring disposed within a housing volume and has a portion that rotates relative to the cam. A recess in the mount assembly can receive and retain a mounting cleat associated with the first item. One or more clasp mechanisms of the mount assembly can be configured to clasp the mounting cleat when it is inserted into the recess, and to release the mounting cleat when the one housing portion is rotated relative to the cam. A locking mechanism may be included that prevents the housing from rotating and releasing the cleat.
US09869417B2
A pipe coupling structure is capable of coupling pipes together without driving a screw and using a tool. An example pipe coupling structure includes a first engagement portion formed in an end portion of a first air-conditioning duct. The first engagement portion extends in the circumferential directions and protrudes inside of the first air-conditioning duct. A second engagement portion is formed in an end portion of a second air-conditioning duct. The second engagement portion extends in the circumferential directions and protrudes outside of the second air-conditioning duct. When the end portion of the second air-conditioning duct is inserted into the end portion of the first air-conditioning duct, the second engagement portion climbs over the first engagement portion, and thereby the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion engage each other.
US09869410B2
A buckling pattern steel pipe for being buried in ground in which flexure occurs includes: a steel pipe straight portion; and a buckling pattern portion. The buckling pattern portion is in a shape expressed by a sine wave determined based on: a buckling wavelength which is 2.05 to 4.32 times a compression local buckling half wavelength expressed by 1.72√(r·T); and a crest height expressed by a value 8.00 to 16.25 times a pipe thickness of the steel pipe straight pipe portion, and the buckling pattern portion absorbs bending compression deformation caused by faulting of the ground and axial compression deformation caused by the flexure so as to avoid deformation of the steel pipe straight pipe portion, where r is a pipe thickness center radius of the steel pipe straight pipe portion and T is the pipe thickness of the steel pipe straight pipe portion.
US09869409B2
A gasket retainer that is absent sharp corners, has apertures of reasonable dimensional tolerance, and may be conveniently made by a variety of manufacturing processes. The retainer is made from thin flat springy material that readily returns to form after slight bending. Representative gasket capturing apertures are of smoothly non-convex outline with major dimension sufficiently large to allow passage of a ring shaped gasket turned on edge and minor dimension sufficiently small to engage, on approximately opposite circular segments that each engage along less than one third of a gasket circumference, a cavity or groove on the outside diameter periphery of the gasket turned flat parallel to the retainer material sheet. Fasteners may be retained by similar apertures.
US09869405B2
Provided is a fluid control apparatus in which a pipe heating member may be mounted or removed with flexibility (i.e., without affecting other components) while one line, composed of the plurality of fluid control devices arranged in series, as a unit may be added or modified readily. The apparatus includes: a plate-shaped support member 5 to which a plurality of passage blocks 22 are detachably mounted; a hollow metal mounting member 6 having an upper surface to which the support member 5 is secured and being detachably mounted to a base member; and a pipe heating member 7 fitted into the mounting member 6. The pipe heating member 7, including a bottom wall 29 and a pair of side walls 30, accommodates a pipe 24 between the side walls 30 and is fitted into the mounting member 6 with the pipe heating member 7 abutting the mounting member 6.
US09869404B2
A system for a blowout preventer (BOP) stack assembly includes one or more pairs of ultrasonic transducers coupled to a body that is configured to support a movable component of the BOP stack assembly, wherein each pair of ultrasonic transducers comprises a first ultrasonic transducer disposed on a first side of the body and a second ultrasonic transducer disposed on a second side of the body, opposite the first side. The system also includes a controller configured to receive a first signal indicative of a position of the movable component from the one or more pairs of ultrasonic transducers, to determine the position of the movable component based on the first signal, and to provide a first output indicative of the position of the movable component.
US09869402B2
A check valve includes a hollow cylindrical valve body including an inclined rim at a first end, an annular section on an inner surface and tapered to a second end, and an annular groove on an outer surface; a hollow cylindrical outlet member including an axial channel, openings around an end surface, an internal annular trough, an annular flange extending outward from the trough of the outlet member, and an annular groove on an outer surface; a moveable member including an annular groove on an outer surface, a stem distal the groove of the moveable member, and an annular trough on an inner surface; a ring including an axial channel and openings around the channel; and a biasing member having a first end anchored in the trough of the moveable member and a second end anchored in the trough of the outlet member.
US09869400B2
A valve device, in particular a double stop-check valve, preferably of the two-way valve type, has at least three fluid connections (1, 2, 3) provided in a valve housing (51). Two valve elements (65, 67) can slide in the valve housing (51). One control device (71) controls the valve elements (65, 67). At least one of the valve elements (65, 67) forms, together with parts (59/61) of the valve housing (51), a seat leak-tight closure part for the associated fluid connections (1, 2, 3).
US09869397B2
A modular rotary valve apparatus includes: a plurality of separate valve barrels coupled to each other and arranged end-to-end along an axis so as to define a valve shaft, each valve barrel having an annular peripheral surface extending between forward and aft end faces, and an aperture extending transversely therethrough communicating with the peripheral surface on opposite sides.
US09869394B2
A sealing system for sealing shafts against liquid media, for example propeller shafts, impeller shafts, rudder stocks of ships and the like. Opposing corner regions of the sealing system that are located radially inside of a clamping space, for clamping at least one sealing ring, are formed by inclined run-on surfaces that diverge when viewed radially from the inside towards the outside. For accommodation in the clamping space, a clamping section of the sealing ring comprises two opposite edge regions that are formed by inclined surfaces that correspond to the run-on surfaces.
US09869392B2
A lower electrode assembly useful for supporting a semiconductor substrate in a plasma processing chamber includes a temperature controlled lower base plate, an upper plate, a mounting groove surrounding a bond layer and an edge seal comprising an elastomeric band having an outer concave surface in an uncompressed state, the band mounted in the groove such that upper and lower ends of the band are axially compressed and a maximum outward bulging of the band is no greater than a predetermined distance.
US09869390B2
The invention relates to a novel wear-protection layer for piston rings of internal combustion engines and a method for applying a wear-protection layer of this type during production of a piston ring. The protective layer is characterized inter alia by reduced wear and high resistance to scuffing.
US09869389B2
A parking lock mechanism having a motor, an actuation shaft, an engagement cam, a release cam, a cam biasing member, a pawl member and a lock gear. The engagement cam has a first side, a second side and a perforation there through. An outer edge of the engagement cam has a contact portion and an engagement portion. The release cam has a first side, a second side and a perforation there through. An outer edge of the release cam has a release member and an engagement portion. The cam biasing member has a first end, a coil portion and a second end. The pawl member has a pivot perforation, an engagement end, a locking protuberance and a sensor protuberance. The pawl member is disposed adjacent the engagement cam and the release cam. The lock gear has a plurality of inner splines and outer teeth.
US09869383B2
A reduction gear of the present invention is compact and light and can be used for tire portions of an apparatus for travelling, etc. Each of outer and inner pins is formed by a rolling bearing. The reduction gear includes block-shaped lubricating members which supply a lubricant to the outer rings of the outer pins to thereby lubricate them, and a ring-shaped lubricating member which supplies the lubricant to the outer rings of the inner pins to thereby lubricate them. The lubricant can be supplied to a pair of cycloid gears through the outer pins and the inner pins for lubrication. Since the cycloid gears, the outer pins, and the inner pins are lubricated by the lubricating members, the reduction gear can enhance its durability, reduce the friction between components to thereby lower the frictional resistance, and realize a light and compact structure.
US09869382B2
A bicycle chainring, including a generally annular body formed of at least an inner material, the inner material including a first side and a second side opposite the first side and a plurality of teeth disposed about a periphery of the body. At least some of the plurality of teeth are formed of both the inner material and an outer material, the outer material disposed on one or both of the first and second sides, the outer material having a greater wear resistance relative to the inner material and a thickness greater than 0.1 millimeter.
US09869381B2
A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover and at least one impeller blade connected to the impeller shell; a turbine including a turbine shell, at least one turbine blade connected to the turbine shell, and a heat treated portion; and a torsional vibration damper including: a cover plate arranged to receive torque from the cover or the turbine; and a spring. The spring is engaged with the cover plate and is arranged to contact the heat treated portion when the spring is compressed.
US09869375B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle is provided. In particular, nine or more forward speeds and one or more reverse speed are achieved by the planetary gear train of the automatic transmission including an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotational elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotational elements and a transmission housing.
US09869366B2
An apparatus for reducing vibration for vehicles may include discs rotated in connection with an engine rotating shaft, a plurality of masses provided at the circumferential parts of the discs, and a plurality of connection elements provided between the masses, a first end of each of the connection elements being hinged to the disc and both sides of a second end of each of the connection elements being connected to different adjacent masses.
US09869364B2
The invention relates to a vibration isolator with a pneumatic spring. The vibration isolator comprises a leaf spring assembly for vertical isolation and a flexible rod or a buckling pendulum for horizontal isolation.
US09869356B2
The present invention discloses a concealed dual moving disc brake, comprising left and light calipers, static discs, moving discs, and a drawing arm and brake cable. The calipers are fixed together via a caliper-fastening screw. The static discs are riveted within the calipers. In rolling paths of the static discs, a left and a right steel ball are provided. The drawing arm is mounted inside the static discs. The brake pads are moved toward each other during braking, such that the disc is located centrally without deformation to prolong service life. Simple and easy mounting adjustment is performed, only if the brake lever is held to lock the disc brake. The drawing arm is concealed within the head cover to form a succinct and aesthetic appearance. This product is the connection between the high-end mechanical disc brake and the low-end oil pressure disc brake with significant market prospect and potential.
US09869353B2
A vehicle clutch hydraulic system for a vehicle is provided with a mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump, a forward clutch and a control valve unit. In the vehicle clutch hydraulic system, a main pump oil passage fluidly connects the mechanical oil pump to the control valve unit. A sub-pump oil passage fluidly connects the electric oil pump to a forward clutch oil passage into which an oil passage outlet opens at an inside location closer to a clutch rotational axis than a clutch oil chamber of the forward clutch.
US09869352B2
A one-way clutch includes: a plurality of engaging elements which restrict relative rotation toward the other side of a circumferential direction by engagement with an inner ring outer circumferential surface and an outer ring inner circumferential surface and which allows the relative rotation along the other side of the circumferential direction by releasing the engagement; and a ring-shaped cage which holds the engaging elements. In a clutch unit, a positioning member which is capable of contact a side surface of the cage in an axial direction and which positions the cage along the axial direction is provided between the one-way clutch and a rolling bearing.
US09869338B2
A clamping device having a cylinder and a screw. The screw is configured to be fastened into the cylinder such that the screw may be tightened, removed and reused. The device may also include a loop associated with the cylinder that wraps around the item to be clamped and is insertable into the cylinder.
US09869336B2
An anchor fastener includes a head, a generally cylindrical shaft extending from the head, and a base at a distal end of the shaft. The shaft includes a helical thread on an outer surface and a self-drilling tip at its distal end adjacent the base. The base is frangibly connected to the distal end of the shaft by at least one web of frangible material separable from at least one of the base and the shaft under application of a force to the shaft.
US09869333B2
A connector for a piece of furniture comprises a connector body having a first end, and comprising a bearing element detachably connected with the connector body, the first end comprising a fastening section having a contact surface and the bearing element comprising a snap-lock element which extends with a free end thereof through the contact surface into the fastening section when the connector body engages the bearing element.
US09869330B2
A tolerance ring can include a generally cylindrical body having a first partial-cylindrical sidewall and a second partial-cylindrical sidewall opposite the first partial-cylindrical sidewall. Each partial-cylindrical sidewall defines a first end and a second end. Further, a first gap can be established between the first end of the first partial-cylindrical sidewall and the first end of the second partial-cylindrical sidewall after installation around a post. The first gap can extend along the entire length of the tolerance ring such that a split is formed in the tolerance ring. The tolerance ring can also include a second gap between the second end of the first partial-cylindrical sidewall and the second end of the second partial-cylindrical sidewall. The second gap can extend along the entire length of the tolerance ring such that a split is formed in the tolerance ring. The tolerance ring can provide an installed concentricity, C, ≦50 μm.
US09869325B2
To improve upon a fan blade (6) with regard to the use of materials and the weight, in particular a fan blade for smoke venting fans, having fastening means (5) for fastening the fan blade (6) onto a fan hub as well as having a blade section (7), it is proposed that the blade section (7) shall have an outer jacket (8) enclosing a cavity.
US09869323B2
A linear gasket for an inter-blade platform that presents a length, the gasket including a linear base for fastening to the inter-blade platform and a linear lip projecting from the linear base, the linear lip including a linear distal end portion configured to contact a pressure side wall or a suction side wall of a blade, a linear groove being formed between the linear base and the linear lip over at least a fraction of a length of the linear gasket. The linear distal end portion includes at least one linear slit extending over at least a fraction of the length of the gasket.
US09869317B2
The present invention relates to a multi-stage vacuum pump having a plurality of compression stages 12, 14, 16, 18 20 and a booster stage 22. The pump 10 is arranged to pump a chamber 24. The pumping stages include respective rotors supported for rotation on one or more common drive shafts 26. A recirculation valve 28 is associated with the booster stage 22 for selective recirculation of pumped fluid from an outlet 32 to an inlet 30 of the booster stage above a predetermined pressure.
US09869316B2
A pump arrangement, in particular a magnetic clutch pump arrangement, is provided. The pump arrangement includes a pump housing containing an impeller shaft, a containment shell which seals an enclosed chamber within the inner chamber of the pump housing, an impeller mounted on one end of the impeller shaft, an inner rotor mounted on the other end of the impeller shaft, a drive motor, a drive shaft that can be driven by the drive motor, and an outer rotor which is mounted on the drive shaft and co-operates with the inner rotor. The outer rotor has a hub and a first support element, and a hollow cylindrical portion between the hub and the first support element.
US09869310B2
Described are a method and a device for activating an electric vacuum pump for a brake booster of a vehicle. The brake booster is supplied with a vacuum from a vacuum reservoir. The vacuum pump is designed to increase the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir as soon as the vacuum drops below a predefinable switch-on threshold. In order to avoid unnecessarily frequent switching on of the vacuum pump, which may irritate the driver, an expected decrease of the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir as a result of an instantaneous braking operation is estimated and the switch-on threshold of the vacuum pump is temporarily reduced if the vacuum instantaneously prevailing in the vacuum reservoir minus the estimated vacuum decrease is greater than a predetermined adjustment point vacuum, below which the brake booster can no longer act in a sufficiently boosting manner.
US09869309B2
The present disclosure may relate to a pump including a centerless rim, a first roller guide shaped to roll along the centerless rim such that as the first roller guide is rotated, friction between the first roller guide and the centerless rim causes a corresponding rotation of the centerless rim. The pump may also include a second roller guide shaped to roll along the centerless rim, and a plurality of peristaltic rollers coupled to the centerless rim. The pump may additionally include a tube housing disposed proximate the plurality of peristaltic rollers, and a tube disposed between the tube housing and the peristaltic rollers such that as the centerless rim is rotated, the peristaltic rollers compress the tube against the tube housing to create negative pressure within the tube.
US09869308B2
The present disclosure may relate to a pump including a centerless rim, a first roller guide shaped to roll along the centerless rim such that as the first roller guide is rotated, friction between the first roller guide and the centerless rim causes a corresponding rotation of the centerless rim. The pump may also include a second roller guide shaped to roll along the centerless rim, and a plurality of peristaltic rollers coupled to the centerless rim. The pump may additionally include a tube housing disposed proximate the plurality of peristaltic rollers, and a tube disposed between the tube housing and the peristaltic rollers such that as the centerless rim is rotated, the peristaltic rollers compress the tube against the tube housing to create negative pressure within the tube.
US09869303B2
A heat/acoustic wave conversion component having a first end face and a second end face, includes a partition wall that defines a plurality of cells extending from the first end face to the second end face, inside of the cells being filled with working fluid that oscillates to transmit acoustic waves, the heat/acoustic wave conversion component mutually converting heat exchanged between the partition wall and the working fluid and energy of acoustic waves resulting from oscillations of the working fluid. Hydraulic diameter HD of the heat/acoustic wave conversion component is 0.4 mm or less, where the hydraulic diameter HD is defined as HD=4×S/C, where S denotes a cross-sectional area of each cell perpendicular to the cell extending direction and C denotes a perimeter of the cross section, and the heat/acoustic wave conversion component has three-point bending strength of 5 MPa or more.
US09869296B2
A method for installing an add-on component onto a tip of a wind turbine blade, the associated blade, and the component, are provided. The add-on component has a span-wise end and a separated trailing edge, and is slidable onto the blade tip. Strips of a double-sided adhesive tape are attached onto either or both pressure and suction side surfaces of the blade adjacent the blade tip, or onto interior surfaces of the add-on component, the tape strips having a release liner on an opposite exposed side thereof. An extension tail is configured with the release liner that extends beyond the span-wise end of the add-on component when the add-on component is placed and held at a desired position on the blade. The add-on component is slid onto and maintained in position on the blade tip and, starting from the tape strip furthest from the separated trailing edge, extension tails of the respective tape strips are sequentially peeled through the separated trailing edge and away from the add-on component.
US09869295B2
A method is provided for installing an add-on component to a surface of a wind turbine blade, as well as the blade with attached add-on component, and the add-on component as a stand-alone device. A slot is defined in one or both of the pressure side or suction side surfaces of the add-on component. The adhesive side of strips of a double-sided adhesive tape are attached onto either the surface of the wind turbine blade or an interior surface of the add-on component, the tape strips having a release liner on an opposite exposed side thereof. The tape strips are arranged longitudinally along one or both sides of the slot, and each strip has an extension tail that extends beyond an edge of the add-on component when component is held at a desired position against the surface of the wind turbine blade. The extension tails are pulled along the slot at an angle such that that release liner is removed through the slot along the length of the tape strip while maintaining the desired position of the add-on component against the surface of the wind turbine blade.
US09869285B2
A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided.
US09869283B2
An adjustment device for adjusting an air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle between at least a first position in which the air inlet is substantially open and a second position in which the air inlet is substantially closed, comprising a drive unit for adjusting the air inlet between at least the first position and the second position, further comprising an auxiliary unit which is arranged for adjusting the air inlet in case of a calamity for bringing the air inlet to a predefined position, comprising at least one energy storage element.
US09869279B2
A system includes a turbine combustor, which includes a first wall disposed about a combustion chamber, a second wall disposed about the first wall, and a third wall disposed about the second wall. The third wall is configured to combine an exhaust gas with an oxidant and the combustion chamber is configured to combust a mixture of a fuel, the oxidant, and the exhaust gas.
US09869278B2
A mixing device for introducing gaseous fuel into an intake passage of an engine, including a body, an annular channel within the body at least partially encircling the intake passage, the body defining a fuel inlet opening. The mixing device includes a plurality of gaseous fuel injectors arranged to discharge gaseous fuel into a fuel inlet manifold, a fuel connection passage extending between the fuel inlet manifold and the fuel inlet opening of the body, a diffuser positioned within the body to diffuse gaseous fuel from the annular channel into the intake airflow, and a valve positioned along the fuel connection passage and configured to selectively block fluid communication between the fuel inlet manifold and the fuel inlet opening of the body in response to a signal from at least one electronic controller programmed to execute control strategies controlling operation of the engine, the gaseous fuel injectors, and the valve.
US09869275B2
A single actuator variable area fan nozzle (“VAFN”) system is provided. In contrast to typical system, the single actuator VAFN may comprise a single actuator, a linkage and a VAFN panel. The single actuator may be configured to actuate the VAFN panel between a stowed position and a deployed position. In various embodiments, the linkage may travel a path during deployment and/or retraction that is between the loft lines of the nacelle.
US09869268B2
A galleryless piston for an internal combustion engine and method of construction thereof are provided. The piston has a monolithic piston body extending along a central longitudinal axis. The piston body has an upper wall forming an upper combustion surface with first and second portions, with the first portion extending annularly along an outer periphery of the upper wall and the second portion forming a combustion bowl. The upper wall has an undercrown surface on an underside of the combustion bowl directly opposite the second portion of the upper combustion surface. The undercrown surface has an openly exposed 2-dimensional surface area, as viewed looking along the central longitudinal axis, between about 35-60 percent of an area defined by a maximum outer diameter of the piston body, thereby providing an expansive area against which oil being splashed or sprayed can freely contact to cool the piston.
US09869260B2
The control device executes a first control for controlling a throttle valve opening degree to a first opening degree when a particular condition is satisfied. The particular condition is a condition that it is predicted upon a satisfaction of an engine stop condition that a level of one of noise and vibration generated in an interior of a vehicle from a source other than an engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined level when an engine rotation stops. The control device executes a second control for controlling the throttle valve opening degree to a second opening degree larger than the first opening degree without executing the first control when the particular condition is not satisfied upon the satisfaction of the engine stop condition.
US09869258B2
A two-stroke cycle, turbo-driven, opposed-piston engine with one or more ported cylinders and uniflow scavenging has no supercharger. The engine includes a high pressure EGR loop and a pump in the EGR loop to boost the pressure of the recirculated exhaust products.
US09869255B2
An engine system is disclosed. The engine system may have an engine including at least one cylinder. The engine system may also have a first source configured to supply fuel for combustion in the engine and a second source configured to supply an ignition promoter material for combustion in the engine. The engine system may have a droplet injector configured to generate at least one droplet of the ignition promoter material, apply an amount of charge on the at least one droplet, and deliver the at least one droplet to the at least one cylinder. The engine system may also have a controller. The controller may be configured to determine an engine parameter, and to determine the amount of charge based on the engine parameter. In addition, the controller may be configured to adjust the droplet injector to apply the determined amount of charge to the at least one droplet.
US09869254B2
A method is provided for determining fuel blend in a dual fuel mixture including a first and a second fuel in an internal combustion engine. The method includes the steps of measuring multiple engine parameters using sensors during transient cycle operation for a predetermined range of engine loads and fuel blends; using system identification of transient time series of the measurements to determine one or more relevant engine parameters; determining a model for estimation of the fuel blend based on said one or more engine parameters; using the model for determining a current fuel blend during transient operation using current measured values of the one or more engine parameters, and using the calculated current fuel blend for controlling the amount of dual fuel mixture injected into each cylinder of the internal combustion engine. A vehicle and a computer program product using the method are also provided.
US09869253B2
A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a first moving cam provided to rotate together with a camshaft and move in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured to form a first cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a second moving cam provided to rotate together with a second camshaft and move in an axial direction of the second camshaft, and configured to form a second cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a first operating device operated to move the first moving cam in a first direction, a second operating device operated to move the second moving cam in a second direction, a controller configured to control operations of the first operating device and the second operating device, and a valve opening/closing device.
US09869243B2
In an internal combustion engine for a vehicle wherein a crankshaft is supported for rotation on a crankcase and a speed change gear shaft which extends in parallel to the crankshaft and forms part of a transmission for changing the speed of rotational power from the crankshaft is supported for rotation on the crankcase such that it is disposed on one side of the crankshaft with a plurality of oil filters being mounted from the same direction to enhance the maintenance. A cover is coupled to a crankcase on one end side of a crankshaft in an axial direction, and a plurality of oil filters are attached to an outer side wall of the cover on the opposite side to a transmission with respect to the crankshaft and are disposed in an upwardly and downwardly juxtaposed relationship with each other.
US09869241B2
Split cycle engine that runs on gaseous fuels such as natural gas and synthesis gas (syngas) and to a method of operating the same. The engine includes a first compression chamber for compressing the gaseous fuel, means for supplying the gaseous fuel to the first compression chamber at a level of concentration that prevents predetonation of the fuel during compression, a second compression chamber for compressing air, a combustion chamber in which the compressed fuel and air are combined to reduce the concentration of the fuel to a level that allows the fuel to burn and expand in the combustion chamber, and an expansion chamber having an output member which is driven by expanding gas from the combustion chamber.Turbochargers or blowers pressurize and increase the volume of the fuel and air delivered to the respective compression chambers, and the concentration of the fuel is progressively reduced by the injection of air at spaced intervals as the fuel travels toward the compression chamber.
US09869240B2
A compound engine assembly with an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine, a compressor, and a turbine section where the turbine shaft is configured to compound power with the engine shaft. The turbine section may include a first stage turbine and a second stage turbine. The turbine shaft is rotationally supported by a plurality of bearings all located on a same side of the compressor rotor(s) and all located on a same side of the turbine rotor(s), for example all located between the compressor rotor(s) and the turbine rotor(s), such that the compressor rotor(s) and the turbine rotor(s) are cantilevered. A method of driving a rotatable load of an aircraft is also discussed.
US09869239B2
A wastegate valve is arranged in a communication passage that bypasses the exhaust turbine of a turbocharger arranged in the exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. When the opening degree of the wastegate valve is controlled to the fully closed opening degree, a determination value is calculated based on the operation state of the internal combustion engine, and the turbo rotation speed is detected. When the turbo rotation speed is less than the determination value, a drive force is increased in the direction for closing the wastegate valve.
US09869228B2
In an exhaust passage structure in a V-type four-stroke engine of an outboard motor, an exhaust passage is connected to the respective exhaust ports of a plurality of cylinders so that a first exhaust passage portion is provided on at least one lateral side of the cylinder block in a width direction and collects exhaust gas discharged from the respective exhaust ports of the plurality of cylinder assemblies, while a second exhaust passage portion connects the first exhaust passage portion with an exhaust muffler chamber installed outside the engine, and an exhaust guiding portion is provided so as to oppose to a joint surface between the cylinder block and the cylinder head in a manner to be located in the first exhaust passage portion to guide the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust ports to a connecting portion between the first exhaust passage portion and the second exhaust passage portion.
US09869216B2
A cooling system and method of using a cooling system for an engine equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. A pump provides pressure for circulating liquid through the cooling system. The cooling system has two loops: an engine cooling loop and an EGR cooling loop. The engine cooling loop cools the engine in a conventional manner. The EGR cooling loop goes first to an EGR cooler and next to an oil cooler. The heat exchange at the EGR cooler results in warmed coolant being delivered to the oil cooler, where it warms engine oil. Warm-up time for engine oil is thereby decreased.
US09869209B2
A system includes a waste heat recovery heat exchanger configured to heat a heating fluid stream by exchange with a heat source in a crude oil associated gas processing plant; and a Kalina cycle energy conversion system including a first group of heat exchangers to heat a first portion of a working fluid by exchange with the heated heating fluid stream and a second group of heat exchangers to heat a second portion of the working fluid. The second group of heat exchangers includes a first heat exchanger to heat the second portion of the working fluid by exchange with a liquid stream of the working fluid; and a second heat exchanger to heat the second portion of the working fluid by exchange with the heated heating fluid stream. The energy conversion system includes a separator to receive the heated first and second portions of the working fluid and to output a vapor stream of the working fluid and the liquid stream of the working fluid; a first turbine and a generator to generate power by expansion of the vapor stream; and a second turbine to generate power from the liquid stream.
US09869201B2
The present application provides a seal for use between adjacent turbine components and with a cooling flow. The seal may include an impingement baffle top plate, a base plate, and one or more spacer elements therebetween. The cooling flow provides cooling through the impingement baffle top plate.
US09869195B2
A support assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a control ring that extends about a circumferential axis. A plurality of first supports has a cavity that receives the control ring. A plurality of cover plates are attached to the first plurality of supports and enclose the cavity.
US09869189B2
A method of friction welding an airfoil (32) onto a rotor disk of a turbine engine, the disk having at its outer periphery a projecting stub (18) onto which the airfoil is to be welded, the method comprising a step consisting in mounting chocks (24) on leading and trailing edges of the stub, the method being characterized in that, before friction welding, the chocks are secured to the stub by welding, and in that during the friction welding operation, the beads of welding (28) between the chocks and the stub are expelled, at least in part, in seams of material (34) that form around the connection zone between the airfoil and the stub and that are subsequently to be removed or eliminated, e.g. by machining.
US09869180B2
A rotary heat engine including a central crankshaft and a plurality of cylinder assemblies and a heat exchanger assembly. At least one of the plurality of cylinders, and preferably all of the plurality of cylinders includes a cylinder member, a piston member slidably positionable within the cylinder member, a connecting rod and a rolling diaphragm. The rolling diaphragm is positioned between the piston and the cylinder assembly to define a working volume which is in fluid communication with an opening that is in communication with the heat exchanger body.
US09869177B2
The invention relates to an anchoring device wherein a positioning plate (5), intended for bearing on the ground surface, is mounted onto a hollow rod (2). The rod consecutively supports, from the positioning plate (5) to the free end (22), at least one helical force disk (6) then one helical penetration disk (8). Said anchoring device is characterized in that the rod extends after the helical penetration disk opposite the plate (5). Said anchoring device is moreover characterized in that a bit (4) is placed on the free end of said rod so that a first portion of the rod (2), capable of being screwed into at least one first ground layer, extends from the plate (5) to the helical penetration disk and moreover so that a second portion of the rod (2), capable of being anchored in a second ground layer, extends from the helical penetration disk (8) to the bit (4).
US09869176B2
Data may be collected from a wellbore by retrievably deploying a data receiver tool to a location proximate a gauge located in the wellbore, where the gauge comprises a sensor used to collect data from the well and where the location is at a distance sufficient to allow wireless data communication between a first wireless data transceiver and a gauge wireless data transceiver; securing the data receiver tool at that location; transmitting data from the gauge memory to the data receiver tool; and storing the transmitted data in the data receiver tool writeable memory.
US09869172B2
An example method for making downhole measurements may include positioning a tool with a conformable sensor within a pipe in a borehole in a subterranean formation, and generating a first electromagnetic signal using at least one of a plurality of transmitters of the conformable sensor. A first response to the first electromagnetic signal may be measured using at least one of a plurality of receivers of the conformable sensor. At least one of a scale parameter, a pipe parameter, and a stand-off distance between the conformable sensor and the pipe may be determined using the first response.
US09869162B2
Ball valve assembly (100) including a truncated sphere (140) anchored in a two cylindrical retaining members (48, 50) of the ball valve assembly (100), the truncated sphere (140) having a spherical cap sealing face (142). The ball valve assembly (100) also includes a pair of concentrically oriented, tubular sealing pistons (120, 130), each piston (120, 130) exclusively actuable, one relative to the other, into fluid pressured sealing engagement with the spherical cap sealing face (142) in dependence upon whether an experienced fluid pressure at the ball valve assembly (100) is from a top side (102) or an opposite bottom side (104) of the ball valve assembly (100).
US09869161B2
A gas intake apparatus for use in a wellbore configured to channel a mixture of fluids and solids includes a housing defining a chamber and at least one gas intake passage in flow communication with the chamber. The gas intake apparatus further includes a gas intake mechanism coupled to the housing at the at least one gas intake passage. The gas intake mechanism is configured to facilitate a flow of gaseous substances therethrough and to restrict a flow of solids and liquids therethrough.
US09869159B2
A valve comprises a housing including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a neutral chamber. In addition, the valve comprises a stem disposed within the housing. Further, the valve comprises a first valve member at least partially disposed in the first chamber and connected to the stem and a second valve member at least partially disposed in the second chamber and connected to the stem. The first valve member has a closed position seated in a first annular valve seat and an open position spaced apart from the first valve seat. The second valve member has a closed position seated in a second annular valve seat and an open position spaced apart from the second valve seat. Moreover, the valve comprises a biasing member configured to bias the second valve member to the closed position and the first valve member to the open position.
US09869157B2
Reverse circulation cementing of a liner in a wellbore extending through a subterranean formation is presented. A running tool with expansion cone, release assembly, annular isolation device, and reverse circulation assembly is run-in with a liner. The annular isolation device is set against the casing. A valve, such as a dropped-ball operated sliding sleeve valve, opens reverse circulation ports for the cementing operation. The liner annulus is cemented using reverse circulation. The expandable liner hanger is expanded into engagement with the casing. Conventional circulation is restored. The running tool is released and pulled from the hole.
US09869154B2
A method of closing a fluid flow path in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes: supplying a flexible structure having a selected shape sufficient to seat on an opening of the fluid flow path, the flexible structure including pores of selected dimensions; determining seating of the flexible structure on the opening of the fluid flow path from a sensor measurement; and supplying a slurry containing a sealant to the flexible structure seated on the opening of the fluid flow path to plug the pores with the sealant to close the fluid flow path.
US09869148B2
A wellsite connector for connecting components of a wellsite is provided. The wellsite has a wellbore extending into a subsurface formation. The wellsite connector includes a connector body and a floatable seal. The connector body has an end adapted for coupling to a first of the components, a pocket along an inner surface thereof, and a cavity adapted to receive a second of the components. The floatable seal member includes a seal ring having a hole therethrough to sealingly receive the second of the components. The seal member is slidably movable in the pocket of the connector body transversely to an axis of the connector body whereby the second of the components is alignable to the first of the components for connection therebetween.
US09869144B2
A shoulder elevator having a gated pipe opening is disclosed. The elevator has a ringed body having unclosed sector creating an opening for receiving a pipe within the body ring. Pivotally mounted gates positioned on opposite sides of the unclosed sector of the ringed body, move in unison to an open and partially close the unclosed sector of the ringed body around the pipe in response to pipe contact with rearward end of the gates. A lever is provided to manually pivot the gates to an open and closed position around a pipe. Lifting lugs or ears are provided to attach the elevator to the lifting links of a hoist.
US09869142B2
A torque anchor intended to block the rotation of a production string with respect to a casing of a well; the torque anchor comprising a body and anchor cassettes comprising a wheel having a circumference and a wheel spindle supporting said wheel, a contact point of the circumference of the wheel being intended to come into contact with the casing, an opposite point being arranged diametrically opposite the contact point.For each anchor cassette, the wheel is mounted on the end of the wheel spindle; a positioning angle comprised between 30° and 180° being defined between a first straight line passing through the center of the casing and the contact point and a second straight line passing through the center of the casing and the opposite point.
US09869139B2
A tubular connection includes a pin member and a box member. The pin member has a first thread structure and a helical torque shoulder spaced axially along the pin member from the first thread structure. The box member has a second thread structure and a second helical torque shoulder spaced axially along the box member from the second thread structure. The first thread structure and the second thread structure are sized and located to control a stab position of the tubular connection, and in the stab position the first helical torque shoulder does not engage or axially overlap with the second helical torque shoulder. A method of joining tubular members utilizing a helical torque shoulder is also provided.
US09869136B2
A clamping assembly may include a split-ring device and bearing for coupling to a driveshaft. The split-ring device may comprise split-ring shells having protrusions on an interior radial surface for positioning in grooves adjacent to radial protrusions on the driveshaft. In some aspects, the split-ring shells may include tabs corresponding to cavities on a first bearing for coupling the split-ring shell to the first bearing. In other aspects, the split-ring shells may be sized to create one or more gaps when positioned on the driveshaft. The first bearing may include one or more corresponding tabs for positioning in the one or more gaps created by the split-ring shells. A second bearing may be threadably coupled to the first bearing to suppress the axial and rotational movement of the clamping assembly separate from the driveshaft.
US09869127B2
A motor apparatus attached to a work string in a well. The apparatus includes a power housing having a rotor-stator member for creating a rotational force, with the power section being attached to the work string; an intermediate housing attached to the power housing; and a flexible coupling unit partially disposed within the intermediate housing. The apparatus further includes a bearing housing attached to the intermediate housing, wherein the bearing housing contains a thrust and radial bearings, and wherein the bearing housing is partially disposed about a portion of the flexible coupling unit. The bearing housing has a first and second axis, wherein the first axis is parallel to the power section axis and the second axis is angularly offset to the power section axis.
US09869124B2
A method of retrofitting a window covering with a motorized tilting assembly. The method includes removing a tilt rod from a blinds tilting mechanism and introducing the motorized tilting assembly into the blinds tilting mechanism. The assembly includes a motor, a gearbox having an internal enclosure and an external enclosure, and an output shaft. The internal enclosure encloses gears, and the external enclosure encloses the internal enclosure. The output shaft includes a through-channel and extends through the internal enclosure and the external enclosure. The method further includes: selecting a tilt rod adapter having an internal shape complementary to the tilt rod and an external shape complementary to the through-channel of the output shaft; inserting the tilt rod adapter into the output shaft; and reinstalling the tilt rod such that the tilt rod passes completely through the output shaft and the tilt rod adapter.
US09869122B2
A cornerlock is used with a frame assembly. The frame assembly includes first and second frame members each having walls defining interior voids. The cornerlock extends into the interior void of each of the first and second frame members. The cornerlock comprises first and second body members mating with the interior voids of the first and second frame members, respectively. Each body member has proximal and distal ends and are rigidly fixed to one another. The first body member has a leg and an arm both extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The leg is resistant to deflection. The arm is deflectable about the proximal end and immediately deflects upon engagement with the first frame member for engaging the leg with one of the plurality of walls and biasing the arm into engagement with another one of the plurality of walls of the first frame member.
US09869121B2
The present invention is a security display case comprising an enclosure defining a safe portion, a display housing with a lift platform, a top wall, and a closure member, the display housing moveable into and out of the safe portion, a lift mechanism disposed in the safe portion drivingly connected to the lift platform, the lift mechanism controlled by a first drive motor, a locking mechanism mounted within the enclosure comprising at least one disc adapted to rotatably extend into and retract into a gap provided between the top wall and closure member of the display housing, the locking mechanism controlled by a second drive motor, and a control system controlling the first and second drive motors, the control system further comprising a lower limit switch, an upper limit switch, a locking trip switch, and an unlocking trip switch.
US09869120B2
Disclosed herein is a method including manufacturing a barrier opening system comprising a barrier operator, and at least one wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting commands to the barrier operator. Prior to delivery of the barrier opening system to an end user, an authorization code is programmed into the at least one wireless transmitter. Also prior to delivery of the barrier opening system to the end user, the barrier operator is placed into a learn mode. The authorization code is then transmitted to the barrier operator while the barrier operator is in the learn mode, using a transmitter external to the barrier opening system. The barrier operator then exits the learn mode. The barrier operator is thereafter packaged together the at least one wireless transmitter.
US09869100B2
An underlayment for a floor includes a dimpled substrate having a generally planar top side, an opposed bottom side, and a plurality of dimples formed therein. Each dimple is bounded by a dimple wall, and includes a dimple opening along the top side. A smoothing layer is bonded beneficial to the top side of the dimpled substrate and overlays and occludes the dimple openings.
US09869098B2
A manufactured panel includes a body having a front, back, top, bottom and side walls, the side walls extend between the front and back, and an interior volume located between the front, back, top, bottom and side walls. An insert having an interior portion is embedded within the interior volume of the body, and an exterior portion extends from the interior portion to an exterior of the body. The exterior portion includes stand-offs protruding from the body, such that at least some of the stand-offs are connected to each other inside the interior volume of the body. At least some of the stand-offs are independent and detached from each other on the exterior of the body.
US09869090B2
A corrugated metal plate comprises a plate configured to define a series of crests and troughs, where the plate has longitudinal edges extending parallel to longitudinal axes of the crests and the troughs and transverse edges extending orthogonally to the longitudinal axes of the crests and the troughs. The corrugated metal plate further comprises at least one of: at least one longitudinal flange extending from each longitudinal edge, and at least one transverse flange extending from each transverse edge.
US09869084B2
A stair system with freedom of movement between landings associated therewith includes a connection system configured to connect stairs to a landing associated with a construction, wherein the connection system structurally supports the stairs for safe egress over the stairs while concurrently supporting movement between the landing and a second landing associated with the construction by the stairs in at least one dimension, and wherein the movement supports inter-story drift between the landing and the second landing and removes some force translation between the landing and the second landing.
US09869078B2
A flush system includes a meter valve, a first pipe, a vacuum breaker, a second pipe, and a ball valve assembly. The meter valve defines a selectively openable outlet. The first pipe is in fluid communication with the meter valve and a water supply source. The vacuum breaker is disposed within the first pipe upstream of the meter valve and oriented to prevent backflow from the meter valve to the water supply source. The second pipe extends from a wall and is downstream from the supply source. The ball valve assembly is disposed between the first pipe and the second pipe upstream of the vacuum breaker to facilitate fluid communication between the first pipe and the second pipe and to selectively isolate the meter valve from the water supply source.
US09869056B2
A rope terminal fixing method is provided, which may be used easily at a construction site, causes less shearing load, and may reliably prevent the falling-off of the rope.The rope terminal fixing method comprises the following steps. A tubular terminal metal fitting which comprises a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a through hole communicating the proximal and distal openings is prepared. A terminal of a rope is inserted through the proximal opening into the through hole, a portion of the terminal of the rope extended from the distal opening is loosened, and a diameter-enlarging member is fixed to a core wire of the rope. Then, the terminal of the rope is brought back into the through hole. A fixed width portion extending in an axial direction of the terminal metal fitting is pressed from the outside in a circumferential direction by swaging, such that a protrusion constraining the rope so as to reduce its diameter is formed in the through hole. The diameter-enlarging member cooperates with an end of the protrusion located on the distal opening side to constrain surrounding wires other than the core wire in a sandwiching manner. A rope with terminal fixing tools, which comprises the terminal fixing tools attached thereto by this method, is also provided.
US09869052B2
An external air-cooled heat exchanger includes two air channels going towards different directions and not connecting with each other, a condensing wind channel and an external air channel. Each air channel has a plurality of air chambers that are alternately arranged so that between each two neighboring air chambers of the same air channel is an air chamber of the other air channel change to a period; A clothes dryer includes an air outlet connected to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is connected to a water collection box, the water collection box is connected to an air inlet, a filter is arranged between the air outlet and the heat exchanger, and a drying fan and the heating unit are arranged between the water collection box and the air inlet.
US09869050B2
A driving apparatus for a washing machine including: a housing; a brake drum rotatably disposed inside the housing; a dewatering shaft coupled to the brake drum; a washing shaft rotatably disposed inside the dewatering shaft; a rotor to which the washing shaft is coupled; a stator disposed inside the rotor; a brake lever disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the housing and adapted to operate a brake pad connected to one end thereof to control the rotation of the brake drum; a coupling clutch moved upwardly and downwardly along a lower end portion of the dewatering shaft; a clutch lever mounted on the housing and rotating upon the rotation of the brake lever to move the coupling clutch upwardly and downwardly; and a pressurizing lever coupled to the brake lever to rotate together with the brake lever and to push and rotate the clutch lever.
US09869049B2
Disclosed is a lid locker of a washing machine including a magnet installed at a lid, a housing installed at a casing, a reed switch installed at the housing and actuated by magnetic force of the magnet when the lid is positioned to be closed, a motor installed at the housing and provided with a rotating shaft, a locking member disposed at the housing to move toward and away from the lid, and a power transmission unit to transfer rotational power of the rotating shaft to the locking member such that an orientation of the rotating shaft is different from a direction of forward and backward movement of the locking member. Thereby, the locking member can be moved back and forth in a simple structure and the housing does not need to excessively extend in the longitudinal direction of the locking member. In addition, the lid locker of the washing machine can be compactly installed.
US09869040B2
An elastic multiple component fiber comprising a cross-section, wherein at least a first region of said cross-section comprises a polyurethaneurea composition; and comprising a second region.
US09869038B2
Electrospun nanofibrils and methods of preparing the same are provided. The electrospun nanofibrils comprise at least one polypeptide. A polypeptide can be dissolved in a solution, and the solution can be electrospun into a nanofibril. The solution can be added to a syringe or syringe pump, and an electric field can be applied to electrospin the at least one polypeptide.
US09869032B2
The present invention provides: an electrophotographic photosensitive member which reduces image defects due to ghosting not only under a normal temperature and normal humidity environment but also even under a low temperature and low humidity environment; and a novel phthalocyanine crystal. The electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present invention comprises a photosensitive layer which comprises a phthalocyanine crystal in which a N,N-dimethylformamide is contained. The content of the N,N-dimethylformamide is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less based on the phthalocyanine crystal.
US09869030B2
Anodic oxide coatings and methods for forming anodic oxide coatings are disclosed. In some embodiments, the anodic oxide coatings are multilayered coatings that include at least two anodic oxide layers formed using two separate anodizing processes. The anodic oxide coating includes at least an adhesion-promoting or color-controlling anodic oxide layer adjacent the substrate. The adhesion-promoting anodic oxide layer is formed using an anodizing process that involves using an electrolyte that prevents formation of delaminating compounds at an interface between the adhesion-promoting anodic oxide layer and the substrate, thereby securing the anodic oxide coating to the substrate. In some cases, the electrolyte includes an organic acid, such as oxalic acid. The anodic oxide coating can also include a cosmetic anodic oxide layer having an exposed surface corresponding to an external surface of the anodic oxide coating. Cosmetic anodic oxide layers can be designed to have a desired appearance or tactile quality.
US09869026B2
Electroless copper plating baths include alternative reducing agents to the conventional reducing agents currently used in the electroless plating industry. The electroless copper baths are stable and deposit a salmon bright copper deposit on substrates. Exclusion of many environmentally unfriendly conventional reducing agents enables environmentally friendly electroless copper plating baths.
US09869024B2
Methods and apparatus for depositing a cobalt layer in features formed on a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of depositing a cobalt layer atop a substrate includes: (a) providing a substrate to a substrate support that is rotatable between two processing positions; (b) exposing the substrate to a cobalt containing precursor at a first processing position to deposit a cobalt layer atop the substrate, wherein the substrate at the first processing position is at a first temperature; (c) rotating the substrate to a second processing position; and (d) annealing the substrate at the second processing position to remove contaminants from the cobalt layer, wherein the substrate at the second processing position is at a second temperature greater than the first temperature.
US09869016B2
A coated article is provided so as to include a low-E (low emissivity) coating having an infrared (IR) reflecting layer sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of or include a material such as silver (Ag), and is provided between a pair of contact layers. The low-E coating includes an overcoat having a substantially metallic layer (e.g., NbZr or Zr) which has been found to improve the durability of the coating without significantly sacrificing desired optical characteristics. Such coated articles may be used in the context of windows.
US09869014B2
A method for forming an alignment film for a liquid crystal on a substrate and an associated at least one structure. The substrate is moved in a first direction. A target is disposed on the first surface side of the substrate. The ion beam is propagated from an ion source toward the substrate and impinges on a sputtering surface of the target, which sputters a material of the target and results in sputtered particles of the material being emitted from the sputtering surface of the target and deposited on the first surface side of the substrate to form (i) a sputtering film on the first surface side of the substrate and (ii) an alignment film having an orientation and being disposed on the sputtering film and on the entire surface of the substrate. The alignment film aligns molecules of the liquid crystal in a predetermined direction.
US09869011B2
Provided is a hard decorative member excellent in scratch resistance. The hard decorative member according to the present invention includes a base and a hard decorative coating film layered on the base, in which the hard decorative coating film includes a gray-tone layer including a compound formed by a reaction of an alloy of Ti and one or two or more metals M2 selected from Nb, Ta, and V with a non-metallic element including at least carbon. It is preferable that the amount of carbon contained in the gray-tone layer is 30 to 70 atm % in a total of Ti, the metal M2, and the non-metallic element of 100 atm %.
US09869005B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides processes and methods for extracting and recovering rare earth materials from a wet-process phosphoric acid using one or more continuous ion exchange resin systems. In alternative embodiments, the method is particularly suited for use in extracting and recovering multiple rare earth materials present in low concentrations contained in wet-process phosphoric acid.
US09869004B2
A fixture for supporting articles in an industrial process comprises a plurality of first elongate members extending longitudinally in a first direction. The plurality of first elongate members each comprise a rod member having a riveted portion at an end thereof. The fixture further comprises a plurality of second elongate members extending longitudinally in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a plurality of third elongate members extending longitudinally in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The rod member of one of the first elongate members extends through an aperture of one of the second elongate members and an aperture of one of the third elongate members and is movably coupled thereto by its riveted portion.
US09868997B2
A real time Taq-Man PCR assay for detecting multiple serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV) wherein the number of serotypes detected exceeds the number of colorimetric channels for detection. A biological sample is combined with three oligonucleotide primer/probe sets such that the probes and primers anneal to a target sequence. Each primer/probe set is at least preferential for a specific serotype of an organism. The first and second primer/probe sets are degenerate with respect to each other. The third primer/probe set is not degenerate with respect to the first and second primer/probe sets and discriminates for a third serotype. The third primer/probe set has a signal moiety that emits signal at a wavelength that is the same or different from the wavelength emitted by the signal moiety of the degenerate primer/probe set probes. The target sequences, if present, are amplified and detected.
US09868991B2
Techniques and systems are disclosed for detecting biomolecular interactions based on the motion of nanomotors. In one aspect, a method of detecting biomolecular interactions based on a motion of a nanomachine includes functionalizing a nanomachine with a capture probe adapted to interact with biological targets; and detecting a presence of the biological targets in an environment based on a motion of the nanomachine.
US09868989B2
A purified polynucleotide having a chain of nucleotides corresponding to a mutated sequence, which in a wild form encodes a polypeptide implicated in hereditary sensory defect wherein said mutated purified polynucleotide presents a mutation responsible for prelingual non-syndromic deafness selected from the group consisting of a specific deletion of at least one nucleotide.
US09868988B2
The invention relates to, among other things, a method for assessing risk of organ rejection in a patient having a transplanted organ. The method includes measuring an amount of expression of a small non-coding marker RNA in a biological sample from the patient. The method further includes comparing the measured amount of expression of the small non-coding marker RNA in the patient to a reference amount of expression of the small non-coding marker RNA. In another aspect, the invention relates to kits for assessing risk of organ rejection in a patient having a transplanted organ.
US09868981B2
Methods and compositions for detecting an allelic form of a target. In an exemplary method, partitions may be created that collectively contain at least one first allelic form and a second allelic form of a target. Each partition may contain (i) a same probe capable of binding specifically to each of the first and second allelic forms of the target and (ii) a competitor configured to bind selectively to the second allelic form relative to the first allelic form and to block binding of the probe to the second allelic form. The first allelic form of the target may be amplified in the partitions. A signal may be detected from a label of the probe while the label is contained by the partitions. A number of partitions that are positive (or negative) for the at least one first allelic form may be determined based on the signal.
US09868974B2
The present invention relates to a sensor device for measuring a level of an analyte of interest in a fluid, such as body fluid (for example blood, plasma, urine, interstitial fluid, saliva), a method of manufacturing a sensor device, a reagent film for use in a sensor, a method of manufacturing a reagent film for use in a sensor, a method of conducting an assay using a sensor, a method of calibrating a measurement from a sensor, a method of calibrating a batch of sensors, a meter for use with a sensor and a kit comprising a meter and a sensor according to the invention. A first aspect of the invention provides a sensor device for measuring a level of an analyte of interest In a fluid comprising: a flowpath for the fluid; on the flowpath, a reagent for the analyte of interest adjacent to an internal standard comprising a first predetermined amount of a first calibration analyte; and further wherein the reagent and the predetermined amount of a first calibration analyte are in dry form. A second aspect of the invention provides a device comprising: a first calibration electrode having the first predetermined amount of first calibration analyte and reagent for the analyte of interest located thereon; a first working electrode having reagent for the analyte of interest thereon, and further wherein the first calibration electrode lies upstream of the first working electrode.
US09868963B2
Disclosed are methods for forming ammonia and ammonium that can be utilized in certifiably organic farming productions according to most if not all known certification standards. Also disclosed are bioreactors that can be utilized in carrying out disclosed methods. Methods and systems utilize obligate anaerobic bacteria to breakdown organic protein substrates, i.e., compounds containing bound nitrogen, to provide nitrogen in an unbound plant available form, and particularly, ammonia and/or ammonium. Obligate anaerobic bacteria include high ammonia producing bacteria such as Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Clostridium sticklandii, and Clostridium aminophilum.
US09868956B2
The invention relates to a method of making a polypeptide comprising an orthogonal functional group, said orthogonal functional group being comprised by an aliphatic amino acid or amino acid derivative, said method comprising providing a host cell; providing a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of interest; providing a tRNA-tRNA synthetase pair orthogonal to said host cell; adding an amino acid or amino acid derivative comprising the orthogonal functional group of interest, wherein said amino acid or amino acid derivative is a substrate for said orthogonal tRNA synthetase, wherein said amino acid or amino acid derivative has an aliphatic carbon backbone; and incubating to allow incorporation of said amino acid or amino acid derivative into the polypeptide of interest via the orthogonal tRNA-tRNA synthetase pair. The invention also relates to certain amino acids, and to polypeptides comprising same.
US09868948B2
The present inventors discovered that antibodies having weaker antigen-binding activity at the early endosomal pH in comparison with that at the pH of plasma are capable of binding to multiple antigen molecules with a single antibody molecule, have long half-lives in plasma, and have improved durations of time in which they can bind to antigen.
US09868947B2
The present disclosure provides a method of making a systematic single point mutation in a target nucleic acid and a method of generating a mutational library comprising target nucleic acids with single point mutations. The mutational library comprises target nucleic acids with single point mutations distributed evenly throughout the target nucleic acid.
US09868937B2
Compositions and methods for improving cardiac function, myocardial contractility and relaxation in a mammal are provided. Cardiomyocytes transfected with one or more expression vectors comprising a ribonucleotide reductase subunit R1-encoding nucleic acid sequence and a ribonucleotide reductase subunit R2-encoding nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a promoter are grafted to a mammalian myocardium. Also provided are compositions and methods for delivering dATP to a myocardium through grafting of donor cells overexpressing R1 and R2. dATP is thereby produced in situ and delivered through gap junctions established between donor cells and host cardiomyocytes. Alternatively, viral vector(s) having the R1 and R2-encoding construct(s) are administered to the mammal directly. Improvement of cardiac function can also be effected by administration of vectors comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a L48Q, 61 Q, or L57Q cTnC variant.
US09868925B2
A hard surface cleaning composition comprising: a) from 1% to 60% by weight of the composition of a surfactant system; and b) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition of a cleaning amine of formula: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently selected from —H, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n=0-3.
US09868922B2
A method and apparatus for recovery of lipids from microbial biomass, including providing wet microbial biomass to thermal pretreatment of at least 100° C. in a pressure vessel, subjecting the thermally pretreated microbial biomass to extraction using a liquid hydrocarbon as an extractant, and subsequently, recovering a product containing lipids.
US09868920B2
Nanoparticle compositions and greaseless coatings are disclosed, including, for example, a greaseless lubricant nanoparticle coating on drill pipe threads. The lubricant coating may be multifunctional, including, for example, anti-corrosives. The coating may be a spray, or otherwise.
US09868917B2
Apparatus and related methods for reacting a natural oil with a short chain alcohol in the presence of an alkaline catalyst and mesh to produce biodiesel, significantly decreasing the amount of time for the glycerol byproduct to settle out of the reaction mixture. The process for the production of biodiesel includes providing animal or vegetable oil to create a first component, combining a short chain alcohol with a strong base to create a second component, and combining the first and second components together in the presence of a mesh, such that the mesh is in contact with the combined components. The combined compositions represent a reaction mixture that undergo a transesterification reaction and produce fatty acid methyl ester biodiesel and also a glycerol byproduct. The mesh material that is present during the transesterification reaction decreases the amount of time required for the glycerol byproduct to settle out of the reaction mixture.
US09868900B2
A scintillation compound can include a rare earth element that is in a divalent (RE2+) or a tetravalent state (RE4+). The scintillation compound can include another element to allow for better change balance. The other element may be a principal constituent of the scintillation compound or may be a dopant or a co-dopant. In an embodiment, a metal element in a trivalent state (M3+) may be replaced by RE4+ and a metal element in a divalent state (M2+). In another embodiment, M3+ may be replaced by RE2+ and M4+. In a further embodiment, M2+ may be replaced by a RE3+ and a metal element in a monovalent state (M1+). The metal element used for electronic charge balance may have a single valance state, rather than a plurality of valence states, to help reduce the likelihood that the valance state would change during formation of the scintillation compound.
US09868896B2
The invention provides for modified proppants, comprising a proppant particle and a hydrogel coating, wherein the hydrogel coating localizes on the surface of the proppant particle to produce the modified proppant, methods of manufacturing such proppants and methods of use.
US09868895B2
A method of improving oil recovery includes the step of selecting an oil containing rock formation having geologic structures and well completions with vertical permeability that allow a structurally high water injection point. Through a series of analyzes a nutrient water mixture is determined and injected at the injection point to stimulate resident microorganisms through gravity dispersion of nutrient materials. A period of limitation is allowed to permit changes in the size or hydrophobic properties of the microorganisms. Through interaction with the stimulated resident microorganisms, oil, trapped in a pore space, is freed to accumulate with upward gravity separation for production.
US09868891B2
Methods for making emulsifiers, emulsified drilling fluids, and methods for using the same are provided. In one or more embodiments, the method for making an emulsifier can include mixing a tall oil and a triamide. The triamide can have the chemical formula: where: x, y, and z are integers independently selected from 1 to 10, R1 is a C8-C20 alkyl, a C8-C20 alkenyl, a C8-C20 dialkenyl, or a C8-C20 alkynyl, R2 is H or independently selected for each [(CH2)xNR2(CH2)y] unit, where R4 is a C1-C3 alkylene or a C1-C3 alkylene alcohol, and where at least one R2 is and R3 is a C8-C20 alkyl, a C8-C20 alkenyl, a C8-C20 dialkenyl, or a C8-C20 alkynyl.
US09868879B2
Use of a hot-melt adhesive for adhesive bonding of at least a first packaging and a second packaging, the hot-melt adhesive comprising: (a) 50-85 parts per weight of a basis polymer, wherein the basis polymer is consisting of a metallocene catalyzed polyolefin polymer, preferably ethene-1-octene-copolymer; (b) 10-25 parts per weight of a modifying polymer, the modifying polymer comprising a styrene block copolymer; (c) 5-25 parts per weight of a reinforcing wax, preferably a polyethylene wax or a wax produced by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis route, the wax component preferably comprising paraffinic oil, naphthenic oil, polybutene, dibasic ester, polyol or mixtures thereof; and (d) 0.05-1.5 parts per weight of a stabilizer component comprising a sterically hindered phenolic antioxidant and/or a hindered amine light stabilizer and a pack comprising the hot-melt adhesive.
US09868876B2
A coating composition comprising a polymer, such as a copolymer comprising alkylene monomers and unsaturated acid monomers, and at least one phyllosilicate, a product coated with said composition, a method of making said coating compositions and a method of making said coated products.
US09868871B2
A water washable resin formulation for 3D printing systems having at least one water-soluble and/or water-dispersible ingredient such as an oligomer and/or monomer. In one example, a water-soluble ingredient is greater than 1% by weight of the resin formulation. A water-soluble or water-dispersible filler may also be used as an ingredient in the resin formulation. The water-washable photopolymer resin formulation allows printed 3D objects to be cleaned with water rather than organic solvents. Because the water-washable photopolymer resin formulation is insoluble when cured, only the uncured water-washable photopolymer resin formulation is washed away. Depending on the filler's property and compatibility with the other ingredients of the resin formulation, the blending of filler therein can be used to modify the mechanical and chemical properties of the printed 3D objects.
US09868869B2
According to one aspect, an ink composition includes a colorant, one or more polymers such as a polyurethane siloxane, a surfactant, water, and a solvent. The ink composition has a total solids content of less than about 20% by weight. Further the ink has an initial surface tension of less than about 50 dynes per centimeter on application and the surface tension on drying should not increase by more than 20 percent.
US09868866B2
A hydrolysis resistant aqueous emulsion includes a hydrolyzable silicon containing compound. This emulsion is formed by a method that includes the step of (A) forming a seed emulsion that includes (1) an emulsifier, (2) water, and (3) a first oil phase. The method also includes the step of (B) adding a second oil phase, including a hydrolyzable silicon containing compound, to the seed emulsion. A weight ratio of the second oil phase including the hydrolyzable silicon containing compound to the first oil phase in the seed emulsion is from 0.5 to 50. Moreover, a total weight of the first and second oil phases in the emulsion is at least 60 weight percent.
US09868859B2
Color conversion films for a LCD (liquid crystal display) having RGB (red, green, blue) color filters, as well as such displays, formulations, precursors and methods are provided, which improve display performances with respect to color gamut, energy efficiency, materials and costs. The color conversion films absorb backlight illumination and convert the energy to green and/or red emission at high efficiency, specified wavelength ranges and narrow emission peaks. For example, rhodamine-based fluorescent compounds are used in matrices produced by sol gel processes and/or UV (ultraviolet) curing processes which are configured to stabilize the compounds and extend their lifetime—to provide the required emission specifications of the color conversion films. Film integration and display configurations further enhance the display performance with color conversion films utilizing various color conversion elements.
US09868856B2
A mineral-compatible cationic emulsion composition with polymer stabilizers, and methods for utilizing same in paving and other applications is disclosed. In one aspect, a bitumen-in-water emulsion composition includes at least one bitumen material, at least one polymer stabilizer, at least one emulsifier, and water, where the emulsifier is a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, or a mixture of both, and the polymer stabilizer is a natural or synthetic cationic polymer consisting of alkylene polyamines, alkyl polyamines, polyquaternary polymers, polyvinylamine, polyvinylimidazoline, polyester polyquaternary polymers, polyether polyquaternary polymers, or mixtures thereof. The inclusion of polymer stabilizer in the cationic emulsion increases the stability of the emulsion and increases the compatibility of the cationic emulsion with negatively charged minerals.
US09868853B2
Disclosed herein ARE various uses of styrene monomers derived from biobased material and containing modern carbon atoms, including in copolymers, in rubber compositions, in tire components, and to balance the viscoelastic properties of a rubber composition containing the styrene monomer.
US09868848B2
The present invention relates to a composition based on fatty acid diamide comprising: a) from 92% to 100% by weight of one or more fatty acid diamides, treated in situ by a neutralizing agent so as to reduce the residual amine content to a residual amine number, expressed in mg KOH/g, which remains less than 0.5, b) optionally, up to 8% by weight of at least one amorphous or semicrystalline oligomer with a Tg of greater than 60° C., with the sum of the % by weight a)+b) being equal to 100% by weight of the said diamide composition and with a) and b) being miscible as a blend.
US09868839B2
A process for the production of crosslinked PVC foams includes the preparation of a polymeric mixture based on PVC, isocyanate, anhydride, nucleating agent and a physical blowing agent, heating this mixture in a reaction mold, cooling the polymeric mass thus obtained, opening the mold in order to extract the microcellular embryo, and expanding and completing the crosslinking reactions of the embryo in an oven.
US09868832B2
There is provided an article comprising at least a first surface having a first binder layer selected from at least one of linear resins and resins having low cross link densities, where the first binder layer has a first major surface opposite a second major surface; and a plurality of microspheres at least partially embedded in the first major surface of the first binder layer. There is also provided an article comprising a first surface having a first binder layer selected from at least one of linear resins and resins having low cross link densities; and a plurality of microspheres at least partially embedded a the first major surface of the first binder layer, where for at least a portion of the first major surface the plurality of microspheres covers 30% to 50% of that portion, and the microspheres are substantially uniformly spaced.
US09868830B2
Disclosed are a vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition and a method of preparing the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite. According to the present invention, a method of preparing a straight vinyl chloride based nanocomposite having a nanomaterial uniformly dispersed therein, by using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition when a vinyl chloride monomer is suspension polymerized in the presence of a protective colloidal agent and a polymerization initiator after preparing a water dispersion suspension using the vinyl chloride based nanocomposite composition based on a hydrophilic composition is provided.
US09868827B2
An inventive process for the production of a composite polymer material is provided allowing for the preparation of a composite polymer material with high filler content which may be used as a masterbatch.
US09868819B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a polydioxolane, which includes polymerizing a 1,3-dioxolane compound represented by the formula (1) in the presence of a cationic catalyst and a sterically hindered phenol in an amount of 10 to 1,500 ppm, based on the 1,3-dioxolane compound. In the formula (1), R1 to R6 are the same or difference and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, an alkyloxy group, or an aryloxy group.
US09868816B2
The present disclosure is directed to, in part, an aliphatic polycarbonate polymerization reaction initiated by combining an epoxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of a catalytic transition metal-ligand complex to form a reaction mixture, and further quenching that polymerization reaction by contacting the reaction mixture with an acid containing a non-nucleophilic anion produces a crude polymer solution with improved stability and processability.
US09868812B2
The present invention provides a two-part mechano-responsive composition, comprising: Part I: a tetra-glycidyl amine multifunctional epoxy resin represented by the general formula (I); and Part II: a polythiol and an amine. The cured composition has a mechano-responsive property without adding any dyes or luminescence agents, and by subjected to mechanical stimuli, the cured composition changes its color, and the color is in the visible spectrum range, which can be easily checked with naked eyes; and the color change is reversible.
US09868808B2
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a substrate with functionalized surface covalently bound to an anti-infective agent, such as a quaternary phosphonium compound with anti-bacterial activity against a broad range of bacteria, methods of synthesizing an anti-infective composition, and its resultant antimicrobial performance.
US09868805B2
Embodiments provide polydienes and diene copolymers having organophosphines functionality. Specific embodiments employ phosphorus-containing organometal initiators and copolymers prepared by anionically polymerizing conjugated diene monomer and vinyl organophosphine.
US09868803B2
This invention relates to colored polymer, a process for their preparation, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
US09868801B2
Disclosed herein are solution polymerization processes for producing a high-cis polydiene. The processes include polymerizing at least one conjugated diene monomer in an organic solvent in the presence of at least one thiol compound and a lanthanide-based catalyst composition to produce a polydiene having a cis-1,4-linkage content of 90-99%. The at least one thiol compound is represented by the general formula R—S—H, where R is a hydrocarbyl group or a substituted hydrocarbyl group. The lanthanide-based catalyst composition comprises (a) a lanthanide compound, (b) an alkylating agent, and (c) a halogen source, where (c) may optionally be provided by (a), (b), or both (a) and (b). The molar ratio of the at least one thiol compound to the lanthanide compound used in the polymerization process ranges from 0.01:1 to 100:1. Improved solution polymerization processes regarding the same are also disclosed herein.
US09868797B2
A metallocene complex according to formula 1 wherein M is a metal selected from lanthanides or transition metals from group 3, 4, 5, or 6, Q is an anionic ligand to M, k is the number of Q groups and equals the valence of M minus 2, X is a cyclic bridging group that is bonded to a carbon atom of the cyclopentadienyl ligand and to nitrogen, Z1, and Z4 are hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-20 carbon atoms; adjacent substituents Z2 and Z3 and are connected to form an indenyl or tetrahydroindenyl ring system and R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-20 carbon atoms. Also described is a composition comprising the metallocene complex, a process for the preparation of the complex, and a process for the polymerization of olefin polymers in the presence of the metallocene complex.
US09868795B2
An oxolanyl compound-containing composition comprising specified amounts of the meso-isomer of one or more of the oxolanyl compounds of specified structure is provided. Also provided are methods for the use of such compositions as vinyl content modifiers in polymerization processes.
US09868793B2
Provided is a cationic group-containing cellulose which, when incorporated in a hair wash composition, is able to give an excellent smootheness feeling and its sustained feeling in rinsing and give a good coat feeling, and which, when incorporated in a skin cleanser composition, is able to give an excellent moist feeling to the skin after washing and drying, and also provided are a surfactant composition, a hair wash composition, a skin cleanser composition, a hair conditioner composition and a hair treatment composition containing the cellulose ether. [1] A cationic group-containing cellulose ether, which has a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose, and in which the degree of substitution with a cationized oxyalkylene group per the anhydroglucose unit is from 0.01 to 1.0, the degree of substitution with a glycerol group is from 0.5 to 5.0, and the degree of substitution with a group that contains a branched hydrocarbon group having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms and has a specific structure is from 0.001 to 0.2; [2] a surfactant composition containing the cationic group-containing cellulose ether, a surfactant and water; [3] a hair wash composition, a skin cleanser composition, a hair conditioner composition and a hair treatment composition containing the cationic group-containing cellulose ether, a surfactant and water.
US09868789B2
The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods.
US09868777B2
The present invention is directed to antigen binding proteins including, but not limited to, monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to and preferably neutralize human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Also encompassed by the invention are antigen binding proteins that have been humanized. The antigen binding proteins of the invention are useful as a therapeutic agent for treating and/or preventing CMV infections in a patient in need thereof.
US09868775B2
Provided is a peptide fragment derived from secreted frizzled protein 5 (Sfrp5), i.e., a peptide fragment selected from the group consisting of the peptides as set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 9 and a cosmetic composition for skin-whitening and/or inhibiting skin pigmentation comprising the same as an active ingredient. The peptide fragment inhibits melanin formation in melanocytes, thereby having an inhibitory activity against skin pigmentation. Further provided is a reagent for researching or analyzing the inhibition of Wnt signaling pathways comprising the peptide fragment.
US09868769B2
A novel, mutated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine is generated and imparts protective immunity in vaccinated animals for a range of S. enterica serovars. The vaccine can be attenuated or inactivated, including bacterial ghosts or membrane fractions thereof. Immunogenic compositions are included in the invention and methods of generating an immune response.
US09868765B2
A method has been developed to efficiently proliferate and culture a CTL specific to WT1 peptides under limiting dilution conditions. Utilizing this method, CTLs capable of recognizing both a state where a wildtype WT1 specific peptide is presented by HLA-A*24:02 and a state where a mutant WT1 specific peptide is presented by HLA-A*24:02 have been successfully obtained.
US09868761B2
A method for purifying a protein using a simplified, sodium chloride-free buffer system that consists of two components (acid and base pairs) for appropriate solution pH control; and a third component for ionic strength control, where the third component is the sodium salt conjugate base.
US09868759B2
Systems and processes for performing solid phase peptide synthesis are generally described. Solid phase peptide synthesis is a known process in which amino acid residues are added to peptides that have been immobilized on a solid support. In certain embodiments, the inventive systems and methods can be used to perform solid phase peptide synthesis quickly while maintaining high yields. Certain embodiments relate to processes and systems that may be used to heat, transport, and/or mix reagents in ways that reduce the amount of time required to perform solid phase peptide synthesis.
US09868750B2
The present invention relates to a 4,5-diarylimidazole derivative of formulae (I), (II) or (III): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the 4,5-diarylimidazole derivative has a hydroxamic acid residue at a first aryl ring and a residue R1 at a second aryl ring; and wherein R1 is hydrogen, a halogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy group; R2 is independently selected from an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkoxy or alkene group; M is a metal atom; L is a halogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted phosphane, sulfane, arene or alkene group or a 4,5-diarylimidazole-derivative of formula (I); and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.
US09868742B2
The invention provides substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compounds, substituted imidazo[1,5-b]pyridazine compounds, related compounds, compositions containing such compounds, medical kits, and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat medical disorders, e.g., Gaucher disease, Parkinson's disease, Lewy body disease, dementia, or multiple system atrophy, in a patient. Exemplary substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compounds described herein include substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine-3-carboxamide compounds and variants thereof.
US09868737B2
The present invention relates to novel pyridino[1,2-α]pyrimidone compounds represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and a method of use thereof for treating tumors.
US09868732B2
A process of synthesizing 2-bromo-LSD or a salt or hydrate thereof comprising the steps of reacting methylergometrine with a brominating agent to produce [(1S)-1-(Hydroxymethyl)propylamino][(6aR,9R)-5-bromo-7-methyl-4,7-diaza-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroacephenanthrylen-9-yl]formaldehyde as a first intermediate, and then hydrolyzing [(1S)-1-(Hydroxymethyl)propylamino][(6aR,9R)-5-bromo-7-methyl-4,7-diaza-4,6,6a,7,8,9-hexahydroacephenanthrylen-9-yl]formaldehyde to yield bromo-lysergic acid as a second intermediate, wherein bromo-lysergic acid is then amidated to yield 2-bromo-LSD or a salt or hydrate thereof.
US09868724B2
The present invention relates to novel retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) modulators and their use in the treatment of diseases mediated by RORγ.
US09868720B2
The present invention provides for pyrimidine compounds of Formula I-I and embodiments thereof In Formula I-I in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n and the “het” ring are as described herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
US09868718B2
The invention relates to novel cyclohexylamine derivatives and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and sleep disorder as well as methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, as well as methods of inhibiting reuptake of endogenous monoamines, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine from the synaptic cleft and methods of modulating one or more monoamine transporter.
US09868710B2
This invention provides a polymerizable compound represented by formula (I), a polymerizable composition containing the polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator, a polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable compound or the polymerizable composition, and an optically anisotropic product comprising the polymer as a constituent material. In formula (1), Y1 to Y9 represent —O—, —S—, —O—C(═O)—, —C(═O)—O— or the like, G1 and G2 represent a divalent linear aliphatic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or the like, Z1 to Z3 represent an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or the like, Ax represents a group represented by a formula (II), wherein X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like,D represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or the like, A1 represents a trivalent aromatic group or the like, A2 and A3 represent a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms or the like, A4 and A5 represent a divalent aromatic group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms or the like, Q1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or the like, and m and n are 0 or 1.
US09868704B2
Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US09868702B2
A process for producing 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)propane-1,3-diamine by A) reacting triacetonamine (TAA) and malononitrile to afford the intermediate 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ylidene)malononitrile, and B) hydrogenating 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ylidene)malononitrile in the presence of at least one catalyst. In another embodiment, the hydrogenation in step B) of the process is performed at 20-120° C. and at 20-300 bar. In another embodiment, the hydrogenation in step B) of the process is performed in two stages at 20-120° C. and at 20-300 bar.
US09868701B2
A method for producing a nitrogen-containing pentafluorosulfanylbenzene compound of formula (2a) or (2b): (wherein R1 a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; Z is an aryl group linked to a carbonyl group; Y is a group of formula (Y1), (Y2), (Y3), or (Y4); R2 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group) the method comprising reacting a halogeno-pentafluorosulfanylbenzene compound of formula (1) with a nitrogenous nucleophile: (wherein X is a halogen atom; n is an integer of 1 to 5; R1 is as defined above).
US09868699B2
Cations are removed from a substance stream that is produced during the production of isophoronenitrile with the help of a cation exchanger.
US09868692B2
The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US09868687B2
Disclosed are processes and systems for making cyclohexanone from a mixture comprising phenol, cyclohexanone, and cyclohexylbenzene, comprising a step of or a device for subjecting at least a portion of the mixture to hydrogenation and a step of or a device for distilling a phenol/cyclohexanone/cyclohexylbenzene mixture to obtain an effluent rich in cyclohexanone.
US09868686B2
The present invention relates generally to hydroformylation processes. In one embodiment, a process of the present invention comprises: (a) contacting CO, H2, and at least one olefin under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form at least one aldehyde product in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst; (b) removing a product-containing liquid from the reaction zone and sending it to a vaporizer, which comprises a vaporizing zone and a vapor/liquid separation zone, wherein the product-containing liquid, which comprises crude product and catalyst, is heated in the vaporizing zone to form a mixture of gas and catalyst-containing liquid, which mixture is then phase separated in the separation zone, which separation zone has a liquid withdrawal port, a liquid region, a vapor space and a gas-liquid interface, wherein the liquid region comprises at least one divider plate, which optionally contains at least one perforation, wherein at least a portion of at least one divider plate is in proximity to the gas-liquid interface, with the proviso that at least a portion of at least one divider plate is at or below the interface, and wherein the temperature of the catalyst-containing liquid, measured at the liquid withdrawal port, is lower than the temperature of the vapor space.
US09868681B2
Provided is a method from which a γ,δ-unsaturated alcohol having a much more smaller amount of inclusion of formic acid and a formic acid ester and having a high purity can be obtained in a high yield. Specifically, provided is a method for producing a γ,δ-unsaturated alcohol by causing a reaction between an α-olefin and formaldehyde, the method including a step of bringing a reaction liquid obtained through the reaction into contact with an alkaline aqueous solution so as to provide an aqueous solution having pH of 9 to 13.
US09868673B2
There are provided a method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact to be free from cracks and chipping and to have high relative density, a method for manufacturing a neutron moderator, and the neutron moderator. The method for manufacturing a magnesium fluoride sintered compact includes a powder filling process for filling a magnesium fluoride powder material into a die by tapping, and an intermediate body sintering (pulsed electric current sintering) process for performing pulsed electric current sintering for sintering the filled magnesium fluoride powder material while applying a pulsed electric current thereto, to obtain a magnesium fluoride sintered compact (intermediate body).
US09868668B2
A particulate wetting and hydrophobing additive comprising components a) and b), where: component a) is a disiloxane having structure (I) Where R2 is selected from a branched or linear hydrocarbon group of 2 to 10 carbons, a substituted branched or substituted linear hydrocarbon group of 2 to 10 carbons, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group and an optionally substituted alkyl hydrocarbon group of 4 to 9 carbons containing aryl substituents of 6 to 20 carbons; R1, R3, R4 and R5 are each independently selected from the monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 4 carbons, substituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, aryl, and a hydrocarbon group of 6 to 20 carbons containing an aryl group; Z is a linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and R8 is selected from OH, H, monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 6 carbons and acetyl, each of the subscripts a, b and c are zero or positive provided that a+b+c≧1; and component b) is a carrier.
US09868663B2
A glass ceramic precursor glass and a glass ceramic having low levels of rhodium and a method of controlling the amount of rhodium in such glasses and glass ceramics. The precursor glass and glass ceramic contain from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm and, in certain embodiments, from about 1 ppm to about 6 ppm rhodium. The method of controlling of reducing rhodium dissolution from a rhodium-containing material such as, for example, an alloy into a glass melt comprises controlling and/or lowering the partial pressure of oxygen at the rhodium-containing vessel/glass interface by imposing a high humidity condition around the external (non-glass-contact) surface of the rhodium-containing material. The lower concentration of rhodium minimizes its coloring effect on the white color of the glass ceramic.
US09868652B1
A flexible thermoplastic tube having a stiffening member installed inside is described herein. Mechanisms to couple both the stiffening member and outer tube are also described. The stiffened tube is particularly useful in oil skimming equipment for remediation of hydrocarbons in containment pools.
US09868651B2
A system for solar disinfection of fluid. One most preferred version of the system includes: (a) A UVTC, made of a polyethylene laminate film with an approximately rectangular plan, providing: a. A first compartment. b. A second compartment for holding fluid, with a port to fill and dispense. (b) A Disinfection Monitor Module (“DMM”) located in the first compartment which: a. Includes at least one sensor to measure radiation intensity. b. Provides at least one user interface: c. Contains a wireless communication interface. d. Operates according to a process that ensures sufficient cumulative exposure of the contained fluid to solar UV to achieve adequate solar disinfection. Alternative embodiments may also include sensors to detect additional characteristics, such as transmittance, turbidity, “combined transmittance,” and/or temperature.
US09868646B2
Compositions and methods used in the modification of crystallization of aluminum hydroxide from liquor in an aluminum hydroxide production process, such as the Bayer process. More particularly, crystal growth modifier compositions comprising a component of crude corn oil derived from a bioethanol production process and/or a component of biodiesel and methods of using such compositions to modify particle size and distribution of precipitated alumina trihydrate in a precipitation liquor crystallization process.
US09868643B2
A method is disclosed for synthesizing a zeolite having the framework structure of SSZ-16 using a structure directing agent comprising a dication selected from one or more of 1,1′-(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene)bis[1-methylpiperidinium]; 1,1′-(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene)bis[1-ethylpiperidinium]; 1,1′-(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene)bis[1-methylpyrrolidinium]; and 1,1′-(1,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene)bis[1-ethylpyrrolidinium].
US09868633B2
A production process for a device in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other with bonding surfaces thereof mutually bonded and the second substrate has a through-hole, the production process including the steps of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to each other with the presence of a non-bonding region formed by a recessed shape portion recessed from at least one of the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate; and causing at least a part of a portion of the second substrate corresponding to the non-bonding region to pass through.
US09868632B2
A base plate with a first side having an elevated portion, a recessed portion laterally surrounding the elevated portion, and a vertical face extending from the recessed portion to the elevated portion is provided. At least a part of the vertical face is covered with a metal layer. A mold compound structure is formed on the first side with the metal layer disposed between the first side and the mold compound structure such that the mold compound structure includes an elevated portion laterally surrounding a recessed portion, and opposing edge faces that vertically extend from the recessed portion to the elevated portion. At least a part of the base plate is subsequently removed such that the recessed portion of the mold compound structure is uncovered from the base plate and such that the metal layer remains on at least one uncovered section of the mold compound structure.
US09868619B2
An improved self-engaging clutch having a carrier plate with one or more clutch actuator fingers formed into the carrier plate.
US09868611B2
A yarn traversing device (11) for a spooling device (4) of a textile machine producing cross-wound bobbins (1) comprises a yarn guide (25), which is connected by an endless tensioning means designed as a toothed belt (30) to a single drive (34), wherein the toothed belt (30) rotates in a largely closed housing (23) of the yarn traversing device (11) and is guided by guide wheels (31 or 32) arranged laterally next to a traversing area (B) and a drive wheel (41) connected to the electric motor single drive (34). The guide wheels (31 or 32) each have a smooth running surface (33), which is largely resistant to dirt, over which the toothed belt (30) runs with its toothing (38).
US09868599B2
In a sheet feeding device, a document mounting board includes a first member that includes a first mounting surface and is located on the feed mechanism side in the feeding direction of the documents in the feed mechanism, the first mounting surface being inclined to a lower side toward the feed mechanism, and a second member that includes a second mounting surface on which the documents are mounted and is disposed on a side opposite to the side of the first member on which the feed mechanism is located, and the second member is connected to the first member to be rotatable about a second turning shaft and turns about the second turning shaft depending on the weight of the documents detected by the weight sensor to change an angle with respect to the first member.
US09868598B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure a system for capturing proppant dust particles when positioned at a fracking operation site including a proppant delivery assembly to receive one or more containers having proppant stored therein. The system dispenses the proppant from the one or more containers and delivers the proppant to other fracking operation equipment. Moreover, the system includes a dust collection assembly positioned proximate and associated with the proppant delivery assembly to capture dust particles released by movement and settling of the proppant when being dispensed and delivered by the proppant delivery assembly. The dust collection assembly is positioned to direct an air flow in a flow path overlying the dust particles to capture the dust particles and move the dust particles away from the proppant thereby reducing risk of dust exposure to fracking operation site personnel.
US09868597B2
A system is provide for filling a pressurized tank of an air cart or other storage element while operating to deliver product to a ground engaging tool, such as for seeding or fertilizer placement. A rotary air lock coupled between a feeder and a storage tank includes a plurality of vanes providing pockets in between for holding particulate materials, The rotary air lock rotates the pockets from the feeder to a sealed area and from the sealed area to the storage tank, As such, the rotary air lock transfers the particulate materials to the storage tank while substantially maintaining a pressure in the storage tank. The system may be filled during, field operations, and a filling or conveyor system may be controlled via a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) operation.
US09868590B2
A method for forming a sealed floating roof for a storage tank is disclosed. A plurality of roof panels are positioned adjacent to one another such that respective depressions of adjacent roof panels disposed adjacent to one another form a walled trough at interconnections of the plurality of roof panels. A self-propelled automatic welder is positioned and guided within the walled trough to make a weld joint at the walled trough, and thus forming the sealed floating roof.
US09868586B2
Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.
US09868585B2
The present invention provides a wedge shaped footwear holder having two sides, a top and a floor, in which the sides and a top taper to define a closed distal end. A proximal opening accepts a displaceable portion. The displaceable portion is moveable along a neck, and is capable of being fixed in different positions so as to adjust an internal length of the footwear holder to correspond to a shoe.
US09868582B2
A material for forming a carton for containing a plurality of articles. The material can comprise a plurality of layers comprising a first layer comprising a base and a second layer comprising an insulator. The first layer can be an exterior layer, and the second layer can be a interior layer. The layers of the plurality of layers can be respectively overlapped and attached to one another.
US09868579B2
The present invention provides an oxygen absorbing agent composition comprising a compound (A) having two or more tetralin rings, and a transition metal catalyst.
US09868577B2
A frame (14) is useful in a packaging assembly including a box. The frame includes a panel (16) and a sheet (40). The panel has a panel length (L1) that is greater than the box length. The panel has a panel width (W1) that is greater than the box width. The panel defines a left slot (26) configured to receive the left closure flap of the box and a right slot (28) configured to receive the right closure flap of the box. The panel includes a left panel flap (30) extending from the left slot to the left edge (18) of the panel, a right panel flap (32) extending from the right slot to the right edge (20) of the panel, a front panel flap (34) extending from the left panel flap to the right panel flap; and a rear panel flap (36) extending from the left panel flap to the right panel flap. The left panel flap is foldably connected to the front panel flap and to the rear panel flap. The right panel flap is foldably connected to the front panel flap and the rear panel flap. The panel defines a panel opening (38) circumscribed by the left, right, front, and rear panel flaps. The sheet (40) is attached to the front panel flap and the rear panel flap and extends over the panel opening.
US09868573B1
A recyclable cable tie has a single-aperture buckle, at least one multi-aperture buckle and a belt. The top of the single-aperture buckle is connected to the bottom of the most proximal multi-aperture buckle via the connecting tape. Each one of the at least one multi-aperture buckle has at least two up-down symmetrically arranged engaging cases. Each engaging case has an engaging pawl and an opening. Multiple unidirectional ratchets are formed on the top of the engaging pawl and extend up into the opening of the multi-aperture buckle. The belt is connected to the bottom of the single-aperture buckle. The belt may first engage with the single-aperture buckle, and the extra tail of the belt may be cut off. The extra tail that is cut off may be further used to engage with the multi-aperture buckles continuously so as to be recyclable.
US09868570B2
A reclosable stopper for revealing a first opening includes a base body for positioning on a container mouth (12), from which base body a pouring element extends upwardly, and a protection and closing cap integrally and hingedly connected to the base body. The base body also includes a guarantee ring connected by frangible bridges to a collar. The cap is firmly positioned on the base body for closure. A tamper-proof feature is provided between the base body having the pouring element, and the cap, for revealing a first opening, which includes a double frangible connection system which can be actuated towards the inside of the cap.
US09868563B2
A carton for holding a product is disclosed. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The carton further comprises a hinge in at least one of the plurality of panels and a reclosable lid pivotably attached to the carton. The reclosable lid comprises a first intermediate panel foldably connected to at least one of the plurality of panels and a second intermediate panel foldably connected to the first intermediate panel. The first intermediate panel is positioned in face-to-face contact with the second intermediate panel. The reclosable lid is pivotable at the hinge between a closed position preventing access to the interior of the carton and an open position allowing access to the interior of the carton.
US09868562B2
A bulk bin assembly formed from a plurality of blanks material is provided. The bulk bin assembly includes a container portion including a plurality of side walls, wherein at least one side wall has a ventilation opening defined therein. The bulk bin assembly further includes a ventilation insert including a plurality of side panels and at least one insert opening defined in at least one side panel. The ventilation insert is positioned within a cavity of the container portion such that an air flow channel defined by the plurality of side panels is in air flow communication with the ventilation opening of the container portion to permit ambient air to flow through the ventilation opening and through the insert opening.
US09868558B2
A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval device and a method of accessing and loading the device. The device includes a housing, at least one port with controlled access to inventory stored within the device, a robotic transfer mechanism for moving inventory items to and from the controlled port, software for tracking the inventory and users of the device, and an interface with the pharmacy software system to track and monitor which inventory is authorized for access by each user and which inventory is needed to fill a prescription.
US09868553B2
A fluid transfer system includes a multi-jointed robot, a syringe actuator configured to pull and push a plunger of a syringe, and a controller. The controller performs control of the multi-jointed robot so as to reverse a vertical relation between the vial and the syringe in a state where a vial containing a liquid is disposed on a lower side of the syringe and a needle of the syringe punctures the vial, and control of the syringe actuator so as to absorb a liquid in the vial into the syringe by pulling the plunger in a state where the vial is disposed on an upper side of the syringe.
US09868552B2
A fluid transfer system includes a multi-jointed robot which is capable of transferring a vial and a syringe, and a syringe driving apparatus. The syringe driving apparatus includes a cylinder body holder which holds a cylinder body of the syringe, an actuator which pulls and pushes a plunger of the syringe, and a rotation mechanism configured to make the cylinder body holder and the actuator freely rotatable about an axial line intersecting with a center axial line of the syringe.
US09868547B2
The disclosure relates to a lighting unit for an aircraft interior having a floor with a baseplate fastenable to structure of the aircraft, and having a receiving region that faces away from the structure in a fastened state. An OLED light source having one or more OLEDs is arranged in the receiving region. The lighting unit also has a lens arranged on a side of the OLED light source facing away from the baseplate, and a frame mechanically retained in the receiving region by plug contacts such that the OLED light source and the lens are fastened in the receiving region. The plug contacts include electrical and mechanical contacts, wherein the OLEDs are supplied with electricity by at least one controllable driver, and wherein the contacts supply electricity to the OLED light source.
US09868535B2
A method of treating ice for a windshield of an aircraft, in which method at least two distinct de-icing zones of the windshield are defined. During a de-icing step, at least one de-icing means is activated temporarily in order to de-ice the de-icing zones in succession and in a given cycle.
US09868527B2
The presently disclosed technology is directed generally to unmanned vehicle systems and methods configured to satisfy a first set of export control regulations, such as those within the jurisdiction of one government entity or international body (e.g., the U.S. Department of Commerce) without falling within the purview of a second set of export control regulations, such as export control regulations within the jurisdiction of another government entity or international body (e.g., the U.S. Department of State). Through limited range of operation, limited payload types, limited capabilities, and tamper-proof or tamper-resistant features, embodiments of the unmanned vehicle system are designed to fall within the purview and under control of one agency and not within the purview and under control of another agency.
US09868520B1
Landing gear apparatuses and applications, wherein wheels include embedded (in-wheel) high impact shock absorbing capabilities. Landing gear assembly includes: wheel with wheel rim connected to wheel hub, wheel rim encompasses inner boundary and has inner radius, wheel hub is movable and positionable to a nominal position in space within rim inner boundary; a wheel hub positioning mechanism, connected to wheel hub, selectively confining and positioning wheel hub within space to pre-determined position different from nominal position; and wheel hub suspension assembly, connected to wheel hub, operable in response to hub moving relative to pre-determined position, and including damper for absorbing shocks or/and dissipate kinetic energy during hub motion. When wheel is subjected to landing impact shock at least 2 meters-per-second vertical velocity, hub moves from or across pre-determined position towards rim inner boundary, along wheel hub maximal shifting path longer than rim inner radius. Applicable to various (air-bound) landing vehicles.
US09868518B2
The present invention provides a landing gear assembly for an aircraft landing gear, the assembly comprising a steering mechanism for steering at least one wheel of the landing gear, a deployment mechanism for moving a leg of the landing gear between a stowed position and a deployed position, and an actuator arranged to actuate both the steering mechanism and the deployment mechanism. The invention also provides an aircraft landing gear, an aircraft and methods of operating an aircraft landing gear.
US09868516B2
In one embodiment, a wing includes a low pressure side, a high pressure side opposite the low pressure side, and a drag reducing apparatus coupled to the low pressure using an adhesive. The drag reducing apparatus includes a first side coupled to the low pressure side of the wing, and a second side opposite the first side, the second side comprising a plurality of vortex generators arranged in an array configuration, the array configuration of vortex generators operable to weaken a wingtip vortex generated by the wing by generating one or more vane vortices near an end of the low pressure side of the wing.
US09868513B2
A method of using a tactile signal warning device forming part of a human-operated flight control member of a rotorcraft. The warning device makes use of an anchorable motorized trim actuator for generating a resisting force against movement of the flight control member. The warning device comprises a warning unit that, as a function of a power margin (MP1) calculated by a predictor unit in compliance with a current regulation rating of the power plant and on condition that state data indicates that an autopilot is activated in a higher operating mode, acts to generate an order to activate the trim actuator depending on the conditions under which the flight control member is being moved as identified by a force management unit.
US09868507B2
An aircraft such as a gyroplane has a thrust propeller, a tail unit, a fuselage, and a keel tube that links the tail unit to the fuselage. The keel tube has a structure that reduces sound. The sound-reducing structure has a flow line-shape, is arranged at least partly below the thrust propeller, and extends from the keel tube in directions normal a vertical longitudinal plane of the gyroplane. The sound-reducing structure may extend asymmetrically from the keel tube and may be located along the longitudinal axis of the gyroplane on the keel tube within an angle between 10 degrees forward and 30 degrees rearward a vertical line extending to the keel tube from the intersection of the thrust propeller rotational axis and the thrust propeller rotational plane. The sound-reducing structure may also contain a sound-absorbent material or may comprise a hollow body with several openings.
US09868504B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a door plug assembly with a sonotube-launch system to be used in a temporarily-mounted control system for an aircraft. The door plug assembly is built from one or more panels designed to fit an opening in the fuselage of the aircraft, the opening being created by the removal of a door on the side of the fuselage. The door plug assembly includes a segmented bubble window with transparent glazing, with a kick panel on the lower portion of the bubble. The door plug assembly further includes a door strut indent which allows a strut to extend from the interior of the aircraft through the indent to the exterior of the aircraft. When a strut is not being used, a close-out panel is secured to the door plug assembly to allow the interior of the aircraft to be pressurized.
US09868500B1
An outboard motor includes an outboard motor body, a mount mounted on a boat body, and a support member that supports the outboard motor body so as to be steerable with respect to the mount. The support member includes an upper support that surrounds a drive shaft and supports the outboard motor body, a lower support that is spaced below the upper support, surrounds the drive shaft, and supports the outboard motor body, and a coupler that couples the upper support to the lower support.
US09868480B1
A vehicle having a power-source configured to propel the vehicle via power-source torque, a driven wheel configured to receive the power-source torque, and a vehicle body structure. The vehicle body structure includes a wheelhouse configured to extend over the driven wheel and also defines a locating feature. The vehicle further includes an integrated weight element configured to engage the locating feature and a fastener configured to fix the integrated weight element to the vehicle body structure either proximate to or directly to the wheelhouse. The vehicle can be configured as a truck, wherein the vehicle body structure includes a truck bed incorporating the wheelhouse and the integrated weight element.
US09868475B2
A multi-panel joint assembly, joint and method for a vehicle includes a first panel forming an outer skin on the vehicle, a second panel having a second panel flange portion overlapping the first panel, a third panel having a third panel flange portion overlapping the second panel flange portion, throughholes in registry with one another defined respectively in the first panel, the second panel flange portion, and the third panel flange portion, a rivet nut received through the throughole of the first panel, a fastener received through the throughholes of the second and third panels and threadedly secured to the rivet nut for securing the second and third panels to the first panel, and a washer interposed between the first panel and a deformed portion of the rivet nut for protecting the first panel from being damaged by the deformed portion.
US09868470B2
A vehicle body side structure includes a left center pillar, and the left center pillar includes a pillar inner, a pillar stiffener, and an inner reinforcing member. The pillar stiffener is joined to the inner front flange and the inner rear flange of the pillar inner, thereby forming a pillar closed section. The inner reinforcing member is arranged in the pillar closed section. The inner reinforcing front flange and the inner reinforcing rear flange of the inner reinforcing member are joined to the inner inside wall of the pillar inner.
US09868462B2
A “Torsional Suspensioned, Steerable, Oscillating and Propelling Axle Assembly” utilized in the individual track units of a multi track unit all-terrain vehicle or machine with axle assemblies providing/enabling suspension, steering, oscillation and propelling functions of the track units of the all-terrain vehicle or machine.
US09868458B1
An adjustable steering column assembly includes a locking assembly having a first member, a second member, and a third member. The first member has a first member first surface that defines a first recess and a second recess and has a first member second surface disposed opposite the first member first surface. The second member is disposed opposite the first member. The second member has a second member first surface that faces towards the first member first surface. The second member first surface defines a third recess and a fourth recess and has a second member second surface disposed opposite the second member first surface. The third member is disposed between the first member and the second member. The third member is movable relative to the first member and the second member between a lock position and an unlock position.
US09868454B2
A train consist for freight transportation includes a first or lead locomotive and at least one second or trail, adjacent locomotive directly connected with one another, followed by a plurality of cars or wagons.Each of the locomotives has an Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake System (ECPBS), a brake handle installed in the driver's cab providing electric signals to control the ECPBSs upon train operator's commands, and a communication layer used to transmit various signals between the two or more adjacent locomotives of the consist.The electrical signals generated by the brake handle in the lead locomotive are extended to at least the first trail locomotive through the communication layer in order to control the ECPBS in the trail locomotive, providing full train brake redundancy, allowing non-degraded train operation even in case of an unrecoverable failure of the brake control system in the lead locomotive.
US09868453B2
A railcar end unit is operable to be mounted in a center sill between buff and draft sill stops. The buff and draft end bodies are configured to be shiftably mounted relative to the center sill to engage the respective sill stops and to shift axially relative to one another along a unit axis. The end unit includes a buff spring pack operably mounted between the end bodies and compressible along the unit axis from a neutral condition to a compressed condition.
US09868449B1
The technology disclosed relates to an embeddable motion sensory control device that detects gestures in a three dimensional (3D) sensory space within a vehicle cabin, detecting a gesture in the 3D sensory space and interpreting the gesture as a command to a (sub) system of the vehicle under control, and issuing the command when appropriate.
US09868448B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a power storage device, a motor generator that receives electric power from the power storage device to generate travel driving force, and an ECU. The ECU selects one of a CD mode and a CS mode, and switches a traveling mode between EV traveling and HV traveling in accordance with a traveling condition in each of the CD mode and the CS mode. Responsiveness of a vehicle driving torque to an operation of an accelerator pedal is higher in the CD mode than in the CS mode.
US09868439B2
A vehicle control system is provided to execute a turning performance improving control for stabilizing vehicle behavior by controlling drive force during turning. The vehicle control system is provided with: a steering detecting means that detects a steering operation of a driver; a drive force limiting means that restricts the drive force during execution of a turning performance improving control; and a restriction relaxing means that temporarily changes the drive force in a direction of changing the drive force by the turning performance improving control, if the steering operation of the driver detected by the steering detecting means while restricting the drive force by the drive force limiting means is carried out to increase a steering angle during execution of the turning performance improving control.
US09868438B2
An arrangement for damping a possible pitching oscillation of a working vehicle supported on the ground by elastic elements is equipped with means to detect an expected and/or existing pitching oscillation of the working vehicle, and a control device, which is connected to the means and to an actuator to influence the propulsion rate of the working vehicle and which can be operated to control the actuator so as to damp the pitching oscillation.
US09868434B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a motor generator, an electrical storage device, a keeping switch, and a controller. The controller is configured to (a) cause the vehicle to travel by using the output of at least one of the engine and the motor generator, (b) control the state of charge of the electrical storage device, (c) when the keeping mode is requested in response to the signal output from the keeping switch and when the state of charge is higher than a threshold, execute a first keeping control for keeping the state of charge at a current value, and (d) when the keeping mode is requested in response to the signal output from the keeping switch and when the state of charge is lower than the threshold, execute a second keeping control for recovering the state of charge from a current value.
US09868426B2
The invention relates to an electrically controllable pressure provision device (5, 5′), particularly for a hydraulic motor-vehicle brake system, comprising a stepped bore (54), which is arranged in a housing (53,21), and a piston (51), which can be actuated by an electromechanical actuator (35, 36). The piston (51), together with the housing (53, 21), delimits a pressure chamber (50). The piston (51) is constructed as a stepped piston, the smaller-diameter piston step (51′) of which enters the smaller-diameter step (54′) of the stepped bore after a specified actuation of the stepped piston, such that the pressure chamber (50) is subdivided into a first pressure chamber (55) and a second pressure chamber (56). The invention further relates to a brake system for motor vehicles having such a pressure provision device.
US09868424B2
An electronically slip-regulated vehicle brake system is configured to change from an external force powered operating brake mode into a muscle-powered auxiliary brake mode, and includes a master brake cylinder configured to be operated, a pedal travel simulator configured to simulate an operating travel of the master brake cylinder during the operating brake mode, and a simulator control valve. The simulator includes two pressure chambers. The control valve is configured to control a flow of pressure medium into a first of the two pressure chambers from the master brake cylinder, and is disposed in a return line connecting a wheel brake to a reservoir tank at a position downstream of a connection point at which a second of the two pressure chambers of the simulator is connected to the return line.
US09868422B2
A control apparatus and a method of a brake system include an input unit receiving a connection signal on a connection between a vehicle and a trailer sensed by a sensing apparatus and receives current yaw rate error information of the vehicle according to current oscillation information of the trailer, a determination unit determining whether the vehicle and the trailer are mutually connected based on the connection signal, and a control unit selecting target yaw rate information preset while being divided for each type and weight of the trailer depending on the connection of the trailer to reduce a yaw rate error rate with respect to the current yaw rate error information of the vehicle according to the current oscillation information and transmitting a brake command to the brake system to brake the vehicle according to the selected corresponding target yaw rate information.
US09868420B2
An air compressor includes a box and a compressor unit installed in the box. The box is provided with a connection socket. The compressor unit has an air outlet exposed to the connection socket of the box. An external device, such as a hose or a sealant bottle, can be firmly and detachably assembled onto the connection socket of the box, and can be connected between the outlet of the compressor unit and the air nozzle of a tire, so that the tire can be inflated or repaired safely and effectively.
US09868418B2
A vehicle includes a gateway controller configured to interface a diagnostic port to a vehicle communication network. In response to a perimeter alarm system being in an armed state, transfer of messages from the diagnostic port to the vehicle communication network is inhibited. A change session diagnostic request received from the diagnostic port is transferred to the vehicle communication network in response to vehicle speed being less than a threshold and an ignition switch begin in a run position. The transfer of the change session diagnostic request is otherwise inhibited unless intended for a module designated for reprogramming keys.
US09868417B2
A method for displaying a warning message of a smart key system may include: a first step in which a control part of a smart key system generates two or more warning messages corresponding to two or more abnormalities/warnings, when the two or more abnormalities/warnings occur; a second step in which the control part repetitively and sequentially renews and inputs the two or more warning messages to a message queue buffer and controls the message queue buffer to buffer and output the two or more warning messages such that the two or more warning messages are circularly displayed on a display part; and a third step in which the control part ends the circular buffering operation for the two or more warning messages through the message queue buffer, when message renewal times for the two or more warning messages expire.
US09868416B2
The invention relates to device for providing a safety for passengers and to devices, providing the passenger comfort. There are disclosed variants of load limiter accomplishment for a restraint a passenger in a vehicle, which have a possibility to hold the preliminarily given force. The invention concerns a multi-passenger modular array oftiered passenger supports, having a several levels, means for attaching the modules, locking devices, attaching the modules to the vehicle floor, a drive mechanism for seats in the module, a mechanism for protecting the head of passenger, which is positioned on the seat. The means for providing the passenger comfort head are characterized by the position of steps in the modules, providing a sufficient space for free positioning the legs of the passenger in the upper and lower modules and in the zone of passage between rows. There are also disclosed the presence and position of the bins for storing packages, a construction of armrest and means for lighting, air conditioning, for information drop on the screen and for supplying an oxygen, in necessary.
US09868404B2
A camera for mounting on a vehicle includes a front housing member having a lens, an imaging element and a circuit board, with the circuit board includes a set of front electrical connectors. A rear housing member mates with the front housing member along a first axis. The rear housing member includes a set of rear electrical connectors that, with the rear housing member mated with the front housing member, directly contact the front electrical connectors without use of a jumper. One set of the sets of front and rear electrical connectors is a set of male electrical connectors and the other set of the sets of front and rear electrical connectors is a set of female electrical connectors. Each female electrical connector has jaw structure including first and second jaws.
US09868387B2
An illumination apparatus configured to seal and substantially conform to a roof ditch of a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a first electrode in connection with a seam of the roof ditch via an adhesive. A plurality of printed LEDs configured to emit a first emission and suspended in a semiconductor ink is disposed on a surface of the first electrode, and a second electrode is conductively connected to the plurality of LEDs. A photoluminescent layer is disposed on the second electrode. The illumination apparatus may be in communication with a controller via the first and second electrodes such that the controller may selectively activate the illumination apparatus.
US09868384B2
A device for a motor vehicle with an electronics unit, which is used to control an electric component, and which is arranged on a cooling element for cooling the electronics unit. Provision has been made that the cooling element basically consists of metal and the cooling element encloses the electronics unit in such a way that it results in an electromagnetic shield of the electronics unit.
US09868366B2
In order to improve steering operation operability during cornering while maintaining a driver holding property, a seat apparatus is provided with: a seat back frame; a cornering sensor for detecting a cornering direction of a vehicle; and a control unit that controls the seat back frame on the basis of the result of detection by the cornering sensor. The seat back frame is provided with: left and right side frames disposed on both sides of the seat back frame; a back plate disposed between the left and right side frames; and a swinging mechanism for swinging the back plate with respect to the direction of movement of the vehicle. The control unit controls the swinging mechanism such that, upon detection of a cornering direction of the vehicle by the cornering sensor, the inner one of the sides of the back plate with respect to the cornering direction is positioned rearward of the outer one of the sides with respect to the cornering direction.
US09868361B2
An impact absorbing system includes a first rocker panel and a second rocker panel spaced from the first rocker panel, a housing including a bottom extending between the first and second rocker panels and a side extending from the bottom, and an energy absorber that is deformable relative to the side and defines a repeating pattern of cells. The energy absorber is bonded to the side between the side and the first rocker panel and each cell has a central axis transverse to the side.
US09868358B2
A power conversion system includes a DC-DC converter, a voltage detector, a current detector and a controller. The controller controls the DC-DC converter such that the DC-DC converter starts outputting power when the output voltage detected by the voltage detector is below a predetermined voltage and stops outputting the power when the output current detected by the current detector is below a reference current that corresponds to the conversion efficiency being larger than or equal to a predetermined conversion efficiency. The reference current is determined as a current value at which the conversion efficiency is decreased to be lower than the predetermined conversion efficiency when the output current exceeds the current value. The controller includes a limiting means that limits the output current not to exceed the reference current while the DC-DC converter is outputting the power.
US09868353B2
A computer-implemented method may include receiving input to a vehicle-associated computing system (VACS) touch-sensitive display, requesting adjustment to a powered state of an accessory device connected to a switch module; providing, responsive to the input, a command from a vehicle computing system to the switch module, running on the VACS, to adjust a controlled output of the switch module; and updating the user interface to reflect a result of the command.
US09868351B2
An electronic self-locking connect and disconnect system for vehicles. The system includes a motor which turns a gear that meshes with a ring gear contained within a housing. The ring gear meshes with a lead screw thread on an outer surface of a lead screw. When the motor is activated the ring gear rotates the lead screw thread which selectively engages or disengages the clutch. A groove extends on the outer surface of and transverse to the lead screw thread. A pin extends radially inward from an inner surface of the housing till part of the pin is located within the groove. When the pin contacts a radial wall of the groove it prevents further rotation of the lead screw which prevents the stub shaft from axially moving beyond predetermined points. A spring and a sliding collar may be utilized to accommodate full motor travel regardless of the clutch state.
US09868350B2
Provided is a working vehicle which includes: an engine disposed on a rear portion of a vehicle body; a gear-type transmission and an HST which are disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body; a load-carrying platform disposed above at least one of the engine, the gear-type transmission and the HST; a driving operation part disposed in front of the load-carrying platform and allowing an operator to ride thereon; a PTO shaft mounted on a front portion of the vehicle body and being capable of taking out power to the outside of the working vehicle; and a mechanical power transmission mechanism for transmitting the power from the engine which is before the power is transmitted with a speed change by the gear-type transmission and the HST to the PTO shaft by extending below the driving operation part.
US09868335B2
A hingeless ventilator comprises a frame defining two openings surrounded by a seating rim, which is surrounded by a door recess. A pair of upright sleeves is disposed between the openings, and each upright sleeve defines an exterior track surface. A door is disposed to face the outer surface of the frame and has a main body configured to be selectively positionable to cover and uncover both of the openings and defines a lip surrounding the periphery thereof and extending generally perpendicularly to the main body. Two door struts connected to the door extend through the frame openings and hold a handle that has rollers that are biased against the exterior track surfaces of the sleeves.
US09868326B2
An assembly for towing vehicles has a tow hook with an angularly adjustable hook member connected to a shank, the hook member used to secure a towing strap and the shank connected to a vehicular tow hitch. The shank includes two opposing side walls with co-axial openings and a connector wall connecting the opposing side walls and forming a channel therebetween for receiving a tow mount flange which has an opening co-axial with the side wall openings. In another embodiment, a tube bumper clamp has opposing clamping members with semi-cylindrical cutouts for receiving a tube bumper. One of the clamping members includes a radially extending flange with an axial opening connectible to a tow hook or a D-ring shackle and positioned such that the tow hook or D-ring openings are co-axial to the flange openings. The hook member pivots about a pin for angular adjustment.
US09868324B2
A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with primary oblique grooves extending from a tread center region to the vicinity of the tread edge, and secondary oblique grooves each having an axially outer end positioned axially inside the axially outer ends of the primary oblique grooves. The secondary oblique grooves comprises a pair of gradually widening parts respectively extending from two extreme ends of the secondary oblique groove in its longitudinal direction toward an intermediate position between the two extreme ends, while gradually increasing the groove width measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, and a pair of gradually narrowing parts which are disposed between the gradually widening parts, and of which groove widths gradually decrease from the gradually widening parts toward the intermediate position.
US09868317B2
An apparatus and a method for inserting a non-round circular-blank core into a non-round hole of a circular-blank ring to create a circular blank. A transporting device transports the circular-blank ring to an insertion location. A feed device transports the circular-blank core to the insertion location. The circular-blank core is positioned on the hole of the circular-blank ring and inserted into the hole with the aid of a pushing-in device, which applies a pushing-in force. If the non-round hole is not in alignment with the non-round circular-blank core, the circular-blank core and the circular-blank ring are rotated relative to one another at the insertion location by generation of the pushing-in force. The circular-blank ring is preferably moved, by the pushing-in force, onto an alignment mandrel, which causes the circular-blank ring to rotate in its circumferential direction until the contours of the circular-blank core and of the hole are in alignment.
US09868316B2
A book with the storage groove for writing implements comprises: an inner sheet part formed by being cut into a certain size; a cover part comprising a front cover part disposed to cover the front surface of the inner sheet part and a back cover part disposed to cover the rear surface of the inner sheet part; a writing implement storing groove formed at the fore-edge of the inner sheet part such that a writing implement is seen from the outside and formed in a longitudinal direction of the writing implement; and a binding band formed of an elastic string and disposed to surround and bind at least one of the outside of the front cover part and the outside of the back cover part in a horizontal direction.
US09868311B2
A dynamic and adaptive control system for printing cases for and individual packages of consumer products. The system prints one or more checkmarks at a predetermined frequency. As the quality parameters of the checkmark[s] drift from the target criteria towards unacceptable range[s] sampling frequency is autonomously increased proportionately. This system enables one to monitor and act upon a greater range of process parameters than conventional systems, as different checkmarks may be printed in limited space therefor on different packages. This arrangement also reduces unacceptable production, by sampling each case/package if necessary, notifying the operator when corrective action is needed.
US09868310B2
A printer includes a body, a lid pivotably attached to the body, a platen roller attached to the lid, and a lock lever. The body includes a print head and a holder to accommodate a roll of recording sheet. The lock lever supports a bearing of the platen roller when the lid is closed. The printer further includes a first plate and a second plate arranged on the lid in the widthwise direction of the printer, and a movable button provided on the lid. When the button is moved to slide the first and second plates toward each other, the outer end of each of the first and second plates in the widthwise direction moves inward to be positioned inside the outer frame of the holder to allow the closure of the lid.
US09868306B2
A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a tape printing apparatus provided with a detection portion which detects attribute information of the tape cartridge installed on a cartridge installation portion on which the tape cartridge is installed. The tape cartridge includes a wound printing tape and a core shaft. In the tape cartridge, the core shaft is positioned at an inner peripheral side of the wound printing tape, and the core shaft includes a detection object which faces the detection portion when the tape cartridge is installed on the tape printing apparatus.
US09868304B2
A printer, comprising: a printing part; a conveying mechanism to send out a print medium from a medium roll around which the print medium is wound, the conveying mechanism comprising a correcting mechanism to correct curl of the print medium in a winding direction by curving the print medium in a reverse direction of the winding direction; and a controller configured to: store a finish time of the printing; obtain a start time when next printing is started; determine whether an elapsed time elapsed from the finish time to the start time is longer than a particular time; when the elapsed time is longer than the particular time, cause the conveying mechanism to convey the print medium by a particular length which is longer than a length between the correcting mechanism and the printing part; and cause the printing part to perform the printing.
US09868292B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet, a recording head, a cover, a monitor, a cover sensor, an operation panel, and a controller. The controller controls operation of the recording head and the monitor. The controller performs decision processing deciding whether ink injection into the ink chamber after complement of an initial process is completed, and counts an amount of ink discharged from the recording head. The controller controls the monitor to display notification depending on the decision processing and the counted amount of discharged ink.
US09868288B2
A cleaning liquid for an inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The cleaning liquid includes an organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 250° C. and no organic solvent having a boiling point of 250° C. or more. The organic solvent having a boiling point of less than 250° C. includes two or more methoxy-group-containing organic solvents and at least one of 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-butanediol, and 2,3-butanediol.
US09868281B2
An inkjet head includes a substrate that defines a cavity in which ink is stored, a vibrating membrane that is supported by the substrate and that defines the cavity, and a piezoelectric device that is disposed on the vibrating membrane and that changes a volume of the cavity by displacing the vibrating membrane. A driving IC is mounted on the actuator substrate and drives the piezoelectric device.
US09868275B2
A method for preparing a carbon fiber composite material is provided. The method includes providing a first carbon fiber layer and a second carbon fiber layer; binding a first surface of the first carbon fiber layer with the second carbon fiber layer to obtain a laminated article, wherein a resin containing carbon nanotubes is formed on the first surface or a second surface of the first carbon fiber layer and the carbon nanotubes have functional groups on the surface thereof; and shaping the laminated article.
US09868272B2
A laminate assembly and method for manufacturing a laminate assembly for a card assembly is provided. The assembly includes a top coat layer, a carrier layer connected with the top coat layer, and a colored core coupled by an adhesive layer. One or more of the adhesive layer or the top coat layer includes a colorant of a second color that is different from the first color of the colored core such that the first color of the colored core less not visible through the printed surface of the top coat layer.
US09868262B2
A process for applying particles to the inner wall of a tire comprising two sidewalls, a crown provided radially externally with a tread, a carcass-type reinforcing structure and at least one crown reinforcement, the inner surface of the sidewalls and of the crown forming an inner wall, at least one portion of said inner wall being covered with at least one layer of self-sealing composition.The particles are applied after the curing of the tire.
US09868261B2
A vent piece for a vent channel of a tire vulcanization mold includes a cylindrical tube formed to be installed in a cavity end portion of a vent channel of a tire vulcanization mold and having a through hole extending in axial direction of the channel, and a plug positioned in the through hole and moves between closed and open positions. The plug has a second bearing surface facing a first surface of the tube such that the second surface of the plug makes contact with the first surface to close the channel in the closed position and the second surface is separated from the first surface to open the channel in the open position, and the first and/or second surfaces has a film formed at least on a portion of the first and/or second surfaces such that the film reduces friction between the first and second surfaces.
US09868260B2
A device and method for producing plastics containers, in particular plastics tanks, for example, fuel tanks of motor vehicles.
US09868259B2
A fiber placement system is provided that can include a compaction roller defining a plurality of openings between a roller outer surface and a roller inner surface. The plurality of openings are in fluid communication with a vacuum source. A cover can be included in or on the compaction roller so as to block airflow through a portion of the openings. The fiber placement system can also include a head including a frame and at least one supply spool mounted on the frame. The supply spool is supported on a hub for rotation, and the compaction roller is aligned to receive one or more fiber tows from the at least one supply spool. Methods are also provided for laying a prepreg tow material using automated fiber placement.
US09868258B2
A ported mandrel additively manufactured with at least two different materials. A unitary ported mandrel includes a mandrel body of a base material; one or more ports including an erosion resistant material; and one or more return pathways. A method for making a unitary ported mandrel for a downhole fracturing operation.
US09868245B2
The invention relates to novel screw elements for multi-screw extruders with screw profiles co-rotating in pairs and being fully self-wiping in pairs, to the use of the screw elements in multi-screw extruders and to a process for extruding plastic compositions.
US09868240B2
A spunbond method for producing non-woven fabric with deodorant feature from bamboo cellulose comprises following process steps. Prepare bamboo pulp mixture by blending bamboo pulp and coffee residue in proper mixing ratio. Put N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO) as solvent and 1, 3-phenylene-bis 2-oxazoline (BOX) as stabilizer into prepared bamboo pulp mixture to form dope. Via spunbond method, orderly perform extruding, spinning, quenching and pre-drawing process to convert the dope into bamboo filaments of fibrous strand. Orderly process coagulation, regeneration and post-draw to the bamboo filaments of fibrous strand to transform them into uniform fine bamboo cellulose filaments. Bond and lay these bamboo filaments of fibrous strand on a belt collector to form a webbed nonwoven. After post treatments of water rinsing, hydro-entangled needle punching and drying have been orderly applied, then a resultant nonwoven fabric in continuous filament of bamboo cellulose with deodorant feature is produced from the webbed nonwoven.
US09868239B2
Disclosed herein, amongst other things, are structure and steps for positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face in an injection molding machine. In particular, the structure and steps may include a positioner that is configured to connect the first mold part to part of the injection molding machine, wherein the positioner is adjustable to position the first mold part across the mold mounting face.
US09868235B2
A compacting and injection mold for a fiber preform is for use in fabricating a turbine engine guide vane out of composite material. The mold includes a shell forming a trough that is to receive the fiber preform and that is closed in leaktight manner by bottom and top covers, compacting blocks arranged inside the trough each having a surface pressing normally against a surface of the fiber preform that is to be compacted, and closure blocks arranged inside the trough. Each closure block has a surface pressing normally against a surface of a compacting block and does not have a surface in contact with the fiber preform.
US09868234B2
A method for manufacturing a carbon fiber component includes: placing a film with a texture on a first side surface into a mold, where a second side surface of the film abuts against an inner wall of the mold; injecting melted carbon fiber composite plastic into the first side surface through an injection port of the mold to obtain a component in a first shape; and obtaining a component in a second shape from the component in the first shape by using a material removal technique. Compared with the prior art, with the manufacturing method provided in the present invention, on the basis of ensuring a use strength requirement of a component, processing efficiency may be effectively increased. On this basis, the present invention further provides a carbon fiber component manufactured by using this manufacturing method.
US09868233B2
A composite structure includes a first face sheet, a second face sheet, and a foam member located between the first face sheet and the second face sheet. The foam member has a molded contour, the mold contour being configured to provide tooling surface for at least one of the first face sheet and the second face sheet prior to curing of the composite structure. A method of making the foam member includes creating a mold tool having an interior surface which resembles the desired outer contour of the foam member. A mixture is poured into a pour opening in the mold tool. The mixture is allowed to polymerize into a foam as the foam expands and distributes within the mold tool. Vent openings in the mold tool are selectively tailored to control the density of the foam member. The foam member is cured in the mold tool.
US09868229B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to injection mold components, assemblies, and molding system that include superhard materials. Such injection mold components, assemblies, and systems may decrease wear of certain injection mold components, which may result in improved productivity of the injection mold and molding systems that utilize such components.
US09868227B2
The relative displacement in the axial direction between an outer ring fixing member or casing and an inner ring fixing member or rotor is determined, said outer ring fixing member being a member for affixing an outer ring of a bearing on one side, and said inner ring fixing member being a member for affixing an inner ring of the bearing on the one end side. When calculating a thrust load acting on the rotor by multiplying the determined relative displacement by a conversion coefficient, an axial force measuring bolt is used as a tightening bolt for affixing the bearing on the one end side, said axial force measuring bolt enabling measurement of a load acting in the axial direction. The axial force measured by the axial force measuring bolt and the relative displacement during measurement of the axial force are used to calibrate the conversion coefficient.
US09868224B2
A band saw machine with a disk brake device is provided. A lower gravity wheel is provided with a disk which is turned synchronously. The circumferential edge of the disk is provided with a brake seat. A brake wire provided at the bottom of the band saw machine is connected with a brake lever which can be pivoted. The upper end of the brake lever is in contact with a micro switch seat. Thereby, when the brake lever is pressed, the upper end of the brake lever is away from the micro switch seat, such that the band saw machine is cut off the power supply to stop running. The brake wire links the crank of the brake seat. The brake seat brings a brake action to the disk, such that the lower gravity wheel stops running so as to stop the operation of the saw band of the band saw machine. The present invention provides practical effects of emergent stopping and safety.
US09868219B1
A self-adjusting robot clamping jaw for clamping a hub on a hub coating line to complete transfer can realize certain self-adjustment via rotation of an upper connecting plate around a rotating pin in the clamping process when the wear extents of clamping fingers are inconsistent, and can prevent the phenomena that the hub is clamped obliquely and even a hub brace is bent by lateral force. The clamping fingers made of a soft material can prevent damaging the surface coating and can be convenient to replace.
US09868214B2
Systems and methods related to localizing mobile robotic devices are provided. A control system can receive a request for a particular mobile robotic device (PMRD) to travel between a first area and a cell area. After receiving the request, the control system can disable a presence sensor detecting objects traveling between the first area and the cell area. The control system can receive, from one or more identification sensors, sensor data identifying a mobile robotic device that has moved into the cell area based on identifiers of the mobile robotic device. The control system can verify that sensor data indicates the PMRD is in the cell area. After verifying that the PMRD is in the cell area, the control system can: disable the PMRD, enable the presence sensor, and indicate that the PMRD is disabled in the cell area.
US09868211B2
A robot includes a body that is movable relative to a surface one or more measurement devices within the body to output information based on an orientation of the body at an initial location on the surface, and a controller within the body to determine an orientation of the body based on the information and to restrict movement of the body to an area by preventing movement of the body beyond a barrier that is based on the orientation of the body and the initial location.
US09868200B2
A handheld power tool includes at least one housing unit that has at least one housing element, at least one further housing element, and at least one housing connecting element that connects the housing element and the further housing element to one another. The handheld power tool also includes at least one electrical and/or electronic indication unit that has at least one at least partially circumferentially arranged indication element configured to indicate at least one handheld power tool characteristic variable. The indication element is formed at least partially integrally with the housing connecting element.
US09868193B2
A hand tool for carrying out at least the screwing/unscrewing and/or percussion operations for boring, marking or punching, in particular on assembling means such as screws, bolts or pins. The hand tool includes at least one body attached to a handle. A tool-carrier rod is provided for carrying an impression corresponding to the operation to be carried out. An integrated means is provided for imparting an axial percussion in the direction of the tool-carrier rod. According to the invention, a shock rod is provided inside the tool-carrier rod and is capable of longitudinal movement for directly imparting the percussion force to the impression.
US09868185B2
Polishing pads having a foundation layer and a window attached to the foundation layer, and methods of fabricating such polishing pads, are described. In an example, a polishing pad for polishing a substrate includes a foundation layer having a first modulus. A polishing layer is attached to the foundation layer and has a second modulus less than the first modulus. A first opening is through the polishing layer and a second opening is through the foundation layer. The first opening exposes at least a portion of the second opening and exposes a portion of the foundation layer. A window is disposed in the first opening and is attached to the exposed portion of the foundation layer.
US09868183B2
A rotary index table comprising a plate, which has drivers that engage with a drive groove of a cam barrel, wherein the plate can be driven by the cam barrel to carry out a rotational movement about a rotational axis which in turn can be driven by a motor to carry out a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis thereof, and wherein the motor directly drives the cam barrel.
US09868182B1
A sale mode cross slide system having a cross slide with a hack plate, a front plate and a saddle. The back plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a first ball screw, a first gear box, a first servo motor, a first drive, and a first manual feed knob and the front plate can have a pair of end caps, a pair of linear guides, a second ball screw, a second gear box, a second servo motor, a second drive, and a second manual feed knob. The system can have a power supply, a communications hub with a processor and data storage.
US09868179B2
In order to provide a laser irradiation system, a method for removing a coating, and a laser irradiation apparatus capable of efficiently removing a coating on a surface of a structure and recovering the removed substance using suction, a laser head (3) is configured from an optical system (4) for irradiating laser beam (30), a suctioning means (33) for suctioning removed matter (60) produced at the point where the laser beam (30) is directed, and an attachment (5) configured to be capable of abutting a surface (20) of a structure, the optical system (4) being operated to scan the irradiation point of the laser beam so as to draw a trajectory of a circle having a radius r1 around the optical axis of the laser beam (30) on a surface substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
US09868175B2
A seam welding device sandwiches between a first roller electrode and a second roller electrode a laminate, which is formed by laminating a plurality of workpieces and disposing the thinnest workpiece, which has the smallest thickness among the workpieces, on the outside, to carry out seam welding. The second roller electrode, which is in contact with the thinnest workpiece, is disposed further along the direction of welding progress than the first roller electrode.
US09868174B2
A nozzle assembly for a welding torch and a welding torch including said nozzle assembly is provided. The nozzle assembly generally comprises a nozzle body having an internal bore with a plurality of detents disposed within a portion of the internal bore and an insert assembly having a proximal exterior surface with a plurality of sealing members. The insert assembly is adapted to be secured within the internal bore of the nozzle body by the plurality of sealing members progressively engaging the plurality of detents.
US09868169B2
This gear cutting machine, which is equipped with a cutter (15), a cutter spindle motor (11) that causes, via a crank mechanism (13) and a cutter spindle (16), the cutter (15) perform a stroke operation, and a motor control unit (10) that controls the rotation angle of the cutter spindle motor (11), is provided with a relieving spindle motor (12) that causes the cutter (15) to move in the direction of a relieving spindle via a link mechanism (four-joint link mechanism (14)). The motor control unit (10) controls the rotation angle of the relieving spindle motor (12) on the basis of the rotation angle of the cutter spindle motor (11). Consequently, a gear cutting machine that accurately controls the relieving operation in accordance with a desired shape, such as crowning and tapering of a gear to be cut can be provided.
US09868167B2
A power tool assembly includes a drop arm assembly including a drop arm frame and an arbor shaft configured to support a shaping device at least partially above a workpiece support surface, the drop arm assembly configured to move within a drop plane to drop the shaping device completely beneath the workpiece support surface, a belt operably connected to the arbor shaft and configured to rotate the arbor shaft through a slave pulley, the slave pulley having a slave pulley axis of rotation, a motor including a power shaft operably connected to the belt through a motor end pulley, the motor end pulley having a motor end pulley axis of rotation, and an orbit bracket configured to orbitally support the drop arm assembly, the orbit bracket defining a drop arm orbit axis located between the motor end pulley axis of rotation and the slave pulley axis of rotation.
US09868157B2
A cutting tool assembly has a cutter body, a clamp pin, a cutting insert and a set screw. The clamp pin is inserted to the cutter body to secure the cutting insert to an insert pocket. The set screw is fastened to a threaded hole of the cutter body to press the clamp pin toward the insert pocket. A side surface of the cutting insert contacts a side wall of the insert pocket at a first contact portion. A head of the clamp pin contact an inner peripheral surface of a bore of the cutting insert at a second contact portion. The first and second contact portions are located such that a moment acts on the cutting insert toward the base wall of the insert pocket around the first contact portion.
US09868152B2
A casting apparatus of a casting equipment includes an upper frame to which an upper mold is attached, a lower frame to which a lower mold is attached, a mold closing mechanism, a pair of main link members each of which has a central portion provided with a rotating shaft, a pair of auxiliary link members each of which has a central portion provided with a rotating shaft, and a drive means. The upper frame, the lower frame, the main link member, and the auxiliary link member constitute a parallel link mechanism.
US09868151B2
A method for producing an aluminum alloy, comprises: separately preparing an aluminum or aluminum alloy matrix and an aluminum nitride-aluminum composite; melting the matrix, and adding the aluminum nitride-aluminum composite to the molten matrix to prepare a melt; and casting the melt.
US09868150B2
Systems and methods to fabricate objects including metallic glass-based materials using low-pressure casting techniques are described. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an object that includes a metallic glass-based material includes: introducing molten alloy into a mold cavity defined by a mold using a low enough pressure such that the molten alloy does not conform to features of the mold cavity that are smaller than 100 μm; and cooling the molten alloy such that it solidifies, the solid including a metallic glass-based material.
US09868145B2
A forming simulation method of an elastic-plastic material, which includes: calculating an element equivalent nodal force vector from stress tensor using a finite element method for one or a plurality of finite elements of a target configuration of the elastic-plastic material; and calculating the total equivalent nodal force vector of areas by integrating the element equivalent nodal force vector for the calculated one or more finite elements over all the areas or specified areas of the elastic-plastic material.
US09868142B2
A flat rolled article (2) passes through a cooling device (1) in a transportation direction (x) at the level of a passline (3). Spray bars (5, 6) extend transversely with respect to the transportation direction (x). The spray bars (5, 6) have, as viewed perpendicular to the transportation direction (x), in each case two outer regions (7, 8) and a central region (9) in between. A liquid cooling medium (13) can be fed into the regions (7, 8, 9) via respective dedicated, individually controllable valve devices (10, 11, 12). Flow rate profiles, pertaining to each region may be set, wherein each region (7, 8, 9) is triangular in shape. The central triangle and the two outer triangles combine to form a rectangle.
US09868136B2
A device for producing a coated steel sheet includes: a blowing-off unit which sprays a gas onto and remove an excessive coating that accumulates along a side edge of a steel sheet that threads along one direction; and a coating-collection unit which collects the excessive coating removed by the blowing-off unit. The blowing-off unit includes a spray nozzle and a gas supply member. The coating-collection unit includes a duct and a coating container. In a case where the duct is seen in a plan view, an outlet thereof is disposed to fit in and overlap an inside of an opening of the coating container, and in a case where the duct is seen in a side view, a gap is provided between the outlet and the opening of the coating container.
US09868114B2
The method for preparing fluorine-doped lamellar black TiO2 nanomaterials includes mixing a solution of tetra-n-butyl titanate, n-propanol and hydrofluoric acid together, and then stir the solutions for a period of time. The solution is transferred into an autoclave and reacts at a certain temperature for a period of time. The sample obtained by the reaction is washed and dried. Then, the sample is heated in a protective atmosphere for a period of time so as to produce the fluorine-doped lamellar black TiO2 nanomaterials. This fluorine-doped lamellar black TiO2 owns superior optical absorption and electron transport performances.
US09868113B2
Catalysts and methods for their manufacture and use for the dehydrogenation of alcohols are disclosed. The catalysts and methods utilize a highly dispersible alumina, for example, boehmite or pseudoboehmite, to form catalysts that exhibit high dehydrogenation activities. Specifically, the catalysts include Cu that is highly dispersed by reaction of an alumina formed by peptizing of boehmite or pseudoboehmite and precursors of ZrO2, ZnO and CuO.
US09868109B2
The present invention relates to a photocatalytically active nanoparticulate material. A nanoparticle of the invention is a composite nanoparticle having two crystalline phases: hydrogen titanate and titania, which are uniformly mixed in the nanoparticle. The invention also relates to forming a nanoparticulate composite material by heating a basic titania sol under solvothermal conditions.
US09868108B2
Sorbent comprising a solid support material, the surface of which comprises first residues comprising a binuclear heteroaromatic structure comprising besides carbon atoms at least one of the heteroatoms N, O, S, and second residues comprising a mononuclear heteroaromatic structure comprising besides carbon atoms at least one of the heteroatoms N, O, S.
US09868099B2
Grains of superabrasive material may be infiltrated with a molten metal alloy at a relatively low temperature, and the molten metal alloy may be solidified within interstitial spaces between the grains of superabrasive material to form a solid metal alloy having the grains of superabrasive material embedded therein. The solid metal alloy with the grains of superabrasive material embedded therein may be subjected to a high pressure and high temperature process to form a polycrystalline superabrasive material. A polycrystalline superabrasive material also may be formed by depositing material on surfaces of grains of superabrasive material in a chemical vapor infiltration process to form a porous body, which then may be subjected to a high pressure and high temperature process. Polycrystalline compacts and cutting elements including such compacts may be formed using such methods.
US09868095B2
A cylindrical or annular polymeric bioreactor is disclosed which provides enhanced mixing and aeration of the growth medium while simultaneously offering reduced mechanical shear force.
US09868093B2
A rotor for use in a slurry separation flotation cell having a tank within which the rotor is contained. The rotor has a shaft that has a conduit adapted to communicate a fluid, preferably a gas such as air, therethrough. The rotor also has impeller blades extending radially from the shaft and a baffle adjacent the bottom of the impeller blades. The baffle extends from an end of the shaft to at or near an outer edge of the impeller blades, directing the gas to the outer edges of the impeller blades for dispersion into the slurry. The rotor is located adjacent a floor of the tank and, in use, draws slurry downwards into the impeller portion and forces it outwards with the gas being mixed therein.
US09868092B2
A gas-containing liquid generating apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a gas/liquid mixing module configured to mix a gas and a liquid to generate a gas-containing liquid, a first injection module configured to inject the gas-containing liquid supplied from the gas/liquid mixing module, and a second injection module configured to inject the gas-containing liquid supplied from the first injection module to generate bubbles in the gas-containing liquid, wherein the first injection module includes a containing portion configured to contain the gas-containing liquid, a cylindrical portion having a channel configured to inject the gas-containing liquid into the containing portion, and a protruding portion provided on an inner wall surface of the cylindrical portion so as to protrude into the channel.
US09868088B2
Catalyst washcoats with improved porosity and methods for making the washcoats are provided. The process comprises incorporation of an oil-in-water macroemulsion into the catalyst slurry prior to washcoating the carrier substrate, and calcining the washcoated carrier substrate to remove the oil-in-water macroemulsion. Also provided are catalyst articles comprising the washcoat and methods for abatement of exhaust gas emissions.
US09868085B2
A lean absorbent liquid supplier, disposed inside at an upper portion in the absorption tower housing, supplies a lean absorbent liquid into the housing. An absorption tower rectifier, disposed under the lean absorbent liquid supplier in the absorption tower housing, rectifies flow of the lean absorbent liquid supplied downwardly in the absorption tower housing, and dissolves an object gas in the lean absorbent liquid to generate a rich absorbent liquid. An absorbent liquid chamber, disposed below the absorption tower rectifier in the absorption tower housing temporarily stores the rich absorbent liquid therein. An absorption separator is disposed between the absorption tower rectifier and the absorbent liquid chamber in the absorption tower housing. The object gas is supplied to the absorbent liquid chamber.
US09868084B2
A process and apparatus for separating components of a source gas is provided in which more soluble components of the source gas are dissolved in an aqueous solvent at high pressure. The system can utilize hydrostatic pressure to increase solubility of the components of the source gas. The apparatus includes gas recycle throughout multiple mass transfer stages to improve mass transfer of the targeted components from the liquid to gas phase. Separated components can be recovered for use in a value added application or can be processed for long-term storage, for instance in an underwater reservoir.
US09868076B2
In a process, a portion of a liquid mixture flow is vaporized to produce a vapor and a depleted flow of liquid. The vapor is introduced to a brine which is adapted to exothermically absorb one or more components therefrom, and heat is withdrawn, to produce at least a flow of heat and a flow of brine which is enriched in the one or more components. The heat previously withdrawn is transferred, to drive the vaporization. This transfer can be associated with the change of a working fluid from a gaseous into a liquid gate. In this case, the heat withdrawal involves the change of the working fluid from the liquid to the gaseous state. In the liquid state, the working thud flows only by one or more of gravity, convection and wicking. In the gaseous state, the working fluid flows only by one or more of diffusion and convection.
US09868071B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a powered children's swing. In various embodiments, the swing includes a seat, swing frame, one or more swing arms, a first magnetic component, second magnetic component, swing motion sensor, and swing control circuit. The magnetic components are configured to generate a magnetic force that drives the seat along a swing path. The swing control circuit is configured to control the magnetic components based at least on input from the swing motion sensor and generate control signals causing the seat to swing with substantially constant amplitude as specified by a user.
US09868070B2
The invention relates to a playground equipment comprising a platform for a user to sit or stand on and mounted to the ground via a first shaft and a second shaft. The shafts are connected to each other at an angle and coupled in a gear transmission system. Because of the gearing between the shafts a first rotational speed of the first shaft yields a second rotational speed of the second shaft different from the first rotational speed. The gear transmission system may comprise an epicyclic gear train such as a planetary gear system. The gear transmission system may yield a gear ratio in the range of 1.5-10 such as in the range of 3-7.
US09868068B2
An interactive amusement system, interactive wearing system and a data transmission circuit for biological contact are provided in the present invention. The interactive wearing system includes a first wearing device and a second wearing device. The first and the second wearing devices are includes a contact conductor for respectively contacting with the users. When a first user wears the first wearing device and a second user wears the second wearing device, and the first user touches the second user, a secret message that has been set into the first wearing device by the first user is transmitted to the second wearing device.
US09868064B2
In a game server wherein a player can play a game online by operating a game terminal, and game program has two or more partial scenarios and the partial scenario has an event to be played by forming a party through two or more players, a unifier that unifies and controls scenario proceeding of the player as a challenger, a controller that controls to prohibit the unified player from executing another events, a processor that does a procedure corresponding to clearing on the player as the challenger to whom clearing of the event was judged, and a releaser that releases unification of the player classified into the challenger are provided.
US09868057B2
Methods and apparatus provide for: executing a game program in response to each of a plurality of operation signals that input to each of the plurality of ports of a controller port from a plurality of operation devices, wherein the controller port comprises the plurality of ports to which the plurality of operation signals are input from the plurality of operation devices via a network; assigning the plurality of the operation devices to the plurality of ports; obtaining connection information indicating a connection status between the plurality of ports and the plurality of operation devices; and changing the assignment of the plurality of operation devices to the plurality of ports depending on the obtained connection status.
US09868053B1
A push device for mahjong tiles includes an input platform, a lift mechanism, a changeover platform, and a push mechanism. The lift mechanism includes a lift platform composed of an upper platform and a lower platform. The changeover platform is disposed at one side of the lift platform. The push mechanism includes a U-shaped push frame movable between the input platform, the lift platform, and the changeover platform. Thereby, the U-shaped push frame pushes the mahjong tiles from the input platform to the lower platform. When the mahjong tiles on the lower platform reaches a predetermined amount, the U-shaped push frame pushes the mahjong tiles to the changeover platform. The lift platform descends and the U-shaped push frame pushes the mahjong tiles from the changeover platform to the upper platform. The lift platform ascends again and the input platform inputs the mahjong tiles for the next game.
US09868049B2
A casino table game having a football motif is played on a standard table that resembles a blackjack table having six or seven betting positions around the same. Each betting position includes a symbol for a home team and a visiting team so that each player can place a bet on either. Additional side or bonus bets can also be made. The game is played with a standard deck of 52 cards with jokers. The table layout resembles a football field and includes spots for the dealer to place four cards for the home team and four cards for the visiting team. In the simplest form of the game, the team with the most points after adding up the four cards wins.
US09868047B2
Braking device for a gliding board that includes: a base to be affixed to the gliding board; at least one braking arm pivotable about a first substantially transverse axis, the braking arm including a control element extending along an axis substantially parallel to the first axis; a movable support plate including a control element housing, the position of the control element in the guiding housing varying as a function of the angular position of the braking arm; an elastic mechanism acting on the control element along an actuation direction varying as a function of the angular position of the braking arm. The support plate is displaced by an amplitude covering a first positioning range for which the base, the braking arm, the support plate, and the elastic mechanism are arranged so that the elastic mechanism acts on the control element to cause rotation of the braking arm in a first direction, as well as a second positioning range for which the base, the braking arm, the support plate, and the elastic mechanism are arranged so that the elastic mechanism acts on the control element to cause rotation of the braking arm in a second direction, opposite the first direction of rotation.
US09868041B2
A method is provided to operate a computer to interoperate with a portable media player. The method includes processing signals provided from the portable media player to the computer that are indicative of whether an accessory has been connected to the portable media player, to determine whether the accessory has been connected to the portable media player. Based on a determination that the accessory has been connected to the portable media player, physiologic data of a user that was provided to the portable media player from a wireless physiologic data gathering device, is received from the portable media player, into the computer, via the accessory.
US09868037B1
A golf club head includes a striking face with a plurality of scorelines. A first virtual vertical plane is perpendicular to the striking face and passes through a toe-wardmost extent of the scorelines, and a second virtual vertical plane is parallel to the first virtual vertical plane and passes through a heel-wardmost extent of the scorelines. A central region bounded by the first virtual vertical plane, the second virtual vertical plane, and a striking face periphery has a first average surface roughness Ra1 of between about 40 μin and about 180 μin. And a majority of a toe region bounded by the first vertical plane and the striking face periphery is textured to have a second average surface roughness Ra2 no less than 1.5 times Ra1.
US09868026B2
Machine for functional postural training of a user (13) comprising: a platform (12) comprising a plurality of load cells (20) on which said user (13) is positioned; extendable cables (15, 42) provided with handle (16, 43); means (50) for providing said cables (15, 42) with a certain load; means (23) for detecting the dynamic posture of said user (13) during the exercise; means (23, 49) for determining the various body segments of said user on the basis of the information received from said means (23) for detecting the dynamic posture of said user (13); means (49) for calculating the center of pressure of said user (13) on the basis of the information provided by said plurality of load cells (20); means (22) for displaying the center of pressure of the user (13) on said platform (12) and means (22) for displaying said body segments of said user (13); means (49) for comparing said body segments of said user (13) with corresponding body segments stored in memory; means (22) for warning said user (13) if there are differences between said body segments of said user (13) and said body segments stored in memory; means (22) for warning said user (13) that the position of said center of pressure has changed.
US09868021B2
A bicycle trainer, the bicycle trainer including a biased, pivot mounted belt for contact with the rear wheel of a bicycle, such that the belt moves in response to rotation of the wheel and applies predetermined tension.
US09868019B2
An exercise machine reversible resistance system for reversing the directional force of resistance against an exercise implement before, during, or after the performance of a routine of one or more exercises. The exercise machine reversible resistance system generally includes a frame, an elongated member movably positioned upon the frame, wherein the elongated member has a first run and a second run, a resistance device that applies a resistance force to the elongated member in a single direction, an exercise implement movably connected to the frame and a clutch connected to the exercise implement. The clutch is adapted to selectively engage the first run or the second run of the elongated member for selective control of the resistance direction of the exercise implement.
US09868015B2
An exercise device has a pair of axially spaced reels 102a, 102b, which are each biased by a spiral spring 108. Each reel is attached to one end of a respective strap 130a, 130b and an outer end of each strap is attached to a carabiner 134a, 34b. Each reel is selectably releaseable by a locking arrangement 112a, 112b, 16, 117, that is able to interfere with rotation of the reels 102a, 102b, in dependence upon action by a user. Each reel is independently rotatable and each strap 130a, 130b may be extended or retracted independently of one another. Using the carabiners 134a, 134b, each strap may be secured to an attachment 10 beam so that the straps form a V-configuration and it is envisaged that two such exercise devices may be used so that a user may perform exercises such as push-ups, triceps dips, back pulls and pull-ups. Non-suspended exercises may be performed by providing rubber feet 127a, 127b, and two such exercise devices may be connected together by interconnecting male 123a and female connectors 124b.
US09868010B2
A Pilates machine tension device support system for efficiently providing a tension force to a movable platform of an exercise machine. The Pilates machine tension device support system generally includes a frame, a platform movably positioned upon the frame and a tension assembly connected between the frame and the platform to provide selective tension upon the platform in a first direction. The tension assembly is comprised of a plurality of pulleys and a plurality of tension devices positioned upon the pulleys, wherein the tension devices are attached between a frame and the platform. The tension members are selectively engaged to the platform to increase or decrease the tension applied to the platform for varying levels of workouts.
US09868007B2
A foldable trampoline includes a tubular frame having a first section and a second section coupled to each other via a pair of frame hinges. The device further includes a flexible fabric stretched outwardly attached to the tubular frame to form a trampoline mat, wherein the tubular frame is configured to in an unfolded position or a folded position via the pair of frame hinges. When the tubular frame is in the unfolded position, the first section and the second section are laid out flat away from each other via the frame hinge to form a full-pie shape. When the tubular frame is in the folded position, the first section and the second section are folded towards to each other via the pair of frame hinges to form a half-pie shape, without having to remove the flexible fabric from the first section and second section.
US09868003B2
A fire damper for a ventilating fan includes a shutter and a frame provided with a flange. An opening is defined through the flange. The frame is further provided with a movable component for opening or closing the preformed opening.
US09868001B2
An air flow control system for a respirator (10) is described which includes a shell that defines a breathable air zone for a user (18) wearing the respirator (10), an air delivery conduit (27) within the shell of the respirator, and a valve member (557) moveable relative to the air delivery conduit and within the shell to vary the air flow through the air delivery conduit. The air flow control system also includes an outer device (46) outside of the shell of the respirator that is rotatable by a user (18) of the respirator while wearing the respirator to control movement of the valve member.
US09867999B2
Embodiments of the invention include improved radiofrequency (RF) pulse amplifier systems that incorporate an energy array comprising multiple capacitors connected in parallel. The energy array extends the maximum length of pulses and the maximum achievable peak power output of the amplifier when compared to similar systems. Embodiments also include systems comprising the amplifier configured to drive a load, wherein the load may include one or more ultrasound (e.g., piezoelectric) transducers Related methods of using the amplifier are also provided.
US09867985B2
An apparatus includes a frame, a sensor, and an electric stimulator. The frame is removably couplable to a portion of a limb. The sensor is configured to produce a first signal associated with a gait characteristic at a first time, and a second signal associated with the gait characteristic at a second time, after the first time. The electric stimulator is removably coupled to the frame and is in electrical communication with an electrode assembly and the sensor to receive the first signal substantially at the first time and the second signal substantially at the second time. Based in part on the gait characteristic at the first time, the electric stimulator sends a third signal to the electrode assembly to provide an electric stimulation to a portion of a neuromuscular system of the limb substantially during a time period defined between the first time and the second time.
US09867983B2
Embodiments include an implantable device configured to be used in an MRI device, including a control unit, a memory unit, an MRI sensor and a statistics unit. The memory unit includes program information including control programs and/or control parameters that control the function of the control unit, and current state parameters. The MRI sensor is connected to the control unit and responds to a positioning of the implant and/or a patient within or in the immediate vicinity of the MRI device. The statistics unit is connected to the control unit and detects current state parameters present prior to a respective response of the MRI sensor. The control unit selects a control program or control parameters indicated by the state parameters and maintains the control program or control parameters until the MRI sensor indicates a positioning of the implantable device within or in the immediate vicinity of the MRI device.
US09867977B2
An apparatus for the electrical stimulation of a subject is provided, the apparatus comprising a contact member having a contact surface for contacting the plantar surface of a foot of the subject; and means for providing an electrical stimulation cycle to the foot of the subject comprising supplying an electrical current to the contact surface for the electrical stimulation of the plantar muscles of the foot of the subject; wherein the contact surface is moveable so as to allow the angle of the joints of the foot and ankle of the subject to change during the electrical stimulation cycle.
US09867973B2
The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.
US09867971B2
The present invention relates to a device (2) for cell therapy, said device being designed to be applied on a living tissue and having at least a tight preferably biocompatible first wall (22), designed to form a cavity (24) between said wall and said tissue, and further comprising means (7) to feed a healing substance in said cavity.
US09867968B2
In a balloon tube (10) which is processed after it is mounted on a mold, a bag part (14) has a plurality of parts having a different drawability in a radial direction centered around an axial direction X, disposed along the axial direction X. The highest drawability part (11), which has the highest drawability, is disposed to separate from both ends of the bag part (14) in the axial direction X thereof. The balloon tube (10) is preferable to stably fabricate a balloon having a uniform film thickness.
US09867967B2
Adjustable balloon catheter including an inner tubular member that has an inflation lumen defined therein. An expandable member is coupled to the distal end portion of the inner tubular member and has an inner chamber in fluid communication with the inflation lumen. The expandable member is transitionable between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration. The expandable member defines has a non-cylindrical shape along at least a portion of a working length thereof when in the inflated configuration. An outer tubular member is movable relative to the inner tubular member, the outer tubular member includes a distal end. The outer tubular member is moveable between an extended position disposed over the expandable member and a retracted position proximal to the extended position. The outer tubular member is selectively positioned between the extended position and the retracted position to define an exposed length of the working length of the expandable member.
US09867965B1
A medical bandage is provided, capable of being rapidly, adjustably, intuitively and universally fitted on a head, limb or stump, for instance to conceal and protect a wound. The medical bandage is cap-shaped, and is formed of several layers, and comprised at least one port for obtaining quick access to a wound concealed by the medical bandage. When open, a port can stabilize a drainage tube, or provide a passage through which to easily and rapidly apply a medicine. The medical bandage can be directly fit on the head or other body part, providing an all-in-one dressing, wrap and treatment, and eliminating the need for cumbersome and difficult to manage gauze roll and multiple bandages of various sizes, shapes, and uses. The medical bandage provides simple, rapid, and effective treatment of emergency trauma wounds, and improved medical treatment of acute or chronic wounds.
US09867963B2
The present disclosure is directed to an over-the-needle (OTN) catheter assembly having an improved needle hub. The OTN catheter assembly includes a catheter defining a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end. A needle having a proximal end and a distal end is configured within the lumen of the catheter. The needle hub is configured with the proximal end of the needle and includes a bore defined therethrough. The needle hub also includes at least one cavity extending from the bore to an exterior surface of the needle hub. Thus, the needle extends at least partially through the bore of the needle hub such that the needle is exposed via the cavity from the exterior surface of the needle hub so as to engage a nerve stimulator apparatus.
US09867959B2
A device for humidifying respiratory gases. The device includes: a humidification component that holds a water volume; and a heating element that converts received electrical energy to electromagnetic radiation, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is transferred to the water volume, thereby heating the water volume to achieve a heated water volume.
US09867954B2
An infusion pump assembly includes a locking tab and a pump barrel inside a pump barrel housing, where the pump barrel accommodates a reservoir assembly. The reservoir assembly includes a reservoir and a plunger rod. The infusion pump assembly also includes a locking disc at a terminus of the pump barrel. The locking disc includes a clearance hole for the plunger rod. The locking disc also includes at least one locking tab notch in close proximity with the locking tab. The locking tab is in moveable engagement with the locking tab notch, and the reservoir moves the locking tab from a locked position to an unlocked position when the plunger rod is inserted through clearance hole. The locking disc rotates upon torque being applied to the reservoir assembly, the locking disc rotating from a non-loaded position to a loaded position with respect to the plunger rod and a drive screw.
US09867948B2
An administering device, e.g. an injection device, includes a housing, a reservoir for a drug, the reservoir formed or accommodated by the housing, a dosing member which can perform a dosing movement relative to the housing for setting a dosage of the drug to be administered and a conveying member for delivering the dosage set, wherein the dosing member is blocked or locked in the direction of the dosing movement in a releasable dosing blocking engagement in an initial state of the administering device and released from the block at the end of a priming movement of the conveying member.
US09867942B2
A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member an a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged within an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.
US09867939B2
Described are devices, systems, and methods for processing adipose tissue for reintroduction into a body. In some embodiments, adipose tissue is mixed with an additive prior to reintroduction.
US09867937B2
A portable infusion pump can communicate with glucose monitor, such as a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), to receive continuous feedback relating to a user's blood glucose level during insulin or other medicament therapy and can automatically deliver insulin to a user when the CGM data indicates a need for additional insulin. Due to potential unreliability in the correlation of the CGM data to the user's actual blood glucose level, risk mitigation can be employed to limit the amount of extra insulin that can be delivered by the pump in response to the CGM data.
US09867934B2
A device for detecting moisture for use with a device for monitoring an access to a patient for an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus is described. The device for detecting moisture is constituted as a two-dimensionally extending fabric to be placed on the patient's skin, having an electrically conductive structure as a moisture sensor and constituted by non-conductive and conductive warp and weft threads configured to produce in the woven fabric a defined electrically conductive structure through spatial separation of the warp and weft threads. By the use of conductive warp and weft threads, an electrically conductive structure can be constituted having sections running in different directions, thereby creating a moisture sensor exhibiting a particularly high degree of sensitivity. The electrically conductive structure is preferably terminated with a terminating resistor, preferably not a component part but rather part of a connection part of the device, so that production is simplified.
US09867925B2
In general, multiple embodiments of a catheter/fistula needle to bloodline connection assurance device, which secures and strengthens a connection between an extension tube end of a catheter or fistula needle and a bloodline, are provided. In one embodiment, the assurance device includes a clamshell having two halves that open rotatably about at least one hinge. The assurance device includes a male luer portion that pressure seals to the male luer portion of the bloodline connector. The bloodline male luer portion of the device extends to a female luer portion, which is lined with a compressible material that conforms around any industrial catheter/fistula needle connector when the assurance device is closed about the mated connectors. Once the assurance device is closed, this prevents axial movement of the bloodline connector relative to the assurance device.
US09867923B2
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common cause of proteinuric kidney disease, which comprises both native and transplanted kidneys. Treatment was limited in the past due to the complicated pathogenesis of FSGS, including previously unidentified serum factors. Here, serum soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) is reported to be elevated in FSGS patients but not in patients with other primary glomerular diseases. Higher pre-transplantation suPAR levels are associated with risk for FSGS recurrence in kidney grafts. Renal disease only develops when suPAR sufficiently activates podocyte β3 integrin. Thus, disease pathogenesis can be stopped or slowed by ex vivo removal of suPAR from a subject's circulation. Removal may be measured by comparing the level (e.g., amount or concentration) of suPAR before and after such treatment.
US09867922B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing a medical procedure with respect to a subject. A data storage location of the system is pre-programmed with a plurality of subject data entries, each having subject-specific information associated with it. A user interface receives an identity input from a subject, which corresponds to the identity of the subject. A controller is associated with the database and the user interface, and is programmed to compare the identity input to the subject data entries. If the identity input corresponds to the subject-specific information of a subject data entry, the controller commands a treatment device to perform a medical procedure with respect to the subject. Otherwise, if the identity input does not correspond to the subject-specific information of any of the subject data entries, the controller generates an error signal which prevents the performance of the medical procedure with respect to the subject.
US09867919B2
A production method for a medical instrument includes a plurality of integrated hollow fiber membrane producing a base material forming a cylindrically-shaped body. Each of the hollow fiber membranes sequentially passes through a first point, a second point, a third point, a fourth point, and a fifth point that are set on a core member. In an outward path heading toward the third point from the second point, the hollow fiber membrane reaches the third point from the second point at the shortest distance while being wound in the circumferential direction of the core member. Moreover, in a homeward path heading toward the fifth point from the fourth point, the hollow fiber membrane reaches the fifth point from the fourth point at the shortest distance while being wound in the circumferential direction of the core member in the same direction as in the case of the outward path.
US09867912B2
The invention concerns polyurethane (PUR) having an antithrombogenic coating, wherein the antithrombogenic coating comprises at least one antithrombogenic substance covalently bound to a surface of the PUR via at least two bonds, wherein a first of said bonds is an amide bond between the surface of the PUR and a polyethyleneimine (PEI) and a second of said bonds is between the PEI and the antithrombogenic substance, wherein the surface of the PUR had been activated by use of a carbon dioxide plasma or a plasma modified by addition of carbon dioxide before the first of said bonds was formed.
US09867910B2
Effective treatments of pain for extended periods of time are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of clonidine in a fiber at or near a target site, one can relieve pain caused by diverse sources, including but not limited to spinal disc herniation (i.e. sciatica), spondilothesis, stenosis, discogenic back pain and joint pain, as well as pain that is incidental to surgery. When appropriate fiber formulations are provided within biodegradable polymers, this pain relief can be continued for at least three days.
US09867908B2
A vascular access catheter is disclosed that has a catheter shaft with a distal end portion with a distal tip having a sloped face that is positioned at an acute angle from the distal tip relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter shaft. A first, second, and third lumen extend longitudinally through the catheter shaft. The third lumen is configured for receiving a guidewire and may extend a partial length of the catheter or substantially the entire length of the catheter. The first lumen has an aperture located in the angled edge distal end portion of the catheter next to the distal tip and communicates with the first lumen. The second lumen has an aperture that is positioned in the outer surface of the catheter shaft that is in communication with the second lumen, and is spaced proximally from the first lumen aperture. The catheter includes a fluoropolymer additive with specific compositions and/or purity levels.
US09867906B2
Cardiovascular prostheses for treating, reconstructing and replacing damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue that are formed from acellular extracellular matrix (ECM). The cardiovascular prostheses comprise various compositions, such as ECM based compositions, and structures, such as particulate structures, mesh constructs, encasement structures, coated structures and multi-sheet laminate structures.
US09867901B2
A method for making a nerve graft includes the following steps. A culture layer including a lyophobic substrate, a carbon nanotube film structure, and a protein layer is provided. The carbon nanotube film structure is sandwiched between the lyophobic substrate and the protein layer. A number of nerve cells are seeded on a surface of the protein layer away from the lyophobic substrate. The nerve cells are cultured until a number of neurites branch from the nerve cells and are connected between the nerve cells.
US09867899B2
Described herein is the synthesis of reinforced adhesive complex coacervates and their use thereof. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates are composed of (a) at least one polycation, (b) at least one polyanion, and (c) a reinforcing component. The adhesive complex coacervates described herein can be subsequently cured to produce strong, cohesive adhesives. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates have several desirable features when compared to conventional adhesives. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates are effective in wet or underwater applications. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates described herein, being phase separated from water, can be applied underwater without dissolving or dispersing into the water. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates have numerous biological applications as bioadhesives and bioactive delivery devices. In particular, the reinforced adhesive complex coacervates described herein are particularly useful in underwater applications and situations where water is present such as, for example, wet tissues in physiological conditions.
US09867897B2
An active oxidation and purifying system is provided to increase or maximize the rate of photocatalytic oxidation and ambient air purification capacity by providing both direct ultraviolet (UV) light and reflected UV light directed to the surface and apertures of active cell panels coated with a photocatalytic material. In one example, the active cells also include a plurality of apertures disposed in a transverse manner from the first surface to the second surface of the active cell. Furthermore, a first set of the apertures could be disposed about 45 degrees relative to a median axis along the first and second surfaces, while a second set of apertures could be disposed about negative 45 degrees relative to the same median axis in order to increase the surface area impinged by the direct and reflected UV light.
US09867895B2
The present invention generally relates to fluorescent marking compositions and their use to determine whether a surface has been cleaned. More particularly, the marking compositions comprise fluorescent polymers.
US09867886B2
The present invention relates to a complex in which an anti-cotinine antibody is bound to a conjugate of a binding material and cotinine, and a use of the complex. The complex according to the present invention may be used as an analysis tool in an in vitro biological assay method, and may retain the specific reactivity and the biological function of the binding material, and the capabilities of inducing complement-mediated cell cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) and a prolonged in vivo half-life, which are intrinsic characteristics of an antibody.
US09867878B2
A method and device for producing a crude copper. The method comprises: mixing and reacting copper smelting molten slag (1), a carbon-containing reductant (2) and an inert gas (3) under pressure, the pressure of the inert gas (3) being 100 kPa to 800 kPa. The device comprises: a furnace body (4) and gas nozzles (411) disposed on the furnace body (4), the gas nozzles (411) being located on the sidewall of the furnace body (4) and connected to the center of the molten pool.
US09867876B2
The present invention relates to single dose parenteral vaccine compositions comprising mixtures of monovalent Norovirus virus-like particles. Methods of conferring protective immunity against Norovirus infections in a human subject by administering such compositions are also disclosed.
US09867874B1
A combination of Arnica montana extract, bromelain, Calendula extract, daisy flower extract, grape seed extract, copper, and zinc for topical use that regulates skin immunomodulation.
US09867870B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating coagulation through modulating the level or activity of NPP4.
US09867866B2
Disclosed herein are methods for diagnosing, prognosing and treating muscular dystrophy. Also disclosed are methods of determining the effectiveness of an agent for the treatment of muscular dystrophy. Provided are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject by administering galectin, such as Galectin-1 and/or Galectin-3 to a subject in need thereof. Also disclosed are methods of increasing or maintaining muscle strength and/or bone density in a subject by administering an effective amount of a Galectin-1 composition, Galectin-3 composition or a combination thereof to the subject in need thereof. Methods of preventing, inhibiting and/or reducing muscle loss and/or bone loss in a subject by administering an effective amount of a Galectin-1 composition, Galectin-3 composition or a combination thereof to the subject in need thereof are disclosed.
US09867850B2
The mixture of processed salt and sugar in the manufacture of a medicament employed for treating lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease in a mammal. Various tests, vaginal smooth muscle contractility test using New Zealand White Rabbit; (Experimental example 1); the effect on the vagina contractility in volunteers by using perinometer (Experimental example 2); and the effect on the colpoxerosis disease in volunteers (Experimental example 3), showed improving effect on the contractility of vagina tissue and colpoxerosis disease. Accordingly, the combination can be useful in treating or preventing lax vagina syndrome or colpoxerosis disease.
US09867842B2
A composition for treating multiple disease causes including a glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound in an oral dosage form. A method of treating cardiovascular disease (CVD), by administering a glycocalyx restoring and maintaining compound to an individual suffering from CVD, restoring the glycocalyx, reversing inflammation, and reversing oxidative damage.
US09867835B2
A method of treating or preventing a systemic viral infection in a mammal by administering a pharmaceutically acceptable composition selected from the group consisting of squalamine, an active isomer thereof, and an active analogue thereof, via a dosing regimen that delivers effective antiviral concentrations of squalamine. Also compositions for achieving the systemic antiviral effect.
US09867820B2
Compositions and therapeutic uses of HEPES and derivatives in the treatment of pain associated with cancers and side-effects including post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment are disclosed herein. HEPES is also used to treat neurodegenerative and neurological diseases, demyelinization injuries, and side-effects and withdrawal symptoms associated with benzodiazepines, anti-depressants, and other neurological agents.
US09867805B2
The invention provides compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions that are modulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The disease, disorder, or condition can include, for example, stroke, neurological disorders, or ophthalmological disorders. The treatment can include administering a compound or composition described herein, thereby providing a prodrug compound that metabolizes to an active MMP inhibitor in vivo. The MMP inhibition can be selective inhibition, for example, selective inhibition of MMP-2, MMP-9, and/or MMP-14. Thus, the invention provides non-mutagenic prodrug compounds of the formulas described herein that result in the inhibition of MMPs upon in vivo administration.
US09867801B2
Provided is an amorphous solid dispersion including a taxane or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer, and a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, which has enhanced solubility. Also provided is a method for preparing the solid dispersion. The present subject matter also provides a tablet having good solubility, bioavailability and stability, which comprises the amorphous solid dispersion, an intragranular excipient, and an extragranular excipient.
US09867794B2
The present invention provides methods for the regulation of osteopontin activity in a subject as well as for treating or preventing conditions associated with an increased activity of osteopontin activity in a subject.
US09867788B2
A multi-chamber injection and treatment system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a mixing element, and a needle portion. The first chamber is generally adapted to receive and advance various cells, while the second chamber is adapted to receive and advance adipose tissue, and can blend or reduce the size of the adipose tissue. The mixing element combines the constituents of the chambers and is in communication with the needle portion for driving the cellular mixture into a target tissue site, such as the mid-corpora of the male penis.
US09867782B2
The present invention is directed to a method of preparing dehydrated blood products, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hydrated blood product; (b) spray-drying the hydrated blood product to produce a dehydrated blood product, as well as dehydrated blood products made by the method. The present invention is directed to a method of treating a patient suffering from a blood-related disorder, comprising the steps of: (a) rehydrating a therapeutic amount of the dehydrated blood products to produce a rehydrated therapeutic composition; and (b) administering the rehydrated therapeutic composition to the patient. The present invention is directed to a bandage or surgical aid comprising the dehydrated blood products described above.
US09867776B2
Provided is a transdermal drug delivery system, which is a delivery system for transdermal absorption, having a multi-lamellar emulsion structure, including: lipids including long-chain amides, sterols, fatty acid and fatty alcohol; an emulsifier; oil; and at least one drug for transdermal administration. The transdermal drug delivery system in a multi-lamellar emulsion structure, according to the present invention, has a lamellar structure in which a layered structure visible in stratum corneum intercellular lipids of the human body is repeated, and thus has an excellent skin barrier effect and enables a drug to be effectively partitioned through skin lipids, thereby obtaining an excellent drug delivery effect.
US09867775B2
The present disclosure refers to topical pharmaceutical bases that possess anti-inflammatory properties. Further, these topical pharmaceutical bases are proposed for treating inflammatory disorders, such as swollen tissues within joints and muscles, and the like. The topical pharmaceutical bases include Amazonian oils and resins, such as pracaxi oil and breu-branco resin. The synergistic effect of pracaxi oil combined with breu-branco resin results in a highly effective anti-inflammatory treatment. Suitable active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can be incorporated to the topical pharmaceutical bases to formulate topical pharmaceutical compositions, which improve anti-inflammatory effects. The synergistic effect provided by the combination of pracaxi oil and breu-branco resin enables lower dosage requirements of the associated APIs when topical pharmaceutical compositions are employed for treating inflammatory disorders.
US09867771B2
Wax compositions derived from metathesized natural oils and amines and methods of making wax compositions from metathesized natural oils and amines are provided. The wax compositions comprise amidated metathesized natural oils formed from a metathesized natural oil and at least one amine. The methods comprise providing an amine and providing a metathesized natural oil. The methods further comprise mixing the amine and the metathesized natural oil in the presence of a basic catalyst or heat, causing a reaction between the amine and metathesized natural oil, therein forming the amidated metathesized natural oil.
US09867766B2
A composition and method for treating hair loss is disclosed. The composition comprises water-soluble ionizable metal and non-metal components, aqueous and alcohol-based solvents, potassium iodide and citrus essential oil, and is preferably provided as a non-aerosol spray product that is applied to the hair and scalp. The invention further provides a method of making and using the composition.
US09867757B2
A connective tissue modification cuff can be applied around a portion of the body and drawn tight. Integrated within the portion of the cuff that is pressed against the body is a plurality of variable compression beads. These variable compression beads comprise half spherical beads, half prolate spheroid beads, half oblate spheroid beads, or other similarly rounded structures that provide variably increasing pressure towards their high-points and gradually reduced pressure towards their low points. The cuff can be tightened down via a tensioning system that allows even tightening in small increments. Once in place, the person then stretches or uses the arm in order to apply the variable compression beads to the connective tissue under use. Such application works on the underlying connective tissue to reduce the pain and associated problems.
US09867748B2
An air mattress include a plurality of air cell groups including a plurality of bladder-shaped cells and lined up with respect to the lengthwise direction of the air mattress so as to support at least a head area, shoulder area, back area, buttock, thigh area, knee area, and heel area of a person lying on the air mattress, an air supply/release pump; and an air tube connecting the bladder-shaped cells and the air supply/release pump in one or a plurality of independent first systems for each of the air cell groups out of the air cell groups and one or a plurality of independent second systems for each of specific bladder-shaped cells out of the plurality of air cell groups. Each of the air cell groups corresponding to the back area, buttock area, and thigh area includes a lower section of bladder-shaped cells and an upper section of bladder-shaped cells.
US09867745B2
A lift system 100 may comprise two sets of two pistons with each set of pistons attached to an upper cross bar 210 and a lower cross bar 275, with the lower cross bar having distal ends comprising distal insertion areas 276 with the distal insertion areas passing through a first void 241 defined within a wheelie bar 240 and the distal insertion areas 276 reaching further to move a wedge bar 270. To lift a patient from a lowered position, a piston moves a lower cross bar 275 which in turn moves a wedge bar 270 into a wedge 280, causing the lower cross bar to break out of plane with a top bar 205. The use of two wheelie gears 220 ensures that the lift remains horizontal even if piston forces are not uniform. The use of four top bars 205 allows for folded storage.
US09867743B2
An absorbent article includes a chassis having longitudinally opposite ends, transversely opposite sides, a bodyside liner at least in part defining the inner surface of the article, an outer cover at least in part defining the outer surface of the article, and an absorbent core disposed between the liner and the outer cover. A pair of ears extends transversely outward from the opposite sides of the chassis at the second waist portion thereof. A primary fastening system has a primary first fastening component located on each of the pair of ears and a primary second fastening component. A secondary fastening system has a secondary second fastening component located on each of the ears and corresponding secondary first fastening components. A non-linear strip attached to an outer surface of the article includes the primary second fastening component and the secondary first fastening components.
US09867740B2
An absorbent article comprises first and second substrates and one or more elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the substrates. The second substrate is attached to the first substrate and/or to portions of the elastic elements. The absorbent article comprises an adhesive having a first and second pattern of elements disposed on first substrate, and first and second texture zones. The first texture zone comprises a first portion of the substrates, a first portion of the elastic elements, and the first pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a background pattern in the first portion of the substrates. The second texture zone comprises a second portion of the substrates, a second portion of the one or more elastic elements, and the second pattern of elements of the adhesive and forms a macro pattern in the second portion of the substrates.
US09867732B2
A system for managing and controlling bodily fluids such as urine and menstrual flow includes a garment with a latex envelope, for receiving the fluids from the male or female genitalia, and a system for disinfecting the male or female genitalia within the envelope.
US09867727B2
An endovascular graft, which is configured to conform to the morphology of a vessel to be treated, includes a tubular ePTFE structure; an inflatable ePTFE structure disposed over at least a portion of the ePTFE tubular structure; and an injection port in fluid communication with the inflatable ePTFE structure for inflation of the inflatable ePTFE structure with an inflation medium. The inflatable ePTFE structure may be longitudinally disposed over the tubular ePTFE structure. The ePTFE structure may be a bifurcated structure having first and second bifurcated tubular structures, where the inflatable ePTFE structure is disposed over at least a portion of the first and second bifurcated tubular structures.
US09867721B2
A tunable implant, system, and method enables a tunable implant to be adjusted within a patient. The tunable implant includes a securing mechanism to secure the implant in the patient, a actuation portion that enables the implant to move and an adjustment portion that permits adjustment of the implant after the implant has been positioned within the patient. The method of adjusting the tunable implant includes analyzing the operation of the implant, determining if any adjustments are necessary and adjusting the implant to improve implant performance. The implant system includes both the tunable implant and a telemetric system that is operable to telemetrically receive data from the tunable implant where the data is used to determine if adjustment of the tunable implant is necessary. The system also includes an instrument assembly that is used for performing spinal surgery where the instrument assembly includes a mounting platform and a jig.
